Oakwood Mayor, Mr. Josh Duslak, recently signed a proclamation which made the Village of Oakwood a “Purple Heart Village.” This action makes Oakwood the 76th town in the State of Ohio to be proclaimed a Purple Heart Village on the National Military Order of the Purple Heart Trail. The purpose of the National Purple Heart…
This past week volunteers flooded the Antwerp branch of the Paulding County Carnegie Library to perform some regular maintenance on the building. Pictured above is volunteer Dan Fowler using a power washer to clean the solarcrete exterior of the building. Other projects that were completed with volunteerism for the library include landscaping upgrades – new…
This week on the Paulding County Business Weekly podcast we have Heather Matusiak, Branch Manager of the Antwerp, Bryan, and Shelbyville, IN GenFed Credit Unions. Heather shares how Paulding County’s only in-county credit union is member-owned, allowing a slightly different look at financial support and business. Listen in to hear how GenFed is working hard…
The Heritage Lions in Hoagland delivered over 5,000 pairs of eyeglasses, collected from over 60 locations in Allen County, to Kevin McDermit, President of the Arcola Lions Club. The Arcola Lions will hold an “eyeglass sort” on September 17 at their firehouse. All Lions and Friends are welcome to come and help. They will start…
The Western Buckeye ESC recently held its staff back-to-school breakfast and orientation meeting for new employees. Pictured are the employees that were able to attend the new staff orientation meeting: Front Row (L-R): Kirsten Hauter, Physical Therapy Assistant; Mary Smith, Paraprofessional; Donna Geyer, Aide; Jill Jackson, Aide; Kendra Spieth, Aide; Suzanne Zartman, Aide; Tyler Hines,…
Paulding Exempted Village Schools welcomes its new faculty for the 20024-25 school year. Pictured above are (l-r): Corey Davis – JH Intervention Specialist: Jen Huber – HS English; Emily Vargo – Paulding Elementary Intervention Specialist; Opal Thomas – Paulding Elementary Intervention Specialist; Stephanie Counterman, Oakwood Elementary 1st Grade; Megan Wellman – Oakwood Elementary Guidance Counselor;…
Congratulations to St. John Lutheran Church Food Pantry in Defiance for the recent $1,000 grant from Defiance Moose Lodge #2094. This grant money will be used for restocking the pantry. The 2024 Party in the Park was a huge success for the Tinora community. The event held on July 19th, 2024 brought in $5,022.18 for…
Ann’s Bright Beginnings Preschool & Daycare recently visited the salt caves at Keepsake Beads by EAW & Boutique & Salt Cave. Owner, Elicia Wobler, graciously showed the children around and explained the process to the fascinated listeners! Shown here in the Salt caves clockwise from the front are: Joziah Ward, Ariyah Lockwood, Everett Wilhelm, Johanna…
Jackson Wagner of Hicksville recently earned his Eagle Scout with a project involving Christ’s Cupboard. Jackson started his scouting journey as a cub scout with Pack 28. Dawn Ish was his den leader throughout his cub scout ranks. He was a Tiger, Wolf, and Bear cub then he was a Webelo and crossed over earning…
Antwerp faculty, school board, and community members gathered prior to Open House for the 2024-25 school year to celebrate the official opening of the Wellness & Recreation Center. This building has had many delays due to COVID and other problems, but has finally come to fruition. It will be able to house the wrestling team…
The Annual Oakwood Homecoming, always held over Labor Day Weekend, will kick off on Saturday, August 31. There will be breakfast at the Fire Station from 7:00-11:00 a.m., Golf Teams will tee off at 9:00 a.m. at Auglaize Country Club, and competitors will gather at the East end of town for the annual Tractor Pull.…
The Kiwanis Club of Paulding County was privileged to have Lisa Laukhuf, Tony Gonzales, Jessica Manz, Katrina Groce, Will Manz, and Amanda Andrews (Teachers, LifeWise) as the guest speakers at the August 15, 2024, club meeting. They all came at the invitation of Traci Koenig (Director, LifeWise Wayne Trace, Paulding Exempted and Antwerp). The teachers…
The Paulding Veterans Memorial Committee recently received a donation from AMVETS Post 1991 of Defiance for $5,000. Pictured are (L to R) John Daeger, Commander VFW Post 587, and Pete Urton, Commander AMVETS Post 1991.
