Van Wert independent/submitted information The Van Wert Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is excited to announce the line-up of activities at the fifth annual Van Wert Rib Cook-Off. This year’s event will take place from noon to midnight Saturday, August 6, on the infield of the racetrack in front of the grandstand on the Van […]
POSTED: 07/15/11 at 2:13 am. FILED UNDER: News
Ohio City Church of God has given a $1,000 donation to Community Health Professionals’ Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. Pastor Randy Bevington presented a check to Robin Waters of CHP in support of the ongoing ministry of the facility to the community. The hospice center ministers to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of […]
POSTED: 07/15/11 at 1:59 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent sports/submitted information Pleasant Shores Water Ski Club will be hosting the Ohio Buckeye Buoy Tour (BBT) Stop 3 on Friday and the Ohio State Championships this Saturday and Sunday. The BBT is a five-stop tour letting all skiers ski at least two rounds against their average. Skiers that get the highest percentage […]
POSTED: 07/15/11 at 1:56 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
The Convoy Junior Softball team defeated Rockford 7-5 in the quad-county championship tournament game on July 13. Team members are (front row, from the left) Terra Crowle, Saige Royer, Megan Hartman, Brady Guest, Emily Bauer, Kaitlin Hallfeldt, Tianna Rager (back row) Coach Terry Crowle, Mallory Bowen, Marissa Walters, Whitney Meyers, Hannah Drake, Nevada Smith, Mackenzie Riggenbach […]
POSTED: 07/15/11 at 1:53 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
The Van Wert County Historical Society has issued a reminder to county first-, second- and third-graders (from the 2010-2011 school year) to color their caboose picture and provide their names, grade, school and home phone number and then bring it to the Historical Society’s Railroad Heritage Weekend this Saturday and Sunday for a chance to […]
POSTED: 07/15/11 at 12:53 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
Van Wert Police July 13, 11:43 p.m. — A resident of the 200 block of South Vine Street reported someone broke a window in the house. July 14, 11:15 a.m. — A resident of the 400 block of Spencer Street reported damage done to a vehicle parked there. July 13, 3:37 p.m. — A resident […]
POSTED: 07/15/11 at 12:50 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
CONVOY — Crestview Elementary has announced the members of its honors club for the third trimester of the 2010-2011 School year. Qualifications for each club are as follows: Blue Club honors include students who earned all As on their grade card and missed less than four days during the trimester. Red Club honor members have […]
POSTED: 07/15/11 at 12:01 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
Jack R. Fraker, 70, of Middle Point, died at 10:42 a.m. Thursday, July 14, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind. He was born August 22, 1940, in Lima, the son of the late Alton and Lionne (Ryan) Fraker. On November 23, 1960, he married Patricia (Neer) Fraker, who survives in Middle Point. Mr. […]
POSTED: 07/14/11 at 11:24 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
James Lee Parrish of Van Wert died at 1:37 a.m. Thursday, July 14, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind. He was born July 18, 1951, in Van Wert, the son of the late Robert Junior and Juanita Marcile (Kohn) Parrish. On July 30, 1981, he married Deborah L. (Close) Parrish, who survives in […]
POSTED: 07/14/11 at 2:27 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A man with a long history of drug problems showed signs Wednesday that he is working hard to clean up his act. Van Wert Common Pleas Judge Charles D. Steele sentenced Jason Lamb, 29, of Van Wert, to three years of community control, with some additional requirements, on each count of a […]
POSTED: 07/14/11 at 3:59 am. FILED UNDER: News