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Okefenokee Toastmasters

Club #8269, Area 74,Division G, District 14 East. Happy 90th Anniversary monthToastmasters International!Volume 6 Issue 10 October 2014

Mission: We provide a supportive and positive learn-

ing experience in which members are empowered to

develop communication and leadership skills, result-

ing in greater self-confidence and personal growth.

Lunch Hour Meetings: We meet at South Georgia

State College, Waycross Campus, James Dye Student

Services Building on Wednesdays at noon.

Membership: Open to anyone 18 years old and older.

Officers for Okefenokee

Toastmasters 2014-2015

President: Rodney Hooks

VP Education: Kathy Odam

VP of Public Relations: Janice

Williams

Treasurer: Bud Montero

Secretary: Carla Willingham

Sergeant at Arms: Wayne Caffarel

Grammar Corner

One role of the Grammarian at a

Toastmasters meeting is to bring a

word for the day and listen for its

usage throughout the meeting.

These are some words we have

used at past club meetings:

froward = contrary, misbehaving

nitpick = critical of inconsequential

details

petulant = sulky, bad tempered

spurious= fake, false, inauthentic

Upcoming Events

Georgia Toastmasters Divi-

sion 14 Fall conference:Octo-

ber 24-25, 2014 Sea Palms Re-sort, St. Simons Island.

Kudos to Toastmasters

Bud Montero, a Toastmaster for 15

years, used skills learned as a club

member to give comfort and closure to

a family. He had the honor of deliver-

ing theeulogyfor a friend and church

member. Linda Zechmann was a

special guest at a meeting of the Oke-

fenokee Ladies Golf Association

(OLGA). She opened the meeting with

her hilarious Toastmasters speech ti-

tled, The Mother-in-law from Hell.

Anna Pinderwill use her Toastmas-

ters skills on the stage at the Ritz

Theater in October. Shell be acting in

The Dixie Swim Club.

Tweets @Oketoast

@oketoast I'll be

honest with you,

when you join a

Toastmasters Club

focus is on meeting

goals, training lead-

ers, managing time,fulfilling dreams.

@oketoast The ru-

mors are true. Mem-

bership in Okefeno-

kee Toastmasters

Club is about self-

improvement skills:

communication, lead-

ership, empower-

ment.

@Leadershipfreak

Leadership Tip: All

great leaders fre-

quently express grat-

itude.

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Why pay thousands of dollars for a

seminar or class when you can join a

Toastmasters clubfor a fraction of

the cost and have fun in the pro-

cess?

The healthiest competition occurs

when average people win by putting

above average effort. Colin Powell.

Top Photo:

These are The Comedians in Georgia

Toastmasters Area 74 who competed in the

Humorous Speech Contest on Friday even-

ing in Valdosta.Wayne Caffarel and Rod-

ney Hooks were outstanding representa-tives of Okefenokee Toastmasters Club

(standing in the back 3rd and 4th left re-

spectively). Estel Powell, Title Town Toast-

masters, in the white wig and jacket, was

the winner.

Bottom Photo:

Margaret West (left) and Carla Willing-

ham, (right) represented Okefenokee Toast-

masters Club extremely well in the Speech

Evaluation section of the contest. Michael

Barr, Valdosta Toasts, was the winner. Sec-ond place went to our past Area Governor,

Andre Marria, Rose City Toastmasters.

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CHARTER MEMBERS: John Penland (Sponsor), Andrew Slocum, Joe Gant, Harry D. Dix-

on, Jr., Carolyn Morton (Akins), Phil Wysong, C.J. Broome, Paul OCain, James C. Bunch,

W.F. Stephens, Jeanette Stipe, Tom Strickland, Fred Barber, John Karew, Reuben Flanders,

E. Nash Williams, Jerri Davis, Doris Germano, Andy Spivey, Audrey West, and Margaret

Park. Compiled by Janice Williams.

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Twitter:

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If you are not into social media,

check out this website that has a

record of all our tweets:

www.twylah.com/oketoast

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