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Special Speakers

Kiwanis of Ocala welcomed guest speakers during February and the first week of March. President Tammy Hoff introduced presenters Aggie and George Albright, Kathy and Ron Beals — long time Kiwanis members of the Lake Weir Club and the current president of the Silver Springs Shores Kiwanis Club. Aggie Albright announced a pleasant and special surprise while sharing sad news of the Silver Springs Shores Club closing it’s club. The Silver Springs Shores Club, along with previous Lake Weir long-time members Kathy and Ron Beals, presented a gift check to the Ocala Club of $12,000 in the process of the closing of the other fellow Kiwanis club. Eddie Leedy, executive director of the Marion County Humane Society and former Deputy Sheriff (now retired after serving 34 years with Marion County Sheriff’s Department), spoke on how they have changed operations during the last two years of COVID. He shared how it has affected their procedures, including the animals and adoption processing. Jennifer Martinez, executive director of Marion Senior Services, gave an excellent talk on updates and current changes. Kiwanian Roseann Fricks, CEO of the Early Learning Coalition, spoke on their upcoming events. Jim Phillips, program chair and Kiwanian, welcomed guest speaker Jennifer Murty, owner of Ocala Style Magazine and the Ocala Gazette, who spoke on challenges and changes of journalism during these last two years.

David Ellspermann, Tammy Hoff, Eddie Leedy and Jim Phillips Aggie Albright

Tammy Hoff, Ron Beals, Bernard Mitchell, Warren Barrett, Aggie Albright, Kathy Beals and George Albright

Penny Miller and Eddie Leedy Jennifer Martinez

Roseann Fricks

Warren Barrett, Bernard Mitchell and Kathy Beals Eddie Leedy Jennifer Murty

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