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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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CONGRATULATING KENNETH AYARS ON RECEIVING THE AWARD OF MERIT | |
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FROM THE RHODE ISLAND NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION | |
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Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, Sheehan, Walaska, Kettle, and Cool Rumsey | |
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Date Introduced: February 28, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
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WHEREAS, Kenneth Ayars, the Chief of the Department of Environmental |
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Management's Division of Agriculture, was honored with the Award of Merit from the Rhode |
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Island Nursery and Landscape Association (RINLA) at the group's annual trade show and |
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seminar held on January 17th at the University of Rhode Island's Center for Biotechnology and |
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Life Sciences; and |
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WHEREAS, RINLA is the leading horticultural, agricultural, and landscape business |
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association in the state. Its members include nurseries, landscape contractors, arborists, irrigation |
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specialists, masons, garden centers, turf farms, landscape architects, landscape designers, |
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vegetable growers, cut flower growers, suppliers, and allied businesses. The association has a |
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long history of partnering with the University of Rhode Island in education, training, and research |
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that supports the green industries in Rhode Island; and |
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WHEREAS, A resident of Exeter, Kenneth Ayars has worked in the Rhode Island |
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Division of Environmental Management's Division of Agriculture since 1987 and has served as |
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division chief since 1998. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology, a Bachelor of |
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Science degree in Agriculture and Resource Technology, and a Master of Science degree in Plant |
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Sciences from the University of Rhode Island; 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 Ken Ayars on receiving the award of Merit from the Rhode Island Nursery |
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and Landscape Association. We applaud him on all of his hard work and wish him continued |
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success; 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 certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Kenneth Ayars. |
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