Tag: Jim

A Great Horned Owl

By: Stan Jordan This picture is of a Great Horned Owl that was injured/sick and ended up in Jim Pendergrast’s yard. They didn’t know how bad off the owl was so they called Nature’s Nursery in Whitehouse, Ohio and them folks came right out to get the bird. They figured the wings were not broke,…

Anti-bullying Training for Antwerp & Hicksville Schools

Jim Bisenius will be visiting Antwerp Local School and Hicksville Exempted Village Schools on Wednesday, September 13, 2017, to offer anti-bullying training for both students and parents. Students in grades 6 through 12 will attend the assembly at Hicksville High School in the morning, and students in grades 3 through 5 will attend the assembly…

ACDC Safety Project

Antwerp Community Development Committee President, Jim Pendergrast and ACDC Board Member Tom Derck lead a project to clear brush and trees at an important corner in Antwerp. The site is at the corner of East River St. (CR 424) and Harrmann Road where the Napoleon, Defiance and Western Railway crosses Harrmann Road. Over the years,…

Local youth participate in Electric Cooperative Youth Tour

Megan Niese from Miller City High School and Maggie Wilson from Antwerp High School represented Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op in the 2015 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. The high school seniors-to-be gained a personal understanding of American history, their role as a citizen and insight to the important roles electric cooperatives play in…

Jim R Friend

Antwerp, OH Jim R Friend, 81, of Antwerp, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. Jim was born in Antwerp on February 2, 1934, a son of the late Hazel Delia (Peffley) and Harry Leroy Friend. He worked at Phelps Dodge I R & W for 35; Friend Flooring…

Ohio Spirits comes to Antwerp Library

Be prepared to open your minds and explore the realm of Ohio Spirits on July 28, 2014 at the Antwerp Branch Library. The event is hosted by the Antwerp Friends of the Library. The program will be presented by Jim Kleefeld. Jim tells tales of spirits who supposedly haunt the Mansfield Reformatory, Franklin Castle, Concord Cemetery…