Van Wert independent The Lincolnview Local Board of Education met in special session Friday morning to hire a replacement for Brad Mendenhall, the district’s assistant athletic director and physical education teacher who resigned in July after six years of service. The board approved Mendenhall’s resignation during a special meeting held July 19. Hired Friday to […]
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Richard Sherrick directs the Van Wert Area Community Concert band during a concert held Friday evening in Fountain Park. The band, made up of musicians from a multi-county area, performs at least twice a year in Fountain Park during the summer. (Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)
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Red Cross information “Maximize me” could be a new mantra for people giving the gift of life through the American Red Cross. “It’s human nature to want to make the most of things,” said Sharyn Whitman, CEO for the Indiana-Ohio Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross. “At the American Red Cross, we want […]
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CONVOY — The first annual Convoy Fire & EMS Poker Run for all types of vehicles will be held Saturday, August 11. Registration will be held at 10 a.m. that day at the Convoy Fire Station, 117 Franklin St. in Convoy, with the first vehicle out at 11 that morning, and the last vehicle back […]
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WREN — Once again, its time for the Little Miss Wiffleball Pageant. The pageant is being held at the Moser Park Pavilion on Friday, August 17, at 6 p.m. Pageant organizers will be crowing a Little Miss and Junior Little Miss Wiffleball Princess. Age groups for this event are 1-5 and 6-10. To enter, email […]
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LIMA — The University of Northwestern Ohio prepares for its largest influx of students on any one day during the year. Friday, August 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the university campus dorms will have more than 545 students move in. The students travel in from 29 different states across the country. August 20 […]
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Diana S. Boley, 53, of Scott, went to be with her Lord and Savior at 6:20 a.m. Friday, August 3, 2012, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center after a seven-year courageous battle with cancer. She was born December 8, 1958, in Van Wert, the daughter of Marjorie (Neiford) Secaur, who survives at Vancrest […]
POSTED: 08/03/12 at 6:39 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert Police August 1, 11:13 a.m. — The theft of a firearm was reported by a resident of the 700 block of East Main Street. August 1, 4:45 p.m. — A laptop computer was reportedly stolen from a vehicle while it was in the parking lot of the local Walmart Super Center. July 30, […]
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DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Local officials met with representatives of county, state and federal emergency management agencies as part of a statewide process to seek a disaster declaration from President Barack Obama due to the June 29 storm that did widespread damage around the county and state. A total of 38 Ohio counties are submitting damage […]
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ROCKY McVAIGH/for the Van Wert independent The YMCA Marlins held their summer season banquet on July 26 at St Mary’s School. Coach Lee Schumm recognized three swimmers for breaking Marlin team records this summer. Addison Henkaline broke two girls’ 11-12 division records. Henkaline set a new mark of 34.66 seconds in the 50-meter butterfly, breaking the […]
POSTED: 08/03/12 at 6:31 am. FILED UNDER: Sports