Business Day donation

Hickory Sticks Golf Club is sponsoring the YMCA Camp Clay Aqua Park and Splash Pad on Monday, May 29. Due to the company’s generosity, admission to the park is $3 per person. Shown are YMCA Camp Clay Director Kevin Morrison (second from right) and the staff of Hickory Sticks.YMCA photo

Optimists sponsor ArtRageous art show

VW independent/submitted information In conjunction with this summer’s Van Wert Peony Festival event, held Friday and Saturday, June 1-2, the Optimist Club of Van Wert will again sponsor an art show for talented students from Van Wert County. Earlier in May, letters were sent out to area school art teachers asking for submissions from their […]

94th Blue Creek Alumni Banquet planned

VW independent/submitted information HAVILAND — The 94th annual Blue Creek Alumni banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 16, at Wayne Trace High School. Doors will open at 4:30 that afternoon for visitation. The classes of 1948, 1958, and 1968 will be recognized. Cost of the banquet is $14 per person. Reservations should […]

White wins photo finish, Korte advances

Van Wert independent sports TROY — It was a photo finish for Crestview’s Tyler White – literally. After some discussion and review, the senior grabbed the eighth and final spot by .001 second to qualify for the Division III 110 meter regional final at Troy on Wednesday. If White finishes among the top four in […]

9-1-1 head thanks EMS workers

To the Editor: In honor of National EMS Week, I would like to express my admiration, deep respect, and ultimate “thank you” to our dedicated, caring Van Wert County EMS personnel, both paid and volunteers. Emergency medical technicians provide a necessary service that is vital for all of us in our community.  They don’t often […]

Ruby Louise (Burk) Day

Ruby Louise (Burk) Day, 76, of Convoy, died at 7:48 a.m. Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at the home of her daughter west of Convoy. She was born January 15, 1942, in Iowa, the daughter of Charles and Thelma (Schwartzs) Burk, who both preceded her in death. Survivors include five children, Tina Allen (Lawrence) Erb of […]

County one of lowest in unemployment

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Unemployment remained steady in Ohio, with the jobless rate decreasing in 85 of the state’s 88 counties. In the other three counties, including Van Wert County, unemployment remained the same in April as in March, according to April’s unemployment statistics released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The […]

State Farm offers grants to communities

VW independent/submitted information Neighbors across the country, and here in Van Wert County, will soon have an exciting opportunity to help change their communities for the better through State Farm Insurance Company’s Neighborhood Assist® program, according to local agent Tisha Fast. As a company, State Farm® continues the effort through Neighborhood of Good® to inspire and empower people […]

Camp Clay day sponsor

Quality Roofing and Painting is sponsoring the YMCA Camp Clay Aqua Park and Splash Pad on Monday, May 28. Due to the company’s generosity, admission to the park is $3 per person. Shown are YMCA Camp Clay Director Kevin Morrison (left) and Chad Adams of Quality Roofing and Painting.YMCA photo

A-Gs: Make opioid makers accountable

Submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Washington Attorney General Robert Ferguson led a bipartisan coalition of 39 state and territorial attorneys general to call on Congressional leaders to promptly pass measures to help hold opioid manufacturers accountable for their role in the opioid epidemic and stem diversion. “Opioid manufacturers can play […]