{"id":139427,"date":"2021-01-22T23:32:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T04:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=139427"},"modified":"2021-01-22T23:32:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T04:32:23","slug":"club-seeks-oratorical-contest-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/01\/22\/club-seeks-oratorical-contest-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"Club seeks Oratorical Contest participants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Optimist Club of Van Wert invites area students to enter its annual Oratorical contest for the opportunity to win prize money and the possibility of earning thousands of dollars in scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Optimist-Oratorical-Contest-logo-1-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139428\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Optimist Club Oratorical Contest&nbsp;is set for Sunday, March 14, and will be conducted online via Zoom.&nbsp;Students are asked to craft a four-to-five-minute speech addressing the topic: \u201cHealing the World with Optimism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winners will receive cash awards of $300 for first place, $200 for second place, and $100 for third place. The top two local contestants will advance to zone, regional, district, and, possibly, international level competitions for the opportunity to win from $2,500 up to $22,500 in scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The contest is open to all Van Wert County students who are under the age of 19 as of October 1, 2020, and are not enrolled as a degree-seeking student of a post-secondary institution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no minimum age to enter, but the contest is generally appropriate for middle school and high school students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oratorical contest applications are available now at area middle and high schools or may be obtained by contacting Greg Yinger at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:vwyinger@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vwyinger@gmail.com<\/a>. Deadline for entries is Monday, March&nbsp;8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carrying the motto \u201cFriend of Youth,\u201d the Optimist Club of Van Wert conducts positive service projects in support of young people.&nbsp;To learn more about the club\u2019s volunteer service opportunities, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.optimistvw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.optimistvw.com<\/a>&nbsp;or @OptimistVW on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information The Optimist Club of Van Wert invites area students to enter its annual Oratorical contest for the opportunity to win prize money and the possibility of earning thousands of dollars in scholarships. The Optimist Club Oratorical Contest&nbsp;is set for Sunday, March 14, and will be conducted online via Zoom.&nbsp;Students are asked to [&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-139427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 01:03:14","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\/139427","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=139427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}