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Labette County FFA Chapter Dominates Public Speaking Event

February 06, 2023

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MANHATTAN, KS - The Labette County FFA Chapter Public Speaking team recently traveled to Manhattan, Kansas to compete in the highly competitive Kansas State University Ag Ed Speech Contest.  This was a statewide event that drew chapters from across the sunflower state.  All of the prepared division speakers had researched, developed, and memorized a speech that was either agriculture or FFA related.  The requirements for each prepared division are as follows:

Freshman Prepared             2-4 minutes in length
Sophomore Prepared          3-5 minutes in length
Junior Prepared                   4-6 minutes in length
Senior Prepared                   6-8 minutes in length
Extemporaneous                  4-6 minutes in length

In addition to the prepared divisions, an additional division is termed “Extemporaneous Public Speaking,” and requires speakers to pull a topic out of a box when they arrive at the contest.  Next, the speaker must research and develop a speech within 30 minutes.  After the 30-minute period is up, the speaker must immediately present the speech to a panel of judges.  The length of an extemporaneous speech is 4-6 minutes in length.

The final division of the event was the Creed Speaking competition, where students presented the FFA Creed to a panel of judges and then answered questions about the past, present, and future of agriculture.

The results were as follows:

Freshman Prepared:
Jaci Falkenstien—2^nd

Junior Prepared:
Raegan Roberts—1^st

Senior Prepared:
Noah Wiley—5^th
Cecillia Newby—4^th

Extemporaneous:
Cecillia Newby—2^nd

Creed Speaking:
Lucy Pearson—4^th
Jaci Falkenstien—3^rd
Lily Wiley—1^st

Overall Team:
Labette County—1^st Place