THE WESTBY WATCH

Baker Takes Home Holecek Cup

By Heidi Whitney

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The second annual Holecek Cup speech competition, named in honor of Mr. Tony Holecek, retired superintendent from Westby School, took place in May in the Westby School Gymnasium.

Mr. Jonathan Griffen, WHS English instructor, is the founder and organizer of the event.

According to Griffen, he chose a finalist from each grade (9th-12th) in the initial rounds of the contest. Students were assigned the task of writing a speech based on the prompt, “What Does Community Mean To you.”

Senior, Kira Baker, took first place in the finals. Second place went to Erika

Christian (11); third to Riley Gebhardt (9); and fourth to Annika Joyes (10).

The finalists were judged by Tony Holecek; Westby Mayor and retired WHS English instructor, Gayle Overgaard; and current WHS superintendent, Dylan MacLean.