Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, Jr., to host MUNI's 11th annual awards reception.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 1995--Speaker of the Assembly Willie Brown, Jr. will be the Master of Ceremonies at the San Francisco Municipal Railway's 11th Annual Reception on Thursday, Jan. 26, 1995, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Oz, at the top of the Westin St. Francis Hotel.

Prominent dignitaries will laud the outstanding Muni employees who have earned top honors through the Railway's Employee Recognition Program, as well as the many private organizations that have made the Employee Recognition Program possible.

A highlight of the event will be presentation of the "Friend of the Muni" Awards. Four awards will be presented to persons or organizations outside Muni who have made significant contributions with measurable results during the last calendar year.

Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served, followed by an employee award winner drawing for three Hawaiian holidays and other prizes. San Francisco Public Transportation commissioners (including President Kay Yu and Vice President James Jefferson) will join Director of Transportation Philip Adams to honor award winners and contributors alike.

Muni will be thanking the following hotels, businesses and unions that have supported the Employee Recognition Program through their generous contributions; the Cathedral Hill Hotel, the Fairmont Hotel, the Four Seasons Clift Hotel, the Holiday Inn Civic Center, the Holiday Inn Union Square, the Westin St. Francis Hotel, Davies Medical Center, Gannett Shelter Posters of San Francisco, the Gray Line of San Francisco, Financial & Insurance Services Inc., LaGrone's Insurance Agency, San Francisco Muni Employees Federal Credit Union, San Francisco Muni Shopmen's Credit Union, TDI, Transport Workers Union Local 250A, Transport Workers Union Local 200, Service Employees International Union Local 790, Professional & Technical Engineers, Local 21, Automotive Machinists Union Local 1305, and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 6.

The "Friend of the Muni" awards will be presented to Roslyn Payne, Barbara George, Police Officer Jones Wong, and Yellow Ramp Taxi Limited Partners Inc. Roslyn Payne will be honored for her work spearheading the creation of a program to curb violence on Muni, and Barbara George for assisting in the development of Muni's substance abuse program.

Police Officer Jones Wong of the SFPD "Car 29" unit will be lauded for his work controlling auto traffic and students at Washington High School, and Yellow Ramp Taxi Limited Partners Inc., will be honored for their outstanding record working with the Municipal Railway to provide wheel-chair accessible taxicab service on demand -- 24 hours a day.

CONTACT: Muni

Sheila Mullen, 415/923-6270