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Revving engines on tap this weekend Limaland Motorsports Park is scheduled to start its 2021 season Friday night. Mike Campbell | Courtesy of Limaland Motorsports Park Jared Horstman celebrates winning a race at Limaland Motorsports Park in May 2018. Mike Campbell | Courtesy of Limaland Motorsports Park LIMA — Engines will be roaring around Lima this weekend, as you consider your entertainment options: • The Edge of Summer Power Elite & Super Hooligan motorcycle racing is slated for 11 ...

DAVE MOSIER/ independent editor Three people were sentenced, and four people entered changes of plea during criminal hearings held this past week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Noah Johnson, 32, of Elida, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, with credit for one day already served, on a charge of attempted gross sexual imposition, a felony of the fifth degree. Johnson was also classified as a Tier 1 sex offender and will have to register every year for the next 15 years. Amy Blatteau, 43...

Van Wert County Court News (Week of May 2, 2021) Wednesday, May 5, 2021 2:26 PM VAN WERT – The following individuals were seen in the Van Wert County Court of Common Pleas by Judge Martin Burchfield: FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2021 CHANGE OF PLEA Mackenzie Shepherd, 20, Van Wert, changed her plea to guilty to an amended charge of Theft, M1. She was then sentenced to two years community control, 52 hours of community service, mental health, and substance abuse assessments and treatments, an...

Mark Figley: Free speech not compromised By Mark Figley - Guest Columnist In today’s wacky world, the preponderance of news that gets reported is that which promotes the narrative of the left. Short of being misrepresented, stories that impede this are customarily ignored. That was certainly the case with some recent good news from Portsmouth, Ohio. Shawnee State political philosophy professor Nicholas Meriwether sued the university in November 2018 after it formally charged him with violatin...

Jim Krumel: A mom is always a mom — always Jim Krumel If they don’t know already, Shelley Ferguson of Lima, Carli Brown of Wapakoneta, Nicole Butler of Van Wert and Joanna Kaufman of Bluffton will soon find out. Each became a new mom or a mom again last week. That puts them in a special club. One with an honor of the highest order. One that comes with great responsibility. And one an entire nation will celebrate this Sunday on Mother’s Day. Those who have been in this club for years will ...

Letter: Elida board was clueless I agree with the Thompson family’s letter to Your View in the April 28 edition of The Lima News. As a sportswriter for the Van Wert Times-Bulletin and The Delphos Herald, I can say Denny Thompson was always available to answer questions after a basketball game (unlike some unamed coaches, where you had to pry information from them). The Elida Local Board of Education made a huge mistake by non-renewing Denny Thompson’s contract to coach varsity boys basketba...

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Water board appoints Clovis mayor as chair   Last updated 4/24/2021 at 3:05pm CLOVIS — The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority board, which oversees the construction of a water pipeline meant to deliver water to the region, are continuing to collaborate with four other rural water initiatives as a means to collecti... For access to this article please sign in or subscribe. You might be interested in:

Jim Krumel: Youth newspaper carriers — a first job like few others Jim Krumel Steve Metzger of Elida has restored this 1967 Schwinn carrier bike that was similar to the one he used to deliver newspapers as a youth. He’s even made saddle bags for it and vows to one day ride it around the community. I’m sure of it. No doubt in mind. There’s ink in the blood of Al Meinerding, Eldon Miller, Margaret Finkenbine, Theresa Schnipke and countless others whose first job, way back when, was deliv...

Seattle Iftar boxes to help you through the rest of Ramadan Sign In Naomi Tomky, Special to the Seattle P-I April 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 2of5 3of5 4of5 5of5 The late nights of crowded tables and copious feasts await another year for those who usually end their fasting days during Ramadan with Iftar at a mosque, gathered at home with friends and family, or at one of Seattle’s many halal restaurants. For the second year in a row, Iftar has been happening mostly at home, with fewer peopl...