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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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

CONGRATULATING BETH MILHAM FOR RECEIVING A 2012 NEWPORT DAILY NEWS

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD

     Introduced By: Senators Paiva Weed, DiPalma, and Ottiano

     Date Introduced: April 24, 2012

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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     WHEREAS, The Newport Daily News Community Service Award annually honors

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individuals who have contributed greatly to the community with years of dedicated, unselfish

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service. One of the 2012 recipients is Beth Milham; and

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     WHEREAS, Beth Milham, a Newport resident and retired nurse, grew up in the Boston

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area and moved to Rhode Island in 1972 when her husband, Russ, then a United States Navy

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Lieutenant, was transferred to Newport. They decided to stay and became very involved in a

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variety of social and environmental causes; and

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     WHEREAS, Beth was the co-founder of Aquidneck Island Ecology in the 1970s and

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helped organize the first Harvest Fair at the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown, where she

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was a docent in the education program; and

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     WHEREAS, Beth has served in many roles at Channing Memorial Church and helped

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start the Green Neighborhood Energy Challenge, a result of the 2007 “Step it up” climate change

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education program. She has also served on the Newport Energy and Environment Commission

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and helped organize a 2009 energy expo that featured 75 exhibitors and drew over 400 visitors to

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Easton’s Beach; and

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     WHEREAS, In addition to her work to preserve and protect our environment, Beth is a

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very passionate and active supporter of gay rights. She formed a local “Straight But Not Narrow

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Coalition,” has worked tirelessly on behalf of AIDS education and awareness, and helped bring

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the “NAMES” project, quilts bearing the names of those who died from AIDS, to local schools;

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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 Beth Milham for receiving a 2012 Newport Daily News Community Service

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Award. We applaud her contributions to Newport County and her example of service to others;

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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 Ms. Beth Milham.

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