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Hullett student places at Legion District comp.
Well done
Ashley Kuntz, a Grade 5 student at Hullett Central Public
School, really turned heads with her essay on soldiers and
what they had to do to survive in World Wars I and II. Her
work on the subject was so good that she won at both the
Branch and Zone levels and placed fourth at the District
level. (Denny Scott photo)
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Hullett Central Public School
student Ashley Kuntz placed fourth
at the Royal Canadian Legion
District Remembrance Day literacy
competition last month with her
essay about war.
Kuntz, a Grade 5 student placed
first at the Branch and Zone Cl
levels to advance to the district
competition.
The essay focused on what
happened during World Wars I and II
and what soldiers experienced and
had to do to survive, Kuntz said.
"It's important to let people know
why the fighting happened and what
the people were fighting for," she
said.
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Kuntz found out she had advanced
so far and placed fourth last
Friday.
While she has participated in the
Remembrance Day competitions
before, she said she hasn't found the
same level of success.
When asked what the key to her
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big win was, she said she honestly
couldn't put a finger on it.
"I just felt like writing instead of
doing a poster or a poem," she said.
"I'm not sure what made it good, I
just know that it's what I wanted to
do."
Her teacher, Mrs. Gilroy, told the
class to try to create something in
one of the four categories: poem,
essay, colour poster or black and
white poster, and if they were
comfortable with it, they could
submit it to the competition.
Kuntz said she thought she had
done a good job so she entered the
competition and was very happy to
find out she had won.
She said she isn't sure whether she
will participate next year, but if she
does, it might not be with an essay.
"I'm not sure what I'll try next
year," she said. "I might do one of
the other things:'
Ansley's speech to move on
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Mikayla Ansley, a student from
Hullett Central Public School,
advanced through the Royal
Canadian Legion Branch's public
speaking competition this year as
she did the year before, however her
drive was stopped short.
Ansley, who won at several
different levels of competition,
making it almost to the All -Ontario
public speaking event last year,
stopped short this year, but she will
be competing in another speaking
competition.
Ansley was invited to speak at the
Lions Club's public speaking
competition and has won her way to
the provincial competition through
the group.
"My speech is about believing in
yourself," she said. "The idea came
from me knowing that people can't
give up. A lot of people have hard
times, but they have to keep trying. I
saw that happening in the world and
it gave me the idea and I wanted to
share that with other people."
Ansley said she was disappointed
that she didn't make it to the
provincial competition last year with
her speech about a giant doughnut,
which is what she called the MRI
machine during her many trips for
cancer treatment, so she is happy to
be competing at that level through
the Lions competition now.
She said the $500 first -place
trophy is "unbelievable" and she
hopes she can win it.
Anyone looking to follow in her
footsteps needs to follow a couple
key tricks, Ansley said.
"When you pick your topic, you
have to think about it," she said.
"You could pick your favourite
movie or sports or celebrity, but it's
better to look at what's going on in
the world.
"Don't make over -exaggerated
actions with your speech. I learned
that one the hard way," she said. "I
almost didn't make it to the gym
because of that."
Finally, Ansley said speakers need
to connect with the audience.
"Talk gently and make sure the
audience connects your emotions
with what you're talking about," she
said. "You should be able to make
them feel happy or sad with what
you're saying and a lot of that is
connecting with them."
Ansley said that connection is part
of what makes her enjoy speaking.
"I like to make people feel good
about things like I do," she said. "I
like them to know the things that I
think are important as well."
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