The Van Wert Chamber of Commerce 2011 Leadership Class is sponsoring a presentation on Tuesday, April 5, at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio for students in the high school and middle school. This year’s class project is sponsorship of a presentation by dynamic speaker Josh Gunderson that will educate the local middle […]
POSTED: 04/02/11 at 12:57 am. FILED UNDER: News
Mark those calendars for the Brumback Library Spring Book Sale, to be held on Saturday, April 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the library’s Reading Room. Books for adults and children, as well as encyclopedias, magazines, videos and a wide array of other materials, will be available for purchase.
POSTED: 04/02/11 at 12:56 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Police No new reports. Delphos Police March 30, 8:15 a.m. — Christopher Harper II, 21, of Lima, was arrested on active warrants issued in Findlay.
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Mary Ellen Couts of Ohio City died at 4:20 p.m. Friday, April 1, 2011, at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born July 14, 1921, in Liberty Township, Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Clarence Homer and Maude T. (Hoffman) Putman. On August 15, 1942, she married Clarence Beers Couts Jr., […]
POSTED: 04/01/11 at 9:30 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Robert M. Tracy, 86, of Grover Hill, died at 10:45 a.m. Thursday, March 31, 2011, at Van Wert Manor. He was born September 11, 1924, in Cleveland, the son of the late Claude and Ada (Korf) Tracy. He married Betty J. (Ashbaugh) Tracy, who survives in Grover Hill. Other survivors include three children, Floyd (Shirley) […]
POSTED: 04/01/11 at 9:29 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Virginia Giffin Hunt of Greenbelt, Md., and formerly of Van Wert County, died Sunday, March 27, 2011, after complications from a fall. She was born in 1921 in Van Wert County. She married Howard Hunt, who preceded her in death. Survivors include two sons, Stephen (Melinda) Hunt and Christopher (Rene) Hunt; three grandsons; and two […]
POSTED: 04/01/11 at 11:47 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert Police No new reports. Delphos Police No new reports.
POSTED: 04/01/11 at 1:34 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Fort Jennings defeated the Lincolnview varsity baseball team 14-4 in a non-league game played at Lincolnview Thursday afternoon. The Lancers scored first in the bottom half of the first inning, but the Musketeers rallied to score 4 runs in the second and 7 runs in the third to take a 11-1 lead. Lincolnview scored 3 […]
POSTED: 04/01/11 at 1:30 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
CONVOY — The Crestview track hosted Continental and Fort Recovery Thursday night, with the Knights boys winning the tri-meet and the Lady Knights finishing second to Fort Recovery. The Knight boys won by a score of 112, while Continental had 44 points and Fort Recovery 14. The girls’ competition was much closer, with Fort Recovery […]
POSTED: 04/01/11 at 1:18 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert County Foundation information The Van Wert County Foundation is pleased to announce its 10th anniversary season of the Fountain Park Summer Music Series. In 2002, Paul Hoverman, coordinator of Performing Arts for The Foundation, started this summer music series that has enjoyed enormous growth. Supported by the Saltzgaber Music Fund, concerts are offered […]
POSTED: 04/01/11 at 1:04 am. FILED UNDER: News