RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING Sponsored by President LaMonica R. McIver 1. Denis Elias Merino 2. Myrna Guerra 3. Junior Caesar Artica 4. Elsa Lewis 5. Lucy Pagoada-Quesada 6. Anner Osiel Arita Castro 7. Wali Moses, Boxing Coach Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council 8. Newark Knights Motorcycle Club, 50th Anniversary 9. Dr. Abdul Salaam, Ceremonial Street Dedication, to be held on Saturday, September 24, 2022 10. Edith Williams, 100th Birthday Celebration Sponsored by Council Member C. Lawrence Crump 11. Roberta Slaughter, 100th Birthday Celebration Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly 12. The Honorable Ronald L. Rice, City of Newark’s Longest-Serving State Legislator, Retirement after thirty-five (35) years in the New Jersey State Legislature 13. Bishop Stacey M. McQueen, 85th Birthday Celebration Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez 14. Individuals honored during the 12th Annual Hispanic Law Enforcement Society (HLES), Battle of the Badges Softball Tournament Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 15. Kevin Peterman, Outstanding Citizen and Outstanding City Worker 16. Honorable Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Grand Marshal, 31st Annual Celebration of Labor “A Labor Day Parade” 17. Doug A. Placa, Deputy Grand Marshal, 31st Annual Celebration of Labor “A Labor Day Parade” 18. Individuals honored during the Annual Music Presentation at Iberia Restaurant 19. CADHU USA and Canada Human Rights Issues Commissioners 20. Reverend Carmelo and Marie Figueroa, Celebrando 50 Anos de Fiel Servicio Pastoral 21. Esther Harris-McArthur, Ceremonial Street Dedication, held on Monday, September 19, 2022 22. Individuals honored during the 50th Anniversary of the Death of Roberto Clemente 23. Individuals honored during the Mexican Flag Raising, held on Monday, September 19, 2022 24. Individuals honored during the 20th Year Celebration of Outstanding Workers at FOCUS, the Hispanic Center for Community Development, Inc., Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr. 25. Officer Peter Dennis Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 26. Pastor Kevin Taylor, 58th Birthday Celebration 27. Bishop Rudy V. and Linda Carlton, Celebrating 8 Years as Coordinator of the West Ward Clergy Alliance, held on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 28. Ruben Johnson, 80th Birthday Celebration 29. Reverend William D. Carter, III, Installation Ceremonial Service at Franklin St. John’s United Methodist Church, held on Saturday, September 10, 2022 30. Augustine J. Curley, O.S.B., Ph.D., The Right Reverend, on the Abbatial Blessing of the Third Abbot of Newark Abbey, at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, held on Thursday, September 15, 2022 31. Reverend Dr. Curtis W. Belle, Jr. and First Lady Diana Belle, 5th Pastoral Anniversary at Clear View Baptist Church, held on Saturday, September 17, 2022 32. Bethlehem Baptist Church, 112th Church Anniversary, held on Sunday, September 18, 2022 Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva, Jr. 33. Tony Oliveira, of Laborers Local #472 34. Individuals honored during the Mexican Flag Raising, held on Monday, September 19, 2022