Van Wert track team news LIMA — Both the Van Wert High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams finished in third in the nine-team Lima Bath Invitational on Friday Night. The girls finished with 80 points, one point behind runner-up Lima Shawnee, and behind the champion girls team of Ottawa-Glandorf. The boys finished […]
POSTED: 04/15/13 at 7:11 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW County Outdoorsmen Association news The Van Wert County Outdoorsmen Association will have a Varmint Fun Shoot, starting at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 20. Any varmint style rifle can be used, from a .22-caliber rifle on up to a center fire rifle. Both rifles with iron sights and scoped rifles may be used. Participants […]
POSTED: 04/15/13 at 7:05 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Over 40 Lincolnview boys came out April 7 for a baseball clinic conducted by Lancer Baseball Head Coach Kevin Longstreth. The boys learned the fundamentals of the game, which included stations for hitting, pitching, catching, infield, outfield, and base running. (photo submitted)
POSTED: 04/15/13 at 7:01 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Information provided Although childless themselves, Merle and Naomi Brady will help needy local children for decades to come through bequests the late Van Wert residents’ estates made Friday to The Van Wert County Foundation. Teresa Blowers, executor of the Naomi L. Brady estate, and the First Financial Bank Trust Department, as trustee of the Merle […]
POSTED: 04/13/13 at 7:13 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A number of Republican candidates for Van Wert City Council got the chance to speak to their fellow party members during a luncheon held Friday at Willow Bend Country Club. Those speaking included both candidates for council president, Ken Mengerink and Pete Weir; Kirby Kelly and Stan Agler, two of the four […]
POSTED: 04/13/13 at 7:01 am. FILED UNDER: News
YWCA of Van Wert County news Only 30 years ago, crime victims had no rights, access to crime victim compensation, or services to help them rebuild their lives. They were often excluded from courtrooms, treated as an after thought by the criminal justice system, and denied an opportunity to speak at sentencing. Yet through decades […]
POSTED: 04/13/13 at 6:34 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored one of its Chamber Coffee events on Friday morning in the upper lobby of the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio. Perry Pro Tech, an innovative company that offers document, network, systems and service to area businesses, sponsored the event, while NPAC Executive Director Paul Hoverman […]
POSTED: 04/13/13 at 6:24 am. FILED UNDER: News
Brumback Library news Brumback Library in Van Wert and its branch libraries will celebrate “National Library Week” the week of April 14-20. This year’s theme, entitled “Communities Matter at Your Library,” seeks to recognize the contributions of the nation’s libraries, while also promoting library use and support. National Library Week began in 1958 as an […]
POSTED: 04/13/13 at 6:19 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted A chicken dinner will be held at Van Wert High School on Thursday, April 25, from 4:30 until 7 p.m. The dinner will include half a barbecue chicken, applesauce, chips, roll, and a cookie. Dine-in meals will be available in the high school cafeteria, with musical entertainment provided by VWHS senior Scott Turner. […]
POSTED: 04/13/13 at 6:17 am. FILED UNDER: News
Vicie Lin Mounts of Van Wert went to be with the Lord at 10:35 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, 2013, after a brief illness with cancer and a powerful fight against it. She was born April 18, 1959, in Decatur, Ind., the daughter of the late Victor and Mary (Shinn) Lautzenheiser. On March 6, 1990, she […]
POSTED: 04/12/13 at 8:43 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries