C’view tabs new board member DAVE MOSIER/Van Wert independent CONVOY – The Crestview Local Board of Education gave a nod to the person unofficially selected to replace board member Thad Lichtensteiger and also approved Tax Increment Financing requests made by Tully and Union township trustees. The board acknowledged Mike Schlagbaum as the unofficial selection to […]
POSTED: 11/29/10 at 8:04 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Cheryl S. Hayes, 62, of Van Wert, died at 1:45 p.m. Saturday, November 27, 2010, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind. She was born July 14, 1948, in Sweetwater, Tenn., the daughter of the late Kenneth Sewell and June (Alexander) Sewell Harrison. On September 6, 1975, she married Dick Hayes, who survives in Van […]
POSTED: 11/28/10 at 4:07 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Victor P. “Vic” Gentile died at 4:41 a.m. Saturday, November 27, 2010, at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born December 31, 1919, in Detroit, Mich., the son of the late Michael and Giovannina (Carlin) Gentile. On November 8, 1975, he married Eleanor (Steinmetz) Gentile, who preceded him in death on October 12, […]
POSTED: 11/28/10 at 4:04 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW couple adopts Chinese girls CINDY WOOD/independent feature writer John and Georgene Brown of Convoy always knew they wanted to be parents. That was the easy part. Soon after marrying in 2000 in West Palm Beach, Fla., the couple moved to Van Wert, where John had grown up, to start their family. “We got married […]
POSTED: 11/28/10 at 10:04 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, has selected Danyelle Mercer, a senior at Lincolnview High School, and Cierra Ziegler, a senior at Vantage Career Center, as recipients of the Students of the Month for November. Students are nominated by their high schools to receive this award. Each Student of the Month […]
POSTED: 11/27/10 at 9:45 pm. FILED UNDER: News