DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Western Buckeye Educational Service Center Superintendent Brian Gerber is retiring … but not just yet. Gerber announced his retirement at the WBESC Governing Board’s April meeting this week, noting that he plans to retire at the end of the 2013-2014 school year — prior to the implementation of State Teacher Retirement System […]
POSTED: 04/12/13 at 6:31 am. FILED UNDER: News
Community Health Professionals held its annual Dinner and Auction Thursday evening at Willow Bend Country Club, and a capacity crowd of more than 200 showed up to support the organization’s hospice program. Above, Harvey Hileman family members are shown with caregivers of their father, who resided at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center until […]
POSTED: 04/12/13 at 6:02 am. FILED UNDER: News
Paulding-Putnam Electric Cooperative and WKSD 99.7 recently recognized members of Crestview High School football and basketball teams for outstanding performance. The players were chosen by the WKSD announcers during their radio broadcasts. Players honored include (front row, from the left) Jake Harmon, Emily Bauer, Mackenzie Riggenbach, Preston Zaleski, Terra Crowle, Lindsay Motycka; (back row) Isaiah […]
POSTED: 04/12/13 at 5:57 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Leslie Rhoades, CEO of R&R Employment Inc., cuts the ribbon on the company’s new location at 147 E. Main St., Suite A, on Thursday while Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce board members and Jennifer Rigdon (fourth from left), manager of the local office. R&R Employment, which also has offices in Portland, Decatur and New […]
POSTED: 04/12/13 at 5:28 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted FORT WAYNE, Ind. – 3Rivers Credit Union will be closing its Van Wert Ohio Branch on June 15. The decision to close was based on declining membership, fewer branch transactions and the growing trend by members to use online banking, mobile banking and ATMs. 3Rivers recently notified employees and members of the planned […]
POSTED: 04/12/13 at 5:01 am. FILED UNDER: News
Brumback Library news Brumback Library will be hosting its annual Spring Book Sale on Saturday, April 20, in the library’s Reading Room. Books for adults and children, as well as encyclopedias, magazines, DVDs, videos and a wide array other materials will be available for purchase from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the library, 215 W. Main […]
POSTED: 04/12/13 at 4:58 am. FILED UNDER: News
Parkway High School news ROCKFORD — The Parkway High School Junior Class of 2014 will be proudly presenting “Light Up the Night,” a glow-in-the-dark theme, for its junior-senior prom on Saturday, April 20. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. with promenade beginning at 6 that evening. The Junior Class is asking for a $1 donation […]
POSTED: 04/12/13 at 4:53 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
Robert Hoyt “Bob” Shindeldecker, 92, of Ohio City, went to be with his Lord and Savior at 10:58 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born July 8, 1920, in Ohio City, the son of the late Eugene Fields and Hattie Annetta (High) Shindeldecker. On December 4, […]
POSTED: 04/11/13 at 10:45 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Lee H. Hoblet, 63, of Convoy, died at 11:18 a.m. Thursday, April 11, 2013, at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, Ind. He was born January 15, 1950, in Decatur, Ind., the son of Marjorie (Owens) Hoblet and Howard H. Hoblet, who both survive in Convoy. Other survivors include four children, Joshua Lee (Ann) […]
POSTED: 04/11/13 at 5:57 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert Police April 8, 8:22 p.m. — Mary Jo Gregory, 39, of 7225 U.S. 127, was arrested on a warrant issued in Van Wert Municipal Court. April 8, 12:30 p.m. — A 15-year-old Van Wert High School student was charged with misdemeanor assault as a result of an alleged fight at the school. Delphos […]
POSTED: 04/11/13 at 7:13 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement