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This week on PCBW: PC Recorder, Sarah Shuherk

Listen to our next Paulding County Business Weekly episode as we meet our new Paulding County Recorder Elect, Sarah Shuherk. Sarah shares what takes place in the Recorder office and how it is an important piece of the county’s history and future. We can’t thank OhioMeansJobs enough for sponsoring this program and the team at…

ACPL Honored with Library Marketing Award

The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the 2024 Sara Laughlin Marketing Award by the Indiana Library Federation (ILF) in recognition of its communication strategy for the 2023 rollout of the Library’s System Upgrade. The Sara Laughlin Marketing Award honors and recognizes a library for its successful,…

Do you suppose …

This is the most amazing story I have ever heard. That a person could live a long life, and come across something that they had never heard of before. Apparently it is true, and it was kept a secret for over 100 years. At least it sounds possible and it’s something to consider.  If you…

TO Walk in Forgiveness

Father, in the name  of Jesus, I make a fresh commitment to You to live in peace and harmony, not only with the other brothers and sisters of the Body of Christ, but also with my friends, associates, neighbors and family. I let go of all bitterness, resentment, envying, strife and unkindness in any form.…

DCTV receives $25,000 grant

The Defiance Area Foundation (DAF) awarded Defiance Community Cultural Council- DCTV, $25,000 from the DAF Community Fund this fall! This grant will be used for production updates at DCTV including mobile production capabilities, a new on-air scheduling system, video on-demand archiving and a Creator’s Studio.

The Left Turn

By: Ron Burt I wish all of you a very fun and safe Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you for supporting my weekly racing column and for supporting my Facebook page, Ohio Sports Blitz and my Facebook Live scoreboards. I’m still doing weekly high school football playoff scores for every game in the state and starting this…

Paulding FFA Members Compete in State Aquarium Management CDE

By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Addison Hunt On November 14th, the Paulding FFA Aquarium Management team, consisting of senior Grace Goyings, juniors Jacob Harris, Addi Pease, and sophomores Megan Manz, Remington Boroff, Jayla Griffith, Avery Cooper, Olivia Breier, and Darcy Taylor, competed at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in the State Aquarium CDE. The members had to…

Victory center receives $7800 grant

The Foundation would like to congratulate The Victory Center on their recent grant of $7,800 during our fall grant cycle. This grant will be used for various programming including art therapy, weekly yoga, and cancer support groups. Pictured representing the grant gift are (l-r) Dianne Barndt – The Victory Center Executive Director and Jim Wiliams…

EBC members vote top appoint Atkins as full-time pastor

Emmanuel Baptist Church (EBC) in Paulding is excited to welcome Garrett Atkins as their pastor. In May of 2024, Garrett began to regularly fill-in preaching at EBC. On October 27th, 2024 the church members voted to appoint him as their full-time pastor. Garrett is committed to the faithful preaching of Scripture, to prayer, and to…

Hicksville Kiwanis Visiting Speaker

Alyeh Keeley, an 11th grade student at Hicksville High School, was the guest speaker at the recent Hicksville Kiwanis meeting at Magpies Family Restaurant. Allyeh was last year’s representative at the HOBY Youth Leadership Conference, she was sponsored by the Hicksville Kiwanis Club. They Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Organization is known as HOBY. HOBY was…