[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15551-15552]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       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

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     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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