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TODAY WE ARE DEDICATED THIS BUILDING TO OUR FRIEND, MS. MABEL.
UH, I, I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU, UH, WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE HERE TODAY.
SHE WAS, AS WE SAY, EVERY WOMAN IN THAT NOT ONLY WAS, UH, SHE THE MATRIARCH OF THIS, UH, CENTER, BUT ALSO SHE WAS A BUSINESS WOMAN, A REAL ESTATE OWNER, AND SOMEONE WHO WAS A MODEL FOR SO MANY OF US, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT JEFFERSON PARISH BECAUSE SHE SHOWED US HOW TO DO EVERYTHING WITH STYLE AND GRACE.
AT THIS VERY MOMENT, WE WILL HAVE THE UNVEILING OF THIS MONUMENT THAT WILL FOREVER, FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, BE KNOWN AS THE CENTER THAT SHE BUILT.
THEREFORE, I KENNER MAYOR MICHAEL GLAZER, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE KENNER CITY COUNCIL AND CHIEF OF POLICE CHIEF CONLEY, TO HEREBY DEDICATE THE KENNER SENIOR CENTER BUILDING AS THE MABEL ER BROWN COMPLEX TO HONOR THE LONGTIME SERVICES OF MS. MABEL IN THE CITY OF CANADA.
WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED TO OFFICE, WHICH IS 30 YEARS AGO, AND I'M KIND OF DATING MYSELF, THIS BUILDING WAS JUST A HOUSE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS MS. MABEL PROMISED ME THAT I WAS GOING TO DO, SHE SAID, WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE SENIORS SHE GAVE HERSELF WHEN SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT.
SHE GAVE HER MONEY WHEN SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT.
SHE GAVE HER HER TIME WHEN SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT.
I NEED YOU ALL TO SAY IS MS. MABEL, I LOVE YOU.