i remember when marion anderson would sing, my grandmother made us be quiet and respectful before greatness. every once in a while a neighbor would come by and would excuse herself and come out with a pitcher of lemonade or ice tea. she had those tea cakes that i loved. most of the time children would say go on and play. you wouldn't listen to grown up's conversation. at that point we were all welcome. the stories were layered. seniors got something that the young parents and fathers learned, then teenagers and little ones. we all got something out of the story. they were layered. i try to do that in my writing. i try to layer so that the reader who is sharing the story with the young person will get something out of it or see something they can learn from as well. my mother loved to do poetry. i would sit in the hallow of her arm and begin resiting dunbar poetry. [inaudible] you as dirty as me. look at that mouth. him being so sweet and sticky, goodness. i would say momma, do it again, please. i would beg her to do it again, she would say, no, go to bed, now. i grew up listening to dunbar

church at ocean and plymouth and there's going to be an opera singers, she's designated as a marion anderson society scholar and is a 2012 honor raoe, she's a winner of the opera social competition and a finalist on the national council of auditions, this is an incredible venue, a pondbacker wonderful church but the acoustics here are incredible for some musicians and artists of this caliber and it would be a wonderful event, also a good cause of supporting a lot of business thaz are struggling many the wake of that fire that happened last month, so that will start this coming sunday september 30th at 4:00 at the anglo presbyterian church. er >> and seeing no further names on the restaurant, mr. president, that conclude roll call for presentations. >> why don't we go to general public comment. >> the next opportunity for the public is to speak regular within the jurisdiction of the board without committee reference calendar, please note that public comment is not allowed on those items which have been subject to the board discussions, if a member of the public would like a document to be dis