{"id":70,"date":"2016-01-04T18:18:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T18:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/uocgavel\/?p=70"},"modified":"2023-07-01T17:30:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T12:00:55","slug":"gavel-under-the-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=70","title":{"rendered":"GAVEL UNDER THE TREES"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Smedley\u2019s\u00a0Toastmasters\u00a0club\u00a0organized\u00a0a\u00a0monthly\u00a0meet\u00a0up\u00a0called\u00a0Speakers\u00a0Corner.\u00a0It\u00a0happened\u00a0in\u00a0August\u00a02015\u00a0and\u00a0Shaik\u00a0shared\u00a0a\u00a0post\u00a0about\u00a0it\u00a0on\u00a0our\u00a0Gavel\u00a0Page.\u00a0The\u00a0cool\u00a0thing\u00a0about\u00a0is\u00a0\u2013\u00a0we\u00a0get\u00a0to\u00a0see\u00a0Mr.\u00a0Dhananjaya\u00a0Hettiarachchi.\u00a0<span id=\"more-52\"><\/spa<span style=\"font-size:0px; color:#ff0000;\">\ufeff<a 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