Christmas Party
Anyone who missed today’s meeting really missed a treat. President Carol Walters hosted a delicious brunch after the meeting set up in the Lake Point Landing Dining Room which was all decorated for the season. During the meeting we had a guest speaker and a Mentoring Moment by Jackie Branscum. Sally Jones was Toastmaster. After the opening and joke by Hoyt Griffith and introduction of the eyes and ears team of Burton Hodges as Grammarian, Judy Groff as Word Master, Ron Climer as Ah Counter and Ivan Beggs as Timer. Sally introduced our guest speaker, Meredith Summey. Meredith is a student at Western Carolina University finishing her course in public speaking. This was her third time doing her speech to a Toastmaster club. This speech persuaded us to accept pets as friends and medical experts in relieving stress, high blood pressure and other bad things. We all enjoyed Meredith’s speech with research backing and excellent stories to illustrate points. Afterward, we did a collect