September 15_2011, Theme: Hero's

Calling to Order was done by Keith Stoltz who also introduced the chairperson. Keith told the story of his gold fish burial and my cat as the culprit for the introduction, I don’t think my cat, Kosmo would appreciate that accusation. He is very quiet and keeps out of trouble....he needs to be, he has 2 dogs to watch out for.

The Theme was Hero’s. Who is your hero and who do you consider a Hero. We remembered stories of 9/11and the people who made a difference.

Also joining us for the meeting was a friend of Lucy D’Arcey and a guest to our meeting, Tracy Ireland, who came out to see what it was all about.

Keith McCluskie started us off with the Joke of the Day. It was about some funny answers that doctors provide to their patients about what ails them. Eg. Patient “I am on this diet and it’s not going so good I got so hungry that I bit off someone's ear. The doctor replied, “Oh my, that is a lot of calories". Eg. Can I get a second opinion? The doctor replies, Certainly, come and see me tomorrow.

Toast and Timer, George Nichol proposed a toast to our firefighters, the police all those who make a difference in our lives and sometimes the ones that we take for granted.

Award Presentation by Jane Stoltz to Keith Stoltz in getting is DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster Award). Jane explained his journey in reaching this high plateau. She also explained to everyone that it’s achievable and time is not a factor.

Keith Stoltz was the Grammarian with the word of the day "Immortalize". The word was used a few times throughout the meeting.

Lucy D’Arcey filled the role of Literary Corner where she read out of the "Book of Awakenings". It is a book of inspirational readings on standards that we have on ourselves and others without awareness.

Lucy also had a speech named "Writers Block" and how she used the article in the Toastmasters magazine from David. It was a column telling us that everyone has something to say and the more we listen to it the more we get a different meaning to the story. Eg. Did you hear about this or did I tell you already, you tell so many people about something you heard that you start forgetting who you told it too.

George Stevers presented his 5th speech from the Competent Communicator's manual about going to the Perth County Plowing Match with is son Chris. The speech objectives were to display Vocal Variety.

Lorna VanderPloeg presented her 8th speech from the Competent Communicator's manual. It was an inspirational speech about Hero's. Lorna is well on her way to achieving her C/C.

Jane Stoltz V.P. of Education had an educational module on the D.C.P. chart, explaining the different goals for each part of the chart.

Table Topics, the fun part of the night was chaired by Keith Stoltz our new DTM. We each had to pick an object or tool out of a bag and explained how it made us into a hero or a saviour. The winner, Audrey Orth, had a tool to snuff out candles and she told us all how she used it to put out a small fire. With Table Topics the criteria is to use an introduction, body and conclusion along with hand gestures to make it real.

Audrey was also the General Evaluator who introduced the evaluators, Lorna VanderPloeg, Heidi Menzi and Leo Brisebois for the 3 speeches. She also evaluated the evaluators and gave grow points along with the next meeting.

All in all the laugh counter hit 50 last night, what a feeling. We had comments from our guest Tracy who congratulated us on making her feel welcome and pointed out to us how brave we are to stand up there and speak, we invited her to come visit us again and maybe join our club if she would like to.

It was a fun meeting, we had a lot of laughs. After the meeting, we had snacks and treats provided by Jane Stoltz.

Linguist of Listowel

Leo Brisebois