{"id":95796,"date":"2018-07-17T09:31:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T13:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=95796"},"modified":"2018-07-17T09:31:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T13:31:28","slug":"scherz-announces-winner-of-ninth-annual-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=95796","title":{"rendered":"Scherz announces winner of ninth\u00a0annual scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_95797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95797\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-95797\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fritz-Scherz-and-Zachary-Nell-7-16-18-300x202.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fritz-Scherz-and-Zachary-Nell-7-16-18-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fritz-Scherz-and-Zachary-Nell-7-16-18-150x101.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fritz-Scherz-and-Zachary-Nell-7-16-18-900x607.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fritz-Scherz-and-Zachary-Nell-7-16-18-400x270.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Fritz-Scherz-and-Zachary-Nell-7-16-18.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fritz Scherz is pictured with Zachary Nell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Scherz announces winner of ninth\u00a0annual Fred Scherz, Sr., Memorial Scholarship for Volunteer Community Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fred \u201cFritz\u201d Scherz, Jr., member of the Verona Town Council, announced that he has selected Zachary Nell of Verona as winner of the ninth\u00a0annual\u00a0Fred Scherz, Sr., Memorial Scholarship for Volunteer Community Service.<\/p>\n<p>Nell initially joined the Verona Volunteer Fire Department as a junior member. Since he has turned 18, he can apply to become a full member and continue his volunteerism. Although he\u2019s been a member for a little over one year, he\u2019s already responded to various calls for assistance in the community.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Nell has voluntarily assisted at the Vernon Verona Sherrill Baseball Clinic, as well as at the Oneida County Youth Bureau Camp for American Legion Baseball and other activities.<\/p>\n<p>As winner of this award, Nell received a certificate of accomplishment and a check for $250.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon reviewing this year\u2019s applications, I was struck by how Mr. Nell felt the urge to volunteer at a junior age with the Verona Volunteer Fire Department,\u201d said Scherz. \u201cIt\u2019s a well-known fact that volunteer fire departments throughout central New York and beyond need volunteers. For a young man like Zachary to step up says a lot about his character and willingness to serve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He comes from a family who\u2019s volunteered in various communities over the years, so it\u2019s nice to see him continue the Nell tradition. It\u2019s obvious he cares about not only the Verona community, but the surrounding areas as well, as his volunteerism has extended beyond the town of Verona.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I congratulate Zachary for not only winning the scholarship, but for also setting a great example for others to follow. On a personal note, I know my Dad would\u2019ve been impressed with the on-going volunteer efforts of this young man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0more details on\u00a0the Scherz Memorial Scholarship for Volunteer Community Service, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fritzscherz.com\/\">www.fritzscherz.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/fritzscherz\">www.twitter.com\/fritzscherz<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fritzscherz.blogspot.com\/\">www.fritzscherz.blogspot.com<\/a>\u00a0or call 315.363.3509.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scherz announces winner of ninth\u00a0annual Fred Scherz, Sr., Memorial Scholarship for Volunteer Community Service Fred \u201cFritz\u201d Scherz, Jr., member of the Verona Town Council, announced that he has selected Zachary Nell of Verona as winner of the ninth\u00a0annual\u00a0Fred Scherz, Sr., Memorial Scholarship for Volunteer Community Service. Nell initially joined the Verona Volunteer Fire Department as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}