Celebrate!

With 21 members and 2 guests, Donna Cunningham's first time as TMoD was to a well-attended, full, and fun-filled meeting. Choosing a theme of "Celebrations" in keeping with today being graduation day at the Naval Postgraduate School, Donna expetly guided us through the various parts of the meeting smoothly - one would hardly know this was her first time doing it. Congratulations!

We began the meeting with Acting President Fred Sadler inducting Art Testani, our newest member, into the club. Art has been in Toastmasters for a number of years before moving to San Juan Batista. Welcome Art!

Margaret Stevens led a rousing Table Topics, putting Glenn Woodson, Art Testani and Elie Ishag on the spot. Glenn carried the day winning Best Table Topics speaker.

Three outstanding speeches followed. First Rosetta Ishag gave her #4 speech Profits of the Journey, painting eloquent word pictures of a twenty year journey about growth as a mother - from the "oyster bed" of an empty nest to a spiritual awakening that has been made manifest in her relationship. Rosetta was voted Best Speaker for this wonderful account of her journey over the past 20 years.

Next, Leena Oh gave her #4 speech The House on Silver Springs Lake. She related her fond memories of a beloved vacation house.

Finally, Emilie Saryak gave her #3 speech Lessons Learned in Napa about the anniversary weekend of wine tasting she and her husband went on, in which they learned to love wine tasting. She won Most Improved speaker for her entertaining and informative peek into wine tasting and Napa Valley.

Three excellent evaluations were given by Arnie Buss, Eric Guttman, and Alex Bein, with Arnie being given Best Evaluator by GE Elizabeth Guzman.

The meeting ended with Arnie being acknowledged for having won the Area A1 speech contest and also for having been selected Toastmaster of the Year for Area A1. Congratulations!