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headline for an article about
plans for an Honor Flight
could have been misconstrued
by some readers. A more
accurate headline is PPEC
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Honor Flight.
ACDC to host
wine & cheese
fundraiser night
ANTWERP Antwerp
Community Development
Committee (ACDC) will be
hosting a Wine and Cheese
Tasting on Saturday, March 5
at 7:30 p.m. at Grants Reception Hall, Antwerp.
This will be a fun social
evening, enjoying a great selection of wine and cheese as
well as a chocolate fountain
with a dessert bar. Cost is $25
per person or $40 per couple.
After Feb. 20, reservations
will still be available at the
cost of $30 per person. To
make a reservation, please
contact Lisa Bragg at 260705-1895 or by email at
lbragg@verabradley.com.
All proceeds raised by
ACDC events are invested
in community projects such
as holiday decorations, floral
planters, town signage, etc.
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Tower garden offers

learning experiences
By JOE SHOUSE
Progress Staff Writer
PAYNE Erica Noggle, a parent
with three children who attend Payne
Elementary, had an idea she felt could
make a difference. Not one who would
keep it to herself, she decided to share
it with elementary principal Jody Dunham who embraced the idea with great
excitement and decided they would
collaborate their efforts with staff and
community in order to bring Noggles
idea to fruition.
On the surface, Ericas idea sounds
rather simple to grow fruits and vegetables in the class room. But the exciting part of the process are the many
benefits that certainly outweigh the
surface idea of growing lettuce or tomatoes.
Noggles idea was to purchase a
tower garden for one of the classrooms
in order to grow vegetables. In addition
to growing vegetables, the experience
would serve as an interactive way to
teach students about science, math, and
other learning and social skills as well
as teaching patience and the concept of
success vs. failure.

A tower garden is made up of a large
base at the bottom filled with water and
a motorized pump. Above the base is a
long vertical tube-like structure divided
into four cubes and each cube will have
the capability of grow four different
plant types or 16 various types of nonroot vegetables per tower.
Water is pumped from the base to the
top of tower and is then distributed to
the various seeds for plant growth.
There is no dirt just water and
light. Seeds are placed in perforated
baskets and grows four times faster
than the traditional way in an outdoor
garden, said Noggle.
The first class to receive the tower
will be the students in Teresa Pfeiffers
third grade class.
This tower garden will do so much
more than produce vegetables. Five
years ago, we started a program called
Fuel Up to Play 60 and it was based
on eating right and exercising 60 minutes a day. That program was about nuSee GARDEN, page 2A
Allison Noggle tests the pH level of plants in the tower garden at home. A similar
system has been installed in her class room at Payne. Students will have the opportunity to plant seeds that will grow vegetables four times faster than in the ground.
The tower will be an awesome learning tool for Teresa Pfeiffers third grade class.
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CRESTVIEW, Fla. Police in Crestview, Fla.,
have charged a man with three counts of first-degree murder after the fatal shooting of three individuals, including two family members, on Saturday. Two of the dead are originally from Paulding.
The deceased have been identified as Kevin T.
McGrath Sr. 47, and Shanna L. McGrath, 42, husband and wife, who owned the residence located
at 179 Peoria Boulevard in Crestview.
Kevin McGrath is a 1986 graduate of Paulding
High School, and Shanna (Reinhart) McGrath
graduated from PHS in 1991.
Also deceased is 22-year-old Elbert L. Merrick
III of Milton, Fla., whose body was discovered
outside of the residence in the roadway of Peoria
Boulevard.
A fourth individual, Jacob Rex Langston, 22,
also a resident at 179 Peoria Boulevard, received
non-life threatening gunshot wounds to his arm
and shoulder.
Law enforcement officials said Monday they
believe Langston had murder on his mind when
he confronted Merrick outside of the home on
See HOMICIDE, page 9A
10 students to compete in Spelling Bee

PAYNE The public is cordially invited to attend the 2016 Journal Gazette
Paulding County Spelling Bee. The event
is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4,
at the Wayne Trace-Payne Elementary
School Auditorium.
Ten school champions, in grades four
through eight, will compete for the honor
of representing Paulding County at the
Journal Gazette Area Spelling Bee in Fort
Wayne on March 5.
Individual school champions are
Grace Tuttle, Antwerp Middle School
Cohen Hitzeman, Antwerp Elementary
Darci Hopkins, Christian Home Educators of Paulding County
Grady Vogel, Divine Mercy Catholic

School
Vanessa Krueger, Oakwood Elementary
Haley Manz, Paulding Elementary
Katie Strayer, Paulding Middle
School
Faith Meraz, Wayne Trace-Grover
Hill Elementary
Kate Laukhuf, Wayne Trace-Payne
Elementary
Gage Tinlin, Wayne Trace Jr. High.
Doug Grooms, of Van Wert, is the pronouncer for the Spelling Bee. Judges for
the contest are Jennifer Manz, principal,
Oakwood Elementary School; Tim Manz,
principal, Antwerp Elementary School;
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State Attorney Bill Eddins and Crestview Police Chief Tony Taylor said at a joint press conference that Langston planned to kill not only
Merrick, who was dating his former girlfriend,
but also Shanna McGrath, his mother, and Kevin
McGrath, his stepfather.
Langston on Monday was charged with first degree premeditated murder in all three killings.
We believe the evidence supports those
charges clearly, Eddins said.
Eddins added Langston could face the death
penalty.
Merricks body was discovered outside the
home and the McGraths bodies were found lying
at the foot of their bed in the master bedroom. All
three had been shot in the head, according to the
arrest warrant.
Eddins confirmed Merrick, the current boyfriend of Mr. Langstons ex-girlfriend, was the
first to die.
Langston was wounded during the morning
killing spree. Taylor said McGrath had exchanged
fire with his stepson before being fatally shot.
The arrest warrant, which was presented at the
press conference held in the Pensacola Office of
the State Attorney, states Langston called 911
shortly before 11 a.m. and told dispatchers he
had been shot in the shoulder and his mother was
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and Phil Nofziger, principal, Wayne

Trace High School.
Steve Arnold, superintendent of Wayne
Trace Local Schools, will preside as master of ceremonies.
The Antwerp Exchange Bank and the
Antwerp VFW Post #5087 sponsor the
awards for the County Spelling Bee,
which include cash awards, gift cards and
trophies for first and second place finishers, as well as medals and certificates
for all of the school champions. Sandra
Freeman, Western Buckeye ESC, is the
awards liaison.
Contestants are reminded to report to
the Payne Elementary School at 6:30 p.m.
on Thursday, Feb. 4.
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n GARDEN
Continued from Page 1A
trition and this tower garden

will will be a wonderful teaching tool that will also include
the importance of nutrition,
said Pfeiffer. If our kids can
get involved, grow the vegetables then they will eat them
as well. The cycle of learning
through this hands-on opportunity has so many benefits.
Brian Martin, owner of
Puckerbrush Pizza, is also an
advocate for teaching young
kids about the value of growing their own vegetables. The
local owner of the popular
pizza shop in Payne is a supporter of the new tower garden
project and feels that with living in an agriculture area, this
is an excellent way for young
people to learn the value of
reaping what they sow.
Its exciting to see how
this project has brought so
many together in the effort to
not only learn about growing
fruits and vegetables but to
teach young people good work
ethic. Hopefully kids will have
their eyes open to what it takes
to grow food from seeds, said
Martin.
The cost of a tower garden
is approximately $500 and
the special lighting necessary
to help grow the plants is an- With the new tower garden in place, Payne Elementary third
other $250. The tower garden grade class anxiously waits for the new lighting system to be
that Noggle introduced to the installed to assist in the growth of many varieties of vegetable
school came as a result of rais- plants. Erica Noggle (far right) along with third grade teacher Teing funds through the Go Fund resa Pfeiffer and principal Jody Dunham join Noggles children
Me web site.
Allison, Cayla and Blake to prepare the garden for planting.
We have the tower garden
and now we are hoping to raise
the funds needed to purchase for grants to enable us to pur- port students with positive nuthe lighting. Once we have that chase additional tower gardens tritional values. The teachers
we will then be able to apply for other class rooms, said and students are excited and
Noggle.
look forward to seeing what
Principal Dunham believes they produce from the tower
Paulding County Progress the new tower garden which is garden, said Dunham.
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Last week, area firefighters were again called to a location west of Haviland. Flames destroyed
a house where 10 dairy workers resided. The blaze was not suspicious in nature.
Second fire call displaces workers

From Staff Reports
HAVILAND Firefighters were called to the
8000 block of Ohio 114 west of Haviland for the
second time in eight days, this time to a house fire.
Scott, Payne and Grover Hill fire departments
were dispatched to the scene at 9:56 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Around 20 firefighters battled the
blaze nearly four hours.
Ten dairy workers were living in the home,
according to Mark Klausing from the Red Cross.
Klausing said he was told the farm owners will be
finding another place for the men to stay.
Scott Fire Chief Jay Klopfenstein said three
men were in the house at the time of the fire and
all escaped unharmed. They told him they were
cooking when they heard breaking glass in the ga-
rage and saw flames and smoke.

Cause of the fire has not been determined, but
is not suspicious in nature, according to the chief.
A member of the Ohio State Fire Marshals office
was called in to look the scene over. The house
was deemed a total loss.
Scott EMS and ODOT also assisted.
Van Wert County Red Cross Disaster Team
again canteened for the first responders and were
on scene nearly four hours. Businesses that donated toward the effort included Subway, Pak-a-Sak,
McDonalds, Wild Willys and Pizza Hut.
On Jan. 11, 30 firefighters put down a straw
barn fire at the same address. Both fires were reported by Trent Stoller. Water from a pond on the
property was used to douse both fires.
IRS tax forms available

at PCCL and branches
PAULDING For many

years, the Paulding County Carnegie Library has participated
in the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) Tax Forms Outlet Program (TFOP). This year, the
IRS has substantially limited the
number of print forms available
and is making all forms available online.
For the 2015 tax year, Paulding County library locations
should be receiving the following print forms in very limited
quantities:
Form 1040, U.S. Individual
Income Tax Return
Form 1040 A, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return

Form 1040 EZ, Income Tax
Return for Single and Joint Filers with No Dependents
Instruction for Form 1040
Instruction for Form 1040 A
Instruction for Form 1040
EZ
Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax For Individuals
(one reference copy per branch)
Publication 1132, Reproducible Copies of Federal Tax
Forms and Instruction
This could be the last year
the library participates in the
paper tax-form outlet program,

said Susan Pieper, library director. Public libraries throughout
America have been providing
access to the forms for decades,
but with a high percentage of
citizens filing online there is a
dramatic decrease in requests,
so libraries are discontinuing
this service.
All Paulding County library
locations will still provide free
online access to tax forms and
patrons may print out two forms
at no charge. The website to
print out forms is www.irs.gov/
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Obituaries
THOMAS SHARP
1955-2016
AYERSVILLE Thomas E. Sharp, of Ayersville,
passed away Monday, Jan. 18.
He was born Jan. 20, 1955,
in Sacramento, Calif., to
Laverne and Gwen (Snow)
Sharp, who preceded him in
death. Tom is survived by his
wife, Dorothy (Snodgrass)
Sharp; daughter, Courtney
Sharp of Holland, Mich.; two
stepdaughters, Lyndi Brown
and Logan Colbart, both of
Defiance; a sister, Pamela
Sharp, New Orleans; a brother, David Sharp, St. Thomas,
Virgin Islands; and three stepgrandchildren.
JANET CHOLER
1933-2016
ELKHART, Ind. Janet L.
Choler, 82, of Elkhart, passed
away Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016
at Greenleaf Living Center,
Elkhart.
She was
born Sep.
28, 1933 in
Paulding
to James
M.
and
Esther L.
(Schmidt)
Burtch.
On April 25, 1954 in Paulding, she married Richard M.
Dick Choler, who preceded
her in death on Oct. 13, 1999.
Janet was an active member
of Grace Lutheran Church
and served on the Altar Guild,
Worship and Music, Tri-F
Class and the Bell Choir.
Surviving are her sons, Rick
(Linda) Choler of Elkhart,
Gregg Choler of Elkhart and
Bill (Pam) Choler of Stow; six
grandchildren, Nathan (Renee)
Choler of Elkhart, Phil Choler
of Casper, Wyo., Grant (Brittany) Choler of Elkhart, Kelly
Choler of Cuyahoga Falls,
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and Lindsey Choler and Chris

Choler, both of Stow; two
great-grandchildren, Camryn and Richard Choler; two
brothers, Thomas Burtch of
Rockford and Carl Burtch of
Paulding; and a sister, Barbara
Rhoad of Paulding.
She also was preceded in
death by a sister, Sally Coon;
and three brothers, James,
Charles and David Burtch.
Funeral services will be
at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30
at Grace Lutheran Church,
Elkhart, with Pastor Dan Forehand officiating. Inurnment
will take place at a later date
in Rice Cemetery.
Family and friends may call
from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 29 at Stemm-Lawson-Peterson Funeral Home, Elkhart.
Memorials may be made to
the church.
On-line condolences at may
be made at www.stemmlawsonpeterson.com.
BETHEL HICKS
1942-2016
PAYNE Bethel Marie
Hicks, 73, of Payne, died
Thursday, Jan. 21 at Parkview
Regional Medical Center, Fort
Wayne.
CARL ABE
WILLIAMS
1932-2016
OAKWOOD Carl D.
Abe Williams, 83, of Oakwood, died at 11:20 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 21 at Defiance
Area Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance.
PATSY BLAND
1958-2016
PAYNE Patsy Irene
Bland, age 57, of Payne, went
to be with her Lord and Savior
at 4:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 at
her residence.
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BOVINE
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1931-2016
FORT WAYNE James
O. Bovine, 85, of Fort Wayne,
passed away Friday, Jan. 22 at
Parkview Regional Medical
Center.

1924-2016
OAKWOOD Keith C.
Keck, 91, of Oakwood, slipped
off to heaven with family surrounding him with love at 1:58
p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 at Defiance Regional Medical Center.
PERI meeting
set
for Feb. 3
PAULDING Members of
the Public Employee Retirees

Inc. (PERI), Paulding County Americas Tax Office has opened an office in Paulding, located in the new Small Business InChapter 10, will gather Feb. 3 at novation Center. It is managed by Darrell Nichols, left. Providing keys for the new office space is
10 a.m. at the Paulding County Jerry Zielke, director of the Paulding County Office of Economic Development.
Senior Center.
A representative from Paulding-Putnam Electric Cooperative will speak about their Honor
Flight project.
Dues are now payable.
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Tax office first in new Small

Business Innovation Center
PAULDING Tax time is right around the
corner, and there is a new office in town to
assist in filling out those tax forms.
Americas Tax Office held a grand opening
Jan. 18 at its location in the Small Business
Innovation Center at 103 E. Perry St. on the
south side of the Square. Darrell Nichols is the
operating manager.
Nichols brings over 25 years of accounting experience to the office.
Grand opening specials he is offering include
a free hotel voucher to the first 100 customers, a
free Kindle to anyone whose taxes are prepared
by his office through Feb. 14, and $25 referral
cash to customers who encourage others to use

his services once that referral completes their filing.
According to a press release, Nichols is encouraging everyone to stop in early, even if they dont
have the W-2 yet. He says theyll do an estimate
and file the return once the W-2 is turned in this
way you wont miss the grand opening specials.
Americas Tax Office is headquartered in Indianapolis and has over 300 affiliate locations with
teams of tax experts.
Each location offers peace of mind by double
checking all returns and guaranteeing their services, the release concluded.
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Church services were held
here on Sunday. It was a cold
day with the temperature staying in the teens. We managed
to keep our building warm
enough.
After the services, we
served lunch including homemade wheat and white bread,
summer sausage, cheese
spread, peanut butter spread,
dill pickles, bread and butter
pickles, red beets, rhubarb
jam, butter, hot peppers, cookies (sugar, chocolate chip and
snickerdoodle), spearmint tea
and coffee. Younger children
could have noodle soup. And
we had popcorn after lunch for
everyone.
All the women pitched in to
help get the dishes washed and
back into the totes. Since our
church divided, we have a new
bench wagon and all-new
church dishes. This is so nice
to have all the dishes come
with the church bench wagon. When we lived in Indiana,
we didnt have dishes in the
bench wagon. We had to bring
out a lot of our own dishes and
it was always an extra chore to
put them all away again. This
makes it a lot easier.
Our new bench wagon also
has four six-foot tables we set
up to wash dishes or prepare
food.
Monday morning, it was
very cold with 1 and a wind
chill reading of -18. Benjamin didnt have to work since
they couldnt get the motor
on the saw going right away.
With it being so cold, Benjamin didnt mind. I was really glad he was home to help
clean up from Sunday.
Last night, Benjamin stayed
at Mosess place for the night
and went ice fishing with
Mose and his brother. They
caught 75 bluegill. This was
the first time the water was
frozen enough all winter to go
ice fishing.
The girls and I attended a

Tupperware shower at Timothys sister-in-law Arlenes
house. It was for Elizabeth.
She had a nice turn-out and
Elizabeth received a lot of nice
Tupperware. This is the third
shower held for Elizabeth.
Sister Emma had a Pampered
Chef shower. Timothys sister
Dena had a Norwex shower. It
all helps out the newlyweds.
Jan. 24 will be daughter
Susans 20th birthday. She is
leaving her teenage years now.
The years go by so fast. Sister
Liz will be 47 also on the 24th.
Susan was born on Lizs 27th
birthday.
We had a lot of snow in
1996, the year she was born.
I was really relieved once the
midwife got to our house.
We lived in a mobile home
at my parents until Susan
was 4 months old. Daughter
Elizabeth was 22 months old
when we moved to our own
property. Elizabeth missed my
parents and sisters after our
move, even though we were
just a few miles from there.
Saturday, we plan to butcher our beef and let it chill until
next week. I will be so glad
when its all cut up and in the
freezer and in cans. We plan to
butcher our pork in two weeks
from Saturday if plans hold
out.
Several readers have had
questions about the breakfast
haystacks we had on New
Years Day. Ill try to share
it the best I can. The amount
of each item depends on how
many you will serve.

BREAKFAST
HAYSTACKS
Biscuits, torn into bite-size
pieces
Fried potatoes
Scrambled eggs
Bacon, fried and crumbled
Ham, diced
Tomatoes, diced
Green peppers, diced
Onions, diced (optional)
Hot peppers (optional)
Mushrooms
Cheese sauce or shredded
cheese
Salsa
Sausage gravy
Prepare above items as noted, and serve each item in
separate dish or pan. To serve,
each person piles items on their
plate until they have a haystack. Start with biscuits and
then add a little of everything
you like, ending with sausage
gravy. Not all the ingredients
have to be added. Other items
can be used as well.
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PC Tigers offer
thanks to Masons
Dear Editor,
A huge thank you goes to
the Flat Rock Masons Lodge
#580 of Payne for their generous donation to the PC Tigers
basketball team this past fall.
So far, the money has been
used to purchase new team
uniforms and pay tournament
fees for the current basketball
season. The old uniforms that
were replaced were around
10 years old with some of
the lettering starting to crack
and curl. Win or lose, we will
look as good, if not better,
than our opponents.
Thank you so much for your
support of Special Olympics.
People like you make this
world a better place.
PC Tigers players
and Coach Randy Short
Grants allow for

increased road
patrols in county
PAULDING Extra road patrol by Paulding County Sher-
iffs Deputies has been possible due to grants awarded by

the Ohio Department of Public Safetys (ODPS) Ohio Traffic Safety Office (OTSO). These road patrol hours are paid
through the Impaired Driving Enforcement Program (IDEP)
and Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP).
Between Oct. 1, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2015, deputies have
worked 103 hours under the IDEP grant resulting in 52 traffic
stops, 15 speed citations, and six other citations.
Within these same dates, 70 hours of road patrol have been
completed under the STEP grant with 53 traffic stops, 19 speed
citations and four other citations.
For the Record
It is the policy of the Paulding County Progress to publish

public records as they are reported or released by various
agencies. Names appearing in For the Record are published
without exception, to preserve the fairness and impartiality of
the Progress and as a news service to our readers.
Burkley appointed to board of

transportation improvement district
COLUMBUS Speaker of the Ohio House
Clifford A. Rosenberger (R-Clarksville) has
appointed State Representative Tony Burkley
(R-Payne) to serve as a member of the Board of
Trustees for the Defiance County Transportation
Improvement District.
As an important area for transportation, Defiance County spans 412 square miles and includes
over 1,000 miles of paved state, county, city, village and township roads. The committee provides
an important service to citizens in the county by
improving the roadways and transportation projects through the management of local, state and
federal resources.
Having stable transportation is a vital part of
development in our communities and I appreciate

Speaker Rosenbergers faith in me to help with
this effort, Rep. Burkley said.
Representative Burkleys 16 years of county
government experience will assist us greatly with
the Transportation Improvement District, said
Defiance County Commissioner Ryan Mack. As
we work to boost economic development and improve the quality of life in Defiance County, we
need effective leadership and I welcome Representative Burkleys appointment.
Rep. Burkley is serving his second term in the
Ohio House. He represents the 82nd District,
which includes Defiance, Paulding and Van Wert
counties, as well as part of Auglaize County.
Legals
VILLAGE OF CECIL
ORDINANCE NO. 2016.2
AN ORDINANCE, RELATING TO PAYMENT OF
SEWER UTILITY BILLS BY
PROPERTY OWNERS AND/
OR TENANTS IN THE VILLAGE.
WHEREAS, the Village provides
a sewer utility system to residents
of the Village; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council
has deemed it necessary to have a
policy as to how residents of the
Village shall be billed for said
sewer services
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
ORDAINED by the Council of
the Village of Cecil, Paulding
County, Ohio, two-thirds or more
of the members elected thereto
concurring, that:
A. All owners of property shall be
responsible for sewer services provided to their premises and for all
charges incurred for service at said
premise. However, payments will
be accepted from tenants.
B. The Village shall endeavor to
give proper notice of sewer assessments. Owners buying and selling
properties are required to notify
the Village in writing of transfer
of ownership and that all charges
are paid to date of transfer of title.
Owners of properties with tenants
who desire to have courtesy copies sent to tenants must authorize
this service in writing; supply the
Village with proper names and addresses of tenants; and acknowledge responsibility for all services
provided and delinquent charges
by executing an agreement with
the Village for said water service.
C. Each sewer charge is made a
lien upon the corresponding lot,
parcel of land, building or premises served by a connection to the
sewer system of the Village and,
if the same is not paid within sixty
days after it shall become due and
payable, it may be certified to the
Auditor of Paulding County, at
which time the lien shall vest, and
the Auditor shall place the same on
the tax duplication of the County
with the interest and penalties allowed by law and be collected as
other taxes.
D. Tenants of the owners of real estate premises serviced with sewer
may contract with the Village for
such sewer service but such contract shall be in no way construed
as to relieve the owner of the
real estate premises of liability for
said sewer service charges.
E. The owner of real estate premises by installing or maintaining
sewer service from the Village is
deemed to assent to all rights and
regulations of the Village and ordinances of the Village pertaining
to sewer service and distribution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and
ADOPTED this 18th day of January, 2016.
Roll being called upon adoption of
this Resolution, the vote resulted

as follows:
Julie McCloud-Yes; Rolando Ceballos-Yes; Molly Meade-Yes;
Maxine Keegan-Yes
Julie McCloud, President of
Council
Passed: January 18th, 2016
Carlene Turner, Clerk of Council
VILLAGE OF CECIL
ORDINANCE NO. 2015-5
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE
CLERK/TREASURER TO
SUBMIT, FOR PUBLICATION, THE NAMES OF
PROPERTY
OWNERS
WITHIN THE VILLAGE
WHO HAVE DELINQUENT
SEWER BILLS IN AN
AMOUNT GREATER THAN
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
WHEREAS, there are a significant number of properties within
the Village of Cecil which have
delinquent sewer bills; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council
has determined that an effective
method of collecting said delinquent sewer bills is to publish
the names of delinquent property
owners in a newspaper of general
circulation in Paulding County;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
ORDAINED by the Council of
the Village of Cecil, Ohio, that:
SECTION I. The Clerk/Treasurer
of the Village shall have the authority to submit the names of Village property owners who receive
sewer services from the Village,
and who have a delinquent sewer
bill in an amount greater than One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00), to a
newspaper of general circulation
in Paulding County.
SECTION II. This Ordinance shall
take full force and effect from and
after the earliest period allowed by
law.
PASSED, APPROVED, and
ADOPTED this 18th day of January, 2016.
Gene Sheets, Mayor
Carlene Turner, Clerk of Council
First Reading, 11-16-15
Second Reading, 12-21-15
Third Reading, 1-18-16
hereby given that the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA)

is accepting comments on a
draft Permit to Install (PTI) and
a draft Permit to Operate (PTO)
for the facility called Willow
Tree Swine, LLC which site
#1 is located at 4126 Township Road 49 and Willow Tree
Swine, LLC which site #2 is
located at 2888 State Route 49.
Both sites are located in Payne,
Ohio 45880, Paulding County,
Benton Township in the Auglaize Watershed. If the final permit is issued, the PTO would be
valid for five years.
Copies of the draft permit can
be reviewed and/or copies made
at the Division of Livestock Environmental Permitting (DLEP)
office at: A.B. Graham Building, 8995 East Main Street,
Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068,
(614) 387-0470. Any person
may submit written comments
and/or request a public meeting
on the draft permit. A request
for a public meeting must be in
writing and shall state the nature
of the issues to be raised at the
public meeting. Comments and/
or public meeting requests must
be received by the DLEP office
no later than 5 p.m. February
29, 2016. Comments received
after this date will not be considered. A public meeting will
be held when required by OAC
901:10-6-04(C) and may be
held where authorized by OAC
901:10-6-01(D). Persons have a
right to provide a written or oral
statement for the record at the
public meeting, if a meeting is
scheduled.
RESOLUTION
1311-15
Resolution 1311-15 was passed by
Paulding Village Council on January 4, 2016, and goes into effect
from and after the earliest period
allowed by law. The summary of
this legislation is as follows:
RESOLUTION DECLARING
THE OFFICIAL INTENT AND
REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF THE VILLAGE OF
PAULDING, OHIO, ON BEPUBLIC NOTICE
HALF OF THE STATE OF
Date of Notice: January 27, 2016 OHIO (THE BORROWER)
Name and address of facility:
TO REIMBURSE ITS OHIO
Willow Tree Swine, LLC 4126
SMALL GOVERNMENT
Township Road 49 Payne, Ohio
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
45880
PROGRAM FOR THE WATER
Name and address of applicants: METER REPLACEMENT,
Willow Tree Swine, LLC 8451 PROJECT NO. CT72S/CT73S
Road 48 Haviland, Ohio 45851 WITH THE PROCEEDS OF
TAX EXEMPT DEBT OF THE
Chris Laukhuf 8451 Road 48
STATE OF OHIO.
Haviland. Ohio 45851
Copies of the full text of this legJohn Laukhuf 4186 Road 71
islation may be obtained at the FiPayne, Ohio 45880
nance Directors Office, 116 South
Willow Tree Pork, LLC 4186
Main Street, between the hours of
Road 71 Payne, Ohio 45880
8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday
In accordance with OAC rule through Friday.
Annette D. Hasch,
901:10-6-01, public notice is
Finance Director
Chris Johnson was the speaker at the recent Kiwanis Club of

Paulding County meeting. Chris has an insurance and brokerage
office on the east side of the square in Paulding. He told of the
vacation he took in 2014 to Alaska, traveling to the foothills of Mt.
McKinley now called Mt. Denali. He showed several photos of the
scenery and how huge the mountain really is. Lisa McClure was
program chairman.
Police Report
ACCIDENT REPORTS
None.
INCIDENT REPORTS
Friday, Jan. 15
1 p.m. A Kay Street resident
told police someone drove
through their yard and into a
light pole overnight.
Saturday, Jan. 16
1 a.m. Report of a subject
walking along Emerald Road
was investigated. A 16-yearold male was given a ride
home.
6:30 p.m. Suspicious activity was reported on West Jackson Street where a resident
found two screens missing.
11:44 p.m. Threats in a
North Williams Street parking
area were investigated.
Sunday, Jan. 17
12:43 a.m. Report of an
underage party on Road 169
in Auglaize Township was
turned over to the sheriffs department.
2:21 p.m. Request for a

report for a family member
allegedly doing drugs in the
presence of children.
4:30 p.m. Backing mishap
in a driveway along North
Williams Street was documented.
Monday, Jan. 18
6:45 p.m. Electronics were
reported missing from a truck
while it was parked along
West Perry Street.
Tuesday, Jan. 19
1:58 a.m. A suspicious vehicle was seen in a North Williams Street business lot. The
unoccupied vehicle belonged
to a Paulding resident.
12:43 p.m. Dog complaint
from North Main Street was
looked into.
6 p.m. A student from
Paulding told officers someone took their cell phone from
the locker room during ball
practice.
7:05 p.m. Family disturbance on West Jackson Street

was handled.
Wednesday, Jan. 20
12:10 a.m. A West Perry
Street resident reported telephone harassment and requested no contact.
1:09 a.m. Yelling was
overheard on North Williams
Street. There was no threat.
8 a.m. House and vehicles were egged overnight on
North Dix Street.
11:45 a.m. Officers responded to a business alarm
on North Main Street. All was
secure.
Thursday, Jan. 21
11:53 a.m. Food, tools and
pet food came up missing
from a West Perry Street residence.
2:24 p.m. Backing mishap
on East Jackson Street near
the Main Street intersection
was handled.
Property transfers
The term et al. refers to and others; et vir., and
husband; et ux., and wife.
Brown Township
Jessie M. Leatherman, trustee, dec. to Steven C. and Gary R. Leatherman, trustees; Sec.
21, 38.2597 acres; Sec. 28, 0.0003 acre and
Sec. 33, 48.36 acres. Affidavit.
Steven C. and Gary R. Leatherman, trustees to Steven C. Leatherman; Sec. 21 and 28,
36.62 acres. Fiduciary deed.
Stevie K. Lambert, dec. to Linda M. Lambert; Sec. 22, 2 acres. Affidavit.
Michael L. and Karin J. Wieble, trustee to
Michael G. and Cheryl G. Hauter; Sec. 25, 25
acres. Trustee deed.
Carryall Township
Sally R. Skillen to Sally R. Skillen and Robert H. Skillen, trustees, et al.; Sec. 33, 109.09
acres and Sec. 34, 117.4 acres. Quit claim.
Crane Township
David A. Dotterer to David A. and Theresa
L. Ratliff-Dotterer; Sec. 35, 3.5 acres. Quit
claim.
Jackson Township
Jeremy D. and Jessica S. Goyings to Clint
Porter; Sec. 7, 2.689 acres. Warranty deed.
Washington Township
Jessie M. Leatherman, trustee, dec. to Steven C. and Gary R. Leatherman, trustees; Sec.
3, 122 acres. Affidavit.
Steven C. and Gary R. Leatherman, trustees

to Gary R. Leatherman; Sec. 3, 40 acres. Fiduciary deed.
to Joyce Fuller, Sec. 3, 42.503 acres. Fiduciary
deed.
to Carol I. Singer; Sec. 3, 40 acres. Fiduciary
deed.
Antwerp Village
Sally R. Skillen to Robert H. and Sally R.
Skillen, trustees, et al.; Lots 5 and 28, Jump
Addition, 0.3 acre. Quit claim.
Sally R. Skillen to Robert H. and Sally R.
Skillen, trustees, et al.; Sec. 34, Outlots, 76.48
acres. Quit claim.
Vellina C. Doster to David R. and Audrey
R. Corson; Lot 21, Schoolhill Addition, 0.184
acre. Warranty deed.
Melrose Village
Cherrie D. Corwin to Loretta Curtis; Lots
244-46 and part vacant alley, 0.54 acre. Warranty deed.
Paulding Village
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. to Secretary of
HUD; Lot 29, Henning Addition, 0.2 acre.
Warranty deed.
Bernice Woodson, dec. to Tyray Curry; Lot
9, Oakwood Park Addition, 0.22 acre. Affidavit.
Common Pleas
Civil Docket
The term et al. refers to and others; et vir., and husband; et ux., and
wife.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,

West Palm Beach, Fla. vs.
Daniel S. Bowen and his unknown spouse if any, Cygnet and Mortgage Electronic
Registration System, Danville, Ill. and Paulding County
Commissioners, Paulding.
Foreclosures.
In the matter of: Denise
Lougheed, Antwerp and Michael Lougheed, Overpeck.
Dissolution of marriage.
In the matter of: Mindy N.
Torres, Antwerp and Sylvester C. Torres, Antwerp. Dissolution of marriage.
Keith Edward Lane, Paulding vs. Tara Lane, Paulding.
Divorce.
Bartley N. Ripke, Oakwood
vs. Tem-Pace LLC, Niles,
Mich. and Ohio Department
of Job and Family Services,
Columbus. Unemployment
appeal.
Carolyn K. Pruden, Grover
Hill and Dwight Jay Lockie,

Grover Hill and Katherine Kriger, College Station,
Texas vs. Steven Douglas
Reed, Van Wert and Christine
Reed, Van Wert. Partition.
Marriage Licenses
None.
Administration Docket
In the Estate of Keith E.
Wilhelm, last will and testament filed.
In the Estate of Robert E.
Laukhuf, application to administer file.
In the Estate of Maxine M.
Hanenkratt, last will and testament filed.
Criminal Docket
Ylonne E. Washington, 36,
Cleveland, was sentenced
recently, having previously
been found guilty of possession of drugs (F5). She was
ordered to serve 21 days jail
with 7 days credit for time
served, is to have no drugs
or alcohol, submit to random
tests, obtain and maintain a
job, six-month license suspension, and pay $607.99
court costs. Contraband

seized in this case may be destroyed by law enforcement.
Jason A. Brown, 37, of
Paulding, is being held on
$25,000 bond with no cash
privilege following arraignment for burglary (F2). He
was to appear for pretrial
conference on Jan. 20 and
a March 8 jury trial. Should
bond be posted, the following
conditions were set: no drugs
or alcohol use, begin treatment at Anhedonia LLC in
Findlay and supply biweekly
treatment reports to the Court.
Ronald P. Antigo, 45, of
Defiance, had a charge of
possession of drugs (F5) dismissed upon a motion by the
State. He produced a valid
prescription for the narcotic
he possessed at the time of the
alleged offense. He must pay
$160 court costs.
The Progress ...
is Paulding Countys
newspaper of record.
County Court
Civil Docket:
Birdstone Inc., Paulding
vs. Cathy Simonin, Paulding.
Money only, satisfied.
Birdstone Inc., Paulding vs.
Monica Sanchez, Paulding.
Forcible entry and detainer, satisfied.
Credit Adjustments Inc.,
Defiance vs. Chad Long, Oakwood. Money only, satisfied.
The State Bank & Trust Co.,
Defiance vs. Sherry L. Stewart,
Paulding. Small claims, satisfied.
Educap Inc., Sterling, Va.
vs. Erica L. McCalla, Antwerp.
Other action, stayed in bankruptcy.
Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs. Alta D. Butler, Payne.
Small claims, satisfied.
Portfolio Recovery Associates, Norfolk, Va. vs. Matthew
C. Arellano, Oakwood. Other
action, judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,031.77.
IOM Health System LP,
Cincinnati vs. Dennis K. Fish,
Paulding. Other action, judgment for the plaintiff in the sum
of $11,392.80.
Defiance vs. Thomas Shrider,
Paulding. Small claims, judgment for the plaintiff in the sum
of $920.22.
Blanchard Valley Health,
Findlay and Blanchard Valley
Professionals, Findlay vs. Krista
Kay Roth, Grover Hill. Other
action, judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,686.97.
Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs. Emily M. Munger,
Payne. Small claims, judgment
for the plaintiff in the sum of
$1,468.08.
Defiance vs. Heidi R. Conlon,

Latty. Small claims, judgment
for the plaintiff in the sum of
$920.63.
Michael S. Boggs DDS Inc.,
Hicksville vs. Bobby Hines,
Antwerp and Megan WallsHines, Antwerp. Small claims,
judgment for the plaintiff
against Walls-Hines in the sum
of $166.62. Case against Hines
set for Feb. 25 hearing.
Jeremiah A. Troyer, Oakwood vs. Goebel Wrecking Co./
Auto Parts Store, Bryan. Small
claims, dismissed.
Sarah J. Mowery DDS, Antwerp vs. Samuel J. Thomas,
Paulding and Meghan VanVlerah, Paulding. Small claims,
judgment for the plaintiff in the
sum of $107.
Chasidy Strable, Paulding
vs. Wendy Tillery, Grover Hill.
Evictions, dismissed.
Criminal Docket:
Jacob K. Roughton, Oakwood, possession of marijuana;
$125 fine, $174 costs, sixmonth license suspension.
Jacob K. Roughton, Oakwood, drug paraphernalia; dismissed per State.
Jeffrey A. Miller, Antwerp,
passing bad checks; $100 fine,
$176 costs, 30 days jail suspended; maintain general good
behavior, victims unit is to
provide proof of payment to the
victim to the Court.
Leighton Mullins, Defiance,
two counts zoning violation;
$100 fine with $50 suspended
on each count, $95 costs, defendant is to have all unlicensed and
inoperable vehicles removed
from the property, defendant is
to have no scrap, barrels, metal
or junk on the property.
Traffic Docket:
Ernest N. Manieson, Richmond, Va., 84/65 speed; $43
fine, $85 costs.
Catherine A. Weigold, Fort
Wayne, 76/65 speed; $33 fine,
$77 costs.
Brian W. Zartman, Payne,
65/55 speed; $33 fine, $80
costs.
Austin Curtis Cary, Fort
$80 costs.
Christopher S. Heiter, Leesburg, Ind., 77/65 speed; $33
fine, $80 costs.
Joseph Arthur Mohr, Van
Wert, driving under suspension/
OVI; $250 fine, $120 costs, pay
all by Dec. 16 or turned in for
collection (POC), three days
jail, six-month license suspension; warrant and warrant
block rescinded, 177 days jail
reserved.
Jaimie C. Haller, Fort Wayne,
98/65 speed; $93 fine, $85 costs.
Joseph A. Duncan, Clawson,
Mich., seat belt; $30 fine, $55
costs.
Gale H. Doster, Scott, seat
belt; dismissed per State at $47
costs.
Sarah A. Manning, Toledo,
marked lanes; $53 fine, $80
costs.
Latwon Lamont Ford, Fort
Wayne, driving under suspension/non-FRA; $200 fine with
$100 suspended with proof of
valid license, $95 costs, pay $50
monthly, Sept. 30 POC; secure
valid drivers license, 30 days
jail reserved.
Latwon Lamont Ford, Fort
Wayne, reckless operation; $75
fine, pay $50 monthly, Sept. 30
POC.
Ashley N. Hendrix, Sylva-
nia, 78/65 speed; $33 fine, $80

costs.
Senad Sakanovic, Utica,
N.Y., 80/65 speed; $43 fine,
$77 costs.
Maheshkumar Patel, Toledo,
76/65 speed; $33 fine, $80
costs.
Daniel G. Borkowicz,
Adrian, Mich., 77/65 speed; $33
fine, $80 costs.
Neil Robert Doran, Lima,
80/65 speed; $43 fine, $80
costs.
Jim R. Napolski, Swanton,
failure to control; $68 fine, $80
costs.
Cahrol Schaffner, Grover
Hill, failure to control; $68 fine,
$77 costs.
Victor R. Benevides Jr.,
Pittsboro, Ind., violation being
passed; $53 fine, $80 costs.
Emily R. Flaugh, Haviland,
68/55 speed; $33 fine, $80
costs.
James Mayo, Chestnut Hill,
Ma., 82/65 speed; $43 fine, $80
costs.
Ronyelle S. Shannon, Fort
Wayne, failure to yield to emergency vehicle; $68 fine, $80
costs.
Corey Austin Vebert, Yoder,
Ind., 83/65 speed; $43 fine, $80
costs.
Jennnifer E. Lopez Reed,
Avon, Ind., 84/65 speed; $43
fine, $80 costs.
Joseph T. Tourney, Fort
Wayne, violation being passed;
$53 fine, $80 costs.
Barton W. Taube Jr., Defiance, seat belt; $30 fine, $64.49
costs, March 18 POC and license subject to forfeiture if not
met.
Ronald C. Howard, Fort
$85 costs.
Jessica M. Rauh, Fort Recovery, 67/55 speed; $33 fine, $85
costs.
Alexander L. Carballosa,
Toronto, Ont., seat belt; bench
trial, defendant found not guilty;
costs waived.
Melissa M. Bailey, Muncie,
Ind., 87/65 speed; $43 fine, $85
costs.
Avery Edwin Coplin, Paulding, OVI/under influence,
merged with OVI/breath low;
$375 fine, $165 costs, pay $100
monthly, June 24 POC, three
days jail, six-month license
suspension; community control
ordered, submit to evaluation
at Westwood, 177 days jail reserved.
Avery Edwin Coplin, Paulding, registration violation; $50
fine, June 24 POC.
Avery Edwin Coplin, Paulding, traffic devices; $50 fine,
June 24 POC.
Eric O. Westendorf, Monroe,
Mich., 86/65 speed; $43 fine,
$80 costs.
Austin Michael Smith, New
Haven, display plates; $68 fine,
$80 costs.
Lesley L. Parrett, Paulding,
two counts stop sign; $53 fine,
$77 costs each count.
Jeremiah M. Kuch, Noblesville, Ind., 80/65 speed; $43
fine, $80 costs.
Amanda M. Burkard, Swanton, 76/65 speed; $33 fine, $80
costs.
Jonell C. Nwabueze, Southfield, Mich., 80/65 speed; $43
fine, $80 costs.
Dravon Potts, Oakwood,
65/55 speed; $33 fine, $77
costs.
Marty Davis, Detroit, 78/65
speed; $43 fine, $95 costs, Feb.

26 POC, points waived.
Carl B. Wright IV, Cecil,
driving under FRA suspension;
$100 fine suspended, $130
costs, June 24 POC.
Carl B. Wright IV, Cecil,
wrong plates; dismissed.
Carl B. Wright IV, Cecil, display plates; dismissed.
Terry Lee Byers, Louisville,
Ky., 77/65 speed; $33 fine, $80
costs.
Brian D. Jenkins, Fort
$80 costs.
Michael T. Gieselman,
Commerce Township, Mich.,
marked lanes; $53 fine, $77
costs.
Calvin P. Perkins, Findlay,
84/65 speed; $63 fine, $80
costs.
Larry S. Sattler, Celina, 71/55
speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.
Travis James Stroup, Bedford, Ind., seat belt; $30 fine,
$50 costs.
Robert E. Franklin, Payne,
assured clear distance; $68 fine,
$77 costs.
Kumbo P. Bushabu, Fort
$80 costs.
Alyssa Renee Heintschel,
Oregon, seat belt; $30 fine, $50
costs.
Edlon Everard Bullen,
Walker, La., disabled warning;
$68 fine, $80 costs.
Nicholas J. Strack, Fort
$80 costs.
Alexander J. Magoulas, Van
Wert, 69/55 speed; $33 fine,
$77 costs.
Jestine M. Curry, Edgerton,
Ohio, 80/65 speed; $43 fine,
$77 costs.
Sheriffs Report
ACCIDENTS:
Monday, Jan. 18
10:24 p.m. Ray A. Mills, 52, of Defiance was cited for failure to control and
hit-skip following a hit-skip situation off
Ohio 111 south of Road 212 in Auglaize
Township. Reports say a 2015 Scion TC
went off the east side of a curve through
a driveway striking two basketball poles
and two vehicles before entering a second yard where it struck a pine tree. It
then exited the area without stopping.
Law enforcement later recovered the car
in Defiance County. Damage to the car
was heavy. The other vehicles, a 2001
GMC Sierra pickup truck owned by Jeffrey A. Ehlinger of Defiance and a 2016
Hyundai Elantra owned by Jessica Y.
Wieland of Defiance, both received functional damage. No injuries were reported.
Tuesday, Jan. 19
7:01 a.m. Paul E. Adams, 75, of Antwerp, was cited for improper backing
following a backing accident with the
school bus he was driving. Reports say
he backed an Antwerp Local Schools
bus over a stop sign at the intersection of
Roads 224 and 424 in Crane Township.
The stop sign was torn off and a portion
of the rear of the bus was dislodged. The
driver and his 13 passengers, ages 5 to
15, were unhurt.
Wednesday, Jan. 20
7:50 a.m. Minor damage and no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle mishap on Road 72 west of Road
87 in Blue Creek Township. Seth Allan
Saylor, 16, of Payne, was traveling east
in a 2006 Toyota Camry when reports
say the vehicle slid on the snowy road
into a stopped 2002 Chevy Trailblazer
operated by Sarah M. Dyson, 16, of
Woodburn, Ind. Saylor was cited for
assured clear distance ahead.
3 p.m. A single-vehicle accident on

Road 177 south of Road 60 in Washington Township resulted in the driver,
Peter J. Wharry, 16, of Oakwood, being
cited for failure to control. Reports say
he was traveling north in a 2002 Ford
F250 pickup truck when it slid on
snowy pavement, veered off the right
side striking a culvert before sliding
sideways down and embankment and
overturning several times. The truck
came to rest on the driver side. It was
disabled and towed. The driver was not
hurt.
Thursday, Jan. 21
5:40 a.m. Salvador Diaz, 46, of Defiance, was cited for no operators license
and marked lanes violation following a
two-vehicle collision on Road 191 north
of Ohio 637 in Auglaize Township. He
was driving south in a 1999 Olds Bravada pulling a trailer. John D. Peio,
50, of Defiance, was north bound in a
2004 Buick Rainier. Reports say Diazs
trailer swerved left of center, sideswiping Peio, causing the second vehicle to
be disabled. The SUV was towed. The
trailer blew a tire from the impact. Neither driver was injured.
INCIDENTS:
Thursday, Jan. 14
4 p.m. Deputies assisted Antwerp police with a dog complaint.
Friday, Jan. 15
10:23 a.m. Dog complaint was handled in Payne.
10:39 a.m. Residential alarm sounded
on Road 180 in Crane Township.
2:24 p.m. Wide truck load pulled
lines down in Melrose.
3:33 p.m. Dog complaint was lodged
from Road 162 in Carryall Township.
7:08 p.m. A car was broken into in
Scott and items taken.
8:52 p.m. Canine unit was deployed

on North Williams Street in Paulding.
10:30 p.m. Juvenile matter was handled on Road 263 in Auglaize Township.
11:53 p.m. A suspicious vehicle was
seen parked behind a barn in Scott.
Saturday, Jan. 16
9:16 a.m. Breaking and entering of an
abandoned house on Road 72 in Washington Township was looked into.
11:55 a.m. First responders came to
the aid of a Latty resident reporting a
house fire and were on scene about 20
minutes. Units were called from Paulding, Scott and Payne. Scott EMS also
stood by.
1:11 p.m. Dog complaint was handled on Ohio 111 in Paulding Township.
2:40 p.m. Commercial burglar alarm
sounded in Grover Hill.
6:30 p.m. Possible domestic situation
was reported from Payne.
7:11 p.m. Breaking and entering of a
shed in Oakwood was investigated.
7:37 p.m. Truck got stuck mudding
on Road 163 in Brown Township.
Sunday, Jan. 17
6:20 a.m. A Benton Township resident of Road 80 said someone was
shooting at their house.
7:54 a.m. Mailbox damage was observed on Road 205 in Brown Township.
8:30 p.m. Residential burglar alarm
sounded from Road 60 in Latty Township.
12:45 p.m. Commercial burglar
alarm went off on Road 107 in Blue
Creek Township.
5:38 p.m. Mailbox damage was noted
on Road 72 in Washington Township.
8:55 p.m. Breaking and entering of a
house on Road 143 in Auglaize Township was investigated.

Monday, Jan. 18
2:06 a.m. Unwanted person complaint was handled in Payne.
10:17 a.m. Two Oakwood fire units,
their EMS and two fire units each from
Auglaize Township and Grover Hill
were called to a possible fire in Oakwood where smoke was coming from a
bedroom. They were on scene about 45
minutes.
5:26 p.m. Criminal damage to county
property was investigated on Road 192
in Crane Township.
6:38 p.m. Car/deer crash was documented on Road 180 in Crane Township.
8:41 p.m. Deputies handled a car/
deer collision on Road 87 in Paulding
Township.
Tuesday, Jan. 19
6:49 a.m. Car was seen in a ditch
along Ohio 500 in Paulding Township.
No further information was available.
8:20 a.m. Breaking and entering of a
home on Ohio 637 in Latty Township
was investigated.
9:56 a.m. Four Scott fire units and
their EMS plus three from Payne and
two from Grover Hill responded to a
house fire call on Ohio 114 in Blue
Creek Township. They were there
nearly four hours.
11:42 a.m. A consent search of a vehicle was conducted at a traffic stop at
the intersection of Ohio 111 and Ohio
637 in Auglaize Township.
3:34 p.m. Dog bite on West Caroline
Street in Paulding was reported by the
Paulding County Health Department.
3:36 p.m. Dog complaint was handled on Lincoln Avenue in Paulding.
5:22 p.m. Threats by text were re-
ceived by a Blue Creek Township resident of US 127.

Wednesday, Jan. 20
6:36 a.m. Car/deer crash on Ohio 613
west of Payne was documented.
10:39 a.m. Vandalism was investigated on Road 108 in Brown Township.
10:55 a.m. Two Paulding fire units
and the EMS responded to a report of
a burning smell in a house on Road 156
in Jackson Township. They were there
about 30 minutes.
11:17 a.m. Dog complaint was handled in Payne.
11:22 a.m. Identity theft was looked
into on Road 33 in Benton Township.
3:09 p.m. Rollover motor vehicle
accident was handled at the intersection
of Roads 171 and 177 in Brown Township.
8:17 p.m. Assault complaint was
lodged from Road 177 in Brown Township.
Thursday, Jan. 21
1:03 p.m. Deputies responded to an
alarm that sounded from Road 191 in
Brown Township.
2:46 p.m. A large hog was seen wandering a field along Ohio 500 near Road
81 in Paulding Township.
5:08 p.m. Prowler complaint was
lodged from Road 48 in Washington
Township.
7:12 p.m. Suspicious minivan was
seen on Road 179 in Auglaize Township.
8:42 p.m. An Auglaize Township
resident of Road 163 reported seeing a
suspicious vehicle in the area.
Friday, Jan. 22
2:45 a.m. Deputies assisted the Ohio
State Highway Patrol with a call on the
west bound lanes of US 24 in Carryall
Township.
Paulding Mayors Court

These cases are listed on a
monthly basis as they are paid in full.
Mohamed S. Abdi, Columbus, no license plate light/ no

tail light; $150 fine and costs.
Joel A. Abreu, Winter Garden, Fla., disobeyed traffic
control ordinance; $100 fine
and costs.
Salah Al-Azani, Brownstown Township, Mich.,
parking in roadway; $150
fine and costs.
Ali A. Alawady, Dearborn
Heights, Mich., disobeyed
traffic control ordinance;
transferred.
John R. Alberts, Fort Loramie, disobeyed traffic control
ordinance; dismissed.
Patrick D. Allen Jr., Horner, W.V., disobeyed traffic
and costs.
Enrique M. Arce, Gulfport,
Miss., disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $100 fine and
costs.
Jack D. Ashton, Antwerp,
disobeyed traffic sign; $100
fine and costs.
Samuel W. Bagley, Mays
Landing, N.J., disobeyed
traffic control ordinance; dismissed.
Adriatik Bardhi, Riverview, Mich., parking in roadway; $150 fine and costs.
Jenny L. Bauer, Paulding,

fine and costs.
Nancy A. Bauer, Minster,
speed; $110 fine and costs.
Andrew J. Bear, Elida, disobeyed traffic control ordinance; dismissed.
Chad M. Bennett, Monroeville, Ind., disobeyed traffic
sign; $115 fine and costs.
Bryan L. Bilyeu, Perkins,
Okla., disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $100 fine and
costs.
Adam C. Blonde, Litchfield, Mich., disobeyed traffic
control ordinance; dismissed.
Diana L. Bunker, Eaton
Rapids, Mich., disobeyed
traffic control ordinance;
$100 fine and costs.
Frederic L. Campbell, Laurel Hills, N.C., disobeyed
Mark E. Cornett, Wabash,
Ind., disobeyed traffic control
ordinance; dismissed.
James L. Cote, Port Huron,
Mich., disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $100 fine and
costs.
Cyle L. Crookedacre, Lapeer, Mich., disobeyed traffic
and costs.
Antonio L. DeSousa, Dallas, Ga., disobeyed traffic
and costs.
Kevin M. Deye, Sylvania,
disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $100 fine and costs.
Amanda R. Doster, Defiance, no license plate/tail
light; $110 fine and costs.
Fred Drayton, Piedmont,
S.C., no license plate/tail
Ricki L. Ebersole, Springfield, disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $100 fine and
costs.
Volodymyr Figun, Brooklyn, N.Y., disobeyed traffic
and costs.
Philip A. Gage, Millbury,
Jason D. Garver, Lima,
William W. Greer, Gulf
Shores, Ala., disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $100
fine and costs.
Lori A. Grunden, Cecil,
Adan R. Guillen, Lansing,
Mich., disobeyed traffic control ordinance; dismissed.
Michael J. Hale, Richmond, Ky., no license plate/
tail light; $150 fine and costs.
David M. Hammer, Roosevelt, Minn., disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $100
fine and costs.
Eduardo G. Harper, Mission, Texas, disobeyed traffic

and costs.
Lowell D. Hawes, Hollansburg, disobeyed traffic control ordinance; dismissed.
Leo L. Heitkamp, Versailles, disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $100 fine and
costs.
Robert E. Herron III, Lima,
Timothy C. Hubbard Sr.,
Mantachie, Miss., disobeyed
Anthony L. Hurley, Scott,
Kevin R. Hurst, Columbus,
Farhad Ibraimov, Chicago,
disobeyed traffic control ordinance; dismissed.
R.W. Iiames, Cincinnati,
Robert L. Johnson, Lima,
Young S. Kim, Garden
Grove, Calif., disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $130
fine and costs.
Oleh Kushniryk, Mundelein, Ill., disobeyed traffic
Oleh Kushniryk, Mundelein, Ill., windshields and

wipers; $150 fine and costs.
Israel R. Laguna, Defiance,
Adam E. Leatherman, Van
Wert, one way highway; $110
fine and costs.
Larry L. Lewis, Haviland,
fine and costs.
Singh Manjit, Niagara
Falls, N.Y., disobeyed traffic
Olivia J. Mendez, Paulding, improper backing; $110
fine and costs.
Travis C. Messer, Candler,
N.C., disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $100 fine and
costs.
Vernon J. Miroth, Camden,
Erich D. Morse, Fort
Wayne, disobeyed traffic
and costs.
Shavkat Muratov, Brooklyn, N.Y., disobeyed traffic
Shavkat Muratov, Brooklyn, N.Y., no license plate/tail
Salvador A. Murillo, Tyler,
Texas, no license plate/tail
Alan S. Nash, Sparta,
Tenn., parking in roadway;

Peter O. Overly, Jeannette,
Pa., disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $100 fine and
costs.
Radu Popovici, Chicago,
no license plate/tail light;
Joel A. Ramsey, Spencerville, Ind., failure to control;
Joshua R. Reyburn, Big
Rapids, Mich., disobeyed
Joshua R. Reyburn, Big
Rapids, Mich., parking in
roadway; $150 fine and costs.
Dean H. Roop, Huber
Heights, disobeyed traffic
Peter I. Rusev, Frankfort,
N.Y., no license plate/tail
lights; $150 fine and costs.
Andrei Rybakou, Hatboro,
Pa., disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $100 fine and
costs.
Daniel Saldana Jr., Laredo,
Texas, no license plate/tail
Alassane Samba, Columbus, disobeyed traffic sign;
Adam Sanders, Orangeburg, S.C., disobeyed traffic
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COMMUNITY
Wehrkamp candidate for
probate/juvenile judge
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ty with the rehabilitation of

young offenders so they have
the opportunity to grow into
productive members of our
community rather than becoming adult offenders later
in life, Wehrkamp said.
As judge, Wehrkamp would
apply for grant funding and establish juvenile probation programs to provide avenues for
non-violent juvenile offenders
to be rehabilitated through
community service, programming and education. He would
also work closely with Paulding County school districts
to maintain a regular, visible
presence in the schools.
If you can proactively
identify and serve young students who are facing academic, family and social obstacles,
you can keep them out of the
court system down the road,
said Wehrkamp.
Birthdays
Jan. 30 Tara Bakle, Ashley Bauer, Kathryn Clark,
Amanda Lentz, Sara Lentz,
Jay Priest, Trisha Sams, Tiffany Theobald.
Jan. 31 Jeffery Bear,
Travis Elliott, Eric Johanns,
Rayna Long, Jason Schlegel.
Feb. 1 Damien Banks,
Gary English, Dylan Gamble, Diana Linder, Joanne
Luginbuhl, Kevin McDougall, Keith Roughton, Kyle
Wobler.
Feb. 2 Brian Brady, Emma
Crone, Keith A. Deming Sr.,
Beth Free, Jane Gibbs, James
Tam Stoller of Paulding

serves as treasurer of Wehrkamps campaign committee.
Jeff Mumma of Payne serves
as deputy treasurer.
Wehrkamp is an active
member of Divine Mercy
Catholic Church of Paulding
County, where he serves on
committees and leads congregational singing. He is also a
member of the Knights of Columbus St. Joseph Council. He
currently serves as vice president of the Paulding County
Bar Association and is a member of the Continuing Legal
Education Committee of the
Allen County, Ohio Bar Association. He speaks regularly to
students of Paulding County
about the role of the judicial
branch of government.
Wehrkamp, a Paulding
High School graduate, earned
his bachelors degree, summa
cum laude, from The Ohio
State University. He went on
to earn his Juris Doctorate
from the University of Toledo College of Law, where he
also graduated with highest
honors. Wehrkamp resides in
Paulding with his wife, Laura
(Arend) Wehrkamp, and their
son, Andrew.
To learn more about Wehrkamp and his vision for the
Paulding County Probate/Juvenile Court, visit www.WehrkampForJudge.com or on
Facebook at www.facebook.
com/WehrkampForJudge.
Among speakers at the most recent meeting of the Toastmasters group in Defiance were, from
left - Lisa McMichael, Shelly Shafer and Robert Boyd.
Toastmaster group
banters in Defiance
DEFIANCE The Jan. 14

meeting of Defiance Simply
Speaking Toastmasters, featured
two dueling speakers who challenged each other by assigning
a speech topic to the other on a
subject neither knew little about.
Shelly Shafers, topic, changing car oil, involved her actually
going to her car mechanic at
Tireman, and observing the oil
being changed. She delivered
a humorous and enlightening
speech detailing an oil change.
Robert Boyd, challenged with
a speech on baking, described
making a special cake with
man tools which included
an egg beater on the end of a
power drill, and a dry wall knife
for tooling the frosting. He presented Shelly with an incredible,
detailed cake, which resembled
Henderson, Colt Kemerer, a giant hamburger dubbed the
Bailey Pieper, Conishia M. Shelly Burger.
Lisa McMichael presented a
Rios, Sharon White.
Feb. 3 Allan Harpster,
Scott Harpster, Heather Hunt,
Alice Mawer, Ciara Miller.
Feb. 4 Bonita Beamer,
David W. Childs, Tim Cle- Jan. 30 Collie and Myrna
mens, Marilyn Greear, Alice Lamb.
Lake, Benji Manz, Earlene Jan. 31 Benjamin and CarMundy, Alice Sosbe, Amber olyn Manz.
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February 3, 2016
MICHAEL WEHRKAMP
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PAULDING Michael
Wehrkamp of Paulding has
announced his 2016 candidacy for judge of the Paulding
County Court of Common
Pleas, Probate and Juvenile
Division.
Wehrkamp, a native of
Paulding County, is a judicial attorney at the Third District Court of Appeals, which
serves as the Paulding County
Court of Appeals, as well as
the court of appeals for 16 other Northwest Ohio counties.
In this position, he makes recommendations to the judges
of the court and drafts judicial
opinions for juvenile, probate
and other appealed cases. Prior to his service at the Court
of Appeals, Wehrkamp gained
courtroom experience as a
litigation attorney in private
practice at the law firm of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in
Columbus.
Retired Paulding County
Common Pleas Judge J. David
Webb encouraged Wehrkamp
to run for judge.
I have known Michael for
many years and I can say with
complete confidence that he
has what it takes to effectively run the probate and juvenile court, said Webb. Michael will serve the citizens
of Paulding County with hard
work, accessibility and the
best interests of the community in mind. He understands
the challenges faced by youth
today and will make a very
strong judge.
Implementing
improvements to the juvenile court
will be a cornerstone of Wehrkamps campaign message.
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Everything is better with butter Business sign, keys and smoke

Winter with all of its cold,
wind and snow has finally arrived. Let me say this, Cold
winter weather can wreak havoc on our best made plans.
My problem was a new one
and was one I had never experienced before. My doors
on my car froze up just about
every day and it became quite
a challenge to get them open.
On day number one, I just
could not budge the frozen
doors, so my nice neighbor
helped me. I started up the car,
let it warm up and drove to my
appointment. All was well.
That is until the next day
when I encountered the same
problem. On that day, I managed to get a back door opened
and get in the back seat. My
next goal was to try and climb
over the front seat to get the
car started once again.
I surveyed my options and
decided to make a long floppy
jump over the seat and hoped I
didnt land on my head. I went
for it, got up front, but was on
my back with my leg under me.
I had to lay there and laugh at
myself as I flopped around and
tried to get up. I finally made it
and again started my car.
After staying in for a few
days, I wanted to go run some
errands and, alas, the doors
a penny
for your Thoughts
By Nancy Whitaker
were yet again frozen. I was

determined to get that pesky
ice out of my door molding,
so I took out a screwdriver
and chipped away. I pushed,
pulled, yanked and prayed and
voila, the door opened.
I proceeded to do this to
all the doors and was praising God for helping me with
the ice removal. I got inside
my car, turned the key and
the only sound I heard was a
grrrrowling noise. My battery
was dead. My nice neighbor
got out his jumper cables,
looked under the hood of the
car and there was no battery in
the car that he could see. So he
said, I will go Google to see
where the battery is located.

The battery was somewhere
under or behind the back seat.
I called my friendly car repairman and he came down with
a battery pack and between all
of us, we got the car started.
It seems when the wind and
moisture comes from a certain
direction, the moisture gathers around the top of the door
molding, therefore causing the
problem of icy, unopenable
car doors. I decided that there
had to be something I could do
to prevent it.
My choice was to get a can
of baking buttery spray and
coat the top of all the doors
with it. Well, I sprayed and I
could see and smell the odor
of butter. So far it has worked
except I have cats and squirrels outside who all love the
buttery smell. I am just scared
they will all jump on my car
doors and try to lick it off. So
... how was your week?
Has any of your car doors
ever froze shut? Is there any
natural remedy to prevent icy
car doors? (Because de-icer
did not work on them.) Do you
think butter spray will work?
If you know of any solutions
for frozen car doors, let me
know and Ill give you a Penny for Your Thoughts.
Paulding SWCD holding

annual fish sale event
By Staci Miller
Education specialist
Paulding SWCD
Now is the time to start
thinking about restocking your
pond(s) with fish for springtime. Stocking your pond
properly is essential if you
wish to produce a sustainable
population of fish for years
to come. Stocking rates will
vary based on several factors
including management strategies, pond size, location, water
chemistry, time of year, and
your management goals.
The Paulding Soil and
Water Conservation District is
holding its annual Fish Event
to assist with stocking pond(s).
The Paulding SWCD is offering nine different species of
fish this year. The species of
fish include the Bluegill, Hybrid Bluegill, Redear Sunfish,
Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Jumbo Yellow Perch,
Large Mouth Bass, White
Amur and Fathead Minnows.
The Paulding SWCD can
help in determining the right
species of fish to fit the pond
based on its size.
For more information about
detectors headline Payne Council

By JOE SHOUSE
Progress Staff Writer
PAYNE - Clarification of
proper signage within the village, a smoke detector fundraiser and new keys for the
village fire and EMS building
will be purchased for security
reasons after the Payne Village Council met on Monday
night.
Local businessman Brian
Waters was present to seek
clarification on proper signage for his insurance business.
Waters relocated his office
from the old Napa location to
the site where the former police and village offices were
housed. Currently, a free-standing sign is located in front of
the building. Zoning inspector
Tom Sinn told Waters the sign
need to be mounted to the wall
or to a permanent location and
could not be left at its present
location.
Waters plans to comply, but
wanted a clear understanding
what he could do in order to be
compliant. Sinn informed him
that a $100 zoning fee and a
$30 sign fee would also need
to be paid to the village.
As a part of the EMS report,
coordinator Chad Lyons reported that 11 runs had been
made for the month of January.
Council unanimously agreed
to use MBI billing for both the
fire and EMS departments.
The council also agreed
unanimously to issue a credit
card for the EMS with Chad
n MAYORS
Lyons name listed on the

card. The limit on the card
will be raised an additional
$500. With the new change,
both Lyons and Fire Chief
Jamie Mansfield will each
have a card to help both departments in making necessary
purchases.
In a written report in the
absence of Mansfield, it was
reported that all fire equipment is operational. When
helping provide mutual aid at
the recent fire near Haviland, a
valve was broken on the main
pumper. The valve has been
repaired and the pumper is in
working order.
Mayor Steve Wobler reported that he had received
an estimate of $649.50 from
Greens Locks and Keys for
40 new keys for the exterior
doors and for five interior office doors. Keys will be numbered and will reflect do not
duplicate on each key for
security purposes. The cost of
the project will be split with
both the fire department and
the EMS department each paying half the cost.
Chief Mansfield has received a $500 kickoff donation for the No Child Sleeps
Unprotected from the Paulding County Area Foundation
for the purchase of smoke
detectors. The department
continues to collect funds and
can be donated through the
foundation. The goal is to raise
enough money to purchase
350 fire alarms and to offer
them to families of students

who attend Payne Elementary
and Divine Mercy schools.
Council passed two resolutions to enter into contracts
with Benton and Harrison
townships for providing fire
and EMS services.
In other business, council
heard:
A meeting will be held
with village officials, including Police Chief Rodney
Miller and the street committee, along with representatives
from the Ohio Department of
Transportation concerning the
crossing stop bars on Main
and Merrin streets in the village.
Sinn reported one citation
was given to a resident permanently living in a camper/
trailer and was informed to
move within two weeks. One
building permit for a remodel
project was also issued.
Mayor Wobler will purchase two no brake signs.
The mayor plans to seek
funding through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
for park improvements.
Air vents have been installed in the council meeting
room.
One quote for new carpeting has been received and
council is waiting on a second
quote for council room carpeting.
The cost of door buzzers at the village offices have
been tabled due to the high
cost.
COURT
and costs.
Jerry W. Thompkins, Leland, N.C., dis Charles Schwartz, Glenview, Ill., disobeyed obeyed traffic control ordinance; dismissed.
Curtis L. Travis, Mt. Pleasant, Mich., dis William G. Schwartz, Fort Wayne, disobeyed traffic control ordinance; dismissed.
obeyed traffic control ordinance; $100 fine James E. Tullis, Indianapolis, disobeyed
and costs.
Kenneth L. Searcy, Candler, N.C., dis- Gabriel J. Van Huisen, Fort Wayne, speed;
obeyed traffic control ordinance; $100 fine $110 fine and costs.
and costs.
Aldo Vazquez, Miami, disobeyed traffic
Jay P. Seeger, Graytown, disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $100 fine and costs.
control ordinance; $100 fine and costs.
Aldo Vazquez, Miami, one way highway;
Timothy A. Shea, Aurora, Colo., no license $110 fine and costs.
plate/tail light; $150 fine and costs.
Joseph J. Ward, Perrysburg, disobeyed traf Bhupinder Singh, West Chester, no license fic control ordinance; $100 fine and costs.
plate/tail light; $150 fine and costs.
Michael E. Welburn, Alvinston, Ont., dis Gurinder S. Singh, Brampton, Ont., disobeyed traffic control ordinance; $100 fine
obeyed traffic control ordinance; dismissed.
and costs.
Samuel R. Tolley, Melrose, speed; $130 fine Alfred West, Defiance, improper turn; $110
and costs.
fine and costs.
Paulding SWCDs annual fish sale event is going on now. Here, Samuel R. Tolley, Melrose, expired plates; Toriano L. Wilson, Pittsburg, disobeyed
$80 fine and costs.
Deb Hubbard picks up her fish during last years fish event.
Tesfamlak Teklit Araya, Columbus, dis- William D. Wilson, Fort Wayne, disobeyed
the different species of fish convenience of the purchaser. obeyed traffic control ordinance; transferred.
traffic control ordinance; $100 fine and costs.
being offered, please contact Please feel free to contact
the Paulding SWCD and we the Paulding SWCD at 419can send out our fish guide 399-4771 or visit the website
NOTICE OF FIRST PUBLIC HEARING - PAULDING COUNTY
book. The deadline to order is at www.pauldingswcd.org for
PY 2016 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM
April 29 and fish will arrive an order form or more inforPY 2016 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS (HOME) PROGRAM
on May 12. The fish are boxed mation about stocking your
OHIO HOUSING TRUST FUND (OHTF)
and bagged with oxygen for the pond(s).
Paulding County intends to apply to the Ohio Development Services Agency (ODSA)
for funding under the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. CDBG & HOME are federally
funded programs administered by ODSA, Office of Community Development (OCD).
The ODSA also administers the state funded Ohio Housing Trust Fund (OHTF). The
County may be eligible for approximately $4 million of Program Year 2016 CDBG/
HOME/OHTF funding, providing the County meets applicable program requirements.
Truck & Trailer Services
The programs available to Paulding County are outlined in the State of Ohio Consol- Repairs & Scheduled Services
idated Plan and will be presented at the Public Hearing.
- A/C - Computer Diagnostics
- Road Repairs
- Truck Tires (New & Used)
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 7am - 6pm
Saturday 7am - noon
- Truck Parts
Certified
Technicians
861 E Perry St, Paulding (the old John Deere Store)
419-399-3900 x4
Waters Insurance LLC
Bruce Ivan
This first of two public hearings will be held on Wednesday, February 10, 2016
at 11:00 a.m. in the Paulding County Commissioners Chambers, 115 N. Williams
Street, B-1, Paulding, OH. The purpose of the public hearing is to provide citizens
with pertinent information abput the programs available and program requirements.
A broad range of activities can be funded through the programs, including: housing
rehabilitation, home ownership assistance, economic development, downtown revitalization, water and sewer facilities, flood and drainage facilities, streets and sidewalks,
senior centers, parks, and demolition of unsafe structures. Projects must be designed
to primarily benefit low-to-moderate income persons, aid in the prevention of slums
or blight, or meet an urgent need in the community.
The following CDBG/HOME/OHTF programs were available to Paulding County in
PY 2015. It is anticipated similar funding may be available in PY 2016, pending all
application requirements are met:
PROGRAM
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- Community Development Allocation
$75,000
- Community Development Competitive: Downtown
$300,000
- Community Development Competitive: Neighborhood Revitalization $500,000
- Community Development Competitive: Critical Infrastructure
$300,000
Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)
$1,300,000
- with City of Defiance and Defiance County through Maumee Valley South CHIP Consortium
Housing Development Program (HDAP)
$3,800,000 statewide
Homeless Assistance Grant Program
$500,000
Housing Assistance Grant Program
$500,000
Residential Public Infrastructure Grant Program
$500,0Q0/$100,000taps
Economic Development Program
- Loan Program
$500,000 max/project
- Public Infrastructure Grants
Microenterprise Business Development Program
$40,000
Targets of Opportunity Program
$1,500,000 statewide
New Horizons Fair Housing Assistance Program
$30,000
The primary focus of this First Public Hearing is to give an overview of the abovelisted programs. A second public hearing will be held at a future announced date prior
to the submittal by the County of specific grant applications. Citizens are encouraged
to attend this meeting on February 10, 2016 to provide input on the County program.
If a participant will need auxiliary aids (interpreter, Braille or taped material, listening
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I didnt go through the Great

Depression, but there were a lot of
leftovers from those days in the
way we lived in our home when I
was a child.
One of the most memorable
was keeping the house (and ourselves) warm during zero-degree
weather and there was no other
way that came through more than
at bedtime.
We lived in a house that was
said to be 100 years old already
when I was born in 1948. It had its
cracks and crannies. In fact, when
my mother and aunt started tearing
off plaster one time to re-wallpaper, they discovered something
surprising the house had been a
log cabin and there were still logs
and chinking there to prove it.
In our little upstairs, there
were two rooms side by side, my
grandmas on the west side of the
house and mine on the east side.
Being the weather buff that I was
from little on up, I kept a thermometer at the top of the stairway
in my room where it wouldnt be
unusual to discover the temperature to be in the 30s on mornings
when the downstairs wood furnace had gone out overnight and
the temperature had been zero or
below overnight.
To counter that, the following
measures were taken at bedtime. I
wore what my mother and grandmother referred to as outing
pajamas. The cold weather attire
Spun
by Jim Langham
also included a stocking cap, pullover slippers and sometimes even

gloves.
Crawling in bed meant pulling
huge comforters, homemade and
full of sheeps wool, wool that I
often carded before my mom
and grandma put them together.
When it was really cold, we often
took hot water bottles to bed and
placed them at our feet. The final
moment would be surrounding myself with stuffed animals
such as my favorite brown teddy
bear, now over 60 years old, that
still sits on a chair in my study at
the house. I will never forget the
Christmas it showed up under the
Christmas tree.
The appearance of snowstorms
with heavy winds often added a
few dimensions, many which I
enjoyed, such as the sound of the

snow and sleet pounding against
the bedroom window, which
would rattle in the wind. Sometimes there would be a small drift
of snow across the bottom of
the bed in the morning that had
blown through the crack in the
window overnight.
During those cold winter
nights, there were two sounds
in the night that I loved to hear.
One was the mournful sound of
a train whistle in the distance as it
approached the track close to our
house. The other was the sound of
my dad getting up in the night and
stoking wood into the furnace to
renew the warmth in the house.
During the evening, minus a
television, we sat around the living room stove, played games,
read and listened to radio drama.
I was already into reading and
writing, so I would sit in a rocker
beside the stove and read things
like Jim Bridger novels and
Mark Twain books.
Things are much different
now, but ironically, if I have a
difficult time going to sleep, if
I can relax my mind back to the
memories of those days, there is
something soothing. In fact, if I
can imagine the windows shaking in the wind, the sound of the
train whistle and the covers hovering over me, morning comes
a lot sooner than it might have
otherwise.
Paulding Council discusses

Emerald Acres drainage issues
By SAMANTHA
HABERN
Correspondent
PAULDING The Paulding
Village Council met Jan. 19, addressing a question about drainage issues and equipment for the
police department.
Karen Sunday addressed the
council, asking for an update
on the Emerald Acres drainage
problems. She stated that she
feels like nothing is getting
done and the issue is not going
anywhere.
She also asked why the school
drainage problem a newer issue
was addressed first.
It was explained to her that the
school drainage issue was actually
an ODOT project, and that the village had nothing to do with it.
Sunday was told that village

officials are not ignoring her
and that the council is trying to
juggle other projects. A utility
committee meeting was set up to
discuss the issue further and catch
up the new council members on
the drainage problems.
The police department had
received its first body camera.
They are currently testing it out.
Chief Randy Crawford also
got back on the AR-15 cost,
finding that two with an extra
clip will cost about $1,600. The
council is currently looking
more into it.
United Way of Paulding
County thanked the council for
giving them a grant, allowing
them to start their new library
program, where children ages
0-5 years old who are signed up

will receive an age-appropriate
book up until they turn 5.
An executive session was held
to discuss personnel matters.
A utility committee meeting
was set for Jan. 25 and a committee as a whole meeting Jan. 26
regarding renewing the villages
EPA permit and other wastewater issues.
Upcoming dates:
Safety committee meeting
at 5 p.m. Jan. 27.
Grounds and buildings
committee meeting at 5:30
p.m. Feb. 2.
Recreation committee
meeting at 6 p.m. Feb. 2.
The next council meeting
will be on Monday, Feb 1 at
6:30 p.m.
Put Your Financial Puzzle Together
By Phil Recker
Edward Jones Advisor
January 29 is National Puzzle Day, with puzzle celebrations and events taking place
at museums, libraries and
other venues across the country. Why this date was chosen
or why National Puzzle Day
even exists is something of
a mystery. But as an investor,
you can find value in the concept of a puzzle specifically,
in putting together the pieces
of your financial puzzle.
What are these pieces? Here
are the essential ones:
Growth At different
times in your life, you will
have various goals purchasing a first or second home,
sending your children to college, enjoying a comfortable
retirement, and so on. While
these goals are diverse, they
all have one thing in common: To achieve them, youll
need some growth potential
in your investment portfolio.
The nature and the extent of
the growth-oriented vehicles,
such as stocks and stock-based
instruments, in your holdings
will depend on your specific
goals, risk tolerance and time
horizon but growth opportunities you must have.
Income Income-producing investments, such as
bonds and dividend-paying
stocks, can help supplement
your earned income during
your working years and provide you with a valuable income stream when youre
retired. Plus, bonds and other
income-producers can help
balance a portfolio that might
otherwise be too heavy in
growth vehicles which, as
you know, are typically higher
in risk.
Taxes Taxes will always be part of the investment
equation. Whenever possible,
youll want to take advantage
of those accounts that let you
make tax-deductible contributions and that provide the
opportunity for tax-deferred
growth, such as a traditional
IRA and your 401(k) or other
employer-sponsored retirement plan. You may also find
that you can benefit from taxfree investments, such as some
types of municipal bonds and
a Roth IRA. (Your Roth IRA
contributions are not tax-deductible, but your earnings
grow tax free, provided youve
had your account at least five
years and you dont start taking withdrawals until you
reach 59.)
Protection You cant
just invest for your future
you also have to protect it. If
something were to happen to
you, would your family be
able to remain in your home?
Would your children still be
able to go to college? To help
ensure continuity and security
in your familys lives, youll
need to maintain adequate life
and disability insurance. Also,
you will need to protect your
independence in your retirement years, as you no doubt

would want to avoid burdening your grown children with
any financial burden. To attain this type of freedom, you
may have to guard against the
potentially catastrophic costs
of long-term care, such as an
extended nursing home stay.
A financial professional can
suggest ways of meeting these
expenses.
Legacy After working
hard your whole life, youd
probably like to leave something behind to your children,
grandchildren, other family
members and possibly even
charitable institutions. To create the legacy you desire, you
will need to create a comprehensive estate plan. Because
such a plan may involve a will,
living trust and other complex
legal documents, you will
need to work with your legal
and tax advisors.
Try to put these pieces together to help complete your
financial puzzle when you
do, you may well like the picture that emerges.
This article was written by
Edward Jones for use by your
local Edward Jones Financial
Advisor.
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has donated 25 gallons of blood over the years and his wife has
donated 24 gallons.
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Financial Focus
Plans under way for courthouse

grounds improvement in spring
By JIM LANGHAM
Feature Writer
PAULDING Paulding County Commissioner Roy Klopfenstein said Monday that
plans are already underway for courthouse
grounds improvements this summer. Last year,
the Paulding County Commissioners reached
a three-year agreement with Solid Ground under the management of Brian Shuherk to refurbish and maintain courthouse grounds.
The agreement included a three-step plan
for complete refurbishing of the courthouse
grounds. Last year, Shuherk and his employees worked on the area inside the courthouse
sidewalk. In addition, they mowed and maintained the complex grounds.
Our goal this year is to continue to improve the looks and maintain the courthouse
and square, observed Klopfenstein.
People from this area who come back to
visit have complimented the looks of the
courthouse and grounds. Several expressed
their pride in the way that it has been maintained, Klopfenstein said.
Klopfenstein said that the commissioners
office also received a large number of appreciative comments about the Christmas decorations downtown.
We received compliments about the work
that Brian did in all of that, but that was a
community affair, continued Klopfenstein.
4-H kids, chamber of commerce, several
other groups and individual efforts all came
together to make that display what it was.
Klopfenstein said that this years grounds
work will mainly emphasize that area outside
the courthouse sidewalk and next year, work
will primarily occur along the street.
We appreciate the way a lot of downtown
businesses have taken ownership in decorating and keeping up their storefronts, added
Klopfenstein. Im sure that none of us realize how many volunteer hours have gone into
making our downtown square what it is.
Commissioner Tony Zartman said that approximately 98 percent of courthouse repairs While it doesnt seem possible that this method of sowing seeds will work all that well, this crop
have been completed.
from 2008 yielded successful seedlings for me in all but one milk jug. Choose seeds that either
We still have a few issues to deal with, in- require cold stratification to germinate or those that are known to self-seed readily.
cluding bricks at the entrances, said Zartman.
Were down to normal maintenance now.
Winter sowing seeds for summer
n HOMICIDE
being held hostage.
He then said his mother had
been shot in the head and that
he had shot his stepfather in
the head, the arrest warrant
said.
Eddins said it became clear
quickly as the crime scene
was being processed that
Langstons statements about
a hostage situation were not
true.
Langston was flown by
medical helicopter from the
shooting scene to Sacred
Heart Hospital in Pensacola, and upon his release was
immediately taken into custody for violating probation
on a felony battery case. On
Monday, he appeared by video camera from the Escambia
County Jail in front of Circuit
Court Judge Thomas Dannheisser on a first appearance for
the probation violation.
At that time, Eddins announced Langston would be
charged with three counts of
first-degree murder and two
counts of cruelty to animals.
Bond was withheld.
Langston is also believed
to have shot two dogs at the
Jacob Rex Langston has

been charged with first degree murder for the shooting
deaths of Shanna and Kevin
McGrath and Elbert L. Merrick
III Saturday in Florida.
residence while he was killing
his family members and Merrick, a Milton resident who
served in the U.S. Army for 14
months before separating in
2012.
Eddins noted one of the
dogs, wounded but not killed
in the onslaught, ran around
the house before a crime scene
was established.
NAMI to host presentation

on using genetic profile
to select medications
ARCHBOLD Dr. Enedina
Berrones, a psychiatrist with
Maumee Valley Guidance Center, will explain a new GeneSight
testing program at the Tuesday,
Feb. 2 meeting of NAMI Four
County.
Her presentation is open to
the public. The presentation
starts at 7 p.m. at the Four
County ADAMhs Board office, T-761 Ohio 66 south of
Archbold, across from Four
County Career Center.
Dr. Berrones agency is now
using the testing with patients
who have uncontrolled psychiatric symptoms. The program
matches the patients genetic
profile with known pharmacology to select medications
that are known to work well
with that genetic profile.
Dr. Berrones will also discuss
some of the advances and research in mental health that she
believes will offer new hope for
the successful treatment of mental
illness in the future.
NAMI Four County is an affiliate of the National Alliance on
Mental Illness, the nations largest
organization of family members
and friends of persons living with
a mental illness, as well as those
who have a mental illness. The
group meets the first Tuesday of

every month, usually at the Four
County ADAMhs Board office.
NAMI also offers free mental health family education
classes for persons who have
a loved one with any type of
mental illness and support
groups for both family members and individuals with a
mental illness.
The next free family education class, Family to Family,
starts next month on Thursday, Feb. 18. It will meet from
6-8:30 p.m. for 12 consecutive
weeks at the Sherwood State
Bank community room in Defiance, 400 W. Third St. For more
information on the class or to
register, contact Gary or Barb
Arnos, the class leaders, at 419270-1502 or 419-270-2591.
For more detailed information on this class and others
that will be offered in the coming months, visit the NAMI
Four County website: www.
namifourcounty.org.
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It ran around and mucked

up the crime scene real bad,
Eddins said.
The dog killed in the shooting event was autopsied afterward, as were the human victims. The autopsy will prove
beneficial in prosecuting the
case, Eddins said.
According to their Facebook pages, Merrick was dating Langstons former fiance.
Their relationship began in
2016, according to his Facebook page. Langstons status
was still engaged on his
page.
Eddins credited the Crestview Police Department, his
own office, the Okaloosa
County Sheriffs Office, the
Florida Department of Law
Enforcement and the Medical
Examiners Office with quick
and efficient work to bring
about the arrest.
He said Crestviews Ralph
Garrett, the chief investigator
in the case, had obtained a
statement from Langston, but
neither he nor Taylor would
elaborate as to what Langston
had said.
The McGraths were originally from Paulding and attended the same high school.
Shanna was a 21-year veteran
of the U.S. Air Force, retiring
from Hurlburt Field in 2013.
Her mother, Kathy Foust
Reinhart, had moved to Crestview to be closer to her daughter.
My heart is broken, she
said Monday.
A search of Langstons vehicle uncovered a grey canvas insulated bag containing a
smaller, purple canvas bag, a
warrant document said. Inside
were found a hacksaw, large
knife, tools, a box of nitrile
gloves and several large kitchen trash bags.
Eddins said the bag and its
contents do have evidentiary
value, though he would not specify what that value might be.
Langston, who attended Fort Walton Beach High
School, was on probation for
felony battery from an August 2013 incident in which
he repeatedly had sex with a
14-year-old girl.
When I begin to mention

sowing seeds in January, I can
see some faces begin to glaze
over as those Im speaking to
are thinking to themselves,
Shes kind of rushing things,
isnt she? I mean, here we
are, experiencing some of the
coldest days of the winter and
the ground is frozen, so how
on earth can it be seed sowing
time?
It is too early to think about
sowing them indoors for later
planting in the spring. And
yes, the ground is frozen, if
you can even find it under the
snow. But Im sowing seeds
all the same.
For 10 years now, Ive sown
seeds in January that will
grow like gangbusters by the
time spring warms us here in
Northwest Ohio. I sow them
outside, in soil, but not in or
on the frozen ground.
Ive been saving my gallon
milk jugs for several weeks,
because in those is where Im
sowing my seeds. Each jug
will act like a mini greenhouse
before all is said and done and
its the perfect way to sow
seeds that require stratification, unless youve already
sown them in late fall.
Of course, being The Queen
of Procrastination, I didnt
sow those seeds then. In fact,
I didnt even order them until
after Christmas, but now
theyre here and times a wastin.
Some seeds require cold
stratification in order to germinate. The period of cold plus
moisture helps to loosen the
seed coat on some of the seeds
and without it, germination is
only by luck and spotty at best.
Perennials that can be
planted by seed in this way
(right now) include: Baptisia, monkshood, columbine,
Geranium, Delphinium (including larkspur), candytuft,
evening primrose, Helleborus,
Virginia bluebells, catmint,
Penstemon, Phlox, Blackeyed Susan, milkweed, Viola,
balloon flower, and Pasque
flower, among many others.
The method I use is to take
an opaque gallon milk jug and
using an ice pick, poke lots of
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Public Notice
HosPital board PositioN
Applications will be accepted at the Paulding County Commissioners Office, 115 North Williams Street,
Suite B-1, Courthouse, Paulding, Ohio, until 4:30 p.m.
on Monday, February 8, 2016, for two positions, each
for a six year term, as Paulding County Hospital Trustee expiring March, 2022. Please pick up an application
at the Commissioners Office for this position between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday. Previous applicants must reapply. Ohio Revised
Code Section 339.02 determines that the applicant for
these terms must be one Democrat and one Republican.
Nola Ginter, Clerk
by order Board of Commissioners,
Paulding, Ohio
Tony Zartman,
Roy Klopfenstein,
and Mark Holtsberry
In the
Garden
By
Kylee Baumle
holes in the bottom for drainage. I then make a horizontal
cut around the jug, about 3
inches from the bottom, leaving a hinge at one corner so
the top part can flip back like a
lid. The cap gets thrown away,
because it isnt needed.
Next, fill the bottom with
seed starting soil to a level
about half an inch from the
horizontal cut. Using seed
starting soil is important because its sterile and helps
ward off soil-borne diseases,
such as the fungus that causes
damping off, which can be a
death knell for young seedlings.
Wet the soil thoroughly,
until you see water dripping
through the bottom. Then
lightly sprinkle your seeds
over the surface. If the seeds
require light for germination (check the seed packet),
lightly pat down. If they need
darkness, lightly cover with
dry seed starting soil.
Do not rewet, as this will
cause your seeds to pool together and this light layer of
dry soil will become moist
anyway from the wet layer
below it.
Flip the milk jug top back
over the bottom and use duct
tape to seal them back together. Label the jug with a
permanent marker so you will
know what you planted when
the seedlings begin to emerge
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in the spring.
Place the jugs outside where
they will have at least six hours
of direct sun. Without the caps,
rain will enter the jugs and
drain out through the holes in
the bottom. Once the weather
warms sufficiently, youll start
to see green sprouts.
As the days become consistently warmer, youll want
to check to make sure your
jugs dont dry out completely.
Water gently when necessary,
with a hand sprinkler attachment on your hose, if you have
it. On really warm spring days,
you can flip the lids back on
the jugs for a couple of hours
to help the seedlings harden
off, then flip them back closed
for the cold nights.
Depending on the spring
weather, you can plant the
seedlings in your garden once
they get true leaves and have
enough size to them that you
can handle either individual
seedlings or small chunks of
tinier ones.
Im sowing three kinds of
milkweed seeds this week poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata), whorled milkweed (A.
verticillata) and spider milkweed (A. viridis). If youve
ever sown milkweed seeds
in the spring and didnt have
good luck with them, it could
be because they werent cold
stratified.
Read more at Kylees blog,
Our Little Acre, at www.ourlittleacre.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/
OurLittleAcre. Contact her at
PauldingProgressGardener@
gmail.com.
If you dont advertise,

you are not likely to
get customers. Learn
how your community
newspaper can help you
call the Progress today at
419-399-4015.
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Antwerp Jr. High Honor Roll

NOTE: Due to a computer error at the school,
the most recent honor roll for Antwerp Junior
High contained several errors. Below is the
corrected version.
Antwerp Junior High School honor roll for
the second nine weeks:
*Denotes 4.0
GRADE EIGHT
4.0-3.67 *Madison Boesch, Aleyah Cline,
Alyvia DeVore, *Alyssa Fuller, Carlie Hanes,
*Adison Hindenlang, Sydney Miller, Ashton
Minck, Alex Phillips, Holly Sanders, *Chloe
Saul, Jacob Savina, *Blake Schuette, *Julia
Steiner, *Elyse Steury, Timothy Taylor, Mackenzie Timbrook, *Melanie Wann, Emily Wentland
3.66-3.33 Sayge Bonifas, Jacob Eaken, Izik
Garrett, Tiera Gomez, Jayvin Landers, Garrett
Laney, Kendall Miller, Heather Oberlin, Kaitlyn
Titus, Elisabeth Wolf
3.32-3.0 Dustin Craig, Boston Dunderman,
Chase Friend, Destiney Gerken, Tabitha Jones,
Mallory Mansfield, Nicholas McCreery, Cameron Starr
GRADE SEVEN
4.0-3.67 Madyson Bauer, Morgan Boesch,
Rylan Brooks, Heaven Bruce, Johnathon Buehrer, Lydia Butzin, Maycee Contreraz, Carmen
Cruz, Haile Davis, Kadi Donat, Mallory Ehrhart,
Dylan Hines, Austin Lichty, Logan McKeever,
*Laura Miller, Eli Molitor, *Kathryn Oberlin,
Paulding High School Honor Roll
Siera Octaviano, Molly Reinhart, *Madison

Ruen, Emily Sanders, *Eric Thornell, Joshua
Timbrook
3.66-3.33 Jordan Buerkle, Jason Geyer,
Hunter Grant, Rylyn Lengacher, Caleb Miller ,
Olivia Miller, Gage Partin, Landyn Reyes, Autumn Smith, Grace Tuttle
3.32-3.0 Makenna Jones, Peyton Lang, Alicia Maag, Gannon Peffley, Owen Sheedy
GRADE SIX
4.0-3.67 *Mia Altimus, Olivia Campbell,
*Nathan Dunstan, *Kate Farr, Summer Franklin, Breanna Fulk, Jaidis Getrost, Brady Hatlevig, *Luke Krouse, Alexandra Lehman, Jagger
Landers, *Emerson Litzenberg, Zachary Lockhart, Cade Lothamer, Luke McDorman, *Gaige
McMichael, *Faith Nestleroad, Megan ODonnell, *Kaden Recker, *Kennadi Recker, *Allison Reinhart, *Kiera Reyes, Grace Schuette,
Emma Shuherk, Noah Smith, *Kennedy Trabel,
Hayden Wagner, Trinity Wieland, *Ilse Zijlstra
3.66-3.33 Alexandria Ade, Reece Buerkle,
Astianna Coppes, Grace Jones, Nicholas Jones,
Mark Jordan, Morgan Kniceley, Shaelin McCrea, Kaden Phares, Jared Phillips, Samantha
Rigsby, Lauren Schuller, Caleb Wilson, Naomy
Yanez
3.32-3.0 Hailey Grant, Triton Housh,
Landon Lee, Skylar McCabe, Jonathan Meyer, Hunter Sproles, Mason Steel, Taylor Tuto,
Austin Wade
Paulding Middle School Honor Roll

The
Paulding
Middle
School honor roll for the second nine weeks:
GRADE 6
All As Samuel Adams,
Lydia Brewer, Taelyn Etzler, Zachary Gorrell, Ember
Helms-Keezer, Paige Jones,
Kyle Kelly, Lily Roehrig, Caleb Thompson
All As and Bs Brookelyn Ankney, Alivya Bakle,
Wyatt Beckman, Ella Cook,
Orion Elick, Brody Fisher,
Ethan Herman, Reid Johanns,
Ryleigh
Johanns,
Dylan
Kuckuck, Taylor Lucas, Jaylyn McCloud, Kyle Mobley,
Janae Pease, Carsen Perl, Karli
Phlipot, Kaden Rhonehouse,
Kennedy Salinas, Bradley
Shroades, Logan Tope, Serenity Trammell, Alex Tressler,
Zoraya Valle
GRADE 7
All As Molly Adams, Kaeli Bustos, Jonathan Clapsaddle, Megan Dearth, Megan
Harpel, Isabelle Lantz, Caleb
Manz, Elyse Manz, Maggie
Manz, Luke McCullough,

Gillian Porter, Quincy Porter,
Deyton Price, Lynelle Schneider, Marquise Seibert, Kaitlyn
Shaffer, Gabrielle Stallbaum,
Jasmine Wong, Selena Yates
All As and Bs Payton
Beckman, Kirslynn Camposano, Dominic Carnahan, Kaylyn Cox, Hunter Dobbelaere,
Leigha Egnor, Sadie Estle,
Adelae Foltz, Fernando Garcia, Quintin Gonzales, Hailey
Hartzell, Ethan Hill, Brendan
Hornish, Preston Hull, Hailee
Huner, Morgan Iler, Hunter
Kauser, Robert Keeterle, Lily
Knapp, Hannah Ladd, Alexis Lamond, Adrian Manz,
Baylee March, Blake McGarvey, Jalynn Parrett, Gunner
Phlipot, Jaron Pogue, Sydney
Reineck, Faith Rose, Kayden
Sarver, Rebecca Starner, ShoFong Tenwalde, Benjamin
Weible, Hailey Weidenhamer,
Raine Winkler
GRADE 8
All As Jacob Deisler, Seth
Dysinger, Evan Edwards, Kol-
Vantage Honor Roll

Vantage Career Center has announced the honor roll for the
second nine weeks. Included
are:
* Denotes 4.0 GPA
ANTWERP
Juniors Alexie Bennett,
Ashley Bowers, Cassidy Jones,
*Zachary McDaniels, Ashley
Pratt, Halie Roberts, Tasha Shull,
*Michael Taylor
Seniors *Avery Braaten,
Justice Clark, *Domino Daugherty, *Serena Drake, Stacey Partin, *Jacob Sukup, *Austin Van
Atta
PAULDING
Juniors Brittany Batten,
Raymundo Escobedo, *Andrea
Kremer, Aubrey Kremer, Peter

Wharry
Seniors Audrey Durham,
Michaela Harris, Bridgett Moore,
Cullen Wenzlick, Drayson Wenzlick
WAYNE TRACE
Juniors *Brittany Bergman,
Julie Holbrooks, Nathan Klima,
Noah Ryan, *Daniel Sinn
Seniors *Michael Now,
Zach Sinn
Accessory Avenue
son Egnor, Julianna Fife, Tyrel

Goings, Kiarra Hawn, Kaela
Lucas, Claire McClure, Sydney McCullough, Julia McMaster, Jordyn Merriman, Jordan Mudel, Ivy Riggenbach,
Joel Schneider, Savannah
Shepherd, Katelyn Strayer,
Kaylie Tressler, Alexis Varga,
Jaden Verfaillie, Mackenzie
Weible
All As and Bs Bailey
Adkins, Reagan Akom, Victoria Burtch, Destynee Carlisle, Clae Clemens, Riley Coil,
Garrett Fisher, Maria Garcia, Megan Garrity, Shannon
Hale, Matthew Henry, Trey
Hernandez, Nathan Hodge,
Brandon Jackson, McCailey
Johanns, Zoe Kochel, Sidney Kohart, Colin Lilly, Cole
Mabis, Montserrat Martinez, Riley Noffsinger, Noah
Pessefall, Miah Rue, Matthew
Schroeder, Alexandria Smith,
Tyler Snipes, Olivia Stallard,
Tiberius Steele, Alyssa Switzer, Thomas Vargo, Samantha
Wagner
Scholarships to be
awarded in May
VAN WERT Three
nursing scholarships will be
awarded this May by the Van
Wert Nurses Association.
Applicants must be working toward either their first
degree in nursing or an advanced degree and have already been accepted into an
accredited school of nursing.
Those wishing to obtain
an application may do so by
writing the association at
P.O. Box 921, Van Wert, OH
45891 or via e-mail request to
kschaadt@bright.net.
Applications must be completed in full and returned by
April 1. Scholarships will be
awarded at the May 9 meeting
of the group.
The Paulding High School

honor roll for the second
nine weeks:
SENIORS
4.00 Victoria Bradford,
Kasandra Cogswell, Allison Harpel, Megan Reineck,
Emilee
Ringler,
Taylor
Schooley, Jordan Shull
3.5-3.9 Alex Arellano,
Lucas Arend, Kelsey Beck,
Sierra Bullard, Destiny Dangler-Reed, Corbin Edwards,
Damon Egnor, Kynsie Etzler,
Megan Fife, Nathan Gee,
Kelsey Hale, Luke Jackson,
Kacie Karlstadt, Brendon Lothamer, Taylor Manz, Matthew Martinez, Kim Matson,
Samantha Meggison, Branson Minck, Krista Mullins,
Haley Porter, Kristen Schilt,
Jarrett Sitton, Andrew Stafford, Katherine Stork, Jaycie
Varner, Katlyn Wesley
3.0-3.49 Zach Buchman, Jowaine Grimes, Lucas
Hanenkratt, Henry Hohenberger, Victoria Johanns,
Sam Ladd, Bailey Meyer,
Johnathon Rose, Devin Sanchez, Dulce Vasquez
JUNIORS
4.0 Brittany Brown,
Christine Clapsaddle, William Deisler, Christopher
Elder, Hannah Farr, Lauren Hill, Caylin Johanns,
Skyler McCullough, Molly
Meeker, Estee Miller, Ava
Moats-Landis, Chantal Mon-
nier, Jared Paschall, Dayton

Pracht, Jo Ellyn Salinas,
Cameron Strahley, Faith Vogel, Beth Yates
3.5-3.9 Leona Aldred,
Daleigh Davis, Robert Deitrick, Paige Fitzwater, Kaleb
Goshia, Christian Hamm,
Aaron Horstman, Preston
Ingol, Preston Johanns, Emily Knodel, Ryan Nicelley,
Bailey Pieper, Morrisa Rue,
Simeon Shepherd, Ashley
Snipes, Devin Starry, Ben
Stuck, Brooke Weidenhamer
3.0-3.49 Michael Dangler, Kameron Echols, Katlynn Fuller, Devin Gee, Griffin Harder, Taylor March
SOPHOMORES
4.0 Abigail Adams, Logan Bradford, Miah Coil,
Madison Good, Brianna Gorrell, Jacee Harwell, Kalen
Kelly, Audrey Manz, Brian
Matson, Cade McGarvey,
Emma McMaster, Abbigaile
McMichael, Marcus Miller,
Elizabeth Mobley, Caitlyn
Myers, Kaylee Plummer,
Cassidy Posey, Stephanie
Powell, Devon Smith, Gabriella Stahl, Jordan Weidenhamer
3.5-3.9 Blake Anderson, Allison Ankney, Isaac
Baldwin, Cassandra Bishop,
Alexandra Brown, Ashley
Bulka, Jocelyn Camposano,
Abigail English, Chloe Foltz,
Savannah Habern, Hallieann
Hale, Kaylen Hale, Shawn

Jackson, Michael Kohart,
Sunshine Newsome, Daviah Pessefall, Hannah Vance,
Hunter Vogel
3.0-3.49 Travis Couts,
Stephanie Habern, Kaitlyn Harris, Anna Karlstadt,
Tristin LaFountain, Colton
Lloyd, Jessica Logan, Courtney Mullen, Alexis Overly,
Hunter Powell, Hannah Schevey, Ryan Woodring
FRESHMAN
4.0 Asia Arellano, Alexandra Arend, Lexie Beckman, Luke Brewer, Haylee
Dominique, Eugene Hemenway, Macy Iler, Tristan
Kinder, Heather Manz, Shana Manz, Jaret Miller, Mary
Panico, Sydney Price, Allison Reineck, Joseph Reineck,
Kalyn Strahley
3.5-3.9 Mya Andrews,
Charles Clapsaddle, Fletcher
Cook, Katelyn Estle, Kamdyn Etzler, Courtney Luderman, Leah Nusbaum, Kristen
Razo, Zoe Shepherd, Jennifer Stahl, Haleigh Stallbaum,
Mallory Taylor, Megan Tope,
Briana Townley, Victoria
Valle, Jessica Weller
3.0-3.49 Liza Carpenter,
Casey Holman, Emma Horstman, Hunter Kesler, Abigail
Leaman, Bailey Manz, Hailey McDaniel, Westen Phlipot, Ty Plotts, Carson Shull,
Dylan Vogel
Vantage Career Center changing lives 1976-2016
Celebrating 40 years
of workforce education
By Staci Kaufman
Vantage Superintendent
VAN WERT Your Choice. Your Career.
Your Success.
Your area career center. Need I say more? Vantage connects real people with real jobs, helping
make real livelihoods for students and their families. Weve been helping high school students and
adult learners for 40 years. And we know what it
means to you.
As superintendent, I always
enjoy the real life stories of
people whose lives have been
touched by Vantage staff and the
skills we provide. Our staff helps
students who are working fulltime jobs, who come to school
sleepy, and share their paychecks with a single parent, to
help make ends meet. We help
young people who know what
they want to do in life and throw
themselves wholeheartedly into
their education at Vantage to
make that dream come true. We
encourage some students to stick with it, come to
school, go to work, and know it WILL make a difference. And theres no greater joy than listening
to these students thank a teacher or staff member
for helping them to steer them on the right path.
As a lifetime educator, I also know career technical education is a vital part of local workforce
development and economic development. Why?
Because Vantage alumni tend to stay in our
local communities, working as auto technicians,
welders, secretaries and office support, network
systems analysts, programmers, machinists, cosmetologists and healthcare STNAs. There are so
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many jobs that our students and alumni fill.

They live local, spending their paychecks in our
communities, and helping our local businesses to
survive. Retention and expansion of local business
is 90 percent of economic development. Especially in rural Ohio. And Vantage alumni ARE a
huge percentage of our community.
Vantage offers high school training in 16 different career programs, as well as a variety of customized training for interested
employers, and full-time workforce programs for displaced
workers and anyone who wants
a career change. Real people
in real jobs. People connecting
with their local communities.
Vantage staff get it. Weve
done it for 40 years and as
superintendent, I have the pleasure of spreading the good news
about our caring staff and awesome school.
The Vantage career technical
planning district covers Van
Wert and Paulding counties,
and parts of Putnam and Mercer counties. Vantage provides juniors, seniors and adults of all
ages, with entry-level and advanced job skills to
find employment. Were proud of what we do.
Our staff knows its about real people wanting
to improve their lives, looking for a better job, or
their first job, or a second income to start their own
business or help out at home.
Thank you for supporting Vantage and our mission for the past 40 years. I invite you to attend our
open house on Monday evening, Feb. 22, from
5-7:30 p.m. and celebrate our 40th year of changing lives.
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2016 BUSINESS
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133 Years
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Paulding County Progress - 1B
PAULD I N G PROGR E SS
SPORTS
Williamsons 48 breaks school mark
Archer boys shoot down Eagles 79-38
By JOE SHOUSE
Sportswriter
ANTWERP It was a night of several
firsts as the Antwerp Archers welcomed the
North Central Eagles for a typical Saturday
night high school basketball game on a cold
January night. With a full moon illuminating
the sky the Archers had no trouble defeating
the Eagles from the Buckeye Border Conference 79-38.
Unable to experience homecoming during
the traditional fall football season, it was decided to have homecoming during the basketball season winter homecoming a first, in
that respect.
Another first was a change up in the starting
line up. head coach TJ Hammer elected to start
freshman Cole Seslar, his first start in a varsity
uniform. According to Hammer, he could not
have been more pleased with his freshmans
contribution.
We were trying to figure out a way to get
him some playing time, cut down on our fouls
while rotating players in and out. Tonight it
worked. No foul trouble and everyone on the
floor played so much better, said Hammer.
On the lighter side, another first took
place late in the third quarter with the Archers
leading by 27. Josh Longardner, known for his
play near the basket, drained a 3-pointer to the
delight of his teammates and the Archer fans.
Unofficially, his first 3-pointer.
I told him that if we ever got up by 20 late
in a game that he had the green light to shoot a
three, said coach Hammer.
But the major first on homecoming night
belonged to Sam Williamson. The soft spoken
leader for the Archers came out firing and finished with 48 points for a new Antwerp School
record for the most points in a game.
Williamson, who is now first in that category erased the mark held by Steve Peters who
tallied 47 points on Dec. 12, 1969.
At halftime Coach Hammer and his staff
along with the players knew that the senior
had a chance to set the single game scoring
record.
Williamson collected 12 points in the first
quarter including two 3-pointers and then
came back in the second frame to add 15 more
to his total of 27 at the midway point of the
game.
It was a tough decision because we were
in control of the game and had the big lead.
I talked to Chris Fidler (North Central head
coach) and he understood our situation and
showed good sportsmanship throughout the
game with Sam having the opportunity to set
the record, said Coach Hammer.
With 27 points in the first half, Williamson
managed just five points in the third frame to
give him 32 heading into the final period.
The determined shooting guard and his team
mates worked together down the stretch and
when Williamson had the opportunity to drive
through the Eagle defense he did did just that,
but being a team player, if he spotted a team
mate open he would dish the ball off.
The scoring record came with 3:13 remaining when Williamson went to the line and hit
a free throw.
I had a slow third quarter but I cant say
enough about my team mates. They wanted
me to get the record and our fans tonight were
great. I thought I could do this and honestly
its been a goal of mine for some time. It feels
great, Williamson said.
Williamson collected nine rebounds and five
assists to go along with his record breaking
night.
By JIM LANGHAM
Sportswriter
PAULDING The Paulding boys basketball team
recovered from a struggling
second quarter on Friday
night to win its second Northwest Conference basketball
game in a row, a 51-47 besting of Columbus Grove at
home.
After several games on the
road, Paulding head coach
Shawn Brewer said that it
was good to get back on the
home court in the Jungle and
the win made things even better.
A large crowd of maroon
greeted the home team, which
now stands with a winning
3-2 mark in the NWC.
Its great to get another
win and keep ourselves in
there, said Brewer.
Paulding jumped to a 9-4
advantage at the end of the
first quarter but then fell behind when the inspired Bulldogs, behind 11 points from
Gabe Stechschulte, outscored
the local squad, 22-12, to
grab a 26-21 advantage at the
halfway mark.
The second quarter was
bad, said Brewer. Offensively, we didnt execute
well. The second half we did
things much better and were
able to come out with the
win.
The third quarter proved
to be the game changer for
Paulding. Corbin Edwards
opened the stanza with a trey,
but the Grove responded with
a two-pointer. The teams
played bucket for bucket until
Paulding gained momentum
with three minutes left in the
period.
Paulding tied the game
with a pair of free throws by
Alex Arellano and then senior Nathan Gee notched the
bucket that gave the Panthers
the lead, 34-32. A 3-pointer
by Stechschulte temporarily put the Bulldogs back on
top, 35-34, but back- to-back
sweeping layups by Edwards
gave the local squad a 38-35
lead.
With Paulding on top 4037 going into the final eight
minutes, Stechschulte connected again from behind the
arc to tie the game at 40-40,
but Arellano and Jarrett Sitton contributed back-to-back
2-pointers to lift Paulding on
top to stay in the hard-fought
encounter.
Still the Grove closed the
gap to 47-46 with 1:39 remaining before Edwards and
Arellano sealed the deal in
the final minute.
Arellano led the Panthers
with 17 points while Edwards
Score by Quarters
North Central 8 14 5 11 - 38
Antwerp
18 25 14 22 - 79
North Central (38): Bailey 2 0-0 6, Henry 1 3-4 5, Roesener 1 0-0 3, Wolfrum 2 0-0 6, Douglas 1 1-2 3, Williams 1 0-0 2, Geiser 2 0-2 5, Tomblin 2 0-0 6, Rhinard
1 0-2 2. Totals: 13 4-10 38. Three point goals: Bailey 2,
Roesener, Wollfrum 2, Geiser, Tomblin 2. Total fouls: 19.
Antwerp (79): Jones 3 0-0 8, Poulson 0 1-2 1, Williamson 17 11-14 48, Longardner 3 0-0 7, Seslar 1 0-0 2.
Mills 1 0-0 3, Pendergrast 3 1-2 7, Dooley 0 0-0 0, Noel
0 0-4 0, Skiver 0 1-2 1, Buchan 0 0-0 0, Altimus 1 0-0 2.
Totals: 29 14-24 79. Three point goals: Jones 2, Mills,
Longardner, Williamson 3. Total fouls: 10.
Antwerp High School
Top Scorers - Game
48 Sam Williamson 1-23-2016
By KEVIN
47 Steve Peters
12-12-1969
WANNEMACHER
45 Hal Kemerer
01-31-1969
Sportswriter
42 S. Farnsworth
11-23-1966
DEFIANCE A stingy box and one defense
39 Hal Kemerer
11-27-1968
and some hot outside shooting was too much
38 Ed Snyder
1-28-1955
too overcome for the Wayne Trace boys bas-
fective and we did some good

things, said head coach Dan
Williamson.
The shift of momentum
quickly turned in the third
period with Antwerp scoring
the first eight points to turn a
four point deficit into a four
point advantage. Offensively the Archers struck quickly
with an Audrie Longardner
3 followed by a Hope Smith
bucket and a Rachel Williamson long-range trey for a 2420 Archer lead. Lincolnview
stopped the eight point Archer
run when Maddie Gorman
bucketed a 2-pointer and the
Lancers trailing 24-22.
The Archers managed to
keep its slim advantage and
entered the final eight minutes
holding a 32-27 cushion.
After scoring just 16 points
in the first half the Lady Archers matched their first half
effort with 16 markers in the
third quarter while holding the
Lancers to just seven points.
A traditional 3-point play
by Kayla Schimmoeller followed by an Alena Looser trey
to open the fourth period had
the Lancers back on top 3332 but the Archers came right
back with a 3-point play of
their own from Longardner to
put Antwerp back in the lead
35-33 and the Archers would
never trail again.
A 3- point goal followed
by a free throw from Frankie
Carey evened the score at 39
near the mid way point of the
quarter and later in the quarter it would be Wendels free
throws to tie the score before
the Archers nine point run for
the win.
We needed this win. We
had lost our last three and we
needed to get this thing turned
around. The kids responded
in the second half and played
much better. Our offensive
spurt to open the third quarter and our defensive pressure
late in the game was very positive, said McMichael.
Antwerp had two double-digit scorers in Rachel
Williamson with 14 and Kiana
Recker logging 10 for the winners.
Oliva Gorman finished the
dropped in 11 points. Stechschulte led all scorers for the

game with 21 points.
Paulding shot well from
the field, sinking 20-38 field
goals for 53 percent while the
Bulldogs also shot well, with
15-30 for 50 percent.
Paulding
out-rebounded
the opponents, 19-16, and
committed 12 turnovers, several late in the game. Paulding shot well at the free throw
line once again, connecting
on 8-10 for 80 percent shooting.
I thought we made a lot
of silly turnovers late in the
game but we were able to
hold on for the win, noted
Brewer.
League play shifts into one
of the biggest challenges of
the year next Friday as the
Panthers travel to Crestview.
Score by Quarters
Columbus Grove 4 22 11 10 - 47
Paulding
9 12 19 11 - 51
Columbus Grove (47): Tabler 0 1-2
1, Stechschulte 6 7-8 21, Aguirre 1
0-0 2, Diller 3 3-3 9, Schroeder 1 0-0
3, Rorey 4 3-8 11. Totals 15 14-21
47.Three point goals: Stechschulte
2, Schroeder. Total fouls: 13
Paulding (51): Edwards 5 0-1 11,
Gee 4 0-0 9, Miller 1 0-0 2, Rhonehouse 2 0-0 4, Arellano 5 7-8 17,
Sitton 3 1-2 8. Totals 20 8 51. Three
point goals: Edwards, Gee, Sitton.
Total fouls: 15.
Ayersville too much for Raiders
Pilots snap Raiders string of 19 GMC wins
Fourth quarter defense

rescues Lady Archers
By JOE SHOUSE
Sportswriter
ANTWERP In a game
that was originally scheduled
for Jan. 12, the Lincolnview
Lady Lancers traveled to Antwerp Monday evening and
after controlling the first half
couldnt keep pace with the
Archers and lost a nine point
decision 50-41. Lincolnview
starts four sophomores and
a junior and head coach Dan
Williamson and his young
team had the Archers on the
ropes throughout most of the
contest.
With 3:09 remaining in the
game, Katlyn Wendel calmly
connected on two free throws
to knot the score at 41 a piece.
It would be the Lancers final
points as the Archers would
string together a 9-0 run to
close out the the scoring and
secure the nine point non conference win. With the loss the
Lancers fall to 5-9 while the
Lady Archers improve their
overall mark at 6-8.
In the final period the Archers went to their box-andone with Audrie Longardner
facing Olivia Gorman defensively. Although Gorman finished with 14 points, Longardner took her out of the game
throughout the final eight minutes.
We changed up our defense in the fourth quarter and
Audrie (Longardner) did an
excellent job defending number five (Gorman), said head
coach Scott McMichael.
Antwerp led briefly during
the opening minute of play
and would fall behind by as
many as nine in the first quarter. An Olivia Gorman trey to
open the second period gave
the Van Wert County visitors a
double digit lead at 16-6 and
would go to halftime break
holding a 20-16 margin over
the Archers.
This is the way its been
for us all year. A very up and
down season and tonights
game was the same way. We
played a good first quarter and
a not so good second quarter
and it didnt get any better in
the second half. In the early
stages our press was very ef-
Panthers slip past Grove
night with 14 points and Kayla Schimmoeller added 11 to

lead the Lancer offensive attack.
In the fourth quarter they
(Antwerp) went to their zone
and we didnt do what we
needed to do. Down the stretch
Antwerp hit their free
throws and took care of the
basketball, commented Williamson.
Score by Quarters
Lincolnview 13 7 7 14 - 41
Antwerp 6 10 16 18 - 50
Lincolnview (41): Carey 0 0-1 1,
O. Gorman 5 2-2 14, Wendel 0 3-4
3, Maddie Gorman 1 3-5 5, Looser 1
0-0 3, Schimmoeller 4 3-3 11, Brant
1 0-0 2. Totals: 13 12-15 41. Three
point goals: O. Gorman 2, Looser.
Total fouls: 21.
Antwerp (50): Cline 2 0-0 4, Williamson 4 4-7 13, Braaten 3 0-0 6, Recker
2 6-12 10, Longardner 2 4-6 9, Johanns 0 1-2 1, Smith 2 1-2 5, Short
1 0-0 2. Totals: 16 16-29 50. Three
point goals: Williamson, Longardner .
Total fouls: 16.
ketball team Friday night as host Ayersville

pulled away from the Raiders for a 54-40 victory in Green Meadows Conference action at
the Pilot Hangar.
The Pilot defense limited Raider junior
standout guard Ethan Linder to only four
points in the final three quarters, limiting him
to hitting two of his last eight shots on the
night.
Ayersville also kept the Wayne Trace offense out of sync in the final three quarters,
holding the Raiders to 23 points in that span
and 10 of 39 shooting (26 percent).
Defensively, you have to give them credit, commented Raider head coach Jim Linder.
We had some good scoring opportunities but
we werent able to finish on them. They kept
us from getting into any kind of rhythm offensively.
On the other end of the floor, the Pilots
turned the offense into high gear after a first
quarter that saw them score only three points
on a trey by Jacob Miller.
Ayersville scored ten points in the second
quarter but turned it up in the second half.
The Pilots bucketed 20 points in the third
quarter to turn a 19-13 halftime deficit into a
33-29 advantage at the end of three quarters.
Part of that turnaround came at the unfortunate
injury of Raider senior center Justin Speice,
who appeared to injure his ankle scrambling
after a loose ball with 3:15 remaining in the
first quarter.
With Wayne Trace leading 13-0 at that point
and all momentum on the Raider side, the
tempo of the game and all momentum with it
seemed to switch at that point.
Without Speice in the lineup, the Raiders
were forced to deal with a mismatch against
Pilot sophomore center Ethan Schlachter, who
stands 6-6. The defensive adjustment allowed
the Pilot shooters more space outside.

Ayersville took advantage, hitting four
3-pointers in the third quarter to turn the tide
in the game.
It definitely affected us defensively, added the Raider head coach. We had to help a
little more inside and it gave them just enough
time to get off shots outside and they hit them.
Offensively, it took away our inside scoring
presence so they were able to double up on our
outside shooters a little more.
Ayersville, which outscored Wayne Trace
51-23 in the final three quarters, improved to
12-1 overall and 3-1 in the league with the victory.
Wayne Trace fell to 9-6 in all games and 3-1
in the league as well.
Dauson Dales led a balanced scoring attack
for the Pilots with 13 points while Schlachter
added 11. Miller and Caleb Cook both chipped
in 10 points for Ayersville.
The Pilots out-rebounded Wayne Trace 4033 on the night, getting 11 from Schlachter
and seven by Cook.
Ethan Linder finished with a dozen points
for the Raiders and Luke Miller chipped in 10.
Vest and Linder both picked up seven rebounds while Miller added five. Miller also
dished out three assists and posted four steals.
Eli Sinn and Linder both aided the Raider
cause with two assists and two steals.
Wayne Trace will have a doubleheader
weekend coming up as the Raiders welcome
in Hicksville in Green Meadows Conference
play on Friday before Kalida visits on Saturday.
Score by Quarters
Wayne Trace 17 2 10 11 - 40
Ayersville
3 10 20 21 - 54
Wayne Trace (40): Stabler 2 0-1 5, Miller 4 0-0 10, E.
Sinn 0 0-0 0, J. Sinn 0 0-0 0, Shepherd 1 0-0 2, Saylor
0 0-0 0, Linder 6 0-0 12, Vest 3 1-3 7, Speice 2 0-0 4.
Totals: 18 1-4 40. Three point goals: Stabler, Miller 2.
Ayersville (54): Miller 3 3-5 10, Cook 3 1-2 10, Addington 0 0-0 0, Schlachter 5 1-3 11, McGuire 3 1-3 7, Engel
1 0-0 3, Dales 4 5-5 13. Totals: 18 11-18 54. Three point
goals: Miller, Cook 3, Engel.
Antwerp Homecoming court
Photo courtesy Antwerp High School
Antwerp High School celebrated its Homecoming last weekend. The Archers did not have a Homecoming eventin the fall, due
to having no varsity football team. Instead, they announced the court at the Jan. 23 basketball game against North Central. A
dance, Snowcoming, was held after the game This years court included prince Caleb Reutter and princess Kora Zuber (front);
senior attendants Austin Wendt and Brittany Smith and Erik Buchan and Mikayla Boesch, King Jacob Sukup, Queen Kiana Recker,
junior attendants Klayre Manella and Andrew Bender, sophomore attendants Dylan Peters and Riley McAlexander and freshman
attendants Alayna Ryan and Nathan Lee.
2B - Paulding County Progress Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Panther girls drop hard fought clash with Tinora Tinora claims 8th grade title
By JIM LANGHAM
Sportswriter
The Paulding Panther girls traveled to
Tinora last Tuesday night and gave the
Rams all they wanted in their own territory
before the home team finally pulled away
in the final eight minutes of the game.
Once again, Faith Vogel led the Paulding attack with 16 points in a strong Panther effort which finally finished with
Tinora on top, 49-37.
The teams played to a 14-14 deadlock
at the end of the first stanza. By halftime, the determined Panthers had pulled
ahead of the Rams 23-21, but Tinora
fought back to lead 35-33 going into the
final eight minutes.
Tinora was finally able to wear Paulding down, 14-4, to pull out the non-con-
ference battle.
The game was much closer than the
final score indicates as Paulding was
only down by three points with two minutes left to play in the game, said Paulding head coach Mark Rhodes.
We played well, particularly our defense, rebounding and transition offense
as well as playing very unselfishly, continued Rhodes. But Tinora did a nice
job of taking care of the ball and hitting
free throws down the stretch.
Joining Vogel in the scoring department were team mates Samantha Meggison and Bri Townley each adding eight
points to the Paulding cause.
Once again, Vogel captured rebounding honors for the Panthers with 12 caroms, giving her a double-double. The
HAVILAND Tinora jumped in front 15-8 at the end of one

quarter and led at every stop in posting a 37-33 win over Wayne
Trace in the championship of the Green Meadows Conference
eighth grade girls basketball tournament at the Palace last Saturday morning.
Wayne Trace closed within 18-14 at the intermission before
Tinora pushed the margin to 25-20 entering the fourth quarter.
Claire Sinn scored 20 points to top the Raider efforts while
Score by Quarters
Taylor Long added four points. Libby Wenzlick (four), KaitPaulding 14 9 10 4 - 37
lin Vest (three) and Miriam Sinn (two) rounded out the Raider
Tinora
14 7 14 14 - 49
scorers.
Paulding (37): Vogel 7 2-11 16, Arend 1 2-2 5, Erica Rieke paced Tinora with eight points and Taylor Brown
Hale 0 0-0 0, Meggison 3 2-4 8, Manz 0 0-0 0, Arel- chipped in seven.
lano 0 0-0 0, McCullough 0 0-2 0, Townley 4 0-0 8. The Rams finished with a record of 14-3 on the season while
Wayne Trace closes at 9-7.
Totals 15 6-19 37. Three point goals: Arend.
maroon-and-white out rebounded the

Lady Rams 36-22.
Our girls are making progress toward
understanding and executing the things
it takes to be good, Rhodes said.
In the junior varsity tilt Tinora came
out on top 25-20.
Tinora (49): Schliesser 3 4-6 11, Harris 3 1-2 7,

Zipfel 5 2-4 13, Helberg 2 0-0 4, Norden 2 0-0 5,
Wagner 1 0-0 2, Olashuk 1 1-2 3, Wilkerson 2 0-0
4. Totals: 19 8-14 49. Three point goals: Schliesser,
Zipfel, Norden.
Mohr breaks scoring record

Pilots take advantage of WT mistakes
By KEVIN WANNEMACHER
Sportswriter
HAVILAND You cant beat good basketball teams by committing 32 turnovers. The
Wayne Trace Lady Raiders learned that lesson
Thursday night.
Ayersville took over sole possession of first
place in the Green Meadows Conference as
the Pilots posted 22 steals and pulled away
from the Raiders in the third quarter for a 6342 win in girls basketball action at the Palace.
Wayne Trace had seven turnovers each in
the first and second quarters before totaling 13
in the game-changing third quarter.
It was a stanza that saw Ayersville score the
first 13 points of the period and the Pilots outscored Wayne Trace 19-10 overall. Ayersville
turned a 23-18 halftime advantage into a 4222 lead and never looked back.
We cant turn the ball over that much,
noted Raider head coach Bethany Hughes. It
was a lot of mental mistakes and just sloppy
play. We just didnt play the way we are capable of tonight.
Ayersville got four steals in the third quarter from Kyra Waldron and two each by Molly Hammersmith and Kylee Tressler. For the
night, the Pilots recorded 22 steals with Waldron recording nine and Hammersmith eight.
Tressler scored seven of her game high 19
points in the pivotal third quarter. Hammersmith bucketed six of her dozen points as well
in the same period.
The Ayersville defense also limited Wayne
Trace senior Erin Mohr to two points in the
first half and only four through three quarters.
Mohr, who came in to the game averaging
20.6 points a contest, hit only two of her first
eight shots before eventually finishing with 12
points on the night.
The senior did break the Paulding County
girls basketball scoring record on the evening,
raising her career total to 1,330 points. Antwerps Tammy Rasey (1982-1986) had the old
record with 1,318 points.

Wayne Trace did lead 8-7 after one quarter
of play despite the seven turnovers. However,
Ayersville had eight miscues in the period as
well.
Quarter number two was a different story.
The Pilots had only one turnover and outscored Wayne Trace 16-10 to grab the five
point halftime advantage.
We still have an opportunity to win the
league, Hughes continued. They have some
tough games left as do we. We need to come
back next week with fresh legs and fresh
minds.
Danae Myers chipped in ten points for
Wayne Trace with Courtney Mead adding
eight. Gracie Gudakunst also recorded six
points.
Mohr led the Raiders on the boards with 11
rebounds while Myers grabbed ten. Wayne
Trace out rebounded the Pilots 33-25 for the
contest. Mohr also recorded five steals with
Gudakunst getting four for the Raiders, who
fall to 14-2 in all contests and 3-1 in the conference.
Tressler paced the Pilots with 19 points
while Waldron and Hammersmith both bucketed a dozen points. Hammersmith and Kelsey
Johnston each had five rebounds for Ayersville, which improves to 12-4 overall and 4-0
in the league.
Antwerp........................ 50
Lincolnview................... 41
Antwerp........................ 31
Continental................... 26
Tinora........................... 49
Paulding....................... 37
Wayne Trace................. 67
Delphos Jefferson......... 46
Holgate......................... 42
Antwerp........................ 39
Columbus Grove........... 64
Paulding....................... 14
Ayersville...................... 63
Wayne Trace................. 42
Boys basketball
Holgate......................... 52
Antwerp........................ 46
Paulding....................... 51
Columbus Grove........... 47
Ayersville...................... 54
Wayne Trace................. 40
Antwerp........................ 79
North Central................ 38
Paulding....................... 62
Ottoville........................ 51
Wrestling
VAN BUREN INVIT.

1. Elmwood.............. 193.5
2. Eastwood............ 166.0
3. Wayne Trace........ 164.5
Sports schedule
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28
Girls Basketball: Antwerp hosts
Edgerton; Paulding hosts Crestview; Wayne Trace at Hicksville
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29
Boys Basketball: Antwerp at
Edgerton; Paulding at Crestview;
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Matt Jones
One of Antwerps top shooters,
6-0 junior Matt Jones posted
a 21-point night last Friday
against Holgate. Jones drained
four shots from behind the
three point arc. The shooting
guard for Coach TJ Hammers
ball club is averaging nearly 15
points per outing along with
3.5 assists.
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The Columbus Grove girls

basketball team (16-1) (5-0
NWC) proved their strength
on their own floor against
Paulding last Thursday night
with a 64-14 win over the Panthers.
The Bulldogs jumped out to
a 22-0 lead at the end of the
first stanza and continued to
roll from there.
Paulding got on the scoreboard in the second stanza and
the Panther defense was able
to slow down the powerful
Bulldogs, but the Grove still
led 31-4 at the half.
Columbus Grove outscored
Paulding, 33-10 in the second
half to go off the floor with the
lopsided 50-point win.
In junior varsity ball, the
home team defeated Paulding,
48-20.
Score by Quarters
Paulding
0 4 3 7 - 14
Col. Grove 22 9 19 14 - 64
Paulding (14): Vogel 7, Arellano 2,
McCullough 3, Arend 2. Totals 3 5 14.
Columbus Grove (64): McCluer
Score by Quarters
13, Yinger 9, Clement 12, Bame 2,
Ayersville
7 16 25 15 - 63 Wayne Trace 8 10
Hoffman 6, G. Schroeder 3, Maisam
10 14 - 42
0, Diller 4, Bellman 10, Caudill 0, L.
Ayersville (63): K. Tressler 8 2-4 19, Kortni Martin 2 0-0 Schroeder 3, Sybert 2. Totals 26 4 64.
4, Hammersmith 3 6-6 12, Korbyn Martin 1 0-0 3, Addington 3 2-2 9, Johnston 1 0-2 2, Waldron 5 0-2 12, A.
Tressler 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 10-16 63. Three point goals:
K. Tressler, Addington, Korbyn Martin , Waldron 2.
Wayne Trace (42): Wannemacher 0 0-0 0, Mohr 5 2-2
12, S. Sinn 0 2-2 2, Gudakunst 2 0-0 2, Mead 4 0-0 8, Alex Arellano scored 30
Myers 2 6-7 10, Brooke Sinn 0 0-0 0, Estie Sinn 1 0-0 2, points in leading Paulding to
Torman 1 0-2 2. Totals: 15 10-13 42. Three point goals: a 62-51 win over Ottoville
at the local gym on Saturday
Gudakunst 2.
Arellano leads
PHS with 30
Varsity Games of the Week

Girls basketball
Varsity Basketball: Paulding Panthers

within eight points, 42-34,
Paulding girls no
with two minutes left in the
third stanza, but Hanenkratt
match for CG
dropped in a trey to extend
Wayne Trace hosts Hicksville

Wrestling: Wayne Trace at Lima
Central Catholic Invite
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30
Boys Basketball: Antwerp hosts
Montpelier; Wayne Trace hosts
Kalida
Girls Basketball: Paulding at
Continental; Wayne Trace at Miller City
Wrestling: Antwerp, Paulding at
Wapakoneta Lions Invite; Wayne
Trace at Lima Central Catholic
Invite
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2
Boys Basketball: Paulding hosts
Hicksville
Girls Basketball: Antwerp at
Stryker; Wayne Trace at Continental
WT to host
regional event
HAVILAND Today, Jan.

27, Wayne Trace will be hosting the OHSAA Regional
Wrestling Dual Team Tournament for Division III-Region
17. The teams participating are
Edgerton, Montpelier, Ottawa-Glandorf and Wayne Trace.
The matches begin at 5 p.m.
All tickets are $7 at the door.
night. The victory was the

third in the last four games
for the rejuvenated Panthers
who are now preparing to take
on powerful Crestview in an
NWC game at Convoy this
Friday night.
Ottoville kept up with the

Panthers, who led by one
point, 18-17, at the end of the
first stanza. However, Arellano scored 12 of his points
in the second stanza to lead
Paulding to a 37-24 advantage
at the end of the first half.
With the win, Paulding
crossed the .500 barrier as the
Panthers now boast an 8-7
overall record.
Its been a good weekend.
Weve put together a couple
of good games in a row, commented Paulding head coach
Shawn Brewer. This has been
a confidence-building weekend for us. The fellows have
played really hard.
Its been a good little run
to get ready for the rest of
the conference, continued
Brewer. If we keep playing
like this, we can play with
anybody. The guys have been
working hard in practice;
when you do that good things
happen.
In addition to Arellanos
output,
Corbin
Edwards
scored 10 points, Ethan
Rhonehouse dropped in eight
points and Lucas Hanenkratt
bucketed seven for Paulding.
The second half, as a whole,
was much tighter but the Panthers were able to maintain the
lead they had established in
the second quarter.
Ottoville closed the gap to
Pauldings lead back to 11

points 45-34.
Early in the fourth quarter,
with Paulding on top, 46-35,
sophomore Ethan Rhonehouse
sank a pair of free throws and
Arellano scored allowing the
Panthers to expand their lead
to 50-35.
Once again, Paulding had
a good night at the free throw
line, sinking 11-13. In addition, Pauldings offense continued to click well as the Panthers connected on 23-41 field
goals for 56 percent.
Logan Kemper led Ottoville in scoring with 17 points
while Dustin Trenkamp and
Nick Moorman each scored
13 points.
Once again, the big front
line of Paulding out-rebounded the Big Green, 20-15, while
the Panthers played a clean
game with just five turnovers.
This was a good team effort, said Brewer. We got to
play a lot of kids. The offense
was able to get out and run. It
was a good overall game for
us.
Score by Quarters
Ottoville 17 7 11 16 - 51
Paulding 18 19 9 16 - 62
Ottoville (51): Bendele 2 0-0 6,
Schimmoeller 0 2-2 2, Kemper 6 4-7
17, Moorman 5 1-2 13, Martin 0 0-0
0, Trenkamp 5 3-3 13. Totals 18 1014 51. Three point goals: Bendele 2,
Kemper, Moorman 2. Total fouls: 7.
Paulding (62): Edwards 4 1-1 10,
Gee 1 2-2 4, Hanenkratt 3 0-0 7,
Miller 0 0-0 0, Rhonehouse 3 2-2 8,
Arellano 11 6-8 30, Sitton 0 0-0 0,
Harder 0 0-0 0, Johanns 1 0-0 3. Totals 23 11-18 62. Three point goals:
Edwards, Hanenkratt, Johanns, Arellano 2.
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ANTWERP
Junior High Boys Basketball Paulding County rivals Antwerp and Wayne Trace split in junior high boys
basketball action last Tuesday with the Archer seventh
grade and Raider eighth grade squads recording victories. Antwerp posted a 53-49 overtime victory in the
seventh grade contest behind 25 points from Sheedy
and 24 more by Lichty. Owen Manz bucketed 31 points
for Wayne Trace followed by Dane Moore (seven), Carter
Baksa (four), Joe Munger (two) and Trevor Speice (two).
Wayne Traces eighth grade was victorious to improve
to 5-5 on the season by defeating the Archers 49-42.
Nate Gerber topped the Raiders with 25 points and Reid
Miller chipped in 11. Nate Showalter (six), Austin Pierce
(two), Gage Waltmire (two) and Jordan Speller (two)
rounded out the Raider scoring. Landers bucketed 16
points for the Archers and Shuette added 16 as well.
PAULDING
Freshman Boys Basketball Paulding improved to 6-2
on the season with a 52-21 win over Columbus Grove.
Westan Phlipot bucketed 14 points for the Panthers and
Fletcher Cook chipped in 13. Bailey Manz (six), Luke
Dunakin (six), Jaret Miller (four), Carson Shull (three),
Jacob Eblin (three), Drew Lumpkins (two) and Hunter
Kesler (one) also scored for Paulding.
WAYNE TRACE
Junior Varsity Girls Wayne Traces junior varsity stayed
atop the league standings with a 34-23 win over the Pilots. Sadie Sinn scored nine points with Erica Mohr and
Lily Sinn adding six each for the Raiders, who are now
15-1 overall and 4-0 in the conference. Kaylee Shepherd and Ellie Stoller both picked up seven rebounds
while Shepherd also posted four assists and four steals.
Junior Varsity Girls Wayne Traces junior varsity ran its
record to 14-1 on the season following a 39-25 win over
the Delphos Jefferson Wildcats. Alli McClurg led all scorers with 15 points for the Wildcats while also grabbing
five rebounds. Kaylee Shepherd and Sadie Sinn each
bucketed 10 points and Lily Sinn added nine for the
Raiders. Anne Eklund (six), Sara Edwards (two) and Erica
Mohr (two) rounded out the Wayne Trace scorers.
Junior High Boys Basketball Ottoville swept past
Wayne Trace in junior high boys basketball action as
the Big Green seventh graders won 62-17 before the
Ottoville eighth grade recorded a 45-42 victory. Garrett Williamson led Wayne Traces seventh grade with
seven points while Dane Moore added six. Gage Tinlin
and Trevor Speice both bucketed two markers for the
Raiders, who fall to 3-10.
In the eighth grade game, Reid Miller scored 19
points and Nate Gerber chipped in 12 for Wayne Trace.
Other scorers for the Raiders were Jordan Speller (five),
Nate Showalter (four) and Drew Forrer (two). The Raiders are now 5-6 on the season.
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball Ayersville took the junior varsity contest with the Pilots recording a 44-33
win over Wayne Trace. Blaine Jerome and Jake Kuhn
both had eight points to lead Wayne Trace followed by
Jordan Saylor with six. Other scorers included Josiah
Linder (five), Trae Sinn (four) and Seth Yenser (two).
Josh Kuhn picked up six boards for the Raiders, who fall
to 6-9 overall and 2-2 in the league. Adam Stoller and
Jerome both dished out a pair of assists.
League tournaments take center stage at MAC gym

ANTWERP The MAC
Gym winter league is complete for three of the seven
divisions. The third grade
boys, fifth grade girls and
sixth grade boys have completed the regular season and
moved into tournament play.
The fifth grade girls division is hosted at the Antwerp
Local School. The bracket
found Tinora 2 as the top
seed, followed closely behind by Fairview. Tinora 2
will wait on the winner of
Woodlan and Antwerp.
The winner from those
three teams will play Hicksville or Paulding. Fairview
begins play against Defiance.
The winner will take on the
Crestview - Tinora 1 winner.

The final four in this division
will be played on Feb. 6.
All brackets can be found
on the MAC Gym website
www.macgymohio.com.
The sixth grade boys side
will see eight teams line up
for a chance at the title. Undefeated Antwerp will play Edgerton while Delphos Jefferson
takes on Hicksville. Winners
will play each other to play in
the championship game.
In the other half of the
bracket Fairview took top
honors and will play Paulding
while Woodlan plays in a border battle game with Wayne
Trace. Those winners will
also play each other to play in
the championship game.

In the third grade boys
bracket, undefeated Antwerp waits on the winner of
Van Wert and Hicksville. In
the other bracket, a one-loss
Tinora team waits for the

winner of Woodlan and Eastside. The winners of those
brackets will play each other
in the championship game
Feb. 1.
PC Tigers fall to Defiance County

The PC Tigers basketball team traveled to Defiance on Jan.
21 for another round of winter basketball action. The Tigers
came up short in their battle with Defiance County by a final
score of 64-49.
Leading scorers on the night were Matt Wayne with 24 points
and Rochelle Clark with 10 points.
It was a hard fought David-and-Goliath type game, as Defiance was the Division III state champions in 2014, said Coach
Short.
The head coach went on to comment of the opposing teams
ability and athleticism. He said, My team doesnt know the
meaning of quitting, and they never have the attitude to give up
even when facing a more seasoned opponent.
All players on the Tigers roster had time on the floor.
Up next for the Tigers is a date with Fulton County at home
on Thursday, Jan. 28.
Varsity Basketball: Antwerp Archers

seeing Pey25-23 but PeyStrong start not spot
ton hitting her
ton Short anshots. Hopefully
swered with the
enough for Lady that will build
Archers only
her confidence.
basket to bump
Archers
Avery (Braaten)
the advantage at
A quick first quarter start was

very promising for the Antwerp
Lady Archers but the a less productive second and third quarter
caught up with the Archers as
they dropped a 42-39 loss to the
hands of Holgate.
Playing one of their best quarters of the season the Lady Archers scored 16 points with Avery
Braaten, Rachel Williamson, and
Audrie Longardner each draining
a long range 3-pointer to lead the
offensive attack
The second period opened with
a Holgate basket to trail 16-14 followed by a 2-point bucket from
Peyton Short with 5:52 remaining
and the blue-and-white holding a
four point margin. Unfortunately,
the Short basket would be the last
Archer points of the quarter. Holgate took a 21-18 advantage at the
halftime break.
In the second quarter we had
seven turnovers and you cant do
that against a really good team
like Holgate. They have girls that
can hit the three and the freshman kid in the middle (Madilyn
Hohenberger) was very good on
the inside, said head coach Scott
McMichael.
After scoring just two points
in the second stanza, the Archers
didnt do much better in the third,
scoring just four points. A Short
free throw had the Archers trailing 21-19. The Tigers turned the
ball over five times while missing
two short jumpers on their first
seven possessions but the Archers
could not capitalize on their opponents miscues and misfires.
Holgate finally began to pull
away and widened their lead to
seven at 26-19 before the Archers
scored again. A Kiana Recker
free throw with 1:01 remaining
followed by the Archers only
points from the field, a Sierra
Cline bucket, a 2-pointer in the
final seconds.
The Holgate lead swelled to
as many as nine on a couple of
occasions in the final quarter
and with 2:07 remaining the Archers put together a little run with
Short connecting on back-to-back
3-pointers to have the Archers
knocking on the door trailing 3936. Short finished with 15 points
with 10 coming the final frame.
Longardner added eight points
in what head coach Scott McMichael described as a solid effort
from his senior guard.
Audrie (Longardner) is shooting much better recently and she
always gets the assignment to
guard the other teams best player.
She is playing much better and
her defense has been really good,
McMichael commented.
A Holgate free throw and a
Recker close range basket had the
Archers to within two, 40-38, but
couldnt take control as the clock
made its way to zero.
We had a couple of kids that
gave us good effort tonight. I
thought Rachel (Williamson)
played defense and it was a bright
was driving to
the basket and
at times forced
some shots. I
told her at halftime time that
when she drives that she needs
to turn and kick the ball out. She
did that in the second half and we
managed to score off that extra
pass, said McMichael. The kids
are working hard and getting better and that what we expect.
Score by Quarters
Holgate
12 9 9 12 - 42
Antwerp
16 2 4 17 - 39
Holgate (42): Hoffman 0 0-1 0, Hohenberger 8 2-4 18, Scarlette Niese
0 0-0 0, Emma Willett 3 1-2 8, Sarah
Niese 2 4-4 9, Gabbie Willett 1 5-8
7. Totals: 14 12-19 42. Three point
goals: E. Willett, Sarah Niese.Total
fouls: 12.
1 1-2 3, Longardner 2 3-4 8, Short
6 1-3 15. Totals: 14 6-10 39. Three
point goals: Williamson, Braaten,
Longardner, Short 2. Total fouls: 15.
Antwerp girls
struggle past
Pirates 31-26
Playing their second game

in as many nights the Antwerp
Lady Archers had enough bright
moments of play to win a nonleague game over Continental
31-26. The five point win moves
the Archers closer to a .500 season at 7-8. Continental falls to
1-14.
The Archers opened with a
7-2 first quarter lead with Rachel
Williamson scoring all seven
points for the blue-and-white.
The advantage increased to 10-4
with a trey from Audrie Longardner early in the second period.
The Pirates answered with
3-pointers from Amber Logan
and Paige Lawhorn along with a
bucket from Jade Zachrich to tie
the score at 12 apiece. Antwerp
head coach Scott McMichael
called timeout after his squad
failed to match up defensively
allowing the Pirates a couple of
easy looks at the basket.
The Archers full court press
forced a couple of turnovers
allowing the Archers to take
control and move in front just
prior to halftime. A 3-pointer by
Williamson, her second of the
half, and two Kiana Recker free
throws sent the Archers to the
break leading 17-13.
Antwerp was much sharper
in the second half and built their
lead to seven on a bucket by
Avery Braaten to put the Archers
up 22-15 and after a Continental
basket, Longardner knocked
down her second 3 of the night
to give the Archers their largest
lead at 25-17.
The fourth quarter saw both
teams scoring just once from the
field. A Zachrich basket pulled
the Pirates to within two at
four. Two free

throws from
Logan again
had the Pirates
within two with
just over a minute remaining but Short drained
two free throws of her own with
1:04 showing on the clock and
the Archers holding a four-point
lead.
After a Continental free throw
by Zachrich, Williamson iced
it for the Archers with two free
throws with just 6.5 seconds remaining to secure the five-point
win. Williamson finished the
night with 14 points to lead al
scorers.
A win is a win and its always
good to get it but we didnt play
very well. We had times when
we played in spurts but overall
we seemed to just go through the
motions, said McMichael.
In the game the Archers made
just five 2-pointers on 26 attempts
and from 3-point range were four
of 16.
Thats what we usually shoot
percentage wise from the field
but we have to hit more than five
field goals if we want to win in the
league. Its a process and it takes
time. We are playing better but
we need to be more consistent
for a whole game, he said.
bining for 11 points capped off

by a Jones 3-pointer with 2:43
remaining and knotting the score
at 41 apiece.
The Tigers answered with a
5-0 run to push their lead back
to 46-41. The Archers would get
no closer than three in the closing minute of play as the Tigers
closed it out at the foul line.
Matt Jones finished the night
with 21 points to lead all scorers.
Williamson added 10 with Josh
Longardner chipping in seven before fouling out.
We didnt play very well defensively. We didnt move our
feet which caused us to foul too
much. We had our opportunities
and every time we made any kind
of run they (Holgate) had an answer. They executed offensively
and shot very well, said Coach
Hammer.
With the loss the Archers fall to
5-9 overall and 1-3 in the Green
Meadows Conference. For Hogate, with the win, they pick up
their first conference win to go
1-3 and overall 6-8.

Score by Quarters
Antwerp 15 2 13 16 - 46
Holgate 4 14 18 16 - 52
Antwerp (46): Jones 7 3-3 21, Mills 1
0-0 2, Poulson 1 4-5 6, Pendergrast
0 0-0 0, Williamson 3 3-4 10, Skiver
0 0-0 0, Buchan 0 0-0 0, Longardner
2 3-4 7. Totals: 14 13-16 46. Three
point goals: Jones 4, Williamson.
Total fouls: 21.
Holgate (52): Brown 1 0-0 2, Gustwiller 3 1-3, Hohenberger 1 5-9 9,
Jones 2 0-0 6, Pahl 2 0-0 6, Grim 4
4-5 12, Clady 4 3-4 11. Totals: 17
13-22 56. Three point goals: Gustwiller, Jones 2, Pahl 2. Total fouls: 14.

Jim Bowers/Paulding County Progress
Rachel Williamson #5 drops in a bucket for the Archers last
Tuesday night against Continental. The Lady Archers outlasted
the Pirates in non-league action 31-26.
Score by Quarters
Continental 2 11 6 7 - 26
Antwerp
7 10 8 6 - 31
Continental (25): Lawhorn 1 2-2
5, Homier 1 0-2 2, Armey 1 1-2 3,
Tegenkemp 0 2-2 2, Zachrich 4 1-2
9, Logan 1 2-7 5. Totals: 8 8-17 26.
Three point goals: Lawhorn, Logan.
Total fouls: 17.
0 3-6 3, Longardner 2 0-6 6, Smith 0
0-0 0, Short 1 2-2 4. Totals: 9 9-16
31. Three point goals: Williamson 2, VAN BUREN Coach Clem- most of the match, but without Clemens wrestled his typical
Longardner 2. Total fouls: 11.
ens took his young Wayne Trace being able to generate much of- up-tempo style and show art-
WT grapplers take third

at Van Buren Invitational
Holgate shoots
past Antwerp in
GMC play
A very impressive first quarter

was followed by an equally unimpressive second quarter as the
tone was set for the second half
of the Antwerp conference tilt at
Holgate. The Tigers carried their
second quarter momentum into
the second half and came away
with a 52-46 win on Friday night.
In the initial eight minutes of
play the Archers had their way
offensively with an early 11 point
lead on two 3-pointers from Matt
Jones. While the blue-and-white
was scoring easily the Tigers
struggled from the field hitting
just two field goals on 10 attempts.
Shooting for both teams
quickly changed as Holgate
found their shooting eye while
hitting 15 of 23 in the final three
quarters for 65 percent and for the
game 17-33 for a 52 percent clip.
Give them credit. They shot
the ball extremely well. They
did whatever they wanted offensively. We tried a lot of different
things defensively but nothing
worked, Coach Hammer said.
While Holgate was burning
the nets the Archers couldnt buy
a basket. In fact, the only second
quarter points came on two free
throws from Sam Williamson.
The Archers put up nine shots in
the period and came away empty.
Antwerp ended the night hitting
14 of 37 for 38 percent.
It was all about the 3-pointer
in the third quarter with Holgate
draining four long range goals.
The Tigers were hitting from
the outside while 6-3 junior Jack
Clady seemed to own the paint
area. Jake Grim finished with 12
points and Clady added 11 with
sophomore Louis Gustwiller
coming in off the bench to contribute eight. Dylan Pahl finished
with six on two triples and Trey
Jones lived up to his name with a
couple of shots behind the arc.
Holgate entered the fourth
quarter holding a 36-30 advantage and the Archers made one
last run with the duo of Matt
Jones and Sam Williamson com-
wrestling team to the 38th Van

Buren wrestling Invitational this
last weekend. The event provided
thrills, upsets, dominance, and
wrestling artistry culminating in
an historical accomplishment and
an overall third place finish for
this very young team.
Raider wrestlers Austin Smith
(113), Wyatt Stabler (132), Chase
Marroquin (138), and Brandon
Laney (182) would all be able to
pick up wins for the red- whiteand-blue and provide valuable
team points in the team race.
Although finishing out of the
top six placers, and with three
weight classes empty on the roster, all points were valuable. No
one had predicted this team to
place this high, but they leaned
on their experienced wrestlers, a
freshman, and an unpredictable
performances.
Braxton Asher, 220, was the
first to outperform in his bracket.
He picked up wins over Hoiles
from Otsego, Shawhan of Delphos
St. Johns, Eli Wiswasser from Columbus Grove, Noah Mattson of
Ada, and Spencer Wannemacher
of Delphos Jefferson.
This placed him in the match
for third place. Asher fell slightly
short in this tilt and finish the day
in fourth place.
The second and most unlikely
performance in the tournament
was given by Hunter Showalter
at 145 pounds. Unseeded, Showalter pinned Featherstone of Eastwood. He then faced the fourth
seed and major Emerine of Van
Buren 18-4.
Not to be outdone, and continuing where he left off from Friday
night, Showalter then knocked off
the number two seed to find himself in an unlikely position, wrestling for top place honors. Showalter did not have enough in the
finals and fell to senior Smith of
Fostoria, finishing the day as the
runner-up his sophomore year.
Freshman Tyler Bauer also
wrestled well in this large field
of 29 teams. He picked up wins
over Parker Grine of Hopewell
Loudon and then Cameron Pollard from Otsego, all coming by
way of pin.
He then squared off against
Trevor Schaller of Swanton in
the finals. Tyler was able to lead
fense, he gave up a takedown to

Shaller in the waning seconds of
the third period. Bauer finished
as runner up at 106 pounds by a
score of 4-3.
At 120 pounds, Ruger Goeltzenleuchter was dominant in a
very tough weight. He engineered
a tech fall against Freeman of
Allen East, then pinned Palomo
of Ottawa Glandorf placing him
in the finals against Dylan Cook
of Swanton.
Cook wrestled smart to avoid
tying up with Ruger in an effort
to dodge his dumps and ducks,
but eventually Ruger pushed the
action and began to take over the
match.
He found his takedowns and
eventually put Cook on his back
twice with his turk gaining much
needed back points. He was be
crowned Van Buren champion
with a major decision of 12-1 in
a dominant effort.
History then found its way to
the Raider team via George Clemens IV in the very next finals
match. Clemens made quick
work of the 126 pound field, with
wins over Nelson from Ottawa
Glandorf and Badial-Luna of
Bluffton, with first period pins.
He followed that up with a
tech fall against Patterson in the
quarters setting up a finals match
with JD Reisinger of Swanton.
Clemens, currently ranked fourth
in the state, and Reisinger, ranked
seventh, was a much anticipated
match.
istry on the mat in this match.

Reisinger never really had a
chance, as George pushed the
pace and pinned Reisinger in the
first period at the 1:53 mark.
As Clemens hand was raised
this time, not only was he this
years VBI champion at 126, but
he became only the sixth wrestler
in the 38 year tournament to become a four-time champion.
He also garnered outstanding
wrestler of the tournament honors
to finish off his day.
I am so very proud of this
entire team. They just keep improving and working hard. No
one thought we would be in the
mix for the team race, but as we
gain experience and confidence,
this team just gets better. To finish third here is awesome, commented Coach Clemens.
Asher had a good tournament
and was able to string together
some wins. Showalter wrestled as
well as I have ever seen him, and
he is really beginning to find himself. Bauer has come in this year
and really wrestled solid for us.
Then there is Ruger. This kid
is a workhorse and has put in so
much time in the off season. He
is really looking good at 120. I
believe he will finally get to see
the Schott this year wrestling on
the floor. George took care of
business and really dominated in
that finals match against a very
good wrestler. All in all, this effort
from this team was outstanding,
finished the coach.
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wrestling announced
ANTWERP The Antwerp Wrestling Club competed at Archbold

on Jan. 24. Of the 13 Archer wrestlers competing, eight of them were
able to place in the top four of their respective weight classes.
Antwerp managed to crown three champions on the day. Zoen
King-Bauer, Ethan Karam and Eli Reinhart all finished the day unblemished with 3-0 records.
Finishing runner-up for the Archers was Dayne Sholl. Earning
third place finishes on the day were Levi Parisot, AJ Eaton and Kaden
Phares. Placing fourth after a hard fought day was Stroker Etter.
Anyone interested in wrestling are encouraged to visit the
wrestling club (204 Archer Drive) in Antwerp, on Mondays and
Thursdays at 5 p.m.
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Antwerps Kiana Recker #15 squeezes her way to a first quarter score for the Lady Archers last Tuesday night.
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Varsity Basketball: Wayne Trace Raiders
Wayne Traces Erin Mohr #5 draws the defense to her before Hollie Wannemacher #4 fights through the Delphos Jefferson
defense last Tuesday night in non league play in the Palace.
dishing the rock off for an easy assist last Tuesday night.
Lady Raiders
pick up easy win
Wayne Trace led at every
quarter break as the Raiders
improved to 14-1 on the season following a 67-46 win
over visiting Delphos Jefferson last Tuesday night.
The Raiders posted a 22-13
advantage after eight minutes
of action before pushing the
margin to 40-24 at the intermission. Wayne Trace led 5539 at the end of three periods.
Erin Mohr led the way for
the red-white-and-blue with 24
markers while Danae Myers
added 14 points. Gracie Gudakunst also reached double digits
with a dozen points for Wayne
Trace.
Wayne Trace finished the

night 28 of 52 from the field (54
percent) and the Raiders hit 9
of 15 free throws (60 percent).
Delphos Jefferson connected on
16 of 55 shots (29 percent) from
the field but did hit 11 of 14 foul
shots (79 percent).
The Raiders won the battle
of the boards, 31-29, but also
committed more turnovers,
27-25.
Mead grabbed eight rebounds to top Wayne Trace
with Myers picking up seven
and Mohr recorded four. Mohr
also dished out seven assists
and had four steals with Gudakunst also finishing with four
steals.
Sarah Miller led Delphos
Jefferson with 15 points and
Devyn Carder added nine.
Macy Wallace had six markers

for the Wildcats. Miller also
topped the visitors with eight
rebounds while Jessica Pimpas and Bailey Gorman both
grabbed five boards. Wallace
also recorded six steals for
Delphos Jefferson, which falls
to 7-8 on the season.
Lady Raider Courtney Mead #24 goes strong to the basket for
a 2-point field goal against Delphos Jefferson.
AVA I L A B L E N O W !
Score by Quarters
Delphos Jefferson 13 11 15 7 - 46
Wayne Trace
22 18 15 12 - 67
Delphos Jefferson (46): Stroh 1 0-0
2, Wallace 2 2-2 6, Hammons 1 0-0 3,
Carder 4 0-1 9, Miller 5 4-5 15, Black
1 2-2 4, Pimpas 0 3-4 3, Gorman 2
0-0 4. Totals: 16 11-14 46. Three point
goals: Hammons, Carder, Miller.
Wayne Trace (67): Wannemacher 1
0-0 2, Mohr 11 1-2 24, Gudakunst 5
1-2 12, Mead 2 5-7 9, Myers 6 2-4
14, E. Sinn 2 0-0 4, Torman 1 0-0 2.
Totals: 28 9-15 67. Three point goals:
Mohr, Gudakunst.
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Clemens going out on top at Wayne Trace
By KEVIN
WANNEMACHER
Sportswriter
HAVILAND
Wayne
Traces wrestling program has
continued to show improvement under the direction of
ninth-year head coach George
Clemens III.
With 21 members on the
squad at the start of the season
and another 10 at the junior
high level, participation continues to improve and the future
looks bright at the home of the
Raiders.
But one young man has set a
new standard for the current and
future members of the program.
The head coachs son, George
Clemens IV, has raised the bar
at Wayne Trace and looks to
continue to take the standard
higher.
A senior wrestling in the 126
pound class, the younger Clemens has broken several records
at Wayne Trace and looks to become the first wrestler in Paulding County history to claim four
state tournament appearances in
a high school career.
After qualifying as both a
freshman and sophomore for
the state tournament, Clemens
hit the podium last season by
taking sixth place in Division
III in the 120 pound class.
He has put a lot of time in
and worked extremely hard

commented the Raider head
coach. George has wrestled in
the offseason pretty much year
round.
The Raider grappler posted
46 victories as a freshman before breaking the school record
to record 47 wins his sophomore season. After winning 44
matches last year, the senior
has added 30 more this season
to currently hold a very impressive 167-15 record (.918 winning percentage).
His success is just a representation of the team overall,
the Raider mentor noted. All
of the guys on the team have
worked very hard. It is an individual sport in part but it also
a team sport and everybody on
the squad has a hand in the success.
Clemens also is currently
a three-time Green Meadows
Conference champion and a
three-time sectional champion at Wayne Trace, with both
tournaments yet to come in his
fourth and final season.
But, the thing that may be
the most improved statistic
actually came over several
tournaments this season. At
each tournament that Wayne
Trace has participated in that
has awarded a Most Valuable
Wrestler, that award went to
the senior grappler for the

Raiders.
It is very difficult to win
that award at one tournament,
commented Clemens III. To
accomplish that at all of the
tournaments we have been to,
that is something that we are
very proud of. Those awards
are voted on by the coaches at
the tournaments so it is quite an
honor to win.
This past Saturday, Clemens
won the Van Buren Invitational
for the fourth time in his career.
In 38 years of existence for the
Black Knight tournament, Clemens is the sixth wrestler to
accomplish that feat.
The younger Clemens got
an early start in wrestling, beginning the sport when he was
three years old.
I basically taught him three
things when he started as a
young child, commented the
elder Clemens. We taught him
how to get takedowns first as
well as teaching him how to
shoot and stand up. That is all
he did for a couple of seasons
but those fundamentals really
got him a good start.
From those early days until
now, the younger Raider continues to work on his skills.
During the offseason, Clemens worked with both the
Delta and Wauseon wrestling
George Clemens IV pins JD Reisdner from Swanton in his final match on Saturday. The win by the
Wayne Trace Raider grappler was his fourth in as many attempts at the Black Knight tournament.
programs as well as individual
times with coaches from the
Perrysburg and Cleveland areas.
This past year, both George
and Ruger Goeltzenleuchter (a
junior member of the Wayne
Trace program) both participated in the Disney Duals in
Florida and that was a tremendous experience for them.
The Raider mentor, though,
credits his sons success to just
a lot of hard work and a commitment by him to become the
best he could be.
He has just evolved, noted

the Raider head coach. I dont
know that he has hit his potential yet. I think the biggest thing
from his freshman year to now
be the fact he has gained a lot
of confidence and has gotten
stronger. He has lifted weights
and just the experience of all of
the extra wrestling he does has
made him a better wrestler.
However this year finishes,
Clemens is very proud of what
has been accomplished by both
his son and the program to
date.
George has helped to bring

the program to new heights,
concluded the Raider head
coach. It is a total team effort
and all of the guys on the team
are to be commended for their
hard work. I am just tickled on
where the program has come
to at this point. We started the
year with 21 high school wrestlers and around ten junior high
members as well. Add to that
approximately 50 members of
the club program for elementary aged kids and we have a lot
to be excited about.
Area wrestling rankings Antwerp, Wayne Trace to

LIMA The latest rankings of the Lima
area high school wrestlers were recently announced. Several Paulding County grapplers
are on the list and represent several different
weight classes.
The following is the number one wrestler
in each weight class plus any county wrestlers
that made the top five cut.
In the small school division the Wayne
Trace Raiders were second behind Coldwater.
106: 1. Bailey Gibson - Elida; 3. Tyler Bauer - Wayne Trace.
113: 1. Kobe Cunningham - Lima Central
Catholic; 5. Kage Seals - Paulding.
120: 1. Hunter Lucas - Lima Central Catholic; 3. Ruger Goeltzenleuchter - Wayne Trace.
126: 1. George Clemens - Wayne Trace.
132: 1. Brad Beemer - Wapakoneta.
138: 1. Tyler Copeland - Wapakoneta.
145: 1. Gage Gruden - Defiance.
152: 1. Kohle Clennan - Defiance; 5. Caleb
Schultz - Wayne Trace.
160: 1. Gylan Plaugher - Wapakoneta.
170: 1. CJ Cook - Kenton.

182: 1. Robbie Bowers - Defiance.
195: 1. Landon Hall - Wapakoneta.
220: 1. Noah Meeker - Elida.
285: 1. Brandon Bennett - Patrick Henry.
Large school team rankings: 1. Wapakoneta; 2. Elida; 3. Lima Bath.
Small school team rankings: 1. Coldwater;
2. Wayne Trace; 3. Bluffton.
play at Parkview Field

By JOE SHOUSE
Sportswriter
FORT WAYNE The third annual Parkview
Sports Medicine High School Baseball Series
announced its 24 high school participants for
this years event and Wayne Trace and Antwerp will be two of the schools playing this
spring.
Wayne Trace will take to the field at
Parkview Field, home of the Fort Wayne TinCaps, on Wednesday, April 30 and will play
Wayne High School of Fort Wayne at 4:30
p.m.
Antwerp will play Green Meadows Conference foe Hicksville on Tuesday, May 3, with
the first pitch scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
Parkview Sports Medicine will underwrite
the costs for the spring baseball match ups.
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The 12 games will actually serve as fundraisers for each participating school. For every $5
ticket sold, $4 goes to the schools. ($1 will go
to the Parkview Field Ballpark Maintenance
and Improvement Fund.)
As in the past, all 12 games in the Parkview
Sports Medicine High School Baseball Series
will be broadcast live on both TV (Comcast
Network 81) and radio (ESPN Radio 106.7FM).
Just like during a TinCaps game, there will
be giveaways, entertainment, and concessions for fans. Meanwhile, the high school
players will have their head shots featured on
Parkview Fields big video board.
Both Antwerp and Wayne Trace played
each other in the first series with the Archers
winning 8-4
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regular monthly meeting
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October the start time
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THE ANNUAL Financial

Reports for Brown Township have been completed and are available
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Cheryl Halter
Brown Twp.
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Paulding, OH
3 BR, Country Home

Janice A. Cross Estate
#1747 NEW LISTING 3 BR, 2 1/2 Bath

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garage. $129,000 Call Joe Den Herder Payne Call Don Gorrell 399-7699
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Gorrell, Broker, Aaron Timm - Don Gorrell - Nolan Shisler Auctioneers
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Antique Furniture - Glassware

Collectables - Primitives
Life Size Mannequin - Vintage Clothing
Dolls & Accessories
LOCATION: Gorrell Bros. Auction Facility 1201 N. Williams St.,
Paulding, OH
Life Size Lady Mannequin . Eagle toy stove . Large Copper Kettle . Sessions No 2 Regulator Calendar Clock . Kellogg Pep Pin
Back Buttons . Old Tins Including Large Store Size Coffee Tins .
Several Kerosene Lamps & Lanterns incl Skaters Lantern . New
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Board. Egg Scales. Apple Peeler . Winchester Meat Grinder
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. Toys . Pictures .Astatic Microphone . Stereo Viewer .
Fenton Glass . Painted Dishes . Perfume Bottles . Globe Fruit
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Queen Elizabeth Coronation Cup & Saucer . Red Wing Bowl .
Crocks. Pressed Glass . Fire King & Pyrex Dishes . Set Of
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Primitives & Kitchen Tools .Wooden Bowl & Butter Paddle .Salt
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of small old collectables and related sold by the flat box and shelf
full - interesting items..Vintage Clothing & Related including
Ladies Hats . Marine Sgt Hat . Military Winter Coat .3 Furs .
Dresses .Tapestries .Quilt .Buggy Blanket .Linens, Doilies,
Etc .Costume Jewelry .Buttons .Furniture including 6 Drop
Leaf Tables (various sizes & condition) .2 Pc Cupboard .Sets
Of Chairs .Marble Top Dresser W/ Mirror .Marble Top Stand
.Oak Parlor Stands .Wooden Ice Box . Ash Dresser .Trunks
.6 Ice Cream Chairs .Hall Tree .Rocking Chair .Organ Stool
.Pine Work Table .Wall Phone . Small Spinning Wheel .Oak
High Chair .School Desk .Beds .Edison Floor Model Phonograph . Wooden Pump Organ .Old gas Jewell Cooking Stove
.Wood Burning Kitchen Stove.Glass Fire Extinguisher Balls.
Over 50 Dolls including Shirley Temple; Barbie; Wooden Dolls;
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Kerosene Heater Stoves, Single Trees; etc., etc., etc. ---- Partial
Listing ---- This auction is the contents of the old Log Cabin that was
located on the Reed farm in Washington Twp. that sold at public
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in pretty good shape, most all items are old & in several cases
unusual - plus - the final part of the Betty Diamond Taft collection
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Qualified candidates are encouraged
to submit a resume/application to:
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E-mail: hr@vanwerthospital.org
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WAYNE TRACE LOCAL SCHOOLS - FEBRUARY 2016 NEWSLETTER

SUPERINTENDENTS MESSAGE
By STEPHEN ARNOLD
The administration, faculty, and staff of Wayne
Trace Local Schools hope that youre finding 2016
to be everything that you had hoped it would be.
Congratulations to those of you who have kept
your resolutions. Hopefully, they are making an
improved difference in the quality of your life.
Speaking of quality, high academic expectations
continue to be at the forefront as we progress
through the 2015-2016 school year. Educating our
youth is a collective effort between the school and
home, and your continued cooperation is needed
as we place high demands on our students to perform at a high level in the classroom. At times,
this means supporting what may be perceived as
too much homework. We are confident that our
teachers do not assign homework for the purpose
of giving students work to do. The general goal of
homework is to reinforce the lessons learned in
the classroom. Again, school officials appreciate
your support as we continue to strive for an
improved overall rating on the Ohio Department of
Education (ODE) state report card.
Speaking of ratings and the state report card, we
can expect the official grades to be released some
time soon. Based on the preliminary, unofficial
test results, we are anxiously awaiting our grades,
as we believe we have seen an improvement over
the previous year. ODE officials have earmarked
February 25 as the day for release of grades for
school districts and school buildings.
Continuing with the same theme, I would like to
remind our parents/guardians and community
members that the testing system, as we currently
know it, has changed again this school year.
Students in grades 3-8 will still be taking statemandated tests, but for this school year all tests
will be administered through the AIR (American
Institutes for Research) system, an entirely on-line
testing process. These tests include English/
language arts, math, science, and social studies.
As the bar continues to be raised, the faculty and
staff of Wayne Trace Local Schools is dedicated to
teaching the state content standards to its students each day, which in turn should lessen the
potentially negative effect of much higher expectations from the state level.
In further academic news I would like to take
this opportunity to thank our administration, faculty, staff, and students for the manner in which
they have embraced the influx of technology in our
school district this year. In its second full year, the
1:1 initiative at the JH/HS building is going quite
well, as very few problems have arisen during the
first five-plus months of this school year, and
learning has taken on a whole new look. And at
both elementary buildings, our students are being
introduced to keyboarding at a younger age than
ever before, while our teachers are incorporating
more technology-based lessons due to the availability of more computers. Additionally, our Wayne
Trace Digital Academy is thriving again this school
year as approximately sixty-one students are utilizing some faction of the alternative-education possibilities that on-line learning provides, while
approximately twenty-seven college-bound students report to the digital academy for on-line
college classes taken through Northwest State CC.
These twenty-seven students are taking a total of
forty-three college-level classes. If you have questions about any of the on-line learning options
offered at Wayne Trace, please contact Mr.
Nofziger or Mr. Alt for more information.
Changing directions, the Wayne Trace Board of
Education has agreed to open its doors to the
Paulding County Board of Elections and allow the
elections board to use the JH gymnasium on
March 15 as the voting precinct for Blue Creek,
Latty, and Washington Townships, along with the
villages within these townships. As part of this
agreement, the elections board has agreed to
cover the costs of having a deputy sheriff on site
during the entire time that students are on
campus that day. In addition to the presence of a
deputy sheriff, the hallways to the school will be
completely off limits (using hallway gates and
locked doors) to all voters that day. With these
precautions put into place, parents/guardians
should have no concerns that the voting process
will interfere with the regular school day. If you
have any questions, please contact the central
office.
We continue to seek nominations for the Wayne
Trace Staff Hall of Fame Class of 2016. Please consider nominating a worthy former staff member
who may have had an extraordinary impact on
your life. Last months newsletter contained
instructions, but if you have any questions, please
contact the central office.
The Ohio State Board of Education has designated January as School Board Member Appreciation Month. The men and women who serve on
local boards of education do so out of sincere
interest in their local schools. With that said, we
would like to thank our local board members for
their service and dedication to Wayne Trace Local
Schools. Remember that community members are
welcome to attend school board meetings.
Upcoming meetings will be held February 18 and
March 17, starting at 6:00 in the HS lecture room.
As always, if you have questions or concerns
about your childs educational experience at
Wayne Trace, feel free to contact your building
principal or superintendent. Go Raiders!
Laurie DeLong, Student Services/Early Learning

We will soon start planning for the 2016-2017
Little Raiders Preschools. Parents of typically
developing preschoolers, who have attended an
Early Childhood Screening, will receive a letter the
end of March and will be notified of whether or
not their child is enrolled by the first week of May.
The next Early Childhood Screening will be February 5 at the Antwerp Methodist Church from
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. If school is cancelled, the
screening will be held on February 12. The screening is for children from ages birth to age 5. To
schedule an appointment, call 1-877-473-8166
(toll free) for registration information. After hours,
a message can be left at extension 41.
We are in the planning stages of the spring
Coffee & Dessert Parent/Professional Training,
which will be held March 17 at Wayne Trace Jr./Sr.
High School from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. The topic will be
"Helping Students Who Have Experienced
Trauma". Children who have had a crisis at home
(such as a death, incarceration, divorce, etc.) may
demonstrate effects of that stress at school. The
goal of the session is to help parents and teachers
recognize students having difficulty and give practical ways to help.
If you have any questions about preschool registration, Coffee & Dessert, or any other special
education or early learning matter, you may contact
me
at
419-587-3414
or
at
delongl@wt.k12.oh.us.
MESSAGES FROM THE PRINCIPALS

WT PAYNE ELEMENTARY
Jody Dunham, Principal
It is time to begin to plan Kindergarten registration for the 2016-2017 school year. Options
include a possible Young 5's (Transitional Kindergarten) and a regular Traditional Kindergarten.
Both programs are all day, every day programs
that provide students with a Kindergarten curriculum based on the Ohio Department of Education
content standards. Students enrolled in Traditional Kindergarten will need to be 5 years of age
prior to August 1, 2016. Students enrolled in the
Young 5's must be 5 years of age on or before
September 30, 2016. It is important to note that
the Young 5's (Transitional Kindergarten) classroom will be contingent upon a minimum enrollment as determined by the administration.
All students interested in enrolling in either program are required to participate in the Kindergarten screening process. Screenings will take place
at WTPE on April 18 and 19. To register your child
for Kindergarten, please call Payne Elementary at
419-263-2512 or stop by the school office to pick
up a registration packet.
It is important that we are able to contact parents during the school day, when necessary, so we
need to have current addresses and phone numbers. The Honeywell Instant Alert System makes it
important that we have valid working numbers to
let you know about school delays, cancellations
and early dismissals. If you change your contact
information or would like to add other family
members to this service, please contact the school.
Congratulations to our PTO for securing a
$15,000 Lets Play Construction/Kaboom/Dr. Pepper grant to update the playground during the
2016 summer. The grant requires a PTO commitment of adding $9,000 of local funds for equipment and then additional local funds for shipping,
handling and surfacing. PTO President Mrs. Lora
Lyons did an excellent job of writing and submitting this grant and we cannot thank her
enough! More information about how you can be
a part of this project will be coming soon.
We also wish to inform you of the opportunity to
support a parent-driven project to provide Payne
Elementary with Tower Gardens to grow fruits and
vegetables in the classrooms. Mrs. Erica Noggle is
leading this project with a Go Fund Me site. The
link may be found at:
https://
w w w . g o f u n d m e . c o m /
PayneElementaryTG. Once the school has
demonstrated use of a Tower Garden in a classroom, a grant may be written to purchase additional gardens.
A very special Thank You to everyone who
participates in the Box Tops for Education and
Campbell Soup Label programs. We appreciate
the time that you take to clip the coupons and
send them to WTPE. In January, we received a
check for over $815 for Box Tops collected. The
money will be used for educational assemblies.
As always, thank you for your continued support
of WTPE!
WT GROVER HILL ELEMENTARY
Kevin Wilson, Principal
I would like to begin by congratulating Faith
Meraz, this years Spelling Bee winner and Isaiah
Pirani, this years runner-up. This is Faiths second
year representing Grover Hill Elementary School in
the Paulding County Spelling Bee. Faith, the
daughter of Saul and Lucinda Meraz, will represent
WTGH at the Paulding County Spelling Bee on
February 4. If for some reason Faith is unable to
participate, Isaiah Pirani, the son of Heather Pirani,
will take Faiths place as the WTGH representative.
Congratulations to Faith and Isaiah, as well as all
who participated in this years Spelling Bee.
The annual WTGH Book Fair, which begins on

January 25, is an outstanding opportunity for students to purchase quality books. The book fair will
be open from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. all week.
VIP Day for 3rd grade students will be held
Wednesday, February 17. VIP Day is when the
students choose someone who they feel is a Very
Important Person in their life and then invites
them to spend part of the school day with them.
We hope that if a third grade student determines
you to be that VIP, you will be able to arrange your
schedule and join them for the day.
On Friday, February 26, Mrs. Backus and Mrs.
Elliott will be hosting the Pre-school Parent/Child
Day beginning at 10:30 a.m. During this event, you
can come to school where there will be activities
you can complete with your child.
Another major event we are preparing for is
Kindergarten Screening. Even though Kindergarten Screening is not until April, we need to begin
the process now. If you have a child who will be
five before September 30, 2016 and plan for them
to attend Kindergarten or the Young 5s class next
year, you need to contact the Grover Hill Elementary office at 419-587-3414 for registration information.
WT JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL
Phil Nofziger, Principal
The second semester of the 2015-2016 school
year has gotten off to a smooth start. The students seem focused on doing well, with the seniors leading the way as they have been challenged
with an incentive program that could eliminate
some or all of their spring final exams. We will
continue to strive to challenge all students to work
up to their capabilities and prepare them to be the
best they can be.
All of our Wayne Trace sophomores are touring
Vantage Career Center on February 3. Each student will visit two programs that are offered at
Vantage. This is an excellent opportunity for our
students to be exposed to the programs at our
career school. Vantage Career Center also offers
an evening Open House on Monday, February 22
from 5:00-7:30 p.m. for students and parents. This
time is made available for students to view additional programs and for parents to view the school
and programs. This is also a great time to get
answers to questions from the staff at Vantage.
I would encourage parents to go the Ohio
Department of Education website to view example
test questions. The ODE tries to answer questions
or concerns that parents may have in regard to
state testing.
As always, if there are concerns regarding your
son/daughters education, please contact us at the
school. Together, we can make a difference in
each students life!
Guidance Department News
There will be a College Credit Plus meeting on
February 9 at 6:00 p.m. in the High School Lecture
Hall. This meeting will be presented by a representative from Northwest State Community College. Representatives from Wright State and
Findlay will be also in attendance. Students who
wish to apply for a class for college credit during
the 2016-17 school year must attend this meeting
or meet with Mrs. Franz prior to April 1. Intent to
Participate forms are REQUIRED by April 1. This
meeting will talk about the requirements for College Credit Plus, how it affects gpa, and how it
affects students entering college. Parents must be
knowledgeable about the cost associated with it,
deadlines and charges if classes are dropped late
or failed. This includes courses that our teachers
are teaching (Physics, Calculus, Psychology and
possibly Biology) along with courses taken online.
The next Drivers Ed class will be February 29 to
March 10 and will meet Monday-Thursday. Students must be 15 years and 5 months old to
attend. The cost is $340. Please contact Safe Start
Driving at 419-258-1069 for information.
Seniors and parents of seniors, please watch the
Guidance webpage for updated information about
scholarships and due dates.
Music Department News
The music departments students have been
very busy. Congratulations to Joe Schmidt, Jayson
Nowak and Ethan Dunham who auditioned and
were selected to participate in the District 3 Honors Choir Festival. Arlyn Cooper and Joel Johnson
were selected for the Honors Band. These students were placed with students in 8 surrounding
counties for a concert on January 17. The same
weekend Jadyn Flint played in an Honors Band at
BGSU and Scott Wenninger played at OSU Honors
Band. January 23, Arlyn and Scott went to Kent
State for their All Star Honors Band, and on January 29 Scott represented this area in the All State
Honors Band concert at the Ohio Music Education
Association Conference in Cincinnati.
All of our band students are preparing for our
District 3 OMEA Solo & Ensemble in Celina on February 6. High School band and choir are also
getting ready for Large Group Competition on
March 11 and 12 in Van Wert.
The spring musical, The Little Mermaid, will be
March 17, 18 and 20 at the Payne Auditorium. There will be a Meet & Greet for kids to
come and meet the characters of the show. More
information will be available soon.
Tribute to Steve Hall Basketball Game

On Saturday, February 13, the High School boys
basketball teams from Grandview Heights City
Schools in Columbus will travel to Wayne Trace to
play the Raiders at 4:00 p.m. If the game should
be postponed because of weather, it will be
rescheduled for Sunday, February 14, at 3:00 p.m.
Members from both communities will take time to
pay tribute to Steve and what he meant to all of
us. Steve's jersey, which will be worn by his
nephew, Justin Speice, will be retired that evening.
Game tickets will be on sale on Monday, February 8, through Friday, February 12. Presale tickets
will be sold in the high school office Monday thru
Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and on Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Presale tickets are
$5 for adults and $3 for students in grades KG
through 12. All tickets at the door will be $6.
A benefit silent auction will also be held that
evening. We are currently seeking auction items.
To date we have been pledged a car from one of
our local dealers. If you are interested in donating
a silent auction item, please contact Jim Linder or
Tony Langhals at the high school at 419-399-4100.
Proceeds from the evening will be going to
Steves family.
Information is also available on the schools
website: waynetrace.org
After-Prom Fundraiser Information
Buffalo Wild Wings in Defiance is having two
fundraiser days for the Wayne Trace After Prom on
February 15 and April 11. Buffalo Wild Wings will
donate dollars to the Wayne Trace After Prom for
any purchases made by Wayne Trace fans on
either day. A Wayne Trace Buffalo Wild Wings
ticket must be presented for either dine in or
carryout. The printable ticket can be found on the
schools website at waynetrace.org. Please show
your support for the Wayne Trace After Prom!
DISTRICT CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Feb. 4
Paulding Co. Spelling Bee at Payne

Elem. Auditorium 7:00
Feb. 5
HS Staff vs. Park Lane Basketball 1:50
Feb. 5
Early Childhood Screening at Antwerp
Methodist Church 11:00-2:00
Feb. 9
Payne Elem. Coffee with the Principal
7:30-8:30 for staff;
9:30-10:30 for community
Feb. 9
College Credit Plus mtg. at HS 6:00
Feb. 12 2-hr. DelayStaff-In-service
Feb. 13 WTHS Tribute to Steve Hall Basketball
game and silent auction 4:00 at HS
Feb. 15 NO SCHOOL-Presidents Day
Feb. 17 GH-3rd gr. VIP day
Feb. 18 Bd. of Education mtg. at HS 6:00 p.m.
Feb. 19 Payne Elem.-4th grade VIP Day
Feb. 20 FFA Pancake & Sausage Breakfast 7:00
Feb. 24 Payne Elem.-3rd grade VIP Day
Feb. 26 GH-Pre-school Parent/Child Day 10:30
Feb. 29-March 10 Drivers Ed class at HS
ATHLETIC/ACADEMIC EVENTS
Scholastic Bowl
Feb. 3
Ottawa-Glandorf-T
Feb. 4
Tinora-T
Feb. 10 Continental-T
Feb. 11 Antwerp-H
Feb. 17 Miller City-T
Feb. 24 Columbus Grove-T
Feb. 26 GMC Tournament
JV/Varsity Boys Basketball
Feb. 5
Tinora-T
Feb. 6
Crestview-T
Feb. 12 Antwerp-H
Feb. 13 Grandview Heights-H
(Tribute to Steve Hall)
Feb. 19 Ottoville-T
6:00
Freshman Boys Basketball

Feb. 1
Crestview-H
Feb. 4
Tinora-T
Feb. 9
Lincolnview-T
Feb. 11 Antwerp-H
Feb. 13, 15, 20 GMC at Tinora
5:00
5:00
5:00
5:00
TBA
6:00
6:00
6:00
4:00
Jr. High Boys Basketball

Feb. 4
Lincolnview-H
Feb 6
GMC at Holgate
Feb. 8
GMC at Holgate
Feb. 13 GMC at Holgate
5:00
10:00
5:45
10:30
JV/Varsity Girls Basketball

Feb. 2
Continental-T
Feb. 4
Tinora-H
Feb. 8
Crestview-H
Feb. 11 Antwerp-T
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:00
HS Wrestling
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Feb. 19 Sectionals at Miller City
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RELIGION
Lunch time devotions to begin soon at
First Presbyterian Church in Paulding
PAULDING The Paulding Ministerial Association

invites the community to the
2016 Lenten lunch series. The
special gatherings will be held
at the Presbyterian Church beginning Wednesday, Feb. 10,
with the last luncheon scheduled for March 16, held in the
church fellowship hall. The
church is located at the corner
of Caroline and Cherry streets
in Paulding.
Each Wednesday the lunch
will begin promptly at noon
and end at 1 p.m. in order for
participants to easily attend
during a lunch hour break.

The nine churches of the
Paulding County Ministerial
Association include St. Paul
Lutheran/St. John Lutheran,
Paulding United Methodist,
Paulding Church of the Nazarene, Paulding First Christian,
House of Love, First Presbyterian, Family Worship Center,
Divine Mercy Catholic Parish,
and Branch Christian Fellowship.
Each church will provide a
lunch and/or the lenten devotional speaker during the hour
long gathering. A free will of-
New year brings new

ideas at Paulding UMC
By JOE SHOUSE
Staff Writer
PAULDING The United
Methodist Church in Paulding
has approached the new year
with new ministry ideas with
the community it serves in
mind.
Located at 321 North Williams Street, the church will
be reaching out with a free
meal each month with the first
meal being served on Thursday, Jan. 28.
We plan to serve this meal
on the last Thursday of each
month. It will be provided
by various groups within the
church and we are very excited about the opportunity we
have to help others by serving God and his church, said
Rev. Roger Emerson.
Some of the church groups
who will participate in providing the meal will be one of the
Bible study groups, choir, and
youth group to name a few.
Also taking place at the
church is a sermon series to

lasting until Easter that challenges the congregation using passages from the book
of Matthew. While Sunday
morning sermons will be
based on the book of Matthew, Pastor Emerson encourages everyone to attend Sunday morning and Wednesday
evening Bible studies in order
to fill in the gaps.
Paulding UMC has an 8
a.m. casual worship service
each Sunday morning with
a more traditional service
scheduled at 10 a.m. Several Sunday School classes are
made available for all ages
from 9 - 9:45 a.m.
On Wednesday evening at
6 p.m. the church hosts The
Exchange, a time of conversation and sharing dealing
with a variety of topics. At
this time The Exchange will
be centering on the Gospel of
Matthew.
fering will be received.

The association is also collecting non-perishable food
items, cleaning products, and
personal hygiene items each
week to benefit the Caring and
Sharing food pantry. Items
can be brought to the Lenten
lunches.
For more information
please contact the First Presbyterian Church 419-3992438 or any of the churches
representing the ministerial
association.
Scripture of the Week:

Dont be afraid, for I am with you. Dont be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help
you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
- Isaiah 41:10
By JOE SHOUSE
This weeks scripture can be
such a comfort during difficult times. God tells us not
to be afraid or discouraged.
Why? Because he is with us.
Because he is our God. Because he will strengthen and
help us. And because he will
hold us up with his victorious right hand.
When Jesus was walking on the water and Peter
walked toward him, the disciple walked on the water
as long as his focus was on
Jesus. But then he looked at
the waves. Doubt overtook

him and he began to sink.
(Matthew 14:22-33.)
That same truth applies to
life, even when we are facing many trials. When we
keep our eyes focused on
Jesus, his power, his love,
his strength, his promises
... we are comforted. But
if we shift our focus to the
problems and our inability
to deal with them, our faith
diminishes and we can easily sink into depression.
Today, where is your
focus?
CHURCH C ALE NDAR

- Wednesday, Jan. 27: Recovery Support
PAULDING House of Love Ministries will be hosting weekly meetings of a recovery support
group. It will use Christian 12-step program and more in support of the Paulding Drug Court.
The meetings will be at 1 p.m. every Wednesday at the church, located at 220 N. Williams
Street in Paulding.
Call Pastor Dwayne for more information at 419-796-8718.
Friday, Jan. 29: All-Night Prayer Service
PAULDING The community is welcome to gather at House of Love Ministries, 220 N. Williams St.
in Paulding for an all-night prayer service.
The vigil will begin at 10 p.m. and last until 7 a.m.
The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16
Saturday, Feb. 13: Valentine Dinner
VAN WERT First Friends Church in Van Wert will offer an evening of fun and fellowship by hosting a Valentine dinner. Two options for dinner time are available to include 5-6 p.m. and 6:30-7:30
p.m. Carryouts will be available.
The fine dining experience will also offer door prizes including a chance for one married couple to
win a romantic getaway at Don Halls Guest House in Fort Wayne.
Pre-register by Feb. 10 by calling Kathy at 419-203-9516 or Pastor Paul at 419-771-9378.
PAULDING COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY

ANTWERP AND SURROUNDING AREA
- Antwerp Community Church, 704 S. Erie St., SR 49, Antwerp; Pastor Ricky L. Grimes
258-2069. Contemporary worship 10:30 a.m.
- Antwerp United Methodist Church, East River Street; Rev. Pastor Mike Schneider,
258-4901, Contemporary service Sunday 8:30 a.m., Traditional Service 10:30 a.m.
- Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, 303 S. Monroe, Antwerp; Office: 417 N. Main, Paulding,
399-2576, Rev. Joseph Poggemeyer; Mass on Sunday at 8:30 a.m.
- First Baptist Church, 5482 CR 424; Pastor Todd Murray, 258-2056, Sunday worship 10 a.m.
- First Presbyterian Church, 126 W. River St., Pastor Mike Pennington, 258-2864, Sunday worship 10 a.m.
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, 2937 US 24; 258-2290. Public talk 10 a.m.
Sunday.
- Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Rev. Derek Evans. Sunday worship at 10 a.m.
- Riverside Christian Church, 15413 SR 49, Antwerp; 258-3895, Pastor Regan Clem.
Sunday gathering 10:30 a.m.
ARTHUR/FIVE SPAN AREA
- Apostolic Christian Church, 13562 Road 147, Defiance (Junction); 399-3121, William
Schlatter, Elder, Sunday services 10:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
- Bethel Christian Church, Ohio 66, Defiance (Arthur), Pastor Christopher Baker, Sunday
worship 10:30 a.m.
- Church of Christ, corner of County Roads 166 and 191; Evangelist Lonnie Lambert,
399-5022. Worship 10:30 a.m.
- Junction Bible Christian Church, County Road 111, Defiance (Junction); 393-2671,
JunctionBible@copper.net, interim Pastor D. Richardson, Sunday worship 10:30 a.m.
- Pleasantview Missionary Baptist Church, Road 180, Defiance (Junction); Rev. Alan
Ray Newsome, Sunday worship 11 a.m.
- Rock Church, SR 637, Five Span-Arthur area; Pastor Bobby Branham 393-2924, Sunday worship 10:45 a.m.
GROVER HILL AND SURROUNDING AREA
- Bible Baptist Church, corner of Cleveland and Perry streets, Grover Hill; Pastor Pat
Holt, 587-4021, Sunday worship 11 a.m.
- Grover Hill Church of the Nazarene, Maple and East Jackson streets; Pastor Jonathan
L. Hoagland, 587-3376, Sunday morning worship 10:30 a.m.
- Grover Hill Zion United Methodist Church, First and Harrison streets; 587-3941; Pastor Mike Waldron, 419-238-1493 or 419-233-2241 (cell). Sunday worship 10:20 a.m.
- Mandale Church of Christ in Christian Union, Ohio 66; 786-9878, Sunday worship
10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
- Middle Creek United Methodist Church, County Road 24, Grover Hill; Pastor Eileen
Kochensparger, Sunday worship 8:45 a.m.
- Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, County Road 151, Grover Hill; Pastor David Prior, Sunday worship 10:30 a.m.
- Pioneer Christian Ministries, 3606 Slane Rd., Grover Hill; Rev. Chuck Oliver, Sunday
worship 10:30 a.m.
- Roselms Christian Church, Ohio 114; Pastor Gary Church, 594-2445, Sunday worship
10:30 a.m.
HAVILAND/LATTY/SCOTT AREA
- Apostolic Christian Church, 12867 Road 82, Haviland; 399-5220, Worship service
10:30 a.m.
- Country Chapel United Methodist Church, Haviland; 622-5746, Sunday worship
10:15 a.m.
- Latty Zion Baptist Church, Latty; Pastor Levi Collins Jr., 399-2748, Sunday worship
service 11:15 a.m.
- Harvest Field Pentecostal Church of God, 13625 Road 12, Scott; Pastor Terry Martin,
622-2026, Sunday morning worship 10:30 a.m.
- Friends United Methodist Church, Latty; Pastor Ron Johnson. Sunday worship 9 a.m.
OAKWOOD/MELROSE AREA
- Auglaize Chapel Church of God, rural Oakwood, 3 miles south and 1/2 mile west on
Road 60; Pastor Stan Harmon, 594-2248, Sunday worship 9 a.m.
- Melrose United Methodist Church, Melrose; 594-2076, Pastor Eileen Kochensparger
399-5818; Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m.
- Twin Oaks United Methodist Church, corner of Harmon and Second streets, Oakwood; Pastor Brady Feltz. 594-2992. Sunday worship at 9:30 a.m.
- Prairie Chapel Bible Church, 1 mile east and 1/2 mile north of Oakwood, corner of
Roads 104 and 209; Pastor Earl Chapman, 594-2057, Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m.
or Sister Brenda Richardson, 399-9205 or 796-8718, Sunday worship at 3 p.m.

- New Beginnings Church (Church of God), Cecil; Pastor Roy Burk, 399-5041, Sunday
worship 11 a.m.
- Paulding Church of Christ, East Perry Street, Paulding; Minister Christopher Reno,
399-4761, Sunday worship 10:30 a.m.
- Paulding Church of the Nazarene, 210 Dooley Dr., Paulding, 399-3932, Pastor Jeremy
Thompson, Sunday worship 10:30 a.m.
- Paulding Family Worship Center, 501 W. Perry St., Paulding; 399-3525, Rev. Vincent
Kroterfield, Sunday worship 10:30 a.m.
- Paulding United Methodist Church, 321 N. Williams St., Paulding; 399-3591, Rev.
Roger Emerson, Worship service at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
- Pentecostal Church of God, 601 W. Caroline St., Paulding; Elder George Robinson,
Sunday sworship service at noon.
- Rose Hill Church of God, corner of SR 637 and Charloe Trail, Paulding; 399-3113,
Pastor Ron Hofacker, Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m.
- St. John Lutheran ChurchELCA, 7611 Road 87, Briceton; Pastor Karen Stetins, 3994962 or 399-2320. Sunday worship at 8:30 a.m.
- St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, 601 Flat Rock Drive (P.O. Box 156), Paulding;
Pastor Karen Stetins, 399-2320, Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m.
PAYNE AND SURROUNDING AREA
PAULDING AND SURROUNDING AREA
- Bethel United Methodist, Forders Bridge, Cecil; Pastor Kevin Doseck, Sunday worship
service 10:30 a.m.
- Bethlehem Temple Pentecostal, 818 W. Jackson St., Paulding; Rev. Burpo, Sunday
worship at noon.
- Branch Christian Fellowship, 109 N. Main Street, Paulding; Pastor Greg Cramer, Sunday worship at 10 a.m.
- Cecil Community Church, 203 S. Main St., Cecil; Pastor Ted Ramey. Sunday worship
service 11 a.m.
- Cecil First Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Cecil; Sunday worship at 8 a.m.
- Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, 315 N. Main, Paulding; 399-2576, Rev. Joseph Poggemeyer, Masses: Saturday at 6 p.m.; Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
- Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1275 Emerald Road, Paulding; 399-5061, Sunday worship
services at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.
- First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1233 Emerald Road, Paulding; 399-4576,
Sunday worship service 10 a.m.
- First Presbyterian Church, 114 W. Caroline St.; 399-2438. Pastor David Meriwether,
www.firstpresbyterianpaulding.com. Traditional worship service Sunday 10:30 a.m.
- Grace Community Church, West Wayne Street (Ohio 111) across from Paulding County
Hospital. Pastor Cameron Michael, Sunday service at 10 a.m.
- House of Love Ministries, 220 N. Williams St.; Pastor Predest (Dwayne) Richardson
- Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, 203 W. Townline, Payne; 399-2576, Rev. Joseph Poggemeyer, Mass at Saturday at 4 p.m.
- Edgerton Wesleyan Church, 1717 Bertha St., Woodburn, (Edgerton) Ind.; Pastor Dave
Dignal, 260-632-4008, Sunday worship 10 a.m.
- Living Water Ministries, For location information, contact Pastor Rich Phelan, 263-2728.
Contemporary worship service Sunday at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
- Payne Church of Christ, 220 W. Merrin St., Payne; Pastor Mikeal George, 263-2092;
or 419-574-2150 (cell), Sunday worship 9:30 a.m.
- Payne Church of the Nazarene, 509 E. Orchard St. (Ohio 500) Payne; Pastor Mike
Harper, 263-2422, Sunday worship 10:30 a.m.
- St. Jacob United Church of Christ, southwest corner of Oak and Hyman streets, Payne;
Rev. Jim Langham, 263-2763. Sunday service 10 a.m.
- St. James Lutheran Church NALC, West Townline Street (P.O. Box 42), Payne; 263-2129,
Pastor Fred Meuter, 260-492-2581. Sunday worship 10 a.m.
- St. Paul United Methodist Church, (P.O. Box 154) 312 S. Main St., Payne; Rev. David
Rohrer, 263-2418, Parsonage: 263-2017, Sunday worship at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Editors Note: If your church doesnt have service times listed, please contact the
Paulding County Progress office to notify of Sunday service times.
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