ARC to hold Casino Royale fundraiser
By CHUCK BALLARO - | Apr 21, 2021
If you’re in the mood for some blackjack and a shaken-not-stirred martini, one of the signature fundraisers in Southwest Florida is back.
The Animal Refuge Center has announced it will hold the eighth-annual Casino Royale 007 fundraiser on Saturday, May 15, from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa in Estero.
Tickets and sponsorships are still available for the James Bond-themed event, which had to be cancelled last year because of the pandemic.
“We’re glad to be bringing it back this year because last year was touch and go and nobody was having one of those large-scale events,” said ARC Board Vice President Rob Spicker. “We got lucky in that we had a successful Starlight Auction in November and through the CARES Act we got some payroll support, so we didn’t feel the impact we were afraid we would feel.”
Officials in Stockholm have launched an inquiry over a James Bond-themed party for Sapo, the national spy agency in Sweden.
According to the Dagens Nyheter newspaper, the lavish event last summer cost the Swedish government some SEK 5.3 million (EUR 639,000). Those in attendance were treated to casino games, a gala dinner and several famous entertainers including comedians and actors.
But despite pressure from the central government, officials from Sapo said that the party was an exception from the norm.
Sapo head Anders Thornberg told reporters from Dagens Nyheter, “This was a unique and extraordinary time and we’d been subjected to extreme pressure. We thought that we needed a special gathering for the whole security police team.”
Liz Truss to move into Ian Fleming s old office as DIT moves to Old Admiralty Building
Move intended to bring the department closer together operationally and geographically
Photo: Andrew Milligan sumo via Flickr
Trade secretary Liz Truss will move into the office used by James Bond author Ian Fleming when the Department for International Trade moves to the Old Admiralty building in Westminster next month.
Truss will use “Room 39”, which was the home of the Naval Intelligence Division when Fleming was a naval intelligence officer during World War II. From there, she will lead a team of top trade negotiators.
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The International Trade Secretary will relocate to ‘Room 39’, Naval Intelligence Division s office, where the James Bond creator was based
6 April 2021 • 9:00pm
Liz Truss will later this month relocate to ‘Room 39’, at the Old Admiralty, left, where the James Bond creator Ian Fleming, right, was stationed
When Ian Fleming inhabited an office in the Old Admiralty, he commanded a unit of specialist intelligence commandos. Now Liz Truss is poised to move into the same Westminster quarters to lead an elite team of trade negotiators.
Codenamed 17F, he was the right-hand man of Rear Admiral John Godfrey who was later the inspiration for his character M, and was credited as the brains behind a series of daring proposals.
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