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PAGE I0 TERRACE BAY NEWS FEBRUARY 2I,1973 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FESTIVAL Another first for Manitouwadge as the Public School played host to the young contestants, their teachers and parents at the District Speak-off of the Oral Communications Festival. After the singing of "O Canada", Mr. G. Saumur, Principal of the Public School, Manitouwadge, welcomed the vis- itors, and the Judges who were Miss D. Clarke, Mr. H. McDonald and Mr. K. Ward The nine contestants were identified only by number and proceeded onto the stage to make their presentations, which consisted of a passage of reading for two minutes, followed by a five minute speech, after which the judges asked questions on the subject of the speech, and some of the answers were both amusing and very enlightening, one young lady on being asked why she was against animals being kepted in a zoo replied without hesitation. "I bet man wouldn't like it if he was put in a cage, and I took a bunch of animals to see him". The subjects chosen for the speeches were very varied, no chance of bordom to the audience here! Contestant No. I chose "Sleep", No. 2 "Freedom of Animals", 3. "Slavery", 4. "Pets", "Bobby Orr", 6. "Oil in the Artic", "The Death Penalty", 8. "pollution", 9. "Forest Fires". While the judges retired to confer, the schools Intermediate Choir under the direction of Mrs. Edith Marks, and accompanied on guitar by Mr. Bruce Stewart, entertained the audience with two beautifully sung musical numbers. The judges placed No. 8, Jinette Ayotte from Out Lady of Lourdes, Sep- arate School, Manitouwadge, in first place. Jinette did her entire presen- tation in French, ed in her subject, and was not adverse to puntuating her remarks by pounding on the rostrum, or shaking her finger at the audience, a jesture she also used when answering one of the judges. On presenting Jinette with her prize Miss Clarke said that Jinette would make a very good speaker in womens lib 5 i A or the like, perhaps we should remember the name Jinette Ayotte for the future. No. 3 Gordon Hendrickem from St. Hilary's Separate School, Red Rock, was she obviously believ- placed second, and Doug Lankinen from Nipigon Public School was third. Both these boys had obviously researched ; their subject very thoroughly and had their audience believing as much as they did in what they said. The other contestants taking part were Gordon McCabe, Red Rock Public School, Marily Domagalski, St. Edward's Separate School, Nipigon; | Lesley Durham, Marathon Public School Betty Ann McKenna, Schreiber Public School; Jody McKie, Terrace Bay Publi School; Freyja Jensen, Manitouwadge . Public School. Mr. Saumur thanked the judges for their efforts and congratulated the contestants, who had each made their presentations excellently. : A very delicious lunch, donated by the Grade 7 parents and served by the girls of that grade, was served in the library of the school, during which h discussions on the preceding events = were held, and the general verdict was obviously that the calabar of Soipath aig oe ants had risen sharply and anticipatit is now great for our representative in the next round of the competition i in Thunder Bay on February 28th. i - Eve Deeley, 1 Manitouwadge. 3 STUDENTS WINTER SURVIVAL TRIP On Wednesday, February I4, the Lak Superior High School Outers group wer on an over-night snow machine trip t Ellis Lake. Everyone made it to Ell Lake safely. During the night the temperature dropped to 35° below zer By following the safety precautions we all made it through the night. 0) Thursday morning we packed up and headed home. We went on this trip & see if we could survive and we did. This trip was a great experience and a lot of fun. We're all ready to d it again. Dawn Desaulniers Tara Greenwood PERSONAL: Belated congratulations to Del and Carol.