The Paulding County Fair has come and gone for another year and the annual event is a big hit in the county. The fair lasts for 8 days and at the beginning of the week on Monday the parade “opened” taking place from the Grandstand area heading west down the midway to the barns. The wind was strong so the contest announcements and presentations were made in the barn.
This year’s float winners were Flat Rock Creek Jr Farmers in 3rd, Leaders of Tomorrow were second, and in first was the Live Wires.
The Master of Ceremonies was Taryn Stiltner from Paulding County United Way. She presented Haleigh Stoller, the 2018 queen, to give her message over the past year of her reign. In her message she spoke of going to all different fairs representing the county, but still loved Paulding County. Austin Howell, 2018 King, followed up with his assessment of the past year.
This year’s contestants for queen included Shannon Hale from Defiance who attends Paulding High School; Kalyn Strahley from Paulding; Emma Horstman of Oakwood, also attending Paulding High School; and Courtney Luderman of Cecil, attending Paulding High School.
The king contestants were Riley Noffsinger of Paulding; Dylan Vogel of Cecil, attending Paulding High School; and Matthew Stouffer of Payne, attending Wayne Trace High School.
Kalyn Strahley was name the 2019 Jr Fair Queen. Kalyn is a senior at Paulding High School and she is planning to attend The Ohio State University in the Fall semester.
Riley Noffsinger won the kingship for the 2019 Fair. Riley is a junior at Paulding High School plans to attend UNOH for post secondary education, following that he wants to go into the family farming business.
The Prince this year was Drew McClure and the Princess was Carolyn Winans.
