The USA Team Ohio Snow Carvers team from Paulding County placed 3rd in the double block competition. Prize money earned from the intense event was $1000. It was in the world class snow sculpting contest held in Frankenmuth, Michigan last week. They competed against teams from the US and, Canada, France, Mexico and other various…
This is really two articles in one. The Antwerp village recently moved their offices from the water plant to the new depot. But the depot is a story all of itself. The Depot was built by the Wabash, St Louis and Pacific Railway in 1880. It was originally located beside the tracks at South Main…
Wayne Trace Girls take on Hicksville With no JV girls basketball team for Hicksville, it was a short night for the fans and kids. The Lady Raiders dominated the game from the beginning. Nearing the end of the fourth quarter, with 3 minutes left, the coach pulled out the main varsity team and put in…
On the heels of the Payne Chamber of Commerce’s ‘jaw dropping’ project in 2012, the Organization is at it again with plans to change the landscape in downtown Payne in the coming months by eliminating the Community’ s newest eyesore. Last year the Chamber, aided by the Village’s purchase of its 119 N. Main Street…
Dortha E. Schaefer, 92 of Payne willingly accepted death when she passed away Jan. 23, 2013 She was born in Payne on November 21, 1920 a daughter of the late John & Vivian (Outland) Bonner. On Feb 3, 1940 she married Roy Schaefer. Dortha was a substitute mail carrier for 17 years and a rural…
The Antwerp Exchange Bank opened it’s doors over 110 years ago and in February 1978 it moved to their present-day facility. At one point in its history, AEB was located where the Antwerp Pharmacy is currently. The board has known for years it was time to make changes and in 2011 they decided to make…
Woodburn Lutheran School held its annual Spelling Bee on Friday, January 11th. Pictured are runner-up, Natalie Schlatter and, the 2012 Spelling Bee Champion, Cody Bratten. Cody has now qualified to participate in the Allen County Spelling Bee in February. Good Luck Cody!!
Antwerp took on Holgate on January 17 2013 at the home court. The Tigers are unique team in the way they play. Their style is a slow game making sure they hold the ball and make most of the baskets when attempted. The game was close from the beginning. The fourth quarter started with the…
Dustin Carnahan, a student at the University of Toledo was recently presented with the Cooperative Intern Scholarship awarded by the Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives Inc. Carnahan was an intern with Paulding-Putnam Electric Cooperative this past summer working with the Accounting Department and receives a $1,600 award for winning the scholarship. Among the work he completed…
The boys basketball championship game of the ACAC tournament took place Saturday, January 12 between visiting Woodlan and home, Bluffton. The last time the Warriors had been to the Coliseum for the ACAC tournament was 16 years ago in 1997. Woodlan won the tip-off and was the first to score, but that didn’t stop the…
In northeast Indiana the 39th annual ACAC conference is always a big deal with the final game ending at the Memorial Coliseum. In the first round game Tuesday, January 8 the Warriors basketball team had a great first half and an even better second half. The boys outscored the Jets 43-27 by the end of…
The Woodlan boys basketball team took on Bluffton at home Saturday, January 5. Woodlan struggled from the beginning against the Tigers. The game finished quickly and the Warriors fell 38-51. Shown above is Woodlan’s Caleb Stieglitz in the fourth quarter scoring his second basket. More pictures here:
Fairview went to Wayne Trace for a girls basketball game January 4, 2013. The Lady Apaches scored the first basket, but that was a short-lived lead once the Lady Raiders started scoring. The aggressive Wayne Trace team had Fairview points doubled by the half (36-18) and finished the game with a 63-39 win. All the…
