WHEREAS, during the week of June 14, 2010 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 2010
session of Delaware Boys’ State; and
WHEREAS, during their
stay here, these young men will be
receiving 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 are receiving 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 have, during their
session, elected from among their
ranks a Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, a State Treasurer, a State Auditor, a
State Insurance Commissioner and members of both Houses of the General Assembly; and
WHEREAS, the young men participating in the 2010 session
of Boys’ State include:
Jamin Adkins of Sussex Technical
High School
Bimal Amin of Newark High School
Kevin Anglim of Wilmington Friends School
Goerge Antoniou of Polytech High School Air Force JROTC
Daniel Barnes of Mount Pleasant High School
John Beck of St. Elizabeth High School
Jesus Bernal of Paul M. Hodgson
Vocational Technical
School
William Binder of St. Thomas More Preparatory School
Alex Boardley of William Penn High School
Air Force JROTC
Timothy Bokinsky of Indian River High School
Erik Boudart of Delaware Military Academy
Robert Bovell of Pencader Charter High School
Erik Brackin of Middletown High School
Sean Brown of St. Elizabeth High School
Joseph Bucci of Delaware Military Academy
Jacob Capodanno of Delaware Military Academy
Adem Cemerlic of Campus Community
High School
Stephen Crawley of Calvary Christian Academy
Alexander Cummiskey of Middletown High School
Tyler DeFriece of Appoquinimink High School
Christopher Dengler of Middletown High School Air Force JROTC
Andrew Donnelly of The Charter School
of Wilmington
David Donze of Smyrna High
School
Tre Elliott of Sussex Technical
High School
Joseph Esposito of Cape Henlopen
High School
David Fett of Glasgow High School
Timothy Gaskin of Sussex Technical
High School
Aaron Gibson of Paul M. Hodgson
Vocational Technical
School
Tyler Giles of St. Mark’s High School
Christopher Gilmore of Caesar Rodney
High School
Joseph Graf of Cab Calloway
School of the Arts
Matthew Hamilton of Archmere Academy
Joshua Hamilton of Seaford High School Navy JROTC
Hunter Harmon of Worcester Preparatory School
Schulyer Harvey of St. Georges Technical High School
John Hopkins of Delmarva Christian High School
Kyle Husni of Middletown High School
Nicholas Izzo of Indian River High High School
Alan “Turner” Jones of Middletown High School
Stephen Kanefsky of Middletown High School
G. Ward “Chip” Keever, V. of Wilmington Christian School
Alex Kimbro of Dover High
School
Daniel Kwasnieski of St. Mark’s High School
Colin Land of Appoquinimink
High School
Ethan Lee of Seaford High School
Eric Littlefield of Cape Henlopen
High School Army JROTC
Thomas MacLeod of St. Mark’s High School
Andre Marianiello of Newark High
School
David Marvel of Woodbridge High School
Patrick McGovern of Delaware Military Academy
Andrew Merlo of Cape Henlopen
High School
David Moore of Caesar Rodney
High School Air Force
JROTC
Stephen Morente of Concord High School
Eric Morris of Smyrna High
School
Duy Nguyen of William Penn
High School Air Force
JROTC
Shakeem Nottingham of Paul M.
Hodgson Vocational Technical
School
Kyle Pepper of Seaford High School Navy JROTC
James Petka of Cab Calloway
School of the Arts
Kevin Pineault of Concord High School
Kenneth Poole of Sussex Technical
High School Army JROTC
Caleb Primos of Milford High School
Nicholas Purnell of Cape Henlopen
High School Army JROTC
Joseph Pytel of Henry C.
Conrad School
of Science
Seth Rachocki of Delmar Senior
High School
Ryan Rhodes of Middletown High School Air Force JROTC
Ronald Rider of St. Thomas More Preparatory School
Antonio Robinson of William Penn High School
Joseph Rollinson of The Tatnall School
Skylar Schirtzinger of Delmar Senior
High School
Michael Schuler of The Tatnall School
Jon Schwinn of Seaford High School
Jacob Seiders of Indian River High School
Olusina Senu-Oke of The Charter School
of Wilmington
Matthew Shaw of Salesianum School
David Slik of Polytech High
School Air Force JROTC
Derrick Smith of St. Thomas More Preparatory School
Joseph Stancell of Henry C.
Conrad School
of Science
Sean Starr of John Dickinson
High School
Peter Stevens of St. Elizabeth
High School
Frank Stewart of Seaford High School
John Stott of Pencader Charter
High School
Garrett Swenson of Lake Forest High School
Christian Taub of Henry C.
Conrad School
of Science
Travis Tirrell of Delmarva Christian High School
Chanon Tuntivate of Brandywine High School
Chris Voltz of The Tatnall School
Leonard Harry “Bo” Voss, III of
Smyrna High School
Lloyd Wallace of Delaware Military Academy
Aaron D. Weiner of The Charter School
of Wilmington
Brooks Whiting of Wilmington Christian School
Justin Wilkins of Milford High School
Sean Wissler of Delaware Military Academy
Ryne Wood of Laurel High School
Justin Wynn of Sanford 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 will 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
145th General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the Senate concurring therein,
that the members do hereby commend each of the participants in the 2010 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 prepared copies of this
Resolution be presented to each of the delegates of the 2010 Session of the
Boys’ State, and to the sponsor of the event, the American Legion Department of
Delaware.
