Congratulations to Ismael Rojas, a senior at Hayward High School and sponsored by the Hayward Rotary Club in the Rotary District 5170 Richard D. King Speech Contest. After competing at the club, area, regional and Saturday's district-level competitions, Ismael won more than $2,000 toward his goal of attending Cal Poly SLO this fall as an aerospace major. Celebrating after his speech on Saturday were (from left) Hayward Rotarians Vrushali Nanjundappa, Kim Huggett and Barbara Halliday. The 44-year-old speech contest is held among the 62 Rotary clubs in the 5170 district, that is centered on Silicon Valley and includes Hayward. This year's Hayward contest coordinators included HUSD trustees Ken Rawdon and Peter Bufete.