John Arnott Sr – TNT Toastmasters Club

Big Day! Allison Carroll and Justin Buskmiller join TNT

John Arnott Sr — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:29:26 +0000

Hi Fellow TNT’ers,

We are happy to announce that two new people join TNT yesterday: Allison Carroll and Justin Buskmiller.

Both Allison and Justin are new to Toastmasters and are almost as excited as we are to have them become part of TNT.

Please be sure to introduce yourself to them at our next meeting.

Scott Sheaffer, VP Membership.

Shown (L to R) is Allison, Justin and Scott

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Probir Shah our Newest Member!

John Arnott Sr — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 17:35:33 +0000

Please welcome Probir Shah to TNT Toastmasters! Probir is an experienced Toastmaster with his CC and CL educational designations. He is very excited about the opportunities to grow as a speaker at TNT and is also looking forward to contributing to our great club in the future.

Shown below is Probir being inducted by VP of Membership, Scott Sheaffer, while TNT President Dick Weisheit looks on. Welcome Probir!

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Peter Trotter, Advanced Speaker, Joins TNT!

John Arnott Sr — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 21:05:57 +0000

TNT: Please welcome Peter Trotter. Peter is an experienced Toastmaster and has earned the ACB and ALB educational designations. Mr. Trotter (shown left) was inducted by Scott Sheaffer, DTM and VP of Membership on 9/13/18. So, how good is Peter? — well just come and hear.

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Mary Thomas Wins Humorous Contest! Moves Up to Area.

John Arnott Sr — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:43:37 +0000

Hi TNT! It was fun and close. “With a full panel of contestants today Contest Master, DTM Bruce Arfsten wasted no time in getting the humor going.

The first speaker was TM Raza Mian. Raza spoke to us about how troubling dating apps on your phone can be in his speech titled, “Dating Methods.”

ACS/ALS Mary Thomas was the second speaker. Even though she asked us in the title of her speech, “What You Going to do When They Come for You?”, we were humored to learn she was really talking about the squirrels.

The third speaker today was TM Laurie Schilthuis. Laurie shared some of the different quotes he has found amusing over the years in his speech, “Laughing Stocks.”

Today’s final speaker was DTM Dwight Owsen. Dwight asked us, “Do Women Know Cars?” His speech gave us all a silly way to avoid getting into fights with our significant other.

After we were all laughing the winners were announced. ACS/ALS Mary Thomas is First Place and will move on to represent TNT at the area contest. DTM Dwight Owsen came in Second Place and will be Mary’s backup for the area contest. Well done everybody!”

Shown L to R above are Bruce Arfsten-Contest Chair, Mary Thomas-1st Place, and Dwight Owsen-2nd Place.

Article by Stu Presley, VP PR

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The TNT Update for 8/16/18

John Arnott Sr — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 17:34:22 +0000

Hi TNT!

For those who missed our last meeting, here’s a summary of our August 16th session, by Stu Presley, VP Public Relations:

“The meeting was called to order and kicked off by Ron Amberg ACS/ALB with some exciting Table Topic questions presented by Pauline Shirley, DTM/PIP. After Table Topics the meeting moved to our prepared speeches.

We had three speakers today; Toastmaster Adam Garziano giving his 4^th speech titled “Guest Room or Get Paid”, Stu Presley ACB/ALS gave a speech from an Advanced manual “We Get The Call”, and Toastmaster Tony Carr spoke on “Death by Candy.”

The speeches kept us spellbound and entertained, each with their own uniqueness.

After the prepared speeches Bruce Arfsteen, DTM led the evaluation portion of the meeting.

Aaron Cottle, ACB/ALB gave his evaluation of Adam’s speech, Toastmaster Laurie Schilthus gave an evaluation for Stu Presley’s speech and wrapped up with an evaluation by Mary Thomas, ACS/ALB giving an evaluation of Tony’s speech.

And the Winners!

The result of the votes for best speaker of Table Topics, Speaker, and Evaluator was announced by Ron Amberg ACS/ALB .

New TNT Toastmaster member Edward Martin was awarded Best Table Topics,

Mary Thomas was named Best Evaluator, and

Tony Carr was awarded Best Speaker.

It was a great meeting and we are looking forward to the Humorous speech contest next week.

Stu Presley, VP Public Relations.”

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Welcome Ed Martin!

John Arnott Sr — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 19:59:00 +0000

Please welcome our newest member Ed Martin, shown with VP of Membership Scott Sheaffer. Ed is an experienced Toastmaster and we are excited to have him join our club.

Ed is off to a great start, as he won Best Table Topics just minutes after being sworn in by Scott Way to go Ed and welcome!

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“Let Me Be Frank” Tall Tales was Fun!

John Arnott Sr — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 21:28:38 +0000

All six of the contestants held our attention to the very end with great Tall Tales and stories. Shown below (L to R) are contestants Mary Thomas, David Monk, Dwight Owsen, Kevin Arl, Laurence Schilthuis, Jeff Sandene, and Contest Master David Frawley.

But in the end, it was Jeff Sandene who was crowned the winner, with strong performances from Mary Thomas-2nd Place and Laurie Schilthuis-3rd place. Thanks to all the participants. It was fun!

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TNT Swears in Strong Leadership Team

John Arnott Sr — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 20:19:56 +0000

On June 28th new officers were sworn in for the July-December 2018 term. It is another strong leadership team to support TNT’s continued growth. New officers include (shown left to right):

Laurence Schilthuis – Secretary, Jennifer Meyer– VP Ed., Labib Basta – Area 61 Director, Richard Weisheit – President, and Scott Sheaffer – VP Membership.

Officers not shown: Danica Hershberger – VP PR, Kango Arisa – Treasure and Roger Fung – Sgt. at Arms.

Congratulations officers!

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TNT Welcomes Kevin Arl

John Arnott Sr — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 18:51:14 +0000

Hi TNTers,

Please help me welcome our newest member Kevin Arl. He was inducted as a new member at our meeting on Thursday, June 28.

Make a point to introduce yourself and get to know Kevin. (Shown LtoR: Kevin Arl, Scott Sheaffer)

Scott Sheaffer, VP Membership

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Julie Davis Places 2nd in Division Contest! Bruce Arfsten “Goes Beyond!”

John Arnott Sr — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 16:45:18 +0000

Congratulations to Julie Davis for taking Second Place in the Division Table Topics! But, she had to do a double-dose in the Table Topics. The first three competitors were asked “What do you think of when you think of success?” The Contest Master inadvertently asked “Who do you think of when you think of success?” of the next three. .. An official brought up a point of order that according to the official rule book, all competitors must be asked exactly the same question. To be fair, all six were brought back to be asked an entirely different question, “If you could have any talent you do not currently possess, what would it be?” Julie Davis did a great job answering the initial question as well as the second question.

In the International Speech contest, competition was high among the six competitors. Bruce gave a great presentation of his “Go Beyond” speech, but did not place. Well done to Bruce for representing TNT Toastmasters so well.

Reporting by Ron Amberg

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