 Good morning. My name is Thorne Warren. I'm the president and CEO of the Babcock Center. And we're here to make sure that we recognize the city of Columbia with the new city ornament. Each year our board, our foundation board, and our board of directors determine who and what is gonna be the ornament for, the Christmas ornament for the city of Columbia. And so we thank the city of Columbia and the mayor for allowing us to always do that. And so with that being said, the Babcock Center Foundation is proud to unveil the 2023 official city ornament, depicted Riverfront Park. Riverfront Park opened in 1983 on a land where the original waterworks for the city of Columbia was located. This was also the site of the world's first electrically operated textile mill and a hydroelectric plant, the oldest one in the state that is still in operation. The park is located just west of Hugo Street and separates the historic Columbia Canal and the Congregry River. It occupies approximately 167 acres. A popular jogging walking trail runs through two and a half miles along the park and offers wonderful views of the river. There's also a beautiful brick amphitheater as well as a self-guided walkaway by the old parts of the water plant. Riverfront Park also includes an outdoor gym, which features seven pieces of equipment, including a lat pull down and vertical press, a roar, a two-person wheelchair accessible chest press, a four-person leg press, and an elliptical cross-training four-person pendulum and a three-person static combo. So there's a lot of exercise equipment out there that we can use. So as you can see, it's a great place in the city to be outdoors and to enjoy. Proceeds from the ornament sales would benefit the Babcock Center Foundation. It funds all the individuals who we support with lifelong disabilities, and it helps them for the things that sometimes we take for granted. It helps them with medications that insurance is done, paid for. It helps them with clothing, fronting machines, and then just also enjoying life. So on behalf of the foundation and the board of the directors, I would like to thank all of our lawyer collectors. We've got people who've collected all of our ornaments, have them all, and they've done it for years. It is very heartwarming to see an outpouring of support, especially during the holiday season. And this is our 30th year of doing the ornament. So the ornaments are $22 each and can be purchased at the Columbia City's Visitor Center. Make sure I get that right. Or by calling our foundation. And that number there is 803-799-1970. And also too at the Babcock Center website, www.BabcockCenter.org. So it's my pleasure to present to Mayor Rickerman the first city ornament for this year, depicting the Riverfront Park. Mayor Rickerman. All right, take a look. It's beautiful. 30 years in the making. Just kidding, no, 30 years, it's incredible. There's not a better cause than to buy a city ornament, not only to show your pride for our community, but to have a great donation going to a great organization. Babcock Center's done so much. Have over 700 employees that are there, and they do so much for our community. And it's our great honor that we have the opportunity to participate in this. And so I encourage everybody out there, go to the Visitor Center, go to the Babcock website, call the foundation, stocking stuffers. These fit perfectly in cards. So you can mail this all over the United States and share the beautiful Riverfront. But it's a perfect timing to as this year, as you know, we announced our partnership with Dominion to open up 200 more acres of the Riverfront. And so it's the perfect ornament to celebrate all the great things happening down at our Riverfront. And we're very honored that we continue this relationship. And I hope that each and every one of you will buy not one, not two, not three, not four, but I challenge you to buy a minimum of five or more. So thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you, man, we appreciate it.