March 7, 2013 J The Lovell Chronicle I 3
Speech and debate team members Cole Moncur and Dylan May perform their
duet Sweeney Todd at Lovell Elementary School on Tuesday evening. The two
have worked together to perfect their performance over many months andhave
done well in the speech and debate competitions all season.
Moncur places sixth at Buffalo tourney
BY PATTI CARPENTER
The speech and debate team traveled
to Buffalo Feb. 22-23 to compete in their
last tournament before Districts.
Cole Moncur and Dylan May made it
to the semi-finals with their duet. Moncur
placed sixth in poetry. The boys have put
a considerable amount of effort into their
presentations and have done well in the
competitions this year.
Jessica Emmett and Bailey Dugan
competed in the Lincoln-Douglas debate,
which is one of the more challenging com-
petitions of any tournament.
"The LDs are now beginning to win
rounds for the first time," said Coach Deb
Fink. "It is one of the most difficult compe-
titions because they have to be able to de-
bate both the negation and affirmative side
of a topic or resolution."
Fink.noted that LD ,is,much more time,
consuming than some the, other, cat-
egories becau the topic changes every
month, requiring the student to constantly
research and develop both sides of an issue
with sometimes only a week or two of prep-
aration before a competition.
The topic for the LD competition in
Buffalo asked the question, "Is the United
States justified in interfering with internal
political processes in another country."
The entire team gave a special perfor-
mance on Tuesday night in the Lovell El-
ementary School gym, where they show-
cased their work for family and friends for
the first time this year. Many of the stu-
dents performed pieces they will be per-
forming at Districts in Riverton this week-
end and at State in Rock Springs, March
14-16. Some of the students have been per-
fecting the same pieces for more than a
year.
Mikayla Thompson performed her po-
etry. Mary Schwope gave an explanation
of what student congress is all about. Jes-
sica Emmett performed an extemporane-
ous piece. Marie Cruz kept the audience
in stitches with a humorous piece about a
cheerleader. Moncur and May performed a
duet. Colton Wardell and Andrew Mayes
performed a duet, as well. Dugan demon-
strated an LD performance. Moncur per-
formed a dramatic.piece, Wray.Krei an ora-=
tory and Wardell a humorous piece.
Coach Fink presented awards to team
members and said she was very pleased
with how hard the group has worked on
their performances this season and how
well they have done at competitions. She
said she has very high expectations for how
the students will perform at the State and
Regional competitions.
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United Blood Services will hold the Lovell community
blood drive on Monday, March 11, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., at
the Lovell Fire Dept. auxiliary hall, 314 Nevada Ave. Po-
tential donors must be at least 16 (with parental consent
form for 16 - 17 year olds), weigh at least 110 pounds, be in
good health and bring picture identification.
To schedule a donation appointment, go to www.blood-
hero.cam (sponsor code: lovell). Or call Robyn Savage at
548-6703. Walk-ins and new donors are welcome.
Taekwondo classes to begin in
April in Lovell
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell Recreation District will be offering tae-
kwondo classes beginning Monday, April 1, from 5:15 to
6 p.m. at the Lovell Recreation Building on Main Street -
the former B&G Lumber building.
According to teacher Stacy Southworth, taekwondo is
a Korean martial art that focuses on kicking and punching
and also has instruction in self-defense.
"It's also affiliated with the World Taekwondo Federa-
tion, which is the organization that does Olympic style tae-
kwondo," Southworth said.
The Lovell Recreation District started teaching tae-
kwondo classes locally in 1995 with master instructor
Chris Ivanoff, then stopped offering the class in 2002,
Southworth said. Southworth will be teaching the course
this year along with Robert Hunt, who will continue after
the seven-week introductory course.
"If students complete the introductory course and con-
tinue with the program, they'll be given the opportunity to
achieve different ranks in taekwondo," Southworth said.
"There are eight ranks before the black belt starting with
white belt, two yellow, two green, two blue and two red.
On average it takes about four to six years to get black
belt, which is a lot of work, but you'll feel like you earned
it when you get it."
Southworth is a second-degree black belt and is certi-
fied by the World Taekwondo Federation, along with Hunt,
who is a third-degree black belt. Master instructor Ivanoff,
who teaches in Powell, is a sixth-degree black belt
"We will be working on strengthening the body, flex-
ibility, breathing concentration, kicking and hand tech-
niques," Southworth said. "I'm interested in teaching
taekwondo because it brings something different to the
community for kids and adults who are interested in dif-
ferent things besides basketball, football and volleyball."
Southworth added the class will hold competitions
against other schools.
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Marie Cruz
caught the
attention of
the audience
with her
humorous
performance
about a
cheerleader
on Tuesday
night at Lovell
Elementary
School.
Mikayla
Thompson
gets serious
in her poetry
reading at the
speech and
debate team
performance
on Tuesday
at Lovell
Elementary
School.
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