{"id":46903,"date":"2025-02-18T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=46903"},"modified":"2025-02-17T16:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T21:52:12","slug":"hicksville-library-receives-7500-grant-for-renovation-remodeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/hicksville-library-receives-7500-grant-for-renovation-remodeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Hicksville Library Receives $7,500 Grant for Renovation &amp; Remodeling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"517\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hicksville.jpg?resize=800%2C517&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46904\" style=\"width:555px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hicksville.jpg?w=1016&amp;ssl=1 1016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hicksville.jpg?resize=768%2C497&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hicksville.jpg?resize=560%2C362&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hicksville.jpg?resize=260%2C168&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hicksville.jpg?resize=160%2C103&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Pictured for the grant presentation are Jim and Karen Schmidt, along with Beth Headley, Dawn Hostetler, Mary Kay Schimko, and Susan Mack, all board members of the Johnson Memorial Library Friends. Also present was Chris Yoder, the Executive Director of the Defiance Area Foundation.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Johnson Memorial Library in Hicksville has received a significant financial boost, securing a $7,500 grant from the Hicksville Community Fund, a charitable fund managed by the Defiance Area Foundation (DAF). This funding will support the library\u2019s ongoing remodeling and renovation efforts, ensuring improved facilities for the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the Johnson Memorial Library Friends received a matching $7,500 donation, from Jim and Karen Schmidt further amplifying the impact of the grant. The funds will help enhance library spaces, making them more functional and welcoming for patrons of all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the Defiance Area Foundation, visit their website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Johnson Memorial Library in Hicksville has received a significant financial boost, securing a $7,500 grant from the Hicksville Community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13406],"tags":[16666,10424,16158,22456,16154],"class_list":["post-46903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-not-for-profit","tag-defiance-area-foundation","tag-hicksville-community-fund","tag-jim-schmidt","tag-johnson-memorial-library","tag-karen-schmidt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hicksville.jpg?fit=1016%2C657&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-ccv","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 00:40:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46905,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46903\/revisions\/46905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}