Cele's Photos - 2001

Photos Jul - Dec 00 -- Photos Jan - Jun 00 -- Photos Jul - Dec 99 -- Photos Jan - Jun 99 -- Photos 97-98

	From the Grand Staircase in the State House, Cele begins the holiday season admiring the poinsettias set out for 2001. Holiday events in the State Capitol included the annual Christmas Tree Lighting on the front lawn and the arrival of Santa Claus. (12/01)
	Ken Howard, President of Columbia Manufacturing in Westfield, shows Cele the assembly line used for commemorative Columbia Bicycles. Columbia, the second biggest manufacturer of school furniture in the country, recently was honored for its new environmentally-friendly manufacturing processes. (11/01)
	Puerto Rican Heritage Day is celebrated at Westfield's City Hall in November. Cele, second from the left at far rear next to Westfield Mayor Richard Sullivan, joined in the flag raising ceremonies prior to the celebration at the Westfield YMCA. (11/01)
	Westfield State Representative Cele Hahn with Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift following Swift's swearing in on April 10, 2001. One of only five women governors, Swift gave birth to twin girls -- Lauren and Sarah -- on May 15th. She replaced Governor Arjeo Paul Cellucci who resigned to become the United States Ambassador to Canada. (4/01)
	House and Senate members of the Republican Caucus join Paul Cellucci on his last day in office as Governor and Jane Swift in her first day in Office as Acting Governor. Cele is 4th from the right in the back row, just to the right of Swift. (4/01)
	Cele meets with Governor Celluci at the State House, just days before he turned over his office to Lt. Gov. Jane Swift. He was sworn in as Ambassador to Canada on April 10th. (4/01)
	Cele welcomes Westfield High's Advanced Placement Government class to the State House in Boston. Seen here in the historic House Chamber, and standing behind the Speaker's rostrum (left to right) are teacher Dick Shepardson, Representative Hahn, and chaperone Elizabeth Shepardson. Surronding the rostrum are the members of the class. Cele coordinated a full day of committee hearings, tours and opportunities for question and answer sessions for the students. (4/01)
	Representative Cele Hahn (R-Westfield) welcomes representatives of the Westfield Athenaeum to Boston for the 2001 Library Legislative Lobby Day at the State House. Pictured in the Great Hall (left to right) are: Patricia Cramer, Jeanne Peer, Susan Kingra, Representative Hahn and Donald Buckley. (5/01)
	Cele met with several immigrants and refugees on Imigrants' Day at the State House on April 3rd. Maddie Allen (right) from the United Way escorted several of the visitors around the State House and Beacon Hill. (4/01)
	Westfield City Councilor Barbara Russell, Mayor Rick Sullivan and Cele (from left) join senior citizens at the Council on Aging in April. They were there to honor more than 100 volunteers who help seniors throughout the year. (4/01)
	Cele welcomes Michael Janosco to the historic House Chamber in Boston. Janosco is the CFO and Treasurer of Westfield Bank and participated in the Massachusetts Bankers Association's Day at the State House. She is the Ranking Republican member of the Legislature's Banks and Banking Committee. (4/01)
	Cele Hahn (R-Westfield), (center) Daniel Forte, President of the Massachusetts Bankers Association, and (right) John Quinn, Chair of the Joint Committee on Banks and Banking, at the Association's annual briefing for legislators. The Association represents more than 230 commercial, savings and cooperative banks. (4/01)
	Cele welcomes members of the Westfield Housing Authority to the State House. Meeting at the bottom of the Grand Staircase are, left to right, Ward B. Carlstrom, Thomas Gavin, Cele, and housing director Dan Kelly. The trio make annual visits to Beacon Hill to lobby for additional funding for public and elderly housing in Westfield. (2/27/01)
	Massachusetts Speaker of the House Tom Finneran congratulates Cele following the 2001 swearing in ceremonies at the State House. Cele began her fourth term this year. (1/01)
	Cele, front row left, joins the Western Massachusetts delegation as they prepare for St. Patrick's Day. Many of them will be marching March 17th in the country's largest St. Patrick's Day parade in Holyoke, MA. (1/01)

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