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Hi, my name is Tyrone Taborne and I would like to recognize and honor all of

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the Bay

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of Winners and those who are being recognized.

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You know, your accomplishment is so great and it is so important now that young

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people

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are able to see what success it looks like.

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You're actually the living example of success, the personification, and while

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you may not

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think you are important, while you may have normalized your effort, the rest of

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the world,

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the rest of our kids do not really see examples like you and that's why you're

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so important.

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But let me tell you a little bit about why I think this honor is so important

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because

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it is not just about you, it's about your family, it's about your workforce

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family,

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it's about that teacher, it's about that mentor, it's about people who lifted

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you when you

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were down, people who told you what could be, what you could be when so many

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other people

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told you what you could not be.

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So as we move forth this weekend, we not only honor you, but we honor your

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family, we honor

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your friends, we honor all of the people who said, we lift you up, you are

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important.

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But with that said, don't let me take away the most important thing, it is

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still about

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you.

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You got out of bed in the morning, you took the test, you did the hard stuff.

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You drove yourself, while you had support around you, it was still about you

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and what

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you did.

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So I congratulate each and every one of you who took the path.