E-Newsletter - September 2008

In this issue:

• Club Contest Winners
• News and Notes
• New Member Profile
• Upcoming Events

Club Contest Winners Announced

Gannett Fleming Toastmasters held their 2008 annual contest for Table Topics and Humorous Speech on September 8.  The Table Topics winners were 1st Place – Kevin Biglin, 2nd Place – Marlene Macauley.  The Humorous Speech winners were 1st Place – Marlene Macauley, with “The Neighbor From Hell”, 2nd Place – Tom Dardick, with “Dog People Cat People, They’re All Crazy”.  The first place winners will advance to the Area 38 Contest which will be held on Saturday, October 4 at Gannett Fleming.

News and Notes:

Better Speaker Series

As an education initiative for the 2008 - 2009 Toastmaster year, Gannett Fleming Toastmasters has decided to present the “Better Speaker Series”.  The “Better Speaker Series” is a 10 part series that focuses on the mechanics of speech writing and speech delivery.  More information on the series, including a schedule of topics and presenters, will be forthcoming.

Halloween Approaches…

Interested in telling a scary story or a Halloween themed speech? Our October 27 Toastmasters meeting will be a Halloween theme. Start planning now!

New Member Profile - Marlene Macauley

Marlene Macauley grew up in the Philadelphia area and moved to York in 1989.

She has five children, Hilary, Robson, James, John, and Ben.  She also has two step children, Jamin and Natalie.  As well as five grandchildren, Leland, Nakoma, Robson, Phoenix, and Riley.  Her husband, Bob Mckee, and she have been married for three and a half years.  Bob owns Mckee Motors on Progress Ave in Harrisburg.

When she retired two years ago, Marlene was the Director of Admissions for CLN, a career training post secondary school.  She worked in career training schools for about 15 years, where most of her time was spent giving motivational speeches to high school students.

Marlene was a member of the Aiken South Carolina Toastmasters Club before transferring to the GF Toastmasters club.

What are some of Marlene’s hobbies?

“I have been an avid reader since I could read  ‘See Jane Run’.  I like reading non fiction, but I do succumb to romance novels like Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre at least once a year.  I belong to the Beaufort Hunt Foxhunting Club and have been riding seriously for about five years.  I started taking guitar lessons about four months ago and can play a wicked ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’.  I both road and mountain bike when I am not on a horse.  I love to sail and ski, and will be doing both this winter.  I watch old movies and comedy romances and have a collection of about 35 which I watch on a regular basis.  I love to write and have had poetry published.  Being a grandmother is a blast!”

Upcoming events:

• October 2, 4:30-5:15 p.m., Officers Meeting @ Gannett Fleming, Room W-250

• October 4, 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Humorous Speech and Table Topics Area Contest @ Gannett Fleming.

• October 18, Humorous Speech and Table Topics Division A Contest, location to be announced.

• November 21-22, District 38 Fall Conference, Desmond in Malvern, PA.

• November 22, District 38 Table Topics and Humorous Speech Contest, Desmond in Malvern, PA.