May 26, 2013

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  • Softball league standing June 29

    PAULDING RESERVOIR SOFTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS Monday Night Coed League Team Record Archbold Equipment 10-0 Hoffman Builders 7-3 Gatorz 6-4 Smalley’s Body Shop 5-5 Concrete Guys 2-8 R&D Engineering 0-10 Tuesday Night Men’s League Team R...
  • State cites owners of vacant hotel

    From Staff Reports PAULDING – An inspection by state fire marshals earlier this month has resulted in a citation and orders for the former Hotel Barnes in Paulding. The citation was issued by the State of Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of S...
  • Take me out to the ballgame - at Wrigley Field

    By STEVE MAJOR Sportswriter CHICAGO – What makes Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, a mecca of baseball? Is it the stadium’s history? Could it be the friendly neighborhood and the unique surroundings? What about the Cubs as lovable losers? ...
  • The Spice Rack

    By Dorotha Schaefer Sunday morning at the Dallas Lamb Foundation and its nearby apartments is generally one of peace and quiet. This Father’s Day, Sunday morning became more than that when a fire alarm went off giving everyone the wrong idea – the...
  • A Penny For Your Thoughts

    By Nancy Whitaker I CAN’T BELIEVE I ATE THAT Are we really made up of “what we eat?” Now everyone who knows me at all knows that food and cooking is one of my hobbies and something I am passionate about. Everyone eats different foods and some...
  • SARAH DEATRICK and BRIAN FRANZ

    PAYNE – Sarah Ann Deatrick of Payne and Brian Dean Franz of Hoagland, Ind., would like to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding on July 16, 2011, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Decatur, Ind. The bride-elect is the daughter of Glen and Julia ...
  • SHANNON GERKEN and MARTIN CROSSLAND

    DEFIANCE — Shannon Jean Gerken and Martin Thomas Crossland are pleased to announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage. The bride-elect is a graduate of Holgate High School and is currently employed at Paulding County Hospital. Her fiancé ...
  • Softball league standing June 22

    PAULDING RESERVOIR SOFTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS Monday Night Coed League Team Record Archbold Equipment 8-0 Hoffman Builders 5-3 Smalley’s Body Shop 5-3 Gatorz 4-4 Concrete Guys 2-6 R&D Engineering 0-8 Tuesday Night Men’s League Team Rec...
  • Plenty of winners at this year's fair

    By DENISE GEBERS Correspondent Another edition of the Paulding County Fair has come to a close and what a fair it was. This year the weather was cooperative, so no events were canceled or postponed, although rain on Thursday meant junior fair horse...
  • Antwerp Library to close for remodeling

    ANTWERP – The Antwerp Branch Library, which is the oldest established branch of the Paulding County Carnegie Library system, will close on Thursday, June 23, for the remodeling of the Children’s Room. New, lower shelving has been designed by furn...
  • Paulding County Outdoors

    By Duane Bailey The bluegill is the most popular panfish in America. In fact, it has been said that more anglers fish for bluegills than any other freshwater fish. There are a number of reasons for this distinction, among them being its wide distribut...
  • Emotions and the progression of seasons

    By Jim Langham A few years ago in early March when I flew from our Ohio rural home to central Florida, the flight took me through Atlanta and on to Gainesville. In the course of the journey, I was amazed by the progression of the season. From the ba...
  • The Spice Rack

    By Dorotha Schaefer Tom’s dogs are household pets and have the run of the house when Tom and his wife are gone. But the carpet people were coming to lay a new floor and the dogs had to be kept out of the way. Tom put them in the bedroom with the d...
  • A Penny For Your Thoughts

    By Nancy Whitaker OLD SOUP, OLD NOODLES There are some areas of study which I find very fascinating. Among my favorite things to study are history, politics, crime investigation, the Titanic and the study of old archeological finds. When I think o...
  • MR. and MRS. CHARLES STRAHLEY

    Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Strahley will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary this month. Charles A. “Chuck” Strahley and Cara Lou Hyman were married on June 18, 1966, in Angola, Ind. The couple have two children, Angela M. (Tony) Zartman of P...
  • MR. and MRS. ROBERT LENTZ

    MAUMEE – Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lentz will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. Robert Lentz and Donna McCurdy were married June 23, 1951 in Van Wert. Longtime residents of Payne, Bob worked for Dana Corp. in Fort Wayne and Donna was a homem...
  • Softball Standing June 15

    PAULDING RESERVOIR SOFTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS Monday Night Coed League Team Record Archbold Equipment 6-0 Hoffman Builders 5-1 Smalley’s Body Shop 3-3 Concrete Guys 2-4 Gatorz 2-4 R&D Engineering 0-6 Tuesday Night Men’s League Team Rec...
  • Mills family plans ALS benefit

    By JIM LANGHAM Feature Writer PAYNE – Bob Mills, formerly of this area, talks about his fight with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease.” Mills is the brother of Paulding County resident LeeAnn Hook and t...
  • Fair continues through Saturday

    By DENISE GEBERS Progress Staff Writer PAULDING – One could not have asked for better weather for opening day of the Paulding County Fair. Beautiful, sunny skies with reasonable temperatures and balmy breezes greeted visitors and participants alike...
  • JPDays winners announced

    The following individuals and groups were winners in various events during John Paulding Days, June 9-11: • Grand Parade judging winners: Commercial float entries – first place Manor House; second place “Courthouse Ladies of Summer” (Lou An...