VW independent/submitted information The local Jennings Creek Council (JCC), formed in 1989, is part of a large community of men and women who get together at events they call a rendezvous in order to re-enact period living from the 1640s to 1840s. Participants wear period dress, camp in various period tents, and leave behind modern-day amenities for […]
POSTED: 09/15/18 at 7:58 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, announces that applications for the Elks National Foundation’s “Most Valuable Student” scholarships and Legacy Awards are now available to any high school senior. Applications for the Elks National Foundation’s 2019 “Most Valuable Student” contest are available online at www.elks.org/scholars. The MVS scholarships […]
POSTED: 09/15/18 at 7:41 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
VW independent/submitted information The Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, a division of the Ohio Department of Aging, has released results of the 2017 Long-Term Care Resident Satisfaction Survey. Van Wert Manor was named the No. 1 assisted living for overall resident satisfaction in 2017 for the state of Ohio. The statewide average score […]
POSTED: 09/15/18 at 7:39 am. FILED UNDER: Business
VW independent/submitted information The Central Insurance Companies have announced the election of David C. Ward to the Board of Directors for Central Mutual Insurance and All America Insurance Companies, effective August 24. Ward is the managing director at ward.ventures, a private investment firm based in Dallas, Texas. ward.venturesinvestsin venture capital and private equity as well […]
POSTED: 09/15/18 at 7:35 am. FILED UNDER: Business
VW independent/submitted information The Ohio Technical Center (OTC) Adult Education at Vantage Career Center recently held its Medical Assistant pinning ceremony for seven students in the Medical Assistant program. The students completed 1,000 clock hours, approximately 13 months, performing clinical and administrative duties in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and physician offices. The duties of a […]
POSTED: 09/15/18 at 7:31 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
VW independent/submitted information Twig I met September 13 in Conference Room A at the Van Wert Health hospital facility. The meeting was called to order by the chairman Mae Enyart, who welcomed the 33 members present, and Ann Bowen said a prayer. Mark Spieles of Westwood Behavioral Health Center spoke to the group about an […]
POSTED: 09/15/18 at 7:08 am. FILED UNDER: Lifestyles
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor OTTAWA — An interception by Owen Treece late in regulation helped Van Wert hold off a furious Ottawa-Glandorf comeback and sparked a 40-34 overtime win at Titan Stadium on Friday. Van Wert (2-2, 1-2 WBL) took a 34-18 lead on Jake Hilleary’s three yard touchdown run with 7:38 left in the […]
POSTED: 09/15/18 at 6:18 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor CONVOY — The No. 6 ranked Crestview Knights gave head coach Jared Owens a nice 35th birthday gift in the form of a 53-0 shutout over Bluffon in the Northwest Conference opener on Friday. In the process, the Knights (3-0, 1-0 NWC) held the Pirates to 190 total yards and forced […]
POSTED: 09/15/18 at 6:17 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Una Mae Bookman, 75, of Elida, passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at Lima Memorial Health Systems, with her family by her side, following an extended illness. She was born May 13, 1943, in Lima, the daughter of Charles and Eileen (Hoover) Beerline, who both preceded her in death. In 1963, she married Fred Comston, […]
POSTED: 09/15/18 at 1:15 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert independent sports Here are scores from Friday night’s area high school football games. Western Buckeye League Overtime: Van Wert 40 Ottawa-Glandorf 34 Kenton 15 Wapakoneta 10 St. Marys 27 Shawnee 26 Celina 50 Bath 14 Elida 46 Defiance 42 Northwest Conference Crestview 53 Bluffton 0 Ada 38 Delphos Jefferson 6 Columbus Grove 49 […]
POSTED: 09/14/18 at 10:35 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports