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i The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, April 4,1990 21 Lucky Winner Picks Up Wrestlemania Tickets u-iunucc ' • vMiiioi y am On Videocassette Toastmasters Club Tries to "Catch the Spirit" ins The March 27, 1990, meeting of Bowmanville Toastmasters featured a number of unusual features. Chairman TM Joe Christl led us in building the meeting meeting around the Toastmasters Toastmasters International Theme of "Catch the Spirit." The spirit that TM Christl wished the club to catch was the spirit of leadership and communication. communication. With the idea of communicating communicating to a wider audience than is normally present at a Toastmaster meeting, the club proceeded with the filming of portions of this regular Toastmaster meeting. meeting. As a means of informing the general public about Toastmasters, it is hoped that the resulting film may be shown in various venues. Toastmasters is reaching out to the community in the spirit of leadership and communication. communication. In addition to our regular membership, our meeting was enhanced by the pres ence of three guests. Guests are always welcome and may visit as frequently as they wish. During the course of the evening, one of the guests, Judy Yen, became became the newest member of Bowmanville Toastmasters. Welcome, Judy! The growing maturity of this club is reflected in the number of speeches that are being delivered from advanced, advanced, rather than the basic basic manual. Speaking from an Advanced Manual, TM Nellie Van VeldHuisen presented presented a demonstration talk entitled "Oh, What a Heavenly Heavenly Sound" as she showed an explained the functioning of her clarinet. TM Pat Pin- gle entertained with a tongue-in-cheek explanation of "How to Speak in Public Without Being Nervous" - also an Advanced Manual project. Another reflection of the growing maturity of Bow- manville Toastmasters is found in the increasingly more helpful and analytical evaluations that Toastmasters Toastmasters are making of one another's another's performances. Evaluations, Evaluations, properly conducted, should be designated to rec ognize the strengths of the speaker's performance and to suggest areas for improvement. improvement. In a recent edition of "The Toastmaster," Charles Dickson, Ph. D., gives suggestions suggestions for expressing ones opinion in an article entitled "Dish It Out Diplomatically." Diplomatically." His suggestions might well be adopted by all critics. critics. At times we all feel the ned to criticize family members, members, friends or business associates. associates. Consider the following following ways of offering constructive criticism: - Voice your opinion calmly calmly and as soon as possible. It is more natural than waiting waiting a long time and will probably be accepted better. - Make only one complaint complaint at a time. Don't overload overload and possibly devastate the person with a list of gripes. - Don't repeat a point once you have made it. If you mention the same criti-, cism several times you may lose the person's respect and weaken you own position. - Object only to actions the other person can change. If you ask the person to do something he is unable to do, frustration builds in your relationship. - Make criticism in the form of suggestions or questions, questions, if possible. Almost anything can be said in a positive way, including negative negative remarks. This keeps the other person more open to you. - Avoid sarcasm, it signals signals anger. Your contempt may cause resentment. - Avoid words like "always" "always" and "never". While some things may be everlasting, everlasting, many are not. Such exaggerations usually rob you of accuracy and place you in a weak position. - Don't apologize for your confrontation. This will only detract from your critcism and may indicate you are in conflict about whether you had the right to say what you did. - Don't forget to compliment compliment others. Then when you do criticize, people will be more likely to accept it. After all our evaluations were completed, Bowmanville Bowmanville Toastmasters had selected selected TM Pat Pingle as the evening's Best Speaker, for the prepared speech, and doubled the honour by awarding her the trophy for the best impromptu speaker, TM Norm Broderick earned Best Evaluator, and TM Irene Konzelmann received the coveted Spark Plug for providing the stimulus for the business meeting. Interested in Toastmasters? Toastmasters? Call Nancy Barnes, 623-6860; Irene Konzel mann, 983-9423; or Connie Nelson, 623-2243. Regular meetings are Tuesday evenings, evenings, but there will be no meeting on April 10. The meeting that week features the Eastern Division speaking speaking contest at the Lion's Centre on Thursday, April 12,1990, 6"30 p.m. Submitted by Connie Nelson, CTM Clarke H.S. News Co-Ed Volleyball The Co-Ed Volleyball again showed that they are one of the top teams in the province as they won the silver silver medal at the University of Guelph on Friday. After 10 hours of volleyball they narrowly lost out to East York Collegiate. Kendal Eady and Mike Tait were selected to the All- Star Team. The other team members were Kim Lycett, Allyson Jury, Christy Flint- off, Ted Gaudet, Treffor Davies, Davies, Derek Zander and Dustin Dustin Reid. Student Council Members of Clarke High School Student Council are working hard to prepare for upcoming events. They are currently busy planning for this year's Magazine selling campaign. Magazine sales begin April 9th. It is hoped that this Fundraising event will be as successful as it was last year. The Band, Rugby Team, and Peer Counsellors are among the groups who are depending on this Fundraiser to support support their programs. Also forthcoming is the next Clarke High School Dance on Friday, April 27, 1990. It should be even bigger and better than the last one! t Brenda DiMalta, of Bowmanville, accepts a pair of Wrestlemania' VI tickets t from the owner of National Home Video, Bob Wing. Jane Patterson, who also won £ a pair of tickets, was unable to attend the photo session. Winners of the Wrestle- £ mania VI home videos included; Michael Holmes, Allan Potter, and Brenda Pound- j;er, all from Bowmanville. I Dealership Receives Design Award MS •J- J. E. Quantrill Chevrolet Oldsmoobile Cadillac Ltd. received a design award from Butler Manufacturing at its convention in Florida this month. It was présentai présentai ed to owners John and Donna Quantrill by Engineer-Architect Bill White on • Wednesday, March 21, 1990. The building which uses pre-engineered components, !•_ received the award for design excellence in the commercial category. Quantrill and White grew up in the fifties on neighbouring farms in Hope Town- ;i ship. John Quantrill spent 22 years with General Motors of Canada in Canada, . U.S. and Europe, and bought the local franchise in 1986. Bill White, an engineer ; and architect, is President of Bel-Con Engineering Ltd. and W. R. White, Archi- - tect, both of Belleville. After 30 years of going their separate ways, Quantrill and White combined their - respective talents and experience to work for a year, developing the award winning , : design. :• Quantrill says that in spite of an automotive slow down, business has been ; above average at the new dealership on Highway 2 at the east end of Port Hone. Spring for it Now.. No payments, or interest until July 15,1990* TORO. 5180 4003 ADSL 0313 JAMES L.BERGÛUIST Purchase a Toro Wheel Horse Tractor until April 15,1990. 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Saturday, April 7th Ribbon cutting by the Mayor at 11 a.m. Be sure and enter our FREE DRAW for a complete entrance system ($500.00 Value) Come in and talk to the "Pros" at The Building Place and meet some of our factory representatives, too. We can help you with all your home improvement projects, such as: • Siding • Windows • Doors • Plumbing • Air Conditioning • Electrical Projects • Custom-built Solariums If you plan on doing the work yourself, well supply all the materials you need and give you the advice you may require, or well handle the entire project for you. Ask us for a free estimate on any residential or commercial project. Come in and get "The Personal Touch" for ALL your building projects! KEN GREEN - PETER SUTHERLAND - LEONARD WHITE - ROB BRANDT 75 King Street West Bowmanville - 623-0444 HHHÜvel ButtBingm mÉÈPlacë I