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May 27, 2008

Rep. Kennedy glad father hears stories of thanks / Photo

Journal Photo/Mary Murphy
Rep. Patrick Kennedy speaks at Progreso Latino this morning where he presented a check for the Johnson and Wales Small Business Development Center which is working with Progreso Latino to develop new entrepreneurs.

CENTRAL FALLS –– In presenting a grant to the social advocacy organization Progreso Latino today, U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy briefly commented on his father’s illness.

“His only disappointment,” Kennedy said of his father, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who was diagnosed last week with a malignant brain tumor, “is he came in second in a sailing race.”

The senior senator from Massachusetts sailed his schooner, "Mya," on the return leg of the Figawi sailboat race from Nantucket to Hyannis, finishing second in his five-boat division.

Sons Patrick and Edward Jr. served as crew members. Also aboard for the more than two-hour journey were his wife, Vicki, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and stepdaughter Caroline Raclin.

Rep. Kennedy went on to say that he appreciated the fact that his father’s illness has enabled the long-serving Democratic senator to hear countless stories of appreciation from people that he’s helped during his 45 years in Washington.

Patrick Kennedy took three or four questions today before being ushered out by his aides.

His appearance in Central Falls today was to announce more than $180,000 in appropriations secured for a joint program with Progreso Latino -- which helps immigrant Rhode Islanders with job-growth skills -- and Johnson and Wales University. The program will provide job training for students.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson, with reports from Journal staff writer Mark Arsenault and the Associated Press.

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