[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 9, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1347-E1348]
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   CONGRATULATING RAMSEY POLICE DEPARTMENT D.A.R.E. PROGRAM STUDENTS

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 9, 2009

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, today, the Ramsey Police 
Department will hold its D.A.R.E. graduation ceremony with the students 
from the John Y. Dater and St. Paul Interparochial Schools. The young 
people participating in this important program have made a commitment 
to say no to drugs, underage drinking, and gang violence. They have 
done this with the support of Chief of Police Bryan Gurney and the 
brave men and women of the Ramsey Police Department.
  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. This program allows children to defeat the negative cultural 
influences that they are challenged with daily by opening the lines of 
communication between law enforcement and youth and empowering them 
with confidence and courage to say no to drugs.
  I am proud of the young boys and girls who participated in this 
program in Ramsey, and I would like to recognize them all for taking 
this step toward positive citizenship:
  Mark Andersen, Michael Babikian, Samuel Berman, Brianna Bussiere, 
Olivia Carriero, Michael Cassella, Francesca De Palo, Matthew De Pinto, 
Sonny Del Valle, Ross Farcas, Fiona Flood, Melanie Greenberg, Dwight 
Han, Sarah Hattar, Lindsay Hoffman, Morgan Kleinberg, Julie McNamara, 
Justin Millet, Brandon O'Callahan, Courtney Schreiber, Ryan Scialla, 
Nikita Serafin, Ashley Sicard, Jacob Simpson, Zachary Becher, Jessica 
Bell, Jacob Berkofsky, Kaley Bogden, Michael Brunton, Elizabeth Burch, 
Michael Careccia, Connor Chamberlin, Kara Checke, Emily Derleth, Marc 
Doran, Shannon Fine, Joseph Frohlich, Christina Goudelias, Joseph 
Guthrie, Patrick Journick, Brian Lander, Elaine Les, Enmanuel Lugo 
Abreu, Brandon Mazzola, Rebecca Moya, Allison Murphy, Stephen Pirro, 
Kelly Richter, Alaina Sebes, Lucas Alvarez, Rosemary Arpino, 
Christopher Di Palma, Katherine Donnelly, Daniel Donovan, Ryan 
Faulkner, Thomas Feehan, Daniel Giallombardo, Meredith Halik, Haruna 
Ishii, Kevin Johns, Melissa Lara, Devan Larson, Maria Martino, Jesse 
Mitchell, Megan Murphy, Mariana Perez, Eric Pflugfelder, Stephen 
Porter, Christine Song, Austin Triglia, Kayla Vanderbilt, Siera Vari, 
Alexandra Aloi, Robert Beers, Joshua Bialkin, Emma Bogaenko, Megan 
Bosso, Gregory Botz, Carlie Capela, Joseph Carroll, Nicole De Franco, 
Matthew Donnelly, Bridget Gregory, JohnEric Hornyak, Ashley Houser, 
Kenneth Kasprzak, Kevin Latz, Kellen McDonald, Peter McNally, Kazuki 
Miyamoto, Amanda Nedelkoff, Bridget Quinn, Victoria Stitz, Samantha 
Stollman, Caitlin Sweeney, Evan Szucs, John Alicandri, Jenna Bahnsen, 
Olivia Cseh, Matthew Desimone, Conor Dobson, Olivia Gilligan, Mackenzie 
Juhlin, Elise Kelly, Sean Kopczynski, Kelsey Larkin, Erin Latz, 
Katherine Lenahan, Garrett Mast, Kathryn Miller, Jennifer Monteith, 
Patrick O'Keefe, Jeffrey Padovano, Jacqueline Pesco, Sean Riordan, 
Jared Schwarz, Alexander Sebastiano, Haydn Van Dyk, Lauren Venturini, 
Kaitlyn Zwerling, Sarah Ahearn, Kayla Azouri, Danny Balbuena, Tye 
Baruffaldi, Nicole Borbone, Samuel Brickman, Gabrielle Daniels, Kristen 
Foelsch, Anne Glerum, Jake Gursaly, Josue Herrera, Siranush 
Hovhannisyan, Kathryn Iannuzzi, Kazel Kapadia, Brendan Mahon, Peter 
Mariani, Robert McOwen, Victoria Medlicott, David Mende, Harrison 
Mobbs, Jessica Pevny, Elena Polin, Henry Ruitenberg, Ryan Shevlin, 
Christopher Spittler, Kimberly Tuntigian, Brita Andersen, Taylor 
Corbett, Julia D'Antonio, Matthew Davidson, Sean Donnelly, Sean 
Donohue, Timothy Finnegan, Lillian Hong, Samantha Hotz, Harrison Illes, 
Brendan Jahnke, Khadija Khan, Lily Kramer, Brian Kurnentz, Lacey 
Laggan, Thomas Lanning, James Messina, John Milligan, James O'Keefe, 
James Pupalaikis, Alyssa Rose, Breanna Russell, Elisa Silecchia, Kara 
Sutcliffe, Anna Wanner, Jack August, Brooke Bernier, Carlo Alberto 
Bolognini, Kelly Carolan, Jake Cataldo, Christina Cowie, Deanna De 
Luca, Brooke Dommenge, Matthew Eng, Jacob Englishman, Zachary

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Gampel, Evan Graf, Rio Greenshields, Beatrice Lee, Chae Young Lee, 
Matthew Lee, Daniel Moon, Kyle Pacenza, Arpeet Patel, Emily Patunas, 
Madison Smith, Brooke Tommaney, Hannah Tracy, Heather Wang, David 
Acampora, Antonio Belmonte, Paige Cassella, Michael Cirilli, Ethan 
Cohen, Samantha Creamer, Athena Davis, Lia DiPiazza, Brianna Francis, 
Brianna Jakus, Matthew Lowery, Wesley Ng, Ian Quin, Basit Qurbanzada, 
Adam Reisfield, Alexa Remia, Zachary Rockefeller, Bridget Scanlon, 
Thomas Scanlon, Jonathan Scheibenpflug, Shayna Scott, Jeong Seo, Ashley 
Silecchia, Emily Yankovich, Laura Branna, Kyle Buser, Dale Cheyne, 
Sophia Colon, Pauline Crepy, William Danz, Kyle DeBel, Amber Finkeldey, 
John Gaffney, Lina Hyman, Julianne Kadien, Alexandra Kilkenny, Julia 
Kissel, Kendall Magennis, Thomas McCormack, Michael McGuirk, Jannica 
Mendez, Aleasa Molinari, Matthew Myhr, Matthew San Julian, Margaret 
Schiazza, Evan Shi, Michael Turso, Peyton Wejnert, Min Soo Kang, Scott 
Balcom, Bridget Beyer, Emily Boylan, Kevin Caroli, Sophie D'Souza, 
Lauren Gallagher, Yeonsoo Kim, Jack Kuipers, Connor LaSpina, Jeffrey 
Lieto, Margaret McCarthy, Ryan McKenna, Justin Murad, Kerri-Anne 
Nicholson, Rosemary Pawloski, Brandon Potenza, Nicholas Proscia, Tyler 
Ramirez, Hayley Rieman, William Romano, Melissa Samanoglu, Nicholas 
Scavone, Kathleen Smith, Alexander Tekerian, Daniel Tuite, Roberto 
Paraz, Michael Han, and Issaac Utter.
  I would also like to take this opportunity to recognize Patrolman 
Timothy Shoemaker, Lead D.A.R.E. Instructor for the Ramsey Police 
Department. A thirteen-year veteran of the force, Patrolman Shoemaker 
was recently honored as the New Jersey D.A.R.E. Officer of the Year. As 
Patrolman Shoemaker told the Bergen Record, ``A policeman needs to be a 
leader and a role model in the community. I'll protect you from the bad 
guys. But, also, if you're going through something tough . . . a 
policeman can be your friend.'' Patrolman Shoemaker has daily lived up 
to these words. All who interact with Patrolman Shoemaker--criminals 
aside--can't help but sing his praises, and today I add my voice to the 
choir. I commend this humble and dedicated public servant on this well 
deserved recognition. I know Ramsey students and parents alike would 
join me in saying that our streets are safer and communities stronger 
for his presence.

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