Over 2 twentytwo seasons with the new york and San Francisco giants and the new york mets the beloved say akid with 660 home runs won 12 gold glove awards and two mpv awars and played in 24 all star games. 1979 in his first year of eligibility he was elected to the Baseball Hall of fame. Willie mays is one the greatest to ever play the beautiful game of baseball but equally impressive is his cairth. He is president of ceo of say afoundation. Provides ecass to education, health care and safe communities. He also workwise institute on aging here in San Francisco. Many bigitaries recognized willie for generous contribution tooz the society, most recently president obama awarded with medal of freedom. Willie mays name is synonymous withsuch giants baseball every game day 40,000 fans [inaudible] greeted by a larger than life statue oof mr. Mays flanked by 24 palm rr trees. The namesake speaks volumes about the franchise and todays event [inaudible] speaks volumes what willie means to the the itsy of San Francisco. Willie, we wish you a very happy birthday, right everybody . [applause] now at this time i like to bring up the mayor of city and county of San Francisco, the honorable ed lee. Mr. Mayor thank you. Welcome everybody to the cable car barn of San Francisco hosted by local 255 a of San Francisco thank you in the men and women are so lucky because they work in a great city and proud of their job and get to put this carbol car out every single day for peoples enjoyment. They will be proud to do that. Happy 85 birthday willie mays we are here to honor the greatest athlete in america and let me give you a snap shot. I know [inaudible] went through some of it but there is other data i love to have and it is when i think about giant, i love the data and stats. Rookie of the year. Remember those days, willie . Two time most valuable player. 24 time all star. World searings champion. 660 home runs hall of famer and of course when everybody gets on this cable car they will say, where is the catch . he was a legendary baseball player for sure but know willie mays is much more than that. His connection to San Francisco goes way beyaunds the baseball diamond. As a civil right leader he paved a way in the really many time said during the social upheaval happening in the United States when he was playing this game. Drafted by the u. S. Army he served our country honorably and has a roll model he always inspired kids to dream big and as a human itarian he made the world a better place. Everyone knows willie may saz great baseball player and i say he is the best every. He became a superstar around the world because of his good nature. His infectious personalty and good heart. That is one of the reasons why president obama awarded willie the president ial medal of freedom. The nations highest honor presented to individuals who made contribution tooz the National Interest of the United States. He is our National Treasure that we should haun frr generations to come. So, we are here today ladies and gentlemen joined by all our city family and the audience and giants and baseball lovers and transportation lovers coming together to join a National Treasure with a National Historic landmark 6789 today we dedicate cable car number 24 to the one and only 24. Before we unveil the delaware dedication we have a special message from someone who couldnt be here today in person but wanted to send his congratulations. Tee it up. Hello San Francisco. It is a even year which means good things happen in this town and today is one of them because we honor a favorite son and greatest living ball player. When the giant moved west willie mays said he would work [inaudible] once he got here he hit many 660 homers against the wins of candle stick park. He collected more than 3 thousand hits many times running [inaudible] when they say the San Francisco cable car was the first National Historic that moved they forgot to include willie. Willie running second or pop fly is baseball. A cable car rolling down the hillicize San Francisco, both of them can be fiercem sites for over whoo ever gotd in the way. [inaudible] will ask a dodgers on the diamond. Today with ilweas 24 cable car to american icons come together to create a new landmark. Willie, your city loves you because you are as complete a person as you were a player. A mentor, a community leader, a army veteran and ambassador for the game and something with that special ability to put a smile on a kids face. When willie would visit Sick Children in bay area hospitals he refused to hand out base balls he already signed. He wanted kids to watch him sign his name so they know the autograph was real. I got to spend 250i78 with willie on the white house and air force ones, two places i would never be if people like willie hadnt pushed towards a more inclusive america. His legacy is giant so congratulations my friend on this special honor. [applause]. Happy birthday, willie mays suprise yes, you do that. [laughter] alright, you are very welcome. Now for the ceremonial unveiling of the plake rr i need these special individuals to join us, mr. Bear and mr. Mayor if you would return. Did willie brown make it yet . Still waiting. We are not going to wait, we will keep it moving mr. Mays. Tom nolan come up, malcolm hine iky and ed riscon. Whenever you guys are ready. [applause]. There we go. Cable car number 24, willie mays cable car give you time to get your photos in. I think we should all sing, right . I think we should sing. Please join me singing happybirth to the greatest ever. Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear willie, happy birthday to you there you go. [applause]. Big round of applause to willie mays mr. Mays has a few comments for us. We got it. Thank you very much. First of all, i didnt sleep last night to tell you the truth. Those guys going to kill me at the ball park. 17 runs. I started to cut it off but said i got to watch this and watched and went to sleep maybe 1 oclock and woke up and couldnt hardly see because i was watching hits all the field. This is great honor for me. I have been involved with the city for such a long time, but before i get to that i like to thank larry [inaudible] for doing something for a friend of mine back in new jersey. I think it was a wonderful gesture he goes back, that he read a letter that renee and i happened to write. Did a very very good job. Just like to thank him because he didnt have student to do that but if he didnt i would probably get on him. I like to thank him for that and also like to thank pam for escorted him there to make sure he got there. Very much so. When you have a city like this, i didnt come out here until 1958. You didnt know anything about me at the time, because it was something strange, it is [inaudible] city and joe was my [inaudible] when i came out here. Nobody know that, but i did. The thing that i never seen a picture oaf and when joe hit his last home run in 1951 we played a game in new york and he had a grand slam. Im out there clapping for him. You dont do that when you play the opposition in new york, you just dont do that, but i was clapping and my think was, why didnt you want to get that pitch in. Im glad they did want because [inaudible] probably would have shot me right away. It was just a wonderful gesture on my part and forgot all about what was geing on but he was my guy. I also like to thank peter [inaudible] he was the guy that came to me and says, you will be in San Francisco the rest of your life and i said im doing fine and dont need anything. Yes, you do. He said you will need something later on in life and i didnt understand what he was talking about and he says, we will do something at the ball park and make sure you have a life time job, who ever may be here, you will be here to honor them. I thank peter for doing that for me because at that time i had a wonderful life and call her may because i couldnt call her mays, i said may and she understood. She was a very very nice lady. Anyway, when you come to a event like this and you have as i know the lawyers i have and he talks all the timemalcolmhe is truly a lawyer and he truly a friend. He says, we going to get a cable car for you. I said what do i need a cable car for, i have a car to ride down the hill, i have been on one from the Fairmont Hotel to the hilton and said it is okay. He said not this cable car. He said a cable car will be number 24 and it will say mays 24. I said to him, what happens to the [inaudible] they come and play here, they brought me here. He said no, the giants will come later, we are going to do something for them later but the cable car is yours. You will see it when you come to a event like this. It was kind of heart warming because i never had a car that moved as fast as i did when i played, so i had to take a back seat. Now, all these things are coming into play and what i like just a couple minutes ago, the president called, nobody told me the president was going to call, nobody told me anything but im surprised he didnt call my house to tell me he was going it doall this stuff. He is a friend. Avenue every time i went to the white house it was like home, what can we do for you. I said you cant do anything for me, im okay. I have a friend at the white house named rejy and i said rejy i need to take Something Back home for the kids that i can give like [inaudible] or something that comes from the white house. The president says, whatever he wants, gets it to him. In the mean time take 1600 from him so we can take care of everything. I understand all these kind of things. I wish i was as great a speaker aslarry, but im not. I was just a player and larry wasnt a player like i was. On a lot of avenues when you stop and think look at all the things you have to do during a course of the season and i only had to play 162 games. After 162 games he had to be there so it is just a wonderful feeling for me to understand so many people helped me and all the kids around the country and what it is all about is it is not just San Francisco or new york, i go to birmingham and arizona, i take care of kids because they are kids, they dont know where they are. They are just kids and kids to me make a difference in the world and think it is so important guys like myself are able to play 22 years base ball, go in the service and come back and [inaudible] they know you. There are a lot of guys that come up and say i was there when if 9 or 10. I dont know who these people are but they know me. What i like to do, i havent been in any trouble yet, trouble will come. You cannot go in this World Without having trouble and i said to myself, i just hope i dont get in trouble so the kids will not change their mind about things that i do, so im so pleased malcolm and the mayor got together and said, we going to give you this cable car so it goes up and down the street every day and the cable car will be in your honor. It is just a wonderful wonderful feeling so like the thank the giants and mayor and malcolm and all the people that will be involve in the cable car because to me the t is just a wonderful feeling so, i like to thank all of you ahead of time. Thank you very much, okay . [applause] mrs. Mays we thank you inmemories and all you do for the community and continued support and dedication to our youth is definitely commendable and thank you for that. I believe that wraps up our ceremonyism mr. Mays and dignitaries will take the inaugural ride. You ready . There we go. Thank you everybody, hope to see you [inaudible] where his Birthday Celebration with continue and it is metallica night so there you go. Well see you tonight and. Arc and lucky to get 4 to 10 students once a month now 40 students twice a month and all of you are on the committees such things as is esl and many, many resolutions by matt haney and many the fire safety sorry and fire safety and gender policies and vote 16 and Human Trafficking and the list goes on 2, 3, 4 addition you have instantly doing things to sort of homeless and families you dont do this for the recognition the 3 of you and the other 50 accomplice members are enthusiasm and authentically participating and contribute to anything and everything that we ask to strength of the oracle is a testament to galvanize the piers and miguel and others your for the most part a credit to the our friends and families not only are you academy of art success with blighted futures but all each one individually not just saying this exceptional human beings and examination for those around you, you care about how people are treating e treated and contribute to make sure that everyone is treated with cypress and respective and all they desire to be a credit to our schools and every teacher youve had washington academy, mission not a play favorites laughter from the district is looking for to see youre the living prove we are doing well, you might make us feel too good your families and teachers and piers maybe identify benefited a little bit from everyone to make you the people and become but i want you to always remember you made you happen because the biggest perch you have to thank is yourselves thank you for everything and wish you intent success in college and midlife. clapping. teresa you can open up. clapping. go ahead. Oh, my god. laughter . clapping. oh, yeah. Put the kids in front ready. One more. All right. Congratulations clapping. yeah. Yeah. Nice buddy nice. clapping. very good, very good. Okay recognitions and resolutions of xhoomths mr. Superintendent. Congratulations to our student delegates at this point we have the honor of presenting the great diminished award to two distinguished awards the first award is the first to the to the awarded to a person but a department as a reminder the nominations are made anonymously and put in by the community to recognize an entire department because of chief of the research and planning and Assessment Department reads the accommodates we want doctor connor i have the honor and like to call up the Assessment Department rp a will you please come forward. clapping. it is with great honor to the Research Department the rp a works tirelessly to provide the teachers and others with the acknowledge of instruction and planning for power actions and outcomes for students as a team theyve taken on many chaejz challenges related to the redesigning the the report cards a shift to the common core and new assessment and new intern assessments and new student game system to name a few in addition theyve been recognized outside of the district with the Core Partnership and the research and practice partnering to senior we are a study force for the guidance and support they continue to depend able to our stakeholders in in addition theyre really nice people congratulations laughter clapping. yeah. Thank you to the entire department and families that came to honor us this day. Thank you to the team for all your hard work. clapping. i know everyone is wondering how to a take this picture trust us. Identify never seen is that big. 1, 2, 3 one more time 1, 2, 3 perfect, thank you. clapping. yeah. And we also have a distinguished Service Award presented boy the administrator manager grace putnam. Hi its my honor to introduce a resident of distinguished Service Award annette has been working in the department as a long time credentials for the certificate for the substitute and administrators and the complex incredibly this is a volume of work and level of detail it annette has for the employees credentials and time to meet one by one to help with the sessions and annette is generous with her expertise with the colleagues and administrators offering help with her marketrate schools and retention of teachers shes well known across the state with our state auditor person that shes doing with the team to insure the compliance with the entertains to quote our colleague realizing that nominated her annette is the last to leave the Office Everyday and off of aspects of her job and works without recognition so that we have lucky to have you as part of our team youve work has impacted our team with the students across the district and thank you for your commitment for doing this work. yelling . clapping. i want to thank you all especially grace and my colleagues for all those years i seerp want to thank my folsom family for supporting me couldnt have been possible without the hardworking educators in this district thank you very much. 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