The Celebs I know and who know me are the result of my Professional Scouting Career, whereby for the last 14 years of my career I conducted an annual "Distinguished Citizen" Award dinner for my Scout Council to help raise funds for our operating budget.  As Exec. Dir. of the council, the Distinguished Citizen award dinner was "My Baby".  Some of the more notable people we recognized with the award were: Nolan Ryan, (yes I have an autographed baseball), Capt. James Lovell - Cmdr. Appolo 13, George H.W. Bush and Barbara, (honored both at same dinner, the sumer after he left the presidency ), George W. Bush, when he was Governor of TX.  Nolan Ryan and George H.W. Bush are avid bass fishermen. Governor Ann Richards, TX,  Drayton Mclane, owner of the Houston Astros and Gov. Rick Perry, TX. 

Drayton is a close personal friend and was on my Board all the years I was Scout Exec in Waco.  Jody and I go to a couple of Astro games each year and always sit with Drayton.  For our dinner nonoree each year, Drayton would ask me who I wanted to honor.  I'd tell him and we always got that person, even if Drayton had to go get them in his Lear Jet. Drayton also served as my EMCEE all the years except the year we honored him.  I was the EMCEE that year.

I do a lot of kidding on the list, but the above is fact.  DonO will doubt it, though..  Thomas Auferio would tell you I have the literature to prove it, and I do.  I also have pics of Jody and me with the people above.
Scouts Honor!

If you just happen to want to see one of the pics, let me know and I'll send it to you OFF LIST.

JIMMY



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