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Small Town Times May 2018 FBLA Receives Sweepstakes Award for 24 th Up 2 Tech, March of Dimes, iGive, Connect 2 Business, Prepare Nebraska, Foundation Donor, Year in a Row By: Rachel Linden FBLA students went to the State Leadership Conference, SLC, on April 5th- 7th in Omaha. SLC is a competitive event where high school students from across the state participate in high level testing as well as seminars. The event in- cludes state officer elections, a series of in- formative leadership workshops for FBLA stu- dents and their advisers. The students who at- tended SLC were Joe Ptacnik, Delaney Lefever, Tyren Howard, and Rebecca Mostek. Joe said “Our tests consist of reports about business eti- quette and tests about business management. At the State Leadership Conference, as a chap- ter, we were awarded the Feed Nebraska, Step and Go Green awards. We were also awarded the Sweepstakes award. The Litchfield Chapter of FBLA has re- ceived this award for the last 24 years!” Tyren Howard was awarded as the alternate candi- date for the FBLA $500 Scholarship. At the conference many speakers presented and there were three general