Arrr me Trout .... I's Proud of Me Boy.

[bullet]

A few weeks back my son Steve O entered a Lions Club Speak Out Contest in which you have to speak in front of an Audience and Judges for a minimum of 4 min. to a maximum of 6 min, anything less or more deducts points from your overall score. The subject is of your own choosing. The first round was for the local School District Competition and Steve won 1st place, Trophy, $25.00 which moved him to the second round of Speak Out. Last night he competed in Liverpool NS in the 2nd round Zone Competition against other 1st round winners of other County School Districts ( 72 Lions - 5 Judges ) and again Steve won 1st place, Trophy, $50 and now moves him to the Provincial Competition in Amherst NS on Apr. 24th & 25th. If he wins again against this tougher competiton he'll receive another Trophy, $100 and will move to the final competition on PEI for the Atlantic Championship, Trophy, $200. I'm right proud of him thus far in the contest and will pray for him in the next round. Go Steve Go.

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[tinmann]

Very cool bullet. Speaking of button popping situations, my youngest daughter Katie is currently in Montreal competing for a place on the Canadian Olympic Swim Team. CBC coverage begins tonight.

[Techhead]

Way to Steve O, Always nice when your little ones make ya proud. :)

Go gettem in the next few rounds..

[Rochie]

Both proud fathers!!!! That's the way it should be. And good on both your kids. We never seem to hear the good things kids do.
Thanks for sharing guys.

[bullet]

Very cool bullet. Speaking of button popping situations, my youngest daughter Katie is currently in Montreal competing for a place on the Canadian Olympic Swim Team. CBC coverage begins tonight.

Right on Tin,
Our prayers are with her.

[Dribs]

My 2 and a half year old daughter dropped her drink yesterday and came out with a... That's f#*king great!

Does that count??? :rolleyes:

I've really got to watch what my friends say around her!!!

[53chevyply]

Good job Steve O.

[bullet]

You might ask ...........What did he speak about.

His topic was ................. What a Mother Means to Me.

It was a real tear jerker, had all the ladies in the audience crying. Steve's mother passed away on Feb 9th '02 when he was 9 yrs. of age.

[Ford_Fellow]

Right on with yur boy Bullet. Him looks like a pretty solid chunk of lad there or else the rooms are real small. It is good when we kin be pround of our young one's.
Hugh..............PTP.......

[PG409]

I'm Proud of both you dads and your offspring!!

Bullet....good for your son.....I went to toastmasters in my 20's and it helped a lot.
Maybe a lawyer or a politician in the family soon??

Daryl....We willl cross our fingers for your daughter.

Luck!!:)

[John in Oz]

Bullet, good for you and Steve O, it is a thrill for parents when their kids do well at anything. Good for him he has confidence.

Tinmann, I hope Katie gets through to take the trip to China she has obviously worked hard and a lot of dedication as would have you and Susan getting her to training etc.

Good for both of your families it's a good news story from both of you.

Cheers, John

[bullet]

Right on with yur boy Bullet. Him looks like a pretty solid chunk of lad there or else the rooms are real small. It is good when we kin be pround of our young one's.
Hugh..............PTP.......


He's a chunk for sure.
15 yrs. old - 16 on May 4th - 6ft. - 210lbs.
When he was in Elementary School, he used to get bullied a lot, they don't bully him no mo.

[bullet]

Tin, I didn't know your name was Daryl.
I get confused when people use my name but are referring to someone else.
Mine's spelt Darrell.

[stil38]

you both have kids to be proud of. bullet, congrats and i hope he does well in the next competion. tinman, wow, trying for the olympic's !! be sure you keep us updated on their progress. tom

[dale48mrc]

Both of you guys are problay poppin' a few buttons right now!!!Congrats to both your families!!!

[Homer]

Both of you fathers should be very proud of what your children are doing.I hope they both go all the way.

[bgbdlinc]

...congrats to you and the trout.....it's amazing that kids can bring out emotions you never knew you had......well done....
bgbdlinc

[CDNflatlander]

Now there is a great post about achievements!! Congrats to your children, and to you guys for supporting them in something that they (must) enjoy. Well done!
Greg.

[tinmann]

Tin, I didn't know your name was Daryl.
I get confused when people use my name but are referring to someone else.
Mine's spelt Darrell.

I'm a Daryl, Darrell.

[Steve]

I'm quite impressed.
Seems like there's a lot of well wishes on the forum.
Thanks boys, I'll let you know how I do after the next round.
Steve

[stovbolt]

ditto what 409 said and I was thinking the same thing next premier of the province eh!!

and our next hopefull for the olimpics gosh and I was here

[Steve]

Stov..
PREMIER??!?!?!? I was thinking Prime Minister.
You never know...lol

[bullet]

That's me boy .............. always thinking ahead.

[bullet]

OK, update on the Provincial finals of the LION's Club Speakout held in Amherst NS today.

I'm sad to report that Steve will not be going on to the Atlantic competition in Charlottetown PEI next month, he did however finish 4th out of the 10 District speakers that made it to the NS Provincials. He made a good run at the #1 spot in the Atlantic and I congratulate him on a job well done.

Steve, I'm proud of you my son, good job.

[Scotty]

A fine effort at something most people are not comfortable with. (public speaking) Congratulations Steve.