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During Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, experts are educating the public about false alternative treatments for the disease.

On Wednesday and Thursday, October 8th and 9th, the Paulding FFA Chapter had over 30 members travel around Paulding County to feed the farmers in the fields.  The chapter began this service project five years ago, and it's one of our favorite projects each year. The chapter found it was a great way to support local farmers and thank them for their countless hours of work in feeding our world! The students prepared snack packs in various bags to give to the farmers while they were working in the field or just needed a snack in the combine. These bags contain items such as chocolate chip cookies, Oreo cookies, granola bars, fruit snacks, Slim Jims, chips, candy bars, sunglasses, a stress cow toy, a can koozie, and a bottle of water or Gatorade.  The chapter would like to say a special thanks to Ag Credit, Beck’s, Williamson Crop Insurance, Paulding County Farm Bureau and Paulding SWCD for their contributions to making this yearly community service project happen. A handwritten, sincere thank-you note was also included in each bag.  The FFA members delivered 250 snack packs to farmers in Paulding County. It was a very rewarding experience for our members, as they got to interact directly with the farmers and learn what they do every day!  Feeding our farmers is one of the many ways we thank them and show our support! The Paulding FFA is very excited to continue this project in the future.  We are striving to continue to increase the number of snack packs each year and thank more of our hard-working farmers!

VAN WERT — Medicare open enrollment is nearly underway, and David Painter with the Ohio Department of Insurance says the most important step beneficiaries can take is to review their plans before the Dec. 7 deadline.