By Rex Dolby As the Christmas season approaches, Wassenberg Camera Club members will be making preparations for their Annual Christmas carry-in meeting and party on Thursday, Dec. 13. As in the past, the club will supply the main dish and members are asked to bring a covered dish to share and their own non-alcoholic beverage. […]
POSTED: 12/05/12 at 2:24 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
By Hope Wallace You have until Dec. 15 to shop the Wass! The 23rd Annual Artists Exhibit & Sale representing 44 artists featuring over 260 pieces in every price range! We have sculpture, pottery, original paintings, woven items and woodworking. Most of our one-of-a-kind jewelry items are available for the price of manufactured, commercial jewelry. […]
POSTED: 12/05/12 at 2:19 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
Margaret Alice Tope, 82, of Paulding, died Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at the Gardens of Paulding. She was born June 16, 1930, in Kendallville, Ind., the daughter of Lucille (Smith) Menzel, who survives in Butler, Ind., and the late William F. Menzel. On December 10, 1950, she married Lowell Edward Tope, who preceded her in […]
POSTED: 12/05/12 at 2:07 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor DELPHOS — A number of Delphos non-profit organizations and city agencies received an early Christmas president because of one man’s wish to help his community when trustees of the Arnold M. Dienstberger Foundation gathered Tuesday evening to distribute a record $320,000 in grants. The total this year breaks a record of $305,000 […]
POSTED: 12/05/12 at 8:28 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted Not that Van Wert County residents should be surprised, but Brumback Library has again been honored for the services it provides to the community. For the second consecutive year, the library has been recognized as one of America’s Star Libraries by Library Journal, a prestigious publication founded by Melvil Dewey, of Dewey Decimal […]
POSTED: 12/05/12 at 7:52 am. FILED UNDER: News
Community Health Professionals information Flu season in the United States is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade and it could be a bad one, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health officials announced on Monday that suspected flu cases have jumped in five Southern states, and the primary strain […]
POSTED: 12/05/12 at 7:49 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted Some local agencies and organizations could get a Christmas present from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the form of state set-aside funds. “Van Wert County will receive some state set-aside funds,” states Deb Russell, FEMA Local Board president. “We have received notice saying we will be receiving something, but we have […]
POSTED: 12/05/12 at 7:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
Common Pleas Court information A jury voted to acquit defendant Allen McMillen on charges he helped steal a pickup truck from Spoor Excavating of Van Wert. The verdict was handed down on McMillen, 28, of Van Wert, after a two-day trial held in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court and presided over by Judge Charles […]
POSTED: 12/05/12 at 7:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
Now that Christmas is in full bloom before us, I thought I would share my Christmas wish list with you. Of course my Christmas list is always filled with music and merriment for the entire family. I will tick them off as they come in December. First, the one concert that has the true meaning […]
POSTED: 12/05/12 at 5:48 am. FILED UNDER: News
Helen Bolinger Spoon, 84, of Van Wert, died at 1:59 p.m. Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born July 25, 1928, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Frank and Mabel (Chase) Bolinger. On December 27, 1946, in Van Wert, she married Jerry F. Spoon, […]
POSTED: 12/05/12 at 5:41 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries