THORNDALE—Thorn-dale High School student, Jacob Pedroza, will have a chance to earn additional funds for college in Texas Farm Bureau’s Free Enterprise Speech Contest.
District winners like Pedroza will compete in the state level competition at the TFB annual meeting in Corpus Christi Dec. 1-3.
Pedroza was the winner of his Farm Bureau district contest, earning him a $1,500 college scholarship.
“We’re pleased to be able to help Jacob on his path to higher education,” Durwood Tucker, Milam County Farm Bureau president, said. “While this contest is able to help local students on their way to college, it also recognizes the importance of our constitutional government and the free enterprise system.”
In the Free Enterprise Speech contest, students who are part of a Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) family orally communicate the advantages of the free enterprise system and having a constitutional government.
“This contest helps students learn more about our country, our economy and how to communicate well with an audience,” Tucker said. “All of these things will help students greatly on the road to success.”
Contestants are judged on their organization, language, voice, use of notes, eye contact, persuasiveness and application of the topic in the speech.
Students must attend TFB’s annual Youth Leadership Conference at Tarleton State University in Stephenville to be able to participate in the Free Enterprise Speech contest.
Four finalists at the state level will receive additional funding to amount to $2,000 each, including the district scholarship.
The runner-up’s scholarship will increase to $3,000 and the winner’s will increase to $6,000 total.
Four finalists, the runner-up and winner will all also receive a four-day, three-night expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C.
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