September 2024

VAN WERT — Central Insurance retirees met on Aug. 28 at Pizza Hut in Van Wert with the following in attendance: Doug Watson, Sharon Baer, Vivian Langhals, Cindy Canary, Cindy Becker, Rhonda Altman, Terri Ulrey, Annette Hirschy, Nancy Wollenhaupt, Jana Ringwald, Barb Brinkman, Dorothy Helmke (Retiree of the Month), Marcia Birkemeier, Linda Holden, Phil Steinen, Sue Karst, Chuck White, and Dewaine Johnson (not in photo).

VAN WERT — Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, recently donated $1,000 to the Middle Point Volunteer Fire Department. The department used the monies to purchase a Pi-Lit Rechargeable sequential flare and Med Evan LZ kit. These road flares when deployed on the ground “link up” to each other flashing in pattern to direct traffic around an accident scene. The second part of these flares is the Med Evac LZ. These can be deployed to mark a site for a landing zone for Medical helicopters. These are a green led light that is IR rated. This allows the helicopter pilot to use their on-board night vision to spot the LZ from 5-6 miles out.