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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2008

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

EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS

     Introduced By: Representatives Fox, Long, and Watson

     Date Introduced: March 25, 2008

     Referred To: House read and passed

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      WHEREAS, It has been made known to the House that certain persons and organizations

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are deserving of commendation; and

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     The Honorable Bruce Sundlun; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 88th Birthday

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on January 19, 2008;

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      Representative Naughton

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     Merc Fox; the outstanding achievement of your promotion to Policy and Global Affairs

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at the National Academy of Science;

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      Representative Naughton

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     Central Falls High School Basketball; Anthony Torres, Luis Pena (Captain), Henry

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Goncalves (Captain), Erick Wilcox, Albert Bello, Jason Pita, Keith Brown, Edwin Rivera, George

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Carle (Captain) Antonio Mena, Angel Gonzalez, Tayresse Montgomery, Robert Alers, Tiryll

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Barata, Manager, Head Coach, Brian Crookes and Assistant Coach Carl Africo; winning the

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Rhode Island Interscholastic League Basketball Division III Regular Season Championship

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Division III State Championship Finalist;

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      Representatives Silva and Vaudreuil

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     Sodexho Food Services, Rhode Island Credit Union; receiving the :"Best Special Event in

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a High School in the United States" in 2007 by the Food Management Magazine for your

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innovative efforts to encourage students to participate in the Federal Free Lunch Program;

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      Representative Dennigan

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     Barbara Gill; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 75th Birthday on March 26,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Agnes Johnson; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 75th Birthday on March 26,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     John Parente; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 75th Birthday on March 30,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Kikuko West; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 75th Birthday on March 8,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Claire Kenney; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 75th Birthday on March 16,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     JoAnne Pierce; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 75th Birthday on March 3,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Margaret Roma; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 75th Birthday on March 8,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Madeline Sousa; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 75th Birthday on March 29,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Domenic Tomasso; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March

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8, 2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Eliza Wischnowsky; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March

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16, 2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Yolanda Denice; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March 24,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Helen Moone; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March 30,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Rita Parent; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March 29,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Martha Sommer; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March 17,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Joseph Ford; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 85th Birthday on March 23,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Charles Marek; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 90th Birthday on March 26,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Rose Rowey; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 90th Birthday on March 13,

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2008;

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      Representative Serpa

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     Marilyn A. Ferrucci; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 75th Birthday on March

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21, 2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     George H. Wilson; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 75th Birthday on March

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11, 2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Gary W. Deitrick; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 75th Birthday on March 2,

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2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Eleanor A. Cannon; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 75th Birthday on March

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4, 2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Rita K. Baccala; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March 23,

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2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Doris O. Bates; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March 9,

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2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Alfred R. Chatelle; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March

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31, 2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Elaine M. Fraser; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March 20,

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2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     G. Ph. Howard; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March 13,

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2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Phyllis M. Huston; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March

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21, 2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Virginia M. Jamieson; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on

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March 19, 2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     William P. Madigan; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March

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17, 2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Martha M. Richtarik; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on

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March 11, 2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Jane A. Spatcher; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on March

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11, 2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Barbara L. Farnworth; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on

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March 14, 2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Dorothy E. DiFranco; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on

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March 22, 2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Ida H. Bouchard; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 85th Birthday on March 23,

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2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Marion N. Charron; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 85th Birthday on March

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27, 2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Anna Rogers; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 85th Birthday on March 20,

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2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     John C. Silva; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 85th Birthday on March 11,

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2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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     Catherine Demonti; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 90th Birthday on March

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15, 2008;

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      Representative Sullivan

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      Hope S. Braxton; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on April 12,

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2008;

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      Representative Almeida

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     Warwick Area Career and Technical Center Blue Block; Anthony Porter, Kenneth Pierce,

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Bianca Mendonca, Jacob Birkenfeld, Scott Boyd, Cameroon Murray, Ryan Steger, Michael

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Cook, Stephen Authelet, William Frye, Eric Senecal, Andrew Simas, Sean Burnham, Tyler

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Bechtel, Nate Woodbury, Joe Gallant, Wayne Smith, Steven Diel, Brandon Gomes, Kyle

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Kenyon, Keith Jensen, Zach Smith, Richard Therrien, Joe Knight, Anthony Mambro; your

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outstanding effort and dedication in renovating the homestead of Bob and Nicole DiCarlo;

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      Speaker William J. Murphy

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     Warwick Area Career and Technical Center Red Block; Charles Cabral, Patrick Harney,

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Joseph Carruolo, Chris Denson, Adam Fritz; Brandon Murray, Keith Sherman, Raphael Aguedo,

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Anthony Berardis, Seamus Dempsey, Cindi Peach, Daniel Strauss, Matt Cappraro, Michael

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DeMattio, Corey Mercurio, Nate Parkinson, Brian Smith, Nick Coffey, Michael Garcia, Alex

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LaRoche, Gerrardo L'Europa, Eric Serpa, Ryan Huddleston, Joshua Yaghijian; your outstanding

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effort and dedication in renovating the homestead of Bob and Nicole DiCarlo;

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      Speaker William J. Murphy

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     State of Rhode Island, Claire Birkmaier; your 10 year Anniversary with the State of

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Rhode Island on February 25, 2008. We wish you continued success and than you for your

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service;

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      Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Robert Carr; your 10 year Anniversary with the State of Rhode

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Island on February 8, 2008. We wish you continued success and than you for your service;

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Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Meghan Dean; your 10 year Anniversary with the State of Rhode

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Island on February 14, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your service;

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Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Jeanne Hodge; your 10 year Anniversary with the State of Rhode

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Island on February 23, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your service;

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Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Kevin Madigan; your 10 year Anniversary with the State of Rhode

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Island on February 23, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your service;

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Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Nicole McCarty; your 10 year Anniversary with the State of

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Rhode Island on January 9, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your service;

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Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Catherine Peck; your 10 year Anniversary with the State of Rhode

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Island on January 17, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your service;

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Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Keith Salisbury; your 10 year Anniversary with the State of Rhode

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Island on February 6, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your service;

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Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Brian VanCouyghen; your 10 year Anniversary with the State of

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Rhode Island on February 27, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your

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service;

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      Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Robert Bromley; your 15 year Anniversary with the State of

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Rhode Island on January 2, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your service;

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Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, William Connell; your 15 year Anniversary with the State of

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Rhode Island on February 8, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your

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service;

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      Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Sharon Ferland; your 15 year Anniversary with the State of Rhode

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Island on January 10, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your service;

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      Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Linda McElroy; your 15 year Anniversary with the State of Rhode

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Island on January 5, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your service;

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Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Patrick Callahan, your 20 year Anniversary with the State of

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Rhode Island on January 3, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your service;

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Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Jason Golditch; your 20 year Anniversary with the State of Rhode

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Island on January 16, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your service;

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Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Danica Iacoi; your 20 year Anniversary with the State of Rhode

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Island on February 22, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your service;

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      Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     State of Rhode Island, Kathleen Magil; your 20 year Anniversary with the State of Rhode

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Island on January 8, 2008. We wish you continued success and thank you for your service;

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      Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     Linda Mendonca, RN BSN Med NCSN; the distinguished honor of being chosen as the

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Rhode Island School Nurse Teacher of the Year;

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      Representative McNamara

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     John Lombardi, Esq.; the joyous occasion of commemorating the St. Joseph's Day

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Celebration and the honor of being chosen by the Piave Lodge #364 as the "2008 Man of the

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Year";

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      Representative Giannini

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     Melanie Begos, Lincoln Central Elementary School; the outstanding achievement of

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winning the 2008 Rhode Island Tree Council Poster Contest;

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      Speaker William J. Murphy

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     Leo A. Savoie Elementary School, Kelcie Peloquin, Emily Duff, Nathan Lemoine,

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Sophia Trenouth, Thomas Rattie, Makayla D'Angelo, Dana Reardon, Dlya Jetty, Keegan Dubois,

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Miguel Raymond, Kaila Acheson, Kassondra Benonisen, Brittany Girard, Namrata Bhat, Bryan

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Bourget, Emily Taft, Claudine Wehbe; being named Student of the Month for March 2008 for

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your commitment to Self-Discipline in school each day;

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      Representative Picard

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     Hot 106 Citadel Broadcasting; providing the students of the State of Rhode Island with

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Hip-Hop R&B and prizes during their lunch periods in order to encourage them to participate in

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the Federal Free Lunch Program;

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      Representative Dennigan

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     Joseph Frank Manzi, Jr.; attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America

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for your commitment and dedication to exemplify the values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character

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and Fitness;

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      Representative Lima

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     Dottie D'Alessandro; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 80th Birthday on April

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7, 2008;

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      Representative Lima

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     Etta Napolillo; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 95th Birthday on May 14,

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2008;

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      Representative Ucci

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     E. Virginia Wilde; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 90th Birthday on May 6,

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2008;

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      Representative Ucci

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     International Day of Francophonie; celebrating the bond of the French Language

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throughout the world;

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      Speaker William J. Murphy and Majority Leader Fox

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     Brendan Martin and Andrew Martin; your presence and excellent behavior at the March

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19, 2008 House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare Hearing;

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      Representative Gorham

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     Erin Leigh and James Christopher McCarthy; the joyous occasion of the birth of your

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son, Christopher James McCarthy on February 17, 2008;

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      Representative Coaty

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     Jennifer and Jason Lester; the joyous occasion of the birth of your daughter, Zoe Caroline

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Lester on February 21, 2008;

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      Representative Coaty

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     Holly Amelia and Daniel Arlan Linquist; the joyous occasion of the birth of your

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daughter, Annika Sharon Linquist on February 28, 2008;

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      Representative Coaty

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     Nicole Lin and Brian Christopher Kish; the joyous occasion of the birth of your daughter,

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Vivienne Noelle Kish on February 18, 2008;

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      Representative Coaty

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     Governor Aram J. Pothier Elementary, Aidan Tellier, Chrisbeth Candelario, Eli

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Washington, Aidan Boreri, Meagan Porter, Lexus Martinez, Lance Lespinasse, Kayzhia Hill,

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Shawn Palumbo, Yamil Rivera, Adam Tevay, Jawuan Jackson, Chole Reeve, Bryan Salinas,

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Alena Carr, Monet Mobley, Daniel Castillo, Daniel Gerrior, Zachary LaPlante, James Pelky, Erin

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Dube, Nyekan Nimely and Ryan Alvarez; being named Student of the Month March 2008 for

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being "Most Friendly" towards your teachers and classmates in school each day;

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      Representative Picard

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     General Society of Colonial Wars; 101st General Council held at Newport, R.I. May 8-11,

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2008 and for their work in researching and commemorating American Colonial History leading to

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the America Revolution;

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      Representative Gorham

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     Pawtucket Public Library; the dedication of the M. Frances Campbell Auditorium at the

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Pawtucket Public Library on March 30, 2008;

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      Representative Kilmartin

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     Hannah Malone and Jane Garthwaite; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 95th

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Birthday on March 17, 2008;

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      Representative Winfield

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     Howard Brown, Sr.; your retirement after 37 years of outstanding and dedicated service

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as a member of the Board of Directors of the Adeline La Plante Memorial Center;

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      Representative Shanley

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     Heather DeAmbrose; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 30th Birthday on

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March 30, 2008;

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      Speaker William J. Murphy and Representative Carter

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      NOW, THEREFORE BE IT

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      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives hereby extends to the aforesaid persons

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and organizations its very best wishes on this memorable occasion and expresses the hope for

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continued good fortune; and be it further

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      RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State hereby is respectfully requested to transmit a

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properly inscribed citation to each of the aforesaid.

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