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The Reverend Thomas R. Steensma family recently celebrated the arrival of Hagen Thomas D Vetter, making five living generations. Seated in the front row are: Muriel Steensma Hagen's Great-Great-Grandmother, Jessica Vetter holding son Hagen Vetter and... 

The Defiance "Spring Baseball" Team recently completed their season.The dogs finished with a record of 21 Wins-5... 

Know any Tinora High School class of 1999 grads? Our 10 year reunion is: Saturday, June 13th, 6pm at Buffalo Wild Wings, Defiance, OH Please help us find the following classmates: Ren Ackerman DeWayne Massengale Kevin Bergman Karen... 

Marine SSGT. Tyler A. Gump, son of Matt and Mary Jo Hartzell, Mansfield,OH, has been deployed to Afghanistan on May 17,2009. He is with the Marine HMH 772-. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 (HMH-772) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter... 

Congratulations to Peggy Lamb who recently graduated with her Masters degree. She is truly amazing Steve... 

Six members of Franz Karate were inducted into the US National Martial Arts Hall of Fame on Saturday April 4th at the gala event in Richmond, Indiana. The US National Martial Arts Hall of Fame is the oldest and most prestigious in the United States and... 

Jennifer Boehm Gaglianello has published a book titled, "Love, Bob", based on her father's WWII letters. Dr. Robert Boehm served in WWII and his letters written to his family describe his experiences as a soldier. He entered the Army at the age of 18 in... 

"Bloom," a forty minute film by Defiance resident Joe Graves, is coming to Defiance College on April 30th at 8:00pm. "Bloom" is a story of two guys who are on a journey to find what they need in relationships. Mark is single, and loving it; Adam is... 

Master Steven Franz, owner of Franz Karate in Bryan, Ohio has recieved an official commendation from the Ohio Senate in recognition of his achievements in martial arts which was issued during the 128th General Assembly of Ohio by both the president of the Ohio Senate, Senator Bill Harris and our district's own Senator Stephen Buehrer. The commendation was issued citing... 

Three members of the Aiki Te Ryu Karate Kai , an internationally recognized martial arts association, traveled to Bryan, Ohio on Saturday February 28 to undergo an examination for Nidan, 2nd degree black belt. Brad Tilghman and Phil Bassett both of Auburn, Indiana and Kimberly Franz of Bryan, Ohio underwent an intense three hour examination covering the physical, mental and... 

The 6th graders at Tinora Elementary school were treated with a visit by some Native Americans on February 13th. The class had been recently studying how indian children were taken away from their families on the reservations to learn the ways of the white culture. In these schools they were forbidden to speak their language or embrace anything about their... 

The Class Act All-Stars teams and duet groups took 1st Place at the KID'S WORLD NEW YEAR'S CLASSIC CHAMPIONSHIP Class Act coaches, Kimberly Wright, Kristin Harter and Lindsey Carroll, celebrated with their all-star cheer teams this past weekend as they brought home four 1st place team trophies, two 1st place duet group trophies and two 2nd place individual trophies! The...