Last fall, Jerry Zielke announced he would resign at the beginning of the year as chairman and have another qualified person come to take the helm of the Paulding County Republican Party. The new chair selected by the committee is Laurie Lucas at the January fourth meeting (2024) at the Cafe & Deli at Holly…
Western Buckeye ESC School Board Member Jerry Zielke has retired after 40 years of school board service. Jerry served on the Paulding County School Board, which merged with the Van Wert County School Board to form the Western Buckeye ESC. He had also served on the Vantage Career Center School Board at one point in…
Jerry Zielke from Antwerp was recognized at the March 23rd Ohio School Boards Association Northwest Region Spring Conference for serving as a school board member for 40 years. Jerry served on the Paulding County School Board, which merged with the Van Wert County School Board to form the Western Buckeye ESC. He also has served…
The Paulding County Republican Central Committee met on Thursday, January 5, 2023 for regular business and to appoint a new County Commissioner after Roy Klopfenstein’s seat was vacated as he was elected to the OH state legislature in the 2022 election. Jan Commers read the secretary minutes from the last meeting and Blane Fickel gave…
Kiwanis member Jerry Zielke introduced Lisa Becher a professor at Northwest State Community College, and entrepreneur herself. As a small business owner and someone so passionate in helping young adults become successful entrepreneurs, Becher talked about the importance of supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs in our small town. In fact small businesses create the most…
By: Mikayla Pieper Paulding, OH: This week at Kiwanis, member Jerry Zielke spoke about some exciting things happening in Paulding County. As many of you may have seen, there is a new restaurant opening downtown! The Pancake House owned by the same owners of the Defiance location are looking to open in late June, early…
Paulding County Economic Development hosted the annual banquet at the extension building on the fairgrounds on Tuesday, October 4. Starting the event was John Kobee with prayer and had President Jerry Zielke introducing the speakers for the evening. The night was catered by Wedding Dreams by Grants of Antwerp. The evening began with a meet…
