Fair President David Evans cuts the red ribbon to open the 2010 edition of the Van Wert County Fair Wednesday afternoon. (Times Bulletin/Ed Gebert)
For the 154th time, the Van Wert County Fair has begun. On Wednesday afternoon, Fair President David Evans cut the ribbon to open the event that dates back to 1855. In fact, the only interruption to the annual fair was the American Civil War.
"We're looking forward to it," Evans remarked. "The year has gone by and the fair's here already. We have a lot of good things going on, a lot of free activities for people as well. And the grandstand events like the truck pulls and the tractor pulls. It's kind of a little bit of everything this year and hopefully we'll have enough for everybody." Thursday, September 02, 2010
JUST BETWEEN US, the big wing-ding known as the Van Wert County Fair started last night but for a while we weren't sure if the 154th edition was going to happen or not. The ribbon cutting ceremony was supposed to take place at 5 p.m. but a couple of the Fair Board directors weren't lined up with their hair slicked back on time. Thursday, September 02, 2010
A pair of brothers from Delphos received similar sentences for marijuana trafficking charges Wednesday morning in Van Wert County Court of Common Pleas. Thursday, September 02, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades - decreasing by 8 percent since 2007, a new study finds. The reasons range from the sour economy to Mexican violence and increased U.S. enforcement that has made it harder to sneak across the border.
Much of the decline comes from a sharp drop-off in illegal immigrants from the Caribbean, Central America and South America attempting to cross the southern border of the U.S., according to the Pew Hispanic Center, which based its report on an analysis of 2009 census data. Thursday, September 02, 2010
NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm's way. Thursday, September 02, 2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- About 330 Ohioans with pre-existing health conditions, such as cancer or diabetes, are getting coverage under a new high-risk insurance pool that began Wednesday, part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, authorities said.
The number is a bit lower than anticipated but thousands of applications have been requested, and the state still projects about 5,500 getting coverage through the plan, said Carly Glick, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Insurance. Thursday, September 02, 2010
The Crestview Athletic Department is offering presale tickets this week for this Friday night's varsity football game at Lima Stadium vs. L.C.C. Thursday, September 02, 2010
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Manny Ramirez packed his equipment into three large, blue travel bags with script "Dodgers" on the sides. Dressed in a pink shirt and plaid suit, he fiddled with his dreadlocked hair, for the moment safe from a barber's scissors. Thursday, September 02, 2010
Any Michigan man will tell you, there is nothing quite like beating Ohio State. Every Buckeye agrees, a win over that team from up North is priority No. 1.
Well, now Michigan and Ohio State could get two chances in a season to beat their fiercest rival. Thursday, September 02, 2010
