Before moving on to the fall, let me first say how much I appreciate everyone’s attendance and support of the Fountain Park Summer Music Series. Every year it seems to come and go more quickly than the previous year. For a summer of record drought conditions, we sure battled our weather concerns on Friday nights! […]
POSTED: 08/15/12 at 5:26 am. FILED UNDER: News
BRYAN — Orchard Hills Country Club and the Bryan Golden Bears took advantage of the Cougars on Tuesday as both the varsity and junior varsity golf teams competed in a dual match Tuesday morning. Bryan turned in a score of 327 in the 18-hole match and their No. 1 golfer, Luke Shaffer, fired a 76. […]
POSTED: 08/15/12 at 4:26 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
CELINA — The Lady Lancer golf team traveled to Celina’s Fox’s Den Golf Course to take part in the Bulldogs Lady Invitational. The 16-team tournament included many of the area’s top teams. Taking top honors were the foursome of Findlay High School as they shot a team score of 353. The Trojans top player, Tweed, […]
POSTED: 08/15/12 at 4:24 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Roger Leroy Schaffer, 70, of Ohio City, died at 6:25 a.m. Monday, August 13, 2012, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born October 19, 1941, in Van Wert, the son of the late Robert and Edna (Leiter) Schaffer. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, August 16, at Brickner […]
POSTED: 08/14/12 at 5:29 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor What appeared to be unlikely on Thursday had become reality by Monday as The Van Wert County Foundation worked out an agreement to purchase the former Van Wert Armory building. The site is planned as the future location of Wassenberg Art Center. With most Van Wert City Council members apparently opposed to […]
POSTED: 08/14/12 at 6:56 am. FILED UNDER: News
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