The Foundation would like to congratulate The Victory Center on their recent grant of $7,800 during our fall grant cycle.…
Continue Reading →Emmanuel Baptist Church (EBC) in Paulding is excited to welcome Garrett Atkins as their pastor. In May of 2024, Garrett…
Continue Reading →Hicksville Kiwanis members with guest speaker Allyeh Keeley are pictured, left to right: Bill Elwood, Speaker Allyeh Keeley, President Alice…
Continue Reading →Pictured above with PCED director Tim Copsey aer Cecil Mayor, Gene Sheets and his wife, Nancy. Mayor Sheets was presented…
Continue Reading →The Defiance Area Foundation (DAF) granted $7,500 to Defiance Development and Visitors Bureau (DDVB) from the Defiance City Capital Projects,…
Continue Reading →By: Stan Jordan There is this sales pitch in the country to Buy One Get One Free. In my case, it was that they charged plenty for the first one and you needed to accept another one in order to get your money’s worth! This does help to raise the economy of said area. There…
By: Stan Jordan We are still at the Loup River Tribe Village. All of the gardening is done and all of the seeds are up. Lt. Morgan and the engineer boys from Fort Kearney have put in some long days building that two span bridge over the Loup River, right here in the village. They…
By: Stan Jordan “This is Blue Jay 2 and I’ve been hit, I’ve been hit.” “Blue Jay 2, how bad? Can you still fly? Do you have power?” “Well, I guess it is my right leg below the knee. It is burning like hell. But it seems that my ship is okay. I’ve checked all…
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…
