Tag: Antwerp

Village of Antwerp Regular Council Meeting Minutes 9/21/15

The regular meeting of the Village of Antwerp council was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Mayor Tom VanVlerah. Council persons present: Keith West, Rudy Reeb, Ken Reinhart, Larry Ryan, Steve Derck and Council President Jan Reeb. Also in attendance: Solicitor Melanie Farr, Police Chief George Clemens, Administrator Sara Keeran, Fiscal Officer Aimee Lichty…

Drive 1 4 your school

Jim Schmidt Ford brought the Drive-One four you school to Antwerp on Saturday, September 12. Up to $6000 could be raised for the Antwerp school Athletic Boosters in Antwerp with the help of the community bringing their driving skills to the school. Ford would donate $20 every time a person would drive a new Ford…

Flat Rock Creek Festival Begins Tomorrow!

SEPTEMBER 18 – 20, 2015 Friday – 10 AM Open Saturday – 9 AM Open Sunday – 9 AM Open Admission is $5 per person for one day or $10 per person for all three days. Wristbands will be for sale at the gate. Children 12 and under are FREE! Traditionally held during the third…

Credit Where Credit is Due – Stan Jordan

The Lobo Tank Busters By: Stan Jordan On today’s raid, we had on extra gas tanks and we flew straight west to the French and German border to a place called Wolfhaggen. This is a big railroad yard that connects to the French National Railway. It was a very big yard and it looked like…

Hazel M. Weaver

Hicksville, Ohio Hazel M. Weaver, 82, died Monday, September 7, 2015 at her daughter’s home in Montpelier, Ohio. Hazel was born on September 23, 1932 in Antwerp, Ohio, the daughter of the late Fred and Florence (Laney) Fett. She was a 1950 graduate of Antwerp High School and received an accounting degree from Ivy Tech…

Lester C. Bland

PAULDING: Lester C. Bland, age 72 died Thursday, September 3, 2015. He was born August 27, 1943 in Paulding County, Ohio, the son of Cletus G. and Mabel L. (Saxton) Bland. On October 18, 1986 he married Patricia Giesken Messman, who survives. He was a US Navy veteran and retired in 1998 from BF Goodrich,…

In God We Trust – Stan Jordan

The Lobo Tank Busters, Ol’ #9, The Methodist Church and Parsonage, The Memorial in Rennes FranceIn God We Trust By: Stan Jordan Back in 1941-42, I was a senior at AHS. One of my teachers, Mr. Wilbur Carter, taught American History – one of my favorite subjects. The world was in a turmoil at that…

Miller City falls to Antwerp in HS volleyball

Antwerp beat Miller City on August 27th: 25-11, 25-9, 25-15 Archer Leaders: Rachel Williamson – 12 kills, 1 ace, 1 block Emily Derck – 26-26 serving with 2 aces, 3 kills, 5 digs Kiana Recker – 11-11 serving, 2 aces, 4 kills, 10 digs Sidney Barnhouse – 18-19 serving, 3 aces, 1 dig Sydney Sheedy…

Antwerp Broadcasting class receives Operation Round Up grant

The broadcast program at Antwerp High School has received a grant from Operation Round Up through the Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative Trust. With money from the grant, broadcast students will visit North Canton’s Hoover High School Video Productions and Broadcast Journalism classes this fall. Hoover’s student-run NCCS TV-11 is a fully-operational television station that provides…

Ken Conkle and His Garden

By: Kimberly Smith Last year, around the beginning of spring, a citizen of Antwerp who goes by Ken Conkle started a community garden for himself and the community of Antwerp. I couldn’t help myself but to wonder why he spontaneously grew a garden… so why did he? Mr. Conkle has a burning passion and has…