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Paulding United Methodist Church Anniversaries Celebration

Submitted By:  Kim Sutton The Paulding United Methodist Church is celebrating not one, but two, major church anniversaries. The first Methodist Episcopal wooden church was built in Paulding in 1874, 150 years ago! The current brick Paulding United Methodist Church was dedicated in 1899, 125 years ago! To commemorate these two important milestones an Anniversary…

Cooper leads Panthers over WT

Avery Cooper scored on a pair of touchdown runs to lead the Paulding Panthers to a 24-14 win over rival Wayne Trace Friday night in high school football action at Keysor Field. The victory pushes the Panthers to 4-0 overall on the season and 1-0 in the Green Meadows Conference while Wayne Trace falls to…

Lady Raiders Top Aces

Tuesday night, September 17th, the Lady Raiders played host to the Hicksville Aces in HS girls volleyball play. Lady Raiders won in 4 sets: 16-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-15. Pictured above, Wayne Trace’s Lexi Moore and Careen Winans almost block the shot but senior Elise Baldwin’s ACE gives the point to Hicksville. More pictures at westbendnews.net

This week on PCBW: kass Chesnut w/Growth Fitness

Join us on Paulding County Business Weekly as we hear from Kass Chesnut, the “Lewis & Clark” entrepreneur who has introduced a 24-hour option of exercise to Paulding County in Paulding, but has now also expanded into Oakwood. Thank you to OhioMeansJobs for sponsoring this program. You can tune in to Paulding County Business Weekly…

Military History in Paulding County Ohio

By: Mark Holtsberry Orville Henry McCormick: This fella was born in October of 1889 in Cecil, Ohio. The son of George William McCormick born June 2, 1866 in Middleton, Columbiana County, Ohio, and Rosella (Hetrick) born October 27, 1868 in Paulding County. She was the daughter of David and Mary (Skiver) Hetrick. This couple was…

Archers, Warriors run at Marion

MARION – Antwerp and Woodlan’s cross country teams each made the long trip to Marion, Indiana, Saturday for the Marion Invitational held by Indiana Wesleyan University. The Warrior girls posted a sixth-place finish while the Archers took eighth and Woodlan’s boys recorded a 12th place finish with Antwerp taking 22nd. Katy Niles led the Lady…

Years Ago in Paulding County

By: JOHN PAULDING HISTORICAL MUSEUM 40 Years Ago From the Paulding Progress of Sept. 12, 1984: More than 1,200 students are enrolled in Wayne Trace schools for 1984-85. A big increase was reported in kindergarten students – 63 at Payne and 57 at Grover Hill. Members of the United Cement, Lime, Gypsum and Allied Workers…

CAST YOUR CARES UPON THE LORD

As God’s elect, we often find ourselves trying to be everything for everybody, and perhaps we can pull it off for a while but after some time we find that the weight of everyone else’s burdens is too heavy for us to carry. We may even come to realize that excessive emotional and spiritual weight…

Klopfenstein, Daniels Introduce Legislation Protecting Consumers from Inaccurately Labeled Products

 COLUMBUS – House Bill 661, legislation that regulates imitation meat and egg products, has been introduced by State Representative Roy Klopfenstein (R- Haviland) and State Representative Jack Daniels (R- New Franklin). With meat and egg alternatives on the rise, the bill will ensure that corporations within the imitation meat and egg products industry clearly define…

Warriors drop rivalry matchup to Patriots

WOODBURN – For the sixth consecutive meeting, the Heritage Patriots took home a victory over rival Woodlan as the visitors from Monroeville recorded a 28-6 win Friday night outside of Woodburn in ACAC football action. Nasir Martin scored twice to lead the Patriots to the victory as Heritage improved to 3-0 on the season with…