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NAME OF FEATURE | THE GLEANER | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 14 VIII SENIOR CITIZE S’ W EK SECRETARIAT: 11 West Kings House Road, Kingston 10 Tel: 906-9277/8,Telefax: 926-2374;Toll Free: 1-888-SENIORS (736– 4677); Email ncsc@mlss.gov.jm PARISH ADDRESS TELEPHONE OFFICER St Catherine 10 Hanover Street, (876) 984-4161 984-2554 Mrs Felecia Squire Spanish Town, St Catherine 470-0218 506-4013 Hanover 13 Church Street (876) 956-2255/3218 Ms Denise Shaw Lucea, Hanover 956-3133 506-3864 Westmoreland 17¼ Lewis Street, (876) 955-2214 Ms Paula Murray Savanna-la-Mar 918-0275 431-0811 St James Better Homes Complex (876) 952-2327 971-4193 Ms Shari-Ann Jackson 3 Cottage Road, Montego Bay 940-4415 506-3557 St Mary 2 Main Street, Port Maria (876) 994-4125 994-2314 MrsSimoneGranston-Robinson 994-2437 475-1257 St Elizabeth 82 Main Street, Santa Cruz (876) 966-4098 966-9512 MrsMarieckHendricks-Morgan 506-3464 Clarendon 6B Manchester Avenue, (876) 986-2472 Ms Toshane Young May Pen 902-6418-9 506-3741 St Ann 51 Windsor Road St Ann’s Bay (876) 972-0472 972-2470 Ms Lloydia Williams 506-3013 Trelawny 4 King Street, Falmouth (876) 954-312/3293 954-5786 Ms Tina Porter Manchester Mandeville Plaza, Mandeville (876) 962-2573 962-9403 Mrs Patsy Smalling 385-6996 Portland 28 Harbour Street, Port Antonio (876) 993-2259 993-2748 MrsSimoneGranston-Robinson 863-2560 St Thomas Shops 4-6 Wharf Road, (876) 982-9569 982-2208 Ms Maureen Byfield Morant Bay 489-8275 Kingston & St Andrew 11 West Kings House Road (876) 906-9277-8 Mr Marlon Johnson Kingston 10 926-2374-5 506-5092 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SENIOR CITIZENS DIRECTORY OF PARISH ORGANISERS T HE NATIONAL Council for Senior Citizens partnered with the Jamaican Association for Debating and Empowerment Limited to host the inaugural NCSC Inter-generational Public Speaking Competition 2020. The competition was launched on August 3, 2020with two online training workshops con- ductedwith seniors across the island. Theworkshops sought to instil views relevant to mastering public speak- ing. The seniors were taught how to develop an effective public speech, focusing on content and style. On August 17, 2020, twelve seniors from eight parishes submitted round-one videos, each speaking on one of the following three topics: ‘The more we communicate the less we say’, ‘Intelligence is not enough’, and ‘Ill health begins in themind’. Theywere aided in the development of their recorded presentation by a youth mentor assigned to them by JADE Limited. Following a rigorous vetting pro- cess, eight participants from the following parishes – Kingston, St Andrew, Trelawny,Westmoreland, St Catherine, St Thomas, and Clarendon made their way to the second round of that the competition. In round two, a unique topic was assigned to each participant. At this stage as well, JADE’s social media audiencewas given the opportunity towatch and vote for their favourite videos on Facebook and Instagram. The seniors and their youngmentors weremobilised to attract votes from Jamaicans and foreigners alike. At the close of voting, the participants were ranked in order of most popular to least popular contestant on social media. The next stage of vetting in round two saw the expert team of JADE assessors undertaking an evaluation of the presentation. The combina- tion of votes from the Fan Favourite and the expert assessment led to the following persons advancing to the grand finals: Adlin Smith, Ingrid Hardy, Monica Roofe-Woolcock, Venita Hanson, Deloris Higgins and Stephanie Taylor. The grand final was held on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 10 a.m. via Zoom and streamed live on MLSS and JADE Ltd social media. Adlin Smith of Westmoreland emerged cham- pion, first runner-up was Stephanie Taylor of St Thomas and second run- ner-up Monica Roofe-Woolcock of St Catherine. NCSC/JADE Senior Public Speaking Competition