Holy Trinity Catholic High School in Temple, after a semester and a half of competing in speech tournaments all around the country via the internet, qualified three students for the Speech and Debate Association National Tournament, a news release said.
Seniors Cate Barkis and Faithann Go qualified for nationals in Duo Interpretation. Freshman Therese Mosmeyer qualified for the National Tournament in Original Oratory.
The students qualified by placing in the top three at the district tournament held online Feb. 25-27. The national tournament, which was to have been in Des Moines, Iowa, will be held online in June.
Coach Chris Mosmeyer said, âThis was a really strange year with almost all of our competitions being online, but Iâm really happy that we were able to get our competition in. We, of course, wish we were going to Iowa, but at least we were able to compete. Iâm very proud of them and of the work theyâve done.
BARRIE, ONT. The Simcoe Muskoka health unit lists 29 COVID-19 cases and one new UK B.1.1.1.7 variant case Friday. Twenty more cases screened positive for a variant of concern, bringing the total number of cases that need further testing to confirm to 401. No new deaths were reported. The health unit reports a total of 132 infections for the week, down from 256 the week prior. There are currently three active school outbreaks, Holy Trinity Catholic High School in Bradford, St. Theresa s Catholic School in Midland and Maple Grove Public School in Barrie. Additionally, there are eight institutional outbreaks, six in seniors facilities, one in a Bradford childcare centre, and one in a unit at the superjail in Penetanguishene.
BARRIE, ONT. The Simcoe Muskoka health unit reports 11 new UK B.1.1.7 variant cases Thursday. An additional 382 had screened positive for a variant of concern (VoC) - 15 more than the day prior. The individuals who screened positive for a VoC will need further testing to confirm. The variant case numbers were the driving point behind the region s chief medical officer of health advising the province to return Simcoe Muskoka to a lockdown last week. Dr. Charles Gardner had said he believed tightening restrictions would help reduce transmission of the highly contagious virus. To date, 216 local individuals have tested positive for the UK B.1.1.7 variant. The health unit has not provided details on the locations of those cases. There are currently seven active UK B.1.1.7 cases in Simcoe Muskoka.
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