Bartender Hall Of Fame Ring!

SUMMER 2001,I WAS GIVEN THE HONNOR OF BEING PLACED INTO THE "BARTENDER HALL OF FAME".I REMEMBER MY PAGER,(BEFORE CELLS BECAME COMMON)WENT OFF AS I WAS TAKING A WALK.RETURNING HOME,I CALLED THIS NUMBER,IN NEW JERESY,SPOKE WITH RAY FOLEY. RAY IS THE OWNER OF BARTENDER MAGAZINE,HE TOLD ME THAT "I WAS ONE OF FOUR BARTENDERS(FROM HUNDREDS) PICKED TO BE PLACED INTO THE HALL OF FAME". NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS SPEECHLESS.
THE HALL OF FAME HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1958,AND EACH YEAR,4 FOR SUMMER,4 WINTER,ARE PICKED. TO BE PLACED INTO THE BARTENDER HALL OF FAME,ONE MUST BE WELLED ROUNDED.TAKE MYSELF, RAY TOLD ME "I WAS PICKED BECAUSE OF MY SKILLS AS A BARTENDER,LENGTH OF EMPLOYMENT AT THE SAME PLACE(THEN 20 YRS),STABLE FAMILY LIFE AND MY COUMMINTY SERVICE".
AS I BARTEND,I WILL ALWAYS REMEMEBER THAT DAY WHEN MY PAGER WENT OFF AND THAT CALL PLACED ME,DR LEE,INTO A VERY SELECT GROUP OF BARTENDERS,THANK YOU.