Craig Bell of US Bankcorp Foundation presents a contribution check totaling $2,000 to the YWCA of Van Wert County Transitional Living Program for the homeless. Receiving the check on behalf of the YWCA are Executive Director Stacy Looser and Stacey Baer, YWCA Finance Committee member. (YWCA photo)
POSTED: 08/20/12 at 5:34 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted The following pets are available for adoption through The Animal Protective League: Cats Male and female, 8 years, 4 years old; white with yellow, black, fixed. Male and female, 1-15 years old; brown, black and white, gray tiger, yellow tiger, tabby, clack, long- and shorthaired; fixed. Shadow, a 5-year-old male; gray, fixed. A […]
POSTED: 08/20/12 at 5:22 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert cross country information HEBRON — The Van Wert Cougar cross country teams kicked off their 2012 campaign in the same spot that they left off in 2011, at National Trail Raceway in Hebron. The site played host to the first ever OHSAA Pre-Season High School Invitational. As it did in 2011, the Van […]
POSTED: 08/20/12 at 5:11 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Lincolnview cross country information HEBRON — The Lincolnview boys varsity cross country team competed in the Ohio High School Athletic Association preseason invitational located at National Trail Racetrack, site of the state cross country meet, on Saturday. The Lancer boys’ team placed eighth out of the 34 scheduled teams to participate in the small school […]
POSTED: 08/20/12 at 4:57 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Grace June Boyce, 85, of Van Wert, died at 3 p.m. Sunday, August 19, 2012, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born May 9, 1927, in Anna, Ill., the daughter of the late James and Sarah Tucker. In 1929, she was adopted by Robert Dee and Mae Mocabee of Van Wert. […]
POSTED: 08/19/12 at 9:01 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Wayne Brice McMillen, 89, of Van Wert, died at 4:20 p.m. Saturday, August 18, 2012, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. He was born August 28, 1922, in Adams County, Ind., the son of the late Brice and Mary Bernice (Cowan) McMillen. On January 3, 1953, he married Arlene A. (Hubert) McMillen, who […]
POSTED: 08/19/12 at 5:01 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Carlvin F. “Carl” Roop, 79, of Scott, died at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, August 18, 2012, at Select Specialty Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind. He was born October 20, 1932, in Rockford, the son of the late Joseph and Hazel (Sprague) Roop. He married Connie (Stahl) Roop, who survives in Scott. Other survivors include four children: […]
POSTED: 08/19/12 at 5:00 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Catherine Cleo Tindall, 97, of Van Wert, died at 2:20 p.m. Friday, August 17, 2012, at Van Wert Manor. She was born July 31, 1915, in Decatur, Ind., the daughter of the late Ora Ross and Lily Marie (Butler) Tindall. Survivors include a sister, Marjorie Tindall of Van Wert; a brother-in-law, Floyd Sinning of Guymon, […]
POSTED: 08/19/12 at 4:59 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Mary Lois Caywood, 82, of Rockford, died at 4:28 p.m. Friday, August 17, 2012, at Lima Memorial Hospital. She was born February 8, 1930, in Springport, Mich., the daughter of the late Morris and Anna LaVerne (Lawrence) Williams. On August 8, 1953, she married Lowell Edwin Caywood, who preceded her in death on March 7, […]
POSTED: 08/18/12 at 11:18 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve an incident of burglary that occurred in the 500 block of North Chestnut Street in Van Wert. On July 20, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., an unknown person entered the residence located at […]
POSTED: 08/18/12 at 6:27 am. FILED UNDER: Crime Stoppers