Kids Closet 2017, a school clothing drive and giveaway, was recently held. Kids Closet was organized to help make back to school time a little easier for local families. Paulding Elementary School generously provided the use of their gym for the giveaway. Kids Closet would not have been possible without the clothing, cash, and other…
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State Fair Award Winners
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The 2017 Ohio State Fair took place July 26th through August 6th. The 12 days were filled with livestock shows, still project judging, food vendors galore, live demonstrations, parades, concerts, shows, and a lot more. Paulding County was represented by 48 youth showing both livestock and still projects. 16 of these youth returned home with…
Paulding Panthers 2017 Football
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PCBDD Week of Service: Always There Ohio
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The week of July 17-21st, the Paulding County Board of Developmental Disabilities (PCBDD) showed how they are “Always There” for their community by participating in a Week of Service, coordinated by the Ohio Association of County Boards of Developmental Disabilities (OACB). County Boards are celebrating their 50th anniversary and appreciate the strong support from the…
The Bargain Bin Exceeds Its Goals
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It’s been just over two years since the Bargain Bin groundbreaking and Paulding. They have reached their goals and they are excited. The original donation goal was $250,000 for the cost of the building they were constructing to house all of the clothes and goods that they were selling to earn money for Paulding County…
DARE To Keep Kids Off Drugs — & Lots of Fun!
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On Monday, July 31. Lots of young people with Sheriff Deputy Nick Mendez and several area Dare program sponsors work to have a fun kids day at the Paulding LaFountain Park. This event went on all day long starting at 10:00 in the morning and going till 3:30 in the afternoon. All kinds of games…
Letter To The Editor
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Well here it is August sixth, the anniversary of our dropping the first atomic bomb during wartime. Now we have been getting threats from Japan’s neighbor to the northwest. The little fat dude in the pantsuit and a lousy haircut. He has been threatening the United States with a nuclear strike. For those readers who…
Brown & Brown Opens New Office in Paulding, OH
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Brown & Brown of Ohio, LLC (“Brown & Brown”), a leading provider of commercial insurance, employee benefits, and personal insurance solutions, is opening a satellite office located at 103 East Perry Street in Paulding, OH on August 1st. This new office brings the full services and capabilities of the main Perrysburg office to the people…
Escaped Inmate
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At approximately noon today prisoner Brandon Powell, age 32, escaped during a transport from a mental institution in Toledo to the Paulding County Jail. After a struggle, the subject overtook the deputy while taking possession of the deputy’s firearm. Powell is considered very dangerous and is on the run from Roads 133 and 176 in Paulding County. There is…
Letters to the Editor
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Letter to the Editor I just read the editorials on the director of the Chamber of Commerce refusal of announcing the Democratic Veterans float! I was in the parade pulling a display for the Flat Rock Creek Fall Festival, and she screwed up announcing the festival she’s the head of. OK, I wasn’t too concerned,…
A Great Week at the Fair for Paulding FFA Chapter
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By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding County Fair recently took place June 12th through the 17th. The Paulding FFA Chapter had a successful week from livestock shows, Jr. Fair activities, and the Paulding FFA Alumni Sausage Stand. Many members competed in shows as well as working in the FFA Sausage Stand throughout the…
Paulding County Vision Board Focus of Kiwanis Program
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Kiwanian and Paulding County Vision Board member, Erica Willitzer presented the July 13th Kiwanis program. Willitzer shared the plans of the board and the main focus which is to: coordinate collaboration, plan strategically for each town/village in Paulding County, secure funding, and exist to create a liveable community. Upcoming projects include public surveys and community…
Paulding Scout Leader is Kiwanis Speaker
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Verl Dasher, Commissioner for the Boy Scout program in Paulding, was the July 6 speaker at the Paulding Kiwanis Club. Dasher has been involved in scouting since he was eight-years old when he was a member of the program in Grover Hill. One of the many goals of scouting is to learn good citizenship, which…
