New Normal



This is what one "virtual Easter egg hunt" looks like that is presently ongoing, not on Main Street but on the web.  Children email their guesses on posted photos (shot at Team ECCO Ocean Center & Aquarium's Main Street location) on the number and color of eggs.  The prompt on a virtual Easter egg hunt was given by Table Topics Master Don Groff.

Toastmaster Judy Groff again headed up the meeting that was opened with Ray Daley as Joke Master in a series of puns.  "Normal" was the word of the day presented and monitored by Carole Kitchen.


Molly Garnett joined her first Zoom at FSTM with a speech on "Life Decisions." This was practice for a speech she is to deliver to the staff at Pardee next week. She spoke of ethics, zero harm, autonomy, and fairness.  Melinda Lowrance was her evaluator.

Sally Jones spoke from an advanced manual project with the objective to "Make Them Laugh."  Her title was first announced as "Life in the Fast Lane."   But Sally said it was simply "Life on the Farm."  She gave three humorous stories, two dealing with eggs and one dealing with a horse.  Stan Coss was her evaluator.

As TTM, Don Groff  prompted seven members.  Six dealt with subjects dealing with the Corona virus, and one member was given the same topic Don faced as a contestant in last week's division contest:  "Would you prefer going forward or backward in time?"

The Eyes and Ears Team consisted of Jeanne Resen as Grammarian and Ah-Counter and Hoyt Griffith as timer, backed up with the light show of Don Glovan.  Betty was GE and TT Evaluator.

President Susann Swan, in closing, shared a screen with everyone to show what roles were vacant on the online schedule document, and she got several members to be signed up on the spot.

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