Tecumseh Senior Wins First At JNHE Speech Contest

Incoming Tecumseh senior Taylor Marrs poses with his first-place banner for Advanced Speech in the Intermediate Division during the Junior National Hereford Exposition on July 7. Ella Bane, of Towanda, IL, won second place, and Josie Mares, of Glenrock, WY, won third place. Photo provided
Incoming Tecumseh senior Taylor Marrs poses with his first-place banner for Advanced Speech in the Intermediate Division during the Junior National Hereford Exposition on July 7. Ella Bane, of Towanda, IL, won second place, and Josie Mares, of Glenrock, WY, won third place. Photo provided

Taylor Marrs, who will be a senior at Tecumseh High School this year, has been competing in the Junior National Hereford Exposition speech contest since he was 10 years old in 2017.

This year, he won first place in the 25th Annual JNHE Advanced Speech Contest Intermediate Division.

“The advanced speech contest … encourages young people to promote the Hereford breed and agriculture as a whole through…