“I can tell you that in Halifax County, we have eight youth who have conquered that fear and become stellar examples of presenters and public speakers,” said Ashley Brooks, Halifax County 4-H agent.

The 22 counties in the Northeast District hold a competition every year for 4-Hers to show off their skills in a variety of presentation and public speaking categories.

The 2016 District Activity Day held Saturday in Chocowinity was a great success for Halifax County as eight members presented and came away with seven medals.

Mary Braswell Kiger, 16, presented in the highly competitive Livestock category with her presentation on Balancer Cattle, a new, cutting-edge breed for the cattle industry.
Shacori Scott, 10, presented in the Science and Technology category with her experiment graphing the energy expended by birds flying in a V-formation. She won a silver medal at the competition. Rebecca Hilliard, 16, presented on guide horses, which have become a cost-efficient new service animal in the form of miniature horses. Hilliard won the bronze medal in the Horse 14-18-year-old category.

In the photo gallery: The group photo, Scott gives her presentation, Myers presents and Kiger presents.

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The team of Skyler Moore, and Lauren Fulkerson, both 16, presented a comical and informative talk on the differences between Foundation and Modern Quarter Horses. The team won silver in the 14-18 Horse category and will be representatives of Halifax at the State 4-H competition.

Audrey Myers, 16, competed in the 14-18 Horse Public Speaking category with a discussion on buying horses in which she shared both tips from research and her own experience. Myers won the gold medal and will be representing Halifax at the State 4-H competition as well.

Shannon Miles, 15, presented in the 14-18 Careers and Entrepreneurship category with her presentation Becoming A Veterinarian, with an in-depth look based on interviews and research at the necessary steps to become a vet and the complicated lifestyle of one. Miles won the gold medal in her category and will join her fellow 4-Hers as a Halifax representative at the State 4-H competition.

Lynley Liles, 16, presented a technical presentation on the cutting-edge technology of Fetal Surgery in the medical field in the 14-18 Science and Technology category.

Winning the gold medal in her category, Liles will be representing Halifax County at the State 4-H competition.

“Halifax County is so proud of all of its presenters and sends best wishes to our state representatives in July,” Brooks said.

The State 4-H Presentation and Public Speaking Competition will be held at North Carolina 4-H Congress on the North Carolina State University Campus July 16.