VAN WERT — The Western Buckeye Educational Service Center hosted the
Franklin B. Walter Scholarship Program on March 8 at Vantage Career
Center. The individual district winners from Paulding County are Antwerp
High School - Rayni Rister - county winner, Paulding High School -
Hayden Mullen, and Wayne Trace High School - Sydnee Sinn and from Van
Wert County: Crestview High School - Megan Mosier, Lincolnview High
School - Morgan Anspach, and Van Wert High School - Finley Foster -
county winner.
As county winners, Rayni Rister and Finley Foster
both received $500 scholarships from the Western Buckeye ESC. The rest
of the students received $100 scholarships for being selected as their
district representative. Rayni Rister and Finley Foster will both be
recognized at an awards luncheon in Columbus in April hosted by the Ohio
Educational Service Center Association (OESCA).
In the
application for the Franklin B. Walter Scholarship, each of the students
was asked to name the educator who had the greatest impact on his/her
educational career. For Morgan Anspach from Lincolnview High School,
that teacher was Rachel Rohrs. For Finley Foster from Van Wert High
School, that teacher was Kathy Fleming (retired). For Megan Mosier from
Crestview High School, that teacher was Grace Callow.
The Western
Buckeye ESC thanks the following businesses and individuals for
contributing to this awards program: Avangrid Renewables, EDP
Renewables, the United Way of Van Wert County, Jan Kohart, Thomas Taylor
and an anonymous local foundation.