Tag: Paulding

Students Win Trip, Visit Washington, D.C.

Paulding-Putnam Electric Cooperative sends students to visit the Nation’s CapitalJacob Ellerbrock of Leipsic, and Kate Murphy of Cecil were among 40 high school winners from throughout Ohio and West Virginia who visited Washington, D.C. and other points of interest June 13-19 as part of Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc.’s Youth Tour to the nation’s capital.…

Local Students Receive Defiance College Scholarships

DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College recently announced scholarship awards for the 2013-2014 academic year. Awards are given to students in the following categories – Presidential, Dean’s, Pilgrim, Trustee, and Achievement – with dollar amounts ranging from $9,000 to full tuition. Additionally, students can be awarded a $2,000 Service Leadership Award recognizing their commitment to service…

John Paulding Days Starts Tonight

For Immediate Release (May 28, 2014)  The theme for this year’s John Paulding Days is Music Through The Ages. The Chamber Board decided it would be a great theme for area groups to celebrate the music they love most. Executive Director of the Paulding Chamber Erika Willitzer says they’re already hearing how folks are decorating…

Integrity Ford Rebuilds & Remodels

Remember June 29, 2012? You might not recall the date, but certainly you can remember the destruction. It was a storm. A big storm. The derecho, the official term of what some called a Land Hurricane, was highly destructive to the area, especially Paulding and Van Wert Counties. Integrity Ford was one of many places…

Paulding County Hospital Introduces New CEO

The Paulding County Hospital (PCH) Board of Trustees announces that Gary Adkins has submitted his resignation as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Paulding County Hospital and will assume the position of President of Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville, IN at the end of June 2014. The board has also announced that Randal (Randy) Ruge, currently…

Library Supporters to Meet Regarding Levy

PAULDING – The Paulding County Carnegie Library Levy Committee – PAC will meet on Wednesday, June 4, at 6:00 p.m. at the main library in Paulding and invites any supporters of the library to join. The sole purpose of the levy committee is to advocate a “yes” vote for the library levy. With the recent…

PHS Academic Hall of Fame Announced

Paulding High School inducted their 5th Class into the Academic Hall of Fame during the graduation ceremony on May 25, 2014. From left to right: Diane (DeMuth) Allensworth, PhD. – Class of 1959 Michael E. Connor, Phd. – Class of 1960 Judge Tiffany (Reighter) Beckman – Class of 1988 Major Travis Adkins – Class of…

2014 Paulding High School graduation

The 2014 graduating class of Paulding High School will conduct its commencement exercises on Sunday May 25, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. at Paulding High School. This year’s valedictorian is Kaitlyn Roughton. She eared a 4.085 GPA, plans to attend Capital University and major in criminology. This year’s salutatorian is Jaclyn Schlatter. She earned a 4.049…