Paulding Progress June 8, 2016

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Around
Paulding
County
Mans remains
still unidentified
PAULDING Authorities
are still waiting for identification of a man found dead on
May 28 in the Maumee River
west of Antwerp. Sheriff Jason Landers said an autopsy
was conducted last week.
Dental records are being used
to aid in identification.
Dinner canceled
GROVER HILL Mt.
Zion United Methodist
Churchs free monthly community dinner, which was
scheduled for today, June 8,
has been canceled due to illness.
One Dollar
Honor Flight goal exceeded; PPEC

employees raise enough for 2 flights
PAULDING Paulding Putnam

Electric Cooperative employees raised
double the amount they expected for
a program honoring veterans, Honor
Flight.
The fruits of their labors and others
in the area cooperating with them were
revealed at noon Saturday during a special ceremony.
A check for $141,754.90 was presented to Honor Flight representatives
by PPEC employees during a noon program at PPEC corporate headquarters
in Paulding.
Its overwhelming how our employees and the region came together
to make this all happen, but its not
hard when you have a cause like Honor
Flight, said George Carter, CEO and
general manager of PPEC.
The cost to sponsor an entire flight
averages between $65,000 to $70,000,
so enough was raised to support two
flights to Washington, D.C.
All flights are free of charge to the
veterans being honored
Community partners and individuals
made it all possible by making general
Tawnya English/PauldingCounty Progress donations toward the campaign. PPEC
Culminating months of fundraising activities, employees of Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative presented a check to employees also held a raffle for a 2016
representatives from Honor Flight. Enough money was raised for not one, but two flights. Among those participating in the Chevrolet Silverado 4x4 pickup truck
event June 4 were, from left - Annette Schreiner, Steve Kahle, Tara Schlatter, George Carter, Sandie Myer, Bob Myer, Erika
See HONOR FLIGHT, page 2A
Willitzer and Adam Brouwer.
Coffee With the

Editor June 14
Goings, WT relay,
Williamson all
place at state
Hands of Hope
to hold 5K
By KEVIN
WANNEMACHER
Sports Writer
COLUMBUS It was a
good day for Paulding County
tracksters at the state championships on Saturday as county
athletes found themselves on
the podium four times on the
day at Jesse Owens Memorial
Stadium on the campus of The
Ohio State University.
In the girls Division III meet,
Wayne Trace junior Monique
Goings worked her way to the
podium on three different occasions by placing in the 100 and
200 meter dashes as well as a
part of the 400 relay squad.
Goings opened the day on
Saturday with a fourth place
finish in the 100 meter dash,
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PAULDING Hands of
Hope Pregnancy Services
of Paulding is excited to
announce its 4th Annual 5K
Run/Walk. This event will be
held at 6 p.m. Friday, June
24 at the Paulding County
Fairgrounds. Registration will
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finishing with a time of 12.59

seconds.
The Raider junior then
wrapped up her day with a
seventh place finish in the 200
meter dash, posting a time of
26.01 seconds to complete her
season.
Monique had a great year
for us, stated Raider head
coach Troy Branch. She has
really grown up this year and
the maturity level I think has
improved as much as anything.
Her preparation for races was
so much better this year and
she has really taken things
much more serious. I think she
came a long way this year and
has really opened the door to
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STATE TRACK FINALISTS Paulding County sent nine runners to the state meet last week and
five claimed spots on the awards podium. Above, teams placing in the Division III girls 400 relay
team pose for photos on Saturday. The Wayne Trace girls Gracie Gudakunst, Stacy Flint, Shayna
Temple and Monique Goings (to the right of first-place Norwayne) finished in third place, setting a
school record in the event. Goings also placed individually in the 100 and 200 dash, and Antwerps
Sam Williamson placed in the 1600 meter run. For more coverage, see inside.
Annual county Relay For Life raises $56,000

By JIM LANGHAM
Feature Writer
PAULDING Jillene McMichael, one of the leaders
involved with the Paulding
County Relay For Life effort, said Sunday evening that
this years event total stood at
$56,000 and money was still
coming in.
We had a beautiful evening, said McMichael. Everyone seemed to be appreciating the great weather and
crowd of caring people. I cant
say enough to thank the people
of Paulding County for their
generous giving toward cancer
research.
McMichael said that committee members decided to add
some touches this year to create more interest for children
and make the event more of a
family affair. She noted that
younger supporters seemed to
enjoy bounce houses, slip and
slide houses and other kid oriented activities.
The Paulding FFA did a
plant sale; that went over really
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well,
said McMichael.
We
had bag pipes for the luminary
service again. People really appreciate that.
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One area I cant say

enough about is all of the volunteers who get involved. Our
committee is a small crew; we
would be setting up and taking

down forever. A large number
of volunteers makes things so
much easier for all of us, add-
ed McMichael.
Sue Young said that she has
been involved with the Relay
For Life for 15 years. Much of
Photo courtesy Erika Pease
Dean Miller, Lori Ankney and Pam Frederick were this years honorary survivors of Relay For
Life. They carried the banner leading the survivors lap on Friday evening to begin the annual twoday event.
her inspiration has come from

the way her husband (Ken) has
fought to combat the disease
over a long period of time.
My husband has had a lot
to do with my involvement. He
is a four-time cancer survivor.
He is an inspiration to a lot of
people, noted Young.
Brittany Daeger was busy
making walking tacos in her
teams food stand. She noted
that she is always touched by
the survivor lap and the presence of those who continue to
fight the cancer battle.
We do this in honor of our
family and friends that have
gone before us, said Daeger.
Some day we hope that there
will be a cure for cancer.
Cancer survivor Dean Miller
was especially thankful to be
present for this years event.
Miller found out early this year
that his cancer is considered
to be in an incurable state. He
stated that realization of that
especially makes it meaningful
to be alive and part of another
Relay For Life.
This has changed my whole
life, said Miller. Ive had
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RIVER RUN 5K As part of Antwerps annual Rib Fest, the River Run 5K run and walk was held
Saturday morning at Veterans Memorial Riverside Park. The event was sponsored by Community
Memorial Hospital with all proceeds going to Antwerp Community Development Committee (ACDC).
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RIB FEST The seventh annual Cleveland

Street Rib Fest was
held in Antwerp last
Saturday, June 4. The
day, organized by Antwerp Community Development Committee
(ACDC), included a 5K
run, live entertainment,
food and, of course,
ribs.
sponsored by Estle Chevrolet

in Defiance. Tickets were sold
for $100 each.
Businesses and individuals
who donated or purchased
truck raffle tickets were welcome to attend the check presentation and truck raffle. A
free-will donation meal was
provided, with all donations
going to Honor Flight.
Robert Franklin of Payne, a
Navy veteran of WWII, drew
the winners names. Franklin
participated in the most recent
Honor Flight from Fort Wayne
in late May.
Winners of the truck were
two individuals who purchased a ticket together, Pat
Siebeneck of Ayersville and
John Saxton of Oakwood.
They decided to take the cash
option of $35,000 and have
plans to donate a portion of
the winnings back to Honor
Flight. The exact amount will
be released early next week.
The second place winner
was Vince Buchanan of Leo,
Ind., winning $2,000. The
third place winner was Eileen
Kochensparger of Paulding,
winning $1,000.
Since January 2016, Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op
(PPEC) employees have been
involved with raising funds
to sponsor an entire flight for
Northeast Indianas Honor
Flight Chapter. They decided
to raise the funds after learning over 400 veterans were on
a waiting list to take the flight

to D.C.
Honor Flight is a nonprofit
organization created solely to
honor Americas veterans for
all their sacrifices by flying
them to Washington, D.C. to
reflect at their respective war
memorials.
The Northeast Indiana
Honor Flight serves northwest
Ohio since the Toledo Chapter

closed in 2014.
Veterans and prospective
guardians who are interested
in being part of Honor Flight
can find information and applications at the PPEC website
http://ppec.coop/honor-flight
or Honor Flight Northeast Indiana Inc. at www.hfnei.org.
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World War II Navy veteran Bob Franklin, from Payne, drew out
the lucky winner of a 2016 Chevy pickup truck during an event at
Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative office in Paulding June 4.
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Hundreds of luminarias cast a glow around the track at the annual Relay For Life on Friday
evening. They are lit in honor of or in memory of a loved one.
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many that have abandoned me,
too. Cancer has such a strong
effect on others around you.
You never know what kind of
an effect its going to have on
those close to you.
Theres no way to describe
what you feel once you get
cancer, continued Miller. Its
hard to put into words. You
look at a new world through
different eyes.
Every day when you see the
scar from your surgery you are
reminded of where your faith
has brought you, commented
Lori Ankney, a nine-year survi-
vor of colon cancer. Im thankful for each day, each year, each
cancer relay.
Stacey Thomas, who has
been involved with the Relay
For Life for many years said
that this past year has especially been difficult because members of her personal family
have had their battles with the
dreaded disease.
Ive always felt deeply
about this, but when it comes
down to your own family, it really has an effect on you, said
Thomas. It means more to me
this year than it ever has.
continue to show improvement

into next season.
Goings, who became the first
Raider to place in three events at
the state meet last season, turned
the trick for the second time this
year.
She has come a long way
since her freshman year, commented Branch. Her freshman
year, she came in and I think
struggled a little bit confidence
wise after having success at the
junior high level. She learned
that running against juniors and
seniors wasnt the same and she
had to make that adjustment.
Last year, she still had some
consistency issues where her
times fluctuated quite a bit but
she got better as the year went
and really finished strong and
placed at state in three events,
Branch continued.
In the middle of the two
sprints, the Lady Raider 400 relay quartet of Gracie Gudakunst,
Stacy Flint, Shayna Temple and
Goings took third in the finals on
Saturday.
We are very proud of that
group as well, Branch said.
They have really had to overcome some adversity due to
injuries and they ran their best
race of the season on Saturday,
setting a new school record in
the process. Everything really
came together for them in that
last race.
That same quartet improved
on a fifth place finish at last
years state meet where they
broke the schools record with
a time of 51.03 seconds. However, this year the foursome did
one better by posting a time of
50.66 seconds in taking third.
Shayna was a question
mark due to the injury there before basketball season, added
Branch. Then Stacy had injury issues where we had to shut
her down for a couple of weeks.
But Gracie really improved herself this year and Monique ran
a great race for us as well. The
girls that stepped in during the

season really helped to push
this group too. It was just a great
effort by all of the girls and we
were very pleased with the way
they ran Saturday.
Division III boys action saw
Antwerp senior Sam Williamson find himself on the podium
on the final day of his Archer
career, taking sixth in the 1600
meter run with a time of 4:21.96.
Williamson entered the 1600
run with the fourth best time of
4:24.84 and while entering the
3200 with the 16th best time of
9:51.66.
Prior to leaving for Columbus
on Thursday, Williamson said
before boarding the Archer bus,
I am going to give it all Ive
got in the 1600 and then run the
3200 and see how it goes.
Williamson finished his Archer career as one of the schools
finest athletes and according to
his coach left a mark that will be
hard to duplicate.
Sam has had a fantastic career, Ehrhart continued. He
qualified to run in seven state
meets between cross country
(three) and track (four). He ran
a textbook race in the 1600 and
ran a personal best as well. It is
just so difficult to compete at
this level in both the 1600 and
3200 runs due to how much it
takes out of you. He has a lot
to be proud of and has accomplished so much these last four
years.
In his final race in an Antwerp
uniform, Williamsons finished
13th in the 3200 run with a time
of 9:51.76. The Archer senior
will continue his running career
at Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne,
where he will run cross country
next season.
He has gone well beyond
anything I could ask for as a
coach, Ehrhart continued. He
is an incredibly competitive individual and has set some school
records that it will be very difficult for anyone to break.
DAY ONE
AT COLUMBUS
On day one of the state track
and field meet, the Wayne Trace
girls squad advanced to the finals on Saturday in all three
events they took part in on Friday.
Wayne Traces Monique Goings moved on to the finals as an
individual in both the 100 and
200 meter dash after qualifying
out of the preliminaries.
Goings finished third in her
heat in the 100 dash with a time
of 12.54 to move on to Saturdays championship race.
In the 200 dash, Goings took
fourth in her heat posting a time
of 25.95 to move on to Saturdays finals.
Also advancing was the Raider 400 relay squad of Gracie
Gudakunst, Stacy Flint, Shayna
Temple and Goings. The quartet
took fourth in their heat with a
time of 51.16.
Antwerps 3200 relay took
part in the only running final
on Friday and wrapped up the
year with a 16th place finish in
10:16.71. The squad consisted
of Rachel Williamson, Anne
Miesle, Audrie Longardner and
Jaime Ryan. Both Longardner
and Miesle are seniors.
Antwerps 3200 relay team
of Jaime Ryan, Rachel Williamson, Anne Miesle and Audrie
Longardner completed their season on Friday with a 16th place
finish and a time of 10:16.71.
They really worked hard going into the district meet to make
themselves the best they could
be, Antwerp head coach Cord
Ehrhart said. They worked on
things they needed to do to get
better and just believed in themselves and their abilities. In the
districts, they improved on their
best time by 22 seconds and finished second before running another season best at the regional
to advance to state. I am very
proud of that group of girls and
what they were able to do.
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Obituaries Updated weekdays at www.progressnewspaper.org

ROBERT COOK
1938-2016
PAULDING Robert L.
Cook, age 78, died Sunday,
May 28.
He was
born Feb.
8, 1938 in
Paulding
County,
the son of
the late
Floyd A.
and Elizabeth (Miller) Cook.
On July 1, 1962, he married Janette M. Haase, who survives.
He was a farmer and dairy
farmer. He was a member of
AQHA, HFAA, charter member of John Paulding Historical
Society, and Honorary Chapter
Farmer of Paulding County. He
was also a life-long member
of Paulding United Methodist
Church. He enjoyed reading,
especially American and world
history, and dancing.
He is also survived by his
children, Charles H. (Kim)
Cook, Oakwood, and Eric
(Dawn) Cook, Payne; grandchildren, Adam, Eli and Tanner Cook; stepgrandchildren,
Bryce Flynn, Sarah Miller
and Ashley Flynn; great-step
grandchildren, Kannon Flynn,
Elizabeth Miller and Evelyn
Dangler; brothers, Norman
(Myrna) Cook, Paulding, Stanley (April) Cook, Ayersville,
and Floyd Ginger Cook, Leo,
Ind.; and nieces and nephews.
He also was preceded in

death by a grandson, Tyler
Joseph Cook; brother, Harold
Bud Cook; and sister, Sarah
Cook.
Funeral services were conducted Friday, June 3 at Paulding United Methodist Church,
with Pastor Roger Emerson
officiating. Burial followed in
St. Paul Cemetery, Paulding
County. Den Herder Funeral
Home, Paulding, was in charge
of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Paulding
United Methodist Church, John
Paulding Historical Society or
a charity of the donors choice.
Online condolences may be
sent to www.denherderfh.com.
RAYMOND
SHAFFER SR.
1925-2016
OAKWOOD Raymond
C. Ream Shaffer Sr., 90,
of Oakwood, died 12:10 p.m.
Monday, May 30 at Twin Rivers Center, Defiance.
He was
born June
13, 1925 in
Emmett,
Mich. to
the
late
Lee
A.
and Loma
(Clear)
Shaf fe r.
On Nov.
22, 1947, he married Helen

L. Ayers, who preceded him
in death in December 1996.
Raymond was a lifelong farmer, hauled stone and worked
for Jackson Township for 44
years.
He is survived by his children, Allen (Mary) Shaffer of
Melrose, Eddie (Karen) Shaffer
of Oakwood and Wendy (Jeffery) Priest of Grover Hill; 10
grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Violet
Harmon of Van Wert.
He also was preceded in
death by a son, Raymond
Shaffer Jr.; a grandson, Bobby
Shaffer; a great-grandson,
Paiden Shaner; a sister, Mildred Sherry; and two brothers,
Lloyd and Nolen Shaffer.
His funeral service was Friday, June 3 at Heitmeyer Funeral Home, Oakwood, with
the Rev. Terry Porter officiating. Burial was in Little Auglaize Cemetery, Oakwood.
Memorial contributions may
be given to the American Diabetes Association.
Condolences may be expressed at www.heitmeyerfuneralhome.com.
GERALD SWARY
1930-2016
PAYNE Gerald Swary,
86, of Payne, died Wednesday, June 1 at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center.
VBS Schedule
June 13-17
Freedom Church
6:30-8:30 p.m.
VBS theme: Cloudy with a Chance of Spirit.
Freedom Island has ran out of money. Everyone
left on the island can only eat one thing, frog legs.
YUCK! Will Freedom Island survive this devastating dilemma? Come to the island (Freedom
Church) and find out. Come join everyone at
17936 Road 108, Paulding.
June 20-24
St. Paul UMC - Payne
9-11:30 a.m.
Theme is Barnyard Round-Up and all
children preschool age through sixth grade are
invited. On the last day, Friday, June 24, will be
the parents program at 11 a.m. Pre-registration
is not required, but suggested. Please call the
church at 419-263-2418.
July 11-15
Twin Oaks
United Methodist Church
6- 8:45 p.m.
The theme this year is Cave Quest. The
VBS will be supporting Habitat for Humanity
as its mission and students will learn about
seeking Gods love and putting it into action.
Contact Deb Lockie, Brenda Doster or Grace
McClure with any questions. The church telephone number is 419-594-2100.
July 11-15
Grover Hill Zion UMC
6-8 p.m.
Cave Quest - Following Jesus ... the light
of the world. Join in for all the fun each evening in Grover Hill. Call Trisha at 419-5873792 for more information.
New Bargain Bin facility at

a standstill; funding needed
PAULDING Members of
the Bargain Bin of Paulding
County Inc. held their annual
meeting including the election
of new officers. Following a
brief meeting at the Paulding
Presbyterian church members
enjoyed lunch served by the
ladies of the church.
Officers for 2016-17 were
installed by Jan Commers.
They are Rhonda Smalley
president, Rose Munger vice
president, Elaine Gress second vice president, Eileen Kochensparger secretary, Sharon
Johanns assistant secretary,
Donna Pieper treasurer and
Eleanor Brune assistant treasurer.
The mission of the Bargain
Bin is to provide equipment
and or educational materials
to the Paulding County therapy department for the wellness
of the community.
The members are still working diligently on reaching
their goal of $250,000 for the
new building that is under
construction at the corner of
Harrison and Cherry streets in
Paulding.
One question that continues to be brought up is why
the committee did not elect
to purchase one of the empty
buildings that is around the
square. That was the original
goal but after investigating it
was discovered the considerable amount it would cost in
purchasing one of the existing
buildings and the amount of
funding for such a project was
not available.
With the cost of building
renovation, there would also
be the expense to get it ready
for move in. The discussion
of renting a building had
been suggested, but again, the
amount was overwhelming
so it was decided to stay in
the present building for now.
Eventually, as a surprise to
many, the Bargain Bin would
soon be given the opportunity
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to build a new building.

Since the Bargain Bin is a
local business, members voted
to join the Paulding Chamber of Commerce and will be
having awalking taco stand
during the John Paulding Days
at the Presbyterian church
parking lot.
The Bargain Bin is also active in other community affairs and will be supporting
the Paulding County Fair by
sponsoring trophies. While
they are making their presence
known in the community they
still keep as their main focus
the continued support of the
hospital therapy department.
Anxious to get into their new
building, Bargain Bin Inc. is at
a standstill at the moment due
to not having enough money
to move forward with their
new facility. They now turn
to the community for financial
support in hopes of reaching
their goal.
For more information, contact one of the officers. Their
next meeting will be at 10:30

a.m. July 11 at the Paulding
County Hospital education
room. Guests are always welcome.
To make a donation to the
building project, please send
to the Bargain Bin Building
Fund, 118 W. Perry St., Paulding OH 45879.
Local Democrats
to man fair tent
PAULDING Paulding
County Democratic Party
will be manning a tent during
fair week, making available
beverages and peanuts.
The tent will be open from
11 a.m. until close each day
of the Paulding County Fair,
June 13-18. They will have
water, pop and Gatorade.
Special note: There will be
no Democratic Central Committee meeting in June due to
conflict with fair week. Next
meeting will be Aug. 9.
June days bring garden goodies

and boatload of bluegills
We have entered the month
of June already. It looks like we
had just a little bit of rain during
the night, which we really need.
Last night we watered the garden, as it was getting really dry.
But everything is coming up
really well. We are still enjoying radishes, green onions and
lettuce from our first planting
earlier this spring.
We had a nice three-day weekend with a lot of fishing. On Friday evening some went fishing
on the lake, and then went again
Saturday and Monday.
On Sunday evening, we
ate outside around the fire.
The men deep-fried fish and
French fries. How nice to just
sit and watch.
Timothy and Elizabeth went
to church at his sisters house
in another church district.
We kept their dogs, Izzy and
Crystal, while they were gone.
Crystal doesnt like to be separated from Elizabeth, but Izzy
loves staying here. She will go
hide when she knows they are
leaving for home.
Saturday, we had a short visit from my sister Liz, Levi and
family. Their daughter Elizabeth
and her husband Samuel, and
their baby LaRose were also
along, as was their daughter Rosas special friend, Menno.
LaRose is around six months
old and looks like she doesnt
lack attention. She is Liz and
Levis first grandchild, and
shes a sweetie. Daughter Elizabeth was here and got to see
LaRose for the first time. Sister
Liz is doing a great job at being
a grandma and spoiling her.
Joes sister Salome and husband Morris are also first-time
grandparents now. Their daughter Katie Edna, and husband
Ben had a son named Benjamin.
Joe went to visit them while we
were at niece Lovinas wedding.
I was a cook so I didnt go with
Joe. Hopefully Ill get to meet
little Benjamin soon maybe
at the family gathering in July.
Joes sister Christine and Jake
are planning to have all of Joes
family there on July 2. They
live about three hours north of
here. We are looking forward to
seeing everyone again. Its been
awhile since weve seen some
of the family. Hope everyone
will make it.
On Monday, everyone went
fishing except daughters Elizabeth, Lovina and I. Timothy had
his boat out, and both of ours
were out as well. When they
started filleting fish, they had
more than 200 bluegills. Timothys nephew was also fishing
and helped clean the fish. Everyone was here for a pizza supper
before leaving Monday evening.
I usually have a bunch of bananas hanging on a banana holder on my countertop. Elizabeth
took a banana and started eating
it. Son Kevin, 10, told her that

everyone needs to ask him for a
banana, since thats why Mom
buys them. He said that since
shes married now, she doesnt
have to ask him. Elizabeth and
I had a good laugh about that
after he went outside. I dont
know where he got the idea that
the bananas are his. I think he
likes eating bananas more than
anyone else does. When he was
a little boy, he always asked for
bananas when he saw them at
the store. He wasnt very old,
and he would call them monkey. I think it was because we
would call him a monkey when
he was eating them.
I want to make rhubarb juice
this week. Daughter Elizabeth made several batches and
brought us a taste delicious!

Susan is still working on
getting her wedding invitations
out. She said she didnt realize
there was that much work to get
ready for a wedding. She said it
looked easier when Elizabeth
did it.
I must get back to work.
Gods blessings!
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2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup carrots, sliced
1/2 cup celery, sliced
1 small onion, chopped
2 cups chicken broth
2 cups zucchini, grated
1 small potato, peeled and
cubed
2 tablespoons fresh parsley,
chopped
1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
Salt and pepper, to taste
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add the carrots, celery and onion. Saut the vegetables, stirring frequently, until the onion
becomes translucent. Add the
remaining ingredients and bring
the soup to a boil. Reduce heat
and simmer until the vegetables
are fork-tender, 3045 minutes.
Church Calendar
Thursday, June 8
Gospel jam session

PAULDING Paulding Family Worship Center is hosting a
bluegrass gospel/country gospel jam session beginning at 6:30
p.m. on Thursday, June 8.
Those wishing to participate are encouraged to bring their
own stringed instrument or CD to sing with.
Call Mike Kaufman at 419-438-6851 or more information.
The church is located at 501 W. Perry St. in Paulding.
Sunday, June 26
Southern gospel concert
ROSELM The Roselm Christian Church will host a gospel
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mausoleum and the condition is

deplorable inside cement falling and Kim will try to see if
grant money could be obtained
Dear Editor,
to fix it up. If there were funds
I would like to bring it to
available for upkeep it no doubt
the attention of people who
was used where no one was
have loved ones buried in the keeping track of it.
Live Oak Cemetery that it is
I can say if you have not
looking cleaned up and stones had grass planted on your
have been erected.
loved ones, might as well
We can give credit to Jon
plan to do yourself (I did).
Snodgrass, history teacher,
Thanks to these young
Paulding Ex. School, and his people who are now focusing
volunteer students along with their attention on the upkeep
Kim Sutton. Due to their efof our cemetery.
forts, a large stone overturned
Deloris Whirrett
for a couple-plus years was
Paulding
erected by the stone company.
If you pass the mausoleum,
please note the two urns filled
with ferns at the front. Jon
is Paulding Countys
newspaper of record.
discovered these inside the
Attention focused
on cemetery
The Progress ...
Mayors
Court
These cases are listed on a monthly
basis as they are paid in full.
Drew T. Dembickie, Paulding, no headlights; $110 fine

and costs.
Daniel J. Krick, Paulding,
improper backing; $110 fine
and costs.
For the Record
It is the policy of the

Paulding County Progress
to publish public records as
they are reported or released
by various agencies. Names
appearing in For the Record
are published without
exception, to preserve the
fairness and impartiality of
the Progress and as a news
service to our readers.
Property transfers
The term et al. refers to and others; et vir., and husband; et ux., and
wife.
Sheriffs Report
ACCIDENTS:
None.
INCIDENTS:
Thursday, May 26
11:18 a.m. Dog complaint was looked
into on Road 108 in Jackson Township.
3:23 p.m. Canine unit was deployed
during a traffic stop on West Caroline
Street in Paulding.
4:38 p.m. A deputy reported drug possession on West Caroline Street in Paulding.
7:41 p.m. Residential alarm sounded
on Road 17 in Benton Township.
Friday, May 27
12:46 p.m. Two Payne fire units, and
one each from Paulding and Antwerp responded to a utility shed fire at VanCrest
of Payne. They were there less than an
hour. Payne EMS stood by.
1:47 p.m. Dog complaint was handled
on Road 191 in Auglaize Township.
2:06 p.m. A Cecil resident told deputies
someone spray-painted on their house.
3:43 p.m. Burglar alarm sounded from
Road 171 in Brown Township.
5:41 p.m. A search warrant was executed on West Caroline Street in Paulding.
7:08 p.m. Shane Zartman was arrested
on a foreign warrant.
11:41 p.m. Car/deer collision was handled on Ohio 49 in Harrison Township.
11:45 p.m. Domestic complaint was
lodged from Road 181 in Brown Township.
Saturday, May 28
1:20 a.m. Deputies assisted Paulding
police with a domestic situation on South
Cherry Street.
3:33 a.m. Suspicious vehicle was seen
on Road 192 in Crane Township.
4:02 a.m. Trespassing was investigated
on Road 192 in Crane Township.
12:17 p.m. Post 81 of the Ohio State
Highway Patrol requested assistance with
a traffic stop on US 24 in Carryall Township.
on Road 115 in Emerald Township.
4:40 p.m. Deputies were called to a
possible domestic dispute on Road 126 in
Jackson Township.
8:31 p.m. Suspicious vehicle was seen
parked at an abandoned house along Road
206 in Crane Township.
10:30 p.m. An Oakwood resident found
their door kicked in.
11:48 p.m. An intoxicated pedestrian
was observed walking along US 127 in
Crane Township.
Sunday, May 29
2:41 a.m. A deputy reported a suspicious vehicle along Road 192 in Crane
Township.
Lee Brenner was the speaker at the Kiwanis Club of Paulding

County meeting. She is the girls volleyball coach at Defiance College. She also is the coach of a volleyball club that has more than
100 girls participating. Chris Johnson was the program chairman.
9:10 a.m. A driver told deputies something hit his car while operating on Road
43 near Road 424 in Carryall Township.
2 p.m. A Washington Township resident of Road 107 told deputies the neighbor kids were trespassing, tearing up a
field.
2:04 p.m. Deputies delivered a message
for Hicksville Police Department on Road
87 in Paulding Township.
on North Main Street in Paulding.
3:35 p.m. Cecil resident lodged a dog
complaint.
3:36 p.m. Deputies handled a dog complaint on Road 203 in Washington Township.
4:04 p.m. Domestic dispute was reported on US 127 in Crane Township.
5:44 p.m. Post 81 requested assistance
with a traffic stop along US 24 in Crane
Township.
8:54 p.m. Go-karts were seen operating
on the streets in Haviland.
11:39 p.m. Three subjects were seen
climbing a grain elevator in Antwerp.
Monday, May 30
1:56 a.m. Prowler was heard knocking
on doors and windows in Payne.
2:56 a.m. Scott EMS made a transport
from the scene of a domestic situation on
Ohio 114 in Blue Creek Township.
10:15 a.m. An alarm sounded in Latty
Village.
10:24 a.m. Students passed out on
North First Street in Oakwood. Both Oakwood EMS units made transports from
the scene.
1:03 p.m. Dirt bike was reported stolen
from a Melrose address.
6:33 p.m. Domestic complaint was
handled on Road 184 in Auglaize Township.
7:40 p.m. Kids on a four-wheeler in
Payne were firing off a gun.
11:14 p.m. Harassment by text was
looked into on Road 1038 in Auglaize
Township.
Tuesday, May 31
8:48 a.m. Scott EMS made a transport
from a two-car crash on Ohio 114 at Road
95 in Blue Creek Township. Scott Fire
Department assisted at the scene. No further information was available.
11:32 a.m. A cell phone was turned
over by the Payne Police Department following a search warrant being executed.
12:34 p.m. A Melrose resident told
deputies their son had been assaulted.
12:35 p.m. Dog complaint came in from
Oakwood.
12:43 p.m. Carryall Township resident
of Road 192 lodged a dog complaint.
6:03 p.m. Three Auglaize Township fire
units responded to a tractor fire on Road
218 in Auglaize Township. Oakwood

EMS and one fire unit also responded.
8:23 p.m. Deputies attempted to locate
a subject on Road 171 in Brown Township
for Defiance County Sheriffs office.
11:09 p.m. Theft of a mini dirt bike was
reported from Melrose.
11:26 p.m. Possible domestic in Melrose was looked into.
Wednesday, June 1
1:49 a.m. Threats were investigated in
Antwerp.
4:13 a.m. Residential alarm sounded
from a Benton Township address on Ohio
114.
7:15 a.m. Motor vehicle accident in
Grover Hill was documented.
8:45 a.m. Suspicious person was observed in Oakwood.
9:27 a.m. Deputies assisted Paulding police.
12:15 p.m. An Auglaize Township
resident of Road 171 told deputies they
had had a porch fire overnight. The complainant felt it was deliberate.
12:53 p.m. Juvenile matter was handled
in Oakwood.
2:29 p.m. Dog complaint was looked
into on Road 232 in Emerald Township.
3:37 p.m. Deputies arrested a subject on
Road 111 in Jackson Township for Putnam
County Sheriffs office.
4:47 p.m. Residential alarm sounded
from Road 48 in Latty Township.
7:32 p.m. A subject was arrested on a
warrant on Road 48 in Latty Township.
8:38 p.m. Telephone harassment was
handled on Road 166 in Auglaize Township.
10:52 p.m. Car/deer crash on Road 115
in Emerald Township was documented.
Thursday, June 2
1:10 a.m. Residential security check was
requested on Road 125 in Jackson Township.
10:59 a.m. Theft of a paycheck was investigated on US 127 in Crane Township.
on Road 189 in Brown Township.
4:45 p.m. Telephone harassment was
reported from Road 73 in Crane Township.
7:22 p.m. Michael Reichart was arrested
on a Van Wert County warrant.
8:21 p.m. Four-wheeler complaint was
made from Road 104 in Brown Township.
9:12 p.m. Deputies assisted Paulding
police on Emerald Road with a call involving a subject who was possibly armed.
10:22 p.m. Suspicious truck was seen
on Road 87 in Paulding Township.
Friday, June 3
12:15 a.m. Unwanted subject on Ohio
613 in Jackson Township was handled.
12:36 a.m. Juveniles prowling around a
house in Payne were reported.
Auglaize Township
Benjamin R. Kinder to Andrew T. Smith; Lots 17, 18, Six
Mile Bay Subdivision, 0.392
acre. Warranty deed.
Benton Township
Old National Bank, trustee
to iAB Financial Bank, trustee;
Sec. 9, 144.402 acres. Warranty
deed.
Blue Creek Township
Russell M. and Arlene McIntosh to Van Erk Dairy LLC;
Sec. 33, 2.386 acres. Warranty
deed.
Brown Township
Roger L. Wilkin to Roger L.
Wilkin Life Estate; Sec. 1, 23.46
acres. Quit claim.
Carryall Township
William N. and Raycene Rice
to Danny A. and Tammy L.
Thompson; Sec. 15, 8.43 acres.
Warranty deed.
to William N. and Raycene
Rice; Sec. 15, 1.57 acres. Quit
claim.
to Rodd William and Tonya
Irene Bottern; Sec. 15, 29.8
acres. Warranty deed.
Emerald Township
Bernadette Bear to Todd L.
Richardson; Sec. 21, Lots 6-9,
Woodland Subdivision, 1.06
acres. Warranty deed.
Ray N. and Sharon Johanns
to Christopher G. and Megan
Jackman; Sec. 31, 3.54 acres.
Warranty deed.
Harrison Township
Keith L. and Susan R. Wiesehan, trustees to Michael A. and
Danielle Lynee Wiesehan; Sec.
5, 1.51 acres. Fiduciary deed.
Washington Township
James R. and Patricia Jenkins to Jesse A. and Caressa
L. Noffsinger; Sec. 27, 37.278
acres. Sheriffs deed.
Antwerp Village
Stephen E. and Susan E.

Knapp to Michael Todd Knapp;
Lots 77-78, Wilhelm Addition,
0.4 acre. Warranty deed.
Helen E. Major Life Estate,
dec. to Dan B. Major, et al.; Sec.
34, Outlots. Affidavit.
Melissa S. Pierce, dec. to
Daniel L. Pierce; Lot 7, Block
C, 0.572 acre. Affidavit.
Daniel L. Pierce to Joseph R.
Wurster; Lot 7, Block C, 0.572
Cecil Village
John L. Harrison, et al. by
Sheriff to Federal National
Mortgage Association; Sec. 14,
Outlots, 10.33 acres. Sheriffs
deed.
Oakwood Village
Sherrie S. Meeker to Brent J.
Meeker; Lot 12 and part vacant
street, Grove Addition, 0.19
Daniel and Lindsay J. Akers
to Devan R. Denney; Lot 17,
Grove Addition, 0.13 acre. Warranty deed.
Roger C. and Patricia L. Eckart to Frederic W. and Dawn M.
Workman; Lots 32-34, Originial
Plat, 1.15 acres. Warranty deed.
Paulding Village
Joshua Paul and Melissa
Leigh Neilson to Dionicia Webster; Lot 19, Original Plat, 0.2
Agustin Hernandez, et al. by
Sheriff to Nationstar Mortgage
LLC; Lot 155, Noneman Emerald Acres Allotment #3, 0.258
acre. Sheriffs deed.
Larry W. Rowe to True Grit
LLC; Lots 7-8, Oakwood Park
Addition, 0.42 acre. Warranty
deed.
Payne Village
Jamie L. Holbrook by Sheriff to Lakeview Loan Servicing
LLC; Lot 11, Birkhold Addition, 0.17 acre. Sheriffs deed.
Edward H. and Lonnie K. Leverton to Dale Jr. and Kelly A.
Fifer; Lot 41, Original Plat, 0.2
Weather report weekly summary as recorded at Paulding Villages water

treatment plant
Observations recorded for the 24 hours ending at 7:30 a.m. on the morning of:
DATE HIGH LOW

May 31
88
61
June 1
89
62
June 2
89
62
June 3
86
56
June 4
86
58
June 5
75
63
June 6
77
62
PRECIPITATION
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Police Report
ACCIDENT REPORTS
None.
INCIDENT REPORTS
Tuesday, May 24
3:35 p.m. A rural Oakwood resident told police their
childs cell phone was taken
from Paulding Middle School.
Thursday, May 26
11:53 p.m. A business
alarm sounded from East
Perry Street. The building was
found secure.
Friday, May 27
10:30 a.m. Telephone scam
about a computer problem
was reported by a North Walnut Street resident with no
computer.
9:40 p.m. Neighbor problems involving trespassing
were handled on Rita Street.
11:40 p.m. Officers assisted
sheriffs deputies with a BAC
test.
Saturday, May 28
1:20 a.m. Family disturbance on South Cherry Street
was investigated.
8:30 a.m. A South Williams

Street resident reported their
tires slashed.
2:25 p.m. A Tennessee resident reported a 2-year-old
missing from Helen Street.
The child was found on a play
set at a nearby house.
4:44 p.m. Officers were
called to the Paulding Reservoir where a man had become
belligerent and was ordered
off the property during a ball
tournament.
11:10 p.m. Clothing was reported missing from the laundry area at a McDonald Pike
facility.
Sunday, May 29
6:50 p.m. Paulding EMS
was called to Dennis Street for
a possible overdose.
Monday, May 30
5:15 p.m. An East Wall
Street resident told officers
someone put tar on their swing
set.
6:40 p.m. A parent reported
kids at LaFountain Park cuss-
ing in front of younger children, even after being asked to

stop. Police warned the group
if they could not be respectful
they would have to leave the
park.
Tuesday, May 31
9:19 a.m. A North Cherry
Street resident reported they
felt intruders were entering the
house at night.
12:50 p.m. Backing mishap
in the Paulding County Hospital parking area was documented.
1:45 p.m. A 23-year-old received a solicitors license to
sell educational books.
5:40 p.m. A caller alerted
police to a door-to-door salesperson with no solicitors license. The subject could not
be located.
8:14 p.m. A West Perry
Street business reported sexual harassment of an employee. The matter is under
investigation.
Wednesday, June 1
2:22 p.m. A 4-year-old

child was seen unattended
at an apartment complex on
West Wayne Street. The information was forwarded to Job
and Family Services.
6:42 p.m. Report of others
using a North Williams Street
businesss cardboard waste
container was investigated.
The subject was contacted and
warned.
6:50 p.m. An East Perry
Street resident told police
they received a scam call from
someone claiming to be from
the IRS.
Thursday, June 2
9:05 p.m. Report of a male
with a gun hiding in the bushes
on Emerald Road was investigated. Two boys with pellet
guns were located and their
guns temporarily confiscated.
10:03 p.m. Loud neighbor
complaint was looked into on
Hopkins Alley.
11 p.m. A Sugar Street resident told officers they were
receiving harassing texts and

calls from a Defiance County
resident.
Friday, June 3
8:44 a.m. A West Jackson
Street resident was summoned
to mayors court for a zoning
violation.
10:50 a.m. A man on a bike
was hit by a car making a turn
at the intersection of Perry and
Main streets. The man had a
scraped knee; his bike was inoperable; and the car received
minor damage.
1 p.m. Police issued a no
contact order following a
complaint from West Harrison
Street about harassing calls
and texts.
1:30 p.m. Suspicious vehicle at a West Wayne Street
business was gone when police arrived.
2:20 p.m. Dog complaint
was handled on Emerald
Road.
6:39 p.m. A van driver was
cited into mayors court for no
drivers license following an

incident with a motorcycle at
the intersection of South Williams and Harrison streets.
Saturday, June 4
8:40 p.m. A sinkhole was
found in the 300 block of West
Perry Street. Utility workers
put up a barricade.
9:51 p.m. An employee at
a North Williams Street business reported being harassed
on the phone.
Sunday, June 5
12:18 a.m. Police found a
business on East Perry Street
secure after responding to an
alarm.
3:10 a.m. Two boys were
seen attempting to enter vehicles along George and Cherry
streets. The pair denied the
accusations and their parents
were notified of the situation.
4:19 a.m. For a second
time, police found a business
on East Perry Street secure
when responding to an alarm
there.
Legals
LEGAL NOTICE
The annual election of the Directors of the Paulding County Agricultural Society will be held on
Saturday, June 18, 2016 between
the hours of 12 noon and 4:00 pm.
Said election will be held in the
Secretarys Office on the Paulding County Fairgrounds. Only
those persons holding a 2016
Paulding County Agricultural Society membership will be allowed
to vote in said election.
Susan Miller
Paulding County Agricultural
Society
Secretary
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
Columbus, Ohio Division of Construction Management
Legal Copy Number: 160424
Sealed proposals will be accepted
from pre-qualified bidders at the
ODOT Office of Contracts until
10:00 a.m. on June 30, 2016. Project 160424 is located in Paulding
County, /PUT-US 127/SR 15/SR
111/SR 634 and is a TWO LANE
RESURFACING project. The
date set for completion of this
work shall be as set forth in the
bidding proposal. Plans and Specifications are on file in the Department of Transportation.
NOTICE
The following matters are the
subject of this public notice by
the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The complete public
notice, including any additional
instructions for submitting comments, requesting information,
a public hearing, or filing an appeal may be obtained at: http://
www.epa.ohio.gov/actions.aspx
or Hearing Clerk, Ohio EPA,
50 W. Town St. P.O. Box 1049,
Columbus, Ohio 43216. Ph: 614644-3037 email: HClerk@epa.
ohio.gov
Final Issuance of OAC Chapter
3745-31 Modification to Permit-To-Install and Operate
GERKEN MATERIALS, INC.
Crane Twp Rd 105 and County
Road 180, Paulding, OH 45879
ID #: P0115925
Date of Action: 06/01/2016
Chapter 31 modification permit to
add the use of slag and an additional fuel.
LEGAL NOTICE
2016 Paulding County Chip
Seal Project
Sealed bids will be received by
the Board of County Commissioners of Paulding, Ohio, at its
office in the Court House, 115
N. Williams Street, Rm. B-l,
Paulding, Ohio, until 9:45 A.M.,
D.S.T. on June 13,2016
PROPOSAL:
Chip sealing various County
roads within Paulding County,
Ohio.
Engineers Estimate = $283,391.01
Each bidder is required to furnish
with its proposal, a Bid Guaranty
and Contract Bond in accordance
with Section 153.54 of the Ohio
Revised Code. Bid security furnished in Bond form, shall be
issued by a Surety Company or
Corporation licensed in the State
of Ohio to provide said surety.
Each Proposal must contain the
full name of the party or parties
submitting the proposal and all
persons interested therein. The
owner intends and requires that
this project be completed as listed
above.
All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will,
to the extent practicable use Ohio
products, materials, services, and
labor in the implementation of
their project. Additionally, contractor compliance with the equal
employment opportunity requirements of Ohio Administrative
Code Chapter 123, the Gover-
nors Executive Order of 1972,

and Governors Executive Order
84-9 shall be required.
All contractors shall follow all applicable Federal and State OSHA
regulations. The contractor shall
also hold the County Engineer
harmless for any violations or
fines received while engaged in
this project.
All contractors must provide current Certificate of Liability Insurance Coverage for $1,000,000
along with a current Certificate of
Workers Compensation Coverage, before they can be hired to
perform any type of work for the
Paulding County.
Bidders must comply with the
prevailing wage rates on Public Improvements in Paulding
County, Ohio as determined by
the Ohio Department of Industrial
Relations.
All materials shall conform to
the 2013 revision of the State of
Ohio Department of Transportation Construction and Material Specifications.
DOMESTIC STEEL USE
REQUIREMENTS AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 153.011 OF
THE REVISED CODE APPLY
TO THIS PROJECT. COPIES
OF SECTION 153.011 OF
THE REVISED CODE CAN
BE OBTAINED FROM ANY
OF THE OFFICES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
Prevailing Wage. Recipient
shall comply, and shall require
that all Contractors and subcontractors working on the Project
comply, with the prevailing wage
requirements contained in Sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the
Revised Code.
Sealed bids shall be in writing and
in accordance with specifications
furnished by Paulding County
and on file in the Offices of the
Paulding County Engineer and
Commissioners.
Bids are to be sealed and addressed to the Clerk of the Board

of Commissioners of Paulding
County, Ohio, and bids on the
above named items to be marked:
PROPOSAL: 2016
PAULDING COUNTY
CHIP SEAL PROJECT
The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to reject
any and/or all bids received.
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners
Paulding County, Ohio
Nola Ginter
Clerk, Board of Commissioners
LEGAL NOTICE
2016 Paulding County Paving
Sealed bids will be received by
the Board of County Commissioners of Paulding, Ohio, at its
office in the Court House, 115
N. Williams Street, Rm. B-l,
Paulding, Ohio, until 9:30 A.M.,
D.S.T. on June 13,2016
PROPOSAL:
Asphalt Paving of various roads
in Paulding County, Ohio. The
the project be completed no later
than September 2, 2016.
Engineers
Estimate
=
$479,573.63
Each bidder is required to furnish
with its proposal, a Bid Guaranty
and Contract Bond in accordance
with Section 153.54 of the Ohio
Revised Code. Bid security furnished in Bond form, shall be
issued by a Surety Company or
Corporation licensed in the State
of Ohio to provide said surety.
Each Proposal must contain the
full name of the party or parties
submitting the proposal and all
persons interested therein. The
this project be completed as listed
above.
All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will,
to the extent practicable use Ohio
products, materials, services, and

labor in the implementation of
their project. Additionally, contractor compliance with the equal
employment opportunity requirements of Ohio Administrative
Code Chapter 123, the Governors Executive Order of 1972,
and Governors Executive Order
84-9 shall be required.
All contractors shall follow all applicable Federal and State OSHA
regulations. The contractor shall
also hold the County Engineer
harmless for any violations or
fines received while engaged in
this project.
All contractors must provide current Certificate of Liability Insurance Coverage for $1,000,000
along with a current Certificate of
Workers Compensation Coverage, before they can be hired to
perform any type of work for the
Paulding County.
Bidders must comply with the
prevailing wage rates on Public Improvements in Paulding
County, Ohio as determined by
the Ohio Department of Industrial
Relations.
All materials shall conform to
the 2013 revision of the State of
Ohio Department of Transportation Construction and Material Specifications.
DOMESTIC STEEL USE
REQUIREMENTS AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 153.011 OF
THE REVISED CODE APPLY
TO THIS PROJECT. COPIES
OF SECTION 153.011 OF
THE REVISED CODE CAN
BE OBTAINED FROM ANY
OF THE OFFICES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
Prevailing Wage. Recipient
shall comply, and shall require
that all Contractors and subcontractors working on the Project
comply, with the prevailing wage
requirements contained in Sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the
Revised Code.
Sealed bids shall be in writing and
in accordance with specifications
furnished by Paulding County
and on file in the Offices of the
Paulding County Engineer and
Commissioners.
Bids are to be sealed and addressed to the Clerk of the Board
of Commissioners of Paulding
County, Ohio, and bids on the
above named items to be marked:
PROPOSAL: 2016 PAULDING COUNTY PAVING
The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to reject
any and/or all bids received.
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners
Paulding County, Ohio
Nola Ginter
Clerk, Board of Commissioners
RESOLUTION 1313-16
Resolution 1313-16 was passed
by Paulding Village Council
on May 16, 2016, and goes into
effect and shall be in force immediately. The summary of this
legislation is as follows:
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE OF
PAULDING TO PREPARE
AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDING FROM
THE OHIO DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION JOBS
AND COMMERCE THROUGH
THE PAULDING COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
FOR USR 127/GASSER ROAD
INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND TO EXECUTE
CONTRACTS AS REQUIRED.
Copies of the full text of this legislation may be obtained at the
Finance Directors Office, 116
South Main Street, between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Annette D. Hasch,
Finance Director
Common Pleas
Civil Docket
The term et al. refers to and others; et

vir., and husband; et ux., and wife.
John Paulding Historical Society,

Paulding vs. Mary Jo Broecker, Fort
Jennings and James Bechtel, Goshen,
Ind. Replevin.
Wells Fargo Financial Ohio 1, Inc.,
Fort Mill, S.C. vs. Linda K. Hankinson, Paulding and Charles Hankinson, Paulding. Foreclosures.
Jennifer Lynn Schaefer, Payne vs.
Jeremy Lynn Schaefer, Payne. Divorce.
Civil Docket Concluded
Wei Lin, Paulding vs. Jinzhu
Weng, Paulding. Divorce granted.
Rodney W. Miller, Payne vs.
Merrill L. Miller, Paulding. Divorce
granted.
In the matter of: Toby L. Egnor,
Payne and Danielle M. Egnor, Defiance. Dissolution of marriage granted.
In the matter of: Zachary Lynn
Wannemacher, Payne and Heather
Ann Wannemacher, Cape May, N.J.
Dissolution of marriage granted.
In the matter of: Lindsay N. Fuller,
Oakwood and Dustin J. Fuller, Oakwood. Dissolution of marriage
granted.
In the matter of: Clay A. Strawser,
Scott and Pamela Strawser, Payne.
In the matter of: Jessie M. Tribble,
Antwerp and Clint Tribble, Payne.

Marriage Licenses
Timothy Jay Lockie, 26, Fort
Wayne, engineer and Samantha Jo Kohorst, 27, Oakwood, surgical technologist. Parents are Dwight Lockie and
Debra Millett; and Richard G. Kohorst
and Tamara Steel.
Christopher Andrew Bray, 25, Defiance, Alex Products and Jessica Lynne
Goodwin, 32, Cecil, homemaker. Parents are Wayne Bray and Tracy Garrity; and Clyde Depew and Pam Herber.
Garrett Lee Stoller, 25, Cincinnati,
athletic trainer and Sara Diane Priest,
25, Payne, physical therapist. Parents
are Eric Stoller and Beth Goodenough;
and Mike Priest and Tracey Bear.
Michael Scott Ruger Sr., 52, Paulding, disability and Lynn Marie Smith,
54, Paulding, disability. Parents are
Norman F. Ruger Jr. and Margaret A.
Cales; and Allyn W. Smith and Barbara J. Briola.
Brandon Lee Viars, 22, Oakwood,
Applebees and Cheyenne Donna
Cotton, 18, Oakwood, unemployed.
Parents are Shawn Viars and Dawnetta
Gibson; and Michael Cotton and
Aimee Mays.
Administration Docket
None filed.
Criminal Docket
Samantha J. Stahl, 36, of Oakwood, had charges of complicity to
arson (F1) dismissed with prejudice
upon a motion of the State with court

costs of $164. The bond was returned
to the person who posted it. Stahl
passed a polygraph test, establishing
her answers as truthful.
Jonathan P. Delarber, 31, of Continental, will appear June 6 for a pretrial conference for his indictment
alleging breaking and entering (F5).
Justin M. Woodruff, 26, of Cecil,
was sentenced to four years community control sanctions for possession
of methamphetamine (F5). Conditions of the sanctions include 30 days
jail with credit for 2 days served,
comply with drug and alcohol prohibitions, submit to random tests, take
an assessment through Recovery
Service Inc. and follow their recommendations, get and keep a job, and
pay $318 court costs. His license was
suspended for six months.
Christopher D. Betts, 41, of Paulding, was sentenced to four years
community control sanctions for
possession of meth (F5). Conditions
of the sanctions include 32 days jail
with credit for 32 days served, comply with drug and alcohol prohibitions, submit to random tests, remain
med-compliant to prescriptions,
undergo drug/alcohol assessment at
Westwood and follow recommendations, comply with directives of mental health provider, six-month license
suspension and pay $273 court costs.
Duwayne L. Lumpkins, 62, of Defiance, was sentenced following a

change of plea to guilty of trafficking
drugs (F4). He was ordered to serve
12 months with the Ohio Department
of Rehabilitation and Correction with
credit for 73 days served. His license
was suspended for six months. He
must pay court costs of $638 including $30 restitution to the West Central Ohio Task Force.
Tyler C. Enmark, 21, of Paulding,
was sentenced to nine months with
the ODRC for domestic violence (F4)
with credit for 73 days served. He
must pay $931 court costs including
$335 restitution to Paulding Police
Department.
Tina R. Schmidt, 44, of Cecil, had a
charge of obstructing justice (F3) dismissed without prejudice upon a motion of the State. The parties agreed to
settle the matter in County Court. She
must pay $134 court costs.
Mark D. Carnahan, 44, of Paulding, was sentenced to 11 months with
the ODRC for identification fraud
(F5), with credit for 49 days served.
He must also pay court costs.
Esiquel M. Ramirez, 31, of Paulding, was sentenced to 11 months with
ODRC for obstructing justice (F5).
He was given credit for 50 days already served. He must also pay court
costs.
Trina D. Rodgers, 54, of Convoy,
was released on her own recognizance following arraignment for possession of cocaine (F5). Her pretrial
conference was set for July 5 with
an Aug. 23 jury trial. Conditions of
her release include no arrests, and no
drugs or alcohol.
Austin K. Zuver, 19, of Van Wert,
was held on $50,000 bond following
arraignment for sexual offender registration violation (F4). His pretrial
conference will be July 5 with an Aug.
23 jury trial. He was allowed the 10
percent cash privilege with his bond.
Tyler N. Moss, 28, address unavailable, was set for a June 10 arraignment for possession of meth
(F5). A warrant to convey from and
to Corrections Center of Northwest
Ohio was issued for the event.
Decoda A. Blake, 28, of Continental, was released on his own recognizance following arraignment for having weapons while under disability
(F3). Conditions of his release include
no arrests, no contact with Cooper
Farms properties, and comply with
drug and alcohol prohibitions. He
will have pretrial conference on July
5 with an Aug. 23 jury trial.
Rodney A. Heath, 45, of Defiance,
is set for a June 6 arraignment for
aggravated robbery (F1) and robbery
(F2). A warrant to convey him from
CCNO for the appearance was issued.
County Court
Civil Docket:
William S. Bricker DDS,
Antwerp vs. Lucas, Jodi
Grove, address unavailable.
Other action, satisfied.
Snow & Sauerteig LLP,
Fort Wayne vs. Lindsey M.
Mattson, Antwerp. Small
claims, satisfied.
Credit Adjustments Inc.,
Defiance vs. Rodney L. Jackman, Paulding. Small claims,
judgment for the plaintiff in
the sum of $381.52.
Criminal Docket:
Benjamin J. Kremer, Grover
Hill, disorderly conduct with
persistence (reduced charge);
$229 costs, three days jail and
27 suspended; probation ordered, maintain general good
behavior.
Kristy Dix, Paulding, obstructing; $200 fine, $120
costs, three days jail with 87
days suspended and credit for
three days served; maintain
general good behavior.
Kristy Dix, Paulding, disorderly conduct; dismissed.
Clinton R. Englehart, Antwerp, attempted unlawful restraint (reduced charge); $200
fine, $95 costs, two days jail
with 28 days suspended; no
contact with victim.
Coty J. Tremblay, Fort
Wayne, possession drug paraphernalia and possession; $75
fine and $95 costs for each
charge, pay all by July 29 or
sent for collection (POC), sixmonth license suspensions
for each to run concurrently;

maintain general good behavior.
Brian Kline, Haviland, zoning violation; dismissed per
State.
Brandon J. Bird, Paulding,
sex offender registration violation; preliminary hearing held,
case transferred to docket of
Paulding County Common
Pleas Court, bond continues
as set, $8 costs.
Traffic Docket:
Ellen P. Stachowicz, Royal
Oak, Mich., 83/65 speed; $43
fine, $85 costs.
Melvin T. Wiley Jr., Belleville, Mich., 81/65 speed;
$43 fine, $80 costs.
Kelly A. Wyatt, Brunswick,
88/65 speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.
Joseph W. Boggess, Defiance, 78/65 speed; $33 fine,
$80 costs.
Chadwick Cardott, Cordova, Ill., 77/65 speed; $33
fine, $80 costs.
Tyler W. Norris, Wauseon,
traffic signs; $53 fine, $80
costs.
Tyler W. Norris, Wauseon,
seat belt; $30 fine.
Scott A. Keezer, Defiance,
seat belt; $30 fine, $47 costs.
Christine J. Jenne, Warren,
Mich., 76/65 speed; $33 fine,
$85 costs.
Wayne, OVI/under influence;
$525 fine, $120 costs, July 29
POC, three days jail, one-year
license suspension; may at-
tend DIP in lieu of jail, ALS

vacated, community control
ordered, 20 hours community
service, 177 days jail reserved,
secure valid drivers license.
Wayne, FRA suspension; dismissed at States request.
Wayne, 91/65 speed; dismissed at States request.
Mark M. Hernandez II, Defiance, seat belt; $20 fine, $50
costs.
David E. Morrow, Paulding,
Kimberly J. Mileto, Paulding, failure to reinstate; $200
fine with $100 suspended, $87
costs, pay $55 monthly, Oct.
28 POC; proof of financial responsibility not provided.
Kimberly J. Mileto, Paulding, 73/55 speed; $33 fine, pay
$55 monthly, Oct. 28 POC.
Jeffrey R. Humason, Sylvania, 74/55 speed; $100 fine,
$87 costs, June 24 POC.
Hayleigh M. Gremling, Antwerp, 75/55 speed, $43 fine,
$77 costs.
Hayleigh M. Gremling, Antwerp, seat belt; $30 fine.
Judith S. Cleaves, Defiance,
stop sign; $53 fine, $77 costs.
Donald D. Ankney, Paulding, seat belt; $30 fine, $47
costs.
Steven L. Sredzinski,
Shelby Township, Mich.,
84/65 speed; $43 fine, $80
costs.
Johnny J. Farrar, Milan,
Tenn., seat belt; $30 fine, $50

costs.
Richard Waltz, Venedocia,
John R. Busacca, Fort
Wayne, 75/65 speed; $33 fine,
$85 costs.
Katherine A. Pederson, Ann
Arbor, Mich., 81/65 speed;
M. Arif Almas Chowdhury,
Fort Wayne, 92/65 speed; $43
fine, $80 costs.
Chad D. Kinnaley, Payne,
Michael D. Muczynski,
Auburn Hills, Mich., 86/65
speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.
Tiffany L. Crites, Defiance,
stop sign; $53 fine, $77 costs.
Stefan Atanasovski, Spokane, Wash., traffic signs; $53
fine, $80 costs.
Robert Klemen, Fishers,
Ind., 82/65 speed; $43 fine,
$80 costs.
Brooke A. Robinson, Indianapolis, 80/65 speed; $43 fine,
$80 costs.
Eric J. Hudson, Van Wert,
Eric John Lorber, Fort
Wayne, failure to control; $68
fine, $80 costs.
James R. Linder, Payne, seat
belt; $30 fine, $47 costs.
Gregory L. Good, Paulding,
Kelsey L. Koenig, Waukesha, Wis., 81/65 speed; $43
fine, $80 costs.
Betty J. Booher, Grover
Hill, seat belt; $30 fine, $47
costs.
Christina L. Soto, Dublin,
70/55 speed; $43 fine, $80
costs.
Charles E. Scarbrough, Grover Hill, seat belt; $30 fine,
$47 costs.
Wilfrido Huitron-Valdes,
Belmont, Calif., head phones;
Larissa M. Meyer, Hicksville, 68/55 speed; $33 fine,
$80 costs.
Barbara J. Bluhm, Macomb,
$80 costs.
James R. Orwin, Canton,

$80 costs.
Ryne K. Bilderbeck, Brighton, Mich., 90/65 speed; $43
fine, $80 costs.
Khai Y. Chin, Ann Arbor,
$80 costs.
Corey K. Lacanaria, Walled
Lake, Mich., 83/65 speed; $43
fine, $80 costs.
Abduljalil A. Al Hajjaj, Indianapolis, 78/65 speed; $33
fine, $80 costs.
William C. Krueger, Defiance, seat belt; $30 fine, $47
costs.
Robbery suspect held

on $1 million bond
PAULDING A Defiance man accused of two felony robbery charges appeared for arraignment in Paulding County
Common Pleas Court Monday morning.
Rodney A. Heath, 45, entered not guilty pleas to aggravated
robbery (F1) and robbery (F2).
He had a $1 million bond set and continues to be held in Correction Center of Northwest Ohio. He is allowed a 10 percent
cash privilege on his bond.
Heath was scheduled for a 2:30 p.m. pretrial conference on
Tuesday, June 21 and a 9 a.m. jury trial on Tuesday, July 26.
His May 12 indictment alleges he committed a theft offense
using a firearm on Dec. 11 at the Maramart gas station outside
of Cecil and also attempted to rob Charloe Store gas station on
April 30 while threatening employees.
He also has aggravated robbery (F1) charges pending in Defiance County for an alleged incident at a Defiance city business.
PAU LD I N G PRO G R E SS
COMMUNITY
Birthdays
June 11 Tony Ankney, Jordan S. Childs,
Nickie Crabtree, Matt Doll, Inella Finnegan,
Darnell Goings, Alexia Lester, Mary Matson,
Pat Meyer, Kendric Robinson, Eric Seslar.
June 12 Tony Butler II, Tyler Carlisle,
John Hartman, Ken Jay, Fannie Long, Ivy
Puckett.
June 13 Robin Adkins, Marty Hopkins, Alexia Lester, Margaret Phlipot, Jacob
Roughton.
June 14 Charlotte Banks, Evelyn Claymiller, Diana Karlstadt, Kyle Mohr, Greg Parker,
Cody Schlegel, Hailey Stahl, Evelyn Wirts.
June 15 Miah Coil, Demetrius De Diaz,

John Englehart, Elijah Fish, Karli Gamble,
Lucas McKeever, Robert J. Miller, Donna
Pieper, Ann Plummer, June Temple, Taelyn
Whisman.
June 16 Robert Bair III, Janet Dimitroff,
Sydney Early, Bradley Lee, Malia Manz,
Aewyn McMichael, Bryan Riter.
June 17 Anna B. Ankney, George Bowers, Steve Dinger, Naomi Goings, Malakai
Mathews, Brooke Molitor, Hannah Molitor,
Olivia Paschall, Kaley Jo Varner, Catherine
Veith, Stephanie Woodring.
New Arrivals
CARD SHOWER Inella Finnegan will be celebrating her

101st birthday June 11 with
family. If you would like to send
her a card, please mail it to:
Inella Finnegan, 119 Road 103,
Room 303, Paulding, OH 45879.
Happy 21st
Birthday
Jorddan!!!
Love, Dad, Mom, Jarrod,

Jennifer & Jessica
May 20, 2016

Thatcher Samuel Friend is the
name selected by Chris Friend
and Elizabeth Brown of Antwerp. for their son, born at 5:36
a.m. on Friday, May 20 at Community Hospital, Hicksville.
He weighed 6 pounds, 6
ounces and measured 19.2
inches long.
Older siblings are Keegan
Friend, Maddux Friend and
Aliyah Kiessling.
Grandparents are Sam and
Deb Friend, Floyd Brown, and
Mary Brown.
Great-grandparents are Vellina Doster and Betty Cross.
May 22, 2016

Jacob Lynn Whitman was
born to Joel and Chelsea Whitman of Payne at 10:49 a.m. on
Sunday, May 22 at Community
Memorial Hospital, Hicksville.
He was 7 pounds, 13 ounces
and 20 inches long.
Welcoming committee were
grandparents Mark and Lisa
Holtsberry of Paulding, Jerry
and Brenda Smith and Bruce
and Kara Whitman, of Payne.
Great-grandparents are Walter
and Loretta Schulz of Ney, Justine Holtsberry of Paulding, Ronald Etzler of Payne, and Larry
and Shaaron Whitman of Payne.
Paulding Fire Dept.

5K fundraiser slated
PAULDING Members of the Paulding Fire Department are

sponsoring a 5K run/1 mile walk on Saturday, June 11. Prizes will
be awarded to the top runners.
Categories of competition are male, female and participants 13
and under. Prizes will be awarded to male and female race winners,
as well as male and female age 13 and under race winners.
Registration begins at 8 a.m. at the fire department with the race
starting at 9 a.m. in front of the station, rain or shine.
Registration fee is $20 and will include a T-shirt if any are still available. Checks should be made payable to the Paulding Fire Department.
All proceeds will be used to purchase equipment.
The fire station is located at 311 W. Wall St. in Paulding. Refreshments will be available before, during and after the event.
Contact persons include Klint Manz at 419-786-9580, Mark
Wolfe at 419-670-2011, Brian Tope at 419-769-0072 or Dave Foltz
at 419-769-1181.
Habitat for Humanity to

celebrate open house
OAKWOOD Members of
Habitat for Humanity of Paulding
County are inviting the public to
come to Oakwood on Thursday,
June 16, at 5 p.m. to the open
house of their brand new habitat
house.
The new home is on Third
Street on the east side of Oakwood Elementary School. The
new owners will be there to
welcome community residents
as well as members of Habitat.
This is the eighth home to be built
since the beginning of Habitat in
Paulding County in early 2000.
Habitat homes also are located in
Antwerp, Paulding, Haviland and
Melrose.
Habitat for Humanity was the
inspiration of Mr. and Mrs. Millard Fillmore and over the years
habitat homes have been built all
over the world.
Habitat homes are not given
to the homeowners. They are
expected to put in numerous
sweat equity hours, not only for
their new home but also for future families who will be getting
a new home from Habitat. They
attend classes on how to manage
money and how to be responsible for a new home. They have a
mortgage to pay which is held by
the Habitat committee.
The family chooses everything
about the house from the floor
plan to the color on the walls.
Knowing the home belongs to the
new owner, hopefully for a long
time, its important for them to be
happy in their new home.
However, as soon as they officially become the home owner
they are responsible for everything that comes with house.
The local Habitat is funded by
the home owners, who pay their
monthly mortgages and by donations and fund raisers. For the last
several years the local group has
had the Hog Run/Walk at the fair-
ground in October. The event is

being planned again for this fall.
At the monthly meeting
members are asked to tithe
with funds being sent to Habitat International. This way, everyone has a part in building
homes for other families.
Building nice homes for families
is the goal for Habitat for Humanity and plans are already underway
for the construction of Paulding
County house number nine.
The committee always takes
into consideration if there is a
septic system already in place
and running water. Building
in town is much more feasible
since these two important requirements are already in place

and can be easily tapped into.
But they have built homes on
property that the family already
owns. Another benefit to the family is to have the property donated
to Habitat. This helps to keep the
mortgage payment at a reasonable amount.
Habitat board meets the last
Monday of the month at the office of the Paulding United Methodist church at 4:45 p.m. Visitors
are always welcome.
Plan now to attend the open
house in Oakwood, June 16 at
5 p.m.
Tractor gone AWOL

subject of lawsuit
PAULDING Leaders of the John Paulding Historical Society are

taking measures to secure a piece of antique equipment that was on
permanent loan to the group.
On Wednesday, May 25, the societys attorney, Harvey D. Hyman,
filed a complaint, alleging conversion and a request for replevin with
a demand for a jury trial against two individuals.
Those individuals are Mary Jo Broecker of Fort Jennings and
James Bechtel of Goshen, Ind.
According to the complaint, the late Ralph J. Horstman of Delphos
entered a loan agreement with the JPHS in September 1997. He offered a permanent loan of his 1924 Rumley oil pull type G tractor.
The agreement indicated the tractor could be taken from the museum by members of his family for display at festivals if they give
two weeks notice. It also stated the only reason the agreement would
cease is if the JPHS were to break up.
According to the three-page complaint, Broecker was allowed to
borrow the tractor on Sept. 21, 2014 for exhibition. It has not been
returned.
A letter was sent by the JPHS in December 2015 demanding the
return of the tractor. The complaint alleges the defendants ...are exercising unlawful dominion over the property by not returning it.
Bechtol allegedly claims to have a mechanics lien on the tractor
and ...has refused to cooperate in the return of said tractor.
The tractors value at the time it was borrowed by the family, is
$30,000. The suit against them is requesting the tractors return or
$30,000 plus interest from the date it was borrowed.
KATHY SMALLEY BENEFIT

~ June 11, 2016 ~
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Antwerp Conservation Club 17814 Road 53 Antwerp
Spaghetti Supper
& Silent Auction
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Kathy received a double lung transplant on April 11. Kathy and her husband, Joe,
remain in Indianapolis as she recovers and begins physical therapy.
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2015 ChEvroLET CruzE
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2014 ChrysLEr Town &
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2014 ChEvroLET TravErsE
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2014
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TITanIum EdITIon 4-dr., black
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2013 CadILLaC CTs. 4 door,
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2013 BuICk EnCLavE
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2013 ChEvy EquInox
LT- Fwd 3.6 V-6 Red Pearl
Graphite Leather Dual-Power
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2013 ChEvy EquInox LT
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2013 ChrysLEr 200 LTd
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2012 Ford EsCapE xLT FWD
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58K.
2012 ChEvroLET maLIBu
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2012 BuICk rEgaL 4-door.
Red/Blk leather. Wheels. Roof.
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2012 Jaguar xFs 4 door
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2011 CadILLaC srx awdDbl Sunroof, Silver 53k. Extra
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08 ponTIaC g-6 4 Cyl, Auto- 4
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Why messy can be good Jr. fair livestock, feeder

a penny
for your Thoughts
By Nancy Whitaker
collect during your travels.

Sometimes youll find months
old fast food bags.
Other times you may find
the phone charger that you
bought and thought that you
immediately lost. No matter
what you find, its probably
in your car, and its probably
buried under heaps of other
stuff.
Messy people arent dumb:
they realize that it takes time
to clean up after themselves
and are saving those precious
minutes and hours to do with
as they please. Maybe they
can spend another hour in bed.
Maybe they can watch some
news on TV.Either way, its
more important than cleaning and who is going to stop
whatever they are doing to
pick up socks off the floor
OK, granted no one is going
to look at your messy room
and say, Wow, how stylish!
But keeping the door shut and
the mess hidden may get you
through for another month.
Still, messy is becoming
more fashion forward and as
more people lose motivation

to remain crisp and clean in
all facets of life, messy living
will only become more and
more embraced. Messy wardrobe and messy hair today;
messy room and messy house
tomorrow!
Sometimes it is socially
correct to be messy, especially
when you are eating hot wings
or juicy barbecuedribs. Well,
they just would not taste good
without them dripping down
our arms.
A lot of the dress styles are
now messier and you can pay
over $50 for a pair of jeans
which are made to look faded
and old. We can get our hair
cut in messy styles. There are
some hair cuts which are really becoming which are actually cut to give you that wind
blown look.
Personally, I hate to clean
out my messy purse. Even
though it has expired coupons, receipts, three tubes of
lipstick, mints, old gum and a
left over sandwich, I still dont
like ridding it out because then
I cannot find anything.
If something gets left on the
floor or buried beneath clothing, when its found again, its
almost like its brand new and
you just got it! And have you
ever done laundry and find
some money in an unchecked
pocket? I have done this with
coats and sweaters and usually
thank God for a blessing.
So being messy doesnt
mean you are dirty, and does
have advantages. Messy people tend to be more laid back
and here is a thought, If you
are messy, dont worry, just be
happy and enjoy your stuff.
Dive-in movie night at pool

PAULDING Come see Finding Nemo
at the Paulding swimming pool on Friday,
June 17. The pool will open at 8 p.m. with
the movie being shown at approximately 8:45
p.m. The movie has a running time of 1:40.
This is a great time to watch the movie before viewing the sequel Finding Dory, which
is soon hitting the big screen, said pool manager Steven Strayer.
Admission to Finding Nemo Dive-inmovie night is $3 per person. Concessions
including popcorn will also be available.
Floaties are permissible, but you must bring
your own.
Strayer announced the pool also is offer-
ing swim lessons. The lessons are $40 and include four sessions, each lasting 30 minutes.
Lesson times are at 10:30-11 a.m.; 11-11:30
a.m.; 6:30-7 p.m.; and 7-7:30 p.m., Monday
through Thursday. Lessons begin the week of
June 20 and will conclude with the final week
of lessons beginning Aug. 8.
For more information or to sign up for lessons, call the pool at 419-399-9593.
If you dont advertise, you are not
likely to get customers. Learn how your
community newspaper can help you call
the Progress today at 419-399-4015.
CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN Dairy Queen, Subway of Paulding and McDonalds all donated coupons for the Paulding County Sheriffs Office to distribute to students while checking
for seatbelt use entering or exiting the countys school parking lots. This was part of a Click It or
Ticket campaign that ran May 23-June 6 and sponsored by the Ohio Department of Public Safety.
Deputies conducted extra highway patrols emphasizing the importance of seatbelt safety funded
by a grant with ODPS. Here, Deputy Caleb Miller of the Paulding County Sheriffs Office hands out
a coupon to a driver at Wayne Trace High School.
calf auctions coming soon

PAULDING The 2016
Paulding County Junior Fair
Livestock Premium Bid Auction
will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday,
June 18 in the show arena.
The Paulding County Junior
Livestock Sale Committee thanks
all 2015 buyers of the Paulding
County Junior Fair Livestock
Auction and supporting the youth
of Paulding County.
Sale order for 2016 is as follows: sheep, rabbits, goats, turkeys, ducks, geese, chickens,
market steers, beef feeders, dairy
feeders, and swine.
Auction forms and information such as placing add on
bids, registering as a new buyer, or learning about how the
auction works can be obtained
via the Paulding County OSU
Extension website at http://
paulding.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/
paulding-county-fair.
The 2016 Feeder Calf Base
Bid Auction will take place at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 15,
also in the show arena.
Feeder calves in this auction
are sold individually with the
buyer purchasing any amount
of animals they wish. All buyers

take possession of their animal on
Sunday, June 19 at 7 a.m.
Buyers at the Feeder Calf
Auction are the owners of the
animal and if the feeder calf goes
through the premium bid auction
on Saturday and that buyer wants
the animal, they must work out
and agreement with the buyer
PAULDING The Paulding County Carnegie Library Bookmobile is breaking all attendance records during the first week of
its summer schedule. Patrons of all ages can register to participate
in the Summer Reading Program, Owl Meet You at the Library:
Celebrating 100 Years of Reading.
Stop in and visit the Bookmobile at one of these locations:
MONDAY: Country Inn 1-2 p.m., The Gardens 2:20-3 p.m.,
Maramart/Cecil 3:30-4:30 p.m.
TUESDAY: Scott 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Haviland 1-2 p.m.,
Latty 2:15-3:15 p.m., Briceton 3:30-4:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY: Charloe 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Melrose
12:45-1:45 p.m., Grover Hill 2-3 p.m., Broughton 3:45-4:45 p.m.
THURSDAY: Mooney Meadows/Payne 12:30-1:15 p.m.,
Patrick Place/Paulding 2:15-3 p.m., Partridge Place/Paulding
3:15-4:30 p.m.
FRIDAY:Blue Water Campground1:45-3 p.m., Woodbridge
Campground, 3:20-4:30 p.m.
For more information about the Bookmobile or library, call 419399-2032. To contact the Bookmobiledirectly, call 419-670-3424.
Council to seek legal action
By CARRIE ONDER
Correspondent
PAULDING Paulding Village Council is seeking potential
litigation procedures in regard to
the lagoon mixers that have not
been operational since September
2015.
Councilwoman Barb Rife
reported at the council meeting
Monday, June 6, that Jones &
Henry Engineering has been unresponsive to phone calls and has
not been helpful in resolving the
problems with the lagoon mixers.
Council has notified village solicitor Mike Jones regarding the
wish to seek legal action on the
lagoon pumps.
Schweller Electric is currently
working to retrofit the PLT that
will allow the mixers to work.
The lagoon mixers must be operational by July 1 as mandated in
the agreement with the OPEA.
Mayor Greg Reinhart recommended to the council that
Rylee S. Carlisle be employed
as a full-time police officer with
the Paulding Police Department
starting June 11. Carlisle had
been employed with the Paulding
Police Department as a part-time
officer since June of 2015.
The council unanimously approved the motion to employee
Carlisle as a full-time officer.
Councilman Tim Boss reported that the recreation committee
met with Peggy Emerson from
the Paulding Chamber of Commerce and the Leadership In Action (LIA) group regarding the
skateboard park project. The LIA
had been raising funds to make
repairs to the skateboard park and
had approached council on May
16 requesting that the village
match funds to help pay for the
repairs.
Boss reported that the LIA has
since changed the scope of its
project, received quotes for lower
cost and is continuing to fundraise. Boss stated that at this time
no action is needed until fundraising is complete, at which time the
committee will meet with LIA to
decide what action, if any, needs
to be taken.
Boss also reported that the village swimming pool did open last
Tuesday. The recreation committee has set group rates for normal
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pool hours at $2 per person for

30-50 people, and $1 per person
for 60-99 people.
If the group is over 99 people,
the pool must be rented for $105.
Boss was unclear at this time how
many hours that rental included.
These prices do not include the
use of the slide; an additional fee
will be charged for the use of the
slide.
The council voted unanimously to approve these group rates.
Alan Kohart was present on
behalf of Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative seeking approval
on the application for a building
certificate to build a 195-foot
communications tower on McDonald Pike. The 195-foot tower
is a free-standing tower and will
not require any guide wires. The
tower will provide communications to substations and vehicles.
The planning commission reviewed the application on May
19 and sent its recommendation
to the council for approval. Councilman Dan Workman moved to
approve the building certificate
application and was followed by
a unanimous approval from the
council.
Work will begin on this tower
next month and is projected to be
completed in August.
When the council was asked
about a sinkhole reported in the
300 block of West Perry Street
last week, Reinhart stated that
was the area where sewer work
has been completed. He went on
to say that the the area has been
filled with gravel and is in the
process of being fixed. Rife said,
Its not a sinkhole. Sinkholes are
a natural occurrence and this is
not.
The cemetery board updated
the council on the rules of what
was allowed and what isnt allowed in the cemetery. For more
information on these rules, refer
to the ad on Page 8A, or contact
the village office.
Rife updated the council members on the following from the
utilities committee:
Harmful Algae Bloom testing will begin 6-7-16.
A six-inch water distribution
line has been repaired. The leak
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one hour pump time each day.
Helen Street repairs have
been completed to the storm
sewer drain. The committee is
waiting for rain to ensure that the
repairs to Emerald Acres are successful.
Maintenance service agreement with GE regarding the macro-filtration system contract will
end July 31. This contract is for
the amount of $10,000 a year with
a yearly price increase of 1-2%.
The council has asked the committee to research if this service is
needed and what alternatives are
available. The service agreement
provides 24 hour troubleshooting
with a quick response time. The
committee is researching service
contract lengths to avoid the yearly increase. Rife reported that this
is a work in progress; however,
she did want to make the council
aware of this agreement.
Water, sewer and refuse
assessment for a residence
owned by Arthur B. Zellner in
the amount of $162.63 was approved.
Council approved noxious
weed removal assessments for
the following residences: Anna
B. Super in the amount of $150
and Thomas G. Bussell and Elizabeth G. Bussell in the amount of
$225.
Mayor Reinhart reported that
the monthly statement for parking fines totaled $250 for the
month of May with zero handicap tickets written.
Reinhart provided the council
with his monthly Mayors Court
statement for the month of May:
monies paid to State of Ohio
Treasury $78.50; monies paid to
County Court (alcohol) $3.50;
court cost $30; fines $98; computer $30; other $55; total collected $295.
Paulding Police Department
monthly report for the month of
May: 330 service requests, four
traffic accidents, five traffic citations written, 13 parking tickets
written, 852 security checks completed, two referrals to utilities
and two junk ordinance citations
issued.
Council adjourned into an executive session, stating legal matters and personnel matters.
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A listing of feeder calves may
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As always, gate admission to
the Paulding County Fair is free.
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Scout awards, dance recital Three memorial scholarships

and PHS baseball all-stars awarded to Wayne Trace grads
Looking back at the beginning of summer time in 2006,

1996, and 1976 several young
people in the county were
awarded for talent in the class
room, the sports field, and
other activities.
Not only were young people receiving special recognition, there those like Elza and
Pearlie Pease being crowned
senior citizens king and queen
in Grover Hill.
June 8, 2006 ... Super-volunteer Mary Keller was inducted into the Ohio Senior
Citizens Hall of Fame.
Francis Koenn was named
the John Paulding Days parade marshal.
Jason Williamson was
speaker at the Paulding Kiwanis Club meeting. He spoke
on his family business of producing fresh fruits and vegetables.
Pauldings Ron Breedlove
was an official timer at the
Division III Regional track
meet.
Sgt. Mark Barnes of Paulding esd preparing to deploy
to Iraq in July for the second
time in two years. The vehicle commander with Weapons
Company, 3rd Battalion, 2ns
Marine Regiment deployed
to the dangerous insurgent-heavy area of Al Quim,
Iraq.
June 5, 1996 ... John Paulding parade marshals are Dr.
and Mrs. Weaver.
Days
Those were the
By Joe Shouse
Bob DeLeon from the Prudential Defiance office, congratulated Ron Eakins of the
Oakwood EMS for the hard
work and volunteer time that
the squad put in to acquire a
cardiac defibulator.
Beta Eta holds Founders
Day ... those attending from
Paulding County were Donna
Black, Kris Dobbelaere, Debra Hornyak, Nancy Lightner,
Jane Sharp, and Connie Zachery representing Oakwood;
Theresa Mobley, Joyce Birkhold from Antwerp; Marie
Gordon and Ruth Wood from
Payne; Sharon Peck from
Grover Hill; Linda Basinger, Florence Gorman, Marcia
Pressler, Karen Walker, Martha Weaver, Marcia Wiebe,
and Rosemary Young from
Paulding.
June 9, 1976 ... Suzan Beck-
man, Joanna Dietzel, and Ana

Claudia Everton will appear
in the annual spring recital of
Pams School of Dance at Van
Wert High School.
Cub Scouts ... Cubmaster
J.C. Stollings presented Gold
Arrow Points to Chuck Ames
and Kelly Dodson. Roger
Shafer received his one-year
Service Star.
As a part of the 1976 Overthe-Rainbow picnic, winners
of the Grover Hill King and
Queen contest were Elza and
Pearlie Pease. Runners-up
were Earl and Zulu Dindot.
Debbie Gunderman, a 1976
graduate at Paulding, will
represent the Paulding Fire
Department at the Northwestern Ohio Volunteer Firemans
Association convention at Ottawa. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gunderman.
Paulding High School Drama Club honored Mary Jane
DeLaet and Ann Kagy as
Thespians for 1976.
Dennis Wobler of Payne
was among over 520 degree
recipients from Butler University. he received his bachelor
of science degree in zoology.
Ed Stultz, Ron Harper and
Jim Caserta, three Paulding
High School baseball players, were selected to play in
the six-county Defiance Area
High School Baseball Association East-West All-Star
Game.
Lisa McClure, executive di- College studying construction of George and Victoria Clemens.
rector Paulding County Area management. He is the son of
Foundation (PCAF) awarded Todd and Janet Sinn.
three memorial scholarship
to Wayne Trace seniors at
an awards ceremony held on
Thursday, April 12 at Wayne
Trace High School.
A committee, consisting of
a family member or members,
high school guidance counselor Sarah Franz, and foundation representative of each of
three funds, chose their candidate based on criteria set forth
SCOTT WENNINGER
by each individual scholarship
fund.
The Brian E. Myers Schol Those awarded were:
arship Fund was established by
KENZIE CLEMENS
family and friends in memory
Tammy Gibson Memorial of Brian Myers. The 2016 reScholarship was established by cipient of a $1,000 scholarship
family and friends in memory is Scott Wenninger. Scott plans
of Tammy Gibson. The 2016 to attend The Ohio State Unirecipient of a $1,000 scholar- versity studying mechanical
ship is Kenzie Clemens. Kenzie or biomedical engineering. He
plans to study massage therapy is the son of Randy and Joni
at Ivy Tech. She is the daughter Wenninger.
Get emergency alerts with Nixle

CLINT SINN
The Hey Buddy Scholarship was established in memory
of Robbie Seffernick by his family and friends. The 2016 recipient of a $1,000 scholarship is
Clint Sinn. Clint plans to attend
Northwest State Community
How can you stay informed of hazardous weather?

The Paulding County Emergency Management
Agency can issue alerts through NIXLE. EMA can
send notices to your phone and/or email of severe
weather and other events such as emergency road
closings, missing persons, and similar situations. Just
go to www.nixle.com and register your device(s). Or,
simply text the word YES to 888777 and respond to
the reply message asking for your ZIP code.
Foundation awards scholarships funded by an anonymous donor
EMILY DERCK
SAM WILLIAMSON
The Paulding County Area Foundation (PCAF) has announced the recipients of the Anonymous Donor Scholarship to six Paulding County graduates of the Class of 2016. The $1,000
scholarships have been awarded to:
Emily Derek, Antwerp High
School. Emily plans to study animal
science at The Ohio State University.
MEGAN REINECK
She is the daughter of Tim and Lisa

Derek.
Samuel Williamson, Antwerp
High School. Sam plans to study accounting at IPFW. He is the son of
Mark and Christina Williamson.
Megan Reineck, Paulding High
School. Megan plans to study pharmacy at The University of Findlay.
She is the daughter of Matt and Linda Reineck.

Jordan Shull, Paulding High
School. Jordan plans to study early
childhood education at Bowling Green
State University. She is the daughter of
Scott and Heather Shull.
Justin Speice, Wayne Trace High
School. Justin plans to study in the die-
Kayak/canoe water safety

training offered June 11
MELROSE The third annual kayak and canoe safety

training program is being held
June 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. at
Shaffers pond at 7256 Road
177, Melrose, 0.6 mile south
of the Morningstar Shell Station).
The training being offered
will be a fine opportunity for
paddlers of all ages and to
experience various levels of
learning while brushing up on
technique.
The training program is being sponsored by the Oakwood
Arbor #759 of the Gleaner
Life Insurance Society as one
of their Samaritan activities in
the Oakwood Community.
Instructor for the training is
Cory Hartman, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
watercraft officer specialist.

Hartman is out of the Maumee Bay Field Office. He has
worked for the Division of
Watercraft for 13 years and is
certified as an American Canoe Association instructor. He
will be assisted by a division
Intern, Riley Swartzmiller.
There will be a one-hour
instruction session covering
basic equipment, safe carrying techniques, launching and
landing the boat. Also provided will be training in basic
strokes including forward,
reverse, stopping and maneuvering in order to control the
boat.
Safety components include
information on hypothermia,
basic clothing and fundamentals of the wet exit.
Public Notice - Zoning Paulding Village

Paulding Village is zoned to help guide residential, retail/service
and industrial land use. Residents and property owners are
reminded to check with the Village for compliance with zoning
regulations for any new use of property and new construction
including additions and out buildings. Information may be
obtained from the Village offices at 116 South Main Street or by
calling 419-399-4011.
Annette D. Hasch, Finance Director
Public Notice - Grass Clippings Paulding Village

Paulding Village enforces a grass clippings ordinance, Ordinance No.
1482-14.
A. This ordinance provides that no person, including, but not limited to,
a person hired by the property owner, shall, regardless of intent, throw,
drop, discard, place of deposit grass or grass clippings, or cause grass
or grass clippings to be thrown, discarded, placed or deposited, on any
public property, specifically including streets and highways, not owned
by him or her, or in the waters of the Village.
B. Whoever violates Ordinance No. 1482-14 is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor and shall be issued a written warning for a first offense,
and shall be fined $25.00 for a second offense, an amount not to
exceed $50.00 for a third offense, and an amount not to exceed
$100.00 for a fourth and all subsequent offenses. Each successive
day that this ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate offense.
JORDAN SHULL
Each participant will have

the opportunity to try their
paddling skills under the guidance of the instructors.
Canoes, kayaks, paddles and
lifejackets will be provided by
Auglaize Canoe and Kayak
free of charge. You must wear
sturdy shoes. Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal
guardian. The training will be
held rain or shine.
For further information,
email hmmaddock@GMail.
com or call 419-594-2797.
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JUSTIN SPEICE
sel technician program at UNOH. He

is the son Kenny and Angie Speice.
Clint Sinn, Wayne Trace High
School. Clint plans to study construction management at Northwest
State Community College. He is the
son of Todd and Janet Sinn.
PCAF grants six scholarships each
year to a graduating senior from each
CLINT SINN
of the Paulding County schools. These
scholarships are made possible due to
the generosity of an anonymous donor.
To become a donor of a scholarship, please contact Paulding County Area Foundation executive director Lisa McClure at at 419-3998296.
Wayne Trace Honor Roll

Wayne Trace Junior High/
High School honor roll for the
fourth nine weeks:
SENIORS
4.00 Hollie Wannemacher,
Lucas Sinn, Blair Ludwig, Victoria Ryan, Brooke Ludwig, Corey Davis, Brianna Sinn, Erin
Mohr, Christopher Davis, Scott
Wenninger, Quinton Harper,
Shayna Temple, Taryn Homier,
Trent Church
3.67-4.0 Courtney Mead,
Sydney Critten, Nathanael
Roop, Jessica Offerle, Alec Vest,
Cole Shepherd, Arlyn Cooper,
Sydney Hofmann, Noah Stoller
3.3-3.66 Austin Fast, Estie
Sinn, Stacy Flint, Clint Sinn,
Austin Kuhn, Jayson Nowak,
Emilee Colgan, Nicholas Durre,
Jake Baksa, Kenzie Clemens,Kelsey Fleagle, Dalton
Franklin
3.0-3.29 Justin Speice,
Chase Marroquin, Carley
Wright, Carrie Thrasher, Luke
Miller, Ashley Rooks, Edwin
Van Den Hengel
JUNIORS
4.00 Brooke Lelonek, Emil
Stoller, Brady Stabler
3.67-4.0 Gabrielle Gudakunst, Brooke McMullen, Sarah Dyson
3.3-3.66 Korene Shel-
Public Notice
Paulding Memorial Cemetery and Live Oak Cemetery
Paulding Village Cemetery Board enforces the Rules & Regulations for
the Paulding Memorial Cemetery and Live Oak Cemetery. Rules are
posted for both cemeteries on the Mausoleum at Live Oak Cemetery.
No flowers, vines, shrubs, or trees shall be planted on any lot. The Village
of Paulding or their designees may remove any plantings, shrubs, or
trees, which shall, by means of their roots, branches, or otherwise
condition, become detrimental to the adjacent lots or avenues or
become otherwise inconvenient.
The placement of boxes, shelves, toys, shepherd hooks, plant hangers,
lawn edging, solar lights, perpetual lights, statues, or similar articles
upon graves or lots or planting of flowers in the sod is prohibited.
The use of decorative stones, such as colored stones, crushed tile,
marble chips or mulch is prohibited. The use of such stone, crushed tile,
marble chips or mulch may cause removal by the Village of Paulding.
The construction of walks or steps on cemetery lots will not be
permitted.
The prohibited items need to be removed immediately.
ton, Blaine Jerome, Joseph

Schmidt, Danae Myers, Brooke
Long, Kacey Reinhart, Jayden
Sherry, Ethan Dunham,Ethan
Linder, Lindsy Rivera, Seth
Saylor, Russell Spurlin
3.0-3.29 Ruger Goeltzenleuchter, Breia Eutsler, Jonathan Sinn, Katerina Greutman
SOPHOMORES
4.00 Kalin Gerber, Gracie
Gudakunst, Joel Johnson, Erica
Mohr, Sara Sinn, Quinton Stabler, Megan Moore, Leah Maassel, Connor Baumle, Lily Sinn
3.67-4.0 Joseph Deboer
3.3-3.66 Aden Baker,
Madison Chastain, Celia Baker, Garrett Silance, Elias Sinn,
Adam Stoller
3.0-3.29 Gillianne Wiseman, Jacob Kuhn, Marissa
Huebner, Weston Sinn, Gabe
Sinn, Alisa Elliott, Owen Brigner, Jordan Saylor, Joshua
Kuhn, Natalie Schwarze
FRESHMAN
4.00 Clark Laukhuf, Madilyn Brigner, Julianne Roop,
Alli Hefner, Sadie Sinn, Emily
Williams, Ellie Stoller, Gracie
Laukhuf, Carissa Laukhuf,
Derek Myers, Hannah Wilhelm, Aubree Sproles, Kiersten
Thomas, Madison Coyne, Austin Reed
3.67-4.0 Anne Eklund,

Kaylee Shepherd, James Boyd,
Bryan Hofmann, Grant Baumle, Matthew Stouffer, Trae
Sinn, Reece Thompson
3.3-3.66 Kaitlyn Doster,
Rachel Ringler, Preston Moore,
Brooke Greulach, Sara Edwards, Noah Hasch, Wyatt
Stabler, Ayana Rowe, Cameron
Monroe
3.0-3.29 Braden Zuber,
Evan Mohr, Haleigh Stoller,
Kristen Rittenhouse, Lucy
Stoller, Olivia Klinker, Hayden
Williamson, Keagann Parrish, Noah Reel, Josiah Linder,
Chloe Stabler, Meagan Speice,
Emily Dyson, Emma Pease,
Caden Bland, Ethan Crosby
GRADE EIGHT
4.00 Andrew Sinn, Reid
Miller, Sydney Coyne, Miriam
Sinn, Jordan Speller, Catherine
Strable
3.67-4.0 Nathan Gerber
3.3-3.66 Nathan Wilhelm,
Tyce Homier, Max Laukhuf,
Madison Elston, Taylor Long
3.0-3.29 Krista Markley,
Zane Shaffer, Alexis Gibson,
Zoey Wright, Breanna Huffine,
Kelsey Guyton
See Wayne Trace, page 9A
Public Notice - Junk Paulding Village

Paulding Village enforces a junk ordinance, Ordinance No. 841-82, as
amended.
A. Junk is defined as: any old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags,
trash, waste, batteries, paper, rubber, junked, dismantled, or wrecked
automobiles or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous
or nonferrous materials.
B. Junk motor vehicle means any motor vehicle which is in a wrecked
or worn-out condition and unfit for operation as a motor vehicle, except
a collectors vehicle as defined in Ohio Revised Code Section 4501.01
with current Ohio license plates, or a historical vehicle as defined in Ohio
Revised Code Section 4501.01 with current Ohio license plates.
C. The owner of property means the person, firm, or corporation in whose
name said premises are listed in the deed records in the Paulding
County, Ohio Recorders Office.
D. Violators failing to comply with a junk ordinance notification within
three (3) days may be cited into Mayors Court or the Paulding County
Court.
E. Whoever violates any provision of Ordinance No. 841-82, as
amended, shall be fined $50.00 or a first offense, an amount not to
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PAULD I N G PROGR E SS
SPORTS
Bluffton 1st, PHS 7th in
Panthers sweep Van Wert NWC Bachman Award
ACME Baseball
By NICK JOHNSON
DHI Media Sports Writer
VAN WERT The Van
Wert Cougars welcomed the
Paulding Panthers to Russell
Fisher field at Smiley Park for
a twin billing of ACME baseball on Thursday night. The
Panthers picked up a 2-1 victory in game one and Paulding used a big seventh inning
to sweep the series, winning
12-6 in game two.
Game one was a classic
pitchers duel as Caleb Fetzer
took the rubber for Van Wert
and Preston Johanns started
for Paulding. Both pitchers
held the other team scoreless
for the initial three innings.
In the top of the fourth,
Johanns led the frame off
with a double to right field
and Cade McGarvey would
bring Johanns home w ith an
RBI single to give Paulding a
1-0 lead.
Van Wert countered in
the bottom of the fourth as
Lawson Blackmore walked
and stole second base before
scoring on an RBI single off
the bat of Connor Army to tie
the game at 1-1.
The Panthers led off the
top of the fifth with a walk
from Lupe Martinez. The
next batter, Jaret Miller, laid
down a bunt to put Martinez
in scoring position. After a
passed ball moved Martinez
just 90 feet from home plate,
Cameron Doster hit a deep
fly ball to centerfield which
Van Wert centerfielder John
Lee caught and Martinez
raced home to give the Panthers back the lead at 2-1.
In game two of the doubleheader, the Panthers got
their offense going in the
third frame with two outs as
Doster tripled and Johanns
singled to plate the games
first run. Paulding scored two
more runs, in part due to two

errors by the Van Wert outfield, to make it 3-0 Paulding.
The Panthers added another run in the top of the fifth
as James Mourey singled and
Doster also singled to put two
runners on before Cole Heller
singled to make it 4-0.
The Cougars rallied to
take the lead in the bottom
of the fifth as Nick Gutierrez, Fetzer and Blackmore
all picked up RBIs as the Van
Wert took a 5-4 lead in the
fifth. The frame started with
Cade Chiles and Darius Eddins reaching base on a walk
and single, respectively. Lee,
Fetzer and Blackmore all singled and later score runs in
the bottom of the fifth.
The Panthers tied the game
in the top of the sixth, and
with two outs, Martinez and
Mourey both walked before
Doster drove in a run with an
RBI base knock.
With the game tied at 5-5 in
the seventh, Paulding sent 11
batters to the plate and scored
seven runs with three runs
scoring on passed balls and
wild pitches from Van Wert.
Paulding would also get an
RBI single from Johanns
and a RBI double from Caleb
Ripke.
We are a young team with
some veterans and in that second game in our big inning we
were able to put some balls in
play. We also worked a couple
walks and then took advantage of some passed balls by
Van Wert, Paulding coach
Scott Shull said.
Van Wert went into the
bottom of the seventh down
12-5 and the Cougars didnt
hang their heads as Gutierrez led the frame off with a
triple. Gutierrez would dent
the plate on a passed ball by
Paulding to cut the Panther
lead to 12-6.
We got a lot of turnovers
and a lot of young inexperienced guys who are going to
take some time getting used
to playing varsity baseball,
Van Wert coach Todd Dunlap
said. Caleb hasnt thrown in
a month, so he was shaking
off a little rust but he battled
through the first game.
After the doubleheader,
Van Wert drops to 1-2 on the
summer and Paulding improves to 2-0 on the season.
Game One
Paulding 2, Van Wert 1
Paulding
Martinez c 3-1-0-0, J Miller ss 2-01-0, Doster cf 2-0-0-1, Johanns p
4-1-3-0, McGarvey 2b 4-0-2-1, M
Miller 1b 2-0-0-0, Cook lf 2-0-0-0,
Philpot rf 3-0-0-0, Shull 2b 1-0-0-0,
Mourey 2-0-0-0 Total 25-2-6-2
Van Wert
Gutierrez ss 3-0-1-0, Lee cf 2-0-00, Fetzer p 3-0-1-0, Blackmore 1b
3b 2-1-0-0, Wehner rf 1b 3-0-0-0,
Eddins lf 1-0-0-0, Army 2b 3-0-1-1,
Acquaviva 3b rf 3-0-0-0, Pierce c
2-0-0-0, Willingham 1-0-0-0 Total
23-1-3-1
WP: Preston Johanns (Paulding)
7 innings 1 run 3 hits 3 walks 5
strikeouts
LP: Caleb Fetzer (Van Wert)
7 innings 2 runs 6 hits 4 walks 8
strikeouts
Game 2
Paulding 12, Van Wert 6
Paulding
Martinez ss 4-1-0-0, Mourey DH
3-2-1-0, Doster lf 4-1-4-1, McGarvey
0-1-0-0, Johanns 1b 5-2-2-2, Heller
rf 2-1-2-1, Philpot 1-1-1-0, Ripke 3b
5-1-1-1, Edwards cf 3-1-0-0, Egnor
c 3-0-0-0, Schroeder 4-1-0-1, Total
35-12-10-6
Van Wert
Gutierrez ss 3-1-1-1, Lee cf 2-1-10, Fetzer 3b 4-1-1-1, Blackmore 1b
3-1-1-1, Army c 4-0-0-0, McHugh rf
3-0-0-0, Palmer p 1-0-0-0, Wehner
p 1-0-0-0, Chiles 2b 2-1-0-0, Eddins
lf p 3-1-1-0 Total 26-6-5-3
WP: Carson Shull (Paulding)
1 inning strikeout
LP: Tristen Wehner (Van Wert)
1 inning 6 runs 2 hits 4 walks
Antwerp Elementary Honor Roll

Antwerp Elementary School
has announced the honor roll
for the fourth nine weeks.
They include:
THIRD GRADE
All As Allison Carnes,
Aiden Lichty, Eden Shuherk,
Jessica Thornell, Elle Clem,
Teeghun Marlin, Braylen
Moreno, Madisyn Peters, Caroline Rohrs
All As & Bs Noah Bradbury, Drew Eaken, Keegan
Friend, Lily Friend, Kamren
Johnson, Jonah Keys, Skyler Octaviano, Allie Ratliff,
Dayne Sholl, Brittlyn Sitton,
Faith Clem, Karsen Donat,
Derek Hines, Jordan McDorman, Brynn Reinhart, Tavin
Sholl, Maggie Trabel, Kayden
Winslow
FOURTH GRADE
All As Myranda Brooks,
Cohen Hitzeman, Reid Lichty,
Emma Saul, Kahlea Shook,
Leila Spyker, Camden Fuller,
Haley Hammer, Falynn McAlexander, Aewyn McMichael,
Brooke Molitor, Hannah Molitor
All As & Bs Landon
Brewer, Nathan Dzib, Syris
Gale, Tycen Jones, Jill Magoulas, Taylor Morales, Macy
Nutter, Ben Savina, Samantha
Sheedy, Connar Shiple, Xander
Smith, Lillian VanCleve, Zane
Wolf, Carson Altimus Quince
Dickess, Jacob Fisher, Addyson
Hormann, Caleb Laker, Sara

Lawhorn, Izzy Meyer, Isaac
Reutter, Caydence Shull, Savannah Smith, Lucy Wales
FIFTH GRADE
All As Gavin Clevinger,
Zach Devall, Madelyn ODonnell, Rayni Rister, Katryna
Fish, Shaylee Garrett, Lydia
Krouse, Makenna Lawson,
Ross Lee, Hope Roebel, Ethan
Sanders, Aeriel Snyder
All As & Bs Taylor

Carr, Becca Hathaway, Ethan
Lichty, McCartney Lucas,
Lance McKeever, Lyndsey
Miller, Parker Moore, Lyndin
Poor, Zoey Shelton, Makenna
Smith, Jillian Treece, Autumn
Zuber, Brooke Hounshell,
Hayleigh Jewell, Kyliegh
Logan, Michael McCreery,
Keersten Peters, Eli Reinhart,
Laura Wolf
Bluffton won the Northwest Conference

2015-16 Don Bachman Award of Excellence
for the second time with a number of high finishes in conference standings throughout the
year. The award recognizes the school in the
conference that exhibits the highest level of
consistent excellence in conference-sponsored
sports and scholastic bowl competition.
The Pirates compiled a total of 75.5 points
to defeat Spencerville (69.5) with Columbus
Grove (66.0) finishing third. Points are awarded
and accumulated each year based on conference
standings in all sports and the NWC scholastic
bowl competition.
The award was started during the 2005-06
school year to honor longtime Northwest Conference commissioner/secretary, Don Bachman, who served in that position for more than
thirty years before passing away late in 2005.
This year Bluffton earned one outright NWC
Baseball honors for GMC

Ayersville senior Jacob Kahle was named
Green Meadows Conference Baseball Player
of the Year in voting recently by the conference
coaches.
Kahle, who led the Pilots to a co-GMC championship with Fairview, was joined on the First
Team by fellow Ayersville senior Jack Goonan.
The Apaches also had a pair of players garner
First Team honors in senior Kody King and junior Nathan Puffinberger.
Edgerton, Hicksville and Tinora also claimed
two spots on the First Team. Bulldog seniors
Mitchell Cercone and Landon Thiel were selected as were Hicksville senior Wes Perry and
After leading Tinora to an

undisputed Green Meadows
Conference softball championship in 2016, Ram senior Kaitlyn Pscodna was voted the 2016
GMC Player of the Year in voting by the leagues coaches.
Tinora, which captured the
league title with a perfect 7-0
conference record, also placed
sophomore Ashton Helmke
and senior Alison Zipfel on the
GMC First Team along with
Pscodna.
The Payne Elementary School

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GRADE 1
All As Ella Crosby, McKenzie Johnson, Madeline Coressel,
Maddoxx Egnor
All As & Bs Carter Baumle, Destiny Endicott, Blake
Noggle, Keagen Sharp, Monica
Williams, Olivia Zartman, Matthew Carpenter, Katelynn Bauer,
Johnalynn Shellenbarger, Chloe
Williams
Drayson Wenzlick
GRADE 2
WAYNE TRACE
All As Ryan Parker, McK Juniors Alex Foust, *Ju- enzie Gasser, Clay Stoller
lie Holbrooks, Nathan Klima, All As & Bs Tyler BlanLevi Priest, *Daniel Sinn
kenship, Krystal Bradbury,
Seniors Michael Now
Mya Endicott, Stella Laukhuf,
Hunter Lyons, Emma Stouffer,
Kaden Wilcox, Mylie Wittwer,
Franklin, Amber Stoller,
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GRADE 4
All As Emma Lyons, Emma
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All As & Bs Breven Anderson, Logen Bland, Hannah Dunham, Mason Hutchinson, Lucas
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Hannah Sleesman, Fairview
sophomore Kendra Schroeder
and freshman Kendyl Kime,
Hicksville senior Abbye Shock,
Holgate senior Sarah Niese and
the Tinora duo of junior Jenna
Seither and sophomore Quinn
Slattman.
Antwerp senior Emily Derck
and Wayne Trace junior Madison Zartman also received
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Sleesman and sophomore Cloey Whitman. Fairview senior
Mallory Polter, Hicksville junior Ashtyn Bauer and Wayne
Trace senior Carley Wright
received First Team awards as
well.
Second Team honorees included Antwerp seniors Avery
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freshman Parker Thiel. Tinora senior Brevin Renollet and junior Tyler Giesige picked up First
Team awards as well.
Antwerp junior Trey Mills was named to the
GMC Second Team along with the Ayersville
trio of junior Jacob Miller, senior Eric Engel and
junior Dauson Dales. Other honorees are Edgerton senior Alex Michael, Fairview senior Matthew Kozumplik and freshman Hunter Bostater,
Hicksville senior Dakota Harvey, Tinora senior
Reid Anders and Ram junior Mathias Grube.
Wayne Trace senior Blaine Jerome and Antwerp junior Hunter Noel each received Honorable Mention.
GMC softball team announced
Vantage Honor Roll

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announced the honor roll
for the fourth nine weeks.
Included are:
*Denotes 4.0 GPA
ANTWERP
Juniors Alexie Bennett,
*Zachary McDaniels, Halie
Roberts, Logan Shaner, Michael Taylor
Seniors *Avery Braaten,
*Domino Daugherty, *Serena
Drake, *Jacob Sukup, Austin
Van Atta
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*Andrea Kremer, *Aubrey
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Seniors Michaela Harris, Bridgett Moore, Nicholas
Warnimont, Cullen Wenzlick,
title in boys soccer. In addition to the conference championship in soccer, the Pirates had
second place finishes in wrestling, boys track
and girls track with a co-runner up in the scholastic bowl competition. Bluffton also had third
place finishes in girls soccer, girls basketball
and football.
Other NWC champions/co-champions were
Ada (volleyball), Allen East (girls soccer),
Columbus Grove (girls basketball, girls track,
boys track), Crestview (softball), Delphos Jefferson (football, wrestling), Lincolnview (golf,
boys and girls cross country, boys basketball),
Paulding (volleyball, baseball, academic team)
Spencerville (baseball),
The final order of finish for the 2015-16 school
year: 1. Bluffton 75.5; 2. Spencerville 69.5; 3.
Columbus Grove 66.0; 4. Crestview 62.5; 5.
Lincolnview 62.0; 6. Delphos Jefferson. 61.0; 7.
Paulding 58.0; 8. Ada 55.5; 9.Allen East 52.0.
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2016 State Track Meet Results for Wayne Trace & Antwerp Athletes
Beyond the
finish line
By JOE SHOUSE
Sports Writer
Monique Goings, a junior at Wayne Trace, graced

the podium during the recent state track meet. It
was the second time in as many years for Goings
to complete a record performance, placing in three
events. On Saturday, Goings finished fourth in the
100 dash, seventh in the 200 dash and third in the
400 relay.
Charlie Warnimont/DHI Media
Monique Goings had a banner day at the state track meet in

Columbus. The Wayne Trace junior made her way to the podium
three times. In the 100 Goings finished fourth (12.59) as she battles
Olivia Brewer from Mount Gilead who finished third (12.45).
From left Sam Williamson, Allen Sparks (Maplewood), and

Ottovilles Brendan Siefker stay close together as they make
their way towards the finish in the boys 1600. Williamson ran his
personal best at 4:21.96 and a sixth place finish.
Awesome Accolades
at State Track Meet
Division III Girls 100 Dash Finals
1. Taylor Middleton
Miami Valley
2. Abby Caldwell
River
3. Olivia Brewer
Mount Gilead
4. Monique Goings
Wayne Trace
5. Lynsey Shipley
Portsmouth
12.26
12.40
12.45
12.59
12.59
Division III Girls 200 Dash Finals

1. Taylor Middleton
Miami Valley
2. Micah Johnston
Toledo Christian
3. Abby Caldwell
River
4. Rachael Adams
St. Thos. Aquinas
5. Iva Domitrovich
McDonald
6. Lynsey Shipley
Portsmouth
7. Monique Goings
Wayne Trace
8. Makayla Rolince
Danville
25.20
25.26
25.36
25.62
25.78
25.91
26.01
26.02
Division III Girls 400 Relay

1. Norwayne
49.64
2. Columbus Grove
50.55
3. Wayne Trace
50.61
4. Dalton
50.66
5. Sard. Eastern
50.66
6. Colonel Crawford
51.00
7. Minster
51.24
8. Miami Valley
51.28
Divison III Boys 1600 Run

1. Jacob Caniford
St Thomas Aquinas
2. Brendan Siefker
Ottoville
3. Nicholas Bame
Hardin Northern
4. Allen Sparks
Maplewood
5. Kenny Wallace
Matthews
6. Sam Williamson
Antwerp
7. Daniel Ritter
Springfield Ctr. Cath.
8. Tom Ballas
Fort Loramie
4:14.34
4:18.84
4:19.56
4:19.70
4:19.88
4:21.96
4:22.50
4:26.54
Division III Boys 3200 Run

1. Aaron Wood
Fisher Catholic
2. Chad Johnson
Colonel Crawford
3. Daniel Seas
Peebles
4. Brendan Siefker
Ottoville
5. Tristan Dahmen
Maplewood
13. Sam Williamson
Antwerp
9:18.61
9:20.51
9:25.97
9:31.58
9:32.65
9:51.76
The 400 relay team of Goings, Gracie Gudakunst,

Shanya Temple and Stacy Flint finished third, an
improvement from their fifth place run of a year ago.
The quartet shattered their record of 51.03 with a
time of 50.66.
Goings, a junior, will return next year with her
sights set on a state title in both the 100 and 200
dash. The number one and two finishers in the 100
graduate, leaving third place finisher Olivia Brewer
to return. Brewer was a scant 0.14 seconds ahead of
Goings in the state meet.
The Wayne Trace girls 400 relay team set a new school record with
a time of 50.66 seconds and finished third in the Division III state
track meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium at The Ohio State
University Saturday. The girls, who had set the record last year at
the state meet in 2015, improved on their fifth place time from last
season of 51.03 seconds. Sophomore Gracie Gudakunst, senior
Stacy Flint, senior Shayna Temple and junior Monique Goings
are pictured after their third place finish. Goings also wrapped
up her second straight year at the state meet of placing in three
events by taking fourth in the 100 dash and seventh in the 200
dash individually.
The Wayne Trace 400 relay team captured third place in the
Division III state meet in Columbus on Saturday. Stacy Flint
prepares to hand the baton off to teammate Gracie Gudkunst.
The time of 50.66 gives the quartet of Flint, Gudakunst, Monique
Goings, and Shayna Temple the school record for the 400 relay.
Of the seven individuals who finished ahead of

Goings in the 200 dash, six were seniors. The sixth
place finisher, Lynsey Shipley from Portsmouth, a
sophomore, looks to be Goings competition next
year.
Sam Williamson finished an illustrious career
wearing the blue-and-white for Antwerp. Williamson
managed to participate in seven of eight state
tournaments in both. Williamson, who finished sixth
in the 1600, posted a personal best of 4:21.96.
Antwerp girls 3200 relay team participated in the state meet last
week. Although the team didnt get past the preliminary round they
managed to trim 22 seconds off their time during their run to the state.
Rachel Williamson hands off to Jamie Ryan during their state attempt,
finishing with a time of 10:16.71. Joining Ryan and Williamson as a
part of the relay team are Audrie Longardner and Anne Miesle.
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PAULDING COUNTY PROGRESS

2016 ALL-COUNTY SOFTBALL TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kelsey Beck
paulding high School

senior, #17
Kelsey led us in about every offensive category, but she was also our best offensive player. ... She was a big part of helping us to be
successful as a team this year, which was the most important thing to her.
Panther Head Coach Matt Carr
ALL-PAULDING COUNTY FIRST TEAM
Haylee Dominique
Paulding
Freshman, #34
Audrey Manz
Carley Wright
Megan Moore
Callie Perry
Sidney Barnhouse
Avery Braaten
Maggie Crosby
Carrie Thrasher
Madison Zartman
Paulding
Sophomore, #9
Antwerp
Sophomore, #7
Emily Derck
Antwerp
Senior, #10
Wayne Trace
Sophomore, #7
Wayne Trace
Senior, #8
Wayne Trace
Sophomore #3
Antwerp
Senior, #12
Wayne Trace
Senior, #5
Natalie Torman
Wayne Trace
Sophomore, #6
Antwerp
Senior, #5
Wayne Trace
Junior, #17
Asia Arellano
Paulding
Freshman, #36
Beck unanimous choice as Player of the Year

PAULDING Paulding County softball coaches recently voted on the 2016 Paulding County
Progress and Welch Trophy Player of the Year
with Panther senior Kelsey Beck being a unanimous selection to the honor.
Beck topped the county in all of the major offensive statistical categories and led the Panthers
to a regional berth in Division III. The Panther
catcher was the only Paulding County player to
bat over .500, finishing the year hitting .539 for
the maroon-and-white.
Kelsey was a great senior leader for us this
season, commented Panther head coach Matt
Carr. She did a tremendous job showing our
players how to compete and be successful during
our tournament run.
Beck also led the county in runs scored (33),
doubles (13), triples (2) and runs batted in (20).
The Panther catcher also hit five home runs and
had 33 hits on the year, leading the Panthers to a
record of 13-10 overall and 4-4 in the Northwest
Conference.
She led us in about every offensive category,
Carr continued, but she was also our best defensive player. She basically was able to eliminate
opponents running games with her arm and did
a great job blocking everything behind the plate.
The biggest thing about Kelsey, though, was that
she is a great student-athlete who has a great work
ethic. She was a big part of helping us to be successful as a team this year, which was the most
important thing to her.
Joining Beck on the all-county First Team from
Paulding are Haylee Dominique, Audrey Manz
and Asia Arellano. Antwerps quartet of Callie
Perry, Sidney Barnhouse, Avery Braaten and Emily Derck also were selected for the First Team
as were Wayne Traces Carley Wright, Megan
Moore, Natalie Torman, Maggie Crosby, Carrie
Thrasher and Madison Zartman.
Haylee Dominique hit .418 on the season
while scoring a dozen runs and driving in 20,
tying for the county lead. Dominique also added
seven doubles, one triple and one home run.
Audrey Manz posted a .354 average with 16
runs scored and 14 runs batted in. The Panther
hurler also hit five doubles on the season. On the
mound, Manz struck out 115 opposing hitters in
119-2/3 innings while posting an 11-7 record with
a 3.28 earned run average.

Asia Arellano tied for second on the Panthers
with 16 runs scored and added eight RBIs for
the maroon-and-white. She finished fourth on the
squad with a .339 batting average and posted five
doubles.
Sidney Barnhouse topped Antwerp with a
.385 batting average and added five runs scored,
a triple and five runs batted in.
Callie Perry was second on the Archers in
batting average, hitting .365, and scored eight
times while driving in six runs. Perry also topped
the blue-and-white with four doubles, helping to
lead Antwerp to a 6-10 overall record while the
Archers were 1-6 in the Green Meadows Conference.
Avery Braaten tossed 96 innings on the
mound for Antwerp, striking out 63 hitters while
finishing with a 4.08 earned run average. At the
plate, Braaten hit .255 and topped the Archers
with 10 runs scored. She also hit two doubles and
picked up two runs batted in.
Emily Derck scored seven times for the Antwerp offense while hitting three doubles and a
triple. She also drove in seven runs for the blueand-white and posted a .245 batting average.
Carley Wright paced Wayne Trace with a .419
batting average and topped the Raiders with nine
doubles and a home run. The Raider catcher also
scored eight runs and drove in 15 to lead Wayne
Trace.
Megan Moore hit .397 for the red-white-andblue and added four doubles. She also scored a
dozen runs and picked up two runs batted in.
As a freshman, Natalie Torman scored a dozen runs and chipped in 13 runs batted in while hitting .383 on the season. The Raider outfielder also
hit four doubles and a triple.
Carrie Thrasher wrapped up her Raider career with a batting average of .351 this season,
scoring 15 runs and driving in 13. She also added
four doubles for the Raiders.
Madison Zartman posted an average of .340
on the year, totaling 15 runs scored and 11 runs
batted in while hitting three doubles and a home
run.
Maggie Crosby took over on the mound this
year and tossed 101-2/3 innings for Wayne Trace.
The sophomore hurler finished the season 9-7
with a 2.62 earned run average with 49 strikeouts.

At the plate, Crosby also hit .288 and posted two
doubles, five runs scored and 13 runs batted in.
Wayne Trace wrapped up the season with an
overall record of 10-9 while finishing 3-4 in the
Green Meadows Conference.
County Players of the Year
Since 2013, the Paulding Progress has chosen an

All-County Softball Team. Athletes who have been
named Player of the Year have included: 2016:
Kelsey Beck - PHS; 2015: Addison Baumle - WT;
2014: Emilie Linder - WT; 2013: Kaleigh Young - WTz
Final county baseball stats
2016 final statistics for Paulding County high school baseball, compiled by sports writer
Kevin Wannemacher:
TRIPLES
BATTING AVERAGE
No.
PLAYER/HS
AB
H AVG. PLAYER/HS
Kelsey Beck/PHS
76
41 .539 Kelsey Beck/PHS
2
Carley Wright/WTHS
62
26 .419
Haylee Dominique/PHS 79
33 .418
RUNS BATTED IN
Megan Moore/WTHS
58
23 .397 PLAYER/HS
No.
Sidney Barnhouse/AHS 54
20 .385 Kelsey Beck/PHS
20
Natalie Torman/WTHS
60
23 .383 Haylee Dominique/PHS
20
Callie Perry/AHS
55
19 .365 Megan Moore/WTHS
15
Carley Wright/WTHS
15
RUNS SCORED
Audrey Manz/PHS
14
13
PLAYER/HS
No. Maggie Crosby/WTHS
13
Kelsey Beck/PHS
33 Carrie Thrasher/WTHS
13
Sydney Critten/WTHS
19 Natalie Torman/WTHS
12
Audrey Manz/PHS
16 Kristen Schilt/PHS
11
Asia Arellano/PHS
16 Madison Zartman/WTHS
Madison Zartman/WTHS
15
Carrie Thrasher/WTHS
15
STRIKEOUTS (PITCHING)
Brooke Sinn/WTHS
12 PLAYER/HS
No.
Megan Moore/WTHS
12 Audrey Manz/PHS
115
Natalie Torman/WTHS
12 Avery Braaten/AHS
63
Haylee Dominique/PHS
12 Maggie Crosby/WTHS
49
DOUBLES
PLAYER/HS
Kelsey Beck/PHS
Carley Wright/WTHS
Haylee Dominique/PHS
Audrey Manz/PHS
Asia Arellano/PHS
No.
13
9
7
5
5
EARNED RUN AVERAGE

PLAYER/HS
IP
ER
Maggie Crosby/WTHS
101.2 38
Audrey Manz/PHS
119.2 56
Madison Zartman/WTHS 19
9
Avery Braaten/AHS
96
56
Callie Perry/AHS
22
15
ERA
2.62
3.28
3.32
4.08
4.77
New Starting Pay

Lakeview Farms, LLC. is accepting applications for production on all
shifts, 2nd shift sanitation and 3rd
shift Shipping. Qualified individuals
will be dependable, detail oriented,
have good math and reading skills,
the ability to lift up to fifty pounds and
good attendance. Forklift experience
required for Shipping. Must be quality
conscious with good mechanical aptitude. Company offers competitive
wage and benefits package. Persons 18 years or older may obtain an
application Monday through Friday
8:00AM to 5:00PM or submit a resume to:
Lakeview Farms, LLC
Attn: Human Resources Department

1700 Gressel Drive, P.O. Box 98
Delphos, OH 45833
recruiter@lakeviewfarms.com
Job Openings
Rhodes State College is one of West

Central Ohios largest two-year colleges
with over 4000 students, and more
than 75 Associate degrees, majors and
certification programs. The Colleges
campus, on-line instruction and offcampus learning centers serve across 33
Ohio counties. The College also provides
non-credit and credit training for
businesses and organizations.
The following positions are available:
Vice President, Business/Finance

Vice President, Academic Affairs
Dean, Health Sciences
Director, Marketing &
College Relations
Director, Human Resources
Executive Director, Workforce,
Economic Development, and
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Senior Analyst/Programmer
Assistant Systems Programmer/
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Web Developer
See qualifications and the application
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An Equal Opportunity/ADA Employer,
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VAN WERT COUNTY HOSPITAL

VAN WERT, OHIO
POLYSOMNOGRAPHY
TECHNOLOGIST
A PRN (on-call as needed, not

benefits eligible) Polysomnography
Tech position is available with the
Sleep Center. Days, weekends,
and holidays vary and hours are
typically nights. The Tech provides
neuro-cardiopulmonary treatment
and diagnostic services for patients
(pediatric-geriatric) in accordance
with the written physician order and
within departmental policy. Qualified
candidates must be high school
grad or the equivalent. Successful
completion of the BRPT examination
for Registered Polysomnography
Technologist is preferred. Basic
knowledge of pharmacology is
necessary as well as knowledge of
growth and development to provide
age specific care to pediatricgeriatric patients. Documented
Polysomnographic training and CPR
required. Qualified candidates are
encouraged to submit a resume/
application to:
Van Wert County Hospital
Human Resources
1250 S. Washington St.

Van Wert, OH 45891
E-mail: hr@vanwerthospital.org
Visit the Hospitals website and apply
online at: www.vanwerthospital.org
EOE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
IF INTERESTED in a
FREE KJV Bible or children's story Bible,
please contact 419-7869309. We welcome locations interested in helping to distribute bibles.
FOR SALE
$150 QUEEN pillowtop

mattress set. New in
plastic, can deliver 260493-0805,
EVERYTHING IS on
sale - moving location Everything must go Rupp Furniture Co.
Downtown Bryan 419636-1121
SERVICES
ERIC'S Paint Works

and Pressure Washing
- interior and exterior
painting. Insured, quality
work. 419-262-7830
TRAVEL
CHARTER BUS Tours

June 15:Tommy Guns
Garage, Chicago--$129;
June 17:Shipshewana,
Home Game--$109;
June 28-30: Niagara
Falls & Erie Canal-$439; July 6-9:Mississippi River Cruise on
Twilight --$719. Call for
detailed fliers. Lots of
Day & Multi-Day tours.
Evelyns Excursions,
419-737-2055; Ivah
Lothamer419-3992386 www.evelynsexcursions.com - also on
Face Book
STORAGE
PAULDING MINI Storage: For unit sizes and

prices please call 419399-4068.
WANTED TO BUY
BUYING COINS,
stamps, comic books,
old toys, knives, old jewelry, antiques, collections. Call 419-3993353.
BUYING ANTIQUES,
old photographs, old
photo albums, military
items, old signs,old postcards, old toys, antiques,
etc. 419-393-2107
FREE & LOW PRICE

FREE OUTDOOR KITTENS - 2 black, 3 tiger.
Call 419-594-3411
HELP WANTED
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY has a full-time position for general labor.

Must be able to climb
ladders and have own
transportation. Call
Frank at 260-602-8814
ANTICIPATED
OPENING
High School
Director/Facilities
Director
Start Date: July 1, 2016
Job Objective:
Directs all aspects of the
high school operations,
including careertechnical programs,
academics, special
education, technology,
community relations,
media center,
maintenance, cafeteria,
transportation and
support staff. Provides
leadership for the high
school administrative
team and faculty.
Assists the
superintendent in
planning and
implementing the vision
and mission for
Vantage Career Center.
Utilizes data-driven
decision making.
Executes the policies of
the Board of Education
and the administrative
directives of the
superintendent.
Minimum
Requirements
Masters Degree
Valid State of Ohio
Administrative or
Superintendent license,
or the ability
to obtain one
Meets all mandatory
health requirements
(e.g., negative
tuberculosis test, etc.)
Provides documented
evidence of a clear
criminal record
Previous administrative
experience in a
career-technical setting
preferred
Prior teaching
experience preferred
Ability to establish and
maintain effective
working relationships
with the Board of
Education, Vantage staff
and students.
Ability to communicate
clearly and concisely in
oral and written form
Ability to plan,
implement and evaluate
educational programs
Ability to perform duties
with awareness of all
district requirements and
Board of Education
policies
Interested applicants
should send a
completed Vantage
Career Center
Employment
application, letter of
interest, resume,
transcripts, copy of
certifications and three
letters of reference by
Thursday, June 16,
2016 to:
Staci A. Kaufman,
Superintendent
818 N. Franklin Street,
Van Wert, OH 45891
kaufman.s@vantage
careercenter.com
No later than 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 16, 2016
A full job posting and
applications are
available on the
Vantage Career Center
website, which can be
found at
www.vantagecareer
center.com
Vantage Career Center
is an Equal
Opportunity Employer
MAKE A difference in
someone's life - help individuals with disabilities
live their lives. Part time
and Full time available in
Paulding and Van Wert
Counties. Must have
high school diploma or
GED. No experience necessary. Preferred good
driving record. $10 0
Sign-On Bonus after 90
days. Contact Easy Living, LLC at 419-7840900 for an application
o r g o o n l i n e a t NOW LEASING: One &
www.abouteasyliving.co Two Bedroom Apartments in Paulding, Ohio.
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For information, please
PART-TIME help wanted call Straley Apartments
day or night. Apply with- at 419-399-4068.
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FOR RENT
GARAGE/YARD SALES
ANTWERP RIVER Road
Garages Sales. Forder's
bridge to State Line.
June 10 & 11.
HAMILTON, IN
Our 25th Year!
TOWN-WIDE
GARAGE SALES
Saturday June 11
8AM-4PM
Hamilton, In
NO PRE-SALES
JUNE 10 & 11 Garages
Sales-Golf cart, sheets,
yarn, dishes & more.
Geyer's 6843 River
Road-Antwerp.
JUNE 10 & 11; 9am5pm. Yard machine rear
tine tiller, 2 new blue recliner chairs, end tables,
2 soda parlor chairs,
many misc. items. 103
Buffalo St., Antwerp.
FOR SALE
2 lighted bookcases
with adjustable shelves,
pristine condition.
Dimensions: H-74,
W- 32 and D-18
Vintage antique brass
bed. Headboard footboard and rails included.
Also mattress and springs
419-399-4388.
Garage Sale
All moved in and getting

rid of all the extra. Thursday
June 9-11, 9am-5pm.
3373 Road 192, Antwerp
Plumbing/Elecrical supplies, 12 aluminum boat,
rocker glider, metal shelves,
bathroom sink, frames,
games, women plus &
junior clothes, Much more.
Rain Date the following
Thursday - Saturday
Garage Sale:
June 8 & 9, 8am-4pm
June 10th, 8-12
221 S. Grant St. Paulding
Edwards & Hasch
Harley Davidson T-Shirts,

Leather Chaps, Motorcycle
Helmets, Generators, Computer Equipment, Scotts
Lawn Weed & Feeder, Exercise Bike, DVDS, Balls,
Bands & Weights, Electric
Box & Much More.
AMISH
CONSTRUCTION
CREW
New Home Construction, Home Remodeling, Pole Barns,
Garages,
Concrete
Floors, Roofing, Reside & Storm Damage,
Window/Door
Replacement, much
more! No job too
small! Free estimates,
call David in Willshire,
Ohio 1-567-644-4429.
Home Care Aides

STNAs/CNAs
Paulding County - Help us provide
care in the homes of the elderly
in your community. Join our
personal care aide staff. Training
provided. Apply online or at
office:
Community Health Professionals

250 Dooley Dr., Ste. A
Paulding, OH 45879
419-399-4708
www.ComHealthPro.org
Antwerp Town
Wide Garage Sale
June 10 & 11th
Stop at local businesses and pick
up your maps &
garage sales listngs,
starting June 9th.
Sponsored by the
Antwerp Chamber
of Commerce.
now hiring...
Baker-Shindler Ready Mix is now hiring for
full-time Class A & B CDL Mix Truck/Semi
Drivers. Health insurance and 401K. Apply
at the main office at 525 Cleveland Avenue,
Defiance, OH from 8:00AM - 4:30PM M-F or
go to www.baker-shindler.com and click on
the employment application. Any questions,
please call (419)782-5080.
Join an amazing team!
A leading manufacturer of utility &

telecommunication towers for over 50 years.
We have great opportunities for 1st and
2nd shift in our Hicksville Location for:
Welders
Fabricators
Crane Operators
$12.00-$17.00/hour
Requires candidates to be able to pass a
pre-employment drug screen. Sabre-FWT offers
competitive wages and benefits. Sabre-FWT is
an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Apply at 761W. High Street, Hicksville, OH;
go to our website at www.sabreindustries.com/
careers or email resume Hicksville@fwtllc.com
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Housekeeping
Responsible for cleaning and servicing

assigned areas. Willing to perform
routine, repetitive tasks on a continuous
basis as assigned by the department
manager.
Requirements: High school diploma
or GED and valid drivers license.
Experience in housekeeping, preferably
in a healthcare setting. Schedule: Full
Time Available, 2nd shift and as needed
available.
1035 W. Wayne Street Paulding, OH 45879
Email: pchhr@saa.net
Hickory Creek at Hicksville,

a Five Star charitable non-profit nursing
facility, is seeking qualified candidates
for the following positions:
RN Full Time 1st Shift.

$1000 Sign on bonus,
We offer a positive working environment

in a small town setting.
Come Home to Hickory Creek
For details contact:

Hickory Creek at Hicksville
401 Fountain Street
Hicksville, Ohio 43526
419-542-7795
hicksville_bom@hchfi.org
16879 CR R 15, Pioneer, OH 43554

419-737-2500
Auburn, IN - 1 Dump driver needed (local)
Jonesville, MI - 2 Van drivers (local/ regional)
Pioneer, OH - 3 Flatbed/ Van Drivers (local/
regional)
Van Wert, OH 2 Van Drivers (local/ regional)
Ft Wayne, IN- 2 Van drivers needed (local/ regional)
Meyers Bros Trucking is looking for Full Time & Part Time
Flatbed & Semi Van Class A Drivers due to increased current customer demand as well as New Lanes. All our OTR
& Regional Drivers are home 1-2 nights per week and every weekend. We have multiple Round Trip, Dedicated
and Milk Run lanes.
You tell us what you want to do
we offer multiple lanes to fit your schedule.
OTR
Regional
Home Nightly
Part-time
Weekend Only
Round Trip
Dedicated
We also offer a competitive pay package.
Average Driver earns $45,000 to $65,000 per year D.O.E.
Paid all miles, detention, dock bump and hourly
Safety Bonus up to .03/ mile
HEALTH INSURANCE STARTS YOUR FIRST DAY!
401(k)
Paid Vacation (after 6 months)
Paid Holidays (after 90 days)
We are a family owned company that offers extreme flexibility in an autonomous, positive atmosphere. Come work
for someone that knows you by name and not your truck
number.
Please stop in and see us between 8am 5pm or call
Chuck, Deb or Kasey at 419-737-2500.
Purchasing & Inventory Manager

Well established growing company seeking
experienced professional with mechanical
contractor or construction background.
16879 CR R 15, Pioneer, OH 43554 419-737-2019
Interstate Truck & Trailer Repair is looking for a
FULL TIME HEAVY TRUCK MECHANIC

Experience in heavy truck and trailer repair
Attention to Detail a Must
Must have own hand tools
Ag equipment repair and CDL license a plus
O shifts available
Excellent pay and benets
Interested candidates please apply

in person between 7 am - 4 pm or contact
Wayne at 419.737.2019
We are looking for the following:

Excellent customer service and management skills
Ability to work independently while managing

multiple projects
Proficient computer skills and
Strong multi-tasker.
We offer top-notch compensation and benefit package
including 401K, health, dental, vision and disability. Permanent position working with dedicated team of professionals.
Reply in confidence with

resume and salary history to:
Dept. 137 Times Bulletin P.O. Box 271
V.W.O. 45891

211 North Main St.
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NEW LISTINGS
To see nice color pictures & interior shots of properties offered

by Gorrell Bros. go to: www.gorrellbros-paulding.com
Antwerp East Canal St.,

modern (1995)clean ranch
w/ full finished basement/
sunroom; FINE home;
$114,900; # 403 call Rudy
Would you like to make

a difference in your
community?
NEW LISTING
Payne; West Merrin St., 2

bedroom Cape Cod(upper
level not finished) on 1/2 acre
lot; many updates w/good
shade; huge garage; $74,900;
#362 call Rudy
Do you like meeting new

people? Do you enjoy a challenging, engaging pastime?
Do your written communications skills need polishing?
#1755..181 Bittersweet Dr.

Paulding... Well-kept 2 BDRM, 2
Bath Condo, C/A, Living room fireplace w/gas, 2 lg BDRM, garage has
workshop area & back patio.
$110,000... Call Don Gorrell
Paulding; North Cherry St.; 4

bedroom 2 story on acorner
lot; very well updated w/ new
cosmetics; great location;
immediate occupancy;
$74,900; #353- call
Bernie 419-769-3675
Paulding; US 127 South; 4
acres plus 30 pad mobile
home court;complete past
records; profitable; might
split frontage off; possible
owner participation; $180K;
Call Heather 419-670-2609
Could you use some extra cash?

The Progress is seeking some capable, reliable individuals to become paid
correspondents. Must enjoy writing, be accurate and unbiased, meet deadlines, and represent the paper in a professional manner.
We have the following evening meeting assignments open:
Oakwood Village Council
Wayne Trace School Board
Paulding School Board
Paulding County Hospital Board
Also, we are looking for someone to write news and feature articles as needed
for print and website.
No previous professional writing experience is necessary, but writing ability
and strong grammar skills are important. Extra points for ability to shoot still
photos and video.
Become part of our award-winning newspaper! Please email a brief letter
of interest along with writing samples and/or a resum to dnutter@progressnewspaper.org. No phone calls, please.
Sat., June 11
10:00 A.M.
LOCATION: Gorrell Bros. Auction Facility - 1201 N. Williams St., Paulding, OH
Public Auction
York Township/ Van Wert County Farm
41.121 Acres
This farm is located 1/4 mile west of Elgin, Ohio
on State Route 81
Auction to be held at the Lions Building which
is across the street from United Presbyterian
Church in Venedocia, Ohio.
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Real Estate at 10:00
41.121 Acres
First & third shift part-time RNs

5 days per pay period
Located in Section 35, York Township, Van Wert

County, Ohio. The farm borders St Rt 81 and is
located in the Lincolnview School District. This
tract has approximate 30 acres tillable with the balance being woods and building site. The house and
buildings are in poor condition. A survey has been
completed and will be sold subject to the survey.
Terms: $20,000 down day of the sale with the
balance within 30 days. Possession upon harvest of
the 2016 wheat crop. The sellers have paid the 2016
installment of real estate taxes. The purchaser shall
pay the February 2017 real estate taxes and thereafter. Any cauv tax recoupment will be the buyers
responsibility. Any statements made the day of the
sale will take precedence over this sale ad. For more
information contact the auctioneers.
Open House: Meet the auctioneers at the farm on
Thursday June 16th from 4-6pm
Note: This farm presents an opportunity to expand
your acreage or purchase a mini farm. Soil types
include Pewamo Silty Clay Loam and Blount Silty
Loam. Check the web site for pictures and
additional info. Contact your lender and come
prepared to bid.
Make a difference serving patients and families in

hospice care. Specialized nursing related to pain and
symptom management, palliative and end-of-life
care. Hospice experience a plus, training provided.
Stop-in, Call or Apply Online:
Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center

Tonya Rutledge, RN
1155 Westwood Dr., Van Wert, OH 45891
419-623-7125
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2 NEW LISTINGS - EACH 3 BR Homes

w/newer roofs, floor coverings &
freshly painted. Att. 1 car garage,
Paulding - Priced to sell! $68,500
each - Call Don Gorrell 419##1736 503 W. Garfield Ave Paulding... 399-7699
1.5 Story, 4 BDRM, 2.5 Bath spacious
All- American home, C/A, full bsmt, dining room, lg eat-in stlye kitchen with
sliding doors to rear deck. New Price
$185,000...Call Joe Den Herder
Owner: Martha VanEman

Steel Wheel Farm LLC
Doug Jones- POA
Signed Fenton Glass w/ boxes (over 40 pcs of Nice Fenton) Pink, Green and Other
Depression Glass including Pink Cherry Blossom set Large Amount Of Other Nice
Glassware including Cobalt Blue, Amethyst, Cambridge Glass & collector Plates, White
Monex Dishes, Opalescent, Fostoria Coin & Other Fostoria, Imperial Slag, White & Blue
Bubble, Several china sets, Milk Glass, Stretch Glass, Spun Glass... Portugal & Co
Tiffany Lead Crystal Vase Hull, McCoy, & Roseville Pottery Joe Rice Paper weight
Many, Many Figurines Nice Collection of Tuscon & Southwest Pottery & Other Southwest Collectables Including Pictorial Leather Sculpture Wagon Load Of Baskets Including Longaberger, Peterboro, etc Collections of Salts & Peppers, Ceramic Birds,
Boyd Bears, Chickens, Angels, China & Glass Pitchers, etc., etc., etc 35+-Flats Of
Jewelry and Related Plus Sterling Jewelry and related Antiques, Primitives, Paper
Products & related including Pennsylvania RR Lantern & other Lamps Zenith Cobra
Matic Radio / Phonograph Nice Wooden Barrel & related Several Boxes Of Old
Comic Books Old Sheet Music & Magazines Sports, Star Trek & Planet Of The
Apes Trading Cards Boxes Of Old Kitchen Items, Garage Items & Related 1955
Comets Hockey Program Boy Scout Items 1969 Reds Team & Gene Autry Photos
Campaign & Other Buttons, Pins, Post Cards, Sports Trading Cards, etc Marbles
Vintage Toys & Newer Toys Keys, Locks, Lighters, Pipes, Cameras, etc., etc 2 Old Ford
Headlights Old Bottles & Canning Jars Graniteware Daisey Red Ryder BB Gun
Sleigh Bells & Other Bells Crocks, Cast Iron & Related ItemsGlass Oil JarsVintage
Clothing & Hats Prints & Framed Art Wood Boxes & Old Tins Misc. Fishing
Local Advertising Collectables Including Porcelain SignStain & Slag Glass Hanging
Lights Quilts Kitchen Cabinet Spice Jars ...Oak Fireplace Frame Beautiful Pump
Organ Wicker Cradle, Stroller and Other Baby Items 2 Glass Front China Cabinets
Several Old Stands & Tables Of Varied Descriptions Rattan Porch Set Sewing,
yarn & related Single Shovel Plow Slat Front Newer Desk Old Cupboard Large
amount of Older Avon including Bottles from 1960s through 2000, Old Catalogues,
Awards, Etc... Avon Radio --- Plus Items From The Barn & Basement including 5+ Wagons Full Of Tools, Garage Items, Sewing, Primitives, Baskets, Household, Etc., Etc.,
Etc very partial listing - still un-boxing 2 auction rings Inspection Wed. & Thurs
June 8 & 9 from 11 A.M. to 3 P.M., Fri. June 10 from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. and beginning
8:30 A.M. day of auction Visit our web site @ gorrellbros-paulding.com - or - auction zip for over 300 photos Terms: Cash, Check, VISA, Master Card or Discover
Card Sellers: Helen Major Family- (Dan & Karen Major - Janet Major - Steven
& Den Major) Gorrell Bros. Auctioneers - Don Gorrell, Ken Manz, Apprentice;
Larry Gorrell, Chris AuFrance, Apprentice; Aaron Timm; Nolan Shisler
PUBLIC AUCTION
SATURDAY, JUNE 18th, 2016 - 9:00am

ANTIQUE FURNITURE ~ GLASSWARE
OLD FORD TRACTOR ~ PAINTINGS
Sale conducted by
Coldwater Auction Service
www.coldwaterauctionservice.net
Auctioneers
Larry Geise: Real
Rick Uhlenhake
Estate Broker419-678-9995
Auctioneer
Brenda Schwieterman
419-586-5384
419-925-4584
REAL ESTATE AUCTION
* Auctioneers Note: Bob & Ruth Cook were residents, (former Mayor), business
people and antique collectors in Hicksville, Ohio for over 60 years. The following
items are only a PARTIAL LIST of their lifetime COLLECTION. The residence is filled,
nearly wall to wall, and we will be adding items to this list as we discover them. For
a more complete list and pictures go to our web site at: guilford-realestate.com
and click on the auction tab.
Saturday, June 11 at 12 noon

4055 US 127
Haviland, Ohio 45851
LOCATION: DEFIANCE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS in Hicksville, Ohio.
2347 sq ft home on 1.5 acres
4 bedrooms, 2 baths, Nice kitchen and large living room all on

a newer basement. A well maintained home with 2 large outbuildings. A great opportunity to purchase a country residence
in a good location.
00183737
Personal property auction to start at 10am

by Rismiller Auctioneer Service
Public Auction
Real estate auction
Location:
12415 Maple Ave, Paulding,
OH 45879; On Site
HoUSEHoLD itEMS:
Appliances-- Maytag W/D,
Frigidaire frig & range;
Bedrm Suite; Quality
dressers; Desks; Patio set;
Garage tools & misc; Wooden Remington box; Antique
secretary; End
tables; Bookshelves; Chairs;
Rockers; Entertainment
stand; Barbies; Misc
household & kitchen items.
1994 Buick Century
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SELLER: The late Ray E.
Keck (by) Mrs. RaeAnn
(Keck) Pieper
SaLE MGR: Chester M.
Straley; GRI, e-Pro;
419-605-8410
Everything we
touch... Turns to sold!!
Tuesday, June 28th, 2016 6:00 PM
9523 St. Rt. 49, Payne, OH

Approximately 2 miles North of Payne
Troy Kies, Auctioneer/Realtor

HER Realtors 937-726-8970
HOUSEHOLD: Duncan Energy Saver Automatic Ceramics Kiln (EA-1029 Pro-Plus w/

manuals & stands NEVER USED); sofa & chair; bed w/ canopy; bookcases; platform
rocker; TV stand; TV; desk; file cabinets; lamps; ceramic molds; Longaberger baskets;
lamps; 100s of hardback books; cobalt glassware; courier cabinet, china cabinet;
Bollinger exercise bike; Christmas decorations; bedding; clothes rack.
EQUIPMENT: 9N-2N 540 Ford tractor w/ loader (I believe this is a 1939 and possibly
the 540th produced); Craftsman riding lawn mower & cart; aluminum extension ladder;
metal shelving; tools, cutting torch set & cart; old 8 disc; 5 blade; lots of misc. tools
APPLIANCES: stove, refrigerator; elec. dryer
TERMS: Cash or check with proper ID
AUCTIONEERS: Bruce Guilford, Kevin Anspach, Steve Zuber
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4 PM- Wed June 29, 2016
Terms: $5000.00 non refundable down payment day of sale

with balance due with in 30 days. Possession at closing. Selling
AS IS WHERE IS with no warranties or guarantees. Sale is not
subject to any contingencies or financing. All inspections should
be done at the expense of the buyer before bidding. Auctioneer
represents the seller. Short proration of property tax will be used.
It is the responsibility of the buyer to contact zoning or the proper
authorities for conformation of any future planning of the property. A 10% buyers premium will be added to the successful bid
price to determine the contract price. Open house Wednesday
May 25th from 4-7 pm or contact Realtor for showing.
ANTIQUES: Globe Wernicke oak stack bookcase; 3 stack oak bookcase; ornate walnut
Victorian bed; oak floor mirror; oak knockdown wardrobe; oak commode w/ towel rack;
oak hanging dish rack; oak hanging hat rack w/ mirror; oak leaded glass bookcase; set
of 6 oak chairs; cane bottom chair; oak drop leaf table; oak podium; rocker; fainting
couch; parlor tables; walnut chest w/ leaf carved handles; bachelor chest w/ handkerchief drawers; walking spinning wheel; tea cart; Victorian sofa; oak easel; mission
book shelves; huge ornate beveled hall mirrors; 2 chrome kitchen tables; Heywood
Wakefield vanity; Fenton red poppy lamp; wall bracket oil lamps; hanging lamp w/
prisms; jardiniere & pedestal; royal ruby glassware; stemware; silverware set; framed
St. Bernard Maude Earl print; framed prints; framed oil paintings; Ambassador cornet;
Gundy-Bettoney clarinet; costume jewelry; Raleigh girls bike; flat top trunk; primitive
oak butter churn; pictures frames; doll house & furniture; 1882 Defiance County History book; postcards; 1000# Toledo lollipop scales; plat form scales; feed carts; slaw
cutter; canning jars; crochet bedspread; linens; quilts; suitcases; lots of other collectible glassware including etched, pressed & Depression pieces; candelabras; copper
boiler; Mother Goose Chimes book circa 1900; linen Night Before Christmas book
circa 1900; Teresa Minnig custom made doll for Ruth Cook, French Barbie in orig. box;
Jewel heating/cooking stove built by Detroit Stove Works; old music; vintage patio set;
much more to come.
Note: This home is currently listed for sale and is available
for offers prior to the Auction. Call Dale Butler at 419-203-5717.

Someone is going to get a great buy on this home. Owner is
very motivated and says Make An Offer. Beautiful 1.8 acre lot,
a house that is ready to move into, very nice 2 car garage and a
newer 30x40 pole building with concrete floor. This is a tremendous Buy in the 70s or 80s. will require conventional financing or cash buyer. Payments on principal and interest could be
approximately $400/month.This home has approximately 1530
square feet, 3 bedrooms, 1 large bath, natural gas heat, central
air, vinyl siding, storage shed, Wayne Trace schools. For showings call Dale Butler 419-203-5717.
Terms:$3,000 down day of auction with balance due on or
before July 28, 2016. Subject to Sale Prior to Auction.
Sellers: Allen Jenkins
Visit our Web site at www.BeeGeeRealty.com to view the

Auction Calendar and see more information/photos of this
auction and all upcoming auctions.
Auctioneers: Bob Gamble, CAI,
CES, Dale Butler, DD Strickler, &
Andy Schweiterman.
Apprentice Auctioneer:
Robert D. Gamble, Jr.
www.BeeGeeRealty.com
122 N Washington St.,

Van Wert, OH 45891
419/238-5555
Member of Ohio & National Auctioneers Associations
Owners: Ruth Cook & Family
Go to auctionzip.com for pictures and updates

419-542-6637 www.guilford-realestate.com
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For 25 years Meriwether has carried it on No danger from
PAULDING Pastor David

Meriwether of the First Presbyterian Church in Paulding will
be commemorating 25 years of
continuing service to the church
on Sunday, June 12 with an informal open house from 1-3 p.m.
at the church, outside, weather
permitting. It is also his 60th
birthday.
The celebration is being cohosted by the Cecil Presbyterian
Church where Meriwether has
been the part-time stated supply
minister since 1999.
My sister Margaret recently
told me, Dave, youve carried it
on, and that really means a lot to
me, said Pastor Meriwether.
Their father Roger had been a
Presbyterian minister, also.
My dads last year was my
first year, Meriwether explains,
pointing to a nameplate that
reads Pastor Meriwether and
rests atop his office doorframe.
That was actually my dads. He
gave it to me when he retired.
Meriwether explains that becoming a pastor had been an unlikely career choice for both he
and his father. David grew up in
his fathers church, Emmanuel
Presbyterian, in Thousand Oaks,
Calif. and became a serious
Christian at age 17. But because
he had an intense fear of public
speaking, he didnt think about
being a minister.
Then at the age of 23, God
changed me instantly, Meriwether says, and he had a sudden
desire to preach.
His father, Roger, had taken
an aptitude test in college revealing that the one career he could
rule out was being a minister.
In 1988, Dave earned his
master of divinity from Fuller
Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., where his dad had
attended in the mid-1950s. He
preached his first sermon at the
Paulding church on June 16,
1991.
I had just turned 35 on the
four-day drive on the way out
from California, he recalls.
Meriwether laughs now about
his early days as a minister.
I was completely clueless,
very nave. On an early visit to
an elderly member of the congregation, the young pastor called
her by her first name. She told
me that she was old enough to be
my grandmother and instructed
me to address her as Mrs. Soand-so.
Meriwether recalls some of

the memorable events in his
more than two decades at the
church: hosting TGIF, a marriage conference, and the ice
cream tent during John Paulding
Days; participating in the community choir festivals; sharing
VBS with other churches; starting praise singing before worship and the prayer group that
meets on Thursday evenings;
hosting a small group ministry
in his home with his wife Patty,
and celebrating the churchs
125th anniversary in 2000 with a
flower show, an evening service,
and the addition of the churchs
chimes.
Another highlight for him was
the building of the churchs fellowship hall early in his tenure.
The planning for the addition
was well underway by the time
Meriwether filled the pulpit, but
the fruits of that vision have been
fulfilled with a space that is wellused by the church and the community.
Meriwether explains how his
sermon preparation has changed
over time. At first, I wrote out
all of my sermons and read
them, he says. Now, he writes
about seven minutes worth of
words for a 20-minute sermon,
and speaks from his notes.
Over the years I have emphasized the importance of prayer,
openness to the Holy Spirit and
the identity of the believer as a
member of the Kingdom of God
and a representative of Jesus in
the community.
He enjoys being with and
working with people, and his
approach has changed over the
years.
I was very much a people
pleaser, afraid of offending people and overly concerned with
what people thought of me,
Meriwether says of his early
days of being a pastor, but the
Lord has convicted me that that
was a sin.
Meriwether recalls the privilege of speaking at two funerals of church members who
died young. While the deaths of
Lara Punches and Randy Bussing were tragic, their families
wanted the tones of their funerals to be celebratory, and their
services were a big blessing for
the church.
Describing himself as an
extremely loyal person, Meriwether says that one of the hard-
recent algal bloom
Sunday will be a special day for Pastor David Meriwether. The

Paulding First Presbyterian minister will celebrate 25 years of pastoral ministry at the local church. He will also be celebrating his 60th
birthday. An open house is planned from 1-3 p.m. at the church.
est things about being a preacher
is losing the people with whom
he has developed close relationships - not just members of his
congregation, but other ministers
in the community as well who
have left to fill pulpits in other
towns.
Two positive changes that
have taken place during his tenure are both technology related,
he says. Computer and email
have greatly improved his ability
to communicate with the congregation, and the video screens in
the sanctuary and the fellowship
hall which were largely purchased from a fund in memory
of Randy Bussing - have enhanced services.
An active member of the
Paulding Kiwanis Club and the
Paulding Ministerial Association, Meriwether also takes a
turn hosting a Bible study at the
Paulding County Senior Center
and holding an afternoon service at The Gardens of Paulding
every fifth Sunday.
He has also served as community spiritual director for both the
Another tribute to caregivers

Caregiving is something
that has never been far from
my sight. We would sometimes
share in the responsibility of
caring for the brother of my
best friend who had an autistic brother. I saw the sacrifice
of my buddys mother and ultimately of my friend who retired from school teaching early in his career to care for his
brother 24-7 hours for 10 years
after his mother passed.
It was something we always
did around our place; I didnt
know any different. When my
Grandma Langham was dying
of cancer in her Woodburn
home, my mother stayed with
her for the last six months of
her life. My father and I would
drive back and forth on weekends and visit my mother and
support her for her godly care
of Grandma.
On my mothers side of the
family, my Grandma Cook
always lived with us because
she couldnt care for herself.
Surely one of the most heartfelt lessons in my own life was
pouring out a heart of love for a
mother with dementia after my
Spun
by Jim Langham
father passed.
Recently, we moved Joyces
stepmother from New Jersey to
Indiana, where the first surprise
waiting for us was that of colon
cancer embedded within her.
So everyone has rallied a
round Grandma Mary Ann.
As daughter Sandi refers to us,
we are now Team Langham.
When I attend events where
caregiving is the emphasis,
sometimes I look at those walking around the track at Relay
For Life, walking for fatal ill-
nesses or collecting money for

chronic illnesses such as multiple sclerosis or muscular dystrophy and I visualize all of the
caregiving going on behind the
scenes in love of loved ones.
I knew of a dear lady who,
for many years, assisted her
husband in dressing before
they went to church or occasionally went out for a meal. I
think of those who administer
and change bandages, wake
up hourly every night to assist
with IVs or reach out in personal sacrifice for the greater
comfort of others.
From my heart I salute caregivers on behalf of loved ones,
friends or career options such
as home health care or other
reaches.
And then there are those
who draw from unbelievable
strength and power found in
such Bible verses as, Honor
your father and your mother,
that your day may be long in
the land that the Lord your God
is giving you (Exodus 20:12)
and Even in your old age I am
He, and to gray hairs I will carry you. (Isaiah 46:4)
Great Banquet and Awakening

ministries in Bryan, and participated in MERGE with a group of
pastors and leaders from Northwest Ohio.
In his free time, Meriwether enjoys hanging out in his hammock,
drinking strong coffee, watching
movies or reading, especially
poetry, which he describes as a
way of looking at ordinary things
in a non-ordinary way. He can
often be seen riding his bike or
walking around town.
Dave and his wife will be celebrating their 35th anniversary
later this summer.
We got married the same
week as Prince Charles and Lady
Diana, Meriwether laughs.
They got all the press.
The Meriwethers have three
children, Allie who is married to
Matt Brown and has two daughters, Lucy and Miriam, and who
recently graduated from Associated Mennonite Bible Seminary
in Elkhart, Ind. with a masters
of theology; Jack, a graduate of
Wheaton University; and Matthew.
By JIM LANGHAM
Feature Writer
Ohio State University Extension director Sarah Noggle
saidon Monday that she doesnt
foresee any dangers to Paulding
County residents or animals as
a result of harmful algal bloom
discovered in the Maumee River near Defiance last week. As
a result of the discovery, Defiancecity and county officials issued a recreational public health
advisory.
What they issued over there
(Defiance County) was more of
a precaution for swimming when
they noticed some elevated levels, said Noggle. This also pertained to pregnant women, young
children and the elderly.
Levels were not anything that
were a drinking threat, continued Noggle. What they were
isolatingwas parts per billion,
which was really minimal.
Noggle said thatweekend
rains will change the reading to
someextent. She noted that light
rain would modify the readings

while areas where there was heavy
rain draining off of land might
cause the levels of algae to rise.
Even where there was heavier
rain, there shouldnt be much of
a problem, continued Noggle.
The ground was dry enough that
it should have soaked in much of
the rain.
Noggle said the most possible
way algae blooms could ever affect Paulding County would be if
they formed in Indianaand floated into Ohio.
The river is so shallow around
Antwerp that I dont see algae
as that much of a threat, noted
Noggle. I dont think there is
anything for us to worry about. I
dont ever see the Defiance event
as becoming a threat.
A statement from the Defiance
County Health Commissioners
noted that anyone swimming in
the Maumee River who is noting hives, rashes, severe nausea,
vomiting or abdominal pain
should seek immediate treatment.
Paulding FFA to host

event at the fair
By Kathlynn Fuller
FFA Reporter
PAULDING The Paulding
FFA members will be implementing a program during the
2016 Paulding County Fair titled
Flowers and Friends.
During the past school year,
students learned about running a retail nursery operation
in the school greenhouse. The
greenhouse, built in 2007 by the
Paulding FFA Alumni, has been
in operation each spring and has
served as an educational experience each year.
This year is no exception. The
greenhouse was packed with
over 10,000 plants this spring and
members worked tirelessly preparing for the public sale. Plant
quality was exceptional and the
community support was great, as
well. Now that school is over, the
Paulding FFA members would
like to share some of their greenhouse goods.
Each day during the Paulding

County Fair, plants will be available for a free will donation, but
there is a catch. Each person making a donation will need to take a
few extra plants to give to a friend
or neighbor to brighten their day.
A limited supply of plants will
be made available each weekday
of the fair from 4-5 p.m. and on
Saturday from 9-10 a.m., while
supplies last.
Different varieties will be
available each day of the fair, so
the community may stop out each
day for different plants. All plants
will be available outside the FFA
sausage stand at the fairgrounds.
The FFA members had a very
successful plant sale, due to the
great support of the community,
and they are excited to host this
opportunity to share some of their
flowers, herbs and vegetables.
Be sure to stop out to see what
is available and participate in the
Flowers and Friends event.
Weekend rains give shot

in arm to area crops
By JIM LANGHAM
Feature Writer
PAULDING As fluctuating as they were,
weekend rains that moved over Paulding County
on Saturday brought good benefit to many area
crops that were just starting to feel the effect of recent dry weather. Ohio State Extension Educator
Sarah Nogglesaid that rain reports ranged from
a little over a tenth of an inch in the Melrose area
toover two inches outside of Antwerp.
It was all over the board, said Noggle. Overall, I would like to think that it was quite beneficial in many places.
One of Noggles biggest concerns is that of early planted beans which could have taken a nip
from light frost a couple of weeks ago.
It appears that some of those had frost damage,
observed Noggle. Later beans that had the heat
emerged faster and are looking pretty good.
Noggle said that it appears that 90 to 95 percent
of the beans have been planted.
It appeared that there were still a few fields last
week where people were trying to get their beans
in, observed Noggle. Overall, the rain was a
good event. We were starting to get dry and needed the rain.
Noggle said that some of the earlier corn didnt
have moisture for emergence.

Hopefully, the rain didnt crust everything
over, Noggle said. There is some good looking
corn out there. We need to wait a little bit and see
how it plays out. Its going to take a little patience
to see where we are on it.
The educator said there was concern about
wheat that appeared to be somewhat diseased early on. Currently everything is headed out and we
are in the flowering stage.
Now is the time to get out and look for head
scab, observed Noggle.
One other item of concern is the emerging large
bee swarms in parts of the county.
If you run across a bee swarm, dont try to get
rid of it, pointed out Noggle. Call the Extension
office. There are people in the county and outside the county that can protect these hives. We
want to protect the pollinators.
Lions Club meets
PAULDING Members of the Paulding Lions Club meet the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, excluding holidays, at the
Paulding Eagles. Meeting time is 7 p.m. The
public is welcome to attend.
Defiance College students teach, learn in Nicaragua

DEFIANCE Nine Defiance College Service Leaders
recently returned from Nicaragua where they spent eight
days participating in service
learning projects in Chinandega and Managua.
Service Leaders who went
on the trip were Austin Conlon of Latty, Daniel Fabelo
of Hamilton, Jared Feffer of
Grand Rapids, Ohio; Lexxie
Fowler of Seville, Taylor Gillig of Tiffin, Christine Helberg
of Napoleon, Kassie Memmer
of Bowling Green, Drew Miller of Walled Lake, Mich.; and
Adam Swisher of Lambertville, Mich.
The trip was led by Jordan
Heiliger, coordinator of McMaster Service Leadership
Program, and Brad Harsha,
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid.
DCs students taught in
several settings, including
English at La Fundacion
Chinandega 2001, a trade
school, and CPR and first aid
at Aceitera el Real, a cooking
Austin Conlon of Latty was one in a group of nine Defiance College student who travel to Nicaragua recently as a service project.
Featured in this photo are, from left - Jared Feffer, Adam Swisher, Conlon, andVictor Laguna, program coordinator with Companeros Inc., who was the translator and guide for the trip.
oil company. In collaboration students also taught English at for Advancing Humanity and make the most of their expewith Companeros, Inc., the Los Quinchos.
the DC Honors Program in rience, and it showed in their
Service Leaders worked with Collaborative opportunities 2014 where these partnerships ability to overcome the obLos Quinchos School to paint in Nicaragua were established were developed.
stacle of language. We were
a mural showing the spirit of through a joint exploratory Heiliger, trip leader, com- all out of our comfort zones,
Defiance College. The DC trip by the McMaster School mented, Everyone wanted to but that is when the greatest
accomplishments happen. My
students learned that first hand
during this journey.
Everyone that we taught
had an eagerness to learn that
I had never seen before, said
Memmer, who noted how
thankful the children they
worked with were for their
school lessons. They gave the
Service Leaders their full attention and patience, despite
language barriers.
Harsha noted, As an educational professional, it was
difficult to hear the hopes and
dreams of so many talented
students and not know if they
would get the same opportunities for college and careers as
we have in the US.
Harsha intends to share his
experience to illustrate to students that education is a privilege and to encourage them to
follow their dreams.
The Service Leaders went
to Nicaragua with the intention to teach, and came home
having learned life lessons of
their own.
Campus Notes
Im not sure who had more fun planting the garden Hannah or Mimi.
Passing on the love of gardening

I come from a family of gardeners. My mom has gardened
for as long as I can remember,
and my grandma before her.
I didnt really learn to enjoy it
until later in life, but here I am,
making up for lost time.
It was not quite four years
ago that I wrote a column here,
announcing the birth of our first
grandchild, Hannah. It was (and
is) my desire to inspire a love
of gardening (or at least an appreciation of it) in her and our
other two grandkids that were
born later.
The key word here is inspire. Gardening isnt something I want to insist that they
do, because we all know how
that goes when it comes to kids.
I want them to enjoy it. Maybe
they will and maybe they wont.
But I think its important to
expose them to those things that
can enrich their lives in ways
that they may not see at the
time, but will understand later.
Sometimes much later. (I was
47 when I began gardening in
earnest.)
So a few weeks ago, I started
to talk to Hannah about something we were going to do at
Mimi and Paw Paws house.
Knowing how much she loves
being outside here, and the joy
she experiences when we walk
(and sometimes run) through
the garden, I asked her if she
would like to have a garden of
her own.
Her eyes got big and she took
In the Garden
By Kylee Baumle
in a big breath of air (shes dramatic like that) and said, Yes,
Mimi! Thank you! Thats Hannah. Always thanking you when
you tell her what youre going
to do and then again when you
do it.
Memorial Day weekend was
perfect garden planting weather.
Paw Paw and Uncle Adam put
together a 4 x 4 raised bed, dug
out the sod, and added soil to
what would become Hannahs
Garden.
Hannah arrived later in the
day, and after a picnic and some
swimming, I asked her if she
was ready to plant her garden. I
thought maybe she would be too
tired or might have even lost enthusiasm for the idea altogether,
but she was up for it and off we
went.
She listened patiently as I explained how to dig the hole with
a trowel and put the little plants

in, and then she proceeded to do
it herself. I showed her how to
pat the soil around them, and it
touched my heart watching her
gently tuck them in.
We uncovered an earthworm
in the process, and there was
another lesson, all about how
worms are important, not yucky.
Next, we took a couple of
packets of seeds and planted
those. She followed my instructions to the letter. When it came
time to water the garden, the
watering can was almost more
than she could handle, but she
insisted on filling it with the
hose herself and sprinkling the
water on her newly planted bed.
She knows that there are
things to be done to take good
care of plants and I promised
her I would water it until shes
able to visit again and do it herself. Ill keep the big weeds out
and save some little ones for her
to pull so that she can experience that, too.
Will this make a gardener
out of Hannah one day? I dont
know, but we did make a memory, and maybe later when shes
much older, well both look
back on the day we planted
Hannahs Garden and smile.
Read more at Kylees blog,
Our Little Acre, at www.ourlittleacre.com and on Facebook
at www.facebook.com/OurLittleAcre. Contact her at PauldingProgressGardener@gmail.
com.
Northwest State Community College announced its

Deans List for the spring
semester. Students include
(* denotes 4.0 GPA): Justin
Langham and Amanda McDorman, both of Antwerp;
*Stephanie Baldwin, Robert
Caperton, *Katherine Murphy,
*Danielle Oberhaus, *Audra
Phlipot, *Alesha Simon, *Dennis Vance, all of Cecil;
Blair Ludwig, Grover Hill;
Gina Sinn, Haviland; *Allison
Arend, *Daniel Desota and
Rob Weisenburger, all of Oakwood;
*Jodi Carpenter, *Gage Critten, Kayla Deitrick, Karena
Egnor, Linda Franklin, Mackenzie Hanenkratt, *Joshua
Johnson, *Abram Klopfenstein, *Haley Linder, *Chantal
Monnier, Rebecca Wilhelm, all
of Paulding;
*Mikayla Anderson; *Devin
Costilla, Priscilla Kadolph,
*Arika Nuest; *Justin Rogers;
*Brock Worden, all of Payne;
*Anthony Hurley, Scott; *Daniel Ainsworth III, Mariah Ankney, *Randy Belmares, *Justin
Birr, *Evan Johns, all of Sherwood.
Trine University recognized

more than 250 students at its
annual Honors Program. Students received honors for academic achievement, membership in national honor societies
and leadership in their academic field.
Among the students recognized were:
Nicolas Flint of Paulding,
who was honored for magna
cum laude, Presidential Gold
Key, Phi Eta Sigma, Pi Tau
Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Whos
Who.
Adam Yenser of Cecil,
who was honored for magna
cum laude, Delta Mu Delta,
Excellence in Management
Award, Gold Key, Ketner Fellow, Phi Eta Sigma.
The University of Northwestern Ohio acknowledged

its Deans List for the March
Session 2016 for students in
the College of Applied Technologies. Local students included Alston Doctor, Antwerp; Brennan Huss, Payne;
and Brandon Giesige, Sherwood.
Defiance College held its

129th commencement ceremony with 178 graduates awarded
diplomas during the event. Receiving diplomas were:
Bachelor of Arts: Joe
Hilton, Antwerp; Heidi Dix,
Paulding.
Bachelor of Science: Kelsea Lynne Burns and Josh W.
Hilton, Antwerp.
Bachelor of Science in
Nursing: Jade Graf, Oakwood.
Associate of Arts: Jennifer McClain, Paulding.
Master of Business Administration: Harvey Hyman,
Paulding.
Jacob Gideon of Paulding
graduated magna cum laude

from Ohio Christian University with a bachelor of arts in
business management. Gideon
is the School of Business &
Government Honor Graduate
and a member of the Delta
Epsilon Chi and Sigma Beta
Delta honor societies.
Paulding resident Andrew

Smiley was among nearly 700
students who graduated from
Bob Jones University Friday,
May 6. Smiley graduated with
a BS in Christian ministries.
Smiley was hired before
graduation as a traveling musician with Galkin Evangelistic
Ministries in Salt Lake City.
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Paulding County Fair begins June 13

By JOE SHOUSE
Progress Staff Writer
PAULDING Summer time! For
many its that time of year when folks,
both young and old, focus on the county fair. This year, the Paulding County Fair kicks off on Monday, June 13,
with livestock arrival and weigh-in
taking place on Sunday the 12th.
Again, the Paulding County Fair
has the distinction of being the Buckeye states first fair of the summer season the summer season.
As usual, the fairgrounds has been
a place of activities and improvements, according to board president
Larry Colley.
Its exciting here. Lots going on
and improvements being made. The
last few weeks have brought many
people together in order to make the
fair a great experience for everyone to
enjoy, said Colley.
Changes have been made that
might not be noticed by the casual fair
goer, but some projects will make a
difference in the long run.
The grandstands continue to be
a facility the fair board wants to improve.
We have poured 30 yards of concrete in the grandstand area and we
have eliminated the steps. With ramps
instead of steps to maneuver, we have
made it handicapped accessible with
the facility being wheelchair friendly.
Another improvement is 1,250
feet of drainage tile installed in the
riding area and the addition of 25 new
stalls with proper gates at the horse
barn to increase the number of stalls
to 75.
With infrastructure changes such
as improved drainage, restroom sewer
lines, as well as grandstand improvements, the fairgrounds continues to
be a work in progress. The fair board
works closely with community businesses to offer the best possible county
fair.
We do a lot of the work here at
the fair grounds with volunteer labor.
We are also blessed with many of our
project supplies being donated. The
businesses who see the importance
of the fair have been very generous in
not only their overall support but with
donations. Many of the improvements
we do could not be done without their
help, said Colley.
Like last year, live streaming of the
livestock shows will continue.
Last year, for the first time, the
fair provided an ATM machine and
will again do so this year. For the convenience of those attending the fair,
the bank machine will be located in
the Extension building, said Colley.
A popular place to meet up with
friends or to rest and relax with some
Paulding County Fair Schedule
8:00
10:00
Saturday, June 11
Weigh-in for Spring Antique Tractor Pull
Spring Antique Tractor Pull - Grandstand
Sunday, June 12
9:00-4:00 Livestock Arrival
4:00
Weigh-In with Exception of Swine
Monday, June 13 Cancer Awareness Day
8:00
Vet Checks
9:00
Jr Fair Rabbit Show
12:00
Jr Fair Poultry Show
1:00
Food & Nutrition Judging
1:00
Games & Rides Open until 10 p.m.
5:00
Harness Racing
5:00
Prince/Princess Contest
6:00
The Len Collier Band - Sr Pavilion
6:00
Jr Fair Parade Line Up
6:30
Jr Fair Parade
7:00
Jr Fair Coronation Ceremony
8:00
Corn Hole Tourney - Show Arena
8:00
Len Collier Band - Sr Pavilion
Tuesday, June 14 Senior Day/Flag Day
8.00
Senior Refreshments - Sr Pavilion
9:00
FFA Project Judging
10:00
Jr Fair Goat Show
10:00
Dale Minyo Broadcast
11:30
Senior Lunch - Sr Pavilion
1:00
Clothing Judging
1:00
4:00
Style Review/ Modeling Contest
5:00
Harness Racing
6:00
Jr Fair Swine Show
7:00
Liberty Rain - Sr Pavilion
8:00
Community Appreciation Party/Barn

Dance Sr Pavilion
Wednesday, June 15 Scouts Day
9:00
Small Animal & Horseless Horse and Junior

Leaders Judging
10:00
Money Scramble
12:00
Jr Fair Sheep Show
1:00
2:00
Water Balloon Toss
4:00
Jr Fair Dairy Show/Beef Show
5:00
Open Swine Show Entries Close
5:00
Harness Racing
6:00
Spittin Image - Sr Pavilion
7:00
Paulding County Idol Contest - Sr Pavilion
7:30
Feeder Calf Auction
8:00
Spittin Image - Sr Pavilion

favorite food is the Farm Bureau/
Paulding Foundation pavilion. Tables
and chairs are located at the pavilion
for the convenience of the fair goers.
Amusement rides along the midway and the game booths will be provided again this year by D&D Putting
Thursday, June 16 Veterans Day

9:00
Jr Fair Pleasure & Performance Horse Show
9:00
Cloverbud Judging - Youth Leadership Building
1:00
Goat Obstacle Course - Show Arena
1:00
4:00
Welcome Home Parade for Korean and

Vietnam War Veterans, followed by Bean

Supper at Sr Pavilion
4:30
Truck Pull Weigh-In
5:00
Decorated Lamb Contest Show Arena
6:00
Magic with Andrew - Sr Pavilion
6:00
Open Swine Show - Show Arena
6:30
Tri-State Diesel Shoot Out Truck Pull Grandstand
8:00
Magic with Andrew - Sr Pavilion
Friday, June 17 FFA Alumni/Safety Day
9:00
Conservation/Science Judging
9:00
PAS Horse Show
9:00
Open Sheep Show - Show Arena
10:00
Open Goat Show - Show Arena
12:00
Needle in a Haystack
12:00
Children Choosing Christ
1:00
Family Consumer Science Judging
1:00
2:00
Entries Close for Open Beef Show
4:00
Showman Of Showman
6:00
Open Beef Show - Show Arena
6:00
Jr Fair Contesting Horse Show
8:30
Nashville Crush - Grandstand
Saturday, June 18 4-H Alumni Reunion
8:00
Farmers Share Breakfast at Sr Pavilion

Sponsored by Paulding County Farm Bureau
9:00
Jr Fair Livestock Auction
12:00
Polls Open for Election Of Directors
1:00
2:00
Weigh-in for Tug-a-Truck
2:00
3 By Airwaves - Sr Pavilion
3:00-6:00 Farm Bureaus Kids Dream Day
4:00
Election Polls Close
4:00
Horse Fun Show
4:00
Registration for Kiddie Tractor Pull and Hay

Bale Stacking Contest
4:30
Tug-a-Truck - Grandstand
6:30
Registration for Paulding County 500 This

event will take place at the Grandstand

in between heats of the Tug-a-Truck
7:00
The Len Collier Band - Sr Pavilion
2:00
4:30
Sunday, June 19
Registration for Demo Derby
Demo Derby Grandstand
and Amusements Inc. Rides will be

free from 1-5 p.m.; after 5:30 p.m., the
cost will be 75 cents each.
For a nominal fee, fair goers can
play miniature golf, carnival games
and arcade games.
Grenko pony rides and games will
be available Monday through Saturday while GMH Snyder Farms will

have its mechanical bull ready for any
cowboy enthusiast who would like to
attempt the ride.
Harness racing will also be held
during the fair. Races will begin
at 5 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and

Wednesday, June 13-15. The speed
program calls for six heats each evening. Pari-mutuel wagering will also
be available.
Even with a host of sponsors that
continue to support year in and year
out, Colley is always looking for new
sponsors. Anyone interested should
talk to Colley or or any board member.
We are always looking for sponsors, donations and volunteers. There
is always something that needs to be
done and the help individuals and
groups is always appreciated, Colley
said.
Paulding County businesses and
industry as related to agriculture will
showcase their businesses and products at the Extension building. A visit
to the Extension building during fair
week is always a great place to not
only meet someone you know but to
see many of the great things done in
the county.
MONDAY
Cancer Awareness Day
Day Sponsor: Paulding County
Area Foundation
Opening day at the fair will begin

bright and early with a couple of junior fair shows including the rabbit at
9 a.m., followed by poultry at noon.
The prince/princess contest will select
its winners beginning at 5 p.m.
The junior fair parade will line up
at 6 p.m. with step off time for the parade at 6:30 p.m.
The junior coronation ceremony
will begin at 7 p.m.
For entertainment, The Len Collier
Band will be offering their flavor of
bluegrass country at the senior pavilion for two shows at 6 p.m. and again
at at 8 p.m. with a return engagement
on Saturday, June 18 at 7 p.m.
A corn hole tournament will begin
at 8 p.m.
TUESDAY
Senior Day/Flag Day
Day Sponsor: Timber Road Wind
Farm/EDPR
A day when the senior citizens will
be honored. The events on this popular
day will be complimentary for all seniors age 60 and older. Refreshments,
games, lunch and entertainment will
be provided in the Brenda Thomas
Senior Pavilion from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
A new feature at 8 a.m. will be
Coffee with the Editor sponsored by
the Paulding Progress. Editor Melinda Krick will be on hand to talk about
the printing of the paper and to answer
questions.
See FAIR, page 13
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We Salute 4-H and FFA
Jr. Fair Queen & King to be crowned June 13

The 2016 Junior Fair Queen
will be selected from a talented group of six candidates
and King will select its
winner from a group of four
young men.
The Junior Fair coronation
ceremony will be held at 7
p.m. Monday, June 13 in the
grandstand area.
KING CANDIDATES
Luke Jackson is the son of
Philip and Stacy Jackson of
Cecil. Luke is a graduate of
Paulding High School. He is
a member of Paulding FFA,
Boy Scout Troop 315 and
vice president of Paulding
County Junior Fair Board.
Luke will be attending University of Northwestern Ohio
where he will be studying ag
equipment technology and
continue farming for a local
farmer. He will promote the
Junior Fair by attending as
many activities as he possibly
can. Luke will also enforce
the dress code by being a role
model and dressing appropriately. He also believes the
most important role of king is
being a role model to younger
kids.
Joseph Schmidt is the son
of Jay and Jodie Schmidt of
Payne. Joseph will be a senior this year at Wayne Trace
High School. He is a member of Blue Ribbon Workers
4-H Club, Wayne Trace FFA,
Boy Scout Troop 137 and
the National Honor Society.
After high school, Joe plans
to study musical theatre and
make it to the big stage. He
would have never chosen to
pursue this dream if it wasnt
for 4-H and FFA helping him
to pursue big goals and to
dream big.
He will promote the Junior
Fair by encouraging youth to
give back to the fair. If chosen
for King, he will visit other
fairs and work with the fair
boards to come up with new
ideas for the Paulding County
Fair.
Austin Howell is the son
of Dan and Deb Howell of
Paulding. Austin will be a junior at Paulding High School.
He is a member of the Flat
Rock Junior Farmers, Paulding FFA and Junior Leaders
4-H Club.
After high school, Austin
plans on becoming a law enforcement officer and eventu-
ally become a D.A.R.E. officer. He has been influenced in

many ways through involvement in 4-H by making sure
everyone gets treated fairly
and that everyone gets a say.
He would promote Junior Fair
by getting the public aware of
what the fair and 4-H has to
offer to help the community.
Tanner Cook is the son
of Eric and Dawn Cook of
Payne. Tanner will be a senior
at Vantage Career Center. He
is a member of 5H 4-H Saddle Club, Wayne Trace FFA
and Paulding County Junior
Fair board.
After high school, Tanner
plans to be an industrial mechanic at a factory. His participation in youth organizations
has taught him to approach
someone in a positive manner
and how to be a good listener. Tanner says it would be a
great honor to be selected as
a part of the Paulding County fair court and it would be
a great way to promote agriculture among his peers
and to younger generations.
He wants to show kids of all
ages that Junior Fair is a great
opportunity to help them
succeed and become leaders, whether they live in the
country or in the city, there is
something for everyone.
QUEEN CANDIDATES
Kacey Reinhart is the
daughter of Rick and Heidi
Reinhart of Payne. Kacey will
be a senior at Wayne Trace
High School. She is a member of Blue Ribbon Workers
4-H Club, Wayne Trace FFA
and Payne Girl Scouts.
After high school, Kacey
plans to be a nurse or doctor
in the OB unit, delivering
babies. She would like to attend Bowling Green State
University or The Ohio State
University. Her participation
in FFA and 4-H has allowed
her to come out of her shell
and her communication skills
have improved greatly. Most
importantly, she has learned
how important it is to give
back to the community.
If chosen for the Paulding
County Junior Fair Court, she
would promote the fair and
would do this by attending
other county fairs in Ohio and
let others know how much
fun the fair really can be.
Estee Miller is the daughter
of Mike and Deedi Miller of

Oakwood. Estee will be a senior at Paulding High School
this fall. She is a member
of Brown Betty and Buster
Browns 4-H Club, Paulding
FFA and Junior Leaders.
Estee has not yet decided upon her plans after high
school. She has always been
interested in teaching and
through her ag classes has
become more interested in
going into something agriculturally related. Her participation in FFA and 4-H has
influenced her goals greatly
as these organizations have
taught her how much she
loves working with kids.
If chosen for the Paulding
County Junior Fair Court, it
would be an honor to be the
representative for Paulding
County Junior Fair. Being
able to represent Paulding
County would be such a great
experience and she would
help to encourage other youth
to get involved with the fair.
Katlynn Fuller is the
daughter of Brad Fuller and
Jamie Clemens of Paulding.
Katlynn will be a senior at
Paulding High School this
fall. She is a member of
Broughton Busy Bees, Paulding FFA and Paulding County
Junior Fair Board.
After high school, she
plans to attend The Ohio
State University ATI in
Wooster and transfer to The
Ohio State University main
campus where she will major
in Extension education. After
college, she plans to be on the
Paulding Senior Fair Board
and a Paulding FFA Alumni
member. Through 4-H and
FFA, she has grown a passion
for agriculture and young
childrens education. Seeing
her advisors and older peers
growing up and looking up to
them has helped her to find
her own strengths.
If she is chosen for the
Paulding County Fair Court,
she would be a role model to
younger members. Katlynn
would promote the fair by
using her title to influence
younger members to get involved and explore their opportunities. She will spark
conversations with younger
members and help them in
any way she can.
Megan Reineck is the
Proud Supporter of
The Paulding County Fair
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daughter of Matt and Linda

Reineck of Paulding. Megan
is a 2016 graduate of Paulding High School and is a
member of Happy Bunch 4-H
Club. She will be attending
the University of Findlay to
obtain a doctorate in pharmacy with plans to become a
hospital pharmacist.
4-H has given her the confidence to take on such a demanding major and it has
also given her a love for her
community and a passion for
helping people around her,
which is why she wants to
work in a hospital, so she can
continue to give back to her
community and its members.
If she is chosen for the
Paulding County Fair Court,
she would use her personal
experiences and love for the
fair to help spread the news
about the fair throughout the
community. Megan would
promote the fair by using her
personal experiences to be
a positive source for people
who think that you have to
just see the animals when you
go to the fair, because there is
really a lot more to see and do
for all different types of people.
Autumn Banks is the
daughter of Travis and Summer Banks of Paulding.
Autumn will be a junior at
Wayne Trace High School
this fall and is a member of
the 5H 4-H Saddle Club. After high school, she would
like to attend The Ohio State
University and major in nursing.
Her participation in 4-H
has raised her confidence level and has made her a better
public speaker and more outgoing which will help her in
life when she has to talk with
patients and their families. If
she was chosen for the Paulding County Fair Court, she
would help promote the fair
by telling all her family and
friends what a great place it
is to visit and what wonderful
memories she has made.
Jowaine Grimes is the
daughter of Marty and Michelle Grimes of Defiance.
Jowaine is a 2016 graduate
of Paulding High School.
Jowaine is a member of
Brown Bettys and Buster
Browns 4-H Club. She plans
to attend the University of
Findlay, majoring in pre-vet
after completing her veterinary schooling. Jowaine
wants to become an equine
chiropractor/equine
dentist and practice in this area.
Showing animals in 4-H has
allowed her to learn the importance of veterinarians.
Jowaine sees the Paulding
County Fair Court as being an
example for the younger 4-H
members. To promote the Junior Fair, she would like to go
into the elementary schools
trying to get the younger children involved.
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Five vie for Outstanding Livestocker
Five young people have

submitted applications for the
honor of being named the 2016
Outstanding Livestocker.
Winner of this years contest
will be announced during the
Showman of Showman competition, which begins at 4 p.m.
Friday, June 17, in the show arena.
Competing for the honor of
Junior Fair Outstanding Livestocker are Jared Sukup, Alexis
Howell, Jowaine Grimes, Megan Reineck and Joshua Sukup.
The Outstanding Livestocker Award is for youth in 4-H
or FFA who have experience
in an animal project for at least
two years. The youth submit an
application and complete an interview.
Interviews were conducted
by the Paulding County 4-H
Advisory Council.
As a part of the interview
process, the prospects had to
answer two questions.
First, nearly one percent
of all cattle, sheep and swine
produced in the United States
are marketed through youth
livestock shows. This is a significant quantity of animals
entering the food chain. What
is your role in both caring for
animals and producing a safe
and wholesome product?
The second question for the
candidates was: A younger Junior Fair member is thinking
about showing livestock at the
fair next year, but they are not
sure of what they want to show.
What words of wisdom and
help would you offer them being an older member who has
shown livestock?
The candidates competing this year for Outstanding
Livestocker make up a group
of quality young people who
represent Paulding County in
a positive way. Their leadership skills and values are what
makes the Paulding County fair
an outstanding event and another way to support those who are
making a difference.
Jared Sukup is the son
of Steve and Chris Sukup of
Paulding. He is a freshman at
Antwerp High School and a
member of the Doe-C-Doe 4-H
Club where he has been the club
treasurer. His livestock projects include market steers, beef
feeders and market hogs. After
school, Jared would like to farm,
raise and show cattle. Jareds
community service projects
include cleaning the Cecil Fire

Station, the fairgrounds, Antwerp Park, Antwerp Fire Station and his church. Other community service projects include
Christmas for Kids, landscaping
the Antwerp Youth Center, cutting down trees at Rochester
Park and taking his steers to the
Country Inn.
Jared feels that he has a larger
role in caring for animals by producing a safe and wholesome
product through providing clean
water, proper food and a safe
shelter that keeps the animal
safe and healthy. Identification
and lowering stress is important
so the animals gain weight to
produce a safe and wholesome
product.
Jareds advice to younger Junior Fair members is showing
animals is fun and helps to teach
them skills. He feels the youth
need to determine how much
time, money and space they
have before choosing the animal
they are going to take.
Jowaine Grimes is the
daughter of Marty and Michelle
Grimes. Jowaine is a senior at
the Paulding High School. She is
also a 4-H member in the Brown
Bettys and Buster Browns 4-H
Club and Out of Towners 4-H
Club. Her plans for the future
are to continue school at the
University of Findlay and major
in pre-vet medicine.
After college, she plans to
become an equine chiropractor and equine dentist. Her 4-H
projects have included rabbits,
horses and dogs. Jowaine feels
that taking animals to the fair
is a very rewarding project.
She recommends that younger
members thinking about taking
a livestock project should find
a responsible older member to
help them out with their questions. Her advice to new members taking livestock is to work
with your animal every day.
Livestock projects have
taught her how to administer
EPM treatments to her horse
and help her friends with foaling. Her community service
projects include service boxes
for the military, Christmas display decorating and she has
helped a cancer patient.
Alexis Howell is the daughter of Dan and Deb Howell of
Paulding. She is a graduate of
Paulding High School and has
completed her freshman year of
college at Ohio State. Alexis is
majoring in agricultural educa-
tion and wants to become a high

school agricultural education
instructor after college. Alexis
is a member of the Flatrock Jr.
Farmers 4-H Club, Paulding
FFA, the State 4-H Teen Advisory Council and a past member
the Junior Fair Board. Her projects have been swine, pygmy
goats, market and breeding rabbits. She has served as FFA secretary and president; 4-H president, secretary and treasurer and
FCCLA president.
Her community service
projects have included making
cards for the nursing home, the
Wounded Warriors project,
Kids Against Hunger project,
Pack the Suitcase Program,
where she collected clothes for
foster children, and playing in
the Crippled Childrens basketball games. She has a State FFA
degree.
She feels that her role as a
youth livestock producer is to
remember one extremely important thing: if we would not
eat our products ourselves then
how can we expect someone
else to. Livestock production
is an important step in the food
chain and she feels we need to
protect our community by producing the best and safest products.
Her advice to younger livestock producers is to ask questions to your parents, advisors,
county educator and make sure
you are interested in the project
you are taking.
Megan Reineck is the daughter of Matt and Linda Reineck.
Megan is a graduate of Paulding
High School. She is a member
of the Happy Bunch 4-H Club.
Megans plan for the future is attending the University of Findlay and majoring in pharmacy.
After college, she would like to
become a hospital pharmacist
and move back to Paulding.
Her 4-H projects are rabbits
and dairy beef feeders. While in
4-H, she has been a camp counselor, president, vice president
and secretary of her club.
Community service projects
Megan has completed have
included daily bread bags for
the First Presbyterian Church,
Honor Flight, worked at the
local food pantry, cleaned Rochester Cemetery and 4-H Camp
Palmer.
Megan wants to make sure
she raises a wholesome, safe
and well-cared-for animal for
consumers. This includes keep-
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antibiotics and illnesses the animals may contract.
For first-time livestock producers, Megan feels they need to
know livestock is a big commitment. To decide on which project to take, Megan feels younger
youth should visit different livestock producers to determine if
they could physically handle an
animal. She feels her role as an
older livestock producer is to
encourage youth on their new
journey with livestock. Her best
words of wisdom she could give
any new livestock owner is to
be confident and have plenty of
fun! Thats what its all about.
Joshua Sukup, the son of
Steve and Chris Sukup, is a
member of the Doe-C-Doe 4-H
Club. He attends Antwerp High
School where he is a freshman
and resides in Paulding. He has
served as his 4-H club treasurer.
His livestock projects include
market steers, beef feeders and
market hogs.
After school, Josh would like
to farm, raise show cattle, do bovine AI work or be a feed nutritionist.
Joshs community service
projects include cleaning the
Cecil Fire Station, the fairgrounds, Antwerp Park, Antwerp Fire Station and his church.
Other community service projects include Christmas For Kids,
landscaping the Antwerp Youth
Center, cutting down trees at
Rochester Park and taking his
steers to the Country Inn.
Josh feels that he needs to
ensure his livestock is well
taken care of and not abused
or stressed. A stressed animals
meat is tougher and does not
taste as good. He feels identification of livestock is important
to help you keep good livestock
records. In the end, these practices will help youth achieve the
goal of raising a safe, wholesome product.
Josh would tell a younger
Junior Fair member it is good
that they want to show livestock
at the fair. If the youth has the
space, time and financing, then
they should get the animal they
want. It could be a large or small
livestock, but whichever they
choose they need to work with
the animal so it will act well
at the fair. Finally, he would
remind the youth to have fun
because that is the most important thing to do as a Junior Fair
member.
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SUKUP
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FFA, 4-H with special days
Each day of this years Paulding County Fair, June 13-18, has been
assigned a special significance with special coordinating events.
MONDAY
Cancer Awareness Day
Senior Citizens Day will

be Tuesday, June 14. Brenda Thomas Memorial Senior
Pavilion will house the days
events.
Beginning at 8 a.m., seniors
will be served a variety of
snacks. Games will be played
from 10-11 a.m.
The complimentary boxed
lunch, served at 11:30 a.m.,
will be prepared by the senior
center. The lunch will include
sandwich, salad, fruit, cookie and drink. Those who plan
to attend need to contact the
Paulding Senior Center at 419399-3650 or the fair board secretarys office by 4 p.m. Friday,
June 10, to reserve a meal.
From noon-1 p.m., there
will be a variety of stage entertainment.
Senior Day is sponsored by
the fair board and several area
businesses.
All action takes place at the Grandstand area
Date Featuring Time
THURSDAY
Veterans Day
Snacks will be available
to veterans and their spouses
throughout the day. These are
provided by the fair board,
and Paulding County Veterans Service Office.
A ham and bean supper
will be served by the Paulding VFW Post 587 in the senior pavilion. Serving starts
following the parade at approximately 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 11
Antique Tractor Pull
10 a.m.
Thursday, June 16
Diesel Shoot Out
6:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 18
Tug-a-Truck
4:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 19
Demolition Derby
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Date Featuring Time(s)

Monday, June 13
Len Collier Band
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Tuesday, June 14
Liberty Rain
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Wednesday, June 15
Spittin Image
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Magic with Andrew
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Saturday, June 18
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Saturday, June 18
Len Collier Band
7 p.m.
The Len Collier Band will bring their unique blend

of country, folk and a hint of bluegrass when they
perform on stage at the pavilion on Monday at 6 p.m.
and again at 8 p.m. The band will return later in the
week with a Saturday concert at 7 p.m.
After performing recently at the Coca Cola 600, Nashville Crush, from Lima, will bring their energetic style of music to the Paulding County
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Identical twins Blain and Brian Swabb are Spittin Image, a musical/comedy duo from Greenville. They are scheduled to entertain with two shows at the fair on Wednesday, June 15. The first
session is from 6-7 p.m. and the second session from 8-9 p.m.,
both in the Brenda Thomas Memorial Pavilion.
From northwest Ohio, popular group Liberty Rain, a five-member band, will be singing a variety of old and
new country along with classic rock. Liberty Rain will be on the pavilion stage at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
Magic with Andrew, a magic-comedy show, will be performed on Thursday

at 6 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. From Toledo, Andrew Martin has been performing his family friendly magic for over 25 years and is sure to bring laughter
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3 By Airwaves, a jazz trio, will combine the sounds of the sax, drums and bass to bring the inspired
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Established 1977
Preserving the Past For Future

Generations
Museum will be OPEN

during fair week.
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Museum is located across from the fairgrounds
Hours: Every Tuesday 10am-4pm
Also Open the 1st Saturday of the month 10-3
No Saturdays in Dec. & Jan.
Open for groups by appointment
419-399-8218 or 419-399-3667
Help support the museum by becoming a member!
Open shows to feature

swine, beef, goat, sheep
Open animal shows at this
years fair are swine, beef,
goats and sheep.
The Open Swine (hog)
Show is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, June 16 at the Show Arena. Open Beef Show will be
the following night at 6 p.m.
The Open Goat Show will be
Friday morning, June 17 at
9 a.m. followed by the Open
Sheep Show at approximately
10 a.m.
SWINE SHOW
Entries for the Open Swine
Show close at 5 p.m on
Wednesday, June 15. All animals must be on the grounds,
identified and weighed by 4
p.m. June 12. Barrows and
gilts of any purebreds, crossbreeds and grades are eligible
to participate.
All breeds will show together. Classes will be divided by weight following
weigh-in. Weights must be
delivered to the fair secretarys office before 5 p.m. on
Thursday June 16 or the entry
will be disqualified.
Trophies will be awarded for grand champion and
reserve champion overall
market hogs, Over-and-Out
showmanship (for those over
18 and not involved in the Junior Fair) and Pee Wee Showmanship for 8 year olds and
under.
Plaques will be presented

for showmanship 9-13 year
olds and showmanship 14
years and up.
Entry fee is $5 per head
with the exception of showmanship at $1 per head. All
exhibitors must purchase an
exhibitor ticket.
Junior fair exhibitors may
show their hogs in the open
show. Animals not shown in
the junior fair program are
not allowed to go through
the livestock sale, but may be
sent to the packer at market
price.
Evan Schlatter is superintendent of this department
with the assistance of Caleb
Schlatter.
See fair book for more information.
BEEF SHOW
The Open Beef Show will
be held on Friday, June 13 at
6 p.m. Check-in is required
by 4 p.m.
This is a pull-in show. Any
out-of-state exhibitors must
carry completed health papers for their animals. All
pull-ins will be dismissed after the shows.
$20 entry fee includes
showmanship entry. $5 single showmanship entry. This
year will feature the Over
-and-Out
showmanship
contest. Entry fee is $15 and
Coffee
with the Editor
all proceeds will be given to

first place (60 percent) and to
second place, 40 percent.
Premiums: grand champion steer $100; reserve champion steer $50; grand champion heifer $100; reserve
champion heifer $50; grand
champion feeder calf $50;
reserve champion feeder calf
$25 and first place showmanship $10. Showmanship will
be divided junior and senior
showmanship.
Kenny Thomas is the superintendent for this department.
Consult the fair book for
further information.
GOAT SHOW and SHEEP
SHOW
An Open Sheep Show is
scheduled for Friday, June 17
followed by the Open Goat
Show at approximately 10
a.m.
A Boer breeding class will
feature does, age 0 to 5 years.
Animals will be divided
into classes according to age.
Paulding County born and
raised market class will feature only market goats bornand-raised within the county.
All will show in one class regardless of weight.
Joel Parrett is in charge
of this show. Contact him at
419-399-7808 for more information.
Tues. June 14, 8:00 am

Senior Pavilion
Learn more about the printing

of our local newspaper
with editor, Melinda Krick
Midnight curfew is enforced.

Permits must be prominently displayed.
One tent allowed with camper per site.
After the first vehicle, all others must be parked across the street in the north
parking lot across from the livestock gate.
Refuse is to be put in garbage bags then into the provided garbage containers.
Three-prong plugs with a ground are required.
Campfires are allowed in an above ground firebox.
No bikes, dogs, alcohol or firearms are allowed on the fairgrounds.
Camp site request forms are to include the name of the exhibitors 4-H club, FFA
chapter or other organization; name of the responsible adult(s); and a list of all people
who will be staying on the site.
Although a particular site may be requested, campers are not guaranteed that spot,
or the same spot yearly. Attempts to
accommodate the requests will be
made, however.
The Paulding County Ag Society is
not responsible for damage, theft or
injury to self or property.
Patrick Troyer is in charge of the
camping area and all questions and
concerns may be directed to him at
419-796-7441. Assisting Troyer will
be John Weisenberger who can be
reached at 419-796-5848.
PAULDING If thoughts of winter are swiftly being replaced by visions of sunshine yellow daffodils, cherry red
tulips and tiny crocuses, if you are dreaming of a colorful
landscape and if your hands are itching to dig in the soil, then
the Master Gardeners Volunteers of Paulding County have
just the right remedy.
During the Paulding County Fair, June 13-18, local residents are invited to enter the Garden Treasures contest and
possibly becoming a prize winner.
Fairy gardens (or miniature gardens) and best artistic display of house plants are the two categories. Participants can
enter one item in each category.
Inspiration can come from many sources, including books,
magazines and Pinterest.
Entrants will be divided into two age divisions: youth (ages
6-17) and adult (ages 18 and up).
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Camping during the Paulding County Fair is available to exhibitors and their families.
Sites are set up in the south and west sections of the fairgrounds.
Campers must be 18 or accompanied by an adult. (An adult is a person over 18 years
of age who takes and accepts responsibility for the others on the same campsite and their
actions in the campground area.)
At least one adult must be staying on a campsite who is responsible for the actions of
all those on their site.
Cost of camping is $120. It includes electrical hook-up with air conditioning to those
who have it, and a parking permit. Primitive tent camping is $60. All camper fees are to
be paid before camper is parked.
Some of the rules of the campground area include:
Fire lane must be clear.
Master Gardeners to hold

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Inaugural contest planned during Paulding County Fair
Sponsored by the Paulding Progress
Defiance Office
601 E. Second St. 419-782-2032
Camping at the 2016 fair
Make it a point to drop in during the fair in the Block Building and see what others have done. Organizers hope to make
this contest a yearly event with the same categories or new
ones in the hope of inspiring more and more participants.
Entry forms will be available at the Paulding County Extension office or on-line at www.Paulding.osu.edu under
Master Gardener Events.
Questions about the contest can be directed to Master Gardener Volunteers: Cathy Fowler (419-399-3056), Karen Jacobs (419-594-2138) or any master gardener.
For additional information on the Master Gardener Program or the Master Gardener contest, contact Sarah Noggle,
Paulding County Extension Educator Agriculture and Natural Resources at noggle.17@osu.edu or 419-399-8225 Ext.
8228. The OSU Extension Office is located at 503 Fairground
Drive, Paulding.
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Minyo from Ohio Ag Net

to visit fair on Tuesday
Ohio Ag Net broadcaster Dale Minyo will be
on the grounds during the Paulding County Fair.
On Tuesday, June 14, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Dale
and some of the staff from Ohio Ag Net will view
the fair first-hand as they highlight events happening locally, while reporting on the days agriculture news and markets.
As a broadcaster, Minyo starts his day early.
You might say in the middle of the night. It starts
when he get up at 3 a.m. in order to share the agricultural news via Ohio Ag Nets morning programming.
Dale is a very systematic person and has his
morning schedule down to a science. He knows
exactly how long it will take him to prepare and
highlight his planned news for the day, record the
audio, put together the broadcasts, and send out
Digital Dale. He does all of this in the comfort
of his personal studio, a storage room in the basement of his house in Morrow County.
Minyo, who completed his first radio broadcast
in 1995, makes approximately 75 remote visits
around the state each year, much like the one he

will fulfill when he comes to Paulding County.
Dale and his wife, Cynthia, have two boys,
Kyle and Ryan, and most everything centers
around sports. When Dale isnt on the road for
Ohio Ag Net, or helping with a community sporting event, he can often be found in the woods
hunting with his son Ryan.
Not many folks could keep up with Dales
work and personal schedule, but no matter what
is on the agenda for the day, Dale makes the most
of it.
I enjoy that I get to see different people every
day. Dale said. We are helping them tell their
story and no matter where we go, different people
have different stories to tell.
Dale endures a demanding schedule, but after a
quick conversation, it is evident that he loves his
job.
Plan to come out to the Paulding County Fair
on Tuesday and meet Dale Minyo and tell him Ag Net broadcaster Dale Minyo will attend the Paulding County Fair on Tuesday, June 14. He
will sharing from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. the ag news of the fair.
your story.
Farm Bureaus Farmers Could you be the 2016

Share Breakfast June 18 Paulding County Idol?
The Farmers Share Breakfast will again be on tap at
the Paulding County Fair.
This popular event, in its 16th
year, is scheduled for Saturday, June 18 at the Brenda
Thomas Senior Pavilion.
Serving begins at 7:30
a.m. and concludes when
food is gone. The public is
invited and is encouraged to
arrive early due to the anticipated large crowd. There is
no charge for the breakfast;

however, donations will be
accepted.
Paulding County Farm Bureau will be serving sausage
gravy with biscuits, pancakes, fruit cup, sweet rolls
and muffins along with coffee, juice and milk.
Additionally, the Paulding
County chapter of the Ohio
Farm Bureau is cooperating with Williamson Insur-
ance, Ag Credit, Archbold

Equipment, Paulding County
Area Foundation and Cooper Farms to provide special
T-shirts to junior fair livestock exhibitors and their
advisors as well as 4-H livestock members and their advisors. These shirts proclaim
I care about my animals.
Watch for them on the fairgrounds.
Pari-mutual horse racing

PAULDING Racing in
the Ohio Fair Racing Conference for 2016 will get under
way at the Paulding County
Fair on June 13-15. Post time
each evening will be 5 p.m.
The program on Monday,
June 13 will feature the twoyear-old filly pace, the twoyear-old colt trot, and the
three-year-old colt pace.
The two-year-old colt pace,
the two-year-old filly trot, and
the three-year-old colt trot
will highlight the racing on
Tuesday, June 14.

The final evening of racing
on Wednesday, June 15 will
see the three-year-old filly
pacers and the three-year-old
filly trotters go to the gate.
Wednesdays program will
also include the Ohio Ladies
Pace Series, which consists of
all female drivers.
Gate entrance admission
will be $10 per vehicle; however, grandstand admission is
free.
Pari-mutuel wagering con-
sisting of win, place, show,

daily double, quinella, exacta,
trifecta, and superfecta wagers will also be a part of each
evenings program.
A new attraction to the 2016
Paulding County Fair will be
the Ohio Harness Horsemens
Associations Racing with
the Stars exhibit. This exhibit will provide information
about harness racing to both
new and old racing fans along
with fun activities for kids.
PAULDING COUNTY
Fair
Paulding County Idol is entering its 10th

year with the 2016 talent competition.
The talent show starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 15 in the Brenda Thomas Memorial Senior Pavilion.
As in the past, winners will be determined on the merits of one song. Finalists
will be determined by the first song they
perform. All contestants must bring a second song track, for the second performance
that will determine the winning places.
The top three winners will receive cash
prizes. First place will earn $200; second,
$150; and third, $100.

Beginning June 6, potential contestants
may register at the fair secretarys office
where registration forms are located. Entries will be taken up to the start of the show.
Judging this years competition will be
Spittin Image.

Sponsoring Paulding County Idol 2016 is
the Antwerp Exchange Bank.
There is no entry fee and the competition
is open to everyone. Contact Larry Colley
for more information at 419-399-5162.
FAIR
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Judging activities on TuesTHURSDAY
day will include FFA projects,
Veterans Day
junior fair goats and clothing
Day Sponsor: MTJ Farms
and modeling.
Harness racing begins at 5
A bean soup supper at
p.m. and the band Liberty Rain
4 p.m. along with snacks and
will provide musical entertainment with a 7 p.m. concert at entertainment at the senior
pavilion for all veterans and
the Senior Pavilion.
spouses are on the slate for
Thursday.
WEDNESDAY
At 4 p.m., a welcome home
Scout Day
parade will be held for Korean
Day Sponsor: Cooper Farms
and Vietnam War veterans.
The Tri-State Diesel Shoot
The day will concentrate on
junior fair shows, judging and Out truck pull starts at 6:30
harness racing in the evening. p.m. Magic with Andrew will
The musical talents of Spit- be entertaining the crowd at
tin Image will perform on stage 6 p.m. and again at 8 p.m.
at the senior pavilion at 6 p.m.
FRIDAY
with a second show at 8 p.m.
FFA Alumni/Safety Day
Paulding County Idol will
Day Sponsor: Baughman Tile
be on stage at the pavilion starting at 7 p.m. Registration opens
The open sheep show at
at the fair secretarys office
starting June 6. The contest is 9 a.m. followed by the open
open to everyone and theres goat show at 10 a.m., both
no entry fee. Top prizes are in the Show Arena with the
$200, $150 and $100. The event open beef show at 6 p.m.
is sponsored by Antwerp Ex- highlight Saturdays events.
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John A. DeMuth
PROBATE/JUVENILE JUDGE
Paid for by
John A. DeMuth, PO Box 5, Paulding, OH 45879
Tiffany Beckman
COMMON PLEAS JUDGE
Paid for by
Tiffany Beckman, 16373 Rd. 156, Paulding, OH 45879
Suzanne Shuman Rister

COUNTY COURT JUDGE
Paid for by Suzanne Shuman Rister,
516 W. Canal, Antwerp, OH 45813
Carol Temple
PAULDING COUNTY RECORDER

Paid for by
Carol Temple, 13563 Rita St., Paulding, OH 45879
Claudia Fickel
PAULDING COUNTY AUDITOR

Paid for by
Claudia Fickel, 5376 Rd. 197, Oakwood, Ohio 45873
Ann E. Pease
CLERK OF COURTS
Paid for by
Ann Pease, 215 Emerald Rd., Paulding, OH 45879
Lou Ann
Wannemacher
PAULDING COUNTY
TREASURER
Paid for by
Lou Ann Wannemacher, 5440 Rd. 47, Payne, OH 45880
Travis McGarvey
ENGINEER
Paid for by
Travis McGarvey, 14270 Rd. 123, Paulding, OH 45879
Joseph M. Kuhn, D.O.

COUNTY CORONER
Paid for by
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SATURDAY
4-H Alumni Reunion
Day Sponsors: Ag Credit, Paulding Co. Farm Bureau, Becks
Hybrids, Stoller Seeds LLC,
Williamson
Insurance Agency
At 8 a.m. the Farmers Share
Breakfast sponsored by the
Paulding County Farm Bureau
will be held at the pavilion. The
public is welcome. There is no
charge for the breakfast, but donations are accepted. The menu
will include sausage gravy and
biscuits, pancakes, fruit cup,
sweet rolls and muffins, plus
coffee, juice and milk.
The Junior Fair Livestock
Auction begins at 9 a.m..
Polls will be open from
noon-4 p.m. in order to vote for
the election of fair directors.
A couple of opportunities
to hear music at the fair will be
at 2 p.m with 3 By Airwaves,
a modern jazz trio. Group
members include Weston
Thompson on sax, Dan Parrett on drums and Frank Stemen playing bass.
The Len Collier Band will
also perform at 7 p.m. at the
pavilion.
Tractors and trucks will
also have its place on Saturday.
Registration for the kiddie tractor pull and hay bale
stacking contest is at 4 p.m.
and for the adults the Tuga-Truck feature will be in
the grandstands at 4:30 p.m.
Registration for the Paulding
County 500 will be at 6:30
with the event taking place
between heats of the Tug-aTruck. Grandstand admission
is $5. A $15 pit pass charge (10
and under free) with drivers
reimbursed for pit pass upon
truck registry.
Jason Landers
Pre-fair Tractor Pull
SHERIFF
The annual spring antique

tractor pull will hold its competition prior to the fair on Saturday, June 11. Weigh-in starts
at 8 a.m. and pulling at 10 a.m.
The Black Swamp and Maumee Gas Engine and Tractor
Club along with the Paulding
County Fair is presenting this
years event.
Paid for by
Jason Landers, 14483 Rd. 31, Antwerp, OH 45813
Joe Burkard
7909 Broughton Pike (Village of Broughton) Paulding
PROSECUTOR
Paid for by
Joseph Burkard, 3699 Rd. 279, Antwerp, OH 45813
Roy Klopfenstein
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Post-fair
Demolition Derby
Paid for by
Roy Klopfenstein, 2673 Rd. 87, Haviland, OH 45851
Tony Zartman
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Paid for by
Tony Zartman, 4376 Rd. 33, Payne, OH 45880
Mark Holtsberry
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Paid for by
Mark Holtsberry, 15804 SR 613, Paulding, OH 45879
CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT

Office

419-399-2432
Dave Strait
419-770-9716
dave@bypassag.com
Demolition Derby and Figure 8 Racing are scheduled

for Sunday, June 19 starting at
4:30 p.m. Registration starts at
2 p.m.
The fairgrounds and its
many facilities are available for
use, Colley said. He expressed
that if anyone is interested in
using a portion of the facility,
they should contact him for details.
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AUCTION HELD AT THE VAN WERT COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS - Located: 1055 S. Washington St.
Acres MOSTLY TILLABLE LAND

OFFERED IN 6 TRACTS, OR THE COMBINATION OF ANY TRACTS.
PROPERTY LOCATION: Union Twp., Sect. 4. Located on both the

north & south sides of U.S. 30, between Richey & Liberty Union Roads.
TRACT 1: 10 ACRES. Located south of U.S. 30,

take Richey Rd., south to property. Road frontage
along both Terry Rd. & Richey Rd. Mostly tillable,
and is bordered by the Hoaglin Creek on the east
property line. South property line is the Railroad
right-of-way. Soils are predominantly Haskins
loam. This tract offers a potential mini farm site!
TRACT 2: 46.5 ACRES. Located adjacent to the
east of Tract 1. Road frontage along Terry Rd. All
tillable with mostly Haskins loam and some Nappanee silt loam.
TRACT 3: 9.7 ACRE. Located south & along U.S.
30 and access off of Terry Rd. This tract is being
offered as a Recreational Use parcel. The Hoaglin
Creek forms the entire west property line. There
is a pond on the north end of this property. The
trees and much low growing shrubbery create a
perfect sanctuary for deer.
TRACT 4: 39.9 ACRES. Road frontage and
access along Terry Rd. and a large amount of frontage along U.S. 30. All tillable with mostly Haskins
loam & some Nappanee.
TRACT 5: 16.2 ACRE. Tract lies north of U.S. 30
with access off of Richey Rd. There is a 20 access
easement across the State Right-of-way into this
tract off of Richey Rd. Approx. 8 acres of tillable
land and 8 acres of wooded land. The Hoaglin
Creek is the east property line of this tract. A good
part of this tract is in flood plain.
TRACT 6: 93 ACRES. Located adjacent to the
east of Tract 5. All tillable with mostly Hoytville
soils, some pockets of Nappanee. Tract runs along
U.S. 30. There is a recorded 25 access easement off
of Liberty Union Rd. back to this property.
SELLER: BRUCE & CHRISTINA BUCHAN
MONDAY, JULY 18 6 PM | Woodburn, IN
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AUCTION HELD AT WOODBURN COMMUNITY CENTER: 22651 Main St., Woodburn
Acres
OFFERED IN
5 TRACTS, OR
COMBINATIONS
East Allen County

VERY PRODUCTIVE
TILLABLE ACRES
FARM BUILDINGS
BUILDING SITES
PROPERTY LOCATION: 23386 Kammeyer
Road, Woodburn, Indiana (Located adjacent
to and just north of Old U.S. 24, 2 miles north
of Woodburn)
TRACT 1: 20 ACRES OF RIVERBOTTOM PROPERTY.
This tract has over 1400 feet of frontage along Fahlsing
Road. It also has over 1500 feet of river frontage along
the Maumee River.
TRACT 2: 10.5 ACRES WITH BARNS: This tract has
approximately 500 feet of frontage along Kammeyer
Road.
TRACT 3: 32.5 ACRES OF MOSTLY HOYTVILLE SILTY
CLAY. This tract has over 1,000 feet of road frontage
along S. R. 101
TRACT 4: 44 ACRES OF MOSTLY HOYTVILLE SILTY
CLAY. This tract has approximately 1,000 feet of road
frontage alon S.R. 101
TRACT 5: 18 ACRES OF ALL HOYTVILLE SILTY CLAY.
This tract has over 750 feet of road frontage along Old
U.S. 24.
SELLER: KAMMEYER FAMILY
AUCTION PREVIEW:
Meet a Schrader representative

at tract 5 along Richey Road
MONDAY, JUNE 20 5-7 PM &
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 5-7 PM
CALL FOR BROCHURE OR

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16 6 PM | Eastern Allen County, IN
Major
land auction
700 Acres
OFFERED IN 15 TRACTS, OR THE

COMBINATION OF ANY TRACTS.
Complete description of tracts to be

determined at this time.
PROPERTY LOCATIONS:
500+ ACRES located along U.S. Hwy. 30 East of
New Haven and some is located along old U.S.
Hwy. 30.
100 ACRES located along S.R. 101 Southwest of
Woodburn.
77 ACRES located at SW corner of Dawkins Road
and S.R. 101, South of Woodburn.
SELLER: THE ESTATE OF JEANNE KELLY

& JEANNE KELLY FARMS, LLC
Thinking About Selling?

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FAIR WEEK

Preview of Paulding County Fair

Congratulations Track Athletes 10A

Honor Flight goal exceeded; PPEC

PAULDING Paulding Putnam

Coffee With the

Thanks to you ...

Wed like to thank Harold

NEWS ALL DAY.

finishing with a time of 12.59

Charlie Warnimont/DHI Media Photo

Annual county Relay For Life raises $56,000

One area I cant say

would be setting up and taking

Photo courtesy Erika Pease

her inspiration has come from

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RIB FEST The seventh annual Cleveland

sponsored by Estle Chevrolet

a waiting list to take the flight

Ohio since the Toledo Chapter

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Photo courtesy Erika Pease

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Ruth Snodgrass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Circulation

continue to show improvement

girls that stepped in during the

Locally Owned Alex, Andy, Jim & Tam Stoller

8622 US 127, Paulding

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Paulding County Progress - 3A

Obituaries Updated weekdays at www.progressnewspaper.org

He also was preceded in

22, 1947, he married Helen

New Bargain Bin facility at

Large & Small

to build a new building.

next meeting will be at 10:30

June days bring garden goodies

it. Son Kevin, 10, told her that

brought us a taste delicious!

Gospel jam session

LIMITED TIME SAVINGS ON LA-Z-BOY COMFORT!

610 Walnut Street

The Eichers garden is still yielding green onions and radishes

Sale Ends June 20th!

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mausoleum and the condition is

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Drew T. Dembickie, Paulding, no headlights; $110 fine

For the Record

It is the policy of the

Lee Brenner was the speaker at the Kiwanis Club of Paulding

218 in Auglaize Township. Oakwood

Stephen E. and Susan E.

Weather report weekly summary as recorded at Paulding Villages water

DATE HIGH LOW

8:30 a.m. A South Williams

ing in front of younger children, even after being asked to

2:22 p.m. A 4-year-old