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Welcome Home Sailor!
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President Danny Pritchard (l),
Toastmaster David Rafanowicz. Toastmaster Don Lemcool and Area 37
Governor Jim Akers pose for the camera to welcome Don home after several
months aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt serving our
country in Operation Iraqi Freedom. (photo by Grant McManus)
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Business Meeting
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Danny Pritchard presiding
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President Danny Pritchard formally
welcomed back Toastmaster Don Lemcool, who had been aboard the aircraft
carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt for the past several months while serving
our nation during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Members recognized Lemcool with
a thunderous standing ovation.
Toastmaster Lemcool expressed his
appreciation to all who had e-mailed him during his tour of duty and for
the club’s support. He then presented his U.S. Navy accomplishment medal
(see picture at left) to Toastmaster David Rafanowicz. Lemcool cited
Rafanowicz as the Toast of Jax “Communications Ambassador” for keeping him
up to date on club activities during his time at sea. Rafanowicz,
obviously moved by the gesture, was uncharacteristically speechless.
Under the topic of new business,
Toastmaster Rafanowicz requested that President Pritchard appoint two
committees. The first, which Toastmaster Gail Antoine volunteered to chair,
will review and update the member’s manual. It was recommended that the
committee include two additional members, one to assist in editing and
another to provide historical context. The second committee, to be chaired
by Rafanowicz, is to make recommendations concerning routine publication of
a more visually oriented newsletter. Committee members will include Richard
Welty, Grant McManus and Steve Lazar. President Pritchard appointed the
committees. Additionally, he appointed Toastmaster Ulrich Leinhase to chair
an Audit Committee to make a routine annual audit of the club’s financial
records.
Closing the business segment, Pritchard announced that Club
Officer Training is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Thursday, July 24, at the Bank
of America office park on Southside Boulevard. All officers are requested
to attend. Details available <<here>>
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Regular Club Meeting
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Toastmaster
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Gail Antoine – Our generations are lucky to have
survived without all those intrusive government regulations bureaucrats
have implemented to save us from ourselves?
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Word of the Day
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escapade - brash adventure: something exciting or
adventurous that somebody does or is involved in, especially something
showing recklessness or disregard for authority
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Ribbon for best use: Roy Kenski
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Table Topics
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Mel Epley (Old TV Shows and Odd News)
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Don Lemcool
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Tell us about the chickens running amuck in downtown
Jacksonville (2:10)
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Ramin Mahmoodi
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The All-Star Baseball game – What was different this year? (1:30)
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Milo Holt
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Who was Arnold Ziffel in a 1960s TV series about a New York
City lawyer/farmer? (1:41)
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Myrna
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What was special about 1950s TV co-host J. Fred Muggs? (0:45)
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Kevin Corbett
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Who were Howdy Doody, Buffalo Bob and Clarabelle the Clown? (1:17) (Best)
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Speakers
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Roy Kenski
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From the Ruins of the Tower of Babel (Highlights of My
Scandinavian Vacation – Talking the Talk) (9:09)
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Chris Spears
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Cloggd Pipes: Can We Fix Them? (Medical Advances
in Unblocking Clogged Arteries) (8:00)
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Fushan Zhang
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Innovations in Food Preservation (Nuking Bacteria in
Microseconds Without Destroying Food Flavor) (11:00)
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Grant McManus
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The Old Man - Crumbled But Not Forgotten (The Erosion of
Nature’s Miracle in the Mountain) (7:30) (Best)
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Evalumaster
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Kamlesh Fadia (A great escapade today)
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Evaluators
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Ulrich Leinhase (3:13)
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Danny Pritchard (2:33)
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David Rafanowicz (3:02) (Best)
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Yurania Causey (2:43)
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Educational
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None
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Miscellaneous
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Guest Comments
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No guests present
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Joke Meister
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Shauib Karim (Three Wedding Rings?)
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Marriage is really an institution that
involves three separate rings:
First there’s the engagement ring;
then there’s the wedding ring;
finally, there’s the suffering.
Warning: DO NOT try this joke at home.
Serious adverse consequences may result. Please consult a professional
before engaging in marriage-based humor.
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Announcements
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Toastmaster David Rafanowicz invited Evalumaster Kamlesh
Fadia to meet him at the lectern and congratulated him on being the “Most
improved Toastmaster of the Century.” David commented that he draws
inspiration from watching members like Kamlesh join the club and progess
from a stammering start to the level of poise and confidence demonstrated
by Kamles in his role as Evalumaster today.
President Danny Pritchard recognized
Gail Antoine for an exceptional job serving in the role of Toastmaster for
the first time today.
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Attendance 21 members and no
guests
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Presiding Officer Danny Pritchard adjourned the meeting with
a decidedly Presidential flourish at approximately 9:17 a.m.
Another great meeting and a good time was had by all!
Yurania Causey
reporting
Grant McManus,
Photographer
David J.
Rafanowicz, Editor
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