2012-01-18

Streak JV Boys Suffer First Defeat



The Archbold junior varsity boys basketball team suffered its first loss of the year, falling to Elida 36-32, Saturday, Jan. 14. The Streaks earlier defeated Swanton 43-24, Thursday, Jan. 12. The split leaves Archbold at 11-1, 3-0 in the Northwest Ohio Athletic League. The Streaks outscored the Swanton Bulldogs 32-16 in the middle two quarters in the victory. Balanced scoring […]

Blue Streak Girls Beat Stryker, Swanton; Raise Record To 14-0



Brooke Ruffer, Stryker basketball standout, came into the Tuesday, Jan. 10, girls basketball game at Archbold needing nine points to become the all-time Panther scoring leader in girls or boys basketball. She scored seven. The Streaks raced out to an 11-2 lead in the first quarter on their way to a 65- 42 non-league victory in The Thunderdome. “I’m proud […]

Organizations



NwOESC Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center governing board, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m., NWOESC, 205 Nolan Parkway, Archbold. Blood Drive Western Lake Erie Region of the American Red Cross blood draw: Monday, Jan. 23, 12-6 p.m., Crossroads Evangelical Church, 845 E. Leggett St., Wauseon. Mood Disorders Women’s Mood Disorders support group, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 11 a.m., Four County ADAMhs Board […]

Births



Fulton Co. Health Center Jan. 6: Marissa & Aaron Baus, Wauseon, boy; Katharine & Kyle Link, Fayette, girl. Jan. 8: Brittany & Aaron Stewart, Wauseon, girl. Jan. 9: Staci Whetro, West Unity, boy; Katie Gase, Swanton, girl. Jan. 10: Tabitha Keller, Napoleon, boy. A daughter, Avery Jo, was born Dec. 20, 2011, at Toledo Hospital, Toledo, to Matt and Stefanie […]

Teams And Fans Have Fun At Second Bible Quiz Meet



Enthusiastic fans along with mixed team quizzing were the highlights at the second Bible quiz meet, Sunday, Jan. 15, at North Clinton Mennonite Church. Quizzers knew the teams with the best crowd spirit would be chosen for fun closing activities. Fans were prepared with creative cheers, pom-poms, puppets, noisemakers and posters. With all the fan support, staffs had a hard […]

News from the Pew & Pulpit



Archbold Evangelical Sunday: CD prelude; Dan Borton, song leader; Wayne Gropp, worship leader. Prayer of sending: Haiti Team 1; Leland Good, Brazil; John Schoenhals, Honduras. Message, “Make Sure,” Wayne Gropp. Second service: praiselude, Anne and Todd Kindinger and worship team band; message same as first service. Wednesday: Alive for Guys and Gals, worship team practice, Connection Club for pre-K thru […]

Other Editors Say…



Every person contributes to history, a point driven home by a Marysville veteran who started a website to document stories of military service. “People think no one wants to hear about their life, and that’s not true,” said Claudia Bartow, who served 11 years with the Ohio Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. She now teaches social studies […]

Golden Notes Of Archbold’s Memorable Past



Ten Years Ago Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002 Jack Graf, president of the Fulton County commissioners, said spending for all county departments did not increase from 2001 levels. Graf said his understanding is Co. Rd. 24 will require a total rebuild, because the original asphalt was laid over the existing gravel road. SSOE, Inc., Toledo, engineers/ architects, were unanimously selected by […]

Stop Kasich At Turnpike Toll Booth



John Kasich, Ohio governor, has a bad concept. He wants to lease the Ohio Turnpike to private investors. Is there any person who believes that would serve Ohio citizens? We have seen such schemes before, when the Indiana Toll Road and Chicago Skyway fell into the hands of private investors. Tolls went up, maintenance went down. A few years ago, […]

Public Meetings



Library Board Archbold Community Library Board and Audit Committee, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 7 p.m., ACL, Stryker St. Trustees Clinton Township Trustees, Thursday, Jan. 19, 8 p.m., 5736 Co. Rd. 15-1, Wauseon. German Township Trustees, Monday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m., township building, northwest corner of St. Rts. 2 and 66, north of Archbold. Quadco Quadco Administrative Board and Non-Profit Board, Tuesday, […]