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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING JON BARRUETABEÑA ON BEING SELECTED TO RECEIVE A

COX COMMUNICATIONS SCHOLARSHIP

     

     

     Introduced By: Representative Linda D. Finn

     Date Introduced: June 06, 2013

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, Cox Communications has chosen eight Rhode Island senior class students to

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be honored with a $2,000 scholarship award in recognition and celebration of their academic

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excellence; and

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     WHEREAS, Jon Barruetabeña, an assiduous and multi-talented student at Middletown

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High School, is one of the select few to have been chosen in 2013 to receive this prestigious

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award; and

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     WHEREAS, In addition to being an honor student and member of the National Honor

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Society, Jon has also been very active in extra-curricular activities. He is the team Captain of the

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school's Varsity Soccer Team and was recognized as Academic All-Division Soccer. He was also

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a member of the 2011-2012 Rhode Island State Championship, Division III Varsity Boys'

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Lacrosse team; and

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     WHEREAS, Jon is the kind of young man that we all hope our children will grow to

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become. He volunteers at the St. Joseph's Church Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry and with the

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Middletown Youth Soccer league; and

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     WHEREAS, With the stamina and determination of youth, Jon finds time in his

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amazingly full agenda to enjoy soccer, surfing, traveling, hiking, and swimming in addition to his

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studies, volunteering, and sports schedule; and

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     WHEREAS, We are tremendously confident that Jon will continue to rise to the top of

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his class when he attends Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the fall, where he will be pursuing an

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engineering degree; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

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Providence Plantations hereby congratulates and honors Jon Barruetabeña on being selected as

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one of this year’s recipients of the Cox Communications Scholarship Award. We encourage him

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to continue to learn and wish him the very best health and much happiness; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Jon Barruetabeña.

     

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