PEA members are hopeful that a fair and equitable agreement can be reached in the very near future. Paulding teachers and the Paulding Board of Education have been in negotiations since April 12, 2021, without reaching an agreement. The contract between the PEA and the Paulding Board of Education expired June 30, 2021. The Paulding…
St. Paul Lutheran Church in Paulding, OH, has gifted a significant donation to help the Caring & Sharing Food Pantry kick-off their building fund campaign. The church donated $12,875 to pay architect and planning costs needed to get this project started. The pantry is building a new, permanent 3,900-square-foot building at 318 N. Walnut Street.…
The Paulding County Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce they were able to donate $10,000 to the Paulding County Hospital! The money will be used for a negative airflow machine in isolation rooms. PCHF was able to make this possible to do our members donations and two yearly fundraisers; Valentine’s Dinner & PCHF Golf Outing.…
Flat Rock Lodge #580 in Payne recently concluded their first-ever Gun Raffle. Funds raised were used to benefit both the Paulding Area Support Society (PASS) and the Lodge. The Lodge usually has a Spaghetti Dinner in the fall to raise money for their charitable work, but the COVID issue forced cancellation of the event last…
The First Annual Car Cruise in memory of Scott (Marmaduke) St. John took place on July 24 around the square in Paulding. The event was full of antique and classic cars for the purpose of raising funds to be donated to a local charity. This year Shelia St. John said the funds were donated to…
The Community Memorial Hospital Auxiliary recently paid for a landscaping project near the physician’s entrance at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville. The CMH Auxiliary has donated over $150,000 in the last three years to equipment purchases and special projects at Community Memorial Hospital. In the pictures are members of the CMH Auxiliary Board (L-R) Linda…
By: Carter Manz, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA chapter loves to teach and educate our younger members about the importance of agriculture in Paulding County. This year our members decided to donate a agriculture book to each of our elementary libraries as well as the Paulding Carnegie library system. The book was called…
Replacing old lights with energy-efficient LEDs isn’t cheap. But thanks to Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative’s (PPEC) Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Custom Lighting Program, companies receiving electricity from the co-op, like farm-to-table butcher shop Custom Quality Meats, are eligible for rebates when making significant energy-efficient lighting upgrades. New Haven, Indiana-based Custom Quality Meats recently took advantage…
Small coins make a big difference when Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative members join together to fund change in their communities. More than $12,300 in fourth-quarter grants was distributed to 9 local organizations through the co-op’s Operation Round Up program. Participating members “round up” their monthly electric bills to the next dollar, with the extra pennies…
The Vantage Student Ambassadors held their annual Veteran’s day fundraiser and sold small flags to be placed in a flag field displayed on the Vantage front lawn to honor veterans. Through those sales, 539 flags were sold, raising $269.50 to donate to the Payne American Legion Post 297.
Seventh grade students at Paulding Middle School have been participating in a service learning project for the past 3 months. They collected items that will be donated for care packages for soldiers through ‘Operation Gratitude’. As the project wrapped up, November 20, the 7th grade students collected a total of 1866 items.
In a move that will certainly brighten the spirits of many this holiday season, Cooper Farms donated 15,642 pounds of deli meat, valued at almost $50,000, to a variety of Williams and Defiance County food pantries, the Paulding County Senior Center and the 50th Annual Feast of Giving in Dayton. The Feast of Giving is…
The Antwerp Ball Association donated leftover concession supplies to the Antwerp Manor on October 25, 2018. The residents used some of the supplies to have a nacho night and the candy was used to hand out during trick or treat night on October 27, 2018. Huge shout out goes to Madison Schmidt for helping pack…
