The Pacific Palisades Optimist Oratorical Contest is now seeking contestants. The topic for this year’s contest, which will take place this spring, is “Where Are My Roots of Optimism.” Each talk must be between four and five minutes.
The contest, which will be hosted by Daniel Gottesman, the Palisades Charter High School student who won two years ago, will take place at the Palisades Lutheran Church and is open to all LAUSD students who were under the age of 18 as of Oct. 1, 2017. For more information or to sign up, email spkrscrnr@aol.com.
—SARAH SHMERLING
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