A total of 22 4-H club members participated in the District 18/19 4-H public speaking competition that was held March 19 at the Canora composite School.
Bev Spearman, general leader of the host Canora Homecraft 4-H club, was the emcee for the event, while judging were: Betty Tomilin of Buchanan, Eric Sweeney of Canora, Linda Osachoff of Canora and Morley Leung of Buchanan. The timekeeper was Burton O’Soup of The Key First Nation.
In the Cloverbuds category, Paisley Wolkowsky of the Good Spirit club placed first with a speech entitled “Good Spirit,” while Sydney Kolosk of the Assiniboine Beef and Multi club placed second with “My Dogs.”
In the junior category, Jessee Kopelchuk of Good Spirit placed first with “My Favourite Singer,” while Ashlyn Olson of the Tail Twisters club placed second with “Swimming with Dolphins.”
Jessa Fox of the Sheho Beef club placed first in the intermediate category, while Caitlyn Fox of the same club, placed second with “Philosophers.”
Fayth Stolzfus of the Tail Twisters placed first in the senior category with a speech entitled “American Mustang.”
Donations were made to the club to help with the costs incurred by holding the event, said Spearman. They included the Crossroads Credit Union, Snow goose Distillery, Gateway Co-op and Cargill.
The first-place winners from the district competition have qualified to advance to the northeast regional competition being held in Kelvington on April 9.
“Good luck to all the participants from this region,” Spearman said.
