PAULDING — The Paulding Soil & Water Conservation District is now accepting orders for fish fingerlings. The available fish to order from are: Blue gill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, fathead minnows, triploid white amur, yellow perch, and red ear shellcracker. General recommendations for stocking a pond per 1 acre of water are as followed: 100 […]
POSTED: 03/19/12 at 4:29 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted Three members of the YMCA Marlins traveled to Canton this past weekend to compete at the YMCA Great Lakes Zones (Regionals) where more than 1,500 swimmers from six states competed. Van Wert’s Katie McVaigh was seeded 19th with a time of 35.20 in the 10 & Under Girls 50-yard backstroke and finished 14th […]
POSTED: 03/19/12 at 4:28 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
AKRON — Van Wert junior Jared Fleming competed in the 1600-meter run on Saturday at the Ohio Indoor Track and Field Championships, and came away with a impressive runner-up finish. Fleming claimed his second place finish with a great time of 4:23.83, as he comes off an all state performance in cross country and a […]
POSTED: 03/19/12 at 4:28 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Information submitted The YWCA welcomes two new aqua fitness classes to the Van Wert community. Aqua Zumba and Aqua Boxing will now be available at the YWCA. Known as the Zumba® “pool party,” the Aqua Zumba program gives new meaning to the idea of an invigorating workout. Splashing, stretching, twisting, even shouting, laughing, hooting and […]
POSTED: 03/19/12 at 4:27 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Carl F. Shaw, 84, of Grover Hill, died at 9:25 a.m. Sunday, March 18, 2012, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born January 22, 1928, in Van Wert County, the son of the late Lewellyn F. and Grace (Gardner) Shaw. He married Eloise (Miller) Shaw at the parsonage in Wetzel, and […]
POSTED: 03/18/12 at 8:02 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert Police March 11, 12:41 p.m. — The theft of $20.02 worth of gasoline was reported at Pak-A-Sak, 1052 S. Shannon St. March 14, 1:36 p.m. — A hotel patron who was allegedly so intoxicated he couldn’t care for himself was also charged with disorderly conduct. Bryan Beverly, 39, was reportedly found in a […]
POSTED: 03/17/12 at 7:48 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor DELPHOS – A three-county drug operation netted 14 suspected drug dealers charged with a total of 43 separate drug-related offenses. The drug operation, conducted by the West Central Ohio Crime Task Force (WCOCTF), involved law enforcement agencies in Allen, Putnam and Van Wert counties and used the Delphos Wastewater Treatment Plant as […]
POSTED: 03/17/12 at 7:28 am. FILED UNDER: News
Members of the Western Ohio Education Foundation (WOEF) Board, including Van Wert County members Dee Whitcraft (second from left) and Vantage Superintendent Staci Kaufman, receive accolades from State Senator Keith Faber (left) during an economic development summit held Friday at Wright State University’s Lake Campus (story and more photos in Monday’s independent). (Dave Mosier/Van Wert […]
POSTED: 03/17/12 at 6:30 am. FILED UNDER: News
CINDY WOOD/independent feature writer Mr. President … your attention please. Christopher, Joshua and Nataley Hattery of Van Wert are hoping the leader of the free world is listening, and the Hattery family hopes he hears their plea for an executive order to bring their father, Tech Sergeant Chris Hattery, home for Easter. “Easter is a […]
POSTED: 03/17/12 at 6:20 am. FILED UNDER: News
Kacy Wagner, human resource manager for Cooper Farms, presented a $1,500 donation to Jon Amundson, president of the Van Wert County Historical Society. The grant from the Cooper Family Foundation will be used to finish the Welcome/Research Center on the museum grounds. (Historical Society photo)
POSTED: 03/16/12 at 10:55 pm. FILED UNDER: News