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July 13th is our first day but were not allowed to actually maintain it yet at that point. Yeah, we are. I already talked to oh, we are. [laughter] this is how we work, very collaborative. [laughter] so, okay. I want to thank some of these people are here, and some of them are not. If you are here, try to make your way up towards the front here because we all want to hug each other, okay. Kim barnes, our founder of friends of Lafayette Park. We wouldnt be here today without kim barnes. applause art persico, a moving force, our second president of friends of Lafayette Park. Our fourth, mi stefa...

So, at rec and park, were encoloneling people to get out and play. Thats our tag line, get ready, 1, 2, 3. Get out and play. We say that because of the importance of keeping our families active and healthy. This is a real serious issue. According to the center for disease control, Childhood Obesity has more than doubled in our children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years. In 2010 more than onethird of our children were overweight or obese. It is important that we get our kids outside. Our children today average over 71 2 hours behind a screen. Listen to that. 71 2 hours behind a sc...

Shout out to the entire city family for their role, Mohammed Nuru and folks at department of public works had a role, lindsay hirsch. applause with all due respect to dpw and everybody else who is here, the hardest working staff in government is rec and park. Gk, construction manager, mary hobson, project manager. [cheering and applauding] director of capital planning, don. Our great operations staff, zach taylor, judy auberry who is here, and everyone else who has contributed to this incredible project. So, at rec and park, were encoloneling people to get out and play. Thats our tag line, get...

Picnic blankets. Carina, youve been our playground champion, Lafayette Park playground sign. Thank you. applause why dont you guys say a few words right now. Okay. The only thing that i want to do is to thank all of you who have been hundreds, it took literally hundreds of people to do this. And i have a couple of names to we want to make sure we mention these names. But im leaving out hundreds of people and i know it. So, and theres plenty more chances. Were going to continue our cleaning and greening days the first saturday of every month, july 13th is our first day but were not allowed to a...

It is certainly true that in the past dozen years or so, we have witnessed a rise in the fraction of americans that claim no religious affiliation. The survey researchers have termed nones, as in nones, not nuns when i heard that 15 of americans were nuns, i got excited, look out. Even many of the socalled nones see themselves as religious or spiritual and consider religion important in their only daily lives. Moreover, churches are second only to the military in public trust and confidence, way at a public schools, newspapers, labor unions, big businesses and congress. Over the last dozen yea...