All Saints Day

On Friday 30 October, veteran Toastmaster and DTM Arnie Buss led us through a very exciting meeting with a theme of "All Saints Day". Sixteen members and three guests were present, for the largest attendance in several weeks.





Past Area A-3 Governor Bob Aston

Visiting Toastmaster and past Area A-3 Governor Bob Aston presented the club with a new timing light and attachments which he made for us as a military club. He had previously made a similar timer for the Toastmasters Club at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq. It's Bob's way of honoring the military. The enthusiastic applause reflected our appreciation. Acting President Moyara Ruehson accepted on behalf of the club, and we put the new timer into immediate use. Bob took the old timer to repair the problem with the battery slipping out of its enclosure.



Jason Lin provided chuckles with his opening remarks:



Margaret Stevens won best Table Topics - responding to TT Master Fred Sadler's question:


Lacey Raak delighted us with a speech and pictures from her October 10 wedding in Minnesota. Her #5 speech The Big Day garnered her Most Improved Speaker:


Lacey was evaluated by Joe Tacker:


Moyara Ruehsen hit her #6 "Your Body Speaks" out of the park with a demonstration of belly dancing, in It's Not About the Hips. She was awarded Best Speaker:


Moyara was evaluated by Carl Thormeyer, who was also selected Best Evaluator by GE Elizabeth Mitchell:


Tonya Holloway enthralled us a remarkable story of her heritage, in her #7 manual speech "Research Your Topic" titled What's in a Name?


Tonya was evaluated by Jim Burlison: