Information submitted The Jubilee Flower Show Committee will meet Friday, March 1, at 9 a.m. at Balyeat’s Coffee Shop in Van Wert. Representatives from the Gardeners of Van Wert County, Wren Garden Club, and Evergreen Garden Club are to attend this meeting. The flower show will be held June 1-2.
POSTED: 02/18/13 at 8:12 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent sports The Crestview boys’ basketball team exploded offensively in the third quarter to turn what was until then a close game into a rout against New Knoxville on Saturday. The Knights won 60-36. Crestview led 14-10 at the end of the first quarter and were up by six points, 26-20, at the […]
POSTED: 02/18/13 at 8:10 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert wrestling news BOWLING GREEN — Two wrestlers qualified for district meet and four others were alternates out of the District II sectional wrestling meet held at Bowling Green State University on Saturday. Terrin Contreras went undefeated, winning all four of his matches by pins, as he qualified for districts by winning the 285-pound […]
POSTED: 02/18/13 at 7:53 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert swimming news BOWLING GREEN — The Van Wert High School boys’ and girls’ swim teams traveled to Bowling Green State University for the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s Division II district tournament on February 15. Overall, Van Wert earned 53 points, placing 18th out of 34 teams. Eric Easley is the Division II […]
POSTED: 02/18/13 at 7:37 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Helen Lenore Neate, 97, of rural Van Wert County (York Township), died at 4:15 a.m. Thursday, February 14, 2013, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born October 31, 1915, in Willshire Township, Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Harry Gilbert and Nellie M. (Brown) Ault. On February 19, 1938, […]
POSTED: 02/18/13 at 1:56 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Alice Neoma Hoover, 89, of Convoy, died at 9:50 p.m. Friday, February 15, 2013, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born March 28, 1923, in Tully Township, Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Noah and Bessie P. (Clayton) Poling. On December 26, 1943, she married Dale A. Hoover, who […]
POSTED: 02/16/13 at 9:52 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Mercer County Sheriff news ROCKFORD — Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey announced the arrest of Thurman Whitted Jr, 58, of Rockford, after receiving a call of shots fired Saturday morning. Whitted is being held in the Mercer County Adult Detention Facility awaiting formal charges. At 6:31 a.m. Saturday, the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center […]
POSTED: 02/16/13 at 7:16 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Police No new reports. Delphos Police February 10, 3:42 p.m. – Gail Gibson, 38, of Delphos, was charged with domestic violence as a result of an incident that occurred in the 700 block of West Clime Street.
POSTED: 02/16/13 at 9:16 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Western Buckeye Educational Service Center Superintendent Brian Gerber took Ohio Governor John Kasich to task for the governor’s budget cuts for educational service centers included in his new biennial state budget. Gerber’s remarks, during a report to the WBESC Governing Board during its February meeting, noted that the state budget cuts hurt […]
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Wrenway Park Wiffleball Warehouse news WREN — Most people have heard of the 1960s-era rock festival Woodstock, but now there’s WrenStock, a music festival being presented this summer by the Wrenway Park Wiffleball Warehouse, in association with Bill Miller Auto of Decatur, Ind. The entertainment will begin at noon on 6.15.13 — that’s June 13, […]
POSTED: 02/16/13 at 9:07 am. FILED UNDER: News