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Another successful afternoon of public speaking was held at St. Jo- tseph's School, last Saturday. Sponsored by the Port Elgin Legion, a total of 16 students particpated. Winners from the Junior and Senior ‘drvisions advance to the Zone finals in Shallow Lake, March 6. Tire Idistrict finals will be in Port Elgin March 27. Senior speakers were: Kara Van Bastelasr, Erick Grimstead, Jason Vanderkieyn, Sean Mar- .tin, Laurie Pennarun, Christie McPhee; J.D. Smim and Fiona Camp- 1hell (holding trophies) were winner and runner-up respectively. Junior Division winners at Saturday's Leghn Public Qpeaking cum- petttioo at St. Joseph's School were: (back '0») James ('arnphell, Si. Jflseph's; Matthew Iley, Northpnrt (winner): Stacey JenningSfiStr JiIA Seph‘s (runner-up); Sarah Cooke: (front row) Kim Smith; Knri Rnhin- 59“; Stacy Finnis. _ Burgoyne Mrs. .1 cl rinncli Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Ian HeopIewhrte on the Dtrlh at a Son Word was reserved 'har . Mrs Barbara Patsy passed dWEY Oil the WE‘EKGIIG Kerr Paley died on March 2.1 Tim» restded at Qwervrew M‘ an Mrs Jrrr Esme1 Mrs Grant Grreve on Mrs Gordon Grreve drove Ir: Triiolitu to wer Gram Grieve who t5 3 ualrer‘r Irr rro TuIO1IU GeneraI Hr'rsprlal HrrpE'rriIv :- Wm srmn hear mm thIJH‘I‘q arr I M Burcoyrw Jamaican boble s. team at local school With the posslhle excep‘ [ion at British ski Jumper Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards. no one created a trigger stir at the 198i! Calgary Olyms pies than the Jamaican boosted team. The fact that the Jamaican team had never seen snow. or a hooslad track, but were prepared to hurtie down the Icy hohsled run at speeds approaching 80 miles per hour (130 km), seemed to catch the public's Imagination. Help- Ing luel the team‘s Island Image was their reggae record. in which the only In- telllgibla word seems to be ‘babsled'. It's a very long way irorn Jamaica, to Calgary. to Fort Etgln. but students and slati at the Port Elglnv Saugeen Central Public Gohwlvwero very excited to Igammar the Jamaican team would be paying a Visit .to the school. last Wednesday it all started when a com- blnod class oi Grade 7 and 3 students wrote the Jamaican team in Calgary. In theIr letters. the students welcomed the Jamaicans to Canada and complimented them on their courage Ior entering the hobstod event. Last Tuesday evening. Fort Eigin-Saugesn prrn- cipaI.CaIvln Husse||,recelv ad a phone call Irom the JamaIcan team manager. George Fltch, who said the learn wanted to come and personally thank the students Ior their support. Al lrrst. Mr Russell thought the calI was a prank. but was linaIIy corr- vinced at Its autheniiarty. It was agreed that the team. won was Staying In Town to. would vIsli the school the Iollowirrg day. Untoriunately. the team received the wrong dire:- trnns to Port EIgrn and were sent east Instead oi west. ouI oi Toronto They ended up In the Walnut oI Canotrrg Onrarro heiore real zrng their mistake They persevered. however and. Instead or arrlvrng at the scnnptar 11:00 a m lrrraliv arrrved ar 3'00 0 rr. ‘he delay in: m: spun Ihe QACIleEI'Il Oi IlIe students. however. Upon arrival. Mr Fiich rota the siudenis how pleased they were to have received the students' Isl- tors. Hesald thevlsliio Port Ethn was one way they could repay the students Ior their kindness. as wall as thank Canadians In general. During the hour-long visit. the team members presented each student wIih the team's Olympic pin and poster. They also made sure that each student received an autograph. The Jamaicans, In turn. were presented with school crests and town and county ed. a hit .,,,§3 pins. The biggest hit was . when the Jamalcana were presented with caps. hear my the school area ‘Horrorary WIldcal' lront. The school's teams are call n wrrdcats. V . Mt Fllch told the students that the team decided to enter the Olym> pIcs because oi the chaIIengo oi adapting to a new Sport, In addition to wantIng to have their coun~ Iry represented at the Winter Olympics. The Jamaicans old not taro wsII in actual compati- tlon‘ placing 30th out ol 41 teams In the two-man event. and being disqualliled tor crashing In the lourAman event Fortunately, no one was seriously Inlured In the crash. due to the team’s preIlmlnary training The obvious questlon asked at the Jamaicans was how they prepared tor the event in Jamalca. Slnce the start ul 3 race Is so irri- portant. and much at the rest or the race Is let! up to gravity the ream practiced their starts wrrn a push go cart Eric Combo. 3 physicaI education teacher at the school. was very Impressed wrll’r the vrsirors 'II was really lorrrllc oI them to come u really made the was day“. ho said. He added mat the ream members were polite wrth theteachcrsanda‘ local drgr‘itarreo bui sash ‘most r. Ierrr NE r mitt tho >lk. Irrrrn