pleasure to talk for a moment about our fifth and final nominee, our honoree, i should say, mary dean robertson. [applause] >> she is a chair key nation citizen. she is a superior court deputy clerk in san francisco, but i understand it's a job that she took originally in order to help support her passion for radio. so we have a connection already. she has been a programmer on the native american show on kpoo for 37 years. [applause] >> and that program is called "voices of the native nations." it airs on the third, fourth, and fifth wednesday of every month from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. it is a magazine format with zpwuffs, announcements, music, and powwow information. if you can't receive kpoo on your radio at 89.5 fm in san francisco, you can also listen to www.kpoo.com. mary jean has a fascinating history and heritage. her father was david conrad robertson who served? general patton's third army from normandy to berlin as a signal corps officer, a cherokee code talker. she is also descended from one of the first cherokee presbyterian circuit ministers and from a man who led on the trail of te