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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2009 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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HONORING KAREN ADAMS ON THE OCCASION OF HER 20TH ANNIVERSARY AT | |
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WPRI-TV | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Fox, Costantino, Giannini, Murphy, and Kennedy | |
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Date Introduced: March 18, 2009 | |
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Referred To: House read and passed | |
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WHEREAS, Born on the 4th of July, Karen Adams’ birth date may have been an early |
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indication of the dazzling future that lay ahead; and |
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WHEREAS, Karen originally hailed from Nevada, Missouri. She attained her degree in |
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Speech and Theatre with a minor in Journalism from Southwest Missouri State University; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Karen began her broadcasting career in radio, it quickly became |
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evident that her forte would be in front of the camera. She acquired amazing proficiency and an |
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impressive resume working at a variety of broadcasting jobs. She had been a reporter, an anchor |
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and a news director in Missouri, Maryland, and North Carolina before arriving on the scene in |
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Rhode Island; and |
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WHEREAS, To the very good fortune of the Ocean State, Karen became the television |
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news anchor for WPRI-TV (LIN Television Corp.) in 1989. She also met, fell in love and married |
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a native Rhode Islander, further cementing her decision to make Rhode Island her home; and |
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WHEREAS, Karen’s professional career has been consistently and copiously recognized |
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with a myriad of prestigious awards and honors. She has earned the coveted Emmy Award on |
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numerous occasions, has been inducted into the “Silver Circle”, and received the Gavel Award, a |
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“Lifetime Learning” Award and the “Woman of Distinction” Award, to name just a few; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout the last two decades, Karen has also found the time to dedicate |
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her talents to a panoply of charities, including fundraising for Meeting Street School, Aids Project |
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Rhode Island, the American Cancer Society, Roger Williams Hospital, United Way, several local |
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colleges, and just about every organization who asks for her help; and |
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WHEREAS, Karen’s comprehensive reporting of Rhode Island and world events is |
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consistently professional and well-reasoned, and her dedication to both her profession and |
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altruistic endeavors has earned her the admiration of her colleagues and audience, and the |
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gratitude and respect of nearly every New Englander; 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 Karen Adams on her 20th Anniversary with WPRI- |
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TV. We furthermore thank her on behalf of all Rhode Islanders for her eloquent and informative |
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news reporting and wholehearted dedication to our community. We wish her the very best health, |
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happiness and continued success in all her future 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 Karen Adams. |
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