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RECOGNIZING & COMMENDING
Sponsored by Council President Donald M. Payne, Jr.
1. Bishop Robert Clinton Jiggetts, Jr.
2. Caribbean American Heritage Flag Raising
3. Various Newark Public High Schools students who
were Valedictorians and Salutatorians for the 2011-2012
school year
4. Mrs. Josephine Yvonne Wilson
5. Individuals being honored by Friendly Fuld Neighborhood
Centers, Inc.
6. Graduates from Lavender & Lace, an educational
empowerment program
7. Mr. Mohamed Hassan Ahmed
8. Reverend Reginald T. Jackson, St. Matthew AME Church
Sponsored by Vice President Anibal Ramos, Jr.
9. The Newark Musical Group "Sueno Latin" on their
20th Anniversary with Mr. Walter Diaz, Musical Director/
Pianist, Orlando Rivera, Lead Singer and Felix (Junito)
Crespo, Lead Singer.
10.Branch Brook Elementary School, Robert Treat Academy,
Elliott Street School, First Avenue School and Abington
Avenue School for their "Moving On Ceremonies" on
Monday, June 25, 2012.
Sponsored by Council Member Augusto Amador
11.Samiyah Williams of South Street School and Qian Weng
of Wilson Avenue School receive the "Best of the Best" for
the school year 2011-2012
12.Carolyn Allen, Vice Principal, Hawkins Street School
13.Joseph Rendeiro, Principal, Hawkins Street School
Sponsored by Council Member Ras J. Baraka
14.Ms. Sandra Hughes
15.The youth of the South Ward Rock Event on Saturday,
July 14, 2012
Sponsored by Council Member Mildred C. Crump
16.Senior Citizens from Grace West Manor 80 and Over
Club
17.Individuals being honored at the Boys and Girls Clubs
of Newark Alumni Luncheon on Saturday, June 16, 2012
18.Mrs. Marie Cunningham in celebration of her 50 years
of membership as part of "The Precious Gems Ministry"
19.Osibee J. Jelks in celebration of her 50 years of
membership at Saint James AME Church
20.Reverend Dr. Perry Simmons, Jr.
21.Mr. Anthony S. White
22.Dr. Hugh Dell Gatewood
23.Mrs. Lenora Morton
24.Latrice Smith
25.The McGriff Family
26.The Alumni of Arts High School Class of 1992
Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana
27.Maria L. Varisco-Rodgers Charter School
28.Mr. Luis Lopez, Chairman, Roberto Clemente
Monument Committee
29.Individuals who participated in the Roberto Clemente
Parade
30.Honorable Ing. Pedro Quito Orellana, Mayor of Macara,
Province of Loja, Ecuador
31.Hector Santiago
32.Frank Verducci, former Barringer High School Football
Coach, Solomon Johnson, former Barringer High School
Football Coach and Andre Tippett, NFL Hall of Fame,
New England Patriots Football Team
Sponsored by Council Member Ronald C. Rice
33.Honorees of "Father and Community Young Men's Day"
at Ivy Hill Elementary School on June 16, 2012
34.Union Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
35.Honoring the final graduating class of Thirteenth
Avenue School in the City of Newark, New Jersey
36.Rosemary Allen Jones, Centenarian
37.Grace Temple Baptist Church
Sponsored by Council Member Darrin S. Sharif
38.Joshua J.P. Villahermosa
39.Individuals who participated in the Baxter Terrace
Summit Street Garden
40.Dr. Norma Bowe, Ph.D, R.N., M.S., C.H.E.S.
41.Individuals who participated in the Learning Community
Initiative" at Science Park High School
42. Ms. Joyce Bailey