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Plenty Of Laughs In ACT Production Of Pink Panther
      Veteran actors and newcomers provided one of the finest opening nights for Archbold Community Theatre, Friday, Nov. 30, during the comedy, The Pink Panther Strikes Again. The cast captivated the large opening night crowd at Giffey Hall, Ridgeville Corners.
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Discuss Ridgeville Park At Dec. 11 Public Meeting
      The Ridgeville Park Board of Commissioners will host its first public meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ridgeville fire station. The meeting will help the board incorporate community desires into park plans. On the agenda are items such as funding options and a tentative park design...
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Lawn Mower Is Power Source For Parade's Dancing Portable Toilet
by David Pugh Buckeye Staff Writer
      This year's Archbold Parade of Lights featured many wonderful and unique entries, but one that has generated a lot of laughs wasn't the biggest, brightest, or most colorful. In fact, it was an outhouse. Actually, it's a portable toilet, one of those plastic outhouses that you find at outdoor eve...
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Pettisville High School Among Tops In Ohio
by David Pugh Buckeye Staff Writer
      Pettisville High School has made a list of the top 59 high schools, both public and private, in the state of Ohio. Scott Gerber, a Columbus stock market investor who said he compiled the information as a hobby, prepared the list.
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Blue Streak Boys Win Soccer League
     Archbold Blue Streak Boys U-10 soccer team won the Northwest Ohio Youth Soccer League Division III championship for fall 2007. The team finished 9-1 and went 2-2 in the tournament, Aug. 11-12. Front row, from left: Jared Kidder, Ian Radabaugh, Austin Welch, U- 9 guest players; middle row: Alex Weave...
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More Archbold Parade Of Lights Photos
     Liechty Farm Equipment
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Lottery Paid Out $30,000 In Archbold In One-Year Period
      Between Nov. 20, 2006, and Nov. 20, 2007, the Ohio Lottery Commission paid out a little over $30,000 in prizes in Archbold. And that's only for prizes of more than $599, Jeff Jiannuzzi, assistant manager of the lottery commission's Toledo regional office, told members of the Archbold Area Chamber...
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FFA News
      The Archbold FFA participated in the 2007 Fulton County Parliamentary Procedure Contest, Tuesday, Nov. 27. Archbold hosted Wauseon, Pettisville, Fayette, and Delta. Parliamentary procedure, the rules for properly running a business meeting, is used by the FFA to conduct monthly meetings.
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PHS Grad Attends Peace Rally At Fort Benning
      Jacob Short, Pettisville High School graduate, recently went to Fort Benning, Ga., to take a stand on torture. He was one of five Bluffton University students who joined 25,000 in a peace rally. The BU students are members of the PEACE Club. During Nov. 16-18, the students protested against the W...
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Organizations
      Blood Draw Western Lake Erie Region of the American Red Cross blood draw is Monday, Dec. 10, 1-7 p.m., Ridgeville American Legion Hall, Co. Rd. 19, Ridgeville Corners. Cancer Support Living With Cancer support group, Thursday, Dec. 6 and 20, 7 p.m., Bryan Community Center, Buffalo Rd.
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Archbold Woman Dances In Opera At Hesston College
      Kim Bowman, 2007 Archbold High School graduate and Hesston (Kan.) College freshman, recently danced in the Hesston production of the children's opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors. She is the daughter of Randall and Barbara Bowman, Archbold.
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Holiday Snowflakes Returned
      Archbold Police officers recovered and returned one of two large Christmas ornament snowflakes to its rightful owner, Sunday, Nov. 25. Heidi Miller, 400 Ditto Street, told Archbold Police officers that two snowflakes were taken from her property between 5 pm Tuesday, Nov. 20, and 2:30 pm Saturday...
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Crop Yields Are Average Despite Low Rainfall
     Despite the low rainfall this growing season, the Fulton County 2007 crop yields are similar to past county yields, said Greg LaBarge, county Ohio State University Extension agent.
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