april 22, 2010

Pictures Trudy Baron, President of the Toastmasters of Hanover enjoyed her first visit to the Linguists of Listowel and poses with Leo Brisebois.

Sharon Diehl finds out more about the Competent Leader manual.

Marie McCutcheon and Leo Brisebois discuss the highlights of the meeting.

VP Membership Keith McCluskie welcomes George Stevers to Linguists of Listowel.

Keith Stoltz was Chairperson for the evening and Rich Boertien gave the joke of the day.

Area Governor Diana presents Jane Stoltz with a pin for achieving her second Competent Communicator.

Area governor Diana Snowden presented ACG pin to Diane Bender for her achievements

Diana Snowden welcomes newest member George Stevers to Toastmasters.

april 15, 2010

Date: Thursday April 15, 2010 Meeting Theme: Useless Information
(1 min) Call meeting to order: Sharon D’Arcey
(3-4 min) Chairperson’s Opening Remarks Rich Boertien
(1-2 min) Joke of the Day: Rich Boertien
(1-2 min) Loyal Toast & Timer: Diane Bender, ATMG
(1-2 min) Grammarian: Heidi Menzi, CC “Doodle” was used nine times.
(3-4 min) Literary Corner: Brian Camacho, ATMB
(1 min) Award Ceremony: Diane Bender, ATMG presented Heidi with her competent communicator certificate.
(5-7 min) Speaker #1: CC#5 “Making my Dreams into Reality” Sharon Diehl
(5-7 min) Speaker #2: CC #8 Visual Aids Keith McCluskie
(5-7 min) Speaker #3: Humorously Speaking #4 Leo Brisebois
(5 min) Anything for the Good of Toastmasters:
(15 min) Table Topics: Keith Stoltz
(3-4 min) Evaluator #1: Brian Camacho
(3-4 min) Evaluator #2: Brent Jemmett, CC
(3-4 min) Evaluator #3: Marie McCutcheon
(1 min) Award for Best Table Topics went to Keith McCluskie

(5 min) General Evaluator: Audrey Orth, ATMG
(1-2 min) Chairperson’s Closing Remarks Rich Boertien
9:00 Adjournment
Snacks: Marilyn Hynes

Dates to Mark on Your Calendar
Apr 22: Born to Win
Apr 29: Creators in Creation

Jane, Keith, Diane, Audrey, Keith M, Brent, Rich attended the Listowel Ag Society appreciation supper.

Keith McCluskie spoke about Toastmasters, Linguists of Listowel and introduced speakers Diane Bender, Rich Boertien and Brent Jemmett

Great speech Rich!

Keith's public school teacher is impressed with his speaking skills at the Listowel Agriculture Society appreciation supper.

Audrey congratulates Keith on his jokes and introductions.

Good Morning Linguists of Listowel,
Wasn't that a powerful meeting last night? Fifteen enthusiastic members were happy to be back at Toastmasters after the Easter Break. The agenda was full and everyone fulfilled their roles exceptionally well. I know because I was general evaluator. Brent Jemmett was chairperson and carried the theme “Let’s Scream for Ice Cream” throughout the evening. Loyal Toast & Timer: Audrey Orth, ATMG shared some history of ice cream. Grammarian: Jessica Kelly, CC gave us the word “Interlard” which was used 17 times. Literary Corner: Marie McCutcheon, DTM – she read an original ice cream story. Speaker #1: Speech #2 CC Marilyn Hynes “Don’t Tick off the Property Manager” Speaker #2: Speech #10 CC Heidi Menzi “Horticulture”
Rhea led Table Topics and it was great to see everyone describe their favourite ice cream flavours. Jessica Kelly earned the table topics trophy.
Brian Camacho presented an Education Module "Evaluations" that explained the importance of effective evaluations. Keith and Jane listened well and gave awesome evaluations to Marilyn and Heidi. Chairperson Brent closed the meeting and everyone enjoyed ice cream snacks provided by Sharon D’Arcey.

Diane Bender, ACG
President
Meeting Theme: Let’s Scream for Ice Cream
(1 min) Call meeting to order : Sharon D’Arcey
(3-4 min) Chairperson’s Opening Remarks Brent Jemmett, CC
(5 min) Anything for the Good of Toastmasters:
(1-2 min) Joke of the Day: Marilyn Hynes
(1-2 min) Loyal Toast & Timer: Audrey Orth, ATMG
(1-2 min) Grammarian: Jessica Kelly, CC “Interlard” was used 17 times
(3-4 min) Literary Corner: Marie McCutcheon, DTM – she read an original ice cream story
(5-7 min) Speaker #1: Speech #2 CC Marilyn Hynes “Don’t Tick off the Property Manager”
(8-10 min) Speaker #2: Speech #10 CC Heidi Menzi “Horticulture”
(15-20min)Table Topics: Rhea Longman. Winner was Jessica Kelly
(16 min) Educational Session on Evaluations Brian Camacho, ATMB
(3-4 min) Evaluator #1: Keith Stoltz
(3-4 min) Evaluator #2: Jane Stoltz
(5 min) General Evaluator: Diane Bender, ATMG
(1-2 min) Chairperson’s Closing Remarks Brent Jemmett, CC
9:00 Adjournment
Ice Cream Snacks Sharon D’Arcey
Dates to Mark on Your Calendar
Apr 15: Useless Information
April 16-18: Spring Conference at Mississauga, at the Delta Meadowvale
Apr 22: Born to Win

March 25, 2010 induction ceremony

President Diane Bender welcomed Marilyn to the Linguists of Listowel Toastmasters Club.

VP Membership Keith McCluskie led the induction ceremony for Marilyn Hynes.

Marilyn was excited to join Toastmasters and presented her Ice Breaker Speech with enthusiasm and confidence.

Leo gave the Toast to Canada and Keith was Grammarian

Sharon and Keith discuss the highlights of the meeting.

Sharon gave the inspirational thought for the meeting and Keith was quizmaster.

Brian gives Rhea some hints on interviews.

She presented her CC#3 this evening.

Linguists of Listowel – LISTEN, LAUGH, LEARN & LEAD
Area 66 – District 86 – Western Division – Region VI – Club #9016
Linguistsoflistowel.blogspot.com & toastmasters86.org
Area Governor: Diana Snowden Division Governor: Glenn Oxford
Date: Thursday March 25, 2010
Meeting Theme: Miracles Never Cease

(1 min) Call meeting to order : Rich Boertien
(3-4 min)Chairperson’s Opening Remarks Diane Bender, ATMG
Thich Nhat Hanh has said “People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle – “
Our meeting theme tonight is Miracles never Cease. I believe there are at least two different kinds of Miracles – the mini Miracle and the transformational miracle.
1. The mini-miracle - this is the everyday miracles. These include getting a parking space, meeting the right person at the exact right moment, coincidences, or phone calls from just the person you were thinking of. Taken alone, they might mean very little, but as you pay attention, you realize that things are going your way. Last week I was on vacation with my grandchildren. We were at a waterpark, having a great time in the wavepool and on the slides. I had a table where we left our shoes, towels and my carryall with my camera and room key. I tried to keep an eye on that, while I supervised a very energetic four year old and a very independent 8 year old. Imagine my shock and despair when I returned to an empty table with only our shoes under the chairs! WHAT TO DO? I PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE. I checked with the life guard- she hadn’t seen anything. It seemed like an hour but within 5 minutes a young father came hurrying over to my table with the towels and carry all. He apologized that his family had accidently taken them when they gathered up their belongings. I was very thankful and decided that was a miracle that he had the integrity to come back and return my stuff and to apologize.

2. Then there are Transformational Miracles –which involve lifestyle change, usually as a result of an injury, death, divorce, career change, financial upheaval, or other crisis that forces us to confront ourselves and change our lives in a direction that enhances our passion and creativity. I think that joining toastmasters can be a transformational miracle. People who were once too shy to speak in front of an audience gain confidence and improve their leadership abilities. It takes tremendous courage to present your icebreaker as Marilyn is doing tonight. By taking this journey your life will improve in almost every area because “miracles never cease.”

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wayne Stoltz is a very wise guy and brings us the joke of the day.
(1-2 min) Joke of the Day: Wayne Stoltz
Leo Brisbois would agree with -- Bob Richards who said Ingenuity plus courage plus work equals miracles.
(1-2 min) Loyal Toast & Timer: Leo Brisebois, CC

The author is unknown for this quote but I am sure it is true for Sharon D’arcey who will be giving us literary corner.
“The miracle of friendship can be spoken without words... hearing unspoken needs, recognizing secret dreams, understanding the silent things that only true friend know.
(3-4 min) Literary Corner: Sharon D’Arcey
Keith Stoltz will be grammarian this evening. The other night, Keith and Jane were sitting on the front porch having a nice evening talking with each other. Suddenly, the neighbor across the street pulled up and got out of his car. He had a big bouquet of flowers and a large box of candy in his hands. As they watched, their neighbor's wife came out to greet her husband. He hugged and kissed her and gave her the box of candy and the flowers. Then they walked into their house hand-in-hand.

Jane looked at her husband Keith and said, "Why don't you ever do anything like that?" Surprised, Keith exclaimed, "Are you kidding, Jane?! I hardly know that woman!"

Bill Cosby said the fact that married couples can live together day after day is a miracle ”


(1-2 min) Grammarian: HULLABALOO Keith Stoltz, ATMS
(5-7 min) Speaker #1 - Ice Breaker Marilyn Hynes
One minute written evaluations by members
(5-7 min) Speaker #2: Speech #3 from CC Rhea Longman
One minute written evaluations by members
(5 min) Anything for the Good of Toastmasters:Dues are due. Keith, Jane, Diane, and Audrey will attend the evaluation and international speech contest in Kitchener March 26, 2010. 4 people volunteered to speak at the Listowel Ag Hall April 14, 2010 appreciation dinner.

“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.” Helen Keller

(15-20min)Table Topics: Jane Stoltz, ATMS, CL
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. -- Albert Einstein

(5-7 min) Induction Ceremony for Marilyn Hynes: Keith McCluskie
Sergeant at Arms for the evening was Wayne Stoltz.
(3-4 min) Evaluator #1: Brent Jemmett
(3-4 min) Evaluator #2: Rich Boertien

(1 min) Award for Best Table Topics was a tie: Marilyn Hynes and Keith McCluskie
(1min ea) Reports from Timer & Grammarian
(2-3 min) Quizmaster: Keith McCluskie
Our General evaluator is Brian Camacho. He has travelled around the world as a result of bettering himself by going to toastmasters to improve his communication skills.
(5 min) General Evaluator: Brian Camacho, ATMB

Miracles are not hard to come by. They begin from the heart. -- Author Unknown
(1-3 min) Inspirational Thought: Sharon Diehl
(1-2 min) Chairperson’s Closing Remarks Diane Bender, ATMG
Speaking for myself the miracle is that I can enjoy being chairperson at toastmasters. For nine years I resisted that opportunity. Now I can look an audience in the eye and smile throughout the evening and actually breathe normally! I can use my voice in a variety of ways. Most of all, I can have fun during my term as president.
I can share my miracles by becoming the person I was meant to be. You can too by following that dream you have inside. You too can be transformed because Miracles never cease!!!

9:00 Adjournment
Snacks Audrey Orth, ATMG

Dates to Mark on Your Calendar
Fri Mar 26: Division Contest –
The Gathering Place, Trinity Village, 2727 Kingsway Drive, Kitchener. Cost: $5.00
Apr 1: Toastmaster Meeting Cancelled
Apr 8: Let’s Scream for Ice Cream
April 16-18: Spring Conference at Mississauga, at the Delta Meadowvale
Remember to bring your CL Manuals to each meeting

Linguists of Listowel

Linguists of Listowel
What a great evening we had. The theme was lessons children/ friends/ parents teach us. Past president George Nichol wowed us all with his skills as chairperson. He had interesting introductions for everyone and even shared a few jokes.
We welcomed George Stevers as a guest this evening, he was introduced by Keith Stoltz. George is a farmer and “enjoys” fixing farm equipment!
Keith M. was toast and timer- for some reason he really seems to enjoy keeping us all on time!
Jessica Kelly entertained us with literary corner, mentioning how little children can teach us lessons on what and when to eat. Sharon Diehl gave us the word Sapience which is a noun and means deep wisdom or knowledge. It was used several times throughout the meeting.
Sharon D’Arcey presented speech #3 in her CC manual “To be a Kid Again”. Her mentor Diane Bender was the evaluator. She was very impressed with the sapience of Sharon’s speech. It was persuasive entertaining and inspiring.
Jane Stoltz used her vacation experiences to entertain us with her speech “Waves”. A tsunami advisory in New Zealand had most people scrambling to higher ground – but not the Stoltz’s. Jane described how her husband Keith thought it would be safe to get to the top of the house they were staying in and then view the pandemonium with binoculars! Audrey Orth evaluated Jane with lots of glow points.
Brian Camacho led table topics- he even gave us choices. Winner was Jessica Kelly.
Keith Stoltz evaluated the meeting with many glow points and even some suggestions to make our meetings better in the future.
We congratulated Rhea Longman on her acceptance to Redeemer College and we were excited to learn that she had earned a leadership scholarship as well! Way to go Rhea.
Diane Bender ATMG
President of Linguists of Listowel

Linguists of Listowel

Sharon welomes Marilyn to Toastmasters Linguists of Listowel!

Brent congratulates Jessica on recieving her Competent Communicator certificate.

Rhea shares her toastmaster experience with her father at our OPEN HOUSE

Hi Toastmasters:


Last evening's program was completely filled and chucked full of surprises and we ended on time.

Audrey Orth did a fantastic job as chair sharing her Irish stories, tales, jokes and quotes!

Thank you to our guests last evening for coming and sharing our evening.

Marie McCutcheon received lots of smiles and chuckles with her Irish joke.

Congratulations to Jessica Kelly for receiving three certificates last evening, Sixth Speech, Tenth Speech and winner of Table Topics Award!

Our word provider, Rhea Longman counted Gregarious used 13 times throughout the meeting!

Rich Boertien gave his #7 Speech: Do Unto Others and Diane Bender read us a story on The Lady of Gollerus.

Sharon D'Arcey entertained us with a reading about the story of Blarney!

Jane gave her point of view with the benefits of holidays and Brian Camacho did his hilarious counter point of view.

Our listening skills proved to be right on target for our quizmaster Jessica Kelly.

Congratulations to Sharon Diehl for taking on general evaluator for the first time last evening.

A welcome to Marilyn Hynd in announcing her membership into our club!

There are many spots open for next week.

Challenge yourself next week as we need a chairperson, as our president is absent next week to enjoy the lessons her grandchildren will teach her.

Jane Stoltz

VP of Education

March 10, 2010

Linguists of Listowel at the Area 66 Contest in Walkerton at Jubilee Hall.
Jane, Diane, Keith, Marie, Leo, Brent, Audrey and Diana Snowden Area 66 Governor

Diana Snowden Area Governor, Gregory C N Smith First place, Marie McCutcheon Second place, Lisa Houthuyzen, Brent Jemmett and Ron Hills

Glen Oxford ACB, Division W Governor, Diana Snowden Area Governor, First Place Gemma, Second Place Lisa, Leo and Brent.

#10 CC manual speech " ROAK" by Jessica Kelly

RAOK
How would you feel if you woke up one morning and someone had shoveled off your drive way? How would you feel if someone put money in your parking meter if your time was going to expire? How would you feel if you showed up for work one day and your boss announced everyone could take a day off with pay just because? Pretty good I bet? Well I have one more questions for you; how would you feel if you bought a coworker coffee one day out of the blue and then found out you made their day? I bet that would make you feel pretty good too.
Good evening madame chair, fellow TM..
The dhali lama once said;
All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
In other words; success is not necessarily measured by material things you have for yourself or the accolades you have for yourself, it’s the kind things you do for other people. There is actually a name for this phenomonom of doing kind things for people that’s been popping up more and more recently. A “new kind of movement”; thats been around for a few years now called RAOK or “random acts of kindness”.
RAOK is defined by Wikipedia as any selfless act performed by a person or persons wishing to either assist or cheer up an individual. There will generally be no reason other than to make people smile, or be happier.
But why would anyone want to just randomly do kind things for people? What benefit would it offer you?



For one, performing a random act of kindness can actually improve your self-esteem. Think about it- To have in you the power to improve someone elses mood or situation is empowering and can make you feel better about yourself. Random acts of kindness are essential to our wellbeing. They free us from self-obsession, selfishness and isolation. That may be one reason why so many people volunteer. It just feels good. We feel better about ourselves when we help others or when we better the lives of others. Another benefit often quoted by self-help guru’s and philosophers is that we can only be as happy as those around us. So by that theory; when we perform actions that improve the happiness or situations in those around us, we in turn improve our own happiness.
What are some examples of random acts of kindness? One famous example quoted widely on the internet happened to a popular internet blogger, Arthur Rosenfield. He was in the drive-thru line at Starbucks. The man in line behind him was getting impatient and angry, leaning on his horn and shouting insults at both Arthur and the Starbucks workers. Beginning to get angry himself, Arthur chose to keep his cool and change the negativity into something positive. He paid for the man’s coffee and drove away. When he got home at the end of the day, he discovered that he had created a chain of giving that had not only continued all that day but had been highlighted on NBC News and within twenty-four hours had spread around the world on the Internet.
Random acts of kindness have been portrayed in the movies as well;
The movie “pay it forward” starring Kevin spacey, Helen hunt and haley joel osmend is a prime example of the impact a random act of kindness can have. The movie portrays a social studies teacher who gives his students an assignment to perform random acts of kindness towards others, and then ask them to “pay it forward”, meaning they are to perform another random act of kindness for someone else, rather than pay back the person who was kind to them.


The movie follows a young boy who has chosen 3 people to perform his random act of kindness on, he encourages each of those people to then “pay it forward” by doing something kind for someone else. A pyramid of kind acts then follows, and I won’t give away the end of the movie, but 100’s or peoples lives are effected and bettered, and it all is traced back to the one little boy who started the chain of event, with his random act of kindness.
In essence, it’s saying that one small act paid forward can snowball into many and much larger kind acts.
Another famous real life example of a much larger scale random act of kindness happened in 2004 on the oprah winfrey show. Oprah had filled her audience of people who were in some way shape or form in need of a new car. These people were unaware that everyone in the audience were in the same boat as them. Oprah then opened her show by announcing that there was a parking lot full of brandnew cars out back. One for each of the 276 audience members. Newsclips of the extatic people, jumping up and down, hugging each other, crying tears of joy, were shown nation wide. The image was inspiring. Oprah now holds a show once a year called “oprah’s favorite things” where she showers her audience with her 1000’s of dollars of free stuff. News of her act made headlines around the world and prompted other well-off talk show hosts, newscasters and radio hosts to perform similar acts.
On a slightly smaller scale, on nov. 13, 2009, the KW record published a large add declaring it.. RAOK day and included cut out coupons, encouraging people to perform random acts of kindness. The theory was that when you commited an act of kindness, you handed the coupon to another person, who was then to perform a random act of kindness for someone else, and pass the card along.



My younger sister and her friends had a great idea that day. As high school students, natalie and her friends decided they would do larger scale random act of kindness, but they soon realized they were all very short of money, so they made giant signs reading “free hugs” and they marched downtown kitchener and took up a spot on the sidewalk where they advertised their services to passerby’s. the pictures from that day speak for themselves. In each and every picture the hugger and the huggee both have the biggest and brightest smiles on their faces and I’m sure they brightened more than a few days with their hugs… .but you could tell that they themselves got just as much out of doing kind things than the people they were doing them for.
So what can you do for RAOK? Maybe you don’t have the money to buy someone a new car, or the patience to sit around hugging random passerby’s, but each of us has something we can offer;
If your money is low but you have time to give, something as simple as saying “hi” to someone on the street is a random act of kindness. Some more examples are;
Offer to carry groceries for an elderly person
Hold the door open whenever possible for someone walking behind you,
Bake cookies for your workplace.
Shovel someone elses driveway.
Scrape ice of someone elses car.
Mow a neighbours lawn.
Visit a nursing home and visit with a lonely person.
Tell someone how much they mean to you.
Give someone a “just because card”

if you do have money to give, but maybe not time, some examples for you are;
Tip the person serving your food at a sit down restaurant or a drive through with a 100$ bill.
Pay the parking ticket of someone on the street.
Pay for the person who is behind you in the drive through.
Buy coffee and donuts for your workplace
Sponsor a child.
Buy lunch for a homeless person.
leave $20 in an envelope on a park bench and address “to someone in need.”
Or “buy my house”. (that wasn’t a joke).

So you all have the power to perform random acts of kindness. I encourage you to start today. I am providing you each with a random act of kindness card (PASS OUT) now you all have no excuse not to perfrom an act of kindness. Who knows; you may get the card back someday when you need it most.
Be it one small act each day, or one large act per year, make RAOK a part of your life.
Because As the dhalli lama once said:
When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.

Linguists of Listowel

Speaker Rich Boertien welcomes guest Marilyn Hynd to Toastmasters.

President Diane Bender congratulates Jessica Kelly on completing her 10th speech March 4, 2010

Evaluator Brian and Mentor Audrey congratulate Rhea on her second speech.


Linguists of Listowel – LISTEN, LAUGH, LEARN & LEAD
Area 66 – District 86 – Western Division – Region VI – Club #9016
Linguistsoflistowel.blogspot.com
Area Governor: Diana Snowden Division Governor: Glenn Oxford
Date: Thursday March 4, 2010
Meeting Theme: Oxymorons

Call meeting to order (7:15): Heidi Menzi
Chairperson: Brent Jemmett Agenda Review:
Joke of the Day: Keith McCluskie
Loyal Toast & Timer: Sharon D’Arcey Grammarian: Diane Bender "Seriously Funny"
Literary Corner: Audrey Orth "Olympics"
Speech #1:CC #2 Rhea Longman "Moving, Moving"
Speech #2:#1 Entertaining Rich Boertien "Along Interstate 75"
Speech #3: CC#10 Jessica Kelly "ROAK"
Table Topics Master: Sharon Diehl
Evaluator: Brian Camacho
Evaluator: Keith McCluskie Evaluator: Leo Brisebois
General Evaluator Heidi Menzi
Guest Comments: Marilyn Hynd
Reports from Timer & Grammarian –1 minute each
Award for Best Table Topics, Keith McCluskie
For the Good of Toastmasters,
Next Week’s Program Review,
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks: Brent Jemmett

Snack & Refreshments: Sharon D’Arcey Adjournment (9.00)
Dates to Mark on Your Calendar
March 10: Area Contest Walkerton, Jubilee Hall
March 26: Division Contest University of Waterloo
Apr 16-18:Spring Conference at Meadowvale Conference Centre in Mississauga
March 4: Executive Meeting
March 11: Irish Blessings Open House March 18: Lessons Children Teach Us

Feb 25, 2010

A few poses by president Diane Bender

Sharon Diehl checks with timer Sharon D'Arcey about the length of her speech.

George Nichol presented Table Topics, Brent Jemmett was the winner.

Sharon Diehl presented Speech #2 in her CC Manual

The title of her speech was "Keeper of the Gate"

Keith McCluskie VP Membership welcomes Rhea Longman to the Linguists of Listowel Toastmasters club. Audrey Orth will be her mentor.

Audrey Orth and Rhea Longman

Linguists of Listowel – LISTEN, LAUGH, LEARN & LEAD
Area 66 – District 86 – Western Division – Region VI – Club #9016
Linguistsoflistowel.blogspot.com
Area Governor: Diana Snowden Division Governor: Glenn Oxford
Date: Thursday Feb 25, 2010
Meeting Theme: Let’s Get Heart Smart

Call meeting to order (7:15): Rich Boertien
Chairperson: Marie McCutcheon DTM
Agenda Review:
Loyal Toast & Timer: Sharon D’Arcey Grammarian–word of the day:GELID Brent Jemmett CC
Literary Corner: Audrey Orth ATMG
Induction Ceremony Keith McCluskie
Speech #1:Icebreaker Rhea Longman
Speech #2: Organize your speech Sharon Diehl
Table Topics Master: George Nichol
Evaluator: Rich Boertien
Evaluator: Diane Bender ACG,CL
Reports from Timer & Grammarian –1 minute each
Award for Best Table Topics: Brent Jemmett
For the Good of Toastmasters
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks Marie McCutcheon DTM

Snack & Refreshments: Marie McCutcheon DTM
Adjournment (9.00)
Dates to Mark on Your Calendar
March 4: Executive Meeting Theme: Oxymorons March 11:“Open House” Irish Blessing
March 18: Lessons Children Teach Us March 25: Miracles Never Cease
Club Officer Training Date: February 27, 2010 (Sat)
Time: 9:00am – 12:30 pm Place: University of Waterloo,
200 University Avenue West,
Monday, March 1, 2010, 7-9 pm. Hanover, RESCHEDULED
March 10: Area Contest, Jubilee Hall 111 Jackson St. Walkerton
March 26: Division Contest University of Waterloo
Apr 16-18: Spring Conference at Meadowvale Conference Centre in Mississauga
One Speech Per Month is recommended
Please Bring Your Own Cup/Mug/Water Bottle to Meetings
Remember to Bring your CL Manuals to Every Meeting

Winners of Evaluation Contest Leo Brisebois Second, Jessica Kelly First, Brent Jemmett Third.

Winners of International Contest: Leo Brisebois Third, Marie McCutcheon First, Brent Jemmett Second


Linguists of Listowel Toastmasters Club

Club 9016 *Area 66* District 86*Western Division

International and Evaluation Speech Contest

Feb 18, 2010



Evaluation Contest Chairperson………………………………. Brian Camacho CC

Introduction of guests

Chief Judge……………………………………………………………… Diane Bender ACG,CL

Introduction of Target Speaker

Evaluation Contest Contestants Speaking Order:

Rich Boertien
Leo Brisebois
Brent Jemmett
Jessica Kelly
Marie McCutcheon
Keith McCluskie
Interview with Target Speaker

***Break with refreshments***



International Contest Chairperson………………………..Brian Camacho CC

Chief Judge…………………………………………………………….........Diane Bender ACG,CL

International Contest Contestants ………………………Speaking Order:

Rich Boertien
Leo Brisebois
Brent Jemmett
Marie McCutcheon
Keith McCluskie

Interviews with contestants

Announcement of Evaluation Contest winners

Announcement of International Speech Contest Winners

Anything for the good of Toastmasters

Chairperson’s closing remarks…………………..Brian Camacho CC

Feb 4 2010

Keith presented his Sales Training Speech from the Professional Speakers manual. Wayne Stoltz was Table Topics Master.

Leo and Rhea

Sharon speaks with her mentor Audrey.




Linguists of Listowel – LISTEN, LAUGH, LEARN & LEAD
Area 66 – District 86 – Western Division – Region VI – Club #9016
Linguistsoflistowel.blogspot.com & toastmasters86.org
Area Governor: Diana Snowden Division Governor: Glenn Oxford
Date: Thursday February 4, 2010
Meeting Theme: Dancing with the Stars
7:15 Call meeting to order : Audrey Orth
Chairperson: Diane Bender, ATMG
Last weeks Theme was “It’s about time”. Since we had to cancel last week I would say It’s about time for the weather to get better- we don’t want to miss our toastmaster meetings! Wiarten Willie saw his shadow on Tuesday so we are looking at 6 more weeks of winter. This weeks them is dancing with the stars. Recently, the stars have really pulled together some amazing concerts to raise money for Haiti.
First, I would like to reflect on this. As we listen to the horrible news of the devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti, we feel we are lucky that we are so fortunate to have such a warm and supportive life here in Canada and especially here at toastmasters which has clubs around the world. More than 750 Toastmasters are located in the Port Au Prince area, one of hardest hit regions.
Everyone is digging deep into their pockets to help our brothers and sisters in Haiti. We hope that the humanitarian organizations can help Haiti with rebuilding their country and help the people with catastrophic injuries to recover. I am sure Toastmaster members will be playing a leadership role.
I would like read an exerpt from a speech from an international speech contestant in Haiti last year.
"I was motivated because I pictured in my head, my country and I wanted to give a better picture of Haiti and, more importantly, I was interested in the idea of returning with the prize”
She goes on to say “By entering, I had the firm idea of changing the image of Haiti outside”.
“Within Toastmasters, leadership is performed. At the Toastmasters, Haiti, we advocate a different vision of leadership, the spirit of sharing and empathy and that spirit is reflected in the workplace: being available, being responsible for agreeing to perform a task or mission, get involved, without complaint. The spirit of sharing strengthens the belief that TM is doing something that elevates the soul.”
As we enjoy our meeting this evening, remember that we are part of a worldwide organization that is continually helping people to learn and grow and step out of their comfort zones. We are family.

When you are dancing: To know what you are doing is an advantage. To look like you know what you are doing is essential.

Joke of the Day: Sharon Diehl

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Loyal Toast & Timer: Brian Camacho, ATMB

On Monday our newest member Rhea helped Jane and I judge the grade 5 speech contestants at central public school.
Grammarian: Rhea Longman gave us the word"deleterious" which is an adjective which means harmful.
Sixth Speech Award Presentation : We have a Speechcraft member from last fall who has diligently been accepting demanding roles in our toastmaster meetings Rich Boertine. There is a saying:
If you don't know where you are going,
you won't know when you get there.
Rich has a goal and he joined toastmasters to get there. Keep up the good work!

7:35 Speaker #1: (5 – 7) Jane Stoltz, ATMS #1 Humorously Speaking

7:45 Speaker #2: (15-20 min) Keith Stoltz, ATMS Professional Speakers Manual - Sales training speech.

8:10 Table Topics: Wayne Stoltz winner was Jessica Kelly.
Evaluator #1: Rich Boertien
Evaluator #2 Brent Jemmett
There is a saying “A journey of a thousand miles starts with knowing where you are going.”
Everybody uses short term goals. Spoken or unspoken. Jessica Kelly has been listening closely this evening as general evaluator. She will tell us if we met our goals and give us some suggestions on what we could do better.
General Evaluator: Jessica Kelly
Officer Training Reports
Diane, Brian, Brent, Jane
District training is huge. I really felt like I was dancing with the stars. There were excellent motivational speakers. There were over 50 people in the Presidents workshop which was very informative. There were many concerns about membership and keeping the magic number of 20 people in order to earn your dcp points. I went to the workshop on High performance leadership. You can begin it at any time but you must complete it to get your Distinguished Toastmaster designation. Biggest surprise was I could have got it for being your president this year. Keep that in mind if you are considering running for president in May. Basically you need to lead a team to reach a specific goal. I really enjoyed learning about HPL and will get my books at the next conference.


Chairperson’s Closing Remarks Diane Bender, ATMG
In 1955 Dr Smedley wrote” while most of us may have entered Toastmasters to learn to make speeches, that benefit is but the beginning of the good which may come to us, and the good we may do for mankind.”
Once again I would like to reflect on Haiti. I am sure the toastmasters there are taking a leadership role and stepping out of their comfort zones as Haitians seek to rebuild their country.


Snacks Rich Boertien
9:00 Adjournment

January 21, 2010

Hi Everybody:

Anybody who missed last week's meeting, missed out on some fabulous Prescriptions for Living throughout the entire meeting.

Welcome to Rhea Longman our newest Toastmaster member. Thank you to Sharon D'Arcey for bringing her guest Meaghen Pettapiece.

Sharon D'Arcey gave speech #2, entitled Making a Difference on Volunteering in Big Brothers & Sisters Organization. Rich Boertien gave speech #6, a humourous speech on memories about Country Music and George Nichol have speech #4 on Presenting a Hockey Award.
Our word for the evening was incipient (adjective), meaning vowing to make a big change this year. Jessica Kelly gave a great reading on Count Your Blessings and not your Problems. Winner of the Table Topics was Rhea Longman.
Jane Stoltz


Linguists of Listowel – LISTEN, LAUGH, LEARN & LEAD
Area 66 – District 86 – Western Division – Region VI – Club #9016
Linguistsoflistowel.blogspot.com & toastmasters86.org
Area Governor: Diana Snowden Division Governor: Glenn Oxford
Date: Thursday January 21, 2010
Meeting Theme: Prescriptions for Life
7:15 Call meeting to order : --------- Sharon Diehl
Chairperson: ----------------- Diane Bender, ATMG
Theme tonight is prescriptions for life.
Millions of people each year want to know how to make a difference in their lives and the lives of others.
If you’re like me you want to make a difference and have a positive impact but maybe you don’t know what to do, where to go, when the right time is, or how to get others involved.
In Toastmasters we believe that improving your communication and leadership skills is a great start. It gives you a straightforward, uncomplicated and down to earth process for getting YOU involved and also to help you get OTHERS involved. Each meeting is a learning experience- You might discover something amazing, something incredible, something unbelievable.
You see new members gain confidence and experienced members challenge themselves to step out of their comfort zones and make a difference in their home, their community and their world.
I look forward to hearing your prescriptions for life this evening.

Fact: 18 people die every day waiting for a transplant. Sign your donor card tell your family your wishes.

Joke of the Day: ------------------- Brent Jemmett, CC
Guest Introductions: Rhea Longman, Megan Pettapiece Fact: Plant a tree. 1 acre of trees produces enough oxygen for 18 people every day. Trees add beauty increase property values and reduce stress.

Loyal Toast & Timer: ------- Keith McCluskie
Fact: A smile is a universal expression of happiness and recognized as such by all cultures. Smiling is contagious. Happiness leads to smiling and smiling leads to happiness.

Grammarian: ------------- Jane Stoltz, ATMS "Insipient"
Fact: Eat to live, don’t live to eat. “French fries are the most widely eaten vegetable”

Literary Corner: ----------- Jessica Kelly
Speaker #1: -------- Sharon D’Arcey
One minute written evaluations by members
Speaker #2: -------- Rich Boertien
One minute written evaluations by members
Speaker #3: --------- George Nichol, CC
One minute written evaluations by members
Fact: Mother Theresa said if you can’t feed a hundred people , then just feed one.

8:15 Table Topics: ---------------- Jane Stoltz, ATMS
Evaluator #1: -------------- Audrey Orth, DTM
Evaluator #2: ----------------- Brian Camacho CC
Evaluator #3: ----------------- Keith Stoltz, ATMS

Fact: the majority of children in low income neighborhoods often lack libraries and books stores. Go through your bookshelves and pull out books that you will never read again. Pack a box and donate them.

General Evaluator: -------------- Brent Jemmett, CC
Reports from Timer & Grammarian
Award for Best Table Topics
Anything for the Good of Toastmasters Guest Comments
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks Diane Bender, ATMG Conclusion: I’ve enjoyed hearing your prescriptions for life this evening. Toastmasters will empower you and stretch you. They will provide a sense of accomplishment, reward you in ways you never expected and infect you with an enthusiasm that is so contagious that you will want to share with your friends and get them involved. Your executive is off to Officer training this week and will come back enthusiastic and brimming full of ideas. Have a great week. Meeting is adjourned.

Inspirational Thought for the Day:
Take twelve fine, full-grown months; see that these are thoroughly free from old memories of bitterness, rancor and hate.
Cleanse them completely from every clinging spite; pick off all specks of pettiness and littleness; in short, see that these months are freed from all the past-have them fresh and clean as when they first came from the great storehouse of Time. Cut these months into thirty or thirty-one equal parts.
Do not attempt to make up the whole batch at one time (so many persons spoil the entire lot this way) but prepare one day at a time. Into each day put equal parts of faith, patience, courage, work (some people omit this ingredient and so spoil the flavor of the rest), hope, fidelity, liberality, kindness, rest (leaving this out is like leaving the oil out of the salad dressing- don't do it), prayer, meditation, and one well-selected resolution. Put in about one teaspoonful of good spirits, a dash of fun, a pinch of folly, a sprinkling of play, and a heaping cupful of good humor. 9:00 Adjournment
Dates to Mark on Your Calendar
Jan 28: It's About Time, workshop with condensed agenda
Jan 30: Officer Training in London
Jan 30: Division W Officer Training – to be announced shortly
Feb 3 or 10: Area Evaluation Workshop – to be announced shortly
Feb 4: Dancing With the Stars
Feb 11: Puppy Love
Feb 22: Hanover Club International & Evaluation Contest
Feb. 16: Mt Forest Club International+ Evaluation Contest
Feb 18: International & Evaluation Club Contest
Feb 25: Snow Date for International & Evaluation Club Contest
Mar 10: Tentative Area Contest
Mar 26: Tentative Division Contest
Fact: 70% of people say that no matter how hard they try they never seem to have enough time to do everything they need to do. Turn off the TV- instead of watching reruns of friends go make some.
Fact: Prepare today for any kind of tomorrow. Disasters are never planned, but they will happen. They are inevitable. Being prepared is the only thing you can do.
Fact: the number 1 killer of people ages 4 to 37 is car accidents You can’t get a speeding ticket if you don’t speed.
Diana Snowden 364-3346
Feb 10 Pentacostal church 7-9
Workshop on Judging and Evaluations
Guest Speakers $5

January 14, 2009

Hi Toastmaster Members:

What a great meeting last evening, everyone was enthusiastic with Let It Snow...
We had 2 returning guests and 3 terrific speakers. Heidi Menzi did her #9 speech on Persuade with Power..There's something wrong with our hospital system, Jessica Kelly did her #8 speech on Using Visual Aids...informing us on how to read the food labels and Keith Stoltz presented cc#9, a speech that he will chair to an organization next week. The word of the evening was "vociferous" (boisterous) which was used many times. The winner of the Table Topics was our guest Marilyn Hynds with her entertaining short speech on the new Olympic sport, catching snowflakes on your tongue!!!
Thank you again for making our guests feel welcome!


The Inspirational Thought for the Day:
Smile - it makes a world of difference.
Dance - who knows when you won't be able to.
Cry - holding those emotions in, is bad for you.
Hug - helps you and helps another.
Laugh - what's the point in hiding happiness?
Live - because life is everything.

Jane Stoltz
VP of Education

Call meeting to order (7:15): Audrey Orth, ATMG
Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. ~Edith Sitwell

Chairperson: Diane Bender, ATMG

Joke of the Day: - Keith McCluskie is working from his CC manual. He would agree with this quote by Carl Reiner “A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”

Guest Introductions: Rhea Longman, Marilyn Hynds

Loyal Toast & Timer: ---George Nichol
A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together! ~Author Unknown

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
Grammarian: ----- Sharon Diehl
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found? ~J.B. Priestley
Literary Corner: Jane Stoltz, ATMS

Speaker #1: CC #9 Persuade with power Heidi Menzi “Persuade the Hospitals”

Speaker #2: CC #8 Get Comfortable with Visual Aids Jessica Kelly “Interesting facts about Food Labels”

Keith will present his Vision of Victory speech during the luncheon at the Annual General meeting next Wednesday.
Keith’s favorite saying is. Live everyday like it is your last and one day you will be right.
Green light 13 yellow 14 red 15 minutes
Speaker #3: CC #9 Persuade with Power Keith Stoltz, ATMS


Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. ~Kin Hubbard
Table Topics : - Brent Jemmett, CC Winner of table topics, with the new Olympic sport catching snowflakes on your tongue was guest Marilyn Hynes

Evaluator #1 Keith McCluskie
Evaluator #2 Brian Camacho ATMB
Evaluator #3: Audrey Orth

There's one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor's. ~Clyde Moore
Quizmaster: Sharon D’Arcey

General Evaluator: Rich Boertien
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks Diane Bender, ATMG
I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill. ~Erma Bombeck

Executive Meeting to Follow
Dates to Mark on Your Calendar
Jan 21: Prescriptions for Life
Jan 28: It's About Time, A Workshop Meeting with condensed agenda
Feb 4: Dancing With the Stars
Feb 11: Puppy Love
Feb 12: Hanover Club International & Evaluation Contest
Feb. 13: Mt Forest Club International+ Evaluation Contest
Feb 18: International & Evaluation Club Contest
Feb 25: Snow Date for International & Evaluation Club Contest
Mar 10: Tentative Area Contest
Mar 26: Tentative Division Contest

January 7, 2010

What a great meeting last evening, everyone present sure caught the fever!
We had 2 quests and 2 terrific ice breaker speakers, a presentation, humorous literary corner, the word of the evening was "quotidian" (occurring or returning daily) which was used 7 times. The winner of the Table Topics was our guest Rhea Longman.
Thank you for making our guests feel welcome....they just might be joining!!!!
Be sure to be included for next week's Let It Snow meeting!
An executive meeting to follow.


Jane Stoltz
VP of Education


Linguists of Listowel – LISTEN, LAUGH, LEARN & LEAD
Area 66 – District 86 – Western Division – Region VI – Club #9016
linguistsoflistowelblogspot.com & toastmasters86.org
Area Governor: Diana Snowden Division Governor: Glenn Oxford
Date: Thursday January 7, 2010
Meeting Theme: Catch the Fever

Call meeting to order (7:15): Chairperson: Diane Bender

Guest Introduction:Audrey Orth introduced her guest Marilyn and Rich introduced Rhea longman. Loyal Toast & Timer: Brent Jemmett
Grammarian: Jane Stoltz introduced the word quotidian. Literary Corner: Audrey Orth
Speaker #1: Ice Breaker speech: "Monday, Monday" Sharon Diehl
Speaker #2: Ice Breaker speech: "W5" Sharon D’Arcey
Speaker #3: advanced manual Management speech #4 "Progress Review" Leo Brisebois
Table Topics George Nichol Remedies for assorted ailments were commented upon. Rhea Longman won the award
Evaluator #1: Keith McCluskie
Evaluator #2: Jane Stoltz
Evaluator #3: Keith Stoltz Quizmaster: Heidi Menzi
General Evaluator: Marie McCutcheon Reports from Timer & Grammarian
Award for Best Table Topics
Anything for the Good of Toastmasters
Guest Comments
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks Diane Bender
Inspirational Thought for the Day: Rich Boertien
Adjournment (9.00)

Dates to Mark on Your Calendar
Jan 14: Let It Snow....
Jan 21: Prescriptions for Life
Jan 28: It's About Time, A Workshop Meeting,
We need a person to do a one 45 minute workshop
Feb. 16: Mt Forest Club International+ Evaluation contest
Feb 18: International & Evaluation Club Contest - Target Speaker Booked
Feb 25: Snow Date for International & Evaluation Club Contest





Linguists of Listowel – LISTEN, LAUGH, LEARN & LEAD
Area 66 – District 86 – Western Division – Region VI – Club #9016
linguistsoflistowelblogspot.com & toastmasters86.org
Area Governor: Diana Snowden Division Governor: Glenn Oxford
Date: Thursday January 7, 2010
Meeting Theme: Catch the Fever

Call meeting to order (7:15): ___________
Chairperson: Diane Bender
Joke of the Day: ___________
Guest Introduction: ___________
1. Loyal Toast & Timer: Brent Jemmett believes in Year-round exercise. He loves sports and often talks about his experiences at toastmasters.
2. Grammarian:Jane Stoltz Social enrichment. Jane loves being around people who are trying to improve their communication skills. She shares the same ideals and values. Literary Corner: Audrey Orth Is an excellent mentor She can give Expert advice. She is always right there to make suggestions. No more flying blind when trying to something for the first time .
3.
Speaker #1: Sharon Diehl
Speaker #2: Sharon D’Arcey Speaker #3: Leo Brisebois
1. Table Topics George Nichol is our past president. He can help you with Self-acceptance. He had never been a president before but he stepped up to the plate and was ready to do do his best for this club. He was able to raise the membership to 20 members.
Evaluator #1: Keith McCluskie
Evaluator #2 : Brian Camacho
1. Evaluator #3: Keith Stoltz Quizmaster: Heidi Menzi is great at Goal setting. Setting a goal to write a speech and presenting it is a great confidence booster. If I can do this, what other things can I do? She is our sergeant at arms and is doing an awesome job.

General Evaluator:
Reports from Timer & Grammarian
Award for Best Table Topics
Anything for the Good of Toastmasters
Guest Comments
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks Diane Bender
Inspirational Thought for the Day: Rich Boertien
Adjournment (9.00)

Dates to Mark on Your Calendar
Jan 14: Let It Snow....
Jan 21: Prescriptions for Life
Jan 28: It's About Time, A Workshop Meeting,

Happy New Year. Welcome back to Toastmasters as we listen, laugh, learn and lead. Our theme tonight is Catch the fever. To me that means setting new goals and striving to reach them, both inside and outside of our Toastmasters club.
In many cultures and countries the month of January represents a new beginning as we set goals and try to keep New Year’s resolutions. Many of us reflect on the events of the last year and resolve to make the new year a better one as we commit to improving our lives and the lives of others.

10 years ago, I came to my first toastmaster meeting. Even though I knew I had to improve my speaking skills, it took a few invitations to psych myself up and actually come to toastmasters. All of the old memories started playing in my head. Would I make a fool of myself? Would people laugh at me? How was I ever going to figure out all of the toastmasters roles on the agenda? Maybe I should forget about the whole thing and resign myself to accepting my shyness the way it was, instead of putting myself through all this mental torture.

Then I realized that most of the problems I had in communicating all those years ago stemmed from my lack of knowledge. I simply ducked because I didn’t know what to do. But now as an adult, I was much more confident and had the power to ask questions. I could do this!
you can imagine how excited I was to receive my Advanced Communicator gold certificate in the mail yesterday.- It took a whole month to arrive! Oh well I was really too busy over Christmas to really worry about it being lost. Now it is here and I’m catching the fever to to get working on the leadership track at Toastmasters. I do have the old cl but now I’m working on the new competent leader manual. I encourage all of you to step out of your comfort zones and set new goals. It is often with one baby step at a time that we reach new levels of confidence in our speaking and communicating skills. Catch the fever.

Conclusion
I joined toastmasters after my children were grown up and I was retiring from the farrowing barns. I wanted to help sell computers on our home based computer store. I wanted to overcome my fear of speaking in front of a group. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to join toastmasters and to have had so much fun over the past 10 years. I often encourage others to join whether they are 18 or 80. Toastmasters can really make a difference in your life. Help them to catch the fever. Introduce a friend, relative or colleague to toastmasters, so that they too may experience a new beginning. You’ll bring out the best in yourself and help to bring out the best in others.

December 17, 2009

Speakers for the evening were Brian Camacho, who completed his final speech for his Advanced Communicator Bronze and Jane Stoltz who completed her second Competent Communicator manual. She also recieved a Select Distinguished award for her work as Area 66 Governor last year.

President Diane welcomed Tatiana to the meeting as a guest.

Diane Bender and Audrey Orth recieved their Advanced Communicator Gold bars for their name badges.

Linguists of Listowel – LISTEN, LAUGH, LEARN & LEAD
Area 66 – District 86 – Western Division – Region VI – Club #9016
linguistsoflistowelblogspot.com & toastmasters86.org
Area Governor: Diana Snowden Division Governor: Glenn Oxford
Date: Thursday December 17, 2009 – Christmas Potluck
Meeting Theme: Cat in the Hat

Call meeting to order (6:45): Keith Stoltz
Chairperson: Diane Bender
Welcome everyone

Introduce guests

Opening Remarks: I hope most of you are Dr Seuss enthusiasts- I certainly am
The Cat brings a cheerful form of chaos to a household of two young children one rainy day while their mother leaves them unattended. Bringing with him two creatures named Thing One and Thing Two, the Cat performs all sorts of wacky tricks to amuse the children. I hope you enjoy your dinner this evening and remember to let your inner child out tonight.
I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind.
Some come from ahead and some come from behind.
But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

Loyal Toast & Timer: Leo Brisebois .

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living,
It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.
Which is what I do and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities."
Grace: Audrey Orth
Dinner

Grammarian: Keith would have enjoyed wearing the cat costume in the movie. The Cat costume is made of Angora and human hair and was fitted with a cooling system. To keep Myers cool during the outdoor shoots, a portable air conditioner was available that connected a hose to the suit between shots. The tail and ears were battery operated.

He gave us the word Hornswoggle to use throughout the meeting. It was used 6 times.

Think left and think right and think low and think high
Oh! the Thinks you can think up if only you try!
Literary Corner: Heidi Menzi

Speaker #1: Going for a second CC Jane Stoltz
Speaker #2: Going for the Bronze Brian Camacho

"Today you are You; that is truer than true.
There is no one alive who is Youer than You."

Table Topics (gift exchange) George Nichol
Evaluator #1, written only Audrey Orth
Evaluator #2, written only Keith McCluskie

Quizmaster: Jessica Kelly
She presented certificates to two members who have had perfect attendance this fall. Keith McCluskie and Jane Stoltz.
Reports from Timer & Grammarian

Award for Best Table Topics & Perfect Attendance
Diane presented Sixth Speech Award certificates to Keith McCluskie, Heidi Menzi
Award Presentation for Select Distinguished Area (2008-2009) was presented to Jane Stoltz, past area governor. She attended monthly meetings in Toronto, visited Mount Forest Motivators, Toastmasters of Hanover, Top Talkers and her home club Linguists of Listowel. She chaired many contests and motivated others to step out of their comfort zones and participate.

Past President George Nichol gave ACG Award Presentations to Audrey Orth and Diane Bender
Anything for the Good of Toastmasters.
Brian Camacho, VP Public relations gave everyone his first newsletter. He is also recording most meetings and making DVD’s. This is an excellent opportunity for members to review their speaking skills.
Guest Comments were very postive.

Chairperson’s Closing Remarks Diane Bender
Dr. Seuss’s publisher supplied him with a list of 400 words, ones that the publisher thought children would be learning in school. His publisher told him to cut the list in half and to try and write an interesting enough book for children. Nine months later Dr. Seuss finished The Cat In The Hat, which used 223 words that appeared on the list plus 13 words that did not. Diane closed the meeting with “The Lost Dr. Seuss Poem.

Inspirational Thought for the Day:
"Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do.
You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve." Mary Kay Ash
Adjournment (9.30)





Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!


December 10 meeting was cancelled because of inclement weather.

December 3, 2009

Linguists of Listowel: Listen, Laugh, Learn and Lead

There were a lot of fortunes told this evening by Chairperson Brian Camacho. Everyone participated with enthusiasm and excitement.
The theme was Fortune cookies.
Leo chose the word Faze which means disconcert. It was used at least 9 times. Sharon D'Arcey read an article about Confucious, the famous philosopher whose words of wisdom are found in many fortune cookies. Great job Sharon!
Brent Jemmett wowed us with his story telling abilities and
Richard Boertien presented speech #5 in his CC manual. He used excellent body language to demonstrate his love of curling- It almost made me want to try it again or at least go out and watch one of his games.
Table topics was all about making the most of your fortune and Brent Jemmett won. Keith, Audrey and Marie all gave excellent evaluations.
Next weeks meeting theme is the Cat in the Hat so come with some rhyming words and enjoy two ice breaker speeches. Heidi will also present speech #9 in her CC manual! Please make time in your busy christmas schedules to enjoy an evening with your toastmaster friends.
Diane Bender ACS/cl
President