Van Wert Mayor Jerry Mazur signs proclamation for the National Day of Prayer event in Van Wert with Pastor Paul Hamrick, regional director with the Ohio National Day of Prayer Task Force. The event will be held at the Van Wert County Courthouse at noon today. Everyone is welcome to attend. (photo submitted)
POSTED: 05/05/16 at 7:36 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information PAULDING — The Paulding County Board of Commissioners received confirmation Wednesday from a structural engineer that the county-owned communications tower located at the west end of the county fairgrounds parking lot is not currently at risk for failure. The reported overloads in the engineering study produced for Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative Inc. […]
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VW independent/submitted information The Marsh Foundation in Van Wert is celebrating Foster Care Appreciation Month throughout the month of May. The organization is focusing on recruiting additional families to help care for the many children in need. The Marsh Foundation offers a continuum of care that includes a foster care program. The Marsh believes that […]
POSTED: 05/05/16 at 7:30 am. FILED UNDER: News
Mary Elizabeth (Frederick) Flanders, 100, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2016, at her residence in Akron. She was born February 13, 1916, in Akron, the daughter of Elizabeth P. (Haushalter) and Claude M. Frederick, who both preceded her in death. On May 9, 1942, she married David L. Flanders, who passed away November 18, 2012. […]
POSTED: 05/05/16 at 1:06 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
POSTED: 05/04/16 at 2:42 pm. FILED UNDER: Youth
By Hannah Bowen Last Tuesday, Erin Camenisch’s Spanish III class went on a field trip to El Paraiso, a Mexican supermarket and restaurant in New Haven, Ind. The class explored the supermarket and ate lunch at the restaurant. The class looked at different types of produce and snack foods from Mexico, and compared them to […]
POSTED: 05/04/16 at 1:48 pm. FILED UNDER: Knights in the News
The Lincolnview Elementary library was able to use part of the money earned through the Scholastic Book Fair this year to purchase beanbags for the library, as well as adding a puppet theatre for the students to take turns putting on puppet shows for the rest of the class. The upper grades are enjoying the […]
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The Fourth Annual Science Fair was recently held at St. Mary’s of the Assumption School. The students were placed into multi-aged groups that consisted of students from grades 4 through 6, with either a fifth or sixth grade student as the group leader. Students were challenged to find a project that is important to science […]
POSTED: 05/04/16 at 1:36 pm. FILED UNDER: St. Mary's News
By Rex Dolby The Van Wert Area Photography Club’s next regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, May 12, promises to be at least two steps above exceptional. President Jewett reports that he spoke with Jim Niedecken, who owns the vintage photography studio above Millie’s Cafe in Ottoville. The studio was started by Jim’s great grandfather in the 1890’s. He passed […]
POSTED: 05/04/16 at 1:13 pm. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
Robert Galloway Jr. to Angela M. Adam and Angela M. Galloway, inlot 1611, Van Wert. Rick A. Snyder and Kimberly L. Snyder to Rick A. Snyder Living Trust, portion of section 27, Hoaglin Township. Estate of Luella M. Mullen to Orval H. Mullen and Judith Ann Wieging, inlot 4454, Van Wert. Stephen D. Neifered and […]
POSTED: 05/04/16 at 1:07 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers