DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The unemployment picture is apparently improving nationwide, but you’d never know it from looking at area jobless rates. The county rates are also at odds with statewide figures released last Friday (click here for a bigger map with more information). While the U.S. unemployment rate declined to 8.3 percent in January, down […]
POSTED: 03/10/12 at 7:01 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/submitted information It’s time to spring forward this Sunday, as Daylight Savings Time kicks into effect at 2 a.m. this Sunday, March 11. In addition, two state agencies also have reminders related to the change to Daylight Savings Time. State Fire Marshal Larry Flowers is reminding Ohioans to make a potentially lifesaving change […]
POSTED: 03/10/12 at 6:21 am. FILED UNDER: News
The duo of Luke Brubaker (above left) and Scott Turner took first place in Van Wert High School’s talent show held Friday afternoon in the Niswonger Performing Arts Center. Brubaker and Turner performed a piano duet. Turner’s piano solo featuring a medley of pop songs took first place in the individual division, while Jenn Carnahan’s […]
POSTED: 03/10/12 at 6:12 am. FILED UNDER: News
Today, Van Wert County Cub and Boy Scouts will be picking up bags distributed last Saturday in the Scouting For Food Service, to help collect food items in support of the Cooperative Ministries Food Pantry. The collected food items are distributed to help support individuals and families that are going through difficult times. Food items in […]
POSTED: 03/10/12 at 6:10 am. FILED UNDER: News
Monday evening, March 12, the students of Jefferson Elementary School invite local residents to the Niswonger Performing Arts Center for a free music program at 7 p.m. “We’re Making Music” will be presented by grades 1-4 under the direction of music teacher Susan Brubaker. The program is free and open to the public. NPAC doors […]
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SANDRA GROOMS/for The Van Wert independent The Van Wert High School swim team held its end of the season awards banquet. Head Coach Kim Clifton, along with assistant coaches Martha Martin, Angie Stemen, Brendon Moody and Keith Rydell, honored 12 senior Cougars: Briana Agler, Matt Cucciarre, Erin Dingle, Taylor Grooms, Cody Hanes, Brittany Jurczyk, Gretchen […]
POSTED: 03/10/12 at 6:08 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Information submitted This spring, a new 1,800-square-foot cabin will be completed at 4-H Camp Palmer. The year-round retreat cabin will have sleeping rooms for 10 on each side, handicapped accessible bathrooms, showers and a meeting/conference room. This new energy efficient cabin will allow camp to serve more summer campers, year round retreat groups/family reunions, corporate […]
POSTED: 03/10/12 at 5:51 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
Information submitted LIMA — Girl Scouts of Western Ohio joins Girl Scouts around the nation to make the world a better place and celebrate Girl Scout Week, March 11-17. The week honors the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting in the United States, which falls on March 12 — the day in 1912 that 18 girls […]
POSTED: 03/10/12 at 5:47 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
Delphos Granite Works in Van Wert is under new management and will be hosting a spring open house on Saturday, March 24. The team of Kathy Kahle and Lisa Johnson will be happy to help area residents with any of their memorial needs. Delphos Granite’s showroom is located at 1198 Westwood Drive (across from Citizens […]
POSTED: 03/10/12 at 4:46 am. FILED UNDER: Business
Ronald E. McCleery, 74, passed away at 5:09 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, Ind. Ron was born April 17, 1937, at the Gibbons Hospital in Celina, to the late Florence L. (Ireland) and Clifford E. McCleery. On September 6, 1958, he married Joy (Crouch) McCleery in Mariemont, […]
POSTED: 03/10/12 at 4:02 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries