Category: Entertainment

Fulk wins Honorable mention winner in Art competition

Senior Brett Fulk at Antwerp High School was recently named an Honorable Mention winner for the 2019 Congressional Art Competition for Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District. His artwork will be displayed in the district office in Defiance. All five Advanced Art Students had their work displayed at Owens Community College in Perrysburg. 

Antwerp students create elephant masterpieces

Art I, Art II, and fifth grade GATE (gifted) students at Antwerp Local School recently created their own elephant masterpieces, inspired by Purdue Fort Wayne’s mastodon decorating contest. Staff and faculty judged the students’ work. Results were: Best Use of a Theme: Skyler McCabe (hula dancer); 2nd place tie: Hannah Rettig (blue hat) and Halie…

COOPER FARMS OPENS NEW TRUCK SANITIZATION LOCATION

Cooper Farms has announced the opening of their new biosecurity truck wash location in Ashley, Indiana, to assist in maintaining the highest health standards for their hogs. The biosecurity center will clean and sanitize semi-trucks and trailers after delivering hogs to the Clemens Food Group plant in Coldwater, Michigan. “We are very thorough with our…

Lady Cavaliers Put Down Raiders

Raider nation girls softball played host to the Lady Cavaliers of Coldwater on April 2nd. Coldwater busted through the opening gates and took a lead that Wayne Trace just couldn’t catch up to — although attempts were made. This was a tight game nevertheless, with 12 hits for the Cavaliers and 10 for Wayne Trace.…

Archers, Tigers Split Pair

ANTWERP – Liberty Center traveled to Antwerp on Saturday for a baseball doubleheader that saw the Tigers and Archers each take a win on a beautiful spring day. A four-run Archer fourth inning proved to be the difference in the opener as Antwerp doubled up the Tigers 8-4. In game two, the squads were tied…

Raiders Base Running Help WT Defeat Archers By A Run

By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter ANTWERP – Last Monday the Wayne Trace Raiders baseball squad traveled to Antwerp for a non-league contest. The game was originally scheduled as a Raider home game but due to field conditions the game was moved to Antwerp. The Raiders prevailed 6-5 to move their record to 2-1 while the Archers…

Raiders Base Running Help WT Defeat Archers By A Run

By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter ANTWERP – Last Monday the Wayne Trace Raiders baseball squad traveled to Antwerp for a non-league contest. The game was originally scheduled as a Raider home game but due to field conditions the game was moved to Antwerp. The Raiders prevailed 6-5 to move their record to 2-1 while the Archers…

County Bookmobile Celebrates National Bookmobile Day

Starting with horse-drawn vehicles sending boxes of books to general stores and post offices more than a century ago, libraries have used bookmobiles to deliver information, technology and resources for lifelong learning to Americans of all walks of life. On Wednesday, April 10, as part of National Library Week, National Bookmobile Day is celebrated, recognizing…

Free Family Fun Day at Nature Center

By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD Are you and your family ready to get out of the house and enjoy some nice spring weather? Are you wanting to find some way to also give back to your community? Look no further than some great spring family fun coming to the Black Swamp Nature Center on Saturday,…

Antwerp manor assisted living welcomes you

Welcome to Antwerp Manor Assisted Living located at 204 Archer Drive in Antwerp, Ohio.  If you are not familiar with our facility, stop in and meet our residents.  They are a fun group of people who enjoy all sorts of activities.  You might even find them playing a lively game of Euchre. If you are…

Devices are listening!

By: Bryce Steiner Do you wonder if your phone is listening to you?  You open your phone up and you see something come up on Facebook that you just talked about and you start to question if you searched for it or something recently? A conversation with a friend and now a youtube video pops…

Monroeville Park Groundbreaking!

Monroeville City Council, along with the New Allen Alliance (NAA), announced their grant starting the process of re-building the Monroeville Community Park by starting the Strategic Plan by the Alliance. The groundbreaking took place on Monday, March 25 at the community park. The New Allen Alliance is a partnership of communities in the Allen County…