RECOGNIZING & COMMENDING Sponsored by Council President Donald M. Payne, Jr. 1. Reverend Doctor Ronald Christian 2. 9th Annual Essex County Walk to End Hunger 3. Charles Eke 4. Valerie P. Crute 5. Hope for Salone Sponsored by Vice President Anibal Ramos, Jr. 6. Lieutenant William E. Perez Sponsored by Council Member Ras J. Baraka 7. Peshine Avenue School, Bragaw Avenue School, BRICK Avon Academy, Dayton Street School and George Washington Carver Elementary School for their outstanding performance in the South Ward Reads Literacy Competition 8. Dy’Zhanae Jackson 9. Adonis Thomas 10. Tahir Whitehead Sponsored by Council Member Mildred C. Crump 11. Zion Hill Baptist Church 12. Eleanor Bowser 13. Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church 14. Dr. Robert R. Vaughn and Alma Frances (Allen) 15. The Bethany Mass Choir Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez 16. The New Jersey Guyanese American Cultural Foundation 17. Individuals being honored at the Guyana Flag Raising Ceremony Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 18. Vickie J. Snoy, Executive Director, Newark Boys Chorus School 19. Luis Roberto Clemente, son of Roberto Clemente 20. Vera Zavala De Clemente, wife of Roberto Clemente 21. Brazilian American United Association 16th Year Anniversary 22. Susan Wagner, Sculptor of the Roberto Clemente Monument 23. Sra. Marlene Rivera, Outstanding Mother and Business Owner 24. Recipients of “Mother’s Day Award” by Our Lady of Good Council 25. Felicita Ruiz 26. El Platanal Restaurant 27. Singer, “Jose Gabriel” 28. Singer, “Gabriel Rodriguez 29. Long Play Studios 30. Hispanic Firefighters 31. “Modesto Vieira” Community Advocate 32. “Grup Bohemia” 33. Singer, “Mino” 34. Luz Angela Zidziunas, Civil and Environmental Engineering, NJIT 35. Elissa Maria Candelaria, New Jersey City University Sponsored by Council Member Ronald C. Rice 36. Winners of the fourth annual Newark Public Schools Art Contest for 3rd and 5th graders 37. Irvington Neighborhood Improvement Consortium 38. Elizabeth Ann Thompson Hubbard 39. The Newark Teachers Union (NTU) 14th Annual Shanker Scholarship Awards and Hall of Fame Dinner 40. The Honorable Louis Farrakhan 41. Donuts for Dad/Muffins for Moms Luncheon on May 25, 2012 at West Side High School 42. Pastor Mamie Bridgeforth and Maribel Nunez 43. Graduates of the Explorer Program on June 7, 2012 44. Graduates of the Vailsburg Child Development Center at Unified Vailsburg Services Organization on June 30, 2012