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Division
H Fall
CONTEST
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November
3, 2007
Noon
Ð 3 pm
Friesenhaus
Restaurant
Evaluation
& Humorous Speech Contest
Congratulations
to the winners of Division H Contest. They will be competing at the District
Conference Nov. 16Th and 17th.
Our
Toastmaster Linda
Williams was very
creative as she prepared for this meeting held at a German restaurant in New
Braunfels during Wurstfest weekend. It seems that the thought of food was in
the air as she opened with her theme:
SPAM
Òa Surprisingly Palatable Achieved MilestoneÓ
Learning
tidbits of trivia about the first meat product that did not require
refrigeration and the company Hormel that produced it. We were all very aware
that she was not talking about spam-that processed computer stuff that munches
through our computers.
A third
contest was presented by
Linda to come up
with an acronym for the name SPAM. This was an exercise to keep us quiet during the minutes
of silence!
The
winner Gloria
Williams came up
with:
Supremely
Positively
Awful
Meat
Guess
what she won!!! A can of Supremely Positively Awful Meat
Evaluations were on the menu as the meeting
began with the test speech by Michael Lebeau.
A great
storyteller as he told personal stories of his lessons on doing the right
thing.
A real
challenge for the Evaluation contestants:
Ren
Liner
Lou
Gershman (2nd place)
Don
Brooks
Doug
Kelly (winner 1st place)
Sharon
Kaltenbacher
Michael was complimented, critiqued and
challenged in many different ways by the best of the best, advancing from club
and area level. Good food for thought (not spam) offered by all the contestants.
Congratulations Doug
Kelly for
advancing to the District level competition.
Humorous
speeches served
as a delightful dessert served by
Lou
Gershman Tales
from the Crypt (winner
1st place)
Mark
Crider humorously
shared his side of what happens when you are around Ôthe guy you just canÕt
likeÕ.
Sarah
Fontenot (2nd place) The Art of
Procrastination 6 tips on how to deal with this habit and keep it
alive.
Rosalind
Chavez posed
humor in the question Òwhen do we become an adult and loose the childÓ
Christine
Murray spoke of
humor through the life of a frog and left us with a thought Òthey can always
eat what bugs them!Ó
Thank
you judges for
your contribution to this contest.
Leaders
of Division H
organized a fine contest and served the members of our 5 areas well for this
Fall Contest.
Division
H Governor David
BordenÕs core
team for this contest:
Blanche
Pape Contest
Chair
Lupe
Roy Chief Judge
Area
Governors:
Cynthia
Johnson
Area H80
Linda
Williams
Area H81
Jack
Hathaway
Area H82
Jim
Hawkins
Area H83
Annette
Moczygemba
Area H84
Stan
See, Lt. Governor
Education & Training recognized all in attendance who have TM goals set for
the year to stand and be recognized. It was a very powerful message about goal
setting. He also commended all who have already accomplished their goals for
the year. He also invited everyone to the District Conference.
If
you wished you could have seen itÉ
If
you wish you could have been thereÉ
ITÓS
ONLY WISHFUL THINKING! L
ItÕs over and canÕt be recreated.
The
closest you can get to it is see the winners of this division, along with 6
other division contestants that have advanced to District level Saturday Nov.
17th
Here
is an easy way to register:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=142692
The
contests are only a part of this 2 day Toastmaster event. If you havenÕt ever
been there is a First Timers event on Friday night.