By Deanna Isaac, Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou, September 30th, 2009- Two Roman Catholic school students are the representatives of Carriacou and Petite Martinique in the national leg of a regional reading competition. They are Roshaun Lendore of L’Esterre RC School and Mekisha Gregg of the Petite Martinique RC School. Grenada is among countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) participating in the competition, which is sponsored by Courts Limited and supported by the Ministry of Education. Lendore and Gregg were chosen to represent the Sister Islands after a preliminary round of competition involving five primary schools here. Among those who witnessed the preliminaries were the Marketing Manager of Courts Grenada Ltd. Dillon Walters, and the Literacy Specialist in the Ministry of Education Denise Brathwaite. Young Lendore and Gregg will now battle with students from 13 other primary schools nationwide to determine the 2009 champion of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique in the Courts OECS Reading Competition. Michelle Coy, Reading Specialist for Carriacou and Petite Martinique, welcomed the islands’ participation in this first-ever OECS reading competition to be held in the Tri-island State. “It is good for Carriacou as the fruits of the literacy program taught throughout the schools here will now be reaped,’’ she said. Good readers, Ms. Coy noted, are able to correct themselves when they make a mistake, anticipate what is coming up in the text and gain meaning from what they read. Area Education Officer Gertrude Simon-Niles expressed appreciation for the work done in Carriacou and Petite Martinique by Ms. Coy. “She has been doing a tremendous job in ensuring the children are excellent readers – even from the pre-primary level,’’ Ms. Simon-Niles said.