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>> clubs within the club Lawyers' Group Brings Laughs

As events are slowly reintroduced to the MAC, the MAC’s Lawyers’ Group and Mark Twain Society jumped at the chance to get together at the Downtown Clubhouse, which brought the idea of a Lawyers’ Group Steak Dinner and Joke Contest. The night began with a cocktail reception in the Eads Room as Members mingled after their long absence. Next, Past President Tom Albus gave a welcoming speech to Members and passed out a sheet of all the submitted jokes, asking attendees to choose their favorite three, which would be later voted on by the group. Then, Chef Bart and his team prepared a three-course meal consisting of spicy beet-cured salmon with ricotta cheese, blood oranges, baby beets and rye crisp for the first course; bourbon stout-braised short ribs with spicy cheddar grits, harissa roasted root vegetables, pickled onions with black currant jus; and amber chocolate with dark chocolate mousse, apricot compote, chocolate flourless sponge and toasted almond ice cream for dessert. Next, attendees were asked to share any lawyer-related jokes they had not submitted. After several members shared their jokes or anecdotes, it was time for the main event. Members had narrowed down the jokes to the ones submitted by Gary Sextro, Peter Dunne, Chris Lawhorn and John Kingston. After dramatic readings of these jokes, Sextro was announced as the victor of the night.

CWC Meetings

CAITLIN FAGAN AND JULIE AHRLING PAST PRESIDENT ALBUS EMCEES THE EVENING

GOVERNORS ANGIE MINGES AND JUSTIN FOWLER TERRY AND THOMAS O’TOOLE

MILITARY HISTORY CLUB TO EXAMINE "TECUMSEH AND THE PROPHET"

On Oct. 27 the MHC will enjoy a Zoom appearance by historian and author Peter Cozzens. A retired Foreign Service officer, Cozzens has written numerous books about the Civil War and the Indian Wars. His “The Earth Is Weeping: The Indian Wars for the American West” is the recipient of the 2017 Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize for the best book on the subject published in the English language in 2016, and of the Caroline Bancroft Prize in American History. He is also the author of “This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga” and “The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga” were chosen by Civil War Magazine as two of the 100 greatest works ever written on the conflict. He will be talking with us about the subject of his newly-released book, “Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation.” It is the early 19th-century tale of two brothers who lead the last great pan-Indian alliance against the United States. The MAC offers a variety of Clubs Within the Club to bring together members with common interests. Apollos Mondays, 7 p.m., Downtown Book Club Second Thursday of the month, 5:30 p.m., West

Business Development Group Third Thursday of the month, 7:15 a.m., Downtown

Forever Young Club Third Friday of the month, 11:30 a.m., West

Invitational Sanctioned Bridge Second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, 6:15 p.m., West

Military History Club Fourth Tuesday of the month, 11:30 a.m., Downtown

Toastmasters First and third Wednesdays of the month, 5:30 p.m., Downtown

For more information, visit mac-stl.org or call 314-539-4402.