Good evening Toastmasters! We had a great day last Thursday, with over twenty in attendance, including five guests. Toastmaster *Luke Vesely* had a great Civil War Theme, and many of us experienced the presence of former Civil War Ghostmasters, such as Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, Stonewall Jackson, General Lee and Benjamin Franklin Butler. Skirmishes (WOD) aside, the meeting progressed to speeches, where *Shonnie Cline* gave an icebreaker*, Colette Smith* convinced us to travel to Vancouver, and *Lisa Marty *reminded us to save the planet with the three R’s. *Shonnie** *and *Colette* tied for speech of the night. Congratulations to you both![?] * * *Elizabeth Vidmar*, *Brittany Jones* and *Bill Farrand* were evaluators, with Bill winning best evaluator of the night. [?] Table Topics was coordinated by KathyBarrett who combined modern times with Civil War history with her game-show like approach to Table Topics. There were great educational lessons on yellow-jackets, Stonewall Jackson and King Cotton, and *Dirk Kittredge* won best Table Topics of the night with his accurate description of the very clean Harriet Tubman. [?] Special thanks to *Ah Counters* and Timers *Adam Vesely* and *Shawnett Callahan*, and to Dirk for his multiple roles as Greeter, Grammarian, WOD and Tubman historian. See you this week, and be prepared to laugh during the humorous speech contest! [?][?][?] Beth Chacon Club Secretary, Front Range Toastmasters