Top Toastmasters speakers will show off their skills 7 p.m. Friday in Chandler.

The north East Valley will be full of hot air this week. And not just because it’s the sizzling summer season.

The north East Valley will be full of hot air this week. And not just because it’s the sizzling summer season. Toastmasters International is taking over the JW Marriott Resort at Desert Ridge for an annual get-together.

After hours of preparation and hundreds of repetitions of the same speech, former Ahwatukee Toastmasters member Michael Desiderio took home his fourth second-place trophy from the International Speech Contest last week.

In-Ahwatukee Toastmasters has been working to remove "uhs," "ums" and "ahs" from its members for about 20 years and now they're doing the same from a new location and hoping more members will join.

August 5, 2004

Listening to a bunch of speeches hardly sounds like fun, unless it's at a Humorous Speech Contest going on Thursday in Gilbert.

“I attended my first and last Gilbert school board meeting this week. The most interesting part of the meeting was the obligatory moment of silence. I’d recommend that all school board members be required to join Toastmasters International before they hold another meeting.”

LOS ANGELES - Here are a few facts and figures about how things are going for the Suns these days:

LOS ANGELES - Here are a few facts and figures about how things are going for the Suns these days: