Woodpeckers By: Stan Jordan I feel real good about writing this column on the woodpecker because nearly everyone holds them all in high esteem. Just like the cardinals and doves. I, myself, like to hear them peck for their food and to watch them get their food. They are structure workers and they survive on…
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 real estate team partnered with the Paulding County Parks District regarding the transfer of the former roadside rest area located on county Road 424 in New Rochester. The roadside park, located just north of the village of Cecil, was previously owned by the state of Ohio. Following…
This year’s Mihsihkinaahkwa Pow Wow will offer both an educational and cultural event. We will start the week end with Adam Strack and Mike Mowry on Friday evening, August, 10th. This is a concert with Adam and Mike singing with guitar accompaniment. It will be an entertaining evening for all in attendance. Start time is…
Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm is an intriguing title for a farm, but it has deep meaning to many in the Zuber family, the Steve and Sandy Zuber family, that is. The farm’s dba is Carryall Farms and Carryall Seeds, and in all the generations of Zuber farming is set to celebrate its 168th year this year.…
Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to return to Ohio! They plan to film episodes of the hit series AMERICAN PICKERS throughout the region in September 2018! AMERICAN PICKERS is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of antique “picking” on History. The hit show follows Mike and Frank, two of…
As we each go through our busy and hectic lives, time passes by and we lose opportunities that are right in front of us. We get so caught up with work, paying bills, taking the kids to ball games, helping friends, volunteering… etc. that we forget to slow down, relax and enjoy what’s around us.…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) helped welcome veterans to the National Mall as part of the Flag City Honor Flight’s trip to Washington. Honor Flights take veterans to see the memorials that were built in honor of their service at no cost to the veterans. The Flag City Honor Flight organization is…
May 28 brought about the Memorial Day celebration for cities and towns across America to remember the past and present fallen heroes serving the country. The Antwerp VFW and American Legion stand at attention at the Veteran’s Memorial in Riverside Park while the speakers came forward reminding us all of the sacrifices many men and…
The 3rd and 4th grade class at Divine Mercy hosted a Wax Museum exhibit on April 26th in the church hall. For about 5 weeks, the students researched someone who had contributed to the world in some way. They wrote a report and made a tri-fold presentation of their famous person and created a Google…
On Saturday, April 21, 2017 employees from Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative (PPEC) spent the morning giving back to their community. Each year PPEC does a community service project, this follows one of the Cooperative Principles, “Concern for Community.” This year they volunteered at the Auglaize Village Museum. If you’re not familiar with the museum, it’s…
The OSU extension building and Paulding County BOE located at the fairgrounds has a unique set of mural paintings inside that Gene Scarbrough would like to recommend people to visit. From left to right you’ll see the beginning of Paulding County to the modern era in a picture book history form. From the very beginning,…
Raising community pride, historical awareness and money From April 12 through 14, 2018, the Merry and Bright Winter Festival Committee, in cooperation with the Friends of Paulding, put on a mystery dinner theatre fundraiser titled, “No Compromise: Mosquitoes, Mayhem and the Militia in the Great Black Swamp”. It was a historical play about Paulding County’s…
PAULDING – Stan and Barb Searing recently donated twelve prints depicting the Ohio canals to the historic Paulding County Carnegie Library. These prints were a premium offered in 2007-2008 presented to the Searings with their membership to the Ohio Canal Society. The prints depict different canal boats, locks and scenes from the Miami-Erie Canal era.…
