Paulding Progress March 20, 2013

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PAULDING The annu-
al Health, Business and
Industry Fair, sponsored by
Paulding County Senior
Center, will be held from
11 a.m.-2 p.m. today,
March 20 at the county ex-
tension building at the fair-
grounds. Admission is free.
Exchange student
to speak at JPHS
PAULDING The John
Paulding Historical Society
will host a general meeting
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
March 26 at the museum,
located across from the
fairgrounds. The public is
invited to attend.
The program for the
evening will feature Yifan
Nan Cheng, 16, a foreign
exchange student at Wayne
Trace High School. Cheng
is from Zhengzhou, China.
He will speak to the group
about his homeland and
culture. Nan enjoys bicy-
cling and swimming and
loves music.
In addition, Sue Thomas
of Oakwood will be doing
a PowerPoint presentation
on a recent trip she and her
family took to Thailand.
ER entrance
to reopen
PAULDING Paulding
County Hospital Emer -
gency Room (ER) entrance
will return to its original lo-
cation effective noon
Friday, March 29. The reno-
vation-expansion project is
scheduled for completion
this summer.
Correction
In last weeks edition of
the Progress, an article re-
garding the release of
Mindy Berenyi from prison
incorrectly listed the num-
ber of years of her incar-
ceration. She had been in
the Ohio Department of
Rehabilitation and
Correction system for 16
years, since December
1996.
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By NANCY WHITAKER
Progress Staff Writer
PAYNE A Glow In the Dark 5K or 1-
Mile Fun Run/Walk is to be held at 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 6. All proceeds will be donated
for a kidney transplant for baby Maddox Franz.
Registration begins at 6 p.m. at the Payne
Elementary School ball field. Pre-registration
fees are $20 and will be $25 the day of the race.
Little Maddox Dean Franz was welcomed
into the world at 9:57 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.
28, 2012, at the Dupont Hospital in Fort
Wayne.
He was the firstborn to Brian and Sarah
(Deatrick) Franz. Sarah is the principal of
Wayne Trace Payne Elementary. The new little
boy weighed in at 7 lbs. and was 20 inches
long.
Shortly after birth, he was transferred to the
Dupont NICU because of some breathing trou-
ble. He was diagnosed with a pneumothorax (a
burst air sac in the lung), which would heal it-
self in a few days.
Little Maddox was kept sedated in the
Dupont NICU to help heal his pneumothorax.
Because he was in the NICU for the pneu-
mothorax, the doctors did more in-depth blood
tests.
They found his creatinine and BUN numbers
from his blood work kept increasing over time.
These increasing numbers usually signal kid-
ney troubles.
He was transferred to Riley Childrens
Hospital in Indianapolis on Friday evening,
Nov. 30. Around this same time, his pneu-
mothorax problem was better, but a kidney ul-
trasound showed he had one underdeveloped
kidney and the other one had many cysts on it.
This indicated he needed surgery and dialysis
The little boy would undergo three different
surgeries in a few weeks time.
The first surgery on Dec. 2 was to insert a
central venous line as nurses were unable to get
an IV into his tiny veins.
On Dec 4 another surgery was done to install
his dialysis catheter line in his abdomen.
During that surgery, doctors learned there was
a urethral membrane blocking the flow of urine
out of his bladder. Urine had backed up from
his bladder, through the ureters, and into the
kidneys and is called kidney reflux. This had
poisoned his kidneys in the womb and limited
their ability to grow normally.
Following six days for his catheter site to
heal, little Maddox started dialysis on Dec. 10.
He had nightly dialysis for a week and then a
third surgery was done.
On Dec. 17, surgery was done to repair a her-
nia that was allowing some of the dialysis fluid
to leak out of his peritoneal cavity into other
areas.
After hernia surgery, he was off dialysis for
two nights to allow his hernia time to heal. He
has been on nightly dialysis every night since
he restarted on Dec. 19.
The Franzes said, The Riley Hospital NICU
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PAULDING The latest in
continued supportive im-
provements for Paulding ath-
letics is on the drawing boards
and being launched by local
businesses, school groups and
private individuals.
After considerable study of
need and potential, the
Athletic Grounds Committee
is recommending the con-
struction of a new press box
and concessions/restroom fa-
cility.
The Athletic Grounds
Committee for the school dis-
trict has determined that this is
the greatest need down at our
athletic complex (Keysor
Field), stated a fund-raising
communication being made
available to local supporters.
Currently we have one set of
restrooms in the football stadi-
um for the entire crowd and it
currently sits on the visitors
side of the stadium, which can
be an inconvenience for many
Panther fans.
Local supporters are hoping
to raise $150,000 to address
the situation. Other possible
improvements include a new
sound system and permanent
fencing for the softball field.
The new sound system
would not only be for the foot-
ball field, it would be portable
for school use as well, said
Paulding High School athletic
director Chris Etzler. It would
have iPad and iPod potential in
order to be able to play music
all of the time.
Etzler also likes the fencing
issue being addressed. He
noted that permanent fencing
would be put in for the softball
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See COACH, page 2A
See FACILITY, page 2A
Maddox Franz, the son of Brian and Sarah (Deatrick) Franz, was born with major kidney
problems and is undergoing nightly dialysis at home. Less than 4 months old, he already has
had three surgeries, and when he weighs 25-30 lbs., he will be able to receive a kidney trans-
plant. A benefit is being held on April 6.
NEW WIND FARM PROPOSED Northwest Ohio Wind
Energy LLC has announced plans to build a wind farm
project between Latty and Scott in Blue Creek and Latty
townships. The company proposes erecting 50 turbines
with a total generating capacity of up to 100 megawatts
and could potentially expand to a generating capacity of
up to 250 megawatts. Construction could begin by the end
of the year. A public informational meeting is set for 6 p.m.
Tuesday, April 9 at Wayne Trace High School in Haviland.
Northwest Ohio Wind Energy, whose manager is National
Wind LLC, has an office in Grover Hill.
A kidney for Maddox
See MADDOX, page 2A
Big improvements planned at Keysor Field
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McMichael
ends 13-year
run at Antwerp
By JOE SHOUSE
Sportswriter
ANTWERP After 13
years on the sidelines as the
Antwerp varsity boys basket-
ball coach, Scott McMichael
is stepping aside.
For several weeks, the suc-
cessful and well-liked mentor
knew this would be his final
year directing the Archer pro-
gram and he is ready for a
change.
Ive done this for 13 years
at Antwerp and I could not
have asked for a better admin-
istration, coaching staff, or
group of kids to work with
year in and year out. But, I
know its time and I have no
regrets.
As a sportswriter who fol-
lowed the Archers this year
and had the privilege to write
about their games while inter-
viewing the coach after each
contest, I must admit that
Coach McMichael was a class
act. Weather it be a 20-point
win or a bitter two-point loss
at the very end, he would al-
ways make himself available
for an interview. He was gra-
cious in defeat as much as he
was grateful for the win.
It was about half way
through the season that I felt
the community should know
The Paulding Athletic Boosters are raising funds to construct a new press box, concession
stand and restroom facility for the football and track athletic complex at Keysor Field.
2A - Paulding County Progress Wednesday, March 20, 2013
n FACILITY
Continued from Page 1A
n COACH
n MADDOX
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By BILL SHERRY Correspondent
PAULDING Paulding Village Council met
Monday, March 18, with park maintenance and
information about a new neighborhood watch
topping the agenda.
Recreation committee chairman Mike
Trausch reported that the Committee met on
Thursday, March 7 and reviewed the status of
the ball leagues at all the village parks.
Trausch also told council that the committee
also compiled the following list of maintenance
and park improvement issues that needs to be
addressed at various village parks:
WATER PARK Paint the exterior of the
storage building, paint exterior of pump house,
install three-compartment sink in concession
stand, spot paint pool bottom, seal parking
lot/striping (after pool closes).
SKATEBOARD PARK The ramps need
plywood repaired or replaced, stain/seal all
wood surfaces, something needs to be done
about flooding this is what is damaging the
field, as versus the portable
fence being used currently.
Last year we put in new
parking lots and a new practice
field, said Etzler. In 2009,
we put in a new weight room
that has made a tremendous
difference in our program.
Local dentist Michael Mott,
president of the Paulding
Booster Club, is very enthusi-
astic about the new project.
We are trying to raise
money for a new restroom,
concessions and press box,
said Mott. The need for a new
restroom on our side of the sta-
dium is great. There is a long
ways to walk to the southeast
side of the stadium to use the
current facilities. We are trying
to make a much better experi-
ence for older fans and the
handicapped, as well as the
public in general.
Our fans will simply be
able to walk down the steps to
the concessions and rest-
room, continued Mott.
Our need for a new press
box is great. The present one is
undersized; we receive numer-
ous complaints from other
coaches. We need extra space
for press and coaches, as well
as our own game day staff.
Mott likes the idea of hav-
ing a centralized facility on the
Paulding fans side of the com-
plex. He noted that it would
make a huge difference in the
publics perception of a mod-
ernized facility.
Our community has al-
ways been so supportive of
our local young people, said
Mott. We are looking for-
ward to working on this proj-
ect together.
Recommended pledge lev-
els for supporting the project
include: Platinum Level
($2,500), Gold Level ($1,000),
Silver Level ($500) and
Bronze Level ($250).
Those with questions about
donating are advised to call
Etzler at 419-399-4656.
rent goal is a kidney transplant.
This can be done when he
reaches 25-30 lbs., so his body
can accommodate his new
adult kidney that will be trans-
planted in him. His current
weight is now 12 lbs. 12 oz.
When how are they prepar-
ing for a kidney transplant,
Brian and Sarah replied, We
administer the daily medicines
required to keep him healthy
and the nightly dialysis to help
draw out toxins the kidneys
cant filter. We will continue
with monthly visits to the dial-
ysis outpatient clinic at Riley
Childrens Hospital. We also
monitor his growth to make
sure we continue towards the
25-30 lb. goal.
The couple have coped with
their sons illness with a strong
support system from their fam-
ily, friends and faith which has
helped keep them strong.
Sarah said, The communi-
ty has also been very support-
ive during the past four
months. We see many benefits
from everyones prayers and
hope that everyone will contin-
ue to pray for Maddox.
The transplant will be done
at Riley Hospital when the
time comes and they have not
learned details yet. It will be
discussed more with the doc-
tors as the time draws closer.
When little Maddox reaches
25 lbs., the hospital will begin
testing Sarah and Brian and
other family, friends or neigh-
bors who are willing to donate
a kidney. They look for match-
ing blood characteristics and
the health of the potential
donor in determining who
would make a good match for
Maddox.
The couple said, Maddox
is doing well right now. He is
eating, growing and his blood
work results are staying steady.
We are hoping for good weath-
er so that Maddox can attend
the benefit with us.
The Glow In the Dark run
benefit is being presented by
Wayne Trace High School
National Honor Society. For
more information or any ques-
tions, email waynetra-
cenhs@gmail.com.
is arranged with approximate-
ly 10 beds in a large room.
There is no place for par-
ents to sleep next to their child
in the NICU. We were lucky to
be able to stay with some of
Brians family on the northeast
side of Indianapolis for the
first two weeks of Maddoxs
hospital stay.
For the last week, we were
able to stay at the Ronald
McDonald House just across
the street from the hospital.
Once he was moved to a pri-
vate room, either Mom or Dad
always spent the night at his
bedside.
In order to take little
Maddox home, Brian and
Sarah had to take training four
hours each day for about two
weeks. The new parents had to
learn correct procedures for
home dialysis as well as how
to perform sterile dressing
change, how to administer in-
jections, and how to spot the
signs and symptoms of infec-
tion.
Maddox is currently on dial-
ysis at night at home. The cur-
The kids are a little older
now with 9-year-old Gaige
and 6-year-old Zaine serving
as varsity team managers this
past season. Between the two
boys is 7-year-old daughter
Aewyn. Its my three kids
that I want to spend more time
with. I want to play golf with
them and help coach their
teams, and be there for them,
the proud coach said.
McMichael realizes that he
has been coaching for 19
years, dating back to that sen-
ior year at OSU. Over those 19
years he has seen changes take
place. The job is more de-
manding of your time.
Coaching has grown into a
10-month job and it can domi-
nate your entire summer, and
lately I realized how much I
was missing my kids and their
activities they are involved
in.
Looking back, the veteran
coach recognizes that he had
the support of the school ad-
ministration, staff, athletic di-
rector, and the community. He
also appreciates the coaching
staff he has worked with over
the years.
I had a very loyal and hard
working group of coaches.
People like T.J. Hammer, Matt
and Jason Hormann, Tim
Copsey, Jon Short and Doug
Billman did a tremendous
job.
The coach will no doubt
miss coaching when fall
comes around again. There are
so many aspects of the game
that no one understands like a
coach. The relationships you
have with your players on and
off the court. Not only the
players, but the friendships
you build with the media and
believe it or not, even the ref-
erees and your coaching fra-
ternity.
One colleague from the
coaching family, Holgate head
coach Paul Wayne, had noth-
ing but praise for his sideline
competitor.
We had a friendly rivalry.
And you knew that when you
played Antwerp, Scott would
have his team prepared and
ready to play. Scott is a good
coach, but more than that he is
a very good person. He was
good for the game of basket-
ball and for the student ath-
lete, said Coach Wayne.
Although the coach is hang-
ing up his whistle, he still has
opinions about the game and
the way its played today.
Basketball has gone from a
game of finesse to a power
game. If I could make any
changes, it would be to add a
shot clock.
And when considering what
the game has taught him, the
coach paused for a moment or
two and then said, It has
taught me to persevere and
continue to work hard through
the highs and the lows.
McMichael, while coaching
one of the smallest schools in
the GMC, has had his share of
highs and lows. The highs
would be the two regional ap-
pearances and the five section-
al titles along with the three
GMC titles. But McMichael
pointed out how the last game
of every season is a low, and
when the Archers lost in the
district semifinal to Holgate on
a buzzer shot in 2004 and they
went on to win the state that
one really stung a bit.
My first thought when I
knew Scott was going to re-
sign was how bad I felt for the
kids coming up and how they
are going to miss out on so
much not having Scott coach
them, said athletic director
Drew Altimus.
And then Altimus got a little
personal, saying, Scott is a
good co-worker. I look to him
as an equal. He knew the game
and was successful at what he
did. He represented Antwerp
basketball with class.
Some of the players that
come to mind that McMichael
had the privilege to coach
were people like T.J. Short,
who was All-State in 2009-10;
Logan Lucas, honorable men-
tion All-State in 2011; and
Aaron Taylor, who played in
2005. Those players come to
mind because they were dedi-
cated to the game. They were
the ones who spent a lot of
their own time working and
perfecting their game.
The coach now plans to get
out on the golf course more
and he even wants to try some
new things like hunting for
deer.
But the truth is, Coach
McMichael will always be
Coach. Having a passion for
the game, he admits he still
wants to be involved at some
level. So, it probably wont be
in Florida, or in the Antwerp
gym on a cold wintery Friday
night in January, but wherever
it is, I just bet it will involve
his kids and their buddies
learning how to block out and
play defense. After all, basket-
ball is in his blood.
County woman arrested for 2003 slaying in Mark Center
From staff reports
DEFIANCE Paulding County
and Paulding Village law enforce-
ment officials assisted with an inves-
tigation leading to the indictment
and arrest of an Oakwood woman
who is accused of killing her hus-
band nine years ago in Defiance
County.
Sheriff Jason Landers and
Paulding Police Chief Randy
Crawford traveled to Defiance early
the morning of March 8 prior to the
arrest of Judith Hawkey, 46, at her
Oakwood home that morning.
Search and arrest warrants were
issued and executed for addresses on
Emerald Road in Paulding and Road
110 in Brown Township, both
owned by the Hawkey family. The
sheriff and six of his deputies were
involved.
Records at the local sheriffs of-
fice indicate deputies arrested an un-
named subject in the county at 7:42
a.m.
Incident report records also say
that they assisted another department
on Road 110 at 7:45 a.m., again on
Emerald Road at 8:20 a.m. and final-
ly at Paulding schools at 9:21 a.m.
Hawkey was indicted on six
charges by a Defiance County grand
jury on March 7: aggravated murder,
an unclassified felony; four counts
endangering children, one a second
degree felony and three third degree
felonies; and insurance fraud, also a
third degree felony.
All are related to the Nov. 3, 2003
shooting death of her husband at the
time, Robert L. Breininger, in Mark
Center, which was originally ruled
an accident.
According to Defiance County
Prosecutor Morris Murray, re-
cent information and the related in-
vestigation (have) resulted in the fil-
ing of this indictment. Hawkey will
be prosecuted on the basis of evi-
dence indicating she was in complic-
ity in the commission of the offense
by having caused an innocent or ir-
responsible person to commit the
murder.
Hawkey was arraigned March 12
in Defiance County Common Pleas
Court where she entered a not guilty
plea to all counts.
She is being held on $3 million
bond in the Corrections Center of
Northwest Ohio near Stryker.
A pretrial conference is set for
April 1.
In addition to the police and sher-
iffs deputies, other local entities
involved with the investigation in-
cluded Paulding County Prosecutor
Joe Burkard and child protective
services.
See COUNCIL, page 8A
about this coach who seeks the
good from his team. More
than a man who stood in the
coaches box and chewed on
the refs ear as he ran by or
yelled instructions at a player,
Coach McMichael is a man
who truly cared for THE team
each individual player.
During the season it was my
goal to interview the coach
one-on-one and tell a little bit
about his story so you could
get to know him a little better.
He asked me that if I didnt
mind to hold off and wait until
the end of the season because
he was going to resign. So the
story may have a few more
twists and turns because to be
honest I didnt want to hear
that. But, I cant change the
story, just report it. With that in
mind, the following is what I
have learned about the coach.
The Paulding graduate had
a solid career wearing the
Panther uniform. McMichael
capped off his senior year as
the teams leading scorer at 18
points per game and added
seven assists per outing.
Playing the guard position,
Scott was named All-
Northwest Conference. When
looking back on his days at
Paulding, McMichael credits
his coach, Paul Chapman, as a
positive role model. I had a
great coach and he taught me
so much on and off the court.
It was Coach Chapman who
inspired me to go into educa-
tion.
Following his playing days
at Paulding, it was off to Ohio
State where Scott began his
quest for a college degree and
a future in teaching. But it was
basketball that was always in
his blood it was his passion.
It was at Ohio State where he
got his first taste of coaching.
I was a senior and I
coached a junior high team
outside of Columbus, he said.
And since that senior year,
Coach McMichael has been
guiding a team on the court
every year.
Upon graduation from
OSU, McMichael went to
Florida for a little vacation and
to visit with relatives, but it
was on that trip where the
coaching bug bit again. I was
on vacation and the next thing
I knew I was interviewing for
a varsity head coaching job for
the girls team at Lake Placid.
I wasnt all that prepared and
before the interview I had to
go out and buy a sports coat in
order to go on the interview.
With no varsity experience
and just a few months re-
moved as a one-season junior
high coach, McMichael must
have impressed the school ad-
ministration. And for the next
four seasons, McMichael and
his Lake Placid teams were
impressive on the court. His
four-year stint in the Sunshine
State allowed McMichael to
post an overall record of 73-
22. His best season came in
1997-98 when the Dragons
finished 23-4 and made a trip
to the Class 3A state playoffs.
The following year, he guided
the girls to a 17-7 season and a
district championship.
Following his time in
Florida, Coach McMichael re-
turned home to Paulding
County and a physical educa-
tion position at Antwerp. With
coaching still in his blood, the
successful varsity coach in
Florida took what was avail-
able at Antwerp it was back
at the junior high level coach-
ing girls. However, the follow-
ing year, the boys varsity job
opened up and he began what
would become a 13-year
coaching career with the
Archers.
After returning back home,
the coach would soon meet the
former Courtenay Zartman
who would become the
coachs wife. She is an amaz-
ing wife and mother. We have
three children and when they
were real young she stayed
home and took care of them
and the house while I was out
most every night coaching,
scouting and practicing.
Dennis Saam/Paulding County Progress
Antwerp coach Scott McMichael talks to his players late in
fourth quarter during a time-out against Miller City in a tourna-
ment game this season. McMichael announced at Tuesday
nights school board meeting that he is resigning as coach.
SCOTT McMICHAELS
VARSITY CAREER
1995-96 Lake Placid 18- 4
2000-01 Antwerp 4-18
2001-02 Antwerp 12- 9
2002-03 Antwerp 6-15
2003-04 Antwerp 17- 5
2004-05 Antwerp 10-12
2005-06 Antwerp 5-16
2006-07 Antwerp 13- 8
2007-08 Antwerp 19- 4
2008-09 Antwerp 16- 5
2009-10 Antwerp 18- 3
2010-11 Antwerp 17- 6
2011-12 Antwerp 12- 9
2012-13 Antwerp 15-10
Totals 237-142
Tournament Results
Under Coach McMichael
Sectional final
Sectional final
2004 District Semi final
2007 Sectional final
2011 District final
Green Meadows Conference
Titles Under Coach
McMichael
2004 6-1
2010 7-0
2011 6-1
Paulding Council recreation
committee presents to-do list
HELEN STAHL
1930-2013
OCALA, Fla. Helen Mae
(Hardesty) Stahl, age 82,
passed away peacefully at
home on Friday, March 15.
She was born June 16,
1930 in Paulding and has
been a Florida resident for 30
years. She is a retired office
manager from Buckeye
Stamp Redemption Center.
She enjoyed bingo, playing
cards, cooking, crossword
puzzles, social gatherings,
bowling and traveling.
She is survived by a son,
Steven (Sandra) in Ocala;
stepdaughter, Linda Hart
Grise in Germantown, Ohio;
granddaughters, Lisa Grise
Bell (Dan) in Germantown
and Smokie (Billie) West in
Ocala; great-grandchildren,
Syntillie, Syra, Sheyana
Stahl, Christopher Grise and
Emily Bell; a brother, George
Hardesty in Paulding; and sis-
ters Mary Frank in Ocala and
Bettie Eagleson of Paulding.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Paul, and
brother, Jack.
We would like to thank the
nurses and staff of
Odyssey\Hospice for helping
make this a beautiful transi-
tion.
A celebration of life will be
held in her home at noon Sun-
day, April 7.
DAVID
THOMAS
1928-2013
VAN WERT David T.
Thomas, 85, of Van Wert, for-
merly of Grover Hill, died
early Friday morning, March
15 at Van Wert Hospital.
He was
born Jan.
9, 1928, in
Morenci ,
Mich., the
son of
John W.
and Rosie
( Adams )
Thoma s .
His wife, Beverly (Knotts)
Thomas, survives of Van
Wert. They were married for
62 years. He retired from
General Electric in Fort
Wayne and had formerly been
a Paulding County Sheriff re-
serve officer. He was a mem-
ber of the former Grover Hill
Church of Christ. He was a
United States Army veteran
of 101st Airborne Division,
Grover Hill volunteer fire-
man, a member of Van Wert
American Legion and Van
Wert F.O.P., Van Wert
U.S.B.C. Bowling Associa-
tion board member and had
been inducted into its Hall of
Fame. He bowled in the Van
Wert Tuesday Night Indus-
trial League. Dave loved his
grandchildren, his cars, was
an avid coin collector and
bowler.
Other survivors include his
children, Julia (Manuel)
Rhodes, Susan Moorman,
Paula J. (Danny) Mullins and
Steven (Melissa) Thomas, all
of Van Wert; grandchildren,
Calvin Rhodes, Rebecca
Dull, Amber Etzler, Jason
Mullins, John Moorman,
Amanda Bragg, Jennifer
Chavarria and Jessica More-
field; and 17 great-grandchil-
dren.
He was preceded in death
by brothers, John E. and
Clarence W. Thomas;
brother-in-law, James C.
Knotts; and sister, Mary
Ankney.
Services were Monday,
March 18 at Alspach-
Gearhart Funeral Home &
Crematory with the Rev. Paul
Miller officiating.
Preferred memorials are to
American Cancer Society,
American Heart Association
or Van Wert Mens Bowling
Association.
Condolences may be ex-
pressed at
www.alspachgearhart.com.
ROBIN WOLFORD
1960-2013
ANTWERP Robin Wol-
ford, 52, of Antwerp, passed
away Tuesday, Feb. 26 at her
residence.
She was born Dec. 14,
1960 in Erie, Pa., the daugh-
ter of the late Aurelia
(Nowaki) and Robert Wol-
ford.
Robin will be sadly missed
by her daughter, Aurelia
(Ronald) Krick of Van Wert;
siblings, Dede Goodison of
Hamburg, N.Y., Mary Lynn
(Ronald) Van Atta of
Antwerp, Terry Whitaker and
Karen Barnes, both of Fort
Wayne, and Ronald Richards
of Tucson; and a grandson,
Jakob Krick.
She also was preceded in
death by a brother, Gerald
Richards.
Services will be held at
noon Saturday, March 23 at
the First Presbyterian Church,
114 W. Caroline St., Pauld-
ing. Dooley Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
Memorials are to Fort De-
fiance Humane Society, Box
2, 7169 St Rt 15, Defiance,
Ohio 43512.
Condolences and fond mem-
ories may be shared at
www.dooleyfuneralhome.com.
ROSEMARY KAPPEL
1924-2013
PAULDING Rosemary
Kappel, age 89, died Wednes-
day, March 13 at Grand
Rapids Care Center, Grand
Rapids, Ohio.
She was born Feb. 19, 1924
in Henry County, the daugh-
ter of Joseph H. and
Genevieve (Long) Dietrick.
On April 8, 1967, she married
Friedrich Kappel, who pre-
ceded her in death on May
26, 1998. She was employed
by Kappel Hardware True
Value, New Holstein, Wis.,
retiring in 1986. She was a
member of Divine Mercy
Catholic Church, Paulding,
where she also volunteered in
the parish office, and was for-
merly a member of the Holy
Rosary Catholic Church,
New Holstein. She was a
member of Paulding VFW
Post #587 Auxiliary, past
president of New Holstein
Chamber of Commerce and a
member of Business and Pro-
fessional Women Association
of New Holstein.
She is survived by nieces
and nephews, Karen (Marv)
Traver, Marsha Mathews,
Larry Widmer, Edward
Stults, Genevieve Stults,
Suzanne Plummer, David
Stults, Jody Tudico, Sandy
Miller and a special niece, Ida
Ronan; 19 great-nieces and
nephews; 41 great-great-
nieces and nephews; and one
great-great-great-nephew.
by her parents; husband; two
brothers, Norbert and Bill Di-
etrick; and two sisters, Doris
Widmer and Patricia Stults.
A Mass of Christian Burial
will be conducted at 11 a.m.
today, March 20 at the Divine
Mercy Catholic Parish,
Paulding, with the Rev. G.
Allan Fillman officiating.
Burial will follow in St. Paul
Cemetery. Den Herder Fu-
neral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Visitation will be from 9-11
a.m. prior to services at the
church.
Donations may be made to
Masses, Hospice of North-
western Ohio or Grand
Rapids Care Center, Grand
Rapids.
Special thank you to Vicki
and Tonya from Hospice of
Northwest Ohio and all the
staff at Grand Rapids Care
Center.
Online condolences may be
sent to www.denherderfh.com.
MORGAN BUSSING
RAINBOW CITY, Ala.
Morgan Christopher Bussing,
age 23, of Rainbow City, died
Monday, March 11, 2013.
He was
a member
of Christ
C e n t r a l
Ch u r c h .
He gradu-
ated with
h o n o r s
f r o m
Southside High School in
2007, where he was a mem-
ber of the varsity soccer team
and played the saxophone in
the PRIDE of Southside. He
attended UAB where he
planned to major in nursing
and was a member of Delta
Sigma Phi Fraternity. Morgan
was known for his brilliant
intellect, wonderful sense of
humor and kind and loving
spirit.
Survivors including his
parents, Chris and Dawn
Bussing of Rainbow City;
grandparents, Harold and
Ruth Williams of Oakwood; a
sister, Meghan Bussing Tins-
ley of Birmingham, Ala.;
brother-in-law, Brandon Tins-
ley, Birmingham; uncles and
aunts, Doug and Jane
Williams of Rossford, Ohio,
Dave and Wendy Williams of
Minerva, Ohio, and Steve and
Beverly Bussing, Tim and
Melody Bussing, Carol and
Leon Goyings, Joni Bussing,
Jamie and Amy Bussing and
Mary and Russ Hermans, all
of Paulding; and many loving
cousins.
He was preceded in death
by his grandmother, Anna
Faye Bussing; grandfather,
George Bussing; and uncle,
Randy Bussing.
Services were held Satur-
day, March 16 at Christ Cen-
tral United Methodist
Church, Rainbow City, with
Sherri Reynolds officiating.
Morgan Funeral Chapel and
Crematory was in charge of
arrangements.
Special thanks to special
friends, the Hohenadel family
and Juan Robledo.
In lieu of flowers, memori-
als may be made to Christ
Central United Methodist
Church youth program.
CHRISTOPHER
LONGSTRETH
1974-2013
VAN WERT Christopher
E. Longstreth, age 38, of Van
Wert, died Monday evening,
March 11, at Lutheran Hospi-
tal in Fort Wayne.
He was born July 5, 1974
in Van Wert, the son of Terry
and Pamela (Jackson)
Longstreth.
Surviving are his mother,
of Van Wert; his father, Terry
(Zoe) Longstreth of Ohio
City; his wife, Lacey Gray
Longstreth of Paulding; chil-
dren, Olivia and Aubrie
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Paulding County Progress - 3A
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The Church Corner
Saturday, March 23
Food giveaway
The Mt. Zion United
Methodist Church will be
having a food giveaway from
9-11 a.m. Saturday, March
23, at the church fellowship
hall. Mt. Zion United
Methodist Church is located
on CR 151 outside of Grover
Hill.
Church Corner listings
are free. If your church is
having any special services
or programs, please call the
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Greetings from the House of Love
Rumor has it that were closed.
Well, WE ARE NOT CLOSED.
(The devil is a liar)
The HOUSE OF LOVE IS OPEN
for Gods business. Jesus is LORD - and
His Word does not return to us void!!!
These are the baptisms since Jan. 1
Jack Angeli (1-8-13)
John Lane (1-8-13)
Damien Woods (1-20-13)
Elda Martens (2-10-13)
Crawford Tidwell (Pastor Dwaynes
father-in-law) (2-10-13)
Larry Taylor (2-24-13)
Estevban Martens (2-24-13)
Tim Miller (3-13-13)
House of
Love
We encourage the Paulding community
to come and worship with us.
Were not asking you to leave your
present church, but to help build this
church ministry - like Paul!
Longstreth of Paulding, Saige
Karcher of Van Wert and
Tyson Crone of Van Wert; two
brothers, Eric Showalter of
Pensacola, Fla. and Matt
(Amy) Longstreth of Ohio
City; and two sisters, Michelle
(Travis) Finkhousen and
Sumer Figley, both of Van
Wert.
Services were held Thurs-
day, March 14 at Alspach-
Gearhart Funeral Home &
Crematory, Van Wert, with the
Rev. Neil Hammons officiat-
ing.
Preferred memorials are to
his children.
Condolences may be ex-
pressed at
www.alspachgearhart.com.
CHRISTINE LAKER
1924-2013
Wednesday, March 13,
Christine E. Laker, 88, was
freed from the bonds of her
earthly body and journeyed
home with
the Blessed
V i r g i n
Mary to be
r e c e i v e d
into the
l o v i n g
arms of her
s a v i o r
Jesus Christ. Christine re-
joiced at meeting her earthly
mother Marie (Kummerant)
Phlipot for the first time since
her birth June 19, 1924. And
once again at her side her Aunt
Rose (Phlipot) McGrath
mother who raised, cared for
and loved her as a daughter
joined in the celebration.
Christine married the love
of her life, Roman C. Laker,
Aug. 21, 1945 as the world re-
joiced at the end of WWII.
She was a dedicated, support-
ive and loving wife for 67
years. As Roman and Chris
shared their joyful love in the
sacrament of marriage, Chris-
tine devoted her life to caring
for her nine children, David
(Janet) Laker of Cecil, Jim
(Karen) Laker of Antwerp,
George (Susan) Laker of
Bryan, Jerry Laker of Defi-
ance, Ken (Arlene) Laker of
Cecil, Bonnie (Tim) Nally of
Defiance, Ted (Donna) Laker
of Antwerp, Rosann (Carol)
Laker of Paulding, Mary
(Scott) DeGood of Syracuse,
Ind.; her 27 grandchildren,
Shelly, Jen, LeAnn, Tamara,
Brian, Stephanie, Stacy,
Heather, Andy, Danielle, Tim,
Ashley, Matt, Mandy, Sara,
Brad, Adam, Wes, Ryan and
Abby Laker, Regina, Kim,
Nate and Aimee Nally and
Joshua, Caylyne and Cassan-
dra DeGood; her 46 great-
grandchildren; and five
great-great-grandchildren.
Christine is the daughter of
Raymond (Marie) Phlipot and
raised by Rose (T.J.) McGrath.
She has four living Phlipot
siblings, Helen Coil of Tra-
verse City, Mich., Harold of
Paulding, Laura Pease of
Paulding and Dorothy Alt,
Columbus.
by her parents, Raymond,
Marie, Hazel Phlipot; Rose,
T.J. McGrath; her siblings,
Lawrence, Howard, Ruth,
Earl, Mabel, Jerry Phlipot and
Charles, Pat, Loretta, Leo Mc-
Grath.
Christine was a member of
Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church, Cecil , until
2003 and at the end a member
of Divine Mercy Catholic
Church, Paulding. She was a
member of the Altar Rosary
Society and prayed the rosary
daily to our Blessed Mother,
Mary. She loved square danc-
ing, gardening, harness horse
races, local fairs, traveling and
her many, many grandbabies.
A Mass of Christian Burial
was held Tuesday, March 19 at
Divine Mercy Catholic Parish
with the Rev. G. Allan Fillman
officiating. Burial was in Im-
maculate Conception Ceme-
tery, Crane Township,
Paulding County. Den Herder
Funeral Home, Paulding, was
in charage of arrangements.
Please make memorials for
a Mass or to Hospice Care of
Paulding County or The
Alzheimers Association.
Online condolences may be
sent to www.denherderfh.com.
Area Holy
Week services
Holy Week will start with services on March 24, and Easter
is March 31. Celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and at-
tend the church of your choice. Special services will be held
at the following churches:
Sunday, March 24
Holy Week services will be held at the Mandale Church of
Christ in Christian Union Church, located on SR 66. The
speaker will be Gary Church.
Monday, March 25
Holy Week services to be held at 7 p.m., at Mt. Zion
United Methodist Church on Road 151, Grover Hill. The
speaker will be Ron Johnson.
Tuesday, March 26
Holy Week services continue at 7 p.m. at Zion Christian
Union Church. Joe Fifer will be the speaker.
Wednesday, March 27
Holy Week services to be held at Junction Bible Church at
7 p.m. Bill Sherry will be the speaker.
The Free Christian Church of God will present an Easter
drama titled, Journey Through Time. It will be presented
Wednesday, March 27 at 6, 7 and 8 p.m. The church is located
at 20799 SR 15, the corner of SR 15 and 623 in Continental.
Note: More Holy Week, Good friday and Easter services to
be announced in next weeks Paulding County Progress.
No craft sale during
Peony Fest weekend
VAN WERT Due to a scheduling conflict, there will be no
craft and garage sale in the Van Wert County Fairgrounds dur-
ing the Peony Festival.
The Van Wert County Fairgrounds would like to confirm
other craft and garage sales they are having. They include:
Highway 127 Craft & Garage Sale, Wednesday, July 27
through Saturday, Aug. 3.
Hot Air Festival Craft & Garage Sale, Friday, Sept. 6-8.
Both of these sales have spaces available at this time. For
further information and space rental, contact Ann Marshall,
fair board director, phone 419-238-4551.
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Sheriffs Report Common Pleas
Sheriff Jason Landers was the speaker at the Paulding Kiwanis
Club. He spoke about the possibility of opening up the county jail
again if all the things preventing it can be worked out. He compared
the cost of transporting the prisoners to other facilities to keeping
them here in the county. Tiffany Beckman was program chairman.
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Its marathon
basketball time
Dear Editor,
This years 24 HR
Basketball Marathon is
fast approaching and I
wanted to encourage your
readers to attend this 35th
annual charity event, rais-
ing much needed monies
for the Paulding Co. Soci-
ety for Crippled Children
and Adults Inc.
The event will take
place at the Wayne
Trace/Payne Elementary
Gymnasium at the west
edge of Payne beginning
early in the afternoon on
Good Friday, March 29
and conclude the evening
of the next day. There will
be at least 124 teams
competing in various divi-
sions, with varying de-
grees of talent ... all
playing ball for those
who cant. An absolutely
great weekend of nonstop
basketball for all to
enjoy for just a small,
weekend admission fee.
Concluding, Id like to
give a special shout out
to longtime marathon
chairman Chad Ben-
schneider of Payne and
his many loyal, dedicated
and hard working com-
mittee members from all
around Paulding County
who have, once again,
done a superb job of se-
curing a record number of
team entries, pairing
them, and finding other
volunteers to referee the
games, work the clock,
work the concession
stand, collect admissions
at the doors, keep the
gymnasium clean, etc.
etc. The spirit of selfless-
ness aboundsand how
appropriate its
EASTER weekend!!
Be a part of it....
Jim Hooker
Mesa, Ariz.
Antwerp Elementary honor roll
Civil Docket
The term et al. refers to and oth-
ers; et vir., and husband; et ux.,
and wife.
Nicholas Financial, Inc.,
Clearwater, Fla. vs. Daniel
Miles, Paulding. Money only.
In the matter of: Don E.
Egnor Jr., Payne and Leslie
Egnor, Hicksville. Dissolu-
tion of marriage.
Maria Enmark, Paulding
vs. Anthony P. Enmark, Mar-
ion. Divorce.
The Huntington National
Bank, Columbus vs.
Christina K. Landrum and her
unknown spouse if any,
Paulding and Cashland Fi-
nancial Services Inc., Cleve-
land and Ohio Receivables
LLC, Columbus and Ohio
Department of Taxation,
Columbus and Paulding
County Treasurer, Paulding.
Foreclosures.
Marriage Licenses
Shane Thomas Adams, 22,
Haviland, factory and Tiffany
Renee Roberts, 22, Haviland,
student. Parents are Michael
Adams and Theresa Canavan;
and Timothy Roberts and
Laura Gallimore.
Administration Docket
In the Estate of Brenda K.
Whitehouse, application to
administer file.
In the Estate of Thelma A.
Hill, last will and testament
filed.
In the Estate of Walter J.
Kosch Jr., application to ad-
minister file.
In the Estate of Kayla Ann
Bidlack, application to ad-
minister file.
Criminal Docket
Jeremy E. Shaffer, 32, of
Oakwood, had charges of
felonious assault (F2) and ag-
gravated assault (F4) dis-
missed without prejudice
upon a motion of State on
March 7. The parties have
agreed to settle the matter in
County Court. His costs are
$211.
Brenton S. Clements, 23,
of Paulding, had a domestic
violence (F4) charge against
him dismissed without preju-
dice upon a motion of State.
The parties agreed to settle
the matter in County Court.
His costs are $159.
Elizabeth Smallwood, 24,
of Paulding, had her sentenc-
ing date for burglary (F4)
changed from March 21 to
March 28.
Mark Seibert II, 31, of
Continental, waived extradi-
tion and was released on his
own recognizance on the fol-
lowing conditions: no arrests,
no contact with alleged vic-
tim, comply with alcohol re-
strictions, do not enter
Paulding County except for
scheduled appointments with
Job and Family Services or
court appearances and if he is
found in the county other-
wise, he is to be immediately
arrested. A telephone status
conference was set for April
1. Seibert is accused of aggra-
vated robbery (F1).
Alejandro Perez-Jimenez,
34, of Fort Wayne, entered a
guilty plea to an amended
charge of attempted forgery
(M1) recently. He was sen-
tenced to 72 days jail with
credit for 72 days served.
Costs were waived.
Robert W. Berry, 32, Pauld-
ing, was arraigned recently
for felonious assault (F2). His
pretrial conference was set
for March 25 with an April 9
jury trial with co-defendant
Derek Showalter. He waived
extradition and was released
on his own recognizance on
the conditions of no arrests,
no contact with his alleged
victim or co-defendant and
comply with drug and alcohol
restrictions.
Kevin L. Clay, 27, of Van
Wert, was arraigned recently
for breaking and entering
(F5). His pretrial confer-
ence/change of plea hearing
was set for March 25 with
sentencing to be April 11. His
bond was set at $15,000 with
no 10 percent privilege.
ACCIDENT REPORTS:
Wednesday, March 6
12:07 a.m. Johnathan Gre-
gory Vanalst, 19, of Port
Richey, Fla. was cited for
failure to control following a
single-vehicle accident near
the intersection of Roads 49
and 60 in Benton Township.
Reports say he was driving a
1999 Dodge Durango north
on Road 49, attempted a U-
turn and backed into a ditch
striking a drainage tile. Dam-
age to the vehicle was minor,
but it was towed. He and his
passenger were unhurt.
INCIDENT REPORTS:
Friday, March 8
5:48 a.m. Unwanted person
complaint was handled on
Road 10 in Auglaize Town-
ship.
7:42 a.m. Deputies arrested
an unidentified subject.
7:45 a.m. Deputies assisted
another department on Road
110 in Brown Township.
another department on Emer-
ald Road.
another department at Pauld-
ing Schools.
10:55 a.m. Damage to a lot
near the intersection of Roads
198 and 1029 in Auglaize
Township was looked into.
2:04 p.m. A minor fender
bender in a business lot on
Main Street in Payne was
documented.
5:38 p.m. Payne EMS was
requested at a motor vehicle
accident in Payne. Transport
was refused. The vehicle was
towed; AEP was contacted;
Payne Fire Department as-
sisted at the scene.
6:27 p.m. Breaking and en-
tering complaint from Mel-
rose was investigated.
7:52 p.m. Van Wert County
Sheriffs office requested a
welfare check on Road 12 in
Washington Township.
10:33 p.m. A car/deer
mishap on Ohio 114 at Road
95 in Blue Creek Township
was documented.
Saturday, March 9
7:57 a.m. Missing adult
complaint came in from US
127 in Latty Township.
6:52 p.m. A deputy re-
ported conducting a vehicle
search.
8:48 p.m. Drive-off theft of
gas from Grover Hill the pre-
vious night was called in.
10:11 p.m. Shots were ex-
changed by a property
owners son and someone in
a passing pickup truck on
Ohio 114 in Washington
Township. Two deputies were
on the scene over 30 minutes.
Sunday, March 10
1:01 a.m. Deputies docu-
mented a car/deer collision on
Ohio 49 in Benton Township.
1:26 a.m. A Paulding fire
unit was on the scene of a car
fire on West Perry Street for
almost two hours. Paulding
EMS was also called to the
scene.
Van Wert Sheriffs office by
delivering a message on Road
197.
7:44 p.m. David Pratt was
arrested by deputies.
10:43 p.m. Suspicious ve-
hicle complaint came in from
Emerald Township, near the
intersection of Roads 153 and
218.
Monday, March 11
6:23 a.m. A caller alleged
dogs had been poisoned on
Road 110 in Brown Town-
ship.
11:42 a.m. Telephone ha-
rassment complaint came in
from Grover Hill.
7:54 p.m. Underage party
was investigated on Road 177
in Brown Township.
10:14 p.m. Deputies assisted
the Paulding Police Depart-
ment investigate a robbery on
North Williams Street.
Tuesday, March 12
5:33 p.m. Harassment com-
plaint came in from Ohio 114
in Washington Township.
7:32 p.m. Suspicious activity
was reported from Road 169 in
Auglaize Township.
10:30 p.m. A car/deer acci-
dent on Road 128 in Brown
Township was handled.
11:36 p.m. Telephone ha-
rassment was reported from
Ohio 613 in Jackson Township.
Wednesday, March 13
12:04 a.m. Suspicious per-
son was reported on Ohio 613
in Jackson Township.
8:57 a.m. Deputies arrested
Zachery N. Davis.
3:11 p.m. Investigation of an
accident on Ohio 127 at Road
180 included an EMS run by
Paulding and a Paulding fire
unit on scene over an hour.
3:59 p.m. Telephone harass-
ment was reported from Ohio
114 in Latty Township.
5:07 p.m. Report of a body
in Payne came in. The coroner
was called to the scene.
9:23 p.m. Deputies arrested
Wesley Bowman on a Defi-
ance County warrant.
Thursday, March 14
12:51 a.m. Reports of shots
fired came in from a home on
Ohio 66 in Washington Town-
ship.
5:24 a.m. Deputies were
called to a fight in Haviland.
8:05 a.m. Possible scam
was reported from Paulding.
Business News
Wobler named CHP
nursing supervisor
Brenda Wobler,
RN, BSN, of
Antwerp, has been
named nursing su-
pervisor for Com-
munity Health
Professionals, Defi-
ance.
She brings more
than 27 years of
practical experi-
ence and 17 years
of management ex-
perience at local and region
hospitals.
The future of health care
will be focused on providing
services in alternative ways to
decrease costs, Wobler said.
I believe home health will be
the solution to providing pa-
tient care.
Wobler says she is looking
forward to providing care for
patients in their own homes as
opposed to the unfamiliar set-
ting of a hospital.
She has
served on the
board of directors
for Van Wert
County United
Way Day and
was vice presi-
dent of the Payne
Branch Library.
She has two chil-
dren, Courtney
Lamb and Gabe
Wobler.
Community Health Profes-
sionals is a nonprofit agency
with nine offices, providing
home health and hospice serv-
ices to patients and families
throughout northwest and
west central Ohio.
More information about
services provided by Commu-
nity Health Professionals can
be found at ComHealthPro.org
or on Facebook.
BRENDA WOBLER
Insurance agents offer scholarships
The Paulding County Inde-
pendent Insurance Agents As-
sociation (PCIIAA) Inc. is
again accepting scholarship
applications from all Paulding
County high school seniors.
PCIIAA will award seven
scholarships this year.
Applications are available
at each schools guidance of-
fice as well as the Paulding
County independent insur-
ance agencies: Antwerp In-
surance Agency, Foltz
Insurance Agency, Hornish Fi-
nancial-Insurance Services
Inc., Stahl-Stoller-Meyer In-
surance Center and
Williamson Insurance Agency.
The deadline to return appli-
cations is Friday, April 19 to
the guidance office or at Stahl-
Stoller-Meyer Insurance Cen-
ter.
The PCIIAA is proud of the
countys students and looks
forward to receiving many ap-
plications.
Antwerp Elementary School
has announced the honor
roll for the third nine weeks.
They include:
THIRD GRADE
All As Mia Altimus, Bre-
anna Fulk, Alex Lehman, Luke
McDorman, Gaige
McMichael, Megan ODon-
nell, Bradley Shroades,
Kennedy Trabel, Ilse Zijlstra
All As & Bs Alex Ade,
Reece Buerkle, Nathan Dun-
stan, Kate Farr, Summer
Franklin, Tucker Franklin,
Jaidis Getrost, Hailey Grant,
Brady Hatlevig, Grace Jones,
Zachary Jones, Morgan Knice-
ley, Luke Krouse, Jagger Lan-
ders, Landon Lee, Emerson
Litzenberg, Zachary Lockhart,
Cade Lothamer, Shaelin Mc-
Crea, Jonathan Meyer, Faith
Nestleroad, Kaden Phares,
Jared Phillips, Draven Raens,
Allison Reinhart, Samantha
Rigsby, Grace Schuette, Lau-
ren Schuller, Emma Shuherk,
Madison Smith, Mason Steele,
Austin Wade, Hayden Wagner,
Trinity Wieland
FOURTH GRADE
All As Rylan Brooks,
Johnathon Buehrer, Maycee
Contreraz, Carmen Cruz,
Halie Davis, Kadi Donat,
Dylan Hines, Austin Lichty,
Logan McKeever, Katie Ober-
lin, Molly Reinhart, Madison
Ruen, Emily Sanders, Grace
Tuttle
All As & Bs Morgan
Boesch, Heaven Bruce, Jordan
Buerkle, Lydia Butzin, Chase
Clark, Mallory Ehrhart, Jason
Geyer, Hunter Grant, Aaron
Hawley, Asa Humes, Alicia
Maag, Patrick Meyer, Chet
Miller, Laura Miller, Eli Moli-
tor, Siera Octaviano, Eric
Thornell, Joshua Timbrook,
Ryan Van Vlerah
FIFTH GRADE
All As Aleyah Cline,
Alyssa Fuller, Adison Hinden-
lang, Chloe Saul, Blake
Schuette
All As & Bs Madison
Boesch, Sayge Bonifas,
Karsyn Brumett, Alyvia De-
Vore, Boston Dunderman, Izik
Garrett, Destiney Gerken,
Carlie Hanes, Codee Hath-
away, Nicole Kashner, Jayvin
Landers, Garrett Laney,
Nicholas McCreery, Sydney
Miller, Ashton Minck, Heather
Oberlin, Khadija Planz, Holly
Sanders, Julia Steiner, Elyse
Steury, Timmy Taylor, Kenzie
Timbrook, Melanie Wann,
Shayla Wieland, Ellie Wolf,
Emma Zielke
The Rock open
PAYNE Christs Com-
munity Center (The Rock) in
Payne is now open from
6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays
and Fridays. Children in
grades 5-12 are welcome.
Weather report weekly summary as recorded at Paulding Villages water treat-
ment plant
Observations recorded for the 24 hours ending at 7:30 a.m. on the morning of:
PRECIPITATION
24-HOUR AMOUNTS Snow/Ice on
DATE HIGH LOW Rain-Melted snow Snow-Ice the ground
March 12 51 32 0.21 -0- -0-
March 13 35 26 0.01 0.2 -0-
March 14 31 23 -0- -0- -0-
March 15 41 23 -0- -0- -0-
March 16 46 29 0.11 -0- -0-
March 17 35 28 -0- -0- -0-
March 18 32 27 0.14 0.1 -0-
Vendors
Licenses
Property Transfers
County Court In My Opinion
Where is inspiration?
What inspires us? Maybe its a black and white photo-
graph, a famous painting, a classic novel. There is beauty
surrounding us everyday and inspiration can be found almost
anywhere.
I actually found myself suffering from writers block,
which for a columnist, is a real buzzkill. I was grasping on
ideas on what to write about. What inspired me? How do we
find something to fascinate
us, conjure up dreams and
thoughts around us?
For me, its as simple as
taking a walk all alone, to
feel a parallel connection
with nature, to contemplate
my own inner desires and
dreams. That is real inspira-
tion that cant be found on a website or on a TV show.
There is something magical on finding your own personal
thoughts without any influence from anyone or anything else
other than the natural beauty that surrounds you. Maybe I am
rambling on a bit, but lately, I have found myself almost
searching for something to stimulate me in a way that I have
been missing.
I think this happens to us all from time to time and we
need to get out there and find our own creativity and motiva-
tion to keep us fresh and to keep us in touch with ourselves.
It is important to us all to be able to continuously evolve and
change, because the world is forever changing. Therefore,
we, too, must find our inner wishes to keep ourselves on our
toes, as we continuously adapt to our surroundings.
So what motivates you? Are you finding yourself in a rut
at times and needing something more? Try taking a walk,
look through black and white photographs, go to a museum,
read a classic novel, ask yourself questions, find your dreams
and you will find your inspiration.
Amber McManus is a correspondent for the Paulding
County Progress.
The opinions stated are those of the writer, and do not nec-
essarily reflect that of the newspaper.
Police Report
In My
Opinion
Amber
McManus
ACCIDENT REPORTS
Tuesday, March 12
2:12 p.m. Susan K. Stouffer, 64, of Paulding was cited for im-
proper backing following a mishap on North Main Street at Jack-
son. Roxanne S. Book, 57, of Hicksville was driving a 2010 Ford
Focus north on Main Street and stopped at the intersection of
Jackson Street. Reports say Stouffer backed her 1989 Ford Thun-
derbird from a parking space into Books car, inflicting minor
damage to each. Neither driver was hurt.
INCIDENT REPORTS
Thursday, March 7
3:50 p.m. A Payne resident reported receiving harassing texts
from a Paulding subject. A report was sent to the prosecutor.
6:57 p.m. A hit-skip accident in Paulding Place parking area
was documented.
10:10 p.m. Officers investigated a family disturbance on Hop-
kins Alley.
Friday, March 8
6:30 a.m. Chief of police attended a meeting at the Defiance
County Sheriffs office in reference to a search and arrest warrant
issued in the Village of Paulding. He was there 30 minutes.
10:50 a.m. Telephone scam was reported by a South Williams
Street resident.
2 p.m. School bus violation was turned over to the Ohio State
Highway Patrol when it was discovered the driver was from Van
Wert County.
3:15 p.m. Paulding EMS was encoded for an unresponsive
male on Emerald Road. He came around before the squad ar-
rived.
3:36 p.m. Four-wheeler complaint came in from Nancy Street.
They were gone when officers arrived.
6:48 p.m. Charges were requested following a family distur-
bance on West Perry Street.
11:02 p.m. Subjects were warned during follow up to a loud
music complaint.
Saturday, March 9
12:45 a.m. Officers assisted OSHP by witnessing a BAC test.
10:20 a.m. An officer observed a four-wheeler pulling a trailer
on North Williams Street. It was found three juveniles were using
them for a job. They were informed of potential danger and two
were transported home.
10:33 a.m. A West Caroline Street resident told officers their
house had been egged.
11:06 a.m. Yard damage on West Jackson Street was investi-
gated. The responsible party agreed to fix the damage.
6:36 p.m. Neighbor problems were handled on West Harrison
Street.
10:26 p.m. Officers arrested Larry Taylor for OMVI, driving
under suspension and open container.
Sunday, March 10
1:26 a.m. A Paulding fire unit and an officer responded to a car
fire on West Perry Street. The vehicle was towed.
4 p.m. Report was made of four-wheelers operating around the
sewage lagoons off Airport Road. A pair of males were located
pushing four-wheelers on Dennis Street. They denied having
been at the lagoons.
Monday, March 11
7:30 a.m. An anonymous report of Emerald Road residents al-
legedly killing five or six dogs came in. The matter was turned
over to the dog warden.
4:35 p.m. Officers assisted the Defiance County Sheriffs office
by delivering a message on Centerfield Drive.
9:32 p.m. A holdup alarm came in from Brookside North. Case
remains under investigation.
Tuesday, March 12
6 p.m. A family disturbance complaint was handled on West
Harrison Street.
11:04 p.m. A female reported being grabbed by a male while
at an East Perry Street business. The matter is under investiga-
tion.
Wednesday, March 13
3:10 p.m. An Oakwood resident reported an alleged threat to a
juvenile which had been received at a Paulding school.
7:05 p.m. A matter was reported to Job and Family Services
for investigation.
CONCLUDED CASES
Civil Dockets:
Credit Adjustments Inc.,
Defiance vs. Kimberly R.
Baumert, Antwerp. Money
only, satisfied.
Defiance vs. Thomas Stahl,
Payne. Money only, satisfied.
Portfolio Recovery Associ-
ates, Norfolk, Va. vs. Gary
Keller, Oakwood. Other ac-
tion, dismissed.
William S. Bricker, DDS,
Inc., Antwerp vs. Tim Neer,
Paulding and Tina Neer,
Paulding. Small claims, satis-
fied.
Sarah J. Mowery DDS,
Inc., Antwerp vs. Nathan
McAlexander, Antwerp and
Jennifer McAlexander,
Antwerp. Small claims, satis-
fied.
Midland Funding LLC,
San Diego, Calif. vs. Nancy
Laney, Antwerp. Other ac-
tion, judgment for the plain-
tiff in the sum of $1,387.16.
Defiance vs. Julie A. Knapp,
Paulding. Small claim, satis-
fied.
Capital One N.A., Las
Vegas vs. Nicole E. Gunder-
man, Antwerp and David L.
Beck, Defiance. Other action,
dismissed against Beck only.
Kent Laney, Defiance and
Belinda Laney, Defiance vs.
Paulding Exempted Village
Schools, Paulding and Princi-
pal Todd Harmon, Paulding.
Small claims, dismissed.
Midland Funding LLC,
San Diego vs. Matthew Arel-
lano, Oakwood. Other action,
judgment for the plaintiff in
the sum of $1,533.49.
William S. Bricker DDS,
Inc., Antwerp vs. Daniel Eric
Martinez, Paulding and
Tiffany Martinez, Paulding.
William S. Bricker DDS,
Inc., Antwerp vs. Alicia
Perez, Paulding. Small
claims, judgment for the
plaintiff in the sum of $124.
Matthew J. Hodge, Cecil
vs. Steve J. Jacko, Mid-
dleville, Mich. Small claims,
judgment for the plaintiff in
the sum of $1,727.16.
The Antwerp Exchange
Bank Co., Antwerp vs.
Stephanie Kruse, Paulding.
Criminal Dockets:
Thomas G. Wolfenbarger,
Antwerp, disorderly conduct;
$200 fine, $243 costs, pay by
Aug. 14, repay counsel fees,
30 days jail suspended; no
contact order with victims has
been lifted.
Thomas G. Wolfenbarger,
Antwerp, assault; dismissed
per State.
Christina M. McKeever,
Antwerp, disorderly conduct;
$50 fine, $166 costs.
Jeremy G. Baer, Antwerp,
aggravated menacing; $250
fine, $112.71 costs, 30 days
jail concurrent with Van Wert
sentence, no contact with vic-
tim, work release granted.
Shawn Ingol, Paulding,
unauthorized use property;
$200 fine, $112 costs, pay all
by June 12 or appear, 30 days
jail suspended; probation or-
dered, 10 hours community
service, complete Thinking
for a Change program, resti-
tution has been paid.
Abraham N. Saldana, Bel-
more, open container; dis-
missed per State.
Chad L. Long, Melrose,
disorderly conduct; $150
fine, $95 costs, taken from
bond; no contact with victim
or property.
Jeremy E. Shaffer, Oak-
wood, assault; $300 fine,
$132 costs, 10 days jail and
170 days suspended, pay to
stay; probation ordered, com-
plete Thinking for a
Change program, no contact
with victim, 30 hours com-
munity service, comply with
alcohol restrictions.
Brenton Clements, Pauld-
ing, assault; $300 fine, $132
costs, pay all by Aug. 14, 30
days jail and 150 suspended,
pay for stay; probation or-
dered, complete Thinking
for a Change and anger
management programs, no
contact with victims or the
residence.
Cheri Todd, Oakwood,
confinement of dog; $25 fine,
$77 costs, pay by Aug. 14 or
appear.
Harold G. Schilt, Oak-
wood, open container; $100
fine, $108.50 costs, pay all by
Aug. 14 or appear.
wood, possession, $100 fine,
$95 costs, pay all by Aug. 14
or appear, six-month license
suspension to run concur-
rently with another case.
wood, paraphernalia; $100
fine, six-month license sus-
pension to run concurrent
with another case.
John Paul Sandoval, Pauld-
ing, assault; waived prelimi-
nary hearing, matter
transferred to the docket of
Common Pleas Court.
John Paul Sandoval, Pauld-
ing, possession; matter trans-
ferred to the docket of
Common Pleas Court.
Traffic Dockets:
Shannon M. Yelder, Defi-
ance, 74/65 speed; $250 fine,
$120 costs, pay $50 monthly.
Chay Jackson, Antwerp,
failure to control; $68 fine,
$77 costs.
John H. Walker, Detroit,
65/55 speed; $33 fine, $85
costs.
Tiffany R. Poletta, Bryan,
65/55 speed; $33 fine, $77
costs.
Travis Nathan Taylor, Fort
Wayne, seat belt; $30 fine,
$47 costs.
Thomas D. Nagel,
Napoleon, 65/55 speed; $33
fine, $77 costs.
Brandy L. Yordy, Wood-
burn, 68/55 speed; $33 fine,
$77 costs.
John J. Panico, Mark Cen-
ter, 66/55 speed; $33 fine,
$77 costs.
more, OVI/under influence,
amended to first in six; $375
fine, $47.95 costs, 30 days
jail, two-year license suspen-
sion.
more, OVI/refusal; dismissed
at States request.
more, 12-point suspension;
dismissed at States request.
more, loud exhaust; dis-
missed at States request.
Miguel R. Hernandez,
Oakwood, OVI/under influ-
ence, amended to first in six
years; $850 fine, $169.70
costs, pay all by April 10 or
appear, 30 days jail, two-year
license suspension; commu-
nity control ordered, 20 hours
community service, evalua-
tion at Westwood, complete
Thinking for a Change pro-
gram, ignition interlock on
vehicle for six months, 150
days jail reserved.
Oakwood, OVI/refusal; dis-
Oakwood, left of center; dis-
Jasbinder Singh, Burling-
ton, N.J., 65/55 speed; $150
fine, $95 costs.
Dianne Lynn Cary, High-
land Spring, Va., 65/55 speed;
Ventsislav P. Kosev, De-
splaines, Ill., brake equip-
ment; $150 fine, $77 costs.
Grainne M. Krasovic,
Rochester Hill, Mich., 81/65
speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.
Thomas A. Cummings,
Fenton, Mich., 78/65 speed;
Joseph Varga, Peoria, Ariz.,
70/55 speed; $43 fine, $80
costs.
Teddy Bessesen Jr., De-
catur, Ind., 66/55 speed; $33
fine, $80 costs.
Anh Nguyen Quoc Pham,
Indianapolis, 76/65 speed;
Jacob A. Turner, Ossian,
Ind., seat belt; $30 fine, $47
costs.
John Lloyd Reyst, Royal
Oak, Mich., 75/65 speed; $33
fine, $85 costs.
James Alford McCowan,
Morenci, Mich., 64/55 speed;
Joni L. Fiechter, Bluffton,
Ind., 70/55 speed; $43 fine,
$77 costs.
John Davis Fifer III, Defi-
ance, failure to control; $68
fine, $77 costs.
Diana L. Kanneman,
Toledo, 80/65 speed; $63
fine, $80 costs.
Michael David Tembreull,
Michigamme, Mich., stop
sign; $53 fine, $80 costs.
Jesus Salas Jr., Antwerp,
73/55 speed; $43 fine, $77
costs.
Jesus Salas Jr., Antwerp,
seat belt; $30 fine.
Gary L. Jones, Paulding,
seat belt; $30 fine, $47 costs.
wood, reckless operation;
$500 fine, $133.50 costs, pay
$200 monthly, pay all by
Aug. 14 or appear, three days
jail, six-month license sus-
pension; may attend DIP pro-
gram in lieu of jail, ALS
terminated, community con-
trol ordered, 20 hours com-
munity service, complete
Thinking for a Change pro-
gram, 57 days jail reserved.
wood, left of center; dis-
wood, seat belt; $30 fine, pay
all by Aug. 14 or appear.
Travis Roy Platt, Roanoke,
Ind., 82/65 speed; $43 fine,
$77 costs.
Stacie N. Caradine,
Manila, Ariz., 80/65 speed;
Michael T. Lawson, Butler,
Pa., seat belt; $30 fine, $50
costs.
Jeffery S. Rider, Paulding,
failure to control; $68 fine,
$77 costs.
Abrahim Al Aboody, De-
troit, 68/55 speed; $33 fine,
$80 costs.
Marvin Howe Jr., Ossian,
Ind., seat belt; $20 fine, $47
costs.
Robert P. Ferguson, Lees-
burg, Ind., 65/55 speed; $33
fine, $77 costs.
Kim L. Simmons, Findlay,
65/55 speed; $33 fine, $77
costs.
Jack W. Pierce Jr., Noble,
Okla., seat belt; $30 fine, $50
costs.
Lucas R. Stevens, Oak-
wood, 64/55 speed; $48 fine,
$80 costs.
Nikolai Jenis Mejer, Defi-
ance, display plates; $68 fine,
$77 costs.
Kaytie M. Mason, Defi-
ance, 65/55 speed; $33 fine,
$77 costs.
Harcharan S. Brar, Laval,
Que., seat belt; $30 fine, $47
costs.
The term et al. refers to and oth-
ers; et vir., and husband; et ux.,
and wife.
Crane Township
Ronald LeRoy Slattery to
Cynthia A. Shull Slattery;
Sec. 18, 3.264 acres. Warranty
deed.
Cynthia A. Shull Slattery to
Ronald Leroy Slattery; Sec. 7,
59.273 acres. Warranty deed.
Grover Hill Village
Elma R. McClure, dec. to
Danielle M. Nuding; Sec. 23,
Lot 11, Outlots, 0.898 acre.
Executor deed.
Paulding Village
Norma J. Phlipot, dec. to
Carson L. Laney; Lot 18,
Homeside Allotment, 0.155
acre. Executor deed.
Cheryl L. and Glenn H.
Troth to Joseph R. Burkard, et
al.; Lots 158 and 159, Original
Plat, 0.3 acre. Warranty deed.
Payne Village
Frances W. and James A.
Litzenberg to Roger A. and
Lana E. Stuart; Lots 14 and
15, Townline Acres Addition,
0.55 acre. Warranty deed.
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Four Boys
Favorites
Returns to the
Paulding County Hospi-
tal just in time for Easter
March 26th 9-12
Come early for
best selection
Premier
Designs
Will be at hospital
April 1st 9-4
Cash and carry jewelry
or order from the catalog
Once I Was
Creations
May 7th 9-4
New to the Auxiliary
Just in time for Mothers
Day and Graduation!
All proceeds benefit
the Hospital.
Sponsored by the
Auxiliary.
**NOTICE**
ST. PAUL AND COOPER-HAINES
CEMETERY CLEANUP
All grave decorations are to be re-
moved from St. Paul and Cooper-
Haines Cemeteries by March 20,
2013 if you wish to keep them. The
Trustees will dispose of anything re-
maining on graves and stones be-
tween March 21 and March 23,
2013. Decorations may be placed
back on graves March 24, 2013.
Due to safety issues and concerns,
shepherd hooks, wind chimes, plant
hangers and items not directly on
stones or foundations are absolutely
prohibited on all gravesites. NO EX-
CEPTIONS. Please refer to the regu-
lations posted in the back of the
cemeteries. Thank you in advance
for your cooperation.
Paulding Township Trustees
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Poll results
Results from last weeks
poll question on our website
www.progressnewspaper.org:
Are you looking forward to
more wind farms being con-
structed in Paulding
County?
66.7% Yes
33.3% No
0% Dont know
Visit our website and cast
your vote in this weeks poll
question.
Anniversaries
Birthdays
We Salute
Army Pfc. Jerry E.
Matthews Jr. has graduated
from basic combat training at
Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
Matthews is the son of
Kelly Slattery and stepson of
Dave Slattery, both of
Hicksville. He is also the son
of Jerry Matthews of Cecil.
He is a 2007 graduate of
Hicksville High School.
March 27 Brett and Marla
Gibbs.
March 28 Jeff and Jill Er-
ford, Charlie and Rachel
Kelly.
March 29 Randy and
Margie Noggle.
(The Paulding Progress main-
tains a file of birthdays and anniver-
saries. To make any changes,
please call our office at 419-399-
4015 during business hours, email
to progress@progress -
newspaper.org, or drop us a note to
P.O. Box 180, Paulding.)
March 23 Maribeth Fulk,
C.J. Gaskill, Goldie Getrost,
John Hall, Jeannie Weaver-
Jewell, Max Kochensparger,
Chase Schaefer.
March 24 Jarrod W.
Childs, Ashlyn Goings, Jarod
Hartwig, James Lhamon, Jil-
lian Renollet, Thelma M.
Shisler, Sue Wannemacher.
March 25 Molly Ander-
son, Ann Bachellor, Eric
Bear, Michelle Crabtree,
Kristie Hale, Dorothy
Hobeck, James King, Joey
Manz, Caleb Miller, Cory
Miller, Claire Schweller.
March 26 Marcia Goy-
ings, George Underwood,
Dan Vance.
March 27 John Asher,
Tammy Merz-Bauer, Teri
Daniels, Randy Derck, Mary
Gray, Josh Lero, Max Pease,
Brad Ripke, Vaughn Sander-
son, Dan Wilhelm, Laurie
Wilhelm, Sherri Wright.
March 28 Taelyn Etzler,
John Henchcliff, Stephanie
Hull, Brenda Spencer-
LaFountain, Jerry Sholl,
Jason Stockman.
March 29 Barb Bashore,
Louise Burgess, Pearl Fulk,
Chris McClure, Blake Wap-
pelhorst, Raymond Webster,
Jennifer Wiswell.
WT board accepts Davis
resignation as coach
By AMBER GEBERS
Correspondent
HAVILAND The Wayne
Trace School Board met on
Monday, March 11 and ap-
proved multiple consent
items.
Approved was the proposal
from Poling Excavating &
Waterways for the amount of
$13,750 for labor and materi-
als to effect repairs and water
diversion for the sewage
treatment plant. The cost of
the project are to be split be-
tween the Ohio School Facil-
ities Commission (81%) and
the Wayne Trace School Dis-
trict (19%).
The board also entertained
a motion to adjust the pick-up
percentage for all State
Teachers Retirement System
employees to be equal to the
current legal employee con-
tribution percentage. The pol-
icy change would take effect
July 1.
Also accepted was a
$1,000 donation from the
Cooper Family Foundation
for the junior class prom/af-
terprom.
The states official report
card for the district was given
and they received an overall
performance index of 99.8
and an Effective rating. For
details, view the report card
online at
www.ode.state.oh.us/report-
c a r d f i l e s / 2 0 1 1 -
2012/DIST/049031.pdf.
The board was also in-
formed that the school district
has received the first round of
money from the wind farms.
The board also approved
the following:
the resignation of Greg
Gus Davis as head girls
basketball coach.
Jordan Reynolds resig-
nation as head cheerleading
coach.
the voluntary transfer of
Kathy Sinn to the open
Wayne Trace Grover Hill
fourth grade teaching posi-
tion.
the voluntary transfer of
Tammy Nouza to the open
Wayne Trace Grover Hill first
grade teaching position.
John Dawson for the sup-
plemental volunteer coaching
position for track and field.
the National Honor Soci-
ety overnight trip for its sen-
ior members for April 11-13.
The board also confirmed
the dates that the school dis-
trict will be accepting open
enrollment applications. Ap-
plications will be accepted
between April 1 and June 1 of
the current year, for enroll-
ment in the 2013-14 school
year.
Applications will be ac-
cepted from qualifying stu-
dents from anywhere in the
state of Ohio, not just those
who live in bordering school
districts.
The school board also
moved to accept the donation
of a Kodak Easy Share cam-
era and a Nintendo Wii gam-
ing system from Western
Buckeye Educational Service
Center. The donation is part
of the 21st Century Grant
program.
The next regularly sched-
uled meeting will be held on
Monday, April 8.
The emerald ash borer
in Paulding County
By Mark Holtsberry
Education specialist
Paulding SWCD
In North America, the
emerald ash borer is an inva-
sive species, highly destruc-
tive to ash trees in its
introduced range. The poten-
tial damage of this insect ri-
vals that of Chestnut blight
and Dutch Elm Disease.
Since its accidental intro-
duction into the United States
and Canada in the 1990s and
its subsequent detection in
2002, it has spread to 14
states and adjacent parts of
Canada. It has killed at least
50 to 100 million ash trees so
far and threatens to kill most
of the 7.5 billion ash trees
throughout North America.
The emerald ash borer is
now one of the most destruc-
tive non-native insects in the
United States. It and other
wood-boring pests cause an
estimated $3.5 billion in an-
nual damages in the U.S.
The green ash and the
black ash are preferred by the
ash borer. The white ash is
also killed rapidly, but usually
only after green and black ash
trees are eliminated, as we
have seen in Paulding
County.
The emerald ash borer in-
festation pattern is similar to
a locust plague in that popu-
lations grow exponentially
after it is introduced into an
area. In approximately 11
years, it can wipe out all the
ash trees within a sizable
perimeter.
A typical emerald ash borer
female will lay approximately
100 eggs during her two-
month life; 56% of these eggs
on average will be female. In
a typical scenario, each year
the EAB population multi-
plies by a factor of 50. By
Year 9 of an infestation, the
EAB population originating
from this one female will be
nearly one trillion insects. In
Year 10 it will be 50 trillion.
These insects will then move
on and create an expanding
wake of destruction.
In individually infested
trees, it is difficult to see
symptoms in the first one to
two years of infestation. Typ-
ically in the third year after
infestation, the tree will ex-
hibit significant dieback. By
the end of the fourth year
after the original infestation
begins, the tree will be dead.
After five years (one year
after death), the dead ash
trees will become brittle and
start to drop major limbs.
Because the volume of the
trees that die at on time is
often so large, cities and
homeowners are being caught
unprepared and are not able
to remove the trees because
of the lack of resources as
well as available removal
services.
There are currently 3 treat-
ments Emamectin benzoate,
Imidacloprid and Dinotefuran
that are recommended as
being affective for the emer-
ald ash borer as determined
by a collaborative document
from five universities called
Insecticide Options for Pro-
tecting Ash Trees from Emer-
ald Ash Borer.
A number of new products
are currently being tested that
may be added to the list in the
near future. Be sure to keep
up on the latest research and
do your due diligence before
determining what direction to
go with treatments as the sci-
ence is evolving and new in-
formation is emerging
quickly.
Also be aware that there
are a number of products that
are being marketed that have
no proven efficacy.
Paulding County has been
hit hard with this environ-
mental destruction. But the
Paulding SWCD has a pro-
gram to help homeowners.
The Ash Tree Replacement
Program is a rebate program
to help landowners plant new
species of trees to replace the
dead ash.
The Paulding SWCD
yearly tree sales is still going
on. This program is to pro-
mote planting of trees for the
years or environment. For
more information call the
Paulding County Soil and
Water Conservation District
at 419-399-4771.
These students were selected by the Antwerp Local School Music Department to perform in
the OMEA District III Junior High Choir and Band Concert. It was held March 2 at Wapakoneta.
Forty-two schools in the district participated in the event. Participants were given challenging
music that was a above their grade level. Students worked on their music, before their perform-
ance, under the guidance of their choir and band directors, but practice was done mostly on their
own. The entire practice was then rehearsed on the Friday evening and Saturday morning before
the concert. The OMEA choir was directed by Dr. Ben Ayling from Ohio Northern University and
the band was directed by Dr. Tremon Kizer from the University of Dayton. Antwerp was repre-
sented by Maggie Wilson for choir, Matthew Dooley for trumpet in the band and Hayden Spryn
for tenor saxophone in the band.
STILL
TARGET
SHOOT
Paulding County
Fish & Game Club
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will have a Still Target Shoot
Sunday, March 24th
at the club grounds
located 1-1/2 miles south of Paulding on US 127
Events will start at 11:45 a.m.
for 12, 16, 20 & 410 gauge shotguns
with smoked hams as the main prize.
Shells and refreshments will be available.
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NOTICE
By order of the Jackson Township Trustees, all old wreaths,
flowers and grave blankets left on graves after March 24th,
2013, will be removed and destroyed by the cemetery caretaker.
New flowers can be put back on graves on March 29th, 2013.
Due to safety concerns, shepherds hooks, decorative stones, etc.
are not allowed. Any items that are not directly on the grave
stone or its foundation are not allowed. Please refer to the rules
and regulations that are posted at the entrance of each cemetery.
The Jackson Township Trustees:
Bill Strahley Mark Holtsberry Rex Gray Sr.
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Heating assistance program set to end March 31
Northwestern Ohio Com-
munity Action Commission
(NOCAC) continues to offer
help with heating assistance.
The Winter Crisis Program
will come to an end on March
31. This program provides as-
sistance to customers that are
threatened with disconnection,
have already been discon-
nected, need to establish new
service or are in need of
propane, fuel oil or any other
bulk fuel.
Income guidelines for the
program is at 200 percent of
the Federal Poverty Guideline.
The Home Energy Assis-
tance Program provides a one-
time credit to your main
heating source. Applications
will be accepted until May 31
for this program.
Please contact NOCAC to
set up an appointment for one
or all of these programs. Re-
quired documentation for all
household members includes:
proof of 90-day income (three
months), birthdates, Social Se-
curity cards, electric bill, and
gas bill. If disabled, you will
need to bring proof of disabil-
ity.
For more information in
Paulding County, phone 419-
399-3650.
In The
Garden
By
Kylee Baumle
New vegetables in an old garden
My husband and I have had
a vegetable garden ever since
weve lived here, which is
going on 36 years. Over the
years, weve grown the usual
fare; peas, green beans, car-
rots, radishes, lettuce, corn,
spinach, beets, broccoli, but
in the last eight years or so,
Ive tried to plant something
a little different, just to keep
it interesting.
One of the first years that I
tried to get creative, I planted
an assortment of purple veg-
etables. Were used to seeing
green veggies, but imagine a
garden full of purple or bur-
gundy ones!
We had purple-podded
beans (which turn green
when you cook them), bur-
gundy okra (beautiful plant
and fruits, but we didnt eat
them), red Chinese beans
(a.k.a. yard-long beans), pur-
ple lettuce, and even bur-
gundy sweet corn (just as
tasty as yellow). It was a
beautiful thing to behold.
Two years ago, we planted
parsnips. I didnt even know
what parsnips really were
until I decided to plant some.
Well be growing those again
this year.
We also grew peanuts that
year, from small plants I
found at a Cleveland nursery
and then grew them from seed
last year. They do need a
longer growing season than
some vegetables, but ours was
long enough to see them
through to harvest.
can pop em out into my
mouth directly, but I also like
them already shelled, with
lots of butter and salt. I cant
ever imagine our summer gar-
den without edamame now.
Though not edible, I grew
cotton last year. It was a red-
leaf variety with a shorter
growing season (120 days)
that was just right for our
northern garden. The foliage,
flowers, and maturing bolls
are so pretty, Ill be growing
that again this year from seed
I saved. Were using the cot-
ton we harvested instead of
buying cotton balls.
Several years ago, I sowed
seeds for Texas bluebonnets.
My Texan friends said theyd
never bloom. My seed packet
guaranteed they would. It was
that long growing season (sort
of) that came into play again,
but guess what? I got blooms!
They werent as lush as they
get in Texas, but still.
So what will I be planting
this year thats new and differ-
ent? Rice! I found a variety
(Blue Bonnet) that doesnt
need to be flooded during the
growing period and will grow
fine in our lovely Ohio clay as
long as I keep it moist.
Rice is a grain harvested
from grass, and though most
grasses grow well here, it too
needs a long growing season,
so my actual harvest will be
dependent on the weather. For
$2.75 for 100 seeds and a lit-
tle bit of real estate, Im will-
ing to give it a try.
Are you growing anything
new or unusual this year?
Email me at PauldingPro-
gressGardener@gmail.com.
Maybe theres something else
I need to plant.
Read more at Kylees blog,
Our Little Acre, at
www.ourlittleacre.com and on
Facebook at
www.facebook.com/OurLit-
tleAcre.
By the way, peanuts are
vegetables, related to peas, al-
though both are botanically
classified as fruits, right along
with tomatoes.
Last year, I planted
kohlrabi, because Id just dis-
covered via a co-workers
garden that I liked them. Im
not a big fan of raw vegeta-
bles (no carrot sticks or celery,
thank you), but kohlrabi ap-
peals to me not only in taste,
but especially in texture. Add
some ranch dip and Im off
and snackin. Yes, there will
be kohlrabi again, in both pur-
ple and white varieties.
Also new to the garden last
year was edamame. Thats an-
other one that I hadnt tried
until last year and it was love
at first bite. Seriously, its a
shame I didnt discover that
one sooner.
Its one of my favorite veg-
etables, tasting to me some-
what like Lima beans with no
casing and never mushy. I like
them prepared in the pod so I
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A Penny For
Your Thoughts....
By: Nancy Whitaker
ME AND JACK SPRATT
It seems like since I am
older, it takes me forever to
go grocery shopping. I think
I am just going to stop for a
few items and it shouldnt
take that much time. Wrong!
Now, since I am older, it
takes me quite a while to gro-
cery shop, as I spend more
time reading labels. My hus-
band has to watch salt and
sugar intake. We both have to
watch fats as well as carbs
and proteins.
If I read a label on some-
thing it may be low in sugar
and fat, but high in sodium. If
I find a food low in sodium,
nine chances out of ten, it is
high in carbohydrates. It
seems as if our diet and menu
has evolved into chicken,
turkey and fish.
Now I know the meaning
of the nursery rhyme about
Jack Spratt and his poor little
wife. Jack could not have fat
and his wife could not have
anything lean.
I remember when I was
young and went grocery
shopping, I was more con-
cerned with saving a buck,
than how much sugar or fat
was in foods. I remember
buying and cooking
spaghetti, macaroni and
cheese, pork chops, french
fries and pizza. If something
was on sale or had a coupon,
I bought it.
I dont ever recall looking
at a food content label back
then. In fact, I am not even
sure if anything even had a
label. However, when I was
young, I only weighed 90
pounds, so anything I could
eat to put weight on myself, I
did.
I do think that today people
are more health conscious
and are not only eating
healthier, but also eating pre-
ventatively. A lot of emphasis
is being put on weight gain,
fats and sugar. It is encour-
aged now in school for kids to
eat healthier foods.
The other day I was shop-
ping and I observed some
older couples who were all
looking at labels on food.
One elderly man was look-
ing at juices. He would read
one, put it down, pick up an-
other and put it back. I
thought to myself, I am not
the only one who does that.
I believe I am becoming
educated on the various addi-
tives in foods, the amounts of
salt and how big a serving
size should be.
As we all make the transi-
tion into our so called
Golden Years, you would
think that we should be able
to eat what we want, drink
what we want and enjoy all
those fatty, salty and fattening
foods.
As lunch time approaches,
I am thinking of a Big Mac, a
large order of fries and a
green shamrock shake. Will I
get it? Should I just splurge
and get it? Will it hurt or
help? Let me know and Ill
give you a Penny for Your
Thoughts.
By Jim Lopshire
OSU Extension educator
According to the National
Agricultural Statistics Serv-
ice, 70 percent of the winter
wheat stands in Ohio were
rated good to excellent going
into the winter. The other 29
percent was rated fair and
only 1 percent fell into the
poor category.
As the winter wheat begins
to green-up, farmers need to
be aware of the condition of
their wheat stands. This time
of year marks the start of pos-
sible stand losses from heav-
ing, a situation where ground
freezing and thawing pushes
the plant crowns and roots to
the surface. The result of
heaving is the desiccation and
eventual death of the plants.
Another concern is stand
loss in fields due to ponding
caused by very wet soil con-
ditions and/or poor drainage.
Fields should not be evalu-
ated until completely green
from warmer temperatures
for at least 10 to 14 days.
Stand evaluations will be
more accurate when made
during weather periods that
promote growth. Yield poten-
tial is reduced if tiller num-
bers fall below 25 per square
foot after green up.
Farmers can evaluate
wheat stands by selecting 10
to 15 spots in the field and
count the number of plants
per foot of row. A stand with
an average of about 12 plants
per foot of row may still re-
sult in a good population of
head-bearing tillers per acre.
For those fields with tillers,
15 tillers per square foot is
considered minimum for an
economic crop. The number
of tillers per square foot is
equal to the number of tillers
in 19.2 inches of 7 inch wide
rows or 14.5 inches of 10
inch wide rows. Extension
studies have shown that
under adequate weather con-
ditions, tillering may com-
pensate for relatively poor
initial stand establishment.
If your winter wheat has
not started to green-up, you
may be wondering if your
winter wheat crop survived.
To evaluate whether your
winter wheat survived, begin
by digging up several
seedlings across the field and
cut them longitudinal or
lengthwise with a very sharp
knife or a safety razor blade.
If the crowns look white to
yellow to light green in color,
they are healthy and will con-
tinue to grow. If you find that
the crown has turned tan to
brown and is soft, it did not
survive the cold weather.
In addition, you can check
whether seedlings will grow
by trimming the roots and
leaves down to about 1/4 to
1/2 inch above and below the
crown. Place these seedlings
on a wet paper towel and
place the towel in a Ziploc
bag or plastic container that
can be sealed. Place the con-
tainer at room temperature
and check for re-growth in
24-48 hours.
Viable seedlings will show
re-growth almost immedi-
ately. Stressed wheat will take
longer than usual to develop,
but as long as the crown is
healthy, a stand will establish.
Evaluating your wheat stand
STUDENTS BECOMING CERTIFIED IN CPR Paulding Middle School announces that 24 sev-
enth grade students in Mr. Deislers Wellness Class are becoming certified in CPR. Mrs. Beth
Stoller, the school nurse, is instructing the class on CPR. Here, middle school students are prac-
ticing on mannequins on the proper procedures for chest compressions and breathing. Colton
Lloyd demonstrates the correct way to administer chest compressions. The school appreciates
Mrs. Stoller, Mr. Deisler and Paulding County Hospital for helping the kids learn this lifesaving
procedure. Each student successfully completing the course will become a card carrying, certified
CPR member.
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The Amish Cook
By: Lovina Eicher
tomatoes, coffee, and juice.
9 a.m. We are ready to start
on the beef. Joe cuts out the
steaks while the rest of us
work on cutting up strips of
hamburger for the grinder.
We also cut the meat into
small chunks, which I will
process later.
Noon. Emmas son,
Steven, gets off the bus here
from school.
1 p.m. We finally take a
break and eat grilled cheese
for lunch. I also fixed some
rare beef for us all.
1:45 p.m. We are almost
finished with the second
quarter. It takes a lot of time
to trim all the bones and cut
all that meat. I am also slicing
some of the steaks.
3:30 p.m. The rest of the
children are home from
school.
4 p.m. Jacob and his chil-
dren come over to help. Our
friend, Dan, also comes in
and gives us a lift. It helps
that he keeps our knives
sharpened too. Working
around the bones the knives
get dull fast.
5 p.m. Daughter Elizabeth
is home from work. She is
working 10 hour days, which
gets tiresome. Elizabeths
friend, Timothy, also comes
to help with the beef. Things
are moving faster with so
many people helping with
cuts of meat. The boys go
outside to do the chores. Eliz-
abeth makes supper for
everyone.
6:30 p.m. We are almost
done and the hamburger is
being put through the grinder.
All the cut up meat is carried
4:50 a.m. My husband Joe
didnt have to work today, so
we were able to sleep later
than usual. I get up as daugh-
ter Elizabeth is awake and
packing her lunch for work.
5:15 a.m. Elizabeth leaves
for work, Joe gets up to check
on the coal-stove while I fix
us a pot of coffee.
6 a.m. I wake up the rest of
the children. They want cof-
fee soup for breakfast while
they get dressed for school.
Seems this hour always goes
fast. Usually someone cant
find their shoe or someone
else has forgotten to do their
homework, so that it is rush,
rush to get ready for the bus.
Joe is outside cutting a
quarter off the 1,740 pounds
of beef we dressed Friday
night. The boys go outside to
help push the pony wagon
that Joe put the beef on down
to the basement where we
will cut up the beef.
It is nice to have walk-out
doors so that they can pull the
wagon up to the table. The
quarters of beef are heavy so
just lifting them from the
wagon to the table was hard
enough.
7 a.m. The bus comes and
the children are off to school.
Daughter Susan doesnt have
to babysit today, so I will be
glad for her help. We get
some more tables set up in the
basement and get everything
ready to cut up all that beef.
8 a.m. Sister Emma and her
daughter, Elizabeth, arrive to
help us.
8:15 a.m. We have break-
fast which is Egg Dutch,
bacon, toast, cheese, sliced
out to the tool shed. It will
stay cold while we work on
getting it bagged and
processed for the freezer over
the next few days.
7:30 p.m. It is late to eat
supper and we wanted to fin-
ish up first. The younger chil-
dren ate while we were
finishing up. Elizabeth made
spaghetti and meatballs, po-
tato soup, along with cheese
and crackers for supper.
While we start eating I fixed
rare beef. It is best to eat it
right out of the skillet.
It is also time-consuming
since we only make one piece
at a time. It just wouldnt be
the same to not get to taste
rare beef on butchering day.
8:30 p.m. Dan, Jacob, and
Emma all leave for home. We
appreciated everyones help.
It was really windy and
snowy when they left. The
children are hoping for a
snow day and no school to-
morrow. I am also hoping
they will have off so I will
have more help with the
meat.
9 p.m. Timothy leaves and
we are all ready for bed. It has
been a long, tiring day.
Gods blessings for all.
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1 cup diced celery
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1 pound ground beef
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Paulding County Church Directory
Paulding United Methodist Church, 321 North Williams Street,
Paulding, church telephone number is 399-3591, Rev. Ben Lowell, Wor-
ship service at 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 11:15 a.m.; Wed. worship at
6:00pm. Our church office is located at 308 N. Main St.
Pentecostal Church of God, 601 W. Caroline St., Paulding, Elder
George Robinson, Sunday school at 10 a.m., worship service at noon,
prayer services Monday at 6 p.m. and Thursday at noon, Bible study
at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Pioneer Christian Ministries, County Road 108 and Ohio 637, Paulding,
Rev. Chuck Oliver, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:30
a.m., and Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. including a youth service on at
least three Wednesday evenings.
Rose Hill Church of God, corner of SR 637 and Charloe Trail, Paulding,
399-3113, Pastor Ron Hofacker, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday wor-
ship at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday service from 7-8 p.m. with childrens hour.
St. John Lutheran ChurchELCA, 7611 Road 87, Briceton, Pastor
Karen Stetins, church telephone number is 419-399-4962 or 419-399-2320.
Sunday worship at 8:30 a.m., Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, 601 Flat Rock Drive (P.O. Box
156), Paulding, Pastor Kare Stetins, church telephone number is 399-2320,
Sunday Worship at 10:15 a.m., Sunday school at 9 a.m.
PAYNE AND OUTLYING AREAS
Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, 203 W. Townline, Payne, 399-2576, Pas-
tor Very Rev. G. Allan Fillman, Masses: Saturday at 4:00 p.m.
Edgerton Wesleyan Church, 1717 Bertha St., Woodburn, (Edgerton)
Ind. 46797, Pastor Dave Dignal, church telephone number is 260-632-
4008, Sunday school at 9 a.m., childrens church at 10 a.m., worship at 10
a.m., home groups at 6 p.m., Wednesday evening services at 6:30 p.m.
(Indiana time).
Living Water Ministries, Contemporary worship service Sunday nights
at 10 a.m. & 6:30 p.m., The Well church for kids, Sunday mornings from
10-11:30 a.m. The church is currently in the process of relocating. For lo-
cation information, contact Pastor Rich Phelan, 419-263-2728.
Payne Church of Christ, 220 West Merrin Street, Payne, Minister Dan
Staifer. Sunday worship at 9:30 am. 419-263-2092.
Payne Church of the Nazarene, 509 E. Orchard St. (Ohio 500) Payne,
Pastor Mike Harper, 263-2422, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday wor-
ship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday night service at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday prayer
meeting at 7:30 p.m.
St. Jacob United Church of Christ, southwest corner of Oak and Hyman
streets, Payne, Rev. Jim Langham, 263-2763. Sunday School-9:00 am,
Church service-10:00 am.
St. James Lutheran Church NALC, West Townline Street (P.O. Box
42), Payne, 263-2129, Pastor Fred Meuter, 260-492-2581. Sunday School
at 9:00 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:00 a.m.
St. Paul United Methodist Church, (P.O. Box 154) 312 South Main
Street, Payne, Rev. David Rohrer, church telephone number is 263-2418,
parsonage telephone number is 263-2017, Sunday school at 9 a.m., Sun-
day worship at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Editors Note: If your church doesnt have service times listed, please
contact the Paulding County Progress office to notify of Sunday service
times.
Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m., evening worship
at 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible study at 7 p.m.
PAULDING AND OUTLYING
Bethel United Methodist, Forders Bridge, Cecil, Pastor Kevin Doseck
(419) 899-4153, worship service at 10:30 a.m., Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.
Bethlehem Temple Pentecostal, 818 West Jackson Street, Paulding,
399-3770, Rev. Burpo, Sunday school at 10 a.m., Sunday worship at 12
p.m.
Calvary Bible Church, Ohio 111 West across from Paulding County Hos-
pital, 399-4919, elders John Mohr, 260-632-4356, Bob Fessel 419-399-
3398, Brad Sisson 419-263-3108, Don Baer 419-399-5805. Sunday school
at 9 a.m., morning worship at 10:15 a.m., Bible Study at 7 p.m. Wed.
Cecil Community Church, 203 S. Main St., Cecil. Pastor Ted Ramey.
Sun. school 10:00 am, Worship service 11:00 am, Sun. eve. 6:00 pm,
Wed. eve. 6:00 pm.
Cecil First Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Cecil, Sunday worship
at 8 a.m., Sunday school at 9 a.m.
Christian Fellowship Church, Paulding High School Auditeria, 10
a.m. Sunday. Pastor Greg Cramer.
Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, 417 N. Main, Paulding, 399-2576,
Pastor Very Rev. G. Allan Fillman, Masses: Saturday at 6 p.m.; Sunday
at 10:30 a.m.
Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1275 Emerald Road, Paulding, 419-399-
5061, Sunday School at 9:30 a.m., worship services at 10:45 a.m. and
6 p.m. Sunday and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Pastor Drew Gardner.
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1233 Emerald Road,
Paulding, 419-399-4576, Sunday school 9:00 a.m., Worship service
10:00 a.m.
First Presbyterian Church, 114 West Caroline Street, Paulding, 399-
2438, Rev. David Meriwether, 9:00am Sunday school, 10:15 a.m. praise
singing, 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship.
House of Love Ministries, 220 N. Williams St., Paulding. Pastor Pre-
dest (Dwayne) Richardson or Sister Brenda Richardson, 419-399-9205
or 419-796-8718, Sunday worship at 3:00 p.m. Jail Ministry, Food Min-
istry, Outreach Ministry. Overcomer Outreach - a Christian 12-steap
meeting, Sundays at 5:00 p.m.
New Beginnings Church (Church of God), Cecil, Pastor Roy Burk,
399-5041, Sunday worship at 11 a.m.
Paulding Church of Christ, East Perry Street, Paulding, Minister
Christopher Reno, 419-399-4761. Bible school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday
worship at 10:30 a.m.
Paulding Church of the Nazarene, 210 Dooley Dr., Paulding, 399-
3932, Revs. Kim and Cindy Semran, Sunday school at 9:15 a.m., Sun-
day worship at 10:30 a.m., Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m.: Kids Summer
Jam (ages 4-4th grade), Preteen class (5th-6th grade), Teen group (7th-
12th grade), and adult service. Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.: Teen group
(7th-12th grade), adult bible study and prayer. Nursery available for all
services.
Paulding Family Worship Center, 501 West Perry Street, Paulding,
399-3525, Rev. Monte Moore, Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m.
Grover Hill Church of the Nazarene, Maple and East Jackson streets,
Pastor Jonathan L. Hoagland, 587-3376, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Morn-
ing worship at 10:30 a.m., Sunday evening gospel hour at 6 p.m., Wednes-
day evening service at 7 p.m.
Grover Hill Zion United Methodist Church, corner of First and Harrison,
587-3941; Pastor Mike Waldron, 419-238-1493 or 419-233-2241 (cell). Sun-
day school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:20 a.m., nursery available
during all services.
Mandale Church of Christ in Christian Union, Ohio 66, Pastor Justin
Sterrett, 419-786-9878, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at
10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 p.m.
Middle Creek United Methodist Church, County Road 24, Grover Hill,
Pastor William Sherry, Sunday worship at 9 a.m., Sunday school at 10:15
a.m., Sunday evening Bible study at 7 p.m.
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Grover Hill, County Road 151, Sun-
day school at 9:30 a.m., Pastor David Prior, Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Roselms Christian Church, Ohio 114, Pastor Gary Church, 594-2445,
Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m.
HAVILAND/LATTY/SCOTT
Apostolic Christian Church, 12867 Road 82, Haviland, 399-5220, wor-
ship service at 10:30 a.m.
Country Chapel United Methodist Church, Haviland, 419-622-5746,
Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:15 a.m.
Latty Zion Baptist Church, Latty, Pastor Levi Collins Jr., 399-2748, Sun-
day school at 10 a.m., worship service at 11:15 a.m.
Harvest Field Pentecostal Church of God, 13625 Road 12, Scott, Pastor
Terry Martin, 419-622-2026, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday morning
worship at 10:30 a.m., Sunday Evening worship at 6:00 pm, Wednesday
evening worship at 7:00 pm, Wednesday Youth Group at 7:00 pm.
Friends United Methodist Church, Latty, Pastor Ron Johnson. Sunday
worship at 9 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study at 7 p.m.
OAKWOOD/MELROSE AREAS
Auglaize Chapel Church of God, rural Oakwood, 3 miles south and half
mile west on County Road 60, Pastor Stan Harmon, 594-2248, Sunday
worship at 9:00 a.m. Sunday school at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday services for
children, youth and adults at 7:00 p.m.
Melrose United Methodist Church, Melrose, 594-2076, Pastor Eileen
Kochensparger 399-5818; Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at
10:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible study and prayer at 7:00 p.m.
Twin Oaks United Methodist Church, corner of Harmon and Second
streets, Oakwood, Pastor Eric Dailey. 419-594-2992. Sunday worship at
9:30 a.m., Sunday school at 10:45 a.m., Bible Study Wednesdays at 10:00
a.m.
Prairie Chapel Bible Church, one mile east and a half-mile north of Oak-
wood on the corner of roads 104 and 209, Pastor Earl Chapman, 594-2057,
ANTWERP AND SURROUNDING
Antwerp Community Church, 704 S. Erie St., SR 49, Antwerp; Pastor
Ricky L. Grimes 419-258-2069. Bible Study Fellowship 9:30 am; Contem-
porary Worship 10:30 am, Wednesday Discipleship Study, 7:00 pm
Antwerp United Methodist Church, East River Street, Rev. Pastor Mike
Schneider, church telephone number is 258-4901, Comtemporaty service
Sunday 8:30a.m., Sunday school 9:30a.m., Traditional Service 10:30a.m.
Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, 303 S. Monroe, Antwerp. Office: 417 N.
Main, Paulding, 399-2576, Pastor Very Rev. G. Allan Fillman, Masses: Sun-
day at 8:30am.
First Baptist Church, 5482 CR 424, Pastor Todd Murray, 258-2056, Sun-
day school at 9 a.m., Sunday worship 10 a.m.; evening service 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church, 126 W. River St., Pastor Mike Pennington,
258-2864, Sunday school at 9:15 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:35 a.m.
Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, 2937 US 24, 258-2290. Public
talk 10 a.m. Sunday, Congregation Bible Study, Theocratic Ministry School
& Service Meeting, Theocratic school 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Pastor Robert Becker. Sunday school at
9 a.m., Sunday worship at 10 a.m.
Riverside Christian Church, 15413 St. Rt. 49, (corner Ohio 49 and Road
192), Antwerp. 258-3895, Pastor Regan Clem.
ARTHUR/FIVE SPAN AREA
Apostolic Christian Church, 13562 Road 147, Defiance (Junction), 399-
3121, William Schlatter, Elder, Sunday services at 10:15 a.m. and 12:30
p.m., Sunday school at 1 p.m., Wednesday services at 8 p.m.
Bethel Christian Church, Ohio 66, Defiance (Arthur), Pastor Christopher
Baker, Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m.
Church of Christ, corner of County Roads 166 and 191, Evangelist Lon-
nie Lambert, 399-5022, Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Bible
study at 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
Junction Bible Christian Church, County Road 111, Defiance (Junction),
393-2671 or JunctionBible@copper.net, Rev. C. Joseph Fifer, Sunday
school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship follows at 10:30 a.m & Bible Study on
Wed. at 7pm.
Pleasantview Missionary Baptist Church, County Road 180, Defiance
(Junction), Rev. Alan Ray Newsome, Sunday worship at 11 a.m., evening
service at 6 p.m.; Wednesday evening services at 7 p.m.
Rock Church, SR 637, Five Span-Arthur area, Pastor Bobby Branham
393-2924, Sunday school at 10 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:45 a.m., Sunday
evening worship at 7 p.m., Wednesday evening worship at 7 p.m., Youth
Service Wednesday at 7 p.m.
GROVER HILL AND OUTLYING
Bible Baptist Church, corner of Cleveland and Perry streets, Grover Hill,
Pastor Pat Holt, 587-4021, Sunday school at 10 a.m., Sunday worship at
11 a.m., Sunday evening worship at 6 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting at
7 p.m.
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The Paulding Progress &
Weekly Reminder
HOMESPUN
By
JIM LANGHAM
Sowing seeds for
generations to come
in our little hamlet believed
that ladybugs brought good
luck and served as a good
omen to their gardens. One
possible source of the super-
stition could be that ladybugs
served as a predator of de-
structive insects like aphids
that can attack flowers and es-
pecially vegetable gardens.
Many of the tales that were
spun from the elderly in my
childhood were based around
the moon. Controlling pests,
fertilization, harvesting, irri-
gation, planting and even ani-
mal breeding were often
dictated by the moons phases.
For gardeners, the important
rule was to plant above
ground vegetables such as let-
tuce and other leafy plants by
the light of the moon, the pe-
riod of the new moon when
light gradually increased to
full moon.
Crops that produced below
the ground such as onion and
potatoes were planted by the
dark of the moon, the period
after the full moon when the
light was said to be decreas-
ing.
My grandmother and many
others from her generation be-
lieved that by following prac-
tices such as that, crops would
grow larger and more quickly
with bigger yields.
I will never forget the day I
came home from school and
my grandmother told me that
I might want to take a peak at
the garden. I did and there it
My first garden was located
in the remains of what had
been a small chicken yard. It
was the last week of March
when I was a young child and
my grandmother, who lived
with us, asked if I would like
for her to help me put out a
garden.
With the place of high es-
teem that gardening held in
our family, I was delighted; it
was a real self-esteem builder.
I could hardly wait to tell
neighbors in our little hamlet
where drawing well water
from a pump, sharing daily
with neighbors and putting out
a family garden was a way of
life.
It was after school on a
balmy afternoon. Grandma
had it all set, the process and
the planting. I spaded a plot in
soil that housed rich manure
from having housed chickens,
then broke the clods down and
then, with grandmas instruc-
tion, worked up the soil until
it was fine enough to plant.
My first planting included
peas, lettuce, onions and some
of the early seedlings that
could be planted on that early
spring day. It was the begin-
ning of a love affair with gar-
dening that continues to this
day, a heartwarming reminder
of memories of my dad run-
ning a garden tractor and my
mom and grandma in their
bonnets hoeing on warm,
steamy summer mornings.
For me, it was the begin-
ning of work, something we
were proud of at our country
home. I never looked at it as
toil, it was always a part of the
teamwork that fed and cared
for our family.
Since our neighborhood
was composed of mainly eld-
erly people, I took in all of the
comparisons of gardening
pointers that the pioneer an-
cestors had connected with
nature around us.
For example, many of those
was, shooting plants out of
the ground, dark and green,
and ready to mature to har-
vest.
These days, gardening oc-
curs in the backyard of
daughter, Julie, who has
shared in developing a nice-
sized garden.
We get our heads together
and manage the planting,
hoeing and watering of the
garden. Last summer, in the
midst of heat and drought, we
still had abundant harvests of
tomatoes, watermelon,
muskmelon, egg plant, green
beans, cucumbers and various
types of squash.
Two generations and an en-
tire cycle has passed since
that early March in the mid-
50s when Grandma Cook
guided the planting of my
first garden.
And while I appreciate the
gardening wisdom I was
given that day, I even appre-
ciate more the seeds of life
that were sown and distrib-
uted even to this spring, in the
hearts and ambitions of our
family.
In that hearts soil lies the
real planting that God had in-
tended all along.
Scott Wagner
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New furnace could be key to
lower heating bills at depot
By JOE SHOUSE
Correspondent
ANTWERP The costly
depot heating bill, a new depot
furnace, and a $42,000 reim-
bursement request were items of
priority at the Antwerp Village
Council meeting on Monday
evening.
Discussion continued con-
cerning the high heating bill at
the depot. A recent monthly bill
of $4,212 was received forcing
the council to approach the en-
gineering firm for answers to the
high cost. The electric heat was
installed with the thought that
gas would not be available how-
ever it was later determined oth-
erwise.
Council members have met
with a representative from
Poggemeyer Design who will
make the change from an elec-
tric to gas furnace at virtually no
cost to the village. A $170 fee for
the gas hook-up would be the re-
sponsibility of the village. Coun-
cil agreed to have the change
made from electric to gas, but
would like to see information
concerning what future costs
may be.
In the meantime, the council
unanimously voted to pay the
outstanding AEP bill of $4,212.
The village has submitted to
Ohio Department of Transporta-
tion a request for reimbursement
in the amount of $42,285 for en-
gineering costs related to work
on the depot project.
Police Chief George Clemens
reported that 74 calls were made
in February along with six cita-
tions.
Clemens urged the council to
stay informed with what the po-
lice department is doing on a
regular basis. He also challenged
them to encourage the commu-
nity to come to the department
when they have questions or
concerns about the departments
performance.
Mayor Tom Van Vlerah in-
formed the council of being ap-
proached about vacant homes
not being secured in the village.
The individual was asking that
the village be more vigilant in
seeing these types of buildings
locked and secured.
I am not so sure it is the vil-
lages responsibility. These va-
cant houses belong to someone
and it is their responsibility, not
the village, said Council-
woman Jan Reeb.
The next village council
meeting will be at 5:30 on Mon-
day, April 15.
n COUNCIL
plywood.
LaFOUNTAIN PARK PLAYSTATION Re-
pairs are needed to the features, sand in boat,
flower beds need attention at entrance, flower
beds at flagpole need mulch, mulch needs leveled
(piles from two years ago did not get leveled) and
sidewalk needs sprayed for weeds.
RESERVOIR PARK The flagpole needs to
be put back up, flower bed at flagpole needs re-
placed, all new fencing, back stops needs painted,
all advertising signs on outfield fences need taken
down and should not to be hung on fences. This
is a recommendation from the fence contractor.
The roof on shelterhouse needs replaced (storm
damage), paint exterior of shelter house, remove
dead trees from storm damage in wooden area,
centerfield light pole on field #1 needs installed,
remove cement supports/wooden planks at field
#1, fill in stone areas with concrete where sup-
ports were removed, new bleachers at field #1 to
replace concrete bleachers, new restrooms at
field #1, mulch needed in both playgrounds, yel-
low tile needs to be replaced on #2 field, outfield
fence, circle drive around shelterhouse needs
stone, old steel swing frame in wooden area
needs removed.
WIFFLE BALL FIELD Wooden outfield
fence needs repaired, guardrail along street and
first baseline needs installed.
JEFFERY PARK Gate installed across en-
trance drive, the Paulding Ball Association would
like to have parking lot expanded to the north, pro-
vide an access road along east side of park going
to south end of park, Paulding Ball Association
will remove advertising signs on outside fences,
need to grade and level parking lot and entrance
drive, add stone where needed, exhaust fan in con-
cession stand needs looked at.
Each committee member was assigned differ-
ent areas to look into and how to best get items
fixed or areas cleaned up this spring, and report at
the next committee meeting.
The recreation board will be hiring 10 returning
lifeguards and one returning concession worker
for the 2013 season at the Paulding Water Park.
They will be hiring nine new lifeguards pending
certification. The board will hire seven new work-
ers for concessions and front desk pending their
achieving CPR and first aid certifications.
A pay scale for lifeguards, front desk and con-
cession workers was unanimously approved by
council.
Council President Roger Sierer informed coun-
cil that the residents of Emerald Acres would be
starting a neighborhood watch program because
of the problems last summer with people walking
into homes unannounced and cars driving up and
down the streets. Sierer stated that if this is suc-
cessful in Emerald Acres, it could be used in other
areas in the village
Finance Director Melissa Tope told council that
the state auditors would be starting March 19.
By Lisa McClure
Paulding County Area Foundation
It is once again, time for the Paulding
County Area Foundation annual business
meeting and dinner. This years event
will be held on Friday, April 12, at Grants
Catering in Antwerp. The social time
will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner
following at 6:30 p.m.
Following dinner, a brief
meeting consisting of a recap
of the fund growth of Paulding County Area
Foundation and a report on the 2012 annual
crop year of the Marshall Memorial Support-
ing Foundation will be shared.
The evening will end with entertainment
from the southern gospel music group, The
Helmsmen from Michigan.
If you are not a supporting contributor
member of the Paulding County Area Foun-
dation and would like to attend the annual
meeting and dinner, please contact the office
for dinner reservations.
Dinner reservations are $15 each. If you
would like to consider being a supporting con-
tributor of the foundation, the levels of contri-
bution are: premier - $250, which allows for
four free reservations to the annual meet-
ing; sustaining - $150, which allows for
two free dinner reservations; associate
level - $50, which allows for one free
dinner reservation. Please respond
by phone or mail by April 1 with
your RSVP.
Someone will be happy to
assist you if you want to be-
come a supporter. As a supporter your finan-
cial gift allows for the foundation to grant
501(c)3 organizations funds through the Gen-
eral Endowment Fund.
In 2012, the PCAF were able to grant
$3,200 to local organizations, making a differ-
ence in Paulding County.
The Paulding County Area Foundation is
proud to assist the needs of the people of
Paulding County.
For reservations to the banquet, contact the
office at 101 E. Perry St., Paulding, Ohio,
45879 or call 419-399-8296 for further infor-
mation.
Mark your calendar
PAYNE FARMER IS NATIONAL CONTEST WINNER Payne farmer Ben Moore
has been named a national winner in the 2012 Asgrow Yield Chasers Contest.
Moore (center) is recognized for being one of the top-yielding competitors in
the nation. He yielded an impressive 89.5 bushels-per-acre with his Asgrow
AG3832 brand soybeans. Winning farmers were recently acclaimed during the
2013 Commodity Classic in Kissimmee, Fla. He was congratulated by Dan Kur-
dys (left), Asgrow marketing manager, and Fabrice Houdebert, Asgrow brand
lead. To recognize farmers who strive for and achieve high yields, Asgrow brand
debuted its national yield contest in 2012 to encourage soybean producers to
compete with their peers to raise the most soybeans per acre.
FAMILY DONATES TO NEW PARK Marge Roughton (left), Ron Williamson, food service pro-
gram director with the senior center and LIA fund-raising chair, and Sonya Herber, executive di-
rector of the United Way of Paulding County and LIA project chair, look over plans for the Herb
Monroe Community Park. Roughton and her family Kevin and Sue Dangler, Greg and Jan Stoller
and Marges brother, Donald Bidlack, have made a donation toward this community project.
School Menus
Menus are subject to change
ANTWERP LOCAL SCHOOLS
Week of March 25
MONDAY Chicken patty on bun,
regular or spicy green beans,
peaches, milk. Plus: Salad bar.
TUESDAY Tex-Mex chili, french
fries, orange smiles, milk. Plus:
Salad bar.
WEDNESDAY In Service Day
THURSDAY Spring Break
FRIDAY Spring Break
PAULDING HIGH SCHOOL
Week of March 25
MONDAY Breakfast: Breakfast
pizza, juice, fruit, milk. Lunch: Pop-
corn chicken bowl, whole wheat roll
or salad bar, breadstick, fruit, milk.
TUESDAY Breakfast: Bagel, yo-
gurt, string cheese, juice, fruit, milk.
Lunch: Grilled chicken salad, pretzel
breadstick or sandwich with bun,
oven fries, fruit, milk.
WEDNESDAY Breakfast: Egg
taco, tator tots, juice, fruit, milk.
Lunch: Pizza sticks with marinara
sauce, green beans or top your
Philly sub, fruit, milk.
THURSDAY Breakfast: Link
sausage, mini pancakes, fruit, juice,
milk. Lunch: Stromboli, potato soup
or Big Daddy pizza slice, tossed gar-
den salad, assorted fruit, milk.
FRIDAY No school
OAKWOOD ELEMENTARY
Week of March 25
Packed lunch A: Peanut butter
and jelly sandwich, vegetable,
Gogurt, crackers, fruit, milk.
MONDAY Breakfast: Mini pan-
cakes, fruit, juice, milk. Lunch:
Chicken fajita with lettuce, corn,
bean salad, fruit, milk.
TUESDAY Breakfast: Sausage
biscuit, fruit, milk. Lunch: Cheese
breadstick with marinara sauce,
green beans, fruit, milk.
WEDNESDAY Breakfast:
Breakfast pizza, fruit, milk. Lunch:
Chicken and noodles, peas, romaine
lettuce salad, fruit, milk.
THURSDAY Breakfast: Break-
fast burrito, fruit, milk. Lunch:
Cheese pizza, corn, celery, fruit,
milk.
FRIDAY No school
PAULDING ELEMENTARY
Week of March 25
Each day a corn dog will be
available.
MONDAY Breakfast: Yogurt,
Goldfish crackers, fruit, juice, milk.
Lunch: Hamburger on whole wheat
grain bun, carrots, vegetable choice,
fruit, milk.
TUESDAY Breakfast: Pan-
cakes, fruit, juice, milk. Lunch:
Chicken fajita wrap, lettuce, cheese,
salsa, crackers, refried beans, fruit,
milk.
WEDNESDAY Breakfast:
Breakfast burrito, juice, fruit, milk.
Lunch: Cheezy bread stick with
marinara sauce, green beans, fruit,
milk.
THURSDAY Breakfast: Muffin,
string cheese, fruit, juice, milk.
Lunch: Cheese N nachos, tator tots,
peas, fruit, milk.
FRIDAY No school
WAYNE TRACE SCHOOLS
Week of March 25
MONDAY No school
TUESDAY No school
WEDNESDAY No school
THURSDAY No school
FRIDAY No school
DIVINE MERCY SCHOOL
Week of March 25
Same menu as Wayne Trace; no
breakfast served.
Paulding Co. Fish &
Game Club located
1
1
2 miles south of
Paulding on U.S. 127.
Course Dates & Times
Saturday, March 30th 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
Students ten years of age or younger
must be with an adult.
Call Ohio Division of Wildlife at 1-800-945-3543
or wildohio.com
27c5
Hunter Education Course at
Payne Fire Departments
Pancake & Sausage Breakfast
29c2
March 30, 2013
at St. Jacobs Church
(corner of Hyman and Oak St.
across from Krouse Chiropractic)
FREE WILL DONATION
Serving from 7-11.
GILL TAX SERVICE
$65
Rates Include:
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Gerber discusses states
budget cuts to WBESC
The Western Buckeye ESC
board held meeting on
Wednesday, March 12.
Superintendent Brian Ger-
ber informed the board that
Kasichs FY14 and FY15 bi-
ennial budget proposal is cur-
rently in House hearings. The
proposed budget will go to
Senate hearings in April or
May. The proposed budget
will then go to conference
committee for passage in
June.
Gerber said that he is in the
process of formalizing a fi-
nancial plan for Western
Buckeye ESC in response to
Kasichs budget proposal.
We have been proactively
preparing for funding cuts
since the first biennial budget
in 2012 and 2013.
We knew at that time the
Kasich administration was
not a friend to public educa-
tion and not a friend to the ed-
ucational service centers who
serve the public schools to
drive down costs by sharing
personnel and services.
When Kasich was cam-
paigning to be governor, he
continually preached about
sharing services and person-
nel in order to drive down op-
erating cost across the state.
By cutting ESC funding,
he is going to cost our partner
schools more money. For ex-
ample, Western Buckeye
ESC was receiving $46,836
to pay for bus driver physi-
cals, bus driver in-services, li-
censer cost, truancy services,
reduction of alternative
school cost and fingerprinting
costs for the schools of
Antwerp, Wayne Trace,
Paulding, Crestview, Lincol-
nview, and Van Wert City.
According to the Kasich
plan, those dollars were to
flow back to those school
districts. Those school dis-
tricts, with the exception of
Van Wert City, are receiving
0% increases for FY2014 and
FY2015.
Therefore, it is now going
to cost those school districts
more money, because they
now have to pay for those
services. Those school dis-
tricts always counted on us to
pay the bill. Now, they have
to pay the bill with 0% in-
creases; 368 school districts
will experience a 0% increase
in funding under the gover-
nors budget proposal.
Western Buckeye ESC
operates very lean and effi-
cient. For the past two years,
since his last biennial budget,
we have prepared for more
Kasich cuts. We sold our Van
Wert building and relocated
to offices in the Thomas Edi-
son Early Childhood building
in order to reduce operating
costs and save money. We ab-
sorbed a fiscal position, elim-
inated an office position,
eliminated three paraprofes-
sional positions, reduced days
for administrative personnel,
and took 0% salary increases.
This proactive response
will allow Western Buckeye
ESC to continue to serve our
partner schools without in-
creasing their cost for person-
nel services. Even though
they will spend more money
on bus driver physicals, in-
services, licenser costs, tru-
ancy services, and
fingerprinting.
As a superintendent, I try
to plan for the worst and hope
for the best. However, the
writing was on the wall with
the first Kasich biennial
budget which led us to pre-
pare for more funding cuts.
When he is questioned
about these things, he re-
sponds with anger and sar-
casm. So it becomes very
difficult to communicate fi-
nancial concerns to a gover-
nor who responds in negative
tones when you say some-
thing he doesnt agree with.
In the business portion of
the meeting the following
items were approved:
Intermittent FMLA leave
for Pam Zartman.
the 2013-2014 Thomas
Edison Early Childhood Cen-
ter Preschool calendar as pre-
sented.
submission of the Family
& Children First Council
FY14 OCTF Grant.
The next meeting will be at
6 p.m. Wednesday, April 10,
at the Paulding ESC office.
DONATES TO PARK PROJ-
ECT George Suvar (right),
manager of Latty Grain, is
eager to get back into the
swing of things since the June
29, 2012 storm that caused ex-
tensive damage to his business.
Suvar stated, We (Latty Grain)
are back in business after the
storm and are ready to serve the
community. Demonstrating his
commitment, Suvar and Latty
Grain have donated to the Herb
Monroe Community Park proj-
ect. With Suvar are Ron
Williamson, food service pro-
gram director with the senior
center and LIA fund-raising
chair, and Megan Clark, admin-
istrative assistant with Arend,
Laukhuf, & Stoller and LIA fund-
raising team member.
Easter egg hunts
Payne
PAYNE The Flat Rock Lodge #580 will host an Easter egg
hunt from 11 am.-1 p.m. Saturday, March 23. The age groups
include: 0-3; 4-8 and 9-12 years old. Refreshments will also
be available. For more information call 419-399-3519.
Haviland
HAVILAND There will be an Easter egg hunt at 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 30, at the Haviland council building.
Defiance
DEFIANCE There will be a Kids Easter Egg Hunt at 10:30
a.m., Saturday, March 30. It is to be held at the Freshlife Commu-
nity Church, which is the blue building on the corner of SR 15
and Watson Road, in Defiance. The event is for all children under
age 10. Children must be accompanied by a parent or legal
guardian. There will also be snacks and a story time.
For more information call Pastor Matt at 815-383-3236.
Grover Hill
GROVER HILL The Pioneer Christian Ministries will be
holding and Easter egg hunt from noon-2 p.m., Saturday, March
30 at the Welcome Park in Grover Hill. There will be games and
food as well as 4,000 eggs to find.
Livestock exhibitors starting
to prepare for 2013 fair
By Staci Hiler
4-H Program assistant
PAULDING Paulding
County livestock exhibitors
are beginning to prepare for
the 2013 fair season with
Paulding County being the
first fair in Ohio. This year,
the fair runs June 10-15 at the
Paulding County Fair-
grounds.
This week, all livestock ex-
hibitors will be completing
the Quality Assurance Train-
ing Program required for all
livestock exhibitors in the
State of Ohio. Paulding
Countys Quality Assurance
dates are March 21 from 6-8
p.m. and March 23 from 9-11
a.m. in the Extension Build-
ing. The exhibitor and a par-
ent/guardian must attend one
of these programs or contact
the Extension office at 419-
399-8225 to attend a program
in another county.
All exhibitors must com-
plete QA by June 1 to exhibit
at the fair.
This years program fo-
cuses are on identifying and
tracking animals, establishing
an efficient and effective ani-
mal health management pro-
gram and providing proper
care for animals.
The senior and junior fair
boards are gearing up for
livestock weigh-in and tag-
ging. The tagging and weigh-
in is set for 9-11 a.m.
Saturday, April 6 at the east
end of the swine barn at the
fairgrounds. This will include
the following animal species:
goats, swine, sheep, dairy
beef feeders and beef feeders.
Livestock trailers and ex-
hibitors are asked to enter
through the west entrance
gate.
Rabbit tattooing is sched-
uled for 9-11 a.m. Saturday,
May 4 in the rabbit barn. All
meat pen and single fryers
must be tattooed with the
Paulding County Junior Fair
tattoo to show at the fair.
Also on May 4 is Commu-
nity Service Work Day at the
fairgrounds. If you or your
group is interested in helping
to prepare the fairgrounds for
fair, please contact Staci at
the Extension office at 419-
399-8225.
For poultry exhibitors, the
Extension office will be again
placing a bulk order of chick-
ens from Milan Center Feed
and Grain. Order forms are
available at the Extension of-
fice or online at
paulding.osu.edu. Order
forms are due by 4:30 p.m.
March 28 at the Extension of-
fice.
Members exhibiting horses
at the fair will need to meet
the following deadlines:
Horse I.D. with current pic-
ture and Permission to Par-
ticipate forms as well as
lease agreements are due
May 1 to the Extension of-
fice. First-year horse ex-
hibitors are required to
complete the safety videos.
They are available to borrow
from the Extension office.
Skill-A-Thon is set for 2-5
p.m. May 29 in the Extension
Hall. Livestock exhibitors
will be required to know the
parts, breeds and medication
label identification as well as
bring their completed 2013
record book to Skill-A-Thon.
Anyone unavailable to attend
Skill-A-Thon may attend Pre-
Skill-A-Thon at 6 p.m. on
May 20 in the Extension Hall.
RSVP must be made by May
16.
This years fair theme is
Growing and Showing at the
Paulding County Fair.
Check out the new look of the fair secretarys office. This office renovation is part of the ongoing
efforts of the Paulding County Agricultural Society to make the county fair bigger and better.
Cooper Farms will have a
pig experience at the fair
By BILL SHERRY
Correspondent
PAULDING The Paulding County Agri-
culture Society met March 13, where they
heard and approved a $1,000 fee for promo-
tions to be done by Clear Channel Radio.
There will be 65 spots leading up to fair
time with promotions for free tickets for
grandstand events and on location spots.
Cooper Farms will be setting up a display
called Pig Experience. This will give fair-
goers the opportunity to an on farm experi-
ence which will allow fairgoers to see
firsthand how pigs are born and raised.
They will be bringing two sows to the fair
to demonstrate how the sows are housed im-
mediately before and after giving birth.
Each of the sows will be due to give birth to
a litter of piglets during the fair. Cooper Farms
will have an experienced and trained staff
member with the sows during fair hours to an-
swer questions and oversee the care of the
sows and piglets.
The junior fair board has donated the pro-
ceeds from their Lights at Christmas display
to the Paulding County Agricultural Society to
be used for work on the poultry barn. The jun-
ior fair youth received contributions of over
$4,000 that was designated for use for the
poultry barn.
The junior fair board has now sold 10
benches that will be placed around the fair-
grounds as part of an ongoing advertising
campaign and fund-raiser.
They are also selling different types of laun-
dry detergent and fabric softeners as a fund-
raiser. Contact any of the youth or call the
extension office for more details. The bench
and detergent sale fund-raisers will help re-
plenish the junior fair board bank account.
The junior fair board has designated every
Tuesday evening between now and fair time
as work nights. Some Saturday work may be
needed.
There was extensive discussion regarding
capital improvements and maintenance of the
fairground buildings, with a list being com-
piled of capital improvements needing com-
pletion prior to the fair.
It was stated that donations had been re-
ceived and the board was responsible to get
the improvements made.
The improvements that were approved were
renovation of the cement block restrooms, var-
ious roof replacements, gutter work on several
buildings and painting.
The camper pull out is scheduled for March
23.
The next meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
April 10.
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ter of the American Red Cross,
located in the First Financial
Bank building, is now open
from 9:30 a.m. until noon, each
Tuesday. Disaster Chairman
Rick Noggle will be in the of-
fice to answer the phone and
any questions. Noggle also re-
minds everyone that March is
Red Cross Month and there
are donation canisters around
the county. All money col-
lected will stay local. The Red
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Its not always the first con-
sideration in estate plan-
ning, but many folks that
depend on tenant farmers
may want to be mindful of
the tenant in an estate
plan. Perhaps none of your
children are local or perhaps
none of them decided to
farm. No matter the cir-
cumstance, many rural
folks maintain a higher
quality of life by having a
reliable farm tenant. Often
times these landlord-tenant
relationships are built on
years of trust and evolve
into family-like friend-
ships. Just knowing that the
tenant will bring down the
loader tractor to dig out the
drive after a heavy snow-
storm can offer greater in-
dependence and peace of
mind. Such a valuable rela-
tionship can be a true gift
from God. Here are a few
ideas on how to reward
such a relationship.
By "reward" I don't neces-
sarily mean leaving a huge
lump sum of cash or even
an outright gift of farm
ground. There are simple
things you can build into
your estate plan to reward
the faithful tenant. For in-
stance, a well-defined right
of first refusal can give the
tenant the right to purchase
the farm ground at either the
appraised value or even a
discounted value. In Van
Wert County, we've been
seeing farm ground sell in
the neighborhood of
$10,000 an acre. If the
terms of the trust grant the
tenant farmer the right to
purchase the farm at a 20%
discount, the tenant would
pay $8,000 an acre, instead
of the full price. Keep in
mind that most estates are
professionally appraised at
the time of death anyway,
so these numbers will be
easily at hand. A well-con-
structed offer should in-
clude a timeline and method
whereby the tenant would
have the right to accept the
terms of the offer. For in-
stance, perhaps the farmer
may be given 60 days from
the time he receives written
notice of the offer to close
on the real estate. This
would give the farmer an
adequate amount of time to
weigh the purchase and line
up any necessary financ-
ing.
Another reward has nothing
to do with your written es-
tate plan at all. The gift of
clear communication with
your beneficiaries now can
have a big effect on your
tenant farmer after you are
gone. The thought of deal-
ing with a tenant farmer can
be intimidating, especially
for beneficiaries without
any current experience in
farming. Many people are
not in the habit of dis-
cussing their finances or
business with their children,
whether from pride or lack
of forethought. Therefore
many beneficiaries inherit
farm ground and the rela-
tionships with the tenant
farmer without any frame of
reference for how the rela-
tionship with the tenant op-
erates. Suddenly there is an
overwhelming amount of
questions to be answered:
how expenses are shared,
how to determine the fair
market value for cash rent,
how to incentivize good fer-
tility practices, and so forth.
Often, the result is an over-
whelmed beneficiary who
either decides to sell or de-
cides to hold on through the
bumpy stages of developing
a working relationship with
the tenant farmer. How
much better to be clear with
a prospective beneficiary
about the details of your
landlord-tenant relationship
and the rationale behind
your business decisions?
This can preserve confi-
dence, trust and farm stabil-
ity on both sides. Inform
your beneficiaries as to the
details of your farm rent
agreement. In the end, you
are equipping the relation-
ship between your benefici-
aries and your tenant farmer
to succeed.
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Notice of Public Informational
Meeting for Proposed Major
Utility Facility (Wind Farm)
Northwest Ohio Wind Energy, LLC, whose manager is National Wind,
LLC, schedules an April 9, 2013 Public Informational Meeting to outline
plans for its wind farm project in Paulding County.
Northwest Ohio Wind Energy, LLC, invites residents of Paulding County
and other interested persons to attend a public informational meeting re-
garding plans to build a wind farm project. The project will result in a gen-
erating capacity of up to 100 megawatts (MWs), using approximately 50
turbines with a capacity of approximately 2 MWs each, and will include as-
sociated infrastructure. The wind farm will be spread across approximately
10,000 acres of leased land in portions of Blue Creek and Latty townships
in Paulding County, and could potentially expand to a generating capacity
of up to 250 MWs.
This wind farm will help the State further its goal of building a portfolio of
renewable energy projects.
Northwest Ohio Wind Energy, LLC anticipates to file its application with the
Ohio Power Siting Board in late spring or early summer, and to begin con-
struction by the end of the year so that commercial operation will be in the
fall of 2014.
The public meeting will take place from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
April 9, 2013, at the Wayne Trace Junior-Senior High School, which is
located at 4915 U.S. 27, Haviland, Ohio 45851. Use the north entrance
and proceed to the gymnasium. Attendees will be able to visit stations
throughout the room with each having information about various aspects of
the project. Company representatives will be available to respond to in-
quiries at each station. If you have questions, you may call the local office
in Grover Hill at 419-587-3620.
PAULDING YOUTH GIRLS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP The Paulding fifth grade girls basketball team
defeated the Kalida Wildcats 14-8 to win the St. Patricks Day Spring Fast Break Tournament.
This year, the tournament was moved from Paulding JH/HS to the Manor House Gym in Antwerp.
The fifth grade girls backed up last years fourth grade championship to win the title back to back.
The Lady Panthers defeated Crestview 15-9, Hicksville 18-5 and West Unity Hilltop 25-3 in pool
play to make it into the finals. The team celebrated the championship with shamrock shakes at
the Paulding McDonalds. Team players include Syd McCullough, Ivy Riggenbach, Sydney Kohart,
Miah Rue, Katie Strayer, Julia Fife, Megan Garrity, Sierria Kupfersmith and Mozerat Martinez. The
fifth graders are coached by Ron Riggenbach, Matt Strayer and Sam Rue.
Paulding High School Drama Dept. will be performing Monty Pythons Spamalot at 7:30 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, March 22-23 in the high school auditeria. Spamalot tells the story of King Arthur and
his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. Flying cows, killer
rabbits, taunting Frenchmen and show-stopping musical numbers are just a few of the reasons audi-
ences everywhere are eating up Spamalot! Pictured here are King Arthur and The Lady of the Lake,
played by seniors Trey Schroeder and Emily Thielbar. Pre-sale tickets are on sale in the high school
office; $5 for students and $6 for adults. All tickets at the door will be $8.
St. Pats tourney
draws 20 teams
ANTWERP The Manor
House Gym was the new site
of the former Paulding Girls
St. Patricks Spring Fast
Break Tournament. This
year, 20 teams participated
from all over Ohio and
northeast Indiana.
The fifth grade division
was won by the host Pauld-
ing Lady Panthers, defeating
Kalida 14-8, defending last
years championship in the
tournament.
Wayne Trace and Antwerp
also played locally. The
brackets were completed by
teams from Crestview (Van
Wert County), West Unity
Hilltop (Williams County)
and Continental (Putnam
County).
Versailles fielded a strong
team from Darke County.
Versailles upended Montpe-
lier (Williams) in the finals
following wins over Bryan
(Williams) and Hicksville
(Defiance). Montpelier beat
Continental and Leo, Ind.
(Allen, Ind.) in their pool.
In the fourth grade girls
tournament, Spencerville
(Allen, Ohio) also beat
Montpelier in the finals.
Spencerville got to the
championship game by beat-
ing Crestview and Tinora
(Defiance). Montpelier got
to the finals through West
Unity Hilltop and the young
Ontario ladies traveling all
the way from Richland
County, near Mansfield.
Next years tournament
has been established on
March 14-15.
Volleyball league
ends season
ANTWERP The sixth
grade and under winter vol-
leyball season has come to a
close with Defiance St. John
Lutheran defeating Woodlan
Blue 25-22; 25-22 in a hard-
fought final.
The game was a culmina-
tion of a great day of im-
proved play. Bryan knocked
off the Woodlan White team
to advance on, only to be
taken down by Defiance SJ.
Other early round games
had Defiance beating the
Woodburn Lutheran School
White team 25-22, 25-18 and
Woodlan Blue taking out the
Woodburn Lutheran School
Blue team 25-8 and 25-13.
Lincolnview knocked out
Wayne Trace 25-16; and a
long set of 28-26. In the final
four semifinal round it took
extra matches and exciting
play on both courts as Defi-
ance SJ beat Lincolnview 25-
21; 22-25; and 15-8. Woodlan
Blue came from behind to
beat Defiance 14-25, 25-23
and 15-13, setting up the
championship final.
It was noted that the league
was organized to help im-
prove volleyball play at this
younger age level and it was
evident in all games that the
level of play was raised
throughout the season.
Varsity
Games
of the
Week
Sports schedule
THURSDAY, MARCH 21
Baseball: Paulding at Montpe-
lier (scrimmage)
MONDAY, MARCH 25
Softball: Wayne Trace hosts
Parkway (scrimmage)
TUESDAY, MARCH 26
Softball: Paulding hosts
Wauseon (scrimmage)
Baseball: Wayne Trace hosts
Antwerp (scrimmage)
Jones, Foor lead
District 7 honors
By KEVIN
WANNEMACHER
Sportswriter
Several Paulding County basketball players were hon-
ored by the District 7 Coaches Association recently.
In Division IV girls, Antwerps Alexis Jones garnered
First Team honors with teammate Kaiya Jemison picking
up Honorable Mention.
Pauldings Abby Pease and Sierra McCullough each
took Honorable Mention in Division III as did Wayne
Traces Erin Mohr.
Division III boys teams saw Pauldings Lance Foor
earning a First Team award with Wayne Traces Ryan
Kortokrax and Dalton Sinn recording Second Team hon-
ors.
The Raiders Nick McClain, Grady Gudakunst and
Corbin Linder all received Honorable Mention. Pauld-
ings Kyle Kauser and Neil Roehrig also garnered Hon-
orable Mention.
Antwerps Noah Ganger was named to the Second
Team while Derek Smalley picked up Honorable Men-
tion.
The Progress ...
is Paulding Countys
newspaper of record.
Audubon Society
to visit preserve
BRYAN The Black Swamp Audubon Society will host
a field trip to Mud Lake Bog preserve in Williams County
on Saturday, April 13. This is one of the few remaining gla-
cial kettle lakes in northwest Ohio.
Plans are to carpool to the site due to limited parking at
the bog. Persons who want to participate should meet be-
hind McDonalds in Bryan at 10:15 a.m. Dress for muddy
conditions.
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brick & vinyl sided home with 2
car attached garage on a corner
lot in Antwerp. City water and
sanitary sewer on a crawl space.
Call Don $79,900
#2817 NEW LISTING! 121 W.
Wayne St. Paulding: Very nice &
well maintained home offering 4
BR., 1 3/4 BA., large living room,
dining room, den and modern
kitchen W/ appliances. 2 car de-
tached garage. A real "Must See"
priced at $60,000. Call Maurie
CHECK OUR NEW WEBSITE @ foltzrealty.com
#1490 Charming 2 BR
home; updated kitchen,
C/A, replacement win-
dows, extra 22 x 13 bldg.
HUGE LOT! Antwerp.
BIG PRICE REDUC-
TION! $54,900. Call
Sandra & Tamyra 419-
506-1015
#1556 4 bdrm, 2 bath
country home! Formal
dining, bsmt partially
finished. Major remod-
eling in 2007! C/A,
Paulding. $105,900.
Call Sandra or
Tamyra 419-506-1015
#1540 12741 Maple Ave.
Paulding 3 BDRM, 2
bath home. Well main-
tained home, kitchen has
Grabil cabinets, spa-
cious family room, must
see. $89,900. Call Don
Gorrell or Joe Den
Herder
#1491 2 bdrm home w/
useable basement, 25 x
14 living room, appli-
ances remain. Antwerp.
Now at $52,900. Call
Sandra & Tamyra 419-
506-1015
To see nice color pictures & interior shots of properties offered
by Gorrell Bros. go to: www.gorrellbros-paulding.com
Multiple Listing
Service
#1555 Paulding. 4 bdrm
home w/ 1 1/2 baths,
1334 sq. ft., most
replacement windows,
roof shingles in 2004,
shed. $43,500. Call
Sandra or Tamyra 419-
506-1015
Call Gorrells to get your home sold TODAY!
NEW LISTING #1559 -
Open 2-3 bdrm home w/
updates thru--out, includ-
ing newer windows, roof,
flooring, etc. Priced to
sell @ $63,000. 607 W.
Jackson St., Pldg. Call
Don 419-399-7699
NEW LISTING #1558 - Large remodeled 4 bdrm 2
bath home on 3 1/2 +- acres, wooded lot, open floor
plan, older flat barn... city water & sewer. Oakwood.
105 S. Second St., Call Don Gorrell 419-399-7699
#1553 - Newer 3 bdrm,
2 1/2 bath, 2 story home
w/ rec. room or 4th
bdrm. Some updates,
1998 sq. ft., deck & pool
- Country Side Estates,
Paulding. $135,000.
Call Don Gorrell 419-
399-7699
Auction
Thurs., April 11
6:00 P.M.
3 Parcels From 23 acres to 52 acres
Farm Location: Northeast edge of Paulding, OH - From McDonalds at
the north edge of Paulding on Rt. 127 go east 1/2 mi. on Dooley Drive to
Emerald Rd; Turn north on Emerald Rd. & go 1/2 mi. to Rd. 154 (John-
son Rd.); Then east on Johnson Rd. for 1/4 mi. -watch for auction signs
Auction Parcel 1 52.462 acres with frontage on Johnson Rd.... 48+-
tillable acres with Emerald Acres to the west, Auction Parcel 2 to the south
and Auction Parcel 3 to east.... USDA soil survey indicates a mixture of
Latty and Nappanee type soils ...... There is a .67 acre CRP filter strip on
Parcel 1 and Buyer will succeed to the CRP contract.
Inspection: A Gorrell Bros. Representative will be at Auction Parcel
1 on Sat., March 30th from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 P.M. with an ATV util-
ity vehicle
Auction Parcel 2 23.112+- acres of wooded, recreational land with
Flat Rock Creek meandering through it.... Much seclusion and close to
Paulding ... This parcel includes a lot in the southeast corner of Emerald
acres at the intersection of Helen St. and Dennis St. that is the access - the
lot has city water & sewer and concrete slab.
Call or Stop In The Office For Survey, Aerial Map & Information
Auction Parcel 3 50.326+- acres of wooded, recreational land ... Ac-
cess to this parcel is at the southeast corner of the parcel from a small area
that has frontage on C-l 11 at the curve near the old County Home .... It is
very difficult to enter with a small amount of frontage along the curve in
the road -- once you enter, the surroundings consist of trees, brush, logs,
water & wildlife - stop in the office for information
Auction Location: Gorrell Bros. Auction Facility At 1201 N. Williams
St., Paulding, OH. Auction Procedure: Multi Parcel Bidding with the
bidder able to bid on one, all, or any combination of Auction Parcels Terms:
$5,000 earnest money for each parcel on the day of auction; balance due at
closing on or before May 11, 2013 upon delivery of warranty deeds and cer-
tificate of title. Possession: At closing - buyer farms the land for 2013 Seller:
Horizon Land I, LTD - Dale E. Duncan, Member .... Gorrell Bros. Auc-
tioneers; Don Gorrell, Sale Mgr; Larry D. Gorrell, Broker; Sandra
Mickelson - Aaron Timm - Nolan Shisler- Auctioneers
126 Acres
Paulding, OH
Wooded
Recreational
Hunting
Farm Land
Personal Property Auction
William D. Weber, Sr., Estate
Sat., March 23 10:00 A.M.
At The Farm Buildings Location: 7310 Rt. 66- 2 mi north of De-
fiance, OH on Rt. 66 Glassware - Antiques - Longaberger Baskets
- Very Large Amount Of Glassware including Antique Tokheim
850 clock face gas pump & glass globe.... Sears Surveying Level
In Wood Box.... '50s Coke sign .... & other old items from the
barns.... 28 Longaberger Baskets (list available).... Over 25 tables
full of Glassware including hundreds of pieces of Depression
Moonstone....pink and green Depression.... Forest Green.... Ruby
Red.... Bubble pattern in Ruby, Forest Green, Sapphire Blue....Open
Lace .... Pink & Crystal Hobnail.... Pink & Green Block pattern....
Modern Tone.... Sandwich.... Fire King including Peach Luster....
Fenton ....Opalescent hobnail in Topaz, French, Blue, Cranberry,
Peach Opalescent pitcher & 8 tumblers ... Avon Cape Cod .... Lenox
China dinnerware including Poppy on Blue etc., etc., etc., etc. Plus
Nearly New Furniture & Household Including (2) BR Suites ...
Flat Screen TV's (20"x31" & 27" x 43") Living Room, Dining
Room, Kitchen ... Firearms - Coins - Jewelry - Power Wheel Chairs
& Related including Remington 410 model 870.... Sako 243
Rifle .... H&R Model 922 revolver.... Mossburg Model 340 KA .22
cal rifle.... Reloading equipment & supplies including brass ....
Coins including gold & silver (list available).... Mobility Items in-
cluding Invacare Pronto M71 power wheel chair.... 4 wheel Pride
Victory 9 mobility scooter.... Cat Napper electric lift chair.... Sewing
Machines & Items.... Jewelry including 18 jewelry lots that in-
clude gold rings, pendants, etc.... jewelry list available.... Ukulele
& Mandolin very large auction Farm Equipment - Lawn & Garden
- Tools & From The Barns including Polaris 500 Ranger 4x4.... JD
4010 D Tractor.... Ford 800 tractor.....IH B tractor .... Ford 8N tractor
(dismantled).... 1969 Dodge Chinook Mobilodge motor home
(has not been recently used).... Clean & sharp Bush Hog 2012
Rotary Cutter, 12 ft., SN 12-00481 .... flare box wood wagon with
wood gear.... small 3 Pt items.... Simplicity (green color) Zero Turn
20 HP Morgan Derby 2061 mower, 20HP V-Twin Motor, 361 hrs
with Cyclone Rake Commercial Pro Jet Pac Lawn Vac System ....
Simplicity (orange color) Zero Turn 20 HP Morgan TW 2061
Mower.... Harley Davidson Electric Golf Cart.... Murray 2 HP tiller,
Lawn cart, Push mowers & other lawn items.... Industrial
C-AIRE Model CK410822 upright air compressor.... 4 cyl Wisconsin
gas motor & 4 cyl Wisconsin gas motor w generator (older).... (sev-
eral wagons full of tools, shop and barn items).... 2 Auction Rings
- Call for free brochure, visit our web site or visit auction zip....
Personal Property Terms: Cash or approved check day of auction
.... Seller: William D. Weber, Sr. Estate, Carol Maag, Executrix, Defi-
ance Co. Probate Crt Case 17362 ... Stanley J. Yoder, Attorney of
Weaner Zimmerman Bacon Yoder Gorrell Bros. Auctioneers
.... Don Gorrell, Auction Mgr -Larry D. Gorrell - Sandra Mickelson -
Aaron Timm - Matt Bowers - Nolan Shisler
Farm Location: 7310 Rt. 66 - 2 mi north of Defi-
ance, OH on Rt. 66 ... Real Estate Auction Location
-K of C Hall @ Elliot Rd., Defiance, OH .... Real Es-
tate Auction Procedure & Terms: Multi Parcel Bid-
ding; $5,000 earnest money each parcel; closing
April 26, 2013; possession at closing; Call for in-
spections, brochure & information or visit our web
site @ www.gorrellbros-paulding.com
Real Estate Auction
223 Acres Defiance, OH
William D. Weber, Sr., Estate
Tues., March 26 @ 6:00 P.M.
4 Parcels & Combinations
7 Acres with Newer Custom
Built Home, Pole Barn, Pond
3 Land Parcels of 39 Acres
to 114 acres
1991 Redmond Lakeside 16x80 - 3 bedroom mobile
home with 2 bathrooms, kitchen & living room....The
mobile home roof could use some coating to really
look sharp -- the inside has been updated and might
fool you .... Nice garage/shop with storage building
that Roger used to store & repair his equipment ....
Investors, speculators, money makers are welcome -
probably the price range of many used pickup trucks
.... Terms: $500 earnest money; balance due at clos-
ing on or before May 3, 2013 (Roger L. Eagleson Es-
tate owns the mobile home and Rogers mother -
Betty L. Copsey owns the real estate with both mo-
bile home and real estate selling as one offering) ....
Auctioneers Note: Furniture, household, tools,
vehicles, lawn & garden of the Roger L. Eagleson
Estate sells on Wed., April 3 at 5:00 P.M. at Gor-
rell Bros. Auction Facility - watch this paper for
ad or call the office at 419-399-4066 or visit our
web site @ www.gorrellbros-paulding.com ....
Seller: Roger L. Eagleson Estate, Kendra Kauser,
Adm., Pldg Co. Probate Crt Case 20121120,
David A. Hyman, Attorney & Betty L. Copsey ....
Don Gorrell, Auction Mgr; Larry D. Gorrell, Bro-
ker; Aaron Timm - Sandra Mickelson - Nolan
Shisler, Auctioneers
Auction
3 BR Mobile Home & Garage
Large Corner Lot
Wed. April 3 4:00 P.M.
Location: 502 Sugar St., Paulding, OH
Open Inspections: 4 P.M. to 5 P.M.
Thurs., March 21 & Thurs., March 28
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Cats &
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businesses in an assigned
territory.
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youre a people person with
lots of energy youre a good
candidate.
Part-time approximately 20 hrs.
a week. Hourly pay, commis-
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Interested applicants should
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Paulding County Hospital
1035 W. Wayne Street
Paulding, OH 45879
Email: pchhr@saa.net
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Respiratory Care Practitioner
PRN, as needed position. Performs routine res-
piratory care and cardiopulmonary procedures
and resuscitation techniques including arterial
blood gas sampling and analysis as well as the du-
ties of the ER tech position while working in the
ER. Must be a graduate of a Respiratory Care
Program accredited by the AARC. Must be a
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Pay, State of Ohio PERS Retirement, Fitness
Center Membership, and much more. To apply
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email a resume to pchhr@saa.net, or apply online
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HELP WANTED
The Village of Paulding's Utility Depart-
ment is currently accepting applications
for part-time SUMMER help. Must be
18 years of age and have a valid Ohio
driver's license. First preference will be
given to qualified Village residents.
Applications will be accepted until April
8, 2013 Applications may be picked up
at the Village Office, 116 S. Main St.
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M.L. Zehr Construction
The quality of our work speaks for itself and
will remain long after.
Metal Frame Buildings
Pole Barns
Commercial & Residential,
30+ years experience
Free Estimates
25720 Notestine Rd., Woodburn, IN 46797
(260) 433-5628 Mon.-Fri. 6:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
GARAGE DOORS
Most Sizes Available PLUS a 20x14 Complete Door
GARAGE DOOR OPENERS
GARAGE DOOR HARDWARE
For more info, call 1-800-491-2575
or go to AuctionZip.com
Terms: Cash, charge card and check w/positive I.D. 10%
buyers premium will be charged. Tax will be charged
unless you have vendors number. All purchased doors
must be removed 2 hours after completion of auction.
MONDAY, MARCH 25 at 5:30 p.m.
Located at Van Wert Co. Fairgrounds
VAN WERT, OHIO JUNIOR FAIR BUILDING
The fairgrounds are on Rt. 127 - South side of Van Wert, Ohio
GARAGE DOOR AUCTION
OWNER: SHOFF DOOR CO.
JACK GOODBAR
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Blue Stream Dairy
Must be 18 years old
Have a valid drivers license
Experience with tractor operation
Apply in person from 9am to 3pm at
3242 Mentzer Church Rd.
Convoy OH 45832
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QUICKLY...EASILY...
JUST PHONE 419-399-4015
ALL WOOD TABLE AND 4
very sturdy chairs. Extra leaf.
Very pretty - excellent condi-
tion. Paid $1,200 - asking
$300. Fully insulated 3 yr. old,
50 gal. Electric water heater.
Pd. $700, asking $200. Works
great! We went to gas. Call
419-399-5952. (Cindy) 30p2
OAK DESK, ANTIQUE
DRESSER, SOFA TABLE,
etched/oak frame mirror. 419-
258-2249 29p2
$125 QUEEN PILLOWTOP
MATTRESS SET. New in
plastic, can deliver 260-493-
0805. 29p4
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CENTRAL BOILER OUT-
DOOR FURNACES 25 year
warranty. Call today. 419-267-
5196. 19p52
YEARS AGO ANTIQUE
MALL, 108 W. Main Street,
Van Wert (419) 238-3362,
30+ Dealers. Closed Tues-
days. Buy & Sell. 27ctf
JUNK REMOVAL, FREE
SCRAP METAL. Call Tom,
419-567-4065. 29p2
P&H MASONRY RESTORA-
TION & REPAIR Specialist.
Foundation,basement and
chimney repair or replace-
ments. Fully insured, Free Es-
timates 419-438-2101. 13ctf
*P&H MASONRY* Founda-
tion & Chimney Repairs,
Free Estimates. Peter
Ankney, 419-438-2101 36ctf
AL GRIFFITHS CONSTRUC
TION: Windows, light electri-
cal, drywall, siding, doors
and more. Call Al for your re-
pair or contruction needs.
419-506-2102 51ctf
1 BDRM. APT IN
ANTWERP. Stove, refrigera-
tor, water & sewer included.
419-786-9652. 30p2
NICE 2 BDRM. HOUSE with
1 car detached garage.
Stove & refrigerator incl. No
pets. Located in peaceful
neighborhood of Paulding.
419-399-3003, 419-438-
0834. $480 per month. 30p2
IN PAULDING - Whispering
Pines - 2 bdrm. Call 419-
506-2102, 419-670-4024 or
419-399-2419 8ctf
3 BDRM. 2 BATH HOME
$450 rent or own in Brent-
wood Community next to
Vagabond Restaurant 419-
388-9977. 43ctf
PAULDING STORAGE
CENTER: Now renting stor-
age units. Different sizes
available. Call 419-399-2419
for info. 18ctf
NOW LEASING: ONE &
TWO BEDROOM APART-
MENTS. Deposit & lease re-
quired. No pets. Please call
Straley Apts. at 419-399-
4444 or 419-399-3721 35ctf
PAULDING MINI STOR-
AGE UNITS. Located at
south side of Paulding on
US 127. Various sizes.
Please call 419-399-4444
or 419-399-3721 20ctf
REPLACING FOOTER AND
FOUNDATION - basement
repair floor leveling, roofing,
cement work. Call Bill Miner
419-596-3018 26p8
3 ACRE LOT $9,900, $500
DOWN, $119 mo.; 3 acre lot
with well, septic, electric and
driveway $29,900, $1,000
down, $325 mo. 813-349-
0618. 23
768 N. CHERRY ST.. PAULD-
ING. Just Reduced. 3 bdrm., 2
full bath, beautiful oak floors, 2
fireplace, FR, Game Rm, full
dry basement. Too many up-
dates to mention, yet keeping
the homes original character
and charm. I have listed my
home with Sandra Mickelson
of Gorrell Bros. Please contact
her for more information, 419-
506-1015 or www.gorrellbros-
paulding.com 22ptfn
BROOKSIDE EXPRESS -
VALERO GAS Station/Con-
venience Store, Paulding is
now accepting applications
for opening & closing shifts.
Please apply in person,
Mon.-Fri., 9am-4pm. Appli-
cants must be neat, clean &
dressed in appropriate work
attire. 30c3
PUBLIC NOTICE: The
Board of Trustees will meet
the first Thursday of every
month at 6:45 p.m. in the
Education Room as follows:
April 4, May 2, June 6, July
11, August 1, September 5,
October 3, November 7, De-
cember 6 in 2013. January
2, February 6, March 6 in
2014. The re-organizational
meeting will be held on
March 6, 2014 at 6:15 p.m.
prior to the regular board
meeting. 30c1
COINS, ANTIQUES, OLD
KNIVES, postcards, OLD
toys, jewelry, watches,
stamps, estates. Ausin White
419-399-3353 28p7
NON-WORKING RIDING
mower and lawn tractors. go-
carts & go-cart frames. 419-
263-8165. 28p4
LOST FROM CORNER W.
WAYNE & Summit, Paulding:
little black raggedy-furred
ugly cute dog, approx. 15
lbs., has some teeth missing,
named Sadie, very friendly
childrens dog and sadly
missed. Call 419-769-1561,
if no answer call 419-399-
2480. 30p1
CHARTER BUS TOURS.
New Fliers available. Lots of
Day & Multi-Day Tours. Call
Evelyns Excursions 877-
771-4401 419-737-2055 Ivah
Lothamer399-2386 30c2
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
MARCH 21ST & 22ND; 9-5.
201 KLINGLER RD.,
PAULDING 30p1
3 4-H RABBITS, $25 EACH.
New Zealand or Californians.
Call 260-706-1235 30k1
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Deadline
is 5 PM
Wednesday
Items (or group of i tems) must sell for $100 or less.
Only For Sale or Free captions, excludes all others including garage sales,
rentals, real estate, etc.
No abbreviations
Only pri vate party and non commercial
Not available to indi viduals who having any outstanding debt
15 word maximum
Only one FreeZone ad per household per t wo week period.
DEADLINE FOR FreeZone ADS IS
WEDNESDAY AT 5PM
All ads recei ved after the deadline will be held and run the following week.
Ads may be faxed to 419-399-4030; mailed to P.O. Box 180, Paulding, OH
45879; or brought into the office at 113 S. Williams St., Paulding
Ads may be obmi tted if not completed according to rules.
FOR SALE
CLASSIFIED LINERS
IN THE COMMON
PLEAS COURT OF
PAULDING
COUNTY, OHIO
PROBATE DIVI-
SION
IN THE MATTER OF
THE GUARDIAN-
SHIP OF:
MASON CLYNTON
SMITH
CASE NO. 20132004
NOTICE OF HEAR-
ING ON APPLICA-
TION FOR
GUARDIANSHIP
THE COURT hereby
gives notice to Shawna
M. Smith, aka Shawna
Hostettler, biological
mother of Mason Clyn-
ton Smith, (DOB:
8/03/01) and, Unknown
Father of Mason Clyn-
ton Smith, that Clynton
Tracy Smith filed an
Application for Ap-
pointment of Guardian
of said Minor in the Pro-
bate Court of Paulding
County, Ohio. Said
hearing on appointment
of guardian will be held
on: WEDNES-
DAY - MAY 22, 2013 at
9:00 a.m. at the Pauld-
ing County Probate
Court - Courthouse 2nd
Floor - Office 202 - 115
N. Williams Street,
Paulding Ohio. 28c6
John A. DeMuth, Judge
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
tal will accept sealed
bids for: Mobile Mag-
netic Resonance Imag-
ing a minimum of 2
days per week to include
technician, specified
processing software, re-
lated computers/moni-
tors, interface to
hospital's PACS, other
related equipment, ACR
phantom, processing of
ACR application, and
maintenance of all
equipment. Initial term
is 3 years. Bids will be
accepted until 2:30 p.m.
EDST on March 29,
2013 at the office of the
Hospital COO, 1035
West Wayne Street,
Paulding, Ohio 45879.
Detailed specifications
may be obtained from
Randal Ruge, COO, at
419-399-1105. Bids
must include current
user listing, operation
manuals, detailed prod-
uct and warranty infor-
mation, proposed
delivery and installation
time frames and pay-
ment terms. A bond or
certified check equal to
5% of the amount bid
must accompany all
bids. Bids will be
opened at 2:35 p.m. on
March 29, 2013 at the
office of the Chief Oper-
ating Officer, and will be
reviewed by the Board
of Trustees on or before
April 4, 2013. Paulding
County Hospital re-
serves the right to reject
any and all bids. By
order of the Board of
Trustees.
Gary W. Adkins 29c2
Chief Executive Officer
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
tal will accept sealed
bids for: Onsite nuclear
imaging service a mini-
mum of 3 mornings per
week to include techni-
cian, physicist, nuclear
camera, processing soft-
ware, related comput-
ers/monitors, interface
to hospital's PACS, hot
lab, other related equip-
ment, and maintenance
of all equipment. Initial
term is 3 years. Bids will
be accepted until 2:30
p.m. EDST on March
29, 2013 at the office of
the Hospital COO, 1035
West Wayne Street,
Paulding, Ohio 45879.
Detailed specifications
may be obtained from
Randal Ruge, COO, at
419-399-1105. Bids
must include current
user listing, detailed
product information,
proposed delivery and
installation time frames
and payment terms. A
bond or certified check
equal to 5% of the
amount bid must ac-
company all bids. Bids
will be opened at 2:35
p.m. on March 29, 2013
at the office of the Chief
Operating Officer, and
will be reviewed by the
Board of Trustees on or
before April 4, 2013.
tal reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
By order of the Board of
Trustees.
Gary W. Adkins 29c2
Chief Executive Officer
SHERIFFS SALE
OF REAL ESTATE
General Code, Section
11681 Revise Code,
Section 2329.26
THE STATE OF
OHIO, PAULDING
COUNTY:
FIFTH THIRD MORT-
GAGE COMPANY,
Plaintiff,
vs.
TYSON N. SCHILT,
ET AL., Defendants,
Case No. CI 13 003
Pursuant to an Order of
Sale in the above enti-
tled action, I will offer
for sale at public auc-
tion, at the East door of
the Courthouse in the
Village of Paulding, in
the above named
County, on Thursday,
the 25th day of April,
2013 at 10:05 oclock
A.M., the real estate lo-
cated at:
104 North Fifth Street,
Oakwood, Ohio 45873
Parcel Number: 10-
15S-032-00 and 10-
15S-033-00
Said premises appraised
at Thirty-nine Thousand
and No/100
($39,000.00) Dollars
and cannot be sold for
less than two-thirds of
that amount.
The appraisal of this
property was completed
without an interior in-
spection. Neither the
Sheriffs Office nor the
appraisers are responsi-
ble for the condition of
the property at the time
the purchaser takes pos-
session.
TERMS OF SALE:
Ten percent down on
day of the sale and bal-
ance before deed is to
be issued.
Sheriff Jason K. Landers
Paulding County, Ohio
pauldingohsheriff.com
Charles V. Gasior, At-
torney for Plaintiff
30c3
COUNTY : PAULDING
The following applica-
tions and/or verified
complaints were re-
ceived, and the follow-
ing draft, proposed and
final actions were is-
sued, by the Ohio Envi-
ronmental Protection
Agency (Ohio EPA) last
week. The complete
public notice including
additional instructions
for submitting com-
ments, requesting infor-
mation or a public
hearing, or filing an ap-
peal may be obtained at:
http://www.epa.ohio.go
v/actions.aspx or Hear-
ing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50
W. Town St. P.O. Box
1049, Columbus, Ohio
43216. Ph: 614-644-
2129 email:
HClerk@epa.state.oh.us
FINAL APPROVAL
OF PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS
PAYNE VILLAGE
PWS
PO BOX 347
PAYNE OH
ACTION DATE:
03/12/2013
FACILITY DESCRIP-
TION: COMMUNITY
WATER SYSTEM
IDENTIFICATION
NO. : 921540
This final action not pre-
ceded by proposed ac-
tion and is appealable to
ERAC. Detail Plans for
PWSID:OH6300712
PLAN NO:921540 Re-
gardingChlorine Room
Improvements 30c1
SHERIFFS SALE
OF REAL ESTATE
General Code, Section
11681 Revise Code,
Section 2329.26
THE STATE OF
OHIO, PAULDING
COUNTY:
THE HUNTINGTON
NATIONAL BANK
SUCCESSOR BY
MERGER TO SKY
BANK, Plaintiff,
vs.
AARON T. POWELL,
ET AL., Defendants,
Case No. CI 12 054.
Pursuant to an Order of
Sale in the above enti-
tled action, I will offer
for sale at public auc-
tion, at the East door of
the Courthouse in the
Village of Paulding, in
the above named
County, on Thursday,
the 25th day of April,
2013 at 10:00 oclock
A.M., the real estate lo-
cated at:
20842 Road 60, Pauld-
ing, Ohio 45879
Parcel Number: 32-
17S-002-00
Said premises appraised
at Fifteen Thousand and
No/100 ($15,000.00)
Dollars and cannot be
sold for less than two-
thirds of that amount.
The appraisal of this
property was completed
without an interior in-
spection. Neither the
Sheriffs Office nor the
appraisers are responsi-
ble for the condition of
the property at the time
the purchaser takes pos-
session.
TERMS OF SALE:
Ten percent down on
day of the sale and bal-
ance before deed is to
be issued.
Sheriff Jason K. Landers
Paulding County, Ohio
pauldingohsheriff.com
Robert H. Young, Attor-
ney for Plaintiff 30c3
NOTICE OF
AVAILABILITY TO
THE PUBLIC
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
Columbus, Ohio
The Ohio Department of
Transportation (ODOT)
hereby notifies all inter-
ested persons that the
proposed FY 2014-2017
Statewide Transporta-
tion Improvement Pro-
gram (STIP) will be
available for review and
comment at thirty loca-
tions throughout the
state. These locations
are the Planning and En-
gineering Administra-
tor's Office in each of
the twelve ODOT Dis-
trict Offices, the ODOT
Central Office Division
of Planning located in
Columbus, Ohio, and
each of the seventeen
Ohio Metropolitan Plan-
ning Organization
(MPO) Offices during
normal business hours
from April 8, 2013 to
April 19, 2013. The
STIP identifies the
statewide program of
highway and transit
maintenance, new ca-
pacity, bicycle, and
other transportation re-
lated projects that will
be implemented
throughout the state over
the next four years. The
ODOT District Office
serving your area is lo-
cated at 1885 N. McCol-
lough Street, Lima,
Ohio (419-222-9055).
The MPO serving the
Allen County area is the
Lima-Allen County Re-
gional Planning Com-
mission (419-228-1836)
located at 130 West
North Street, Lima,
Ohio. To facilitate the
STIP review, the District
Office and the Lima-
Allen County Regional
Planning Commission
will jointly sponsor an
open house at the
MPO's office from 2
p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tues-
day, April 9, 2013.
Any comments concern-
ing the Statewide Trans-
portation Improvement
Program may be sub-
mitted by email to
Natasha.Turner@dot.sta
te.oh.us or by mail to:
Mrs. Jennifer Townley,
Acting Deputy Director
Division of Planning
Attn: Natasha Turner
Ohio Department of
Transportation
Mail Stop #3260
1980 West Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43223
Written comments must
be received by the close
of business on April 22,
2013.
JERRY WRAY
DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
30c1
LEGAL
The Paulding County
Department of Job and
Family Services will be
conducting a public
hearing to discuss and
comment on the pro-
posed Title XX Plan for
the period of October 1,
2013 to September 30,
2014 and the plan for the
period of October 1,
2014 to September 30,
2015.
The Plan is a coopera-
tive effort of the Depart-
ment of Job and Family
Services, Department of
LEGALS
Mental Health and De-
partment of Develop-
mental Disabilities to
provide needed services
to residents of Paulding
County. These services
are funded by Title XX
of the Social Security
Act. The proposed plan
will be available at this
meeting.
Representatives from
Paulding County De-
partment of Job and
Family Services will be
available to answer
questions about the bi-
ennial plan. The public
is invited and urged to
attend.
The hearing will be
held: April 5, 2013
Beginning at 8:00 a.m.
until all testimony is
heard at 303 W. Harri-
son St, Paulding, Ohio
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Antwerp Wrestling Club has
very productive weekend
The Antwerp Wrestling
Club had the opportunity to
wrestle in two different
tournaments this past week-
end, March 15-16.
On Friday, March 15,
eight Archer wrestlers com-
peted at the Archbold Tour-
nament. All eight wrestlers
were able to place in the top
four of their respective
weight classes.
Placing fourth was
Heaven Eaton. Capturing
the third place spot were
Avin Johnson and Logan
McKeever. Finishing run-
ner-up were CJ Eaton and
Aidan McAlexander.
The wrestling club had
three champions at Arch-
bold as well. They were
Kamren Johnson, Eli Rein-
hart and Kaden Phares.
The Antwerp Wrestling
Club also wrestled at
Hicksville on Saturday,
March 16. Many of the
wrestlers competing Friday
night returned Saturday
morning to wrestle at
Hicksville.
All 15 Antwerp Wrestling
Club participants placed in
the top four of their respec-
tive weight classes. Finish-
ing fourth on the day at
Hicksville were Derek
Miller, Logan McKeever,
Justin Shaffer and Tyler
Bauer.
Placing third were Alex
Zijlstra, Hunter Sproles and
Heaven Eaton.
Finishing second on the
day were CJ Eaton, Kaden
Phares and Aidan
McAlexander.
Placing first for the
Antwerp Wrestling Club
were Karsen Donat, Skyler
Octaviano, Luke McK-
eever, Lance McKeever
and Eli Reinhart.
This was also Luke Mc-
Keever and Karsen Donats
first time to ever win a tour-
nament. Also, Skyler Octa-
viano and Lance McKeever
were able to win their first
tournaments of this season.
For the whole weekend,
the Antwerp Wrestling
Club was able to place all
of the wrestlers who com-
peted, which is quite an ac-
complishment. They also
had eight individual cham-
pions with two first-time
winners as well as a double
tournament winner in Eli
Reinhart.
As the wrestling club sea-
son nears its end, catch the
Antwerp Wrestling Club as
they compete at Wayne
Trace on March 23 and then
at their home finale on April
6 at Antwerp High School.
Note: Last weeks article
omitted that Logan McK-
eever placed second at the
Curt Florence Tournament
in Ayersville on March 9.

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