Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Sibling team Lora and Chaztin Wobbema demonstrated how to make hot fudge topping at home.
Macey Wobbema prepared an individual demonstration "Terrific Tie Dye."
Joie Helseth gave an Individual Interpretive Reading of "Oh the Places You'll Go."
Cade Helseth recited "Little Blue Truck."
"Even in these times of social distancing we had to find a way for our 4-H club members to participate in 4-H events like Communication Arts, said Donna Anderson, NDSU Extension Agent for Eddy and Foster counties. 4-H'ers were able to video their presentations to upload for later playback and evaluation. 4-H'ers also had the option to present live via Zoom, an online presentation format.
Four presentations, given by five Eddy County 4-H club members premiered in a live Zoom event on May 6. Communication Arts is the 4-H speech and demonstration competition that is held at the county, district and state level. Participants are encouraged to use their own creativity and originality in preparing their public presentations. The county Communication Arts program is open to any youth involved in extension youth programs. It includes three age divisions: the Cloverbuds (youth 6- 8 years old) the Junior division (youth 8-12 years old) and the Senior division (youth ages 13-18).
Rosettes were provided to event winners as well as participation ribbons for non-competitive Cloverbuds.
Senior Division Grand Winners
• Macey Wobbema - Individual Demonstration, "Terrific Tie Dye."
• Lora Wobbema - Team Demonstration, "Make it a Hot Fudge Sunday!"
Junior Division Grand Winners
• Chaztin Wobbema - Team Demonstration, "Make it a Hot Fudge Sunday."
• Joie Helseth - Individual Interpretive Reading, "Oh the Places You Will Go."
Clover Recitation Participants
• Cade Helseth - "Little Blue Truck."
The 4-H Communication Arts program has five primary objectives:
* To help participants develop communication skills that are useful throughout a lifetime.
* To provide participants an opportunity to practice skills before a group.
* To provide participants an opportunity to gather and organize information, equipment and props for public presentation.
* To develop participants' confidence in making public presentations.
* To evaluate and enhance communication skills.
The Grand Champions will represent their county and compete in the Unit #7 Multi-County Contest set for later in the summer.
