Information submitted DEFIANCE — The 2012 golf season started out exceptionally well for the Van Wert Cougar golf team, which took the first place trophy in a 15-team invitational at Eagle Rock Golf Club in Defiance. The highlight was having three Cougars in the 70s in the 18-hole tourney, where 71 was par. Van Wert was […]
POSTED: 08/14/12 at 6:50 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
The fire at the concession stand at Smiley Park late Friday night has been determined to be arson, according to Van Wert Fire Chief Jim Steele. The determination was made as a result of an investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s Office on Monday. A reward of $5,000 is also being offered for information leading […]
POSTED: 08/14/12 at 5:57 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/submitted information Van Wert native and former Parkway superintendent Doug Karst is Lincolnview Local Schools’ interim superintendent. Karst, a 1969 graduate of Van Wert High School and a 1973 graduate of The Ohio State University, was hired by the Lincolnview Local Board of Education during a special meeting held Monday evening in the […]
POSTED: 08/14/12 at 5:44 am. FILED UNDER: News
Carlos Tyas (above) was the winner of the first “When Pigs Fly” event held during this year’s annual Van Wert Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Rib Fest. The United Way of Van Wert County sold tickets for the purchase of a numbered pig. The little plastic pigs were then dropped from the fire department’s ladder […]
POSTED: 08/14/12 at 5:33 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted Cooper Farms’ Cooked Meats location will begin installing a third wind turbine to further advance their sustainable energy efforts this month. The 1.5-megawatt wind turbine will provide an additional 25 percent of the Cooked Meats location’s electricity needs, bringing the total wind-power percentage to 75 percent. Cooper Farms has long been committed to […]
POSTED: 08/14/12 at 5:22 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted Hickory Sticks Golf Course played host to the Lincolnview Lady Lancer Golf Invitational on Monday. With cloudy conditions and comfortable temperatures, nine teams were vying for the Championship. The Defiance Lady Bulldogs dominated the competition with a team score of 343, while the host Lady Lancers garnered a runner-up finish with a school […]
POSTED: 08/14/12 at 5:11 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert Police August 6, 11:50 a.m. — A resident of the Homestead Village apartment complex reported being assaulted. August 10, 5:40 p.m. — A 15-year-old Van Wert resident was charged with assault after a woman reported that her 8-year-old son was assaulted in the 800 block of Elm Street. August 12, 11:55 a.m. — […]
POSTED: 08/13/12 at 7:01 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
SETH BAUGUESS/for the Van Wert independent CELINA — Asked to describe his Lake Campus engineering students, Ruby Mawasha offered an anecdote that speaks volumes. At the end of the last term, he recommended a series of homework problems that would not be graded. Each student had them done by the next class and with the […]
POSTED: 08/13/12 at 6:51 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted Average retail gasoline prices in Ohio have fallen 10.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.73 per gallon on Sunday. This compares with the national average, which has increased 5.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.67 a gallon, according to gasoline price website OhioGasPrices.com. Including the change in […]
POSTED: 08/13/12 at 6:38 am. FILED UNDER: News
Tara J. Hodge, 41, of Van Wert, died August 7, 2012, following a long illness. She was born June 2, 1971, in Toledo, the daughter of Norma Hodge, who survives in Van Wert, and the late Ronald Hodge. Other survivors include a brother, Charles (Peggy) Graves of Van Wert; two sisters, Chauvonne Graves Tolley of […]
POSTED: 08/13/12 at 6:33 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries