[SOLVED] How to exclude posts in a category from appearing on the "blog"/multi-post p

Thanks to Flynn and Juggledad I've set up a special category "Announcements" whose latest post appears in a special box at the center top of my landing page ( http://forum.bytesforall.com/showthread.php?t=3392 )

NOW, I want to exclude ALL posts from the "Announcements" category from appearing on the multi-post "blog" page. It's okay if the "Announcements" category still appears in the "Category" sidebar widget so someone might be able to just see a chronological listing of all my announcements. I'd just like someone going to the "blog"/journal to not to be bothered with all the announcements.

Jim