Do you have a cutie pie in your midst? Are you ready to show them off? Then pamper and prepare your Cutie for Antwerp’s Day in the Park 1st Annual Cutie Pie Contest! This new Chamber sponsored event will feature newborns to 3 years old. On August 12th, festival goers will have the opportunity to…
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Archer Softball Stumble in District Finals
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The tournament that began on May 8 came to an end on May 22 after the game had been delayed due to rain the previous Friday. The Lady Archer’s delayed game against Crestview picked up again on Monday at Elida Middle School. The Antwerp girls have had a good run this year with up and…
Area Flooding Issues Exacerbated By Recent Heavy Rains
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By: Josh Steiner After an already excessively wet May, the area continued to see heavy rainfall this week, with many areas from Fort Wayne, Van Wert, Decatur, southern Paulding County and others picking up at least several inches of rain. In fact, at the Fort Wayne International Airport, rainfall totals for the month exceed nine…
Edward F. Cline
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PAULDING: Edward F. Cline, age 84 passed away Thursday, May 25, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Paulding County, Ohio, on December 20, 1932 to the late E. Arnold and Marceil (Zartman) Cline. He was a 1950 Antwerp High School graduate and a US Army veteran. On May 29, 1953 he married Arlene…
Donation to Paulding Sheriff
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Sue Beck made a donation of $600 for Sheriff Landers to deposit into the D.A.R.E. Fund, Explorers’ Account and Paulding County Dog Kennel. These monies were collected during one of her bus trips to Chicago. Once she announced the monies made from her 50/50 drawing would be donated to these funds, her clients were very…
Scholarships Awarded At Paulding High School
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WMYW Scholarship Winners
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Winners of the 2017 scholarship awards: Entries from Paulding counties three high schools competed for a $500 award given to a senior from each graduating class. The applicants submitted a short essay commenting on what they appreciated about growing up in a rural community.
ABA Celebrates Ball Past & Future
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By: Becky Keys The history of baseball in the United States can be traced back before the American Civil War in the eastern portion of the United States. During the Civil War, it became popular among soldiers serving in the Union Army and it grabbed the nation’s fascination at the close of the war. It…
I Don’t Like
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By: Stan Jordan I don’t like a lot of this stuff that is going on in Washington. I don’t like, or agree with, all of sword rattling, threats, promises or waving of the atomic bombs or nuclear war heads at each other. We are growling at North Korea for doing things that we have already…
Smith – Steiner
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Kimberly Ann Smith and Jarrison William Steiner were married on Wednesday, November 23, 2016. They celebrated with family and friends on Saturday, January 7, 2017 with a reception hosted by the groom’s family. Kimberly is the daughter of Camilla Smith of Antwerp, OH, and Doug Pier of Monroeville, IN. She is a senior at Antwerp…
The Pocock Block – Stan Jordan
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By: Stan Jordan The other day a lady asked me what the word “Pocock” meant on the building on the west side of Main Street in the second block. The Pocock brothers, John and Emmett, had a grocery store on the corner where the Hometown Pantry is now located. That was in 1887 and the…
Fire Safety Week
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Fire week with Sparky Mrs.Beth Bauer and Mrs.Kim Walls’ Kindergarten classes from Wayne Trace Grover Hill Elementary visited the Grover Hill Fire Department in honor of fire prevention week. The students enjoyed climbing in the trucks, getting checked out in the EMS, trying on fire gear, rolling up hoses and visiting Sparky the Fire Dog.…
Corner of Main and East River Street, and the Usuals – Stan Jordan
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By: Stan Jordan This picture was taken in the late 1930’s. The photographer stood about under the traffic looking to the northeast, where now stands the marathon drive–thru. The little building at the right of the gas station was Abie Gaisford’s first restaurant, called the Kewpie Shop. Right behind that little building you can see…
