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29th Carp Fest Adds Biz Expo
      Local businesses, from homebased operations to Archbold's industrial giants, will have the opportunity to showcase their products and services in the Biz Expo, the newest addition to Archbold's annual Carp Festival. This year's Carp Fest kicks off Thursday night, July 10, and runs through Saturd...
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Villagers Turn Carp Insult Into An Asset
      Why does Archbold hold a festival named after a fish? Cal Short has been a lifelong resident of the Archbold area. He said he will be 84 years old on Saturday, July 5. He's seen a lot of history. He was also one of the originators of the Carp Fest, which, based on best recollection, started in 1...
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      Pettisville held its three-day every-other-year Friendship Days festival, June 27-29 at the Pettisville Park. Gross receipts totaled $59,000; according to Chris Rychener, auction chairman, $15,600 was raised at the Friday night auction.
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State To Pay 84% Of Cost Of Pettisville School Bldg.
District Taxpayers Must Okay Levies
David Pugh Buckeye Staff Writer
      A new school building for the Pettisville Local School District moved closer to reality last week, as the school board voted to accept almost $17.6 million in state money. Voters must approve additional taxes, enough to cover a local share of more than $3.85 million. Total cost of a proposed proj...
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Friendship Days Dodges Rain; Gross Proceeds Down $11,000
by Deb Neuenschwander Special to the Buckeye
      Pettisville Friendship Days events experienced very few problems, despite weather forecasts that called for a chance of rain during nearly every event. Friendship Days were held over the weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 27- 29.
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Local School Board Hires Two Teachers
      The Archbold Area School Board approved the hiring of Anne Main and Amy Johnson during a special meeting Thursday, June 26. One-year contracts were approved for both. David Deskins, district superintendent, said Main, formerly of the Mason Intermediate School, will become an elementary special e...
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No Decision Yet On New NWOESC Office Building
      The Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center board has not made a decision on whether to build an approximately 50,000 square-foot office building in the Archbold Industrial Park. "We're getting closer, but it's still in limbo," John Kaylor, deputy superintendent of the service center, said.
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Hall: People Are Shopping Closer To Home
In the first six months of 2008, the Fulton County share of sales tax revenue brought in $2,077,555.72, possibly the highest amount ever for the first half of a year. Between 1992 and 2008, the sales tax for the first six months of a year topped $2 million only once before, in 2006, when the figu... More...
Marvin F. Radabaugh, age 76, of Edgerton, died at 1:25 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, in his home after an illness of one year. Mr. More...
June 22 4:12 am: Noise, Brussel St. at Oak St., advised to keep it down. 7:58 am: Breaking and entering, Colony Meadows. June 23 4:25 pm: Signs damaged, 200 block South St. 6:29 pm: Domestic, East Gardens, officers unable to determine primary aggressor, no charges filed. More...
Duane and Cindy Higginbotham, Pioneer, announce the engagement of their daughter, Ellisha Noel, to Mark Wesley Andre, son of Paul and Debbie, Wauseon. The bride-elect is a 2002 home school graduate. She received an associate's degree in nursing from Northwest State Community College and is a regi... More...
A Pettisville student and a graduate were the first female and male across the finish line in the Pettisville Friendship Days 5K race. Tyson Snider, PHS '04, was the first to finish the 3.1 miles in 16 minutes, 50 seconds. Tanner Hostetler, a PHS freshman this fall, crossed the line at 19:57 to ... More...
Friday is the most important American holiday. The Fourth of July will be observed throughout this great nation in every imaginable way. We became a free nation on July 4, 1776. We were free from the shackles of European imperialism, from subjugation to a hostile king and the archaic government h... More...
Archbold Evangelical Sunday: Andy Wilhelm, prelude and piano offertory; Deb Neuenschwander, children's challenge. Message, "The Beginnings of Belief: In The Beginning," by Brad Bame. Second service: Praiselude, worship through singing and offertory led by Worship Team Band. Children's challenge ... More...

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