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By Jim Langham
In 62 years of living, many, many days merge into others. However, there are also a few that would stand out if they represented a hundred years of life. One such day was the day many years ago when I took my 101-year-old uncle, Manes H...
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By Dorotha Schaefer
Having raised kids, corn, wheat, soybeans and cats for many years on Benton Township’s fertile soil, it comes as sort of a shock to see wind mills taking over the scene. These contraptions are HUGE; we have to believe after see...
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By Nancy Whitaker
ARE YOU WHAT YOU EAT?
Do you think that what foods people eat are determined on what they ate when they were kids? I know when I was growing up, no one seemed worried about sugar or cholesterol.
We ate things like fried ham and ...
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All three high school girls basketball teams in Paulding County enjoyed a successful season in 2010-11, but the Player of the Year award has a familiar name on the receiving end.
Wayne Trace senior guard Kacee Hockenberry picks up her second consecut...
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On the heels of their first district championship game in many years, the accolades continue to arrive for Paulding as the Panthers’ Devan Bermejo was selected as the Paulding County Progress 2010-11 Paulding County Boys Basketball Player of the Year...
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The Paulding school board voted unanimously to start soccer as a high school sport in 2013. Register your son or daughter now for the fall 2011 Paulding County Soccer Club (Paulding SAY) league and get your kids ready to play at a competitive level in ...
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By NANCY WHITAKER
Progress Staff Writer
PAULDING – There will be a familiar face missing in the halls of the Wayne Trace Local Schools. District superintendent Brian Gerber is set to take over the reins at the Western Buckeye Educational Service Ce...
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By NANCY WHITAKER
Progress Staff Writer
PAULDING – Following almost a month of treatments in Texas, a 4-year-old girl with an inoperable brain tumor has returned home to Paulding.
Lilly Dearing was diagnosed with Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (inopera...
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ANTWERP – Mark Hartman, superintendent of Antwerp Local School, says Saturday, April 9 is a special day for Antwerp Schools and the community. From 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Ford will be sponsoring Drive One 4 UR School. If the community comes to the school and...
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By Dorotha Schaefer
These words of wisdom were written by Lao-Tse who lived 565 BC and are just as true yet today: “A good leader is best when his people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise hi...
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By Nancy Whitaker
I CAN’T PLEASE EVERYONE
If you have ever worked in the service sector of employment, you probably wonder if it is possible to please everyone. I know that when I was younger I worked as a waitress and I also worked in retail.
I ...
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HOMESPUN Â By Jim Langham
The word is the same all around these days. The melting snows, sunshine and longer days are beginning to turn the hearts of the people from a sense of endless winter to the hope of springtime. One checkout lady in an area gro...
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By JIM LANGHAM
Sportswriter
NAPOLEON – There were tears and disappointment following Paulding’s 56-39 district championship loss to Archbold on Saturday night, but there was also a lot of burgundy, pride and a sense of community that could be dir...
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On Feb. 28, the PC Tigers rolled into Van Wert to take on the Div. I Van Wert team. Coach Holtsberry was concerned about this Van Wert team as he has never beaten this team. But, he felt that the Tigers had to keep the game close in order to have a cha...
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By STEVE MAJOR
Sportswriter
NAPOLEON – Last Friday night’s match-up between league rivals Antwerp and Edgerton for a Division IV District title figured to be a dogfight and it was. The game came down to the final minute, and unfortunately for the...
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{jcomments off}By BILL SHERRY
Correspondent
The Paulding Exempted Village Board of Education met in regular session Monday, March 14 with all board members present. There were a total of 34 people present for the meeting.
Following the meeting op...
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? WHAT: Health, Industry and Business Fair
? WHEN: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, March 23
? WHERE: County Extension Building at the fairgrounds
? WHO: Sponsored by the Paulding County Senior Center in cooperation with other agencies
? ADMISSION: Free
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By DENISE GEBERS
Progress Staff Writer
Paulding Chamber of Commerce and the Paulding County Office of Economic Development are venturing into uncharted territory this spring.
The two are working together to host a free small business seminar Thursd...
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By Jim Langham
At Kirsten’s baptism a couple of weeks ago, several people reflected about how much our granddaughter looks like our oldest daughter, Julie, who has, at times, carried somewhat of the look of my mother, aka the Hirschy side of our fam...
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By Dorotha Schaefer
The Martins, Jennifer and Allan, live in Payne and have an interesting household, which includes sons Parker and Hunter. Jennifer keeps the place in a state of change by her additions to it of all sorts of creatures such as birds, ...
