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hold you in the greatest esteem. I am confident that you will entertain everyone and hold them spellbound as you always do and I will look forward with anticipation to a report about this signal event." Best regard, Tom Lee, Chief Judge of the Southern District of the Mississippi."
Also as everybody knows this is Law Day, and we kind of had it in conjunction with that. We do have a proclamation issued by the White House for Law Day from the president, and it was faxed to me over the weekend. It was adopted and signed by the president on the 28th day of April. I'd like to make that a part of the record.
BY THE COURT:	All	right.	They	may	be
marked into record.
BY MR. HAAS:	Thank	you,	Your	Honor.
(ALL LETTERS AND PROCLAMATIONS WERE ACCEPTED INTO EVIDENCE. THEY ARE ATTACHED TO THE END OF THIS TRANSCRIPT.)
BY MR. HAAS:	At this time I think it's
appropriate in the program that we unveil the portrait of Judge Russell.
(THE PORTRAIT WAS UNVEILED.)
JAMIE L. WETZEL, CSR - CIRCUIT COURT REPORTER