Heart Land Patriots to host GOP rep.

VW independent/submitted information

The Van Wert County Heart Land Patriots will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 10, in the Fireside Room of Trinity Friends Church, 605 N. Franklin St. in Van Wert.

The evening will begin with a recap of the results of the Tuesday, November 3, general election. Main speaker for the evening will be northwest Ohio Republican representative Brandon Zanon. He will challenge local Patriots to develop grass-roots support for the most conservative and well prepared of the candidates for the Republican presidential primary election, which will be held in Ohio on March 15, 2016.

In addition, he will encourage all in attendance to tune in to the Republican presidential debate to be aired on the Fox Business Network at 9 that evening. After hearing from Zanon, the Patriots will also give an official Van Wert County welcome to Craig Riedel, a Defiance resident who is poised to provide primary election opposition to current 82nd Ohio House District Representative Tony Burkley. Reidel introduced himself to several local Republicans recently when he and his spouse visited the Van Wert County Republican Central Committee’s quarterly meeting.

Further information on this and future Patriot meetings may be obtained by contacting the Rev. Keith Stoller at 419.968.2869.