Van Wert volleyball information The Van Wert Cougars were back in action Tuesday night at home when they took on the Ottoville Big Green in their sixth game of the season. Van Wert was able to defeat Ottoville in three games by scores of 25-23, 25-23 and 25-14. The varsity Cougars are now 5-1 on […]
POSTED: 09/04/14 at 1:00 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Lincolnview girls’ golf information WAPAKONETA — The Lady Lancer golf team traveled to Wapakoneta last evening to take on the Lady Redskins in non-conference action. Wapakoneta Country Club hosted the two teams on a super night to play golf. The Western Buckeye League power was too much for the younger Lancer contingent as Wapak prevailed […]
POSTED: 09/04/14 at 12:56 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Crestview football information CONVOY — Presale tickets for the Crestview vs. Hicksville football game to be played at Hicksville on Friday will be on sale in the Crestview athletic office this Friday, September 5, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Presale prices are $5 for adults and $3 for students. All tickets at the gate are $6.
POSTED: 09/04/14 at 12:55 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Big Brothers Big Sisters information CELINA — There is no other place to be on Saturday, November 15, than at the Overdrive, 3769 U.S. 127 in Celina, for the Big Brothers Big Sisters “Dancing with the BIG Stars” event! A group of prominent community members from throughout the area will put on their “boogie shoes” […]
POSTED: 09/04/14 at 12:48 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
While trouble abroad has typically led to greater pain at the pump, Americans have experienced relatively stable gas prices over the past few months despite foreign crises. With the national average price for regular gasoline down more than 10 cents from last month, today’s fuel prices are both a contradiction of the past four decades’ […]
POSTED: 09/03/14 at 10:48 pm. FILED UNDER: Opinions
Virginia F. Sealscott Revocable Living Trust to Lois M. Steyer, inlot 3399, Van Wert. Allen L. Gribler, Bonnie Gribler, Karl G. Gribler, Nancy Gribler, Mary E. Schnepp, William Schnepp, Connie S. Stevens, Gary P. Stevens and Nancy L. Gribler to Connie S. Stevens and Gary P. Stevens, portion of section 22, Liberty Township. Ronald Michael […]
POSTED: 09/03/14 at 2:09 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers
By Hope Wallace The Wassenberg Art Center has undergone a tremendous amount of change over the last 1–3 years during our transition to a community art center. We wanted to grow not as an exclusive club, welcome only by literal or perceived invitation but as an open space for everyone to feel comfortable. Our culture, […]
POSTED: 09/03/14 at 1:26 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
By Rex Dolby Wassenberg Camera Club officers and three members returned to the Van Wert County Fair’s Photography Exhibit on Monday evening to identify the winning pictures selected by judge Elmer Denman. It was the club’s responsibility to record all of the judge’s decisions, place the correct ribbon on the selected pictures, and group the […]
POSTED: 09/03/14 at 12:55 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor It was payday Tuesday for Junior Fair livestock exhibitors, and an analysis of the premiums paid shows it was the best one yet for exhibitors. Total sale premium for 2014 was $145,320 for a total of 308 sale units (some units include multiple animals). While not a record total, it was the […]
POSTED: 09/03/14 at 7:41 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert County Common Pleas Judge Charles D. Steele announced Tuesday his decision to retire, effective January 1, 2015. Judge Steele, a Van Wert native, was appointed to the bench in 1999 by then-Governor Robert Taft to fill a vacancy created when Judge Sumner E. Walters was elected to the Third Ohio […]
POSTED: 09/03/14 at 7:30 am. FILED UNDER: News