Mr. Mark Holtsberry from the Paulding County Water & Soil Department visited Antwerp Elementary kindergarten students. He showed animal furs that are native to Ohio. Pictured beside Mr. Holtsberry are Grace Miller, Josie Hahn, and Lexy Hicks.
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Joseph E. Thompson
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Joseph E. Thompson, 66, of Antwerp, passed away at home on Thursday, November 27, 2014. Joe was born in Fort Wayne on July 31, 1948, a son of the late Jane (McDonald) and Fred “Bud” Thompson. He worked at Dietrich Industries, but Joe’s favorite past times were model locomotives & helicopters and fishing. On Oct.…
Antwerp’s Christmas Village of Lights
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Plan now for Shop Small Business Saturday
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Shop Small Business Saturday takes place this weekend right after Black Friday. There is a lot going on in Antwerp and Paulding and other locations throughout your communities. This is becoming quite a big event. In Antwerp, stores throughout the village and surrounding area have heavy canvas bags to handout full of coupons and savings…
Antwerp School Receives Award for Most Improved Bus Fleet, Altic Recognized
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The Antwerp School board meeting took place on Thursday, November 20 before the fourth grade elementary play. Bob Herber gave the delegate meeting report. Nothing yet has been decided on Common Core. The state board will vote in December on whether to eliminate requirements that local districts have a certain number of elementary art, music…
Small Business Saturday
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Hey Antwerp! We all know that Friday is ” Black Friday” and Monday is “Cyber Monday” but did you know that Saturday is national “Small Business Saturday”? We are encouraging everyone to visit a small business to do some holiday shopping in Antwerp this Saturday. Our local Chamber of Commerce has been working with local…
Antwerp & Wayne Trace Schools Building for the Future
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“We finally have our own training room,” excitedly says the wrestling coach at Wayne Trace High School. For years the wrestling team has found its home practice room moved around in various places in the building. From the cafeteria to the second story behind the bleachers, the wrestlers have not had a place to call…
A Carolin’ We Will Go at the Festival of Trees
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A great hometown annual event.Sounds of the season began in Paulding this weekend with the John Paulding Historical Society’s Festival of Trees. The Poor Bottom Boys entertained the visitors with easy listening bluegrass music on Friday night, as they milled about the museum enjoying holiday lights and decorations. The jingle of coins hitting the bottom…
Sheriff’s Training Saves Life of Autistic Child
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It was a life-saving opportunity at the Antwerp PD.It could have been bad. A call comes into the Police Department. “A child is playing in the highway. I don’t know who it is.” “Okay, I’ll be right down.” Victoria hangs up the phone and immediately opens the door to the office. She looks to the…
Peggy D Johnson
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Peggy D Johnson, 66, of Antwerp passed away at home on Wednesday, November 12, 2014. Peggy was born in Marion on March 17, 1948, a daughter of the late Rozelda (Otto) and Luther Hunt. She worked at Walmart in Fort Wayne, but co-owned Pin-A-Rama Lanes with her husband Bob, from 1974 to 1992. Peg loved to…
Raiders Finish Fantastic Season at Tinora
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Wayne Trace went north of Defiance to take on the GMC champions for the first football game of sectionals. There is not much to say. The game was dominated by Tinora and turnovers plagued the Raiders. This was no Cinderella story like last year for the Raider Nation team on their path to the state…
Plane Crash Update in Paulding County
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Update: The plane that crashed between Grover Hill and Wayne Trace High School appears to have been flying from Iowa to Findlay according to a local pilot who has tracked information based upon a missing plane. The course began at 4 pm and ended around 6 pm in an untimely fashion. At nearly 5 pm…
Dear Miss C… Grieving in Ohio
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Dear Miss C… About 2 months ago, I lost my husband. The amazing part was the blessing of having my family and friends surround me with support just when I needed it most. They helped me make arrangements, take care of details, listen to me blubber, and were there to share the joy of remembering…
