Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
TM Gail led us with a heartfelt Mother's Day invocation, and TM Jorge brilliantly displayed the US flag for our Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you, Jorge!
TM The Tom introduced us to Table Topics' quandaries:
* Singer or Writer? I, Ana, love both of these activities and although not a gifted singer, I choose to write while I sing when I'm not in the shower.
* Blimp or Hot Air Balloon? TM Beckyjo loves riding in both - and has actually sailed the friendly skies on more than one occasion, enjoying the scenery below!
* Rancher or farmer? TM Aleta faces a dilemma, but ultimately chooses to grow tomatoes over being a cattle rancher in Western Pennsylvania.
* Soggy cereal or crunchy cake? Another dilemma for Frenchman David, forever bound to soggy cereal prepared by himself with chocolate milk while watching tv as a youngster. He Won Best Table Topics Award.
* Sightseeing in Africa or shopping in Milan? DTM Mary Helen will go shopping in Milan en route to a sightseeing tour of Africa. She wants the best of both worlds.
* Raise cows or sheep? TM Jorge chose raising sheep because he can use their fleece to make himself a jacket.
* Hang gliding or sky diving? TM Marie says "Not today, thanks, I've got a headache". Instead she'll lovingly prepare a healthy oat bar for her husband's birthday.
We had a great Icebreaker today...
* TM Veronica delighted us with her topsy-turvy world of exotic vs ordinary and took us down a travelogue of various parts of the world. She Won Best Speaker Award.
And we had a power outage reality check of a speech...
* TM Jose recounted the painful experience of having "Lights Out!" not to the entire college dorm, but to the entire country. Yikes! After several near misses, he was able to emerge unscathed but alert to potential repeats.
And then came the evaluations:
* TM David enjoyed TM Veronica's speech and completely related to her trainhopping, a national passtime in France.
* TM Pam enjoyed TM Jose's Tales of Dark Days in a Green Country and made a call to action for him to masterfully use slides as prior to today. She Won Best Evaluator Award.
The Word of the Day was
CARDINAL, adjective
Of prime importance, principal
Example: It is cardinal that the sequestered Cardinals elect the next Pope while there's still wood to be burned in the Conclave.
See you next week!
Ana I.
VP Education
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