High School Winter Sports Round-Up

PANTHERS TAKE COUNTY RIVALRY MATCHUP The annual Paulding County rivalry matchup between Paulding and Antwerp took place Friday night in Green Meadows Conference boys basketball action with the visiting Panthers holding off the Archers for a 53-41 victory. The maroon and white held a slim 14-13 lead at the end of eight minutes of action…

MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY

By: Mark Holtsberry Russell Erx Pease was born on July 1, 1899, in Latty Township, Paulding County, Ohio, the son of Joseph Edgar Pease and Cora Isabelle (Elston) Pease. Joseph was born in February 1863 in Ohio, and Cora was born in March 1870 in Ohio. The couple married in 1888. By 1900, Joseph and…

NEW OFFICERS ELECTED FOR EACS BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES

The election of officers was held at the first board meeting of the new year on January 7, 2025. The new officers are: President – Tim Hines; Vice President – Steve Screeton; Secretary – Jenny Blackburn The newly elected board member sworn in is Cindy Diehl representing District 7E (Leo area). Re-elected board members include…

Jailbreak 

WR couldn’t sleep. Come morning he and rabbit were going to escape the jail no one had ever escaped before, San Quentin. It was a foolproof scheme. There was no way it could fail. Tomorrow at this time they would be free men. Rabbit had come up with the idea, and he had actually tried…

A Call to Repentance

This new year brings us even closer to the Day of the Lord. Every day, we observe prophecies being fulfilled, yet we are too blind to see and recognize that they are unfolding just as they were written—wars and rumors of wars, famines, and earthquakes in various places.  No one cares to hear sound doctrine,…

Hibernating Animals at Ann’s Bright Beginnings

Ann’s Bright Beginnings recently had a ‘no school – snow day’ and invited Mrs. Anna Gurney from Paulding Soil and Water.  She brought along pelts and talked with our school agers about hibernation and how the animals survive the winter months. We did an experiment with ice water and lard and also did a bear…