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H8542 2026 -- H 8542 ======== LC006421 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS Introduced By: Representatives Kazarian, and Chippendale Date Introduced: May 12, 2026 Referred To: House read and passed 1 WHEREAS, It has been made known to the House that certain persons and organizations 2 are deserving of commendation; and 3 Lawrence John Glynn; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 100th Birthday on 4 May 13, 2026, and recognizing your honorable and faithful service to the United States of 5 America during WWII at the Naval Air Station in Charlestown, Rhode Island; 6 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 7 Edgewood Yacht Club; celebrating the 138th Commissioning Day on May 16, 2026, of 8 the Edgewood Yacht Club; 9 Representative McNamara 10 Viola Lanza; the joyous and momentous occasion of celebrating a Happy 100th Birthday 11 on May 7, 2026; 12 Representative Corvese 13 Meredith Martino, Executive Director, Women in Government; your efforts leading the 14 conference on Women in Government for Rhode Island elected officials and your continued 15 mission to empower women state legislators; 16 Representative Diaz 17 Amy Moran, Valarie Lawson, Margaret Brassard, Sandie Gauthier, Rama Subramanian, 18 Louise Paiva, Shannon Massaroco, Jenny Chacon, Lee Amore, Claudine Taylor, Catherine 19 Moniz, Dr. Sandra Forand; the distinguished honor of being recognized as a Remarkable Woman 20 as part of Women’s History Month for lifting your community, leading with purpose, clearing a 1 path for others and the impact you make every day; 2 Representatives Boylan, Kazarian, Dawson, Furtado 3 Grayson Sylvaria, Kickemuit Middle School Wrestling; the outstanding athletic 4 achievement of winning the 2025-2026 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Middle School 5 Wrestling State Championship in the 70 lb. Weight Class; 6 Representatives Speakman, Donovan and Knight 7 Kingstown Corrente, Kickemuit Middle School Wrestling; the outstanding athletic 8 achievement of winning the 2025-2026 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Middle School 9 Wrestling State Championship in the 150 lb. Weight Class; 10 Representatives Speakman, Donovan and Knight 11 Lillian Perlin, Kickemuit Middle School Wrestling; the outstanding athletic achievement 12 of winning the 2025-2026 Rhode Island League Middle School Wrestling State Championship in 13 the 123 lb. Weight Class; 14 Representatives Speakman, Donovan and Knight 15 Thea Jackson, Mount Hope High School Girls Indoor Track; your outstanding 16 achievements at the 2025-2026 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Track & Field Girls Indoor 17 Track Championships and being Individuals State Champion in the Long Jump, High Jump and 18 55-meter events; 19 Representatives Speakman, Donovan and Knight 20 Gaspee Days Committee; Gaspee Days Proclamation Day Ceremony on May 17, 2026 21 recognizing and celebrating the 1772 burning of the British ship HMS Gaspee and the beginning 22 of Rhode Island’s Independence; 23 Representative McNamara 24 Astrid Jhonnieli Santos Adames, Classic High School; the outstanding achievement and 25 distinguished honor of being named 2026 Poetry Out Loud Rhode Island State Champion; 26 Representative Biah 27 Leah Goodwin, Valedictorian, North Smithfield High School Class of 2026; the 28 outstanding academic achievement and distinguished honor of being named Valedictorian of the 29 North Smithfield High School Class of 2026; 30 Representative Newberry 31 Emerson Deschene, Salutatorian, North Smithfield High School Class of 2026; the 32 outstanding academic achievement and distinguished honor of being named Salutatorian of the 33 North Smithfield High School Class of 2026; 34 Representative Newberry LC006421 - Page 2 of 22 1 John Golato, State of Rhode Island; your retirement after many years of dedicated and 2 faithful service to the people of the State of Rhode Island as a Supervisor for the Rhode Island 3 Department of Transportation Materials Standards and Compliance; 4 Speaker Shekarchi 5 Donovan Conway, Holden Lambert, Kimberly Hickey, Scott Nicoll, Adelaide Smith, 6 Sanford Trachtenberg, Khadija Kouraj, Lorelei Archambault, Connor Olick, Zoe Gaitanis, 7 Lincoln High School Class of 2026; the outstanding academic achievement and distinguished 8 honor of being named a Lincoln High Schol Class of 2026 Top Ten Student; 9 Representative Ackerman 10 Los Primos Meat Market Butcher Shop; celebrating the joyous occasion of the Grand 11 Opening on April 11, 2026 of the Los Primos Meat Market Butcher Shop at 330 Broad Street in 12 Providence, Rhode Island; 13 Representative Diaz 14 West Warwick Welding; the distinguished honor of receiving the Rhode Island 15 Manufacturers Association 2026 Henry D. Sharpe Award for your leadership, innovation and 16 contributions to manufacturing excellence in Rhode Island; 17 Representative Casey 18 Steve Ilmrud, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence; the distinguished honor of receiving 19 the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association 2026 Al Lubrano MVP Award for your leadership, 20 innovation and contributions to manufacturing excellence in Rhode Island; 21 Representative Casey 22 Ronald A. Fasano, Fasano Corporation, Inc.; the distinguished honor of receiving the 23 Rhode Island Manufacturers Association 2026 Next-Gen Leadership Award for your leadership, 24 innovation and contributions to manufacturing excellence in Rhode Island; 25 Representative Casey 26 Nicholas Jones, ChemArt; the distinguished honor of receiving the Rhode Island 27 Manufacturers Association 2026 Manufacturing Innovation Award for your leadership, 28 innovation and contributions to manufacturing excellence in Rhode Island; 29 Representative Casey 30 Atlantic Paper & Supply; the distinguished honor of receiving the Rhode Island 31 Manufacturers Association 2026 Partner of the Year Award for your leadership, innovation and 32 contributions to manufacturing excellence in Rhode Island; 33 Representative Casey 34 David A. Brown, Whittet-Higgins Company; the distinguished honor of receiving the LC006421 - Page 3 of 22 1 Rhode Island Manufacturers Association 2026 Chairman’s Award for your leadership, innovation 2 and contributions to manufacturing excellence in Rhode Island; 3 Representative Casey 4 Benjamin White, Taco; the distinguished honor of receiving the Rhode Island 5 Manufacturers Association 2026 President’s Award for your leadership, innovation and 6 contributions to manufacturing excellence in Rhode Island; 7 Representative Casey 8 Oluwatosin Adebayo Agbebaku, Riley Amaral, Jayden Baptista, Lacey Campano, 9 Cristina Castro Pablo, Elayna Cilam, Maimouna Saly Clermont, Abigail Costantino, Abigail Ean, 10 Giorgio Gallo, Brianna Garcia, Michael Gomes, Cadence Graves, Gurkirat Grewal, Ava 11 Hannagan, Styve Hilaire, Manuel Jimon, Nicholas Karageorgos, Kaithlyn Kloc, Gianni Limoges, 12 Marc Matinaro, Jaylin Martinez, Kethia Masupa, Leah Matamoros, Edllianie Mejia Colon, 13 Furkan Mucu, Gygy Mulilikwa, Janessa Ortiz, Vera Oyetayo, Jhardene Redwood, Isabella 14 Rivera, Leah Severino, Eleni Sosa, Lucia St. Germain, Camila Toribio, Irilys Torres Morales, 15 Adrienne Vallee, Khiara Vazquez, Jordan Vieira, North Providence High School; your dedication 16 representing the core values of integrity. Citizenship, service, and leadership as a member of the 17 North Providence High School 2026 Air Force JROTC; 18 Representatives Corvese, Hull, and O’Brien 19 Rylan Borostti, Juliet Cannon, Jackson Casimiro, Connor Dumas, Marcus Landry, Robert 20 Mitchell, Scouting America Pack 1, Diamond Hill; the prestigious honor of receiving the “Arrow 21 of Light Award” for your commitment and dedication to preparing yourself for crossing over 22 from the Cub Scouts to Scouting America and embarking on a new journey in Scouting; 23 Representative Marszalkowski 24 William F. Kerrigan; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 95th Birthday on 25 April 11, 2026; 26 Representative Brien 27 Mount Hope High School Boys Swim Team; the outstanding athletic achievement of 28 winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Swimming 2025-2026 Division III State 29 Championship; 30 Representatives Speakman, Donovan and Knight 31 Liam Cannon, Murali Mani, John Shunney, Steve Vongsiri; your commitment to 32 promoting the enjoyment of table tennis, serving all ages, abilities, and backgrounds for the 33 people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of the Rhode Island Table Tennis Association; 34 Representative Hopkins LC006421 - Page 4 of 22 1 Mount Hope High School Gymnastics Team; the outstanding athletic achievement of 2 winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Gymnastics 2025-2026 Division I State 3 Championship; 4 Representatives Speakman, Donovan and Knight 5 Mount Hope High Boys Basketball Team; the outstanding athletic achievement of 6 winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Basketball 2025-2026 Division II State 7 Championship; 8 Representatives Speakman, Donovan and Knight 9 Kenny Andreozzi, Mount Hope High School Wrestling; the outstanding athletic 10 achievement of being the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Wrestling 2025-2026 JV State 11 Champion; 12 Representatives Speakman, Donovan and Knight 13 Charles Akmakjian, Army (Korea), United States; the distinguished honor of your 14 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 15 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 16 America; 17 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 18 Manuel Almieda Jr., Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 19 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 20 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 21 America; 22 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 23 Donato Bozzuto, Air Force (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 24 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 25 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 26 America; 27 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 28 Clarence M. Butler Jr., Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 29 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 30 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 31 America; 32 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 33 John Capelli, Air Force (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 34 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode LC006421 - Page 5 of 22 1 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 2 America; 3 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 4 Joseph Cichon Jr., Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 5 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 6 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 7 America; 8 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 9 George Cottrell, Army (Korea), United States; the distinguished honor of your 10 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 11 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 12 America; 13 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 14 Jerald DeMello, Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 15 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 16 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 17 America; 18 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 19 William Dias, Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 20 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 21 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 22 America; 23 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 24 Edward Fazio, Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 25 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 26 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 27 America; 28 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 29 Roger Ferland, Marines (Okinawa), United States; the distinguished honor of your 30 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 31 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 32 America; 33 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 34 Michael T. Halley, Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your LC006421 - Page 6 of 22 1 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 2 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 3 America; 4 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 5 Ralph Jasparro, Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 6 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 7 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 8 America; 9 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 10 Edward Laferriere, Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 11 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 12 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 13 America; 14 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 15 Dennis Langlois, Marine (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 16 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 17 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 18 America; 19 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 20 Joseph Mignanelli, US Navy (WWII), United States; the distinguished honor of your 21 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 22 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 23 America; 24 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 25 Kevin McEntee, Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 26 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 27 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 28 America; 29 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 30 Robert Pepper, Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 31 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 32 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 33 America; 34 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro LC006421 - Page 7 of 22 1 John Ribeiro, Navy (WWII), United States; the distinguished honor of your participation 2 in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode Island Fire 3 Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of America; 4 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 5 Frank Rodrigues, Navy (Guantanamo), United States; the distinguished honor of your 6 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 7 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 8 America; 9 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 10 Ralph A. Ruggiano Jr., Navy (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 11 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 12 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 13 America; 14 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 15 William Walsh, Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 16 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 17 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 18 America; 19 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 20 Stephen Willkomm, Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 21 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 22 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 23 America; 24 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 25 Joseph Warzycha III, Marine, United States; the distinguished honor of your participation 26 in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode Island Fire 27 Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of America; 28 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 29 Ronald Strunz, Army (Panama), United States; the distinguished honor of your 30 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 31 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 32 America; 33 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 34 Michael Bozzi, RIAir Nat’l Guard, United States; the distinguished honor of your LC006421 - Page 8 of 22 1 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 2 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 3 America; 4 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 5 Daniel Bubier, Army (Korea 1977-80), United States; the distinguished honor of your 6 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 7 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 8 America; 9 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 10 Tami Iavarone, Navy, United States; the distinguished honor of your participation in the 11 “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode Island Fire Chief’s 12 Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of America; 13 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 14 Francis Lafferty, Army (Vietnam), United States; the distinguished honor of your 15 participation in the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode 16 Island Fire Chief’s Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of 17 America; 18 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 19 Lois Ellen Bailey, Navy, United States; the distinguished honor of your participation in 20 the “RI250 Honor Flight” sponsored by the RI250 Commission and the Rhode Island Fire Chief’s 21 Association for your dedicated and faithful service to the United States of America; 22 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 23 George Hunold, Electric Boat; your retirement after nearly 5 decades of dedicated and 24 faithful service, contributing skills, commitment and pride to an industry that is important to 25 Rhode Island and the United States of America; 26 Representative Casimiro 27 Sophia Aguilar, Jianni J. Amaral, Katherine Bailey, Cristian Barrios, Lianna Barros, 28 Annina M. Bassig, Norah E. Benedict, Capri N. Castosa, Blake M. Douglas, Madison A. Eddins, 29 Santino D. Folco, Giulietta Godbout, Isaiah V. Jackson, Annabelle Janton, Emmerson Langevin, 30 Joseph Masseur, Milania Peluso, Jack Peterson, Cianna S. Rosario, Amaya A. Sanzaro, Brayden 31 M. Sweeney, Olivia Toepfer, Lilliana R. Zarcaro, Kallie G. Zuena, Immaculate Conception 32 Catholic Regional School; the outstanding achievement of being the first class to graduate and 33 complete CPR Certification and your commitment to develop the skills and confidence to respond 34 to life-threatening emergencies; LC006421 - Page 9 of 22 1 Speaker Shekarchi 2 Scott Hope DAV National Service Director and National DAV AUX Austin Blanton 3 (Chaplain); Disable American Veterans; the honor of your visit to the State of Rhode Island and 4 the RI DAV Convention and your faithful service as a member of the United States Armed Forces 5 and your commitment to the Disabled American Veterans and our beloved heroes; 6 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 7 Wicked Tulips Flower Farm; the joyous and momentous occasion of the Grand Opening 8 and Ribbon Cutting of Wicked Tulips Flower Farm located at 140 Exeter Road in the Town of 9 North Kingstown; 10 Representative Craven 11 Chief Daniel Marcinko, Cranston Fire Department; your retirement after 36 years of 12 faithful service and dedication to the preservation of life and property from fire and other 13 disasters for the people of the City of Cranston, Rhode Island; 14 Representative Paplauskas 15 Crystal Bozigian, Teacher, North Providence High School; the distinguished honor of 16 receiving the 19th Annual Susan B. Wilson Civic Award Grand Prize for your outstanding effort 17 in teaching students about democracy and the importance of civic engagement in building a 18 vibrant society; 19 Representatives Corvese and Hull 20 Antonetta Riccioti; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 100th Birthday on 21 April 26, 2026; 22 Representative Felella 23 Bristol Train of Artillery; celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Bristol Train of 24 Artillery and recognizing the dedication to preserving our military heritage through education, 25 historical accuracy and community engagement; 26 Representatives Donovan and Speakman 27 Head Coach Doug Haynes, Assistant Coach Derrick Campbell, Genesis McNeill, Emma 28 Harding, Emily Morgan, Charlize Romero, Sydney Waitekus, Qiana Sumner, Meleeya Robbins, 29 Victoria Wikerson, Ella Johnson, Parisa Monteiro, Natalyah Williams, Layla Perry; CCRI 30 Women s Basketball Team; the outstanding achievement of winning the NJCAA Region XXI 31 Championship with an undefeated 14-0 record in regional play, 22-3 overall record and 32 appearance in the NJCAA Division III National Tournament; 33 Representative Felix 34 Head Coach Doug Haynes, CCRI Women s Basketball Team; the outstanding LC006421 - Page 10 of 22 1 achievement and distinguished honor of being named for the fifth consecutive season as the 2 NJCAA East District Coach of the Year; 3 Representative Felix 4 Madeline Szepesi, Public Affairs Officer, Brianna King, Public Affairs Officer, Savannah 5 Stewart, Honor Guard, Isaac Recinos, Honor Guard, Robert Johnson, Honor Guard, Ryan Bailey, 6 Honor Guard, Nicholas Sargent, Honor Guard, Christopher Avalos, Honor Guard, Kaylee Gault, 7 Choir, Hiley Carr, Choir, Benjamin Dussault, Choir, Patrick Donaldson, Trumpet, Chad J. Abel, 8 CPO, USN, Ret, Senior Naval Science Intructor, Coventry High School NJROTC; the distinction 9 and honor of your participation in the Vietnam Veterans Day Celebration at the Rhode Island 10 State House on March 27, 2026; 11 Speaker Shekarchi and Representative Azzinaro 12 Jacob D. Fontes, Troop 6 Bristol/Warren; the distinction and honor of attaining the rank 13 of Eagle Scout in the Boy Schouts of America for your commitment and dedication to the values 14 of Scouting, Character, Citizenship and Fitness; 15 Representatives Speakman, Donovan and Knight 16 Deadbeats Providence; the joyous and momentous occasion of Deadbeats Providence 17 celebrating 3 years in Providence, Rhode Island; 18 Representative Morales 19 Tortilleria El Guate; the joyous and momentous occasion of the Grand Opening of 20 Tortilleria El Guate on Atwells Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island; 21 Representative Morales 22 The Castle Chimney; the joyous and momentous occasion of the Grand Opening of The 23 Castle Chimney on Chalkstone Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island; 24 Representative Morales 25 Frank Olean Center; the joyous and momentous occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the 26 Frank Olean Center and your continued mission to provide personalized guidance and support for 27 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities; 28 Representative Azzinaro 29 Anderson Ballesteros; your visit to the State of Rhode Island and your contributions to 30 the arts as well as the Colombian community; 31 Representatives Alzate and Giraldo 32 Amaris Garcia; the distinguished honor of being named the Honorable Mention Prize 33 winner of the 19th annual Susan B. Wilson Civic Award; 34 Representative Blazejewski LC006421 - Page 11 of 22 1 Center for Mediation & Collaboration Rhode Island; your 30 years of outstanding and 2 dedicated service to train, educate and mediate in order to empower Rhode Islanders to resolve 3 conflicts; 4 Representatives Caldwell and Batista 5 Rene Marcel Lafayette; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday and 6 best wishes for a year of health, happiness and many wonderful memories; 7 Representative Kennedy 8 Nancy N. Toby; the joyous and momentous occasion of celebrating a Happy 70th 9 Birthday on April 22, 2026; 10 Representative Biah 11 Moses Obessco Sackor; the joyous and momentous occasion of celebrating a Happy 60th 12 Birthday on April 25, 2026; 13 Representative Biah 14 Bryan Monteiro, Owner, Ollie s Pub; the joyous and momentous occasion of celebrating 15 the Grand Re-opening of Ollies Pub located at 941 West Shore Road in the city of Warwick; 16 Representative Hopkins 17 Donald Burke, Woonsocket Elks, Lodge # 850; the distinguished honor of being named 18 to the prestigious position of Exaulted Ruler of the Woonsocket Elks, Lodge # 850; 19 Representative Phillips 20 Barrington Little League; celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Barrington Little League 21 and recognizing the commitment to implant the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, 22 courage and respect; 23 Representatives Boylan and Knight 24 John Sharkey, President, Lincoln Little League; celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the 25 Lincoln Little League and recognizing the commitment to implant the ideals of good 26 sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage and respect; 27 Representatives Ackerman, Constantino and Shallcross Smith 28 Dave Talan, Elmwood Little League; your 50 years of dedicated and faithful service to 29 getting children active, building self-confidence, teamwork and life skills in a safe, fun and 30 inclusive environment; 31 Representative Slater 32 The Center for Early Learning Professionals; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 33 open house and supporting Rhode Island s childhood community and offering innovative 34 professional development to better serve the children in your care; LC006421 - Page 12 of 22 1 Representative Shallcross Smith 2 Michael Nolan, Advisor, Model Legislature Club of Coventry High School; your hard 3 work and outstanding commitment to the students of Coventry High School to increase civic 4 engagement, creating their own bill to present them to the State House learning more about 5 politics and having debates; 6 Representatives Read and Noret 7 Gregory Kortick, Advisor, Model Legislature Club of West Warwick High School; your 8 hard work and outstanding commitment to the students of West Warwick High School to increase 9 civic engagement, creating their own bill to present them to the State House learning more about 10 politics and having debates; 11 Representatives Read and Noret 12 Dr. Hans Scholl; your outstanding commitment and tireless advocacy and dedication to 13 fighting climate change here in Rhode Island; 14 Representative Boylan 15 Kart Wadensten, CEO, VIBCO Vibrators, Inc.; the distinguished honor of being named 16 the recipient of the 2026 Rhode Island Rhode Island Small Business Person of the Year Award as 17 part of Small Business Week; 18 Representatives Phillips, Brien and Casey 19 Marcia Blount, President/CFO, Julie Blount, Executive Vice President, Blount Boats; the 20 distinguished honor of being named the recipient of the 2026 Rhode Island Rhode Island & New 21 England Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Small Business Award as part of Small Business Week; 22 Representatives Phillips, Brien and Casey 23 Jessica Mello, Assistant Vice President/Loan Officer, Community Investment 24 Corporation; the distinguished honor of being named the recipient of the 2026 Rhode Island 25 Rhode Island & New England Financial Services Champion Award as part of Small Business 26 Week; 27 Representatives Phillips, Brien and Casey 28 Lancelot Pinnock, Founder - Design Engineer, Dana Pinnock, CEO, Hideaway Solutions 29 LLC; the distinguished honor of being named the recipient of the 2026 Rhode Island Rhode 30 Island Manufacturer Award as part of Small Business Week; 31 Representatives Phillips, Brien and Casey 32 Jennifer McCabe, Owner, Cookie Chow; the distinguished honor of being named the 33 recipient of the 2026 Rhode Island Rhode Island Homebased Small Business Award as part of 34 Small Business Week; LC006421 - Page 13 of 22 1 Representatives Phillips, Brien and Casey 2 Julia Girman, Owner/Operator, JG Fitness & Performance; the distinguished honor of 3 being named the recipient of the 2026 Rhode Island Rhode Island Microenterprise Award as part 4 of Small Business Week; 5 Representatives Phillips, Brien and Casey 6 Abby Antwi, Co-Founder, Akos Antwi, Co-Founder, Revive Therapeutic Services; the 7 distinguished honor of being named the recipient of the 2026 Rhode Island 8 Rhode Island Woman-Owned Small Business Award as part of Small Business Week; 9 Representatives Phillips, Brien and Casey 10 Amanda Mottola, Faith Driven CEO, Otraswag; the distinguished honor of being named 11 the recipient of the 2026 Rhode Island Rhode Island Joseph G.E. Knight Award for 12 Entrepreneurial Excellence Award as part of Small Business Week; 13 Representatives Phillips, Brien and Casey 14 Maureen Ewing, Director, Rhode Island Department of State Business Services Division; 15 the distinguished honor of being named the recipient of the 2026 Rhode Island District Director 16 Award as part of Small Business Week; 17 Representatives Phillips, Brien and Casey 18 Paul Bourget; the distinguished honor of being named as the Knights of Columbus, RI 19 State Council Knight of the Year for the 202-2026 Fraternal Year ; 20 Representative Brien 21 Kim Ann Barnes; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on June 22 17, 2026; 23 Representative Kennedy 24 Christopher Carter; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on June 25 8, 2026; 26 Representative Kennedy 27 Christine Lucille Clayton; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday 28 on June 5, 2026; 29 Representative Kennedy 30 Kathleen K. Debartolo; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 31 June 14, 2026; 32 Representative Kennedy 33 Lori Falco; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on June 2, 2026; 34 Representative Kennedy LC006421 - Page 14 of 22 1 Donald Scot Gingerella; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 2 June 12, 2026; 3 Representative Kennedy 4 Michael S. Miller; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on June 5 24, 2026; 6 Representative Kennedy 7 Judith Ann O Connell; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 8 June 2, 2026; 9 Representative Kennedy 10 Candus Jane Reynolds; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 11 June 27, 2026; 12 Representative Kennedy 13 Mary Anne Ruisi; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on June 14 8, 2026; 15 Representative Kennedy 16 Laurinda Jean Savona; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 17 June 15, 2026; 18 Representative Kennedy 19 Laura Ann Scalise; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on June 20 2, 2026; 21 Representative Kennedy 22 Tammy J. Sheldon; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on June 23 9, 2026; 24 Representative Kennedy 25 Ronald P. Sherman; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on June 26 14, 2026; 27 Representative Kennedy 28 Kelly Eileen Shinners; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 29 June 5, 2026; 30 Representative Kennedy 31 Cheryl Ann Thacker; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on 32 June 15, 2026; 33 Representative Kennedy 34 Robert John Zenga, Jr.; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 65th Birthday on LC006421 - Page 15 of 22 1 June 3, 2026; 2 Representative Kennedy 3 Joseph Norman Ballata; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on 4 June 23, 2026; 5 Representative Kennedy 6 James E. Borden; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on June 7 25, 2026; 8 Representative Kennedy 9 Lynn M. Cahoon; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on June 10 5, 2026; 11 Representative Kennedy 12 Roberta Callahan; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on June 13 3, 2026; 14 Representative Kennedy 15 Deborah Ann Findeisen; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on 16 June 22, 2026; 17 Representative Kennedy 18 Susan L. Gaccione; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on June 19 27, 2026; 20 Representative Kennedy 21 Ronald Leo Gagne; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on June 22 3, 2026; 23 Representative Kennedy 24 Judy Lynn Gerber; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on June 25 30, 2026; 26 Representative Kennedy 27 Edwrd R. Kasabuski; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on 28 June 27, 2026; 29 Representative Kennedy 30 Robert L. Lofton; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on June 31 8, 2026; 32 Representative Kennedy 33 James D. McDade; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on June 34 28, 2026; LC006421 - Page 16 of 22 1 Representative Kennedy 2 John A. Ottman; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on June 3 20, 2026; 4 Representative Kennedy 5 Kathy A. Palmer; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on June 8, 6 2026; 7 Representative Kennedy 8 Douglas Robert Reese; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on 9 June 26, 2026; 10 Representative Kennedy 11 Laryl R. Riley; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on June 17, 12 2026; 13 Representative Kennedy 14 Pamela Lee Salimeno; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on 15 June 17, 2026; 16 Representative Kennedy 17 Paul C. Turcotte; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on June 8, 18 2026; 19 Representative Kennedy 20 Suzanne Marie Ventura; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on 21 June 3, 2026; 22 Representative Kennedy 23 Jeffrey J. Williard; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday on June 24 25, 2026; 25 Representative Kennedy 26 Susan M. Degregorio; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on 27 June 22, 2026; 28 Representative Kennedy 29 Elsie Jean Kelly; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on June 30 30, 2026; 31 Representative Kennedy 32 Patricia A. Lorenson; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on 33 June 9, 2026; 34 Representative Kennedy LC006421 - Page 17 of 22 1 Linda M. Milkman; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on June 2 21, 2026; 3 Representative Kennedy 4 Donald M. Panciera, Jr.; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on 5 June 19, 2026; 6 Representative Kennedy 7 Paul Norman Searle; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on 8 June 22, 2026; 9 Representative Kennedy 10 Donald Francis Spencer; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday on 11 June 19, 2026; 12 Representative Kennedy 13 Michelle Ann Williamson; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 75th Birthday 14 on June 26, 2026; 15 Representative Kennedy 16 Donald Ray Bergander; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on 17 June 9, 2026; 18 Representative Kennedy 19 Wayne Thomas Fortune; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on 20 June 29, 2026; 21 Representative Kennedy 22 Rosina Gabriele; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on June 23 30, 2026; 24 Representative Kennedy 25 James Edward Less; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on 26 June 17, 2026; 27 Representative Kennedy 28 Jane Frances Manahan; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on 29 June 18, 2026; 30 Representative Kennedy 31 Robert Miranda; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on June 32 13, 2026; 33 Representative Kennedy 34 Carlyn I. Novello; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on June LC006421 - Page 18 of 22 1 18, 2026; 2 Representative Kennedy 3 Jamie Twombly Brown; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 85th Birthday on 4 June 17, 2026; 5 Representative Kennedy 6 Theresa Ann Delicato; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 85th Birthday on 7 June 2, 2026; 8 Representative Kennedy 9 Esther E. Dumas; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 85th Birthday on June 10 14, 2026; 11 Representative Kennedy 12 Barbara F. Wickwire; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 85th Birthday on 13 June 16, 2026; 14 Representative Kennedy 15 Patricia Louise Swan Collins; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 90th 16 Birthday on June 17, 2026; 17 Representative Kennedy 18 Paul T. Cote; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 90th Birthday on June 7, 19 2026; 20 Representative Kennedy 21 The joyous and momentous occasion of celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the William 22 H. Hall Free Library, a trusted and cherished community resource in Edgewood; 23 Representative McNamara 24 The joyous and momentous occasion of the Grand re-opening and ribbon cutting of 25 Windmoeller and Hoelscher Corporation on May 1, 2026, located at 23 New England Way in 26 Lincoln, Rhode Island; 27 Representative Shallcross Smith 28 Jasper Bruins Slot, Parker Camelo, Arianna De Thomas, Lucas Duquette, Karen Johnson- 29 Hoffman, Aaliyah Krause, Brandon Mota, Haylie Peacock, Abby Wager, G. Gait Davis, Dr. 30 Marguerite Brown, Rhode Island College; the distinguished honor and outstanding and athletic 31 achievement of receiving the Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives 2026 32 Scholar-Athlete Award; 33 Speaker Shekarchi 34 Davante Abney, Andrew Agostinelli, Clyde Boutier, Kody Fretts, Sellymar Garcia, LC006421 - Page 19 of 22 1 Genesis McNeill, Andre Pires Barbosa, Mayah Santos, Abigail Stinnette, Sophia Valentini, Ken 2 McDonald, Dan Lacorbiniere, Community College of Rhode Island; the distinguished honor and 3 outstanding and athletic achievement of receiving the Speaker of the Rhode Island House of 4 Representatives; 5 Speaker Shekarchi 6 Caralie Basuel, Kylie Bulinski, Jack Hopko, Keeyan ltejere, Nikki Fernando, Emma 7 Larsh, Case Mankins, Nick Martin, Aidan O Donovan, Sarah Yee, Rhonda Pacheco, Kelli Kidd, 8 University of Rhode Island; the distinguished honor and outstanding and athletic achievement of 9 receiving the Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives; 10 Speaker Shekarchi 11 The joyous and momentous occasion of the dedication of the Community Garen at Ocean 12 State Community Wellness and celebrating the coming growing season; 13 Representative Craven 14 Colleen Daley Nndoye, Executive Director, Project Weber/RENEW; being honored at 15 the Rhode Island State House for your outstanding work providing peer-led outreach, basic-needs 16 support with medical and behavioral healthcare harm reduction and recovery support services; 17 Representative Potter 18 Denise Panichas, Samaritans of Rhode Island; your 25 years of distinguished service 19 leading the Samaritans of Rhode Island and your commitment to free, anonymous access to 20 volunteer supported programs; 21 Representative Solomon 22 Chicanos Car Club; you outstanding commitment and hard work on behalf of the State of 23 Rhode Island; 24 Representative Sanchez 25 Erica Saccoccio; your outstanding commitment to The Early Education Empowerment 26 Conference and bringing together owners, educators, administrators for breakthrough leadership, 27 empowerment teams and thriving classrooms; 28 Representative Shallcross Smith 29 Annaka Moylan, Draevin Rodriguez, Joshua Rojas, Korra Luttrell, Luis Feliciano Batista, 30 Mannan Chaudhary, Quinnlyn Vadenais, Raegan Ward, Za hayrah Evans, Zachary Wescott, 31 Abdriel Heredia, Adella Chaleunsouk, Bryan Faria Rosa, Gabriela Fernandez Furtado, Heidy 32 Urquilla Lopez, Juaquin Rodriguez, Keryl Amboya Penafiel, Lucas Escobar Vigil, Obed Santos 33 Baez, Patricia Borges Da Silva, Valentina Guette, Ambar Mejia Rodriguez, Beatriz De Amorin 34 Fernandez, Ezabella Vieira, lzehinosen Okpoko, Karla Polanco Morales, Luis Bernal Portillo; the LC006421 - Page 20 of 22 1 outstanding academic achievement of being named to The National junior Honor Society for your 2 commitment to scholarship, leadership, service, character and citizenship; 3 Representative Phillips 4 Boys and Girls Clubs of Cumberland-Lincoln; the joyous and momentous occasion of 5 celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cumberland-Lincoln and your 6 continued mission to enable young people to reach their full potential; 7 Representatives Ackerman and Shallcross Smith 8 IBEW Local 99 Electricians; your participation in National Apprenticeship Week 9 assisting employers, apprentices, graduates, labor representatives and workforce partners host 10 events to showcase the value of strengthening the workforce to meet industry needs; 11 Speaker Shekarchi 12 Nicholas Michael Edwards, Northeastern University; the outstanding academic 13 achievement of graduating from Northeastern University with a Masters Degree in Public 14 Administration; 15 Representative McEntee 16 Frank J. Russo; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80th Birthday on May 23, 17 2026; 18 Speaker Shekarchi 19 Amy Greer, Esq., L 20, Associate Attorney, Dratel and Lewis; the distinguished honor of 20 being named the recipient of the Alumni Champion Award by the Roger Williams University 21 Law Champions of Justice; 22 Speaker Shekarchi 23 Josephine Lucier; the joyous and momentous occasion of celebrating a happy 100th 24 Birthday on April 19, 2026; 25 Representative Read 26 Michael Richard; the outstanding accomplishment of completing the University of Rhode 27 Island Master Gardener s program; 28 Representative Shallcross Smith 29 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT 30 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives hereby extends to the aforesaid persons 31 and organizations its very best wishes on this memorable occasion and expresses the hope for 32 continued good fortune; and be it further 33 RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to 34 transmit a properly inscribed citation to each of the aforesaid. 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