County Wind Association plans meeting

An organizational meeting of the Southern Van Wert County Wind Association will be held at Vantage Career Center on Monday, April 11, from 7 to 9 p.m.

The purpose of the association is to help farmers, landowners, and neighboring house owners to better understand a wind lease contract, to negotiate the best possible lease, to know about amendments to leases, and to decide if a lease is in the landowners’ best interest.

Ron Schumm will talk about his experience with the benefits wind association in northern Van Wert County and southern Paulding County.

The association is being organized by Catherine Heitz at the request of Warren Reed, former Vantage instructor and vocational agriculture teacher. One goal of an association will be to get legal counsel who are familiar with wind leases so landowners will have a better understanding of what they are signing.

For more information, call Heitz 419.692.9753 or email melkate@watchtv.net.