Two Kincardine speakers advance to Legion district public speaking contest

Almost 30 youth took part in the Legion Zone C-1 public speaking competition, held Saturday in the Kincardine Legion hall.

Youth education chairman Robert Forrest conducted the event, with 10 speakers in the primary division, nine in junior, and eight in intermediate. The primary and junior speakers competed in the morning, with the intermediate speakers in the afternoon.

Joining Forrest in presenting the awards, was zone commander Keith Vander Hoek of Ripley.

Primary results:
 

• 1^st – Jaasir Ahmad of Goderich, “Kindness Makes the World Beautiful”
• 2^nd – Noah Martin of Wingham, “Dangers of Grocery Shopping”
• 3^rd – Benjamin Harter of Hensall, “My Family Vacation”

Also competing were:

• Rowan Gaspirc of Brussels, “Heart”
• Morgan Rintoul of Lucknow, “Remote Control Airplane Flying With My Papa”
• Oscar Weerasinghe of Kincardine, “Justin Bieber” (speech was delivered in French)
• Kerrington Leddy of Clinton, “Kerrington's Ponytail”
• Carali Hugill of Blyth, “My Teacher”
• Elana Moore of Ripley, “Storytelling”

Junior results:
 

• 1^st – Nolan Janes of Kincardine, “Being Left-Handed”
• 2^nd – Ava Dawe of Clinton, “Honesty”
• 3^rd – Austin Bieman of Wingham, “How to Speak Canadian”

Also competing were:

• Hailey Beuermann of Brussels, “Life of a Hockey Stick”
• Annan Moffat of Lucknow, “Lucknow's Old Boys Reunion”
• Maddox Burgess of Ripley, “Racism”
• Brandon Ducharme of Hensall, “Top 10 Reasons Grandparents are the Best”
• Audrey Cook of Goderich, “Girl Power”
• Grace Smith of Howick, “My Dog Skip”
• Mikayla Ansley of Blyth, “Need versus Want”

Intermediate results:
 

• 1^st Harleen Gill of Kincardine, “Women Empowerment”
• 2^nd – Jessie Henry of Wingham, “The Power of Words”
• 3^rd – Lilly Egberts of Ripley, “Chronic Migraines”

Also competing were:

• Shelby Barger of Lucknow, “Suicide and Mental Illness”
• Olivia Allen of Goderich, “Jobs”
• Kyra Leddy of Clinton, “Kareem Hunt”
• Rylin Wormington of Howick, “Procrastination”
• Abby Box of Blyth, “My Mom's Cooking”

The three first-place finishers advance to the Legion District competition, slated for April 7 in Goderich.