For the past decade, Van Wert has celebrated the Fourth of July weekend with the Lima Symphony “Pops” Orchestra under the flamboyant baton of Maestro Crafton Beck. This Friday, Van Wert once again kicks off its Holiday at Home Fourth of July celebration with the Lima Pops, but with a different conductor. Maestro Beck recently […]
POSTED: 06/28/11 at 11:25 pm. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Willow Bend Country Club might have to find a Plan B after Van Wert City Council shot down its request to hire a professional hunter to kill geese that have created problems on the golf course. A vote on introducing legislation that would have provided an exception to the city ban on […]
POSTED: 06/28/11 at 3:03 am. FILED UNDER: News
There’s a new baseball team in town this summer, the Van Wert Twisters. The Twisters are members of the Heartland Amateur Baseball League, a summer program for NCAA, NAIA, JUCO, or any applicable non-collegiate players. The Van Wert Twisters came about from the overabundance of college players wanting to play for the nearby Decatur (Ind.) […]
POSTED: 06/28/11 at 2:26 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Preparedness is important, especially when you’re dealing with infectious diseases and other illnesses and natural disasters. To increase its preparedness, the Van Wert County Health Department conducted a “functional exercise” — a critiqued “practice run” — Monday morning that dealt with the premise of a rare influenza outbreak in the county. According […]
POSTED: 06/28/11 at 1:44 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, recently donated funds raised from this year’s Wheels ‘N’ Wings Festival held in May to the Van Wert Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and Van Wert County Airport. The Elks lodge was approached by the CVB to operate a beer tent during the festival and […]
POSTED: 06/28/11 at 1:40 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Police June 27, 11:10 a.m. — The theft of a Schwinn bicycle was reported in the 1000 block of Allingham Street. June 26, 11:06 p.m. — A city employee reported that a black metal trash can was thrown in to the fountain in Fountain Park. June 26, 2:27 a.m. — Jason L. Vanover, […]
POSTED: 06/27/11 at 11:43 pm. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Kenneth R. “Kenny” Osting, 80, of Delphos, died at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 26, 2011, at the Cleveland Clinic. He was born March 25, 1931, in Delphos, the son of the late Bernard and Eva (Kunz) Osting. In July 1951, he married Carolyn (O’Connor) Osting, who survives in Delphos. Other survivors include four sons, David […]
POSTED: 06/27/11 at 11:24 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Former Fort Wayne, Ind., resident and English professor Glenn Berggoetz was a scriptwriter wannabe who couldn’t get anyone to read his screenplays. But then he got what he thought was good advice. “I was talking to a man who used to work for Disney and he said, ‘if you want to break […]
POSTED: 06/27/11 at 5:06 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/Old Fashioned Farmers Days information Old Fashioned Farmers Days will run from Thursday, June 30, through Sunday, July 3, at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds. Many new attractions are on the agenda for this year’s show. Newly crowned Miss Ohio Ellen Bryan, a Celina native, will be on hand this year to help […]
POSTED: 06/27/11 at 3:05 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Miss Tiny Princess winners ride in the 2011 Willshire Days Parade on Saturday afternoon. More photos will be in later this week. (Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)
POSTED: 06/27/11 at 3:04 am. FILED UNDER: News