The Western Buckeye ESC hosted the Franklin B. Walter Scholarship Program on March 6th at the Vantage Career Center. The individual district winners are as follows:
PAULDING COUNTY:
Aewyn McMichael, Antwerp
Malia Manz (county winner), Paulding
Emma Laukhuf, Wayne Trace
VAN WERT COUNTY:
Cadence Cook (county winner), Crestview
Amy Chavez, Lincolnview
John Kramer, Van Wert
As county winners, Malia Manz and Cadence Cook both received $500 scholarships from the Western Buckeye ESC. The rest of the students received $100 scholarships for being selected as their district representative.
Malia Manz and Cadence Cook will both be recognized at an Awards Luncheon in Columbus in April hosted by the Ohio Educational Service Center Association (OESCA).
The following businesses and individuals contributed to this awards program: Avangrid Renewables, Paulding Fraternal Order of Eagles, Paulding Kiwanis, Jan Kohart, Jordan & Tricia Taylor, Thomas Taylor and an anonymous local foundation.
