[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 12, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1268]
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       IN HONOR OF THE STUDENT GRADUATES OF THE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 12, 2007

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, today, the township of 
Washington and borough of Westwood Police Departments will hold a 
D.A.R.E. graduation ceremony. Nearly 200 students are participating in 
this important program that gives young people the support they need to 
say no to drugs, underage drinking, and gang violence. Drug Abuse 
Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., began as a small program in Los 
Angeles in 1983. Today, it is implemented in more than 75 percent of 
our Nation's school districts and in more than 43 other nations. It 
uses positive peer pressure to help children defeat the negative 
cultural influences that bombard them daily. I am proud of the young 
boys and girls who participated in this program in these communities, 
and I would like to recognize them all for taking this step toward 
positive citizenship:

       Michaella Bermudez, Michael Bonhard, Sabrina Di Costanzo, 
     Maureen Drivick, Amber Hermanns, Mariel Hohmann, Gabriella 
     Khalil, Tyler Kocher, Xhenette Koci, Gina Lagomarsino, Connor 
     McCarron, John Meluso, William Mitchell, Kathryn Neary, Sara 
     Nestrowitz, Andrew Paterson, Matthew Rivera, Steven Shanley, 
     Gregory Smith, Vincent Soccodato, Amanda Sonntag, Tie 
     Stutzer, Dana Tannariello, Nile Tracy, Erin Wholey, Abigail 
     Blumkin, Kirstyn Brendlen, Craig Carmilani, Ryan DeLoughry, 
     Tristan DiMaria, Chiara Ferrari Wong, Justin Hrbek, Ethan 
     Isaac, Caner Kardesoglu, Rebecca Koch, Patrick Korkuch, 
     Bridget Kramer, Kylie Kuizema, Tess LaSala, Ryan Liggio, 
     Matthew Macchione, Adrian Mena, Alycia Monaco, Corinne Myers, 
     Scott Oberhelman, Justine Park, Samantha Roth, Jason Solomon, 
     Raechel Sontag, Michelle Stewart, Roney Amir, Yessica 
     Barrantes, Evan Botternan, Manuel Bravo, Maxwell Brungardt, 
     Morgan Hans, Sabrina Herzing, Erin Hunter, Larysa Iwaskiw, 
     Harrison Johnson, Marilyn Johnson, Jennifer Kang, Minseok 
     Kim, Susana Londono Vasco, Marcela Ortiz, Alesia Passaro, 
     Alison Pimpinella, Larry Pirone, Catherine Saunders, Jessica 
     Sheldon, Michael Wiegman, Lee Wilson, Tyler Yurkin, Armando 
     Amador, Paul Antonick, Michael Best, Kathy Bilias, Paris 
     Birkner, Slater Brown, Melissa Bui, Hana Butler, Alyssa Foss, 
     James Giordano, Meghan Harrington, Ryan Mansfield, Ryan 
     McKinley, Emilie McLaughlin, Chelsea Moriarty, Kailee Oakes, 
     Gabriela Paredes, Ankira Patel, Sandy Restrepo, Troy 
     Ribitzki, Maria Rosca, Alex Ruiz, Nicole Scordo, Cynthia 
     Smith, Elias Bermudez, Erin Bianchi, Alyssa Blundo, Frank 
     Cofone, Ryan Dahm, Raven Donahue, Ashley Driscoll, Lisa 
     Firriolo, Rachel Fischer, Travis Gallo, Kristen Greenstein, 
     Ryan Liddy, Karine Liu, David Londono Vasco, Allison Maskin, 
     Zachary Miros, Michael Miuccio, Megan Robinson, Tierney 
     Rosen, Jason Sangastiano, Travis Segarra, Alexandra Serpikov, 
     Sam Zitomer, Vanessa Beulel, Maria Campos, Joseph Corra, Nina 
     D' Ambrosio, Amy Dadamo, Jennifer Dunn, Brandon Eo, Andrew 
     Ferreira, Keith Haas, Mechele Hudspeth, Jennifer Keri, 
     Matthew Kornhauser, Vikas Lohana, Kiyoshi Lopez, Samantha 
     Malnick, Robert Marino, Kyle Marshall, Christian Merkle, 
     Taylor Meyers, Rachel Mosca, Denee Oliver, Ashley Puk, Robert 
     Schroeder, Cassandra Trovini, Faviola Vivar, Jake Campanella, 
     Andrew Cirillo, Robert Ciringione, Christopher DeTitta, Elise 
     Fedele, Renee Gioe, Olivia Guerriero, Darian Henry, Samuel 
     Hutchinson, Brittany Kanabar, Colin Keating, Aracelis 
     Lombardi, Michael LoSardo, Scott Loverich, Adina Millman, 
     Kahna Miyoshi, Kayla Navarro, Kumal Nekiwala, Emiri Nezu, 
     Brendan O'Sullivan, Jessica Potestivo, Paige Rios, Phillip 
     Sabbagh, Joseph Sabbers, Samuel Bernhardt, Zachary Charkonis, 
     Natasha Collova, Alex Contreras, Elliott Cortes, Hope Di 
     Pasquale, Jessica Easterbrook, Victoria Geimke, Emily 
     Griffin, Michael Haas, Samantha Lewis, Quinton Long, Lauren 
     Marsiglia, Luke Mazzarini, Nicholas Napoli, Jaime Pallatta, 
     Chelsea Pate, John Rivera, Jacqueline Romeo, Joseph Scotto, 
     Michael Spezial, Janell Spigner, Ryan Stapleton, Andrew Toto.

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