association i want to take a moment to thank the board of the merchants association maria sito, tiffany tam, is cynthia lee and i want to particularly recognize two sisters whose worked with the family who founded this organization. these two individuals have been really helping to lead this organization and in particular helping to run for the past 20 plus years this festival. betty lee and tammy lee please come up. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> indeed an honor to be here today and to have you recognize our family. when you called yesterday and you told us that you were thinking about be stowing this honor upon us, the first thing i said was it's not me, it's my sister and my parents who put their hearts and soul and the people behind maria and andy and tiffany and rene and calvin who worked endless hours when this community organization began. they are the ones who really deserve the recognition here today. my passion now that i have retired i can't believe it but i'm busy than every is try to bring people into our community. for too long our community has been seen as the dropping