It was late in the night on February 28th, or, more accurately, the early morning on March 1st, when a tornado warning was issued for parts of northern Allen County, Indiana into northwest Paulding County. National Weather Service doppler radar had indicated a rotating thunderstorm embedded within a squall line that was rapidly moving into…
Category: Columns
Local writers and stories
The Forders of Crane Township
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•By: Stan Jordan On the 30th day of December 1863 a number of Antwerp citizens took a petition to the Paulding County Commissioners for Antwerp to become an incorporated village. One of the Paulding County Commissioners at that time was Sam Forder. There were two Sam Forders in the history of Crane Township. They were…
Maybe This Will Work
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•“Some of Antwerp’s Old History”, and other stories – Stan Jordan
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•The Buckeyes in 2016…
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•Seasonal Depression? What can I do?
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•By: Angel Steiner The dark months of winter are officially upon us all and with it comes many things. The various activities of the season – the aftermath of the holidays, basketball games, wearing hats and gloves everywhere, shoveling snow – keep us busy, but shadow what many people suffer through in silence – seasonal…
Old Phrases and Sayings – Stan Jordan
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•A Talk With Gary and Linda Mabis
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•By: Stan Jordan Gary and Linda Mabis came in the other day and we discussed “The Prairie” out at the Antwerp High School. Linda got the idea of a place that would be safe for our native birds, bees and bugs. She had attended a seminar in Dayton called “The Midwest Nature Plan” and it…
“The Local Eagles”, and other thoughts – Stan Jordan
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•“The Life of C.A. Bissell” and other stories – Stan Jordan
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•Looking Back on 2016 – Stan Jordan
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•“Snow Squalls” to Hit Much of Indiana
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•“Snow Squalls” to Hit Much of Indiana Isolated snowstorms and gusty winds could create white outs and dangerous driving conditions Isolated snowstorms combined with persistent and gusty winds are set to hit much of Indiana this evening and on Friday. The Indiana Department of Transportation and National Weather Service advise that these sudden, intense…
The Pocock Block – Stan Jordan
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•By: Stan Jordan The other day a lady asked me what the word “Pocock” meant on the building on the west side of Main Street in the second block. The Pocock brothers, John and Emmett, had a grocery store on the corner where the Hometown Pantry is now located. That was in 1887 and the…