April 2025

A Call for Compassion: Building Bridges, Not Walls

How has society become so polarized and judgmental? It often feels like we are divided into groups: Conservatives against Liberals, Traditionalists against Progressives, Rural against Urban, Isolationists against Globalists. These dividing walls are breeding a culture of mistrust and dislike for anyone or anything different. We fear the unknown and the uncomfortable, leading even those within the same groups to become divided, each intent on proving the other wrong. While no one seems to relish this division, we live it out every day.

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Why we celebrate International Workers’ Day

Toward the end of the 19th century, the United States of America was home to many working people’s organizations. Two such organizations, the Knights of Labor and the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions (later known as the American Federation of Labor), have competing stories from 1882 about one of their chapters proposing that the first Monday of September each year be observed as Labor Day.

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Paulding Putnam awards $10,000 in scholarships, Announces 2025 Youth Program participants

PAULDING, OH — Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative (PPEC) is proud to announce the recipients of its scholarship and youth program opportunities. A total of $10,000 in scholarships was awarded to local students, along with several students selected to represent the co-op in statewide and national youth leadership experiences.

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Wix Filters names University of Northwestern Ohio 2024-2025 School of the Year

WIX® Filters, a global innovator and manufacturer of filtration products, in conjunction with Tomorrow’s Technician, has selected the University of Northwestern Ohio, Lima, OH, as the 2024-2025 School of the Year. The award will be presented at a special ceremony at 10:00 am on April 30, 2025 in the High Performance Motorsports Complex at 1744 Hartzler Road, Lima, OH 45805.

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