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. â€" o mm o s s ~ e e e e > 20 C Pok 0 e bet n e hh c sneaeeee e 0 Cobden student shines in provinc!d F h publi king contest}$*6 | _ ench public sped C 2 .. » * f â€"speaking competition . Wa Two students from Cobâ€" the students on their topics, Renfrew CoAurllty hgogfifig. sgonsored by thet C.P.ff;l: den & District Elementary Dut Stresses that they wrote Edu%atmril' $ hw Sontest A(Ganadion . . Pare® s 33 5 School competed in the the speeches on their own . patC« a g Tthein with a Erench) and . Moâ€" Provincial _ French_ public She says the students receivy© 1 c . d a certifiâ€" O.M.L.T.A. . (Ontatio terg speaking. contest (Concours conduclel? thefi'lselvc;is sx. cg?etest ogo, an dern Language â€" Teachers d‘ A fate) : ceptionally well, and that CaIC: ud lic â€" Association). Aprli_lt (1)9t}t]mr:g ?;]QISR};;L(} they brought pride to the The â€" provincial â€" pub York Hotel in Toronto. The two students, Rebecâ€" l ca Langstaff and Nicolas _ ids > Pefiermann, both made their 9 " school very pr 4 hi f ~@ y proud of them P . mt 4 pe o Rebecca placed third in j 3 %? 1 wmimes the provincial competition a C cpraniel ks z4 I ”»i P / ! and received a medallion # E_ us o l 9 '. o. . 9 | for her efforts. She was _ a% & d fs, o M Jik 2k s =#s + § ~ â€" e . ivision (grades four to six) T . iA / g9 ~ h O in category B with 2500 3 $ ¢ stt P 3;2%3,« hours or Tess of French â€" P 200 > instruction. _ Although _ the oc No "An 1 e e e a x tenâ€"yearâ€"old native of Cobâ€" Mwiiimâ€"â€"cle *‘mfifigfifs den had only 411. hours of if‘\~ o \f ”’%’fgg‘?‘* u. oo S f rench _ instruction, _ she uo : 1 c\G ... OR 10000 0 o 09e ohe competed, with _ students a‘i¢ o veeai P s o_ "§>5?» “f*y,'; ’ffl'gfl.ryi”"“i who received up to 2500 1n * xX | @;;g ufls ol o s hours of French. s ‘%:‘i%l t ;fl Zf’flhk [ *,lr‘;'y;i%fi%r f The speech that cames OM it t ts e y Rebecca . her third place s J 8(/ C“Zflégéf i%“f& i’!{%jfif* e finish was on the Crossâ€" |§ 3 oA ~ my To 1e P y / .. Ng x roads Community Club. The * tCE s 4 1 _ atksad _ ?"*?”ifgf $4 . : club makes trails for cross 7 Â¥: hB 0 9 F B ce 4 country skiing, in addition | J t x iz * ue P _ ;iia%?*"“;a ‘H:g% a to working in other areas |@ 5 aas, o s : 9 '%;m" %}Aj fap .. @%gz $ concerning the community. 4 (wee t ow â€" _ .\ di*»‘ $ _ / Rebecca is a member of the 6 ; e se m ‘,» . .. JZW‘%% ' girl guides and is currently |‘ 98 it 2 > [ _ ym 9e . {é taking music lessons. The "as es . [ w r en 2l excitement of going . to \ fe..an t . ts <th â€" e Toronto was her favourite e se esc | [ Om . wy/g%"r:« art of the contest. : es ie L. _A 00 Aioawen‘ s s has been living in Cobden "A. Xthh â€" : e %,;;é,“‘¢~§ ,”*j{‘â€" for six years, also made the .l MA %:’»i:'; ,’;,L, finals in the C francophone C | _ ~ & »",,gf category. His speech was ; '#f«ifi";,‘;‘fj i . 0e about an adventure . to s [ e AZ{;@ experience with a bear he b Jx(;}“f";fi i .. Although Nicolas didn‘t W [ o. s s receive a medallion for the â€" Th f*a&.â€"i w\ . outstanding delivery of his k R . | ~ c _w; 4 topic, _ his _ spirit _ and 3 PXs cce x: _ _ as | determination _ have not Rebecca Langstaff and Nicolas Petermann from Cobden Element suffered. The 13â€"yearâ€"old, mpeted i 1 a * ary School, who competed in t}};e grade :‘Omp *L t:e alsonis‘ie FrerTch Public Speaking Contest. The contest was j . sevenito cight emegofy} ail e! Ef‘ the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. They are seen here with Diane enter the competition again Matthieu, teacher at Cobden Elementary. Diane assisted the student ith i next year. Nicolas says his speeches. s with their favourite _ part _ of _ the Toronto trip was ascending the famous C.N. Tower. Diane Matthieu, French teacher at Cobden Elemenâ€" tary School, worked" with uil mintinst aae 1 on