Rivken earns high score in forestry contest
May 29, 2013
Malachai Rivkin
The Boy Scout Troop 114 team had a warm but exciting time at the recent 31st annual Idaho State Forestry Competition, one of the warmest on record, coming away with a third place finish overall in the junior division as well as first place individual.

Team members William Colson, James Leach, Neil Martin and Malachi Rivkin finished the team scoring with 1,094 points, behind the first-place Careywood Eager Beavers 4-H team, 1,181 points, and the Genesee FFA Team, 1,139.

Malachi Rivkin won the Larry Fryberg Memorial Award, given for the top individual scorer in the junior division.

Malachi’s score was an excellent 425.

This is the fourth year for this award, given by Judy Fryberg in memory of her late husband, who was an Area Supervisor for the Idaho Department of Lands.

The Bonners Ferry High School FFA team competed in the senior division but did not finish in the top three.