important ones all been at the port of san francisco. also on saturday, may 10, from 6 pm to 9, at joe dimaggiolayground, a piece of [inaudible] will be having their annual celebration and fundraiser. since the telegraph [inaudible] center is one of the oldest community nonprofit could be celebrating the 1/24 this year and 1/25 next year and they celebrate they serve the community and the telegraph hill area primarily children and youth of 18 months through 18 years of age. this year's case [inaudible] will take place on saturday, may 10 from [inaudible] will take place on saturday, may 10 from 6 to 9:00 pm jodi maceo pregnant on elegant white. they'll be a lot and silent auction and though be a lot of fun so we hope people can turn out and support both of these great organizations that san francisco heritage and [inaudible] neighborhood group. lastly, i would like to memorialize a good friend of the port, a gentleman we had here recently named bob billingham. bob was here in the fall following the success of the america's cup events. bob was a member of the america's cup event authority. he wa

and they can start seeing joe dimaggio's glove faster. they can see babe ruth's bat faster. so creating good jobs isn't always easy. but standing here and looking back on more than 150 years of our country's history, baseball describes our history in so many ways. we're reminded of all the obstacles that we've overcome to get there. this hall has memories of two world wars that we fought and won. it has memories of color barriers being broken; jackie robinson's uniform, the record of his first season as a dodger. it shows us the history of communities that we built across a new continent and the ways that we connected with our country and our world, and how women athletes started getting the recognition that they deserved. so we've faced challenges before, but we don't respond with cynicism and we can't respond with gridlock. every generation faces tough times. but, in the words attributed to the great yogi berra, they're just "dÉjÀ vu all over again. we know we are up to these challenges. and just as our parents and our grandparents faced challenges a lot tougher than the o