Pearl May (Galloway) Dobson passed away Thursday, October 6, 2011 in her 104th year. Pearl was the mother of Guy and Iain and loving grandmother to Sarah, Claire, Rosemary and William. Pearl was proceeded in death by her parents, Clint (Doc) and Clara Galloway, six brothers and sisters, Lester, Ruby, Katy, Bill, Sam and Ed. […]
POSTED: 10/13/11 at 6:43 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Content submitted The Van Wert Hospital Board of Trustees presented longtime volunteer Dottie Stahl with a board resolution acknowledging her years of services on behalf of the hospital. Stahl retired in July after serving as the hospital’s Red Cross Volunteer Coordinator for more than 20 years. “The board wholeheartedly thanks Dottie for her commitment to […]
POSTED: 10/13/11 at 6:22 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert Independent The triple murder of 3 members of a Convoy family 22 years ago is back in the headlines, both here and in Florida. This time, it’s because the man convicted of terrorizing and murdering then, 36 year old Joan Rogers and daughters, 17 year old Christe and 14 year old Michelle during […]
POSTED: 10/13/11 at 6:11 am. FILED UNDER: News
By Cindy Wood/Van Wert Independent The well field at the new elementary school project is near completion with the district continuing to move toward a dry-in date of Dec. 21. Van Wert City Schools Supt. Ken Amstutz reported to the school board Wednesday evening that the project is still on schedule and on budget. There […]
POSTED: 10/13/11 at 5:52 am. FILED UNDER: News
Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve a theft of a vehicle taken from Spoors Construction yard, located at 201 Sibley Street in Van Wert. On September 19 or September 20, someone entered the property and stole a 1996 Chevy 2500 Black truck. All four […]
POSTED: 10/13/11 at 12:47 am. FILED UNDER: Crime Stoppers
By Kate Bauer With four weeks of school under their belts, students of Crestview are preparing for some exciting upcoming events. The varsity volleyball team is looking forward to tournament time as they played their last regular season game at Ada High School on Tuesday. Senior Taylor Springer said “To prepare for tournament, we work […]
POSTED: 10/12/11 at 1:28 pm. FILED UNDER: Knights in the News
By Rex Dolby “Granules” will be the competition theme in prints and slides when the Wassenberg Camera Club meets Thursday, October 13, at 7 p.m. at the Wassenberg Art Center. Granules are defined as small grains of material. Possibly sand is one of the first materials to come to mind, but if you are a cook, […]
POSTED: 10/12/11 at 1:05 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
By Hope Wallace We received some really cool drawings for our last Pencil for Pizza contest for kids 5 to 18 so we’ve decided to keep offering it! It’s great to see so many of your different styles and ideas. Remember you can use paint, pencil, colored pencil, collagé or whatever media you are most […]
POSTED: 10/12/11 at 12:59 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
Metzger Family Trust to Nancy Metzger, inlot 513, 514, Delphos. Kenneth M. Metzger and Kenneth Metzger to Linda K. Johnson, lot 1, Delphos MAR subdivision. Charles W. Good to Barbara C. Good, inlot 68, Venedocia. George W. Crider Revocable Trust and Mary E. Crider Revocable to Mary E. Crider, lot 5, Van Wert subdivision 5. […]
POSTED: 10/12/11 at 12:48 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
Lincolnview theatre students have started rehearsing for their fall production of LHS Theatre – Past, Present, Future Variety Show. This show will be full of comical skits and entertaining acts by past alumni theatre members, current high school theatre students, and a few future theatre members (elementary students). Plan now to attend the show at […]
POSTED: 10/12/11 at 9:56 am. FILED UNDER: Lancer Lines