Helseth siblings earn grand champion awards at 4-H District Communication Arts Contest

Young people from Wells, Stutsman, Sheridan, Eddy and Foster counties competed in the 4-H District Communication Arts Contest on June 2, 2021. The event was held at McClusky High School in McClusky. Communication Arts is the 4-H speech and demonstration competition that is held at the county, district and state levels. Participants are encouraged to use their own creativity and originality in preparing their public presentation. The Communication Arts program is open to any youth involved in extension youth programs and includes three age divisions. The Cloverbud division present, but do not compete. Cloverbuds are youth who are finishing or have completed kindergarten through second grade. The junior division (youth 8-12 years old), and the senior division (youth ages 13-18), compete to earn the right to represent their district at the state competition, which is held on July 25 at the North Dakota State Fair. Winners over the age of 13 are also provided a paid Extension Youth Conference Registration fee.

Participation gifts were given to all participants. Medallions were provided to champions (junior and senior). Rosettes were awards for honorable mentions. Cloverbuds earned participation ribbons.

Cloverbud Participants:

Foster County: Landon Lund; Sheridan County: Sydney Crimmons, Waylen Dieterle, Josie McLeod; Wells County: Hailey Widicker

Junior Division

Champions:

Eddy County: Joie Helseth, Interpretive Reading - Individual.

Foster County: Vinnie Ruppell, Demonstration - Individual, Emma Stangeland and Paige Black Dramatic Presentation – Team.

Stutsman County: Conner Smith, Illustrated Talk - Individual.

Junior Division

Honorable Mentions:

Sheridan County: Royce Wardner, Interpretive Reading - Individual.

Stutsman County: Emmi Odenbach, Demonstration - Individual.

Wells County: Malachi Anderson, Interpretive Reading- Individual; Roxanne Snively, Illustrated Talk – Individual.

Other Junior

Division Participants:

Eddy County: Cade Helseth, Interpretive Reading - Individual.

Foster County: Paige Black, Interpretive Reading - Individual.

Sheridan County: Henry Warner, Interpretive Reading - Individual; Bianca Burkle, Demonstration - Individual; Jude Dieterle, Demonstration - Individual.

Stutsman County: Annabelle Rittenbach, Interpretive Reading - Individual; Elizabeth Rittenbach, Interpretive Reading - Individual; Annabelle Rittenbach and Elizabeth Rittenbach;

Dramatic Presentation - Team; Reanna Schlecht, Demonstration - Individual.

Wells County: Roxanne Snively, Demonstration - Individual.

Senior Division

Champions:

Stutsman County: Chloe Smith, Interpretive Reading - Individual; Chloe Smith, Demonstration - Individual.

Wells County: Ryan Snively, Illustrated Talk - Individual; Ryan Snively, Demonstration - Individual.

Other Senior

Division Participants:

Wells County: Remington Snively, Illustrated Talk - Individual; Remington Snively, Prepared Speech - Individual.

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 these skills before a group.

• To provide participants an opportunity to gather and organize information, equipment and props for a public presentation.

• To develop participant's confidence in making public presentations.

• To evaluate and enhance communication skills.