Sept 15 meeting: "The Awesome 80s"

 So, this was like, a totally rad meeting tonight, you know? Toastmaster Theresa Eller and her multicolored hair took us back to that best-of-times, worst-of-times decade with a full slate of speeches and a full house. We were pleased to welcome four visitors on our membership drive night: Rachel, Hunter, Olivia and Padraic (this was his second visit).We had topnotch speeches and textbook evaluations for them.

Linda Coleman talked about "Hats" - and wore one during her speech, too. In "Leading the Way," Pat Quick shared some of her vision for our club and inspired several listeners to make commitments to it. Mack Mercer's stories are always greatly anticipated and he did not disappoint in "Small Things with Great Love," taking home the blue ribbon for best speech.

The third installment in the ongoing Saga of the Eureka Springs Trip, "My Version" by George Arndt was the evening's best entertainment value, closely followed by Joyce King's Table Topics riff on how she would be a conspicuous consumer. Husband Rodney is already thinking of his "My Version" speech.

Again, we had only one speaker (out of 11) over time tonight. The meeting ran a few minutes long, but considering the number of speakers and the little bit of extra time taken on the visitors' behalf, it was quite productive and did not drag. Which would have been like, grody to the max. Whatever.

Jodie Sanders