The Northwest Ohio Film Foundation will hold a bake sale to raise funds for the inaugural Van Wert Independent Film Festival (VWIFF) on Saturday, April 23. The bake sale will take place at Chief Supermarket, 221 Summit St. in Celina. This is the third event hosted by the Northwest Ohio Film Foundation to help create […]
POSTED: 03/18/11 at 11:36 pm. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Van Wert County Board of Commissioners appear poised to go forward with an energy savings project that would also allow for completion of a restoration project for Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. The bulk of the project – approximately $350,000 – would be for renovating the Common Pleas Court area, […]
POSTED: 03/18/11 at 3:41 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Police March 16, 3:47 p.m. — Alvin S. Hammons, 46, of 637 N. Franklin St., and Andrew C. Hammons, 23, of Decatur, Ind., were both arrested on South Shannon Street in connection with outstanding warrants issued by the Van Wert County Adult Probation Department. March 15, 9:20 a.m. — A 15-foot aluminum ladder […]
POSTED: 03/18/11 at 12:36 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
DAVE MOSIER/independent sports BOWLING GREEN – With seconds to go in Thursday’s regional semifinal game, the Van Wert Cougars looked like a team headed to the Division II regional finals. But one missed three-pointer by Corey Clifton and a trey made by Rocky River’s Kyle Dunne and the Pirates scuttled Van Wert’s season with a […]
POSTED: 03/17/11 at 11:57 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent/United Way information When employees at Eaton Corporation heard that the United Way of Van Wert County was short of its campaign goal by $30,000 they took matters into their own hands, deciding to run a “mini-campaign” to see if they could push United Way to its goal. Anita Carvajal and Kathy Motycka, […]
POSTED: 03/17/11 at 11:12 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/OSHP information As part of the Patrol’s new symbol of its efforts – Trooper Shield – and its ongoing effort to contribute to a safer Ohio, troopers will have an increased focus on impaired driving enforcement in 2011. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol OVI-Related Crashes and Arrests statistical recap from the […]
POSTED: 03/17/11 at 10:54 pm. FILED UNDER: News
COLUMBUS – The Division of State Fire Marshal urges parents and guardians to take precautionary measures to avoid unnecessary fire fatalities, particularly related to children ages 5 and under. Last year in Ohio, 20 of the 26 children who lost their lives in fires were under the age of 5. “In the event of a […]
POSTED: 03/17/11 at 10:43 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Successfully launch a new business by completing the “Starting Right” class developed by the Business Enterprise Center at Wright State University-Lake Campus. This two-hour class delivers much of the basic information necessary for successful business ownership. Participants receive a “Starting Right” packet including legal, record-keeping, tax and general business information. A business plan questionnaire and […]
POSTED: 03/17/11 at 10:42 pm. FILED UNDER: News
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) reintroduced the Clean Water Affordability Act. The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, updating the EPA’s clean water affordability policy to assist municipalities’ that cannot meet unfunded mandates to improve their wastewater infrastructure projects. If approved, municipalities will have an extended loan repayment period […]
POSTED: 03/17/11 at 10:41 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Connie J. York, 67, of Van Wert, died at 2:46 p.m. Thursday, March 17, 2011, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. She was born December 9, 1943, in Monroeville, Ind., the daughter of the late Nino and Frieda (Gaskill) Alcanter. She married Max York, who survives in Van Wert. Other survivors include four children, […]
POSTED: 03/17/11 at 9:43 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries