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portrait and made sure it got here and ;	everything. Also we had my wife who did all
the administration work and kept us on
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4	schedule. In addition to that, John Genin,
'	who incidentally is not here today because
\	\	he's working. He handled the proclamation
for Judge Russell from all the governmental *	entities in Hancock County which was
?	published in the paper. When I	asked him to
write the proclamation he asked	me how long
did I want it. I said, "I just	want it long
enough." He said, "Well you can have it as %:	long as you want. It's $25 a whereas." So I
;*	told him to make it short. That's why it's
short, Judge. Anyway, we do appreciate all those people helping us and making this fine J*	program, and we sure appreciate the fine
;?	attendance that we have here today.
First of all, I do want to, if it please the court, make a part of the record, and Z -	incidentally, everything is being recorded
Zl	today by the court reporter who will make a
X '?	transcript of this proceeding for Judge
Russell.
t*.	And	at	this	time	I'd like to present in
JAMIE L. WETZEL, CSR - CIRCUIT COURT REPORTER