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Benson 4-H Club holds speeches

Members of the Benson 4-H Club have been busy with speeches and taking care of our steers. We started the new year off on Jan. 6. We loaded up our project animals and headed out to the Mantei/Hale Farm.
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Gathering for a group photo at the Benson 4-H Club’s speaking contest were, back row, from left, Lakyn Kallis, Nicole Dupuis, Kaila Jutras, Nigel Mack, Mason Mack, Lindsay Mack, Alex Van de Woestyne and Christa Walton. Middle row, Dane Hogg, Brody Hogg, Matthew Van De Woestyne, Turner Petterson, Charlie Hayes and Lucas DesAutels. Front row, Ryder Mantei, Cooper Hale, Haylie Petterson, Lila Hale, Ellie Hayes, Adeline Oleshko and Caleb Van De Woestyne. Missing: Brody, Keaton and Preston Walter, and Tucker and Kail Hilstrom. Photo submitted

Members of the Benson 4-H Club have been busy with speeches and taking care of our steers.

We started the new year off on Jan. 6.  We loaded up our project animals and headed out to the Mantei/Hale Farm.  We braved the wind and snow and weighed our steers. Once that was finished, we split into two groups and we did some judging in the barn.

We completed the judging and headed inside for some hot chocolate and baking.  We had a little meeting, where we discussed district public speaking. Our club will be hosting the District No. 1 public speaking competition at the Taylorton Room, located at the Days Inn, on March 2 at 1 p.m.  We also spoke about our speeches that were being held on Feb. 3.

Charlie Hayes did the show and tell, and he brought his steer, PK Subban, and discussed purchasing it from Vandy Cattle. He named his steer after Subban, his favourite hockey player.

It was a snowy day on Feb. 3, and we held a quick meeting before speeches.  We organized the district speeches and received more steak fundraiser tickets. We will be having our steak fundraiser on March 5 at Black Beard’s Family Restaurant from 5-8 p.m.

Our speeches started at 1 p.m. at the Estevan Exhibition Hall and we had Laykyn Kallis, Nicole Dupuis, Kaila Jutras, and Christa Walton judge. We had a variety of topics from grandparents to hockey billets, and football to siblings.

Our cloverbud winners were Ellie Hayes in first place for her speech on Girl Power, and Haylie Petterson in second (My Curling Experience). The junior first place winner was Brody Walter (Food) and Lindsay Mack (How I Spend my Time) was second. 

Intermediate winners were Alex Van De Woestyne (Hunting) in first place, and it was his first time giving a 4-H speech. Our second place winner was Mason Mack (Speaking Geek).  Our senior winner was Nigel Mack (Life as a Working Man). 

We would like to thank our judges for braving the cold snowing day, and to all the parents and grandparents that came to cheer us on.