Items of interest
Beard to address NAACP meeting Saturday
Elmer Beard, secretary of NAACP Unit No. 6013, will speak at the civil rights organization’s next meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Webb Community Center, 127 Pleasant St.
The topic of Beard’s speech will be “How to Preserve the Family Estate.” Beard, a member of the Garland County Election Commission, is a former eight-term city alderman, retired educator and businessman. He is also the author of “The Challengers: Untold Stories of African Americans Who Changed the System in One Small Southern Municipality.”
Unit No. 6013 meets the second Saturday of each month. The NAACP is the oldest civil rights organization in the country.
Hot Springs Toastmasters to meet Saturday
Hot Springs Toastmasters will hold its regular weekly club meeting at 8 a.m. Saturday at National Park Medical Center, 1910 Malvern Ave.
Member Joel Newburn has become the first member of the club to complete Level 2 in his progress through Pathways, the newer, online supported version of Toastmasters training that clubs are evolving to the use of. Pathways will be the one available such method after June 30, 2020, the club said in a news release.
A semi-annual club officer training session will be held at the Southwest Power Pool Building in Little Rock, this Saturday. However, the club plans to hold its regular Hot Springs meeting, as well, since there should be enough attending to do so.
All former Toastmasters, as well as interested guests, are welcome. There is no charge to come see what the club is about, the release said. Meetings are normally one hour long. For more information, the club website, with contact options, is at https://7643. toastmastersclubs.org/.
Toastmasters is a supportive, inexpensive way to learn speaking and leadership skills. Training resources for speech-making are part of Toastmaster support available to members. Toastmasters International’s materials and programs also offer leadership development. New members are offered mentoring, either assigned or a chosen match. Meeting roles rotate from one week to the next.