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f è tirliid Li t JJr.S.i i f è tirliid Li t JJr.S.i 18 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, June 17,1992 Clubs and Organizations Toastmasters Keep Things in Perspective Strong Showing for Gemini Gymnasts The June 9th meeting of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Toastmasters, was chaired by one of our members, Toastmaster Fred Archibald. His theme for the . meeting was one of balance. He told us of a time when he took his daughter daughter along with him to work on the farm for the day. It seemed that he got so involved in his work, that he was startled when his daughter asked him if he had seen a butterfly that had just flown by. When he realized that he hadn't noticed the butterfly, it occurred occurred to him that maybe he should take time to stop and smell the roses. Toastmaster Archibald continued by suggesting to us that we should try to find a balance in the things that we do in our lives. We should always try to keep things in perspective, and not fall off the deep end, while we arc doing the things that are important to us. During the business portion of our meeting, it was decided that the June 30th meeting would be an informal meeting, and would be held in honour of Canada's birthday. In this informal setting, it would be an excellent time for guests to visit us, and see what toastmasters is all about. After the business session, Toastmaster Toastmaster Connie Nelson lead us in our table topics portion of the evening. This portion of the evening is aimed at helping learn to think on their feet. The table topics master presents each speaker with a topic to speak on, and that speaker must then stand up and talk about the topic for one minute. This little impromptu speech must have an introduction, body, and conclusion. conclusion. Toastmaster McCrory told us that "if money was no object," she would fly her private jet to some exotic, tropical tropical island for a week, and then plan where to go to next. Toastmaster Lee- tooze informed us that her "favourite vegetable" is the leek. She continued by telling us that she has so many leeks, planted in every available spot in her back yard, that any unsuspecting unsuspecting toastmaster who visits her, will leave with a selection of choice leek sprouts. When asked "who are the heroes heroes worthy of emulation," Toastmaster Toastmaster West told us that the person he respects respects most in the world is the person with whom he is talking presently. He continued by saying that he has never met a person who docs not have some new and interesting information, or point of view, for him to enjoy. After our break, we were lead into the prepared speech portion of the evening by the capable hands of Toastmaster Dow. During this portion of the evening, speakers get the opportunity opportunity to present speeches of lengths varying from 5 to 20 minutes. ■ Like many things in life, speaking ability can only be improved by practice. At the end of the speeches,'each speaker is evaluated by one of the members. This evaluation process, gives the speaker much needed input about the good points of their presentation, and the points that could be improved upon in their next presentation. Our first speech of the evening was presented by Toastmaster Mack Parliament. Parliament. His speech was entitled "Economic "Economic Utopia", and expounded the virtues of profit sharing. Mr. Parliament Parliament argued that increased cooperation cooperation between management and employees will mean an increase in positive team spirit. This will mean in creased productivity and quality, as well as giving companies a greater resiliency resiliency during recessionary times. Our second speech of the evening was presented by Toastmaster Nancy Barnes. She recited for us a story, in poetic form, which was penned by the Canâdian author Watson Kirkconnc, and was entitled "The Trapper and The Bears." This was a true bear story of the oldest kind. Set in the area of Kapuskasing, Ontario, the narrator tells of his experiences one winter (when the wind, was so cold that his breath froze solid as it exited from his mouth) when he is forced to bed down with a pair of hibernating bears! The evening ended with the presentation presentation of the Best Speaker award to Toastmaster Barnes, Best Evaluator award to Toastmaster Leetooze, Best Table Topics award to Toastmaster Armitage, and the coveted Spark Plug award (for sparking debate during the business portion of the meeting) to Toastmaster Barnes. The Bowmanville Toastmasters are members of Toastmasters International, International, which is an organization dedicated to helping individuals learn the arts of speaking, listening and thinking. We meet every Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. in the St. John's Parish Hall (south of Temperance and King). All guests are welcome, and will not be required to speak on their first outing. So, come on out and join us for an entertaining entertaining evening. For more information, please contact contact Toastmaster Sher Leetooze at 623-9147, Toastmaster Marg Kropf at 372-8522, Toastmaster Fred Archibald Archibald at 263-2396, Toastmaster George McKessock at 623-0036, The Gemini Gymnastics Club hosted their pre-compctitive invitational invitational and their advanced recreation competition recently, with some of the top results coming from area residents. residents. . In the pre-competitive 7B catego ry, Ashley Henning of Bowmanville was fourth overall, while teammate Erin-Lee Bresser of Courtice was sixth. Sherri Thiele, of Kendal, was first overall in the 8B category with a fourth on vault, first on bars, sixth on beam and a second on floor. In the 9/10C category, Jennifer Thiele placed second overall. The girls were part of the 22 member team that captured the pre- competitive team trophy. . ■< Students Win Awards in Cancer Society Poster Contest These students from area schools were first prize recipients in the Cancer-Society's annual poster competition which was held last month. Winners are shown above along with Billie Kemp, of the Youth Education Committee for the Bowmanville Unit of the Cancer Society. 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