{"id":98472,"date":"2018-02-08T08:12:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T13:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=98472"},"modified":"2018-02-08T08:12:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T13:12:23","slug":"profit-files-county-commissioner-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/02\/08\/profit-files-county-commissioner-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"Profit files county commissioner petition"},"content":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n

Vicki J. Profit of York Township has filed her petition to run in the May primary election as a Republican candidate for Van Wert County commissioner.<\/p>\n

Born and raised in Van Wert County, Profit is the daughter of Maurice and Louise Perry of Van Wert. She is married to Terry Profit and the couple has two sons, Zach (Danielle) and Brock (Briana) Profit, and three grandchildren, with a fourth on the way.<\/p>\n

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Vicki Profit<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Profit attended Vantage Career Center and is a 1981 graduate of Lincolnview High School. She has made a career of helping young adults through teaching life skills and career placement. Several years after graduating from Vantage, she went to work in the school\u2019s technology department. Profit went on to work for the State of Ohio, based at Van Wert High School, helping recent graduates with employment opportunities. Profit served four years on the Lincolnview Local Board of Education during the construction of the new high school and is currently involved in her family\u2019s grain operation, Profit and Son\u2019s Farms Inc. in York Township. She is a member of First Presbyterian Church in Van Wert.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is where I grew up, it\u2019s where my husband and I have raised our family, and it\u2019s where my grandchildren will grow up,\u201d Profit said. \u201cVan Wert County is home and I am passionate about seeing our county succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the past several years, if Van Wert County had an official buzzword, \u201ceconomic development\u201d would be it. Many residents are working hard and taking every opportunity available to make the community attractive to new business, as well as to local young people.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the most critical tool in Van Wert County\u2019s economic development toolbox is still missing. If elected, Profit intends to make the runway extension phase of the airport project a priority. Businesses rely heavily on large corporate aircraft in today\u2019s fast paced business world.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy extending the airport runway, we are opening Van Wert County up to major population centers all around the world,\u201d Profit said. \u201cEvery effort needs to be made by the county in seeing this project through as quickly as possible. We need it now and for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is a way to make this project reach completion sooner, we need to do our best to find it,\u201d Profit added.<\/p>\n

She is also concerned that county leadership has left both city and rural county residents in the dark about a potential $1 billion wind farm development in southern Van Wert County.<\/p>\n

\u201cWind power could provide Van Wert County an edge, making us unique among other rural communities and offering youth a vision of the future that embraces technology and encourages our agricultural way of life,\u201d Profit noted.<\/p>\n

She recognizes, however, that there is opposition to this type of development in the community and will certainly listen to their concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cVan Wert is an outstanding place to live and, if elected, I will lead by putting the county first to ensure our community continues to be a great place for our children and their children,\u201d Profit said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information Vicki J. Profit of York Township has filed her petition to run in the May primary election as a Republican candidate for Van Wert County commissioner. Born and raised in Van Wert County, Profit is the daughter of Maurice and Louise Perry of Van Wert. She is married to Terry Profit and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 03:49:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}