VWCS Board information The Van Wert City Board of Education will meet in special session at 4:30 p.m. Monday, June 15, in the S.F. Goedde Building, 205 W. Crawford St. The public is welcome to attend.
POSTED: 06/13/15 at 6:04 am. FILED UNDER: News
VWHS baseball information The Van Wert High School baseball program will be conducting a baseball camp for athletes in grades 2-8 from Monday, June 15, through Thursday, June 18, at Smiley Park. The camp will start at 9 a.m. and end at 11:30 each morning. The camp is designed so that each camper will have […]
POSTED: 06/12/15 at 7:41 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Submitted information PAYNE — The Payne Ball Association will host an 8 and under girls’ softball coach-pitch all-star tournament from Friday, July 10, through Sunday, July 12. Players must be 8 years old or younger as of December 31, 2014. Teams are guaranteed three games and awards include a minimum of top two teams, as […]
POSTED: 06/12/15 at 7:40 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Central Insurance Company information Recognizing the value in the company’s results was the focus of the 140th annual Central Mutual Insurance Company policyholders’ meeting held recently in Van Wert. “We talk about the numbers a lot,” said F.W. Purmort, Central chairman of the Board and president, “but there’s a stronger message in what the numbers […]
POSTED: 06/12/15 at 7:37 am. FILED UNDER: Business
VW independent/submitted information On Saturday, June 20, more than 2,000 bicyclists will converge on the Van Wert County Fairgrounds to begin the 27th annual Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA), a weeklong tour of northwest Ohio. Participants will come from almost every state in the nation, as well as several foreign countries. They will travel 50 […]
POSTED: 06/12/15 at 7:30 am. FILED UNDER: News
The YMCA Camp Clay Splash Pad project received a donation of $5,000 from Van Wert Federal Savings Bank. The new 3,600-square-foot splash pad is available seven days a week during at the Camp Clay Aqua Park during business hours. Shown are (from the left) YMCA Board Members Krista Schlemmer and Gary Taylor, Gary Clay of […]
POSTED: 06/12/15 at 7:27 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert County Commissioners information The Van Wert County Board of Commissioners are sponsoring a public forum about electricity aggregation on Tuesday, June 23, from 1-3 p.m., with a representative from Palmer Energy Company. The forum will be in the Commissioners’ Conference room in the County Annex, 114 E. Main St., Suite 200, Van Wert. […]
POSTED: 06/12/15 at 7:26 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks held its annual Flag Day ceremony on Wednesday at the Lodge. The annual event is sponsored by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Assisting this year with the display of flags during the “History of the Flag” presentation was Van Wert Composite Squadron 296 […]
POSTED: 06/12/15 at 7:25 am. FILED UNDER: News
Bruce Alan Poling passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015, at home with his longtime companion, Lila Conley-Miller; son Bruce Alan Poling II; and daughter Kelly Alana Elkins surrounding him. Bruce was born in Van Wert December 17, 1957, to Doyle and Maxine Poling. He will be remembered as one of those rare people who thought […]
POSTED: 06/12/15 at 7:12 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Thomas Leon Gemmer, 67, of Van Wert, passed into his heavenly reward at 11:11 a.m. Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert, with his loving and supporting family and friends surrounding him. He was born January 10, 1948, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Edward and Mabel (Gallogly) Gemmer, who preceded him […]
POSTED: 06/12/15 at 6:32 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries