GHS teacher first, second in state competitions

Vermillion and Nick Colglazier compete in the Final Four of the YF&R Discussion Meet Saturday.

The Final Four competitors await the announcement of the winners at Saturday's banquet.

Rachel Vermillion, Genoa Hugo High School Business and English teacher, won the Women’s Committee-sponsored essay contest as well as earning second place honors in the Young Farmers and Ranchers Discussion Meet. Vermillion will travel to the American Farm Bureau Foundation Annual Meeting in Seattle, Wash., in January to attend the Women’s Committee meeting and observe the National Discussion Meet. The Discussion Meet is meant to simulate a local level board meeting and provides competitors the opportunity to discuss issues pivotal to the agriculture community while building their speaking and communication skills.

Vermillion is a Lincoln County Farm Bureau Board Member and has used her involvement in the bureau to also give interesting opportunities to her web design students. Sophomore Kopen Hull was recently appointed to redesign and maintain the board’s website. Hull will unveil the redesigned site soon.