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No. R-373. House concurrent resolution honoring Representative Kevin “Coach”
Christie of Hartford for his inspirational civic leadership and extending future best
wishes.
                                       (H.C.R.307)
   Offered by Representatives Burrows of West Windsor, LaMont of Morristown,
Stevens of Waterbury, Arsenault of Williston, Austin of Colchester, Bailey of Hyde Park,
Bartholomew of Hartland, Bartley of Fairfax, Berbeco of Winooski, Birong of
Vergennes, Bishop of Colchester, Black of Essex, Bluemle of Burlington, Bos-Lun of
Westminster, Bosch of Clarendon, Boutin of Barre City, Boyden of Cambridge, Brady of
Williston, Branagan of Georgia, Brigham of St. Albans Town, Brown of Richmond,
Burditt of West Rutland, Burke of Brattleboro, Burkhardt of South Burlington, Burtt of
Cabot, Campbell of St. Johnsbury, Canfield of Fair Haven, Carris Duncan of
Whitingham, Casey of Montpelier, Casey of Hubbardton, Chapin of East Montpelier,
Charlton of Chester, Cina of Burlington, Coffin of Cavendish, Cole of Hartford, Conlon
of Cornwall, Cooper of Pownal, Corcoran of Bennington, Critchlow of Colchester,
Demar of Enosburgh, Dickinson of St. Albans Town, Dobrovich of Williamstown,
Dodge of Essex, Dolan of Essex Junction, Dolgin of St. Johnsbury, Donahue of
Northfield, Duke of Burlington, Durfee of Shaftsbury, Eastes of Guilford, Emmons of
Springfield, Feltus of Lyndon, Galfetti of Barre Town, Garofano of Essex, Goldman of
Rockingham, Goodnow of Brattleboro, Goslant of Northfield, Graning of Jericho, Greer
of Bennington, Gregoire of Fairfield, Hango of Berkshire, Harple of Glover, Harvey of
Castleton, Headrick of Burlington, Higley of Lowell, Holcombe of Norwich, Hooper of
Randolph, Houghton of Essex Junction, Howard of Rutland City, Howland of Rutland
Town, Hoyt of Hartford, Hunter of Manchester, James of Manchester, Kascenska of
Burke, Keyser of Rutland City, Kimbell of Woodstock, Kleppner of Burlington,
Kornheiser of Brattleboro, Krasnow of South Burlington, Krowinski of Burlington, Labor
of Morgan, Lalley of Shelburne, LaLonde of South Burlington, Laroche of Franklin,
Lipsky of Stowe, Logan of Burlington, Long of Newfane, Long of Milton, Lueders of
Lincoln, Luneau of St. Albans City, Maguire of Rutland City, Malay of Pittsford,
Marcotte of Coventry, Masland of Thetford, McCann of Montpelier, McCoy of Poultney,
McGill of Bridport, Micklus of Milton, Mihaly of Calais, Minier of South Burlington,
Morgan, L. of Milton, Morgan, M. of Milton, Morris of Springfield, Morrissey of
Bennington, Morrow of Weston, Mrowicki of Putney, Nelson of Derby, Nielsen of
Brandon, Nigro of Bennington, North of Ferrisburgh, Noyes of Wolcott, Nugent of South
Burlington, O’Brien of Tunbridge, Ode of Burlington, Oliver of Sheldon, Olson of
Starksboro, Page of Newport City, Pezzo of Colchester, Pinsonault of Dorset, Pouech of
Hinesburg, Powers of Waterford, Priestley of Bradford, Pritchard of Pawlet, Quimby of
Lyndon, Rachelson of Burlington, Satcowitz of Randolph, Scheu of Middlebury, Scully
of Burlington, Sheldon of Middlebury, Sibilia of Dover, Soucy of Barre Town,
Southworth of Walden, Squirrell of Underhill, Steady of Milton, Stone of Burlington,
Sweeney of Shelburne, Tagliavia of Corinth, Taylor of Mendon, Tomlinson of Winooski,
Torre of Moretown, Walker of Swanton, Waszazak of Barre City, Waters Evans of
Charlotte, Wells of Brownington, White of Waitsfield, White of Bethel, Winter of
Ludlow, Wood of Waterbury, and Yacovone of Morristown
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   Offered by Senators Clarkson, Major, and White
  Whereas, the title “Coach” belongs to only one member of the General Assembly,
Representative Kevin “Coach” Christie, and it is a moniker he wears with pride, and
   Whereas, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point recognized the leadership potential
of the young Kevin Christie and granted him admission, and
   Whereas, alternatively, due to a late high school injury, Coach Christie enrolled at
Eastern Connecticut State University, where he served as class president and earned a
degree in music education, and, immediately thereafter, he commenced a year’s term
with the Model Cities Program in Hartford, Connecticut, and
  Whereas, moving to Vermont in 1973, he opened an automotive service facility in
Hartford, proving his acumen as an entrepreneur, and
   Whereas, Coach Christie’s four-plus decades as an esteemed public educator
commenced in 1980 when he assumed track and field coaching duties at Hartford High
School; in subsequent years, he coached football, taught at the Hartford Area Career and
Technology Center, earned a master’s degree in educational administration and
supervision from Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, was honored as
Vermont’s Technical Education Teacher of the Year, became the director-principal at the
Randolph Technical Career Center, and completed coursework for a doctoral degree in
educational leadership at Nova Southeastern University in Florida, all attesting to his
professional excellence, and
   Whereas, in recognition of his instrumental advocacy on behalf of and dynamic
leadership in the Black community of Vermont, the Rutland Area branch of the NAACP
presented Coach Christie with the organization’s 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award, and
   Whereas, public office beckoned, and, in 2007, Coach Christie was elected to the
Hartford School Board, which he later chaired and on which he remains a member, and,
after the 2010 general election, he started his legislative sojourn as one of the members
from Hartford in the House of Representatives, becoming a passionate and effective
voice on matters related to education, the Judiciary and law enforcement, and social
equity, including as a leader of the Social Equity Caucus, and
  Whereas, his legislative colleagues honored Coach Christie with election to the
University of Vermont Board of Trustees, and Governor Philip B. Scott, recognizing
Coach Christie’s expertise on matters under the purview of the Vermont Human Rights
Commission, appointed him as the panel’s chair, and
   Whereas, as an outstanding vocalist, Coach Christie is famous for his magnificent
rendition of our national anthem, and he has sung with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Chorus, and
   Whereas, he has been associated with various nonprofit organizations, and
   Whereas, much to his regret, Coach Christie has recently experienced health
challenges, limiting his participation in legislative deliberations, now therefore be it
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   Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
   That the General Assembly honors Representative Kevin “Coach” Christie of Hartford
for his inspirational civic leadership and extends future best wishes, and be it further
  Resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to
Kevin “Coach” Christie.
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