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By KEVIN WANNEMACHER
Sportswriter
COLUMBUS – Wayne Trace junior Rachel Long wrapped up a highly successful season with a 14th place finish in the state discus competition in Division III on Friday.
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PAULDING RESERVOIR
SOFTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
As of May 27
Monday Night Coed League
Team Record
Archbold Equipment 4-0
Hoffman Builders 4-0
Concrete Guys 2-2
Gatorz 1-3
Smalley’s Body Shop 1-3
R&D Engineering 0-4
Tuesday Night Men’s Le...
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By JIM LANGHAM
Feature Writer
There was dancing on the track this past weekend when it was learned that the 2011 Relay For Life of Paulding County had raised just short of $110,000, a record-smashing total for the local event.
The Relay, with this ...
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PAULDING – Be a part of the excitement Friday evening when the first Miss Paulding County is crowned as part of John Paulding Days festivities.
Paulding Chamber of Commerce will present the Miss Paulding County Scholarship Pageant at 7 p.m. June 10...
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Theme: "Summer Breeze"
THURSDAY, JUNE 9
4-9 pm Paulding Kiwanis Fish and French Fries served in front of the Kiwanis Community Center
5-9 pm Homemade Ice Cream served at the First Presbyterian Church parking lot, Williams Street
5-10 pm ...
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Paulding Exempted Village School District inducted the second class into the Paulding Academic Hall of Fame during graduation ceremonies recently.
This program has been initiated to recognize and honor former PEVS graduates identified as having achie...
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By Jim Langham
In the midst of one of the most destructive scenes to ever occur on American soil stands a small wall with colorful reminders of the love of children from around the world.
On one side of the wall are posters filled with handprints fr...
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By Dorotha Schaefer
In today’s world, we are given plenty of warning about the dangers of eating meat fat, a habit that builds up cholesterol in veins and causes all sorts of troubles. Years ago, about 60 of them, in Ethel’s family, no one had as ...
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By Nancy Whitaker
PEANUT! PEANUT BUTTER!
One of my earliest memories of food is that jar of delight known as peanut butter. When growing up, toast, bread or crackers were not served or eaten without peanut butter.
I remember that there used to be a...
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PAULDING – Bob and Gloria Craig announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Caci Craig, to Harvey Hyman, son of Dave and Jackie Hyman.
Caci, a 2007 alumna of Paulding High School, is a recent graduate of Defiance College wit...
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WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — The parents of Julianne Le and Josh Shaner are pleased to announce their engagement and approaching marriage.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Le Minh Tran of Superior, Colo. She is a graduate of the University o...
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TROY – One Paulding County athlete kept her track season alive and will participate in the state meet this weekend in Columbus.
Wayne Trace’s Rachel Long picked up a fourth place finish in the discus with a toss of 110-9. Long will compete at noo...
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By STEVE MAJOR
Sportswriter
FINDLAY – The Antwerp Archers came up short again at the softball Division IV Regional at Findlay last Friday, falling to Fremont St. Joseph by a score of 3-1. The loss marked the end to another successful season for Ant...
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By NANCY WHITAKER
Progress Staff Writer
PAULDING – John Paulding Days will begin on Thursday, June 9, and will continue through Saturday, June 11. Many activities are planned for the four-day event, which promises to hold something for everyone. ...
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By JAROD ROSEBROCK
Correspondent
ANTWERP – The Second Annual Cleveland Street Rib Fest will take place in Antwerp on June 11. It will include all of the events from last year and a few new additions to the festivities as well.
One such new additi...
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Team Entou“Rog” presents the 2nd Annual Relay For Life “Chair Affair.”
For the Chair Affair, chairs of any type (lawn chairs, desk chairs, fold up metal chairs, etc.) are uniquely designed and then auctioned off to the highest bidder in suppo...
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PAULDING — Conrad “Clip” Clippinger, director of the Paulding Chamber of Commerce, today announced he will be retiring on July 15. He has served as director for nearly six years.
The chamber’s board has formed a search committee to find a s...
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By Jim Langham
I’ll never forget that Sunday, at the end of a hectic and draining day, when a most surprising letter arrived from my grandma.
Never mind the fact that she had been gone for many years. And forget the fact that the U.S. Postal Servi...
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By Nancy Whitaker
LIFE BEGINS AT THE CANDY COUNTER
One of my favorite topics to talk and think about is the times gone by. When I think of my childhood days, my mind goes back to the 1950s and early ’60s.
The memorabilia from my childhood has sud...
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By Dorotha Schaefer
Today there is word from one of our southern states as to the way a job is handled. It is not an easy one – school nurse for a lively bunch of children. Being a lady with an unusual sense of humor helps to make the position a fun...
