Crestview freshman Addyson Dowler displays her soccer skills during Thursday’s match against Spencerville. Unfortunately for the Lady Knights, Spencerville won 3-1. Louisa Hoppe scored Crestview’s goal in the second half. “I’m super proud of my girls and they played their hearts out,” Crestview head coach John Dowler said. “Spencerville has a good team. We are […]
POSTED: 09/06/19 at 3:50 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
“America means freedom and there’s no expression of freedom quite so sincere as music.”–Glenn Miller Who’s a fan of the Big Band? Sometime in the 1930s, big bands began playing songs composed and performed to instantly get you moving. America’s emergence from the Great Depression was set to the gait and swelling energy of the […]
POSTED: 09/06/19 at 12:15 am. FILED UNDER: News
Judge Quincy Thompson, who is the Van Wert County Fair’s marketing manager and owner of QR Photography, with assistance from Taylor Hirschy, owner of Taylor Ford Photography, faced 163 senior photos and 55 junior photos featuring People, Clouds, Our Fair, Flowers, and Architecture on Thursday morning, August 29. Congratulations are due seniors Grace Lare, who […]
POSTED: 09/06/19 at 12:10 am. FILED UNDER: Camera Club News
The deadline for the 42nd annual Photography Exhibit is this Friday, September 6. Call-for-entry forms are now available online, at the Wassenberg Art Center. One of our jurors is Mark Lanning Jr. of Iowa City, Iowa. Mark once exhibited at the Wassenberg Art Center with Stephan Takacs of Columbus. Mark has taught at Sacramento University […]
POSTED: 09/06/19 at 12:03 am. FILED UNDER: What's Up at Wassenberg?
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent writer A visit by U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Cincinnati) was just one of the topics covered during Thursday night’s meeting of the Vantage Career Center Board of Education. During his monthly report, Superintendent Rick Turner explained to the board that Portman, a supporter of career tech education, discussed how to best ensure students […]
POSTED: 09/05/19 at 11:48 pm. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Want to know more about your rights as a consumer, as well as information on how to budget, how to access consumer agencies, and a variety of other consumer information? Van Wert attorney Dawn Kennedy is now setting aside one day a week when consumers can come to her office without an […]
POSTED: 09/05/19 at 11:42 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information PAULDING — Paulding residents Holly M. Manz and Brynley E. Manz joined Ohio’s “Saved by the Belt” Club after their safety belts saved them from being seriously injured or killed in a crash. The incident occurred on U.S. 127 in Benton Township in Paulding County on July 9. On Wednesday, Lt. Jonathon Gray, Van […]
POSTED: 09/05/19 at 11:27 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Judith A. “Judy” Martin, 71, of Decatur, Indiana, passed away Tuesday evening, September 3, 2019, at Adams Woodcrest. She was born September 3, 1948 in Decatur, the daughter of Don L. and Mildred M. (Stonebraker) Hakes, who both preceded her in death. She was united in marriage to Lowell F. Martin on August 3, 1968, […]
POSTED: 09/05/19 at 8:56 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
To the Editor: I was recently in Van Wert and I am amazed with the work that is being done downtown. I was raised in Van Wert and left in 1985, joining the military, and 21 years later I retired from the military and ended up in the St. Louis, Missouri, area for work. Over the […]
POSTED: 09/05/19 at 8:41 am. FILED UNDER: Letters to the Editor
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor State Representative Craig Riedel was in Van Wert this week to purchase some animals at the Junior Fair Livestock Auction and to provide a legislative update to members of the Van Wert Rotary Club. Riedel, who is in his second term representing the 82nd Ohio House District, which includes all of Van […]
POSTED: 09/05/19 at 7:28 am. FILED UNDER: News