senate, madam chief justice, distinguished members of the minnesota supreme court and chief judges siegal. my fellow constitutional officers, members of my staff, cabinet and the administration, governor dayton, wonderful to see you both. [applause] distinguish tribal leaders, members of the minnesota national guard, chaplain mark patrick, superintendent, principal, staff and faculty at owatonna high school and especially students of owatonna high school. [applause] lieutenant governor flanagan and minnesota second gentleman tom weber. [applause]e] minnesota's first lady, gwen walls. [applause] thank you. honored guest in my fellow minnesotans, maybe it's the smell of that freshly sharpened pencil comedy is a site of those desks all lined up in the rose committed the sound of nervous youthful chatter filling the hallways but whatever it is, if your teacher nothing and i mean nothing beats the first day of school. take it from me, , for many yeas of our lives we celebrated new year's day not in january but in early fall. when the doors open back up and the kids came back from summer break.