The Van Wert Middle School eighth grade boys’ basketball team (above) ended its season by winning the Western Buckeye League championship at the Bath Middle School Invitational. (photo submitted)
POSTED: 02/22/12 at 6:17 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent/Lake Campus information CELINA — The Western Ohio Educational Foundation (WOEF) is celebrating its 50th year of incorporation. Julie Miller, WOEF development officer, acknowledges that, “it is by the generosity of all our scholarship contributors that the WOEF Board is able to offer scholarships to students in our area to help offset their […]
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Angela Snyder, a resident of rural Van Wert County, is a candidate for the Republican State Central Committee for Ohio’s 1st Senate District. One man and one woman are elected from each district. The State Central Committee is the ruling body of the Ohio Republican Party (ORP). It meets three times a year and the […]
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Van Wert County Commissioners (seated, from the left) Gary Adams, Thad Lichtensteiger and Clair Dudgeon sign an FFA Week proclamation with chapter presidents (left to right) Abram Mitchener (Vantage), Jacob Staley (Lincolnview), and Nick Bauer (Crestview). (photo submitted)
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LIMA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will hold the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general signup from March 12 through April 6. CRP is a voluntary program that helps agricultural producers use environmentally sensitive land for conservation benefits. Producers enrolled in CRP plant long-term, resource-conserving covers to control soil erosion, improve […]
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Pat Ryan (right) of Citizens National Bank in Van Wert presents a check for $1,000 to Van Wert Parks Director Sue Heppeard to help defray the cost of constructing a concession stand/restroom facility in Jubilee Park. (photo submitted)
POSTED: 02/22/12 at 5:35 am. FILED UNDER: News
As we approach our fifth anniversary of the opening of the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio, it is a good time to see where we have come from and try to determine where we are headed in the future. At our recent Van Wert Area Performing Arts Foundation board meeting, we had a […]
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Dorothy P. Shock, 92, of Rockford, died at 7:12 p.m. Saturday, February 19, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind. She was born December 10, 1919, near Pennville, Ind., the daughter of the late Walter C. and Virgie (Champ) Wright. On December 29, 1945, she married Max C. Shock, who preceded her in death […]
POSTED: 02/21/12 at 10:09 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
H. Doyle “Dudley” Schmid, 83, of Glenmore, died at 4:25 p.m. Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. Arrangements are pending at Cowan & Son Funeral Home in Van Wert.
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Leroy Melvin Fickert, 77, of Ohio City, died at 8:19 a.m. Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born April 26, 1934, in Mercer County, the son of the late Raymond Melvin and Arberdeen Frances (Snyder) Fickert. He married Naomi (Radabaugh) Fickert, who survives. Other survivors include three sons, Mike (Shawn) Fickert […]
POSTED: 02/21/12 at 9:57 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries