October 18, 2012 Theme: Harvest Time

V.P. of Education (Val Hummel) congratulatesVern Noseworthy with a certificate for completing his 6th speech from the Toastmaster Competent Communicator manual.

 V.P. of Membership (Tony Galvao) is the Table Topics Master for the meeting.
Club members had to speak for one minute about three random topics (one topic from each paper bag).

 Val Hummel waits for her three Table Topics.

October 18, 2012 Theme: Harvest Time

Another fun filled evening filled with laughs for the Listowel Toastmaster's.

The meeting was called to order by Heidi.  With a brief introduction, she handed the lectern over to the Chairperson for this evening Keith McCluskie.  This evening's theme was Harvest Time.  A fitting choice for this time of year.  You can hardly take a drive out into the country without seeing the farmers busy at work in the fields.

There were no guests and no agenda changes this evening.

Joke of the day was done by Brent.  It turned out that the joke was linked to the theme which, according to Brent, was by coincidence.  Toast and Timer was Keith Stoltz.  After saying a few words in regards to how technology has changed farming.  Machinery, with the use of satellite, can virtually drive themselves up and down the fields.   The Toastmasters then raised their glasses for the ritual Toast to Canada. 

Audrey was the grammarian for the evening.  The word she chose was "reap", a verb meaning to harvest.  Literary corner was next with Jane reading a harvest related story from "Country Women".  Although a USA magazine, the article itself was written by a lady from Guelph by the name of Theresa Pitman.

Vern was next with his sixth speech from the CC manual.  The title of this speech was "Growing Up On Welfare" with Vern doing an excellent job of describing his childhood years.  A minute was taken for written evaluations after the speech.

Val was up next and presented Vern with his 6th Speech Certificate from the CC manual.

A roundtable discussion on the Murder Mystery Evening was next.  The evening had been a huge success with many compliments.  There were many glow points, as well as several grow points.  However, the glow points far outweighed the grow points.  The cast has been asked to perform again by Brent's mother at another function in Holstein.

Leo did an Educational Corner titled "Keeping the Commitment".  Using a projector and handouts, Leo went over point of the Toastmaster's Promise and the Club Members Pledge.

Tony added a twist to the ever popular Table Topics.  For this evening, he had 3 bags, one containing slips of paper with names, one a food item and the third as random item.  As each Toastmasters turn came, Tony would pick one slip of paper from each bag and you had to use all three in your speech.  The added challenge to this is that, while you waited your turn, there was no chance to think of what to say since you had no idea what was coming your way.

Val was the General Evaluator for this evening.  She first introduced Apryl who gave her evaluation of Vern's speech.  Next, Val asked for the reports from the Timer, the Grammarian and fro the Table Topics Master.  There was a tie this evening between Val and Jane for the Table Topics challenge.  Val then proceeded to give her report on the meeting.

Drawing to a close, Heidi was next with the Quiz Master's Report.  Following this was Anything for the Good of Toastmasters and assigning roles for the next meeting.  Keith officially ended the meeting with a few closing remarks.

October 13, 2012 Twentieth Anniversary Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre

Bo Derelict (Tony Galvao) - Circus Clown

Alfred Snitchcock (Brent Jemmett) - Circus Manager

Mustang Sally Wilson-Pickett (Diane Bender) - Star Equestrian

Madame Clair Voyant (Val Hummel) - See all, know all, palm and card reader

Tip Wilson (Vern Noseworthy) - Tight Rope Walker and Aerialist

Dolly Dingling (Audrey Orth) - Big Top Circus Owner/Operator

Scarlet O'Roara (Marie McCutcheon) - Lion Tamer

Justice Law (Keith McCluskie) - Attorney for the Big Top Circus

Master of Ceremonies (Keith Stoltz) - Toastmasters Area 65 Governor

October 13, 2012 Twentieth Anniversary Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre

Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre guests and performers.
Located at the Listowel Golf and Country Club Clubhouse.

Also in attendance were three of the original Linguist of Listowel Toastmaster members.

October 13, 2012 Twentieth Anniversary Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre

Bo Derelict and Scarlet O'Roara prepare balloons before the show.

Scarlet O'Roara and Bo Derelict work on balloon preparation and Alfred Snitchcock and Keith Stoltz greet guests while Jane Stoltz works at the registration table all at the Listowel Golf and Country Club Clubhouse.

Tip Wilson, guest greeter.

October 11, 2012 Theme: Grab Bag Meeting

The Linguists of Listowel held a "Grab Bag" meeting where everyone picked a slip of paper and opened it to find what role they were handling.

Val called the meeting to order and, much to his surprise, Brent chaired the meeting.  
Jane provided the Joke of the Day that Brent had brought to the meeting.   
Diane was Grammarian and presented the word "impromptu".   
Keith McCluskie read an educational piece for Literary Corner on the importance of breathing deeply to calm nerves.   
Vern led the Loyal Toast and timed the meeting.   
Marie gave an excellent impromptu speech with a topic suggested by other members; she spoke of good things to see and do in Vicoria, British Columbia.   
Keith Stoltz led a 30-minute impromptu Table Topics session, leading the group in several icebreaker exercises, and burned nicknames for each member into Val's memory for eternity.    
Tony was the General Evaluator and had Val evaluate Marie's speech. He also called for reports.  Roles for the October 18th meeting were filled.   
Keith reminded members of the upcoming Area Contest that Tony will be participating in.   
Brent closed the laugh-filled meeting at approximately 8:20 pm

October 4, 2012 Theme: Humorous and Table Topics Contest

Guests for the evening, including members from the Saugeen Toastmasters and the Mount forest Motivators, were Dorothy, Marge S, Dorothy D and her husband Gordon, Teresa D, Trudy B, Jason W, Greg S, Gemma and Hank.

This evening was the Humorous speech and Table Topics Contest.

The meeting was called to order in time by Vern, our Sergeant at Arms for the evening, and introduced the chair for this evening, Keith Stoltz.

Keith welcomed everyone to this exciting evening with a few words and witty comments.  He then had our guests introduce another guest sitting beside them.

Up first was the Humorous Speech Contest, Keith asked for the rules to be read by Audrey, our Chief Judge for the evening.

The contestants were Vern, Tony, Apryl and Brent.  Apryl went first with her speech title "Till boating or death do us part", a fun account of her and her husbands' boating experience over the years of marriage.  A new word learned was "onefootitus".....a nautical term referring to the need to always upgrade your boat to a bigger size.  Next up was Vern with his "Animal Antics" speech.  Always full of humor, Vern's facial expressions and animal mimics had the audience laughing throughout his speech.  "Size Does Matter", the title of Tony's speech, was next.  An excellent explanation, with real life examples, that it is the smaller creatures of the animal kingdom that can strike fear in people.  Up last, but not least, was Brent with his speech "I Cannot Take It Anymore".  A fun tale about the trails and tribulations of being a Toronto Maple Leaf's fan.  Not to worry this year Brent.  Like you said in the end, with the NHL strike, the Leaf's may actually tie for first place (with all the other teams).

After the contestants were finished, the judges completed their ballots, which in turn were collected by the Chief Judge and assistants.  In closed quarters the ballots were reviewed.  All the ballots had been filled in correctly and signed.  As well, there were no time disqualifications.

While the Chief Judge and the assistants were working, the contestants were interviewed.  

A fifteen minute refreshment break was taken before the second half of the evening.

Next up was the Table Topics contest.  The rules for this were outlined by Audrey. Contestants for this event were Jane, Tony, Apryl, Keith M and Brent.  The contestants were taken out of the room and one by one were brought in when it was their turn to speak.  The topic for this event was "I Wish I Could" and each contestant did a wonderful job speaking on the topic.

The ballots were collected again, as with the speeches, all ballots were signed and there were no time disqualifications.  The contestants were interviewed again while the ballots were tallied.

Finally, the results.  For the humorous speech Tony came in first and Brent came in second.  For the Table Topics it was Tony again for first, Apryl in second and Keith M in third.

Keith S asked if there was anything for the good of Toastmasters, after which he officially ended the evening.

September 27, 2012 Theme: Anniversaries

The Linguists of Listowel joined together tonight to celebrate the club's 20-year anniversary and the theme anniversaries was very fitting for the meeting.
Audrey Orth called the meeting to order at 7:15 pm with 13 club members in attendance and also introduced our chairperson Jane Stoltz.
Jane's opening remarks included the meaning of the word anniversary and Jane also gave some very interesting history of the various club presidents, club members and places that the meetings have been held over the past 20 years such as the Listowel Mennonite church, Harvey Krotz Ford and now St. Paul's Lutheran church (not including some club members hosting meetings at their own residences at times). One of our existing club members, Marie McCutcheon, was one of the club's founding members back in 1992 and she joined in on the evening's celebrations.
Keith M provided the Joke of the Day to add some additional humour to the start of the meeting.
Over the course of the meeting, Jane Stoltz challenged each club member to share one of their personal memories about an anniversary relating to the Linguists of Listowel. There were some very funny anniversary memories.
Leo Brisebois was the loyal Toast and Timer for the meeting and he provided a patriotic toast to Canada and explained his role of keeping the meeting on time by using the timing lights to notify speakers when their speaking time is up.
George Nichol provided the Word of the Day and challenged all in attendance to use this word during the evening. The word was "fractious" which means easily irritated or bad tempered. George also counted the number of laughs during the meeting.
The Literary Corner role was filled by Val Hummel. Val provided everyone with a reading from the book "Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul" and the story was entitled "When Snowball Melted".
Our only speech for the evening was presented by Apryl Browning and it was a very emotional and moving speech about her pet dog. The speech was entitled "Chauncey".
Brent Jemmett was the Table Topics Master for the evening. Table Topics kept with the theme of anniversary and Brent sent around an envelope with little pieces of paper in it. On the pieces of paper were two bits of information; a number and a description. The number represented the anniversary year and the description referred to what gift was significant for that specific anniversary year. Lots of laughter erupted from this segment of the meeting with very humourous anniversary stories.
Keith Stoltz was the General Evaluator and he introduced Tony Galvao as Apryl's speech evaluator and Tony gave a great evaluation of Apryl's speech presentation.
Reports were given for the evening; The word "fractious" was used 9 times, there were 35 hard laughs and only 2 filler words used during the evening (great work!). Table Topics winner was Vern Noseworthy.
General Evaluator's comment highlights were; Audrey did a good job setting the tone for the meeting with her opening remarks during call to order. Jane did a very nice job with her "walk" down memory lane with all of the history and information flashbacks about the Linguists of Listowel over the past 20 years.
A grow point would be to extend Table Topics from 1 minute per person to 2 minutes per person during the months of September and October in preparation for the Table Topics competition where 2 minutes is required.
Vern Noseworthy was the Quiz Master for the evening and he challenged everyone in attendance to tell him who said certain phrases or words during the meeting. Vern did a very good job listening because he was able to "stump" the whole group on a few words and phrases that we didn't know who said them.
Anything for the Good of Toastmasters - The Linguists of Listowel Toastmaster Club was mailed a 20th anniversary certificate from Toastmasters International in recognition of the clubs achievement. This certificate will be proudly displayed at the upcoming Murder Mystery Dinner Theater on October 13th.
Next week, October 4th, will be the Humorous Speech and Table Topics contest for our club.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 pm and everyone enjoyed the delicious homemade anniversary cupcakes courtesy of Jane Stoltz.

September 20, 2012 Theme: Memories of School Days

Vern brought the meeting to order.  The theme of the evening was "Memories of School Days".  It is worthy to mention that the seating, with no planning whatsoever, reminded some members of a school dance.  All the boys on one side and the all the girls on the other.

Chairperson for the evening was Val.  She officially started the meeting with the opening remarks.  Guest introductions were next.  Apryl is a member of the Mount Forest club who came out to see how a meeting runs at another club.  Next, for agenda changes, there was no Literary Corner this evening and Speech Evaluator 1 was changed to Diane.

Vern was up again with Joke of the Day.  Always funny, he started with a few quick jokes and one liners.  The one that had the members groaning was the following one:  "...my one teacher was cross-eyed....she could not control her pupils....".

George was Toast and Timer this evening.  He gave a few words on pertaining to the theme and then had the members follow him in the Toast to Canada.

Word of the evening was Timely.  An adjective meaning on time/timeliness.  This was the word picked by Heidi, our Grammarian and Laugh Counter for the evening.

John was up next with his speech "A moment in time", followed by a minute for written evaluations.  Table Topics was next.  Leo, and avid golfer, handed out quiz cards all related to golfing.  Members got to speak on their experience based on what was on their card, or if not a golfer, to any other sport.  Fact:  it seems there are few golfers in the Listowel Club.  General Evaluator was Tony.  He first introduced Diane who gave her speech evaluation for John.  She did an excellent job with both Glow and Grow points.

Tony then asked for the reports.  George was first and recapped the minutes for each section so far.  Next, Heidi said the word of the evening was used 5 times.  As well, she had recorded 91 laughs so far and 3 or 4 aah's.  She was having so much fun she lost count.  Leo gave the report for Table Topics.  Winner for this evening was our guest Apryl.  Last but not least, Tony gave his report as General Evaluator.  Well done, he gave both Glow and Grow points.

Brent was next with the Quiz Master's Report.  Excellent job testing the member's listening skills, there were several quotes that had members guessing as to who had said that.

Slowly wrapping up, Anything for the Good of Toastmasters was next, followed by assigning Roles for the next meeting.  This format that Val started seems to be working well.  Members can sign up for roles several weeks in advance, or indicate when they will not be able to attend.

Last, our guest Apryl gave her comments on the meeting and Val gave her closing remarks.  This officially ended the meeting for this evening.

September 13, 2012 Theme: Fall

The Linguists of Listowel met at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church.  I drove by about an hour before the meeting and it was a pleasure to see the sign out front.  It was readily visible and clear.

In attendance this evening were the following members:  Tony, Leo, Brent, Keith & Jane Stoltz, George, Keith M., Audrey, Vern, Heidi, Marie, Val and John.  Special guest of the night was Joy Klumpenhouwer.

The theme of the evening was "Fall" and the meeting was brought to order by Leo.  The evening started on time.

Tony was the chairperson this evening and welcomed everyone with his opening remarks pertaining to the theme.

Next, Vern introduced our guest for the evening, followed by any agenda changes.  There were no changes this evening.

Joke of the day was done by Audrey.  Humorous and well done in a clear and steady voice, the punch line had everyone laughing.  Keith M. was our toast and timer for the evening,  while Brent was our grammarian.  The word this evening was "impeccable", an adjective meaning faultless or blameless.

Keith S was next with Literary Corner.  Well done with a twist, Keith had a fellow toastmaster, John, give him a number between 2 and 14.  He then proceeded to read several small articles from McLean's magazine from the page number given to him by John.

"Animal Antics" was next.  This was the title of the speech given by Vern.  Some of his facial expressions mimicking animals had the group laughing throughout his speech.

George was the Table Topics master this evening.  Everyone participated in this event.  An envelope was passed around.  Inside the envelope were slips of paper with various local, and not so local, fairs and festivals.  Each member had the opportunity to say why they enjoyed, or planned to go to, the event listed on their slip of paper.

The next part of the meeting was the reports and General Evaluation.  Jane took control of the lectern for this segment of the meeting.  First, she introduced the speech evaluator for Vern.  This role was performed by Leo, who gave an excellent review.  This was followed by Jane asking for the various reports.  First up was Keith M. who gave the timer report.  Next was the Grammarian report by Brent.  The word of the evening had been used 10 times.  As well, Brent had counted 61 laughs, 5 um's and 10 ah's.  The Table Topics report was next, with the winner being our guest Joy.  Last, Heidi tested our listening skills with the Quizmaster report.  Last, Jane gave her General Evaluator report.

The meeting was slowly  wrapped up with Anything for the good of Toastmasters and Keith M. giving updates about the Sept. 6th Executive Meeting.  Val then asked went through the various roles still available for the next meeting and asked for members to fill them.  Our guest Joy was then asked if she wanted to comment on the meeting.  She said it was a little overwhelming, a feeling many of us have shared at our first Toastmasters meeting.

Tony gave the closing remarks and brought the meeting officially to end.

Thanks to Jane for providing snacks :)

September 6, 2012 Theme: What Did You Do On Your Summer Vacation?

Leo called the meeting to order at 7:18 p.m. and introduced Keith Stoltz as Chairperson.  Keith welcomed everyone to the meeting and spoke of the memories of summer vacations that we all have.  He explained how the summer vacations of dairy farmers are a little different…if they exist at all.  There were no agenda changes or guests to introduce so Keith dived right into the meeting with speaker introductions.  Vern got the meeting rolling with a memorable Joke of the Day about the escapades of a widow and widower at a 60^th High School Class Reunion.  Brent carried out the role of Toast and Timer and led us in a toast to Canada.  Heidi was Grammarian and her Word of the Day was “Grip” which means to hold firmly on to something of interest.  Variations of the word are gripped and gripping.  Jane handled Literary Corner and read an article from a Woman’s World magazine about a couple that were caught in a downpour of mice inside of a metal granary.

Marie completed Speech 10 from the Competent Communicator’s Manual and this is her third time through!  Marie entertained us with a speech called “Ontario, Canada:  Yours to Discover”.  Her goal was to inspire us to learn to live on simple abundance, and one way she accomplishes this is to go cross-country backpacking.  Members enjoyed hearing about Marie’s experiences meeting all kinds of people and she encouraged us to step out of the ordinary and to enjoy Ontario.  Marie included a Question and Answer session as an addition to her speech.

Tony covered Table Topics.  Each Toastmaster was given a picture of something connected to the summertime theme, and members had to give clues about the picture and then let fellow members try to guess what it was.  Many members had interesting clues to give and it was a great challenge.  Keith McCluskie took over the Lectern as General Evaluator.  He introduced Leo as the Speech Evaluator for Marie.  He had Brent give the Timer’s Report, and had Heidi provide the Grammarian’s report.  Heidi said the word “grip” was used 4 times and there were a few ums and ahs but not many. Tony gave the Table Topics Master’s Report and announced that Audrey had won the challenge with her story about a northern trip.  George tested members during his Quiz Master’s Report.  Keith McCluskie provided his comments as General Evaluator and said the meeting was good overall. 

Keith Stoltz took back control of the meeting and called for anything for the good of Toastmasters.  Upcoming events were reviewed.  Members were encouraged to Tweet and Facebook the upcoming Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre.  The goal is to sell 100 tickets and 40 tickets have been sold to date.  People can pay for their tickets at the door if they pre-order them.  Keith also asked members to encourage their friends to give Toastmasters a try.    

Submitted by Val Hummel on behalf of John Van Meeteren, Club Secretary

August 23, 2012 Theme: Mystery Meeting

This evening was hosted by Marie McCutcheon and the meeting was held at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Listowel.  Start time was 7:15 on the dot.

In attendance were Marie McCutcheon, Jane and Keith Stoltz, Tony Galvao, Brent Jemmett, Audrey Orth, Leo Brisebois, Keith McCluskie and John vanMeeteren.

Thanks to Marie for doing an excellent job putting together the "Mystery Meeting", theme for the evening. 

Everyone in attendance got an envelope.  Inside the envelope was a letter welcoming everyone to the mystery meeting. Some of the envelopes also contained another sealed envelope with the word "clue" on it, the others with a King or Queen card from a deck of playing cards, both to be used during the night.

There was no Toast & Timer, Grammarian or General Evaluator, but there was the word of the evening for members to try and use.  The word was "inexplicable". This word is an adjective meaning; unable to explain or justify.  The evening was filled with several different fun games as outlined in the letters.  These were AKA, Whodunit, Clue and last, Kings and Queens. 

The first event on the list was AKA, or Also Known As.  Going around the room, everyone had a chance to say what their AKA name was and why.  Some of the names and reasons brought forth scores of laughter.

The Whodunit was a great game, the point was to guess who, what, where and with whom.  Members would leave the room one at a time.  The remainder would think of funny people, events, location and partners in crime to fit the above criteria.  The member would then come back in.  It was their job to guess who they were, what they did, where they did it and who was with them by piecing together "clues” thrown at them during their "interrogation."  Again, a lot of laughs were shared.

Next on the list was clue.  Those who had the sealed envelopes had a chance to open them, look at what was inside, and give a quick, impromptu speech similar to Table Topics.

Kings and Queens was the final "event".  The members with the cards went up to the front and were given an assortment of clues in the form of pictures, words and letters.  It was their task to put the clues together and decipher the message.

For anything for the good of Toastmasters, the upcoming Murder Mystery was discussed.  This included ways of reaching out to friends, family and the public.  Several members took posters to post in various locations.

The evening ended with a social, thanks to Marie for providing the snacks.

Next meeting will be held September 6th.  Check your email for updates.

August 7, 2012 Mount Forest Tall Tales Contest

Four members of the Linguists of Listowel Toastmaster Club attended and enjoyed the Mount Forest Tall Tales Contest on August 7th.
Starting from left to right; Diane Bender, Tony Galvao, Audrey Orth and Keith McCluskie.
 Tony Galvao entertained the Mount Forest club contest attendees with his Tall Tales Humdinger entitled "Grand River - River Monsters". Tony did a great job with his speech presentation!

The Mount Forest Motivators had four Tall Tales Contest participants. Irma Devries placed first with her funny speech entitled "A Love Letter". Paula Nunes-Haggett placed second with her very entertaining speech entitled "Potty Dance". Congratulations to all of the contest participants on their speech presentations. Jafar Mirjalali also did a fine job as chairman of the meeting and contest.

July 12, 2012 Theme: Farm Animals

Tony Galvao was the chairman of the meeting.
In keeping with the theme of the meeting, Tony had his coveralls on and was ready to help out with the chores if necessary.

Diane Bender was the Grammarian for the meeting and provided us with a new word to use during the meeting and the rest of the week.
The word was "Mewl" meaning a little cry.

Jane Stoltz filled the Literary Corner role and provided all in attendance with the story of the City Mouse and the Country Mouse.

Left to right; Diane, Wayne and Keith S.
Diane played the role of the interviewer and Wayne played the role of Vern who was being interviewed about his choice of farm, location, animals and what challenges he faced daily.

July 12, 2012 Theme: Farm Animals

Keith Stoltz conducting the interactive Table Topics Session

Left to right; Jane, Vern and Keith S.
Jane and Vern were listening to the rules of the Table Topics session before Jane interviewed Vern about why he enjoys living on his farm.







 

Left to right; Marg and Audrey.
Marg played the role of the interviewer and Audrey (aka Vern) answered the questions that Marg presented her with about what she likes about living on this farm.

  Left to right; Leo, John and Keith S. Leo interviewed John (aka Vern) about the animals he has on the farm and why he choose this location for his farm.

John was the General Evaluator of the meeting and provided his glow points and one grow point.
It was a great meeting in a very comfortable environment. Special thanks to Vern and Harriet for hosting the meeting.

July 12, 2012 Theme: Farm Animals

Location:  At the home of Vern and Harriet Noseworthy

Theme:  Farm Animals

This being the first meeting with the newly elected executive in place, it turned out to be a wonderful evening of fun and laughter.

In attendance were 15 people, in no particular order; Vern,Tony, Keith and Jane, Marg, Keith M, Audrey, Val, Heidi, Diane, Leo, Wayne, John and guests Holly and Hank.

First, special thanks to Vern and Harriet for hosting the evening.  Vern had placed the Toastmasters meeting sign at the end of the lane way so finding the location was a breeze.

As well, Vern had transformed his garage into a meeting room that closely resembled our regular location.  There was ample seating room, as well as the Toastmaster banner and improv lecturn.

The evening itself started on time with Vern calling the meeting to order.  Our newly appointed VP of Membership Tony was the Chairperson for the evening.  A job well done, including dressing the part of a farmer with a pair of coveralls.  With the heat, though, the coveralls did not last long.

Joke of the day was done by Vern and brought scores of laughter.  Next, our toast and timer for the evening, Leo, gave the Toast to Canada.

Our grammarian for the evening, Diane, gave us the word of the evening "Mewl" meaning to whimper or cry weakly. 

Next, Literary corner was done by Jane.  She read a fun poem entitled "Country Mouse and City Mouse" from the book "100 Famous Animal Poems".  Sorry, I did not catch the name of the book's author.

Next on the Agenda was Table Topics.  Keith Stoltz had done an excellent job of preparing for this.  Everyone was involved and lots of laughs were shared.  There were three sections to the Table Topics.  The first was that everyone got to explain what the liked about Vern and Harriet's farm, with the answers varing greatly.  Next, everyone got to pick and write down a farm animal.  Next, your answer was passed to the left with that person having to explain why they liked being that animal on the farm.  The last portion had pairs of people going to the front, one being a reporter, the other being the person being interviewed - always named Vern.  Random topics were picked with the two having to conduct an interview on that topic.  In the first round Vern got to play Vern.

Next up was the general evaluator, John, who called for the reports from the Timer, Grammarian and Table Topic Master. 

Next, Heidi probed everyone's memory with the quizmaster report.  This was followed by the report from the General Evaluator.

Last, the Chairperson, Tony, called for anything for the good of Toastmasters, followed by the closing remarks.

Tickets for the upcoming murder mstery were also distributed by Keith Stoltz before and after the meeting.

Refreshments were provided by Vern and Harriet.  The evening ended with a fun social and a guided tour of the farm.

Next meeting location and theme are to be determined.

June 28, 2012 Tall Tales Contest

Tall Tales Speech Participants

 Back Row (left to right); Audrey Orth, Leo Brisebois, Vern Noseworthy, Brent Jemmett.
Front Row (left to right); Area Governor Gregory C.N. Smith, Tony Galvao.

Tall Tales Contest Winner 2012

The winner of the Tall Tales speech contest was Tony Galvao with his speech entitled "River Monsters".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brenda Karges Trophy Recipient

 Right; Brent Jemmett (Sergeant at Arms) presents Leo Brisebois (President) with the Brenda Karges trophy for the work done and accomplishments made by the club for the year.