now 88 and with his vast sheet music collection recental quierd by the michael feinstein foundation, bob grimes continues to be honored. in october he will receive an award from chicago cabaret professionals, over 200 singers at the 2010 gala. not least among his accomplishments has been his successful campaign with warren hinkle to reestablish the song "san francisco" in 1984. i'm not living in the past but i'm trying to bring the past into the future because it was a great past. as bob continues to prove with irrepressible charm, the past isn't even passed. i have a certificate here signed by my colleagues on the board of supervisors i would like to present. >> how did you find out all of that? [applause] thank you. i had forgotten a lot of that. but one thing about the song that came up fairly recently was that in 1936, i think it was mayor rossey made the song the official song of the city and it was never rescinded. and i can never find it. i thought it was. but i'm happy that a friend of mine found it and all of those times that george was threatening to sue me, every time it c