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4 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, December 11,1991 The Week in Review- k Toastmasters Club Knows Knox Christian School Bazaar Draws Huge Crowd on Saturday When to Become Effulgent Taking a couple of minutes out to play a few games of table-top shuffle board is Randy Mulder, of Bowmanvillc. Randy said he used to play this game a lot. However, it looked like he needed some extra practice to make sure all his shots would make it through. Randy was one of the many young people who attended the games rooms while at the Knox Christian School Bazaar. Chairman and past president president Nancy Barnes opened the Dec. 3 meeting of Bowmanvillc Bowmanvillc Toastmasters with the theme, a Winning Attitude. Toastmaster Barnes stressed the importance of appearance, voice, tone, and experience in achieving our goals. Grammarian Grammarian Pam Slusarcnko urged us to demonstrate the grammarian's grammarian's word, effulgent, meaning shining forth brilliantly. Toastmaster Frank Lawson was effulgent enough during the business session to be awarded the coveted Spark Plug trophy. Table Topics Master Gordon Gordon West conducted the one minute impromptu portion of the meeting, with headlines from current events. Toastmasters Toastmasters were directed to take a stand on a variety of topics including; including; should our government government put a two year freeze on the constitutional talks?; is nuclear nuclear energy safe?; should couples couples have a marriage contract?; should we forget about Canada and join the U.S.A.? For his observations on the need NOT to find a new name for the town of Newcastle, Toastmaster Toastmaster Lome Allan received the much sought-after Table Topics Topics award. During the prepared speech portion of the evening, we were entertained and educated with three very different speeches. Toastmaster Frank Lawson caught the attention of all with a strident, noise- making alarm, then urges us to "get tough" with criminals during during an impromptu speech entitled, entitled, Solution. Toastmaster Norm Broderick, with the speech title, Go and Help, read from a book on the efforts of a minister to help street youth. In The Name of the Game, Toastmaster Toastmaster Shcr Lcctoozc addressed addressed the advantages of board games like Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit. Toastmaster Toastmaster Lcctoozc received the largest largest number of votes to win the Best Speaker award. Evaluation of our own efforts efforts and those of others is an important part of any Toastmasters Toastmasters meeting. For her two to three minute verbal evaluation evaluation of Toastmaster Lcctoozc, Toastmaster Wanda Hunting- ton was awarded the prestigious prestigious Best Evaluator Trophy. In a previous issue of the Toastmaster magazine, past president Helen Blanchard stressed the importance of a winning attitude. She observed that Michelangelo, one of the greatest artists of all time, planned most of his sculpture to be placed against a wall where it would be viewed from one side. As he worked on the fine details on the back of one of his masterpieces, he ■ was asked why he was putting forth so much effort where no one would ever see it. He replied, "I will know." Lord Chesterfield, Chesterfield, English statesman and writer, was the author of the phrase, "Whatever is worth doing doing at all is worth doing well." Helen Blanchard goes on to say that when we offer a halfhearted halfhearted effort we often excuse ourselves by saying we don't care about the work. The truth is, however, it is ourselves, our pride we don't care about. No matter what the job is, we owe it to ourselves to do it in such a way that we walk away with pride and satisfaction others can sec...Toastmasters founder, Dr. Ralph Smcdlcy, expressed it this way: "Reach for what is out of reach. Attempt the impossible. impossible. Strive to attain the unattainable. There is no chai-, lenge in things within reach." Helen Blanchard completes her observations by urging us to "build that castle in the air. Believe Believe you can do, Want to do it and Act: stretch yourself to reach your goal. Commit To Excellence." Do you wish to demonstrate a winning attitude through the enhancement of your communications communications skills, thereby shining shining forth cfflucntly? Then Toastmasters may be the place for you. Bowmanvillc Toastmasters meet cvciy Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. in the St. John's Parish Parish Hall, comer of Queen and Temperance Sts. in Bowmanvillc. Bowmanvillc. Guests are always welcome, welcome, and need not participate unless they choose to do so. For more mlormation, please contact Toastmaster Connie Nelson at 623-2243, Toastmaster Toastmaster Joe Christl at 436-2306, or Toastmaster Irene Konzclmann at 983-9423. Administrative vice-Presidenl, Margaret Kropf. id■ : Bam! That's what you call hitting the nail on the head. Doreen Bakker, of Bowmanvillc, didn't need to think twice about putting her hammering skills to work. As the daughter of a carpenter, she figured the nail driving competition sounded like a good idea. Ms Bakker was one of the hundreds of people who attended attended the Knox Christian School Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 7. NOW OPEN ON SUNDAYS II a.m.-4 p.m. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE See our selection of Christmas items at our "EVERYDAY LOW PRICED 235 King St. E., Bowmanville (in the IGA Plaza) Yuletide Treasures THE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO OUR YULETIDE CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE Dec. 9 - Dec. 14 FREE Carnation to every customer | FREE « I Carnation AMmkr t0 every « customer <®L (h VANBELLE FLORAL SHOPPES Courllce south side Highway #2 623-4441 Oshawa west 343 King St.W. 579-1118 Oshawa north A\ 1124 Slmcoe St. N. 728-5159 Whitby 4 corners VAN BELLE • 100 Dundas W. 668-1650 Greetings from St. Stephen's At Christmas by Sarah Goggin Season's greetings from St. Stephen's! It's that time of the year again and both staff and students are busily preparing for the holidays. Plans are well underway for the annual Christmas variety show, a new proud tradition at St. Stephen's. Stephen's. Homeroom teachers and their students have been preparing various Christmas pieces to perform, and it promises promises to be a fun-filled afternoon for everyone before we begin our Christmas holidays. St. Stephen's Christmas dance also happened on Friday, Friday, Dec. 6th. In keeping with the Christmas season, students and guests who brought any type of canned goods to the dance, received a dollar off the price of admission. Students' council have been busy these past few weeks. A suggestion box has been set up, giving students and staff an opportunity opportunity to voice their opinions opinions and share new ideas which may be of value to the students' council. The suggestion suggestion box will be in the office until Christmas break. Christmas is also known as an important time for university university bound students. After weeks ' of attending seminars by various various Ontario Universities, OAC students had to make their final decisions and hand in their applications applications on Monday, Dec. 2. We wish them luck in their future future endeavours! A trip was being planned for St. Stephen's students to go to see St. Peter's High school production of West Side Story on Monday, Dec. 9th. The next two weeks prom-, isc to be a very busy time for staff and students of St. Stephen's, Stephen's, but in the meantime we would like to wish you all, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The Canadian Statesman Complete coverage of all your Community events, SPORTS. LOCAL NEWS. PHOTOS -EDITORIALS. FEATURES • COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENTS • COMPREHENSIVE CLASSIFIED and REAL ESTATE SECTION