Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure information The Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA) will celebrate its 27th tour this June with 2,000 participants. The seven-day, 300-plus mile cycling tour of Ohio will take place June 20-27 in northwest Ohio, including overnight camping in Van Wert on Saturday, Bluffton on Sunday, Defiance on Monday and Tuesday, Bowling Green […]
POSTED: 06/04/15 at 7:16 am. FILED UNDER: News
Olympic Lanes will be sponsoring a $1 day at Camp Clay Aqua Park this summer. Local businesses purchase the day for the Van Wert community, access includes swimming, floating playground, zip-line, paddleboats, a half-acre beach and the 3,600-square-foot splash pad, which is new in 2015. To learn more, visit the YMCA website at www.vwymca.org. Shown are […]
POSTED: 06/04/15 at 7:13 am. FILED UNDER: News
Master Gardeners of VW County information The Master Gardeners of Van Wert County invite everyone to the first butterfly release of the season. The release is scheduled for today at 1 p.m. (weather permitting) in the Butterfly House, located in the Children’s Garden at Smiley Park. The release of Monarch butterflies has been made possible […]
POSTED: 06/04/15 at 7:04 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine (DIFM), a practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, based in Chicago, Illinois, has announced that Deborah Ford of Van Wert is the recipient of the 2015 Excellence in Service Award. Ford is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Clinical Nutrition, became a traditional naturopath from the […]
POSTED: 06/04/15 at 7:03 am. FILED UNDER: Business
VW Parks & Recreation Dept. information Those looking for something new, exciting, and good for your health should look no further than the increasingly popular sport of pickle ball. Pickle ball lessons and open play are being held at the Smiley Park tennis courts this summer. Pickle ball is played on a badminton-sized court with special […]
POSTED: 06/04/15 at 7:00 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW Parks & Recreation Dept. information The Van Wert Parks and Recreation Department will host the British Soccer/Challenger Sports soccer camp from July 27-31 at the Rotary Athletic Complex on John Brown Road. There are camp options for children ages 3 to 18. Register children at www.challengersports.com. Children registered before Friday, June 12, will receive […]
POSTED: 06/04/15 at 6:59 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Sharon Rose Case Knoll, 75, of Van Wert, died at 8:03 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born February 13, 1940, in Berne, Indiana, the daughter of Joyce Ray and Velma Marie (Pontius) Case, who both preceded her in death. On May 11, 1962, she married […]
POSTED: 06/03/15 at 9:07 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
By Rex Dolby “Low Light Photography” will be the topic of discussion when the Van Wert Area Photography Club next meets at 7 p.m. on June 11 at 114 S. Race St. in Van Wert. Low light photography refers to occasions where the subject is inadequately illuminated or well illuminated, but the background is dark. Situations […]
POSTED: 06/03/15 at 1:57 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
By Hope Wallace The Peony Festival is upon us. This weekend the Jubilee Flower Show will bloom within the walls of the Wassenberg Art Center. We love this exhibit, and it IS an exhibit born from the creativity of the gardeners who nurture the blooms in their garden palettes. We will be open the Friday […]
POSTED: 06/03/15 at 1:53 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
POSTED: 06/03/15 at 1:14 pm. FILED UNDER: Lancer Lines