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PAULDING – Emmanuel Baptist Church of Paulding will be hosting an NFL Punt, Pass, and Kick Competition from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 13.
This free football skills competition is open to all boys and girls, age 6-15, and is an officially sanction...
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By NANCY WHITAKER
Progress Staff Writer
PAULDING – It is back-to-school time. Time to begin thinking about school supplies and whatever your child needs to get ready for the all important “first day.” But what about the families that cannot a...
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ANTWERP
ELEMENTARY
Mark all supplies clearly with student’s first and last name.
No mechanical pencils or sharpeners allowed in Grades 1-5. Sharpen all pencils at home before first day of class.
Trapper Keepers are not allowed in Grades 1-5. ...
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By Jim Langham
Last Christmas, our family started making plans for a special trip to New Jersey during the second week of June. We were going to celebrate my father-in-law’s 90th birthday and the wedding anniversary of he and his wife, Mary Ann. We ...
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By Nancy Whitaker
AUNT BEA’S NEW TATTOO
I like to believe that there is a town called Mayberry where Andy Taylor is still the sheriff; Floyd, the barber, is still cutting hair; Barney and Thelma Lou are dating; Aunt Bea is cooking dinner and making...
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By Dorotha Schaefer
Today’s news was full of items concerning wild animals behaving in unusual ways. Enough to scare a person indeed.
Four brown bears had to be tackled and caged because they were running loose. A huge panda was brought down from ...
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Softball, wiffleball
tourneys Aug. 6
PAULDING – Paulding Reservoir Park will host the annual King of the Hill Men’s Class D/E softball tournament Aug. 6.
Also, a wiffleball tournament will be held at The Swamp wiffleball field. Six-player teams...
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By NANCY WHITAKER
Progress Staff Writer
ANTWERP – Martha Bender of Antwerp was very excited when Paulding County Wildlife Officer Duane Bailey gave her a July copy of the Hot Rod Deluxe magazine. Why was she excited?
The reason was that included ...
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By JIM LANGHAM
Feature Writer
A familiar face will greet those who step into the Paulding Chamber of Commerce office these days. Kim Sutton, former chamber director, has been appointed to serve as interim director following the retirement of current ...
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By JIM LANGHAM
Feature Writer
When Jean Ann Geist returns to her home town of Payne to do a book signing this Saturday, it will be a nostalgic ride from her home in the Bowling Green area to the cornfields and bean fields of the country in which she ...
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By JAROD ROSEBROCK
Correspondent
HAVILAND – At the July 18 Wayne Trace School Board Meeting, three Wayne Trace teachers were awarded the Excellence in Education Award.
Heather Hatcher, Jennifer Ramsier and Sharon Spinner were selected by their ...
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By Jim Langham
I had just been off of the airplane two hours earlier this summer when I was suddenly told to take immediate shelter at a Christian bookstore in Oklahoma City. The manager of the store then instructed us to go the central conference roo...
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By Dorotha Schaefer
And yet another mouse story delivered by a friend who hates the little creatures as most of us do. Sally was entertaining guests along with her husband in the living room. They were discussing the possibility of mice taking up livi...
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By Nancy Whitaker:
ME AND EMILY POST
In last week’s Penny I discussed some of the bad manners we sometimes let become “the norm” in our everyday lives.
Perhaps I am old fashioned, but I love to see a man with good manners. I love to observe a...
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PAULDING RESERVOIR
SOFTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Monday Night Coed League
Team Record
Archbold Equipment 1st place 12-0
Hoffman Builders 2nd place 8-4
Gatorz 7-5
Smalley’s Body Shop 6-6
Concrete Guys 2-10
R&D Engineering 1-11
Tuesday Night M...
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By NANCY WHITAKER
Progress Staff Writer
PAULDING – It’s that time again. It is almost back to school time and time to begin thinking about school supplies and whatever your child needs to get ready for the all important “first day.”
It was...
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By BILL SHERRY
Correspondent
GROVER HILL – The village of Grover Hill promises to be a fun place to be the last weekend of July as Welcome Park and the community will be transformed for Summerfest 2011.
Grover Hill will be celebrating its annual ...
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? WHAT: Gospel Fest
? WHEN: 1-6 p.m. Saturday, July 30
? WHERE: Melrose United Methodist Church
? WHO: United Methodist Men and United Methodist Women.
? ADMISSION: Free will offerings will be taken for bands
By NANCY WHITAKER
Progress Sta...
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By Duane Bailey
Ugly, ill-tempered but good eating. That, in a “tortoise shell,” is the description of the well-known snapping turtle. The looks of a snapper certainly belies its eating qualities. Turtle meat is white and delicious and resembles, ...
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By Dorotha Schaefer
Visitors from Florida like to tell about the flower wreath on the front door of their home. The wreath is quite large to match the door itself and made with a handsome arrangement of colorful plastic blooms. The children in the fam...
