(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Rotary District 5180’s annual speech contest semi-finals were hosted by the Sutter Theater Center for the Arts this year, featuring the winners of their local club contests at area schools. The winner will be advancing to the District Finals next month, against three other district semifinalists, with a top prize of $1,000.

District 5180 is bordered by Oroville in the north, south to Roseville, and the semifinals were won by Las Plumas High School student Kayln Peterson. Tyler Blankenship of the Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts & Yuba-Sutter Rotary Night Club finished second.