DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A group of 10 senior Industrial Mechanics students from Vantage Career Center got the chance to visit a couple of Van Wert County companies where they will likely find jobs waiting following graduation this coming spring. The students visited Toledo Molding & Die (TMD) and the Delphos plant of Kalida-based Unverferth Manufacturing […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 7:00 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/ODJFS information Statewide unemployment edged up a tenth of a percent in August, according to figures released Friday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Ohio’s unemployment rate was 7.3 percent in August 2013, up from 7.2 percent in July, according to the ODJFS. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment decreased […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 6:29 am. FILED UNDER: News
Steve Trittschuh, Republican candidate for the Fourth Ward Van Wert City Council seat, speaks at Friday’s Van Wert County Republican luncheon held at Willow Bend Country Club. Trittschuh, a U.S. Army veteran of Operation Desert Storm who works in Central Insurance’s information technology department, is running against Democrat Jim Hamman in the November general election.Van […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 6:27 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement in support of H.J. Res 59, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution for fiscal year 2014: “The constituents in my district have overwhelmingly expressed their desire to defund Obamacare and the need to prevent its harmful impacts. I supported today’s continuing resolution that […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 6:06 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW Special Olympics news Van Wert County Special Olympics is planning a pork chop dinner fundraiser for Tuesday, October 1, from 4-6 p.m., at Thomas Edison Center in Van Wert. The menu for the dinner, which is carryout only (follow the signs), includes a pork chop, baked potato, green beans, roll and a cookie. Tickets […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 6:05 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor It wasn’t pretty, but the Kenton Wildcats managed to generate 305 yards of total offense, despite a whopping 192 yards of penalty yardage, while holding Van Wert to 4 yards in a sloppy 32-0 Western Buckeye League battle in the mud of Eggerss Stadium on Friday. The Wildcats, usually an air-oriented team, […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 6:04 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports BLUFFTON – Neither Crestview or Bluffton generated much offense during Friday’s rain-soaked Northwest Conference contest, but an extra point from Knight kicker Kameron Grubaugh was the difference as Crestview edged the Pirates 7-6. The Knights had a total of 150 yards of offense, all but seven of those on the ground, […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 5:44 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert golf news SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — What proved to be a tough Western Buckeye League season for the Van Wert golf team ended Friday with an eighth-place finish in the WBL tournament at Shawnee Country Club. Bath, who matched the 2012 Van Wert’s 9-0 undefeated record, won the tournament, with Celina second and Kenton […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 5:43 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Chad A. Shindeldecker, 50, of Ormond Beach, Fla., died Tuesday evening, September 17, 2013, at his residence. He was born February 28, 1963, in Celina, the son of Frank Shindeldecker Jr., who survives in Ohio City, and Patricia A. (Marsee) Shindeldecker Froning, who survives in St. Marys. Other survivors include his stepfather, Bob Froning of […]
POSTED: 09/20/13 at 6:25 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A study of The Enlightenment, a cultural movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that pitted scientific study against religious beliefs, led to a visit Thursday with five students from countries where Islam is a major religious force. VWHS sophomores in the project-based World Literature Team class learned more about Middle Eastern […]
POSTED: 09/20/13 at 8:05 am. FILED UNDER: News