By: Erica Noggle We are asking members of the community to lend a helping hand in maintaining the beloved Herb Monroe Community Park. Together, we can ensure it remains a pristine location for everyone to enjoy. During your chosen week, your assistance is invaluable in tasks such as tidying up litter, taming unruly weeds, sweeping mulch off…
The village water tower rehabilitation is scheduled to begin on or about June 17th, weather permitting. With this rehab, we anticipate some watermain breaks due to the method used in completing the task. Should you need to report a water main break, please call, and leave a message or text with the street address at…
During the grant cycle ending in March, the Defiance Area Foundation Community Fund gifted $15,000 to the Defiance Dream Center for their workforce development initiative. These funds will be used for materials and supplies for the students enrolled in the program.
Stephani Schultz, nursing professional development med/surg specialist for Parkview Health, was recently named the Nursing Educator of the Year by the Indiana Nurses Foundation (INF). Schultz was recognized for her work in nursing research and development of evidence-based practices for Parkview, as well as for the daily support she provides to other members of Parkview’s…
Does your home need an inspection? Are you looking at a home that you can’t decide if it needs rehabilitated or torn down? Do you like eating food and ice cream along the river? You can get answers to all of these questions and more this week when you listen to PCBW this week. Meet…
Virginia Paulus, a long-time supporter and former board of director of the Paulding County Area Foundation has funded a scholarship through the Paulding County Area Foundation, which is available to university/college students entering their junior year, or third year of studies at an Ohio college or university and graduating from Paulding High School. Awarded for…
Wayne Trace Junior-Senior High School just finished its 2023-2024 school year with a variety of PBIS activities and give-aways, thanks to our sponsors including Lee Kinstle GM Sales and Service, Grover Hill VFW Post 2873, Van Wert Cinemas, and the Sorensen Family. PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) is an evidence-based framework used in Ohio…
After a blockbuster 2023, where $5,000 was raised by the community for the Caring & Sharing Food Pantry building project, the First Presbyterian Church of Paulding (look for the yellow bricks) will be offering booth spaces in its parking lot during the 127 Yard Sale once again. Spaces are available from Wednesday, July 31, through…
By: Mark Holtsberry David Rube Myers was born November 9, 1879 in Emerald, Paulding County. The son of Frederick born 1853 in Ohio and Margaret Romana (Ankney) born 1856 in Ohio. This couple was married February 8, 1874 in Paulding. By 1880, this couple, along with children Edward born in 1875, Olive born September 13,…
Penny for your Thoughts by: Nancy Whitaker I remember years ago I was singing a song with my grandma in church. All of a sudden I looked down at her hands and I got tears in my eyes. I knew the work my grandma did with those hands and knew hard work and love were…
Where the roses never fade. Listen… I hear Jimmy singing: “I am going to that City. Where the streets with gold are laid And the Tree of Life is blooming Where the roses never fade” My mind can’t conceive what heaven will be like but I like to think what our life might be like.…
St John Lutheran Church, Hicksville, Ohio held the rite of Confirmation on Pentecost Sunday. Minister Alex Heffelfinger confirmed McKenna Baird, daughter of Ken & Tiffanie Baird and Rylee Chrisman son of Chad & Jennifer Kurtz. A fellowship time after the service was in their honor.
Do you know that God is for you? That He loves you? That He is in you? We often see God as some outside force that is separate from us, but the fact is, God is a Holy Spirit and He desires a body/vessel to live in and operate through. Since He created us in…
