This past Saturday April 23rd, Area Governors for District 37, Div A, Areas 11, 12, 13 held a joint Tri-Fecta Speech Competition in Asheville, NC. This was the second time that a combined competition was held successfully. With competitors in both Table Topics and International Speech Competitions competing for each area, contestants not only get the...

Gem City Forum continues to amaze and entertain every week! We are happy to see that guests continue to drop in and then decide to stay for a while and become new members. The continuity of any club is in it's ability to attract and keep new members. With Toastmasters it seems like an easy thing to...

Those of us who attended last weeks’ meeting had a great time, as usual. The meeting opened with some 'Haiku' written by Mike Kesselring about “Spring”. That was followed by some antics from John Becker and his three “selected wives” regarding his choices for landscaping which caused some issues as the Table Topics Theme. The speeches...

For many of you, a Honing Strap is not something you can relate to. For us more senior folk though, the barber's big leather honing strap was the only thing that guaranteed a close shave without any nicks or cuts. You see, a barber's straight razor would see a lot of business in the course of...

Someone recently asked me why I am a member of Toastmasters. I work full-time, garden, assist in caring for elderly parents who live two hours away, live alone with all the house maintenance and housework falling on me, and I volunteer. So, my free time is scarce, why would I spend more time...