Items of interest

Toastmasters to hold weekly meeting Saturday

Hot Springs Toastmasters will hold its regular weekly club meeting at 8 a.m. Saturday at National Park Medical Center, 1910 Malvern Ave.

Winners from the club’s fall club contests for Table Topics and Humorous Speech, held Sept. 28, were Matt Hodgson and Nancy Britt. Next in the contest series is the Area contest Oct. 19 in Little Rock.

Toastmasters is a supportive, inexpensive way to learn speaking and leadership skills. Training resources for speechmaking 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.

All former Toastmasters, as well as interested guests, are welcome. There is no charge. Meetings normally are one hour long. For more information, visit https://7643.toastmastersclubs.org/.

Whittington Valley Neighborhood Association to meet

The next monthly meeting of the Whittington Valley Neighborhood Association will be held Monday, Oct. 14, at 6:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 213 Whittington Ave.

Among the topics to be discussed are reviewing infrastructure projects in the Valley for possible 2020 Community Development Block Grant funding, plans by the city for stormwater improvements on Walnut Street and exploring additional outreach efforts.

Association members, valley residents and all interested persons are welcome to attend. Call WVNA President Mark Toth at 623-4283 for more information.