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D42 Team and the International President Inspiring Members in Kuala Lumpur

Happy 60th Anniversary District 42

Toastmasters International officially formed on October 22, 1924 as an

organization for men only. In August 1973, membership opened to allow

women to join. This year Toastmasters International celebrates its 90th

anniversary.

On April 25, 1953, the membership of District 20, at their annual business

meeting and District conference, adopted the following resolution:

“Moved by Lt. Governor Hope J. Moffat that, for the good of the Toastmasters

organization, the Canadian-American District 20 be divided to form one

District in Canada and one in the United States.”

On July 1, 1954, the Canadian District was officially recognized as District

42 with a total of 17 clubs. On July 1, 2014, the 60th birthday of District 42,

we had grown to 285 clubs, with a total membership of 5,444 members. As

a District team, we can only dream what it must have been like to oversee

only 17 clubs! Currently, District 42 has 9 Divisions and 58 Areas.

We are honored to have many of our pioneer clubs in District 42 continuing to provide opportunities for new and existing members to develop confidence, self-esteem and leadership skills. (Continued page 2)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - DG Doris Henn, International President Mohammed Murad,

Past DG Keith Lee, LGET Marg Faryna

John’s Wife, 2014 International Contestant John Hallett, Doris Henn, Keith Lee,

2013 International Contestant Aparna Verma

Photos: Courtesy of John Bauer

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District 42

Celebrating 60 Years

of Success

1954 - 2014

DG Doris Henn 1

PRO John Bauer 2

1960’s In the Beginning 3

1970’s Women are In! 4

1980’s Awards 5

1980’s #2 in the World! 6

1990’s D42 Int. President 7

1990’s New Ed. System 8

2000 Building Clubs 9

2006 Leadership Skills 10

2012 Teamwork 11

2013 Photo Gallery 12

Compiled By:

Keith Lee, DTM – Scanned

Prairie Horizons Archives

Carol Harrison, DTM

Proofing/Support Team:

Greg Gazin, DTM

Layout & Technical:

Nandini Venkatesan, DTM

Marvin Henry, DTM

Editor: Carol Harrison, DTM

Assistant Editor:

Malene Jorgensen

District Website: d42tm.org

Archives:

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PRAIRIE HORIZONS Where Leaders Are Made

60th Anniversary! Limited Edition

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District Governor Public Relations Officer

Doris Henn, DTM John Bauer, DTM

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The original Pioneer Clubs from District 42

Awards Award Description

#450 Saskatoon Club March 1, 1952

#577 Wascana Club March 1, 1948

#667 Twin Rivers Club December 1, 1948

#1318 Prince Albert Club October 1, 1953

#1432 Camrose Club December 1, 1953

#1448 Chinook Club May 1, 1959

#1494 Bow Valley Club June 1, 1954

This year in District 42, in honor of our 60th

Anniversary, we encourage you to develop a

History Book for your club. Record the success

stories of your members. Celebrate your club

anniversary each year. Make each birthday a

special celebration. Cherish the memories of the

men and women in District 42 who have learned

communication and leadership skills as a result of

the dedication of Toastmaster members all across

this amazing District, “Where Leaders are Made”.

Doris Henn, DTM

Special Prairie Horizons Newsletter

Hello Fellow District 42 Toastmasters,

It is with great pleasure that I - and the entire

Prairie Horizons 2014/2015 team - provide you

with a 60TH Anniversary Limited Edition of

Prairie Horizons.

This limited edition of the Prairie Horizons is

special for two reasons; one is that it will have

articles from many past Prairie Horizons, and

the second reason is that it is only available in

printed copy during the Fall Conference in

Calgary.

As a member of District 42, I am looking

forward to reading articles from the past to see

where we, as a District, started and compare it

to where we are now. You can learn a lot from

the past and it might even give you a surprise.

A lot of work went into this Limited Edition and

on behalf of the entire D42 team, I want to

thank you for making this edition of Prairie

Horizons, because if you were not members of

District 42, we would not have Prairie Horizons.

Remember: Celebrating the past helps us

understand the future.

John Bauer, DTM

Majestic Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

International Convention: August 2014

Photo: Courtesy of John Bauer, DTM

Win a Prize! Convention Weekend

This upcoming weekend, I challenge each

and every one of you, as members, to

walk around and find past editors of

Prairie Horizons and have them sign your

copy. The members who bring me a

signed copy - by at least 3 editors - will

be entered into a draw to take place on

the morning of Sunday November 9.

Hints: Find other editors in this issue!

Editor: 2007 Karen Tober

Editor: 2009 David Wing

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Let’s Close the Back Door

Prairie Horizons volume 1-1 from 1966

Excerpts

Have you ever wondered why your club has

a perennial problem with membership? I

am sure that all our clubs add many new

members each year and yet, the old problem

seems to stay with us. Let’s stop and consider

why a member becomes a “TM DropOut”.

Look at your own club roster. How many of the

members of the last few years are still active

in your club? Do you know why the others

have dropped out? If you don’t, you should!

We have the tools to make Toastmasters a

challenge for the experienced member as well

as for the novice. This can best be

accomplished by providing a stimulating

variety of weekly program formats and

encouraging senior members to participate in

Beyond the Basic programs and the TM

Reading Plan program. This will go a long way

toward building your club into a strong well-

balanced organization consistently able to

give to its members more than they pay for.

Ron Chapman

Edmonton YMCA Club

Archived Past Issues

The first archived issue of the actual Prairie

Horizons District 42 newsletter is May 1968 –

Volume 3-4 with Editor Roly Soper. Find out

one of the most coveted awards in District 42!

“How to Win the Golden Lectern?”

https://sites.google.com/site/d42prairiehorizon

sarchive/

In the Beginning

The first District 42 Prairie Horizons newsletter

published. Issue 1-1, April 1, 1966

We Try Harder

Editorial

Since the 1965 District 42 conference held in

Calgary last May, there has been a noticeable lack

of communications throughout the District. One

outstanding example of this lack of communication is

shown by the absence of “Prairie Horizons”, the

District #42 newsletter. This newsletter was

promised by the District Governor with a minimum of

four issues starting with October 1965. No such

issue was ever printed and there haven’t been any

issues published since the last District #42

convention.

In such a widespread area as District #42, which

includes all of Alberta and Saskatchewan,

communication in the form of a regular

newsletter becomes vital to the success of

district Toastmaster activities. In Edmonton this past

year, the Toastmasters have worked together closer

than ever before in planning inter-club activities and

in planning their participation in the District #42

Conference.

Important evidence of working together is this first

issue of “The Northern Nugget” to keep our

District #42 Toastmasters informed of what is

going on. “The Northern Nugget” has been prepared

as a special newsletter by Division # 1 (areas #1 and

# 7) to help fill the void left by the absence of “Prairie

Horizons”. For the past year the Toastmasters of

Division #1 have shown ‘they try harder’.

John Chalmers

Northern Lights Club

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Madam Toastmaster

Prairie Horizons volume 9-1 from 1973

Next month’s issue of The Toastmaster magazine

will officially announce the news to some 75,000

Toastmasters around the world. . . . LADY

TOASTMASTERS ARE IN!

More accurately described by TI as “local club

membership option”, the necessary amendments to

our international by-laws passed (by a 10 – 1 vote)

last month in Houston.

This means that every club will shortly be

advised by TI to debate and vote – within their

own club –whether or not women will be

admitted as members in future! Each individual

club now has the option to remain a male

stronghold – or to admit women into their club.

Full details of the revised By-Laws were contained

in the June issue of The Toastmaster (pg. 13)

Latest word locally is that both new clubs planning

to charter this fall will have a mixed membership

and several other D42 clubs are considered in

favour of the change.

It could well be that we’ll see a female Toastmaster

compete in one of the speech contest next spring!

District 42 Goals 1976 – 1977

Prairie Horizons volume 11-1 from 1976

Club

Growth

Membership

Growth

Clubs at

July 1, 1976

37 Membership

July 1, 1976

920

Projected

new clubs

5 Projected

membership

increase

180

Clubs

June 30, 1977

42 Membership

June 30, 1977

1100

Make our Club Goal: 42 for District 42!

Clubs Helping Clubs

Prairie Horizons Volume 11-1

No editor or writer of this article listed.

Welcome to this section of your Prairie

Horizons. From now on it will have the heading

“Prof-a-Gram” where we hope we can

exchange profitable ideas from one club to

another. If you have an educational idea

which has worked well for your club please

share it with the District by sending your ideas

to Neil Wilkinson. I will see your club gets

suitable recognition.

Editor: John A Koyko, DTM

Inspiring! Irene Murray a member of

Golden Gavel Club 1966. Joined

Toastmasters International 1973.

Photo: Courtesy of Calgary Pace Setters

Website

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Top 10 Newsletters

By the early 1980’s District 42 Prairie Horizon

newsletter had won in Toastmaster International

Top 10 Bulletins for the years 1968-69, 1971-72,

1973-74, and 1980-81.

Your Ideas. . . Rick-a-shay’d

Prairie Horizons volume 16-1 from 1981

“Variety is the spice of life”. Are your Toastmaster

meetings “spiced with variety” in the educational

programs? Or are they following the same ‘hum-

drum’ pattern, week-in and week-out?

At the “Mid-Year Region IV Gathering” in Fargo, N.D.

on January 30-31, 1981 I had the good fortune to

obtain the 1980 revised edition of District 6 “Club

Programming Cookbook”. Here are some ideas

you can try at your club from the “Cookbook”.

Backyard Invention Table Topics, Baby Picture Table

Topics and Literary Theme Meeting.

Toastmasters is “learning by doing”. Don’t forget to

share your successful ideas with the

Toastmasters of District 42 through pages of

Prairie Horizons.

Rick Sydor DTM

Educational Lt. Governor

Editor: Mrs. Norma Ewashen

District Citation Award

Established in 1988, to honour Toastmasters in

the District who have made outstanding

contributions to the organization, who have had

long service, and who have generally been actively

promoting and acting the ideals of Toastmasters.

A Record Year for D42

Prairie Horizons volume 21-1 from 1984-85

Congratulations to everyone in the District! As

1984-85 District Governor, I had the thrill to

accept many awards on behalf of the District at

the International Convention in Columbus, Ohio.

As a District, we earned more awards than

any other District in the world.

Three awards were earned for the first time in

our District’s history.

President’s Distinguished District: This is the

highest District award available indicating

performance among the top six Districts in the

world. We placed fourth overall in the world.

President’s Extension Award: We were

recognized as one of the top three Districts in

the world with the highest activity in new club

growth and club retention.

President’s 20+ Award: District 42 was one of

the top three Districts in the world with the

highest percentage of clubs with membership at

or above 20

Prairie Horizons was selected as one of the top

Ten District Bulletins for 1984-85. A significant

accomplishment. Congratulations to Editor Bob

Barker.

Ken Tanner, DTM

District Governor

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Editor: Sue Marxheiner, DTM

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Co -Editors: Donna Braun, CTM & Barbara Banman

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Changes in Educational Awards

Prairie Horizons volume 31-2 from 1997

What’s new with the 90’s in the Toastmaster

world? In this article we learn that there is a New

Recognition System debuting on July 1, 1997. The

Competent Leader award stayed but the Advanced

Toastmaster Bronze, Silver and Gold replaced the

old Able Toastmaster awards and a Leadership

track was added with a Competent Leader and

Advanced Leader. Distinguished Toastmasters

continued to be the highest level but had different

qualifications to reach it.

Never Too Late to Speak Up!

Prairie Horizons Issue 31-2 from 1997

Hard work and commitment to a goal has earned

Mabel Barker recognition and respect by her fellow

Toastmasters in the Pipestone Creek Club #9091 in

Moosomin, Saskatchewan.

At 91 years of age, Mabel is one of the oldest

members to receive the Able Toastmaster (ATM)

designation. Considering that there are

approximately 3000 ATMs earned throughout the

entire international membership, this is no small

feat.

Editor: Linda Hawk

A District Dream

Prairie Horizons Issue 33 -1 from 1998

Excerpt

In 1924, our organization’s founder Dr.

Ralph Smedley, had a dream: “To afford

practice and training in the art of public

speaking.” While describing that dream, Dr.

Smedley said, “Ours is the only organization

I know that is dedicated to the individual.”

From that simple dream, our organization

has evolved into the greatest organization in

the world devoted to making effective oral

communications a worldwide reality.

Each year, our Toastmasters International

President is challenged with developing a

statement that will summarize their dreams

and establishing a theme for their

presidential year. For 1998-99, our

International President Terry Dally DTM,

theme is District 42 Governor Danie Hardie

DTM, “Focus on Your Dreams.”

As District Governor, I feel that his theme

puts the emphasis on the individual

members’ dreams and needs, and has

personal significance to my experience since

joining this organization. . . .

Didn’t we all join Toastmasters to pursue

dreams? We recognized something in the

TM program that could help us achieve those

dreams.

Danie Hardie, DTM

District Governor 1998-99

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Moving into the new millennium with Toastmasters of

District 42 – Prairie Horizons continues to be the

vehicle to communicate news across the district but

begins to arrive in the in-box of our emails instead

of paper copies. Some Toastmaster names

continue to resound with their activities in promoting

Toastmasters.

The Greatest Club Builder in the World

Prairie Horizons Issue 38-2 from 2003

No name attached as to the writer

Peter Kossowan DTM has been a member of

Toastmasters for 35 years and has made an impact

on many people. His home club #1084, renamed

themselves Peter Kossowan’s Communicators. He

has held every office in his club several times over

as well as serving as Area Governor, Division

Governor and even District Governor where he led

the District to President’s Select status. Peter has

been awarded The Presidential Citation by

Toastmasters International Presidents in both 1984

and 1999.

If you wonder why he is known as “The Greatest

Club Builder in the World” you need only consider

that by 1999 Peter had sponsored his 100th

Toastmaster club. Today he is actively working to

sponsor another that will bring his total to 110.

Curious, I asked Peter why he continued to build

more clubs. Peter replied, “I feel the greatest

contribution I can make to my community is to

help others discover Toastmasters.

I am convinced if they do the standard

things it will project them forward,

earning them more money in their jobs

and they will feel better about

themselves.”

Toastmasters Tops the Rolling

Stones

Prairie Horizons Issue 41-2 from 2006

On a Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, not

one, not even two Rolling Stones concerts

could keep me in Regina. Instead, a

pointed question from 2001 World

Champion Darren LaCroix, in front of 300

Toastmasters at the Region IV Convention

in June, led to sharing my cancer story at

a Leadership Summit for the American

Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

At the Saturday lunch during the

Leadership Summit, I was the first speaker.

Right before I was introduced, I realized

that my notes were missing. Don’t ever

doubt the value of Table Topics!

I will continue to look for opportunities to

share my cancer story. Every time I tell

my story, I demonstrate what I have

gained from being a Toastmaster.

Jade Gritzfeld, DTM

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Editor: Rhys Davies, ATM S, CL

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Celebrating Our Members!

Prairie Horizons 2013 - 2014 Vol. 1 - 4 http://d42tm.org/

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You Can Make a Difference

1) Share this newsletter with your club members.

What ideas can you share? Interested in reading more

from the archives?

https://sites.google.com/site/d42prairiehorizonsarchive/

2) Did you know the Prairie Horizon Newsletter is

online? Share this resource with your club. It’s a quick

way to get tips, links, and the success of our members!

http://issuu.com/district42

Photos: Inspiring Members (L - R Clockwise)

30th Anniversary! Dawnbreakers

Charter Party - Woodland Communicators

Joint Meeting - Igniters & Miracles

Leaders - D42 Team

DTM! Spring Convention

Green Day Meeting - Wascana Toastmasters

Special thanks for all the articles and photos. Stay tuned for the next online edition of the Prairie

Horizons December 1.

Carol, Nandini, and Marvin