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Sandra Harshbarger*, Jamie Crane, Jim Crane, Angel Ellis*, Debbie Klotzbach*, Lisa Sanner*, Rusty Jabour* are pictured with the 84 Roses cake at the "Everything's Coming Up Roses" celebration. *members of the Highland Open Tennis Tournament Team

Rusty Jabour; HPTA president and Lisa Sanner; Tournament Director, present a check for $21, 500 to Jim Crane; title sponsor and president of the Louisiana Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and his son Jamie Crane. This money was donated by the Jim Crane State Farm HPTA Highland Open and the 84 Rose Sponsorships.

Click On Photo to Go To Actual Size See Photo Above "Everything's Coming Up Roses" celebration was held June 5 at the Highland Park Tennis Center to acknowledge the 84 rose sponsorships donated by participants and friends of the Jim Crane State Farm HPTA Highland Open Tennis Tournament, held April 16-18,at the Highland Park Tennis Center. This was the first event to not only reach but surpass the goal of donating 65 Rose sponsorships to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Dear Fellow HPTA Members, I am both honored and humbled to have been elected as your president for 2010-11, and I pledge to continue the traditions of this wonderful city-park-based organization that is one of the most successful and unique of its kind in the United States. Thank you, Mike GrimesBefore outlining some necessary changes for this year, I want to thank Mike Grimes for his leadership over the past year. His presidency demonstrated a strong commitment to the Saturday round robin, and Mike supported new ideas to enhance the fundraising efforts of the Highland Open Tennis Tournament, including the introduction of the VERY successful Rose Sponsorships.  As you recall, our goal was 65 Rose Sponsors, but our members and others stepped up big time, resulting in 84 Rose Sponsorships.  Also, Mike helped navigate HPTA through some tricky financial waters, as BREC raised its court fees significantly, while HPTA's dues and round robin fees remained the same for as long as we could sustain.  Thank you, Mike, for your steadfast leadership. Welcome new officers Now, as we begin a new year, I want to welcome our 2010-11 officers and thank them for their willingness to serve. Rusty Jabour, 2010-2011 HPTA President