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Woman found dead; suspect at large

Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Frank Tracy Jr., 47, of Paulding,in connection with a homicide here last week. These two 2014 le photos of Tracywere provided by Paulding County Sheriff’s Ofce.

Homicidevictim Han-

nah Fischer,21, was orig-

inally fromMontpelier.

By MELINDA KRICK Progress Editor

PAULDING – A warrant has been is-sued for a suspect wanted in connectionwith a death of a woman found in Pauld-

ing early last week. Former Montpelier resident HannahFischer, age 21, was found deceasedTuesday, Feb. 9 at 119. W. Perry St. Apt.C in Paulding. On Feb. 11, the Paulding Police De- partment issued an arrest warrant forFrank H. Tracy Jr., age 47, of Paulding.The warrant is for murder in the death ofHannah Fischer. Prosecutor Joseph Burkard conrmed

a sealed complaint with a warrant had been led Thursday in the clerk of courtsofce. It is believed that the apartment wasrented to Tracy.

A Chevy Silverado truck that Tracywas believed to be driving was found inDeance County on Friday afternoon, ac-cording to Police Chief Randy Crawford.Tracy was not found with the vehicle. According to the Paulding CountySheriff’s Ofce, Tracy’s most recentdescription is white male, 5 feet 9 inch-es tall, 150 pounds, with green eyes and brown hair. If anyone has any information as to the

whereabouts of Tracy, please contact thePaulding Police Department at 419-399-3311. Authorities have declined to release in-formation about Fischer’s cause of death. “That’s up to the prosecutor when torelease that information,” Crawford said.“We want to protect the evidence and protect the prosecution case.” Asked if police are looking at any ad-ditional suspects, Crawford responded,

“We’re looking at all kinds of theories.Wherever the evidence takes us.” While investigating the crime scene,ofcers found a vehicle nearby that had blood in it. The vehicle was taken by au-thorities. On Tuesday, Crawford said testresults to determine whether the bloodwas Fischer’s are not yet available. The Progress was the rst to break

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Steve Hall’s family turns to look up to the rafters at his retired jersey during the ceremony cele-brating him last Saturday in the Palace.

By KEVINWANNEMACHER

Sportswriter HAVILAND – It was the perfect end to a perfect night. When time ran out in thefourth quarter of Saturdaynight’s non-league contest between Wayne Trace andGrandview Heights to sendthe game into overtime, Raid-er assistant coach Ken Speiceand Bobcat head coach RayCorbett met at center court infront of the scorer’s table andhugged, capping a very specialday honoring former Raid-

er great and Bobcat teacher/coach Steve Hall. By the time the additionalfour minutes ran out, it was thehost Raiders who held on foran 82-74 victory over the Bob-cats, but it wasn’t about whowon and lost. “I told Kenny it was the perfect ending to the night,”commented Corbett. “A greatcrowd, what an atmospherehere. A lot of people here tohonor a great person and showtheir respect to his family. Itwasn’t about who won tonight.It was about Steve Hall and Ithink you could see tonightwhat people thought of him.”

Hall scored in double gures88 of 96 games in his WayneTrace playing career, includ-ing all but one in his junior andsenior years combined.

He still holds four career re-cords at the home of the Raid-ers. He is highly ranked in sev-eral others areas but his great-est attribute doesn’t show upanywhere in the record books. “He was a great teammate,”commented former Raiderhead coach Al Welch. “Steve

always put the team rst andthat was just the way he was inlife. He always put everybodyelse rst and kept the focus onthe team.” That continued into Hall’sadult life. Hall’s roommate in college,Kevin Richards, also told ofHall’s decision to leave an en-gineering position to become ateacher. “He had a great job in en-gineering, traveling acrossthe country as part of his po-sition,” Richards commented.“But he came to me one day

and said he wanted to give back to society. I tried to talkhim out of it, but it is what hewanted to do.” After Hall had gotten histeacher’s certicate from OhioDominican, he did his studentteaching with Richards atGrandview Heights. “He had job offers fromevery position he interviewedfor,” Richards continued. “Buthe picked Grandview Heights because it reminded him themost of Payne and WayneTrace.” Hall then taught at the homeof the Bobcats for 18 years,coaching 16 years of girls ten-

nis and also coaching in boththe boys and girls basketball programs. Richards also announcedthat a men’s group fromGrandview Heights has start-ed a scholarship that will beawarded to a Wayne Tracestudent in Steve Hall’s honor,another way to remind futureWayne Trace students of theHall legacy.


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Saturday night brought back many, many memoriesfor Raider fans, with manyformer teammates, facultymembers and graduates in at-tendance. One of those mem-ories was Hall’s game-win-ning, buzzer-beating shot atthe Elida Fieldhouse in a winover Delphos St. John’s, adistrict championship victorythat eventually led to WayneTrace’s rst state tournament

berth in 1987. It also led to new memoriesas Hall’s son, Eli, started forGrandview Heights oppositehis cousin and Hall’s neph-ew, Justin Speice. The duoalso nished the night on op- posite sides, as Corbett andWayne Trace head coach JimLinder made sure both wereon the oor at the end of theonly high school game theywill play against each other,with all in attendance standingand applauding at the game’sopening and ending. The night was about thememory of a man who helped

thrust Wayne Trace to newheights as a player and a manwho helped inspire manystudents and players to newheights at Grandview Heightsas a teacher/coach. Now, his uniform is putaway at a height like no otherat Wayne Trace, hanging fromthe rafters of a gym that cameto fruition because of his andhis teammates efforts back inthe late 1980s. A special man, a special player, a special teammate. Aspecial night. Thanks for thememories, Steve.

the story last week, reportingon Feb. 10 that the PauldingPolice Department was inves-tigating an incident that mayhave left at least one persondead. Initially, the police de-clined to release any informa-tion. Records indicate thatPaulding County Sheriff’sdeputies were called to assistPaulding police at a West Per-ry Street apartment in down-town Paulding at 4:56 p.m.Feb. 9. County Coroner Dr.Joseph Kuhn was on scene ashort time later. An EMS unit made a qui-et run from the location tothe hospital at 12:51 a.m.Wednesday. Four deputies assisted of-cers for up to six hours. A representative of theapartment’s landlord contact-ed police after discoveringa body in the apartment. Hereportedly was there to collectrent, which was past due. According to a press releaseissued Thursday, Paulding Po-lice Department was called tothe apartment location at ap- proximately 4:56 p.m. Tues-day, Feb. 9. It was reported toofcers of the Paulding PoliceDepartment and the PauldingCounty Sheriff’s Ofce thata body was discovered inside

By JIM LANGHAMFeature Writer

PAULDING – The annualPaulding County Relay For LifeKickoff will begin this Satur-day at 6:30 p.m. at the Eagles inPaulding. The entire event is geared to-ward being a family night pro-motion of a cure for cancer andwill be complete with games forchildren, opportunities for relayteam promotions and a majorauction. In addition, food will be avail-able, thanks to the Paulding La-dies’ Auxiliary. The eveningwill close out with music andentertainment with Larry Colleywhile auctioneer Aaron Timmwill be in charge of the auction.In addition, a special rafe will be included with the live auction. This year’s theme, said activ-ity chairman Jillene McMichael,is “Relay Goes Hollywood” and

is based on the slogan, “Lights,Camera, Cure.” “Our goal is to have manyways to get people involved, in-cluding honoring survivors andcaregivers. We are initiating var-ious awards,” said McMichael. “This is all open to the pub-

lic,” said McMichael. “We aretrying to get the communityinvolved and getting existingteams to start fundraising. Wewant this to be an awareness mo-ment, an opportunity for peopleto get to know more about RelayFor Life. It will also serve as anopportunity for people to sign upfor teams.” Based on this year’s theme,McMichael said that each teamis encouraged to improvise ateam theme based on some typeof movie title such as, “Cancer,Be Gone with the Wind.” “Relay For Life is a nationalevent and all money goes to-ward a cure for cancer,” stressedMcMichael. “The actual mon-ey raised does not go directlytoward Paulding County butwe have such as tight knit com-munity that we have developedmany ways to help each otherand support each other duringtimes of cancer. “I’m unbelievably proud ofthe way our community supportsthe cancer cause and reaches outto those with need,” continuedMcMichael. “I’m so touched by the involvement of our care-givers. That’s what makes it so

personal.” McMichael listed ways inwhich local American CancerSociety advocates assist withthe needs of those battling can-cer such as “Road to Recovery,”geared toward providing ridesfor those who need to get tomedical appointments or treat-ments. Other county efforts includethe “Wig” program and “FeelGood” programs. “Cancer is deadly and veryexpensive. Community friend-ship and reaching out to assistothers is free. It’s all about get-ting a patient through each day,”said McMichael. Last year, Paulding Countyresidents raised $79,000 to-wards a cure for cancer. Thisyear’s goal is $84,000. “I’ve been involved with Re-lay For Life for over 15 years but the time I put into it is irrele-vant,” noted McMichael. “WhenI see all of the hope restored andthe closeness of those who careand reach out, that’s what it’sall about. I’m excited about thisSaturday night. It’s amazing tosee everyone come together forthis common cause.”

the apartment. Ofcers foundFischer deceased. Agents from Ohio Bureauof Criminal Investigationswere contacted to process thescene. Burkard conrmed that onlyone person was found dead,not two as rumors indicated.He acknowledged that author-ities were looking at a “couple

of persons of interest,” but de-clined to divulge any details. An autopsy was scheduledfor Thursday. Coroner Dr. Jo-seph Kuhn said on Friday thathe has received a preliminaryautopsy report; however, hesaid he couldn’t release anydetails of ndings because thecase is still under investiga-tion.

PAULDING – A PauldingCounty grand jury returnedindictments against eight per-sons on Thursday, Feb. 11. The individuals will be ar-raigned in Paulding CountyCommon Pleas Court. Thoseindicted were:

• Billy Joe Mills, 45, An-twerp, one count aggravatedarson, second-degree felony. • Alfonso N. Gonzales Jr.,44, Paulding, one count il-legal use of a minor in nudi-ty-oriented material or perfor-mance, second-degree felony. • Brittney A. Farris, 22,Grover Hill, two counts un-lawful sexual conduct with aminor, fourth-degree felony. • John W. Gibson, 38,

Melrose, one count nonsupport of dependents, fourth-de-gree felony. • Aaron R. Pogue, 37, FortWayne, one count nonsupportof dependents, fourth-degreefelony. • Jerel A. Tousley, 40,

Oakwood, one count each possession of methamphet-amine and possession ofdrugs, both fth-degree felo-nies. • Misty R. Mattern, 40,Paulding, one count posses-sion of drugs, fth-degree fel-ony. • Jonathan P. Delarber, 30,Continental, one count break-ing and entering, fth-degreefelony.


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KEVIN McGRATH1968-2016

SHANNAMcGRATH

1973-2016 CRESTVIEW, Fla. – For-mer Paulding residents Kevinand Shanna McGrath left thisearth together to go to theirheavenly home on Jan. 23,2016. They were married in

Paulding on Sept. 23, 2014.They lived happily in Crest-view, Fla. Kevin was born Feb. 5,1968, the son of Thomas andCarol (Paulus) McGrath.He is a 1986 graduate ofPaulding High School. Heenjoyed woodworking, re-furbishing AC tractors, anykind of antiques and playingguitar. Kevin loved his jobas groundskeeper at RockyBayou Golf Course in Nicev-ille, Fla. He is survived by his par-ents, Tom and Carol; a son,Kevin T. McGrath II; a sis-ter, Kristine (Stanley) Miller;

niece, Jessica Miller (TylerDanberry); great-nephew,Landen Danberry; grand-mother, Elizabeth Paulus, allfrom Paulding; and uncle, Jim(Joyce) Paulus, Anchorage,Alaska. Kevin is preceded in death by his son, Joseph McGrath;grandparents, Robert E. Pau-lus, Harry F. “Pat” and Helen(Spriestersbach) McGrath; anduncle, Michael Paulus. Shanna was born March 8,1973. She was the daughter ofKathleen (Foust) and the lateThomas Reinhart. She wasa graduate of Paulding HighSchool. Shanna retired from

USAF after 22 years of ser-vice. During her military ca-reer, Tech Sgt. McGrath wasstationed in Guam, Germany,Little Rock, Altus, and retiredfrom Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.She was deployed to Afghan-istan in 2011-12. Among hermany accomplishments, TechSgt. McGrath received the AirForce Commendation Medalfor Meritorious Service andthe Joint Service AchievementMedal. She achieved withhonors a bachelor of arts fromAmerican Military University,majoring in transportation andlogistics management. Shanna is survived by her

mother, Kathleen, Paulding,and a son, Jacob Langston,Crestview. Shanna is also preceded indeath by her grandparents,Elmer and Ruth E. (Kimmey)Foust; and an infant son, Jo-seph McGrath. The couple was buried ina private family service. DenHerder Funeral Home, Pauld-ing, handled local arrange-ments. In lieu of owers, the fam-ily requests donations made toPaulding Putnam Honor FlightFund. Online condolences may be sent to www.denherderfh.

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JAMES CLIFFORD CECIL – James Clifford,53, of Cecil, passed away Sat-urday, Feb. 6, 2016.

TIMOTHY WEST1995-2016

LATTY – Timothy D. West,21, of Latty, died at 4:04 a.m.Monday, Feb. 8 at PauldingCounty Hospital.

JUSTUSHOLTSBERRY

1943-2016 OAKWOOD – Justus V.Holtsberry, age 72, died Tues-day, Feb. 9 in the Indiana Uni-versity Medical Center, India-napolis. He was born Nov. 30, 1943in Paulding County, the sonof the late Russell and Alice

(Miller) Holtsberry. On Aug.25, 1962, he married ElveneM. Matthews, who survives.He retired in 1998 from JohnManville, Deance, after 36-1/2 years.

He is also survived by adaughter, Gina Huff, Oak-wood; grandchildren, Heatherand Nathan Huff, Oakwood;and brothers, Charles (Rae)Holtsberry, Hedges, and Rod-ger (Rose) Holtsberry, Pauld-ing. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Russell andJohn Holtsberry; and three sis-ters, JoAnn Holtsberry, IonaDysinger and Deloris Yoh.

Funeral services were Sat-urday, Feb. 13 at Den HerderFuneral Home, Paulding. In lieu of owers, the fam-ily requests donations madeto Paulding Putnam HonorFlight, Community HealthProfessionals of PauldingCounty or a charity of the do-nor’s choice. Online condolences may be sent to www.denherderfh.

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WILLIAM CAVIN 1940-2016 OAKWOOD – William F.

Cavin, 75, of Oakwood andformerly of Pineville, Ky.,died at 12:30 a.m. Thursday,Feb. 11, at Deance Area In- patient Hospice. He was born Nov.27, 1940 inPinevi l leto the lateW i l b u r nand Maud-ie (Valen-tine) Cav-in. On Aug. 25, 1962, he mar-ried Katherine Brock, whosurvives in Oakwood. He re-tired after 38 years of serviceat Johns-Manville, where hehad been a process technolo-gist. William was a U.S. Navyveteran and a member of both the Deance VFW andthe Oakwood American Le-gion. He was a member of theOmega Masonic Lodge 564F&AM, Deance. Williamwas a lifelong Baptist and hisfaith was very important tohim. He loved shing, huntingand golng. One of his great-est pastimes was singing, andhe especially loved to sing atthe Opry Barn in Oakwood. Also surviving are hischildren, Marilyn (Patrick)Bloomeld of Oakwood, Wil-liam (Diane) Cavin of Pauld-ing, Helen (Daniel) Carlisle ofOakwood and Sharon (Terry)Glick of Findlay; 10 grand-children; 14 great-grandchil-dren; three brothers, David(Marie) Cavin of Corbin, Ky.,and Harold (Barb) Cavin andKenny (Tina) Cavin, bothof Deance; and ve sisters,Barbara Garrity of Deance,Muriel (Terry) Collett ofSommerset, Ky., Jean (Frank)Vaughn of Hot Pointe, Mo.,and Erma (Rick) Hoffman andSharon (Roy) Brock, both ofDeance.

William was preceded indeath by a brother, John Cav-in, and sister, Thelma Beach. The funeral service was

Monday, Feb. 15 at Heitmey-er Funeral Home, Oakwood,with both Rev. Denny Hunterand Rev. Perry Mason ofci-ating. Burial was in ShermanCemetery, Oakwood with

military rites by the OakwoodAmerican Legion and the De-ance VFW. Memorial contributionsmay be given to the DeanceArea Inpatient Hospice. Condolences may be expressed at www.heitmeyerfu-

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DEVAN GAMBLE

1996-2016 PAULDING – Devan AllenGamble, age 19, died Thurs-day, Feb. 11. He was bor n inDef ianceon June10, 1996,the son ofMike andK e n d r a( Adki ns )Gamble. He was employed byCooper Hatchery. He is survived by his par-ents; two brothers, Michael“Drey” and Dylan; sister,Karli, all of Paulding; grand-

parents, Kenny and MarshaAdkins, Ray and VandettaSmith, all of Deance, andPeggy Pancake and LorenPancake, both of Van Wert. He was preceded in death byhis grandfather, Dave Gamble. Funeral services were Tues-day, Feb. 16 at Den Herder Fu-neral Home, Paulding. Burialwas in Paulding MemorialCemetery. In lieu of owers, the familyrequests donations made to acharity of the donor’s choice. Online condolences may be sent to www.denherderfh.

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ALBERTWOLFORD SR.

PAYNE – Alber t Ray Wol-ford Sr., 82, of Payne, passedaway Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016at Deance Inpatient HospiceCenter.

“JANE” RASH1940-2016

ANTWERP – Thomas“Jane” Rash, age 75, of Ant-werp, passed away on Friday,Feb. 12 at her home.

OSCAR LEHMAN JR.

1950-2016 PAULDING – Oscar“Oggie” G. Lehman Jr., age65, died Saturday, Feb. 13 athis residence. He was born Dec.14, 1950in Pauld-ing, theson of thelate OscarG. andLeota M.(Shafer) Lehman Sr. He wasemployed by GM Powertrain,Deance, for 41 years retiringin 2004. He was a memberof UAW #211, enjoyed thor-oughbred horses and was anavid pool player. Members ofhis pool team “Who Next” andfriends fondly called him “TheGodfather”. Oggie is survived by threechildren, Pamela Lee, Auburn,Ind., Carrie (Kevin Brown)Broz, New Haven, and Bob(Kasey) Lehman, Paulding;signicant other, Sandy Vo-gelson, Sherwood; nine grand-children; eight great-grand-children; and siblings, Lo-retta Miner, Deance, LeRoyBennett, Paulding, GalenRay Lehman, Bryan, NancyHickle, Springeld, Mo., andMae Scott, Paulding. He also was preceded in

death by his siblings, Mar-garet Ellen Lehman, DonaldRichard Bennett, Alice Jasso,Arby Bennett Jr., Janet Hook,Janetta Yoquett and John Leh-man.

Funeral services will beconducted 11 a.m. Thursday,Feb. 18 at Den Herder FuneralHome, Paulding, with Pas-tor Isaac Shelton ofciating.Burial will follow in Live OakCemetery, Paulding. Visitation will be 2-8 p.m.today, Feb. 17 at the funeralhome. There also will be vis-itation from 10 a.m. until timeof services on Thursday. In lieu of owers the fam-ily requests donations madeto Paulding County Relay ForLife or Community HealthProfessionals Hospice ofPaulding. Online condolences may be sent to www.denherderfh.

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ROBERT SAVAGE 1934-2016 ANTWERP – Robert L.“Bob” Savage, 81, of Ant-werp, passed away Saturday,Feb. 13 at Gulfside RegionalHospice in Zephyrhills, Fla.

He was bo rn inH a r l a n ,Ind., onJune 3,1934, ason of thelate Leland“Ike” andMarie Savage. Bob served inthe Army Reserves for fouryears. He was self-employedand a member of the OperativePlasterer’s and Cement MasonInternational Association for50 years. He was a member ofthe Methodist church. He wasa charter member of Zeph-yrhills Shufeboard Club and

served on the board of direc-tors. He was member of the

Northwest Ohio Horseman’sAssociation. He enjoyed rac-ing standard-bred horses,watching horse racing, shingand playing shufeboard. Heloved spending time with hisfamily and friends. He will be sadly missed by his wife, Peggy, whom hemarried on Feb. 8, 2001; chil-dren, Kim of Antwerp, Lisa(Marty) Minna of YellowSprings, David of Lovelandand Joanie (Ray) Garbaciakof Antwerp; brother, Rich-ard (Barb) Savage, and sister,Shirley (Gerald) Hinsch bothof Hicksville; eight grandchil-dren; and four great-grand-children. He was also dearlyloved by several nieces andnephews, two step-daughtersand their families. A memorial service to cel-ebrate Bob’s life will be from1-5 p.m. Saturday, March 5at the residence of Ray andJoanie Garbaciak, 13426 Road27C, Antwerp.

DENNIS BIDLACK 1945-2016 VAN WERT – Dennis RayBidlack, 70, of Van Wert, passed from this life into the presence of Jesus Wednesdaymorning, Feb. 10, at the VanWert Inpatient Hospice Cen-ter. He was born onApril 9,1945, inW a s h -i n g t o nTownship,P a u l d i n gC o u n t y ,the son of R. Paul and Shirley

(Thrasher) Bidlack. He mar-ried the former Cheryl Agleron Dec. 5, 1964, at Wesley

United Methodist Church inVan Wert. They had celebrated51 years together. Dennis graduated fromthe Grover Hill High Schoolin 1963. He worked at B.F.Goodrich in Woodburn for14 years, then worked as afull-time farmer for 35 years.He was an active member ofGrace Bible Church in VanWert. He had served on manyagricultural boards throughoutthe years. Dennis certainly hada passion for farming. Dennisand Cheryl enjoyed winteringin Bradenton, Fla., since theyretired from farming in 2011. Dennis was a devoted husband, father and grandfather.He loved spending time withfamily and friends. He hadtwo sons, Broc (Carla) ofDalton and Brian (Terrie) ofDelphos; and seven grandchil-dren, Daniel, Sara, Rachael,Taylor, Emily, Hannah andAdam Bidlack. In addition,he is survived by his wife,Cheryl; his parents, Paul andShirley Bidlack of Grover

Hill; one brother, Rudy (Ellen)Bidlack of Scott; and three sis-ters, Connie (Tom) Baldwin of New Haven, Paulette (Rich-ard) Stemen of Payne and PatBidlack of Grover Hill. He was preceded in death by a brother, Jeff C. Bidlack. Services were held Satur-day, Feb. 13 at Grace BibleChurch with Pastor LanceHostetler ofciating. Inter -ment was in Middle CreekCemetery, near Grover Hill.Cowan & Son Funeral Home,Van Wert, was in charge of ar-rangements. Preferred memorials are toGrace Bible Church, Gideons

International or the CHP Inpa-tient Hospice Center.

Wednesday, Feb. 17Lenten Lunch

PAULDING – Lenten lunches and a briefdevotion will continue each Wednesday fromnoon-1 p.m. through March 16 at the PauldingPresbyterian Church. These special servicesare sponsored by the Paulding Minister ial As-sociation.

Lenten Services OAKWOOD – The Auglaize ChapelChurch of God will host a community lentenservice on Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. Lenten servicesare sponsored by the Oakwood-Melrose min-isterial association.

Free community dinner PAULDING – First Presbyterian Church ofPaulding will be hosting a free dinner at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17.Thursday, Feb. 18

Free community meal PAULDING – St. Paul’s Lutheran Churchlocated at 601 Flat Rock Drive will host ameal from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb, 21Healing service

VAN WERT – Trinity Friends Church ishosting a special healing service at 7 p.mthis Sunday. This service will be dedicated to physical, social, mental, nancial and spiritu-al healing. Come and take time to reect on Bibleverses, share a moment of private prayer, or be anointed with oil and pray with the othersin this deep, yet family-friendly moment. Trinity Friends is located at 605 N. Frank-lin St., on Van Wert’s northeast edge. Formore information call 419-238-2788.

Lions Club meets PAULDING – Members of the Paulding Li-ons Club meet the second and fourth Thurs-days of each month, excluding holidays, at thePaulding Eagles. Meeting time is 7 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.


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PAULDING PROGRESS

FOR THE RECORD

Police Report

Common Pleas

Sheriff’s Report

Commissioners’ Journal

Guest Column

For the Record It is the policy of the Paulding County Progress to publish public recordsas they are reported orreleased by various agencies. Names appearing in “Forthe Record” are publishedwithout exception, to preserve the fairness andimpartiality of the Progress and as a news service to ourreaders.

Todd Harmon (left), principal at Paulding High School, was thespeaker at the recent Kiwanis Club of Paulding County meeting.He talked about the progress his plan to get the students andteachers to work together to help the school run more smoothly.The program is divided into six categories: GPA, House Shirts,Competition, Community Service, Attendance and Behavior. BillHanak, school superintendent, was program chairman.

Civil Docket The term “et al.” refers to and others;

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

TD Bank USA, N.A., Minne-apolis vs. Carol G. Hahn, Ant-werp. Money only. Wei Lin, Paulding vs. JinzhuWeng, Paulding. Divorce. Rodney W. Miller, Payne vs.Merrill L. Miller, Paulding. Di-vorce.Marriage Licenses None.Administration Docket In the Estate of Allan N. Kel- ble, last will and testament led.Criminal Docket Ron Van Atta Jr., Woodburn,48, was sentenced to four yearscommunity control sanctions,having previously been foundguilty of nonsupport of depen-dents (F4). In addition to stan-dard conditions, he must obtainand maintain employment, paychild support on time, pay allarrearages by end of sanctions,comply with drug and alcohol prohibitions, submit to random

tests, le income taxes by April15 and pay $556.65 court costs.He was also given credit forseven days served toward a sev-en-day jail term. Thomas L. Schultz, 52, ofOakwood, was sentenced to fouryears community control sanc-tions for illegal manufacture ofdrugs or cultivation of marijuana(F3). Conditions of the sanctionsinclude 20 days jail, comply withdrug and alcohol prohibitions,submit to random tests, six-month license suspension, and pay $1,255 court costs includinga $1,000 ne split equally by thesheriff’s and prosecutor’s of-ces. Contraband seized in thiscase may be destroyed by lawenforcement. Wendy J. Tillery, 43, of Gro-ver Hill, is scheduled for a pretrialconference and a hearing on hermotion to suppress evidence se-cured to an alleged illegal search.She will be in Court March 10.She is charged with possession ofmethamphetamine (F5).

ACCIDENTS: None.INCIDENTS:Wednesday, Feb. 3 3:48 a.m. Car/deer crash on Road 21in Benton Township was documented. 4:56 p.m. A driver on Road 143 in

Emerald Township reported seeing agoat, sheep, and a pot-bellied pig in aeld near the road. 5:15 p.m. Unruly juvenile complaintwas looked into on Road 155 in Wash-ington Township. 7:30 p.m. Telephone harassment washandled on Ohio 500 in Benton Town-ship.Thursday, Feb. 4 12:41 a.m. Threats on East PerryStreet in Paulding were investigated. 8:03 a.m. Identication theft on LeslieStreet in Briceton was reported. 10:12 a.m. Cecil/Crane Township Fireunit and the Paulding EMS responded toa re on Road 206 in Crane Township.They were there more than 20 minutes. 2:33 p.m. Dog complaint was lodged

from Grover Hill. 3:04 p.m. Telephone harassment wasinvestigated on Ohio 114 in Latty Town-ship. 4:50 p.m. A deputy checked into a rereport on Road 72 in Latty Township. 5:28 p.m. Deputies arrested JohnGuyton on a warrant. 9:45 p.m. Kurtis P. Puckett was arrest-ed for falsication following an allegedincident. 11:25 p.m. Van Wert County Sheriff’sofce requested Grover Hill Fire Depart-ment for mutual aid at a barn re. Oneunit responded for nearly 45 minutes.Friday, Feb. 5 1:03 a.m. Trespassing was investigat-ed on Ohio 66 in Brown Township. 7:23 a.m. Car/deer collision on Road

63 in Crane Township was handled.

7:38 a.m. Possible child abuse was reported from Scott. 10:30 a.m. Dog complaint was han-dled on North Water Street in Paulding. 11:19 a.m. Alleged sexual abuse wasreported from Antwerp. 1:48 p.m. Paulding school ofcials re-

ported an incidence of sexting. 1:52 p.m. One Paulding re unit re-sponded to a grass re near the inter -section of US 127 and Road 84 outsideLatty Village. They were on scene veminutes. 3:50 p.m. Dog complaint was lodgedfrom Payne. 4:23 p.m. Car/deer accident was han-dled on Road 111 in Jackson Township. 9:57 p.m. Suspicious vehicle was not-ed along US 127 in Blue Creek Town-ship.Saturday, Feb. 6 Midnight. Juvenile matter along Road115 in Emerald Township was investi-gated. 4:02 p.m. Suspicious vehicle was seenat the intersection of Ohio 114 and Road

193 in Washington Township. 5:49 p.m. Vandalism was looked intoon Ohio 66 in Washington Township. 6:36 p.m. Neighbors were heardshooting in the area of Road 151 in Jack-son Township. 7:16 p.m. A van was located in a ditchalong Road 1 in Benton Township.Sunday, Feb. 7 1:17 a.m. Trespassing on Road 178 inAuglaize Township was investigated. 1:09 p.m. Report of piglets runningaround on US 24 at Road 232 was lookedinto. 2:42 p.m. Dog complaint was lodgedfrom North Williams Street in Paulding. 3:58 p.m. Theft of a trailer was inves-tigated on Ohio 500 in Paulding Town-ship.

4:59 p.m. Prowler complaint came in

from Road 1036 in Auglaize Township. 6:15 p.m. Unwanted person was dealtwith on Ohio 613 in Brown Township. 8:41 p.m. Canine unit was deployedon US 24 in Crane Township.Monday, Feb. 8 2:20 a.m. Telephone harassment was

looked into on Road 171 in AuglaizeTownship. 3:31 a.m. Paulding EMS was called toLatty Village for an unresponsive male. 7:30 a.m. Suspicious person was not-ed on Ohio 114 in Benton Township. 7:59 a.m. Social Security check wasreportedly taken from an Antwerp ad-dress. 1:36 p.m. In Scott, a woman told dep-uties she had been threatened by a man. 2:07 p.m. Sexual abuse was investi-gated in Brown Township. 2:21 p.m. Theft of landscape lightsfrom Melrose was looked into. 4:28 p.m. Custody dispute was handledin Grover Hill. 7:17 p.m. Domestic situation on Road315 in Crane Township was investigated.

10:38 p.m. Suspicious person wasseen walking along Ohio 49 in CarryallTownship.Tuesday, Feb. 9 7:48 a.m. Car/deer crash was docu-mented on Road 143 north of Ohio 111in Auglaize Township. 10:38 a.m. Damage to a mailboxalong Road 72 in Latty Township wasreported. 4:21 p.m. Unwanted subject complaint was handled on Ohio 637 in Aug-laize Township. 9:26 p.m. A Paulding Township resi-dent of Ohio 111 told deputies someonehad entered their home and trashed it.Wednesday, Feb. 10 12:51 a.m. Paulding Police Depart-ment requested a quiet EMS run to

Paulding County Hospital.

100-year-old building

is worth saving By Susan PieperPaulding County Carnegie Library director

As I continue to compile a history from the past Minutes of theBoard of Trustees, it seems that the operations of the library over the past century consisted of striving for the best collection and best ser-vices while at the same time, acting like the Dutch boy who averteda ood disaster by plugging a hole in the dike with his nger to keepthe structure from falling apart. I do not believe in curses, but I do believe in the weakest linktheory. And, the roof of the library seems to have always been theweakest link in the building. The library roof has leaked almostconsistently since the library opened in 1916. These leaks causedsecondary damage to the walls and oors. Ceilings were constantly being repaired, walls plastered and the roof ... well, reroofed.

It was not until our modern roof was installed a few years ago,that we have experienced better results. We have installed an in-sulating tape in the downspouts to keep the ice from backing up(once an issue with leaks) and the materials used on the new roof

are modern and top-rated. Also, a few years ago, the building wastotally repaired on the exterior, with not only tuck-pointing (replac-ing the mortar between bricks where needed), but also an ingenious process of removing the keystones and resetting them with steelrods. This has resulted in no more shifting and leakage of waterthrough the exterior. It also resulted in the library being awarded an“Award of Merit” from the Ohio Historical Society for preserva-tion. Over the past decades, the Board of Trustees has invested in thematerials and resources needed to save this old building. And, in2016, the physical building of our Carnegie library has never beenin better shape. I am also looking at the long road we have been on to continu-ously provide professional library service to the citizens of Pauld-ing County. Your library system in Paulding County is busier thanit has ever been. More people are using the library than ever beforewith over 200,000 items being borrowed in 2015. Whether it isto check out the latest best-seller, use the high-speed public computers or the Wi-Fi connections for their laptops, research, college

work and testing, socializing with friends and family, borrowingthe latest eBook or other digital materials, borrowing a Playawayto listen to an entire book while “on the move,” browsing througha comprehensive movie and music collection, bringing children tostorytimes and other special events, attending family events, andmore; the citizens of Paulding County are nding that their local public library is there with the services they need to enrich theirlives. Join us in celebrating this wonderful old building on Thursday,March 3, the 100th anniversary of the opening of the library. From12:30-7:30 p.m., the library team will be offering tours, providingrefreshments and sharing scrapbooks with memories from decades past. Perhaps you will nd a photo of yourself at a storytime orsummer reading club. Maybe you will see a picture of your motherat an art show. It is fun to browse through the history of the library – especially if you were part of that history! A special ribbon-cutting will be held at 1:30 p.m. March 3 towelcome in the next century of library service to Paulding County.Each guest will receive a special memento to commemorate this

event. Hope to see you soon at your Carnegie Library. NOTE: The Progress is planning to print a special publicationcommemorating the library’s centennial. Look for it soon. Susan Pieper is a guest columnist for the Paulding County Prog-ress. The opinions stated are those of the writer, and do not necessarilyreect that of the newspaper.

ACCIDENT REPORTSWednesday, Feb. 10 7:30 a.m. David Mark Mc-Michael, 18, of Cecil, wascited for failure to yield whileturning left after a two-truckcrash on Williams Street nearthe Perry Street intersection.Samuel Richard Ladd, 17, ofPaulding was traveling past theintersection while north boundon Williams. McMichael wastraveling south and attempt-ed an east turn onto Perry and

struck Ladd’s 2000 Ford F150 pick up with his 1996 Chevy2500 pickup. McMichael wastaken to Paulding County Hos- pital by Paulding EMS for as-sessment of possible injuries.INCIDENT REPORTSThursday, Feb. 4 2:45 a.m. Family distur- bance on East Perry Street waslooked into.Friday, Feb. 5 8:55 a.m. A North WilliamsStreet business notied policeabout an unpaid rental. Once police contacted the subject he paid what was owed. 9 a.m. A man was seen lyingin front of a West Perry Street

establishment. He was gonewhen police arrived. 10:30 a.m. A Van Wertschool contacted local policeabout a juvenile matter. 2:50 p.m. Received a report from Road 111 in JacksonTownship regarding possiblesexual abuse in the village. 5:10 p.m. Buckeye Driveresident told someone hadstruck their vehicle at an un-known location and time. 9:07 p.m. An East PerryStreet business reported a sus-

picious person in the area.Saturday, Feb. 6 12:53 a.m. Ofcers assistedsheriff’s deputies attempt tolocate three juveniles on thenorth side of Paulding. 4:10 a.m. Junk notice wasserved on a West Wayne Streetaddress. 4:20 a.m. A North WilliamsStreet residence was served a junk notice. 11:35 a.m. Harassing textsand Facebook posts were re-

ported by a West Perry Streetresident. 7:13 p.m. A Bryan man told police a vehicle backed intohim on Emerald Road. 11:45 p.m. A man was ar-rested for disorderly conductfollowing an alleged incidentat a North Williams Street business parking lot.Sunday, Feb. 7 2:39 a.m. Two junk noticeswere prepared for locations onWest Caroline Street. 11 a.m. Police checked for a prowler in a garage on MillerParkway Drive following a callfrom the resident. No one waslocated.

2:40 p.m. Dog complaintwas handled on North Wil-liams Street. 3:34 p.m. West JacksonStreet resident lodged a dogcomplaint. 7:15 p.m. Police looked intoa dog complaint on North Wil-liams Street.Monday, Feb. 8 12:25 a.m. Unruly juvenilematter was handled on WestPerry Street. 9:30 a.m. A South WilliamsStreet business reported the

steering column of a vehiclehad been broken during an al-leged theft attempt. The shifterknob was taken. 5:38 p.m. Vehicles were seendriving through yards in theWest Perry Street area. Twowere found stuck in a yard.The landowner requested nocharges. 7:28 p.m. A man reportedstriking a sign in a business loton North Main Street.Tuesday, Feb. 9

12:55 a.m. Police observedan unoccupied vehicle in thePaulding High School parkingarea. 11:52 a.m. Theft of a coatcontaining a wallet and identi-cation information was reportedfrom South Cherry Street. Thecase remains open. 2:44 p.m. Motor vehicle mis-hap involving two vehicles clip- ping mirrors on North WaterStreet was documented.Wednesday, Feb. 10 5:44 p.m. Police were calledto West Perry Street where yell-ing was heard in the neighbor-hood. 7:55 p.m. A caller requested

a welfare check on a subject dueto a Facebook post. The infor-mation was forwarded to FortWayne Police Department.Thursday, Feb. 11 8 p.m. Police were requestedon West Jackson Street where amale in black was seen watch-ing a house. He was gone whenofcers arrived. 9:05 p.m. Domestic issue onEast Perry Street was lookedinto.Friday, Feb. 12 2:30 p.m. Hit/skip back-

ing incident on North WalnutStreet was reported.Saturday, Feb. 13 12:05 p.m. Loose dog onWest Harrison Street was lo-cated. 8 p.m. Neighbor problemsinvolving loud music waslooked into on West WayneStreet. 10:45 p.m. An out-of-countycaller alleged child neglect inthe village. 11:05 p.m. Police received

information that Frank TraceyJr. was possibly seen in a FortWayne hotel. The data was for-warded to the Fort Wayne Po-lice Department.Sunday, Feb. 14 10:30 a.m. Facebook harass-ment was reported from WestPerry Street. 11:17 a.m. Disruptive cus-tomer at a North WilliamsStreet business was handled. 8 p.m. Loud music was thecomplaint on West WayneStreet. 11:15 p.m. Welfare checkon a woman visiting a SouthWilliams Street location wasrequested.

Commissioners’ Journal January 25,2016 This 25th day of January, 2016, theBoard of County Commissioners metin regular session with the followingmembers present: Tony Zartman, RoyKlopfenstein, Mark Holtsberry, and Nola Ginter, Clerk.MEETING NOTES OF APPOINT-

MENTS Jim Langham, Paulding Progress -The commissioners emphasized theirappreciation for the Paulding Cham- ber of Commerce and Solid Groundfor beautifying downtown Paulding,especially the courthouse square, forthe holiday season. Many complimentshave been expressed by county resi-dents. The commissioners also expressedtheir thanks to the downtown mer-chants for adding their contributions by decorating their storefronts. Theycommented on the positive effortsfrom everyone as they worked togetherto make Paulding County festive. Theyalso commended the many volunteersfor the many hours they contributed.

The commissioners went on to report phase two of the courthouse squarelandscaping project will take place in2016. The three-year plan began in2015 with the landscaping next to thecourthouse itself. Phase two will in-clude improving the area between theinterior sidewalks and the sidewalkslining the streets. Phase three, which

is scheduled to happen in 2017, willspruce up the four corners of the square. Exterior work on the courthouse is98% complete. Some brick work stillneeds to be done. Continued main-tenance is necessary to preserve the130-year-old building. County Auditor Claudia Fickel pre-sented the December General Fund reports. She reviewed the Receipts/Revenuereport, noting the 2015 General Fundtotal receipts were $5,350,392.51, up$95,764.99 from 2104. General FundExpenses of $5,039,685.09 for 2015were down $81,245.37 from 2014.

See COMMISSIONERS’, page 5A

Local man sentenced for

one of three area robberies

Gosnell

PAULDING – John J. Gos-nell, 26, of Paulding, was sen-tenced after changing his pleato guilty of aggravated robbery(F1) recently. Gosnell was arrested in No-vember in connection with the Nov. 12 robbery of the Mar-amart gas station at 1001 N.Williams St. in Paulding. He was ordered to serve a stat-ed prison term of six years withthe Ohio Department of Reha- bilitation and Correction with 87days credit for time served. A 9mm semi-automatichandgun used in the commis-

sion of the crime was forfeitedto the Paulding Police Depart-ment and $350 was returned tothe victim. Recently, Gosnell also has been sentenced for similar robberies days apart in Deance and

Van Wert. In Van Wert County,he was sentenced to nine years

in prison for aggravated robbery,to be served concurrently withterms handed down in Deanceand Paulding counties. In De-ance County, Gosnell was givena 10-year prison term for aggra-vated robbery.


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

and wife.

Auglaize Township Joanne M. Font, trustee,dec. to Mary E. Saylor,trustee; Lots 14 and 15 withhalf vacated Water Street and parts of the alley; 0.59 acre.Afdavit.Benton Township Paul A. Gordan Life Estate,

dec. to Kenneth M. Gordon,et al.; Afdavit. Kenneth M. Gordon, etal. to P&M Gordon FarmsLLC; Sec. 27, 118 acres; Sec.34, 40.45 acres and Sec. 31,34.99 acres. Warranty deed.Brown Township Don and Dorothy Hornish,trustees, dec. to Thomas E.Hornish, trustee; Sec. 11, 77acres. Afdavit. Thomas E. Hornish toBradley R. and Lisa L. Hor-

nish; Sec. 11, 77 acres. Fidu-ciary deed.Crane Township Rex N. Caperton, dec. toSusan A. Caperton; Sec. 5,3.13 acres. Certificate oftransfer. Rex N. Caperton Life Es-tate, dec. to Susan A. Caper-ton Life Estate; Sec. 5, 2.745acres. Afdavit. Eileen D. Shaffer, dec. to

Donald D. Shaffer; Sec. 7, 1acre. Afdavit. Ray S. Goyings, et al. toRay S. and Dorothy I. Goy-ings, trustees; Sec. 35, 2.54acres. Quit claim. Bradbury Farms to Brad- bury to Matthew and Steph-anie L. Elliott-Bradbury; Sec.7, 3.35 acres. Survivorshipdeed. Alan W. Grifths, trusteeto Alan W. Grifths; Sec. 15,Lot 4, Noneman Crane Acres,

0.54 acre. Fiduciary deed. Alan W. Grifths to JeanneE. Eberly; Sec. 15, Lot 4, Noneman Crane Acres, 0.54acre. Warranty deed. Jonathan R. and Patricia J.Friend to Mark D. And DavidL. Parisot; Sec. 5, 3.75 acres.Warranty deed.Emerald Township Joanne M. Font, trustee,dec. to Mary E. Saylor,

trustee; Sec. 35, 115 acres.Afdavit.Harrison Township Anna E. Harshman, dec. toRicky L. Morehead Jr.; Sec.35, 1.29 acres. Afdavit. Ann E. Harshman, dec. toTrinity C. Harshman; Sec. 26,1 acre. Afdavit.Jackson Township Robert Howell, et al. byJudgment Entry to Ohio De- partment of Transporta tion;Sec. 12, 0.094 acre. Judgment

Entry. Roger C. and Patricia L.Eckart to Alfred B. and Beth-any A. Conner; Sec. 25, 5.096acres. Warranty deed.Latty Township Mildred Welch Life Estate,dec. to Sharon R. McCona-hay, et al.; Sec. 13, 60 acresand Sec. 14, 39 acres. Afda-vit. Choosers Inc. to Elma Jean

Lang; Sec. 23, 0.82 acre. Quitclaim.Paulding Township Federal Home Loan Mort-gage Corp. to Chad E. andKristine E. Lantow; Sec. 14,2.255 acres. Warranty deed.Antwerp Village Olen G. McMichael toShawn M. and Cynthia J.Brewer; Sec. 28, Lot 7, Mau-mee Landing SubdivisionPhase 4, 0.893 acre. Warrantydeed.

Lorraine Kanable to DerekR. Demongeot; Lot 17, JonesAddition, 0.2 acre. Warrantydeed. Lorraine Kanable to DerekR. Demongeot; Jones Addi-tion, 0.06 acre. Quit claim. Daniel C. Lichty to Gil- berto and Nancy J. Rosalez;Lot 81, Wilhelm’s Addition,0.2 acre. Warranty deed.Oakwood Village

Janis Elaine Van Vlerahand Cynthia Lynn Ripke toMindy J. Hernandez; Lot21, Floyd Burt Addition, 0.2acre. Warranty deed.Paulding Village Thomas J. Townley toHeather M. Sharp; Lot 42, Noneman’s Subdivis ion,0.165 acre. Warranty deed. Bridget D. Fulton by Sher-iff to Timothy R. Bakle,trustee; Lot 104, NonemanEmerald Acres Allotment #3,

0.234 acre. Sheriff’s deed. Ray S. Goyings et al. toRay S. and Dorothy I. Goy-ings, trustees; Lots 17 and 18, Noneman Emerald Acres Al-lotment #2, 0.845 acre. Quitclaim. Allan N. Kelble, dec. toStarlee E. Kelble; Lots 70-71, Noneman Emerald Acres Al-lotment #1, 0.306 acre. Afda-vit.

Gilbert and Nancy Rosalezto Jordan and Olivia Snyder;Lots 39, 40, Noneman Emer-ald Acres Allotment #3, 0.344acre. Warranty deed.Payne Village Anna E. Harshman, dec. toAnna M. Morehead-Emerling;Lot 161, Gibson Second Addi-tion, 0.68 acre. Afdavit. Steven T. Crowley, et al. toJames Crowley; Lots 61, 62,Gibson First Addition, 0.188acre. Quit claim.

Civil Docket:

Credit Adjustments Inc., Deancevs. Rex Gray Jr., Paulding. Moneyonly, satised. Credit Adjustments Inc., Deancevs. Charles D. Davis, Paulding. Moneyonly, satised. General Audit Corporation, Limavs. Travis S. Youtsey, Paulding. Moneyonly, satised. Sarah J. Mowery DDS Inc., Ant-werp vs. Michael Cummings, MiddlePoint and Rebecca Cummings, Lily,Ky. Money only, satised. Credit Adjustments Inc., Deance vs.Emily A. Jones, Payne. Small claims,satised. Paulding County Board of Health,Paulding vs. Junction Community Cen-ter, Deance. Other action, dismissed.

Credit Adjustments Inc., Deancevs. Scott D. Hudson, Antwerp. Smallclaims, satised. Credit Adjustments Inc., Deance vs.Bonnie C. Baldwin, Deance. Smallclaims, satised. Capital One Bank (USA) N.A., Oak-wood vs. Douglas E. Baker, Oakwood.Other action, stayed in bankruptcy. Credit Adjustments Inc., Deance vs.Deborah K. Grove, Oakwood. Smallclaims, satised. Returned To You Ltd., Paulding vs.Farrah Steele, Cecil. Small claims, sat-ised. Capital One Bank (USA) N.A., Nor-cross, Ga. vs. Douglas E. Baker, Oak-wood. Other action, stayed in bankrupt-cy.

Dennis R. Mullins Sr., Oakwood vs.Scott R. Murphy, Canton, Mich. Smallclaims, judgment for the plaintiff in thesum of $900. Credit Adjustments Inc., Deancevs. Joseph D. Dasher, Paulding. Smallclaims, dismissed. Returned To You Ltd., Pauldingvs. Shirley J. Spain, Deance. Smallclaims, dismissed.

Capital One Bank (USA) N.A., Co-

lumbus vs. Denver M. Greer, Paulding.Other action, judgment for both partiesin the sum of $1,530.01.Criminal Docket: William A. Myers, Oakwood, resist-ing arrest and disorderly conduct with persistence; both dismissed without prejudice per State, costs waived. Anthony L. Parcher, Antwerp, do-mestic violence and assault; $100 ne,$120 costs, 25 days jail with 155 suspended and credit for 25 days served;assault charge dismissed, no contactwith victims, make restitution if re-quested, maintain general good behav-ior. Chad N. Roth, Grover Hill, conne-ment of dogs; $25 ne, $124 costs,make $612 restitution.

Darrol R. Wynn, Detroit, theft of re-arm and carrying concealed weapon;waived preliminary hearings for each, both cases bound over to CommonPleas Court. Antonio O. Barajas Jr., Paulding, as-sault; $200 ne, $122 costs, 14 days jailwith 166 suspended; make restitution ifrequested, no contact with two victims.Trafc Docket:

Tiffany D. Payne, Oakwood, 66/55speed; $48 ne, $77 costs. Curtis D. Goff, Macomb, Mich.,76/65 speed; $30 ne, $83 costs. Kevin L. Moore, Oakwood, seat belt;$30 ne, $47 costs. Jonathan W. Schwartz, Hicksville,seat belt; $30 ne, $47 costs. Taylor K. Polderman, Fort Wayne,

82/65 speed; $43 ne, $80 costs. Melanie F. Landwehr, Deance,76/65 speed; $33 ne, $7 costs. Christopher J. Dickow, Grand Rap-ids, Mich., 90/65 speed; $43 ne, $80costs. William C. Breier, Maryland Heights,Mo., 76/65 speed; $33 ne, $80 costs. Ronald P. Antigo, Bryan, failure toreinstate; $100 ne, $95 costs, pay all

by April 29 or turned in for collection

(POC). Justin Jackson Hicks, Deance, driv-ing under suspension; $50 ne, $118costs, both taken from bond; warrantand warrant block rescinded. Ronald P. Antigo, Deance, no op-erator’s license; $150 ne, $95 costs;April 29 POC. Mor Fally Niang, Southeld, Mich.,84/65 speed; $43 ne, $85 costs. James B. Fuller Sr., Van Wert, 67/55speed; $48 ne, $85 costs. Steven C. Dunmire, Paulding, 66/65speed; $33 ne, $77 costs. Stanley R. Wright, Bryan, 65/55speed; $33 ne, $80 costs. Darrol R. Wynn, Detroit, 78/65speed; $33 ne, $77 costs, Feb. 26POC.

Logan Daniel Slone, Antwerp, childrestraint; $68 ne, $82 costs. Aiesha C. Laine, Willoughby, 82/65speed; $43 ne, $85 costs. Guadalupe G. Garcia, Detroit, childrestraint; $68 ne, $80 costs. Diana S. Speller, Payne, 59/35 speed;$43 ne, $80 costs. Konnor D. Owens, Paulding, 80/65speed; $43 ne, $80 costs. Casandra S. Farnham, Napoleon,66/55 speed; $33 ne, $80 costs. Daniel J. Smith, Temperance, Mich.,80/65 speed; $43 ne, $80 costs. Taylor E. Henderson, Fort Wayne,following closely; $53 ne, $80 costs. Robert J. Holman, Toledo, 79/55speed; $43 ne, $80 costs. Orbin L. Phillips, Amherst, violation

being passed; $53 ne, $80 costs. Stanley A. Sinn, Paulding, stop sign;$53 ne, $80 costs. Mark A. Haubry, Fishers, Ind., 76/65speed; $33 ne, $82 costs. Dewayne A. Strickland, Cerro Gor-do, N.C., 74/65 speed; $33 ne, $77costs. Shannon M. Kraegel, Deance,FRA suspension; dismissed at State’s

request, costs waived.

Shannon M. Kraegel, Deance,headlights; dismissed at State’s re-quest, costs waived. Damaris Brock, Toledo, OVI/underinuence; $500 ne, $140 costs, pay$50 monthly, Dec. 16 POC, 3 days jail,6-month license suspension; provide proof of insurance, ALS vacated, 87days jail reserved. Andrew D. Ashenfelter, Wauseon,77/65 speed; $33 ne, $85 costs. Joseph Allan Sutton, Fulton, N.Y.,77/65 speed; $33 ne, $85 costs. Teri M. Paolone, Cortland, 82/65speed; $43 ne, $77 costs. Ray A. Mills, Deance, hit/skip pri-vate property; $400 ne, $145 costs, pay $50 monthly, Dec. 16 POC; payrestitution to victim, community control

ordered, 40 hours community service,90 days jail reserved. Ray A. Mills, Deance, failure tocontrol; $50 ne, Dec. 16 POC. Kenneth Place Christiansen, Grand-view, Mo., failure to control; $68 ne,$85 costs. Dylan R. Carnahan, Deance, trafcsign violation; $53 ne, $77 costs. Salvador Diaz, Deance, no opera-tors license; $100 ne, $87 costs, Feb.26 POC; proof of nancial responsibili-ty not provided. Salvador Diaz, Deance, markedlanes; $53 ne, Feb. 26 POC. Elson M. Valdes, Louisville, Ky.,79/65 speed; $33 ne, $80 costs. Nancy K. McCray, Oakwood, seat belt; $30 ne, $47 costs.

Andrew E. Heck, Bryan, seat belt;$20 ne, $47 costs. Isaiah C. Ross, Cloverdale, 65/55speed; $33 ne, $80 costs. Kyle A. Cereghin, Deance, failureto control; $68 ne, $77 costs, March18 POC, proof of nancial responsibili-ty provided. Aaron M. Creps, Ashley, Ind., 76/65speed; $33 ne, $80 costs.

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speed; $63 ne, $95 costs, Feb. 19POC; points waived. Kent M. Borough Jr., Maumee, 86/65speed; $43 ne, $80 costs. Alexander J. Karas, Sherwood, 78/65speed; $33 ne, $77 costs, Feb. 26 POC. Marina Nestorovski, Macomb,Mich., 77/65 speed; $33 ne, $80 costs. Austin Ellis, Saint Clair Shores,Mich., 79/65 speed; $33 ne, $80 costs. Shawana V. Morland, Kokomo,Ind., 87/65 speed; $43 ne, $80 costs. Ted W. Irwin, Bringhurst, Ind.,83/65 speed; $43 ne, $80 costs. Miranda A. Almaraz, Toledo, FRAsuspension and 82/65 speed; FRAcharge dismissed, $43 ne, $77 costs,Feb. 26 POC; proof of nancial re-sponsibility provided.

Devin L. Shaffer-Wenzlick, Payne,82/65 speed; $43 ne, $77 costs. Amber M. Smith, Melrose, no op-erator’s license; $100 ne with $50suspended if proof of valid operator’slicense shown by March 8, $87 costs,March 18 POC. Amber M. Smith, Melrose, left ofcenter; $53 ne, March 18 POC. Keenan J. Darby, Carmel, Ind., seat belt; $30 ne, $55 costs. Robert J. Edge IV, Wallkill, N.Y.,85/65 speed; $43 ne, $85 costs. John F. Wahl, Rochester, Mich.,78/65 speed; $33 ne, $80 costs. Dustin D. Kline, Fairland, Ind.,83/65 speed; $43 ne, $80 costs. Christina L. Kempf, Fort Wayne,78/65 speed; $33 ne, $80 costs.

Daniel C. Selzer, Paulding, seat belt;$20 ne, $50 costs. Brian J. Welles, Fort Wayne, stopsign; $53 ne, $80 costs. Steven J. Lias, Cuyahoga Falls,80/65 speed; $43 ne, $80 costs. Karen A. Kalinski, Westlake, 79/65speed; $33 ne, $80 costs. Joshua L. Highsmith, Van Wert, seat belt; $20 ne, $47 costs.

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Fickel reported the actual revenue for2015 was up $326,585.51 (6,5%) fromthe estimate, while the actual expenseswere $408,796.51 lower than the esti-mate.

Fickel also presented a ConveyanceFee report that included yearly totalsfrom 2011 through 2015. $204,757.48was collected in 2015 which is$24,652.34 above the four-year average (2011-2014). Fickel reported dog tag sales are up250 tags from this date in 2015. Shenoted dog tags are to be purchased byFeb. 1 before a late fee will be charged.The 2016 Homestead applications aredue June 1, 2016. Fickel informed the commission-ers the appraiser is out and about in amarked vehicle. A notice has been inthe newspapers to alert county residents.Fickel commented on the advantages ofhaving the imagery and pictometry pro-grams. County Court Judge Suzanne Risterupdated the commissioners on the pre-vious probation ofcer’s court proceed-

ings. A hearing is scheduled for Jan. 26at the Putnam County Courthouse inOttawa, Judge Basinger presiding. Rister also reported County Courtcase load is up from last year. She noted

2015 broke a record for the most traf-c-related cases.IN THE MATTER OF A SUP-PLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION(FUND 078) Klopfenstein moved to adopt the fol-lowing resolution: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Boardof County Commissioners does herebyauthorize and direct the County Auditorto make a Supplemental Appropriationin the Engineer-Gas Tax Fund (Fund009), to-wit: FROM: Pay-In #108841TO: 009-001-00036/Engineer-Gas Tax/Other Expenses AMOUNT: $3,035.43.APPOINTMENT IN THE OFFICEOF THE COUNTY COMMISSION-ERS Klopfenstein moved to adopt the fol-lowing resolution: This 25th day of January, 2016, theBoard of County Commissioners ap-

proved the following appointment ef-fective January 25, 2016, at the hourlyrate of $11.15 per hour, to-wit: AveryJones - Assistant Deputy Dog WardenEXECUTIVE SESSION

A motion was made by Holtsberry togo into executive session at 10:02 a.m.with the Paulding County Auditor todiscuss personnel matters. At 10:56 a.m. all members presentagreed to adjourn the executive sessionand go into regular session.

Commissioners’ JournalCommissioners’ Journal January 27, 2016 This 27th day of January, 2016, theBoard of County Commissioners met inregular session with the following members present: Tony Zartman, Roy Klopfenstein,Mark Holtsberry, and Nola Ginter, Clerk.MEETING NOTES OF APPOINT-

MENTS Jonathan White and Mario Cespedes,Laborers’ International Union of NorthAmerica, Ohio Labor District Counciland Travis McGarvey, Paulding CountyEngineer - White and Cespedes introducedthemselves and explained they representlocal members from the 329 in Lima. Theywent on to say they requested this meetingwith the commissioners and the countyengineer to discuss wind farm road agree-ments. White commended Paulding Countyfor the agreements we had in place with thewind farms that have already been com- pleted. He pointed out that in 2012, OhioAttorney General Mike DeWine penned anopinion regarding road maintenance agree-ments. A copy of the opinion and other doc-uments were supplied to the commissioners

and to the county engineer. McGarvey noted he will be meetingwith EDP next week to work on the roadmaintenance agreement for their next windfarm project. White referred to the sampleagreement in his handout to use as a refer-ence.

Audit Committee - In attendance for thefourth quarter Audit Committee meetingwere Ann Pease, Carol Temple, ClaudiaFickel, Tiffany Beckman and Jason Land-ers. Treasurer Lou Ann Wannemacher presented the Investment Report as ofDecember 31, 2015. On that date, she had$10,741,195.50 invested on behalf of thecounty. Ms. Fickel, County Auditor, distributedthe 2015 year-end General Fund Receiptsand Expense Reports She noted GeneralFund receipts were up from 2014 andexpenses were down. Sales tax revenuefor the 2015 year were $1,935,517.67, anincrease of 7.41% from 2014. Conveyancefees were down from 2014. Fickel explained there was unusually high farm landsales in 2014 that inflated the conveyance

fees. Bashore, Reineck, Stoller & WatermanInc. has the information to begin the pre-liminary reports in preparation for the stateaudit. The Plattenburg CPA firm will beginthe official audit for 2015 in March. The commissioners led the group into a

discussion regarding the importance of hav-ing a check-cashing policy. Wannemacherexplained that she will be implementingsuch a policy in her office. Sheriff Landersnoted that 98% of their transactions are bydebit or credit card. Temple reported a recent increase inactivity in her office from wind farm com- panies, making copies for wind energy projects. Pease shared there may be an increasein the cost of purchasing a passport. It cur-rently takes six weeks plus to obtain a passport. Judge Tiffany Beckman announced thevideo equipment purchased by a technicalgrant is being utilized to hold video arraign-ments, saving transportation costs.

See COMMISSIONERS’, page 6A

WBESC to meet PAULDING – The nextWestern Buckeye Education-al Service Center GoverningBoard meeting will be held at6 p.m. today, Feb. 17, at thePaulding ESC Ofce, 202 N.

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Winter tastes like homemadesoup and jerky at the Eichers We have had quite a fewinches of snow this week.Along with the snow we havealso had colder temperatures.The mercury on the thermom-eter dipped down to 13 de-grees this morning. Yesterday, daughters Vere-na, Loretta and I spent the dayat my daughter Elizabeth’shouse. We helped her process38 quarts of vegetable soup.She told us to come for break-fast so we did all our morn-ing work and headed for herhouse. She made Egg Dutchfor our breakfast. It was deli-cious. My mother xed EggDutch a lot. It’s a simple andeasy breakfast dish. For our lunch Elizabethmade chili soup along withcrackers, chips, dirt pudding,and ice cream. We were donewith the soup around 2 p.m.We spent a few hours relaxingand visiting with her beforecoming home.

Earlier in the week we pro-cessed 46 quarts of vegetablesoup for us. It is so handy toopen up a few quarts of soupfor a meal when you’re in a

hurry. It also is nice to haveon hand for school or worklunches.

After we came home, Eliz-abeth called and said Timothyhad come home from workwith a cut-up foot. Somehowhe cut it at the sawmill wherehe is working. He will be offwork for a few days. It soundslike it was pretty painful lastnight. It’s hard for Timothy tohave to take it easy! I hope itwill heal fast. Our three school-age chil-dren will be home tomorrowand Monday. It’s their midwin-ter break. The girls are makingdeer jerky, which can be time

consuming. Every batch takesa few hours of baking in a 200degree oven. We are makingseveral different kinds, such as

hickory, cajun, and jalapeño.Joe wants to make summersausage with the venison sau-sage too. He will add sausagefrom our hogs we butcher.Our plans are to butcher our

hogs Feb. 20 since Joe has towork this Saturday. Last Sat-urday we attended a funeralof a local Amish man, so we postponed the hog butchering. Last Friday, Feb. 5, was the birthday of Mose, daughterSusan’s friend. A happy birth-day to him. Also, I want towish my friend Ruth a happy birthday, which was on Feb. 9.I won’t mention her age in thecolumn but she is getting tothat “over the hill” part of life.I owe Ruth a big thank youfor all she has done to helpme with this column and in alot of other ways. True friendslike her are hard to nd.

It is a relief that all the beefis done now. Once the porkis done I hope to nd timeto start sewing again. I stilldidn’t get all the clothes sewnfrom fabric that was given asChristmas gifts.

I hope all of you readers arestaying healthy this winter. Wecan’t complain too much. So farwe’ve been only battling colds.I started with a nagging cough afew days ago. I’m trying all myhome remedies to get rid of it,and it seems better today. I’ll share the Egg Dutch

recipe for the readers who arenew to the column. God blessall of you!

EGG DUTCH5 eggs1 heaping tablespoon our 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon salt pepper to taste Put into a bowl in the or-der given and beat. Pour intoa heated, greased skillet andcover with a tight lid. Placeover medium low heat. Cutand turn when half done andnish cooking. I usually putcheese on top when almostdone. Bacon bits can also beadded.

Canned homemade vegetable soup makes for easy meals andquick lunches to take to school and work.

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Feb. 20 – Mr. and Mrs.Bruce A. Caris, William andJoAnne Youngblutt. Feb. 21 – John and JoanMurlin, Ron and Diana Sierer. Feb. 23 – Bill and WilmaFry, Doug and Erica Habern. Feb. 24 – James and Steph-anie Long. Feb. 26 – Kenny and Mar-

sha Adkins, Richard and JoanSchmidt.

Feb. 20 – Mildred Bashore, Pam Belcher, Elaine Dauch, MattJones, Debra Kipfer, Matthew Ludwig, Marsha Wharry. Feb. 21 – Mike Brown, Kyle W. Childs, Cadence Cook, RobertDeisler, Robert Franklin, Mary Jane Gilbert, Kaitlyn Roughton, Ca-leb Schaefer, Doris Taylor, Mindy Wilt. Feb. 22 – Owen Brigner, Darla Marjorie Gorman, Dawn Grimes,Erica Habern, Ralph Hammons, Ola Hughes, Emma Kraly, ShelliLucas, Wyatt Pessefall, Lisa Phlipot, Anitra Sue Villearreal, SherriZeller. Feb. 23 – Michelle Carlisle, Ron Cooper, Louise Craft, Jose Guer-ra, Terri Knapp, Marge Roughton, Gregory Schuchart. Feb. 24 – Michelle Bissell, Dianna Clemens, Lee Collins, CathyGross, Jessica Kyser, Kenny Neff, Lucas Parrett, Judy Sheperd, MikeWiswell, Caroline Zimmerman. Feb. 25 – Laura Carder, Evelyn Copsey, Katie Hicks, Doris Johns,Melinda Krick, Jack Phlipot, Kyle Slade, Ray Staley, Ruth Varner.

Feb. 26 – Emma Anderson, Ted Bauer, Bret Busch, Abbie English,Susan R. Gilbert, Janet Wirick.

Anniversary MR. and MRS. RON SIERER

PAULDING – Mr. and Mrs.Ron Sierer will be celebratingtheir 40th wedding anniversary. Roger Sierer and DianaRoughton were wed Feb. 21,1976 by the Rev. Robert Kinneyat the United Methodist Churchin Melrose. Ron is a production supervi-sor at GT Technologies in De-ance, and Diana is a receivingadministrator at Lafarge Corp.in Paulding. Their children are Rob and

Candi Egnor of Oakwood,Brian and Brittany Daeger ofPaulding and Bob and JodiSierer of Columbus. They havefour grandsons and two grand-daughters. The family is celebratingwith a surprise trip at the end ofthe month. They also are takinga trip to Punta Cana, Domini-can Republic.

The commissioners reminded the groupof elected officials of the Cyber SecurityTraining session scheduled for Wednesday,Feb. 10, at 8 a.m. in the Common PleasCourt room. The courthouse will be closedso officials and staff may attend the training. Wannemacher reported tax collectionsare going well.

Sheriff Jason Landers - The commis-sioners continued the ongoing discussion of possibilities for the Sheriff’s Office. SheriffLanders agreed the first step is to contact anengineering firm for a feasibility study.EXECUTIVE SESSION A motion was made by Holtsberry to go

into executive session at 8:03 a.m. with thePaulding County Prosecutor to discuss legalmatters. At 8:12 a.m. all members present agreedto adjourn the executive session and go intoregular session.EXECUTIVE SESSION A motion was made by Mr. Mark Holts- berry to go into executive session at 8:15a.m. with the Paulding County Prosecutorand the Paulding County Economic De-velopment Board of Directors to discuss personnel matters. At 8:37 a.m. all members present agreedto adjourn the executive session and go intoregular session.IN THE MATTER OF AMENDINGTHE 2016 ANNUAL APPROPRIA-TION (FUND 032) Holtsberry moved to adopt the followingresolution: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board ofCounty Commissioners does hereby directthe County Auditor to amend the 2016 An-nual Appropriation by appropriating the fol-lowing in the Certificate of Title Fund (Fund032), to-wit; 032-001-00008/Certificate of

Title/Insurance AMOUNT: $5,300.IN THE MATTER OF ENTERINGINTO A CONTRACT WITH RE-SOURCE SOLUTIONS ASSOCIATESLLC FOR PAULDING COUNTYEMA

Klopfenstein moved to adopt the follow-ing resolution: WHEREAS, Resource Solutions Asso-ciates, LLC, 64 Executive Drive, Norwalk,Ohio, provide professional consulting advicewith regard to completion of hazard mitiga-tion planning; and WHEREAS, the Paulding CountyEmergency Management Agency’s HazardMitigation Plan is in need of updating; now,therefore BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board ofCounty Commissioners does hereby enterinto a contract with Resource Solutions As-sociates, LLC to update and revise the Pauld-ing County Hazard Mitigation Plan accord-ing to the guidelines provided by the OhioEmergency Management and the FederalEmergency Management Agency, a copyof which is on file at the Paulding CountyCommissioners’ Office.

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By Nancy Whitaker

for your Thoughts a penny

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Old dog, new tricks? As I sit here looking out mykitchen window, I see snow-akes gently falling outside.They are small, but blowingaround as if to say, “Winter isnot over yet. I still have a few puffs of wind left.” I always thought, and maybeI still do, that winter is one ofmy favorite times of the year.

There is nothing better thanmaking soup, hot tea, reading agood book and curling up by anice warm re. This all soundsso comfy, but trust me winterdoes play havoc with many plans, school delays, plays,cars, heat bills and even a walkoutside can be treacherous. With my vehicle sitting out-side, as you know from a fewweeks ago, all of my car doorsfroze up and it was hard gettingthem open. One thing I have personally had trouble learn-ing to do is to pump gas in mycar. With many many teachersthrough the years, I still havenot captured the knack of it. Ithink I am just too short to seethe numbers on the pumps. The other day I decided to goget gas in my car. I go to a sta-tion whose workers know meand pumps my gas for me. I sawthe attendant and said, “Heygood-lookin’, where have you been?” Then knowing I neededgas I said, “Fill ‘er up.” This of course was anothercold day, but my butter spray Ihad sprayed on my car doors (asyou know) seemed to be work-ing and I did get my doors open. I pulled up by a gas tank andgave the guy my card. Howev-er, it was cold out and so I leftmy car running. I mean, I saw

other people pumping their gaswith the motor running, so whycouldn’t I? The attendant ranmy card through and when heturned to pump the gas, my gascap would not budge. I have aswitch on the inside I push andit is supposed to open by itself.I had pushed the switch and soafter it would not open, I contin-ued to ip the switch to no avail.I told him, “I bet it is froze up. The poor guy then got out ascrewdriver and tried to openthe gas cap and it just was notabout to open. He said, “WellI am not sure what to do. I re-ally don’t want to scratch upyour car by prying it off.” So,he decided to go inside and getanother tool. I sat there praying,“God please let it open, I reallyneed gas, I really need to run er-rands.” After sitting a few more min-utes I thought, “Well it is begin-ning to warm up in here, so Imay as well shut off my car tosave what gas I do have.” So af-ter turning off the motor I gave

the gas tank switch one morelast ip. What do you know? The gascap came open just as the at-tendant came out with a biggertool. He said, “What did youdo?” I replied, “I shut my motoroff.” Unbeknownst to me, mycar has a safety feature which

won’t let you open the gas tankwith the motor running. Afterall this time, I did not know that.Of course, I have never read themanual, so maybe I should. Is it against the law to let yourmotor run while getting gas? Itmust not be because others weredoing it. How was I to know?Well, I do now. So, my eternalsaga of learning to pump gasand things about my car contin-ue. I guess it is a good thing be-cause I am learning somethingnew about something everyday. They say, “You can’t teachan old dog new tricks.” Howev-er, this doggie is willing to learnand besides, who is old?

Okay, ladies and guys, areyou supposed to turn off themotor when you pump gas?If so, why doesn’t everyonedo it? Please help me out and“I’ll give you a Penny for Your

Thoughts.”

The importance of 4R Nutrient

Stewardship principles in ag

Terry McClure (center) of Grover Hill speaks at the 4R Steward-

ship meeting last week in Fort Wayne.

By Staci MillerEducation specialist

Paulding SWCD Last week, the PauldingSWCD attended the 4R Nu-trient Stewardship Seminar inFort Wayne. The 4R Nutrient Steward-

ship focuses on the scientic principles of right source, rightrate, right time and right placeto achieve cropping systemgoals. 4R nutrient steward-ship provides a framework toachieve increased production,increased farmer protability,enhanced environmental pro-tection and improved sustain-ability. The goal of fertilizer bestmanagement practices (BMPs)is to match nutrient supplywith crop requirements and tominimize nutrient losses. Ag-riculture is facing challengesthat include population pres-sures. According to the United Nations, the global populationwill increase by two billion people in the next 40 years,and this will force a need formore food production. Also, agriculturists are being pressured to limit theuse of fertilizers. Legislative,

regulatory and non-govern-ment organization activitiesinclude legal action pertainingto nutrients in the environ-ment. The 4R Nutrient Steward-ship Certication Program en-courages agricultural retailers,

nutrient service providers andother certied professionalsto adopt proven best practicesthrough the 4Rs. The goals ofthis certication program is tomaximize crop nutrient uptakeand minimize losses, have a positive impact on local water

bodies, provide up-to-date in-formation on nutrient steward-ship and help the agriculturesector adapt to new researchand technology. This seminar featuredspeakers who discussed the 4Rresearch data, the relevancy of

the program and allowed localgrowers to give their perspec-tive on the 4Rs. The goal of the 4Rs is tomaintain agricultural produc-tivity while improving thequality of Lake Erie and itscontributing watersheds.

Judy Wells/Paulding County Progress

SECURITY TRAINING – To help prevent cybersecurity threats to county-owned computers, the Paulding County commissioners

hosted a 90-minute training session on Wednesday, Feb. 10 in the Common Pleas courtroom for county employees. Presentersincluded Special Agent Scott Halbur from the Toledo FBI Cyberdivision and representatives of County Risk Sharing Authority (COR-SA.) CORSA is a member-owned property and liability risk sharing pool sponsored by the County Commissioners Association ofOhio. CORSA operates under the authority granted by the Ohio Revised Code section 2744.081. Shown here following the trainingare Ginny Shrimplin, CORSA marketing manager; Commissioner Tony Zartman; FBI Special Agent Scott Halbur; Sherry Barbosky,underwriting managing for CORSA; and Commissioner Roy Klopfenstein.

Cancer society in need of

Road to Recovery volunteers DEFIANCE – Imagine being told there’s help for your illness, but you don’t have a way to get there. For many cancer patients,lack of transportation is the only thing standing between them andsuccessful treatment. The American Cancer Society is working to solve that problem byenhancing Road to Recovery in northwest Ohio. Road to Recoverymatches volunteer drivers with cancer patients in need. Drivers usetheir own vehicles and gas to take patients undergoing cancer treat-ment to and from their appointments. Two volunteer driver trainings will be held in the area this month:Tuesday, Feb. 23 from 10-11:30 a.m. at Cabin Fever Coffee Shop,downtown Deance, and Thursday, Feb. 25 from 2-3:30 p.m. at theFulton County Health Department, South Shoop Avenue, Wauseon.Anyone with a valid driver’s license, reliable vehicle, good driving

record and daytime availability is invited to attend. “Because of strong medications, some patients really should not be driving after treatment. Others may not have a car or connectionsto anyone who could drive them,” said Marybeth Torsell, missiondelivery manager with the American Cancer Society. “This is wherea program like Road to Recovery and its dedicated volunteers canreally make a positive difference in someone’s life.” While the program is already available in the area, more driversare needed to meet demand. Torsell says the trainings are for new drivers from Deance, Ful-ton, Henry, Paulding or Williams counties.

To register for the training, or for more information, call Torsell at1-888-227-6446, extension 5101 or email [email protected]. New volunteers need only attend one of the training dates. Inter-ested persons who are unable to attend a class should contact Torsellto discuss an online training option.


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DeLong sees a bright future for AntwerpBy JOE SHOUSE

Progress Staff Writer Part 2 of a Series ANTWERP – After serv-ing as Antwerp’s mayor from2008-12, Ray DeLong decidedto throw his name back in thering of local, small town poli-tics. So, following a four yearabsence, DeLong carried out asuccessful run for the same po-sition he once held and is anx-ious to lead the village he hascalled home for most of his life. When interviewing DeLong,the River Street Market rehad just happened and he waswell aware of the tremendousimpact it would bring to thecommunity and how importantit is for a small town to have itsown grocery store. Even withthis major set back to the vil-lage, DeLong still sees manyfoundational positives to layout his future plans. Like most any small village,the new mayor sees growthand development as key tostimulating a brighter futureits 1,880 residents.

“We are fortunate and yetchallenged with two areas orlocations of interest. Obviouslywe have the downtown villagearea as well as the U.S. 24/Ohio 49 exchange. Trying toget commercial developmentthat will create jobs as well asindustrial growth is key to ourfuture,” said DeLong. The U.S. 24 area is a location

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