Paulding County Progress October 9, 2013

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By JIM LANGHAMFeature Writer

PAULDING SarahNoggle, newly selected OhioState University Extensioneducator for Paulding County,couldnt be more excitedabout her new position.

The announcement of herhiring was made Monday.Noggle will be filling the va-cancy left by Jim Lopshirewhen he retired in June fromthe OSU Extension agent ed-ucator position.

Noggle, who was raised ona farm outside of Antwerp,the daughter of Keith andSusan Wiesehan, has alwaysbeen saturated with a love forfarming and agriculture. Shehas been an agriculture in-structor in Paulding HighSchool for the past 12 years.

I am excited about this op-portunity, said Noggle, thewife of Ryan Noggle.Growing up in the county, Ialways wanted to teach agri-culture on the high schoollevel. I am really excitedabout having this opportuni-ty.

At Ohio State University,Noggle majored in agricul-ture education and minored in

agriculture production. AtOSU, she continued her com-mitment to 4-H by becomingactive in collegiate 4-H andshe worked at the state 4-Hoffice. In school, Noggle hadbeen a 10-year 4-H memberand had served on the juniorfair board.

Three out of four summers,she worked at the state fair.The first year out of college,there were no teaching jobsavailable in the area, so sheworked as an agronomist atZielke Farm Services.

Her first teaching opportu-nity opened up as an agricul-

tural instructor at WayneTrace High School. Shortlyafter, a lifetime dream wassatisfied when she was hiredto join forces with TonyStoller in agriculture atPaulding High School.

Noggle also finished a mas-ters in education degree in2004.

Noggle chuckles when sherefers to a special weddinggift that she and her husbandreceived from former OhioState University footballcoach John Cooper. Nogglehad spent some time workingin the athletic department at

OSU and had met Cooper atthe time.When they were married,

Cooper sent Noggle a plaquethat stated, Teamwork is thekey to marriage; it is still the

key to the Buckeyes.The Noggles have two chil-

dren, Ethan, age 10, andDelana, age 5.

During this past summer,Noggle heard of the openingat the OSU Extension office.She interviewed and was of-fered the position, a decisionthat became very difficult forthe local educator because ofher love for her students.

I love the kids; it was hard

to separate from the kids,said Noggle. Ive been there12 years. But I realized that Istill could work with thosekids and connect with theirparents in this office. I hopethat they will come back tothe extension office and useour resources.

Noggle said that her aspira-tion to serve in the OSUExtension office came fromher love for the farm that sheattained growing up in agri-culture. She said she under-stands tough decisions thatfarmers have to make, espe-cially how difficult it is to

make changes.Another influential factorin Noggle changing profes-sions came from a desire tospend more time with herfamily in the evenings.

Sometimes with day today pressures of teaching, itmade it difficult to spend timewith my family, observedNoggle. With this, I will stillbe teaching, but I will be ableto be at home more with thechildren.

I wanted to make sure thatI would still have the opportu-nity to teach farm productionagriculturalists. I want tobridge the gap between the

younger generation and theolder generation, Nogglesaid. I look at my husbandand father-in-law (RandyNoggle). Things arent al-ways the way grandpa didthem; in many ways we needto embrace technology.

I dont want to leave outthe smaller farms, addedNoggle. I still want to con-nect with those people andhelp them.

Noggle said that initiallyshe wants to take time to feelthe pulse of the agriculturecommunity and its needs inPaulding County. She wants

to take time to sit down andtalk with farmers to see whatthey feel their needs are.

The new agent emphasized

Noggle selected as county

OSU Extension educator

Sarah Noggle, agriculture teacher at Paulding High Schoolfor the past decade, will be taking over as OSU Extension edu-cator this month.

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PAULDING Bewareof the hook! Do not missthe Paulding CountyCarnegie Librarys fall ex-travaganza, Tuesday, Oct.22 at the main historicCarnegie library inPaulding.

The childrens room willbe transformed intoNeverland, the land ofPeter Pan, Tinker Bell andCaptain Hook. Your childwill be able to interact andhave their photo taken

with favorite Peter Pancharacters.

Refreshments, doorprizes and lots of surpriseswait as the library Returnsto Neverland. Comedressed as your favoritePeter Pan character andjoin in this free library cen-tennial celebration event.

Cleanup dayrescheduled

OAKWOOD OakwoodVillages fall cleanup hasbeen rescheduled for Oct.

19 from 9 am-1 p.m. Thedate originally had been setfor Oct. 12.

Free communitydinner tonight

GROVER HILL TheMt. Zion United MethodistChurch will be hosting itsfree community dinner from5-7 p.m. tonight, Oct. 9.This is to be a soup supperwith many kinds of soups,sides and desserts. Mt. Zionis located on Road 151 out-side of Grover Hill.

Thanks to you ...Wed like to thank

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From Staff ReportsPAULDING Two

Indiana men have pleaded

guilty torobbing theP a u l d i n gRite Aidstore inNo ve mb er2012.

Jared L.Schib ley ,age 24, ofWoodburn,had a hear-ing on achange ofplea lastweek inP a u l d i n gCounty Common Pleas

Court. He entered a guiltyplea to an amended count ofrobbery (F2). He was origi-nally indicted for aggravatedrobbery (F1).

Schibley is scheduled to

be sentenced on Dec. 9.Kaz K. Shenfeld, 23, of

Harlan, Ind., entered a guilty

plea to an amended count ofrobbery (F2) at a Sept. 25court appearance. He will besentenced on Nov. 18. Hisoriginal indictment allegedaggravated robbery (F1).

Both men were arrested inJanuary and indicted by acounty grand jury inFebruary.

Last Nov. 29, a male en-tered the Rite Aid store andwent to the pharmacy count-er. He handed an employee anote demanding prescriptiondrugs. The note also statedhe had a gun, although noweapon was shown.

The man received someprescription drugs and leftthrough the front door. Heallegedly got into a carparked across the street,driven by a second male.

See METH LAB,page 2A

ing this robbery, they should con-tact the sheriffs office by calling419-399-3791. Information mayalso be left on their Facebook ac-count by searchingFacebook/Paulding CountySheriffs Office.

To leave an email for the sheriffor an anonymous tip, view the of-fice website at www.pauldingohsh-eriff.com.

Scroll to the bottom of any pageand click Send us an anonymoustip to take that action.

By DENISE GEBERSProgress Staff Writer

GROVER HILL PauldingCounty Sheriffs office continuesits investigation of a robbery of aservice station last Friday evening.

A few minutes before 8 p.m. onOct. 4, a male subject enteredRosss Gas Station at the intersec-tion of Ohio 114 and Ohio 637 anddemanded cash. The suspect as-saulted two clerks and robbed thecash register. He got away with anundisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect is described as: a white male approximately six feet tall weighing about 220 pounds wearing dark pants, a ball cap

and sunglasses.He entered the passenger side of a

Ford Explorer, possibly an EddieBauer Edition, which left the scene.It is thought the vehicle was late1990s or early 2000s model, darkblue over tan. A second subject mayhave been inside.

On Monday afternoon, Sheriff

Jason Landers said his departmenthas been following up on a tremen-dous amount of leads they have re-ceived off Facebook and by phone.

Were putting things together,he said. Its just a matter of gettingthere.

Store clerks received minor in-juries, but did not seek medical at-tention at the time of the incident.

The suspect called one of theclerks by name, and it is believedthe suspects are from the area.

If anyone has information regard-

Deputies pursue tremendous amount

of leads in Friday gas station robbery

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ANTWERP An anony-mous tip about a meth labled to the arrest of a ruralAntwerp man last week.

Jason VanCleve, age 32,of rural Antwerp, was takeninto custody on Tuesday,Oct. 1 after a drug-relatedinvestigation at his resi-dence, located at 2320 Rd424 in Carryall Township,according to Sheriff JasonK. Landers.

Landers said Deputy

Caleb Miller was alerted tothe residence by an anony-mous source who called thesheriffs office statingVanCleve was cookingmeth.

The sheriffs office hadreceived the same informa-tion the night before; how-ever, that investigation wasfruitless. After the informa-tion was received onTuesday, Deputy Millercontacted Paulding CountyCourt Probation OfficerTony Gonzales for his assis-tance, as VanCleve is cur-rently on probation through

that court. While conductinga probation search of theproperty, a meth lab was dis-

covered in a detached build-ing.

VanCleve was arrested byGonzales and charged witha probation violation. A caseagainst VanCleve is expect-ed to be presented to aPaulding County grand juryon Thursday, Oct. 10 forcharges related to manufac-turing and assemblingmethamphetamine.

This is a great exampleof law enforcement agen-cies working together. I ap-

preciate Tony for taking the

One arrested in

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n METH LABContinued from Page 1Atime to help make PauldingCounty a safer place to live,Landers said.

We are nearing 10 methlabs taken down this year andthat makes my stomach turn,because these things are dan-

gerous. I thank the citizensthat call in with this informa-tion. Together we can make adifference, the sheriff added.

If anyone has informationregarding drug activity or anyother crime, please contactthe sheriffs office at 419-399-3791. You can also leaveinformation via Facebook bysearching Facebook/PauldingCounty Sheriffs Office. Viewthe sheriffs website atwww.pauldingohsheriff.comand leave an email for thesheriff. Or, leave an anony-mous tip via the website byscrolling to the bottom of any

page and clicking on Send usan anonymous tip.

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Archer aristocracy

Antwerp High School hosted Edgerton for its 2013

Homecoming game on Sept. 27. During the pregame cere-monies, seniors Brock Taylor and Bethany Dunderman werecrowned queen and king. For a photo of the entireHomecoming court, see inside.

The Ohio robotics team of Matthew Klopfenstein, Alec Kuhn and Arlen Stoller. Klopfensteintook first in the Remote Control Challenge and Alec Kuhn and Arlen Stoller took first in the

Automated Control portion of the competition with their VEX robots.

Area farmers spent much of last week attempting to avoid showers in order to bring in this years soybean crop.

Farmers looking for bumper corn cropBy JIM LANGHAM

Feature WriterArea farmers are eagerly waiting to get

back into their fields, following substan-

tial weekend rainfall, in order to continueharvesting one of the best crops in recentyears.

Although soybeans may not be quite assuccessful as last years bumper crop,farmers are still pleased with the 50s and60s bushel per overall average that hasbeen coming in. Due to last weeks morehumid and showery pattern, bean mois-ture had increased some last week, butlocal agriculturalists are optimistic thatthis weeks dry and sunny forecast willhelp to bring moisture rates back down.

Earlier bean moisture rates had been inthe 12-13 percent range but some of thatincreased to around 15 percent last week.

Guys that are bringing the beans inseem very pleased, commented Susan

Arend, of Mercer Landmark Branch inAntwerp. Most of them dont say whattype of bushels per acre they are getting,but they are very happy so thats a goodsign.

Arend said that some farmers havestarted on corn.

The guys that Ive seen seem verypleased with what they are getting, com-

mented Arend. Moisture is pretty de-cent, from 18 1/2 to 25 percent. The con-sensus is that last year we had betterbeans but this year has better corn.

One characteristic of this years crop isthat success is widespread throughout thearea. Jeff Lehman, of Lehman Feed Millin Adams County, Indiana, just to oursouthwest, reported late last week thatthey were getting anywhere from 175 to200 bushels an acre and even higher oncorn, which was coming in between 19and 25 percent on the moisture. Beans inthat area were yielding similar to the restof the area.

In Van Wert, officials are looking at200 bushels of corn per acre quite fre-quently with higher amounts also appear-

ing. The 55-65 bushels per acre beanrange is also prevalent through the area.Many Paulding County farmers are inagreement with the high corn yields atthis early part of harvest.

Weather conditions for harvest are pro-jected to vastly improve over the nextseveral days says weather specialist RickMcCoy, Van Wert.

We finally have that hurricane out ofthe gulf that was shooting all of that mois-ture up here and the front with dryCanadian air has passed through, saidMcCoy, who noted that several areas re-ceived at least two inches of rain over theweekend.

Right now it looks good from here onout, continued McCoy. At the NationalWeather Service, they are saying warmdry afternoons in the low 70s and plentyof sunshine to continue through theweekend. Thats the formula we are look-ing for.

At the Ohio State University Extensionoffice in Columbus, agriculture leadersare especially asking farmers to be alertto weeds in their fields during harvest that

show any herbicide resistance. Farmersare asked to report lingering weeds thatshould have been destroyed by properherbicide usage to their local extensionagent.

By Staci Hiler4-H program assistant

Paulding County 4-H robotics team compet-ed at the 63rd National 4-H EngineeringChallenge held Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in WestLafayette, Ind.

The robotics team from Ohio was made upof three Paulding County 4-H members. The

team consisted of Matthew Klopfenstein, ArlenStoller and Alec Kuhn. There were 12 mem-bers from Ohio that participated at this nation-al competition.

The team members spent a lot of timepreparing for this competition. VEX robot kitswere used in the competition and the teams hadapproximately 24 hours to design and constructtheir robot to do specific tasks.

Klopfenstein placed first in the RemoteControl Challenge where he had to program hisrobot to pick up golf balls and place the golf

balls in drains on a rotating wheel to accumu-late points. There were five different teamscompeting in this part of the competition.Matthew had a total of three minutes to com-plete the task.

Stoller and Kuhn took first in the AutomatedControl portion of the contest. Their robot hadto complete an obstacle course in two minutes.

Stoller and Kuhn were able to complete thistask in less than 30 seconds.The team did a great job at the competition

and was glad to be representing team Ohio, aswell as the Paulding County 4-H Program.They said this was a wonderful opportunity andthey enjoyed getting the chance to meet newpeople from different states.

The Paulding County 4-H Program wouldlike to congratulate them on a job well done atnationals and encourage them to keep up thegreat work.

Robotics team wins at 4-H

National Engineering event

By DENISE GEBERSProgress Staff Writer

PAULDING A new serv-ice is available to county resi-dents from the Paulding

County Sheriffs office. SinceOct. 1, they are helping peo-ple dispose of old and/or ex-pired pill-form narcotics orprescriptions by use of anRxDrugDropBox.

Sheriff Jason Landers haspurchased a secured lock dropbox for the purpose of storingunwanted medications. Aspills are brought into the of-fice they are logged into theevidence room and depositedin the drop box.

No liquids will be accepted.Once the box is filled, the

sheriff will work with theDEA to properly dispose of

the pills.This service came about

after a couple citizens in thecommunity approached meabout becoming involvedwith the National Drug TakeBack Day, which is coordinat-ed through the DEA, saidLanders. While workingwith the DEA and searchingthe national event, I cameacross this drop box. I truly

believe this will be a usefulservice for Paulding County.

The sheriff said two sub-jects had used the service lastweek. On Oct. 3, the depart-

ment logged between 500 and600 pills into evidence anddeposited them. As ofMonday, an additional 350pills had been brought in fordisposal.

I am really excited to bringthis service to the citizens,said Sheriff Landers. An ex-ample of why this box is use-ful would be when a lovedone passes away and family isleft with prescribed painkillers or otherwise. Up untilnow you had to dispose ofthese pills in your own way.Now folks will have a safeand legal option to destroy the

pills.There are times when citi-

zens need to discard theirmedications and everyoneturns them away. No one willaccept your pills for dispos-al, concluded SheriffLanders. This is the best op-tion out there to safely get ridof these pills.

Unwanted medications canbe dropped off at any time.

Sheriffs office offers

place to properly

dispose of old meds

Denise Gebers/Paulding County Progress

Paulding County Sheriff Jason Landers kneels next to a new

drop box in his office used to dispose of medications in pillform. The new service is an effort to assist residents in dis-posing of old or expired narcotics or prescriptions.


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(Willy) Tops, Nieuwerkerken,Belgium, and Christy Ro-moser, Jennifer (Mark) Hig-inbotham and Julie (Dwight)Weber, all of Seattle; 11grandchildren, Andrea Lanz,Tracey (Karl) Lanz Hoalst,Austin Lanz, Jeremiah(Sylvie) Tops, Benjamin(Karen) Tops, Caitlyn Ro-moser, Taylor Romoser, Alex

Higinbotham, Dustin(Megan) Weber, Stephanie(Trace) Rorie, and JosiahWeber; and six great-grand-children, Sydney, Tristan,Quinten, Amori, Mateo andAddison.

Graveside services wereconducted Monday, Oct. 7 atLatty Apostolic ChristianChurch Cemetery, Latty, withthe Rev. Dustin Weber offici-ating. Den Herder FuneralHome, Paulding, was incharge of arrangements.

There will also be memo-rial services held in memoryof Clare at 10:30 a.m. Satur-

day, Oct. 26 at the PauldingChurch of the Nazarene,Paulding, with the Rev.Dwight Weber officiating.The family will receivefriends one hour prior to thememorial services.

In lieu of flowers, the fam-ily requests memorials madeto Community Health Profes-sionals, Country Inn En-hanced Living Center orChildren of the Nations.

Online condolences may besent to www.denherderfh.com.

BEVERLY GUMM1937-2013

WOODBURN BeverlyA. Gumm, age 75, of Wood-burn, died at 3:52 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 2 atParkview Regional MedicalCenter.

She wasborn Nov.23, 1937 in

Van WertC o u n t y ,the daugh-ter ofErnest H.and Alice Donne (Presgrave)Klinker. She married JamesH. Gumm on May 5, 1990 inPayne. She graduated in 1955from Woodburn High Schooland retired in 1986 from In-ternational Harvester Com-pany with 31 years of servicein scheduling and expediting.Beverly attended EdgertonWesleyan Church in Edger-ton, Ind. She was a memberof the VFW #2457 Ladies

Auxiliary in New Haven, theMoose Lodge #861 in Co-lumbia City, and the Ameri-can Legion #330 Auxiliary inNew Haven.

Surviving are her husband,of Woodburn; four daughters,Kelly A. Boroff of FortWayne, Kathy L. Hessler ofFort Wayne, Kimberly K.(David) Braaten of NewHaven and LeAnn M.(Steven) Johnson of FortWayne; four brothers, JamesL. Klinker of Van Wert, Terry

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ObituariesUpdated weekdays at www.progressnewspaper.org The Amish Cook

By: Lovina Eicher

kettle of chicken noodle soupready.

On the lunch menu washomemade wheat and white

bread (of which Emma had75 loaves brought in by thechurch women), bologna,

cheese, tomato slices, peanutbutter spread, hot pepper but-ter, dill pickles, freezer pick-les, red beets, strawberry jam,

butter, coffee, tea and variouskinds of cookies.

They were well preparedand had plenty of food foreveryone. It was a lot of workto prepare for a big servicelike this, which Jacob andEmma and family so will-ingly did.

After dishes were allwashed, popcorn was servedto anyone still there. Emmahad invited quite a crowd

back for supper, so some ofthe people decided to stay allafternoon.

I was taking some of mycontainers out to the buggy,so they would be out of theway, when someone came toget me saying that daughterVerena was choking on pop-corn. After several of us triedto retrieve the popcorn, wenoticed she wasnt choking,

but she was losing her breath,couldnt talk or walk.The EMS was called and shewas taken to the hospital. TheEMS men thought at first shecould be having a seizure, butafter treating her for one shestill didnt act different.

After taking some tests andx-rays the doctor said she wasdehydrated and under a lot ofstress which might have ledinto an anxiety attack whenshe kind of choked on the

popcorn.After being able to talk,

Verena told us her chest start-ing hurting really bad and shewas hardly able to breath, soshe wanted to go for a drinkof water, but fell, not being

Sunday morning turned outto be nice and sunny althougha bit on the chilly side.Friends and family attendedour church services at Jacoband Emmas house, in honorof baptismal services being

held for Mose, Susan andElizabeth.Jacob had two bench wag-

ons there, so he would haveplenty of benches to set up. Itwas a good thing he had pre-

pared.The big tool shed was filled

with people by the time serv-ices started at 9 a.m. Peopleattended from South Holland,Ill., Hicksville, Ohio, fromseveral towns in Indiana in-cluding Grabill, Shipshe-wana, Middlebury, Berne,LaGrange, Nappanee andHersey and Charlotte, Mich.

There were also peoplefrom surrounding church dis-tricts in this area. Taking arough estimate, I would thinkabout 350 were in attendance.

The three young souls weretaken into the confession offaith by Bishop Sam Bon-trager from Nappanee, Ind.Sam would be a great-uncleto Mose. There were 19 min-isters in attendance as well.

We appreciate all the sup-port and encouragement thatwas given by being there forthese three young people tak-ing such a wonderful step inlife. May God continue to betheir guide in everything theydo. And how blessed we areto have a savior such as JesusChrist who died on the crossfor all our sins.

Lunch was served to every-one afterwards. We served 17tables of people. Eight tableswere set at a time. In be-tween, the settings werequickly washed by all thewilling helpers, so they could

be reused. A lot of the chil-dren were fed in the housewhere Emma had a 12-quart

able to help herself anymore.How blessed we felt to be

able to bring her home afterthey gave her some IV fluids.Joe and I spent the evening atthe hospital. The children atesupper at Jacobs.

They had quite a few peo-ple there for supper. Too badit had to turn out this way thatwe couldnt be there, butGods ways are not our ways.HOMEMADE PUMPKIN

ROLL3 eggs1 cup sugar1 teaspoon lemon juice2/3 cup pumpkin3/4 cup flour1 teaspoon baking powder2 teaspoons cinnamon1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon ginger1/2 teaspoon nutmeg1 cup pecans (optional)Confectioners sugar

Whip eggs for five min-utes. Add sugar, lemon juiceand pumpkin. Mix well. Addremaining ingredients except

pecans.Grease jelly roll pan. Place

waxed paper in jelly roll pan,making sure waxed paper isextended beyond both ends of

pan. Pour batter into waxedpaper lined jelly roll pan.Cover batter with pecans.Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.When baked, remove fromwaxed paper immediatelyand roll in a towel which has

been sprinkled with confec-tioners sugar. Be sure to rolltowel and cake together.When cool, unroll and spreadwith filling.Filling:8 ounces of softened creamcheese1/2 teaspoon of vanilla1 cup of confectioners sugar4 tablespoons margarine

Combine cream cheese,vanilla, confectioners sugarand margarine. Beat untilsmooth and creamy.

L. (Linda) Klinker of ApolloBeach, Fla., the Rev. WilliamF. (Linda) Klinker of Newark,and Lynn A. (Jean) Klinker ofWoodburn; a sister, CharlotteB. McCowan, Fort Wayne;four grandchildren; and twogreat-grandchildren.

She was preceded in deathby her son, Terry Joe Boroff,who died at only eight days

old in 1957; and an infantbrother, Garth Ernest Klinker;who died at 8 months old.

Service were held Monday,Oct. 7 in the Zwick & JahnFuneral Home, Jacobs Chapelin Monroeville, Ind. Burialwas in IOOF Cemetery inConvoy.

Preferred memorials are toAmerican Heart Association.

For complete obituary infor-mation and to sign the on-lineguestbook, visit www.zwick-

jahn.com.

CLARE LANZ1922-2013

PAULDING Clare M.Lanz, age 91, died Thursday,Oct. 3 at the Country Inn En-hanced Living Center, Pauld-ing.

She was born April 29,1922, in Paulding County, thedaughter of Alfred and Bertha(Hafeli) Buehler. On Aug. 27,1944, she married ElmerLanz, who preceded her indeath on April 13, 2002.

She is survived by a son,Kerry (Kathy) Lanz, Cincin-nati; four daughters, Susan

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Commissioners discusswind farm tax issues

The Paulding CountyCommissioners met Sept.23 in regular session.

Auditor Claudia Fickel,Treasurer Lou Ann Wan-nemacher and the commis-sioners discussed thePILOT breakdown for theIberdrola wind farm. Col-lection on the Blue CreekWind Farm will begin in

February 2014, for tax year2013.There are two townships

with turbines Blue Creekand Latty. Breaking downthe revenue becomes chal-lenging due to the differ-ences in the taxing districtsmillage.

The commissioners at-tended a meeting at WayneTrace High School at the re-quest of Dan Litchfield ofIberdrola. The auditors andtreasurers of Paulding andVan Wert counties were alsopresent, as well as Matt

Sutherland and John Wick-ham of the Ohio Develop-ment Services Agency.

Litchfield introduced PeterLandoni and Steven Shaw ofIberdrola. Landoni explainedhe handles the economic sideof the wind farm activity. Hedeals with the sell of the en-ergy produced, in addition tomaking sure the company iscontract compliant.

Shaw noted his specialty isthe taxation of the wind farm.Iberdrolas wind farm is inboth Paulding and Van Wert

counties. He reminded theelected officials the one-halfacre each turbine sits on is taxexempt; however, the drive-ways and buildings belongingto electric companies are not.

The reason for the exemp-tion is the energy facility inPaulding County has 37 tur-bines in Iberdrolas projectand Van Wert has 115. Eachturbine is expected to produce2 megawatts of power peryear.

The service payment is$1,000 per megawatt and thePILOT is $8,000 per

megawatt. Payments will bein February and July, begin-ning in 2014.

County Court JudgeSuzanne Rister reported thatwhile criminal cases aredown from 2012, civil andtraffic cases are up from thenorm. She updated the com-missioners on her request toconsider Paulding County

Court for a full-time judge-ship.Bids were opened for the

Cecil Wastewater TreatmentFacility Project (CDBG).Bids included: R.G. Zachrich,Defiance, $533,500; All Pur-

pose Contracting Inc.,Delphos, $525,500; Vernon

Nagel Inc., Napoleon,$565,200.

The estimate for the projectis $563,000. The specifica-tions will be studied with adetermination to be madelater.

Tony Langham and Jerry

Zielke from Paulding CountyEconomic Development(PCED) met with the com-missioners. Langham intro-duced Zielke as the newPCED director. Langhamnoted this would be his lastofficial meeting with thecommissioners and hethanked them for the workingrelationship with PCED dur-ing his years as director.

He reviewed informationregarding the TDM3 revolv-ing loan and bankruptcy. Hehas been in contact with the

state for their recommenda-tions as to the status of theAntwerp ball field in connec-

tion with the loan. Langhamreported he has also spokenwith the Antwerp Ball Asso-ciation with the same infor-mation.

Wannemacher presented abill for the checking accountpackage related to the recentchange in depository bankinginstitutions.

Fickel reported she is

working on completing a sur-vey from the state auditor.She noted the audit will be

bid out next year. The stateauditors office will do thelegwork and present the com-missioners with recommen-dations as to which entity tocontract with. The state audi-tors office will also workclosely with the countyschoice.

A resolution was approveddirecting the county auditor toamend the 2013 annual ap-

propriation by appropriating$7,700 to the Sheriff/K-9 Ex-

pense.They also directed the au-

ditor to transfer $13,600 toGeneral Fund/ProbateCourt/Salaries Employees.

Also approved was for theauditor to transfer $5,000 inthe Public Assistant FundPublic Assistance/Purchase ofService.

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Rick Kidwell (left), lieutenant governor for Kiwanis Division 1South, was the speaker at the recent Paulding Kiwanis Club

meeting. Oct. 1 was the start of the new year for Kiwanis. JasonLanders (right) was installed as the new president, replacingTiffany Beckman. Landers was program chairman.

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events that we have in ourcounty. In every small com-munity in this county the

people take pride in theirevents and wouldnt it be

great if the whole countytook the time to experiencethem. Think about it inAntwerp we have the Day Inthe Park, Paulding has JohnPaulding Days, Payne hasthe Fall Fest in October,Broughton has the RedneckJamboree and Oakwood hasthe Homecoming on LaborDay weekend. Im sure thatthere are other events Immissing; the point is the youdont have to be from onethese towns to enjoy whatthey have offer right here inour own county.

We also have the county

fair in June that involves theyouth of the entire county,

be sure to go and supportthem. It has been said thatthe festival committee andthe fair board dont getalong, I would like to letevery one know that I havesupported the festival for 20years and will continue to inthe future, and there are oth-ers on the fair board that feelthe same way. Keep in mindthat there are a lot of greatevents in our communitythat people have put incountless hours to makehappen and we should also

support their efforts.I have heard people say, I

wouldnt go to the fair, thereis nothing there. Well Imhere to tell you that is too

bad because you are missinga lot of good entertainmentand the opportunity to sup-

port the youth in the county.Take the time in June tocome out to the fair one day,you wont be disappointed.

Just remember we all callthis hunk of clay in north-west Ohio home and if wedont support the greatthings we have in our

county, then who will?I hope to see you at the

Fair in June 2014.Tim Shafer, president

Paulding Co. Ag Society

E911 levy is

renewal with

reductionDear Editor,

The Paulding County E-911levy has not been reassessedsince 1999. The levy will beon the ballot this fall as a re-

placement with reduction. Themonies from the levy pay alloperation expenses for thecommunication center at thesheriffs office. Communica-tion officers have many dutiesincluding answering 911 calls,dispatching all law enforce-ment, EMS and fire units inthe county on a 24/7 basis.

We are asking the voters toapprove a total millage of1.074. This is a reduction of10.5 percent from the current1.2-mill levy.

The specific figures areavailable for viewing duringnormal business hours at the

Paulding County Sheriffs Of-fice.Your support is greatly ap-

preciated.The Paulding County E-911

Committee:Sheriff Jason Landers,Lt. Brion Hanenkratt,

Fred Pieper, Greg White,Jay Dangler, Mark Figert,

Todd Weidenhamer andPam Erford

Support all the

great things

in our countyDear Editor,

Now that another year haspassed on the Flat Rock FallFestival, I would like to letthe [Paulding] Chamber ofCommerce know what agreat job they did with festi-val this year. Im sure thatyou had some moments, but

all in all the show was great,the entertainment and foodwas excellent and the atten-dance was strong. So kudosto the committee. All of thecitizens of Paulding Countyshould be proud that wehave such a nice festival thatdraws in so many peoplefrom out of the county.

I would like to take a mo-ment to mention the other

Congress pay,

benefits need

nationwide voteDear Editor,

This is to ask why ourFederal Government as

bankrupt as they are, makingus taxpayers responsible formore debt, cant grasp theenormity of NO MORESPENDING! When theChrysler, General Motors,and all of the other corporate

bailouts happened, the firstthing they insisted upon anddemanded was NO MORESPENDING and cut pen-sions, payrolls and benefits.Why are we not seeing thishappen in Congress?

I understand that the $17.6trillion debt cant be erasedovernight; however, when thetaxpayers see Congress startwith going to Social Securityfor their retirement and itsrules and policies, instead ofhaving a Special RetirementSystem that permits pay-ments to start for them well

before they reach age 62 for areduced pension or whateverage bracket they are in for full

pensions, this is not what theConstitution says. The Con-gress should not be allowed tomake laws pertaining to their

pay or pensions and benefits

without bringing it to a votenationwide!

We taxpayers are sick ofbeing considered too stupid torealize that Our Congress isworking for their agendas firstand if we are lucky maybesomething will trickle downto us.

Daniel G. MillerAntwerp

Sheriffs ReportACCIDENT REPORTS:

Three car/deer collisions.

INCIDENT REPORTS:Thursday, Sept. 269:48 a.m. Antwerp Schools reported a

loose dog in their area.10:40 a.m. An EMS unit was called to

a business on Ohio 111 in AuglaizeTownship for a male with a knee injury.

12:42 p.m. Deputies responded to adomestic complaint from Road 1036 inAuglaize Township.

12:55 p.m. Two Oakwood and twoGrover Hill fire units responded to afield fire on Road 165 in WashingtonTownship. They were on the scene morethan 30 minutes.

4:28 p.m. Mail scam was reportedfrom Road 10 in Auglaize Township.

9:22 p.m. A car/combine collision wasinvestigated on Ohio 49 at the north edgeof Antwerp in Carryall Township.Antwerp EMS made a transport.Antwerp Fire Department also assistedat the scene.Friday, Sept. 27

10:55 a.m. A dog complaint came infrom Road 137 in Latty Township.

11:41 a.m. Telephone harassment wasinvestigated on Road 171 in BrownTownship.

12:18 p.m. Breaking and entering ofgarages was handled on Road 143 inEmerald Township.

2:37 p.m. Dog complaint came infrom West Wall Street in Paulding.

3:36 p.m. A Rita Street resident in

Paulding filed a dog complaint.4:50 p.m. Paulding EMS was sent to a

crash in the Paulding Place lot for atransport.

4:54 p.m. A Melrose resident tolddeputies someone was in their house.

5:29 p.m. Deputies assisted Pauldingpolice at a North Main Street location.

6:28 p.m. Theft was investigated onRoad 424 in Crane Township.

8:35 p.m. Juvenile matter was handledon Road 1027 in Auglaize Township.

9:57 p.m. Deputies assisted Payne po-lice with a domestic call.

10:45 p.m. A rural Cecil resident re-ported a domestic disturbance.Saturday, Sept. 28

1:36 a.m. Deputies arrested Leonard J.Feeney III.

10:57 p.m. Unwanted person com-plaint was handled on Road 138 inBrown Township.

11:53 p.m. A car/motorcycle accidentwas investigated on Erie Street inAntwerp. The EMS and fire departmentassisted at the scene.

4:19 p.m. Something smoldering on acombine required investigation. TwoPaulding fire units and the EMS re-sponded to the call. They were on thescene less than 20 minutes.

4:50 p.m. Dog complaint was lodgedfrom Road 162 in Emerald Township.

7:52 p.m. Car/deer mishap on Ohio

613 in Jackson Township was docu-mented.

9:54 p.m. West Perry Street resident of

Paulding made a dog complaint.9:53 p.m. Putnam County Sheriffs of-

fice relayed information of a structurefire on Road 203 in Washington Town-ship. Both Grover Hill EMS units, threefire units plus one Oakwood fire unit re-sponded. They were on the scene nearlyfour hours. The Red Cross was called tothe scene at 11:02 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 29

12:33 a.m. Loud party with fireworksin Grover Hill was reported.

2:10 a.m. Breaking and entering of abarn on Road 24 in Benton Townshipwas investigated.

3:27 a.m. Deputies arrested Dustin E.Gamble on a felony warrant out of VanWert County.

12:56 p.m. Breaking and entering of a

pole barn on Road 51 in Benton Town-ship was reported.6:42 p.m. A car/deer collision was

documented on Ohio 500 in BentonTownship.

8:07 p.m. Outlets were seen sparkingat a West Wayne Street location in Pauld-ing. Two fire units responded for morethan 20 minutes.

11:47 p.m. Deputies assisted Antwerppolice.

11:51 p.m. Domestic complaint waslodged from Road 31 in Carryall Town-ship. Township.Monday, Sept. 30

5:18 a.m. Deputies documented ahit/skip accident on Road 209 inAuglaize Township.

11:24 a.m. Theft from a freezer wasreported from Road 424 in Crane Town-ship.

1:25 p.m. A Paulding fire unit was onthe scene of a house fire on SouthWilliams Street for less than 30 minutes.Paulding EMS assisted at the scene.

3:39 p.m. A dump truck driving onRoad 224 in Crane Township caught a

power line which then lay across thetruck. Three Cecil/Crane fire units wereon the scene almost 90 minutes. Pauld-ing EMS assisted at the scene.

6:16 p.m. Scam calls about Microsoftwere reported from Road 7 in CarryallTownship.

6:47 p.m. Dog complaint was lodged

from East Oak Street in Payne.7:11 p.m. Paulding EMS was called to

the ball fields at the Paulding Reservoirfor an individual with a broken leg.

10:30 p.m. A Jackson Township resi-dent of Road 111 caught a subject at-

tempting to steal at a farm.Tuesday, Oct. 1

12:13 a.m. Defiance County Sheriffsoffice advised they had custody of JacobSholl on a Paulding County warrant.

5:39 a.m. Unauthorized use of a vehi-cle was reported from Road 171 inBrown Township.

6:52 a.m. A car/deer accident on Ohio637 in Jackson Township was handled.

11:12 a.m. Deputies assisted in thesearch for an 8-year-old boy missingfrom the Black Swamp Nature Center.

1:26 p.m. Theft of a trailer was re-ported from Road 424 in Carryall Town-ship.

5:58 p.m. Dog bite was reported fromRoad 189 in Brown Township.

6:51 p.m. Four-wheelers operating in

Briceton were reported.Wednesday, Oct. 29:59 a.m. Suspicious vehicle was seen

at the intersection of US 24 and Road 87.6:25 p.m. Juvenile matter was handled

on US 127 in Crane Township.7:13 p.m. Yard damage was reported

from Grover Hill.8:24 p.m. Deputies documented a

car/deer accident on Road 177 south ofRoad 171 in Brown Township.

8:54 p.m. Assault complaint came infrom Road 128 in Brown Township.

11:21 p.m. Deputies assisted DefiancePolice Department by contacting a sub-

ject on Road 1048 in Auglaize Townshipconcerning an accident in their city.Thursday, Oct. 3

9:45 a.m. A welfare check was con-ducted on a subject in a car along Mc-Donald Pike.

10:46 a.m. Deputies met with Defi-ance County deputy in Emerald Town-ship to transfer a subject.

12:26 p.m. Medication drop off at thesheriffs office was documented.

12:29 p.m. Medication drop off at thesheriffs office was documented.

3:32 p.m. Dog complaint came infrom North Main Street in Cecil.

4:23 p.m. Damage to a cruiser from asemi tire was documented.

6:46 p.m. Suspicious four-wheelerwas seen parked along a fence row onRoad 177 in Washington Township.

11:39 p.m. Deputies assisted Paynepolice arrest Daniel Slone, who had fled.Friday, Oct. 4

5:54 a.m. Deputies documented acar/deer accident on Ohio 613 west ofPayne.

ACCIDENT REPORTSNone.

INCIDENT REPORTSWednesday, Sept. 25

6:15 a.m. Report of a suspi-cious person at Live OakCemetery was made. Contactwas made with a female whothen left.Thursday, Sept. 26

11:15 a.m. Officers were dis-

patched for an argument onNorth Williams Street. Theywere unable to locate any prob-lem.Friday, Sept. 27

2:40 p.m. Problems with amale subject on North MainStreet resulted in a report sentto the prosecutor.

3:40 p.m. Carolyn S. Merzwas arrested for assault afterofficers were called to WestPerry Street for an alleged fam-ily disturbance.

4:49 p.m. Officers investi-gated a two-vehicle accident inthe Paulding Place parkingarea. A car backed into a sec-

ond vehicle. The second driverwas transported to PauldingCounty Hospital by PauldingEMS. No further informationwas available.

5:25 p.m. Neighbor prob-lems involving lawn ornamentswere investigated at PartridgePlace.

6:44 p.m. Henry CountyHospital reported possiblechild abuse.

7:43 p.m. A backing mishapat a West Perry Street locationwas reported. The vehicleswere gone when officers ar-rived.

10:15 p.m. A stray dog was

located on East Baldwin Streetand returned to its owners onEast Jackson Street.Saturday, Sept. 28

12:29 a.m. A subject wasfound unresponsive on theground near the intersection ofWest Jackson and North Wal-nut streets. Officers determinedhe appeared to have been as-saulted and the EMS was re-quested for transport him toPaulding County Hospital. Hecame to and was incoherentand combative before trans-

port.1:10 a.m. A suspicious male

was seen on Hoover Avenue. A

deputy transported him to thesheriffs office.

2:50 a.m. Paulding CountyHospital ER requested an offi-cer for problems with a patient.

7:25 a.m. Graffiti was notedat the play station at LaFoun-tain Park.

2:25 p.m. Officers delivereda message to a subject at thefairgrounds.

7:50 p.m. Neighbor prob-lems at Partridge Place werehandled.

11:51 p.m. Neighbor prob-lems involving loud musicwere investigated on FlatrockDrive.

Sunday, Sept. 291:20 a.m. Fireworks com-

plaint was lodged from NorthWater Street.

7:10 a.m. Mailbox damageon Emerald Road was looked

into. It was noted a neigh-bors box was also damaged.

7:41 a.m. Broken windowcomplaint came in from anEast Jackson Street business.

8:58 p.m. Fireworks com-plaint came in from HopkinsAlley.

9:23 p.m. Junk noticeswere prepared for locationson Helen, Rita and North

Water streets.Monday, Sept. 30

9:18 p.m. A West PerryStreet resident reported theirhome had been entered anddamaged.

11 p.m. Junk notices wereserved on locations on NorthWilliams and West Perrystreets and West Baldwin Av-enue.Tuesday, Oct. 1

6:45 a.m. A North WilliamsStreet resident reported theirvehicle missing. It was lo-cated in the village and had

been damaged.11:15 a.m. A child walked

away from the Black SwampNature Center and could notbe found. EMTs and firefight-ers were called in to assist lo-cating him. He showed up ata business on East PerryStreet and was returned to a

parent.1:25 p.m. An East Jackson

Street business owner told of-ficers a male admitted to themthat he had broken their win-dow.

1:40 p.m. A suspiciousmale was seen banging hishead on an East JacksonStreet window.

3:30 p.m. Unauthorized use

of a debit card at three loca-tions in town was reported bya North Main Street resident.Wednesday, Oct. 2

1:27 a.m. Natalie Hem-minger was arrested for as-sault.

5:25 p.m. A backing mishapwas recorded at the intersectionof Jackson and Williams streetswhere a subject backed into an-other vehicle while makingroom for a semi turning.

8:51 p.m. Three heaters werereported missing from a rentalon North Main Street.

11:46 p.m. Fireworks com-plaint came in from Hopkins

Alley.10:27 a.m. Officers assisted

the post office with a complainton East Jackson Street. A pos-session of marijuana complaintwas issued as well.Thursday, Oct. 3

9:45 a.m. Report of a sus-picious person at the BlackSwamp Nature Center wasturned over to the sheriffs of-fice.

The term et al. refers to and others;

et vir., and husband; et ux., and wife .

Auglaize TownshipDolores E. Retcher Life Estate

to Jesse L. Bollenbacher; Sec. 25,2.5076 acres. Warranty deed.Brown Township

Dennis R. and Judith A. Baker

to Kirk R. and Christopher B.Baker; Sec. 15, 19.289 acres. War-ranty deed.

Carryall TownshipFarmers & Merchants State

Bank to Ashley A. Carr; Sec. 12,4.093 acres. Warranty deed.

James and Linda K. Mortoroffto Mark Alan and Roberta LynnEnglehart; Sec. 10, 3.3152 acres.Survivorship deed.

Linda G. Piersma, dec. toPhillip D. Piersma; Sec. 22, 8.19acres. Affidavit.

Paulding TownshipArthur Brooks Pendergrast, et

al. to Lee R. Randall; Sec. 14,28.865 acres. Warranty deed.

Mark A. and Roberta L. Engle-hart to Benjamin S. and Kendra K.Stoller; Sec. 21, 3.489 acres. Sur-vivorship deed.

Alan W. Griffiths, trustee toJames T. and Lana K. Bowers;Sec. 30, 1.848 acres. Fiduciary

deed.Washington Township

Edd Lee and Armilda FayeMonhollen to Danny N. and JulieS. Shaffer; Sec. 5, 4.479 acres andSec. 8, 54.949 acres. Warrantydeed.

Dennis R. and Cheryl D. Bid-

lack, trustees to Chad N. and

Bryce Greear, dba AllAround Trailer Sales, Pauld-ing; trailer sales.

TNT Contracting, dba TNTContracting, Oakwood;

building contractor.


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Common Pleas

County Court

National Newspaper Week Oct. 6-12

Your Community,Your Newspaper,Your Life

By Jim Zachary

As newspaper executives struggle over whether the newsshould be digital first, tablet first, SMS first or print first,readers know exactly what they want their local newspaperto be community first.

Reading a newspaper is not like reading a novel, a maga-zine, a history book, poetry, prose or any other type of litera-ture.

Newspapers are not about what has happened in the past,what is happening some place else, or what happens in anauthors imagination.

Newspapers are about us.Newspapers are about our childs first school field trip, a

Friday night high school football game, a livestock showhosted by the agriculture extension office or an increase inour property tax rate. At least those are the things that a rele-vant newspaper is all about whether your read it online or sitdown with a morning cup of coffee and enjoy the traditional

printed edition the way it was meant to be.Newspapers viable, strong, growing, thriving newspa-pers are all about the communities they serve.

Sure, in the interest of transparency, some newspapershave struggled in recent years.

Many more are growing.So whats the difference between the newspapers on a

downward spiral and those that are adding days of publica-tion, adding staff and printing more sections and pages thanever before?

Really it is not all that complicated.In fact, it is rather basic.The difference is community.

Newspapers, like any business or individual, will alwaysstruggle when they stop doing the things they do well.In a quest to be more modern, to be more business savvy, orto use more silicon, we cannot lose sight of the single most

important characteristic and historically important aspect of aquality newspaper you our readers.We hold public officials accountable, advocate for open-

ness in government and champion the cause of ordinary citi-zens, because we are committed to the neighborhoods, cities,county and coverage area we serve.

Watered-down editorial pages, articles that read like a pub-lic relations campaign for government and page after page ofwire service content will never resonate in the same way ascelebrating our own community and standing up for its citi-zens.

Newspapers hold public officials accountable because itmakes the place we call home a better place to live and be-cause it is the right thing to do.

Newspapers do not make the news.They report it all of it.Of course, a newspaper wants to celebrate its community.We share the great human interest stories, provide a slice

of life in the county, highlight worthwhile causes, focus oninteresting people and most especially on our young peoplewith every edition.

With intelligent, thoughtful, compelling commentary, cou-pled with clearly written, straightforward news reporting wework every day to tell the truth and in that way we remain avital and positive part of the community.

The newspaper belongs to the community.That is why we work every day to give citizens a voice, to

empower them and tell their stories.That is why we hold government accountable because at

our very core we believe that government belongs to thegoverned and not to the governing.

That is why we embrace the newspapers role as theFourth Estate.

According to historian Thomas Carlyle, Irish statesmanand author Edmund Burke (1729-1797) said, there were

three Estates in Parliament, but in the Reporters Gallery yon-der, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than theyall, (Heroes and Hero Worship in History, 1841).

Though in many places reporters have reduced themselvesto simply being a mouthpiece for local government, report-ing what officials want them to report and hiding what theydont, a community and a democracy is best served when thenewspaper provides a forum for checks and balances as theFourth Estate of government.

Great newspapers, relevant newspapers that are embracedby their communities and consequently profitable, growingnewspapers have not forgotten that role and have not aban-doned these values.

We are not the enemy of government rather we are thechampions of citizens of our community.

We know if newspapers do not stand up for citizens andprotect the rights of free speech and the rights of access to

government, then no one will.We work each day to build a culture and incubate an envi-

ronment where those elected feel accountable to those whoelected them.

Newspapers should be the most powerful advocate citizenshave and be their open forum for a redress of grievances.

Any newspaper that represents the interests of the govern-ing, more than the interests of the governed, is not worth the

paper it is printed on or the ink that fills its pages.Newspapers, the good ones, still make a difference in the

communities they serve.Burke also said, All that is necessary for the triumph of

evil is that good men do nothing.As newspaper reporters, editors and staff, we have the

daily, or weekly, opportunity to do something somethingthat matters to our community and in all of our lives.

As long as people still read, still care about their quality of

life, still love the place they call home and still pay taxes,newspapers that retain their role as the Fourth Estate and thatcelebrate the lives of ordinary people, will remain relevant,will matter to the community and be a part of your every daylife.

Jim Zachary is a newspaper veteran who has championedgovernment transparency. He is the editor of the Clayton NewsDaily and the Henry Daily Herald in metro Atlanta and direc-tor of The Tennessee Transparency Project.

In My OpinionCivil Docket:

National City Bank, Kalamazoo, Mich.vs. Patricia L. Jones, Antwerp. Moneyonly, satisfied.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.George Seafoss, Haviland and ToniSeafoss, Haviland. Money only, satisfied.

Michael S. Boggs DDS Inc., Hicksvillevs. Eric Jackson, Antwerp and Amy Jack-son, Defiance. Small claims, satisfied.

Charlene Grant, Defiance vs. JohnWhitacre, Lima. Evictions, judgment forthe defendant.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.Brock T. Foor, Oakwood and Ashley R.Foor, Oakwood. Small claims, satisfied.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.Angela R. Becerra, Cecil. Small claims,

judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of$688.94.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.Nathan R. Temple, Paulding. Small claims,judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of$812.72.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.Susann M. Rhodes, Paulding and JonathonRhodes, Paulding. Small claims, judgmentfor the plaintiff in the sum of $768.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.Billy R. Geckle, Paulding. Small claims,

judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of

$2,931.81.Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.Ashley Slattman, Cecil. Small claims,

judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of$2,750.08.

First Financial Bank N.A., Cincinnati vs.Ernest Crutchfield, Latty. Other action,


Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.Robert B. Demoss, Cecil and Kimberly S.Demoss, Cecil. Small claims, judgment forthe plaintiff in the sum of $1,132.17.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.Jason E. Dominique, Paulding and Lori K.Dominique, Paulding. Small claims, judg-ment for the plaintiff in the sum of$1,276.50.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.Stefany J. Font, Paulding and JohnathonFont, Paulding. Small claims, judgment forthe plaintiff in the sum of $925.48.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.Penny Guerra, Paulding. Small claims,


Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.Meagan R. Egnor, Paulding. Small claims,

judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of$559.95.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.Lowell J. Florence, Cecil. Small claims,


Credit Adjustments Inc., Defiance vs.Robert G. Winslow, Antwerp and Toni J.

Winslow, Antwerp. Small claims, judg-ment for the plaintiff in the sum of$494.71.

David Rable, Van Wert vs. AmandaTownsend, Cecil. Evictions, dismissed.Criminal Docket:

Cary Parsons, Payne, assault; $500 fine,$95 costs, both taken from bond, eight days

jail and 172 suspended; make restitution of$633.52, two year-probation ordered, nocontact with victim, submit to anger man-agement evaluation, work release granted.

Michael Dunn, Latty, aggravated men-acing; $95 costs, 20 days jail and 160 sus-

pended; two year-probation ordered, nocontact with all victims, mentalhealth/anger management evaluation,repay counsel fees, complete domestic vio-

lence class, repay court-appointed counseland EMHA fees.

Michael Dunn, Latty, domestic violence;dismissed at States request.

Andrew Foster, Defiance, passing badcheck; $100 fine, $87 costs, 30 days jail sus-

pended; two-year probation ordered, pay$139.50 restitution, complete personal fi-nance class.

Steven A. Foltz, Paulding, violation pro-tection order; $300 fine, $95 costs, 75 days

jail and 105 suspended; 50 days EMHA,two-year probation ordered, submit to eval-uation at Westwood, no contact with victim,40 hours community service, complete TFCand domestic violence classes, submit tomental health/anger management evalua-tion.

Steven A. Foltz, Paulding, violation pro-tection order; $300 fine, 65 days jail and 115suspended.

Lucas R. Stevens, Oakwood, disorderlyconduct; $100 fine, $95 costs.

Paul L. Seibert, Fort Wayne, wrongful en-trustment; $25 fine, $87 costs.

Cheryl K. House, Payne, confinement ofdog; dismissed at States request.

Benjamin J. Kremer, Paulding, nonsup-port of dependents; $87 costs, 180 days jailsuspended; two-year probation ordered, be-come compliant and current with all childsupport payments.

Robert Noneman, Paulding, disorderlyconduct; $150 fine, $95 costs.

Loretta L. Stephey, Continental, domesticviolence; dismissed at request of State.Traffic Docket:

Michael J. Gebhardt, Ellettsville, Ind.,81/65 speed; $43 fine, $82 costs.

Matthew K. Brown, Leo, Ind., 75/65speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Mark Anthony Martino, Stoney Creek,Ont., 86/65 speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.

Riszard Kalejta, Mississauga, Ont., seatbelt; $30 fine, $47 costs.

Kandi L. Stripe, Van Wert, followingclosely; $53 fine, $77 costs.

Michelle A. Velasquez, Kitchener, Ont.,88/65 speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.

Hiram Neiluai Zahau, Ottawa, Ont.,88/65 speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.

Stephen L. Pene, Canton, Mich., 82/65

speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.Edwin E. Grass, Rockford, Ill., 77/65speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.

Emma Jean Sanders, Detroit, 80/65speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.

Camacho Mireles, Laredo, Mexico,65/55 speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Madonna M. Starkey, Lafayette, Ind.,76/65 speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Kimberly M. Simmons, Columbus,75/65 speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.

Nancy K. Bless, Mooresville, Ind., 80/65speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.

Mark Allen Schaller, Royal Oak, Mich.,80/65 speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.

Leland L. Etzler, Woodburn, 76/65 speed;$33 fine, $77 costs.

Lindsey M. Smith, Antwerp, 82/65

speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.Justin S. Waldrip, Germantown, Tenn.,76/65 speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.

John David Stone, Martinsburg, W.Va.,78/65 speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.

Bret Slattman, Continental, stop sign; $53fine, $77 costs.

Jacob M. Williams, Saint Charles, Ill.,79/65 speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.

Sinan Yousif Rabban, Troy, Mich., 64/55speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.

Leah V. Bardwil, South Hampton, N.Y.,82/65 speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.

Danny J. Maynard, Defiance, 70/55speed; upon motion of State, case dismissedwithout prejudice, costs waived.

Allison Nicole Laney, Grover Hill, 71/55speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.

Yvain Kim Thompson, Colton, Calif.,driving under suspension; $100 fine, $87costs, pay all by Dec. 11 or appear in court,three days jail.

Yvain Kim Thompson, Colton, Calif.,80/65 speed; $43 fine, pay by Dec. 11 or ap-

pear.Denver M. Greer, Paulding, stop sign;

$73 fine, $77 costs.Jeanne A. Hertig, Harlan, Ind., 65/55

speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.Randy S. Tashjian, Grosse Pointe, Mich.,

80/65 speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.Heather G. Ross, Aurora, 84/65 speed;

$43 fine, $80 costs.Nicholas R. Larson, Washington, Utah,

77/65 speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.Jonathan L. Ward, Napoleon, seat belt;

$30 fine.Neil S. Sawshorn, Dearborn Heights,

Mich., 82/65 speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.Larry A. Boswell, Fosters, Ariz., seat belt;

$30 fine, $47 costs.Christopher W. Smith, Fort Wayne, 75/65

speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.Jason R. Varner, Scott, seat belt; $30 fine,

$47 costs.Patrick A. Frisbie, Maumee, 77/65 speed;

$33 fine, $80 costs.Frederick John Stibor, Monroe, Mich.,

64/55 speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.Miguel Franco-Chavez, Laredo, Texas,

65/55 speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.Mark W. Hartman, Antwerp, 66/55

speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.Richard E. Montgomery, Hartford City,

Ind., 68/55 speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.Michael S. Pavlakos, Newport, Tenn.,

seat belt; $30 fine, $50 costs.

Sarah H. Fleek, Vancouver, Wash., 80/65speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.

Darren Woodrow Abbott, Maumee,83/65 speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.

Justin William Rogers, Payne, seat belt;$30 fine, $47 costs.

Michael L. Myers, Defiance, stop sign;$53 fine, $80 costs.

Dustin A. Dotson, Defiance, OVI/underinfluence; $525 fine, $134.46 costs, 18 days

jail, six-month license suspension; ALS va-cated, community control ordered, evalua-tion at Westwood, 20 hours community

service, complete Third Millennium pro-gram, motion to suppress withdrawn, 162days jail reserved, provide proof of insur-ance.

Dustin A. Dotson, Defiance, 70/55 speed;dismissed at States request.

Christopher J. Pell, New Castle, Pa.,70/55 speed; $43 fine, $82 costs.

James C. Yankosky, Fort Wayne, 76/65speed; $33 fine, $85 costs.

Brittany N. Gummere, Mechanicsville,Md., 78/65 speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.

Benjamin Jay Reno Weber, Louisville,Ky., 79/65 speed; $33 fine, $85 costs.

James Michael Mullins, San Antonio,Texas, 67/55 speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.

Erik P. Bloomfield, Grosse Ile, Mich.,79/65 speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.

Briana Renee Lyons, Indianapolis, 86/65speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.Jeff D. Dunlap, Van Wert, display regis-

tration; $68 fine, $77 costs.Jennifer P. McDunnough, Fort Wayne,

79/65 speed; $48 fine, $80 costs.Timothy S. Whetstone, Defiance, 66/55

speed; $48 fine, $80 costs.Scott D. Vogel, Continental, 75/55 speed;

$43 fine, $80 costs.Logan C. Perl, Oakwood, driving without

license; $500 fine with $350 suspended oncondition that defendant not drive a motor-cycle and also gets a motorcycle endorse-ment, $87 costs, pay $25 monthly, pay all

by April 30 or appear.Logan C. Perl, Oakwood, reckless oper-

ation; $100 fine, pay $25 monthly, pay all

by April 30 or appear.Logan C. Perl, Oakwood, failure to wearhelmet; $50 fine, pay by April 30 or appear.

Raymond Nasir, Fort Wayne, 82/65speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.

Lisa Dawn Benschneider, Payne, 65/55speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.

Bryan Eric Crots, Temperance, Mich.,88/65 speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.

Richard L. Nason II, Sandusky, 80/65speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.

Donald Thomas Burke, West Fargo,N.D., 88/65 speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.

Michael A. Meeker, Crawfordsville, Ind.,85/65 speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.

Stephen M. Klender, Montpelier, 65/55speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.

Thomas A. Malasto, Indianapolis, 79/65

speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.Christopher M. Rasik, Swanton, 79/65

speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.Patricia J. Kesler, Antwerp, 67/55 speed;

$33 fine, $77 costs.Jason Spencer Wagner, Dearborn

Heights, Mich., 69/55 speed; $33 fine, $80costs.

Kyle N. Brown, Fort Wayne, 77/55speed; $43 fine; pay all by Feb. 28 or caseforwarded to collections.

Robert Wayne Phlipot III, Antwerp, fail-ure to control; $68 fine, $77 costs.

John Charles McNabb, Tory Hill, Ont.,64/55 speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.

Fermin Oviedo, Laredo, Texas, seat belt;$30 fine, $50 costs.

John R. Corbat, Fort Wayne, 77/65 speed;

$33 fine, $77 costs.Christopher L. Roos, Fort Wayne, 75/65

speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.Carlos J. Riveros, Kissimee, Fla., 75/65

speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.Kristine Deanthony, Loveland, 69/55

speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.Kylynn L. Siminske, Gaylord, Mich.,

84/65 speed; $43 fine, $80 costs.Jerod W. Gofourth, Ramona, Okla., 82/65

speed; $43 fine, $77 costs.Kevin D. Lawlor, East Rockaway, N.Y.,

79/65 speed; $33 fine, $77 costs.Adolph Smith, Taylor, Mich., 64/55

speed; $33 fine, $80 costs.Jacob D. Arnold, Stow, 70/55 speed; $40

fine, $83 costs.David Phillip Furry II, Oregon, seat belt;

$30 fine, $50 costs.Lawrence G. McElhiney, Carmel, Ind.,

78/65 speed; $33 fine, $80 costs .

Civil DocketThe term et al. refers to and oth-

ers; et vir., and husband; et ux.,

and wife.

In the matter of: DawnRenee Chandler-Verfaillie,Paulding and Brody RoyerVerfaillie, Paulding. Dissolu-tion of marriage. (The abovereprinted to correct a mis-spelling from last weeks edi-

tion.)Paulding County Treasurer,

Paulding vs. LeightonMullins and unknown spouseif any, Defiance. Foreclosureof real property tax.

Tea D. Emans, Paulding vs.Harlan G. Ratliff, Oakwoodand Chrysler Company,Cleveland and John Doemanufacturer, name and ad-dress unknown. Money only.

Fifth Third Mortgage Com-pany, Cincinnati vs. MelissaM. Egnor, Paulding andSteven E. Egnor, CommunityFederal Credit Union, Defi-

ance and Paulding CountyTreasurer, Paulding. Foreclo-sures.

Fifth Third Mortgage Com-pany, Cincinnati vs. Jason T.MacDonald, Paulding andHolly A. MacDonald, Pauld-ing and Paulding CountyTreasurer, Paulding and OhioDepartment of Taxation,Columbus. Foreclosures.

Fifth Third Mortgage Com-pany, Cincinnati vs. SandraK. Oyler, Paulding and Ken-

neth W. Oyler, Paulding.Foreclosures.

Paulding County Treasurer,Paulding vs. James P. Ringler,Payne and Linda K. Ringler,Payne. Foreclosure of real

property tax.Paulding County Treasurer,

Paulding vs. Scott C. DeTray,Paulding and Lynette L. De-Tray, Paulding and Citifinan-cial Inc., Defiance.Foreclosure of real propertytax.

In the matter of ArthurBrooks Pendergrast, addressunavailable. Petition for cer-

tificate of title.Jaime Holbrook, Payne vs.

Andrew Holbrook, Payne.

Divorce.U.S. Bank N.A.,

Lewisville, Texas vs. JamesH. Wroblewski Sr., Antwerpand Nellis R. Wroblewski,dec. and his heirs, legatees,devisees, etc., names and ad-dresses unknown and OhioEstate Tax Division, Colum-

bus. Foreclosures.Marriage Licenses

Nathaniel Edward McCoy,27, Franklin, engineer andAbigail Renee Kraly, 26,Antwerp, unemployed. Par-ents are Steven McCoy andBrenda Carroll; and DanielKraly and Jeanie Cummins.Administration Docket

In the Estate of Irvin W.Retcher, application to ad-minister file.

In the Estate of Eula M.Marhenke, application to ad-minister file.Criminal Docket

Lewis E. Weaver Jr., 38, ofVan Wert, had two counts

nonsupport of dependents(F5) dismissed without preju-dice upon a motion of the

State due to mental healthdisabilities. Costs werewaived.

Jason L. Mobley, 40, ofPaulding, had a charge of do-mestic violence (F4) dis-missed without prejudicewith $136 court costs. Partieshave agreed to settle the mat-ter in Paulding County Court.

Catherine Trowbridge, 23, of

Defiance, entered a guilty pleato an amended charge of break-ing and entering (F5). Her orig-inal charge was for burglary(F2). She was ordered to un-dergo intervention in lieu ofconviction for a period of twoyears. This includes adheringto standards for communitycontrol sanctions plus pay $500restitution to Carnahan FarmsLLC with co-defendants, com-

ply with drug and alcohol re-strictions, complete anintervention plan, contactMaumee Valley GuidanceCenter in Defiance, consult a

psychiatrist to determine if

Weather report weekly summary as recorded at Paulding Villages water treat-

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

DATE HIGH LOW PRECIPITATION

Oct. 1 73 54 -0-

Oct. 2 75 54 -0-

Oct. 3 84 54 0.04

Oct. 4 81 65 0.27

Oct. 5 86 64 0.05Oct. 6 79 65 0.97

Oct. 7 69 43 0.37


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We would like to thank allof our family and friends

who helped make our70th wedding anniversary

one to remember.

May God Blesseach and every one!

Gene and NovaScarbrough

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Paulding, OH 45879

419-399-4080

www.pauldingcountyhospital.com

Notice to Un-Insured Persons

Regarding

Affordable Health Care Act

x Effective Oct 1, 2013 you can purchase your own health

insurance

x You may suffer tax penalties if you dont buy healthinsurance

x You may receive subsidies to help pay for your

insurance

x Even if you are already insured, you can shop for new

coverage

To help with these and other issues, Paulding County Hospital

has chosen to be a Certified Application Counselor and can

assist you regarding questions about your health care options

and navigating the Health Insurance Marketplace. We can even

help you with enrollment. Please call 419-399-4080, ext. 209

and speak with Amy Rager for your free assistance.

Community

Birthdays

AnniversariesOct. 12 Dan and Darlene Knapp, Bruce and Debra Miller.

Oct. 13 Carl and Cara Hicks.Oct. 15 Jerry and Karen Bortel, Al and Jo Ellen Singer.Oct. 16 Cledith and Rita Farris, Joseph and Jennifer Stan-

ford Jr.Oct. 17 Tony and Kelly Ankney, Richard and Janet Stroup.Oct. 18 Andy and Jessica Sanders, Joe and Cheryl Strom-

ski, Jack and Angie Wiswell.

(The Paulding Progress maintainsa file of birthdays and anniversaries. Tomake any changes, please call our of-fice at 419-399-4015 during businesshours, email to [email protected], or drop us a note toP.O. Box 180, Paulding.)

Oct. 12 Angie Bennett,Karen Cooper, Deb Densmore,Justin Doel, Mary Jane Fulk,Alan Griffiths, Shane Jeffreys,Ceiarra Mekus, Bryce Mills,Aiden Provines, ChelseyStraka, Betty Stubberfield.

Oct. 13 Lydia Brewer,Amanda Estle, Chelsie Goy-ings, Madison Harpel, SkylerHuth, Kade Krouse, BrandiLengacher, Nova Scarbrough,Caleb Schlegel, DonnieSchmidt, Jo Ellen Singer, NateOvermyer.

Oct. 14 Kameron Apple,Jessica Carnahan, Ava Foltz,Soren Hessler, Mary Jewel,Dennis Recker, Nicholas Se-

crist, Dylan Shawver, Bobbie

Sherry.Oct. 15 Anastasia Gonza-

les, Yolanda J. Guerra, DuaneRiggenbach, Chelsa Ripke,Elaine Sierer, Russell St. John,Cheryl Stromski, PhillipWharry, Landyn Whitman.

Oct. 16 Cinday Campbell,Bruce Caris, Riley Coil, Lela-

bel Dangler, Josiah Gordon,Brandon Griffiths, NicholasGuelde, Allyssa Shaffer, Ken-neth Skeldon, Laura Thornell,

Logan Vance.

Oct. 17 Carolyn Baird, Ta-iann Bartley, Tisha Elliott,Grace Goyings, Steve Heil-shorn, Sarah Knapp, NeleenMcMillen, Norman Moore,Tara Shuller, Travis Stoller,Courtney Young.

Oct. 18 Julie Andrews,Robert Baumle, Alec Coil,Stormy Doctor, Lloyd Gill,Susan Graf, Ryan Heck, AustinLichty, Desirae McDaniel, Is-abel Morisy, Dale Noffsinger.

medication is warranted, attend group treatmentfor substance abuse, receive individual counsel-ing for depressive symptoms, mandatory atten-dance of five AA meetings weekly, obtain GED,submit to random tests and pay $845 costs.

Augustine A. Barajas, 25, of Paulding, entereda guilty plea to aggravated assault (F4) after afelonious assault (F2) charge was dismissed. Hewill be sentenced on Nov. 13.

Zachary T. Schlegel, 20, of Paulding, changedhis plea to guilty of forgery (F5) recently. He will

be sentenced Nov. 18.Daniel E. Ordway, 19, of Oakwood, will be

sentenced Nov. 18 following a change of plea inhis case involving three counts grand theft (F4)and arson (F4). He entered guilty pleas to two ofthe theft charges. He will be taking a polygraphtest regarding the last two counts. He waived ex-tradition and was released on his own recogni-

Krista K. Roth; Sec. 31, 1.58acres. Fiduciary deed.Antwerp Village

Linda G. Piersma, dec. toPhillip D. Piersma; Lot 10,Daggett Second Addition,

0.152 acre; Lot 11, Block B,0.14 acre; Lot 19 and part Lot22, 0.153 acre and Sec. 27,0.309 acre. Affidavit.Paulding Village

JPMorgan Chase Bank,N.A. to HPI Properties LLC;Lot 6, Catherine Davis Addi-tion, 0.1 acre and Lot 22, Out-lot, 0.069 acre. Warranty deed.

Dorothy L. Edens, dec. toStanley A. Elick; Lot 16,Gasser Subdivision, 0.2 acre.Executor deed.

Arthur Brooks Pendergrast,et al. to Lee R. Randall; Outlot14003, 13.787 acres. Warrantydeed.

Mary Ellen Clark to MaryEllen Clark Life Estate; Lot 26,Schultz Addition, 0.136 acreand Lot 27, Schultz Addition,

EngagementTARRYN PEREZ

and

RAY JARED LONG

PAYNE Tarryn Perez ofFort Wayne and Ray JaredLong of Payne have announcedtheir engagement.

The bride-elect is the daugh-ter of Paul Perez and BrendaMeters of Fort Wayne. She is a2011 graduate of the Universityof St. Francis in Fort Waynewhere she earned a bachelor ofscience degree in environmen-tal science. She is employed asa fertilizer technician at A&LGreat Lakes Laboratories inFort Wayne.

Her fianc is the son of Ray

Kip and Harla Long ofPayne. He is a 2009 graduate ofWayne Trace High School andis employed as a laboratorytechnician at A&L Great LakesLaboratories in Fort Wayne.

Plans are being made for aFebruary 2014 wedding.

EngagementRAYNA LONG

and

ANDREW MOORE

PAYNE Rayna BreanneLong of Payne and AndrewShepard Moore of San Anto-nio, Texas, have announcedtheir engagement.

The bride-elect is thedaughter of Ray and HarlaLong of Payne. She is a 2004graduate of Wayne TraceHigh School and a 2008 grad-uate of Wittenberg Univer-sity, where she earned a BAin theater and a BA in inter-departmental sciences. She isemployed as an assistant elec-trician for Feld EntertainmentInternational Touring Live

Show (Disney Stage Produc-tions).Her fianc is the son of

Eric and Kim Moore of Nar-ragansett, R.I. He is a 2003graduate of Tom C. ClarkHigh school and a 2004 grad-

EngagementANDREA SMALLEY

and

JASON RETZ

PAULDING Andrea LauraSmalley and Jason Lee Retzwill be united in marriage onSaturday, Oct. 12, 2013 at theFirst Presbyterian Church inVan Wert.

The bride-to-be is the daugh-ter of Doug and Rhonda Smal-ley from Paulding and is agraduate of Paulding HighSchool, The Ohio State Univer-sity and Case Western ReserveUniversity. She is a medical so-cial worker at RiversideMethodist Hospital in Colum-

bus.

The prospective groom is theson of Terry and Amy Retzfrom Westerville and is a grad-uate of Englewood HighSchool and The Ohio StateUniversity, and is pursuing hisPh.D. in physics at The OhioState University.

uate of Full Sail University,where he earned an associatesof science degree in show

production and touring. He isemployed as head audio and

rigger for Feld InternationalTouring Live Show (DisneyStage Productions).

Plans are being made for aJune 25, 2015 wedding.

zance on the conditions of no arrests, no contactwith co-defendants, comply with drug and alco-hol restrictions, abide by a 10 p.m. curfew andappear for the polygraph.

Shawn Vaughn, 23, of Antwerp, was arraignedrecently for sex offender registration violation(F3). Bond was set at $50,000 with a 10% priv-ilege allowed. An Oct. 23 pretrial conferencewas scheduled as was a Nov. 12 jury trial.

Tracy L. Lester, 39, of Memphis, Tenn. wasassigned an Oct. 10 pretrial conference for an in-dictment alleging two counts nonsupport of de-

pendents (F5).Augustine Barajas, 25, of Oakwood, was ar-

raigned on charges of felonious assault (F2) onSept. 25. He entered a not guilty plea, and courtdates were set for an Oct. 23 pretrial conferenceand a Nov. 13 jury trial. He is being held on$50,000 bond with no cash privilege.

0.123 acre. Quit claim.Linda G. Piersma to Phillip

D. Piersma; Lot 1, Latty Addi-tion, 0.2 acre; Lot 81, Dix FirstAddition, 0.317 acre; Lot 83,Original Plat, 0.124 acre and

Lot 226, Original Plat, 0.2 acre.Affidavit.Payne Village

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.to Allen and Kristy Wobler;Lot E and part Outlot, GibsonsThird Addition, 1.09 acres.

Warranty deed.Linda G. Piersma, dec. to

Phillip D. Piersma; Lot 16,Tabor Addition, 0.2 acre; Lot19, Prentice Addition, 0.205acre; Lot 49, Block G, 0.034

acre; Lot 70, Gibson First Ad-dition, 0.148 acre; Lot 83, Gib-son First Addition, 0.148 acre;Lot 93, Gibson First Addition,0.03 acre and Lot 94, GibsonFirst Addition, 0.148 acre. Af-fidavit.

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NEW VALUES OPEN FOR INSPECTION

Paulding County Auditor, Claudia Fickel, has announced that the 2013 triennial update values have received State

approval. County wide residential properties have received an average decrease of 3%. These values will be open for

inspection beginning October 2-11, 2013. Ohio law requires that each county in the state conduct a reappraisal

every six years. Generally in every third year following a revaluation a triennial update of values by neighborhood is

mandated to better reflect the current market conditions.

A decrease in value does not necessarily compute to a comparable decrease in tax. Ohio Legislation ensures

that approximately the same amount is collected each year for the voted millage. Therefore, levy millage rates will be

factored up or down by the Department of Taxation so that the total amount collected will remain consistent with the

amount originally voted. This is an important detail to understand because the triennial update law is designed toequalize all values among taxpayers, not to increase revenue for the taxing authorities: in other words this is not a

means of raising taxes or lowering taxes, its a re-balancing of the tax value burden among individual properties and

classes, Fickel stressed.

An estimation of tax cannot be determined at this time due to the tax levies that are currently on the November

2013 ballot. The Department of Taxation does not release tax rates until county election results have been certified

and also the certification of values for taxing authorities that overlap adjoining counties.

In addition to a decline in residential property values, no change was recommended in regards to the industrial

and commercial property and a 15% increase in agricultural property throughout the county. The county did realize

an increase in agricultural land valuation for all properties enrolled in the CAUV tax savings program. The

CAUV soil values are determined by the Ohio Department of Taxation and updated in conjunction with the

countys triennial update. Not all Ohio counties are scheduled for reappraisal or updates in the same year.

Property owners may review their valuation in person October 2-11, 2013, at the Real Estate Department

of the Auditors Office on the first floor of the County Courthouse between the hours of 8:00 to 4:30 weekdays

or by calling the office at 419-399-8205.

The new 2013 value will also be available on the internet during this open inspection period on the real

estate website at HYPERLINK "http://www.pauldingcountyauditor.com" www.pauldingcountyauditor.com.

Property searches can be done using owner name, address, or parcel number. Once the property is found

and selected, the previous tax value and new tax value will be shown on the valuation tab.Fickel encourages property owners to review their tax records for accuracy of their propertys characteristics;

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A Penny ForYour Thoughts....By: Nancy Whitaker

SLOW, OLD FASHIONED OR SET

IN MY WAYS?

Well, a lot of stores havedone it already. We have notcelebrated Halloween orThanksgiving yet, but theChristmas decor and gifts arealready making their appear-ance on the shelves of stores.

I wouldnt be afraid to betthat a lot of people alreadyhave their Christmas shop-

ping done. I have decided thatI must be old fashioned,maybe slow or just plain setin my ways, because I hateto see the seasons rushed.

Yes, we all get busy withthe holidays. For Halloween,

there isnt really a lot ofpreparation, but I still liketaking the time to go into dif-ferent stores and see the newdecorations and costumes.

I tried doing that this pastweekend and found the Hal-loween decor hidden in an aisleclose to the middle of the store.Of course, the candy was frontand center, but also along withthe Halloween candy, therewere bags of Christmascandy along side of the candycorn and pumpkins.

Then I thought of looking

for some Thanksgiving itemsand was surprised to find just

a small display rack withsome decorated plates andnapkins on it. Hmmm. Notgood.

For myself, taking time toenjoy each holiday season iswhat it is all about. Sure, I will

buy lots of candy for themasked little goblins andwitches who come to our doorTrick-or-Treating, but I reallydont want to pass out candycanes or marshmallow Santas

just yet.Thanksgiving is a wonderful

holiday that we all should re-member to give thanks for our

many blessings. I like tabledecorations, turkeys, pumpkinsand the gathering together offriends and family.

Now, to me, after all theturkey, dressing and pumpkin

pie is consumed on Thanksgiv-ing Day, then is the time to

bring out the Black Fridaysales flyers and begin to planChristmas and enjoying that

precious time of year.We used to have a tradition

to not put up a Christmas treeuntil approximately the secondweek of December. Of course

when I was growing up, all wehad were live trees and if put

up too early they would dry outand start losing needles beforeChristmas.

I know that many people arejust more organized than meand they probably like know-ing they are all ready forChristmas.

Personally, if I shopped earlyfor Christmas gifts, ninechances out of 10, I would for-get what I had bought andwhere I had stashed them. Infact, it seems that the one yearI did shop early, I forgot that Ihad purchased anything andfound them the next year.

Everyone is different. Somealways like to be ready foreverything, but like I said, Iam either old fashioned, slowor set in my ways. Or, maybe Iam all three.

Have you noticed anyChristmas decorations orcandy displayed in the storesyet? Do you think that someholidays get overlooked bymerchants? Have you doneyou Christmas shopping yet?

Let me know and Ill giveyou a Penny for yourThoughts.

Preventing and treating deer damageBy Mark HoltsberryEducation specialist

Paulding SWCDBucks cant resist sapling trees and will

shred them as part of their mating ritual duringfall rut season starting in mid-September.

Known as buck rubs this damage toyoung trees and shrubs can be prevented veryeasily. Shredded trees can be treated to prevent

permanent damage, but earlier preventativemeasures are well worth the trouble. Hereshow to do both.

The easiest deterrent to manage over time iscommercial deer-deterrent spray. Someforesters have had great success using LiquidFence, a mixture of smells deer cannot toler-ate, in an easy to use pump sprayer.

Once it dries, Liquid Fence resists wash-ing away and will continue to work for abouta month. I would suggest spraying it on anynew planting, so deer are discouraged fromday one.

Starting in mid-September, spray the trunksof all the young trees once per month duringfall to prevent buck damage, continuing tospray regularly through the winter helps pre-vent deer nibbling on trees and shrubs.

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