The Summerfest in Grover Hill took place this past weekend (July 23). The kids had a great time along with the parents. They all lined up for the parade on Saturday morning. This year the Wayne Trace King was Brody Hershberger while the queen was Tatum Tigner.
Category: School
TCC & A Wireless Team Up to Donate 235,000 Backpacks Full of School Supplies to Children Across the US
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Deserving young students in New Haven will soon benefit from a national backpack giveaway campaign. TCC, the largest Verizon Authorized Retailer in the U.S., announces today that A Wireless is partnering with the company and its Culture of Good to donate 235,000 backpacks full of school supplies to children through TCC’s annual School Rocks Backpack…
Woodlan FFA Awarded Hoosier degree
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The Woodlan FFA Chapter had 11 members awarded Indiana FFA’s highest degree that can be bestowed upon an FFA member; the Hoosier Degree. The FFA members were awarded their Hoosier Degree during the 87th State FFA Convention held on the campus of Purdue University. The Hoosier Degree is based on a student’s supervised agriculture experience…
Terry Jo Lightfoot Seeks Re-Election for East Allen County School Board
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Terry Jo Head Shot 2016Terry Jo Lightfoot is seeking re-election as a board member of the East Allen County School Board, District 7E. Lightfoot is currently the Secretary of the EACS School Board. In 2012, she was awarded the highly regarded Outstanding Boardmanship Award from the Indiana State School Board Association. She has been recognized…
Flat Rock Pottery Visits Ann’s Bright Beginnings Daycare
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Ann’s Bright Beginnings daycare kiddos recently had a ceramics session with Mrs. Katie Diaz from Flat Rock Pottery. We painted ceramic elephants and learned how molds were made. Shown here with their finished projects are in back: Emiliano Turner, Skyley Gribble, Miss Katie and Noah Schisler. In the middle: Mason Gutierrez, Tara Wolford, Isaac Miller…
Woodlan FFA Awarded 87th FFA Indiana State Convention
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The Woodlan FFA team finished first in the State FFA Entomology Career Development Event held at Purdue University, West Lafayette and was recently awarded at the 87th FFA Indiana State Convention for their placing and accomplishment. The Entomology CDE competition included correctly identifying insect specimens, listing the order in which the insect belonged, and answering…
Leo Choir Receives State Honors and Recognized by Board
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The choir at Leo Jr Sr. High School is a recipient of the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) All-Music Award for 2015-2016! The EACS Board of School Trustees recognized the young singers, and the entire music staff for the outstanding accomplishments this past year. ISSMA presented the Leo music department a special banner to…
Ringler Receives Scholarship from NWTF
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The 8th Annual Dinner for the Flat Rock Limb Hangers Charter of the National Wild Turkey Federation took place on Saturday, July 16 at the Paulding County Fairgrounds. The conservation club works hard each year to bring about environment and habitat for wildlife. The Youth Building hosted the fun event of auction of paintings and…
Retired Teacher Association Honors Four Teachers
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At their July 11 luncheon meeting the Paulding County Retired Teachers Association honored four teachers who had given 25 or more years of service to the students of Paulding County. The names of these teachers had been inadvertently missed at the time they retired. The honored teachers were Ron Winner, Forest Albert, posthumously, Marilyn Fry,…
Former Exchange Student of Rotary Exchange Program Returns to Antwerp
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On Thursday, July 7, Armando Guiterrez returned to Antwerp to visit the Antwerp Rotary Club. Armando was an exchange student from Mexico through the Rotary Exchange Program during the 1999-2000 school year. He currently works for John Deere Mexico. He brought his wife to meet some of the generous families who hosted him during that…
Genfed Financial Awards Local Scholarships For Education
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GenFed Financial awarded six $500 scholarships to area graduating seniors this spring. The winners were selected based upon the originality, attention to detail, and organization of their essay. The 2016 recipients and the schools they plan to attend are as follows: Mikayla Boesch from Antwerp High School, Ohio University. Jacob Hausch from Bryan High School,…
First Lady Karen Pence Awards Grant To The Power House Youth Center
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Indianapolis – First Lady Karen Pence hosted the seventh award reception for grant recipients of the Indiana First Lady’s Charitable Foundation at the Governor’s Residence on Tuesday, where she awarded $52,500 to 57 organizations and charities that serve Hoosier families and children across the state. The Power House was represented by Brian Gerig, co-founder and…
Woodlan FFA Help Package Meals
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The Woodlan FFA Chapter helped package 43,848 meals in the Armory at Purdue University during the 87th Indiana State FFA Convention. The packaged food will now be distributed to local Indiana food banks to help feed the less fortunate. Nine Woodlan FFA members were part of the 160 Indiana FFA members who spent their afternoon…
