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a tl GS, re Concours Oratoire For Nicole Montpetit, it was a case of an old saying prov- ing to be true: if at first you don't succeed, try again. The 18-year old French Im- mersion student at R.H. Cor- nish School in Port Perry placed gid | y Nicole Montpetit METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Presents A DONALD P. BELLISARIO Film Starring TOM BERENGER "LAST RITES" DAPHNE ZUNIGA CHICK VENNERA Production Designer PETER LARKIN Director of Photography DAVID WATKIN Music by BRUCE BROUGHTON Produced by DONALD P. BELLISARIO and PATRICK McCORMICK second in the provincial public speaking finals held April 22 at the Royal York Hotel in Toron- to } "And Nicole was simply de- lighted to place so high against 18 other grade 8 French Immer- CER RAE pp Siig Written and Directed by DONALD P. BELLISARIO AGM RATE A 1 EES) a Tom Berenger stars In a twisting fale of murder and deception about a priest determined to help a woman on the run from Mafia. 68 Water St., Port Perry, 985-9888 SUN. fo THURS. -- Noon to 8:00 PM OPEN until 10 PM -- FRI. & SAT. vo Also available at: 76 Baldwin St., Brooklin 1487" Simcoe St. N., Oshawa 432-3727 a §55-3306 2io students from across Onta- 0. Not only was she represent- ing her school, she was repre- senting all of Durham Region in the "Concours Oratoire," a com- petition held each year. Two years ago, as a grade six student, she was selected to represent Durham, but did not finish in the top three. And last year, she competed at the Dur- ham Region level, but was not selected to go on to provincial fi- nals. But she stuck with it, start- ing working on her five minute speech back in December, spent a lot of time re-writing and re- hearsing it, and had to over- come a case of the butterflies to say the speech in front of some 200 people and judges in the Al- berta Room at the Royal York. "1 still get nervous, but not nearly as bad as I did at the first," she said with a big smile last week. Nicole was runner-up to a student from the Ottawa area, and while the judge's marks were not announced, she fig- ures she was pretty close to be- ing first. "51 pORFMPERRY STAR AF Tuesday, 'May 2) 1989'-- 33 "The judges seemed to like the really dynamic speeches this year," she said. And her speech had plenty of dynamics. It was on "Anger," and she started out with the speech in a very angry mood (to make a point, of course) Gradually, the mood and tone changed, and that was to make a point, as well, for the conclusion to her speech was "why get angry all the time, it's not worth it." In giving a speech like this, Nicole was drawing on her own personal experiences with an- ger. "I used to really get mad about silly little things, like the cat not being fed. I'd storm out of the room, slamming the door behind me," she said. Nicole is second in Ontario for speaking But not any more. Just as her speech related, she too has reached the conclusion that "life is too short" to get mad over nothing at all. Obviously, the judges must have liked the message and the way Nicole delivered it. She started French Immer- sion in Oshawa in Kindergart- en, but has been a student at Cornish since grade 1. She now considers herself almost perfectly bilingual now, though admits her accent "needs alittle work." Nicole has spent a fair amount of time in Quebec and converses without any difficul- _ ty. And she finds it does not take her too long to pick up the small and subtle nuances of dis- (Turn to page 40) Repairs Available M. McGuinness Since 1956 DRIVEWAY TUNE-UP Air-Cleaned & Sealed | from $49.95 (60 x 10°) 085-0806 985-9490 ~hanibad SPRING FORTHE WHOLE GANG. Here's an offer you can warm up to. Now until May 22 you can come into Kentucky Fried Chicken and save. Spring for the whole gang with a 20 piece barrel, two 500 ml salads and bread for just You can feed 8 people for $2.75 per person. Kentucky Fried Chicken Ail alr $9199 112 Scugog St., Port Perry 985-0020