By Haley Helm With just a few weeks left to go, students at Crestview are anxiously awaiting summer. On Monday night, high school students gathered in the auditeria to have their annual academic awards night. Teachers handed out various awards to their students to commend their efforts and achievements throughout the year, as well as […]
POSTED: 05/11/16 at 1:20 pm. FILED UNDER: Knights in the News
By Hope Wallace Come and see what the wind blew in! The Winds of Change Exhibit is on display through May 27 with paintings, drawings, photography, and sculpture representing the theme of wind and the effect it has on us. The following artists received awards. First Place — Pat Rayman of Ohio City. Second Place […]
POSTED: 05/11/16 at 1:12 pm. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
Isaac Van Wart Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, named its Good Citizen Essay Contest winner: Estie Sinn (above) of Wayne Trace High School. Sinn was presented the “Madonna of the Trail” traveling trophy with her name engraved on its base. The trophy will be displayed at Wayne Trace during the coming year. Sinn was […]
POSTED: 05/11/16 at 8:08 am. FILED UNDER: Lifestyles
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert and Lincolnview seniors were introduced to the “real world” and its financial challenges during a program held Tuesday in the VWHS gymnasium. Government students participated in the Real Money. Real World. program sponsored by Ohio State University Extension, and, for most, reality was a nasty shock. Students were given a […]
POSTED: 05/11/16 at 8:00 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information It’s that time of the year when the community needs to gear up and prepare for the severe weather season, said Van Wert County Emergency Management Director Rick McCoy. Historically, severe storms start affecting the county around the second to third week of May each year. So far this spring, thunderstorms and […]
POSTED: 05/11/16 at 7:56 am. FILED UNDER: News
Cooper Farms will be sponsoring two Business Days at the 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 was new last year. New in 2016 are water cannons at the splash […]
POSTED: 05/11/16 at 7:52 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information REYNOLDSBURG — The Ohio Department of Agriculture will soon begin aerial treatments designed to control the gypsy moth population in northwest Ohio. Treatments on 827 acres in Hancock, Hardin, Marion, Seneca, Van Wert, and Wyandot counties will begin in mid-May, as larva and leaf development reaches the optimal threshold for treatment. Treatments are […]
POSTED: 05/11/16 at 7:50 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert Parks Department and Van Wert Master Gardeners will offer educational programs at the Smiley Park Children’s Garden this summer. All programs are free, but participants must register by calling the Park Office at 419.238.9121. Each session will be from 10-11:30 a.m. and will include a story time lesson, snack, […]
POSTED: 05/11/16 at 7:48 am. FILED UNDER: News
Kenneth Vogt of Delphos died Monday, May 9, 2016, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Delphos. Arrangements are incomplete at Harter and Schier Funeral Home in Delphos.
POSTED: 05/11/16 at 6:23 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent sports LIMA — The year 1969 was a long time ago — 47 years ago, in fact. Richard Nixon had just taken office for his first term as president, and the war in Vietnam was just starting to enter a new phase military officials called, optimistically, “vietnamization” (and we all know how that […]
POSTED: 05/10/16 at 8:45 am. FILED UNDER: Sports