On Friday, June 28 Paulding County Habitat For Humanity opened the doors of its newest home build in Paulding Ohio. After many donations of time and materials, this 3-bedroom home is ready to hand the keys to its new owner, Linda Koch-Kious. The board of the Paulding County Habitat for Humanity was prepared for this…
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Klopfenstein Introduces Legislation Honoring Purple Heart Recipients
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•State Representative Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) introduced legislation that honors service members who received the Purple Heart. A portion of U.S. 24 to the Paulding County Line will be designated as the “Paulding County Purple Heart Memorial Highway.” Purple Heart recipients are service members who have been wounded or killed while in the line of duty.…
Klopfenstein, Brennan Introduce Bill Permitting Patriotic Organizations in Schools
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•State Representatives Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) and Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) introduced legislation that requires schools to allow U.S. Title 36, which permits patriotic organizations to provide information to students. Patriotic organizations covered by this legislation include the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H, FFA, Civil Air Patrol, Boys and Girls Club of America, and others. “These…
Klopfenstein, Rogers Introduce Bill to Modify County Engineer Vacancies
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•State Representatives Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) and Elgin Rogers (D-Toledo) introduced legislation to modify procedures for filling county engineer vacancies. The legislation seeks to aid counties in finding more qualified individuals to run for county engineer and establish new opportunities for counties that are unable to fill an engineer vacancy. The proposed legislation will: • Grant…
New Republican Chair Takes the Party Helm
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•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…
State Rep (OH-82) Roy Klopfenstein Announces 2024 Re-Election Campaign
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•State Representative Roy Klopfenstein announced the launch of his reelection campaign to retain his seat in the Ohio House of Representatives and continue serving the citizens of the 82nd House District, which consists of the northwest Ohio counties of Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, and the southern half of Defiance. “It has been an honor and…
Groundbreaking in Grover Hill
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•GROVER HILL – October 20, 2023 was a historic day in Paulding County, and specifically the Village of Grover Hill, as a groundbreaking event was hosted for the construction of a new Dollar General store. It was noted that events like this are what bring positive change to communities and what people will look back on in 25…
Elected officials join area electric co-ops on tour of “peaking” gas plant in Van Wert County, Oh
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•Elected officials learned about power reliability concerns and saw the Robert P. Mone Generating Station in Convoy, Ohio, on a tour with Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives and Buckeye Power on Sept. 29. Buckeye Power is Ohio’s generation and transmission cooperative, providing power to 400,000 homes and businesses served by 24 Ohio-based electric cooperatives. Legislators present on…
Advocacy For The Creative Economy In Northwest Ohio Discussion in Van Wert
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•The Creative Economy in Northwest Ohio took center stage for shared conversation on Wednesday, August 23rd at The Niswonger in Van Wert. The Van Wert Area Performing Arts Foundation presenting Van Wert Live events welcomed State Representative Roy Klopfenstein and Angela Meleca of Creative Ohio to share insights on the impact of the live performing arts…
Klopfenstein Visits Vantage TechCred Program Helping Ohio’s workforce
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•State Representative Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) visited the Vantage Career Center in Van Wert. The representative met with Center leadership, business leaders, instructors, and coordinators to learn more about the benefits of TechCred courses and how they help the local community. “With the demands of our workforce rapidly changing, it is important that we continue to…
Issue One Informational Meeting July 31st
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•Roy Klopfenstein, Ohio State Representative for District 82 and Rob McColley, Ohio District 1 Senator, will be at the Paulding OSU Extension Center at 7:30 PM Monday night July 31st to inform the public about Issue One. Issue One on the August 8th elections has generated a fair amount of debate and questions. Klopfenstein and McColley…
King, Klopfenstein Introduce Legislation Protecting Ohio Land
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•State Representatives Angie King (R-Celina) and Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) have introduced the Ohio Property Protection Act. This legislation would prohibit the sale of “real” property to any individual or entity tied to a foreign adversary nation such as Iran, Cuba, North Korea, China, or Russia. “This issue has a direct impact on all Ohioans. Our…
Kick, Klopfenstein Introduce Agriculture Appreciation Act
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•COLUMBUS— State Representatives Darrell Kick (R-Loudonville) and Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) have introduced legislation that would add several federally recognized agricultural days into the Ohio Revised Code. The proposed agricultural days and weeks of recognition include: Agriculture Day, March 21, Farmer’s Day, October 12, FFA Week, The last full week of February, 4-H Week, The first…