{"id":115076,"date":"2019-03-19T06:55:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T11:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=115076"},"modified":"2019-03-19T06:55:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T11:55:42","slug":"local-optimists-list-essay-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/03\/19\/local-optimists-list-essay-contest-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Optimists list Essay Contest winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert Optimist Club recently held its annual essay contest, based on the topic: \u201cWhen All the World\u2019s Problems are Solved, is Optimism Still Necessary?\u201d&nbsp;Three Van Wert High School students were honored during the March 14&nbsp;Optimist Club meeting while presenting their essays.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Optimist-Club-Essay-Contest-winners-3-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115081\"\/><figcaption><strong>Shown (from the left) are third-place winner Ryan Chen, second place winner Kaylee Jennings, and Alixandra Gemmer.\u00a0<\/strong><em>Optimist Club photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Winners include Alixandra Gemmer, who won first place and was awarded $300; Kaylee Jennings, the second-place winner who received $150; and third-place winner Ryan Chen, who was awarded $50. In addition to winning the local contest, Gemmer\u2019s winning essay was submitted to the district level for further judging.&nbsp;Medallions and certificates were also presented.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VWHS Language arts teacher Nancy Brown and school counselor Stephanie Hanneman attended the club meeting with the three winning students. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese students did a great job expressing this year\u2019s tough theme,\u201d said Optimist Essay Committee Chair Diana Cearns.&nbsp;\u201cAlso, special thanks to the judges for their time and talent.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judges this year were Bitsy Clark, Kylee Moody, and Kathy Foust.&nbsp;There were 57 essay entries from VWHS, Crestview, and St. Mary\u2019s students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Optimist Club of Van Wert is a member of Optimist International &#8212; worldwide volunteer organization made up of more than 2,500 local clubs whose members work each day to make the future brighter by bringing out the best in children, in their communities, and in themselves. The local club consists of community leaders and area business representatives dedicated to improving the Van Wert area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information The Van Wert Optimist Club recently held its annual essay contest, based on the topic: \u201cWhen All the World\u2019s Problems are Solved, is Optimism Still Necessary?\u201d&nbsp;Three Van Wert High School students were honored during the March 14&nbsp;Optimist Club meeting while presenting their essays.&nbsp; Winners include Alixandra Gemmer, who won first place and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 13:16:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}