A good time was had by all tonight at the “Pru” building…  President Emily Markham kicked off the evening with a tremendous theme, “Dreams, the seedlings of Reality”. She related a story about Leslie Newton, the daughter of one of her friends who had a dream to become a personal fitness trainer. Leslie was told by her peers that she didn’t have what it would take to become a good trainer… Too tall, too skinny, you know the “dream killers”… But Leslie affirmed that she in fact had enough “heart & desire” to overcome any odds and she did. It was a great story, and Emily told it well.

Danny Clifton was our “Grammarian” tonight… It’s always with great anticipation that we hear him bring forth the grammarian word of the evening.  One can always count on Danny to put a good deal of thought into bringing an interesting ”word” that will enrich our vocabulary, and he usually brings a cool application of the word in the form of a short story… Awesome Danny… Tonight he told us that the amount of vocabulary words a person posseses can have a direct effect on their positions in life. For example, CEOs have roughly a “vocabulary score” of 250, Managers, 190, and Workers 90.  So let’s keep growing our vocabularies! On a personal note, I think that the vocabulary correlation here is tranlated into the ability to express ones self more efficiently which in turn also helps one to be able to understand more of what one hears… and thus the World becomes, not a playground, but a “Learning Ground”. Thanks again Danny…

Whew… it’s late.. I will continue this tomorrow sometime…   But I will tell you that Michelle Hubbs “ROCKED” the place tonight… A near flawless speech… She took us on a journey through the space age beginning in the late 50′s with Sputnik.. the first man made satellite.. I can’t do the speech justice because Im falling asleep at the wheel here.. Will somebody else please take over!!  Good night…  ONE MORE THING… WELCOME BACK JIM A.