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By PEGGIE ROWAND

If you’re shy and inarticulate — but want
to. be able to hold your own. at: social
gatherings or business meetings — how do
you go about changing? ~

- Bill Spencer
That was the. problem Bill Spencer faced.

His wife, Rosemary, is a.good mixer.and—

speaks easily with people. Bill felt: deficient.

Rosemary.

--- So-he joined Camosun Toastmasters ‘and: ane
“blew it on his first meeting. “Asked to stand oe
- Up 3 and say a few words the hapless. Bill was =

eye he ‘didn’ t feel an. “idiot -““*Ryeryone
clapped — — ~ encouragingly.’ ee

Now, two.years later, the man who would

ne “have. mumbled his way through ‘many. a
“social occasion says. you’ can’t shut me up.” on

_ And he’s one of. three finalists ‘in. the
Vancouver “Island “Toastmasters

at Laurel Point Inn.
Bill, of 6916. Wallace Drive, Brentwood
‘Bay, fought his - ‘way through area contests,

~ beating out five others. If he wins this one he
goes. forward to compete. in the’ North 2

- American regional contest,

‘The. great thing avout Toastmasters is that ”

“Inter- Be vd
national Humorous Speech: Contest Oct. 30.2:

no one cares if you make a fool of yourself,

Bill says. Initially, most members had the

same problem — they were not naturally
good speakers, that’ S why they joined, Bill
points out.

And the treatment certainly works.

Bill says apart from ‘‘giving a person
confidence, Toastmasters teaches you that
public speaking is mainly preparation and
partly delivery.”’ ©

First, the speech is written and some of it
memorized. Finally, it’s reduced to a page of
notes which. are referred to from time to
time. ;

Knowing how to deliver the speech i is part
of the battle. ‘‘You use animation — hand

‘gestures and facial expressions — and a

certain tone of voice, varying from loud to.
s~ft, according to what’ you’re saying or
wishing to emphasise,”’ he explains.

If. you speak ina monotone, Bill points
out, ‘people will fall asleep. : :
Yes, it’s part’acting, he admits. “Its. a big 7
“ego trip:’’ He says he ‘never realized how.

‘much an actor got from a performance until
he stood up and'made a successful speech.

**You’re frightened to death but the nerves
~ get’ the adrenalin: going and after it’s over.
- there’s a feeling of exhilaration, a sense. of
- -achievement.’? ” a
» One learns the art. “of ‘speaking by. 7
_progression, he says, starting with something .-
- small —
in.- some. way: and, “wanted: oto. be: like ’

‘like introducing someone.

Toastmasters graduate to giving the blessing 7
“or explaining-a word from the dictionary - —
. and énd with the icebreaker. Q -
-That’s when you: ‘give a™ speech about .
yourself lasting s somes : :

‘minutes. .

-It can also. transfer losing. situ

“everyone was on edge and uptight. ee

Bill has

barriers» ‘of: shyness and = self-
_consciousness. And summed up, apart. from
the ‘obvious benefits in: business and social

he life — it’s fun, he says. .

~ Helen Butler with painting that won first prize at 7 980 Saanichton Fal, The
Captain's Gig from 5.8. Rainbow. Buster also won first price in this year’ s. fall

Sain,

Helen Butler has been painting since ‘high:

school when she won first prize at the Sechelt.

Peninsula fall fair for an oil painting. She

remembers. with astonishment that her
. school teacher bought it for the price of the.
paint - $2... -

Now, 20 years later, Butler, . 10244-5th,
Street, Sidney, has been. accepted as a.
member of the Federation ‘of Canadian:
Artists and was first prizewinner of special:
category Saanich Parks, and winner of. the

“best watercolor in show award" at the
 H3th. annual Saanichton. Fall.
“month,

Fair last...

> Butler: won a $30 gift certificate from
~ Village Gallery and $10 from the Deep Cove —

Art Group.

. She’s studied: with local artists Stephenie.
Steel, Patsy Lewis and Kay Ratcliffe, and at
the Vancouver School of Art and Camos un
“College.

-~ Butler's birthday. on Oct, 25 coincides with’
(§ display of five of her palathags wt UiNslde
Mall, along with works by other members of -
Peninsula’ Arts and. Crafts:

. Bociety.. The exhibition runs: through Oct.

the Saanich

i) Po

winning ‘ones, Bill’ says, ” remembering a
business meeting, he ‘attended one day when ae

‘He was able to put the group at. ‘their ease.
— something he would likely not have been oa
“able to do before his Toastmaster training. ©
“discovered: the pleasure. of —
speaking and communicating freely without ~
“the -

No’ va development: is

it ‘was the biggest fish Rober.
_ Brumpton had ever caught and it.
earned him ‘the © title Blind 7
. Fisherman of the. Year, :

_Brumpton, 7787 Wallace :
Drive, is blind. but. he: still goes
. fishing, both with friends and

“twice. a year in the Canadian
Natinoal Institute for the. Blind
(CNIB) competitions, held in
conjunction. with. provincial fish
and. wildlife. in: Vancouver, |

opens this week: on 3rd: Street, just

“manager” Anderson’ Ku_ hopes that

patrons alike,:

table, ;

“A curving. stalrene leads: to the

floor above ‘where a huge 37,000
“square foot space will be opened up in
‘the near «future for
«banquets and conventions.
“Meanwhile, there's

want lunch or dinner. Ku promises

hopes to keep prices reasonable. :
-The .Good. Fortune. has a .‘‘very

famous .cook’”” he says but won't.

_ divulge the name, The cook wouldn't
Nike it, he says, And Ku has other

food, he says,

"As well as some exceptionally fine .
food, Ku also promises entertainment,

“sometime in the future.”

‘The Good Fortune has a ‘modern :

- kitchen-and equipment is the finest,

with a $10,000-plus stainless stecl top :

October. 7 was launching: day. for ‘David :
: and. Margaret Johnson after five years.of:: ©.»

“zwork on their 45-foot steel ‘sailboat: Lady.
- Margaret Rose. It-was moving day as well: oe 7
“They built the hull’at Kamloops, then had) 7

. it. moved to Sidney, where with. the. help of:

a their: son: Stephen,’ they worked « on the in- -
terior while. living at. 2070 White: Birch;:

ind:.as their boat: was being lifted

Victoria and Nanaimo.

* the one who catches the biggest
~ fish — and'that was Brumpton, -
who. in June hooked a 36-pound

ol Brampton was: taken out by the:
- Mictoria:

7 Protective Association. yg

“And for the blind man, it was
the biggest fish he’s ever caught.
“Once in a lifetime,”’ he says.

A bright new -bar and restaurant
‘across from The Review, and owner- © -

Good Fortune, the name‘ he’s given
the: place, will come: to owners and 7

Jo Ate the? entrance hall there's. ans.
| attractive waiting area with tables and:
“chairs ‘adjacent. to va: large, square®
“padded bar where patrons may drink:
~ while waiting “to: be escorted: to a:

weddings,

plenty of
seating downstairs for patrons who,

the food will be good and says he:

specialty cooks, both for Chinese und»
_ western food dishes, steaks and sca _

Launching and-moving all at. once David and Margaret Johnson moved out of their -
. home at 2070 White Birch just ahead of developers’ bulldozers.

were son Stephen , daughter Christine Bernardo and son-in-. law Stephen Bernardo.

‘The Waddling Dog Inn

»Patricia Bay Highway -

Pictured with ‘them —

Reservations 652- 1146 -

‘on

oing ahead‘on the

The: winner of all the derbies i is.

chinook, guided. by John Shipley.

‘Fish: and Game-

for. “preparing - food, ‘Steel hoods

running across - the kitchen above ms
‘another. ‘cool -$10,000. °.
There's also a’ special Chinese bar-

“woks -cast

Anerson Ku

“beque stove and a, -sansive walk-in
. cooler room off the kitchen,

_ onto: a . trailer for launching. the bulldozers
sas were waiting to push 1 the house. over. : bes

* Lady Margaret Rose i is finished inside, j
fir-and- ‘yellow. cedar, call. € ‘cept ‘the: galley,

Reba remo |
“eae ~ hooked 36-pound ¢ chinook.

- "y “There's:
“restaurant for some 20 cars,

eatery, The Old Country Restaurant, .
>. $55 Douglas, but he's’, ‘particularly
~~ exelted’ about his Sidney venture,» if

: the. people in Sidney’ are nice: —

~ before “he «moved » in :and.. started:
~ building he. walked) up and: down:

-well with local trade and: tourism in
the summer months,

* that owns the new restaurant has also”

alley and launderette. Both will Stay,
* there are no plans to use the land, Ku’

. lis restaurant.» ,.

. - and he's not sure {f she'll get Involved -

vee Angela, 22, studying at UBC; |
- Alex, 21, also at UBe taking a far:
~mer’s. course; and Margaret, (17, in
grade 11 at Oak Bay high school,

Washrooms: for men and women
wre attractive and provide access for

“the handicapped. Heating throughout
“the: building is. by an electric heat’
4 PUMP,
"parking ‘behind, the

- Ku also owns a Victoria downtown

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ey eee = ew eee cw ee we wearers ~Saeae blind ;

It's a good location, he says, ‘And

Beacon Avenue talking: to. people _
when he could and Ku was pleased to.
observe how pleasant locals were,:
~ He Ilkes the town --. so peaceful |
and quiet, he says, He hopes to do

The CKLP Investment. Company
‘bought land cach side of the building-
~~ land which takes in. the. bowling
says. Instead, he hopes bowlers and”
visitors to the laundry will, patronize :

Ku's wife, Monica, V works in a bank |

i the busticss, Ve has thiee childien

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