4-H Oral Communications Contest results announced

 

[April 22, 2019] 

Logan County 4-H recently held its annual Oral Communications Contest. State Contest Representatives selected included Molly Schempp (Formal Speech), Atlanta; Cavit Schempp (Illustrated Speech), Atlanta and Stephen Starasta (Illustrated Speech), Lincoln. All were blue award winners.

Molly Schempp from Atlanta was selected as the top oral communicator for her Formal speech and received a plaque sponsored by Country Financial – Joe Ryan.

Additional participants included blue award winner Caroline Ahrends, Lincoln.

Judges for this year's contests were Logan 4-H Alumni, Kelsi Meeker and Kenyon Jodlowski.

Kenyon Jodlowski (judge), Molly Schempp (2019 Top 4-H Oral Communicator), and Kelsi Meeker (judge)

Oral communication is a life skill taught and practiced in 4-H. To find out more about the program, contact the Logan County Extension Office, at 980 N. Postville Dr., Lincoln or call 732-8289.

About 4-H: Illinois 4-H strives to help youth learn skills for living. University of Illinois Extension provides 4-H programs in every county in Illinois. Illinois 4-H aims to impact the lives of 200,000 youth each year through sustained learning clubs and groups and short-term programming.

[Patty Huffer, Extension Program Coordinator/Youth Development, Logan County]