Vantage Career Center news COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor John Kasich attended the 2013 Ohio ACTE Student Showcase on March 7 in the Statehouse Atrium. He stopped at the Vantage display and spoke to several members of the “Ed Gee” project team. Also stopping by were State Representatives Tony Burkley and Lynn Wachtmann, and Senator Cliff […]
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First- and third-graders at Van Wert Elementary School put on their spring programs Monday night on the stage of the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio. Here, first-graders shout out “John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith” as part of their “A Day in the Country” program. They also sang such favorites as “Old McDonald” and “She’ll […]
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Vantage Career Center news WASHINGTON, D.C. — Superintendent Staci Kaufman and Adult Education Director Pete Prichard from Vantage Career Center in Van Wert attended the Association for Career and Technical Education’s (ACTE) National Policy Seminar (NPS) on March 4-6 in Arlington, Va., and met with members of Congress on Capitol Hill to educate them about […]
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Van Wert Rotary Club news The Van Wert Rotary Club recently conducted its annual Four-Way Test speech contest. Grace Callow, a junior at Crestview High School and the daughter of Kerry and Julie Callow, was the first place winner and received $250. Second place went to Katie Etter, a senior at Van Wert High School […]
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Mercer County Sheriff’s Office news CELINA — Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey announced today there would be extra deputies patrolling Mercer County during the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Deputies will be assigned to have an increased traffic visibility and will be targeting unsafe driving, use of seatbelts, distracted driving, and impaired driving. The purpose […]
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The Crestview Knights sixth grade boys traveled to the BGSU Roundball Classic on the weekend of March 2-3 and brought home the championship in a very tough field of teams. After pool play on Saturday, the Knights defeated Bowling Green in the first round, Jonathan Alder in the semis, and Tinora 47-23 in the finals. Team members are (front […]
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Information submitted OHIO CITY — Ohio City Youth Activities summer baseball/softball sign up will be held March 16 end March 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the village hall. The leagues will include teams for boys and girls, ages 4-15. The cost to play is $20, which includes a team uniform for girls; […]
POSTED: 03/12/13 at 5:39 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Joe Yakos, 91, of Van Wert, died at 9:54 a.m. Monday, March 11, 2013, at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert. He was born June 23, 1921, in Van Wert, the son of the late Joe and Mary (Kubik) Yakos. On November 20, 1948, he married Jennie (Motycka) Yakos, who preceded him in death […]
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Jacqueline N. Klinger, 69, of Van Wert, died at 7:40 a.m. Monday, March 11, 2013, at Vancrest of Convoy. She was born October 19, 1943, in Van Wert, the daughter of E. Maxine (Adams) Shell, who survives in Van Wert, and the late John Booher. On September 22, 1962, she married Larry E. Klinger, who […]
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Helen L. Meeks, 80, of Van Wert, died at 8:28 a.m. Saturday, March 9, 2013, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born December 14, 1932, in Scott, the daughter of the late Delmis and Stella (McCray) Baer. She married Carl E. Meeks, who survives in Van Wert. Other survivors include a […]
POSTED: 03/11/13 at 9:24 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries