Eye on China

All eyes are on China with the beginning of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Beijing Olympics start at 8pm on the 8th day of the 8th month in 2008. In case you didn't get it, China has a thing for the number 8 which represents a lucky number for wealth in their culture. I hope you are able to watch the opening ceremonies on Friday, August 8, 2008.

Our Olympic Gold Medal Awards go to Mike Angell for winning the Best Speaker of the Day, Janet Reese earned Best Evaluator and Julie Williams earned best Table Topic Speaker. Congratulations to all our Olympic Gold Medal Award winners.

Please send an e-mail to Julie Williams at julie@sherpamarketing.com to volunteer for an open role for next week’s meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2008

ToastMaster – Julie Williams
Word of the Day – Janet Reese
Speaker 1 – Karen Lang – Speech #7
Speaker 2 – Don Lindgren – Speech #4
Evaluator 1 – Cary Bradley
Evaluator 2 – Eric Peterson
Table Topics - Open
General Evaluator – Open
Grammarian – Open
Timer – Open
Ah Counter – Open

Announcements: Connie Pshigoda’s daughter is getting married tomorrow, Eric Wales is off to sail Lake Powell, and we have a tentative Club Officer’s Meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 28 following the club meeting.

Keep your Eye on China by watching the Olympics and check out the special series Wild China on the Travel Channel to learn more about the people and animals from that part of the world.

Sports Broadcaster & ToastMaster

Karen Lang