Mr. David Miscavige Chairman of the Board,
Religious Technology Center
Opening Address
In honor of L. Ron Hubbard’s Birthday 1997

[Photograph]      In the days that followed, more than 3.2 million pounds of street and sidewalk rubble—and six of those unsightly utility poles—gave way to eight miles of hidden underground conduit to power the neighborhood.

     On top of that, 1,200 tons of gravel base, 1,200 tons of asphalt and 30 truckloads of concrete for the curbs, sidewalks and the street’s foundation—all of it in record time.

     And I might add, all of it done by not only our own staff members, but city officials, employees and hundreds of local residents.

     And here’s a few stories from some of those people:

     There was the 97-year old grandmother who showed up to lay some bricks to help create this street for her grandchildren.

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     There were also The Way to Happiness children who, city inspectors were later to proclaim, laid bricks straighter than the city’s contractors.

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     There were also the former gang members from the Compton Literacy Program who showed up to not only lend a hand, but to entertain with rap songs filled with Scientology phrases.

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     Or the inspector who, observing problems with laying the asphalt, volunteered a solution that left even our own make-it-go-right crew speechless.

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