Emery Waterhouse Selected as Outstanding Performer
by Leo Bertelsen
March 18, 2008
Emery Waterhouse, son of Lyle and Deb Waterhouse, has been selected as an Outstanding Performer in the area of Original Oratory at the Iowa High School Speech Association State Individual Events Contest. Students who receive this honor qualify for an appearance at the All-State Festival.
"The 30th annual All-State Festival of Individual Events will be held Monday, March 31, 2008, at the University of Northern Iowa. The philosophy of the IHSSA is to encourage and foster student participation in speech activities and subsequently, human communications. The Festival setting - a showcase of Iowa's top talent - is viewed as a vital means of encouraging participation by students. To have been selected out of nearly 9,000 who started competition at the District level is a unique honor. 400 students have been selected as Outstanding Performers." (from the IHSSA)
