Laresa C. Johnston

PAULDING, OH: Laresa C. Johnston, age 69, passed away on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at Lima Memorial Hospital, Lima, OH.  Laresa was born on August 15, 1954 in Paulding, OH to Russell Holtsberry, Jr. and Mary Justine Keck. For the past ten years, Laresa has been working as a job coach for Paulding County Job…

Gurney speaks to Kiwanis

The Kiwanis Club of Paulding County was privileged to have Anna Gurney (Educator, Paulding County Soil & Water) as the guest speaker at the September 28, 2023, club meeting. Anna came at the invitation of Erica Noggle (Executive Director, Paulding Chamber of Commerce). Anna spoke to the Kiwanians about the Nature Center improvements that have…

Paulding County student shares credential experience to Business Advisory Council

The Paulding County Business Advisory Council (BAC) held their third quarter meeting this week.  It was the first meeting since the 2023-24 school year began.  The meeting was attended by 22 business leaders, 11 school representatives and 3 college representatives.   The highlight of the event was hearing from student Paulding High School Senior, Jay…

Linker Leads Hoagland Park Meeting

Madison Township Trustee Jane Linker led a meeting at the HAAA Pavilion on plans for the old school site in Hoagland on September 27th. Hoagland needs another park, as the HAAA park is mostly used for baseball and the demo derby. Here is what Mrs. Linker wrote for this meeting: “This project is in honor…

Paulding Ex. Character Academy Hires Schimmoeller Construction

It’s official the Paulding Exempted Character Academy has hired Schimmoeller Construction Inc. of Kalida to build the Paulding Exempted Character Academy Oakwood building! Thank you to the outpouring of support from the Oakwood Community the PECA Oakwood building has received enough funding to begin construction. Small steps have been completed so far, but now it…

Ruth Meets Johnny

Some years ago we had a gentleman that walked the Grabill Fair parade, and also walked downtown portraying the legendary Johnny Appleseed. He looked more like Johnny Appleseed, then Johnny himself, except for his overalls sticking out underneath his gunny sack. (Toga.) I ran across a picture of him recently and memories flooded back of…