Speech Contest!

It's speech contest season again - International and Table Topics! Ably led by VP Education Jim Burlison with assists from Sharon Lipinski and Carl Thormeyer, we had a fantastic contest. Representing NPS at the Area A1 contest will be:

Arnie Buss, International Speech Contest
Art Terry, Table Topics Contest

Runner-up in Table Topics was Art Testani, who will represent the club at the Area contest if Art Terry cannot.

Arnie's speech was entitled Are We Here Yet?


All the the contestants gave excellent responses and are definitely blog-worthy

Kate Daniels Kurz:


Art Testani (Runner-Up):


Scott Yeatman:


Art Terry (Winner):

Contest

The annual evaluation and humorous speech contest was held under the able leadership of Arnie Buss. Former member and past club president Ann Jacobson gave the test speech, Testimonial


Glenn Woodson came in second with his evaluation:


Wendy Goody was voted the winner in the evaluation contest:


Paul Salevski gave a humorous travelogue of his time in Naples, Bella Napoli:


Juliette Ferguson came in second with her tribute to Great Danes, GreyT Geeks:


Jim Burlison won the humor competition with funny - and real - laws around the country, Cracking Down on Crime:

Elizabeth Mitchell wins Area A-1 Table Topics Contest

Club # 2032 performed very well in today’s Area contests with Elizabeth Mitchell finishing first in a field of four in the Table Topics Contest. She gave a very well organized and witty response to Toastmaster Rachelle Onishi’s question “Is it ever OK to lie to avoid hurting someone’s feelings? Why or why not?” She will next compete in the Division Contest on the evening of April 23 in Aptos.

Arnie Buss finished a very strong second in the International Speech Contest with an outstanding presentation entitled “The most difficult person in the world”.

Carl Thormeyer served as Chief ballot counter, Chief Judge advisor and Parliamentarian. Juliette Ferguson, Tonya Holloway and Moyara Ruehsen served as judges and Fred Sadler was the Contest Chair. The theme for the Area A1 and A2 contests was “Cooperation Conquers” and was reflected in the spirited gathering and strong attendance. Feedback from attendees indicated it was the best area speech contest in memory. Fred Sadler was recognized as "Toastmaster of the Year" for Area A1 by Area A1 Governor Alisha Empleo.