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Friday, July 2nd, 2010
“Hooray for Rey!” – 06/30/2010
June 30th was a great day to be a member of Capital City Toastmasters. It was a meeting full of celebrations and milestones. It was the end of Rey’s term as president, and her last meeting with us before her move to Washington. The tears started right away when our Invocator Patrick led us in “You [...]
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
“Sailing” – 05/12/2010
The theme was sailing….Erin was Toastmaster…Heather recited a beautiful poem…Jim kept us on time…Corky saved the day as Grammarian…Carol had some good questions…Lora told us about sailing from Japan to Guam…Li shared she can’t stand celebrities…Brendan showed up and won a ribbon…Russell confessed he had mistresses…Robin showed us what real style is all about….Albert went [...]
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Monday, May 10th, 2010
“Technology” – 05/05/10
Last week’s meeting started out as an enigma with Corky, the man devoid of word processing skills, leading us in a technology themed meeting. Corky admitted technology fascinates him and in a way is kind of like God – he doesn’t understand it. Becky was Table Topics Master calling on Heather, Russell, and Amy. Heather [...]
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Sunday, April 25th, 2010
“Shoes” – 04/21/2010
In her hip, edgy boots, Amy stomped Wednesday’s shoe themed meeting into the ground as our soulful Toastmaster. Corky was Table Topics Master tossing questions at Wendy, Becky, Robin, and Albert. Wendy told us about a time her tongue got her in trouble. Well, really it was the stubborn tongue piercing that took pliers to [...]
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
“Taxes” – 04/14/2010
Corky served as Toastmaster for a meeting set to celebrate taxes and the end of tax season! As Corky reminded us, if you’re upset with the amount of taxes you’re paying this year, be grateful you simply have an income. Louis was Table Topics Master sharing some anecdotes about his personal efforts to avoid paying [...]
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
“The Commons: Our shared resources” – 04/07/2010
Our emperor, Albert, led us in a thought-provoking meeting centered on the theme of “The Commons”. In modern society, there are many pieces of our day-to-day lives that are influenced by how we use our shared resources. Shared resources include public education, transportation, social security, healthcare, and the list goes on. Albert was inspired to [...]
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Thursday, April 1st, 2010
“Superstitions” – 03/31/2010
Do you cross your fingers? Throw salt over your shoulder? Avoid black cats? Walk around ladders rather than under them? Are you wary on Friday the 13th? If so, you may be just a bit superstitious and you would’ve fit right in at our meeting on Wednesday. Rey served as Toastmaster with the meeting theme [...]