A reception was held Sunday afternoon at Central Insurance Company for the eight candidates for the title of Queen Jubilee XXXVIII. Peony Pageant Director Kylie Mills provided candidates with rules and information on this year’s pageant, to be held Friday, April 5, in the Marsh Foundation Auditorium. This year’s Peony Festival queen candidates include (front […]
POSTED: 01/28/13 at 7:42 am. FILED UNDER: News
Gasoline price news Average retail gasoline prices in Ohio have risen 9.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.38 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 5,345 gas outlets in Ohio. This compares with the national average that has increased 4.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.31/g, […]
POSTED: 01/28/13 at 7:30 am. FILED UNDER: News
Students in Ashley Holden’s fourth grade science classes at Van Wert Elementary have been studying energy and current electricity. This week they began building circuits and tested objects to find which objects are good conductors. Shown are students from Dianna Hicks’ homeroom testing a penny. (VWES photo)
POSTED: 01/28/13 at 7:26 am. FILED UNDER: News
Ohio Association of Realtors news The Ohio housing market was filled with a number of positives in 2012, as sales activity rose 12.7 percent over the level of the prior year and the average sales price jumped 5.5 percent statewide, according to the Ohio Association of Realtors. “The Ohio housing market made significant progress in […]
POSTED: 01/28/13 at 7:20 am. FILED UNDER: Real Estate
Van Wert independent sports The Lincolnview girls’ basketball team dominated Parkway en route to a 71-49 non-conference victory on Saturday. The Lady Lancers got out to a 19-7 first-quarter lead and never looked back. Lincolnview led by 11 points, 31-20, at the half, before going on a 25-19 fun in the third quarter to take […]
POSTED: 01/28/13 at 7:19 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports CONVOY — The Crestview Knights overcame a sluggish start to defeat Continental 56-34 in a non-league game played on Saturday. Connor Lautzenheiser led Crestview with 16 points, while Tyson Bolenbaugh added 10 points for the Knights. No Pirates player was in double figures on the night, although Justin Halliwell and Chaz […]
POSTED: 01/28/13 at 7:00 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Bee Gee Realty news Daryl Strickler is pleased to announce his association with Bee Gee Realty & Auction Company, Ltd. as a real estate agent and auctioneer. Strickler is a graduate of Parkway High School and has been an active auctioneer since 1987. His real estate career began in 1990. He now looks forward to […]
POSTED: 01/28/13 at 6:08 am. FILED UNDER: Business
APL news The following pets are available through The Animal Protective League: Cats Rosey, a 4-year-old female gray tiger; shots, declawed, fixed. Kittens Male and female, 7 months old; tiger-gray and black. Female, 12 weeks old; gray tiger, longhaired. Female, 12 weeks old; tabby, gray. Male, 12 weeks old; wormed, black with white feet and […]
POSTED: 01/28/13 at 6:04 am. FILED UNDER: News
Rose Louise Shellabarger, 88, of Rockford, died at 7:57 a.m. Saturday, January 26, 2013, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center, where she had been a patient for the past week. She was born November 9, 1924, in Rockford, the daughter of the late Harry and Rosa Bell (Gause) Roland. On November 9, 1945, […]
POSTED: 01/27/13 at 4:31 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
A delegation from China arrived at Liberty Baptist Church in Van Wert on Friday evening and will spend three weeks touring areas of interest in Van Wert, along with side trips to Amish Country in Ohio and to Chicago, Ill. Mayor Don Farmer and his wife, Nancy, were among those who greeted the young Chinese […]
POSTED: 01/26/13 at 7:38 am. FILED UNDER: News