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firstPage = "<P class=text>Skål is an international association of professional managers employed full time in ";
firstPage += "the travel and tourism industry.  Skål had its origins in 1932 when the Paris Club in France was ";
firstPage += "established on December 16, shortly after the first inaugural air service between Stockholm and Paris.  ";
firstPage += "By 1934 twelve other Clubs had been formed and Florimond Volckaert conceived the idea of uniting them ";
firstPage += "into an international organization.  It resulted in the Association International des Skål Clubs (AISC) ";
firstPage += "being created on April 28, 1934 with Volckaert as its Founding President.  Today the Skål movement ";
firstPage += "world-wide has about 20,000 members in 450 Clubs across 90 countries.  In North America 103 Clubs ";
firstPage += "are home to 4,625 Skålleagues. The Skål movement is headquartered in Spain, administered by an ";
firstPage += "elected Board of Directors and a General Secretariat.  The basic unit of Skål is the local Club.  In ";
firstPage += "Canada there are 17 local Clubs with a membership of approximately 800. 3 of the 17 Clubs are in ";
firstPage += "Alberta - Edmonton, Calgary and the Canadian Rockies.  The Edmonton Club was founded on June 12,";
firstPage += " 1963. It was the first Club established in Alberta.  Additional Clubs are located across Canada in Victoria, ";
firstPage += "Vancouver, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Thunder Bay, London, Ottawa, Toronto, Toronto North, ";
firstPage += "Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax and St. John's. ";
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secondPage = "<p class=text>These 17 Clubs comprise Skål International Canada (the national body in Canada).  Similar national ";
secondPage += "committees exist in the USA and Mexico.  These 3 national committees together with affiliated clubs in the ";
secondPage += "Caribbean constitute the North American Alliance of Skål Clubs (NAASC).  North American congresses are held ";
secondPage += "annually in May on a rotational basis through the four geographic regions.  The International Congress ";
secondPage += "is held each year in October or November. The word Skål is Scandinavian and roughly translated ";
secondPage += "means \"Cheers\"!  It capsulizes the intent of the Skål Toast: \"To Fellow Skålleagues Everywhere: ";
secondPage += "Happiness!  Good Health!  Friendship!  Long Life!  Skål!\" ";
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secondPage += "<p class=smalltext>Photos (home page): courtesy of Edmonton Tourism, Edmonton, AB<br>";
secondPage += "Photo (current page): Ft. Edmonton Park - courtesy of the City of Edmonton</P>";

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