On Saturday, November 12, 2016, starting at 11:00 a.m., at the corner of Bryan and West Arthur Streets, The Hicksville Veterans Memorial dedication, honoring all veterans will take place in Hicksville, Ohio. This memorial honors veterans from all five branches of our armed forces and includes large memorial tablets to each of those branches with…
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Update on Honor Flight Fundraiser
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Paulding Putnam Electric Employees, along with the help of our members, local businesses, and community leaders have raised close to $30,000 so far to go toward the Honor Flight organization. The goal is to raise $70,000 to sponsor an entire Honor Flight out of the Northeast Indiana Chapter, which serves Northwest Ohio and Northeast Indiana.…
Honor Flight: a Profound Gesture for Veterans
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The Nurturing Well by: Jill Starbuck On Wednesday, November 11, 2015, the nation celebrated Veterans Day in honor of more than 19 million veterans. As each year passes, this number continues to dwindle. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2014, just less than 1 million World War II veterans, 1.6 million Korean War veterans,…
New Canal Street Five Poster Presented to Antwerp Village
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There are four new street signs with five gold stars on Antwerp’s Canal Street. These stars represent the five men who died during WWII within eleven months. They all lived on this street that is only about a mile long in the village. The VETS – Continuous Honor committee, after publishing a book about Antwerp…
