STRYKER – The Stryker Lady Panthers welcomed the North Central Eagles into their den on September 6, winning in straight sets, 25-15, 25-18, and 25-23. Maddie Uribes had 15 assists. Conner Varner led the team with 15 kills while adding 2 blocks. Rae Crutchfield had 7 kills as well as 5 blocks while Christie Huston drove home 5 kills and had a team high 6 blocks.
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PETTISVILLE – The Pettisville Blackbirds welcomed in the Swanton Bulldogs for a non-conference soccer game on September 17. The Blackbirds defense stifled the visitors, while the offense chalked up a 2-0 shutout win. Cam Norris and Caleb Liechty found the back of the net for the Battling Birds.
KALIDA – Facing a tough Kalida team on their own turf, the Pettisville Blackbirds were in for an uphill battle on September 14. The Blackbirds battled the Wildcats tooth and nail, but the lone goal scored in the match went to the home team as Pettisville left town on the short end of a 1-0 score.
MONTPELIER – Standing at 2-2 overall for the first time since 2007, the Locomotives were riding high and had high hopes of pulling off the huge upset over their arch-rival Bryan Golden Bears. Prior to the kickoff in the September 21st NWOAL showdown, Montpelier Head Coach Steven Brancheau pointed to contending with Bryan’s speed and also wrapping up and making tackles as keys to his team’s success against the high powered Bryan offense who were averaging 50 points per game through the first four contests. It didn’t take long for Brancheau to look like a psychic as the Golden Bears…
WEST UNITY – There are certain formalities that one comes to expect during a Homecoming Night celebration. Being flogged by your opponent does not rank highly amongst those formalities. Still though, that is exactly what went down at Daft Field on the evening of September 21, as the Hilltop Cadets welcomed TAAC rival Ottawa Hills to town. A four-yard touchdown run from Miklo Abner with 1:42 left in the game was all that separated the Cadets from a shutout as the Green Bears came away with a 42-7 win. The game started off slowly for the Cadet offense, and never…
MARBLEHEAD – After dropping two straight in lopsided fashion, the Edon Bombers got back into the win column in the same manner on September 21. The Boys in Bomber Blue made the long trip to the shores of Lake Erie and Sandusky Bay for their annual TAAC tussle with the Danbury Lakers, who came into the contest ranked #15 in the Ohio D-VI Region 22 polls…two spots better than Edon. Any Bomber frustrations from the previous two weeks were deposited squarely at the Danbury doorstep as Edon lashed the Lakers, 47-0. No other stats for this game were received from…
Paul J. Arnos, 91, rural Stryker, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2012 at the Lutheran Home in Napoleon. Prior to his retirement, he had been a lifelong area farmer. Paul was born in Defiance County, Ohio on May 31, 1921, the son of Frederick and Frieda (Wesche) Arnos. On December 1, 1946 he married Esther Schumacher, and she preceded him in death in 2008. Together they were blessed with two children and lived a busy, productive life on the family farm in Ridgeville Corners, Ohio. He was a member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, corner of US 6 and…
Gary Dean Delphous, 56, of E. Main St., Fayette, died early Saturday morning, September 22, 2012, at Fulton Manor in Wauseon. He was born on July 18, 1956, in Toledo, to Andrew A. and Dorothy Jean (Mininger) Delphous, and she survives. Gary enjoyed playing the guitar, and was a member of the Fayette Christian Church-Disciples in Fayette. Surviving Gary in addition to his mother, Dorothy Delphous of Tucson, AZ, are two children, Derek and Cassie both of CA; two brothers, Steven Delphous of Tucson, AZ, and Scott (Jennifer) of Fayette; and several nieces and nephews, including two special nieces, Kelly…
The Holiday City council heard from guest Dan Hughes, a candidate for the Williams County Sheriff’s office, and discussed plans for a new picnic shelter during their September 20, 2012, meeting. Council first heard from Mr. Hughes, who discussed his qualifications for the office. He spoke of his 12 years of experience in the law enforcement field. Hughes is presently mayor of Stryker and serves as a part-time police officer in West Unity. Ordinance 2012-7, the revised well ordinance which was tabled in last month’s meeting, was brought back to the table. Since the council is still awaiting further input…
Ohio State University Extension will be offering a Dining with Diabetes series Mondays, October 15, 22, and 29 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, 810 Scott Street, Napoleon. This series is open to those with diabetes, their family members and caregivers, or anyone looking to improve their eating habits. The cost is $25/person for the entire series (discounted price for a support person), and pre-registration is required by calling the Fulton County OSU Extension Office at 419-337-9210 by October 12. Participants are encouraged to attend all class sessions. You will learn how to prepare meals that…
2012-2013 EDON JUNIOR HIGH BAND OFFICERS … Elected to serve as officers for the Edon Junior High Band are, Front Row ~ Karissa Sonneberger, Librarian and Trent Disbro, Assistant Equipment Manager. Middle Row ~ Eliza Zulch, President and Kailee Mitchell, Vice President. Back Row ~ Levi Eitniear, Equipment Manager and Alyssa Maier, Secretary. Their advisor is Mrs. Stephanie Bonitz. PHOTO BY: LUCINDA HELD-FAULHABER
2012-2013 EDON JUNIOR HIGH CHOIR OFFICERS … Elected to serve as officers for the Edon Junior High Choir are front ~ Logan Bloir, Vice President. Middle Row ~ Katie Church, Stage Manager; Eliza Zulch, President; Shaylee Manahan, Librarian and Carson Brandt, Stage Manager. Back Row ~ Jared Best, Secretary; Hannah Kaylor, Secretary and Justin Purk, Librarian. Their advisor is Mrs. Cathy Frastaci. PHOTO BY: LUCINDA HELD-FAULHABER
Some business owners in the Village of Stryker have new beef in light of displaying and selling on the sidewalks in the business district. Newspaper boxes, which have no voice, are the target of said conflict. It has been pointed out that since the business owners are not permitted to sell on the sidewalks, the sale of newspapers from the Bryan Times boxes should also not be allowed. Mayor Dan Hughes stated that he contacted the Bryan Times about the boxes. He was told that it is a “first amendment right and that there are exemptions, which many villages do…
The C.B.S. Study Club met recently for the first meeting of the new year at Hillside Country Living. An impressive ceremony by Mary Hutchison installed the new officers as follows: Beverly Perkins, President Marge Michael, Vice President Jo Clark, Secretary Doris Fairchild, Treasurer Jean Young, Program Chairman Pauline Brillhart, outgoing president, led in the Pledge and Collect. The business meeting heard secretary and treasurer’s reports and communications. Four birthdays were celebrated. Jean Young presented the books for the new year. We will study, “Contemporary Women Authors.” Each member was assigned an author and will give a book report each month.…
A Fayette Chamber meeting was held at the local library this passed Thursday, September 20. This is the first time the Chamber has met at the library, which looks quite nice since getting new carpet and a new computer center. The library was dedicated to the public on January 8, 1957, and currently serves the community by supplying a quiet, open area, free wifi, books, books on tape, DVDs, faxing, scanning, laminating, and voter registration. They also have tax forms and booklets available in every January, and run two different after-school programs for local schools. The first order of business…
Toledo Zoo Expert Kristin visited the Stryker Public Library Thursday, September 20, 2012. Close to 75 children/parents attended this exciting event to discover some of the interesting facts and animals that are at the Toledo Zoo. Kristin brought 3 live animals to the library with her. The 3 live animals were a white tree frog that was 8-10 years old, an albino hedge hog that is 8 months old, and an armadillo that is 9-10 months old. Excitingly, the children were able to pet the hedge hog and the armadillo. Kristin also showed the children the fur of a tiger…
Stryker Branch Library will be offering a Fall Craft Night hosted by Shirley Zwyer on Tuesday, October 2, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. She will teach the class members how to make scarecrows from dish towels or tea towels. Sign up is required, and the class will be limited to 12 participants. Funding for this craft program was provided by the 21st Century Grant. Stryker Library is located at 304 S. Defiance Street in Stryker. For more information about the workshop, please call Connie Aeschliman at 419-682-5081. Information Provided
FAYETTE HI-SPEED … Bob Vine, the station operator of the Hi-Speed located at the corner of Eagle and Main Street in Fayette, reportedly did a very nice balanced selling job, and had a loyal group of enthusiastic customers. PHOTO & INFORMATION PROVIDED
Williams County Auditor, Deb Nester, has announced that Williams County’s sales tax revenue through the third quarter of 2012 totaled $3,842,641 compared to $3,559,345 in 2011, an increase of $283,296 or 8.0%. This sales tax revenue is generated from sales reported to the state during the months of May 2012 through July 2012. INFORMATION PROVIDED
RECEIVING DICTIONARIES … The Stryker Rotary Club has given student dictionaries to all third grade school children in Stryker Local Schools. Pictured in the front row receiving their dictionaries are from left to right Maegan Bolaney, Teyron Harris, Marissa Myers, Haylee Fulk, Alexia Roth, and Logan Stuckey. Representing the Stryker Rotary Club in the back row from left to right are Ruth Wieland, President Rev. Jim Ernst, and past president Mel Pace. PHOTO & INFORMATION PROVIDED
GUEST SPEAKER … Sandy Barber, five-time Delegate to the Republican National Convention, spoke to the Stryker Rotary Club at their Tuesday evening meeting. She became a delegate by becoming active with a campaign run for a congressional district. She served as delegate in Dallas in 1984, New Orleans in 1988, Houston in 1992, New York in 2004, and Tampa this year. She has always enjoyed the opportunity to meet many new people along with some very famous people at the conventions. The speeches are also very inspiring during the convention. The delegate must always be present on the floor, or…
The September meeting of the Northwest Ohio Rug Hookrafters Guild was held at the Stryker library. There were 13 members present and 2 guests; Cheryl McCoy (Defiance) and Nanette Buehrer (Archbold). Members signed up for the Katie Allman sampler class to be held on Nov. 3 at St. John UCC, Defiance. Participants will pay for their patterns the day of the class with a $25.00 teacher fee. Susan Scmunck, Carla Allshouse and Julie Klinger demonstrated hooking at “Ladies Day” at the Williams County Fair. The guild is still looking for a location to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the guild…
SEPTEMBER GOOD STUDENT AWARDS RECIPIENTS … (L to R) ROW 1 – Ebbony Hussey, Taylor Bexten, Brock Kesler, Jared Schelling. ROW 2 – Zachary Thomas, Brian Bruce, Kyla Zuver, Paige Burdine, Brianna Oranday, Keely Burdine. ROW 3 – Mackenzi Rivera, Hayden Elliott, Kali Collins, Haley Geis, Jasmine Nofziger, Mady Underwood. PHOTO & INFORMATION PROVIDED
West Unity Branch Library is starting something new for students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. A Middle School Advisory Group is being formed to plan activities for the upcoming year for those in middle school. The first meeting will be Tuesday, October 2nd from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the library. Anyone who is interested in planning activities for the group is invited to attend. West Unity Branch Library is located at 109 S. High Street in West Unity. For more information about the group, please call Ruth Meyer at 419-924-5237. INFORMATION PROVIDED
HAPPY DAY … Observing September Birthdays and Anniversaries on Friday, September 14, 2012 at Montpelier Senior Center were, Front, from left ~ Ken Baughman, Evelyn Seals, Carol Nester, Carolyn and Thomas Burkhart (49th Wedding Anniversary and Tom’s birthday) and Back ~ Leon and Darlene Maag (47th Wedding Anniversary and Darlene’s birthday), Loreen Kaufman, Martha Smethurst, Irene and Duane Ward (52nd Wedding Anniversary). Hosting this month’s celebration ~ and providing an enjoyable musical program before lunch ~ was Golden Memories Band; Bryan High School TRUST students assisted with the meal. Site Manager Jewel Head was also pleased to announce Duane Ward…
The Public Employee Retirees Inc. Chapter 32 of Williams County will assemble at the Montpelier Senior Center 325 N. Jonesville St. at 2 p.m. on Monday Oct. 1. Senator Cliff Hite of Columbus will be our speaker. He will be speaking on the just approved pension legislation for PERS and the other four pension systems that took place in Columbus. Your attendance is appreciated. INFORMATION PROVIDED
“Pick up any no-name magazine in the grocery store and you’ll see an article targeting childhood obesity,” said Hilltop Cafeteria Manager Ellie Shinhearl. “From ‘How to get kids to eat more vegetables’ to ‘How to get kids to eat dark green veggies,’ the articles focus on retraining eating habits learned young. Here in the Hilltop cafeteria we are taking a positive approach toward the school lunch changes and being on the forefront of educating proper eating habits to last a lifetime!” For the first time in 15 years the USDA has changed the school lunch pattern. All schools participating in…
Brian Dicken of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor was the special guest at the September 14 meeting of the Montpelier Chamber of Commerce. Chamber members began the meeting by approving the minutes of the August meeting, and approving the financial report. Gloria Osburn reported on a successful event that was hosted by the Montpelier Public Library. Children have been reading the Laura Ingalls Wilder “Little House on the Prairie” series, and in honor of the series, the library hosted a Country Fair at the log cabins, located at the Williams County Fairground. Participants learned how to churn butter, make…
An emotional Mark Elliott thanked Hilltop’s Board of Education for approving FMLA leave for him at their Monday, September 17, 2012 monthly meeting. Elliott’s leave was effective September 17 and is open-ended, allowing Elliott to spend time with his wife who is gravely ill. Kevin Bockrath was approved to serve as interim high school principal at a rate of $250 per day on an as needed basis. In addition to leave time for Elliott, the board approved numerous items through their consent agenda. A participant agreement for special education services was approved with Bryan City Schools for the 2012-2013 school…
With the “New Village Hall” renovation finished and demolition of the “Old Village Hall” nearing completion, Edon Village Council paused to review the summer undertakings during its regular session held Monday, September 17, 2012 at Village Hall Chambers. Mayor Darlene Burkhardt called the evening meeting to order with members Roxana Nester, Duane Thiel, Dick Chapin, Chuck Bidwell, Sam Steffes, Fiscal Officer Heidi Bidwell and Solicitor Tom Thompson in attendance; not answering roll was Councilor Lamar Kline. “Recently, I compiled all the costs for [our] new Village Hall here,” shared Mayor Burkhardt. “With the ‘extras’ we did (electrical upgrades, exit lights,…