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Phil’s Ramblings
A happy, healthy 2019 to us all! For anyone who I may have overlooked, my
Before getting into our 2019 LCACE plans, let apologies and a big THANK YOU to you, as
me take a minute to thank all the folks who well!
made our December Holiday Party a success! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A big THANK YOU! to: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Liz Barnett and her kitchen helpers for manag- We’ll be starting off 2019 with our popular “Show
ing our food planning, preparation, display and ‘n Tell” meeting on January 12 at the GAPL.
th
clean up – and for cooking our turkeys! The shared knowledge and fun will be up to
Everyone who brought food – homemade or YOU! Please bring a piece of recently-acquired
store-bought – to provide us with a sumptuous gear and/or software to demonstrate to your fel-
spread! low LCACE members.
J.J. Johnson for purchasing our raffle and door Looking ahead, our next meeting will be on Sat-
th
prizes, providing photo services and acting as urday, February 9 , at the GAPL. Linda Rohlf-
Master of Ceremonies for our games and con- ing and I are considering several options and will
tests! look forward to your input at our January meet-
ing.
Judy Dunham for arranging for our raffle tick-
ets, selling them and providing her two charm- Liz Barnett is working with the GAPL to nail
ing granddaughters to help distribute our priz- down our March meeting date. As soon as we
es! have a firm date, we’ll let you know. Program
suggestions / volunteers will be appreciated!
Linda Busch for helping with ticket sales! Rich
Garling for serving as our Santa Claus! DeBo- 2019 promises to be an exciting year from a
rah Sirilla for suggesting a variety of games to technology standpoint! As Mike Andrews
help enliven the day! shared with us via group email, AT&T has
scheduled a phased roll-out of 5G cellular ser-
All participants and judges involved in our Ugly vice throughout 2019. While AT&T seems to be
Sweater Contest – and to J.J. for buying easily focusing their efforts on the cellular phone side,
transportable prizes!
Verizon is doing their own 5G roll-out with an
Everyone who purchased or sold raffle and/or emphasis on home Internet service. This should
door prize tickets! The revenue you provided be very interesting; stay tuned! (And, keep in
pays for the prizes (and hopefully adds some mind that our current cell phones will not work
dollars to our bank account). with 5G technology; while we may still be able to
Those who stuck around to help clean up, in- use existing phones at 4G speeds on new 5G
cluding Fred Barnett, Lester Larkin, Linda and networks we will have to buy a new 5G phone to
Bob Koudelka, Lou Seidenburg and others! take full advantage of this new technology.)
We’ll see changes inside our homes, as well, as
Wi-Fi 6 rolls out in 2019. Based on upgraded
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