“Shine your Smile Day,” the mobile dentists, is coming to Lincolnview on Friday, Dec. 7 in the Elementary Clinic. The Smile Programs have been invited to coordinate on-site dental care at the school for grades K-8 because dental care is an important part of overall health. The best part is that children can receive dental […]
POSTED: 11/28/12 at 2:47 pm. FILED UNDER: Lancer Lines
By Hope Wallace The 23rd Annual Artists’ Exhibit and Sale is up and running and we are pleased to announce the award winners. The winner of the Mary McVay Worthington Memorial Award is Carole Macklin of Decatur, Ind.. for her reductive woodcut print, “The Family.” The Van Wert County Foundation Award went to Carolyn Stachera […]
POSTED: 11/28/12 at 2:33 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
Mona L. Etzler to Tony W. Etzler, portion of section 15, Willshire Township. Lee J. Krendl Family Living Trust to Karla S. Krendl Family Living trust, portion of inlot 3966, Van Wert. William E. Breisch and Dawn L. Beisch to Luke Reichert portion of inlot 92, Wren. Estate of Monica F. Richey to Gerald E. […]
POSTED: 11/28/12 at 1:55 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
Rosa Ellen (Quellin Thompson) Partin died at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born August 23, 1925, in Ewing, Va., the daughter of the late John and Ellie (Goshie) Quellin. In 1938, she married Hymn R. Thompson, who preceded her in death in 1956. In […]
POSTED: 11/28/12 at 1:44 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Editor’s note: This is the second in a four-part series on the Van Wert County Courthouse and the recent renovation project in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. This article centers on the history of the courthouse. CINDY WOOD/independent feature writer The year was 1876. Rutherford B. Hayes won the presidency after one of the […]
POSTED: 11/28/12 at 7:35 am. FILED UNDER: News
Twig III held its annual Tree of Lights ceremony at Van Wert County Hospital on Tuesday evening. Families hung stars on the Tree of Lights in front of the hospital in honor or in memory of family members and friends, or in support of the hospital, and the tree was then lighted (above). Proceeds of […]
POSTED: 11/28/12 at 7:29 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted The Van Wert County Ministerial Association will lead the way in challenging local citizens to keep Christ the focus of Christmas during the annual Community Christmas Service at Trinity Friends Church this Sunday, December 2, at 6:30 p.m. Pastor Steve Savage and the congregation of the church, located at 605 N. Franklin St. in Van […]
POSTED: 11/28/12 at 7:15 am. FILED UNDER: News
This Thursday, November 29, the Van Wert Instrumental Music Department will present its annual All-City Band Christmas Concert. The concert will be held in the Saltzgaber Music Hall of the Niswonger Performing Arts Center and begin at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and will feature bands from grades 6-12 performing holiday favorites, including “The […]
POSTED: 11/28/12 at 7:10 am. FILED UNDER: News
VWHS athletic dept. information Because of Coldwater’s football team advancing to the state championship game, the boys’ basketball game between Van Wert and the Cavaliers originally scheduled for Saturday, December 8, is now going to be played on Monday, December 17, at Coldwater. The junior varsity game will begin at 6 p.m. that day.
POSTED: 11/28/12 at 7:07 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Before the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio, before the Fountain Park Summer Music Series, before the Sanctuary Series, before the Civic Theatre, and even before the Community Concert Series, a Van Wert community Messiah performance existed. According to history given to me by one of the long-time participants, the first community-wide Messiah was […]
POSTED: 11/27/12 at 11:57 pm. FILED UNDER: News