Toastmasters’ speech contests start in January

Hot Springs Toastmasters Club 7643, which normally meets at 8 a.m. Saturdays, will not be meeting for the remainder of December and will resume regular meetings on Jan. 6.

The meeting location for the new calendar year will continue to be in the Kass Room at National Park Medical Center. Most meetings last for one hour.

The club’s annual speech contests, which are part of the Toastmasters International District 43 contest series, will be held in January, with a specific date to be announced. This series starts at the club level, and goes up through Area, Division and District levels. The latter is part of the annual spring District Conference, which this year will be in Little Rock in April.

District 43 covers all of Arkansas, western Tennessee and northern Mississippi.

Call the club at 501-5383778 for more information. The club welcomes visitors, but asks that they contact the club first.