{"id":192094,"date":"2025-04-21T20:57:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T01:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=192094"},"modified":"2025-04-22T22:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T03:11:27","slug":"girl-finalists-announced-for-r-k-thompson-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/04\/21\/girl-finalists-announced-for-r-k-thompson-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl finalists announced for annual award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Five area girls have been selected for the 2025 R.K. Thompson Self Reliance Award, according to Keri McClure, Breanne Sudduth and Anthony Adams, co-chairpersons of the Van Wert Service Club\u2019s selection committee. The program provides cash awards to seniors of Van Wert County high schools who best exhibit the trait of self-reliance. These awards are designed to seek out and honor the student who does the best with what she has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s girl finalists include Emma Bowersock, daughter of Rod and Karla Bowersock; Sydney Dowler, daughter of Stephen and Casey Dowler; Brittany Ganger, daughter of Mark and Christa Ganger; Abigail Rollins, daughter of David and Sarah Rollins and Nevaeh Ross, daughter of Josh Ross.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Pictured clockwise from left are RK Thompson Award girl finalists Emma Bowersock, Sydney Dowler, Brittany Ganger, Abigail Rollins and Navaeh Ross. Photos submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Ms. Bowersock is a senior at Lincolnview High School where she is a member of Honor Society, Lincolnview Service Club, FFA, FCA as well as serving as senior class vice-president and competing on the Lancer volleyball and softball teams. Following graduation Emma plans to attend Bowling Green State University pursuing a degree in early childhood education. Work experience includes childcare as well as assisting in the classroom through the C.E.O. program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Dowler is a senior at Crestview High School where she is a member of National Honor Society, Knight Vision, FCCLA, Art Club while serving as Student Council secretary and competing as a varsity cheerleader. Following graduation, Sydney plans to attend the University of Findlay majoring in elementary education. Work experience includes time as a paraprofessional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Ganger is a senior at Vantage Career Center where she participates in the Transition to Work Program while also competing on the Lincolnview bowling team. Outside of school she serves as President of 4-H in addition to serving her community through First United Methodist Church. Following graduation, Brittany plans to pursue a degree in the medical field attending Wright State University. Employment experience includes time with A&W, Pizza Hut and Burger King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Rollins is a senior at Van Wert High School where she is involved in marching band, symphonic band, District 3 honors band, northwest regional orchestra, the Renaissance Program and Leadership Program. Outside of school, she is a member of St John\u2019s Catholic Church and the CCIA Program while also serving on the St. Mary\u2019s Community Band. Following graduation, Abigail plans to attend Purdue University Fort Wayne pursuing a degree in music education. Work experiences includes time with Rocky Top, Rager\u2019s and Winan\u2019s Coffee and Chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ms. Ross is a senior at Crestview High School where she is a member of the Knight volleyball and softball teams in addition to serving as a Junior Rotarian. National Honor Society and the yearbook staff while also competing on the Crestview Soccer team. Following graduation from Crestview, Nevaeh plans to attend Rhodes State College earning a degree as a physical therapy assistant with the goal of ultimately becoming a physical therapist. Work experience includes time with Cook-Kelly Family Dentistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boy finalists will be announced this week. This year\u2019s awards banquet will be held Wednesday, May 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent staff\/submitted information Five area girls have been selected for the 2025 R.K. Thompson Self Reliance Award, according to Keri McClure, Breanne Sudduth and Anthony Adams, co-chairpersons of the Van Wert Service Club\u2019s selection committee. The program provides cash awards to seniors of Van Wert County high schools who best exhibit the trait of […]<\/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-192094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 10:26:37","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\/192094","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=192094"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192143,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192094\/revisions\/192143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}