Thursday, May 19, 2011

Hello Toastmaster Family!

Stacey Wallace was voted Best Speaker.Here with Club President Stan Dalziel.

          At this meeting we had 11 members in attendance and 3 visitors. Curtis Lassiter was Toastmaster of the Evening. Christy Gardner was Table Topics Master. Robyn Roberts was General Evaluator. We heard four prepared speeches. 

          Speaker # 1 was Stacey Wallace, evaluated by Victor Lopez. Her speech described the abuse that takes place in puppy mills. Stacey convinced her audience not to participate in this atrocious business of pet breeding and sales and to be diligent in the process of  acquiring a new dog. Stacey's advice was to never buy pets online or through those pet stores which don't disclose the origins of their animal inventory.

          Speaker # 2 was Sierra Hargraves, evaluated  by Stan Dalziel. Sierra is Toastmaster Naomi Lewis' daughter and a high school senior. She took advantage of an opportunity to practice her senior year speech in our club. Sierra spoke about "the freshman 15" and how to avoid it. " The Freshman 15" is used to describe the fifteen pounds freshmen college students are said to pick up in the first few months of college due to unhealthy and unrestricted cafeteria diet.

          Speaker # 3 was Nancy Hogg, evaluated by John Harman. Nancy presented helpful guidelines for the roles of Toastmaster, General Evaluator, and Table Topics Master.

          Speaker # 4 was Magda Brugos, evaluated by Danita Fox. Magda's speech was titled "Paper or Plastic". She spoke about the dangers of using credit cards and benefits of paying with cash.

          Christy Gardner as Table Topics Master chose two groups of volunteers to participate in a debate titled "Are you in favor of offshore drilling?" The debate indeed was heated; the particpants included Victor Lopez, John Harman, Danita Fox, Naomi Lewis, Sierra Hargraves, and Curtis Lassiter.

Votes were cast and the RIBBON WINNERS were:

Stacey Wallace -  BEST SPEAKER

Victor Lopez  - BEST EVALUATOR  

Victor Lopez - BEST TABLE TOPICS 

( yes, Victor did take both Ribbons home once again)

Congratulations! 

We had an extremely successful meeting!

Thanks and see you next time!

Magda Brugos

OPS Club Secretary