Rotary District 6710 is celebrating its 30th year of conducting a speech contest among the various high schools in the 54-club district. The east regional contest, hosted by the La Grange Rotary Club, was held at the Arvin Educational Center in Buckner on April 9. Pictured, from left, are Steve Sparrow, La Grange Rotary Club president; contestant Jeramiah Jury, Owenton club; first-place winner Rebecca Kainer, Bedford club; contestant Hannah Pittman, La Grange club; third-place winner Ryan Stocker, South Oldham club; second-place winner Marae Mallard, Frankfort club; and Stan Klausing, district and club speech contest coordinator. Kainer advanced to the East Regional Contest on April 19 and won that event to advance to the state level competition in May.