North Platte Post
NORTH PLATTE - The fourth annual Big Idea North Platte event was held on Wednesday in Venue 304. The event, which is ran by the North Platte Young Professionals awarded the top prize of $10,000 to Pam Farr who entered the competition as a the wild card entry which her idea was Daily Bread. North Platte St. Pats sophomore Logan Robirds was awarded a $2500 scholarship to Mid-Plains Community College.
Farr is a Spanish teacher at North Platte St. Pats and was in attendance as her husband Adam Farr was one of nine finalist in the community category. During the social hour, it was announced to the crowd that a wild card entry was available and after a discussion with her mom, she decided to enter. She got the idea from her mom as her father had a dream of opening a bakery called Daily Bread.
"I was talking with my mom and when they announced they are going to do a wild card and she was like oh you should do what your dad dreamed of and by dream, I mean he was actually sleeping when it came to him," said Pam Farr. Farr says the next steps of making her idea a reality is creating a business plan, talking with community members, and her family.
The Youth category had seven finalist all battling for scholarships to Mid-Plains Community College. Robirds, 15 presented his idea of a switch charger to the crowd and judges. The charger allows you to charge one device from another device. "Let's say you have a dead phone but your grandma has a 100% charged phone, you just plug this double end charger and you can charge your phone," said Logan Robirds.
The idea of the switch charger just came to Robirds mind. "I put in my airpods and they were dead and I go dang it and I wish I could charge them," said Robirds. The sophomore from North Platte St. Pats won the $2,500 scholarship from MPCC and wants to puruse being a lawyer.
Here are the winners from the event:
Community Category:
1st place - Pam Farr (Wild Card Entry/Daily Bread)
2nd place - Mindee Mohr (Birthday/Anniversary Crimes)
3rd place - Joshua Howell (Game Knight)
Youth Category:
1st place - Logan Robirds (Switch Charger)
2nd place - Rose Green (Extend-A-Clip)
3rd place - Mason Giebler (Hole in A bucket)
