Submitted information Erie Insurance awarded Leland Smith Insurance Services Inc. of Van Wert with its 2014 Giving Network Agency of the Year Award for outstanding community service. In honor of the agency’s efforts, Erie Insurance donated $2,500 to The American Cancer Society for the Van Wert Relay for Life. The Relay for Life organization is […]
POSTED: 04/25/14 at 7:36 am. FILED UNDER: Business
Submitted information KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alexander & Bebout, Inc., a general contractor in Van Wert, OH, has been named High Performance Builder by Butler Manufacturing™, which provides design-build construction solutions and innovative building technology to the nonresidential market. The designation is awarded to Butler Builder® dealers that meet or exceed annual territory sales goals […]
POSTED: 04/25/14 at 7:28 am. FILED UNDER: Business
Van Wert SWCD information The Van Wert Soil and Water Conservation District is offering one $500 scholarship to a student studying agriculture, natural resources or closely related fields at any Ohio college or university during the 2013-2014 academic year. Recipient of the scholarship needs to have completed his or her freshman year in college, and […]
POSTED: 04/25/14 at 7:11 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
The Marsh Foundation residents had a very exciting week leading up to Easter and a festive celebration on Easter Sunday. In art class, art teacher Karla Hoying introduced projects relating to the holiday. All of the youths made both Easter baskets and pysanky eggs. The baskets were crafted out of string they put around an […]
POSTED: 04/25/14 at 7:08 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
CINDY WOOD/independent feature writer “Choir” just doesn’t quite cover it. The Voices of Unity Youth Choir is so much more, according to leader and founder Marshall White. Fresh off a five-hour rehearsal, White said the group is looking forward to taking the stage at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, April […]
POSTED: 04/25/14 at 6:54 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert County Board of Commissioners has recently made some exciting decisions with respect to the county’s economic development efforts. The commissioners’ office has named County Business Outreach Coordinator Sarah K. Smith as the official Van Wert County economic development director and made her position full time. Her duties of promoting […]
POSTED: 04/25/14 at 6:47 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/submitted information The Thompson family and Van Wert Service Club announce that Robin Elston, president of Elston Consulting LLC, will be the speaker for this year’s R.K. Thompson Self-Reliance Awards banquet. With degrees in chemical engineering and business, Elston spent her first 15 years after college working in engineering, manufacturing, and human resource […]
POSTED: 04/25/14 at 6:44 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW County Sheriff’s information Just a reminder that Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach has announced his office will be participating in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 26. The Sheriff’s Office is working in conjunction with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to give Van Wert County residents their eighth […]
POSTED: 04/25/14 at 6:38 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert SWCD information The Van Wert SWCD wants to remind area residents that each of them has a connection to natural resources. The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) is celebrating the 59th year of Stewardship Week April 27-May 4. The 2013 Stewardship Week is themed, “Dig Deeper: Mysteries in the Soil” In 1949, […]
POSTED: 04/25/14 at 6:36 am. FILED UNDER: News
Master Gardener information The annual Ohio State University Extension Van Wert County Master Gardener Volunteer Plant Sale will be held this Saturday, April 26, opening at 8 a.m. in the Junior Fair Building on the fairgrounds. Proceeds from the sale of plants will benefit the Van Wert County Master Gardener volunteers’ projects, such as the […]
POSTED: 04/25/14 at 6:35 am. FILED UNDER: News