The YWCA of Van Wert County will be holding a craft and vendor fair Saturday, November 5, from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The craft and vendor fair is part of the YWCA Festival of Trees’ Gingerbread Junction event. Some of this year’s vendors include Scentsy Wickless Products, Thirty-One Gifts, Gold Canyon, Tastefully Simple, Uppercase Living, Pampered […]
POSTED: 11/01/11 at 1:53 am. FILED UNDER: News
Eaton Corporation will sponsor a United Way fundraiser this Saturday, November 5, at the Van Wert County Council on Aging building on Fox Road. The fundraiser, Longaberger Basket Bingo, will begin with Early Bird Bingo at 9 a.m., with doors opening at 8:15 Saturday morning. Ticket prices are $20 at the door and include 20 […]
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The Lincolnview Athletic Department will again sell tickets in the Lecture Hall (first door to the left after entering main high school entrance) for Reserved Seating for Boys Basketball games. Those people who are season ticket holders from last year, the dates we will be selling are: Ticketholders with last names A-K: November 15, 5-7 […]
POSTED: 11/01/11 at 1:47 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
The YMCA of Van Wert County announces the registration dates for the upcoming “Bitty Ballers” League for boys and girls 4 years old through second grade. Registration fees will be $15 for Y members, $25 for youth members and $60 for potential members. Open registration ends November 23, with a $10 late registration fee applying […]
POSTED: 11/01/11 at 1:43 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Registration is now open for the Van Wert Parks and Recreation 2011-12 Men’s Basketball League. Teams must be registered by November 18. All games will be played Wednesday evenings in the gymnasium at the S.F. Goedde Building. The league is slated to begin November 30. For more information on the league, contact Park Office at […]
POSTED: 11/01/11 at 1:16 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert Police October 31, 12:23 a.m. — A 1996 Ford CVC vehicle stolen in Geneva, Ind., was recovered by local police in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 140 Valam Drive. October 29, 6 p.m. — A Missiouri woman contacted local police to report that unauthorized charges were made to […]
POSTED: 11/01/11 at 1:13 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
P & R Medical Connection recently became the exclusive retail store in Van Wert and surrounding area for original Larry Dove Photography photo cards. In considering this venture, a big part of the idea behind it was getting back to the basics, says Ginger Rahrig, P & R Medical Connection store manager. “Nothing cheers up […]
POSTED: 11/01/11 at 12:52 am. FILED UNDER: Business
Gladys Ellen Robideau, 85, of Tecumseh, Mich., passed away Monday, October 31, 2011. She was born September 5, 1926, in Toledo, the daughter of the late Arthur and Gladys (Teachout) Goetz. She married James J. Robideau on November 23, 1949. Sadly, he preceded her in death on October 15, 2005. Gladys was a member of […]
POSTED: 10/31/11 at 2:02 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Amy Elizabeth “Betty” Voltz Cox Huls of Spanish Fork, Utah, died at her residence on October 24, 2011. She was born April 12, 1913, in Willshire Township, Van Wert County, the second of 10 children. On January 21, 1942, she married Frank Marion Cox, who preceded her in death in 1949. On October 1, 1992, […]
POSTED: 10/31/11 at 1:54 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
This year’s annual Fall Fright Fest again drew hundreds of ghosts, goblins, witches, and just about anything else the creative minds of local residents could conjure up. (photos by Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)
POSTED: 10/31/11 at 5:44 am. FILED UNDER: News