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Bieman takes top spot at District public speaking
Belgrave-area student
Austin Bieman put his
talented voice to work
recently and won the Junior
division of the Royal
Canadian Legion's District 1
speaking competition in
Fergus over the weekend.
Bieman, who attends
Maitland River Elementary
School in Wingham, spoke on
commercials because it was
suggested to him.
"They're interesting," he
said, pointing to several
commercials that drove his
desire to speak on them.
"There was a Capital One
commercial for the 2014
Winter Olympics and a Scotia
Bank commercial and a Justin
Trudeau commercial and they
were all interesting."
Bieman said he has always
Coultes' 80th birthday marked
A milestone
Former Wingham teacher Clifford Coultes marked his 80th birthday on
Saturday at the Belgrave Community Centre and held a special community
concert to celebrate. One of the evening's performers was David Wall, a past
master and now secretary of the Wingham Masonic Lodge. (Shawn Loughlin
photo)
Rita and Brian Potter
greeted worshippers and
handed out the bulletins at
Knox United Church,
Belgrave on Sunday, April 3.
Student Minister Brian
Hymers welcomed the
congregation. Anniversary
greetings were extended to
Don and Connie Shiell.
Congratulations to Austin
Bieman who won first in
public speaking in the
division in Fergus. He now
goes on to compete in Owen
Sound. Ivan Dow is home
from the hospital while
Donald Dow is still a
patient in Wingham and
District Hospital. They are
both wished speedy
recoveries.
The introit selection was
"This is the Day That God
Has Made" followed by Brian
lighting the Christ Candle.
The call to worship was read
responsively followed by the
congregation singing, "Praise
to the Lord". After the choir
sang, "Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Give Thanks", the children's
song selection was "Come In,
Come In and Sit Down",
accompanied by Elizabeth
Procter and Mackenzie
Wightman.
The children gathered in the
front pew for story time with
Brian. It was about faith and
understanding faith
(believing). When Jesus was
crucified Thomas didn't
believe it. Thomas didn't
believe that when we pass
away we go to heaven and
come back spiritually. Jesus
showed Thomas where he had
been nailed to the cross and
then Thomas believed him.
God gives us strength each
and every day. After prayer
the children adjourned to
Sunday school.
After the singing of the
Lord's Prayer, the
congregation listened to the
Word of God as Ron Taylor
read from Acts 5: 27-32 and
responsive reading from
Psalm 118: 1 and 4 and John
20: 19-31.
We live in an ever-changing
world. With the passing of
time things change. The basis
of our faith is our belief in our
God. God is ever changing.
After the singing of "Thine
Is the Glory", the offering was
taken up by Larry Harper and
Don Shiell and dedicated. The
closing hymn, "Breathe on
Me, Breath of God", the
benediction and blessing
concluded the morning
worship service.
On Saturday, April 2 a
Come and Go 80th birthday
party was held at the Belgrave
Community Centre to
celebrate Clifford Coultes'
80th birthday with family,
friends and neighbours.
It was hosted by his sister
Linda Campbell and her
family.
The occasion was complete
with birthday cake and
ice cream and was well -
attended.
At 7 p.m. on Saturday, April
2 at the Community Centre.
Clifford's concert was held
with the centre filled to
capacity. Clifford's nephew
Chris Campbell was master of
ceremonies. Friends,
neighbours, relatives, students
as well as teachers took part.
It was a variety concert with
piano solos, a touch of
Shakespeare from "Romeo
and Juliet", recitations,
musical numbers, poems,
solos and one of Clark
Johnston's special songs. At
the conclusion of the concert
a delicious buffet lunch was
enjoyed as well as fellowship.
had good control of his voice
and that his parents told him
he could do a good job of
presenting his speech.
"I also wanted to add some
educational value to the
speech," he said. "I wanted to
tell people how much it costs
to advertise and use examples
of how many products a
company would have to sell to
pay for it."
Bieman won at the Royal
Canadian Legion Branch
level, the Zone Cl level and
the District C level most
recently. He is set to compete
in the Area competition,
which includes students from
schools in the Greater Toronto
Area and far to the north of
the province. Following that
is the highest tier of
competition, the provincial
event, which will be held in
London on May 9.
These higher tiers of
competition aren't new to
Bieman, however, who has
already competed once at the
Area level when he was in
Grade 2 and once at the
District level in Grade 3. He
said those experiences taught
him some important lessons.
"The biggest thing I learned
was that there are always a
few people in the crowd,
usually far back, that you
need to talk to," he said. "You
need to speak loudly and
clearly and fluently for them
to understand you."
He said that this year's win
startled him given how tough
the competition was.
"While you move on to
higher competitions, there are
less speakers," he said. "You
know you will be up against
pretty good speakers if they
made it that far. I was
surprised when I won."
As far as sharing his secrets
to success, Bieman said
everything is about
confidence and that speakers
need to find it where they can.
"Sometimes, you can use
props," he said. "Props can
give you confidence but you
have to know how to use them
and what the right conditions
for them are."
Bieman also said the
competitions usually involve
a lot of travelling and said if
students don't like being in a
car for long periods of time,
public speaking might not be
for them.
Bieman was one of three
winners at the District C level
from Huron County.
Blyth resident Mikayla
Ansley spoke about her
experience with Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI) in
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her speech called "The Giant
Doughnut" and won the
Primary division while
Goderich District Collegiate
Institute (GDCI) student
Prerna Shah won the Senior
division with her speech on
privacy.
Brussels Legion Branch
member and District C Youth
Education Chairman John
Lowe said the convergence of
winners in Huron was
impressive.
"I'm very excited to have
these three students moving
on," he said. "They all gave
solid speeches and I'm hoping
one or two of them make it to
provincials"
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