Woodward, Okla. —
Students in Grades 8 through 12 with an interest in natural resource subjects have a chance to show off their knowledge at an upcoming speech contest.
The competition is sponsored by the Woodward County Conservation District (WCCD) and will be held at 4 p.m. Oct. 12. Deadline to enter is 3 p.m. Oct. 11 at the WCCD office, 3300 Oklahoma Avenue, Suite 800.
"We've been having the contest locally for well over 15 years," said J.T. Winters Jr., WCCD director and Area I commissioner. "The winners will advance to regional, and then if they place there, state speech competition."
Judges will be local residents who are familiar with conservation district policies, Winters said.
Division I of the speech contest is for Grades 8 through 10, while Division II includes speakers in Grades 11 and 12.
CONTEST OPEN TO ALL COUNTY STUDENTS
"The competition is open to public, private or home-schooled students attending class in the county of the local conservation district," Winters said. "If they live somewhere else, they must enter in that county. The purpose of the speech contest is to acquaint students with their conservation district and its operations, and to reveal their knowledge of district procedures."
He emphasized that entrants also do not have to be an FFA or 4-H member to be involved.
Theme for the speeches is "Natural Resources."
Winters said participants may choose any current subject that deals with soil, water, rural water, air, wildlife, forestry, aquaculture, conservation, recreation, recycling, energy, environmental issues or agronomy.
"The speaker must mention their local conservation district by name in their presentation," he said. "The speech must be 4 to 6 minutes long."
LOCAL WINNERS ADVANCE
The 1st and 2nd place winners in the divisions advance to the area round, which will be held Nov. 1 in Guymon during the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts (OACD) regional conference.
The top 2 area finishers then advance to the state sessions in February at the Reed Center in Midwest City.
Winters said the speakers at each level are required to provide the judges with 4 typewritten, single-spaced copies of their speech, and the document must include a bibliography.
"Contestants will be penalized 2 points for failing to provide the correct number of copies," Winters added.
DOCUMENT SUBMISSION ORDER
When the speech is submitted to the judges, its outer cover must be arranged in the following order:
- Competition division.
- OACD area (Woodward County).
- Entrant's name.
- Entrant's home address.
- Entrant's grade.
- School name, if applicable.
- School address.
- Teacher or sponsor name.
- Speech bibliography.
- Speech text.
Winners at the local and area levels will receive ribbons and plaques, while at the state level, cash prizes will be awarded, Winters said.
If someone needs to schedule a date for judging their speech before Oct. 12, Winters said to contact the WCCD office as soon as possible.
For more information or to rescheduled a speech presentation contact Winters at (580) 256-5320, Extension 3, or woodwardccd@conservation.ok.gov.
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