2008-11-12

Streak Stops Patriot



Archbold’s Trey Westrick pushes Patrick Henry’s Justin Buenger out of bounds after the PH junior caught a pass in their Friday, Oct. 10 Northwest Ohio Athletic League matchup. Both teams made the Division V playoffs; the undefeated Patriots play unbeaten Liberty Benton, Saturday, Nov. 15 in a regional final at Bowling Green State University. The Eagles defeated Archbold 42-10 in […]

Weldy In Entrepreneurship Competition



Kirk Weldy, a 2005 Archbold High School graduate and a senior at Ashland University, participated in Ohio’s first statewide college entrepreneurship competition Oct. 24-25 at Xavier University. An accounting and finance major, Weldy joined more than 200 undergraduate students in two competitions. In the first, students participated in a business exposition where they were required to create a display demonstrating […]

United Way At $85,000-Plus



With a goal of $320,000, the United Way of Fulton County collection totaled $85,828 as of Monday afternoon. The deadline to contribute is Dec. 31. Gina Saaf, Fulton County UW executive director, said many county industries have just begun their annual UW collections. As of Monday she had received limited contributions from industry. Saaf said Archbold Container recently completed its […]

Workers’ Compensation Changes Reviewed



There are changes going on in the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, and the BWC is searching for ways to make the state workers’ compensation system more competitive with other states. Deb Schultz, business consultant for the BWC, spoke at the Archbold Area Chamber of Commerce noon luncheon program, Monday, Nov. 10. She said BWC officials are talking to other […]

F&M Doesn’t Need Government Money



F&M Doesn’t Need Government Money Farmers & Merchants State Bank is well-capitalized and does not need government bailout funds. That’s what the Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc., holding company for F&M, told the Archbold Buckeye, Friday, Nov. 7. The board of directors and management said it has determined not to participate in the treasury department Capital Purchase Program (CPP), which […]

Public Meetings



Water & Sewer Ridgeville Township Water & Sewage District Board, Thursday, Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m., township building, St. Rt. 6, downtown Ridgeville. FCBDD Fulton County Board of Developmental Disabilities public forum to review its 2009 annual plan, Monday, Nov. 17, 5-6 p.m., FCBDD, 1210 N. Ottokee St., Wauseon. Those unable to attend but who want to give input contact FCBDD. […]

McCain Carries School



From left, poll workers Rachel Fritz and Sara Billen, Archbold Elementary School fourth graders, watch as Jasmine Coleman, a second grader, casts her ballot in the Archbold Elementary School mock election, held on Election Day, Tuesday. Nov. 4. While the Barack Obama-Joe Biden ticket won the national balloting, it was the team of John McCain and Sarah Palin who won […]

Crime Stopper



The Fulton County Crime Stopper seeks help to solve the theft of 105,000 pounds of plastic chips. A $2,000 reward is being offered for information about this crime. Jason Simon, Fayette police chief, said the material was taken from JCIM, Inc., the Plastech facility in Fayette, after Plastech filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Simon said there were 74 total boxes […]

Crash At Rail Crossing



Roger R. Fair, 24, rural Wauseon, and Brady S. Schaffner, 21, Wauseon, were involved in a single-vehicle crash about 3:13 am Friday, Oct. 24 at the Co. Rd. D "slant" crossing. The Fulton County Sheriff Department report states Fair was driving a car east on Co. Rd. D, when it failed to negotiate the curve at the crossing, about a […]

Western Dist. Court News



(Note: In the listing of speeding offenses, the first number is the illegal speed, second legal speed. First dollar amount is fine, second, court costs.) Traffic Kelly Marie Bryant, Morenci, Mich., speeding, 77-55, Co. Rd. 18, $77 fine, $67 costs. Nellie S. Varble, rural Swanton, speeding, 51-35, E. Leggett St, Wauseon, $47, $67. Marc R. Brubaker, rural Lyons, speeding, 69-55, […]