A proclamation honoring Wallace M. "Wally" Ginn for his public service and declaring October 1 as Wally Ginn Day.
Whereas the City Council of Denver wishes to recognize Wallace and Wally again for his service to the citizens of the city and county of Denver, Denver's North High School, and the citizens of North Denver. And. Whereas, Wally's first Wally, first citizen of North Denver, died at age 90 on August 21st, 2016. And. WHEREAS, Wally, a Denver native, graduated from Denver's North High School and after graduating from the University of Denver, taught in the Denver public school system. And. Whereas, Wally had a lifelong dedication to education, and in particular, a commitment to furthering the education and literacy of students in the Denver Public School system and his alma mater. And. Whereas, Wally was a crucial founder of the Northside High School Alumni Association and its superb North Side High School Alumni Center, which contains an outstanding collection of records and memorabilia of alumni, faculty and staff of North High School, as well as that of its citizens, businesses and organizations of North Denver. And. Whereas, Wally was intimately involved in and advocated for renovation of the 1911 Northside High School, calling attention to its architectural treasures. And. Whereas, Wally was a moving force in preserving the Golden Lion House. And. WHEREAS, Wally was an instrument was instrumental in establishing the Northside High School Alumni Scholarship Fund, which currently awards 26 scholarships annually to graduates of North High School. And whereas, Wally was involved involved in and numerous civic activities benefiting the citizens of North Denver and in doing so displayed the ability to be an advocate while remaining friends with one and all. And. Whereas, Wally was affectionately known as Mr. North High School to the citizens of North Denver. Now, therefore, it be proclaimed by the Council of the City and County of Denver that Wallace City and Council County of Denver are sorry that the Council of the City. Actually, I need to read the section one to make it official. Section one that the Council of the City and County of Denver to acknowledge Wallace and Wally Guinn for his public service, declares Saturday, October 1st, as Wally again day in Section two that the city, the clerk of the city and county of Denver shall test, in effect, the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation, and that a copy be transmitted to the Northside High School Alumni Association. Thank you. Your motion to adopt Councilman Espinoza. Thank you, Mr. President. I move that proclamation. 859859 be adopted. All right. It has been moved and seconded. Comments from members of council. Espinosa. Yeah, I'm a. I just wanted to know. I mean, let people know. I have some comments, but I don't know. I don't want to overlap with the people that will be receiving the comment, I mean, the proclamation. So I'd like to follow up, but I do want to say that this Saturday, October 1st at 930 to 1130 at North High, the North High Alumni Association will be holding a celebration of all Higgins life at North High School. That's 2960 North Speer Boulevard. And there's a wonderful ride up in the North Denver Tribune and some other stuff available on Facebook that really if you if you don't if you don't know all, you really should find out about it. The library is named after his family at North High School, and I am one of those guys. I'm an import to North Denver, but I had the pleasure of campaigning. And Wally is a figure that you you without a doubt have to meet. And in the short my short experience with him, I can see by members of this that are in the audience today and other people that I have met through Wally, that he has had a tremendous and profound effect and position in our community, and it's been a real pleasure. In the short time that I got to be quite envious of you all for having it had been for having known him for for far longer than I did. It's a real loss for North Denver. Thank. Thank you, Councilman Espinosa. Seeing no other comments. Madam Secretary. Raquel Espinosa. I Flynn. I Gilmore. I. Herndon. I caution. I can eat. I Lopez II Ortega. I Susman. I black. I Clark. I Mr. President. I Please close the voting or announce results. 12 Eyes. 12 Eyes. Proclamation. 859 passes. Councilman Espinosa, do you have anybody you would like to bring up? Yes. To receive the proclamation, I'd like to call up members of the Northside High School Alumni Association. And not all are here, but Joe DeRose, Dan Scribner, Gail Marcus, Donna Lucero, Dave Parks, Mary Reynolds, Larry Tanenbaum and Isaac Solano and as well as the the principal at North Scott to receive the proclamation. Good evening. As we accept this with such gratitude and. Are just so thankful on behalf of the entire North High School. Community, my name is Scott Wolf. I'm the principal. I also live in the community. And when I started at the school four years ago, the first person I was told. I needed to talk to was Wally. Wally lives within the walls of North High School. He breathes North High School. He is the reason why North High School is what it is today, why we have. Made such tremendous growth and progress. As many of you know. North High School couldn't be what it is without our alumni. And he helped to be the father and the champion of all of that work with the scholarships that our students receive. They would not have the opportunities in college that they have without. That. To the instruction that our teachers are able to provide. With the involvement of the alumni. He was the one that really was the catalyst for. All of that energy. And enthusiasm and brought everyone together. There is there's nobody else who has moved north. High schools are the place that it is. The legacy that is north of over 100 years old. Has been carried. Forward by. Wally. And now, you know, his. Legacy will live on within all of us. But just want. To thank you all so, so much. This means a tremendous amount to North High School, but also to the. Entire North Denver community. Hi. Good afternoon. Good evening. Members of the City Council. I'll be very brief. My name is Isaac Solano, resident of City Council, District Number nine. Proud North High alum. I just wanted to thank Councilperson Espinosa and all of his staff for the work that he did in making this proclamation happen. So on behalf of North High School, thank you. I also my name is Jodie Rose. I'd also like to thank. Counsel for. Actually taking the time to do this for Mr.. Again, this is broader than just North High School. He is a graduate of the Class of 1944. That's the D Day class. Within two weeks of graduation. He was drafted and. Sent to the South Pacific, where he served for two years. He taught at Moree. When he got back he came, came back, went to do you. Taught at Maury and then he went back. Overseas, he taught in England for 15 years and in Germany for ten. So then he came back to Denver to retire and he was going to go to Oregon and he fell back in love with the city. And his high school. And it's because of him that we are all here because he started an alumni. Association that actually did exist from 1910 to 1919 and then was gone. His father was a class. Member. Of the. Class of 1919 and remembered. That the alumni did some good for them. And he thought that we ought to repeat that service. And so he enlisted his son, who enlisted the rest of us. And he is really. To be known for one. Thing, intentional acts of kindness. He was the most intentional, kind person I. Have ever had the privilege of knowing. And so it is with great honor that we are up. Here accepting this proclamation. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. We have another proclamation this evening and it is proclamation 860. Matt Madam Councilman, Councilman Clark, will you please read proclamation 860?