A Wintry Open House but Warm and Wonderful Inside


"Home for the Holidays" was the theme of the meeting with Karen Alexander as Toastmaster.  Candy canes served up a second prompt for table topic responders like Jeanne Resen.  Karla Reese was the Table Topics Master.
      Don Groff was the impromptu joke master and Carole Kitchen was the word master with the holiday choice of "gingerly."


       Karen Alexander had planned out a great program for an open house, but the weather was not at all inviting for any guests that may have planned to visit.  Judy Groff gave a mentoring moment that recounted the leadership through the years, memories of Lake Pointe, and all the quality people involved in the club. 
       Stan Coss spoke on project two of the Humorously Speaking manual on "What's in your Bucket?"  He gave three stories to reinforce points of advice on filling the bucket list.  He pulled out various props that cannot be viewed here because the photographer was pre-occupied.  Stan will enter the speech in another club's contest so that he can be contest master for our club.  Perhaps he'll make it to the area level; that's on his short-term bucket list.  His evaluator was Susann Swan.


Table topics, as Karla made sure, dealt with the holiday theme.  Various members responded on their memories.  As you can see below, Melinda Lowrance can wax eloquently, but weapons in her speech arsenal also include animated gestures, a twinkle, and a big grin.


The GE and TTE was Betty McCallister.  The eyes and ears team was composed of Sally Jones, grammarian; Wendy Whitaker, timer; Ah-counter, Don Glovan.

Members attending were the following: Karen Alexander, Stan Coss,  Don Glovan, Don Groff, Judy Groff, Sally Jones, Carole Kitchen, Melinda Lowrance Betty McCallister,  Karla Reese, Jeanne Resen, Susann Swan,Wendy Whitaker.

Open House guests were not present, but that's their loss, just like for those members not present on this wintry day where attendees were warm and wonderful inside.

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