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 Alabama
4-H Youth Win National Awards
Auburn, Oct. 19---Two
Alabama teenagers earned prizes at the 51st National 4-H
Engineering, Science and Leadership Event held in West Lafayette,
Ind., in early October.
Bob Collins of Shelby
County (pictured left) won first place in the automotive contest, one of nine
contests in the competition. Blake Hindman of Fayette County
(pictured below, right) placed
second in the lawn tractor contest.
Other contests included
aerospace, bicycle, computer, small engines, electric/energy,
tractor and welding. All national contestants were county and state
winners.
 The event was conducted
by Extension agricultural engineers and 4-H specialists from
participating states. John Deere and Company sponsored the lawn
tractor contest.
Contestants included 4-H
youth from across the nation. They and their accompanying adults
spent a day on educational field trips at Purdue University and in
Frankfort, Ky. and Indianapolis, Ind. They had a chance to tour a
variety of interesting facilities including the Indianapolis 500
Motor Speedway as well as manufacturing facilities of Frito-Lay and
Caterpillar Engine.
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