Category: Community

Amazon Wind Farm US Central In Paulding County

Amazon Wind Farm US Central in Ohio is Amazon’s fourth major renewable energy project in 2015 and is Expected to Generate More Than 320,000 MWh of Energy AnnuallyNovember 19, 2015 04:20 PM Eastern Standard Time SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–(NASDAQ:AMZN) — Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced that it has contracted with EDP Renewables to construct…

“What Veterans Day Means to Me” by Lucy Wales

Publisher’s note: This speech/essay was given by fourth grader Lucy Wales of Antwerp Local Schools at the assembly that was held in Antwerp’s Gymnasium on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, to Honor Veterans’ Day. By: Lucy Wales Veterans Day is a special day. It honors people such as veterans who fought in a war. I honor…

ALS Receives $3500 Grant from Dollar General

This school year the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded the Antwerp Middle and High School Library a $3,500 grant to purchase almost 80 digital audiobooks that are available on a virtual bookshelf on the library’s website. Students can check out the audiobooks and listen to them from a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, or Smartphone. Mrs. Kayla Bagley,…

EACS Honors Cheer Coach & Cheerleader of the Year

At the recent East Allen County Schools Board of School Trustees meeting, the board along with Dr. Ken Folks recognized the 2015 Indiana Cheerleader of the Year, Thet Soe and the Cheer Coach of the Year, Mrs. Julie Lebamoff. Thet Soe, a senior at Woodlan Jr. Sr. High, the only male cheerleader on the squad was…

Hornets Trample Warriors

The Lady Hornets travelled to the Woodlan Strautman gymnasium on Saturday, November 14. Woodlan has strong shooters but the rebounding has a little to be desired. The game started in a close match. The first quarter ended at 9-8 with Angola in the lead. Even the second quarter wasn’t bad when it finished the half…

Warriors: On to Semi-State!

2015 has been the best season in memory for the Woodlan Football team. They made it through their entire regular season undefeated. This is quite a feat for such a small school. It was their time though–or so we though. The game on Friday, November 13, extremely cold and windy, started horribly wrong for the…

Paulding County Commissioners Meetings Minutes 11/16/15

This 16th day of November, 2015, the Board of County Commissioners met in regular session with the following members present: Roy Klopfenstein, Tony Zartman, Mark Holtsberry, and Nola Ginter, Clerk ALLOWANCE OF CLAIMS: Warrants documented as 220462 through 220623 for County Bills were approved and certified to the County Auditor for payment. TRAVEL REQUEST: •…

Tom Kelley pledges record donation to Burn Council

Fort Wayne-area business leader and sports legend Tom Kelley, president of Kelley Automotive Group, has made a record-breaking donation to the Burn Council of Northern Indiana. His $100,000 contribution was announced at the St. Joseph Regional Burn Center in downtown Fort Wayne, a location where Kelley recently spent eight days battling a rare and life-threatening…

Feders Opens for Business

If you haven’t noticed all the changes in Woodburn, now would be a great time to visit the small community just a couple of miles west of the Indiana/Ohio state line off of US 24. New manufacturing, truckstops, and much more have recently graced the small city. The newest business to open its doors is…

Hahn – Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hahn from Antwerp, Ohio joyfully announce the engagement of their daughter, Taylor Karyn Hahn, to Colby Duane Miller, son of James and Angela Miller of Hicksville, Ohio. The future Mr. and Mrs. Colby Miller were high school sweethearts, both graduating from Hicksville High School and F.C.C.C. in Archbold, Ohio in 2012.…

Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bennett,of Antwerp, to celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Tom Bennett and Nancy Brown were married November 13, 1965, 7:30 p.m., at the former Auburn First Methodist Church, Auburn, IN, with Reverend Deyo officiating. The couple have four children: Tara (Jerry) Timbrook of Hicksville, Jama (Dave) Cline of Cecil, Tomi (Mike) Meyer…

Woodlan Wins First Sectional in years

Woodlan took on Whitko in the Sectional Championship Football game on Friday, November 6th at Warriors home field. The Wildcats were the underdog in the tournament with a less than stellar season. They made quite the impact, beating Churubusco to make it to this match. This game was fairly equal in stats and both teams…