Paul called the meeting to order and asked Joe to lead the Invocation and Pledge.
Due to the contest and the amount of speaking ahead, Paul quickly passed the meeting to the Chief Judge Marvin.
Marvin briefed the members on the aspects of judging the contest, passed out ballots, and then handed the contest over to the Contest Master Barbara.
The first contest was the table topics contest with the following question: “Who would you like to have a secret meeting with and why?”
Roger was up first and talked about a meeting with Barack Obama.
Mike was up second and talked about (Well I wasn’t there and don’t know).
Stephen J was up last and talked about a meeting with Martin Gardner.
The votes were collected and while the vote counters and Chief Judge were out, Barbara regaled us with a joke.
On to the Speech Contest.
Mike was up first with his Speech “”, discussing the importance of critical thinking and how it is missing in today’s America.
Bill was up second with his Speech “The Best Deal I ever Made”, a speech centered on a story of a deal he walked away from, which turned out to be the best decision he could have made.
Roger was up third with his Speech “”, where he told us all of the things he had learned from his dog that he had obtained after his last child went off to college.
The votes were collected and while the vote counters and Chief Judge were out, Barbara brought up the contestants to have them tell a little bit about themselves.
Finally, the contest results were revealed.
Table Topics:
First Place: Stephen J
Second Place: Roger
Second Place: Roger
International Speech Contest:
First Place: Roger
Second Place: Bill
The area contest for Area 46 will be on February 27th – Location to be announced.
