First
Annual Jerry McIntyre
Memorial Golf Tournament
In honor of my husband, and our father, son, brother,
uncle, cousin, and good friend, Jerry, we are planning
a golf tournament fundraiser to benefit two of Jerry’s
many labors of love – the Holy Ghost/St. Francis
Schools and the Jersey Community Hospital Foundation.
Through the years he served on and helped guide both
the school and hospital boards and lent his construction
expertise to their numerous building projects. It is
our hope that you will use this method to assist both
of these organizations, which were dear to his heart,
and keep Jerry’s community spirit alive, while
enjoying a whole day of unique and fun “Jerry-inspired”
activities!!!
With Sincere Appreciation,
The McIntyre Family and Friends
The first annual Jerry McIntyre Memorial Golf Tournament
will be on Saturday, August 28, 2010 at Westlake Country
Club. Scheduled tee times run from 8 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Events will include lunch, a special BBQ dinner, various
golf contests, and a silent auction. All proceeds will
go to Holy Ghost/St. Francis Schools and Jersey Community
Hospital Foundation. Dinner and completion of the silent
auction will begin at 6:30 p.m.
We
are looking forward to celebrating “Jerry”
with you on August 28th!!! Be sure to call Jan or Tim
at Westlake CC (618-498-2011) to schedule your tee time
today!! (Rain date – 9/4/10)
The second battle of Fallujah started with a diversion
attack to the west and south of the city. The main blow would
come from the north. This force consisted of 2 Marine regimental
combat teams and 2 army heavy Calvary battalions. And at the tip
of this spear was the Navy Seabees. The Navy Seabees cut the power
to the city then went in first with heavily armored equipment
and bulldozed a clear path into the city.
Most of the Marine and Army units that were called up to fight
in this battle had only been in Iraq for a few months. Most of
their combat experience up until then was convoy duty guarding
civilian contractors. A very boring job, not a lot of opportunity
to get any urban combat experience.
Every now and again if they get lucky military intelligent would
give them the location of a high valued target. Then they would
get to cordon off the area and kick in a few doors. 9 times out
of 10 the house would be empty.
In fact most of the solders that fought in this battle had not
even fired a shot in anger yet. That was all about to change.
One of the first objectives was the main train station in Fallujah.
Once the marines and army captured this facility they would use
it as a staging point for follow up forces.
After 2 days of heavy fighting the marines had reached Highway
10 that ran across the middle of the city.
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Winston Churchill banned the reporting of UFOs
Vodka tasters wanted
Wartime prime minister Winston Churchill banned the reporting
for 50 years of an alleged UFO incident because of fears it could
create mass panic, according to claims made public on Thursday.
The grandson of an RAF officer who was one of Churchill's personal
bodyguards wrote to the Ministry of Defence in 1999 about the
alleged incident.
His account and Churchill's claimed reaction featured in documents
released on Thursday from Britain's National Archives.
According to this account, the man's grandfather overheard Churchill
discussing the alleged incident with US wartime General Dwight
Eisenhower.
Reports given to Churchill claimed that a reconnaissance aircraft
returning to Britain from a mission was shadowed by a UFO as it
crossed the British coast.
The plane's crew were reported to have photographed the object,
which they said had "hovered noiselessly" near the aircraft,
before moving off.
According to the letter describing this alleged incident: "Mr
Churchill is reported to have made a declaration to the effect,
'This event should be immediately classified since it would create
mass panic among the general population and destroy one's belief
in the Church.'"
For Poland's army of vodka tasters, the rules are
strict: no smoking, no coffee, and no perfume, not to mention
to the 6 am starts.
While in France cellar masters ensure the quality
of fine wines, in Poland professional vodka tasters keep the potent
tipple, first distilled in the region in mediaeval times, smooth
and pure.
Krystyna Gbiorczyk, in charge of quality and taste
control at a distillery in Poznan, western Poland, has for many
years used her keen sense of taste and smell to safeguard the
reputation of a top-selling brand name.
Samples of crystal clear vodka made using rye are
heated and poured into covered glasses to capture their entire
aroma, she says.
The vodka is then closely observed, shaken, tasted
and then evaluated on the basis of its strength, taste and smell.
"The regular tasting allow us to detect any
significant differences between different batches of vodka and
correct them to the standard we seek," adds Danuta Maranda,
a quality control expert.
Last year the distillery launched an internal recruitment
drive to find talented new tasters. Candidates had to discern
between sweet, salty, acid or metallic-tasting vodkas and classify
them according to the degree of alcohol content.
First
Annual Jerry McIntyre 
