COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

^gtstaltfre journa l WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2006

SESSION OF 2006 190TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 51

SENATE WEDNESDAY, July 5,2006

The Senate met at 3:15 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving Time.

The PRESIDENT (Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll) in the Chair.

PRAYER AND PLEDGE DISPENSED W I T H

The PRESIDENT. Without objection, we will dispense with the prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance for todays Session.

JOURNAL APPROVAL POSTPONED

The PRESIDENT. Without objection, approval of the Journal of the Session of July 1,2006, will be postponed until the Journal is in print.

HOUSE MESSAGES

HOUSE CONCURS IN SENATE AMENDMENTS BY AMENDING SAID AMENDMENTS

TO HOUSE BILL

The Clerk of the House of Representatives informed the Sen­ate that the House has concurred in amendments made by the Senate by amending said amendments to HB 700, in which con­currence of the Senate is requested.

The PRESIDENT. Pursuant to Senate Rule XIV, section 5, this bill will be referred to the Committee on Rules and Execu­tive Nominations.

HOUSE BILLS FOR CONCURRENCE

The Clerk of the House of Representatives presented to the Senate the following bills for concurrence, which were referred to the committees indicated:

July 1.2006

HB 93 and 243 - Committee on Banking and Insurance. HB 492 ~ Committee on Education. HB 1082 - Committee on Finance. HB 1479 - Committee on State Government.

July 5.2006

HB 222 and 2596 - Committee on Aging and Youth. HB 1729 ~ Committee on Education. HB 1588 - Committee on Public Health and Welfare. HB 1695 - Committee on Game and Fisheries. HB 1809,2590,2625,2687 and 2749 ~ Committee on Judi­

ciary. HB 1959 - Committee on State Government. HB 2178 - Committee on Banking and Insurance.

HB 2498 and 2741 ~ Committee on Transportation. HB 2667 ~ Committee on Urban Affairs and Housing. HB 2757 and 2799 ~ Committee on Finance. HB 2793 and 2795 - Committee on Environmental Resources

and Energy. HB 2794 ~ Committee on Veterans Affairs and Emergency

Preparedness.

RESIGNATION O F CHAIRMAN O F STANDING COMMITTEE O F THE SENATE

The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following com­munication, which was read by the Clerk as follows:

SENATE OF PENNSYLVANIA

June 26,2006

Honorable Robert C. Jubelirer President Pro Tempore Room 292 Main Capitol Building Harrisburg, PA

Dear Senator Jubelirer:

I am sending this letter to inform you of my intention to resign as Chairman of the Senate Labor and Industry Committee effective at the start of the Senate's summer recess.

Sincerely,

JOE SCARNATI Senator - 25th District

RESIGNATION O F MEMBER O F STANDING COMMITTEE O F THE SENATE

The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following com­munication, which was read by the Clerk as follows:

SENATE OF PENNSYLVANIA

TO: Senator Robert C. Jubelirer

President Pro Tempore

FROM: Senator ROGER MADIGAN

SUBJECT: Committee on Labor and Industry

DATE: July 5, 2006 As a result of my appointment to the Committee on Rules and Ex­

ecutive Nominations, I hereby resign from the Committee on Labor and Industry effective immediately.

APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER TO STANDING COMMITTEE O F THE SENATE

The PRESIDENT. The Chair wishes to announce that the President pro tempore has made the following appointment:

Senator John Gordner as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Industry.

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BILLS SIGNED

The PRESIDENT (Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll) in the presence of the Senate signed the following bills:

HB 804, HB 1992 and HB 2383.

RECESS

The PRESIDENT. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Cumberland, Senator Vance.

Senator VANCE. Madam President, I move that the Senate do now recess to the call of the President pro tempore.

The PRESIDENT. Senator Vance moves that the Senate do now recess to the call of the President pro tempore.

The motion was agreed to by voice vote.

AFTER RECESS

The PRESIDENT. The time of recess having expired, the Senate will come to order.

CONGRATULATORY RESOLUTIONS

The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following resolu­tions, which were read, considered, and adopted by voice vote:

June 30.2006

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Justin Marc Korczynski by Senator Armstrong.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Joshua Daniel Walker by Senator Boscola.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Dr. Jonathan A. Goldner, Dr. Colleen Cahill, Bath Lioness Club and to the Brass Rail of Allentown by Senator Browne.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Adam and Maryann Hall by Senator Costa.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. John Petruzella by Senator Gordner.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Michael McCormick by Senator Greenleaf.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. George L. Beaner, Sr., and to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leidy by Senator Jubelirer.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to the citizens of the Borough of Midland by Senator LaValle.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Franckowiak, Mr. and Mrs. John Winckoski, Mr. and Mrs. George Coslett, Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Mulaski and to Francis Drew by Senator Lemmond.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W. Suders, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. James Shuck, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Shaner, Mr. and Mrs. Neil A. Mutchler, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. DeSanto and to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Shangraw by Senator Madigan.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Alburtis C. Witner II and to the citizens of the City of Wilkes-Barre by Senator Musto.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ruffer, Pine-Richland High School Baseball Team of Gibsonia and to the Shaler Area High School Softball Team of Pittsburgh by Senator Orie.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Michael Stephan Seese and to Michael Kenneth Hartung by Senator Pippy.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Elby Boring and to Bender's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Biglerville by Senator Punt.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Ryann Krais by Senator Rafferty.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Roupe by Senator Regola.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to John Yoho, Sr., by Senator Robbins.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Dr. and Mrs. Michael Lee Webb, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schulte, Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Franjione, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Wayne Wass, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harrington and to Mr. and Mrs. Burdette White by Senator Stout.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Michael Snader by Senator Wenger.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Dr. Mary Beth Leidman and to Isabel Vogel by Senator D. White.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Dr. Michael G. Waddell by Senators Wonderling and Browne.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to the Brown-Daub Dealerships of Easton by Senator Wonderling and others.

July 5. 2006

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. William Cauler, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Stoy, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Bobbitt, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Shenk, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Westcott, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood A. Olewiler, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McComsey, Mr. and Mrs. Dale D. Doutrich, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G. Goshkey, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth V. Pineda, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Warfel, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Magalski, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrille Whitson, Mr. and Mrs. John Wolf, Mr. and Mrs. James G. Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winters, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn C. Herr, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Darrenkamp, Jeffrey L. Sholly, Paul Rager, James Reever, William E. Schreiber and to Sara Evenwel by Senator Armstrong.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edward Beck, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Albert, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dax, Patricia Schall, Stephen B. Russell Davis, Christo­pher K. Bemaski, Derek Jay Fusciardi, James J. O'Neill, Frances Poalillo, St. Stanislaus Church of Bethlehem, Radio Station WRRS/Radprin of Bethlehem, Northampton County Junior Con­servation School of Bath, Steelworkers' Archives, Inc., of Bethle­hem, Newhard's Pharmacy of Northampton, Pocono Medical Center of East Stroudsburg and to the Second Baptist Church of Bethlehem by Senator Boscola.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the American Payroll Association by Senators Boscola and Browne.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Edward and Inez Cantrell Donley, Linny Fowler, Gayle F. Hendricks, Vivian Butts, Susan Gilmore, Honorable Nancy Matos Gonzalez and to the Bethlehem Branch of the NAACP by Senators Boscola, Browne, and Wonderling.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to John Patrick O'Connell by Senators Boscola and Lemmond.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Wilfred Erb, Louise E. Heffelfinger, Amanda Pennypacker, Earl L. Zellers, Jr., Harry H. Miller, James R Leupold, Duke Munford, Kimberly Kreider Umble, Veterans of Foreign Wars, F.W. Fuhrman Post No. 23, of Lebanon, and to the Berks County Medical Society Alliance, Inc., of Wyomissing, by Senator Brightbill.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Reverend Eddy and Mrs. Ana Aybar, Dr. and Mrs. Robert LaFrankie, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Readinger, Mr. and Mrs. James Braker, Mr. and Mrs. Artis Markley, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Price, Frances Lichtenwalner, Joseph C. Kopcho, Nicholas A. Potts, Derek Creighton Adler, Joshua P. Wagner, Joseph Robert Weinman, Frederick Marshall, Reverend Dr. Don R. Quayle, Helen Willis, Kevin Charles Sodl, Ana Sainz de la Pena, Derek Michael McHugh, Jonathon M. Steed, Jonathon L. Krisko, Adult Day

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Programs at Westminster Village of Allentown, Arsha Vidya Gurukulam of Saylorsburg and to Blue Ridge Hook and Ladder Fire Company No. 1, Inc., of Saylorsburg, by Senator Browne.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Wilhelmina Wright and to the Housing Association and Development Corpo­ration of the Lehigh Valley by Senators Browne and Boscola.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wetherhold and to Nancy Ritter by Senators Browne and Wonderling.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Michael C. Foux, Michelle Adams, Gretchen Stoudt, Linda L. Kauffinan, Ross J. Bom, Lee A. Butz, David N. Shaffer, Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania and to the Lehigh County Authority by Senator Browne and others.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Daniel B. Cheek, Timothy Raymond Miller, Robert Ford, Jeffrey A. Lindenmuth and to St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Newtown by Senator Conti.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to the Pennsylva­nia Biotechnology Center, Hepatitis B Foundation, of Doylestown, by Senators Conti and Greenleaf.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Frank T. Dainese by Senators Conti and Mellow.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Shaeffer, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Heister, Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. Holland, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Nickle, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Reigle, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Aurand, Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Bitting, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Baer, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bush, Reverend and Mrs. Ronald Nipple, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Donald McKee, Mr. and Mrs. Elam R. Shelley, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kaufinan, Mr. and Mrs. Robin W. Forbes, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Mahlin, Mr. and Mrs. George Mohler, Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Little, Ronald E. Mummah, Robert E. Kratzer III, John V. Tedeschi, Christo­pher W. Wolfgang, Dona M. Goldman, Adam Edward Bergeman, Ruth Herman Dreibelbis, Joseph Lacombe, Andrew Kenneth Dutrow, Jeffrey A. Miller, Hobart King Kistler, Severin Thierwechter, Christopher James Cecco, Mary L. Byers, William Thomas Campbell, Andrew Alan Weiner, Fike Brothers Carpet One Floor and Home of Yeagertown, First National Bank of Liverpool, citizens of the Borough of New Bloomfield, Pennsyl­vania State University Creamery, East Salem United Methodist Church of Mifflintown and to the Juniata County Historical Soci­ety by Senator Corman.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Leonard V. Gallo, Daniel M. Juarin, Robert P. Baumann, Wayne C. Scott, John Minnaji and to the Allegheny County Airport by Senator Costa.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Honorable David S. Cercone and to Craig Chedwick by Senators Costa and Fontana.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Reverend John D. Mobley, Sr., Dr. Robert W. Stephenson, Philip Wilson Clark, Michael Jonathan Schon, Matthew Joseph Kravitz, Ryan D. Jones, Keith Calvert Macchione, Charlotte B. Twaddell, Matt Hoimick, Ryan James Tigro, Thomas Yamell, Gregory M. Alexis and to Friends of the Kennedy Covered Bridge of Phoenixville by Senator Dinniman.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Glen G. But­ler by Senators Dinniman and Rafferty.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Scott, Russell J. Pettis, Joseph Laughlin, Mitchell Jon Hoyt, Adeline M. Calabrese, Sierra Miller, Aisha Miller, Kiara Green, James Joseph Ward and to the Kiwanis Club of Erie by Senator Earll.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Edward J. Wargo by Senators Earll and M.J. White.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Domenic Pascale, Robert Barlow, Daniel Bedrossian and to June Robbins by Senator Erickson.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to John Masarik, Toni G. Ervin and to Stephen Artman by Senator Ferlo.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Derek Andrew Schultz, Robert S. Allen and to June K. Koury by Senator Fontana.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Linda Redanauer, Raymond S. Miller, Joseph Mullin, Cornelius Kane, Joseph Campagna, Charles Sarkioglu and to the George Sharswood School of Philadelphia by Senator Fumo.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Purcell, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Doucette, Mr. and Mrs. J. Glen Litterer, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heimbach, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Witmer, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Glass, Mr. and Mrs. August Witowski, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buggy, Mr. and Mrs. Merle F. Ulsh, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dinius, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Russell, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Bankes, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bartol, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kasinowski, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Kocher, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Guzior, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Minnich, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Balliet, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. William K. Messinger, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bostian, Reverend Michael and Mrs. Cindy Cantine, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Kurland, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Reilley, Mr. and Mrs. Ira H. Lessman, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall E. Ulrich, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Good, Mr. and Mrs. Don Levan, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kessler, Mr. and Mrs. W. Franklin Kline, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lewis Foust, Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Blaisdell, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kase, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mosteller, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. DeWald, Mr. and Mrs. James Challenger, Douglas A. Grove, Jr., Reverend Don Morgantini, Robert J. Herman III, Kyle Todd Nicholas, Helen Stoneroad, Morris Moss, Mary Kroutch, Janis Resser, Thomas James Doyle, Adam Odorizzi, Sean Deiter, Michael L. Dalius, John Charles Kell III, Andrew Lee Squier, Jean Eleanor Harris, Jonathan Daniel Poler, Mary W. Hess, Anne M. Rishe, Benjamin Lee Bailey, Matthew Paul Santarelli, Monsignor J.C. Petrovits Knights of Columbus Council No. 4281 of Kulpmont, Sunbury Revitalization, Inc., Northumberland County Farm Bu­reau, citizens of the Borough of Marion Heights, Mausdale Christian Church, Millersburg Ferry and to Furmano Foods of Northumberland by Senator Gordner.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Dr. Richard and Dr. Phyllis Buckwalter, Anthony G. Keiper, Sr., Stephen Allen Hanebury, Jr., Ray L. Wilson, Nickolas C. Kirkner, An­drew Disario, Matthew Jason Bilsky, Grace Glead Ernes, Emmalina Woll, Scott Hills, Kevin Bleau, Charles Howard Gross, Winifred Backlund, Bucks County Chiropractic Society and to Hartsville Fire Company No. 1 by Senator Greenleaf.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Dotsie Keith by Senators Greenleaf and Conti.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mary Alexan­der, Clarence F. Hatcher, Eula Cousins, Wendell Robinson and to WURD 900 AM and LEVAS Communications, LLC, of Phila­delphia by Senator Hughes.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Robert R Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cheslock, Mr. and Mrs. David Corle, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Claar, Mr. and Mrs. James Hood, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ayers, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Los, Mr. and Mrs. Mahersal Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Oldham, Mr. and Mrs. Veryl Hite, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Amato, Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Lynn, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond S. Feltenberger, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hann, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Claycomb, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Waltemire, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Arturo Capone, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Rinker, Mr. and Mrs.

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Ernie Imgrund, Mr. and Mrs. Blair A. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Border, Mr. and Mrs. James Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Rich­ard M. Jaymes, Mr. and Mrs. William Joseph Tremmel, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Ernest, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ford, Mr. and Mrs. John Atherton, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Manges, Mr. and Mrs. John Ray Cottle, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Deibert, Mr. and Mrs. Warren T. Dasher, Jim Mock, Reynold D. Santone, Jr., Dan Sinai, Minerva Gordon, Megan Ritchey, Virginia M. Day, Dr. Mark Taylor, Judy Johnson, Jennie Oswalt, James Baker and to St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Altoona by Senator Jubelirer.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Johnstown by Senators Jubelirer and Wozniak.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. John Mongell, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harris, Mr. and Mrs. David Petrun, Mr. and Mrs. Eldo DiVirgilio, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coppetti, Dr. Gregory W. Gray, Robert C. Robine III, James Ferencz, Gladys Jane Wilt, Jarrod Neil Whoric, Anthony W. Dukich, Harold DeBoIt, Anthony Francis DeCarlo, Scott Jeffrey Sutton, Aaron Maxwell Berkey, Joan Marie Cobum, Nathan Daniel Bamdt, Somerset Area 9-andlO-Year-Old Little League All-Star Baseball Team, Confluence Volunteer Fire Department, Hiller Volunteer Fire Company, Ickes Insurance and Financial Services of Boswell, Connellsville United Presbyterian Church, Brownsville Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, South Brownsville Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 and to the New Haven Hose Company Volunteer Fire Department by Senator Kasunic.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Reverend Dr. Clarence Hester, Bishop Harold Faust, Frances Steadman-Tumer, Bemadette Muchison-Williams, Charletta Harris, Hattie M. Johnson, Conchita Fields Vincent, Denise Wright, John Ste­phen Sender, Missouri Bage Bulluck and to the National African Religion Congress of Philadelphia by Senator Kitchen.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Giovanna Battaglini and to Charles Hardester by Senator LaValle.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Dick and Eloise Masters, Raymond R. Rodriguez, Barbara A. Brown, Carl Edward Johnson, Helen Symons, Reed H. Burman, Ira Reynolds, Julia D. Hansen, Molly C. Rodgers, Fay Kozemchak, Mary Erwine, South Canaan Telephone Company and to the Lehman-Idetown United Methodist Church by Senator Lemmond.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Andrew Jo­seph Bamousky by Senators Lemmond and Musto.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Sentipal, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Poli, Forrest Emil Kovacevic, Jr., Sean R. Smith, Daniel Joseph Halaszynski, Kevin Michael Halaszynski, Wallace Christopher Diethom, Richard Thomas Lochinski, Christopher Michael Joseph, Clara Jeroski, Justin LaValle and to the Triedstone Baptist Church of Rankin by Senator Logan.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Harry L. Rogers, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas R Figlo, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kelsey, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Yeagle, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Dgien, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Houseknecht, Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gerardi, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Jamie McPherson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chianelli, Mr. and Mrs. Kent Edsell, Mr. and Mrs. Ken­neth L. Schneider, Mr. and Mrs. R. William Flick, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Fedorowicz, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon E. Kohler, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bartolomeo, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Gephart, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Moyer, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy G. Markert, Mr. and Mrs. Lester L. Lockcuff, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Lloyd Garman, Mr. and Mrs. Willis R. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Wingrove, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Clark, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Minier, Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Dingle, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hafer, Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Bower, Mr. and Mrs. Duane C. Wolcott, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Bower, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. David Shim, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. Albert D.

Harris, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Yanuzzi, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton K. Hungerford, Mr. and Mrs. Duanne Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Roland H. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Steward, Mr. and Mrs. William W. Shief, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Kerstetter, Mr. and Mrs. Francis R. Bigelow, Mr. and Mrs. Putsee Vannucci, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G. Coffey, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lenig, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Troisi, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome J. Pasukinis, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gedon, Mr. and Mrs. George Day, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Klobe, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney E. O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. Earl L. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. David Goehring, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Tryba, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Price, Jason Michael McElroy, Adam Donald Confer, Joshua E. Henne, Kenneth Brown, Zachary Lee Hannan, Luke Alleman Rodgers, Jason Whitney White, Brett D. Teeter, Jonathan E. Clark, Crissa A. Johnson, Pearl Kimble, Andrew Wyland, Albert Woleslagle, Robert Packer Hospital of Sayre and to the Blue Ridge High School Softball Team by Senator Madigan.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Jack Ord by Senators Madigan and Lemmond.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Timms, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. William Munley, Paul Gibson, Kathryn Mitchell, Donna J. Simpson, Ivy L. Brenzel, Evie Rafalko McNulty, Adam Jones, Sean Michael Sanner, Barbara Savino Bossi, Frank Lavin, Frances Paolillo, Bernard Kohut, Pennsylvania American Water, Scranton Water Treat­ment Plant, Columbia Hose Company No. 5 of Carbondale and to the Murray Insurance Agency, Inc., of Scranton, by Senator Mellow.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Wasil Kobela, Maurice C. Heater, Jr., Raymond M. Koval, Geraldine Mae Gombert, James P. Chickilly, James P. Faust, Merrill H. Velitsky, Martha R Warner, Jane W. Suitch, Margaret Watto, Kathryn Rodgers, Frank Priggins, Joseph P. Yanacek, Ralph E. Hunsicker, Helen Lenick, Andrew Mika, Marie Sholtis, Gerald Searfoss, Veronica Bazik, Maiy Brazzo, Mary M. Watto, Stephen Barrouk, Peggy J. Shedlock, Andrew P. Grinstead and to Holy Rosaiy Roman Catholic Church of Wilkes-Barre by Sen­ator Musto.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to the Honorable Charles D. and Mrs. Barbara Lemmond by Senators Musto and Mellow.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to KME Kovatch Fire Apparatus of Nesquehoning and to the Pennsylvania Labor History Society by Senators Musto and Rhoades.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Most Rever­end Francis B. Schulte, Robert T. Wright, Sr., Peter D. Nicholas III, Alexander M. Bronner, Clinton W. Iredale, Frederick A. Alkons, John B. Montgomery, Ryan T. Spinka, Robert W. Cardy, James D. Bagenstose, Jr., Steven M. Hughes, Richard Gerhart, Nathan A. Marzoli, Colton G. Ziegler, Michael D. Trubilla, Mat­thew W. Strauss, Brian A. Stump, Ellen M. Adam-Moatz, Elias T. Tallas, Robert L. Hill, Alexander T. Forester, Lucas G. Kuebler, Jonathan M. Fura, Lee Mecherly, Boyertown Bears Junior Legion Baseball Team, Berks Community Television, Oley Valley Community Fair Association, Board of Trustees of Alvemia College of Reading and to the citizens of the Borough of Kenhorst by Senator O'Pake.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to James R. Leupold and to the Berks County Medical Society Alliance by Senators O'Pake and Brightbill.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to the Most Rev­erend Louis A. DeSimone by Senators O'Pake and Fumo.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to the Dennis and Donna Kunkle Family by Senators O'Pake and Rhoades.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Critchlow, Mr. and Mrs. James Larkin, Mr. and Mrs. John McCaslin, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Homyak, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wagg, Abie Abraham, Patricia McCarthy, Jeremy Robert Harris,

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Jordan Shoop, Jamel Nicholas, Tammy Andreyko, Tracey Cima, Elizabeth Thompson, Jane Dear, Honorable Richard E. Powell, Matthew Abraham Pugh, Tracy Devlin, Marie Bosco, Michelle L. Schwoebel, Bemadette Urschler Genser, Colleen Geyer, Cindy Li, Peter Cai, Maxwell Brown, John Boujoukos, Jonathan Chemus, Isabel Trew, Jonathan E. Zimmer, Devin Richard Gannon, Brandon Whale, Spencer Whale, Jeffrey Kukuruda, Paul Tisa, Kemper Vogel, Margaret Nikolajski, Louanne Wiegand, Priyanka Amin, Casey Melvin, Aimee Dassner, Brittany Bennett, Jen Simile, Andrew Heck, Colin Durborow, Chris Beatty, Harry Austin, Josh Campanella, Heather Elstner, Lia Sorce, John Karr, Sam Goettman, Sylvia Danehy, Mark Muzzana, Jodi Rush, Rita Ruscetti, John Boujoukos, Seubert and Associates, Inc., of Pittsburgh, North Allegheny Senior High School, North Allegheny Intermediate Unit, St. Bonaventure Elementary School newspaper staff of Glenshaw, Allison Park Church and to the Plains Presbyterian Church of Cranberry Township by Senator Orie.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to John A. Kane, Larry Gardner, Leon E. Hoch, Reverend David M. Screven, George W. Jackson, Michael C. Smerick, Emily Elizabeth Radosevic, Jason Eric Bamhart and to Possibility Place of Har­risburg by Senator Piccola.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to the Right Reverend Michael W. Creighton by Senators Piccola and Vance.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. James Vernon Coe, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Winfred Kulp, Mr. and Mrs. John Stanley Wisniewski, Columba Louise Cilione, Evelyn Russell Stoops, Matthew James Coale, Jason Alexander Trigg, Robert Barlow, Tyler William Foster, Patrick Michael Strickler, Brett David Saienni, James Donald Thomas, Amanda Elizabeth Wenrich, Rose Valley Chorus and Orchestra of Media and to St. Paul Christian Methodist Episcopal Church of Chester by Sena­tor Pileggi.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Hudacek, Don Berman, Melvin W. Paul, Robert Metzler, Lance Letterio, Raymond P. Hirschinger, James Schaefer, Douglas Palumbo, Daniel Fahringer, Todd Becker, Gregory Allen Mineweaser, Garrett S. Bama, David Campbell, Matthew O'Rourke, Andrew Sell, Alan Begly, Aaron Scrivo, Guinevere DeRoy, Zachary Christian Krieger, Brian Joseph Zoeckler, James Andrew Benze, Mark Edward Walsh and to St. Clair Hospital of Pittsburgh by Senator Pippy.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. J. Victor DeWeese by Senators Pippy and Stout.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Steve Ras-mussen, Michael J. Hayduk, Thomas E. Harrison, Evelyn Schenck, Terry D. Morgan and to Clinton Tyler Barkdoll by Senator Punt.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Heffiier by Senators Punt and Robbins.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Judy A. Landis by Senators Punt and Waugh.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dellangelo, Joseph J. Hein, Ethel Minnifield, Andrew S. Bowlin, Reverend John D. Mobley, Sr., Ryan Francis, Brian G. Johnson, Kyle Miller, Devin Charles, Alex Ditch, William H. Markley, Mark W. Carpenter, Andrew Houck, Chris Mulhall, Kory Knaster, The Pottstown Mercury, McCarter Home Decorat­ing of Downingtown, St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church of Pottstown, WestNorriton Little League 13-14 All-Stars Baseball Team, Methacton 12-year-old All-Star Team and to the Methacton 14 & Under All-Stars Team by Senator Rafferty.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Martin Brice and to the Kline-Styer-McCann Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7155 of Collegeville by Senators Rafferty and Dinniman.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Jason Robert Kraus by Senators Rafferty and C. Williams.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Michael Hood by Senators Rafferty and Wonderling.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to the Montgom­ery County Mediation Center of Norristown by Senator Rafferty and others.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Max Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Avampato, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McHenry, Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Cianciotto, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lutz, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eisaman, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hails, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Dominick, Mr. and Mrs. Don Kattic, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Oshnock, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hobaugh, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Herman, Mr. and Mrs. James Copelli, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richard Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Patsy Rose, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rupert, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beiter, Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Smail, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hood, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kuhns, Mr. and Mrs. William Schmeling, Mr. and Mrs. Angelo DeSantis, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kapura, Mr. and Mrs. William D. Dickson, Ida R Shugars Miller, Joseph F. Zello, Sr., Declan Wilson, Emma Malpezzi Neri, Howard Wolfgang, Jr., West Point 13-14-Year-Old Softball Team and to Mount Pleasant Glass and Ethnic Festival by Senator Regola.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Moyer II, Mr. and Mrs. David P. Kruppenbach, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kem, Mr. and Mrs. Abner Huntsberger, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Leo Breznik, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford M. Henne, Mr. and Mrs. Arlan Hartman, Honorable Paul Sheers, Honorable Bob Allen, Anthony R. Mackalavage, Brian M. Milore, Most Rever­end Thomas J. Welsh, Reverend Monsignor Joseph P. Dooley, Reverend Monsignor Edward J. O'Connor, Richard V. Hutton, Jr., Nicholas V. Butt, Jonathan H. King, Stephen R. Schwartz, Robert T. Quirk, Irene Gimbel, Frances Adams, Scott E. Schalles, Broc R. Koppenhaver, Anthony Jordan, Lillian Jordan, Hattie Leyer, Louis Cervenak, Jean Carter, Beatrice Long, Roger Nanovic, Donald Shea, Marvin Smith, Amy L. Newton, Alexan­der J. Miller, Kaitlyn Bradley, Mahanoy Area Historical Society, citizens of the City of Pottsville, St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church of Saint Clair, East End Fire Company No. 2 of Palo Alto, Keystone Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 of McAdoo, Pulaski Lodge No. 216, Free and Accepted Masons, of Pottsville, St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Ashland and to the Rob­ert C. Wiscount Veteran's Memorial Park of Tremont by Senator Rhoades.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Woods, Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Bowes, Zachary Vincent Zagger, David D. Fairfield, Jr., Dwight M. Haas, Andrew John Thiel, Walter H. May, Robert Beauchat, Jack E. Flaugh, Steven E. Scott, Bill Lawrence, Ed­ward McCullough, Cheryl Lea Cameron, Jeffery Coursen, Laura Koller, Matthew Scott SeGall, Brian McCann, Nicholas Paul Jones, James Kistler, Brittany Maun, Sharon Lions Club, Mercer County Historical Society, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Stone Church of Harmony and to the Lord Corporation of Cambridge Springs by Senator Robbins.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Dr. Mark A. Piasio, Gladys Ostrum Miller, Matthew Souchik, Ryan Gerald Wehler, Bob Eliason, Nellie Cams Gramling, Crystal L. Wilson, St. Joseph Roman CathoUc Church of Force, Pennsylvania Amer­ican Water's Big Run Water Treatment Plant, citizens of the Bor­ough of Port Allegheny and to the citizens of the Borough of Lawrenceville by Senator Scamati.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Frederick C. Roth, Jr., Richard M. Apanewicz, Jonathan Louis Szarka, Joseph Pawko, Vincent Panetta, David Wilusz and to Andrew Lentini by Senator Stack.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. William Kopf, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Izett, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Masquelier, Mr. and Mrs. William McClure, Mr. and Mrs. Rob

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ert E. Hemmis, Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Engott, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dreucci, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Lese, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Teagarden, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Harry Edward Killen III, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Van Druff, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Howard, Mr. and Mrs. George Arlen Boop, Mr. and Mrs. John Czina, Mr. and Mrs. James Rungo, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hainaut, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kotora, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mavrich, Mr. and Mrs. George Leasure, Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Kurtz, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Laughlin, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sheller, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mais, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Righetti, John F. Baumgarten, Sr., Samuel J. Amorose, Carl DePasqua, George R. Coleman, Jr., Richard T. Bell, Frances Theresa Memoli Tinston, Bemice Allegre, Miriam Elizabeth Becker-Weidner, Bethlehem Baptist Church of Bentleyville and to West Brownsville Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 by Senator Stout.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Wittman, George Kitchell and to Muller, Inc., of Phila­delphia, by Senator Tartaglione.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Eric Madsen, Andrew Huber, Bradford Tolosky, Matthew Resh, American Red Cross Lower Bucks County Chapter, Bensalem Branch of the Buck County Free Library, Richboro Swim Club, Saint Charles Borromeo Knights of Columbus Council No. 4279 of Bensalem, Langhome United Methodist Church and to the Township Li­brary of Lower Southampton by Senator Tomlinson.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sowers, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Basehore, Mr. and Mrs. Don­ald Harold Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wiest, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Andrick, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Erickson, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stitt, Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Gallo, Mr. and Mrs. Clair Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Snoke, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Moser, Mr. and Mrs. Richard McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Stoner Dietz, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lint, Mr. and Mrs. Herm Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thrush, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lerch, Mr. and Mrs. John Ferich, Brigadier General and Mrs. Kanid Utitsam, Brigadier General and Mrs. Nathan Mugisha, Colonel and Mrs. Sergiy Maslovskyi, Colonel and Mrs. Chris Collett, Colonel and Mrs. Aurelian Stinga, Colonel and Mrs. Aloys Muganga, Colonel and Mrs. Waleed Aldahri, Colonel and Mrs. Wing Kai Chan, Colonel and Mrs. Janusz Adamczak, Colonel and Mrs. Andrew Nikolic, Colonel and Mrs. Matar Al-Balushi, Colonel and Mrs. Solomon Giwa-Amu, Colonel and Mrs. Craig Hilton, Colonel and Mrs. Rodrigo Perdomo, Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Alberto Palma, Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Grudi Angelov, Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Henrik Lyhne, Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Braulio De La Rosa, Colonel and Mrs. Jari Kytola, Colonel and Mrs. Rafael Melara, Colonel and Mrs. Tadao Maeda, Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Zvi Tsoran, Brigadier Gen­eral and Mrs. Khaled Aboud, Colonel and Mrs. Ahmad Hashem, Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Jae Pill Pyun, Colonel and Mrs. Mohammad Jaradat, Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Hany Nakhleh, Colonel and Mrs. Gabriel Garcia, Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Danzandorj Narantulga, Brigadier and Mrs. Javed Iqbal, Colonel and Mrs. Uwe Benecke, Brigadier and Mrs. Selva Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sauerwine, Colonel Salem Al Jaberi, Mr. Li-Sheng Kuo, Colonel Noel Coballes, Lieutenant Colonel Ehsanullah Azim, Colonel Peter Magosi, Brigadier General Raouf Seda, Colonel Djarot Budiyanto, Lieutenant Colonel Rene Palao, Colo­nel Kristin Lund, Cynthia Sutton, Joel Andrew Wierman, Mat­thew Allan Christman, Dean Robert Clepper, Charles H. Stone, Elizabeth H, Stone, Kevin J. Mahood, Joseph Engers, Robert Ray Boden III, Christopher Brian Graham, Grace M. Pollock, Mark A. Guida, Paul Strizzi, Mary Dell, Bernard W. Girman III, Kara Millhouse, Saylor's Market of Newville, Cumberland Crossings of Carlisle, World Surgical Foundation, Inc., of Camp Hill, Citizen's Fire Company No. 1 of Enola and to Arnold Lo­gistics of Camp Hill by Senator Vance.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Reverend Dr. Tommie Maree Lee, Bryant Holland Wright Poindexter, Essie Toombs, Celeste N. Pinder, Vincent P. Santarelli, Charles D. Gray, Jr., Doris Prosser and to Jerome Weiland by Senator Washington.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to the Reverend Dr. Tommie Maree Lee by Senators Washington and Greenleaf.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mary Frantz, Richard W. Halpin, Aaron L. Houser, Brandon Jay, Lindsey Cramer, Lindsey Dean, Christopher M. Schott, David Foster Flannelly, Benjamin Vincent Kehm, Taylor Scott Blyth, Health Care Campus at Colonial Manor of York, Shiloh Lioness Club, Eureka Volunteer Fire Company, Station 54, and to Laurel Fire Company No. 1 by Senator Waugh.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. John B. Grube, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Mentch, Kennedy Jet Kulish, Ruth W. Husser, Jeromy J. Gress, Victoria Rose Worst, Floyd Landis and to Paul Nauman by Senator Wenger.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Weber, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Wyant, Mr. and Mrs. Rich­ard Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. McCullough, Mr. and Mrs. L. Blaine Grube, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stipcak, Reverend John and Barbara Schneidmiller, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rager, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Shrock, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs. John Janocha, Mr. and Mrs. Al Vettori, Mr. and Mrs. C. Morrell Deabenderfer, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Zagurskie, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox, Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. William George Eichman, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Zundel, Mr. and Mrs. William Cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Spera, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Mears, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Otterman, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Morrow, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin O'Keefe, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shearer, Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Magee, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Turner, Thomas Sam­uel Fitzgerald, Daniel E. Fleming II, Reverend Gregory Held, Alan C. Scott, Barry J. Seth, Anthony E. Bellmore, Alice Ware, Kimberly Nichole Minto, Indiana County Sheriffs Office, Raybum Township Volunteer Fire Company, Blairsville Frater­nal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 1488 and to Mahoning Hills So­cial Center by Senator D. White.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Small, Mr. and Mrs. Delmon Baucom, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Wil­liam Showers, Mr. and Mrs. William Lee Amon, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Abner M. Harter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Long, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Copenhaver, Mr. and Mrs. Donald McCall, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Benedict, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Nail, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Finnefrock, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Lander, Mr. and Mrs. John Powell, Mr. and Mrs. James McClellan, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brandon, Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Tascarella, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shiner, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ehrhart, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn H. Brink, Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Thomas Venturella, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Flinspach, Joanne Jacklin, Eric Proper, Bridgette A. Foster, Dr. Robert Arbuckle, Dr. James G. Pesek, Dr. Pete Dalby, Dr. George M. Veloudis, Roger Oxendale, Hope Henry Miller, Angela Groom, Brian Martin Pavkovich, Matthew T. Heath, Alan Bandi, Charles W. Clouse, Betsy Carroll, Dan Reichard, Lee Ligo, United Plate Glass Company of Butler, Ellen O'Brien Gaiser Addiction Center of Butler, Butler Area Mer­chants Association Auction and to the Franklin Silver Comet Band by Senator M.J. White.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Butler County Community College by Senator M.J. White and others.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Benjamin Walton, Patricia Doe, Virginia L. Brown, Lincoln Day Nursery of Philadelphia and to Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., by Sena­tor A.H. Williams.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Lois Laudermilch Myers by Senators A.H. Williams and Vance.

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Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Joshua Culbreath, Sr., Daniel Perrone, James Siegfried, Louis M. Damiani, Leon P. Sendecki, Daniel J. Costello, Arthur R. Moo-ney, Patricia Evans, Lena Jacobson, Living Beyond Breast Can­cer of Ardmore, Plymouth Soccer Club of Horsham, Upper Merion Senior Service Center and to the King of Prussia Rotary Club by Senator C. Williams.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lieberman, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Milligan, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bell, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Ruppert, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mohr, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Messenlehner, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lowe, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Mowad, Frank Robison, Jack Watt, Derek Williams, Matthew Edward Phifer, Monsignor Sami Hayek, Bonnie Amey, Ashley Wilson, Margaret DeBona, Aria Diefenderfer, Richard J. Sloyer, Frank Chisesi, Alexander M. David, Carole Schmidt Krieble, Ervin Jaros, Cliff Nguyen, Emmaus Ambulance Corps, North Penn Water Author­ity of Lansdale, North Penn Visiting Nurse Association Adult Day Services Program of Lansdale, Genesis Bicycles of Easton, Manna on Main Street of Lansdale, The Crayola FACTORY of Easton, The Wellness Place of Lansdale, National Canal Mu­seum of Easton and to the citizens of the Frederick Mennonite Community by Senator Wonderling.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Rosemary A. Sherwin by Senators Wonderling and Browne.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Steve Miller by Senators Wonderling and Conti.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Shane Pratt, Sondra Gerhart Rakowski, Dan Drissel, Jami Wilus and to Philip Dearborn by Senators Wonderling and Greenleaf.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor of Easton and to the Wildlife Information Center of Slatington by Senators Wonderling and Rhoades.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to the Weinstein Family, Martin K. Till, Steve Powell, Marlene Fowler, Mary Ellen Griffen, Diane Murphy, Jordan Oliver, Jack Bradt, Braylen J. Williams, Chanelle Price, Jessica L. Dorsey, Dr. Henry Odi, Louis P. Pektor III, Olympus American Headquarters of Center Valley, Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Soci­ety and to PBS WLVT-TV Channel 39 of Bethlehem by Senators Wonderling and others.

Congratulations of the Senate were extended to Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Danel, Sr., Dr. and Mrs. Ken Cox, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Gregorchik, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Koot, Mr. and Mrs. James P. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Gaydos, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Burge, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Siehl, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Blank, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Burkhart, Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Henger, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Strouse, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wadsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brennsteiner, Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Paratore, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Rodgers, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Borischak, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walat, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Froehlich, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mucker, Mr. and Mrs. George Wacker, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Baughman, Alex Shiery, George R. Wheeler, Mirian Neff, Evelyn McHenry, Jason S. Catanese, Esther Kephart, Tom Strunk, Sally Lima, Dianna Giovacchini, Skip Wissinger, Roxie Sarvey Strump, Keith P. Garman, Paul Pase, Hope Hose Com­pany No. 2 and to the Peniel Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center of Johnstown by Senator Wozniak.

CONDOLENCE RESOLUTIONS

The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following resolu­tions, which were read, considered, and adopted by voice vote:

June 30. 2006

Condolences of the Senate were extended to the family of the late Harry W. Kiesendahl by Senator Lemmond.

Condolences of the Senate were extended to the family of the late Victor Vacca by Senator Orie.

Condolences of the Senate were extended to the family of the late Gary Frank Skerski by Senator Stack.

July 5. 2006

Condolences of the Senate were extended to the family of the late F. Foster Furman by Senator Gordner.

Condolences of the Senate were extended to the family of the late Irvin Richard Clisby by Senator Hughes.

Condolences of the Senate were extended to the family of the late Charles Shepp, Jr., by Senator LaValle.

Condolences of the Senate were extended to the family of the late Joseph Gregori by Senator Musto.

Condolences of the Senate were extended to the family of the late William F. Brownley III, to the family of the late David S. Bookser, to the family of the late William Leslie McKee, to the family of the late Herman J. Steppling, to the family of the late Ralph E. Doerfler, to the family of the late Donald R. Iman, to the family of the late Clifford G. Foreman, to the family of the late James N. Earley, to the family of the late Elizabeth C. Moellenbrock, to the family of the late Ralph B. Deramo, to the family of the late Donald A. Welka, to the family of the late Paul Arnold Neeley, to the family of the late Richard W. Klosky, Sr., to the family of the late Anthony A. Alberti and to the family of the late Robert Edward Wilson by Senator Orie.

Condolences of the Senate were extended to the family of the late Honorable Donald O. Riehl by Senators Rafferty and C. Williams.

Condolences of the Senate were extended to the family of the late Thomas D. Maholic by Senator Scamati.

Condolences of the Senate were extended to the family of the late Ralph Eyre Cottman, Sr., and to the family of the late Rich­ard W. Jones by Senator C. Williams.

POSTHUMOUS CITATIONS

The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following cita­tions, which were read, considered, and adopted by voice vote:

A posthumous citation honoring the late Bobby Session was extended to the family by Senator LaValle.

A posthumous citation honoring the late Stanley Fretz was extended to the family by Senator Wonderling.

RECESS

The PRESIDENT. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Lebanon, Senator Brightbill.

Senator BRIGHTBILL. Madam President, I move that the Senate do now recess until Tuesday, September 19, 2006, at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving Time.

The motion was agreed to by voice vote. The Senate recessed at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving

Time.