Gilford sophomore wins Rotary 4 Way Speech contest

GILFORD — The Gilford Rotary Club named Sarah Kahn, a sophomore at Gilford High School, as this year’s first place award winner in the Rotary 4 Way Speech contest. Kahn’s speech focused on homelessness. She participated in the District 7870 contest in Henniker, and she shared her speech at a recent Gilford Rotary Club meeting at Gilford Community Church.

This annual competition asks participating students to speak for 5-7 minutes with minimal notes on a topic of their choosing but emphasizing how this subject matter can demonstrate the attributes of the Rotary 4-Way Test: is it the truth, is it fair to all concerned, will it build good will and better friendships and will it be beneficial to all concerned?

Other contestants included Rhiannon Reinholz, Tristan Schofield, and Katherine Strickland.

Gilford Rotary is especially appreciative to Gilford High School staff members – Director of Library and Media Studies, Corey Nazer and English teacher Emily Wolpin for their efforts in encouraging students to participate and also for coaching them through the development of their presentations.

Judges for the contest were Gilford Rotary members Allie Boucher, Kimberly Wade, Clara Jude, and Nick Trudel. Jennifer Nunez served as Registrar and Jim Sherman acted as timekeeper. Don Clarke and Kevin Keohan assisted as scorers, and Sandra McGonagle acted as chair of the committee.