Do your research on levies

Let’s dig in and talk about taxes, politics and elected officials. Holy cow, are these great controversial items that make friends enemies or what?!? This fall there are going to be a whole bunch of items that need to be voted on. Paulding County Jail Levy, PEVS School levy, Paulding Village street lights, just to name a few. You can bet there will be more levies from around the state, county, townships and villages. The thing about taxes is we certainly don’t appreciate the bill when it comes, but how in the world do we function without those funds? So then we expect elected officials to give us more, and do more for us, with less. And when they don’t then by golly it’s time to boot them out of office and elect new officials right?? Well now is the time to be discussing these things, not the first week of November.

OHSAA golf season begins; other fall sports begin practice August 1

COLUMBUS — The golf season began Monday for member schools of the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA), which marked the OHSAA’s 120th year for interscholastic athletics in Ohio. All other fall sports begin practice next Friday, August 1, with the regular-season start dates listed below.

Lovina Welcomes Granddaughter Sharlene Lovina

I am excited to announce the birth of our fourteenth grandchild. Sharlene Lovina Yoder was born to Susan and Ervin on July 17th at 6:13 p.m. She weighed 7 pounds 11.8 ounces and 20 inches long. She is greeted by two sisters and four brothers. Sharlene evens out the grandsons and granddaughters for Joe and I. I went along to the hospital to attend the birth. Once again I am amazed at the miracle of birth and how God created such uniqueness. Mother and baby are doing as well as can be expected. Little Sharlene has already won this grandma’s heart. She’s a precious bundle of joy and has plenty of attention from her six siblings. 

What’s happening at your library in August

The Paulding County Carnegie Library will wrap up the Summer Reading Program on August 2. Check with your local library on events and get your logs turned in on time. School will be starting soon so remember your library is available for any of your homework needs.