Saturday night, my husband and I attended the Enrichment Center's fundraiser to roast Rich Nugent, John Druzbick and Mickey Smith. This fun evening was to raise money for the Enrichment Center which is located on the campus of Oak Hill Hospital.
Debbie Druzbick did a wonderful job coordinating this event with all her volunteers from the Enrichment Center. She looked pretty snazzy, too, in her black, palazzo pant suit. Nick Morana served as the Master of Ceremonies to the delight of the crowd while Anthony Palmieri tended bar. The ladies of the Enrichment Center deserve a round of applause from all of us that attended this event. They worked tirelessly serving the crowd a dinner of spaghetti, salad, desert and coffee. The tables were all beautifully decorated with center pieces, and individual servings of roast nuts to munch on during the evening. The chef that made the roasted nuts gets my personal thanks. They were mmm, mmm, good!
Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite squeezed time into her busy schedule to briefly stop in and wish the Enrichment Center every success with their fundraiser. Although all the county commissioners, Rep. Robert Schenck and Senator Fasano purchased tickets, none of them attended this event. They could all take a lesson from Congreswoman Brown-Waite on what it takes to be a true public servant.
Robert Nolte, editor of the Hernando Today and Jeff Webb, editor of editorials for the Hernando Times, roasted John Druzbick. Mr. Nolte had the Hernando Today staff print a funny article on John's obsession with the big yellow school buses. Mr. Webb did a hilarious slide show presentation of John, using photos from his birth to present time.
Walter Dry, president of the Human Rights Coalition, and Anna Liisa Covell (me) roasted Mickey Smith, the CEO of Oak Hill Hospital. Although Walter's remarks about Mickey were quite gentle, he managed to get in some very humorous zingers about Mickey. My presentation was a spoof about Mickey which brought laughs from the crowd.
Sheriff Nugent was roasted by Leo Jacobs, Spring Hill Fire Commissioner, and Nick Morana, member of the Enrichment Center board of directors. Mr. Jacob's remarks started out funny and then became very complementary to the Nugent family. Nick Morana's comments were a play on some well, worn jokes but hilarious, just the same. Nick should have had a second job as a stand-up comic. He would have put Henny Youngman to shame with his quick wit.
Sheriff Nugent, John Druzbick, and Mickey Smith certainly were good sports for lending themselves to this wonderful organization all in the name of raising money.
2 comments:
Anna-
Thank-you for your nice write up and participation. It was a wonderful evening. We raised $9,500.00. Thanks to everyone that participated and donated. A big thanks to the local businesses that donated to our silent auction as well as our "Johhny Mandel- Deal or no Deal!"
Ana, you said in your opinion, Governor Crist is pandering over the Jim Morrison issue. Can you explain that? There are clear Constitutional violations in that Morrison case, that can no longer be ignored in this interest of justice. There were no laws against obscenity in 1969 in Dade County. There was a performance of HAIR that year which featured full frontal nudity and the city officials had no problem with it. Your opinion, while yours, doesn't add up legally? He was convicted on something the State could not legally prove and was found not guilty on a charge that he was clealy guilty of. You don't think, in the interest of justice, this case should be corrected? There is no time limit or price tag on correcting a botched case. The people who petitioned the Governor were within their rights to do so and Governor Crist had to look at this case. If you are not going to allow open discussion of this case, then why did you make the post? Legally your opinion makes no sense. You are endorsing a verdict where due process was clearly denied. This isn't about Doors fans or Morrison's guilt.
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