By Lindsey Peppard
Members of the SkillsUSA North Star chapter attended the Mid-America Leadership Conference in Columbus, NE from October 29 to November 1. The members who attended included: Stephanie Emodi (12), Jen Yung Lee (11), Kaise Lehn (10), Jackie Michals (12), Rayan Osman (11), Lindsey Peppard (10), and Nic Riebel (10).
The first day was probably the most stressful for some people, but not so much for others. By the last day you didn’t want to go home because you met so many people from different states. You went non-stop all day, but it was worth it. You started at six in the morning and worked until midnight.
We did many things from doing community service, industry tours and getting 20 different SkillsUSA characteristics checked off so we could earn our Statesmen’s Award.
On Saturday we had a lock down from six to ten at night. During this time we had 6 different competitions going on and you couldn’t leave your chapter room. So most chapter’s just did games or watched movies.
The people who earned an award were Nic Riebel, – 1st place in Chapter Business Procedure, Lindsey Peppard – 2nd place in Chapter Business Procedure, Jen Yung Lee – 3rd place in Opening and Closing Ceremonies and 1st place in Secretary’s Book and Jackie Michals – 2nd in Job Interview.
