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... from Panasonic SL-PC20 Compact Disc Changer cDounsB«rV> . 2o/ic I ■ 5 disc changer with motorized rotary platter ■ 2-DflC system and quadruple oversampling digital filter 1 20-step random access programming ■ 25-key wireless remote included o„^349" HITACHI SCIENCE FOR THE SENSES See as for the best values in... . TV's. VCR's Camcorders arid more! Bay Now and Save! TRK-W350 flM/FM Stereo Double Cassette Player ■ fluto stop ■ 3 Band graphic equalizer ■ fluto reverse ■ Continuous play ■ High speed dubbing s 149" BOWMAN VILLE AUDIO-VISION 58 King St. W. Telephone 623-2312 "Bowmanville's Complete Electronics Store" The Canadian Statesman, Bowman ville, December 13,1989 17, Toastmasters * Host Marathon : December 5 began a new tradition for Bowmanville Toastmasters, marathon night. We have a number of members working to achieve' their C.T.M's (Competent Toastmasters) and A.T.M!s (Able Toastmasters) and to: that end we decided to give! them a real "boost" by ena-- bling six of them to speak jn! one evening. Chairman Nelly Vanveld- huizen introduced the evening evening with the lighting of a candle in the hope of solving the world's problems through a better tomorrow. Because of the number of speeches, there was no regular regular business session and Table Topics were postponed until the following week. Toastmaster Iris Lambier began her portion of the meeting with a definition of the word, "marathon." The original location was an ancient ancient Greek village where the Athenians under Mil- tiades defeated the Persian King Darius in 490 B.C. Today, Today, a marathon is know as a footrace of twenty-six miles, 385 yards, run oyer an open course, especially as an event of the Olympic Games. These games, according according to legend, originated from- tne sprint of a Greek runner from Marathon to Athens to tell of the victory over the Persians.' It is thought that, after delivering delivering his message, the unfortunate unfortunate young man expired • on the spot. We are hapjiy to ; report tnat Tuesday night's ! event produced no such cas- ; ualty! ! Toastmaster and past- president Irene Konzelmann ! was first away from the ■ starting line as she sprinted ! for the gold and her A.T.M. ■ Hers was an unusual and; highly personal dramatic ■ talk entitled, "The road goes ; ever On and On." She pre- ! sented traumatic childhood events from her own life in ! the form of a dream - very' effective. Close behind fol-, lowed Toastmaster Kropf in 1 her pursuit of the elusive ; laurel with an impromptu - • speech entitled, "Marathon - ; I carry a Torch." Toastmas-. ter Kropf also gave a highly ; personal talk about her mffi- - culties in handling single ; parenthood and yet still « maintaining a sense of hu- ; mour. For her efforts Toastmas- * ter Konzelmann received the ; gold medal in the form of; Best A.T.M. Speaker. . - There were four diligent and loquacious verbal athi», letes in competition for top'-; honours in the C.TM. race. •.! Toastmaster Norml-^ Broderick presented a per- .; suasive talk on the benefits 4 of activated charcoal filters ; to purify water. He showed * two types to the very inter-* ested audience, ending his talk with a warning that the;, - water we drink from our ; taps may be killing us. With her objective of- speaking with knowledge, Toastmaster Pat Pingle related related the .achievements of « the black son of a slave, 3 George Washington Carver, f among them one hundred!! and eighteen uses for the^ sweet potato and three hun-Ü dred uses for the peanut. - Such was his fame that"! Carver was considered part- saint, part scientist, and* part performing bear. Toastmaster Marilyn'. Dow, also speaking pcrsua-I; sively, in "Take a Second'! Look" pointed out the be nié- 1; fits of nutritional labelling ;•! to the serious consumer who r* is concerned with more than !] taste, price, and conven- !• ience. '1 Lost off the starting line • but keeping pace with the ; pack, Toastmaster Lou Mey- • dam spoke of "The magic of ; the Spoken Word." Ho said j that words could "surely be.: counted as the most powerful powerful drugs man ever invent-! cd." He stated a truism that? once words are spoken, they! can never be recalled. Many; ' of us have learned that the! hard way. Such n large number of} speech participants neccssi- • bated a mini-marathon of; evaluators, and from this, particular race Toastmaster * Helen Brydon emerged as! victor for the A.T.M.'s and* Toastmaster Connie Nelson for the C.T.M.'s. Before the evening was; over, Administrative Vice- • President Connie Nelson had induced two new members members in the Toastmaster enclave, enclave, Gordon West and Katherine Stnrcyk. Each was presented with n rosebud rosebud which would open and ; bloom as would their talents. talents. If you would like to see ; your communication tnlonts ■ bloom nnd thrive in the rich ; soil of Tonstmnstoring,, please join us nt one of our 1 regular Tuesday night meetings. meetings. These nre hold nt 7:30 SHARP in the Bowmnnvillo Lions Centre on Bcoch Avenue. Avenue. For ftirtlior information, information, plenso contact Toast- muster Irene Konzelmann nt 083-0-123, Tonstnmetor Helen Helen Brydon nt 434-8307. pr\ Toast master Connie Nelson nt 623-2243. Margaret Kropf., Vico-Probidont Publicity. r v v-i* ï-