Top 2020 stories: NPAC Annex & shelters
Editor’s note: This week, the Van Wert independent will be publishing its Top 10 stories of 2020. Articles featuring three stories each will be in Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with the top story being published on New Year’s Day. Today’s stories are Nos. 10, 9, and 8.
DAVE MOSIER/
independent editor
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Several of 2020’s top stories deal with facility projects, as does all three of the stories in today’s edition of the
Van Wert independent.
No. 10 Humane Society shelter project
The No. 10 story relates to the announcement of a fundraising campaign by the Van Wert County Humane Society to construct a new animal shelter to replace an aging and inadequate facility on Bonnewitz Avenue. When sufficient funds are raised, a new shelter will be constructed on Fox Road, where the Humane Society purchased 1.76 acres in 2019 for the facility. The new facility would feature indoor/outdoor kennel runs for
Long-term dog shelter residents find forever home amid pandemic
Kirsten Barnhart, DHI Media News Editor Wednesday, December 23, 2020 12:03 AM Pictured at top is Pico. Pictured at bottom is Ajax. Both first came to the shelter at in 2015 and found homes this year. (Photo submitted) VAN WERT – Amid a global pandemic, many people began spending more
time at home to slow the spread of coronavirus. This has been good news
for family pets, who are now seeing their owners more. This has also
been good news for a few of the Van Wert County Humane Society’s
long-term residents, who, after waiting many years, found forever homes
Greve Chrysler pledges $5,000 to the VWC Humane Society s capital campaign
Information submitted Friday, December 11, 2020 12:00 AM Brian Greve, General Manager of Greve Chrysler is shown pledging $5,000 to the Van Wert County Humane Society s capital campaign. Aimee Bassett and Deb Sealscott, Board members, received the pledge. (Photo submitted)
VAN WERT – Brian Greve, General Manager of Greve Chrysler is shown
pledging $5,000 to the Van Wert County Humane Society s capital
campaign. Aimee Bassett and Deb Sealscott, Board members, received the
pledge. Pledges like this one make it possible for the humane society
to continue their mission of caring for the neglected, abused and
unwanted animals in our community, stated Sealscott.