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Antwerp Students Play Family Feud

Students in Mr. Cord Ehrhart’s statistics class at Antwerp High School participated in a non-traditional, hands-on exam this semester. The high school students in the class issued surveys to Antwerp Elementary students, collected and analyzed the data, created a game with that data, and then hosted the fourth and fifth grades in a Family Feud…

Local Spelling BEE Winners

Antwerp Elementary spelling bee winner Antwerp Elementary School held its spelling bee on Thursday, December 15th. Ten fourth and fifth graders competed in over 20 rounds. Fourth grader Madisyn Peters (pictured on left) won the bee by spelling the word “digestive” correctly. Peters will represent Antwerp Elementary School at the Paulding County Spelling Bee on…

Senior Resident Breakfast

Sam Rivers Indian Agent Senior Residents Breakfast By: Stan Jordan On Thursday morning, October 27th, we old timers were given a breakfast, dancing girls and boys, the Show Choir and the high school band. We were waited on hand and foot by members of the Honor Society. What a fine morning that was. The Show…

CEO Teaches Young People Business!

What does a young person do when they are sitting in class at the beginning of their senior year, only to not know what they want to do? “Get your education” and you will have a good high paying job. That is what you are being told, but many students don’t quite know what they…

Fairview Crushes Raiders

The Wayne trace boys football team traveled to Fairview on Friday, September 23 to take on the Apaches. The game was very difficult for the Raiders, and the Apache successfully defeated them in every aspect of the game. The game started much closer with Fairview’s Luke Breininger scoring the only touchdown in the first with…

Antwerp Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Distributes Mission Money

Every December the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church (LCMS) designates its remaining mission fund budget money to local, regional, or international recipients as needed.  2015 was another banner financial year for the church and provided the opportunity for Mt. Calvary to exceed the mission goal.  This year the largest recipients of the mission funds were both…

Ryan Finishes at Antwerp School Board

The meeting began December 17 with an introduction of many guests who were recognized. Craig Riddell, who is running for this congressional district, is in attendance. He is running against Tony Burkley in the 87th house district for the Republican Primary. Cohen Hitman was the elementary champion for the school-wide spelling bee. He won on…

Paulding County LEPC recognized by Ohio’s SERC

The Paulding County LEPC, Local Emergency Planning Commission, was recognized by Ohio’s SERC, State Emergency Response Commission for is efforts in reaching the standards set forth for local county LEPCs. Edward Bohn, Paulding County LEPC’s Emergency Coordinator and the county’s EMA Director was on hand in Columbus to receive the certificate of recognition by the…

“SHOP SMALL” IN ANTWERP EVENT TO BE NOVEMBER 28th!!

Santa Claus is coming to town! Hey Antwerp! We all know that Friday will be “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…

Winter Weather Reminders

Don’t let the mild weather that we have been experiencing fool you, winter weather is right around the corner. This week is Ohio Winter safety Awareness Week. Whether you believe what the Farmer’s Almanac predicts for our region this winter or the reports of an El Nino type winter, we still need to get prepared…

Antwerp High School Fall Sports Athletic Awards Night

Pictured here are the award winners from Monday night, November 9th Fall Sports Awards night. Back row L to R: Peyton Short, Rebecca McCroskey, Hope Smith, Rachel Williamson, Emily Derck, Annie Miesle, Sierra Cline, Brooke Gerig, Beth Hawley, Mikayla Boesch, Emilee Phillips.  Front Row L to R: Jeffrey Coleman, Jon Lederman, Erik Buchan, Matthew Dooley,…

“What Veterans Day Means to Me” by Lucy Wales

Publisher’s note: This speech/essay was given by fourth grader Lucy Wales of Antwerp Local Schools at the assembly that was held in Antwerp’s Gymnasium on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, to Honor Veterans’ Day. By: Lucy Wales Veterans Day is a special day. It honors people such as veterans who fought in a war. I honor…