Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5803, 111 N. Shannon St., will host an American Red Cross bloodmobile from noon-6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at the post. Those who are at least 17 years old (16 with parental consent) who weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and are in good general health may be eligible to […]
POSTED: 04/05/12 at 4:39 am. FILED UNDER: News
MINNEAPOLIS — A.M. Best has affirmed Thrivent Financial for Lutherans A++ (Superior) rating as well as its stable outlook. The A++ (Superior) rating is the highest of the ratings agency’s 16 ratings categories. A.M. Best cited Thrivent Financial’s strong capitalization and earnings, positive operating results, higher assets under management, increased scale in its core lines […]
POSTED: 04/05/12 at 4:35 am. FILED UNDER: Business
Joel Ross Thatcher, 21, of Ohio City, died at 3 a.m. Wednesday, April 4, 2012, on Ohio City-Venedocia Road in Liberty Township of injuries received in an auto accident. He was born August 22, 1990, in Lima, the son of Audie L. and Susan E. (Waterman) Thatcher of Ohio City. Joel was a 2009 graduate […]
POSTED: 04/05/12 at 4:21 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Tina Marie Holman, 40, of Paulding, died Monday, April 2, 2012, at her residence. She was born December 2, 1971, in Defiance County, the daughter of Susan (Neidhardt) Sowers Eagleson, who survives in Paulding, and the late Wayne Sowers. Other survivors include a son, Sean Holman of Paulding; one daughter, Casey Holman of Paulding; maternal […]
POSTED: 04/04/12 at 9:53 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Mildred L. Fitzgerald Zielke, 97, of Paulding, died Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at the Gardens of Paulding. She was born November 5, 1914, in Harrison County, the daughter of the late John and Mabel (Kirby) Holmes. In 1939, she married Jeptha D. “Fitz” Fitzgerald, who preceded her in death in 1966. In 1971, she married […]
POSTED: 04/04/12 at 9:52 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Justo Lamas returned to Van Wert on Tuesday, hosted by Lincolnview & Crestview High Schools. For those of you who don’t know Justo, he is an Argentine singer who performs Spanish concerts for high schools all over the United States. This was his last concert as a performer but his organization will go on promoting […]
POSTED: 04/04/12 at 11:18 am. FILED UNDER: Lancer Lines
By Rex Dolby Macro is the theme for the Wassenberg Camera Club’s next competition Thursday, April 12, at 7 p.m. at the Wassenberg Art Center. Basically, macrophotography is close-up photography, usually of very small objects that are captured at ratios from 1:1 to greater than life size. A macro lens is capable of reproducing these ratios. Factors influencing the […]
POSTED: 04/04/12 at 10:59 am. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
By Hope Wallace We are very excited to announce a brand new set of engaging art classes for all ages, interests and skill levels. Art is not relegated to strictly artists! Creativity is basic human nature, not inherited through genetics. The Wassenberg Art Center is available to serve Van Wert and surrounding counties and being […]
POSTED: 04/04/12 at 10:50 am. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert County has a new economic development director and this one doesn’t have to do much to get up to speed on what the county offers to prospective clients. That’s because Sarah (Moser) Smith grew up in the western part of the county around the Convoy area in the 1980s and […]
POSTED: 04/04/12 at 6:34 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A Van Wert man who received 18 months in prison on drug trafficking charges was one of seven people sentenced Tuesday during hearings held in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Cyle Black, 25, received two nine-month prison terms on fifth-degree felony drug trafficking counts, with Judge Charles D. Steele ordering that […]
POSTED: 04/04/12 at 5:42 am. FILED UNDER: News