{"id":206001,"date":"2026-05-18T20:46:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=206001"},"modified":"2026-05-18T20:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:46:47","slug":"kimmet-wins-paul-w-zurcher-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/05\/18\/kimmet-wins-paul-w-zurcher-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimmet wins Paul W. Zurcher Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2014, Best-One Tire &amp; Service established a scholarship fund in memory of Paul Zurcher, founder of the Best-One Tire &amp; Service group. Paul encouraged and inspired others to reach for their dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 21 years old, Paul opened a one-bay service station in Monroe, Indiana, that has now grown to over 100 employees. Today, there are more than 320 independently owned and operated Best-One locations across 29 states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul, who was a lifelong learner, often said\u00a0&#8220;You are the same today as you&#8217;ll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read.&#8221; (Quoted from Charlie &#8220;Tremendous&#8221; Jones.)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Scholarship-BestOne-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206002\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pictured from left to right are Ken Langhals (CEO of K&amp;M Tire), Cheryl Gossard (President of K&amp;M Tire), Brenna Kimmet (Scholarship winner), and Becky Kimmet (Brenna\u2019s mother and Director of HR at K&amp;M Tire). <em>Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Students applying for the Paul W. Zurcher Memorial Scholarship were required to compose an essay on how Paul&#8217;s nine commitments relate to them and provide examples of how they practice one or more of these commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert High School senior Brenna Kimmet, who will graduate from Van Wert High School this Sunday, plans to pursue a degree from Miami University to become an optometrist. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy seeking God&#8217;s friendship, fellowship, and guidance, I hope to align my life with His purpose and to make a positive impact on the world around me,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kimmet plans to pursue a degree from Miami University to become an optometrist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information In 2014, Best-One Tire &amp; Service established a scholarship fund in memory of Paul Zurcher, founder of the Best-One Tire &amp; Service group. Paul encouraged and inspired others to reach for their dreams. At 21 years old, Paul opened a one-bay service station in Monroe, Indiana, that has now grown 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-206001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-25 23:57:30","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\/206001","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=206001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206003,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206001\/revisions\/206003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}