The R4 Area Table Topics and International Speech Contest was on Saturday February 28th at the Univerisity of Phoenix near 32nd St. and I10.  The first contest was the Table Topics contest.  Each contestant was asked the same question and judged on specific criteria.  The winner of the contest was a veteran contestant Michael Desiderio.  Rio Copa's Steven Martindale took 2nd place!  Steven previously competed in the R4 Area Tall Tales contest and WON!  This is his first time competing in Table Topics.   Steven Martindale is picutred above with the R4 Area Governor Conney Weiss.   The second contest was the R4 International Speech Contest.  The winner of the contest was veteran contestant Paul Prunoforte.  Rio Copa's Dave Endres took 2nd place!  This is Dave's first contest; he did well!    Dave Endres is pictured above with R4 Area Governor Connie Weiss.