Information submitted Monday evening, September 12, the Van Wert County Heart Land Patriots will be hosting State Senator Cliff Hite of Findlay for a very important legislative update. Senator Hite, a former Bryan High School and Findlay High School teacher and football coach, most recently served in the Ohio House of Representatives before being appointed […]
POSTED: 09/07/11 at 2:12 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert County Hospital will offer Active Parenting of Teens workshop for parents of children ages 10-16. The six-session video and discussion program will be held on Thursday evenings, beginning September 15. Each session will be held in the hospital’s conference rooms A and B from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The hospital is located at 1250 S. […]
POSTED: 09/07/11 at 1:56 am. FILED UNDER: News
This Sunday, September 11, the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio will open its brand new season. Technically, this is our fourth complete season and we can’t wait to welcome new faces as well as loyal patrons to a season of exciting performances. The season begins on a rather solemn, but most appropriate note. […]
POSTED: 09/06/11 at 5:17 pm. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Temperatures were lower and attendance higher as the Van Wert County Fair came to its abbreviated close on Monday. The Labor Day holiday always includes a number of special activities and events at the fair, including thoroughbred and quarter horse racing, and this Labor Day was no exception. Included in the thoroughbred […]
POSTED: 09/06/11 at 1:07 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/Off Stage Productions information Extra! Extra! Read all about it. Off Stage Productions Inc.’s fall show, The Foreigner by Larry Shue, has been cast! Cast members, in order of appearance, are as follows: “Froggy” LeSeur, Dan Bulau; Charles Baker, Max Hibbard; Betty Meeks, Jean Bulau; the Rev. David Marshall Lee, Brad Doner; Catherine […]
POSTED: 09/06/11 at 1:06 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Police September 3, 2:14 a.m. — Eric R. Duff, 22, of Cincinnati, was charged with operating a vehicle while impaired (OVI) as a result of a traffic stop in the 300 block of South Washington Street. September 3, 10:51 p.m. — Richard J. Speakman, 18, of 816 W. Main St., Apt. 10, was […]
POSTED: 09/06/11 at 12:30 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
CONVOY — Even despite the Van Wert County Fair going on, the Crestview Lady Knights were able to pull out two victories on Saturday morning, defeating Stryker in the first match 25-22 and 25-9 and Archbold in the next, 25-23, 25-23. Crestview Lady Knights are now 3-0 overall and will be back in action on Thursday […]
POSTED: 09/06/11 at 12:26 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Thelma A. Workman, 94, of Van Wert, died at 10:13 p.m. Sunday, September 4, 2011, at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert. She was born March 20, 1917, in Paulding County, the daughter of the late Ellsworth and Florence Laverda (Vance) Peterson. On July 5, 1934, she married Lionel Guy Workman, who preceded her […]
POSTED: 09/05/11 at 8:21 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
George “Skip” Magowan, 78, of Hayward, Wis., died on Sunday, September 4, 2011, at the Hayward Area Memorial Hospital. George H. Magowan was born on February 26, 1933, in Bloomfield, N.J., the son of the late George and Hilda (Riggs) Magowan. On May 2, 1959, he was united in marriage to Elinor (May) Magowan in […]
POSTED: 09/05/11 at 8:19 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
J. Evan Rees, 68, of Annapolis, Md., died at 11:40 p.m. Sunday, September 4, 2011, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. He was born December 29, 1942, in Van Wert, the son of the late John and Evelyn (Mace) Rees. He married V. Jane (Scheiderer) Rees, who also preceded him in death. Survivors include […]
POSTED: 09/05/11 at 8:13 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries