King breaks into top seven at national SkilsUSA event

Faith King, a senior at Summerland Public School, landed in the top seven in the nation last week.

King, along with Julie Olivan, represented Nebraska and Summerland at the National Leadership and Skills Conference, in Atlanta, Georgia.

King competed in Job Demonstration A, where a contestant explains an entry-level technical skill used in an occupational area. She performed the Heimlich maneuver.

"I know how important it is to be able to perform an emergency procedure, if something would happen," King said. "Not many people know how to perform the Heimlich maneuver."

After her June 22 demonst...