November 11, 2010 - Theme: Remembrance, Take Time to Pause

Hello Fellow Linguists of Listowel and Friends,

On Thursday night, we had a great meeting with our theme of Remembrance, Take Time to Pause. There were 12 members in attendance and our newest member Lorna VanderPloeg brought a guest, her daughter (Natasha McCoy). I chaired the meeting and I opened the meeting by going over the history of Remembrance Day. I also read the poem "In Flanders Field" and I used many quotes throughout the meeting.

Keith McCluskie was our Toast and Timer, who gave a timely toast to Remembrance Day in Canada and kept us on time throughout the meeting. The Grammarian role was being done for her first time by Lorna VanderPloeg and she challenged everyone to use the word "Obviate" which means to prevent the occurrence, rid of or eliminate. The role of Literary Corner was filled by Lucy D'Arcey who read a very touching Remembrance Day poem.

Our first speaker was Marilyn Miller and she gave her thoughts on Remembrance Day with her speech called "What Would it Cost You!” It was a very informative and touching speech. Richard Boertien gave a very funny speech presentation which was called "Summer Holidays". He relived a childhood memory of having to play jump rope with his sister and next door neighbour. The Speeches were evaluated by Leo Brisebois and George Nichol.

We had another member recently reach a milestone; Sharon D'Arcey received her 6th speech certificate.

Marie McCutcheon was the Table Topics Master. She started a story then we had to continue on with the story. The winner of table topics was Lucy D'Arcey.

Audrey Orth as Quizmaster tested our listening skills with some phrases from the night. Jane Stoltz was the general evaluator and she gave a review of how the meeting went and some grow points on how to improve our meeting. Lucy D'Arcey for the Inspirational Thought had a very good story of a teacher telling her students that they owe a lot to those fought for our freedom. After the meeting, we enjoyed refreshments provided by Sharon D'Arcey.

Hope to see you all on Thursday for our next meeting.

Brent

Dates to remember:

Nov. 18 - Enthusiasm, go, Go, GO!

Nov. 19-21 District Toastmaster Fall Conference in Niagara Falls