Chuck Timanus This is Me

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1. 1. www.times-online.com

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   Published on: 5/13/2008   Last Visited: 5/14/2008

   "When there's pressure on the federal budget, they look for ways to cut programs and one of them is retiree benefits," said Chuck Timanus, director of public relations for NARFE.NARFE held its 35th annual state convention May 8 and 9 at the AmericInn Motel in Valley City where members heard reports on the progress of projects NARFE supports.One of the projects NARFE supports is Alzheimer's research."Alzheimer's is a big concern among people in our age group," Timanus said.

2. 2. E-Lacrosse Features - Eddie & Chuck Timanus

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   Published on: 7/6/2004   Last Visited: 7/6/2004

   His dad, Chuck, serves as Eddie's eyes. It's really that simple - and simply beautiful to behold. Chuck does a running commentary along with play-by-play.
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   Chuck is the best play-by-play announcer in the business and he's got an audience of one." Chuck and Eddie find time to trade good-natured barbs with nearby colleagues as the game at Maryland progresses.
   
   One is skewered for his allegiance to the hapless Baltimore Orioles. Chuck (Yankees) and Eddie (Blue Jays) follow major-league baseball and all other big-time sports. Lacrosse, though, is the ultimate for them. Always has been. Chuck never tires of describing the games to a son blinded as an infant by retinoblastoma, a cancer of the eyes that first struck Eddie prior to his second birthday.
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   Chuck's animated play by play gets Eddie's absolute attention
   
   Despite the severity of the disease, Chuck and his wife Terri knew things could always be worse.
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   "The blessing for us is that most of the kids who get this disease have multiple handicaps," Chuck said.
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   At the Maryland game, Chuck continued to paint a picture for Eddie.
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   "Tried to shoot it far-side high," Chuck chirped about a Terps' shot that junior goalie Jon Higdon snared for the Mids.
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   Eddie takes it all in. "I think he envisions the field," said Chuck, the Public Relations Director for the Association of Retired Employees.
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   Eddie pounces when Chuck makes a mistake by entering into his son's domain, which is trivia.
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   Describing a particularly high hit by a Maryland defender on a Navy attackman, Chuck pretends to speak for the fallen Mid.
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   "Eddie will make an observation about the pace of the game or about something that Chuck said and be right on the money.
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   Chuck, a native of Cortland, New York and a Cortland state alum, and Eddie have lived in Northern Virginia for more that 20 years.
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   Chuck used to do radio play-by-play for various sports teams - not lacrosse- at Northern State College in South Dakota.
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   "The guys were always nervous because Eddie was smarter than they were," Chuck said with a chuckle and a hint of pride.
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   The Timanus family moved east so Chuck could take a job on Capitol Hill with a South Dakota congressman.

3. 3. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

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   Published on: 6/13/2004   Last Visited: 3/1/2005

   This started at the National Convention with Charles Timanus, Director of Public Relations at National.