{"id":118387,"date":"2019-05-24T07:42:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T12:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=118387"},"modified":"2019-05-24T07:42:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T12:42:35","slug":"elks-name-americanism-contest-winners-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/05\/24\/elks-name-americanism-contest-winners-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Elks name Americanism Contest winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, announced the winners of the 2018-2019 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Americanism Essay Contest. This fraternal year, the theme for the contest was \u201cWhat Makes You Proud of America\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The students competed in divisions, by age group. The local winners, which were forwarded to the district for further judging, were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Elks-Americanism-winners-5-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118388\"\/><figcaption><strong>Shown are (from the left) Luke Stouffer, Bennett Kill, Allison Noggle, and Lodge Americanism Committee Chair Jill Evans. Not pictured are the Division II winners, who were unavailable.&nbsp;<\/strong><em>Elks photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Division I, grades 5-6 &#8212; Luke Stouffer, Wayne Trace\/Payne School, first place; Bennett Kill, Lincolnview School, second place; Allison Noggle, Wayne Trace\/Payne School, third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Division II, grades 7-8 &#8212; Laura Stoller, Wayne Trace School, first place; Breck Evans, Lincolnview School, second grade; Preston Morgan, Crestview School, third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bennett Kill placed first in the Northwest District Division I competition, while Laura Stoller was second and Prestyn Morgan third in the Northwest District Division II competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197 congratulates all its winners and wishes to thank all the students, teachers, and schools for their participation in this year\u2019s essay contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jill Evans is chairman of the Lodge Americanism Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, announced the winners of the 2018-2019 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Americanism Essay Contest. This fraternal year, the theme for the contest was \u201cWhat Makes You Proud of America\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp; The students competed in divisions, by age group. The local winners, which [&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-118387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 03:22:42","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\/118387","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=118387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}