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By MELINDA KRICKProgress Editor

PAULDING – The windfarms in the southern portionof Paulding County are pro-ducing more than clean, re-newable energy – they alsoare producing new revenuefor the county and severalpublic entities.

Representatives from EDPRenewables North Americavisited the courthouseWednesday, Jan. 30, bringingwith them the first installmentof the Timber Road II PILOT(Payment In Lieu of Tax)payment to the county.

A check for $449,212 waspresented, the first of two in-stallments that will total about$900,000.

These biannual paymentswill continue for the life ofthe wind farm project. Thesecond half payment is due inJuly.

Timber Road II was Ohio’sfirst industrial-scale windfarm and has an installed ca-pacity of 99 megawatts. Itwas dedicated in October2011 and has 55 wind tur-bines.

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One fatalityreported inUS24 crash

From Staff ReportsCECIL – A multiple-vehi-

cle crash on US 24 near Cecilon Tuesday morning report-edly claimed the life of oneperson and closed the high-way for several hours due to achemical spill.

Few details were availableat press time Tuesday.

Numerous fire department,EMS squads and other emer-gency responders from thecounty went to the scene, in-cluding a HAZMAT teamfrom Defiance County.

The crash occurred just be-fore 8 a.m. near Road 87 westof Cecil and reportedly in-volved two semi trucks and avan. One truck was a tankerfilled with ethanol, which wasleaking.

At one point, respondersreported a person was trappedin a vehicle and requested aJaws of Life.

At least one person was in-jured and transported toPaulding County Hospital.

Both the eastbound andwestbound lanes were shutdown due to the ethanol leak.

US 24 was closed betweenOhio 49 and US 127 and traf-fic was diverted.

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Last week, representatives from EDP Renewables presented Paulding County officials with the first PILOT payment for thestate’s first industrial-scale wind farm, located in the county. From left are Brian Alberts, EDP operations manager Timber RoadWind Farm; Commissioner Roy Klopfenstein; Erin Bowser, EDP director of project management; Auditor Claudia Fickel;Commissioner Tony Zartman; Treasurer Lou Ann Wannemacher; Commissioner Fred Pieper; and Patrick Maloy, EDP director of

County receives wind farm windfall

By JIM LANGHAMFeature Writer

PAULDING – There are manysteps and a respectable chunk oftime between considering and actu-ally reopening the Paulding CountyJail, says newly elected SheriffJason Landers, but the thought iscrossing his mind more with eachpassing day.

For one thing, Paulding County

spent nearly $300,000 in out-hous-ing prisoners in 2012. Up until Dec.1, local voters had funded at least$260,000 in bed space alone in thePutnam County Jail. Another$28,000 was spent in December,said Landers.

But, that is only the beginning ofthe inconvenience of out-housingprisoners away from the local facili-ty. There are many other expenses

that are difficult to document accu-rately.

Paulding County deputies areoften required to travel to Ottawaseveral times a day, often to carryout menial errands that are requiredby state regulations.

“If one of our prisoners simplyhas to go across the street from thePutnam County Jail or a few blocksto a doctor, we are responsible for

sending an officer to transportthem,” said Landers. “Then there isthe matter of transporting prisonersdown there or from there to otherplaces where they have to be.

“There is vehicle maintenance ex-pense, hourly pay for deputies,meals for those doing the work anddifferent other small items involved

Sheriff to look at reopening county jail

By JIM LANGHAMFeature Writer

PAULDING – Going intoSaturday night’s “Rockin’ ItOut” Relay For Life kickoffcelebration at the PauldingEagles, committee memberJillene McMichael told auc-tioneer Aaron Timm to planon about an hour for the fund-raising auction.

What McMichael didn’t re-alize was that there had been109 donated items this year,good enough for an event thatlasted over two hours andraised a total of $5,300 – over$2,000 more than was raisedin last year’s auction.

All told, the evening’s ac-tivities raised $5,800 towardthis year’s relay, a great signof the enthusiasm for thisyear’s Relay For Life, saysMcMichael.

“We are really off to a greatstart,” said McMichael. “Wehave four new teams thisyear; all four were represent-ed at the Feb. 2 event. Newteam members said after-wards that they were excitedbecause they see how this allcomes together. This was suchan encouraging time; the hallwas just filled with people.”

McMichael said that thisyear’s theme, “Rockin’ itOut,” was reflected in the cus-tomizing of many of those at-tending who were dressedlike the rock n’ roll crowdfrom the 1970s and ’80s. Shenoted that the event was amorale booster for the wholecommunity in the midst of thewinter weather.

“We had a snowy night, butit was amazing how peopleshowed up,” said McMichael.“There were cars parked allover downtown. The placewas packed.

“We had 17 teams repre-sented at the kickoff,” contin-ued McMichael. “We normal-ly have around 25 teams in-volved, so if that is the casethis year, we had a big per-centage of our teams there. Itwas amazing.”

This was the fourth yearthat the local Relay For Lifehas utilized a kickoff at theEagles in order to motivateteams. This year’s event willbegin at 6 p.m. May 31 at thePaulding County Fair -grounds.

This is also the 20th-year

In June 2010, PauldingCounty was the first in thestate to declare the county analternative energy zone

(AEZ), blazing a trail forgreen energy development inOhio. The AEZ exempts taxesthat would normally be levied

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with each trip,” said Landers.“One day last week we hadfour trips in one day toOttawa and the next day therewere three, all at our expense.Every day there are usuallyone to four trips to their jailon behalf of our prisoners.”

Landers said that he keepspushing the pencil to com-pare the cost of out-housingwith the cost of bringing backprisoners to the local jail.

“It’s all about numbers. Itseems like the number ofprisoners are going up. Whatwould be the advantages ofbringing our prisoners backhere? It would bring backjobs to Paulding County. Itwould give us much bettercontrol of our prisoners andsave all of the expense of run-ning to Ottawa and back,”said the sheriff.

Landers said that he is cur-rently waiting for discussionwith county commissionerson the matter. Ultimately,however, funding the jailwould fall in his hands andcome from his budget.

“We would need a totalbudget of at least $1.8 millionto fund a jail and keep the de-partment going at the currentrate,” said Landers, whonoted that he is currently op-erating a budget of $1.5 mil-lion. “I figure that with at

least $200,000, I could prob-ably bring it back up, basedon what happened in the past.But I don’t feel like is a goodtime to approach voters aboutthe issues surrounding this.

“In my mind we wouldneed to appropriate addition-al funds in the budget,” saidthe sheriff.

Landers said that in orderto bring the facility back, hewould have to find a way tofinance salaries for jail em-ployees. Then, there wouldbe the expense of gettingequipment up and runningagain. All equipment wouldhave to be compliant withstate regulations. Therewould be the cost of retrain-ing of employees and thoseassociated with the facility.

“Regardless of what hap-pens, nothing is going to hap-pen fast,” said Landers. “Itcould take a year, even if adecision is made at somepoint to reopen it.

“It’s my responsibility asan elected official ofPaulding County to take alook at this,” said Landers.“The bond issue concerningthe jail was a 20-year bondissue. People are continuingto pay for this building eventhough it is empty. It is my re-sponsibility to look at anissue such as this.”

celebration of the local relay,and with the lifetime fund-raising now just $200,000away from the $1 millionmark, local American CancerSociety enthusiasts are push-ing to reach the illustriousgoal within the next twoyears.

Figures released by financechairman Stephanie Hull indi-cate that, after all expenseshave been paid out each year,the local relay effort hasraised $833,190 going intothis year’s campaign, the 20thyear for local relay involve-ment.

Last year, Paulding CountyRelay For Life raised$122,597, after disbursing ex-penses. Hull said that thisyear’s goal is $129,270, priorto paying bills.

“Does our $1 million chal-lenge spark your interest? Ifyou are wondering how youcan help, please see any com-mittee member,” saidMcMichael. “Starting a newteam, joining an existingteam, donating as a corporatesponsor, hosting a fund-raiser,however you would like to getinvolved, we would be hon-

ored to have you on board.”Like so many at Saturday’s

kickoff, Stephanie Foltz be-came involved with the localcommittee because of a fami-ly member that had cancer.For six years, she was in-volved with the DefianceCounty Relay For Life. Forthe past five years, she hasbeen involved in Paulding

County.“It’s a good thing; it makes

you feel good to try to helpout those who can’t be herebecause they are suffering,”said Foltz.

“It feels good to help peo-ple fight cancer,” said Foltz’sdaughter, Arianna Posey. “Mygrandpa had cancer; I amhelping because of that.”

called a service fee, is to bepaid directly to the countygeneral fund.

The service fee payablethis year for Timber Road IItotals $199,660.

The PILOT fee totals$698,775.

Ten entities will be sharingin this PILOT money. InOctober, the county commis-sioners passed legislation reg-ulating the distribution offunds. They based their deci-sion based on which entitiescurrently have tax levieswithin the taxing areas wherethe wind farm is located.

Wayne Trace Local SchoolDistrict will receive by far thelargest share; their portion isto be 56.2166 percent. Thisamounts to $392,828.22 an-nually.

Benton Township, in whichthe wind farm is located, getsthe next highest amount at$68,263.99 (9.7691 percent);followed closely by the coun-ty’s general fund at$63,299.33 (9.0586 percent).

Vantage Career Center willreceive $59,203.49 (8.4725percent) and Paulding CountyBoard of DevelopmentalDisabilities gets $53,370.03(7.6377 percent).

Also receiving funds willbe Paulding County CarnegieLibrary, $26,933.25 (3.8543percent); Tri-County MentalHealth, $12,411.63 (1.7762percent); Paulding CountyHealth Department,$9,929.31 (1.4209 percent);Paulding County Hospital,

$6,329.93 (0.9059 percent)and Paulding County SeniorCenter, $6,205.82 (0.8881percent).

This distribution will be re-viewed annually.

In addition to the PILOTand service fee revenue, thewind farms are generating in-come for local landowners.Lease payments currentlytotal more than $1 million.

Attending the presentationfrom EDP were PatrickMaloy, tax director; ErinBowser, director of projectmanagement; Brian Alberts,operations manager TimberRoad Wind Farm; JohnTaylor, tax manager.

Among those attendingfrom the county wereCommissioners TonyZartman, Fred Pieper andRoy Klopfenstein; AuditorClaudia Fickel and TreasurerLou Ann Wannemacher.

Bowser traced the begin-nings of the wind farm proj-ect to early 2009. Zartmannoted that “our experiencewith EDP Renewables hasbeen extraordinary.” He de-scribed them as good corpo-rate sponsors and corporatecitizens of the county.

All agreed that PauldingCounty becoming the first al-ternative energy zone (justfive days after the governorsigned legislation) and havingone of the first wind farms in-creased the need for team-work between the county andthe company.

“We had to figure it out to-

gether, It was a team effort,”said Taylor.

“We were guinea pigs forthe state,” added Pieper. “Itworked out well.”

Bower believes Pauldingand Van Wert counties “willcontinue to be hot spots forwind energy development,”assuming state leaders don’tchange their mind on currentpolicies.

EDP has three other proj-ects in the two counties thatare “ready to go,” saidBowser. Currently the com-pany is working on marketingthe electricity to utility com-panies. No constructionschedule has been set.

“We want to be sure wehave a purchaser of the elec-tricity,” Bowser said.

Each year through 2015,utility companies will be re-quired to procure an in-creased amount of green en-ergy.

Asked about potential jobcreation from the proposedprojects, the EDP officialssaid they had more than 900people working in differentcapacities on Timber Ridge.Of those, about 69 percentwere Ohioans. Now, 11 peo-ple are employed full-time onthe wind farm.

They added that construc-tion has a big impact on localcontractors, includingproviders of fuel, concrete,stone and drainage infrastruc-ture. EDP is dedicated tosourcing locally as much aspossible.

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Entertainers set for 2013 Paulding County Fair

Relative’s cancer energizes Hull for Relay for Life leadership

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Dan Howell (left) and Tim Shafer, vice president and president of the Paulding County FairBoard, pose behind the new entrance area of the board secretary’s office on the fairgrounds.Registrations will take place here.

By JIM LANGHAMFeature Writer

PAULDING – WhenPaulding County residentStephanie Hull watched herhusband’s grandmother sufferwith brain cancer, it was veryenlightening to her concern-ing the dreaded disease. Infact, said Hull, watching the

struggle was very scary to her.At the time, Hull wished

that there would be some-thing she could do to respondto the disease, but she didn’tknow what. Then, one daywhen Relay for Life officialscame into the library, whereshe was employed at the time,it was like the answer walked

ipants. Our relay committeeworks so hard together. It isamazing to see what is com-ing from their work.”

Mapes compared the localrelay effort as a family andemphasized his appreciationfor being a part of somethingmuch bigger than himself.

The biggest reason for allof this is family,” said Mapes.“I always know that we haveto fight cancer. This is a greatway to help people that can’t

help themselves.”“It feels so good to help

these people out,” said Hull.“It gives you a sense of feel-ing like you are doing some-thing to fight cancer. I amamazed at all of the peoplehere tonight. What a changeover the years. I look back atthose early years and I am ex-cited about the way this hascaught on in our county. Itfeels good to see how thoseearly seeds have grown.”

through the door.“They had posters an-

nouncing Relay for Life. Ididn’t even know anythingabout it, but it looked like anavenue for me to help fightback against cancer,” saidHull. “I asked them if this wassomething I could do at the li-brary. I immediately got inter-ested and volunteered to getinvolved in any way.”

One way that Hull saw thatshe could immediately be-come involved was supplyingan on-site concession standfor the relay.

“I had noticed that therewere no on site fundraisersplanned,” continued Hull. “Isaid, ‘How are we going toraise money like that?’ StaceyThomas and I got busy andwithin four days we had re-ceived all kinds of food dona-tions from area businesses tosell at the concession stand. Itshowed us how the localcommunity would help if weasked them.”

Inspired by her zeal, localofficials asked Hull if shewould chair the event the nextyear.

“I accepted and it foreverchanged my life. It is such apositive thing,” Hull said.“My first year as chairman,we had three or four peopleon the committee.

“It is amazing what hap-pened. Just look at this,” saidHull, referring to Saturdaynight’s packed house of cele-brations, teams, food standsand fund-raising events at thePaulding Eagles.

These days, with the in-tense involvement of manycounty residents, Hull is con-tent to serve as co-captain ofher team, Crew for a Cure, aswell as serving as the financechairman of the local event.

One former PauldingCounty resident drives fromMichigan to the Relay forLife events each year. ScottMapes is also related to MaryMapes, who first inspiredHull’s involvement. In addi-tion, Mapes’ mother has alsobeen diagnosed with cancer.

“For a long time I traveledall over the country with myemployment,” observedMapes. “Once my schedulechanged, I wanted to com-mute back to my roots inPaulding County and get in-volved.

“This is my fifth year of in-volvement with the PauldingCounty Relay. This event hasgrown so much since the fiveyears that I’ve been here,”noted Mapes. “There are newteams, new faces, new partic-

the fair.Shafer and Howell are en-

couraging input from thecommunity as well. A sup-

port group, called Friends ofthe Fair, is being organized.People who would like tohelp out are encouraged to

participate. To get more in-formation, call Shafer at 419-769-1411 or Howell at 419-769-1379.

By DENISE GEBERSProgress Staff Writer

PAULDING – Plans are al-ready well-developed for thisyear’s Paulding County Fair.And, following last month’sOhio Fair Managers’Association annual conven-tion in Columbus, the boardhas announced entertainmentthey have contracted for boththe grandstand and BrendaThomas Senior Pavilion.

“We want to bring backmemories of the older gener-ation, and make new memo-ries for the kids,” said fairboard president Tim Shafer.

Once again, the junior fairparade and coronation will bethe first events in front of thegrandstand, on opening day,June 10. This year, however,the presentation of royaltywill be followed by ponypulls. Nearly 20 Amish teamsfrom nearby Indiana will befeatured.

“Thunder In the Night”will make a comeback onTuesday evening as all threecounty school bands will per-form. They will be joined byseveral community bands aswell.

Later that evening JamisonRoad, a “rockin’ country”band from Cincinnati, will bein concert. They will take the

stage for two hours.Harness racing rules the

night on both Wednesday andThursday. Pony races will beincluded. A Kentucky Derby-style hat parade is plannedfor Thursday evening.

The Tri-State Diesel TruckShoot-out pull is scheduledfor Friday night.

Closing the week’s eventson Saturday will be a cheer-leader exhibition in the after-noon followed by mud racesin the evening.

Pavilion entertainmentranges from the ever-popularPaulding County Idol tobands and a ventriloquist.

Morse Family GospelSingers from Findlay willpresent two shows onMonday. Ventriloquist/come-dian David Crone with I’mNo Dummy Productions ofColumbus will take the stagetwice on Tuesday.

John Curran and theRenegade Band from FortWayne will be playing onWednesday.

Returning this year will beThe Mule Skinner Band fromUrbana on Thursday eveningand the Junk Yard Band onFriday.

New on Saturday will be adouble-feature. The PauldingCounty Idol completion will

be followed by Matt Enik ofParkersburg, W.Va. Enik,who now works with Capitaland Sony records inNashville, will be presentinghis United We Stand Tourfrom 8:30-10:30 p.m.

Several of the acts werebooked at the trade show por-tion of the OFMA conferenceJan. 3-6 in Columbus.

Representing the PauldingCounty Senior Fair Board inaddition to Shafer, were DanHowell, vice president; SusieMiller, secretary; LonnieMiller, Jeff Miller, MikeMolitor, Larry Colley andEllie Townley.

The junior fair board hadan awesome turnout with 26of 30 members in attendancewith their advisors, JoanTaylor and Tony Miller, plusStaci Hiler, Paulding County4-H program assistant.

Work and information ses-sions attended by locals werevaried. Some of the topics in-cluded grant writing, adver-tising and promotion, work-ing with concession andamusement businesses,groundskeeping, recordkeeping, managing helpers,working with insurance andutility companies.

Board members broughtback lots of ideas for use at

Stephanie Hull, one of the energizers of the Paulding CountyRelay for Life, looks over some fund-raising items with ScottMapes, whose grandmother’s cancer inspired Hull’s involve-ment in the local relay.

Jillene McMichael and Amy Scheirer dressed in vintage rocktheme wear at the Relay kickoff..

RICHARD AKOM1938-2013

SCOTT – Richard H.“Doder” Akom, 74, of Scott,died at 4:40 p.m. Saturday,Feb. 2 at Vancrest HealthcareCenter, Van Wert.

WANETTA BRADFORD1915-2013

OAKWOOD - Wanetta I.Bradford, 97, of Oakwood,died at 4:20 p.m. Thursday,Jan. 31 at The Laurels of De-fiance.

She was born Aug. 26,1915 in Melrose, the daughterof Alfred and Golda (Eblin)McCullough. On Aug. 27,1932, she married Guy M.Bradford, who preceded her

in death Aug. 17, 1985.Wanetta was a homemakerand had worked at the formerDicky Manufacturing in Oak-wood. She was a member ofTwin Oaks United MethodistChurch, Oakwood and wasvery active in the UnitedMethodist Women’s Group.

She is survived by a son,Don (Faith) Bradford of Oak-wood; four grandchildren,Brian Bradford, Sheila(Scott) Kiner, Lisa Ladd andAmy (Kevin) Park; ninegreat-grandchildren; eightgreat-great-grandchildren;and two sisters, Opal Hill ofCrown Point, Ind. andBernadette Guyton of Defi-ance.

She was also preceded indeath by a son, Alfred Brad-ford; a granddaughter, Jen-nifer Bradford; agrandson-in-law, Dale Ladd;a great-grandson, DarrienHurtt; and a sister, Othal Mc-Cullough.

Funeral services were heldMonday, Feb. 4 at HeitmeyerFuneral Home, Oakwood,with Pastor Eric Dailey offi-ciating. Burial was in LittleAuglaize Cemetery, Oak-wood.

Memorials can be made toa charity of the donor’schoice.

Condolences may be ex-pressed at www.heitmeyerfu-neralhome.com.

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Obituaries Updated weekdays at www.progressnewspaper.org The Amish CookBy: Lovina Eicher

The other pony is namedRoxy and she is mine now.Mose’s Dad gave her to me.She did have some trainingbefore, but is still reallyrowdy. I need to keep work-ing with her, but she makesme laugh at how stubborn shecan get.

This is Friday morning andI had a very nice birthdayyesterday. Dad and Momwent to the funeral of Dad’scousins wife. She lost her bat-tle with cancer. How sad forthe family.

I stayed home and foldedlaundry, washed dishes, andcleaned up the house. Around2:30 Mose came and took mealong to town. He had mepick out what I wanted for mybirthday. I picked out a niceoffice chair, which I will havein my bedroom by my desk. Iwill use it a lot.

I also picked out an“around the house toolkit”.Now, I’ll have my own set ofsmall tools if I need to fix orhang something up. Mosebought me a Dairy Queen icecream cake and brought pizzahome for the whole family forsupper.

Mom and Dad had returnedfrom the funeral by then. Itwas a treat for everyone.

Since we didn’t have tomake supper, we had time tofinish the 750 piece puzzlewhich we started on Sundayafternoon. It is oval shapedand has deer on it.

We got the puzzle from areader last Christmas. It wasfun to put it together. Momwants to do it together, be-

Hi, I am Susan and I de-cided to write for Mom thisweek. My 17th birthday is to-morrow, Jan. 24, so my treatto Mom is to write the col-umn for her.

I made monster cookiesyesterday. I wanted to havesome to treat everyone for mybirthday. I am here at mybabysitting job. I broughtsome cookies for them too.The children really like thecookies. I think monstercookies are a treat for thechildren especially since theyhave M & Ms in them. Today, I have only the twinshere. They are two years oldand the girl’s name isMcKenzie and the boy’sname is Cole. On Mondayand Friday, I also have theirfour-year-old brother, Hunter,to babysit for. Hunter makes me laugh.When nap time comes he canreally talk, thinking I will for-get about his nap. They keepme busy, but are a joy to bearound. They are all verycute.

McKenzie and Cole arecoloring in their books whileI am writing. They think I amcoloring too, because theywanted to color when theysaw me writing.

It has been a very coldweek so far. I don’t drive theponies when it is this cold. Ihave two more ponies totrain. Sunny belongs to myboyfriend, Mose’s, sister’sfamily. They want me to trainher for their little boys. He isa miniature pony and is doingwell with the training so far.

cause my brothers want ithung in their bedroom.

Mose has two new niecesthat were born five daysapart. Last Friday evening Iwent with Mose and his fam-ily to meet his sister, Polly’snew baby girl, DelilahLouise. She is so sweet.

Tonight I am planning togo with Mose to see his sisterHannah’s baby girl, AlissaFern. Mose has twenty one niecesand nephews and he has sixbrothers and six sisters.

I will share the recipe Iused for the monster cookies.

MONSTER COOKIES2 sticks butter1 cup white sugar1 cup brown sugar3 eggs1/2 teaspoon vanilla1/2 teaspoon corn syrup(clear)2 teaspoons baking soda1 1/2 cups peanut butter4 1/2 cups oatmeal2 cups chocolate chips2 cups M&Ms plain

Cream butter, and sugars(white & brown), add eggsone at a time, vanilla, cornsyrup, baking soda andpeanut butter. Mix well untilsmooth. Add oatmeal and mixwell. Scrape side of bowl andadd chocolate chips. Mix, addM&Ms and mix again.

Drop batter by tablespoon onungreased cookie sheets. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake 10-12 minutes and the edges aregolden brown. Let cool oncookie sheets about three min-utes before removing to cool-ing racks. Makes over 4 dozen.

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went from opressed to over-comer.” Learn how to follow inhis footsteps at an Over Comers Conference with Dr. BlakeNeff, a lecturer in communications at Indiana Weslyan Uni-versity. The conference is being hosted by The CountrysideChapel and their pastor, Wayne Karges. The datesand times forthe conference are 10:30 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, Feb.10 and 17.

A free participant’s guide will be available at the conference.Countryside Chapel is located west of Convoy on ConvoyRoad at the intersection of Convoy Road and Menzer ChurchRoad.

“Church Corner” listings are free. If your church is havingany special services or programs, please call the PauldingCounty Progress at 419-399-4015 or email us your informa-tion at progress@progressnewspaper.org

HOMESPUN

By JIM LANGHAM

‘Personal touch’now requires keypad

transmission began to race andto my chagrin, would only re-spond to “reverse.”

Thanks to a motor club card,I was towed 15 miles to a serv-ice center that agreed to searchand replace the transmission if Icould come up with cash neces-sary to replace it. In our youngmarriage, I didn’t have anycredit cards and we were cer-tainly traveling home with farless cash than necessary to re-place a transmission.

Bewildered, I did the onlything I could do. I called myparents in Berne, Ind., for ad-vice on how I could be rescuedfrom what seemed like a hope-less situation at the time.

Immediately, the personaltouch of small town assistancekicked in. Thankfully, there wasa Western Union office locatedright next to the repair service.It was 7 p.m. and our local bankin Berne had been closed fortwo hours, but my parents knewthe banker. They called him andhe opened the bank to make itpossible for them to retrieve theneeded cash and immediatelysend it to the Western Union Of-fice.

Thanks to that favor on hispart outside of office hours, wewere rescued, the transmissionwas replaced late that night andthe next morning we were onour way home.

Aside from that, I think of thelittle personal touches availablein the world I was raised, how Iwould receive letters fromchurch camp friends as a childmailed to, “Jimmy Langham,

If there is anything that re-minds me of my age these days,it is the sense of an “impersonalworld” created by technologyand the structure that accompa-nies all of the services availablethese days in the world aroundme.

Recently on a Saturdaymorning, I had a simple ques-tion about whether or not an of-fice was open on the weekendin an area business.

I dialed the main number, atwhich time I was given 10 op-tions to call in order to receivethe answer to my question. Inaddition, number 10 gave eightother options if needed, all ofwhich produced recordings thatweren’t even close to the an-swer I needed.

Finally, somehow, my at-tempts actually reached a “reallive person” who transferred meto another office that was sup-posed to be able to answer myoriginal question. The recep-tionist in that office, however,told me I had been given thewrong extension so she trans-ferred me to another personwho told me what number todial to get my answer.

“At last,” I thought, until thatnumber actually turned out to bethe original “live person.” Thistime, she decided to “try some-thing else” to get me to the of-fice I was inquiring about. Atthis point, the search had beengoing on for over 20 minutes.

This time, the extension wascorrect. I received a recordingthat put me on hold for “fewminutes” only to finally be toldthat the office would be closingin two minutes, the computershad already been shut down andI would have to call back onMonday to receive the answerto my question.

What a contrast to a time ear-lier in my life when Joyce and Iand 3-month-old Julie weretraveling along Interstate 80 inPennsylvania after visiting rela-tives in New Jersey. On a hotJuly afternoon, we had stoppedfor some snacks. When I tried todrive away from the station, my

Geneva, Ind.” Nothing else wasrequired and the simple-ad-dressed envelope was deliveredto our home.

Of course, there were disad-vantages to such a simpleworld, such as the party linetelephone. Those of us from theera can still remember askingthe person we called whether ornot they had seen Bob and hav-ing six people listening on theline respond by saying, “I sawhim at the grocery store a halfhour ago.”‘

But it was admittedly nice topay bills directly at a local busi-ness where we were “Harold,Elnora or Jim,” rather than a 12-digit number.

A few months ago, I was re-minded once again that suchtimes are as many decades be-hind me as my age. I had forgot-ten to mail in a bill at a certaintime so I decided to take advan-tage of the 800 number given onthe billing slip to pay by phone.

For the novelty of it, I had de-cided to keep track of the num-bers I would be told to punchinto my cell phone before suc-cessful payment would be ac-knowledged. There was theoriginal 10-digit number of myphone, the numerical responsesto several questions, my SocialSecurity number (for securitypurposes), and the amount Iwanted to pay. Then I waited forthe billing number in acknowl-edgment of my payment.

From payment to comple-tion, there had been 67 numbersinvolved in a transaction thatonce involved a nice chat and acup of coffee at the small busi-ness where we paid ourmonthly bill.

While I know maintaining apersonal touch in a world that isexploding in population is nextto impossible, I still prefer to beknown as Jim rather thanIY3750482TT438. Hopefullythe day will never come whenthe heading on this columnchanges from “Homespun byJim Langham” to “Columnnumber 3826284029-RY3-1119.”

Small businessclasses offered

PAULDING – Are you ex-ploring the possibilities of start-ing, buying or expanding abusiness? Discover what it takesin “Small Business Basics” pre-sented by Northwest SmallBusiness Development Center.

Free two-hour classes are of-fered that will answer the nec-essary questions about buying,starting or expanding a smallbusiness.

The next class will be heldfrom 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Feb.19. Classes in Paulding Countyare held at the Paulding CountyEconomic Development Office,101 E. Perry St., Paulding.

The material covered will in-clude name registration, licens-ing, taxes, zoning, businessentities, employees, insurance,financing and business plan-ning.

Registration is required. Formore information and reserva-tions please call 419-782-6270or email nwsbdc@defiance-county.com.

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County Court

Weather report weekly summary as recorded at Paulding Village’s water treat-ment plant

Observations recorded for the 24 hours ending at 7:30 a.m. on the morning of:

PRECIPITATION24-HOUR AMOUNTS Snow/Ice on

DATE HIGH LOW Rain-Melted snow Snow-Ice the ground

Jan. 29 50 38 0.02” -0- -0-Jan. 30 62 48 0.35” -0- -0-Jan. 31 53 20 0.18” 0.2” -0-Feb. 1 25 7 -0- -0- -0-Feb. 2 17 6 0.02” 0.6” 1”Feb. 3 24 12 0.04” 0.8” 2”Feb. 4 20 11 0.01” 0.2” 1”

Tim Copsey (left) was the speaker at the Paulding KiwanisClub. Copsey, of Antwerp, told about how he became a umpireand referee. He then became interested in providing things forthe younger people in his community. He now has soccer forjunior high students and has formed basketball leagues. Theynow have 16 teams partisipating. Not only do the students profitfrom the activity, the village does also, with the number of peoplevisiting there. Jason Landers was program chairman.

For the Record

Police Report

FORUM Reader’s OpinionExpress your opinion The Paulding County Progress providesa public forum through “FORUM ReaderOpinion” Letters to the Editor for area res-idents to express their opinions and ex-change ideas on any topic of publicinterest. All letters submitted are subject to thePublisher’s approval, and MUST include anoriginal signature and daytime telephonenumber for verification. We won’t print un-signed letters. Letters should be brief and concise.Letters must also conform to libel law andbe in good taste. Please limit letters to nomore than 500 words. We reserve the rightto edit and to correct grammatical errors.We also reserve the right to verify state-ments or facts presented in the letters. The opinions stated are those of thewriter, and do not necessarily reflect thatof the newspaper. Where to write: Letters to the Editor,Paulding County Progress, P.O. Box 180,Paulding OH 45879; or drop them off atthe office, 113 S. Williams St. The deadlineis noon Thursday the week prior to publi-cation.

It’s time tospeak up on jailDear Editor,

I understand there is an in-terested party wanting topurchase the old PauldingCounty Jail, not only to pre-serve it as the historicallandmark it is, but to also re-store it and make it their per-sonal business office.

I am concerned becausethe Paulding County com-missioners have the option

of rejecting any and all bidsfor any reason. If the bidsare rejected, for whateverreason, the jail will immedi-ately fall under the wreckingball before the public has theopportunity to draw up a pe-tition to stop this.

If the old jail goes down, apiece of Paulding CountyPride, Paulding County his-tory will be lost forever.

Is this what you want tohappen, Paulding Countycitizens? Now is the time tospeak up and stop this injus-tice. Let our PauldingCounty commissionersknow how you feel.

Jane Stouffer, directorJohn Paulding Historical

Society

Jail: turn liabilityinto an assetDear Editor,

I had read where thecounty was faced with a lia-bility in the old jail and weregoing to have to spend tax-payer money to tear it down.My suggestion was to turn itinto a taxpayer asset by put-ting it up for auction. Some-one buys it and thetown/county has the cashfrom the sale and should it

be torn down in the future, isno longer the county’s re-sponsibility.

A similar situation hap-pened in the county seattown here, which is aboutthe size of Paulding. Thebuyer turned it into a restau-rant, called “The Jailbird.”People that eat there can ac-tually sit inside a jail cell toeat which leaves somewhatof a privacy which peoplelike. There are other tablesaside from the cells butthose are favorites. There-fore, the county makes evenmore money with the busi-ness it generates.

If the county auctions itoff, trust me, someone willbuy it and a liability has nowbecome an asset to taxpay-ers, possibly in more waysthan one.

Mike LemonsCandor, N.Y.

Study all avenuesbefore demolitionDear Editor:

I read with interest the re-cent news about the demoli-tion of the jail. I am againstthis until all avenues havebeen studied and then foundthat the only option left

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Annual 2012 Year EndFinancial Report is completefor the Village of Cecil and isavailable for review by con-tacting the Clerk Treasurer at419-399-0520 or by attendingthe Village Council Meetingon the 3rd Monday of eachmonth at 7pm In the Fire-house Community Room.Carlene A. Turner Clerk Treasurer Village of Cecil

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PUBLIC NOTICE

The Village of Cecil has a 1% Mu-nicipal Income Tax on earned in-come and/or lottery winnings. Taxforms must be filed with The Re-gional Income Tax Agency P.O.Box 477900 Broadview Heights,Ohio 44147 or online athttp://www.ritaohio.com/ Taxforms are also available at the CecilPost office or by contacting CarleneTurner, Clerk at 419-399-0520.Carlene A. Turner Clerk Treasurer Village of Cecil

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would be to demolish thejail.

I understand that there is agentleman who is interestedin purchasing the building.At this point in time, I feelhe should be given every op-portunity.

Why would we even con-sider demolishing a part ofour great history of PauldingCounty? What do we haveleft that pertains to our his-tory? We lost the opportu-nity of the only round barnin last year’s storm. Not tospeak of the Hotel Barnes.

The jail is such a magnifi-cent building and I can seewhere it could be a touristattraction for those peoplewho are history buffs. I donot see it as a danger to thecommunity.

If the sale is completed, Ican foresee money cominginto our town and possiblyeven future businesses whowould want to take a part ofthis renovation.

Please consider this verycarefully. Every time welose a piece of PauldingCounty history we lose apart of our legacy given tous by our parents and grand-parents.

Eileen KochenspargerPaulding

CONCLUDED CASESCivil Dockets:

Capital One Bank (USA) N.A.,Columbus vs. Michael Schlegel,Paulding. Money only, satisfied.

HSBC Bank Nevada N.A., LasVegas vs. Michael Holmes, Payne.Money only, satisfied.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiancevs. Walter Mansfield, Melrose.Small claims, judgment for theplaintiff in the sum of $555.04.

Michael Stahl, Auburn, Ind. andTracey Stahl, Auburn, Ind. vs.Pamela Echols, Paulding andJoseph Nicelley, Paulding. Evic-tions, dismissed.

Capital One Bank (USA) N.A.,Columbus vs. Joel L. Wiechart,Antwerp. Other action, satisfied.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiancevs. Todd M. McDaniel, Paulding.Small claims, judgment for theplaintiff in the sum of $1,294.65.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiancevs. Ricky A. Girod, Grover Hill.Small claims, judgment for theplaintiff in the sum of $1,154.97.

Snow & Sauerteig LLP, FortWayne vs. Tony L. Green, Antwerp.Small claims, satisfied.

ESC, Defiance Hospital ERPhysicians, Newport, Ky. vs. CodyGoings, Oakwood. Other action,judgment for the plaintiff in the sumof $577.08.

Lutheran Hospital, Cincinnati vs.Norma Jo Molitor, Paulding. Otheraction, dismissed.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiancevs. Adam E. Wood, Paulding andAmber D. Wood, Sherwood. Smallclaims, judgment in the sum of$703.73 against Adam; Ambercould not be served.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiancevs. Angel Halliwill, Oakwood andSean Martinez, Oakwood. Smallclaims, judgment for the plaintiff inthe sum of $1,326.51 against Halli-will; Martinez could not be served.Criminal Dockets:

Ronny L. Meyer, Defiance, disor-derly conduct with persistence;

$150 fine, $95 costs, one day jail;no contact with victim, probationordered, submit to evaluation andcounseling at Westwood BehavioralCenter.

James M. Cooper, Oakwood,theft; $100 fine, $95 costs, pay resti-tution, two days jail; no contact withvictim, 20 hours community serv-ice, 178 days jail reserved for twoyears.

Heather S. Replogle, Defiance,disorderly conduct; $150 fine, $95costs, pay all by Feb. 28 or appearin court.

Carl R. Elston, Payne, domesticviolence; $200 fine, $95 costs, oneday jail; provide proof program in-cludes domestic violence or angermanagement, repay court appointedcounsel fees.

Joseph L. Wiswell, Paulding, dis-orderly conduct; $200 fine, $95costs; no unlawful contact with vic-tims, reimburse cost of appointedcounsel.

Cora E. Evans, Paulding, disor-derly conduct; $150 fine, $95 costs;no contact with victim, repay courtappointed counsel, submit to evalu-ation at Westwood.

Jessica M. Manson, Paulding, badchecks; $100 fine, $87 costs, 180days jail suspended; make restitu-tion, probation ordered.

Derek M. Showalter, Paulding,felonious assault; matter transferredto docket of Common Pleas Courtfollowing a preliminary hearing.

Corey J. Davis, Paulding, assault;$100 fine, $95 costs, 15 days jail;submit to an evaluation at West-wood, no contact with victim, 60hours community service, submit toa mental health/anger managementevaluation, complete “Thinking fora Change” program, pay for stay.

Brittany L. Churpurdy, Paulding,trespassing; $147 costs, 11 days jail;no contact with victim or victim’sresidence, 19 days jail reserved fortwo years.

Jason L. Mobley, Paulding, crim-inal trespass; dismissed by State.

Jason L. Mobley, Paulding, theft;$200 fine, $95 costs, 10 days jail;standard probation, no contact withvictim, his family or property; com-plete “Thinking for a Change” pro-gram, 40 hours community service,170 days jail reserved for two years.Traffic Dockets:

Jacob Douglas Sholl, Defiance,driving under suspension; $250 fine,$120 costs, pay $50 monthly, pay allby June 12 or appear in court; com-munity control ordered, secure avalid driver’s license, 10 hours com-munity service, 180 days jail re-served.

Jacob Douglas Sholl, Defiance,seat belt; dismissed at State’s re-quest.

Wayne Robert Riemens, Fingal,Ont., 66/55 speed; $33 fine, $77costs.

Eric Lavallee, Joliette, Que.,65/55 speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Glenn P. Alford, Toledo, 77/65speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Joel B. Weyrauch, Indianapolis,79/65 speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Tonya L. Meyer, Paulding, seatbelt; $30 fine, $47 costs.

Dale I. Smith, Willard, 68/55speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Kenneth L. Shininger, Defiance,stop sign; $53 fine, $77 costs.

Dianne L. Cooper, Oakwood,65/55 speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Dee A. Fetter, Wauseon, 71/55speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.

Joaquin Marcos Estrada, Pauld-ing, driving without a license; $117costs, 180 days jail.

Joaquin Marcos Estrada, Pauld-ing, turn signals; dismissed atState’s request.

Joaquin Marcos Estrada, Pauld-ing, seat belt; dismissed at State’srequest.

Marcia Jean Yockey, Dearborn,Mich., 75/65 speed; $33 fine, $82costs.

Mohamed Mansour, Dearborn,Mich., $43 fine, $80 costs.

Scotty G. Margoline, Belcamp,Md., 66/55 speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.

Zachariah Carl Gerhardt,Hicksville, seat belt; $30 fine, $50costs.

Molly E. Spieles, Van Wert, 75/55speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.

Michael K. Loop, Defiance, 70/55speed; $63 fine, $77 costs, pay all byMarch 13 or appear.

Shayne M. Wobler, Fort Wayne,79/65 speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.

Kelsey J. Hinchcliff, Convoy, fail-ure to control; $68 fine, $77 costs.

Colin T. Barnhiser, Fayette, failureto control; $68 fine, $77 costs.

Keith B. Brannon Jr., Defiance,84/65 speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.

David L. Dangler, Cloverdale,67/55 speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.

Bradley D. Draper, Marysville,Mich., 82/65 speed; $43 fine, $80costs.

Shurae E. Thomas, Paulding, 71/55speed; $63 fine, $77 costs.

Robert S. Reynolds, Delphos, seatbelt; $30 fine, $47 costs.

Kori R. Stoller, Haviland, 65/55speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Michael V. Schlueter, Paulding,seat belt; $30 fine, $47 costs.

Farhad Jafarpoor, Charlotte, N.C.,79/65 speed; $100 fine, $95 costs.

Eric J. Hudson, Van Wert,O.V.I./under influence; $375 fine,$145 costs, pay $25 monthly, pay allby June 12 or appear, three days jail,six-month license suspension; may at-tend DIP program in lieu of jail, com-munity control ordered, 20 hourscommunity service, drug and alcoholrestrictions, 177 days jail reserved.

Eric J. Hudson, Van Wert, failure tocontrol; dismissed at State’s request.

Eric J. Hudson, Van Wert, seat belt;dismissed at State’s request.

Robert Wayne Butt, Woodhaven,Mich., 65/55 speed; $33 fine, $95costs.

Dustin M. Bowers, Indianapolis,driving without a license; $200 fine,$87 costs, pay all by March 13 or ap-pear.

Dustin M. Bowers, Indianapolis,84/65 speed; $50 fine, pay by March13 or appear.

Mathew M. Swirles, Fayette, seatbelt; $30 fine, $50 costs.

Brian M. Baker, Clayton, Ind.,65/55 speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Peter Mortimore, Cincinnati, seatbelt; $30 fine, $50 costs.

Dane S. Hahn, Mark Center, failureto control; $68 fine, $77 costs.

Tess N. VanVlerah, Defiance, 70/55speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.

Josephine Salinas, Defiance, seatbelt; $30 fine, $47 costs.

Phillip W. Sherry, Oakwood, stopsign; $53 fine, $77 costs.

Leroy Allen King, Payne, failure tocontrol; $68 fine, $77 costs.

Kristy L. Adams, Oakwood, 65/55speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Gary Mason Jr., Oakwood, seatbelt; $30 fine, $47 costs.

Denise Ruth Schmersal, Continen-tal, seat belt; $30 fine, $50 costs.

Rebecca A. Singer, Sherwood,66/55 speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Darryl S. Ward, Detroit, drivingunder suspension; $200 fine, $87costs, taken from bond.

Darryl S. Ward, Detroit, 85/65speed; $50 fine, taken from bond.

Alex M. Mason, Defiance, FR sus-pension; $150 fine, $87 costs.

Ronald Lee Uptegraft III, Manton,Mich., 67/55 speed; $33 fine, $77costs.

Melinda J. Baxter, Lambertville,Mich., 78/65 speed; $33 fine, $77costs.

Scot R. Elwood, Hicksville, 69/55speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Kevin J. Manz, Paulding, 68/55speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Justin P. Trumbo, Happy Valley,Ore., 78/65 speed; $33 fine, $77costs.

Kent J. Jacob, Lima, 68/55 speed;$33 fine, $77 costs.

David W. Ziegler, Paulding, seatbelt; $30 fine, $47 costs.

Lech Dabrowski, Oakville, Ont.,seat belt; $30 fine, $47 costs.

Brent A. Fishbaugh, Paulding,stop sign; $53 fine, $77 costs.

Brent A. Brotherwood, Convoy,seat belt; $30 fine, $47 costs.

ACCIDENT REPORTSNone.

INCIDENT REPORTSWednesday, Jan. 23

1 p.m. Property damage onWest Jackson Street was in-vestigated with a report sentto the prosecutor’s office.Thursday, Jan. 24

1 p.m. Children were re-portedly left alone in an un-locked running car of a NorthWilliams Street business. Areport was sent to Job andFamily Services.Friday, Jan. 25

8:15 p.m. An anonymouscaller reported alleged illegalactivity and possible child en-dangerment at a West WayneStreet location. Case is underinvestigation.Saturday, Jan. 26

1:06 a.m. A North WilliamsStreet business reported asuspicious subject. When of-ficers arrived the person wasgone, but the case continuesto be under investigation.

10:08 a.m. A Main Streetbusiness called officers for anirate customer who was gonewhen they arrived. Attemptsto locate him were fruitless.

12:50 p.m. Theft of a GPSfrom a vehicle parked at aNorth Williams Street busi-ness was investigated.

1:40 p.m. Theft of medica-tion from a North WalnutStreet home was looked into.

9:29 p.m. Alex Mason wascited for driving under sus-pension.

9:59 p.m. Officers weretold of a suspicious vehicleparking for short periods oftime in various locationsaround West Jackson Street.Sunday, Jan. 27

6:44 a.m. Officers assistedthe sheriff’s department bylocating a vehicle in thePaulding Hospital parkingarea.

10:12 a.m. A dog was re-ported barking on West Jack-son Street.

12:58 p.m. A call fromBryan Community Hospitalabout possible child abusewas forwarded to Job andFamily Services.

1:40 p.m. Officers went tothe scene of a vehicle fire atthe intersection of NorthDrive and Walnut Street.

4:57 p.m. A backingmishap in the parking lot ofan East Perry Street businesswas documented.Monday, Jan. 28

7:29 p.m. Alleged theftfrom a West Perry Streetbusiness was investigated.Case is under investigation.Tuesday, Jan. 29

4 p.m. Theft of checksfrom North Walnut Street wasreported.

6:45 p.m. A West PerryStreet resident told police ofa situation they had beenalerted to by the school. A re-port was sent to Job and Fam-ily Services.

7:19 p.m. Harassing calls

were reported from WestPerry Street.

7:38 p.m. Officers werecalled for an assault com-plaint on East Perry Street.

9:52 a.m. Statements weretaken following a fight/assaultcomplaint on Kay Street.Wednesday, Jan. 30

2:10 p.m. Officers were un-able to locate a suspicious sub-ject near Water and Carolinestreets.

4:30 p.m. A female wastaken to Paulding County Jailafter officers assisted the adultprobation office with a call.

6:15 p.m. An out-of-countysubject contacted police con-cerning a Facebook post by alocal resident.

10:48 p.m. Break-in com-plaint from South Cherry Streetwas unfounded.

The Progress ...is Paulding County’snewspaper of record.

Secretary of State appointsSierer to election board

COLUMBUS – Secretary of State Jon Husted has appointedRoger Sierer as a member of the Paulding County Board ofElections. Sierer will complete the unexpired term of RonFarnsworth.

Sierer was recommended by the Paulding County Demo-cratic Executive Committee.

State law requires bipartisan representation on each ofOhio’s 88 county boards of elections. Each board is made upof two Republican members and two Democratic members, allof whom must be qualified electors in the counties for whichthey serve. The Secretary of State makes appointments toboards of elections based on the recommendations of the ex-ecutive committees of the respective county political parties.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Paulding County Progress - 5A

Sheriff’s Report

Property Transfers

Common Pleas

In My Opinion

Cabin feverAfter these past few months of cold, I’m getting some seri-

ous cabin fever now! I am anxiously looking forward to thebeautiful spring flowers and the warm summer sun. With thelong winter days almost coming to an end, I anticipate someof my favorite activities to be had in the more mild seasons.And much to my happiness, most activities can be done withlittle or no money!

In the winter, you can goout and sled, build a snow-man, and spend many hoursshoveling snow. And sure,for the most part, this can bedone without a hefty cost.But, if you are like me, youdon’t really like to bechilled to the bone. I would much rather stay in, wear mywarm and cozy fleece pants, and sip a hot chocolate.

What makes the spring and summer so wonderful are allthe cost effective and enjoyable things that can be done.Some of my favorite things to do on a warm day are rathersimple, really. I find it is so nice sometimes just to take along walk and take in all the sights and sounds around. Thesmell of freshly mown grass, the sounds of birds chirping,the children playing baseball, all wonderful to the soul. I alsolove picnics. It’s so fun to come up with tasty finger foods toenjoy while sitting on the grass or a park bench. Swimming is another refreshing and fun thing to do. Poolsare nice, but there was a time when I lived in a house with itsvery own pond. There was nothing like floating on a raft inthe middle of the water with a good book, an ice cold drink,and not a worry in the world. Water and warm weather gohand in hand, and for good reason. If the sun is too smolder-ing, you can just dive in and cool off. And if you want to dryoff, there is no better way than under the hot sun, and as anadded bonus, you can get a nice summer glow.

After all these months sitting in the house bored, I havefantasized almost daily of the nice weather coming our way.The irony is, about mid-July, I’m already complaining of thehumidity and the heat. Seems like I can’t win! But right now,I’m going to keep daydreaming of lazy summer days andtranquil spring nights and know that it won’t be long until Iam enjoying them again!

Amber McManus is a correspondent for the PauldingCounty Progress.

The opinions stated are those of the writer, and do not nec-essarily reflect that of the newspaper.

ACCIDENT REPORTS:Friday, Jan. 25

12:34 p.m. Donnie C. Baldwin, 73, ofOakwood was cited for failure to controlafter a single-vehicle accident on Road179 north of Road 166 in AuglaizeTownship. Reports say he was travelingnorth when he lost control of his 2000Dodge Dakota on the snowy road. Thevehicle slid off the left into a ditch andsome trees. The vehicle was towed. Hewas not injured.

9:30 p.m. Lisa A. Bermejo, 47, ofPaulding was cited for failure to controlfollowing a single-vehicle accident onRoad 71 in Paulding Township. Reportssay she was driving south in a 2002Chevy Tahoe when it veered off theright, she overcorrected and it went offthe left striking a power pole. Damage tothe vehicle was functional. She was nothurt.Monday, Jan. 28

2:57 p.m. No injuries or citations werereported after a two-vehicle crash onRoad 143 in Emerald Township. FallieShelton, 59, of Haviland was drivingnorth and John H. Duerk, 65, of Defi-ance was behind her in a 1999 DodgeNeon. Reports say he attempted to passher 2003 Chevy Silverado at the sametime she began a left turn into a drive-way. The vehicles collided and went offthe west side of the road into a tree. Bothvehicles were disabled and towed fromthe scene. Paulding EMS assisted at thescene as did a Paulding fire unit. Theywere there less than 25 minutes. INCIDENT REPORTS:Thursday, Jan. 24

3:20 p.m. Deputies handled an acci-dent on US 127 south of Ohio 637 inPaulding Township where a semi kickedup debris that struck another vehicle.

4:46 p.m. Deputies assisted anotherdepartment by contacting a subject onRoad 124 in Paulding Township about arecovered gun.

7:05 p.m. St. Rita’s in Lima calledwith information for deputies.

7:09 p.m. Antwerp EMS was calledfor a subject hurt in a motor vehicle ac-cident at the intersection of Roads 43 and424 in Carryall Township. Two Antwerpfire units assisted at the scene for nearlytwo hours. Further information was notavailable.

8:13 p.m. A hit-skip accident in theWayne Trace High School parking lotwas investigated. The struck vehicle hadto be towed.

Friday, Jan. 258:12 p.m. Tire flattened by a road re-

flector on US 127 in Jackson Townshipwas documented.

12:59 p.m. Two deputies responded toa domestic call in Grover Hill. Theywere on the scene about 40 minutes.

4:58 p.m. A Latty Village resident tolddeputies a subject claiming to be fromAEP was wanting account informationand signatures. AEP said they did nothave anyone going door-to-door.

11:08 p.m. A car/deer collision onRoad 177 south of Melrose was docu-mented.Saturday, Jan. 26

12:20 p.m. Telephone harassment wasthe complaint from Road 111 in JacksonTownship.

1:09 p.m. Deputies assisted Van WertCounty Sheriff’s office by delivering amessage to Road 137 about a vehicleabandoned in their county.

6:51 p.m. A pickup/deer accident washandled on Ohio 66 south of Road 207in Washington Township.

8:55 p.m. Domestic complaint washandled on Ohio 637 in Jackson Town-ship.Sunday, Jan. 27

1:18 a.m. A deputy reported a truck onthe mud portion of Road 98 at Road 95in Paulding Township.

12:25 p.m. Bryan Hospital reportedpossible child abuse in the county.

1 p.m. Theft was investigated on Road111 in Jackson Township.

5:28 p.m. Benton Clements came tothe office to turn himself in.

6:16 p.m. Three stray dogs were re-ported running in Grover Hill.Monday, Jan. 28

1:32 a.m. Deputies assisted DefianceCounty Sheriff’s office by delivering amessage in Antwerp.

2:08 a.m. A resident along Ohio 637told deputies they thought someone wasin their barn.

7:28 a.m. Deputies were called to aslide-off accident on Road 424 at Road61 where a vehicle got stuck on aguardrail.

9:41 p.m. Damage to a yard wheresomeone drove through was investigatedalong with Ohio 111 in Emerald Town-ship.

1:33 p.m. Harassing calls were inves-tigated in Paulding Village.

4:56 p.m. An Emerald Township resi-dent of Road 8 told deputies his twodogs were stolen.

5 p.m. Possible scam by mail was re-ported by a Blue Creek Township resi-dent of Road 87.

5:01 p.m. Neighbor problems at aschool bus stop was called in from Mel-rose.

6:41 p.m. Deputies handled a mishapon Road 151 where a vehicle struck de-bris in the road.Tuesday, Jan. 29

6:43 a.m. A Lucas County residentwas arrested.

9:05 a.m. A Haviland business re-ported being broken into over the week-end.

10:41 a.m. Paulding EMS made a runfrom an accident on Ohio 637 inAuglaize Township while a local fireunit assisted for less than 30 minutes. Nofurther information was available.

2:05 p.m. Deputies assisted DefianceCounty Sheriff’s office by delivering amessage to Road 1036 in AuglaizeTownship.

2:06 p.m. Items were reported missingfrom a garage on Road 163 in AuglaizeTownship.

2:59 p.m. An Antwerp business re-ported a multiple sale of firearms.

3:33 p.m. Two deputies provided as-sistance to the Defiance County Sheriff’soffice.

3:34 p.m. Theft from a location onRoad 139 in Emerald Township was in-vestigated.

7:30 p.m. Telephone harassment wasthe complaint from Grover Hill.

7:40 p.m. A deputy assisted Pauldingpolice with an assault complaint.

8:39 p.m. Property damage along US127 in Crane Township was called in.

10:17 p.m. Three Cecil/ Crane fireunits and the Paulding EMS assisted atthe scene of an accident on US 24 wherea driver went the wrong way and strucka semi. They were on the scene over 10minutes.Wednesday, Jan. 30

9:57 p.m. Deputies arrested ShanePease on a warrant.

11:13 p.m. Four deputies assistedPaulding police with a call on SouthCherry Street for less than five minutes.Thursday, Jan. 31

12:30 a.m. Three Scott fire units andthe EMS responded to a chimney fire inHaviland. They were there less than 20minutes.

10:58 a.m. Break-in of a barn on Road111 in Auglaize Township was investi-gated.

PUBLIC NOTICEHOSPITAL BOARD APPLICATIONS

Applications will be accepted at the PauldingCounty Commissioners’ Office, 115 North WilliamsStreet, Suite B-1, Courthouse, Paulding, Ohio, until4:30 p.m. on Friday, February 15, 2013, for two po-sitions for six year terms as Paulding County Hos-pital Trustee expiring March 1, 2019. Please pickup an application at the Commissioners’ Office forthese positions between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Previous ap-plicants must reapply. Ohio Revised Code Section§339.02 determines that the applicant for theseterms must be a Democrat, Republican, or Inde-pendent.

Nola Ginter, Clerk by Order

Board of CommissionersPaulding, Ohio

Tony Zartman, Fred Pieper, and Roy Klopfenstein23c2

In MyOpinion

Amber McManus

The term “et al.” refers to and others;“et vir.,” and husband; “et ux.,” andwife.Auglaize Township

Donald R. and Arleta J.Hammon to Donald R. and Ar-leta J. Hammon Life Estate, etal.; Sec. 20, 1.081 acres; Sec.20, Lots 9 and 10, Noneman’sAuglaize Allotment, 0.429acre. Warranty deed.Benton Township

Audrey L. Moore, dec. toChad R. Moore; Sec. 16, 8.168acres. Affidavit.Brown Township

Dorothy J. Dietrich to KeithE. and Pamela J. Myers; Sec. 8,5.005 acres. Warranty deed.

Dorothy J. Dietrich to ColeD. and Andrea S. Pease; Sec. 8,74.307 acres. Warranty deed.Carryall Township

Max A. Smith, dec. to HopeE. Smith, trustee; Sec. 32,38.54 acres. Certificate oftransfer.

Hope E. Smith, undivided1/2 interest to Hope E. SmithLife Estate, et al.; Sec. 32,

38.54 acres. Quit claim.Harrison Township

Max A. Smith, dec. to HopeE. Smith, trustee; Sec. 5,107.535 acres. Certificate oftransfer.

Hope E. Smith, undivided1/2 interest to Hope E. SmithLife Estate, et al.; Sec. 5,107.535 acres. Certificate oftransfer.Antwerp Village

Max A. Smith, dec. to HopeE. Smith; part Lots 14 and 15,Block C, 0.305 acre. Certificateof transfer.

Max A. Smith, dec. to HopeE. Smith; Lot 6, Block A, 0.074acre and Lot 5, Daggett’sFourth Addition, 0.034 acre.Affidavit.

Hope E. Smith to Hope E.Smith Life Estate, et al.; partLots 14 and 15, Block C, 0.305acre; Lot 6, Block A and Lot 5,Daggett’s Fourth Addition, un-divided 1/2 interest, 0.034 acre.Quit claim.Grover Hill Village

Donna R. Adams, trustee, etal. to N&N Quick Stop Carry-out LLC; Sec. 26, Outlots,0.121 acre. Quit claim.Paulding Village

Gertrude M. Price to Todd S.Sprow, undivided 1/2 interest,et al.; Lot 57, Original Plat,0.076 acre. Warranty deed.

Helen R. Kelly, dec. toGeorge G. Kelly Life Estate, etal.; Lot 38, Dix’s First Addi-tion, 0.202 acre. Certificate oftransfer.Payne Village

Elena G. Fultz, et al. by sher-iff to Secretary of Veterans’ Af-fairs; Lots 114 and 115,Gibson’s First Addition, 0.207acre. Sheriff’s deed.

Vickie and John Beecher, etal. to Harry E. Cluts; Lot 8,Block E, 0.503 acre. Quitclaim.

Harry E. Cluts to LauraSchoenherr; Lot 8, Block E,0.503 acre. Warranty deed.

Civil DocketThe term “et al.” refers to and oth-

ers; “et vir.,” and husband; “et ux.,” andwife.

Roberta D. Smith-Ingol, FortWayne vs. Larry W. Ingol,Paulding. Registration of for-eign support order.Marriage Licenses

None.Administration Docket

None.Criminal Docket

Eric B. Greene, 34, of FortWayne, was sentenced Jan. 18having previously been foundguilty of illegal use of foodstamps or WIC benefits (F5).He was ordered to serve four

years community control sanc-tions on standard conditionsplus comply with drug and al-cohol restrictions, submit torandom tests, and obtain/main-tain employment. He was or-dered to pay $587 in courtcosts.

Jeremy E. Shaffer, 32, ofOakwood, had a jury trial as-signed for March 6-8 in his casealleging felonious assault (F2)and aggravated assault (F4).

Jason A. Zamora, 35 ofGreen Castle, Ind., had a pos-session of drugs (F5) caseagainst him dismissed Jan. 25upon a motion of the State with$580 costs.

Tim S. May, 48, of Melrose,was in Court recently for achange of plea. At the State’srecommendation, the language“in the vicinity of a school”was removed from his indict-ment alleging trafficking indrugs (F2). He entered a guiltyplea to the amended charge,now an F3. He will be sen-tenced March 4.

Jeremy L. Akers, 31, ofGrover Hill, was in Court re-cently for a change of plea. Atthe State’s recommendation,the language “in the vicinity ofa juvenile” was removed fromhis indictment alleging traffick-ing in drugs (F2). He entered a

guilty plea to the amended in-dictment, now an F3. He willbe sentenced March 4.

Jacob K. Roughton, 21, ofOakwood, having previouslybeen found guilty of traffickingin drugs (F5), had his sentenc-ing set for Feb. 19.

Shawn R. Ingol, 43, ofPaulding, had a status confer-ence set for March 4. She is ac-cused of theft (F5).

Eric M. Beber, 21, of FortWayne, who was previously setfor sentencing on Jan. 28 hadthat court date rescheduled forFeb. 4. He had previously beenfound guilty of breaking andentering (F5).

PEVS board approves personnel, financial items

PAULDING – The Pauld-ing Exempted Village Schoolboard met on Jan. 8.

Superintendent JohnBasinger welcomed themedia, guests and administra-tors.

Brent and Diane Owens ad-dressed the board on theirdaughter’s cheerleading eligi-bility based on passing fivecredit hours passed and aminimum of a 1.0 GPA.

Desirae Dunbar addressedthe board regarding the Dec.20 school lock-down and theevents at Sandy Hook Ele-mentary. Dunbar feels thecurrent operations of theschool are not adequate forstudent safety and feels all thedoors should be locked.

Elizabeth Hunt moved andJames Foltz seconded a mo-tion to approve the followingfinancial items:

• various funds to be cred-ited with investment income.

• the advance from the gen-eral fund to the Safe Routesto School Fund in the amountof $71.26.

• Wells Fargo Bank, NorthAmerica, as a depository of

the school anc active/interiminvestments with them up tothe FDIC limit, effective Dec.20, 2012.

Superintendent JohnBasinger reported on the fol-lowing items:

• recognized board mem-bers for School Board Recog-nition Month.

• changes made to theagenda format for the NHS tripto New York City on March 25.

In personnel matters, JamesFoltz moved and ElizabethHunt seconded a motion to ap-prove the following personnelitems effective for the remain-der of the 2012-13 school year,pending records:

• one-year limited interimcontract for Katherine Schu-bert.

• one-year limited extracur-ricular contracts to Eric Mar-tiniez, JV baseball coach;Tracy Smith, assistant baseballcoach; Kyle Mawer, assistantbaseball coach volunteer.

• one-year limited extracur-ricular contracts for the 2013-14 school year went to KelseySmathers, JV volleyball coach;

McKayla Kunesch, seventh

grade volleyball coach.• approved Rebecca Jacobs

as a substitute teacher andJosie Elston as substituteaide.

In executive session, theboard discussed the employ-ment of a public employee.

The meeting adjourned at10:02 p.m.

PEVS holds organizational meetingPAULDING – The Paulding

Exempted Village Schoolboard met on Jan. 8 for their or-ganizational meeting.

Following agenda approval,election of officers was held.

Greg Reinhart was nomi-nated for president by RobertBurkley with Elizabeth Huntnominating herself.

The roll call was given withBurkley, James Foltz and Rein-hart giving Reinhart the nodwith Hunt and Mark Manz giv-ing their approval to Hunt.

Hunt was then nominatedfor vice president by Burkleyand Mark Manz was nomi-nated by Foltz. Burkley, Hunt,Manz and Reinhart gave theirvotes to Hunt with Manz get-ting Foltz’s vote.

Burkley then moved andFoltz seconded a motion to ac-cept Reinhart as president andHunt as vice president. Theboard unanimously approvedthe motion.

James Foltz was appointedas OSBA legislation liason andMark Manz was approved tobe the OSBA student laison.Motion carried.

The board then approved amotion to adopt times, datesand locations for the regularboard meetings.

The following consent itemswere also approved:

• appointed the treasurer tobe the representative for publicrecords training for all boardmembers as required; author-ized treasurer to pay bills;make advance draws on Febru-ary and August tax settlements;invest in funds at the most pro-ductive rates of interest; file re-quests for amendments of theCertificate of Estimated Re-sources; make fund advancesand appropriations throughoutthe year with board ratificationand the superintendent andtreasurer to enter into and par-ticipate in state or local grants;authorized the superintendentto accept donations on behalfof the board and they author-ized the superintendent to em-ploy temporary personnel asneeded and approved by theboard.

Hunt then moved andBurkley seconded a motion toappoint the superintendent as

purchasing agent for 2013 withauthorization to initiate expen-ditures up to $12,500 withoutprior board approval.

Paulding After Prom Parentsoffer a ‘Night on the Town’

PAULDING – The Paulding After Prom Committee is hostinga fundraiser that will make any event special. The group is hostinga raffle for one lucky winner to win a 12-hour limousine servicefor 12 (including drive time from the limo headquarters) and a$50 gift certificate to Sweetwater Chop House in Defiance.

The limo can be reserved for any date of the winners choiceand must be redeemed by Aug. 31, 2013.

Just think of the events where you could ride around in style:Prom, weddings, graduations, a girls’ night out or just a specialevening.

Tickets will be on sale at all Paulding home basketball gamesor from a committee member and tickets are just $5 each.

The winning name will be drawn on Feb. 22 during the lastboys’ home basketball game.

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AnniversaryANTWERP – Mr. and Mrs.

Paul Culler will be celebratingtheir 60th wedding anniversaryon Feb. 11.

Paul Culler and Mary Schilbwere united in marriage onFeb. 11, 1953 in the AntwerpUnited Methodist Church bythe Rev. J.E. Turner.

The couple enjoyed raisingtheir children on their farmnorth of Antwerp. Paul sup-ported his family by working inconstruction and in farming.Mary was his girl Friday in theconstruction business and laterwas employed in the marketingdepartment at Parkview Hospi-tal in Fort Wayne.

Mary shared her musical tal-ents and her Christian faith bydirecting the children’s choirsand playing the organ forchurch and weddings.

The couple have five chil-dren, Mike (Jonne) Culler,Susan (Anthony) Marlin,Diane (Ron) Conner, RuthKnapp and Julie (Todd) Har-mon.

The have 11 grandchildrenand are expecting their 10thgreat-grandchild.

They are enjoying their re-tirement and love to have fam-ily and friends come to visit.

EngagementKATIE WEISand BEN EDDY

ST. HENRY – Katie Weisand Ben Eddy have an-nounced their engagement andapproaching marriage.

The bride-elect is thedaughter of Nancy and RandyKramer of Burkettsville andTom and Angie Weis ofCelina. She is a 2005 graduateof St. Henry High School anda graduate of Bowling GreenState University. She is em-ployed by the Auditor of theState of Ohio.

Her fiancé is the son ofMark and Karen Eddy ofGrover Hill. He is a 2003graduate of Wayne Trace HighSchool and a graduate ofBowling Green State Univer-sity. He is currently employedby STAR Financial Bank inFort Wayne.

The couple will exchangevows at 2 p.m. March 9, 2013at the St. Henry CatholicChurch. The custom of openchurch will be honored.

WeddingMr. and Mrs. Jim Gunder-

man are happy to announcethe marriage of their daugh-ter, Staci Marie Gunderman,to Dylan Robert Haney, sonof Jeff Haney and the lateDebra Combs Haney.

Staci and Dylan commit-ted their lives to each other ina private ceremony per-formed by Pastor Terry Mar-tin on Jan. 26, 2013 at theHarvest Field Church ofGod.

A reception celebratingtheir union will be held inlate April at the PauldingCounty Extension Center.

The bride is employed byMercy Defiance Hospitaland the groom is employedby General Motors.

The couple resides inPaulding.

Anniversaries

Birthdays

Feb. 9 – Jim and BobbieSherry.

Feb. 12 – Larry and JoyceCopsey, Dave and ConnieGordon, Mike and KathyThompson.

Feb. 13 – William “Sonny”and Lorna Jewell.

Feb. 14 – Dick and NancyBurditt, William and Mar-garet Clemens, Tom andMelinda Krick, Mr. and Mrs.Dave Mielke, Mr. and Mrs.Dave Wenninger.

Feb. 15 – James and Patri-cia Buchman, Jane andRocky Martinez.

(The Paulding Progress maintainsa file of birthdays and anniversaries. Tomake any changes, please call our of-fice at 419-399-4015 during businesshours, email to progress@progress -newspaper.org, or drop us a note toP.O. Box 180, Paulding.)

Feb. 9 – Joanne Andrews,Rebecca Bailey, RachelCuller, Betty DeLong, Gab-bie Guerra, Joshua Keeler,Sharon Manson, Mary Mc-Cullough, Zachary Mc-Manus, Lucille Menzel, AnnaMae Miller, Cris Ripke,Jacque Walker.

Feb. 10 – Rachelle Clark,Deloris Cotterman, EleanorFellers, Jim Genero, DanPrice, Jarret Sitton, BlakeStoller.

Feb. 11 – Derrick Andrews,

Kayla Andrews, RussBorkosky, Karen Colley,Larry Colley, Kayla Flint,Denise Gebers, Hilary Karst,Cyndi Lucas, Sara Matthews,Gene Scarbrough, MichaelTopp.

Feb. 12 – Eleanor Brune,Alivya Bakle, Donald L.Crawford, Kayla Gawronski,Shirley Ketzler, Blake King,Alan Manz, Susan Paulus,Mary Sanderson.

Feb. 13 – Hailey Early,Arnie Fulk, Alyssa Gonzales,David Jewel, Mandy Miller,Rayni Rister, Nathan Turner.

Feb. 14 – Bernie English,Alice McKown, Doug Mize,Tom Wiswell.

Feb. 15 – Gary Bear, AlvinBrinkman, Clara Burgoon,

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Books areFunFeb. 28th These are brand new books.

Lots of topics to choose from.9 - 4 in the hospital education roomAuxiliary is still selling Sechler’s pickles

at the gift shop.All proceeds will benefit the hospital.

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MR. and MRS. PAUL CULLER

Mr. & Mrs. Dylan Haney

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90th BIRTHDAY CARD SHOWER – Retired Major John P. La-mond will celebrate his 90th birthday on March 1, 2013. His fam-ily would like to honor him by having his friends and relativesremember him with a birthday card. Major Lamond and his wife,Ruth, reside at 145 Sunset Lane, Woodstock, GA 30189. Lamondgraduated from Paulding High School in 1941. His Army careerspanned three wars: World War II, Korea and Vietnam. In WorldWar II, while scouting behind enemy lines, Lamond was takenprisoner and held by German forces until the end of the war. InFebruary 1951, Lamond led his troops up the icy slopes of Hill180 near Osan, Korea, in the largest bayonet battle since the CivilWar, later known as The Battle of Bayonet Hill. Many considerthis battle to be the turning point in the war. Later, Lamond alsoserved in Vietnam. During his Army service, Lamond earned 25medals, including three Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts and aPresidential Unit Citation, among others.

Country Inn welcomesnew administrator

HAVILAND – JoshJohnson has been selectedas the new administrator atCountry Inn EnhancedLiving Center. He comesto Country Inn with fiveyears in the long-term careindustry where he previ-ously held responsibilitiesin marketing, IT and wasthe assistant administratorat Parkview Haven inFrancesville. Ind.

Johnson is a native ofDecatur, Ala. where hegraduated from DecaturHigh School in 2000. Heattended Saint Joseph’sCollege, Rensselaer, Ind.where he received a bach-elor degree in educationand management in 2005.

He said, “My wife,Bethany, and I felt like thePaulding area was a goodfit for our family and ourvalues. We love smalltowns and the big hearts ofMidwest communities.

“We have been marriedfor seven years, have threedaughters, Emily, Erin andAva and are currently re-siding in Haviland. Ourfamily loves just beingwith friends and family,music, reading and going

to the beach.“I love the history that

people have to share. Thereis so much to learn fromthose who are older than us.My desire for Country Inn isto continue the good workalready started.”

Country Inn EnhancedLiving Center is a 40 bed as-sisted living facility andHome Care service providerlocated in rural Pauldingcommitted to providing lov-ing care in harmony withbiblical principles. JOSH JOHNSON

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Paulding County Progress - 7A

A Penny For Your Thoughts....

By: Nancy Whitaker

I WONDER AS I WANDERI have always been a curi-

ous person and have alwaysfound myself wonderingabout things that maybe noone else thinks about.

I used to ask my mama,and anyone else who wouldlisten, so many questions,they used to call me “NewsReporter.”

A child does wonder aboutthings and as an adult, I stilldo. Some of my musings maysound funny, however, I betwe have all questioned someof the same topics.

For instance, my coworkerand I said that when we werekids, we both wonderedwhere our soul was located.We both confessed that wethought it was an organ closeto our heart. I used to ask any-one who would listen,“Where is my soul?”

Another intriguing thingthat I have always been curi-ous about is ants. As a young-ster, I used to sit for hours justobserving those little insectsas they toiled carrying bits offood to their nest.

Today, I still wonder howants can live and work to-gether peacefully. Each oneseems to have a job to do andalways look busy. But, you dohave to think about wherethat food is going and whogets to eat it first. Plus, doants share and divvy up theirfood?

Another species that I oftenwonder about are birds. Forinstance, the other day whendriving home from work, Inoticed a long line of birds allperched beside each other ona telephone wire. A short dis-tance away on the same wirewas one lonely bird sitting by

himself.My first thought was,

“Why isn’t he sitting with therest of the bird crowd?” “Is hein trouble?” “Are the rest ofthose birds family mem-bers?” “Is there a certainpecking order?”

After all, the old sayinggoes “Birds of a feather, flocktogether.” Perhaps it was adifferent species or just onewho lost his way.

The same question came upthe other day as we were driv-ing out in the country. Therewas a flock of geese over-head, flying in a perfect “V”formation. To me, this is afascinating marvel of nature.

One goose seemed to beleading the way with the restfollowing. Occasionally, theywould honk as if to signalsomething and I had to won-der, “What are they saying toeach other?” “Where are theygoing?” “How do they knowthe direction in which to fly?”

I remember as a child I wastaught about heaven and hell.I was taught from an earlyage that heaven was a beauti-ful, joyous place, located be-yond the clouds, paved withstreets of gold and that wewould all live in mansionswhen we got there.

I remember looking up atthe sky trying to imagine sucha wonderful place. Howcould the sky which lookedso soft with those big, fluffy,white clouds hold a citycalled Heaven? Wouldn’t itfall through the skies?

I was also instructed thathell is below the earth andbad people go there. I wastold that it is an inferno offlames that burns continu-ously.

I remember of being afraidthat if I didn’t behave, theflames of hell come frombelow and burn me up.

We are inquisitive from thetime we are born and ourwonderings and musings arevaried.

A lady told this story abouther little granddaughter whowas not only inquisitive, butcame up with her own an-swer.

She said, “While workingfor an organization that deliv-ered lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my4-year-old daughter on my af-ternoon rounds.

“She was unfailingly in-trigued by the various appli-ances of old age, particularlythe canes, walkers and wheel-chairs. One day I found herstaring at a pair of false teethsoaking in a glass.

“As I braced myself for theinevitable barrage of ques-tions, she merely turned andwhispered, ‘The tooth fairywill never believe this!’”

The wonder of things wecan’t explain will always in-trigue and fascinate us as achild and as an adult.

In the words of Albert Ein-stein, “The most beautifulthing we can experience is themysterious. It is the source ofall true art and all science. Heto whom this emotion is astranger, who can no longerpause to wonder and stand raptin awe, is as good as dead: hiseyes are closed.”

Do you ever wonder aboutbirds, ants, heaven or hell? Doyou think we as people can liveas harmoniously as the ants andfly together as the geese? Letme know and I’ll give you aPenny for Your Thoughts.

By Lisa McClurePaulding County Area Foundation

Did you know that less than 1% of thepopulation living in the United Statesclaim farming as their occupation? Orthat the average age of today’s farmer is57 and 1/4 of American farmersare older than 65?

It’s not easy keeping ourkids on the farm and movingthe farming operation into the next genera-tion. We need to create opportunities to keepagriculture strong in Paulding County.

Paul Marshall left such an opportunity.When he died in 1996, he left 1,400 acres intrust to the Paulding County Area Foundation.

The funds from the acreage was stated inhis will to be used to financially encourage,aid, assist and promote young farmers inPaulding County, ages 21 and older and

are those who are or through assistance,going into grain or livestock production.

Paul Marshall’s vision was to keep youngfarmers in Paulding County.

As a result of Marshall’s generousgift, the Young Farmer Loan Subsidy

Program was established. Theprogram follows the Ohio Ag

Link Deposit Program.Currently, we have eight

loans out to young farmers inPaulding County. Interest subsidy, over thecourse of the program, has saved our appli-cants over $63,000 in interest.

We at the Paulding County Area Founda-tion are proud of the services we provide forthe benefit of the people of Paulding County.

If you would like further information on theYoung Farmer Loan Subsidy Program,please contact Lisa McClure at 419-399-8296.

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A Paulding County teamrepresented Ohio in a snowsculpting competition inMichigan and won third placein their class and received a$1,000 prize. “We started onMonday at 1 p.m. and had tobe finished by Saturday. I havebeen doing this the last 11years; the girls have betweenfour and six years,” saidSandy Dobbelaere. “Our extrahelper this year, Eric, was newto it. We won first in the statessingle block last year and sowe could compete in the worldclass double block this year.Each block weighs approxi-mately 13 tons. It is made outof really hard packed snow,more like ice. We have to usepick axes and saws to cutthrough it. It is all done byhand – no power tools al-lowed. We worked approxi-mately 18-20 hours a day.Friday night, we did not sleepat all. We call (the sculpture)‘Party Crashers’ because thefrogs were having a little partyand the bass crashed it to eatsomebody.” With their tro-phies (below) are Eric Miller,Kinsey Dobbelaere, MeganDobbelaere and Sandy Dobbe-laere.

Trophy fish

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Paulding County Church Directory6:00pm. Our church office is located at 308 N. Main St. Pentecostal Church of God, 601 W. Caroline St., Paulding, ElderGeorge Robinson, Sunday school at 10 a.m., worship service at noon,prayer services Monday at 6 p.m. and Thursday at noon, Bible studyat 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 10:30a.m., and Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. including a youth service on atleast 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 children’s hour. St. John Lutheran Church–ELCA, 7611 Road 87, Briceton, PastorKaren 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. Box156), 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., children’s church at 10 a.m., worship at 10a.m., home groups at 6 p.m., Wednesday evening services at 6:30 p.m.(Indiana time). Living Water Ministries, Contemporary worship service Sunday nightsat 10 a.m. & 6:30 p.m., The “Well” church for kids, Sunday mornings from10-11:30 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 DanStaifer. 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 prayermeeting at 7:30 p.m. St. Jacob United Church of Christ, southwest corner of Oak and Hymanstreets, 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. Box42), Payne, 263-2129, Pastor Fred Meuter, 260-492-2581. Sunday Schoolat 9:00 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:00 a.m. St. Paul United Methodist Church, (P.O. Box 154) 312 South MainStreet, 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. Editor’s Note: If your church doesn’t have service times listed, pleasecontact the Paulding County Progress office to notify of Sunday servicetimes.

Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m., evening worshipat 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 at12 p.m. Calvary Bible Church, Ohio 111 West across from Paulding CountyHospital, 399-4919, elders John Mohr, 260-632-4356, Bob Fessel 419-399-3398, Brad Sisson 419-263-3108. Sunday school at 9 a.m., morn-ing 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 worshipat 8 a.m., Sunday school at 9 a.m. Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, 417 N. Main, Paulding, 399-2576,Pastor Very Rev. G. Allan Fillman, Masses: Saturday at 6 p.m.; Sundayat 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. and6 p.m. Sunday and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Pastor Drew Gardner. First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1233 Emerald Road,Paulding, Rev. Gregory Bibler, 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. praisesinging, 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship. House of Love Ministries, 220 N. Williams St., Paulding. Pastor Pre-

dest (Dwayne) Richardson or Sister Brenda Richardson, 419-399-9205or 419-796-8718, Sunday worship at 3:00 p.m. Jail Ministry, Food Min-istry, Outreach Ministry. Overcomer Outreach - a Christian 12-steapmeeting, 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, MinisterChristopher Reno, 419-399-4761. Bible school at 9:30 a.m., Sundayworship 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’ SummerJam (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 allservices. Paulding Family Worship Center, 501 West Perry Street, Paulding,399-3525, Rev. Monte Moore, Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. Paulding United Methodist Church, 321 North Williams Street, Pauld-ing, church telephone number is 399-3591, Rev. Ben Lowell, Worshipservice at 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 11:15 a.m.; Wed. worship at

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 availableduring all services. Mandale Church of Christ in Christian Union, Ohio 66, Pastor JustinSterrett, 419-786-9878, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at10:30 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 10:15a.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, PastorTerry Martin, 419-622-2026, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday morningworship at 10:30 a.m., Sunday Evening worship at 6:00 pm, Wednesdayevening worship at 7:00 pm, Wednesday Youth Group at 7:00 pm. Friends United Methodist Church, Latty, Pastor Ron Johnson. Sundayworship 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 halfmile west on County Road 60, Pastor Stan Harmon, 594-2248, Sundayworship at 9:00 a.m. Sunday school at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday services forchildren, youth and adults at 7:00 p.m. Melrose United Methodist Church, Melrose, 594-2076, Pastor EileenKochensparger 399-5818; Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at10:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible study and prayer at 7:00 p.m. Twin Oaks United Methodist Church, corner of Harmon and Secondstreets, Oakwood, Pastor Eric Dailey. 419-594-2992. Sunday worship at9:30 a.m., Sunday school at 10:45 a.m., Bible Study Wednesdays at 10:00a.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; PastorRicky 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 MikeSchneider, church telephone number is 258-4901, Comtemporaty serviceSunday 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 Jehovah’s Witnesses, 2937 US 24, 258-2290. Publictalk 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 at9 a.m., Sunday worship at 10 a.m. Riverside Christian Church, 15413 St. Rt. 49, (corner Ohio 49 and Road192), 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 12:30p.m., Sunday school at 1 p.m., Wednesday services at 8 p.m. Bethel Christian Church, Ohio 66, Defiance (Arthur), Pastor ChristopherBaker, 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., Biblestudy 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, Sundayschool at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship follows at 10:30 a.m & Bible Study onWed. at 7pm. Pleasantview Missionary Baptist Church, County Road 180, Defiance(Junction), Rev. Alan Ray Newsome, Sunday worship at 11 a.m., eveningservice at 6 p.m.; Wednesday evening services at 7 p.m. Rock Church, SR 637, Five Span-Arthur area, Pastor Bobby Branham393-2924, Sunday school at 10 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:45 a.m., Sundayevening worship at 7 p.m., Wednesday evening worship at 7 p.m., YouthService 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 at11 a.m., Sunday evening worship at 6 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting at7 p.m.

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QUESTION: I’m a singlemother of two teenagers.This past year, I have beenstruggling financially. I amworking full-time and part-time jobs and can barelymake my monthly expenses.My sons have birthdayscoming up, but I just can’tsee how I can afford thethings on their wish lists.How can I help them havehappy birthdays this yearwithout all the presents?

JIM: There’s no doubtabout it, times are tough.Your question moves me, be-cause it reminds me of myown mom. Like you, she wassingle, and she had to sacri-fice and scrape just to putfood on the table for me andmy four siblings.

When it comes to their im-pending birthdays, I’d recom-mend sitting your sons downand explaining the situationhonestly. Let them know thatthere just isn’t money in thebudget for big-ticket itemsthis year.

Offer some budget-friendlyalternatives. They’re oldenough to not have the samesense of entitlement that atoddler would have. Yourlove for them and your desireto give them a happy birthdaywill likely mean more thanany present.

In the long term, BrendaArmstrong, president ofMercy Tree, a ministry to sin-gle parents, offers some solidadvice for those in your situ-ation:

Set goals: Write downeverything relating to your fi-nances, from income andspending to debts, and createa plan for achieving them.When a child asks about anunplanned purchase, say, “It’snot that we don’t haveenough money, it’s that theitem doesn’t fit with our goals

right now.”Involve your kids in cre-

ative ways to save money.Sell unneeded stuff on eBay,have a movie night at homeand so on.

Get out of debt. If at allpossible, get rid of creditcards.

Find support. Networkwith other single parents inyour church or workplace.

For more, check outBrenda’s book “Financial Re-lief for Single Parents: AProven Plan for Achievingthe Seemingly Impossible.”make a plan for next time.

By Jim Daly

‘Winning the Battle for a Generation’By Rick Jones

exec. director, DefianceArea Youth for Christ

Are you infected with the “disease of me?”We live in a very myopic, self-centered cul-

ture, one that is about celebrating individualityover our collective responsibility to one another.The philosophical term for this “disease of me”is known as narcissism, and regarding the explo-sion in our time of this cultural epidemic I readin the news recently:

Over the past 47 years about nine million col-lege freshman have taken the American Fresh-man Survey. It asks students to rate how theymeasure up against their peers.

According to the survey, over the past fourdecades, there has been a dramatic rise in thenumber of freshman who think that they’re“above average” for academic ability and self-confidence. For instance, while students thinkthey’re more gifted than their peers at writing,

objective test scores actually show that writingskills have declined in the past few decades. Re-searchers call this “ambition inflation.”

One of the researchers, Dr. Jean Twenge notes,“Our culture used to encourage modesty and hu-mility and not bragging about yourself. It wasconsidered a bad thing to be seen as conceited orfull of yourself.” Apparently, now everyonewants to be above average.

Regarding “this disease of me,” addressing aself-centered culture, the Apostle Paul writes ...2 Corinthians 10:12 (NIV), “We do not dare toclassify or compare ourselves with some whocommend themselves. When they measurethemselves by themselves and compare them-selves with themselves, they are not wise.”

For more information about the work of Youthfor Christ, you may contact Youth for Christ at419-782-0656, P.O. Box 111, 210 Clinton Street,Defiance, Ohio 43512, or email to: defyfc@em-barqmail.com

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Antwerp Jr./Sr. High honor rollAntwerp Junior High/HighSchool honor roll for the sec-ond nine weeks:*Denotes 4.0SENIORS

4.0-3.67 – David Altic,Nicholas Bragg, Justin Bute,*Shawn Dooley, Edward Rein-hart, Lydia Schneider, MorganWilliamson, Jesse Wilson

3.66-3.33 – Katlyn Bissell,Kacy Brumett, Andrew Cole-man, Noah Ganger, BraedenHormann, Ryan Girardot,Cameron Huss, Ashley Maren-berg, Darrien Reeb, Isaac Rein-hart, Colby Schaefer, AtticusSorrell, Lydia Yenser

3.32-3.0 – Kayla Agness,Alexis Jones, Taylor Jones,Ricky Richards, Avrial Sawyer,Megan SmithJUNIORS

4.0-3.67 – Matthew Rein-hart, Aaron Schneider, KirsiSmith, Brock Taylor

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3.32-3.0 – Madison De-Long, Nathanael Hawley, TylerMessman, Erik MiesleSOPHOMORES

4.0-3.67 – Michaela Burns,Jacob O’Donnell, Collin Perry,Joshua Steiner, Olivia Tempel,Alexander Vail

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Maria Bradbury, Alston Doc-tor, Sarah Neace, MagdaleneReinhart

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4.0-3.67– *Emily Derck,Elizabeth Hawley, Audrie Lon-gardner, Joshua Longardner,*Anne Miesle, *Aaron O’Don-nell, Kirsten Price, Paige Reb-ber, *Allison Taylor, *JennaWilson

3.66-3.33 – Mikayla Boesch,Erik Buchan, Blaire Rebber,Kiana Recker, Jacob Sukup,Samuel Williamson

3.32-3.0 – Sidney Barn-house, Cainan Carlisle, JusticeClark, Jeffrey Coleman,Kennedy McMichael, DrakeNeace, Iann RoebelGRADE EIGHT

4.0-3.67 – Emily Butzin,Carley DeLong, *MatthewDooley, Joshua Ehlinger,Becca Johanns, Erica Meyer,Trey Mills, Emilee Phillips,Derek Reeb, Jaime Ryan, Jar-rison Steiner, *Maggie Wilson

3.66-3.33 – Marissa Elkins,Mackenzie Hart, Evan Hilton,Brandon Pendergrast, HannaRichey, Arron Romero, PeytonShort, Hayden Spryn, McKen-

zie Turpening3.32-3.0 – Logan Dircksen,

William Foreman, Eden Kil-coin, Klayre Manella, HunterNoel, Mahalia Roberts,Alexander Smith, Stewart Tay-lorGRADE SEVEN

4.0-3.67 – Brian Geyer,Brooke Hatlevig, *AlexandraHindenlang, Brandon Laney,Riley McAlexander, CalliePerry, Dylan Peters, *JoshuaPoulson, Kylee Trauterman

3.66-3.33 – Kaylee Bennett,Kaitlyn Clevinger, RebeccaMcCroskey, Ashley Miller,Jonathon Pendergrast, KoletonPorter, Megaen Price, Kim-berly Puckett, Kortney Smith,Rachel Williamson

3.32-3.0 – Caleb Cline,Madison Edgar, TaylorProvines, Spencer SellsSIXTH GRADE

4.0-3.67 – Kendall Billman,Kati Carr, *Austin Chirgwin,Jason Dunstan, *Brett Fulk,Nathan Lee, Aidan McAlexan-der, Ty Rebber, CharityRoebel, Jake Ryan, Iris Sorrell,

Aubree Sproles, Joel Steiner,Brayton Stuckey, Jared Sukup,Joshua Sukup, Alexis Wright

3.66-3.33 – Keaton Altimus,Ashton Barnhouse, AdamButzin, Kobe Dunderman,Gene Garrett, Kaitlyn Ham-man, Aubree Rager, GageSpeaks, Corey Zartman

3.32-3.0 – Levi Craig, JackDohoney, Braden Evans,Chloe Franklin, Gabe Gomez,Karleigh Hook, Kaleb Kira-cofe, Alayna Ryan, KoltonTitus

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Juniors – Jenna Hankinson, Tiffany Romero, Nathan ZuberSeniors – Seth Armstrong, Nikki Sanders, Katherine Steel

PAULDINGJuniors – Emily Farr, Taylor Farr, Devenae GuerraSeniors – Josiah Barnwell, Amanda Carlisle, *Mackenzie Ha-

nenkratt, *Kayla Warnimont, Eryn WatsonWAYNE TRACE

Juniors – Sadia Canfield, Allison Laney, Dalton Miles,Danielle Miles, Adam Stalsberg, *Olivia Sutton, *Kayla Thomp-son, *Alexandra Winebrenner

Seniors – Eric Durre, Tiffany Hittle, Joseph McVay, SamanthaSpangler, Anthony Stetler, Sawyer Temple

Kindergartenregistration

ANTWERP – Antwerp El-ementary is now schedulingappointments for kinder-garten registration andscreening which will be heldon March 25 and 26. Antwerpoffers all-day, every-daykindergarten.

If your child will be fiveyears old before Aug. 1,please call the elementary of-fice at 419-258-5421, ext.2200, between 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.to schedule an appointment.According to state law, allchildren must completekindergarten before enteringfirst grade.

ConversationalEnglish offered

PAULDING – Do you wantto learn how to converse inEnglish? Or, do you know aSpanish-speaking person whowould like to work on theirEnglish language skills?

There is to be the second ina series of Spanish to Englishclasses. You need not have at-tended the first one to enjoy thesecond class. These casual andinformal get-togethers will pro-vide an opportunity for adultsto meet and learn basic Englishconversation. Classes are free. Refreshmentswill be served. The next classis scheduled at 6 p.m. Tuesday,Feb. 12 at the main librarymeeting room in Paulding. Call419-399-2032 for more infor-mation and to register.

If you don’t advertise,you are not likely to get cus-tomers! Learn how your com-munity newspaper can helpyou – call the Progress todayat 419-399-4015.

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Golf or garden?As a garden book reviewer,

I receive quite a number ofbooks in the mail each weekfor me to consider giving myopinion as to whether they’reworth the time and moneyreaders might spend on them.It may come as no surprisewhen I say that I look themover and for the most part,choose to read only the onesthat I think I’m going to like.I try to keep things positivethat way.

There are very few booksthat I’d say are outstanding,but there are an awful lot ofgood ones. One that I recentlyread and reviewed was “TheRoots of My Obsession.” It’sa collection of essays bysome well-known figures inthe world of horticulture,telling how they got startedgardening, what they like bestabout it and why they do it.

I’m always intrigued as tohow and why people choosethe extra-curricular activitiesthey do. I come from a familyof gardeners, but I’m the onlymember of our family thatdoesn’t golf. I can’t say that Idislike golf, it’s just that I’mnot good at it. I’m not onlynot good, I’m really horrible.And as with most sports, ifyou aren’t at least halfwaydecent at it, it’s not going tobe any fun.

So I garden. Now thatdoesn’t mean I’m particularlygood at that either. But, that’sthe thing about gardening,you don’t have to be good atit to enjoy it. Some would saythe same thing about golf, butto me, golf’s just hard.

Studies have shown thatgardening is good for you inways that have nothing to dowith your skills as a gardener.There is a certain bacteriacontained in the soil thatwhen disturbed as in when

have a positive effect on heal-ing, which is one reasonyou’ll see gardens at hospi-tals. There are also studiesthat suggest that work envi-ronments that contain liveplants have more productiveand happier employees.

I know. There’s evidencethat golf is good for you, too.Fresh air, exercise, the FFA(Fellowship of FrustratedAthletes) and all that, but I’mof the “good walk spoiled”mindset if you try to put agolf club in my hands.

If you enjoy golf, I’mhappy for you. If you enjoygardening, I’m even happier.We actually have more incommon than you mightthink. We both find our hap-piness filling holes in theground.

Read more at Kylee’s blog,Our Little Acre, atwww.ourlittleacre.com andon Facebook at www.face-book.com/OurLittleAcre.Contact her at PauldingPro-gressGardener@gmail.com.

you’re digging in it is re-leased into the air. Youbreathe it in and it causes arise in serotonin in the brain.That’s the stuff that makesyou feel good.

There are plants that purifythe air. All plants exchangecarbon dioxide for oxygen,but some have the added abil-ity to filter toxins from the airaround them. That meanseven growing plants insideyour house is good for yourhealth.

Just looking at flowers andplants has been shown to

By Jim LopshireOSU Extension educatorIn January 2012, OSU re-

searchers surveyed farmers innorthwest Ohio about theirtillage practices as part of the2012 Buckeye Farm TillageSurvey. As part of the survey,respondents were asked to iden-tify one field they felt was sus-ceptible to nutrient runoff and toprovide detailed informationabout this field. The informationincluded the yield they wouldexpect to achieve in a normalyear as well as the fair marketrent they would expect to re-ceive per acre in the upcomingyear.

Respondents also describedthe field’s predominant soiltype, clay, loam, silt, etc., slope,and whether the field featuredworking tile. Below I reportsome findings for those report-ing corn or soybean fields.

It was noted that these resultsmay differ from other sourcesand surveys of land rent valuesas respondents were directed to

choose a field they thought to beprone to runoff rather thanchoosing a representative fieldand these results reflect the op-erator’s expectations of yieldand expectations of fair marketrent rather than actual rent paid.

Indeed, some of the fieldssurveyed may never be part ofthe land rental market, so oper-ators’ expectations for fair mar-ket rent may be inaccurate.

The survey included 161 re-spondents reporting full infor-mation for corn fields. Averageexpected yield was 165 bushels

per acre, while average ex-pected rent was reported as$175 per acre. This average rentwas a little below the averagesreported for land with similaryields in Barry Ward’s RentalValue work from 2012 in west-ern Ohio, which would makesense given the survey specifi-cally asked respondents forfields with likely runoff prob-lems.

Brian Roe, McCormick Pro-fessor of Agricultural Marketingand Policy, Ohio State Univer-sity, looked at the influence oftile, slope and soil type on ex-pected rent.

Of the 161 fields, only 9%did not have operating tile; un-tiled fields garnered $12 to $28less per acre. 51% of fields hadslope greater than 2%, and thesefields featured expected rentsthat were $5 to $15 lower thanfields with less slope. 15% offields reported that the domi-nant soil type was clay, whichdemanded rents that were $10to $23 less per acre than fieldswith other soil.

Roe also identified strongdifferences across countieseven once expected yield andfield characteristics were heldconstant. These differenceslikely reflect local market con-ditions not captured by ex-pected yield or fieldcharacteristics.

One cluster of counties in-cluding Darke, Mercer, Pauld-ing and Auglaize reported thehighest expected rents withvalues ranging from $20 to $30an acre higher than a mid-levelcluster of counties includingHardin, Shelby, Van Wert andWood. Other counties in north-west Ohio reported average ex-pected rents that were $15 to$25 less than the mid-levelcluster.

Rent values for croplandsusceptible to runoff

Wayne Trace Jr. High recently held its annual Geography Bee.Jordan Offerle (left) finished as runner-up, while Jayden Sherrywas the champion in the Geography Bee.

Wayne Trace Jr. High recently held its annual Spelling Bee.Brady Stabler (left) won the Spelling Bee while Alisa Elliott wasthe runner-up. Stabler advanced to the county Spelling Bee,scheduled for Feb. 5.

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Panthers claim NWC wrestling titleBy KEVIN

WANNEMACHERSportswriter

LIMA – Paulding edgedSpencerville 256-254 to claimthe 2013 Northwest Conferencewrestling championship on Sat-urday at Lima Central CatholicHigh School.

The Panthers claimed two in-dividual championships as TylerAsh won at 220 and TaylorDeatrick took the title at 126.

Paulding head coach JoshNeilson also was honored asthe Northwest ConferenceCoach of the Year.

“The morning didn’t start off

very well for us,” noted Neil-son. “We had some adversity toovercome, but our kids wereable to do that. I told the kidsbefore the tournament that wejust need everyone to step upand do a little extra to make upfor it.

“After the first round I thinkwe were like in fifth place, butwe slowly started to move upafter round two. We were tiedfor third after the third round,but the kids really stepped up inthe fourth round and we pickedup eight pins,” Neilson contin-ued. “In the finals we got pinsfrom Taylor Deatrick, Cody

Jarrell, Dakota Valdez, RyanSchindler, Branson Minck andTyler Ash.

“Overall, we wrestled prettywell. We weren’t mistake-free,but we didn’t give up,” said thePanther mentor. “This is thefirst conference championshipwe have won at Paulding inabout 10 or 11 years. It wasgood for the kids to see that allthe hard work they did thissummer, all the hard practices,and the intense conditioningpaid off.”

The host Thunderbirds fin-ished third at 225 followed byColumbus Grove (199),

Delphos Jefferson (197),Bluffton (174), Allen East(147), Lincolnview (124) andAda (116.5).

Other placers for the Pan-thers included Cody Jarrell(160, fifth), Adam Deatrick(170, fourth), Dakota Valdez(195, seventh), Kage Seals(106, second), Sidney Salinas(113, second), Branson Mink(120, second), Aarron Mock(138, fourth), Sonny Manz(285, fifth) and Ryan Schindler(182, third).

In the junior high portion,Allen East won the tournamentwith 354 points with Bluffton

(303) second and Spencerville(288) third. Delphos Jefferson(280), Paulding (164), Colum-bus Grove (130), Lima CentralCatholic (127), Lincolnview(39) and Ada (2) completed thefield.

Robbie Bowers won the titleat 134 and Kori Wolfrum cap-tured the championship at 205to lead the Panther efforts.

Picking up places for thePanthers were Logan Mudel(98, second), Ryan Woodring(80, fifth), Jordan Weiden-hamer (86, third), Tyler Nichols(142, fifth) and AndrewDeatrick (172, fourth).

County wrestlersface off in tri-match on Feb. 7

ANTWERP – On Thursday,Feb. 7, Paulding County’s var-sity wrestling teams willsquare off against each otherin Antwerp at 6 p.m. Antwerp,Paulding and Wayne Tracewill battle on the mats to de-termine who will be countychamps.

Antwerp’s wrestling pro-gram, under the tutelage of Je-remy Kosch, continues togrow. They are building asolid foundation and will fea-ture several GMC league plac-ers including Jarrett Bute,runner-up at heavyweight.

Wayne Trace just finishedas runner-up in the GMCleague tournament and hasbeen team champs at Arcadiaand Van Buren this year.George Clemens has built ayoung, solid team this yearfeaturing four GMC champi-

ons and returning state placerSawyer Temple.

Paulding is coming off of ateam NWC tournament cham-pionship this past weekend,having two individual champsand three runner-up finishes.The Panthers also finishedahead of Wayne Trace at theLCC Holiday Tournament.Paulding has a returning statequalifier, Tyler Ash, and stand-out Taylor Deatrick in theirlineup. With Josh Nielson atthe helm, Paulding has be-come a quality wrestling team.

The evening will feature thebest wrestlers Paulding countyhas to offer. Undoubtedly,many exciting matches will bewrestled and a great night ofwrestling should be enjoyedby the wrestling enthusiasts ofthe county.

Raiders win two of threegames, move to 14-2

By KEVINWANNEMACHER

SportswriterHAVILAND – Wayne

Trace’s boys basketball teampicked up a pair of non-leagueroad victories in PutnamCounty sandwiched around ahome loss to Tinora in actionlast week.

The Raiders traveled to Con-tinental in non-league actionand came home with a 60-41win.

Dalton Sinn paced the red,white and blue with 16 points,five rebounds and four steals,including back-to-back stealsand dunks. Grady Gudakunstchipped in 13 markers withCorbin Linder adding 11. RyanKortokrax (five), Nick McClain(four), Colby Speice (three),Jake Gerber (two) and DevinWenzlick (two) also scored forWayne Trace.

Wayne Trace led 23-8 afterone quarter and posted a 34-18at the intermission. The Raidersposted a 49-30 advantage at theend of three periods.

Tyler Rue topped the Pirateswith 17 markers followed byTyler Dockery (seven), ChazSlattman (six), Justin Halliwill

(six), Brandon Schmidt (two),Dalton Bradford (two) andScott Prowant (one).

In Green Meadows Confer-ence play, Wayne Trace jumpedin front of visiting Tinora 13-3early but it was all Rams afterthat as the green and white ral-lied for a 57-47 win.

The Raiders led 13-9 afterone quarter before Tinoraposted a 31-30 advantage at theintermission. The Rams held a48-38 margin entering the finalstanza.

Kortokrax led the Raiderswith 17 points while Sinnadded a dozen markers andnine rebounds. Gudakunst(seven), Linder (five), Speice(two), Jake Arend (two) andMcClain (two) rounded out thescoring. Linder recorded sevenboards with Sinn posting threeassists and three steals.

At Kalida, Linder scored 15points while Sinn added adozen and Kortokrax chippedin 10 as the Raiders held on fora 47-44 win over the Wildcats.

Sinn also posted 11 reboundsto go along with two assists andthree steals. Kortokrax addedseven caroms.

Wayne Trace led 15-12 after

one quarter before Kalida ral-lied to take a 22-19 halftimelead. The Raiders led 33-26 atthe end of three periods.

Speice (five), Gudakunst(four) and McClain (one)rounded out the Raider scoring.

“We picked up two out ofthree and this was a good wayto end the week,” noted Raiderhead coach Jim Linder. “Wewould like to have had Friday’sgame with Tinora but we stillcontrol our own destiny in theleague. This is a tough weekcoming up with two rivals inAntwerp and Crestview so wehave to prepare well and beready to play.”

Wayne Trace’s junior varsityboys also won two of three asthe Raiders defeated Continen-tal and Tinora before losing toKalida.

At Kalida, the Raiders fellbehind 11-7 after one quarter29-14 at halftime before falling47-37.

Cole Shepherd had ninepoints for the red, white andblue with Gabe Wobler addingeight. T.J. Blackmore (six),Nick Glass (four), Jake Gerber(four), Alec Vest (four) andBrock Worden (two) completedthe scoring.Blackmore also hadsix rebounds with Shepherdgrabbing five. Gerber recordedfive steals and Wobler addedthree. Glass added two assistsand two steals.

Wayne Trace posted a 34-27win over Tinora behind 10points and six steals by DavidSinn. Blackmore (seven), Wor-den (six), Wobler (five), Glass(two), Gerber (two) and Shep-herd (two) rounded out thescorers. Worden also grabbedeight caroms and Blackmorepicked up five.

Last Tuesday, the red, whiteand blue opened an early 17-1lead before holding on for a 33-24 win at Continental.

Gerber posted 13 points tolead the Raiders followed byBlackmore (six), Sinn (four),Wobler (three), Glass (three),Worden (two) and Justin Speice(two).

The Raiders return to actionfor a doubleheader weekendwith a road trip to PauldingCounty and Green MeadowsConference rival Antwerp onFriday before hosting rivalCrestview Saturday.

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Wayne Trace’s Dalton “Skinny” Sinn #32 tries to get the ballto go in after being fouled in the lane against Tinora last Fridaynight.

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Grady Gudakunst #14 tries to get loose of the Tinora defenselast Friday night in GMC play.

VarsityGamesof theWeekGirls’ basketballCrestview..............49Antwerp ................36

Miller City..............51Paulding................47

Fairview ................46Antwerp ................43

LCC ......................44Paulding................21

Tinora ...................51Wayne Trace.........47

Continental ...........48Paulding................30

Miller City..............60Wayne Trace.........53

Boys’ basketballWayne Trace.........60Continental ...........41

Fairview .......60 2 OTAntwerp ................58

LCC ......................58Paulding................52

Tinora ...................57Wayne Trace.........47

Antwerp ................60Montpelier.............33

Wayne Trace.........47Kalida....................44

WrestlingAt Fairview:

GMC MEETAyersville 1st ......199W.Trace 2nd ....186.5Fairview 4th ........119Antwerp 6th ..........39

At Lima:

NWC MEETPaulding 1st........256Spencerville 2nd .254

Sports scheduleTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7 –Girls Basketball: Wayne Tracehosts Antwerp; Paulding hosts Lin-colnviewWrestling: Antwerp hosts Pauld-ing and Wayne Trace in County Tri-MeetFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 –Boys Basketball: Antwerp hostsWayne Trace; Paulding at Lincol-nviewSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 –Boys Basketball: Antwerp hostsEdon; Wayne Trace hostsCrestviewWrestling: Paulding at RossfordInv.MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 –Girls Basketball: Wayne Trace atCrestviewTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 –Girls Basketball: Antwerp hostsHilltop; Paulding hosts Defiance

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The Raiders’ Colby Speice #20 tries to force his way to thebasket against Tinora last Friday night in the Palace.

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Never-say-die Panthers fallshort of upsetting LCC

By JIM LANGHAMSportswriter

In spite of Friday’s 58-52loss to state-ranked Lima Cen-tral Catholic in Northwest Con-ference action, Paulding headcoach Shawn Brewer was well-pleased with his squad’s per-formance in never falling offfrom fighting the high-flyingThunderbirds.

It was the first two minutesof the third quarter that provedto be fatal for the local squad.Going into the third stanza, thePanthers were leading theThunderbirds, 23-22. However,inside of the first two and a halfminutes of the second half, thefast-paced LCC squad got itswell-known transition game ingear and outscored Paulding,14-2, to take a commanding 36-25 advantage.

Still, Paulding refused to rollover. Early in the fourth quarter,trailing 45-34, the Pantherswent on an 11-3 run, backed by2-point baskets by Lance Foor,who finished the game with 18

points, Kaleb Clemens, GerodHarder and a tally from behindthe arc by Kyle Kauser to cutthe margin to three points, 48-45, behind LCC.

“I thought our guys did agreat job of containing them,except for that first two and ahalf minutes of the third quar-ter,” said Brewer. “We gave up10 or 11 points there that reallykilled us. Still for our guys toget down by 12 points and stillget back to a one-possessiongame, I was really proud ofthem.

“We made plays to get backinto the game, but not enoughto get over the hump,” saidBrewer.

Paulding opened the gamewith a 12-10 advantage at theend of the first quarter andmaintained that lead by onepoint at the half. It was LCC’s18-9 advantage in the thirdquarter that proved to be the de-ciding difference for the con-test.

The game was significant in

the NWC, with Paulding com-ing into the game with a 4-1record and LCC turning in aperfect 5-0 mark. Following thecontest, Paulding’s overallrecord stood at 13-4 and 4-2 inconference play, while LCCboasts a 6-0 conference markand 18-9 overall.

Local fans responded topleas of coaches to turn out enmasse dressed in maroon in oneof the largest attendances to at-tend a game in Paulding for along time. That support, plusthe explosive cheers of thecrowd, went a long ways in en-ergizing the team, said Brewer.

“I’m proud of our boys andhow we played,” said Brewer.“It was awesome to see all ofthe maroon. Our fan supportwas just incredible and deeplyappreciated. Everybody cameout to support our boys; it wasa great environment.

“I’m sure that our kidslearned a lot from playing ateam like this,” continuedBrewer. “They did a good jobgetting back in the game. It wasa good boost for our post sea-son tournament environments.”

In junior varsity action,coach Randy Crawford’s Pan-thers chalked up another winwith a 38-29 victory over theThunderbirds.

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Lance Foor #24 tries to bring the Panthers back late in the fourth period against LCC last Fridaynight.

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Paulding’s Steven Strayer #42 tries to gain control of an of-fensive rebound last Friday night in the NWC tilt with LCC.

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Paulding guard Kyle Kauser #21 splits the LCC interior de-fense for a first half bucket last Friday night.

Archers split weekend gamesBy JOE SHOUSE

SportswriterThe Antwerp Archers in-

vaded Fairview on Fridaynight in boy’s high school bas-ketball with the Apachesscalping the Archers in doubleovertime, 60-58. Fairview,winners of just two gamesgoing into the Green Mead-ows Conference showdown,managed to erase an eight-point deficit in the fourth quar-ter to force overtime.

In the first overtime session,the Archers took a slim lead51-50 when Andy Coleman hit1-of-2 at the foul line. BraedenHormann also connected on 1-of-2 at the line with 1:23 re-maining to push the Archerlead to 52-50.

Fairview was able to matchAntwerp with a bucket fromDaniel Smith with 25 secondsshowing on the clock. Follow-ing an Antwerp time-out, theArchers worked the ball downto the final second whenDerek Smalley rifled a 3-pointer from the corner thatfell into the hands of Fairview,who immediately called time-out with 0.8 second left.Fairview threw the ball in-bounds only to have it ricochetoff the ceiling and givingAntwerp one more opportu-nity under their own basket.Still with just 0.8 second re-maining, the Archers got theball into Smalley, who had anice look but the ball fell offthe rim forcing overtime.

“It was a very disappointingloss because of our lack of ef-

fort defensively. We had ourchances but missed freethrows, 21 turnovers, and mis-erable shooting at the foul lineis a bad recipe,” commentedhead coach Scott McMichael.

Noah Ganger and Smithtraded baskets in the openingminute of the overtime to keepthe score tied 54 apiece.Ganger connected in the paintto put the Paulding Countyvisitors on top, 56-54. TheApaches’ next possession ap-peared to be a costly one asAntwerp’s Coleman fought forposition and collected a re-bound only to be fouled by the6-foot-5 Smith, who fouledout. Unfortunately, Colemancouldn’t connect on either freethrow, leaving the Archersclinging to a 56-54 cushionwith 1:02 remaining.

Fairview managed to pulleven on a basket from JustinZeedyk, but again it wasGanger picking up another 2-point goal, his third of theovertime, to keep the blue andwhite ahead, 58-56. It wouldbe the last lead for Antwerp asturnovers and missed lay upshaunted the Archers in theclosing seconds.

A Joe Macsay hoop fol-lowed by two free throwsfrom Zeedyk sealed the winfor the 3-15 Apaches.

“We just let them (Fairview)hang around and their confi-dence grew and they took ad-vantage of theiropportunities,” said CoachMcMichael.

The game was a nail-biter

throughout with neither teamable gain much of a lead untilthe third period. In the firsthalf there were five leadchanges and three ties withAntwerp having its biggestlead at 7-2 and Fairview hold-ing a 25-21 advantage late inthe second frame.Antwerp 9 15 17 9 2 6—-58Fairview 10 15 10 15 2 9—-60Antwerp 58: Bramett 1 2 0-0 8, Smalley0 1 0-0 3, Hormann 1 1 1-2 6, Coleman3 0 1-4 7, Copsey 3 0 1-2 7, Ganger 123-5 27. Totals: 20 4 6-13 58. Total fouls:17.Fairview 60: Wolfrum 0 3 1-2 10, Macsay5 1 0-0 13, Zeedyk 2 0 8-8 12, Guilford5 0 0-3 10, Laymon 1 0 2-4 4, Smith 4 03-4 11. Totals: 17 4 14-22 60. TotalFouls: 14.

There is no better medicinefollowing a Friday night dis-appointing loss than to comeback and play on Saturdaynight. Back on the road, theArchers did just that as theytraveled to Montpelier, wherethey steamrolled the Locomo-tives, 60-33.

The non-conference winimproved the Archers’ recordto 9-8 on the year while Mont-pelier dropped their 15th in arow after opening the seasonwith their lone win.

“We bounced back, got outin transition, and got somegreat looks,” said McMichael.

It was the kind of night theArchers needed following thetwo-point double overtimeloss to Fairview on Friday.Everyone on the varsity rosternot only played and con-tributed in the team win, buteach player scored.

Leading the scoring attackfor the blue and white wasNoah Ganger with 16 points

followed by junior guardDerek Smalley who was alsoin double digits with 11.

“Smalley had a great starttonight and Noah (Ganger)had a solid week end offen-sively with 27 points on Fri-day and 16 on Saturday,”McMichael said.

Coach McMichael wasquick to praise the play ofColin Krick. The 6-foot-2 sen-ior hit a 3-pointer and a freethrow for four points.

“It was nice to see Colinscore. He’s a kid that comes topractice every day and givesus good effort and tonight thefans really showed how muchthey appreciate his contribu-tion. Tonight was just a goodsolid team effort and a greatnight for our team.”

The Archers were in controlthroughout the contest andbuilt a 31-13 advantage at thehalfway mark of the game.Antwerp continued to increasetheir lead, outscoring the Lo-comotives 18-8 in the thirdquarter to take a 49-21 cush-ion into the final eight minutesof play.

This weekend the Archerswill be back at the Range for acouple of weekend dates. OnFriday night the Raiders fromWayne Trace will come call-ing and on Saturday nightEdon will be the Archers’ op-ponent.Antwerp 10 21 18 11—60Montpelier 5 8 8 12—33Antwerp 60: Brumett 0 1 1-1 4, Smalley3 1 2-2 11, Hormann 0 1 1-2 4, Coleman3 0 0-0 6, Williamson 1 1 1-2 6, Copsey2 0 0-0 4, Stout 1 0 0-0 2, Krick 0 1 1-54, Ganger 7 0 2-2 16, Jones 1 0 1-3 3.Totals: 18 5 9-18 60.

(Editor’s note: Team coaches are re-minded to please submit result formsto the Progress office. We rely on theseforms to report game results to yourfans. You may drop off forms or faxthem to 419-399-4030, or email infoto progress@progressnewspaper.org)ANTWERP

None.PAULDINGSeventh Grade Girls Basketball –Spencerville recorded a 34-20 winover Paulding in Northwest Conferenceaction as the Bearcats outscored thePanthers 27-13 in the second half.Elizabeth Mobley paced the maroonand white with five points followed byCaitlyn Myers and Cassidy Posey withfour each. Audrey Manz (three), Alexan-dra Brown (two) and Kaylen Hale (two)rounded out the Panther scorers.WAYNE TRACEFreshman Girls Basketball – WayneTrace moved to 7-5 on the season witha 40-23 win over Leipsic. Estie Sinnpaced the Lady Raiders with 13 whileHollie Wannemacher added 11 andCourtney Mead chipped in 10. StacyFlint, Brianna Sinn and Carrie Thrasherposted two points each.Seventh Grade Girls Basketball –Wayne Trace posted a 27-17 victoryover Antwerp behind 10 points fromBrooke Sinn to finish 11-6 on the sea-son. Maggie Crosby, Gracie Gudakunstand Sara Sinn all added four points forthe Raiders. Kalin Gerber (two), LilySinn (two) and Trisha Strickler (one)also scored for the red, white and blue.Rachel Williamson posted eight mark-ers for Antwerp followed by AmandaRoberts (four), Ashley Miller (four) andCallie Perry (one).

Edgerton recorded a 31-28 win overthe Raiders with Gudakunst pacing thelocal squad with eight points. Crosby(six), Erica Mohr (four),Gerber (four),Brooke Sinn (two), Lily Sinn (two) andSara Sinn (two) also scored for WayneTrace.

Brooke Sinn scored 13 points andGudakunst added nine in a 38-22Wayne Trace win over Ayersville. Crosbyand Mohr added four markers eachwhile Chelsea Sinn, Sara Sinn, Stricklerand Maddi Chastain chipped in twoeach.Junior High Boys Basketball – WayneTrace split with Kalida in action recentlyas the Wildcats won the seventh gradematchup and the Raiders took theeighth grade tilt. The Raider seventhgraders were led by Eli Sinn with eightpoints while Jake Kuhn chipped inseven. Josh Kuhn (four), Noah Glass(four) and Weston Sinn (four) com-pleted the Wayne Trace (9-8) scoring.

Wayne Trace’s eighth grade movedto 15-0 with a 54-36 victory overKalida. Scoring for the red, white andblue were Ethan Linder (24), BradyStabler (11), Seth Saylor (ten), NoahRyan (five) and Jayden Sherry (four).

The Raiders swept past Holgate asthe seventh graders recorded a 31-19win while the eighth graders were vic-torious by a 39-18 score. Jake Kuhnled Wayne Trace’s seventh grade with10 followed by Josh Kuhn (seven), EliSinn (seven), Adam Stoller (three),Noah Glass (two), Weston Sinn (two)and Noah Toppe (one).

Ethan Linder bucketed a dozen topace the Raiders with Saylor (eight),Blaine Jerome (five), Stabler (two), JonSinn (five), Ryan (four), Emil Stoller(two) and Seth Yenser (two) roundingout the scoring.

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Lady Archers can’t holdlead in 46-43 setback

By JOE SHOUSESportswriter

ANTWERP – On Thursday,the first half belonged to theLady Archers and the secondhalf belonged to the LadyApaches from Fairview andwhen it was all settled, thesecond half play of Fairviewtrumped the Archers.

Trailing by as many as 18 inthe early going of the third pe-riod the Apaches outscoredAntwerp 30-9 to escape theRange with a 46-43 GreenMeadows Conference win.

The Lady Archers openedup with a quick 10-3 advan-tage, compliments of a coupleof 3-pointers from seniorguard Avrial Sawyer. Thequarter ended with the Archerson top 12-9.

Antwerp continued to addto their lead with Kaiya Jemi-son canning a couple of freethrows and a 2-point toss togive the Archers a 16-9 mar-gin with 5:19 remaining in thesecond period.

Head coach Larry Taylorgot point production from acouple of freshmen withAvery Braaten and AnnieMiesle each scoring a goal.Jemison added a 3-point playthe traditional way with a goaland a free throw to give theLady Archers a double-digitlead, 23-13, at the two-minutemark.

Antwerp played solid de-fense throughout the first half.The full court press continuedto bother the Apaches late inthe half when Braaten made asteal near mid-court and droveto the hoop for two points ona nice individual effort.Antwerp went to the lockerroom holding a 27-14 advan-tage.

It appeared the Archerswould continue playing someof their best basketball of theyear in the third quarter.Fairview scored the first bas-ket to trail 27-16, but the blueand white answered with atrey from Alexis Jones, twofree throws from Jemison fol-lowed by a 2-point goal fromJones to propel the LadyArchers to an 18-point lead at34-16.

The Apaches started chip-ping away at the lead andscored the next eight points.Miller-Sweet stopped theFairview mini run with a nicedrive across the paint to thehoop for a basket. Fairviewstarted looking inside to their5-10 senior Brittany Conkey,who scored three baskets inthe paint in the third period tohelp pull the Apaches towithin seven at the end of thequarter, 37-30.

Fairview finally tied thescore at 41 then managed toincrease their advantage in theclosing seconds on a basket byAli Hug, who was also fouled.The sophomore calmly con-nected on her free throw.

Antwerp had one last op-portunity and with 5.1 secondsremaining Coach Taylor called

time out to set the final play.Out of the timeout, and theball in Jones’ hands, the seniortried to shake away from thedefense but couldn’t escapethe pressure being applied andtime expired before she couldlaunch her try.

Jones led all scorers with 19while the Apaches had twoplayers in double figures withConkey leading their attackwith 18 and Hug adding 10.Antwerp 12 15 10 6—-43Fairview 9 5 16 16—-46Antwerp 43: Jones 7 1 2-3 19, Miller-Sweet 1 0 1-2 3, Sawyer 0 2 0-0 6,Braaten 2 0 0-0 4, Miesle 1 0 0-0 2,Jemison 2 0 5-5 9. Totals: 13 3 8-10 43.Total fouls: 17.Fairview 46: Gerbers 1 0 1-4, Hill 3 1 0-0 9, Conkey 7 0 4-4 18, Hug 4 0 2-6 10,E. Carder 2 0 0-1 4, S. Carder 0 0 0-1 0,Garigus 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 18 1 7-15 46.Total fouls: 16.

Last Tuesday, the LadyArchers traveled to Convoy toplay the once-beatenCrestview Lady Knights.Antwerp held their own in thefirst quarter to only trail 11-8after eight minutes of play, butthe Knights got it going afterthat and delivered a 49-36win.

Crestview is enjoying a fineseason with a 16-1 record,their only loss coming to thehands of No. 1 Ottoville in Di-

vision IV earlier in the season.Antwerp made things inter-

esting in the third period whenAlexis Jones connected on a3-pointer followed by team-mate Avrial Sawyer also dial-ing in from behind the arc topull the Archers to withinseven at 28-21. Momentumquickly shifted back to theLady Knights on a couple offree throws by Emily Bauerand a bucket from MariahHenry to put the Knights backup by 11 at 32-21.

“We had a four- or five-minute stretch in the thirdquarter where we just turnedthe ball over too many times.It’s been bothering us all yearand when you’re thin on play-ers it begins to take its toll,”commented Taylor.

“Overall we did a decent joband the girls battled hard. Givethem credit, Crestview is apretty good team,” said Taylor.

Jones led all scorers with 17while Crestview placed twogirls in double figures. Theloss dropped Antwerp to 3-14on the season.Antwerp 8 5 11 12—36Crestview 11 12 11 15—-49Antwerp 36: Jones 4 1 6-6 17, MillerSweet 2 0 0-0 4, Sawyer 0 2 0-0 6,Miesle 1 0 0-0 2, Jemison 2 0 3-4 7. To-tals: 9 3 9-14 36.

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Avery Braaten #10 takes a fast break drive to the goal for theLady Archers against Fairview.

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Antwerp’s Cheyenne Miller-Sweet #4 works the ball in againstFairview last Thursday night.

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The Archers’ Alexis Jones #3 gets a hard foul on her way tothe basket last Thursday night against Fairview.

Fort Wayne quintet edgesWoodlan for tourneychampionship in Antwerp

ANTWERP – The FortWayne Suburban BethlehemLutheran Bulldogs made an im-pressive run in the sixth gradeand under girls basketball tourna-ment, played at the Manor HouseGym. FWSB Lutheran went un-defeated on the day defeatingWoodlan in the finals, 47-21.

The tournament began withsix teams, from four counties inIndiana and Ohio, traveling toAntwerp to participate in theevent. Pool play took part mostof the day.

In game one, Napoleon St.John Lutheran Eagles battledAntwerp to a 23-17 win. EmilyBostleman scored 19 points forNapoleon. Antwerp was led byChloe Franklin and KarsynBrummet with eight each.

In game two, Woodlan de-feated Woodburn LutheranSchool, 30-15. Addie Baymanscored 10 and Lauren Durkeseight for the Warriors. SydniKlopfenstein led the Wildcatswith four.

Game three was the openinggame for FWSB Lutheran. TheBulldogs started quick and neverlooked back in a 57-16 win overAntwerp. Josie Sauer scored 16,Carissa Garcia 15, and HopeKanning 12 for the Bulldogs.Chloe Franklin and KarsynBrummet led the Archers withsix apiece.

Woodlan secured the top spot

in the pool by defeatingHicksville CYO, 27-12. AddieBayman led Woodlan with eight.Sam Klima led Hicksville withsix.

FWSB Lutheran then lockedin their spot in the finals with a49-17 thrashing of NapoleonSJL. Carissa Garcia scored 13 forthe Bulldogs, Emily Bostlemannine for the Eagles.

Hicksville then edged outWLS, 18-6, to complete poolplay.

In seeded game play, Antwerpplayed Woodburn Lutheran andwon, 17-6. Karsyn Brummetscored six for the Archers.Napoleon SJL beat Hicksville,27-18. Emily Bostelman put up12 markers in for the Eagles,Jamie Meyers and Haily Metzeach scored six for HicksvilleCYO.

The championship game pittedFWSB Lutheran against Wood-lan. The game was close early,but FWSB flexed their muscleand pulled away, 47-21. HopeKanning led the champion Bull-dogs with 17 points and JosieSauer tallied 14. Addie Baymanscored 12 for the runner-up War-riors.

Medallions were awarded toboth teams.

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Paulding girls makeprogress despite losses

By JIM LANGHAMSportswriter

Paulding head girls basket-ball coach Lyndsi Schultz waspleased with her team’s per-formance in games last weekin spite of losses to MillerCity, Lima Central Catholicand Continental.

While the Miller City andLCC games were on the road,the local squad returned homeon Saturday afternoon to fightto a tough Continental squadthat boasts a record of 13-5.

After playing the Pirates toa 20-20 score at the half, thevisitors started to build a leadin the second half, overcomingPaulding 11-6 in the thirdquarter and 17-4 in the finaleight minutes to walk off thefloor with a 48-30 win.

Leva Weller led the Conti-nental cause with 19 pointswhile Abbey Edwards’ ninepoints led the way for Pauld-ing.

“I’m very pleased with howwe played. They are a strongPutnam County team and westayed with them for threequarters,” said Schultz. “AbbyPease was in a good positionto play out her role all of thetime. We just got tired at theend.”

Paulding’s record stood at4-14 following the game.

Earlier in the week, the Pan-thers battled another PutnamCounty team, Miller City, tothe wire before dropping a 51-47 decision there. In that con-test, Paulding came out strongonce again, posting as 14-12lead at the end of the firstquarter before the Wildcatsoutscored the local team, 16-7, in the second quarter to graba 28-21 advantage at the half.

In that contest, BrookeCombs turned in a strong per-formance, tallying 15 pointsfor the game while MillerCity’s Melissa Michel tallied

Raider wrestlers fall short;crown 4 GMC champions

SHERWOOD – The GMCwrestling tournament was heldSaturday, Feb. 2 at FairviewHigh School. Wayne Tracejoined Ayersville and Tinoraas the favorites to finish asGMC champs. As the tourna-ment progressed, the three fa-vorites rose to the top of theteam scoreboard.

As the first team scoreswere posted, Wayne Tracetrailed Ayersville by twopoints and Tinora was in third.

Solid wrestling occurred inthe first two rounds. Clemens,Baxter, Miller, Showalter,Temple, Mansfield and Pierceall came through unscathedand wrestled for the right to bea GMC champion.

Additionally, Taylor, Din-gus, Reel, Moore and Chastainwould wrestle for third orfourth placement.

Several matches could havegone the other way for theRaiders, but did not. Josh Reelbattled Skylar Muehlfield theentire three periods and waspoised to notch the upset.Pushing the match into over-time, Reel was not be able tofend off Muehlfield’s take-down and dropped the match.

By far, the grittiest and mostheartbreaking match of theday was wrestled by TimWest. West traded points backand forth with a Fairview op-ponent when he suffered a lac-eration to his eyelid. He waspatched back up by the trainerand began wrestling again.West then went on a scoring

frenzy, distancing himselffrom his opponent, but thematch again was stopped forblood. The trainer patched theeye and West returned to themat with the referee informingWayne Trace that one morestoppage for blood would re-sult in a forfeit of the match.

With a mere 9 seconds re-maining in the match and Westup by seven points, the refereestopped it again for blood, andWest was forced to forfeit.Unfortunately, this event costthe Raider team several place-ment points.

Before entering the champi-onship matches, team scoreswere posted and the red,white, and blue had taken overthe top of the team board withAyersville trailing by 2.5points.

The Raiders and Pilots hadseven wrestlers each compet-ing for top place honors, whilethe Rams had six.

Clemens remained unde-feated on the season and cap-tured his first GMCchampionship. He continuesto push the most consecutivewin streak record and cur-rently is at 36.

Showalter squared offagainst projected state champVan Vleet from Edgerton, andalthough he would fall shorton the win, gave it his all.Showalter stunned the crowdby capturing a takedown andscoring back points, butdropped the match, 13-7.

Sawyer Temple wrestled

Urivez from Tinora, one of histhree losses on the year. Hefound himself down early inthe match, but fought back andcaptured the lead. He thenrode out Urivez for the win.With the win, Temple be-comes a three-time GMCleague champ.

The Pilots fared better in thefinals with five championscompared to the Raiders’ four.The Raiders placed all but twowrestlers in the top four, but inthe end, it wasn’t enough.Wayne Trace trailed GMCteam champion Ayersville by12.5 points to finish second.

“I was pleased with every-one’s effort today. We were soclose; had just a few thingswent our way like West beingable to finish that match, butthey didn’t,” commentedCoach Clemens. “Overall, wewrestled well today. Some ofthe younger guys reallystepped up and both our sen-iors left all they had on themat.”

Team standings: Ayersville199, Wayne Trace 186.5,Tinora 127.5, Fairview 119,Edgerton 99.5, Antwerp 39,Hicksville 16.

Individual results: Clemens106 first, Taylor 113 fourth,Elliott 120 DNP, Baxter 126first, Miller 132 first, Showal-ter 138 second, Dingus 145third, Reel 152 third, Temple160 first, West 170 DNP,Mansfield 18 second, Pierce195 second, Moore 220 third,Chastain HWY third.

the 1,000th point of her careerin scoring 18 points and haul-ing down 10 rebounds for theWildcats.

“We had them right down tothe wire a couple of times,”said Schultz. “I was reallypleased with the play ofBrooke Combs in that game.”

Thursday, the Panthers trav-eled to Lima Central Catholicwhere the Thunderbirds de-feated Paulding, 44-21. In thatgame, Abbey Edwards ledPaulding with seven pointswhile Sydney Santiguida andMeredith Shepherd eachscored 13 points for LCC.

“The girls are working hardand doing some things right,but when it comes to gametime, things just don’t seem tocome together,” said Schultz.“We really need to pick up awin somewhere, especially aswe start looking toward thetournament coming up.”

Wayne Trace senior Grady Gudakunst was recently named “Academic All Ohio” by the OhioHigh School High School Golf Coaches Association. Pictured with Grady are Wayne Trace athleticdirector Jim Linder (left) and principal Kevin Wilson.

Gudakunst ‘Academic All Ohio’

County squads learn sectional matchupsBy KEVIN

WANNEMACHERSportswriter

Although none of the countysquads received top seeds, allthree girls’ high school basket-ball teams learned their futureopponents in sectional tourna-ment action.

In Division III at Defiance,Archbold and Delta picked upthe seeds and each took semifi-nal games.

Delta (14-5) tangles withPaulding (4-14) on Feb. 20 at6:15 p.m. with Tinora (12-6)awaiting the winner on Feb. 23

at 6:15. The bottom half of thesectional features Archbold(17-1) against Liberty Center(1-18) in the second game Feb.20. The Blue Streak-Tiger vic-tor comes back on Feb. 23 toplay Fairview (2-16).

At Lima Bath, Ottawa Glan-dorf (13-6) and Coldwater (12-7) recorded the two seeds.

The first semifinal on Feb. 20has Bluffton (9-8) against theCavaliers while Lima CentralCatholic (9-10) tangles withWayne Trace (5-13) in thenightcap. The Bluffton-Cold-water winner returns to play

Allen East (9-8) in the first sec-tional title game on Feb. 23 fol-lowed by the LCC-WT victortaking on the Titans.

Edgerton (15-4) and NorthCentral (8-10) took the top twoseeds in the Division IV sec-tional at Bryan. Montpelier (6-13) hooks up against Edon(5-14) on Feb. 19 with the win-ner returning to battle NorthCentral on Feb. 23. In the bot-tom half of the tournament,Antwerp (3-15) playsHicksville (1-19) Feb. 19 withEdgerton awaiting the winner.

ALLEYCAT LANESMONDAY NIGHTINDEPENDENT

Individual High Game: Mike Clark, 257Individual High Series: Mike Clark, 659League Leaders: Three Plus Two

TUESDAY NIGHTSUNDOWNERS

Individual High Game: Paul Steele, 252Individual High Series: Paul Steele, 645League Leaders: Arend, Laukhuf andStoller

WEDNESDAY NIGHTREBELS

Individual High Game: Dianna Westrick,229League Leaders: Signature Embroidery

THURSDAY NIGHTMENS

Individual High Game: John Denny, 300Individual High Series: John Denny, 700League Leaders: R.D. Engineering

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Individual High Game: Ben Heilshorn,243Individual High Series: Dylan Litzenburg,565

GIRLSIndividual High Game: Kayla Simon, 225Individual High Series: Kayla Simon,579

BowlingManor House Gym starts winter volleyball leagues

ANTWERP – Sunday will be the start of two new wintervolleyball leagues.

In the sixth grade and under division, fall league championLincolnview and Defiance both return from the fall league.They will be joined by newcomers Bryan, Wayne Trace, Defi-ance St. John Lutheran and two teams each from Woodlan andWoodburn Lutheran School.

In the junior high division, there will be four teams made upof players from all over northwest Ohio and northeast Indiana.

Games will be played weekly on Sunday afternoons andevenings until March 17 when the season will end with a singleelimination tournament.

Manor House Gym draws Akron and Toledo teamsANTWERP – This Satur-

day, there will be a new boys’basketball tournament offeredat the Manor House Gym. Aninvitation was sent out to jun-ior high boys teams and eightteams answered the call.

Locally, Woodlan and New

Haven St. John Catholic willparticipate. Also attending willbe Ellet School form Akron,Monclova Christian and Ore-gon from the Toledo area, FortWayne Emmaus Lutheran,Napoleon St. John Lutheranand the Northwest Ohio

Cougars, a home school team.Games will be played on

two courts at the Manor Houseall day long with the finalsscheduled at 4 p.m. that after-noon. Take the time to stop inand see some basketball talentfrom other parts of Ohio.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Paulding County Progress - 5B

School menusMenus are subject to change

ANTWERP LOCAL SCHOOLSWeek of Feb. 11

MONDAY – Grilled chicken on bun,baked beans, cherries, milk. Plus:Salad bar.

TUESDAY – Chicken fajita, corn,peaches, milk. Plus: Salad bar.

WEDNESDAY – Mac and cheese,sweet potato fries, fruit, milk. Plus:Salad bar.

THURSDAY – Hot dog on bun,spinach, pineapple, milk. Plus: Saladbar.

FRIDAY – Cheese pizza or eggsalad sandwich, celery with dip, apple-sauce, milk. Plus: Salad bar.

PAULDING HIGH SCHOOLWeek of Feb. 11

MONDAY – Breakfast: Breakfastpizza, juice, fruit, milk. Lunch: Chickennuggets, whipped potatoes, celery, roll,or salad bar with breadstick, fruit, milk.

TUESDAY – Breakfast: Egg andsausage burrito, juice, fruit, milk.Lunch: Oriental chicken salad, egg roll,rice krispy treat, or cheeseburger withbun, oven fries, veg. pack, fruit, milk.

WEDNESDAY – Breakfast: Ham,egg and cheese muffin, juice, fruit,milk. Lunch: Walking taco, lettuce, re-fried beans, salsa or top your potato,whole grain breadstick, fruit, milk.

THURSDAY – Breakfast: Sausagelinks, mini pancakes, juice, fruit, milk.

Lunch: Big daddy pizza, baby carrotswith ranch dip, or corn dog, bakedbeans, cole slaw assorted fruit, milk.

FRIDAY – No school. Parentteacher conferences.

OAKWOOD ELEMENTARYWeek of Feb. 11Packed lunch B: Hot dog

with whole grain bun, vegetable,fruit, milk.

MONDAY – Breakfast: Breakfastpizza, fruit, milk. Lunch: Corn dog,baked beans, celery sticks, fruit, milk.

TUESDAY – Breakfast: Mini pan-cake, fruit, milk. Lunch: Chickennuggets, whipped potatoes, gravy,bread, lettuce salad, fruit, milk.

WEDNESDAY – Ash WednesdayBreakfast: Sausage pancake wrap,fruit, milk. Lunch: Mozzarella stickswith marinara sauce, green beans,fruit, milk.

THURSDAY – Breakfast: Breakfastburrito, fruit, milk. Lunch: Shreddedchicken with whole grain fun, broccoliwith cheese, carrot sticks, fruit, milk.

FRIDAY – No school. Parentteacher conferences.

PAULDING ELEMENTARYWeek of Feb. 11

MONDAY – Breakfast: Yogurt,Goldfish grahams, fruit, milk. Lunch:Hamburger on whole grain bun, car-rots, vegetable choice, fruit, milk.

TUESDAY – Breakfast: Pancakes,

fruit, juice, milk. Lunch: Peanut butterand jelly sandwich, Taco salad, lettuce,cheese, salsa, refried beans, fruit, milk.

WEDNESDAY – Ash Wednesday,Breakfast: Breakfast burrito, juice, fruit,milk. Lunch: Cheese sticks with mari-nara sauce, spaghetti rings, fruit, milk.

THURSDAY – Breakfast: Muffin,string cheese, fruit, juice, milk. Lunch:Salisbury steak, potatoes with gravy,corn, bread, fruit, milk.

FRIDAY – No school. Parentteacher conferences.

WAYNE TRACE SCHOOLSWeek of Feb. 11

MONDAY – Breakfast: Sausagepizza. Lunch: Hamburger with bun,french fries, fruit, milk.

TUESDAY – Egg cheese muffin.Lunch: Turkey hot dog with bun, bakedbeans, baked chips, fruit, milk.

WEDNESDAY – Breakfast: Mini-pancakes, sausage, juice, milk. Lunch:Macaroni and cheese, green beans,fruit, milk.

THURSDAY – Breakfast: Cheeseomelet, toast, juice, milk. Lunch: Walk-ing taco with meat, cheese, lettuce,salsa, carrot sticks, fruit, milk.

FRIDAY – Breakfast: Fruit turnover,fruit, milk. Lunch: Cheese pizza, ro-maine lettuce, fruit, milk.

DIVINE MERCY SCHOOLWeek of Feb. 11

Same menu as Wayne Trace; nobreakfast served.

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Lady Raiders fall to 5-13with consecutive losses

By KEVINWANNEMACHER

SportswriterHAVILAND – The struggles

continued for the Wayne Tracegirls basketball team as theLady Raiders dropped recentgames to Tinora and MillerCity.

In Green Meadows Confer-ence action, the Lady Ramsposted a 51-37 victory overWayne Trace to keep theirleague title hopes alive. Tinorais 4-1 in conference action, onegame behind league leadingHolgate.

Tinora led 12-6 after onequarter and widened the mar-gin to 24-14 at the intermis-sion. The green and white tooka 36-27 lead into the final pe-riod.

Erin Mohr and Sylvia Youngeach scored nine points for theRaiders with Krystal Wan-nemacher adding six. Otherscorers for the Raiders in-cluded Shayna Temple (five),Tanya Sinn (three), BrendaFeasby (two), Rylee Zartman(two) and Karena Egnor (one).

On Saturday, Wayne Tracedropped a non-league decisionto Miller City as the Wildcats

recorded a 60-53 victory at the‘Palace.’

The visiting Wildcats led 14-11 after one quarter andwidened the margin to 33-28 atthe intermission. Miller Cityposted a 46-41 advantage at theend of three periods.

“I thought we had better ef-fort,” noted Raider head coachGreg Davis. “We played withmore energy and intensity andwe did a good job of playinghard. We have areas that weneed to continue to work onand get better we need to keepplaying with this type of ef-fort.”

Mohr bucketed 17 points topace the Lady Raiders fol-lowed by Young (nine), Feasby(eight), Egnor (seven), Zart-man (six) and Sinn (six).

Wayne Trace’s junior varsityposted a 53-35 win over MillerCity as Madi Poling and LeahSinn recorded a dozen markerseach.

Brooke Wilcox added 11 forthe Raiders. Other scorers in-cluded Erin Jewell (six),Danielle Kortokrax (four),Maddi Baumle (four), Court-ney Mead (two), Hollie Wan-nemacher (one) and Estie Sinn

(one).The red, white and blue also

recorded a 31-20 win overGreen Meadows Conferencerival Tinora.

Poling bucketed 13 points totop the Raiders followed byLeah Sinn (eight), Baumle(three), Jewell (three), Wilcox(two) and Danielle Kortokrax(two).

On Jan. 22, Wayne Tracedropped a 64-43 decision atDelphos Jefferson as the LadyWildcats took a 17-4 lead afterone quarter and cruised to thewin.

The Lady Wildcats recordeda 32-15 halftime advantage be-fore taking a 53-27 lead at theend of three periods.

Young paced the red, whiteand blue with 10 points whileMohr added nine. Sinn (four),Danielle Kortokrax (four),Zartman (three), Natalie Sinn(three), Taylor Grant (three),Madi Poling (two), Feasby(two), Wannemacher (two)and Temple (one).

Wayne Trace returns to ac-tion on Thursday as the LadyRaiders host Antwerp beforevisiting Crestview in non-league action on Monday.

Schroeder excels with OSU-Lima Barons athletic program

Brady Schroeder, a 2009graduate of Paulding HighSchool and son of ChuckSchroeder and RachaelSchroeder, is completing an ac-complished career as a memberof the OSU-Lima Barons ath-letic program.

In four years, golf honors in-clude ORCC Conference andState Champions (Spring,2012), First Team ORCC,Spring 2012, Top Medalist,ORCC Tournament, Spring,2012, Top Medalist, Miami-Hamilton, Spring, 2012, Sec-ond Team ORCC, Spring,2011, Marion InvitationalChampions, 2011, Co-Medal-

ist, Chillicothe Jaycees Tourna-ment, 2011 and Top Medalist,Granville Tournament, Spring2011.

Basketball honors includehonorable mention, ORCC,2011-2012, ORCC State Run-ner-Up, 2010-2011 and 1,000point scorer, 2010-2013.

During his years at PauldingHigh School, Schroeder was afour-year letterwinner in golf,two-year letterwinner in basket-ball, two-year varsity lettermenin track, 2008 NWC Player ofthe Year, Paulding High SchoolMost Valuable Player in 2008and winner of Paulding HighSchool’s Four-Year Scholar

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Athlete Award.Schroeder is studying family

financial management.

Enter now forearly bird reversedrawing chance

HAVILAND – WayneTrace’s annual Athletic Boost-ers’ Reverse Drawing andDinner will be Saturday, April20, with dinner being served at6 p.m. and drawing starting at7 p.m.

For entry into the early birddrawing – a chance to win afree ticket – purchase yourticket by Feb. 18. The freeticket will be given away Feb.22 at the boys’ basketballgame against Ottoville.

Tickets are $50 each and in-cludes one meal. Extra mealsare $25 per person. Tickets areavailable from athletic directorJim Linder, or any athleticbooster member. Or, makechecks payable to WayneTrace Athletic Boosters andmail to Patty Young, 2143 Rd96, Payne OH 45880.

Ohio hunters harvestnearly 219,000 deer

COLUMBUS – Deer-archery season ended Feb. 3,bringing the white-tailed deerseason to a close. Hunters har-vested 218,910 white-taileddeer during Ohio’s 2012-13hunting seasons for all imple-ments, according to the OhioDepartment of Natural Re-sources (ODNR). Hunterschecked 219,748 deer in 2011-12, a difference of less than1,000 deer this season.

“Ohio has become one ofthe nation’s top destinationsfor hunting white-tailed deer,”said ODNR director James

Zehringer.The Ohio counties that re-

ported the most checked deerfor all implements during the2012-13 season: Coshocton(7,413), Licking (6,928), Tus-carawas (6,813), Muskingum(6,457) and Guernsey (6,151).

Hunters continue to supportalternate methods to reportdeer kills. Since the deer sea-son began on Sept. 29, 2012,44 percent of hunters phonedin their report, 40 percent re-ported online and 16 percenttraveled to a license agent’s lo-cation.

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RESOLUTION1272-12

Resolution 1272-12was passed by Pauld-ing Village Council onJanuary 22, 2013, andgoes into effect fromand after the earliestperiod allowed by law.The summary of thislegislation is as fol-lows:A RESOLUTION AU-THORIZING THEMAYOR OF THE VIL-LAGE OF PAULD-ING, OHIO, TO SIGNTHE AGREEMENTISSUED BY THEPAULDING COUNTYBOARD OF COM-MISSIONERS FORTHE FORMATION OFTHE PAULDINGCOUNTY EMER-GENCY MANAGE-MENT AGENCY.Copies of the full textof this legislation maybe obtained at the Fi-nance Director's Office,116 South Main Street,between the hours of8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.Monday through Fri-day.Melissa S. Tope, Finance Director 24c2

COUNTY : PAULDINGThe following applica-tions and/or verifiedcomplaints were re-

ceived, and the follow-ing draft, proposed andfinal actions were is-sued, by the Ohio Envi-ronmental ProtectionAgency (Ohio EPA) lastweek. The completepublic notice includingadditional instructionsfor submitting com-ments, requesting infor-mation or a publichearing, or filing an ap-peal may be obtained at:http://www.epa.ohio.gov/actions.aspx or Hear-ing Clerk, Ohio EPA, 50W. Town St. P.O. Box1049, Columbus, Ohio43216. Ph: 614-644-2129 email:HClerk@epa.state.oh.usAPPLICATION RE-CEIVED FOR AIRPERMITMERCER LAND-MARK, INC.224 NORTH LAURASTREETPAYNE OHACTION DATE :01/30/2013FACILITY DESCRIP-TION: AIRIDENTIFICATIONNO. : A0046738Renewal of Grain Re-ceiving/Transferring/Conveying (F001), Grain Loading/Trucks (F002),Grain Loading/Rail(F003) 24c1

LEGALResidential Credit Solu-tions, Inc.,vs.Timothy J. Fifer, et al.The Defendants, Timo-thy J. Fifer, UnknownHeirs, Legatees, De-visees, Executors, Ad-ministrators andAssigns and theirSpouses, if any, of Tim-othy J. Fifer, and Un-known Spouse, if any,of Timothy J. Fifer, butwhose current addressare unknown, will takenotice that on Septem-ber 10, 2012, the Plain-tiff, Residential CreditSolutions, Inc., filed itsComplaint in Case No.CI-12-188, in the Courtof Common Pleas ofPaulding County, Ohio,seeking a foreclosure ofits mortgage interest inthe real property locatedat 112 Ash St, Payne,OH 45880, PermanentParcel No. 19-06S-005-00,("Real Estate"), andalleged that the Defen-dants, have or may havean interest in this RealEstate.The Defendants, Timo-thy J. Fifer, UnknownHeirs, Legatees, De-visees, Executors, Ad-ministrators and

Assigns and theirSpouses, if any, of Tim-othy J. Fifer, and Un-known Spouse, if any,of Timothy J. Fifer, arerequired to answer thePlaintiffs Complaintwithin twenty-eight(28) days after the lastdate of publication ofthis notice. In the eventthat the Defendants,Timothy J. Fifer, Un-known Heirs, Legatees,Devisees, Executors,Administrators and As-signs and their Spouses,if any, of Timothy J.Fifer, and UnknownSpouse, if any, of Tim-othy J. Fifer, failed torespond in the allottedtime, judgment by de-fault can be enteredagainst them for the re-lief requested in thePlaintiff s Complaint.Matthew C. Gladwell(0075591) Carrie L.Rouse (0083281) RyanF. Hemmerle (0079721)Robert A. Wood(0031620) Attorney forPlaintiff Reisenfeld &Associates, LPA LLC3962 Red Bank RoadCincinnati, OH 45227voice: (513) 322-7000facsimile: (513) 322-7099 24c3

6B - Paulding County Progress Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Wednesday, February 6Sausage, Egg & Cheese Sandwich, Hashbrown Potatoes,

Stewed Tomatoes, Fruit Salad, Orange Juice

Thursday, February 7BBQ Pork Sandwich, Broccoli, Cinnamon Peaches,

Fruited Jello, Crackers

Friday, February 8Mushroom Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Succotash, Waldorf Salad,

Cake, Dinner Roll

Monday, February 11Cabbage Roll Casserole over White Rice, Pineapple Tidbits,

Dinner Roll, Apple Crisp

Tuesday, February 12Chicken & Noodles, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots,

Strawberries & Bananas, Dinner Roll

Wednesday, February 13Pork Cutlet, Baked Potato, Creamed Peas, Peaches,

W.W. Bread, Cookie

Thursday, February 14Cheese Burger, Oven Potatoes, BBQ Lima Beans, Orange Juice

Friday, February 15Fish Sandwich, Cheesy Potatoes, Capri Blend Vegetables,

Grapes, Fruit Cocktail Cake

Monday, February 18Closed - President’s Day

Tuesday, February 19Hamburger Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Betty Salad, Fruit Compote,

Chocolate Pudding, Biscuit

Wednesday, February 20Salmon Patty, Redskin Potatoes, Scandanavian Blend, Apricots,

Boston Cream Pie, Dinner Roll

Thursday, February 21Ham & Cheese Casserole, Stewed Tomatoes, Spinach Salad,

Hot Applesauce, Dinner Roll

Friday, February 22Baked Fish, Twice Baked Potatoes, Green Beans,

Peaches/Cot. Cheese, W.W. Bread, Cake

Monday, February 25Spaghetti & Meatballs, Tossed Salad, Warm Pears, Garlic Bread

Tuesday, February 26Turkey/Cheese on Pumpernickel, Chunky Tomato Soup,

Pineapple Tidbits, Ambrosia Salad, Crackers, Cookie

Wednesday, February 27Pork Roast, Mashed Potatoes, Normandy Blend, Chunky Applesauce,

W.W. Bread, Peach Quick Cake

Thursday, February 28Baked Ham, Augratin Potatoes, Beets, Apple Juice,

Fruit Crisp, Dinner Roll

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Among those celebrating January birthdays at the Paulding County Senior Center were, frontfrom left – Kathryn Bouillon, Mary Stanton, Julia Hart and Betty Pfost; back – Bob Ladd, MaryKeller and Don Baer.

Couples celebrating January wedding anniversaries at the Paulding County Senior Centerincluded Don and Miriam Baer (front) and Ellen and Glen Putnam. (Glen Putnam was not pres-ent for the picture.)

Trust rises with age, making olderpeople more vulnerable to fraud

Older adults are morelikely than younger ones toperceive dishonest faces astrustworthy. The new find-ings help explain why olderpeople are more likely to fallvictim to fraud.

Up to 80% of scam vic-tims are over 65, accordingto the U.S. Federal TradeCommission. Some expertssuspect that older people aremore vulnerable to fraudbecause they are more trust-ing than younger adults.

A team led by Dr. ShelleyTaylor at the University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles, setout to explore whether olderadults judge trustworthinessdifferently from youngeradults. Photographs of facesselected to look trustworthy,neutral or untrustworthywere shown to 119 older

adults (ages 55 to 84) and 24younger adults (ages 20 to42). The participants wereasked to rate each face basedon how trustworthy orapproachable it seemed. Thescientists also used function-al MRI to look at brainactivity.

Neutral faces and faceshigh in trust cues were ratedsimilarly by both groups.However, older adults weresignificantly more likelythan younger ones to rateuntrustworthy faces as trust-worthy.

The brain scans alsorevealed significant differ-ences between the agegroups. An area associatedwith “gut feelings” becamemore active in the youngerpeople at the sight of anuntrustworthy face. But

older subjects showed littleto no activation in this area.More study will be neededto understand why.

Misplaced trust can havedire consequences, especial-ly when it comes to financialfraud.

“Older adults seem to beparticularly vulnerable tointerpersonal solicitations,and their reduced sensitivityto cues related to trust maypartially underlie this vul-nerability,” Taylor says.

January birthdays at the senior center included, front from left – Florence Smith, CathyShaner and Laura Pease; back – Dale Cluts, Pat Cluts, Marjorie Underwood, Ruth Gerber andDave Bakle.

Due to growing customer demand,Hornish Bros, Inc. of Defiance, has im-mediate openings for FLATBED DRIV-

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Due to growing customer demand,Hornish Bros. Inc. of Defiance, OH,has immediate openings and is currently accepting applications forCOMPANY DRIVERS to run in theGreat Lakes area. We provide a com-petitive wage, assigned and well-main-tained equipment, health, vision anddental insurance, direct deposit andpaid vacations. If getting home is im-portant to you and you have a Class ACDL and at least 2 years experiencethen call 1-800-334-2231 Mon-Fri 7-3:30 and ask for Recruiting. E.O.E.

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in the Area!Brookview Healthcare Center in Defiance, OH isseeking State Tested Nursing Assistants to fill ourpart time and full-time positions that we haveavailable on all shifts. Our skilled nursing centerhas a friendly, family-like environment and anestablished, tenured management team withmany long term employees. If you want to careabout your residents and not just for them, joinour team! Please submit your resume for imme-diate consideration to aseibert@ltcoh.com, faxto 419-784-2608 or call 419-784-1014 andask for Amanda Seibert, DON. (E.O.E)

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FOLTZ REALTYDonald K. Foltz, II - Broker: 106 N. Williams St. Paulding

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#2809 769 N. MainSt. Paulding: Nice 2Br., 1 Ba. Home withgas forced air heat,city water, sewer andvinyl siding. 22'x 14'detached garage and2 adjoining lots thatcan be sold withproperty. $38,000Call Maurie

#2804 5809 SR 500Payne: Nice 3 Br., 13/4 Ba. Home incountry with hard-wood floors in livingroom and bedrooms,vinyl siding, attachedgarage and 36'x 24'building w/ concretefloor. Call Maurie$50,000

#2803 13686 HelenSt. Paulding: Up-dated 3 BR., 1 1/2Ba., ranch home withappliances includingwasher & dryer, re-frigerator & range.City water& sewerwith attached 2 cargarage. $67,000 CallMaurie

#2801 401 W. CanalSt. Antwerp: Nice 3Br, 2 Ba, brick & vinylsided home with 2car attached garageon a corner lot inAntwerp. City waterand sanitary seweron a crawl space.Call Don $82,000

# 2812 NEW LISTING2232 SR 114 Payne:Country home fea-tures 7+ acres, 3 BR,1 BA, vinyl siding, re-placement windowswith room on 2nd floorfor a 4th bedroom.$90,000 Call Maurie

#2810 5192 RiverviewPayne: Nice 3 Br., 1Ba. Home offers vinylsiding, approx. 10year old roof, 1 1/2 cargarage w/16' electricdoor. Nice view &shade trees and appli-ances remain, all for$43,900. Call Maurie

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NEWER LISTING: 3-bed-room home having electricheat and attached garage.Located on Helen St. inPaulding. #330

OFFICE/BUSINESS BUILD-ING : 102 E. Jackson,Paulding on the Square withpotential of 2 apartmentsupstairs. $29,900. #338

DUPLEX RENTAL: Tenantspay all utilities. Rent out both orlive in one and collect moneyfrom the other. #342

COMMERICAL BUILDINGwith a 2-bedroom apartmentabove. Known as the Keelerbuilding located on the northside of the square in Paulding.#307

NEED a 3 or 4 Bedroom Homewith lots of room? This homehas 2 baths, dining room, fami-ly room, living room, den oroffice, sunroom, & basement.Outside there's a 30'x65'garage/storage building.#328

REDUCED LISTING PRICE –for this one & half acres inPaulding surrounding this 3bedroom 1 & a half bath homehaving gas heat, central air, aformal dining room, partialopen stairway, screened rearporch, 2 car garage, barn-stor-age building and has more foryou to see. Located onPaulding's south side. #341

3 BEDROOM – home,pond, situated on 1.75 acreswith space to grow. Locatednear US 24 and Rd 424.$64,900. #319

4 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHHOME – One bath with awalk in tub/shower, has cen-tral air, sunroom, and garage.Located in Paulding. Listedat $69,900. #324

RANCH STYLE HOMEwith separate utility Room,& attached garage on acorner lot in Paulding.#322

3 BEDROOM – 1.5 bathhome located in Paulding,having new furnace andcentral air, maintenance freevinyl siding, & largedetached garage that meas-ures 24x30. Listed at$69,900. #328

$19,900 for this 2 bedroomhome in Paulding on SouthWilliams. #333

SHADED 3-BEDROOM –Home with 1.5 baths locatedin the Antwerp area. Is veryneat and clean, has fire-place, attached garage, a 16x 24' building, and 1.5 plusacres. Listed now at$98,900. #325

A FIVE UNIT APARTMENTBUILDING where tenantspay all utilities. Has a highoccupancy rate. Located inPaulding on N. Williams.#340

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#1501 Built in 1892 - nat-ural woodwork, sun room,recent roof, formal dining,family room, 2 baths,2248 sq. ft., full basementgarage, pond, pole barn,etc... on 13 woodedacres! $129,900. CallSandra & Tamyra 419-506-1015

#1527 Exquisite CapeCod, 5 acres w/ lg.pond! 3 bdrm, 3 bath,extra 30 x 40 garage.Full bsmt. RuralAntwerp. $179,900.Call Sandra orTamyra 419-506-1015

#1385 COMMERCIALPROPERTY 1 mile W. ofAntwerp. 4 acres, pond, 2bdrm home, greenhouse,30x56 & 40x44 polebarns. $149,900. Highwaylocation. Call Sandra orTamyra 419-506-1015

NEW LISTING #1549 -Remodeled 3 bdrm, 11/2 bath home w/ newerroof, updates thru-out,attached garage, C/A, N.Cherry St., Paulding.$79,900. Call DonGorrell 419-399-7699

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1550 - New Listing - Quaint bungalow w/ newerroof, windows, etc. Det. garage, close to AuglaizeRiver. $47,000. Call Don 419-399-7699

#1535- New in 2006.1668 sq. ft. 3 bdrm w. fullbasement. Geo-thermalon 5 acres. Pond.Paulding. $189,000. CallAaron 419-769-5808

#1538 - New Price -$165,000, Immaculate3 br, 2 bath countryhome on 3 1/2 acres -pole bldg w/ finishedrec room, extra out-buildings - Paulding -Call Don Gorrell 419-399-7699

See LEGALS, page 8B

LEGALS

LEGALS

LEGAL NOTICE:The Paulding CountyBoard of Commission-ers will be acceptingsealed bids for the saleof the following de-scribed real estate:Lots One Hundredninety-six (196) andtwo hundred five(205) of the Town Platof the Village ofPaulding.The real estate beingsold is the former

Paulding County Jaillocated at 112 S.Williams Street.The sealed bid mustcontain a plan for theintended use of theproperty being sold.All sealed bids shall bedelivered to the Pauld-ing County Board ofCommissioners at 115N. Williams Street,Paulding, Ohio 45879.The bids will beopened at 10:45 a.m.

on February 13, 2013.The seller reserves theright to reject any andall bids. 21c4

SHERIFF’S SALEOF REAL ESTATE

General Code, Section11681 R e v i s e dCode, Section 2329.26THE STATE OFOHIO, PAULDINGCOUNTY:BANK OF AMERICA,N.A. SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TOBAC HOME LOANSSERVICING, LP, fka COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANSSERVICING, L.P.,Plaintiff,vs.TINA M. COLLINS,ET AL., Defendants,Case No. CI 12 201.Pursuant to an Order ofSale in the above enti-tled action, I will offerfor sale at public auc-tion, at the East door ofthe Courthouse in theVillage of Paulding, inthe above namedCounty, on Thursday,the 28th day of Febru-ary, 2013 at 10:00 o’-clock A.M., the realestate located at:21751 County Road178, Oakwood, Ohio45873 Parcel Number: 01-12S-026-01Said premises appraisedat Forty-five Thousandand No/100($45,000.00) Dollarsand cannot be sold forless than two-thirds ofthat amount. The appraisal of thisproperty was completedwithout an interior in-spection. Neither theSheriff’s Office nor theappraisers are responsi-ble for the condition ofthe property at the timethe purchaser takes pos-session.TERMS OF SALE:Ten percent down on

day of the sale and bal-ance before deed is tobe issued.Sheriff Jason K. LandersPaulding County, Ohiopauldingohsheriff.com James L. Sassano, At-torney for Plaintiff 22c3

NOTICE OF SALEUNDER

JUDGMENT OFDISCLOSUREOF LIENS FORDELINQUENTLAND TAXES

Revised Code, Section5721.19.1IN THE COURT OFCOMMON PLEASPAULDING COUNTY,OHIOIn the Matter of Fore-closure of Liens fordelinquent land taxes:LOU ANN WAN-NEMACHER, TREAS-URERPAULDING COUNTY,OHIO,Plaintiff,vs.DAVID W. BRAD-MUELLER, ET AL.,Defendants.Case No. CI 12 207Whereas, judgment hasbeen rendered againstcertain parcels of realproperty for taxes, as-sessments, penalties,costs and charges as fol-lows:Situated in the Villageof Antwerp, County ofPaulding and State ofOhio, and bounded anddescribed as follows:

Being the South Sev-enty-two (72) feet ofone acre of land in theSouthwest Quarter (1/4)of Section No. Twenty-seven (27), TownshipNo. Three (3) North,Range One (1) East, inPaulding County, Ohio,except Twenty (20) feetoff of the West end,which is to be used forroad purposes only, saidSeventy-two (72) feetbeing described as fol-lows:Being Seventy-two (72)feet off of the Southside of the followingone acre tract of land,commencing in the cen-ter of the state roadleading from Antwerpto Hicksville, Ohio, saidroad being now knownas Main Street inAntwerp, Ohio, Forty(40) feet in a northerlydirection from theNortheast corner of a lotformerly owned byMary Ann Glassmire,but now owned by J.F.Bakel, at a stake or astone, thence Northerly,Eight (8) rods to a stakeor stone; thence WestTwenty (20) rods to astake or stone; thenceSoutherly Eight (8) rodsto a stake or stone andForty (40) feet North ofthe Northwest corner ofsaid tract formerlyowned by Mary AnnGlassmire; thence EastTwenty (20) rods to theplace of beginning, less

and except Sixty-five(65) feet off of the Westend thereof.Also known as a frac-tional part of Lot No.Thirty (30), Block “C”,in the Village ofAntwerp, PauldingCounty, Ohio.Parcel Number: 12-04S-051-00Total amount of judg-ment is Eight ThousandOne Hundred Fifty-twoand 43/00 ($8,152.43)Dollars, plus interestand costs of this suit.Whereas, such judg-ment orders such realproperty to be sold bythe undersigned to sat-isfy the total amount ofsaid judgment;Now, therefore, publicnotice is hereby giventhat I, Jason K. Landers,Sheriff, PauldingCounty, Ohio, will sellsuch real property atpublic auction for cashto the highest bidder ofan amount sufficient tosatisfy the judgmentagainst each parcel at10:05 a.m. at the Eastdoor of the Courthousein Paulding, Ohio, onThursday, the 28th dayof February, 2013, andcontinue from day today thereafter. If anyparcel does not receivea sufficient bid, it shallbe offered for sale,under the same termsand conditions of thefirst sale and at thesame time of day and at

the same place on the14th day of March,2013 for an amount suf-ficient to satisfy thejudgment against theparcel.PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVENTHAT ALL SUCHREAL PROPERTY TOBE SOLD AT PUBLICAUCTION MAY BESUBJECT TO A FED-ERAL TAX LIENTHAT MAY NOT BEEXTINGUISHED BYTHE SALE, ANDPURCHASERS OFANY SUCH REALPROPERTY AREURGED TO SEARCHTHE FEDERAL TAXLIEN INDEX THATIS KEPT BY THEC O U N T YRECORDER TO DE-TERMINE IF NO-TICE OF A FEDERALTAX LIEN HASBEEN FILED WITHRESPECT TO ANYSUCH REAL PROP-ERTY.Jason K. Landers, Sher-iff 22c3

Paulding County, Ohio

SHERIFF’S SALEOF REAL ESTATE

General Code, Section11681 R e v i s e dCode, Section 2329.26THE STATE OFOHIO, PAULDINGCOUNTY:UNITED STATES OFAMERICA ACTING

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3 BDRM. 2 BATH HOME$450 rent or own in Brent-wood Community next toVagabond Restaurant 419-388-9977. 43ctf

PAULDING STORAGECENTER: Now renting stor-age units. Different sizesavailable. Call 419-399-2419for info. 18ctf

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PAULDING MINI STOR-AGE UNITS. Located atsouth side of Paulding onUS 127. Various sizes.Please call 419-399-4444or 419-399-3721 20ctf

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REPLACING FOOTER ANDFOUNDATION - basementrepair floor leveling, roofing,cement work. Call Bill Miner419-596-3018 9p1

3 ACRE LOT $9,900, $500DOWN, $119 mo.; 3 acre lotwith well, septic, electric anddriveway $29,900, $1,000down, $325 mo. 813-349-0618. 23ctf

THE VILLAGE OF SCOTT2012 annual financial reportis available for public reviewduring the next Councilmeeting on Thursday, Febru-ary 14 at 7:30 pm at the firedepartment or call Lori Kreis-cher at 419-204-2899 for anappointment. Lori Kreischer,Clerk-Treasurer, Village ofScott. 24c1

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LEGALSTHROUGH THERURAL DEVELOP-MENT, UNITED STATES DE-PARTMENT OF A G R I C U LT U R E(USDA), Plaintiff,vs.MICHAEL H. GON-ZALES, ET AL., De-fendants,Case No. CI 10 258.Pursuant to an Order ofSale in the above enti-tled action, I will offerfor sale at public auc-tion, at the East door ofthe Courthouse in theVillage of Paulding, inthe above namedCounty, on Thursday,the 7th day of March,2013 at 10:20 o’clockA.M., the real estate lo-cated at:13711 Nancy Street,Paulding, Ohio 45879 Parcel Number: 23-51B-119-00The Court has set aminimum bid for thisproperty at SeventeenThousand Five Hun-dred and No/100($17,500.00) and can-not be sold for less thanthat amount. The Sheriff’s Office isnot responsible for thecondition of the prop-erty at the time the pur-chaser takes possession.TERMS OF SALE:Ten percent down onday of the sale and bal-ance before deed is tobe issued. 23c3

Sheriff Jason K. LandersPaulding County, Ohiopauldingohsheriff.com Rebecca A. Blackson,Attorney for Plaintiff

SHERIFF’S SALEOF REAL ESTATE

General Code, Section11681 R e v i s e dCode, Section 2329.26BANK OF AMERICA,N.A., Plaintiff,vs.CHARLES L. DAVIS,ET AL., Defendants,Case No. CI 12 196.Pursuant to an Order ofSale in the above enti-tled action, I will offerfor sale at public auc-tion, at the East door ofthe Courthouse in theVillage of Paulding, inthe above namedCounty, on Thursday,the 7th day of March,2013 at 10:00 o’clockA.M., the real estate lo-cated at:15010 State Route 127,Cecil, Ohio 45821 Parcel Number: 13-24S-004-00Said premises appraisedat Forty-five Thousandand No/100($45,000.00) Dollarsand cannot be sold forless than two-thirds ofthat amount. The appraisal of thisproperty was completedwithout an interior in-spection. Neither theSheriff’s Office nor theappraisers are responsi-ble for the condition ofthe property at the timethe purchaser takes pos-session.TERMS OF SALE:Ten percent down onday of the sale and bal-ance before deed is tobe issued.

Sheriff Jason K. LandersPaulding County, Ohiopauldingohsheriff.com Jeffrey R. Jinkens, At-torney for Plaintiff 23c3

NOTICE OF SALEUNDER

JUDGMENT OFDISCLOSUREOF LIENS FORDELINQUENTLAND TAXES

Revised Code, Section5721.19.1IN THE COURT OFCOMMON PLEASPAULDING COUNTY,OHIOIn the Matter of Fore-closure of Liens fordelinquent land taxes:LOU ANN WAN-N E M A C H E R ,TREASURERPAULDING COUNTY,OHIO,Plaintiff,vs.BOBBY J. AMOS, JR.,Defendants.Case No. CI 12 192Whereas, judgment hasbeen rendered againstcertain parcels of realproperty for taxes, as-sessments, penalties,costs and charges as fol-lows: A parcel of land beingsituated in the northeastquarter of the Northeastquarter (1/4) of Section34, Town 1 North,Range 1 East, BentonTownship PauldingCounty, Ohio, andwhich is more particu-larly described as fol-lows: Beginning at asteel monument boxcover a cornerstone atthe Northeast corner ofsaid Section 34; thenceSouth 2°46’ West onethe East line of theNortheast Quarter ofsaid Section 191.36 feetto the point of begin-ning; ---thence South2°46’ West on the saidEast line of the North-east Quarter of Section34, 172.00 to a point;thence North 61°29’50”West on the North bankof Parker Ditch, 216.5feet to an iron pin;thence North 2°46’ East78.00 feet to an iron pin;thence South 87°14’East 195.00 feet to thepoint of beginning.Containing 0.559 acresof land, more or less, butsubject to all legal high-ways and easements ofrecord. The foregoingwas written by Paul J.Westhoven, Reg. Sur-veyor No. 5602, basedon his survey of the sub-ject premises made on2/5/93, with said surveybeing designated as Sur-vey No. 2931b-P-Be-2-12-93Property Address: 1957SR 49, Payne, OH45880.Parcel # 03-34S-001-00Total amount of judg-ment is Six ThousandNine Hundred Thirtyand 30/100 ($6,930.30)Dollars, plus interestand costs of this suit.Whereas, such judg-ment orders such realproperty to be sold bythe undersigned to sat-isfy the total amount ofsaid judgment;Now, therefore, publicnotice is hereby giventhat I, Jason K. Landers,Sheriff, PauldingCounty, Ohio, will sellsuch real property at

public auction for cashto the highest bidder ofan amount sufficient tosatisfy the judgmentagainst each parcel at10:05 a.m. at the Eastdoor of the Courthousein Paulding, Ohio, onThursday, the 7th day ofMarch, 2013, and con-tinue from day to daythereafter. If any parceldoes not receive a suffi-cient bid, it shall be of-fered for sale, under thesame terms and condi-tions of the first sale andat the same time of dayand at the same place onthe 21st day of March,2013 for an amount suf-ficient to satisfy thejudgment against theparcel.PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVENTHAT ALL SUCHREAL PROPERTY TOBE SOLD AT PUBLICAUCTION MAY BESUBJECT TO A FED-ERAL TAX LIENTHAT MAY NOT BEEXTINGUISHED BYTHE SALE, ANDPURCHASERS OFANY SUCH REALPROPERTY AREURGED TO SEARCHTHE FEDERAL TAXLIEN INDEX THAT ISKEPT BY THEC O U N T YRECORDER TO DE-TERMINE IF NOTICEOF A FEDERAL TAXLIEN HAS BEENFILED WITH RE-SPECT TO ANYSUCH REAL PROP-ERTY.Sheriff Jason K. Lan-ders 23c3

Paulding County, Ohio

NOTICE OF SALEUNDER

JUDGMENT OFDISCLOSUREOF LIENS FORDELINQUENTLAND TAXES

Revised Code, Section5721.19.1IN THE COURT OFCOMMON PLEASPAULDING COUNTY,OHIOIn the Matter of Fore-closure of Liens fordelinquent land taxes:LOU ANN WAN-N E M A C H E R ,TREASURERPAULDING COUNTY,OHIO,Plaintiff,vs.AARON T. POWELL,Defendants.Case No. CI 12 142Whereas, judgment hasbeen rendered againstcertain parcels of realproperty for taxes, as-sessments, penalties,costs and charges as fol-lows:In Lot Number OneHundred Eighty-nine(189) in the OriginalPlat of the Village ofPaulding, PauldingCounty, Ohio, save andexcept the NorthwestQuarter (1/4) of saidLot; more particularlydescribed as follows:Beginning at the North-west corner of said InLot Number One Hun-dred Eighty-nine (189),running thence East onthe North line of saidLot, Sixty-six (66) feet;thence South on a lineparallel with the Westline of said Lot, Thirty-three (33) feet; thence

West on a line parallelwith the aforesaid northline, Sixty-six (66) feet;thence South on a lineparallel with the Westline of said lot, Thirty-three (33) feet; thenceWest on a line parallelwith the aforesaid Northline, Sixty-six feet to theWest line of said Lot;thence North on saidWest line, Thirty-three(33) feet to the place ofbeginning. Togetherwith all the appurte-nances and heredita-ments thereuntobelonging. Property Address: 110S. Williams Street,Paulding, OH 45879Parcel No. 30-24S-064-00Total amount of judg-ment is Twelve Thou-sand Nine HundredSeventy and 74/100($12,970.74) Dollars,plus interest and costs ofthis suit.Whereas, such judg-ment orders such realproperty to be sold bythe undersigned to sat-isfy the total amount ofsaid judgment;Now, therefore, publicnotice is hereby giventhat I, Jason K. Landers,Sheriff, PauldingCounty, Ohio, will sellsuch real property atpublic auction for cashto the highest bidder ofan amount sufficient tosatisfy the judgmentagainst each parcel at10:15 a.m. at the Eastdoor of the Courthousein Paulding, Ohio, onThursday, the 7th day ofMarch, 2013, and con-tinue from day to daythereafter. If any parceldoes not receive a suffi-cient bid, it shall be of-fered for sale, under thesame terms and condi-tions of the first sale andat the same time of dayand at the same place onthe 21st day of March,2013 for an amount suf-ficient to satisfy thejudgment against theparcel.PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVENTHAT ALL SUCHREAL PROPERTY TOBE SOLD AT PUBLICAUCTION MAY BESUBJECT TO A FED-ERAL TAX LIENTHAT MAY NOT BEEXTINGUISHED BYTHE SALE, ANDPURCHASERS OFANY SUCH REALPROPERTY AREURGED TO SEARCHTHE FEDERAL TAXLIEN INDEX THAT ISKEPT BY THEC O U N T YRECORDER TO DE-TERMINE IF NOTICEOF A FEDERAL TAXLIEN HAS BEENFILED WITH RE-SPECT TO ANYSUCH REAL PROP-ERTY.Sheriff Jason K. Lan-ders 23c3

Paulding County, Ohio

NOTICE OF SALEUNDER

JUDGMENT OFDISCLOSUREOF LIENS FORDELINQUENTLAND TAXES

Revised Code, Section5721.19.1In the Matter of Fore-closure of Liens for

delinquent land taxes:LOU ANN WAN-N E M A C H E R ,TREASURERPAULDING COUNTY,OHIO,Plaintiff,vs.SAMUEL S. RUE,Defendants.Case No. CI 12 206Whereas, judgment hasbeen rendered againstcertain parcels of realproperty for taxes, as-sessments, penalties,costs and charges as fol-lows:Lot Number Twenty-four (24) in Floyd BurtAddition, in the Villageof Oakwood, County ofPaulding and State ofOhio, subject to all ease-ments, restrictions andzoning regulations. Together with a certaineasement recorded inVolume 239, page 267of the Deed Records,Paulding County, Ohiofrom the Village of Oak-wood to David D. Diehland Kim R. Diehl, theirheirs and assigns fordriveway purposes onproperty immediatelyadjacent to said Lot 24in Floyd Burt Addition,Village of Oakwood. Property Address: 108S. Fifth Street, Oak-wood, Ohio 45873Parcel #10-08S-039-00Total amount of judg-ment is Six ThousandSeven Hundred Twenty-seven and 78/100($6,727.78) Dollars,plus interest and costs ofthis suit.Whereas, such judg-ment orders such realproperty to be sold bythe undersigned to sat-isfy the total amount ofsaid judgment;Now, therefore, publicnotice is hereby giventhat I, Jason K. Landers,Sheriff, PauldingCounty, Ohio, will sellsuch real property atpublic auction for cashto the highest bidder ofan amount sufficient tosatisfy the judgmentagainst each parcel at10:10 a.m. at the Eastdoor of the Courthousein Paulding, Ohio, onThursday, the 7th day ofMarch, 2013, and con-tinue from day to daythereafter. If any parceldoes not receive a suffi-cient bid, it shall be of-fered for sale, under thesame terms and condi-tions of the first sale andat the same time of dayand at the same place onthe 21st day of March,2013 for an amount suf-ficient to satisfy thejudgment against theparcel.PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVENTHAT ALL SUCHREAL PROPERTY TOBE SOLD AT PUBLICAUCTION MAY BESUBJECT TO A FED-ERAL TAX LIENTHAT MAY NOT BEEXTINGUISHED BYTHE SALE, ANDPURCHASERS OFANY SUCH REALPROPERTY AREURGED TO SEARCHTHE FEDERAL TAXLIEN INDEX THAT ISKEPT BY THEC O U N T YRECORDER TO DE-TERMINE IF NOTICE

OF A FEDERAL TAXLIEN HAS BEENFILED WITH RE-SPECT TO ANYSUCH REAL PROP-ERTY. 23c3

Sheriff Jason K. Lan-dersPaulding County, Ohio

LEGAL NOTICE:PAU-C.R. 87-8.61;

BRIDGE REPLACEMENT

OVER FLAT ROCKCREEK

PID NO. 84899FEDERAL PROJECT

NO. E081(130)PAULDING

COUNTY, OHIOSealed bids will be re-ceived at the office ofthe Board of PauldingCounty Commissioners,Paulding County Court-house, 115 NorthWilliams Street, SuiteB-l, Paulding, Ohio45879, until February20, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. atwhich time they will beopened and publiclyread aloud. Bids will befor the construction ofa new three span (171'c/c of bearings) bridgewith a noncompositeprestressed concretebox beam superstruc-ture supported on con-crete abutments.There will also be thereconstruction of ap-proximately 250 linearfeet (0.05 mile) of C.R.87 (not includingbridge limits). Engi-neer's Estimate =$792,133.85 with aDBE Goal of $47,527.Bids will be acceptedonly from Contractorswho are prequalified forthis type of work withthe State of Ohio, De-partment of Transporta-tion, per Section 102.01of the State of Ohio, De-partment of Transporta-tion Construction andMaterial Specifications,dated January 1, 2010.No contract shall be en-tered into unless the bid-der possesses a validCertificate of Compli-ance with AffirmativeAction Programs, issuedby the State EEO Coor-dinator, CertificationSection, 77 South HighStreet, 24th Floor,Columbus, Ohio 43215,dated no later than 180days prior to the fixedbid opening date.Each bidder is requiredto furnish with its pro-posal, a Bid Guarantyand Contract Bond inaccordance with Section153.54 and 153.571 ofthe Ohio Revised Code.Bid security furnishedin Bond form, shall beissued by a Surety Com-pany or Corporation li-censed in the State ofOhio to provide saidsurety.Each Proposal mustcontain the full name ofthe party or parties sub-mitting the Proposal andall persons interestedtherein. Each biddermust submit evidence ofits experiences on proj-ects of similar size andcomplexity and acomplete listing of allsubcontractors to beused. The owner intendsand requires that thisproject be completed nolater than September30th, 2013.Bidders must comply

with the prevailingwage rates on PublicImprovements in Pauld-ing County, Ohio as de-termined by theDavis-Bacon Act(Davis-Bacon WageDetermination Data-base).Construction plans,specifications and con-tract documents may beobtained from the officeof the Paulding CountyEngineer; 801 W.Wayne St., Paulding,Ohio 45879. There willbe a $50.00 charge perset, which is non-re-fundable. Checksshould be madepayable to the Pauld-ing County Engineer.All bids shall be sealedand addressed to theBoard of PauldingCounty Commissioners,Paulding County Court-house, 115 NorthWilliams Street, SuiteB-l, Paulding, Ohio45879 and marked"SEALED BID -PAU-C.R. 87-8.61;PID NO. 84899" on theoutside of the envelope.No bidder shall be per-mitted to withdraw itsbid for a period of thirty(30) days after the timeof bid opening.The Board of CountyCommissioners, Pauld-ing County, Ohio re-serves the right to rejectany or all bids submittedor to wave any irregu-larities pursuant to Sec-tion 9.31 of the RevisedCode.By Order of the Boardof Paulding CountyCommissioners, Pauld-ing County, Ohio NolaGinter, Clerk of Boardof County Commission-ers Paulding County,Ohio 23c3

LEGAL NOTICE:PAU-C.R. 79-1.33;

BRIDGE REPLACEMENT

OVER BLUECREEK

PID NO. 83343FEDERAL PROJECT

NO. E080(899)PAULDING

COUNTY, OHIOSealed bids will be re-ceived at the office ofthe Board of PauldingCounty Commissioners,Paulding County Court-house, 115 NorthWilliams Street, SuiteB-l, Paulding, Ohio45879, until February20, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. atwhich time they will beopened and publiclyread aloud. Bids will befor the construction ofa new single span (80'c/c of bearings) bridgewith a noncompositeprestressed concretebox beam superstruc-ture supported on stubcapped pile abut-ments. There will alsobe the reconstructionof approximately 236linear feet (0.05 mile)of C.R. 79 (not includ-ing bridge limits). En-gineer's Estimate =$448,750.54Bids will be acceptedonly from Contractorswho are prequalified forthis type of work withthe State of Ohio, De-partment of Transporta-tion, per Section 102.01of the State of Ohio, De-partment of Transporta-tion Construction and

Material Specifications,dated January 1, 2010.No contract shall be en-tered into unless the bid-der possesses a validCertificate of Compli-ance with AffirmativeAction Programs, issuedby the State EEO Coor-dinator, CertificationSection, 77 South HighStreet, 24th Floor,Columbus, Ohio 43215,dated no later than 180days prior to the fixedbid opening date.Each bidder is requiredto furnish with its pro-posal, a Bid Guarantyand Contract Bond inaccordance with Section153.54 and 153.571 ofthe Ohio Revised Code.Bid security furnishedin Bond form, shall beissued by a Surety Com-pany or Corporation li-censed in the State ofOhio to provide saidsurety.Each Proposal mustcontain the full name ofthe party or parties sub-mitting the Proposal andall persons interestedtherein. Each biddermust submit evidence ofits experiences on proj-ects of similar size andcomplexity and acomplete listing of allsubcontractors to beused. The owner intendsand requires that thisproject be completed nolater than September30th, 2013.Bidders must complywith the prevailingwage rates on PublicImprovements in Pauld-ing County, Ohio as de-termined by theDavis-Bacon Act(Davis-Bacon WageDetermination Data-base).Construction plans,specifications and con-tract documents may beobtained from the officeof the Paulding CountyEngineer; 801 W.Wayne St., Paulding,Ohio 45879. There willbe a $50.00 charge perset, which is non-re-fundable. Checksshould be madepayable to the Pauld-ing County Engineer.All bids shall be sealedand addressed to theBoard of PauldingCounty Commissioners,Paulding County Court-house, 115 NorthWilliams Street, SuiteB-l, Paulding, Ohio45879 and marked"SEALED BID -PAU-C.R. 79-1.33;PID NO. 83343" on theoutside of the envelope.No bidder shall be per-mitted to withdraw itsbid for a period ofthirty (30) days afterthe time of bid open-ing.The Board of CountyC o m m i s s i o n e r s ,Paulding County, Ohioreserves the right to re-ject any or all bids sub-mitted or to wave anyirregularities pursuantto Section 9.31 of theRevised Code.By Order of the Boardof Paulding CountyC o m m i s s i o n e r s ,Paulding County, Ohio Nola Ginter, Clerk ofBoard of County Com-missioners 23c3

Paulding County, Ohio

8B - Paulding County Progress Wednesday, February 6, 2013