On Saturday, August 20, the Lady Panthers hosted the Antwerp Archers for the first in county competition of the fall season. The Junior Varsity followed the freshman game (Freshman – Antwerp over Paulding 25-18, 25-8) and the Paulding team performed very well. The girls easily won over Antwerp with Paulding taking the early lead and…
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A Day in the Park at Antwerp
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By: Angel Steiner Stan Jordan, resident writer for West Bend News & all things Antwerp, was not able to attend the Day in the Park this year, so he asked me to muse over the day for our readers. Stan, nobody writes like you, but I will do my best! Another Antwerp Day in the…
Small Town Bliss Open House Scheduled
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By: Bryce Steiner Several months back you may have heard the rumors that old Rister Law Office building was changing hands. The rumors were spreading and soon it didn’t take long for the secrets to leak and rumors to grow. It turns out that the owner of Keystone Salon was looking for her own building.…
Antwerp Day in the Park – Saturday
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Welcome to Antwerp’s 2016 Day in the Park! The parade will begin at Day in the Park at 10:00 a.m. on August 13th at the Antwerp Football field (line up at 8:30 a.m.) and proceed on Canal St. to Main St., then turn down East River St., ending in the park. All entries will be…
Banks – Dillon
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Chris and Crystal Banks of Antwerp, OH announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachel Elizabeth Banks, to Mason Bartlett Dillon, son of Todd and Lyn Dillon of Plainfield, IN. The bride to be is a 2011 graduate of Antwerp High School. In 2014, she received her bachelor’s degree from Purdue University in media and public…
Bob Johnson: Antwerp’s Gem of the Year!
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By: Stan Jordan He was born in Payne, Ohio in 1925. His parents were Dale and Wanda Johnson. He was the only child. He went to school in Payne and graduated there in 1943. He played sports while in high school, but he also worked at the Alfalfa Mill while he was in school because…
Hearts & Hands Antwerp School Supply Registration is Ending!
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August has been turned on the calendar which means thoughts of school is buzzing in most families ears. It buzzes a little bit louder on the families who find it difficult to come up with the funds to pay for all the supplies a child or children in a family needs for the beginning of…
Nestleroad Offers Reflexology Therapy at Bragg Chiropractic
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Jennifer (Knapp) Nestleroad is a native of Antwerp, OH. As a Licensed Massage Therapist, she is currently located at Bragg Chiropractic, 410 E. River St., Antwerp, and has been licensed for over two years. She recently took an advanced course in Reflexology, becoming a certified Master Reflexologist. Reflexology is the science that deals with the…
90th Birthday Card Showers
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Wish Cara Lou Handy a Happy 90th Birthday on August 8th. Her address is: Cara Lou Handy c/o VanCrest of Antwerp, PO Box 759, Antwerp, Ohio 45813 Georgia Olwin will celebrate her 90th birthday August 15th. Her children are asking family and friends to send a birthday card to honor her 90th. Cards can…
Carryall Township by Stan
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By: Stan Jordan I asked Josh Steiner if he knew why this township is called Carryall and he didn’t know. The above picture is of that rock taken from Mr. Ehrhart’s book. If you go west on 424, where the Maumee River runs the closest to the highway, you look down into the river and…
Hearts & Hands Antwerp School Supply Registration Is Ending!
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August has been turned on the calendar which means thoughts of school is buzzing in most families ears. It buzzes a little bit louder on the families who find it difficult to come up with the funds to pay for all the supplies a child or children in a family needs for the beginning of…
Riding To & Through Good Communities
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By: Mona Will From May through October, Three Rivers Velo Sport (3RVS) cycling club leads weekly weekend group rides (tours) through Northwest Ohio and Northeast Indiana. The organized rides start at a variety of locations in Allen County. Supported by maps and a ride leader, the routes travel to some of our favorite places to…
Virginia M. Lee
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Antwerp, Ohio Virginia May Lee was born in Alicia Arkansas to Hubert Franklin and Beulah May (Hamilton) Johnson on November 27, 1938. She was raised by her grandparents in Cave City, Arkansas after the death of her mother. On January 9, 1958 she married Robert E. Lee who preceded her in death 27 days before her.…
