{"id":5000,"date":"2011-03-21T02:02:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T07:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=5000"},"modified":"2011-03-22T02:06:07","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T07:06:07","slug":"5-2011-r-k-thompson-self-reliance-boy-finalists-selected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/03\/21\/5-2011-r-k-thompson-self-reliance-boy-finalists-selected\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Self-Reliance boy finalists selected"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent\/<\/strong>VW Service Club information<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Five area boys have been selected for the 2011 R.K. Thompson Self Reliance Award, according to Andy Gearhart and John Gemmer, co-chairman of the Van Wert Service Club\u2019s selection committee.\u00a0 The awards banquet is to be held Tuesday, April 19.\u00a0 The program provides cash awards to Van Wert County High School seniors who best exhibit the trait of self-reliance.\u00a0 These awards are designed to seek out and honor the student who does the best with what he or she has.<\/p>\n

\"\"This year\u2019s boy finalists are Matthew Allmandinger, son of Dave and Mary Allmandinger; Anthony Hauter, son of Krista Connor and Tony Hauter; Joseph Overmyer, son of Joshua and Kathleen Overmyer; Nathanael Simson, son of Jay and Bonita Lynn Simson; and Kevin Yeung, son of Stephanie Yeung and Kei Shing Yeung.<\/p>\n

Matthew Allmandinger<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allmandinger is a senior at Lincolnview\u00a0High School, where he is involved in Lincolnview FFA, the Industrial Technology Club and a Junior Rotarian.\u00a0 He is also president of the Van Wert County Junior Fair Board, member of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church Youth Group and is a volunteer with the Ohio City Fire Department<\/p>\n

After graduation, he hopes to attend the University of Northwest Ohio in Lima to pursue a degree in agriculture business management.\u00a0 He is currently employed at Allmandinger Farms and is owner-operator of Allmandinger Custom Baling and Snow Removal.<\/p>\n

Anthony Hauter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hauter is a senior at Van Wert High School, where he is involved in Beta Club, National Honor Society, was a captain of the football team and a Junior Rotarian. He is a member of Lifehouse Church and volunteers with The Salvation Army and Van Wert Parks Department.<\/p>\n

After graduation, he plans on attending the University of Cincinnati to major in business. He is currently employed at the Orchard Tree Restaurant.<\/p>\n

Joseph Overmyer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overmyer is a senior at Crestview High School, where he is involved in FFA, is president of Student Council, a member of the varsity baseball team and captain of the football team. He is also involved in 4-H, Youth for Christ, and Big Brothers-Big Sisters.<\/p>\n

After graduation, he plans on attending college to pursue a degree in sports management. He is currently employed at McDonald\u2019s and raises market livestock.<\/p>\n

Nathaniel Simson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Simson is a senior at Van Wert High School, where he is involved in Beta Club, track, cross country, bowling, Quiz Bowl and Symphonic Band.\u00a0 He is also involved in Boy Scouts, DeMolay, and the Channel 6 News Team. He attends Olive Branch Church of God and First Church of God Youth Group.<\/p>\n

After graduation, he plans on attending Ball State University to pursue a degree in telecommunications. He is currently employed at Bob Evans Restaurant in Van Wert.<\/p>\n

Kevin Yeung<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeung is a senior at Van Wert High School, where he is involved in Beta Club, National Honor Society, Spanish Club, was captain of the varsity tennis team, GAP and a Junior Rotarian.\u00a0 He is a member of the St. Mark\u2019s Lutheran Church Youth Group and is a Cougar Mentor.<\/p>\n

After graduation, he plans on attending the University of Cincinnati to pursue a degree in either computer or mechanical engineering, combined with a business degree. He is currently employed by Statewide Ford and Peking Restaurant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent\/VW Service Club information Five area boys have been selected for the 2011 R.K. Thompson Self Reliance Award, according to Andy Gearhart and John Gemmer, co-chairman of the Van Wert Service Club\u2019s selection committee.\u00a0 The awards banquet is to be held Tuesday, April 19.\u00a0 The program provides cash awards to Van Wert County […]<\/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-5000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 08:35:28","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\/5000","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=5000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}