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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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

THANKING ROLAND PROULX FOR EIGHT YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE

RHODE ISLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND OFFERING HEARTY

CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS ENGAGEMENT

     Introduced By: Representatives Fox, Mattiello, Newberry, and Ucci

     Date Introduced: July 03, 2013

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, Roland Proulx may very well be one of the luckiest men on the House Floor

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this legislative session.  After eight years serving the General Assembly as a Page and currently

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as Head Page, Rolly has convinced Liz Habershaw, the House Assistant Head Page, to marry

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him; and

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     WHEREAS, In 2006, Rolly began working as a House Page after his then-classmate Liz

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Habershaw recommended him for the position.  At the time, the two were students together at La

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Salle Academy. An industrious young man, Rolly also worked as a bus boy and later in room

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service at the Crowne Plaza Hotel; and

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     WHEREAS, After graduation from high school, Rolly continued to work at the State

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House in the late afternoon and evening while spending his days attending Johnson & Wales

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University, where he earned his B.S. degree in Hotel Management and his M.B.A. in Hospitality;

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and

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     WHEREAS, From 2006 until 2008, Rolly also worked as a Teaching Assistant at J &

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W’s practicum hotel and in July of 2011, he became a Guest Service Agent for the Front Office at

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the Marriott Hotel in Providence; and   

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     WHEREAS, With a flourish and style he must have acquired from watching numerous

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House Legislative sessions, Rolly proposed to Liz on the top of Mt. Cannon in New Hampshire

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on June 3rd of 2013.  She voted yes; and 

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     WHEREAS, Roland Proulx has been a dedicated and hard-working employee and he will

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be greatly missed.  He has not only earned our gratitude and praise for a job well done, but also

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our admiration and respect for building a future that is bright with promise; 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 thanks Roland Proulx for his eight years of dedicated service to the

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Rhode Island General Assembly.  We moreover wish him a lifetime filled with bliss and a happy

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marriage; 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 duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Roland Proulx.

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