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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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HONORING TIMOTHY RYAN ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE | |
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WESTERLY SUN AND DESIGNATING MARCH 22ND OF 2013 TO BE "TIM RYAN DAY" | |
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IN THE TOWN OF WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senator Dennis L. Algiere | |
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Date Introduced: January 31, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
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WHEREAS, Tim Ryan, president and publisher of The Westerly Sun, president of Sun |
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Publishing, executive vice-president of The Sun’s parent company, the Record-Journal Publishing |
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Company, and publisher of The Sun’s weekly newspapers that include The Charlestown Press, |
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The Mystic River Press, and The Wood River Press, will retire after thirty-five years of informing |
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and educating the people of Rhode Island in his various journalistic capacities; and |
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WHEREAS, Graduating Magna Cum Laude from Quinnipiac College with a bachelor’s |
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degree in marketing provided the educational background to pursue his future career goals, but |
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being a paper boy as a young man set Tim Ryan on his life’s path; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1977, Mr. Ryan was hired as a district manager in the circulation |
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department at the Record-Journal Publishing Company. With hard work and immense talent, he |
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rose through the ranks, becoming a circulation director in 1987 and a senior vice president in |
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1999. In 2004, he was named president and publisher of Sun Publishing; and |
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WHEREAS, During Mr. Ryan’s publishing tenure, The Record-Journal Publishing |
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Company has flourished, expanding from two publications to fifteen, and evolving into a |
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competitive and cutting edge business; and |
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WHEREAS, Within the community, Mr. Ryan has served on the boards of the Ocean |
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Community YMCA and the Greater Westerly-Pawcatuck Area Chamber of Commerce, as well as |
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volunteered for various groups and events throughout the town; and |
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WHEREAS, Married to the love of his life and his high school sweetheart, Kim, for the |
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past thirty-six years, Mr. Ryan enjoys spending time with family which also includes his two |
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daughters and their husbands, and his four beautiful grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Turning the page on a new chapter of his life, Mr. Ryan hopes to spend even |
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more time appreciating his family and enjoying all the scenery and quality of life that Westerly |
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has to offer; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby congratulates Tim Ryan on the occasion of his retirement from The Westerly Sun and the |
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Record-Journal Publishing Company, and thanks him on behalf of all Rhode Islanders for his |
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eloquent and informative journalism; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby designates Friday, March 22, 2013, to be “Tim |
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Ryan Day” in the Town of Westerly. We furthermore commend Mr. Ryan for his |
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accomplishments, and wish him the very best health and continued success in all his future |
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endeavors; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Tim Ryan. |
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