2013-03-20

Girls 4×400 Places Fifth



News from the Pew & Pulpit



compiled by Cookie Short Archbold Evangelical Sunday: Nick Hudson, worship leader; offertory, “From the Inside Out,” worship team. Message, “It Only Gets Better,” Kip Kratche, FEC Pathways Church, Strongsville. Wednesday: Alive for Guys and Gals, worship team practice, Connection Club for pre-K thru grade 6, Jr. High Alive, high school small groups, Journey for All. Lockport Mennonite Sunday: Jen Cobb, […]

Golden Notes Of Archbold’s Memorable Past



Ten Years AgoWednesday, Mar. 12, 2003 Dan Montgomery, a PHS grad, Los Angeles, and Bethany Neuenschwander, PHS ‘01 and a Bluffton College student, ran in the Los Angeles Marathon. Bethany is a niece of Dan. The action of Bob Taft, Ohio governor, to immediately cut funding to Ohio schools is “just another nail in the coffin” to the Pettisville Local […]

Secret Disbandment



Fulton County commissioners disbanded the Fulton County Senior Center Advisory Board… but didn’t tell it? Bill Rufenacht, commissioner, sat with the advisory board during a January meeting, when it technically didn’t exist, and did not tell the members the board had been disbanded. He called the decision not to share the news with the advisory board an error in judgment […]

Good Sportsmanship

Fans, Players Need To Respect Each Other

Student fans turn their backs to opposing players when being announced– and boo. A player runs in front of the fans after a game, taunting them. Adult fans repeatedly scream foulmouthed obscenities at the referees, or yell insults directly at players. This is sportsmanship? School administrators and parents need to look at what they’re teaching today’s youths. Administrators should not […]

Public Meetings



Trustees German Township Trustees, Monday, March 25, 7 p.m., township building, northwest corner of St. Rts. 2 and 66, north of Archbold. Clinton Township Trustees, Thursday, March 21, 8 p.m., 5736 Co. Rd. 15-1, Wauseon. Quadco Quadco Administrative Board, Tuesday, March 26, 12 noon, Quadco Rehabilitation Center, Stryker. SWCD Fulton Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors, Monday, March […]

Local Man In Crash



Nathaniel Thomas Lange, 26, Archbold, was involved in a two-vehicle collision at 5:57 pm, Monday, March 11, at the intersection of St. Rt. 108 and Co. Rd. K. The Fulton County Sheriff Department report states Lange, driving a pickup pulling a trailer, was traveling south on St. Rt. 109 when a car driven by Lainie Michelle Rayoum, 19, rural Swanton, […]

Fulton County Court News



Common Pleas Court Capital One Bank, Columbus, plaintiff vs E&E Truck, Archbold, defendant. Other civil. Progressive Specialty Insurance, Los Angeles, Calif., plaintiff vs Tonya Whitman, Wauseon, defendant. Other civil. Robert Arredondo, Delta, plaintiff vs Elvira Trevino, Archbold, defendant. Other civil. Bank of America, Plano, Texas, plaintiff vs Richard Robertson, Delta, defendant. Foreclosure. Flagstar Bank, Troy, Mich., plaintiff vs Denise Sinclair, […]

Telecommunications Harassment Reported



Two cases of harassment by telecommunications devices were reported to Archbold police recently. Police were called to a residence in the 400 block of Buckeye Street at 1:11 am, Saturday, March 2, by a 17-year-old who reported receiving threats from multiple persons over a social media website. The threats started Feb. 26. Police are investigating. Sierra Nagel, 22, Bryan, told […]

Five Recently Sentenced



Two men were sentenced on Monday, March 11, in Fulton County Common Pleas Court. •Robert Z. Kasefang, 23, Berkey; previously pled guilty to attempted illegal cultivation of marijuana; on or about May 6 to May 13, 2011, Kasefang knowingly attempted to cultivate marijuana inside a residence in Metamora; sentenced to 30 days in jail, placed on one year community control; […]