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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2005 | |
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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 DONALD KETTELLE ON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 44 YEARS OF | |
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DEVOTED AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senators Breene, and Blais | |
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Date Introduced: April 13, 2005 | |
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Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
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WHEREAS, Donald Kettelle was born in East Greenwich in 1938 and graduated from |
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East Greenwich High School in 1957. Donald was an outstanding athlete. He was a three sport |
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star in football, basketball and baseball, but it was playing football that made him a Rhode Island |
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high school legend; and |
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WHEREAS, Donald was All-State in football in 1956 playing running back and led East |
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Greenwich to an undefeated season. He is the only Rhode Island high school football player to |
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ever earn a full scholarship to a major school in Texas. Donald played football for Baylor |
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University. In honor of Donald Kettelle's many athletic accomplishments in high school, he was |
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inducted into the East Greenwich Athletic Hall of Fame; and |
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WHEREAS, Donald began his law enforcement career in 1960 when he became a |
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member of the East Greenwich Police Department. He then joined the Rhode Island State Police |
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in 1967 and retired as a Captain in 1992. Donald then was appointed the Police Chief of Foster in |
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July of 1992, a position he has held for more than twelve years; and |
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WHEREAS, Regardless of what capacity or department he has served, Donald has |
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always performed his duties with honor, integrity, valor and distinction. He has always dedicated |
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himself and his life to serving and protecting the lives and property of the public he has sworn to |
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defend; 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 thanks Donald Kettelle for his many years of dedicated service as a police officer |
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protecting the pubic, and wishes him a most happy and joyous retirement along with his wife Ann |
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Lancellott and his two children Kyle and Kammie; 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 Foster Police Chief Donald Kettelle. |
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