CINDY WOOD/independent feature writer It is, quite literally, the garage sale to end all garage sales. The Van Wert County Council on Aging’s annual warehouse sale started yesterday and droves of bargain-hunters were on the hunt for the deal of the day. Celia Collins of Lima made the trip over with her daughter, Christa, and […]
POSTED: 07/26/13 at 7:30 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent The Van Wert County Board of Commissioners and Sheriff Tom Riggenbach have been working together to improve efficiency and the accountability of the county dog warden’s office. After collaboration with the Van Wert County Humane Society, the commissioners and Sheriff Riggenbach have come up with a plan they feel will enhance service […]
POSTED: 07/26/13 at 7:22 am. FILED UNDER: News
It’s not often that someone proposes marriage in the bucket of a fire department ladder truck, but that’s just what happened recently at the Van Wert Fire Department. City firefighter Chance Guisinger, a Botkins native, cajoled his high school sweetheart, Olivia Richard (above), into the bucket (it wasn’t easy, she’s afraid of heights) last Wednesday, […]
POSTED: 07/26/13 at 7:18 am. FILED UNDER: News
Delphos Police Dept. news DELPHOS — Delphos robbery suspect Andrew J. Miller, 27, was bound over to the Van Wert County Grand Jury after he waived a preliminary hearing in Van Wert Municipal Court on Thursday. Judge Jill Leatherman continued a $100,000 cash bond on Miller, who is currently incarcerated in the Van Wert County […]
POSTED: 07/26/13 at 7:15 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Federal Savings Bank continued its annual support of the three local county schools by contributing $5,000 recently to each of the schools. Van Wert Federal Savings Bank began this program three years ago to help provide funding for the different youth activities of each school. “Being a locally owned and operated community bank, […]
POSTED: 07/26/13 at 7:13 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW Buckeye Youth news Buckeye Youth Summer Camp will be held at Camp Clay on Saturday and Sunday, August 3-4. Camp check-in will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Camp Clay, 9196 Liberty Union Road west of Van Wert. The camp is open to all boys and girls ages 5-12 years old. Member fee for […]
POSTED: 07/26/13 at 6:27 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
The 2013 Cougar middle school volleyball camp was held four nights this week in the high school gym. There were 51 girls in grades 5-8 attending from Van Wert, Bellmont and Parkway schools. The topics for the week were hitting, serving, setting and passing. The girls even had some fun games thrown in to work […]
POSTED: 07/26/13 at 6:05 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
U.S. Marine Corps news PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. — Joshua Bolenbaugh, a 2009 graduate of Van Wert High School graduated July 3 from the Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot in South Carolina. Bolenbaugh graduated with the rank of private first class (E-2), with special recognition as an “expert marksman.” PFC […]
POSTED: 07/26/13 at 6:01 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
FUMC Preschool news The First United Methodist Church Preschool is preparing for another school year. Shanay Taylor is returning for a second year as preschool administrator. She has Bachelor of Science in early childhood education, attending both Youngstown State University and The University of Findlay. She and her husband, Darrin, have been married 15 years […]
POSTED: 07/26/13 at 5:56 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
Gladys Barkley, 106 years, 9 months and 25 days old, of Convoy died at 7 a.m. Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at Vancrest Health Care Center of Convoy. She was born September 29, 1906, in Tully Township, Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Gilbert Franklin and Rosa Etta (Feasby) Fensler. She was one of […]
POSTED: 07/25/13 at 8:18 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries