Submitted by Doug Clark

The Sabetha Middle School Builders Club traveled to the annual Builders Club State Conference on Saturday, Oct. 20, at Riley County Middle School. They were accompanied by Kiwanis Club members Doug Clark and Wendy Menold.

There, they met Builders from all over the state. For activities, the Builders were divided into teams that included kids from other schools so they could make new friends.

The kids were able to meet Miss Kansas — Hannah Klassen of Arkansas City, who attends Tabor College. She gave a great talk on leadership and community service. She answered a lot of questions from the kids.

SMS students who attended included the conference: sixth grade, Landon Meyer, Isaac Hartter, Claudia Grimm, Hunter Larson, Kylah Edelman, Halley Mitchell, Katherine McAuliffe, Gabby Konig and Bayleigh Stahl; seventh grade, Joshua Grimm, Marcus Bauman, Jacob Grimm, Gwen Konig, D’Yani Crosby, Camryn Duryea, Emerson Montgomery, Ellie Wessel, Gabby Konig and Abbey Gugelman; and eighth grade, Jesse McGinnis.

Contests

In the writing contest, second place was taken by D’Yani Crosby; and all three places in the speech contest were won by Sabetha students Joshua Grimm, Ellie Wessel and Jesse McGinnis.

About the Club

The service project this year consisted of putting nonskid art on the bottom of socks for a local rest home.

The SMS Builders Club is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Sabetha. It meets every other week during Activity Period. The purpose of the club is to teach leadership and community service. The club currently has 70 members.