[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12626]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING ORADELL POLICE DEPARTMENT D.A.R.E. PROGRAM GRADUATES

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 14, 2009

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, today, the Oradell Police 
Department will hold its D.A.R.E. graduation ceremony with the students 
of Oradell Elementary School. 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 Anthony Rhynie Emanuel and D.A.R.E. officers, Sgt. 
Kevin Smith, Ptl. Marc Fedorchak and Ptl. Richard Liguori.
  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 Oradell, and I would like to recognize them all for taking 
this step toward positive citizenship:
  Emma Bednarski, Andrew Benda, David Chakansky, Michael Fasano, Alec 
Garino, Kyle Garino, Lauren Gerlin, Stephanie John, Ethan Konigsberg, 
Ellison Lee, Justin Longo, Nicholas Miller, Julia Mills, Caitlin 
Mooney, Kevin Ortega, Zachary Prager, Kayla Rosado, Christina Sim, 
Christian Skroce, Joseph Verrico, Tyler Yuen, Vincent Albanese, Connor 
Belthoff, William Bertini, Zakaria Bousada, Jung Jin Cho, Alexa 
Coppola, Zachary DiPirro, Kristen Friedman, Eunkyu Ham, Sakura Honda, 
Ariel Lam, Thomas Melvin, Thomas Montemarano, Brian Pedersen, Anthony 
Pestic, Danielle Reimer, Olivia Schuster, Wendy Starr, William Thorn, 
Chelsea Twan, Alec Wasserman, Grace Woo, David Angione, Julianna 
Bigami, Erin Browing, Amanda Calcetas, Savannah DiGiovanni, Nicholas 
Esposito, Ryan Gardner, Rachel Jacobs, Ehristopher Kallensee, Asher 
Konigsberg, Ylana Lopez, Christopher McMahon, Courtenay Murphy, 
Sebastian Quiana, Anne Marie Quinn, Patrick Robertson, Stephen 
Sargenti, Victoria Scalanga, Lexi Schettino, Eric Spiniello, Amber 
Williams, Christopher Yee, Ethan Alpern, Connor Callahan, Kate Deeg, 
Jimmy Dickson, Justin Fernandez, Christian Haak, Alexandra Iaccino, 
Brandon John, Evan Marinelli, Nicole Muscat, Rachel Okransky, David 
Pettigrew, Nicole Preziosi, Audrey Reynolds, Hunter Santos, Tommy 
Shindnes, Emma Smith, Richie Tashjian, Gabrielle Toohey, Sophia 
Traphagen, Billy Wallace, Daniel Comeau, Matthew Boros, Michael Boyle, 
Charlie Connell, Daniel Erben, Amanda Fatovic, Anna Fletcher, Elizabeth 
Granger, Molly Hastings, Erin Hughes, Susan Kang, Brad Laube, Julia 
Lombardi, Alexander McNally, Matthew Moran, Mona Moshet, Erikson 
Nichols, Matthew Palathingal, Caroline Parks, Kyle Russell, Ethan 
Schupak, Joseph Starace, and Kirsten Wozniak.

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