The Harvest Moon Festival began on Friday afternoon, with a number of events in the downtown area, including a spooky storyteller (right). The event continues today with the Trick-or-Trot 5K race and trick or treating in the downtown area. (Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)
POSTED: 10/29/11 at 5:33 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/Peony Festival information The Peony Festival Committee is already preparing for next year’s event with a fundraiser to support the 2012 festival and parade. On Saturday, November 19, from 3-7 p.m. the Peony Festival Committee will be having a Harvest Holiday Home Tour through five homes along Washington Street in Van Wert. Tickets […]
POSTED: 10/29/11 at 5:20 am. FILED UNDER: News
Big Brothers Big Sisters held a Fall Festival on Saturday, October 22. Both matched and unmatched Littles from the One-on-One program attended the event. The Littles watched the Disney Movie Spooky Buddies, painted pumpkins, and made a Turkey Rice Krispy treat. Big Brothers Big Sisters would like to thank Green Thumb for supplying the pumpkins. […]
POSTED: 10/29/11 at 5:16 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert County Council on Aging will have a warehouse sale/bake sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, November 3, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, November 4. The sale will be held in the warehouse located just east of the Van Wert Senior Center at 220 Fox Road. The warehouse sale […]
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Lincolnview Local Schools will be having a Veterans Day celebration and memorial program on Friday, November 11, at 10 a.m. in the high school gymnasium. Students are being asked to bring a veteran to the ceremony, while a memorial service will be held for veterans who lost their lives in the line of duty.
POSTED: 10/29/11 at 5:12 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent sports Titan Brandon Kuhlman ran for 201 yards and four touchdowns as Ottawa-Glandorf ended its Western Buckeye League season with a 61-7 victory over the winless Cougars in Eggerss Stadium on Friday. O-G generated a total of 422 yards of offense while holding Van Wert to 134 yards of total offense. With the […]
POSTED: 10/29/11 at 5:10 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports CONVOY – The Crestview Knights ended the regular season with a convincing 48-20 victory over the Paulding Panthers in a Northwest Conference game played at Crestview. The Knights finished in fifth place in the league with a 4-4 NWC record and a 5-5 record overall. Paulding ends the season winless at […]
POSTED: 10/29/11 at 5:04 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Juanita J. Cross, 78, of Van Wert, died at 6:55 a.m. Thursday, October 27, 2011, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born July 22, 1933, in Springfield, Ill., the daughter of the late William J. and Dorothy (Wilson) Bell. On November 7, 1954, in Decatur, Ill., she married Harold W. Cross, […]
POSTED: 10/28/11 at 2:54 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
CINDY WOOD/independent feature writer Some cardboard, silver spray paint, a Pizza Hut cavatini box, some slinkies for good measure, and abracadabra, the Jones family of Van Wert has a robot costume. For some, Halloween is an excuse to find the nearest costume party and knock back a cold beverage or two. But for many others, […]
POSTED: 10/28/11 at 3:07 am. FILED UNDER: News
M. Pauline “Polly” Hunter of Van Wert died at 6:45 a.m. Thursday, October 27, 2011, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born February 15, 1921, in Dixon, the daughter of the late Orville E. and Edith A. (McDowell) Stephenson. On October 1, 1944, she married Ronald L. Hunter, who preceded her […]
POSTED: 10/28/11 at 2:55 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries