HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

149th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 37

RECOGNIZING THE YOUNG MEN FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF DELAWARE PARTICIPATING IN THE 2017 SESSION OF DELAWARE'S BOYS STATE.

WHEREAS, during the week of June 11, 2017, young men from across the State of Delaware, students at the State’s public and private high schools, have come to Legislative Hall in Dover to participate in the 2017 session of Delaware Boys State; and

WHEREAS, during their stay here, these young men receive valuable hands-on training and experience in the legislative process and in the ways of State government, which will serve them in good stead in their later lives; and

WHEREAS, the experience they receive during Boys State will prove especially useful to those among their number who go on to assume leadership roles in government or to seek elective office in the future; and

WHEREAS, the participants in Delaware Boys State, during their session, elected from among their ranks a Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, a State Treasurer, a State Auditor, a State Insurance Commissioner, and leadership of both Houses of the General Assembly; and

WHEREAS, the young men participating in the 2017 session of Boys State include:

Vincent Alois of Caesar Rodney High School

Bennett Anderson of Sussex Technical High School Army JROTC

Alex Angell of Sussex Technical High School Army JROTC

Caelan Backus of Seaford High School Navy JROTC

Matthew Behler of Smyrna High School Air Force JROTC

Dustin Benton of Cape Henlopen High School Army JROTC

Noah Berman of First State Military Academy

Reiley Bond of St. Elizabeth High School

David Bondi of Archmere Academy

Clay Brooks of Archmere Academy

Sean Brown of Bayard Rustin High School

Carlton Cannon, III of Calvary Christian Academy

Michael Chen of Newark Charter School

Andy Chen of Caesar Rodney High School

George Class-Peters, Jr., of Smyrna High School Air Force JROTC

Dylan Conner of Concord High School

Markus Cook of Delaware Military Academy

Thomas Coughlin of Alexis I. duPont High School

Eli Deleon of Cape Henlopen High School

Bryan DelleDonne of Newark Charter School

Michael Desmond-Klim of Dover High School Air Force JROTC

Michael Devine of Archmere Academy

Josh Dial of Mount Pleasant High School

Matt Dirndorfer of Governor Thomas Johnson High School

Anthony Dolphin of Appoquinimink High School

Brenden Donaghue of Smyrna High School

Steven Ferrandino of Caesar Rodney High School

Justin Fisher of Cab Calloway School of the Arts

Brendan Flanagan of Brandywine High School

Johnny Forrest of POLYTECH High School

Luis Galvez of Seaford High School Navy JROTC

Luke Gilgenast of Delaware Military Academy

Miller Gladding of Seaford High School

Austin Gray of Middletown High School

Kevin Gyamfi of Middletown High School

Kuno Haimbodi of Cab Calloway School of the Arts

Cameron Hall of Indian River High School

Elle Harden of Lake Forest High School

Ryan Hesterman of Polytech High School

Jeffrey Hewes of Delcastle Technical High School

Darrion Hicks of Thomas McKean High School

Damien Hollyday of Hodgson Vocational Technical High School

Chris Holzwarth of Delaware Military Academy

Ryan Hubschmidt of Delaware Academy of Public Safety and Security

Ishmael Jervey of Delcastle Technical High School

Quinton Jones of Lake Forest High School

Chris Kline Smyrna High School

Steven Knowles of Seaford High School Navy JROTC

Nick Lewis of Newark Charter School

Ben Little of Delmarva Christian High School

Connor Lust of Caesar Rodney High School

Steve Lynn of Big Spring High School

Samuel Mace of Smyrna High School

Giovani Malcolm of Concord High School

Nate McCabe of Indian River High School

Ryan McCoy of Indian River High School

Nick McKay of Cape Henlopen High School

Michael McLain of Dover High School Air Force JROTC

Jorge Mendez of Seaford High School

Noah Mills of Caesar Rodney High School

Brenden Moore of Delaware Military Academy

Chris Murray of Salesianum School

Rahul Naidoo of Cab Calloway School of the Arts

Will Niebrzydowski of Dover High School

Dylan Norman of Seaford High School Navy JROTC

Alec Oberembt of Salesianum School

Aidan O’Connor of Caesar Rodney High School

Nick Olsen of Saint Thomas More Academy

Issac O’Neal of Delmar High School

Nick Outten of Sussex Technical High School

Trevell Palmer of Milford High School

Shreyas Parab of Archmere Academy

Malachi Parks of Concord High School

Steven Platt of Caesar Rodney High School

Tommy Pomatto of Caesar Rodney High School

Luke Punturieri of Sanford School

Sean Quirk of Dover High School

Kinme Reeves of Middletown High School

Casey Rock of St. Elizabeth High School

Spencer Scott of Middletown High School

Alec Shalk of Smyrna High School

Colin Shalk of Smyrna High School

Jimmy Sidlowski of Delaware Military Academy

Ben Snyder of Charter School of Wilmington

Yean Son of Charter School of Wilmington

Kyle Spillane of Lake Forest High School

Demetrius Stevenson of Caesar Rodney High School

Chris Talamini-Kelemen of POLYTECH High School

Ed Templeton of Mount Pleasant High School Army JROTC

Antonio Teoli of Delaware Military Academy

Noah Theis of Demarva Christian High School

Davinsky Theodore of Christiana High School Navy JROTC

TJ Thomas of Delaware Military Academy

Chris Trentham, of Delaware Military Academy

Noah Truitt of Seaford High School Navy JROTC

Thomas Turnbaugh of Laurel High School

Connor Wagaman of Concord High School

Dave Wentling of Antietam High School

Sean Wilhere of Middletown High School Air Force JROTC

Ben Willey of Sussex Technical High School

Gabe Wilson of Newark High School

Zane Zellhart of Sussex Technical High School

WHEREAS, these young men have learned during their week-long session many of the details of the process whereby a bill becomes a law, and have debated and discussed many issues both timely and of great importance to the State of Delaware; and

WHEREAS, throughout the week, the Boys State delegates have been deeply involved in a study of such subjects as the conduct of elections, the operation of the legislative caucus and committee systems, majority and minority positions and many other aspects of the political process, all of which give them valuable knowledge of the manner in which the American system of representative democracy operates; and

WHEREAS, the American Legion Department of Delaware has once again sponsored this important educational program, as they have done for many years, thereby displaying a deep dedication to the American system of government and to the essential task of ensuring that our youth understand and appreciate that system;

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 149 ^th General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the Senate concurring therein, that the members do hereby commend each of the participants in the 2017 Boys State Session for his hard work and extend to each sincere congratulations on a very successful session at Legislative Hall.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate do hereby extend to each participant sincere best wishes for success in all his future endeavors, together with the hope that at least a few of these fine young Delawareans may one day find themselves again in the House or Senate chamber as duly elected representatives of their fellow citizens.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate do hereby commend and thank the American Legion Department of Delaware for their sponsorship of this outstanding program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be presented to each of the delegates of the 2017 Session of the Boys State, and to the sponsor of the event, the American Legion Department of Delaware.

SYNOPSIS

This Resolution recognizes the young men participating in the 2017 session of Delaware’s Boys State and commends its sponsor, the American Legion Department of Delaware.