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The
Latest Word Newsletter
of The Last Word Toastmasters Volume 7
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Last Word reaches Select Distinguished Club
level In
the February 22 newsletter, President Carlene Falvey announced that The Last
Word had earned enough points for recognition as a Distinguished Club for the
year ending In
the short time since that announcement, the club has earned enough additional
points for recognition as a Select Distinguished Club. The Last Word is one
of the first four clubs to achieve this distinction in our division, which
includes 118 clubs. Carlene
notes that the club is working hard to earn the last few points needed to win
the highest award, President’s Distinguished Club. Members earn awards In
one noteworthy meeting, two club members achieved Toastmasters education
awards. On
February 22, Ellen Stanford earned her Competent Toastmaster (CTM) award and
Carlene Falvey earned her Advanced Toastmaster – Bronze (ATM-B) award. In
reaching their own goals, Ellen and Carlene also helped the club earn points
toward Distinguished Club status. Hearty congratulations to both! Division speech contest
set for April 23 The Division A round of the
International Speech Contest will be held on Monday, April 23, |
Susu Wong, the Toastmaster for April
26, has announced that Caribbean Night will be the theme of the meeting. Come
on, everyone – get out your vacation clothes, set your mind on sun, white
sand, and blue waters, and get ready for an evening of tropical delights. Meeting location change for April
26 Don’t
miss your chance to attend Caribbean Night. For one night only, April 26, the
club will meet in a different location (only a quarter mile from our usual
meeting place, the Burlington Library):
Directions
from the Club welcomes new
members The
club is delighted to welcome three new members: Kathleen Herr-Zaya, Sally
Willard, and Marilyn Mahoney. We look forward to hearing their Icebreaker
speeches. Welcome, all! |
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Area Governor presents Carpe Diem pins After
Ken Bryant, the Area 4 Governor, greeted members and guests at our club
speech contest on March 8, he presented Last Word members Carlene Falvey and
Joan Turnberg with special 50th Anniversary “Carpe Diem” (“Seize the Day”)
pins. Ken
praised Joan, Carlene, and all those who had been honored earlier in the year
for their contributions in “seizing the day,” by meeting either their
personal Educational Goals or the club’s Administrative Goals as officers. The
recipients to date: Lee Yates competes in
Area A4 speech contest After
winning the club-level round of the annual International Speech Contest on
March 8, Lee Yates took part in Area A4 speech contest in The
first speaker, Alice Barber of the Sky Rappers club in As
the second speaker, Lee repeated her club speech about the deluge of credit
card offers that come in the mail. For the year 2000, she reported receiving
75 offers with a total credit limit of $3,378,250. The
third speaker, Shawn O’Neill of the Chelmsford Toastmasters, took first prize
with “The ABCs of Life.” He explained that he had learned one of his ABCs,
Always Be Concentrated, when he stepped on the “truck” his little son had built
from blocks. Had he been concentrating, he says, he could have offered the
praise that his son was hoping to hear from him. |
Did you know… Toastmasters
International was founded in the Roaring Twenties as a social club to promote
the arts of “public speaking and presiding over meetings.” The first club met
in the basement of the YMCA in Astronauts
James Lovell, Walter Schirra, and John Young have all been Toastmasters. For
a list of other celebrity Toastmasters, see www.toastmasters.org/famous.htm. Calendar The
Last Word Toastmasters club usually meets at Please
note the location change for April 26. See the other side of this newsletter. Upcoming
meetings of The Last Word:
Last Word officers President/Newsletter Publisher: Carlene Falvey,
Immediate Past President: Cheryl Walsh VP of Education: Ellen Stanford VP of Membership: Rosemary Henchey VP of Public Relations: Susu Wong Secretary/Newsletter Editor: Lee Yates, Treasurer: Teddy O’Connell Sergeant
at Arms:
Joan Turnberg |
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