{"id":344935,"date":"2024-03-05T19:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=344935"},"modified":"2024-03-05T22:26:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:26:01","slug":"maggie-wins-youth-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/03\/05\/maggie-wins-youth-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggie Wins Youth Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_344937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344937\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-344937\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-youthofyear-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-youthofyear-02.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-youthofyear-02-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-youthofyear-02-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-youthofyear-02-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-youthofyear-02-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-youthofyear-02-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kingaroy Lions compere Bernie Upton, 2024 Youth Of The Year winner Maggie Livett, public speaking award winner Indy Eriksen and Kingaroy Lions compere Mal Clifford (Photo: Contributed)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>March 3, 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The always-hotly contested Kingaroy Lions Club Youth Of The Year competition is back after a three-year break!<\/p>\n<p>The club has sponsored this leadership competition since its inception, but was forced to put the event on hold over the past three years after the pandemic began.<\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<p>The competition considers community and cultural involvement as well as academic skills and public speaking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The entrants&#8217; final speeches were held at Kingaroy RSL on Friday night in front of an audience of more than 50 club members, parents, supporters and teachers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Nine students from Kingaroy State High School, St Mary&#8217;s Catholic College and St John&#8217;s Lutheran School took part:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kingaroy State High School<\/strong> was represented by Amy O\u2019Hanlon, Sydney Clarke, Izabella Grace, Fidel Meares, Michael Robinson, Indy Eriksen and Tiarna Petersen-Jiamtsu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Saint Mary\u2019s Catholic College<\/strong> was represented by Mia De Guzman, and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>St John&#8217;s Lutheran School<\/strong> was represented by Maggie Livett.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All students underwent an individual interview during the day before delivering a prepared speech and an impromptu speech in front of this year\u2019s judges: Jason Erbacher, from South Burnett CTC; retired deputy principal Tracey Reinbott; and retired NAB manager Mike Barrett.<\/p>\n<p>The judges congratulated all the students on their outstanding performances, and said this had made it very difficult to select the ultimate winners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The public speaking award went to Indy Eriksen and the Youth Of The Year award to Maggie Livett.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maggie presented speeches on youth crime and keeping young people in the community as well as a prepared speech on the breakdown of communication between generations.<\/p>\n<p>She will now go on to the regional competition in Gympie.<\/p>\n<p>State winners will compete at the Lions Multiple District Convention which is being held in Darwin in May.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_344936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344936\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-344936\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-youthofyear-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-youthofyear-01.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-youthofyear-01-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-youthofyear-01-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-youthofyear-01-285x177.jpg 285w, 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