WILLIAMS—The Williams Route 66 Toastmasters will meet Wednesday, September 19 at the Grand Canyon Coffee and Cafe restaurant on route 66 at 5 p.m. Icebreaker speeches will be given.
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Toastmaster nears 20 member goal
WILLIAMS—The Route 66 Toastmasters of Williams held its meeting last night announcing it is nearing the twenty-member requirement to be official. Though the group did receive a preliminary number, they have to reach the twenty-member requirement.
The group meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 5 pm to 7:30 at the Grand Canyon Coffee and Cafe restaurant at 125 W. Route 66 in Williams. The meeting held last night was a business meeting, but at the next meeting the group starts speeches. The next meeting is September 19th.
Toastmaster is a group that gets together to help people improve on their public speaking ability. A member of the group gives a speech and the others focus on evaluating grammar and various distracting qualities of the speech and suggests methods to correct those qualities. The speeches have various time limits depending on subject with the maximum around 7 minutes.
The group is open to anyone eighteen years and above.
You can call 928-244-2977 for more details.
Free Swim Saturday
WILLIAMS—There will be a free swim at the Williams Aquatic Center on Saturday, September 1 from noon to 4 p.m.
Special meeting of Flagstaff TEA party with Trevor Loudon
FLAGSTAFF—There will be a special meeting of the Flagstaff TEA party at the Flagstaff Radisson Hotel to hear Trevor Loudon who is promoting his new book Barack Obama and the Enemies Within. The meeting will be held Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 pm and is free of charge.
The internationally renown New Zealand writer is credited with revealing the fact that Obama’s mentor was communist leader Frank Marshall Davis. He is said to have pieced together background research that showed that Obama’s “Green Jobs Czar” was a hard core communist. He appears in “Agenda: Grinding America Down” by Curtis Bowers; an award winning documentary.
More at: Williams TEA Party
Free Swim Saturday
WILLIAMS—There will be a free swim at the Williams Aquatic Center on Saturday, August 11 from noon to 4 p.m.
Northern Arizona Authors group meets in Williams
WILLIAMS—The Northern Arizona Authors group will meet in Williams at the City Council Chambers across from the Post Office on 1st Street. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. All are invited to attend.
Williams Independence Day parade takes over Route 66
Crowd lines Route 66 in Williams waiting for the parade.
WILLIAMS—Dark clouds cooled off the small City of Williams, but did not damper one of the best parades in a number of years. The American Legion Cordova Post #13 led the parade which included local groups, the 108th Army Band and—it must be an election year—politicians. Smokey made an appearance and the Williams Fire Department brought out their fire trucks.
The American Legion Cordova Post #13 carries the colors to begin the parade.
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First Baptist Church movie night Saturday
WILLIAMS—The First Baptist Church at 7th and Grant is having a movie night on Saturday beginning at 5 p.m. The movie night is being conducted to raise funds for a youth rafting trip later this summer.
This Saturday, July 7 is the 2008 drama The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry. The movie stars Gavin MacLeod as Jonathan Sperry, Jansen Panettiere and Robert Guillaume.
The movie includes a meal and a donation of $10 is requested. The movie is open to tourist as well as locals.
Free Swim Wednesday
WILLIAMS—The pool will be open from noon to 4 p.m. on July 4th. There is no cost for the swim.
First Baptist Church movie night Saturday
WILLIAMS—The First Baptist Church at 7th and Grant is having a movie night on Saturday beginning at 5 p.m. The movie night is being conducted to raise funds for a youth rafting trip later this summer.
This Saturday, June 30 is the 2006 release Faith Like Potatoes. The movie stars Frank Rautenbach, Jeanne Neilson and Hamilton Dlamini.
The movie includes a meal and a donation of $10 is requested. The movie is open to tourist as well as locals.