People often believe that hospice is for patients with only hours or days to live, however this is not always true. For the family of longtime Van Wert resident Wally Purmort, the hospice journey was experienced for over a year at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. “My husband had a gradually debilitating disease…
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Coloring Contest Winners Announced
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Dr. Carl Jeffery and Dr. Jessica Jeffery-Mohr of Jeffery-Mohr Dentistry of Van Wert are very happy to announce that Josiah Stoller was the second place winner of the coloring contest to celebrate National Children’s Dental Health Month. Josiah received a $50 gift certificate to Wal-mart Supercenter. Aleena Wheeler was the $20 gift certificate recipient. The…
Embracing Change Explored at Lifetree Café
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Practical advice for accepting and embracing change will be explored at Lifetree Café on Thursday, May 11th from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. The program, titled “Embracing Change: Taking the Fear Out of What Comes Next,” examines why change is often difficult for people and features an exclusive screening of the award-winning short film Baits and…
Van Wert Student Historical Family Story Selected for Publication
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Alex Baughman, a fourth grader at Van Wert Elementary School, has had his historical family story selected for publication in “Grannie Annie, Vol. 12,” to be released in May by The Grannie Annie Family Story Celebration. Volume 12 will be published as a paperback book, an eBook, and a PDF book. In addition, the stories…
Van Wert Elementary Family Fun & Fitness Night 2017
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Van Wert Elementary held their annual Family Fun and Fitness Night Thursday evening. The Jumpin’ Jammers 3rd-5th grade jump rope team, were the kick off to an exciting evening. Over 300 participants experienced both art and literacy activities. Fifth grade teachers and students teamed up to create a healthy breakfast using five mystery ingredients in…
New Business Opens in PCED Small Business Innovation Center in Paulding
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Ag Credit / County Mortgage will be holding an open house Thursday April 6th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Their new office is located at 103 E. Perry Street inside the PCED Small Business Innovation Center. Deanna Schroeder will be operating the office and she is the Mortgage Loan Originator at Ag Credit Van…
Hens for Hospice
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The CHP Sewing for Hospice group, along with the Van Wert Neighborhood Group (part of the Fort Wayne Chapter of the American Sewing Guild) is working with KAM Manufacturing/Stephanie Dawn to make “Hens for Hospice.” These quilted hot pad holders are designed and cut out by KAM then passed on to the group to sew,…
State Patrol Investigating Two Vehicle Injury Crash
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Pleasant Township – The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two vehicle injury crash that occurred at the intersection of Liberty Union Road and Van Wert Willshire Road south west of Van Wert, in Van Wert County. On February 18, 2017, at approximately 3:52 P.M. a 2012 Nissan Titan…
State Patrol Investigating Injury Crash On County Road 263
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Brown Township – The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a one vehicle injury crash that occurred on County Road 263 just south of SR 613, in Paulding County. On February 17, 2017, at approximately 3:53 A.M., the Van Wert Post was advised of an overturned vehicle in a ditch…
3rd Northern Ohio First Tech Challenge Robotics Competition
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On Saturday, January the 28th, the Van Wert Robotics Club and Van Wert High School will host its third Northern Ohio First Tech Challenge Robotics Competition. Thirty (30) teams from three (3) states, almost 300 young people, will compete with the goal of advancing to the State Championship in Columbus. The event title sponsors are…
Raiders Continue Winning Streak
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On December 20, the the Wayne Trace Raiders hosted the Van Wert Boys Basketball Team. The home team won the JV game 37-29 just minutes before this game started. The first basket of the game was scored by Ethan Linder – 3 pointer and set the tone for the rest of the match. This was…
Keith Robert Myers
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VAN WERT: Keith Robert Myers, age 55 died Friday, December 23, 2016. He was born December 28, 1960 in Van Wert the son of the late Robert W. and Anita M. (McPike) Myers. On April 28, 2012 he married Robin L. Bendele. He was a self-employed farmer and was previously employed by Quality Farm Fleet…
Van Wert Post Investigation Serious Injury Crash
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Convoy, OH – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Van Wert Post is investigating a serious injury motor vehicle crash on US 30 Westbound at Convoy Rd in Van Wert County. On December 22, 2016 at 10:26 AM, a 2007 Chrysler driven by Betty Wyandt, 87, of Van Wert was eastbound on Convoy Rd. She crossed…
