By Rex Dolby High attendance provided a large number of pictures for competition in Moon/Stars when the Wassenberg Camera Club met Thursday, June 14, at the Wassenberg Art Center. Eight year old Nataley Hattery’s picture of the moon won first place in prints. After a four-way tie breaker vote, a print of the full moon […]
POSTED: 06/20/12 at 1:10 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
Jeffrey A. Baldauf, Amy Baldauf and Amy M. Baldauf to James R. Greathouse and Katie J. Greathouse, portion of section 32, Washington Township. Raymond Herz to Ray Litmer and Jody Litmer, inlot 269, Convoy. Helen E. Etzler to Dixie L. Nofer, lot 9-1, Convoy subdivision. Federal Home Loan Mortgage to Cheryl D. Gorman, inlot 2654, […]
POSTED: 06/20/12 at 12:15 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
Van Wert independent/submitted information With the opening of The Van Wert County Foundation Tennis Complex on May 24, members of the Van Wert County Tennis Association realized the culmination of an amazing yearlong collaborative effort. “The cooperation from everybody — the financial end of it, the school, the workers — when you look at all […]
POSTED: 06/20/12 at 6:48 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor For the first time, Van Wert County’s unemployment rate is back to pre-recession levels, according to figures released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The county’s jobless rate in May was at 6.9 percent, the first time it has been under 7 percent since May 2008. The county […]
POSTED: 06/20/12 at 6:31 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/Van Wert independent The Lincolnview Local Board of Education hired two new elementary teachers, and authorized seeking bids for two new school buses during its June meeting Tuesday evening. The board approved one-year limited contracts for Hannah Rockhold, who will teach fourth grade, and Tara Gustwiller, who will teach second grade. Rockhold is a […]
POSTED: 06/20/12 at 6:26 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/EMA information The Van Wert County Board of Commissioners met with Van Wert County Emergency Management Director Rick McCoy Tuesday morning to discuss the intensifying drought. The fire dangers continue to escalate due to the lack of adequate rainfall, record-setting hot temperatures, low humidity and gusty winds. With the National Weather Service warning […]
POSTED: 06/20/12 at 6:22 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A Delphos man was sent to prison during hearings held in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday. Phillip Cross, 23, was sentenced to 12 months in prison on a charge of drug trafficking, a felony of the fifth degree. Cross was given 32 days credit for time spent in jail […]
POSTED: 06/20/12 at 6:20 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor It was a war most people have forgotten, one that involved more defeats than victories for the fledgling United States of America, which had the temerity to take on Great Britain, then the most powerful nation on earth. A special ceremony was held at noon on Monday to commemorate the bicentennial of […]
POSTED: 06/19/12 at 6:42 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor CONVOY — Personnel actions were the focus of the Crestview Local Board of Education during its June meeting Monday evening. The board accepted the resignation of elementary teacher Mary Lautzenheiser, who is retiring after 39 years with the district, effective the end of the 2011-2012 school year. Superintendent Mike Estes thanked Lautzenheiser […]
POSTED: 06/19/12 at 5:56 am. FILED UNDER: News
OSHP information ANTWERP — The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Van Wert Post is investigating a serious injury crash that occurred at 12:45 Monday morning on U.S. 24, at the intersection of Paulding County Road 21 in Paulding County. The crash happened approximately one mile west of the village of Antwerp. A 2004 Ford Focus was […]
POSTED: 06/19/12 at 5:50 am. FILED UNDER: News