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I am sitting here drinking coffee and enjoying a piece of zucchini coffee cake that a lady from our church district dropped off here for us. It is delicious, and I would like to ask her for the recipe. I do hope it doesn’t have many calories! Isn’t it always comforting to yourself when you try to say it has a vegetable (zucchini), so it (the cake) can’t be too unhealthy? The added zucchini does really make it a moist cake.

The 2024 Youth Business Showcase proved to be another success with ten business showcase participants attending. The showcase offered a variety of products such as woodworking, paintings, plants, jewelry, bakery items and even power washing as a service of their business. The Youth Business Showcase has proven to show all the amazing talent and skills Paulding County youth have!

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PAULDING – First Financial Bank (Nasdaq: FFBC) will host a food drive in the Paulding area from October 7-25, accepting canned food and nonperishable boxed food in specially marked bins at its financial center at 201 N. Main St. After the conclusion of the food drive, First Financial associates will choose local organizations to receive the food for distribution into the surrounding community.

The Paulding County Carnegie Library is getting ready for a wonderful “Fall into Reading” season. If you love cooler temperatures, pumpkin spice, colorful crunching leaves under your feet, hoodies, bonfires and trick-or-treat fun, this time is for you. The library will close on Monday, October 14, in observance of Columbus Day. The library and branches are excited about all the upcoming events we have planned.

The Kiwanis Club of Paulding County was privileged to have Matt Miller, Assistant Paulding County Prosecutor, as the speaker at the September 19, 2024, club meeting. Matt also serves as the Secretary for the Paulding Kiwanis Club. He spoke to the group about the State of the Club as well as the upcoming elections for new club officers.

This summer the Caring & Sharing Food Pantry received great community support to help stock their shelves and serve more Paulding County residents than ever before. In June, July and August 2024, the Pantry served 711, 753 and 757 Paulding County residents respectively.

4 a.m. My alarm rings and I get up to start another day. Daughter Verena gets ready to go across the road to stay with daughter Loretta and her boys until Dustin comes home from work. I always watch at the door to make sure she gets across the road and to their house okay.