{"id":36097,"date":"2026-04-28T09:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=36097"},"modified":"2026-04-28T09:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:31:17","slug":"state-winner-chosen-at-decatur-vfw-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/state-winner-chosen-at-decatur-vfw-post\/","title":{"rendered":"State winner chosen at Decatur VFW post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Danielle Cummings will be competing for thousands of dollars in scholarships after having been judged the state winner of the Indiana VFW Auxiliary&#8217;s Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judging of Indiana entries in the contest was done last Friday at the Decatur VFW&#8217;s post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VFW-winner.jpg?resize=622%2C402&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VFW-winner.jpg?w=622&amp;ssl=1 622w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VFW-winner.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Tracy Manley, Mayor Dan Rickord, Judge Sam Conrad display winner. (Decatur VFW photo)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cummings&#8217; entry was submitted by VFW Post 1954, North Liberty, Indiana.<br>A total of 16 entries were judged at the Decatur post by Decatur Mayor Dan Rickord, Adams Superior Court Judge Sam Conrad, and Tracy Manley, a member of the Decatur auxiliary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VFW-judging.jpg?resize=640%2C705&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VFW-judging.jpg?resize=930%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 930w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VFW-judging.jpg?resize=272%2C300&amp;ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VFW-judging.jpg?resize=768%2C846&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VFW-judging.jpg?w=978&amp;ssl=1 978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Judges looking over 16 entries (Decatur VFW photo)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cummings&#8217; work now goes to the VFW auxiliary&#8217;s national headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., where winners from each state will compete for the $37,000 in scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 4,000 students across the U.S. were expected to participate in the event which began in 1979.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High school students in grades 9 through 12 were eligible to take part in the contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Danielle Cummings will be competing for thousands of dollars in scholarships after having been<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":36098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,15,21],"class_list":["post-36097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/VFW-winner.jpg?fit=622%2C402&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36100,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36097\/revisions\/36100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}