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Maximum tempera-ture: 93 on June 23.

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background of the historicsite, the forts construction byCapt. William Brown, anddescriptions from individualswho traveled past the siteduring the war.

The granite memorial

bench, donated by the mem-bers of the Jacob StempleChapter National SocietyDaughters of 1812, was dedi-cated in grateful recognitionof the significance of thissite, especially in this bicen-

tennial year.Some of the attendees said

they had been present at the1953 event in which the mon-ument was dedicated. RayKeck said that he recalled

that when the new bridge was

being built, they excavatedthe old one and found at leastfour bodies buried there.

It is assumed those bodiesbelonged to soldiers who

By NANCY WHITAKERProgress Staff Writer

It was a bright, sunnymorning June 29 when ap-

proximately 125 people gath-ered to celebrate the bicen-tennial of Fort Brown. Theevent, organized by membersof Jacob Stemple ChapterDaughters 1812, was held tocommemorate the days over200 years ago when soldiersof the War of 1812 servedhere.

Fort Brown was a stockadebuilt on the banks of the con-fluence of the Auglaize andthe Little Auglaize rivers. Agranite monument was

placed at the site in 1953.Some of the men, women

and children were dressed inperiod attire, adding to the at-mosphere of the celebration.

The hour-long program in-cluded the presentation ofcolors, invocation, Pledge ofAllegiance and AmericansCreed.

The Oakwood CommunityBand played patriotic songsincluding The Star SpangledBanner.

The Laying of Wreathswas conducted by severallocal chapters of theDaughters of the AmericanRevolution, one chapter ofthe Sons of the AmericanRevolution and the hostDaughters of 1812.

Guest speaker was RichardRozevink, a historian fromDefiance, who provided

Paulding County United Way executive director SonyaHerber looks over promotional material with Paulding CountyCarnegie librarian Susan Pieper in preparation for this yearsUnited Way campaign. See PACESETTER,page 2A

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Saturday morning was bright and sunny and the weather cooperated for the Fort Brown bicentennial program. Here, an offi-cer bows after placing a wreath at the Fort Brown memorial.

By JIM LANGHAMFeature Writer

Paulding County United Way executive di-rector Sonya Herber has announced that thePaulding County Carnegie Library will be serv-ing as the pacesetter for this years United Waycampaign.

Herber said that the librarys place in the up-coming campaign will correspond with theagencys new emphasis of programs focusingon health, environment and the development ofthe whole person.

This is in keeping with the United Waystransition toward a community-wide impact,said Pieper. Lets listen, lets engage more fam-ilies. Lets read to educate people on how tomanage a budget, even if they are on a limitedincome. Learning to live within ones meanscan be tight.

We are real excited about the United Waysshift of philosophy, continued Pieper. I likethe way we are shifting to funding that benefitsmore of the community through partnerships.Imagine the possibility of living united; imagine

people pooling the resources of the whole com-

munity together for each persons benefit.Pieper said that the library will kick off its

pacesetter campaign on July 30 from noon until6 p.m. at the main library in Paulding. The daysactivities will include matinees, hot dogs andhamburgers and popcorn. There will also be theopportunity to make crafts.

We were the pacesetter in 2001. We had justinitiated our computer lab; then 9-11 hit and the2001 campaign took on a different look. Peopledeveloped an attitude of, Ill give locally; Icant change what happens in New York,Washington or Pennsylvania but I can helpthings around here, said Pieper.

Herber said that the actual kickoff for thisyears campaign will be on Aug. 14 from noonuntil 1 p.m. at the Paulding County SeniorCenter. This past campaign raised $55,502; thisyears goal is $60,000. Herber said that shewould like to see most of the fund-raising forthat wrapped up in February.

This county is a giving county, said Pieper.We did a wonderful job with the Relay For

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Sheriffs K-9 unit to become a realityor conducting foot pursuits accordingto Sheriff Landers.

While there will be on-going vetbills and other maintenance costs ofowning a K-9 unit, the sheriff was

pleased to note that all the dog food forthe K-9 unit will be donated fromIams in Leipsic.

Monetary donations are still beingtaken for those who wish to partici-

pate. In the meantime, Sheriff Landerssays, We have enough to get us start-ed. We just had more money come inlast week, but the account will always

be there.

By DENISE GEBERSProgress Staff Writer

PAULDING By the end of sum-mer, it is expected that the countysnew K-9 unit will have been selectedand training begun.

According to Paulding CountySheriff Jason Landers, over $12,000has been donated toward the K-9 proj-ect and a grant has also come into play.

We had a patrol car on order be-fore, then a grant came through thatwill cover it, he said. The vehicleshould be here sometime in August.

The Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)

from the Office of Ohio CriminalJustice Services in Columbus is forover $29,000. It will cover the cost ofthe car plus some equipment.

Equipment for the cruiser includes akennel for the back seat area and acooling/heating system for the cage.This system is designed to keep the carat a safe temperature during heat orcold. It comes with a pager to notify

the handler should the temperature be-come unsafe.Paulding Countys K-9 unit has not

yet been selected. Tentatively it hasbeen set up with the breeder to choose

the dog in September.Deputy Gary Deitrick, an 18-year

veteran of the sheriffs office, has beendesignated to be the K-9 units handler.He and the dog will train simultane-ously in Allen County, Ind. SheriffLanders said the 14-week course willstart in September.

They will see every situation theymight face, said the sheriff. They

will train day, night, evening andweekends. There will be some livetracks.

A live track would include situationssuch as searching for a missing child

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By NANCY WHITAKERProgress Staff Writer

PAULDING If you wantto learn more about the art ofart in Paulding County, youcan do so by picking up acopy of Alice Gerbers newpublication titled All theMommies Would Go PaintingTogether.

The book was done in ap-preciation of her mothersskill as a painter. Alice, thedaughter of Drs. Kirkwoodand Edythe Pritchard M.D.,grew up in an era when sever-al people belonged to an artclub.

The art club was started inthe late 1950s. In fact, Alicesaid, there is a ton of infor-mation through the Pauldingpapers, which documentedthere was a very large groupof men and women who wereparticipating in some type ofart.

Looking back, Alice re-

flected that when growing up,her mom and some neighbor-hood ladies would load uptheir paint supplies and go to aselected place and paint. Eachartist would study the samescene and perhaps interpret itdifferently as they picked uptheir brush or pencil.

The people involved withthe art club entered many artshows and won severalawards for their paintings.There were art shows at thePaulding library, Fort Wayne,Van Wert, Toledo, Bryan,Oakwood, Lima andDefiance.

Some of the art club mem-bers mentioned in Alices

Leatherman, Jean Dunlap andMartha McCague, all ofOakwood; Esther Corwin, JoyDeken, Peg Dotterer, JoyceHuseby, Olive Johnson, BobLindsay, Wilma Miller, Mrs.John Schaefer, Nancy Stiger,Sylvia Young, BarbaraZimmer, Millie Zug and manymore.

It would be great if addi-tional artists can be celebratedin a similar book, completed

by those who knew thembest, Alice suggested.

A celebration party washeld May 11 with former artclub members and painterswho were presented a copy ofthe book.

The author graduated fromPaulding High School andTaylor University. She wasemployed by PauldingCounty Job and FamilyServices for 32 years, retiringin 2012.

She has two daughters,

Audra Lynn Schoenauer andSusanne Louise Gerber.Susanne designed the coverfor the book.

Alice said, This book isdedicated to all of our mothers(and dads) who found such re-lease and joy in the paintingsof our towns and landscapes.

She went on to say,Mothers paint our lives insuch grand ways. They fill usup with all the colors of theworld.

If anyone is interested inpurchasing the book, contacther at 419-647-4940 week-days after 10 a.m. The price of

the book is $15.65 plus ship-ping.

died there.Following the ceremony at

Fort Brown, an 1812-stylelunch of ham and beans, corn

bread, cookies and lemonadewas served in the OakwoodCommunity Park.

The Progress has posted

an album containing morethan 60 photos from the June29 event. To view, visitwww.progressnewspaper.organd click on the big blue but-ton Click here to see andbuy photos.

Life. I think that we can do anequally good job with theUnited Way campaign.

Pieper said that one of hermain goals is partnering the li-

brary with other organizationsthat could benefit from the li-

brary and assist in raising cam-paign money.I want to partner with situ-

ations that benefit the entirecounty, said Pieper. We wantthis to become more and moreof a collaborative effort.

Pieper said that over 50 per-cent of the children in thecounty are on a free or reducedlunch program.

That is a symptom of eco-nomic need in our county, ob-served Pieper. That matchesup with United Way pillars offinance stability, health and

wellness and education pro-grams.

Our goal is to create long-lasting changes that prevent

problems from happening inthe first place, said Herber.We invite you to be part of

the change. Together, united,we can inspire hope and createopportunities for a better to-morrow.

United Way of PauldingCounty partners with localagencies to mobilize the car-ing power of communities toachieve lasting social change,added Herber. These pro-grams help our friends andneighbors in need.

For information contactHerber at 419-399-8240 orunitedwayofpauldingcounty.org.

Clean up and sewer topics of Paulding CouncilBy BILL SHERRY

CorrespondentPAULDING The Paulding Vil-

lage Council met Monday eveningwith five members present.

Council President Roger Sierer re-marked that the property on JohnsonRoad, the scene of a house fire sev-eral months ago, was still not cleanedup, and there had been reports thatrats have moved into the debris.

Mayor Greg White said that heand village administrator Harry

Wiebe had looked at the situationand that were going to get PoliceChief Randy Crawford involved inthe situation.

Wiebe presented council with anadministrators agenda which in-cluded water and sewer assessmentsfor an account owned by Ernest C.Crutchfield, and water, sewer and re-fuse assessments for a residenceowned by Tamara S. Saul Eicher.

Wiebe also told council that he hadattended a safety committee meeting

and there had been some discussionat that meeting concerning the vil-lages solid waste issues.

Wiebe noted that there have beensome minor changes as the sewersystem is installed. He also advisedcouncil that he was attempting to getthe engineer in charge of the sewerseparation project to present councilwith the status of the project andsome of the pending issues.

White told council that the pro-ceeds from Mayors Court for the

month of June were $1,413.80.He also commented that he and

Wiebe had attended an open housefor the Hands of Hope, a pregnancycrisis center that is now located at theSamaritan Center.

Wiebe noted that the SamaritanCenter is also the location for the an-imal care clinic. The SamaritanCenter is located on Wayne Street,north of the Paulding CountyHospital, and was formerly the

building that was constructed and

used by Dr. Snyder in his medicalpractice prior to retirement.

White extended wishes for a safeand enjoyable holiday for the resi-dents of Paulding and noted that thevillage offices will be closed onThursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5 toobserve the holiday.

Solicitor Mike Jones requestedand council voted unanimously to gointo executive session to discuss realestate legal matters.

The next meeting will be July 15.


On the picturesque banks of the Auglaize River, more than 100 people gathered Saturday tomark the bicentennial of Fort Brown. Historian Richard Rozevink (above) was the featuredspeaker.

Staff Photo/Paulding County ProgressMembers of the Jacob Stemple Chapter Daughters War of 1812 dedicated a granite bench they donated for the Fort Brown

memorial site. They organized a bicentennial event held June 29.


In the 1950s, the art club in Paulding was very active. Alice Pritchard Gerber has authored a book commemorating the artistsof the area. Gerber presented copies of the book to former art club members and friends this spring.

All the Mommies Would Go Painting

book as having influence oneach others style of paintinginclude local painters Dr.Edna Preston, Kate Stahl,Mary Ruth Clark, IsabelleRingler, Eileen Vance Jefferyand Elizabeth Paulus.

Also part of the story areSonya and John Peeper, FernWhite, Carl and Dorothy

Chester, Genny Rife, VioletRobinson, Gene Scarbrough,

John Narkter and H.G.Davisson.

I felt compelled to learnfrom (her mothers) friendshow they pulled this off. Wewere all small children, yetthey found the time to paint,attend art shows, take addi-tional lessons and paintmore, Alice said. In October

2008, I hosted a party withthem and with friends whom I

considered family. It was thenthat I knew their story neededto be captured in print.

She began working on theproject that year and it was in2010 that Alice interviewedformer art club members. Inthe fall of 2012, she spenthours at the Paulding CountyCarnegie Library looking for

any documentation concern-ing the club activity, paintings

or members.The book includes many

pictures of various paintingsdone years ago by localartists.

A few local artists includedJean Hughes, Mary Marlin,Mary Schilb, Mrs. RichardSchilb and Mrs. VerneTussing, all of Antwerp;

Verde Leatherman, CharlesLeatherman, Chester

The following is a weeklyreport regarding current andupcoming highway road con-struction projects in the OhioDepartment of TransportationDistrict One, which includesPaulding County:

Ohio 111 in the village ofPaulding west of U.S. 127will close July 8 for fourweeks for sanitary and storm

sewer installation. Traffic de-toured onto Ohio 49, U.S. 24and U.S. 127 back to Ohio111.

U.S. 24 at various loca-

tions will be restricted to onelane through the work zonefor berm restoration.

U.S. 127 from U.S. 224to the south corporation limitof Paulding restricted to onelane through the work zonefor striping and reflector in-stallation. The project is ex-

pected to be completed nextweek.

Ohio 111 east of Ohio127 and south of Ohio 637will be restricted to one lanethroughout the work zone for

pavement repair.

ODOT road projects

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PAYNE Joseph DanielLyvers, 49, of Payne, passedaway Saturday, June 29 atDefiance Inpatient HospiceCenter.

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The Amish CookBy: Lovina Eicher

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Church services were heldhere again this past Sunday.We had a nice sized atten-dance, but not as many as lasttime. Our lunch menu con-sisted of wheat and white

bread, butter, strawberry jam,Bologna, cheese spread,

peanut butter spread, redbeets, freezer and dill pickles,hot peppers, monster, sugar,chocolate chip and peanut

butter cookies, coffee andiced tea.

We also always make an 8quart kettle of chicken noodlesoup for the younger childrenthat dont eat sandwiches yet.Then in honor of FathersDay, we also served strawber-ries and ice cream.

All the dishes and benchwagons are back in the bench

wagon waiting to be pulled tothe next place. It is always alot of work to get ready tohost church services, but it isrelaxing once its over andeverything is cleaned.

I didnt get around to hav-ing the garage sale I wantedto have before our churchservices. That is now on myto do list to organize all that

before canning season is infull swing.

I would also like to go tothe local U-pick to get straw-

berries to make strawberryfreezer jam. That is a favorite

jam around here.Sister Emma has her ownstrawberry plants and fur-nished all the strawberries for

It is a Wednesday after-noon. This morning the tem-

perature was 51. We wentout to weed and hoe in thegarden after the morninghouse-work was done. It wascool when we started, but thewarm sun soon made it get

hot. We came in to eat somelunch and take a break.

With church services beingheld here twice recently, thegardens were neglected morethan usual this past month.Everything is growing realwell. We are getting enoughrain that we dont need towater the garden.Tomatoes are loaded on the

plants and the corn is pastknee-high already. We are al-ready enjoying hot peppers.We planted Seranno and ba-nana peppers.The bananas will soon be big

enough to stuff with creamcheese and Colby cheese thenwrap with bacon and grill. Welike the banana peppers betterthan the jalapeno peppers todo as they arent as hot. Wehave also been enjoying let-tuce, radishes, and greenonions from our garden forquite some time.

Yesterday we took Dia-mond, our 19-year-old horse,to town to get new shoes forthe boys.

Diamond seems to getslower and slower to makethe trip to town and back, but

he is safe and sound aroundall the traffic. It means a lot tohave a horse that doesnt shyaway from the big trucks and

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2013-14 NPAC seasonto feature big names

By LINDSAY MCCOYDHI Correspondent

VAN WERT The Nis-wonger Performing Arts Cen-ter (NPAC) of Van Wert hasannounced its upcoming2013-14 concert seasonschedule with some excitingnew and returning guests in-cluding popular countryartists, Trace Adkins and Kel-

lie Pickler, and a variety ofother special performances.

It seems like just yester-day we were fighting to buildthis place, said NPAC exec-utive director Paul Hover-man. Now, we are gettingready to celebrate our seventhseason. We are very excitedfor this years season, andwith 24 scheduled events wehave something that willtickle the fancy of everyone.

The process of planningand scheduling this yearsseason began many monthsago in November thanks to

the tireless work of the NPACPrograming Committee.

The season is set to kick offin less than four months onOct. 5, with contemporaryChristian artist, Michael W.Smith. Smith is a three-timeGrammy Award winner andhas sold more than 13 millionalbums. His biggest successcame in 1991 with his hit,Place in this World, whichreached number six on theBillboard Hot 100. This is anartist that Hoverman has beenhoping to bring to Van Wertfor a long time.

Debby Boone will be visit-ing the NPAC on Oct. 20,with Under the StreetLampon Nov. 1, and the Ohio StateMarching Band will be mak-ing an appearance on Nov. 7.

This season, we are ex-pecting by far our biggestconcert we have ever broughtin, and we expect to sell outvery quickly exclaimedHoverman. American countrymusic artist and 2013 winnerof Celebrity Apprentice,Trace Adkins, will grace VanWert with his huge presence

on Nov. 16.Adkins has charted more

than 20 singles on the Bill-board country music chartsincluding, Ladies LoveCountry Boys, YoureGonna Miss This, andSongs About Me.If any tickets are left remain-ing for the public followingGrand Series and Select Se-

ries ticket sales, they will goon sale 90 days prior to Nov.16.

Adkins will be followed bya variety of Christmas per-formances including SonosHandbells on Dec. 1, return-ing performer Tony Orlando,on Dec. 7, Dave Koz andFriends on Dec. 10, and Pointof Grade on Dec. 15.

January will kickoff with

two exciting performances,The Cinderella Ballet andKellie Pickler.

The Cinderella Ballet willbe returning to Van Wert fromRussia for their second per-formance on the NPAC stage.Kellie Pickler is anotherAmerican music countryartist who gamed fame as acontestant on the fifth seasonof American Idol. Pickler re-cently made her way back totelevision on ABCs hit se-ries, Dancing with theStars.

We werent sure we could

get Pickler, but everythinglanded just right, noted Hov-erman.

Van Wert will also be wel-coming two Broadway plays,The Addams Family onJan. 31, and will concludewith the West Side Story onMay 11, just in time forMothers Day.

In honor of ValentinesDay, The Newlywed Gamehost, Bob Eubanks, will hostThe Not So Newly Wed gamewith a variety of bloopersfrom the popular Americantelevision game show that pit-

ted newly married couplesagainst each other in a seriesof revealing question roundsto determine how well the

spouses knew each other.The month of February will

conclude with Orion Samuel-son, and March will beginwith American soul musicgroup, The Spinners, onMarch 1. This R&B grouphas been active for over 50years, and Hoverman notedthat people will be surprisedhow many of this groups

songs they recognize.The Toledo Symphony will

be performing the works ofRodgers and Hammerstein onMarch 9 with the addition oftwo local vocalists Mary AnnFaulk and Jake Wilder. OnMarch 15, children of all agescan come to enjoy DinosaurTrain Live. Dinosaur Train iscurrently the third highestrated kids show airing onPBS. Join Buddy the Tyran-nosaurus Rex on the train toexplore and meet all othersorts of dinosaurs.

March 19 will feature

speaker Courtnee Carrigan ofColumbus talking about di-versity. The Church Base-ment Ladies will be

performing an all new showon March 23 when the ladiesof the Lutheran Church seeone of their own married to a

boy of the Catholic church.This show is expected to

bring a lot of laughs as it hasin the past.

HMS Pinafore is a comicopera of New York City byGilbert and Sullivan and is setto take the stage on March 29.Jungle Jack Hanna and a va-

riety of his furry guests willbe making their way to VanWert on April 5. Hanna, anAmerican zookeeper ofColumbus, has traveled allover the world as one of themost notable animal expertsin the states. Hanna will befollowed by the Voices ofUnity Choir on April 26.

This is our season, con-cluded Hoverman. Grand se-ries sales are set to begin onJune 20, at noon. The grandseries includes 19 events atone value price dependentupon the section of seating.

Select series sales began onJune 26. The select series al-lows the public to pick threeto five or six or more concertsat a discounted prices. Allother sales begin 90 days

prior to each event.This would not be possi-

ble without our sponsors,said NPAC marketing direc-tor Tafi Stober. The 2013-14season sponsor this year isStatewide Ford of Van Wert.

For more information onticket sales, phone 419-238-6722 (NPAC) or visit thewebsite www.npacvw.org.

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Blighted buildings demolishedthrough state funding program

By JIM LANGHAMFeataure Writer

Three structures in Paulding County havebeen demolished and others are up for contractthrough an Ohio Attorney Generals Office

program known as Moving Ohio Forward.The local county has received $104,296 to as-

sist with demolition so far and could receivemore if circumstances warrant.

Those residences demolished so far are lo-cated at 105 N. Fifth St. in Oakwood, 414 W.Harrison St. in Paulding and 109 Stone St. inAntwerp.

Other sites under consideration or bid in-clude 207 Auglaize, Oakwood; 15825 ThirdSt., Broughton; 101 Logan St., Scott; 1957Ohio 49, Payne; 658 Broadway, Latty; 400South St., Oakwood; 122 Oswalt, Antwerp;and 104 Third St., Oakwood.

Commissioner Tony Zartman noted thatseveral circumstances are necessary in orderto gain the right to tear down buildings includ-ing agreement with owner or condemningfrom villages. Zartman said that letters have

been sent to mayors and trustees concerning

the sites.The commissioners do not have the power

to condemn. Only villages and townships havethe power, Zartman said.

Paulding County is now accepting nomi-nations for projects to be funded with thesegrant dollars, said Commissioner FredPieper. The projects will then be assessed and

prioritized by a committee established by thecommissioners.

Grant guidelines for demolition includingthe following:

1. It must be a residential home, meaning it ison zoned land for residential use, has been usedas a residential dwelling, or connected to a struc-

ture that has been a residential dwelling mix.2. It must be vacant, the property is unoccu-

pied and has been so for at least 90 days, but waspreviously residential and documentation of suchstatus can be verified.

3. The home could be abandoned or mortgageor tax foreclosure proceedings have been initi-ated for that property and no mortgage or tax

payments have been made for at least 90 days.4. The structure should be classified as

blighted. Examples of this state could in-clude a dilapidated roof, infestation, deterio-ration or extensive damage.

Each property is bid separately, separatecost and separate contractor, said Pieper.

There is a chance that this could be ex-tended at the end of the year, continuedPieper. Anything over $500,000 would have

to have matching money.Pieper said that one of the determining fac-

tors on whether or not the agreement would beextended would be whether or not FranklinCounty seeks renewal. The commissioner saidthat Franklin County had been awarded $4.5million. If that funding is not renewed, then itcould become available to other counties.

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Property Transfers

For the Record

Sheriffs Report

Mike Kauser was the speaker at the Paulding Kiwanis Club.He was representing the fair ground committee to build threenew buildings in the agriculture area to bring them up to code.The buildings will house the sheep, goats, swine and poultry.These buildings are to be paid for from donations; one donorsaid if the committee can raise $100,000, they will match it. Theestimated cost is around $250,000 for the total project. More than$65,000 has been raised so far. He noted that farm communityhas been very generous in helping to fund the effort. TiffanyBeckman was the program chairman.

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Attend our county

fair next yearDear Editor,

Another Paulding CountyFair has come and gone.

I would like to thank thefair board for the outstand-ing job they did in present-ing an incredible fair to thiscounty. So much hard work,time and dedication went

into the fun we all had.Thank you to the generousdonors for making Pauldinga free fair so that all canenjoy. Thank these donors inperson if you have the op-portunity, they are very spe-cial, giving individuals.

If you missed the fair be-cause you thought youdsave your money to go toVan Wert County Fair, thatstoo bad because ours hasturned the corner and nowoffers much more, plus itsright in our backyard!

Support our local activi-ties; it pays dividends. Ourchildren benefit so muchfrom the 4-H and FFA pro-grams that we support.

I would encourage every-one, if you have not attendedthe fair recently, please do sonext year.

Holly DavisPaulding

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The term et al. refers to and others; et vir., and hus-

band; et ux., and wife.

Benton TownshipODell C. Williams, dec. to Dennis O.

Williams, et al.; Sec. 18, 0.344 acre. Certifi-

cate of transfer.Blue Creek TownshipRhonda J. Rager to Eric M. and Emily L.

Simindinger; Sec. 19, 1 acre. Warranty deed.Jeffrey L. and Lori J. Miller to Eric R.

Buchman; Sec. 12, 31.528 acres. Warrantydeed.Carryall Township

Randy L. and Cynthia K. Bell to Randy L.and Cynthia K. Bell; Sec. 25, 2.88 acres. Quitclaim.Crane Township

William J. Slone, dec. to Marcella Slone; Sec.21, 3.43 acres and Sec. 28, 1.57 acres. Affidavit.Jackson Township

Horizon Land I Ltd. to Witmer PropertiesLLC; Sec. 6, 21.871 and 50.326 acres; and

Sec. 7, 1 acre. Warranty deed.Clifford L. Baker, dec. to Sharon A. Baker;Sec. 18, Lot 6, 0.51 acre. Affidavit.

Russell John and Mary Catherine Arend,trustees to Arend Brothers Inc.; Sec. 22, 1.522acres. Warranty deed.

Arend Brothers Inc. to Arend Brothers Inc.;Sec. 22, 3.076 acres. Quit claim.

Guss A. and LeAnn Schlatter to Guss A. andLeAnn Schlatter; Sec. 32, 1.5 acres. Warrantydeed.Latty Township

Kacy N. Cooper, nka Kacy N. Wagner andBrett Wagner to Charles K. Youtsey III; Sec.35, 1.911 acres. Warranty deed.

Washington TownshipSusan M. Barnhart to Brad M. and Bethany

R. Colley; Sec. 35, 1 acre. Warranty deed.Marilyn A. Wannemacher to Marilyn A.

Wannemacher Life Estate, et al.; Sec. 24,

83.355 acres. Warranty deed.Antwerp VillageChristopher L. Bohner and Pamela L. Her-

ber, fka Pamela L. Bohner to Pamela L. Her-ber; Sec. 27, Outlots, 0.244 acre. Quit claim.Oakwood Village

Marvin L. and Joyce S. Estle, et al. toThomas W. Pier; Lot 3, Estle First Addition,0.233 acre. Warranty deed.

JPMorgan Chase Bank to Aaron Brewer;Sec. 26, Lot 5, Outlots, 0.242 acre. Warrantydeed.Paulding Village

Horizon Land I Ltd. to Witmer PropertiesLLC; Lots 183-184, Nonemans EmeraldAcres #3, 0.241 acre. Warranty deed.

Hiriam C. Smith, dec. to Cathrin W. Smith;Lot 4, County Side Estates, 0.312 acre. Cer-tificate of transfer.

Cathrin W. Smith, dec. to Clynton T. Smith,et al.; Lot 4, Country Side Estates, 0.312 acre.Certificate of transfer.

Russell E. and Kathryn P. Parrish to KarenK. Bradford, trustee; Lots 19-20, Noneman-DeMuth Allotment, 0.258 acre. Quit claim.

Gary J. and Sheila R. Justinger to Caitlin S.Blair; Sec. 12, Lot 52, Outlots, 0.641 acre.Warranty deed.Payne Village

Harold Wannemacher, et al. to John KeithWannemacher; Lot 4, Anspach Subdivision,0.227 acre. Warranty deed.

Weather report weekly summary as recorded at Paulding Villages water treatment plant

Observations recorded for the 24 hours ending at 7:30 a.m. on the morning of:

DATE HIGH LOW PRECIPITATION

June 25 89 68 0.05

June 26 91 68 0.51

June 27 85 68 0.43

June 28 85 66 0.06

June 29 85 60 0.02

June 30 77 61 0.23

July 1 75 90 0.17

Civil DocketThe term et al. refers to and others; et vir.,

and husband; et ux., and wife.

In the matter of: Robert A. Bidlack,Paulding and Joy K. Bidlack, Cecil.Dissolution of marriage.

Amy M. Adams, Haviland vs. JohnA. Adams, Paulding. Divorce.

Margaret Linder, Payne and MichaelJ. Linder, Payne vs. Timothy L. Bostel-man, Payne and Motorists InsuranceGroup, Columbus. Personal injury.Marriage Licenses

Charles Allan Mewhorter, 67, Oak-wood, retired and Vicki Sue AuFrance,65, Oakwood, secretary. Parents areVera Mewhorter; and Charles Fulmer

and Alice Pratt.Jon Edward Ringler, 42, Defiance,CNC operator and Denice J. Monroe,33, Defiance, student. Parents are Ed-ward Ringler and Mari Beth Thomas;and Don Mottinger and DarleneKirchenbauer.

Martin Allen Yoder, 23, Defiance,auto-body technician and Cheryl

Nicole Locker, 22, Defiance, preschoolteacher. Parents are Harold K. Yoder

and Mary L. Kudialis; and RobertLocker and Pamela Heiney.Administration Docket

In the Estate of Arthur C. Doster, ap-plication to administer file.

In the Estate of Rita M. Brittig, lastwill and testament filed.Criminal Docket

Kevin W. Carlisle, 32, of Oakwood,had a jury trial date of Sept. 17 set re-cently concerning his indictment alleg-ing illegal processing of drugs (F1),illegal assembly or possession of chem-icals for the manufacture of drugs (F2),tampering with evidence (F3) and en-dangering children (F3).

Raymond L. Webster, 73, of Payne,

had a felonious assault charge withfirearm specification (F2) dismissedupon a motion of State.

Ricky A. Girod Jr., 24, of Oakwood,requested intervention in lieu of convic-tion regarding his indictment allegingillegal processing of drugs (F2) and il-legal assembly or possession of chem-icals to manufacture drugs (F3). TheCourt ordered he be transported to Re-covery Services of Northwest Ohio in

Defiance for assessment of his eligibil-ity for intervention at his own costs.

Ricky A. Girod Sr., 51, of Grover Hill,had a hearing on a change of plea for il-legal processing of drugs (F2) and illegalassembly or possession of chemicals forthe manufacture of drugs (F3) on June24. He will be sentenced July 23.

Stephanie R. Kremer, 32, ofAntwerp, was arraigned on a charge of

burglary (F2). A not guilty plea was en-tered and courts dates were set for aJuly 8 pretrial conference with an Aug.6 jury trial. She is being held on a$10,000 bond with no ten percent priv-ilege.

Corey J. Davis, 20, of Holgate, was

arraigned June 19 for charges of bur-glary (F2) and theft (F5). Not guiltypleas were entered. Court dates werescheduled for a July 26 pretrial confer-ence and an Aug. 20 jury trial. He is

being held on $50,000 bond with no tenpercent privilege.

Jonathan R. Bowman, 22, of Defi-ance, is being held on $50,000 bondwith no ten percent privilege followingarraignment for burglary (F2) and theft

(F5). Not guilty pleas were entered andcourt dates were set for a July 26 pretrialconference and an Aug. 20 jury trial.

Augustine A. Barajas, 24, of Pauld-ing, was arraigned June 24 followingindictment alleging felonious assault(F2) and aggravated assault (F4). Notguilty pleas were entered. A pretrialconference was set for Aug. 1 with aSept. 24 jury trial.

Daniel Miller, 43, of Antwerp, wasarraigned June 19 for charges of illegal

processing of drugs (F1), illegal assem-bly or possession of chemicals for themanufacture of drugs (F2) and endan-gering children (F3). A pretrial confer-ence was scheduled for June 27 with an

Aug. 13 jury trial.Justin R. Sheaks, 22, of Defiance,was released on his own recognizancefollowing arraignment recently for theft(F5). Conditions of his release includeno arrests; no contact with the victim,his family or his business; comply withdrug and alcohol restrictions, and abide

by a 10 p.m. curfew. He has an Aug. 1pretrial conference with a Sept. 24 jurytrial date.

ACCIDENT REPORTS:Thursday, June 20

12:58 p.m. Elizabeth Griffiths, 54,of Paulding was cited for improper

passing following a two-vehicle col-lision on West Wayne Street in Pauld-ing. She was driving a 2004 MercuryMountaineer behind a 1999 CadillacDeville driven by Santos G. Bentan-cur, 77 of Defiance. Reports say Ben-tancur attempted a turn as Griffithsattempted to pass and the vehicles col-lided. Damage was minor to both.Neither driver was hurt.Saturday, June 22

6:34 p.m. William JosephScheurich Jr., 67, of Paulding, wascited for leaving the scene of an acci-dent following a single-car accidenton Road 111 west of Road 123 inJackson Township. He was driving a2001 Buick Park Lane west on Road

111 when reports say it veered off thenorth side of the road into a pole,through a field, then back onto theroadway. The vehicle received func-tional damage and was towed. Thedriver was not hurt, but PauldingEMS was called to transport his pas-senger, Thomas Kent Wiswell, 54, ofPaulding. Also assisting at the scenewere the Paulding police and fire de-partments. Court records showdeputies also filed three other chargesagainst ScheurichINCIDENT REPORTS:Thursday, June 20

5:05 p.m. A Benton Township resi-dent of Ohio 500 told deputies some-one turned their bulls loose.

6:39 p.m. Telephone harassmentcomplaint was lodged from Road1048 in Auglaize Township.

7:21 p.m. Theft of a watch was re-ported from Road 1048 in AuglaizeTownship.

8:28 p.m. Deputies delivered amessage for Defiance County Sher-

iffs office on Road 7 in CarryallTownship.

10:54 p.m. Domestic complaintwas investigated on Ohio 114 in

Washington Township.Friday, June 21

9:36 a.m. Grover Hill EMS wascalled to Ohio 114 Washington Town-ship for a head injury. No transportwas made.

11:32 a.m. Deputies assisted withan unwanted person on Road 71 inPaulding Township.

3:37 p.m. Domestic complaint waslodged from Road 148 in BrownTownship.

4:15 p.m. Deputies assisted Defi-ance County Sheriffs office by deliv-ering a message on Road 230 in CraneTownship.

4:49 p.m. Telephone harassmentcomplaint was made from Payne.

6:11 p.m. Deputies documented acar/deer accident on Ohio 613 inPaulding Township.

7:38 p.m. Daniel Ordway was ar-rested on a Defiance County warrant.

9:06 p.m. Underage driver was re-ported from Road 1038 in AuglaizeTownship.

9:07 p.m. A Melrose resident re-ported a domestic issue.

10:24 p.m. Report of fireworksbeing shot off in Briceton was inves-tigated.

10:52 p.m. A car/deer collision onUS 24 in Crane Township was han-dled.

10:58 p.m. Deputies were called toMelrose for a domestic complaint.

11:16 p.m. Trespassing was thecomplaint from Road 192 in CarryallTownship.Saturday, June 22

9:48 a.m. Two Cecil/Crane Town-ship fire units responded to a con-trolled burn gone awry on Road 230in Crane Township. They were on the

scene about 30 minutes.12:12 p.m. Paulding EMS was

called to Paulding County Fairgroundswhere a female had been thrown from

a horse and couldnt walk.7:21 p.m. Post 81 OSHP handled a

motor vehicle accident on Road 5 northof Ohio 613 in Harrison Township.Sheriffs deputies, Payne EMS and firedepartment assisted at the scene. Nofurther information was available.

7:32 p.m. Mailbox damage was doc-umented on Road 7 in Carryall Town-ship.

10:35 p.m. One Paulding fire unit re-sponded to an oven fire in Paulding.They were there less than 25 minutes.Paulding EMS made a transport fromthe scene. Paulding police also assisted.Sunday, June 23

9:49 a.m. Vandalism to a trailer onRoad 8 in Emerald Township was in-

vestigated.10:25 a.m. Assault complaint came

in from Ohio 114 in WashingtonTownship.

2:57 p.m. Suspicious person wasnoted on US 127 in Crane Township.

7:07 p.m. Domestic complaint wasregistered from Payne.

7:31 p.m. Deputies were called toMelrose for a domestic dispute.Monday, June 24

12:46 p.m. Neighbor problems in-volving juveniles were reported fromRoad 104 in Brown Township.

2:33 p.m. Deputies arrested Jeff Holton a warrant.

5:26 p.m. Payne EMS and two fireunits responded to an open burn com-

plaint in the village. They were on thescene less than 45 minutes.

6:10 p.m. Paulding Fire Departmentnotified the sheriffs office of a con-trolled burn exercise with three unitsfrom Cecil/Crane Township Fire De-

partment. Some units were on the

scene over three hours.6:46 p.m. Paulding County Fire

Marshal requested an EMS squad forthe controlled burn on Road 176 across

from Lafarge. Antwerp EMS was onthe scene less than two hours.

9 p.m. Harassment complaint camein from Road 86 at Road 211 in BrownTownship.

10:17 p.m. Suspicious person wasnoted in Melrose.Tuesday, June 25

12:22 a.m. Threats by phone andtext were reported from Road 171 inBrown Township.Wednesday, June 26

5:37 a.m. Deputies documented acar/deer accident on Road 232 inEmerald Township.

11:15 a.m. Suspicious vehicle com-plaint came in from Road 117 in LattyTownship.

1:58 p.m. A resident of Road 1037in Auglaize Township reported hearingshots fired in the area.

3:26 p.m. Vandalism was investi-

gated on Ohio 613 in Jackson Town-ship.

8:02 p.m. Deputies assisted the De-fiance County Sheriffs office by con-ducting a welfare check on Road 224in Crane Township.

8:55 p.m. Assault complaint came infrom Melrose.

11:48 p.m. A deputy provided assis-tance to the Payne Police Departmentfor less than 30 minutes.Thursday, June 27

1:42 a.m. A deputy noted a suspi-cious vehicle on Road 162 in EmeraldTownship.

4:17 a.m. Assistance was given Post81 in reference to a DWI arrest onRoad 8 in Carryall Township.

What is the purposeof sewer separation?

PAULDING Michael Karafafrom Jones & Henry Engineers has

provided an update on the Village ofPauldings ongoing sewer separation

projectThe Purpose of the Village ofPaulding Phase 1 Sewer SeparationProject

Sanitary flow is flow coming from

your bathroom and storm flow comesfrom rain. Together these flows sharea combined sewer. This 48-inch com-

bined brick sewer flows from thedowntown district and surroundingarea and transports this flow to the la-goons.

In rain events, the sewer becomessurcharged, and cannot handle this ad-ditional flow. When this happens, thereis a 48-inch overflow pipe that allowsthis additional flow to discharge intoFlat Rock Creek. This is called a Com-

bined Sewer Overflow (CSO).The purpose of this project is to

provide separate storm sewers and

sanitary sewers in an effort to elimi-nate this CSO into Flat Rock Creek.The intent is that this outlet into FlatRock Creek will be a dedicated stormsewer, once this project is completedand all private property illicit connec-tions are removed.


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In My OpinionBe neighborly this July 4th

I have lived in the area for eight months and although I donot live in Paulding County now, I did live here a few yearsago and appreciated my time serving the community in vari-ous ways. Today, my wife and I are empty nesters living on acul-de-sac of homes that are basically all alike, at least on theoutside. I am convinced that on the inside it is a differentstory.

I admit, when the semi-truck full of our lifetime collection ofstuff, pulled up in front of our house to unload our belongs, the

first thing I should have done was visit my new neighbors offer-ing them a hand shake and letting them know what a privilege itis to live next to them. But, Iconfess, I didnt do that. No, Iwanted to get the computerhooked up, the television di-aled in, my clothes in thecloset and locate the coffee

pot. Those things just seemedimportant to me at the time.

Well, eight months havepast and I have spoken to my next door neighbor a few times.We had a long conversation the other day when he informed methat I was to mow the section of grass in the back behind the pri-vacy fence. Oops! I didnt know that. He politely reminded methat he had mowed it once when it was knee high, but he would-nt do it again. I said thanks for the information and immedi-ately mowed the area in question.

A young couple living directly across from us seems to havetheir own agenda. They will pull up in their vehicle and if I amin the yard they will sit in their car until I go in the house. Andonce they are out of the car, they bolt to their front door. Obvi-ously, I have not talked to the young couple, not even a hello.Well, I take that back, sort of.

The other evening my wife was putting something in thetrunk of our car and when she turned around the young couplewas outside trying to escape to their car without being noticed.My quick thinking wife acknowledged their presence with asmile and a neighborly hello and in return there was silence,absolutely no response. With that, I just knew I should have

been prepared with a plate of homemade cookies to give themthe day the movers arrived with our furniture.

Another neighbor, a husband and wife, with children of anuncertain number are the vocal ones in the neighborhood. I amnot sure how many kids there are, but probably five or even six

based on the number of bicycles in the front yard. This familyhas one volume when it comes to conversation and it is loud,very loud. The kids are loud because mom is loud and dad isloudest of all. But when they are outside, it is usually a normalvoice with a normal volume. And yet, not a word, not even awave to the empty nesters that live across the street as the vandrives by loaded with kids.

Now, there was some progress made recently. A neighbordown the street stopped by one day when we were gone. Sheleft a notice in our door about her upcoming yard sale. Her flyerwas asking other neighbors to consider having a garage sale atthe same time. She even suggested how she would put a largead in the paper and we could all help pay for it. And when youthink about it, it would be the neighborly thing to do.

I dont know, maybe back in November when we moved, mywife and I should have made it a point to visit all our neighborsand welcome ourselves to the neighborhood. But, we didnt and

so today we live on a street where being neighborly seems outof the question.

So, its just my opinion, that when you are outside this week,getting the yard mowed, find the right spot to place the Ameri-can flag and the neighbors are out working in their yard, whynot speak to each other? It will make your July fourth celebra-tion more meaningful because after all, its the neighborly thingto do.

Joe Shouse is a correspondent for the Paulding CountyProgress.

The opinions stated are those of the writer, and do not neces-sarily reflect that of the newspaper.

County Court

In My

Opinion

Joe

Shouse

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ACCIDENT REPORTSMonday, June 24

9:05 a.m. David R. Shonkwiler, 37, ofFairborn, was cited for failure to controlafter the semi he was driving swervedinto a parked vehicle along East PerryStreet. Both vehicles suffered minordamage. He was unhurt.

4:33 p.m. Norma J. Leslie, 83, ofPaulding, was cited for improper passingfollowing a two-vehicle accident onNorth Williams Street at Baldwin Av-enue. Kathy K. Feasby, 43, of Payne,was stopped south bound on Williams ina 2008 Mercury Mariner. Reports sayLeslie approached from behind in a 2007Ford van, veering to the right, but stillstriking the stopped car. Damage wasfunctional to each. Neither driver washarmed.Wednesday, June 26

11:55 a.m. Terrance A. Hohenberger,67, of Defiance was cited for improperbacking after he backed his 2012 ChevyImpala into a 2012 Chrysler 200 stoppedin traffic and operated by Charline A.Miller, 68, of Paulding. Both vehicleshad minor damage. Neither driver washurt.INCIDENT REPORTS

Thursday, June 206:49 p.m. Theft from a North Williams

Street business is under investigation.Friday, June 21

12:10 a.m. Juvenile problems werehandled on West Jackson Street.

1:21 a.m. Possible prowler was re-ported from North Williams Street. Of-ficers were unable to locate anyone.

12:15 p.m. Theft of a bike was lookedinto on West Harrison Street.

1:30 p.m. A North Main Street residentrequested no contact with another sub-

ject.1:50 p.m. Harassment was reported by

a village resident.4:39 p.m. Officers were notified of

bikes missing from the pool. The bikeswere found later.

9:06 p.m. Unruly juvenile complaintcame in from West Jackson Street.Saturday, June 22

2:50 a.m. Officers administered aBAC test for Post 81.

9:33 a.m. Unauthorized use of a debitcard was investigated on Nancy Street.

5:03 p.m. An East Perry Street residenttold officers a suspicious male was sell-ing meat from a pick-up truck.

6:37 p.m. Officers assisted sheriffsdeputies on Flat Rock Drive with an ac-cident. Paulding EMS and fire units weredispatched.

9:54 p.m. Owner of a West Wall Streetbusiness said he had been notified some-one was in his lot. They were gone whenofficers arrived.Sunday, June 23

1:13 a.m. Violation of a no contactorder was reported from North DixStreet.

9:59 a.m. Officers assisted DefianceCounty by taking a statement at Paulding

County Hospital about an incident in De-fiance.

3:56 p.m. Fireworks were reported onWest Perry Street.

7:31 p.m. Neighbor problems involv-ing a dog were looked into on NorthMain Street.

10:22 p.m. Nancy Street resident toldofficers they were having problems withan unwanted person.Monday, June 24

2:35 p.m. A parking mishap on SouthDeWitt Street was documented.

Tuesday, June 251:09 a.m. Officers were called to a

family disturbance on East Wayne Street.7 a.m. Owner of a semi parked

overnight on West Wall Street told policea vehicle window was broken and acomputer keyboard was taken. A phonecharger was also missing.

8:20 a.m. A parking accident on SouthMain Street was handled.

12:30 p.m. Unauthorized use of a debitcard was investigated on North MainStreet.

4:30 p.m. Threats were reported fromNorth Williams Street.

8:45 p.m. A boy was seen shooting atcats with a BB gun on North Main Street.He was gone when officers arrived.Wednesday, June 26

9:30 a.m. A resident of North Drive re-quested no contact with another subject.

6:44 p.m. Alleged threats were lookedinto on North Main Street.

9:30 p.m. Officers documented abacking accident on North WilliamsStreet.Thursday, June 27

12:05 a.m. Payne police had officersconduct a BAC test for them.

4:20 a.m. Officers assisted Post 81 with

a BAC test.4:35 p.m. A rural Antwerp resident told

officers about a cell phone missing afterwork on West Wall Street. The phone wasrecovered.

7:20 p.m. Violation of a no contact orderby a Van Wert resident was noted.

8:20 p.m. Officers arrested Larry Dix fordomestic violence and took him to Pauld-ing County Jail.Friday, June 28

1:45 a.m. Officers arrested MichaelDunn on a warrant.

Civil Docket:

Dupont Hospital, Cincinnativs. Jammie Roberta Grubb,Paulding. Money only, judg-ment for the plaintiff in the sumof $2,312.68.

Credit Adjustments Inc., De-fiance vs. Chelsy N. Shuherk,Paulding. Other action, satis-fied.

Credit Adjustments Inc., De-fiance vs. Drew A. Messman,Paulding. Small claims, satis-fied.

David M. Allen, DDS,Cincinnati vs. Angie ButlerHorine, Payne. Other action,satisfied.

Paulding Collection Serv-

ices, Paulding vs. Ron Cupp,Defiance. Small claims, judg-ment for the plaintiff in the sumof $250.

Midland Funding LLC, SanDiego vs. Russell Armstrong,Paulding. Other action, judg-ment for the plaintiff in the sumof $2,206.67.

Omni Health Services,Brecksville and Southern OhioEmergency Physicians LLP,Traverse City, Mich. vs. BettyJ. Payne, Oakwood. Other ac-tion, judgment for the plaintiffin the sum of $1,753.38.

Autovest LLC, Cincinnativs. Milton Cowans, Paulding

and Debra Cowans, Paulding.Other action, judgment for theplaintiff in the sum of$7,981.64.

Returned To You Ltd, Pauld-ing vs. Dana Nofer, Convoy.Small claims, judgment for theplaintiff in the sum of$1,213.33.

Equable Ascent FinancialLLC, Buffalo Grove, Ill. vs.James Stanton, Paulding. Otheraction, judgment for the plain-tiff in the sum of $6,948.53.

Porters BP LLC, Pauldingvs. Jeff Pahl, Defiance. Smallclaims, dismissed.Criminal Docket:

Jeffery Mekus, Paulding,cruelty to animals; $150 fine,$124 costs, 30 days jail sus-pended; probation ordered, 20hours community service,complete Thinking for aChange program, not to ownany animals while on proba-tion, make restitution.

Jeffery Mekus, Paulding,cruelty to animals; $150 fine,30 days jail suspended; dispo-sition same as previous case.

Taelor J. Zimmer,Hicksville, underage alcohol;dismissed with prejudice perState.

Scott M. Rau, Scott, para-

phernalia; dismissed, sen-tenced stayed.Scott M. Rau, Scott, children

endangerment; 180 days jailsuspended, $95 costs, sentencestayed.

James E. Farr, Paulding, pro-hibited activity; $183 fine, $86costs, 60 days jail suspended;antlers, skull cap and cape ofthe deer are to be forfeited tothe Ohio Division of Wildlife.

Terry L. Rickard, GroverHill, confinement of dog; $50fine, $87 costs.

Adrianna Bartley, Paulding,failure to register dog; $50 finewith $25 suspended if proof of

registration shown, $87 costs.Adrianna Bartley, Paulding,confinement of dog; $25 fine.

Chalcy A. Sharp, Grover

Hill, failure to register dog; $50

fine with $25 suspended ifproof of registration shown,$87 costs.

Chalcy A. Sharp, GroverHill, confinement of dog; $25fine.

Joshua A. Evans, Paulding,theft; $160 costs, make restitu-tion, repay court appointedcounsel; compete Third Mil-lennium course, EMHA for35 days each count, probationordered, no contact with vic-tim.

Joshua A. Evans, Paulding,theft; 35 da ys EMHA to runconcurrently with C ount A.

David A. Vielma, Haviland,

theft; $150 fine, $192 costs,make restitution, 177 days jailsuspended; pay for stay at jail,

probation ordered, completeThird Millennium course, 30hours community service.

Chad E. Arnett, Paulding,menacing; $250 fine, $129costs, 30 days jail suspended;no contact with victims, com-munity control sanction viola-tion can equal a longer sanctionterm.

Chad E. Arnett, Paulding,disorderly conduct; dismissed

per State.Chaz Bullinger, Oakwood,

criminal damages; $300 fine,

$132 costs, make restitution,180 days jail suspended withpay for stay policy; completeThird Millennium andThinking for a Changecourses, no contact with vic-tims, 60 hours communityservice, probation ordered,seek employment.

Chaz Bullinger, Oakwood,underage consumption; $100fine, three days jail with 87suspended.Traffic Docket:

Scott M. Rau, Scott,OVI/under influence; $525fine, $165 costs, 10 days jail,one-year license suspension;

ALS terminated immediately,community control ordered, 20hours community service,complete Thinking for aChange program, sentencestayed for appeal, 170 days jailreserved.

Scott M. Rau, Scott, loud ex-haust; dismissed at States re-quest.

Michael J. Powers, SaintClair Shores, Mich., 78/65speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Amy E. McQuiston, Cleve-land Heights, 80/65 speed; $43fine, $77 costs.

Alysha M. Edens, Van Wert,71/55 speed; $43 fine, $80

costs.Czeslaw Szotek, Missis-sauga, Ont., seat belt; $30 fine,$50 costs.

Jonathan D. Neebes, Lapeer,Mich., seat belt; $30 fine, $47costs.

Janet S. Szabo, 69/55speed; $48 fine, $77 costs.

Calvin J. Straub, Holland,77/65 speed; $33 fine, $80costs.

Zachary L. Moore, Payne,OVI/under influence; dis-missed at States request.

Zachary L. Moore, Payne,reckless operation; $250 fine,$95 costs, three-month li-

cense suspension; ALS va-cated, fees waived.

Zachary L. Moore, Payne,turn signals; dismissed at

States request.

Samantha J. Lacy, VanWert, expired license; $92.46costs, pay by Aug. 14 or ap-

pear.Samantha J. Lacy, Van

Wert, 70/55 speed; $43 fine,pay all by Aug. 14 or appear.

Samantha J. Lacy, VanWert, seat belt; $30 fine, payall by Aug. 14 or appear.

Dovie Marie Neer, Pauld-ing, OVI/breath low; $375fine, $165 costs, pay all byOct. 9 or appear, three days

jail, six-month license sus-pension; ALS terminated, re-imburse appointed counselfees, communty control or-

dered, evaluation at West-wood, 20 hours communityservice, complete Thinkingfor a Change course, securevalid license, 87 days jail re-served.

Dovie Marie Neer, Pauld-ing, left of center; dismissedat States request.

Gregory M. Roberts,Ridgetown, Ont., 78/65speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Sandy Jean Pollack, De-queen, Ark., 65/55 speed; $33fine, $77 costs.

Joseph A. Zavac, Toledo,75/65 speed; $33 fine, $77costs.

David M. Titcombe, W.Carrollton, 65/55 speed; $33fine, $80 costs.

Cristovao Francisco, Mc-Cordsville, Ind., 84/65 speed;$43 fine, $77 costs.

Jose M. De Oliveira, FortWayne, 91/65 speed; $43fine, $77 costs.

Sarina B. Swing, MountProspect, Ill., seat belt; $67fine, $3 costs.

Lori E. Dimaiuat, Cheas-peake, Va., 75/65 speed; $33fine, $80 costs.

Efrain Oviedo, Houma,La., 78/65 speed; $33 fine,$80 costs.

Kim M. Donley, Paulding,67/55 speed; $33 fine, $80costs.

Vicki J. Profit, Van Wert,66/55 speed; $33 fine, $80costs.

Jeremy L. Linder, Defi-ance, stop sign; $53 fine, $77costs.

Douglas R. Kashner, VanWert, seat belt; $30 fine, $50costs.

Ramon Alcantar Jr., Cic-ero, Ill., 68/55 speed; $33fine, $86.50 costs.

Hillary R. Krebs, AnnArbor, Mich., 88/65 speed;$43 fine, $85 costs.

William J. Phillips,Zionsville, Ind., 85/65 speed;$43 fine, $77 costs.

Justin R. Ashworth, Pauld-ing, stop sign; $53 fine, $82costs.

Taylor A. Barney Jr., Mill-bury, 90/65 speed; $43 fine,$80 costs.

Dipti B. Patel, Orilla, Ont.,following closely; $53 fine,$77 costs.

David L. Wilson, South-port, Ind., seat belt; $30 fine,$47 costs.

Ryan M. Blair, Bluffton,Ind., 84/65 speed; $43 fine,$77 costs.

Nikolas James Hummel,Dumfries, Va., 78/65 speed;$33 fine, $80 costs.

Zachary M. Dietz, Fair-

field, 68/55 speed; $33 fine,

$80 costs.Amanda K. Parrish, Havi-land, 68/55 speed; $33 fine,$80 costs.

Zeljka Vasiljevic, Surrey,B.C., 69/55 speed; $33 fine,$77 costs.

Daha Musse, Scarborough,Ont., 67/55 speed; $33 fine,$80 costs.

Slawomir Gruszczynski,Whitby, Ont., seat belt; $30fine, $47 costs.

David Wayne Herbert,Muncie, Ind., 80/65 speed;$43 fine, $80 costs.

Michael Keith Moore,Dearborn, Mich., 79/65

speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.Joey A. Farison, FortWayne, seat belt; $30 fine,$47 costs.

Eric A. Phares, Angola,Ind., 87/65 speed; $43 fine,$77 costs.

Josesph B. Podzinski,Toledo, 88/65 speed; $43fine, $80 costs.

Sean T. Oehler, Defiance,seat belt; $20 fine, $50 costs.

Allison L. Habern, Vanwert, stop sign; $53 fine, $77costs.

Hope E. Owens, Delphos,71/55 speed; $43 fine, $77costs.

Bobby S. Allen, Indianapo-lis, 79/65 speed; $33 fine, $80costs.

David J. Clemens, Conti-nental, 70/55 speed; $43 fine,$77 costs.

Phillip H. Harris, Oak-wood, seat belt; $30 fine, $47costs.

Bradley James Wilcox,Haviland, failure to control;$68 fine, $77 costs.

Amarjit S. Johal, Missis-sauga, Ont., seat belt; $30fine, $50 costs.

Rasalingam Rajadurai,Toronto, 66/55 speed; $33fine,$80 costs.

Felicia Marie Oehler, Defi-ance, seat belt; $30 fine, $50costs.

Luke A. Weible, Paulding,77/55 speed; $63 fine, $77costs.

Diaa S. Falweh, N. Olm-sted, seat belt; $30 fine, $55costs.

Louis Salinas II, Defiance,seat belt; $30 fine, $47 costs.

Summer cooling

assistance beginsNorthwestern Ohio Com-

munity Action Commission(NOCAC) is accepting appli-cations for the HEAP Sum-mer Cooling program nowthrough Aug. 31. Assistancewith a payment of an electric

bill and/or distribution of afree air conditioner will be

provided.To qualify, a person must: be within 175% of the

Federal Poverty guidelines($41,213 annual income for afamily of four)

Be 60 years or older, or Have a medical condition

that would benefit from theprogram documented by aphysician or nurse practi-tioner.

Contact the local NOCACservice office for more detailsor to schedule an appoint-ment. In Paulding County,

phone 419-399-3650. Incomefor the past 90 days, electricand gas bills, social securitycards for everyone in thehousehold, and disability

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July 6 Pat Arend, DreyGamble, Angela Gonzales,Florence Gorman, DominicLaker, Tracy Rau, KennedySalinas, Wanda Wan-nemacher.

July 7 Angel Adams,Peyton Adams, Lee Dickey,Justin Guelde, Olivia Hois-ington, Teeghun Marlin,Danielle Noffsinger, BraedenPease, Waneta Sanders, TimWirts.

July 8 Alissa Bok, AlexisDangler, Bob Gilbert, Jimena

Gomez, Susan Blackmore,Jodie E. Parsons, Matthew

Shinners.July 9 Caci Hyman,

Kiera Goings, DonaldGreninger, Mechial Mullins,Dan Nutter, Cheryl Russell,

Eliza Schlueter, EdwardWare, Gerald Wirick.

July 10 Emma Dotterer,Jeremy Green, NicholeKennedy, Mildred Phillips,Paige Rahrig.

July 11 Pam Arend, Pat

AnniversariesJuly 6 Michael and Jen-

nifer Mudel.July 7 Art and Shirley

Hoellrich, Nick and JessicaMerritt.

July 8 Jack and Sue Mac-Donald.

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Vantage prepares for 2013-14By LINDSAY McCOY

DHI CorrespondentVAN WERT Vantage Ca-

reer Center Board of Education

welcomed special guest andcareer tech supervisor MaryJoWilhelm on June 27 to speakabout this weeks STEMCAMP, which that day.

This year, Vantage submitteda grant to Eaton Corporationfor their Charitable Fund for$3,000 to run this camp pairedwith the YWCA and 40 of theirSummer Food participants.

Each day students werepicked up at the YWCA andcame to Vantage to learn edu-cation information dealing withscience, technology, electron-ics, and math. Children spent

each day working within a dif-ferent field which included aday with computers, tractors,alternative energy, measuringthe height of the Vantage facil-ity with mirrors, and a fossilhunt at Lafarge.

Its a great plus anytime wecan get kids and parents in this

building, said Wilhelm. Weare opening our doors so thateveryone can see what we haveto offer.

Wilhelm is hopeful that thiscamp, as well as other activitiesthroughout the summer, willencourage non-traditional stu-

dents to the non-traditionalprograms offered at Vantage.

High school director BenWinans and adult education di-rector Pete Prichard also gavereports on the end of the 2012-13 school year and what is

being done to prepare Vantagefor the upcoming 2013-14

school year.Prichard reported that Van-

tage is continuing to work withVan Werts economic develop-

ment department to fill thedeficit between what is neededin todays jobs and what skillstheir students have to offer.

Administration and teachersare also looking at fiscal adjust-ments to bring down costs forthe next school year. Profes-sional activities are being ful-filled online to help adulteducation teachers to work ontheir education skills to be-come better teachers for adultslooking to continue their edu-cation.

Winans reported that severalteachers are going through

OTEZ training for standardchanges that are quickly ap-

proaching for all school dis-tricts in the next couple years.Tile repair has been continuedthroughout the building, andJuly 8, the floors will be refin-ished in the lab areas. Land-scaping advances arecontinuing throughout thesummer and are finally begin-ning to come along. The schoolhas also received a full sizedvan as well as a car and will be

purchasing additional neededvehicles before the beginningof the school year.

The board approvedamended revenues and appro-

priations for fiscal year 13 aswell as approved final num-

bers. Temporary revenues andappropriations were also ap-

proved. Treasurer Lori Davisreported that the district endedthe year very well, and rev-

enues were up by 1.6 percent.Costs were down due to work-ers comp premiums remainingdown and taxes being up.

Overall, revenue totals re-mained $865,000 above ex-

penses at the end of the schoolyear.

Davis expects that in 2014the revenues and expenses willcome back in line with those

before construction began andthat fiscal year 14 will see verysmall changes from what hasinitially been projected.

Davis also reported that therefunding of bonds process isstill delayed while the bond un-derwriter continues to watchthe market. The market is low-ering, but still remains high.

Vantage will also be joiningOhio Shared Services for adebt collection program. Van-tage will be used as a pilotschool for this program. Nofees will be charged to theschool. Vantage does build upquite a bit of adult educationdebt and if all works well willmove everything over to thiscompany.

Employment was approvedfor Darrell Miller as attendancediscipline officer and LucasCompton as technology sup-

port specialist. Employmentwas also approved for Annette

Klinger, Vicki Bidlack andGlenn Schenk.

The approval of theNEOLA new and revisedpolicies were also accepted.The next regular Vantage Ca-reer Center Board of Educa-tion meeting is scheduled for7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1.

July 10 Duke and PhyllisAlbert, James and SharonJackson.

July 11 Steven and Mar-sha Franklin, Penny and Den-nis Saylor.

July 12 Robert and Mary

Jane Gilbert, Bob and MargoKyser.

Bowers, Ben Brown, DavidCooper, Frank Guyton,Robert Habern, EleanorHoover, Neil McGill, KevinWannemacher.

July 12 Brian Bashore,Shirley Cramer, Jerry Davis,Angie Slade, Anna Grunden,Savannah Habern, StephanieHabern, Adrian Nehls,Michelle Porter, ChloeWilliams, Bill Wobler.

Independent Insurance Agentsaward 7 college scholarships

The Paulding County Inde-pendent Insurance Agents As-sociation Inc. (PCIIAA) hasonce again awarded $500

scholarships to seven Pauld-ing County high graduateswho headed for college. Thescholarship program is oneway the association has givenback to the community since1987.

Each year applications areaccepted from PauldingCounty high school seniors.The scholarships are awardedbased on their current GPA,which must be a B average orhigher, their ACT scores,community outreach and ex-tracurricular activities. Eachyear there are many applica-

tions submitted and the com-mittee continues to beamazed at the number ofwonderful young men andwomen in our communityand are proud to be able to as-sist these students as theypursue their college educa-tion.

This year the seven $500scholarships were awarded tothe following :

Shawn Dooley, who is agraduate of Antwerp HighSchool, and the son of Shawnand Michelle Dooley. Shawnplans to attend Ohio Northern

University this fall where hewill pursue a degree in com-

puter science. Ryan Girardot, who is a

graduate of Antwerp HighSchool, and the son Todd andMelissa Girardot. Ryan plansto attend IPFW/ Fort Waynethis fall where he will pursue

a degree in music education. Lydia Schneider, who is agraduate of Antwerp HighSchool, and the daughter ofMike Schneider and Kim-

berly Schneider. Lydia plansto attend Kent State this fallwhere she will pursue a majorin fashion design.

Savannah Roughton, whois a graduate of PauldingHigh School, and the daugh-ter of Eric Roughton andShelly Roughton. Savannah

plans to attend Bluffton Uni-versity where she plans to

pursue a degree in chem-istry/premedicine.

Zane Wilhelm, who is

graduate of Paulding HighSchool, and the son of Randyand Vicki Wilhelm. Zane will

be attending The University

of Toledo where he will pur-sue a degree in engineeringand chemical engineering.

Graden Grady Gu-dakunst, who is a graduate ofWayne Trace High School,and the son of Jeffrey andKerry Gudakunst. Grady

plans to attend The OhioState University where hewill pursue actuarial science.

Staci Wenninger, who is agraduate of Wayne TraceHigh School, and the daugh-ter of Randy and Joni Wen-ninger. Staci will be attending

Northwest State CommunityCollege where she will pur-sue a degree in radiology.

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A Penny ForYour Thoughts....By: Nancy W hitaker

MORE THAN BUTTERThis week has been a devas-

tating one for beloved Food

Network star, Paula Deen. Per-sonally, I am just sick at the wayshe has been treated by her em-

ployer and her sponsors.I am sure others may have a

different opinion than I do, butwhen you watch these stars andlet them into your your homeseveryday, you feel like you getto know them. The same holdstrue for Deen.

I love her cooking, her South-ern friendliness and her rags toriches story. Her wonderfulrecipes calling for a stick of but-ter tempts my tastebuds and en-courages my creative cookingskills.

The latest saga in PaulaDeens life stems from a galwho managed one of PaulaDeens and her brother,Bubbas, restaurant for fiveyears.

The former employee claimsshe was subjected to racial slurs,

jokes and sexual innuendoesduring her five years of employ-ment. At first, the accuser ap-

proached the Deen family andsaid she would settle out ofcourt for a price.

The Deen family did notwant to pay out the money andclaimed that the accusationswere just not true.

However, the accuser didtake it to court and Deen wasasked questions in her deposi-tion, if she had ever used a racialterm at anytime during her life.

Deen replied at one time shedid in fact use the derogatoryterm. She went on to explain, ithappened when she was beingrobbed by a man at gun point.She said she did not promote orstand for racism and she had

been raised to tell the truth.From there, the story became

the focus of news reports, talk-ing heads and the social media.Everyone jumped on the band-wagon to voice their opinions.

But then, if it wasnt bad thatDeen was being sued for an al-leged racial term, her employer,the Food Network, on whichshe had a cooking show for the

past 12 years, chose not to

renew her contract.The very people she thought

were friends and coworkers did

not want anything to do withthis star who had brought themin a many fans and a lot ofdough. (Pun intended.)

Of course, Deen and her twosons, who also have cookingshows, were devastated. Theirfortune had not came easy. Foryears Paula was a single parentand she and her sons mademoney selling bagged lunchesfor workers during lunch hours.

Paulas bagged lunches wereso good and tasty that they be-came popular with the lunchcrowd. She became known asThe Bag Lady. Paulas expertisewas in fact cooking. She loved

cooking the good old southerndishes and all of her recipescontained rich wonderful ingre-dients.

Paula Deen was on theToday Show last Wednesday,sobbing and telling of her hon-esty and how she had raised her

boys the same way. One newsoutlet asked her, You couldhave lied on that deposition andsay that you had never used aracial slur. Why didnt you?

Deen replied she did not lieand that she has always be-lieved, If God brings you to it;he will bring you through it.

In the past few days some of

her main sponsors havedropped her products whilesome are sticking by her side.

A Facebook page was started

and is titled We Support PaulaDeen. Since it started just thisweek, it has over 500,000 fans

who all support the cook, herrecipes, her personality, and yesher butter.

Deen has a new cookbook setto come out in October andmany of her fans called Ama-zon or went online to pre-orderthe book. The book is nowclimbing up the ladder and will

probably be on the bestsellerlist.

I feel that at one time or an-other we have all used somederogatory word that in nolonger kosher to use. It is too

bad how one person can takeaway your livelihood, yourfunds, and your self esteem and

all you have worked for withoutat least giving this lady from thesouth a fair shake.

People can stomp on our flagand bad mouth the governmentand no one says a thing. How-ever, it is a shame to let one per-son who has worked hard to getwhere she is be turned over to a

pack of judgmental wolves.The Bible says, He who is

without sin, let him cast the firststone.

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Creatures at theNature Center

By Mark HoltsberryEducation specialist

Paulding SWCDMany wonderful creatures can be at the Na-

ture Center park and grounds. Snapping turtlesare very visible if careful attention is given.

Large specimens may weigh more than 35pounds. Though they are very abundant, theyare not seen as frequently as most other turtles.From May through June, females may be seencrossing roads in search of sites to lay theireggs. Although the snapping turtles powerful,keen-edged jaw are capable of doing greatdamage to a carelessly placed finger, storiesof snapping broom handles in half are an ex-aggeration. I have seen a snapping turtle thesize of a basketball and had no intention of in-troducing myself.

The Northern map turtle is another visibleresident of the Nature Center. The female is

bigger than the male. The turtle gets its namefrom the network of fine yellow lines thatcrisscross around its neck. These lines almost

look like a topographical map. They are verynoticeable on young specimens, but they fade

with age. Map turtles may be active year-round, and have been observed walkingaround under the ice during winter time.

The most frequently seen tu

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