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PAULDING – ThePaulding County RetiredTeachers Association willhost a coffee from 9-11 a.m.Monday, Feb. 8 at the BlackSwamp Nature Center onFairground Drive in Pauld-ing. Reservations are notneeded, and there will beno business meeting. Mem- bers may bring donationsfor local food pantries andfor the scholarship fund forstudents entering the eld ofeducation. All retired teach-ers from Antwerp, WayneTrace, and Paulding schoolsare invited to attend. All oth-er retired school employees

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Weather report A summary of January’sweather highs and lows, asrecorded at Paulding’s watertreatment plant: • Maximum temperature:55° on Jan. 31. • Low temperature: 1° onJan. 18 and 19. • Most rain/melted snowin a 24-hour period: 0.46inch on Jan. 10; most ice/snow: 1.0 inch on Jan. 12. • Total rainfall/melted

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JPHS to host wine and cheese tasting event

Fire destroys Antwerp grocery

Cause of re undetermined, ‘not suspicious’

1 dead,1 hurt

in crashon 49

Paulding Village councilman resignsBy SAMANTHA HABERN

Correspondent PAULDING – At its meeting Feb. 1, Paulding Vil-lage ofcials said Councilman Jim Guelde has steppeddown from his position on the council.

Guelde was absent from Monday’s meeting. He hadsubmitted a handwritten letter to the village, dated Jan.21, stating, “As of today 1/21/16, I, Jim Guelde, am re-signing from my position as a village councilmember.” He had served on council for six years. The council has asked that anyone interested in the position to please attend the Committee of the Whole

meeting on Thursday, Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m. Candidates will be interviewedand considered at that time, with anofcial decision set to be made in thenext council meeting on Feb. 16.

Those who are unable to attend theCommittee as a Whole meeting areasked to bring their resume and rea-sons why they want the position to theofce. Sue Crossland has stepped downas the EMS coordinator. The council approved Dave

Foltz to be the new coordinator, with Councilman DanWorkman abstaining from the vote. The council also approved and accepted the EMSCode of Ethics. The Committee of the Whole met on Jan 26. It was

announced that Phase 1 and 2 of the Sewer SeparationProject is complete, with Phase 3 not being completeuntil Dec. 31, 2018. This will give more time to checkon nancing and to see if Phase 3 is even needed. Joe Hotz also gave some recommendations on the

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On Jan. 26, nine area re departments battled a blaze at the River Street Market grocery in downtown Antwerp. Some were stillon scene Wednesday morning. The structure appears to be a total loss.

By JOE SHOUSEProgress Staff Writer

ANTWERP – Nearly 60 reghters,EMS personnel, and law enforcementwere called to the scene of a major re thatdestroyed a business in the village of Ant-werp last week. Antwerp Fire Department received theinitial call at 8:19 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26that a local grocery store that had been inoperation for over 60 years was on re –The River Street Market, located at 112

E. River St. Upon arriving on the scene,smoke and ames could be seen at the rearof the structure. Antwerp Fire Chief Ray Friend reportedThursday afternoon that he and state remarshals completed their investigation onWednesday following blaze. “Both the re marshal and myself agreeafter a thorough investigation the cause isundetermined. We do know that it start-ed in the break room and spread quick-ly throughout the structure,” said Chief

Friend. The investigation has been completedwith no determined cause and, accordingto Friend, he emphasized, “The re is notsuspicious – not suspicious in any way.” Initial reports indicate a small re brokeout in the store’s break room and quicklyspread throughout the store, according torst-hand reports. Four people were inside the store when

ANTWERP – The VanWert Post of the Ohio StateHighway Patrol is investigat-ing a single-vehicle fatal crashthat occurred early Sunday onOhio 49 between Antwerp andPayne.

On Jan. 31, at 2:34 a.m.,troopers with the Van WertPost of the Ohio State High-way Patrol received a reportof an injury crash on Ohio 49north of Ohio 111. A 2007Saturn Ion operated by BobbiM. Brkovic, age 30, of Pauld-ing, was traveling south on 49when her vehicle went off theright side of the roadway. Thevehicle re-entered the road-way and then went off the leftside of the roadway and strucka tree. The passenger, Lisa A.Recker, age 47, of Antwerp,was transported by PayneEMS to the Paulding CountyHospital, where she was pro-nounced dead.

The driver was transported by Antwerp EMS to ParkviewMedical Center with non-lifethreatening injuries. Brkovic was reportedlywearing a seat belt at the timeof the crash. Recker was notwearing a seat belt. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in thecrash, troopers said.

The crash remains under in-vestigation. The Van Wert Post wasassisted on scene by deputieswith the Paulding CountySheriff’s Ofce, Payne EMS,Antwerp EMS and R&OWrecker Service.

By JUDY WELLSFeature Writer

PAULDING – Looking fora unique and fun way to cel-ebrate Valentine’s Day thisyear? Why not bring yoursweetie to the Wine & Cheesetasting at the John PauldingHistorical Society museum,located on Fairground Drive,on Saturday, Feb. 13 from 7-9 p.m.?

Committee member RoseMunger says there will be sixdifferent varieties of wines andavors of cheese for guests tosample. Two representatives fromChief will be on hand to ex- plain the different avors anduses of each, in addition to var-ious festive desserts. For those are not wine drink-ers, non-alcoholic beverages

will be available. There will also be a rafe,which will include a trip toChicago, and door prizes givenaway during the evening. This annual event is alwaysa sell-out, so make your reser-vations early. Tickets are stillavailable for $15 presale or$20 at the door. They may be purchased at Kauser Truckingor by calling Rosie Munger

at 419-399-3473, Sue Beckat 419-399-3547 or from themuseum on Tuesdays from 10a.m.-4 p.m. While at the museum thatevening, take a tour and see foryourself, “Paulding County’s best kept secret.” The next general meetingof the JPHS members will beon March 22 and the publicis invited. The beer and food

pairing, another popular fund-raising event, will be held onSaturday, April 16. The museum is open fortours from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., eachTuesday and the rst Saturdayof every month from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., February through No-vember. Admission is free. For more information ndthe group on Facebook at facebook.com/jphsmuseum.

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Martinchangeof pleaexpected

Munger found guilty of theft in office

SWCD to launch nature

enthusiast walking group

back lot sewer. After much dis-cussion, it was decided that theoption to open cut, replace, andtrenchless installation was the best choice, causing less incon-venience to residents. The safety committee met onJan. 27, where it was decided toextend the agreement with Wer -lor Inc. for one more year.

The council has been offereda state roadwork developmentgrant of $310,000 for the GasserRoad project. This will be dis-cussed more in a later meeting.Deadline for accepting the assis-

tance is March 31. A six-year resident of Emer -ald Acres spoke to council aboutissues she has been having withher sewer. She stated it’s been backing up and every other per-son she has tried to talk to to getthis problem xed has been ask -ing questions on where exactlythe problem is and whether it issomething the village has to xor if she has to. Administrator Harry Wiebestated he would have to talk tothe street and sewer employeesfor more information and the

history of the site. He will con-tact her as soon as he nds outmore. Council heard the Mayor’sCourt yearly statement for 2015.A total of 430 receipts werewritten and $42,283.15 wascollected. A breakdown shows$14,810.50 paid to the state trea-sury; $593.50 paid to CountyCourt (alcohol); $5,911 courtcosts; $19,760.15 nes; $3,970computer fund; and $238 other. For January, Mayor’s Courtcollected $885 total. Council heard the rst read-

ing of the following ordinances,with an emergency being de-clared and both being approvedunanimously: • Ordinance 1515-16 ap- proving, adopting, and enactingAmerican Legal Publishing’sOhio Basic Code, 2016 Edition,as the Code of Ordinances forthe village.

• Ordinance 1516-16 autho-rizing the mayor to execute anyand all documents required bythe State of Ohio, Departmentof Transportation for paving ofstreets within the village, to ex-

ecute contracts as required. An executive session was heldto discuss personnel matters. Noaction was taken. Several committee meetingdates were set: • Safety committee meetingon Thursday, Feb. 4 at 5:30 p.m. • Building and grounds com-mittee meeting on Monday, Feb.8 at 5:30 p.m., with a recreationcommittee meeting to followimmediately after. • Committee of the Wholemeeting on Thursday, Feb. 11 at5:30 p.m.

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The view inside The River Street Market in Antwerp following last week’s re shows the extentof damage to the structure.

the re broke out but they wereall able to get safely outside. No

injuries were reported. The Antwerp re crew imme-diately called for mutual supportwith eight surrounding re departments responding. Manpower, tanker trucks, andthe Paulding aerial ladder truckwere quick to respond to thescene with all the departmentsworking together in what iscalled a defensive attack. “The issues they contendedwith was one, the water supply,”Paulding County EMA directorEdward Bohn said. Crews also contended withthe electrical lines at the back ofthe building. “Until that was secured, crews

were then able to make a moreaggressive attack,” Bohn said. Bohn believes the re is oneof the largest the village has everexperienced. The business has a long his-tory as the primary grocerystore in the small town of about

1,700. The market was former-ly Kammeyer’s IGA. It’s been

the primary grocery in Antwerpsince the 1950s. The store start-ed small and had several addi-tions through the years. After the town had been with-out a grocery store for a brieftime, Doug and Lisa Bragg,owners of the Oasis Bar andGrill in Antwerp, purchased thestore in May 2013. They re-named it The River Street Mar-ket. “It’s devastating to our com-munity. Many people wouldfrequent the store often. It wasvery convenient for our seniorcitizens. A small town withouta grocery store – well, it’s dev-astating,” said Antwerp Mayor

Ray DeLong. Fire departments from Pauld-ing, Payne, Cecil-Crane Town-ship, Hicksville, Woodburn,Sherwood and Delaware Town-ship all assisted. Antwerp andHicksville EMS crews werecalled as were members from

the American Red Cross. Crews worked throughout the

night containing the blaze withthe Antwerp reghters still onthe scene on Wednesday con-trolling hot spots. Payne Mayor Steve Woblercommented that the Paynecontingent of remen returnedhome at 3:30 a.m. The Red Cross ofce in VanWert were on the scene to assistthe re ghters with coffee, wa-ter, and food. Local restaurants also sup- ported the effort of those ghtingthe blaze with pizzas, burgersand fries. On Wednesday morning,Antwerp Police Chief GeorgeClemens walked away from

the scene of the devastation andcommented, “The exterior wallsare standing but the roof is cavedin and everything was lost. Itlooks like a total loss.” What is left of the buildingwill be torn down, the re chiefadded.

Payne FD teams up with Red Cross for fire safety PAYNE – The American Red Crossalong with the Payne Fire Departmentwill be going door-to-door as part ofits home re preparedness campaignto teach people how to be prepared forhome res and install smoke alarmswhere needed. Statistics show that seven times a daysomeone in this country dies in a homere. Countless others suffer injuries. Tocombat these tragic statistics, the Red

Cross has launched a nationwide campaign to reduce the number of deathsand injuries due to home res by 25

percent over the next ve years. The home re preparedness campaign is happening all over the coun-try and involves Red Cross workers joining with local re departments andcommunity groups to visit neighbor-hoods at high risk for res. Those vis-its include educating people about resafety through door-to-door visits andinstallation of smoke alarms in some ofthese neighborhoods.

“Installing smoke alarms cuts the riskof someone dying from a home re inhalf, so we’re joining with groups from

across our community to install smokealarms,” said Derek Stemen, executivedirector of the West Central Ohio Chap-ter. “We also will be teaching peoplehow to be safe from home re.” The Payne Fire Department will be joining the Red Cross on Satur-day, April 2, to install smoke alarms inhomes that need them and teach peopleabout what to do in case a re breaks outin their home. The event will kick-off at

9 a.m. from the re station. The plan isto visit approximately 100-200 homes. “A working smoke detector is the

best way to combat a re next to hav-ing a sprinkler system,” said Payne FireChief Jamie Manseld. “We’re hopingthat in a ve-year period with initiativeslike the home re campaign and our NoChild Sleeps Unprotected campaign toreduce re deaths by 25 percent.” Recently, Chief Manseld received$500 from the Paulding County AreaFoundation to kick off the local funddrive. Funds received will be used to

purchase smoke detectors that will be be installed in the homes of familieswhose children attend Payne Elementa-

ry and Divine Mercy schools and livein the Wayne Trace school district onApril 2. The Red Cross also is asking ev-ery household in America to take thetwo simple steps that can save lives:checking their existing smoke alarmsand practicing re drills at home. Call1-844-207-4509 to request a free homesafety visit and smoke alarm installa-tion from the Red Cross.

For more information on how to pre- pare for emergencies, people can visitredcross.org/OhioBuckeye.

This pond at the Black Swamp Nature Center is just one of thebeautiful natural areas in Paulding County. Join SWCD’s newnature enthusiast group and enjoy the wonders of nature.

By Staci MillerEducation specialist

Paulding SWCD The Paulding Soil and WaterConservation District is start-ing a nature enthusiast walkinggroup this spring. This group is open to the pub-lic and it’s a great way to explorethe beautiful natural area aroundPaulding County and meet other people who enjoy nature. The group will be able toshare stories and take picturesof the many different areas theywill visit. The nature walks willtake place the second Saturdayof each month at 10 a.m. be-ginning on April 9 and goingthrough August. The group will meet on April9 at the Black Swamp NatureCenter building, where they willtour through the trails and enjoythe beautiful sights and soundsof nature center park.

Walkers are encouraged to bring binoculars, a camera, a bottle of water and even a walk-ing stick, if needed. Please re-member to dress for the weather,especially in the springtime. Those interested in joiningthis nature enthusiast walk-ing group should contact StaciMiller at the Paulding SWCDat 419-399-4771 or email [email protected]. This is a wonderful opportu-nity to visit with others and getout and explore the wonders ofnature.

OTTAWA – Emily Mung-er, former director of PauldingCounty’s probation departmentwill be sentenced in March after pleading guilty to theft in ofcelast week in Putnam CountyCommon Pleas Court. Munger, 46, of Payne, pled toa lesser included charge, a fourthdegree felony, than what was al-leged in her indictment, whichhad been a third degree felony. A second charge alleging tam-

pering with records, also a thirddegree felony, was dismissed per plea agreement. Her sentencing was set for1 p.m. Monday, March 21 inPaulding County CommonPleas Court by Judge Randall L.Basinger from Putnam County. Court documents show hermaximum penalties could be upto 18 months stated prison termand $7,500 ne. There is nomandatory ne or prison termfor this offense and communitycontrol sanctions are an option. As part of her plea agreement,the State has agreed to remainsilent as to her sentence and resti-tution will be $10,040.

Munger’s own recognizance bond was continued. The State has led a motionrequesting the restitution amount be withheld from Munger’s OhioPublic Employees RetirementSystem account and forwardedto the Paulding County Clerk ofCourts. Munger was indicted last Sep-tember after an investigation waslaunched in July. County CourtJudge Suzanne Rister placed heron paid administrative leave June23 for being suspect of theft ofcounty funds. Sheriff Jason Landers and

Prosecuting Attorney Joe Bur-kard cooperated with the OhioAuditor of State’s ofce in aninvestigation of the matter. A press release from the Au-ditor of State dated Sept.14,showed results of their investi-gation. Investigators determinedMunger improperly requestedand receive cash payments fromover 100 probationers as theirfees for the Third Millenniumcourse. It stated she kept the fees

totaling $9,240 for her own ben-et rather than having them pro-cessed for the County. Additionally, it was found shecollected $800 in SCRAM andEHMA electronic monitoring programs without depositing themoney in county funds. Investigators also discoveredthat she tampered with a grantapplication, giving false infor-mation about her salary. An undated correspondencefrom the Auditor’s ofce andthe Paulding County Commis-sioners says, in part, “... a ndingfor recovery for public moniescollected but not accounted fortotaling $10,040 is hereby issued

against Emily Munger and in fa-vor of the Paulding County Pro- bation Services Department.” Local court ofcials, JudgeTiffany Beckman of PauldingCounty Common Pleas andProsecuting Attorney Joe Bur-kard, both recused themselvesfrom the case for conict ofinterest. Judge Basinger wasappointed to the case and Audi-tor of State Deputy Chief LegalCounsel Robert Smith was as-signed as special prosecutor.

PAULDING – After six pre-trial conference dates, a Payneman is scheduled for a hearingon a change of plea today, Feb. 3. Andrew J. Martin, 26, ischarged with involuntary man-

slaughter (F1), two counts cor-rupting another with drugs (F2),and illegal manufacture of drugs(F3). Martin is scheduled to bein Court this afternoon. He was indicted following theAug. 15 death of Cary Parsonsfor allegedly injecting him andanother with a dose of benzodi-azepam, according to Court doc-uments. A Jan. 28 press release fromProsecuting Attorney Joe Burk-ard indicated his ofce receiveda copy of the ofcial coroner’sreport of Parsons’ death, led by County Coroner Dr. JosephKuhn. It stated, “The Coroner ruled

the death ... to be caused by‘recent combined exposure toethanol and DEET (insect repel-lant.)’. The blood alcohol levelof the decedent was 0.19%.” The manner of his death wasruled undetermined, accordingto the release.

Photo courtesy John Paulding Historical Society

John Paulding Historical Society is preparing for this year’s wine and cheese event, to beheld on Feb. 13. Here, Rhonda Smalley and Sue Beck (seated), two of the planning committeemembers, enjoy last year’s event with Amy Kennedy and John Kennedy.

Pinkalicious and Wii at the library PAULDING – The Pauld-ing County Carnegie LibraryChildren’s Department will besponsoring exciting and inter -active programs in February. During the entire month,youth of all ages can come

and test their Wii skills. Thehighest scores at the end of the

month will win a prize. On Thursday, Feb. 11, aPinkalicious Party will beheld for children ages pre-school through rst grade.This fun event will be held at6 p.m. and will include games,

activities and refreshments.All attendees are encouraged

to wear pink. Call 419-399-2032 to register for this event. The Children’s Room alsohas available board games foryoung patrons to play. Comein and challenge your friendsto old-fashioned fun after

school or on Saturday morn-ing.

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Susan Pieper was the speaker at the Kiwanis Club of PauldingCounty meeting. The library will celebrate its 100-year anniversa-ry this year. It opened March 3, 1916. The library board will notethe occasion, with the help of the Paulding Chamber of Com-merce, with a reception next month on March 3. A big celebrationwill be held July 9. Matt Reineck was the program chairman.

The term “et al.” refers to and oth-

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

wife.

Auglaize Township Chad Powell to Laura M.Lloyd; Sec. 25, 5.04 acres. Quitclaim.Benton Township Robert G. and Paula L. Hart-sock to Mary J. Pierce; Lots 12-13, Shaffer Subdivision, 0.22acre. Warranty deed.Brown Township Mark A. and Laura M. Span-gler to Luke Spangler; Sec. 1, 3acres. Warranty deed.Carryall Township Jeffrey A. Wieland to TracieC. Thomas; Sec. 36, 36.908acres. Quit claim.Crane Township Dora J. Bradbury, dec. to Wil- bert J. Bradbury; Sec. 7, 33.94acres. Certicate of Transfer. Maxine M. Nighswander,dec. to Robert L. Nighswander;Lot 10, Noneman Rolling Acre#2, 0.556 acre. Afdavit. Robert L. Nighswander toRobert L. Nighswander Life Es-tate; Lot 10, Noneman RollingAcre #2, 0.556 acre. Quit claim. John C. Stuart Life Estate toJohn C. Stuart Life Estates; Sec.15, 19.95 acres and Sec. 22,76.71 acres. Survivorship deed.

Nellie M. and Lester L. Bauerto Kevin C. Stuart and KristineM. Stuart, et al.; Sec. 15, 19.95acres and Sec. 22, 76.71 acres.Survivorship deed.Emerald Township Sallie H. Gebers to Sallie H.Gebers Life Estate; Sec. 16,1.81 acres and Sec. 17, 55.71acres. Quit claim.Jackson Township Keith L. Wilhelm, dec. toRose Mary Wilhelm; Sec. 28, 1acre. Certicate of Transfer.

Washington Township Carolyn K. Pruden, trustee toDwight J. and Katherine Kriger,et al.; Sec. 17, 76.99 acres. Af-davit. Wendell and Angela Monhol-len to Vera Miller; Sec. 5, 0.55acre and Sec. 8, 81.02 acres.Quit claim.Antwerp Village Nancy K. Burns Estate toJames H. and Clarehilda L.Hunt; Lots 14-15, Block C, 0.3acre. Executor deed. Stephen J. and Nancy J.Derck to Anita S. Bok; Sec. 27,Outlots, 5 acres. Quit claim.

Troy N. Russell et al. byJudgment Entry to Village ofAntwerp, Ohio; Sec. 27, Out-lots, 0.113 acre. JudgmentEntry. Roger and Marlene J. Pier toTravis A. Keeran; Lot 15, BlockF, 0.5 acre. Warranty deed.Haviland Village Arthur A. Stoller to Arthur A.Stoller and Wendy L. Stoller;Lots 129-130, 0.34 acre. Quitclaim.Paulding Village Vicki R. Lammerson bySheriff to Wilmington Trust N.A.; Lots 184-185, NonemanEmerald Acres Allotment #3,0.241 acre. Sheriff’s deed. Tyray Curry to True GritLLC; Lot 9, Oakwood ParkAddition, 0.215 acre. Warrantydeed. Gary J. and Sheila R. Just-inger to Otis Allen Bristow; Lot64, Noneman Emerald AcresAllotment #1, 0.258 acre. War-ranty deed.Payne Village Helen Franklin, dec. to Rob-ert Franklin; Lot 3, AnspachSubdivision, 0.23 acre. Afda-vit.

Civil Docket The term “et al.” refers to and others; “et vir.,” and husband; “et ux.,” and

wife.

Peregrine Health Services Inc., dba The Gardens of Paulding,Paulding vs. Lynn M. Conrad, Paulding and Richard Conrad,Paulding. Money only. In the matter of: Timothy David Schroeder, Paulding andTammy Lynn Schroeder, Paulding. Dissolution of marriage. Progressive Specialty Insurance Company, Los Angeles vs.Lorean Y. McCollum, Payne. Money only.Marriage Licenses None.Administration Docket In the Estate of Carolyn M. Straley, last will and testamentled. In the Estate of Rex N. Caperton, application to administerle.

In the Estate of Victoria E. Kemerer, last will and testamentled.Criminal Docket Michael L. Pritchard, 32, address unavailable, was sentencedto four years with the Ohio Department of Corrections and Re-habilitation for felonious assault (F2), with credit for 76 daysalready served. His court costs are $697. A second count, bur-glary (F2), was dismissed per plea agreement. Ashley Dalton, 28, of Paulding, has been ordered to be as-sessed to determine if she is a proper candidate for interventionin lieu of conviction of possession of cocaine (F5) and posses-sion of drugs (F5). A hearing will be held Feb. 22 to determineher eligibility. Until that time, all proceedings of this case arestayed. Brandon M. Cooper, 18, of Oakwood, entered a change of plea to aggravated arson (F1) and will be sentenced March 7.His indictment was amended to arson (F4), to which he pledguilty. He was released on his own recognizance on the condi-tion of no arrests, no contact with two subjects, no drug abuse,abide by a 10 p.m. curfew and live with his parents. Kayla A. Gamble, 23, of Hicksville, changed her plea toguilty of possession of heroin (F5) and will be sentenced Feb.29. Samantha J. Stahl, 36, of Oakwood, had a Feb. 2 jury trialdate for complicity to aggravated arson (F1) vacated and thematter was assigned pretrial conference on Feb. 22. Constantina L. Bauer, 32, of Melrose, will be in Court March21 for a pretrial conference concerning her indictment alleging possession of heroin (F5) and endangering children (M1). Matthew W. Weber, 25, of Cecil, had a Feb. 23 trial datevacated upon a motion of his attorney. A second pretrial con-ference was set for March 21. He is accused of two counts rape(F1) and of gross sexual imposition (F3).

ACCIDENT REPORTSMonday, Jan. 25 4:35 p.m. A utility pole wassnapped in half in a single-vehi-cle accident on Emerald Road.Reports say as Marcus V.Miller, 16, of Paulding, turnedfrom the school parking lotonto the street in a 2007 JeepCherokee, the vehicle went offthe right side of the roadwaystriking the pole. Damage wasfunctional to the Jeep. Millerwas unhurt and was cited foroperating a vehicle withoutreasonable control.Tuesday, Jan. 26 7:30 p.m. Steven C. Dun-mire, 46, of Paulding, was citedfor failure to control after the2014 Dodge Charger he wasdriving struck a bank of mail- boxes on Helen Street. He toldofcers he glanced down at hiscell phone then his car went leftof center and into the boxes.Damage was minor to the car

and Dunmire was not injured.INCIDENT REPORTSWednesday, Jan. 20 10:39 p.m. Police werecalled to Partridge Place forneighbor problems involvingloud noises. It was deemed un-founded.Thursday, Jan. 21 4 p.m. Unwanted personcomplaint was handled on WestPerry Street where a man left the premises. 7:06 p.m. Drug activity in thevillage was reported. The matteris under investigation. 11:12 p.m. Harassing callsand texts were looked into onEast Wayne Street. A police no

contact order was made.Friday, Jan. 22 1:10 p.m. Paulding MiddleSchool ofcials reported a suspected sexual offense. The caseis under investigation. 1:45 p.m. A Springdale Driveresident told police they werecontacted with a medical-relatedtelephone scam. 2:48 p.m. Officers werecalled to the area of Summit andPerry streets where the soundof reworks or gun shots washeard. All appeared normal. 4 p.m. Several items con-signed for auction were dis-covered to have been reportedstolen. They included two gen-

erators, a pressure washer, an aircompressor and a pump. 5:45 p.m. Harassing callswere investigated on West PerryStreet. A police no contact orderwas given. 8 p.m. Kirk Echols was ar-

rested on outstanding warrantsand released to the local correc-tions ofcer.Saturday, Jan. 23 7:50 p.m. Neighbor problemscentering on parking issues brought police to South Wil-liams Street. 9:47 p.m. A vehicle was bro-ken into along North Dix Street. 11:24 p.m. Dog complaintwas handled on East PerryStreet. 11:50 p.m. Business alarmsounded on North WilliamsStreet. All was found secure.Sunday, Jan. 24 1:21 a.m. A Deance residentcalled about an alleged incidentinvolving a local woman. 9:27 a.m. Dog complaint washandled on Emerald Road. 9 p.m. Junk notice was prepared for a West Wayne Streetaddress. 11 p.m. Police requestedPaulding EMS for a male who

needed assistance.Monday, Jan. 25 12:20 p.m. Request for nocontact with a subject came infrom West Perry Street. 4:10 p.m. Fire alarm at theschool turned out to be false. 6:40 p.m. Theft of cigarettesfrom a vehicle’s trunk was in-vestigated.Tuesday, Jan. 26 4:45 p.m. An East PerryStreet business told ofcers avehicle was taken under false pretenses and not returned. Thevehicle was brought back by arelative at 11:18 p.m. on Jan. 28. 10:25 p.m. A caller was di-rected to call Deance Police

Department with a child protec-tion issue there. 11:10 p.m. Ofcers delivereda message on Buckeye Drive forAntwerp Fire Department.Wednesday, Jan. 27 1:15 a.m. Suspicious vehiclewas seen parked along SouthCherry Street, occasionallysounding the horn. A partiallyclad male, apparently intoxi-cated, was found waiting on asecond individual who was al-ready home. The man was transported to the subject’s house. 3:10 p.m. Strong odor wasreported in a house on EastBaldwin Avenue. 3:40 p.m. Paulding Elemen-

tary School reported possiblechild abuse and a report wassent to Job and Family Ser-vices. 10:35 p.m. Neighbor prob-lems on East Perry Street werehandled.

ACCIDENTS:Wednesday, Jan. 27 9:50 a.m. Rodney LeeOsbun Jr., 25, of Paulding, washurt in a two-vehicle accidenton US 127 north of Road 224in Crane Township. He wastaken by Samaritan helicopterto Parkview Regional Hospitalfor treatment of non-incapaci-tating injuries. Reports say hedrove his 2001 Dodge 1500 pickup truck into the back of afuel delivery truck stopped atthe railroad tracks. The pickupwas disabled and towed. The2015 Mack delivery truck,operated by Clint G. Porter,25, of Paulding, received only

minor damage. Porter wasunhurt. Osbun was cited forassured clear distance ahead.Paulding and Cecil/CraneTownship fire departmentsassisted at the scene, as didPaulding EMS.INCIDENTS:Friday, Jan. 22 1:09 p.m. A Payne re unitand their EMS responded to aresidential re alarm on Road5 in Benton Township. Theywere there about ve minutes. 3:07 p.m. One Paulding reunit and the EMS respondedto a gas smell complaint onSouth Main Street in Paulding.They were on scene less thanve minutes. 3:55 p.m. Dog complaintwas handled in Melrose. 4:03 p.m. An EmeraldTownship resident of Road218 lodged a dog complaint. 5:33 p.m. Domestic situa-tion was handled on Road 31in Carryall Township. 7:36 p.m. Deputies re-sponded to a domestic situ-ation on Road 8 in EmeraldTownship. 8:01 p.m. Theft of a bedframe was looked into onRoad 163 in Auglaize Town-ship.Saturday, Jan. 23 2:52 a.m. Allen County(Ind.) Sheriff’s ofce relayedinformation about shots beingred in Paulding County. 9:32 a.m. Cecil residenttold deputies their horses weremissing. 1:39 p.m. Juvenile matterwas looked into on Road 93 inPaulding Township. 10:19 p.m. Propane smellwas noted on Road 138 inJackson Township. 11:44 p.m. Deputies re-sponded to a report of a ghton Road 171 in AuglaizeTownship.

Sunday, Jan. 24 1 a.m. Four Scott re unitsand the EMS responded toHaviland for a carbon monox-ide alarm sounding, along witha strange smell. They were onscene about 15 minutes. 1:51 a.m. Deputies deliv-ered a message for the Crest-view (Fla.) Police Departmenton Road 123 in Jackson Town-ship. 9:03 a.m. Antwerp residenttold deputies a truck struckthe side of their building. Ant-werp Fire Department assisteddeputies at the scene. All wascleared in less than 30 min-utes.

10:12 a.m. Residential bur-glar alarm sounded from Road180 in Crane Township. 11:28 a.m. Dog complaintwas handled on Emerald Roadin Paulding. 11:55 a.m. A large knifewas found in a parking lot onOhio 637 in Auglaize Town-ship, which the complainantfelt was suspicious. 5:59 p.m. Suspicious vehi-cle was seen along Road 48 inBenton Township. 6:21 p.m. Assistance was provided to the Ohio Depart-ment of Natural Resources by providing vehicle identica -tions.Monday, Jan. 25 2:15 a.m. Deance CountySheriff’s ofce requested a dep-uty to transport a subject to An-twerp. 1:53 p.m. Deputies arrested asubject on parole. 6:07 p.m. Breaking and en-tering of a house was lookedinto on Road 12 in WashingtonTownship. 9:45 p.m. Payne resident reported breaking and entering. 10:50 p.m. Deputies assistedDeance Police Department bychecking on a vehicle near theintersection of US 24 and Road115 in Emerald Township. Itwas suspected to have been in-volved in a robbery in their city. 11:32 p.m. Prowler complaint was lodged from Payne. 11:45 p.m. Paulding policerelayed information about a dogcomplaint.Tuesday, Jan. 26 4:17 a.m. Suspicious vehiclewas seen on Road 53 in CarryallTownship. 11:30 a.m. Canine unit wasdeployed at a vehicle check. 11:31 Defiance RegionalMedical Center reported pos-sible child abuse in PauldingTownship.

12:33 p.m. Dog complaintwas lodged from South DeWittStreet in Paulding. 1:39 p.m. Grover Hill resi-dent called in a dog complaint. 1:43 p.m. Latty Townshipresident of Road 72 made a dogcomplaint. 2:04 p.m. Deputies assistedJob and Family Services onOhio 111 in Paulding Town-ship. 2:06 p.m. Theft from a Jack-son Township business onBroughton Pike was investi-gated. 2:39 p.m. Paulding Fire unitand the EMS conducted an odorinvestigation on East Baldwin

Avenue. They were there lessthan 10 minutes. 3:18 p.m. Theft of debit cardwas investigated on US 127 inCrane Township. 3:21 p.m. Canine unit wasdeployed in Putnam County toassist their sheriff’s ofce. 9:47 p.m. Theft of medica-tion was looked into on Road21 in Harrison Township. 10:18 p.m. Deputies lookedinto a report of a prowler onRoad 123 in Emerald Town-ship.Wednesday, Jan. 27 4:24 a.m. A Payne residenttold deputies someone cut their bathroom window screen. 12:33 p.m. Telephone ha-rassment was investigated onRoad 143 in Auglaize Town-ship. 6:39 p.m. Car/deer accidenton Road 111 in Jackson Town-ship was handled.

6:57 p.m. Vehicle withno lights on was seen block-ing Road 177 in WashingtonTownship. 10:26 p.m. Debris was re- portedly covering the railroadtracks on US 127 in PauldingTownship. 11:52 p.m. Telephone ha-rassment was looked into for aCarryall Township resident ofRoad 250a.Thursday, Jan. 28 3:33 a.m. General alarmsounded from an address onUS 127 in Blue Creek Town-ship. 9:14 a.m. Canine unit wasdeployed at a trafc stop on

West Wayne Street in Pauld-ing. 10:39 a.m. Horses were reported loose in Paulding Town-ship in the area of Road 71 andOhio 500. 11:18 a.m. Car/deer colli-sion was handled on Road 168at Road 123 in Emerald Town-ship. 5:57 p.m. Deputies delivereda message for the Deance Po-lice Department on Ohio 500 inPaulding Township.Friday, Jan. 29 12:02 a.m. Juvenile matterwas handled in Melrose. 6:28 a.m. Meter box re washandled in Payne. One re unitwas on scene about 45 minutes. 7:47 a.m. Car/deer crash onOhio 637 south of Ohio 111 inAuglaize Township was docu-mented. 8:38 a.m. Dog complaintwas handled in Cecil.

Commissioners’ Journal January 11, 2016 This 11th day of January, 2016, the Board ofCounty Commissioners met in regular session with thefollowing members present: Roy Klopfenstein, TonyZartman, Mark Holtsberry, and Nola Ginter, Clerk.MEETING NOTES OF APPOINTMENTS County Auditor Claudia Fickel met with the com-missioners to discuss the Board of Revisions’ policy.She recommended adopting the current policy, withrevisions to be reviewed at a later date.

Marsha Yeutter, Senior Center, presented a contractfor one of the commissioner’s signatures. Jim Langham, Paulding Progress, met briey withthe commissioners. He would like to get back on a reg-ular schedule (every other Monday morning) for newsreporting purposes.IN THE MATTER OF THE ORGANIZATIONOF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION-ERS (CHAIRMAN) Holtsberry moved to adopt the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Com-missioners, according to Ohio Revised Code, Section305.05, does hereby appoint Tony Zartman to serve asChairman of the Board of County Commissioners for2016; and be it further RESOLVED, that the ofcial meeting days of theBoard of County Commissioners will be each Mondayand Wednesday, excluding holidays, from 8 a.m. to the

close of business in the Commissioners’ Ofce in SuiteB-1 in the lower level of the Paulding County Court-house.IN THE MATTER OF THE ORGANIZATIONOF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION-ERS (VICE CHAIRMAN) Holtsberry moved to adopt the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Com-missioners, according to Ohio Revised Code, Section305.05, does hereby appoint Roy Klopfenstein to serve

as Vice Chairman of the Board of County Commis-sioners for 2016.IN THE MATTER OF APPOINTMENT TO THEEMA ADVISORY BOARD Holtsberry moved to adopt the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Com-missioners does hereby appoint Mr. Roy Klopfensteinto serve as the Commissioners’ representative on theEMA Advisory Board for the year 2016.IN THE MATTER OF APPOINTMENT TO THEFAMILY AND CHILDREN FIRST COUNCIL Klopfenstein moved to adopt the following resolu-tion: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Com-missioners does hereby appoint Mr. Mark Holtsberryto serve as the Commissioners’ representative on theFamily and Children First Council for the year 2016. IN THE MATTER OF APPOINTMENT TO

THE JOHN PAULDING HISTORICAL SOCI-ETY BOARD Holtsberry moved to adopt the following: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of CountyCommissioners does hereby appoint Tony Zartman toserve as the Commissioners’ representative on the JohnPaulding Historical Society Board for the year 2016.IN THE MATTER OF APPOINTMENT TOTHE PAULDING COUNTY HOMELAND SE-CURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Holtsberry moved to adopt the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Com-missioners does hereby appoint Mr. Roy Klopfensteinto serve as the Commissioners’ representative on thePaulding County Homeland Security Advisory Com-mittee for 2016.IN THE MATTER OF APPOINTMENT TO THENORTHWEST OHIO COMMUNITY ACTION(NOCAC) BOARD Klopfenstein moved to adopt the following resolu-tion: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Com-missioners does hereby appoint Mr. Mark Holtsberryto serve as the Commissioners’ representative on the Northwest Ohio Community Action Commission

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Burkley testifies on legislationhonoring fallen hero Randall Smith

On Jan. 26, State Rep. Tony Burkley offered testimony on a billnaming a portion of local highway as “U.S. Navy Petty Ofcer2nd Class Randall Smith Memorial Highway.”

COLUMBUS – State Rep-resentative Tony Burkley(R-Payne) provided sponsortestimony Jan. 26 on legisla-tion that would designate a portion of highway in Pauld-ing County after a local mil-itary hero who was killedduring a shootout in Chatta-nooga, Tenn. in 2015. House Bill 406 would namethe portion of US Route 127stretching from the northernedge of Paulding to the inter-section of U.S. 127 and Ohio

111 in Paulding County as the“U.S. Navy Petty Ofcer 2ndClass Randall Smith MemorialHighway.” Born in Paulding in 1989and a graduate of PauldingHigh School, Smith was shotwhile protecting his fellowservicemen on July 18 duringan ambush at a recruiting cen-ter in Chattanooga. He diedtwo days later. “It is my hope that once en-acted, this highway designa-tion will serve as a reminderto those passing by how pre-cious life is and to appreciatethe heroes we have,” said Rep.Burkley.

After serving for three

years as an active duty lo-gistics specialist with the US Navy, Smith re-enlisted andwas stationed at the NavalOperations Support Center inChattanooga. There, he was

responsible for training and

transporting active duty naval personnel. The Transportation and In-frastructure Committee mustvote House Bill 406 out ofcommittee before it can be

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EMERGENCY DRILL – Nearly 50 hospital, EMA, EMS law enforcement and re personnel attended a drill on Jan. 13 at the fair -grounds. According to Kyle Mawer of Paulding County Hospital, the exercise was sponsored by the Hospital Council of NorthwestOhio (HCNO) and was an opportunity for the rst responders to learn what p rocedures to take in case the hospital becomes unin-

habitable. Mawer says the Extension building would be a suitable location to set up a temporary hospital in the event of a disaster.Here, cots, medication carts and other medical equipment can be seen prior to the drill. “For as many people as we had at the drill,it went quite well,” Mawer said. “It also gave us a chance to meet the other resources in the county and get to know them before adisaster strikes. We learned what will work and what changes we need to make and how all the resources would work together.”

New ArrivalJan. 18, 2016 LITITZ, Pa. – David L. andElizabeth W. (Scarff) Beck are proud to announce the birth oftheir daughter on Jan. 18 in theHeart of Lancaster RegionalMedical Center. The couplereside in Schaefferstown, Pa.

Feb. 6 – Betty Andrews, JacobBostater, Cheryl Crabtree, Lupe Gen-ero, Mary McIntosh, Brayson Parrish,Rita Ricica, Helen Smith, Rober t Vogel. Feb. 7 – Helen Clear, Dan Heck, MikeMcClain, T.J. McClain, Aiden Miller,Jackie Roughton, Richard Schortgen,Alaina Speiser, Hayden Wagner, PeggyWhite. Feb. 8 – Robert Cook, David Moore,

Dick Swary, Kathie Wobler. Feb. 9 – Joanne Andrews, RebeccaBailey, Rachel Culler, Betty DeLong,Gabbie Guerra, Joshua Keeler, SharonManson, Mary McCullough, ZacharyMcManus, Lucille Menzel, Anna MaeMiller, Cris Ripke, Jacque Walker. Feb. 10 – Rachelle Clark, Deloris Cot-terman, Eleanor Fellers, Jim Genero,Dan Price, Jarret Sitton, Blake Stoller.

Feb. 11 – Derrick Andrews, KaylaAndrews, Russ Borkosky, Karen Col-ley, Larry Colley, Kayla Flint, DeniseGebers, Hilary Karst, Cyndi Lucas, SaraMatthews, Gene Scarbrough, MichaelTopp. Feb. 12 – Eleanor Brune, Alivya Bak-le, Donald L. Crawford, Kayla Gawron-ski, Shirley Ketzler, Blake King, AlanManz, Susan Paulus, Mary Sanderson.

Feb. 6 – William and Phyl-lis Bidlack. Feb. 9 – Jim and BobbieSherry.

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Auctioneers attend state convention The 2016 Ohio Auctioneer’sAssociation Convention was re-cently held in Columbus. Amongthose in attendance were AndySchwieterman and Bob Gamble, broker and auctioneer with BeeGee Realty & Auction Co. “This year’s convention wasexciting and educational,” saidGamble. “Van Wert County na-tive Peter Gehres was inductedas the 2016 president of the OhioAuctioneers Association. He

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Bee Gee Realty & Auction Co.is celebrating its 30th anniver-sary in business. The companyis proud to provide exceptionalservice focused on integrity while

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Paulding Eagles Post 2405 donated $2,500 to Big Boy’s Toys car club. The donation will go tothe Pretty in Pink/Elaine Manz Memorial and the Helping Hands/Randy Bussing Memorial cancerfunds. All funds are distributed to Paulding County residents. Participating in the presentationwere, from left - Mike Wilhelm, Eagles trustee; Larry Copsey, Big Boys’ Toys president; John Manz,chairman of the charity; Robert Salas, president of the Eagles and John Gutierrez, trustee.


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Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Paulding County Progress - 7A

By Nancy Whitaker

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A little tattooed girl I am always amazed at storiesabout the pioneers and thosewho went through hardships tosettle our country. Some thingswe may never think about is just how hard and terrifyingtheir lives must have been. Onestory caught my attention andthat is one about Olive Oatman.Perhaps no one has heard of her

and maybe some of you are fa-miliar with this girl with a tat-tooed chin. Here are some fasci-nating facts about her incrediblelife. It all began in 1850 whenRoyce and Mary Oatman packed their seven children anda few meager possessions intoa wagon and left their Illinoisfarm. They headed for Inde- pendence, Mo. where the fam-ily joined a wagon train boundfor California. When the group got to SantaFe, New Mexico, an argumentarose and the wagon train decid-ed to split. Some families tookthe northern route to California,while others (including the Oat-mans) took the southern routethrough Arizona. Somewhere near Socorro,Arizona, another dispute causedfurther division within thegroup. Despite warnings fromlocals, Royce Oatman decidedhis family would carry on alonethrough the barren, Indian-con-trolled territory that stretched between them and California. About 80 miles outside ofYuma, the Oatman family wasattacked by Indians. Thought to be from the Western Yavapai, theassailants killed Royce, Maryand four of their children. Olive

and her sister, Mary Ann, werekidnapped. At the time, Olivewas 14 and Mary Ann was 7.A monument to the family wasconstructed in 1954. Their brother Lorenzo had been clubbed and left for dead by the Indians. When he awoke,he found six of his family mem-

bers dead and two of his sistersmissing. Lorenzo made it toa nearby settlement, receivedtreatment, and returned a fewdays later to bury the bodies ofhis family members. Olive and little Mary Annwere kept as slaves by their kid-nappers for about a year after theattack. They were abused and beaten regularly. It is hard toimagine how frightened thoselittle girls were. The two girls were eventu-ally traded to Mohave Indi-ans, where they were taken in bytribal leader and his wife. In hermany accounts of her long or-deal, Olive would always speakwarmly of the tribal chief and hiswife.

After being taken in, the girlsreceived their now-famous tat-toos to mark them as membersof the Mohave tribe and to helpensure a good afterlife for them.The tattoos marked them also asslaves. They were blue and re-sembled pine needles. Plus, theycould not be removed.

Around 1855, a se-vere drought struck the re-gion. Mary Ann would die in thefamine, along with many Mo-have Indians. She was 12 at thetime, Olive was 19. About thistime, rumors began to spreadabout a white woman living withthe Indians. Emissaries from a

nearby town were sent to talkwith the tribe, and after lengthynegotiations, it was determinedthat Olive would return to livewith white settlers after veyears with the Indians. She was reunited with her brother soon after her return. Noted pastor Royal B. Strattonwrote a book about young Ol-

ive titled, Life Among the Indi-ans. The book generated enoughmoney for Olive and Lorenzoto attend university, and Olivewould join the book tour and be-come a noted speaker. In 1865, Olive married JohnB. Fairchild, a cattleman whomoved into real estate and even-tually founded the city bank inSherman, Texas. The couple wasrelatively wealthy compared toothers in the region. Olive’s story has been por-trayed in books and plays, mostrecently in AMC’s “Hell onWheels.” The character Eva, played by Robin McLeavy, is based on Oatman’s life. Olive suffered from depres-sion on and off throughout theremainder of her life. Olive diedof a heart attack in 1903 at theage of 65. She and her husbandare buried in Sherman, Texas. I nd this account very inter -esting and somehow I wouldlove to obtain a copy of that book about her life in captivity.I shudder to think that these arethe people who fought, sufferedand died to settle our great land.Well, from now on, if anyonespeaks of Olive Oatman, I willknow who she is. There is alsoa town in Arizona named for theOatman family.

Have you ever heard of theOatman massacre? Can youimagine having all of your fam-ily ambushed right in front ofyou? Do you think when Olivegot back into society that shemust have hated those chin tat-toos? Let me know and I’ll giveyou a Penny for Your Thoughts.

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Every day we are blessed tolive in a free land where some-one is always looking out forour safety. Peace and freedomare something we don’t haveto worry about because it hasalready been fought for, andearned by our armed forces athome and abroad. The men and

women who work long hours inorder to ensure our safety on adaily basis have earned the re-spect of a grateful nation. To honor these men andwomen for their steadfast devo-tion, the Ohio House of Repre-sentatives passed recently HouseBill 244 to declare Nov. 10“Armed Services, Peace Ofcer,First Responder, and Dual Ser-vice Recognition Day.” For many of our military per-sonnel, not only do they make aseless sacrice to defend ourcountry, but many of these in-dividuals return home to serveas a police ofcer, reghteror other rst responder. These

men and women put their liveson the line daily and continueto do so once they return fromservice, which is why I was aco-sponsor for this importantlegislation honoring them. As these emergency person-nel and rst responders continuetheir tireless efforts to keep ussafe, it is crucial that we main-tain an up-to-date emergencynetwork system. Recently, I was appointedto the Statewide EmergencyServices Internet Protocol Net-work Steering Committee (ES-INet) where we are updatingthe 9-1-1 infrastructure in Ohio.This committee focuses on the

implementation, operation andmaintenance of the emergencyservices network to support Next Generation 9-1-1 in Ohio.This nationwide initiative, NextGeneration 9-1-1, or NG9-1-1, updates the infrastructureof the 9-1-1 system to accepttexts, pictures, videos and otherforms of communication made

possible by recent technologyadvances. Next Generation 9-1-1 is es-sential to ensure safety in thismodern era of smartphone tech-nology. In a day and age wherecalling is no longer the main usefor a cellphone, our emergencyresponse system must also becurrent with the technologicaltimes. There are countless benets

to 9-1-1 operators being able toreceive texts, pictures and video,

the most important of which is to provide victims with necessarysafety measures. The need forthis program is of the utmost im- portance for our community. I look forward to participatingon this committee to make Ohiosafer, as well as help our rst re-sponders, who sacrice so much,

get the most helpful information possible. Honoring those who have pledged their life in service bydeclaring “Armed Services,Peace Ofcer, First Responder,and Dual Service RecognitionDay,” and joining the ESINetSteering Committee have beentwo rewarding projects to workon as a legislator. I look forwardto the affect both will have andwill continue to do my best serv-ing Ohio and my constituents ofthe 82nd district. Rep. Burkley may be reachedby calling 614-644-5091, e-mail-ing [email protected] orwriting to State Representative

Tony Burkley, 77 South HighStreet, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

Heating assistance available PAULDING – NorthwesternOhio Community Action Com-mission continues to offer helpwith heating assistance.

The Home Energy Assis-tance Program provides a one-time credit to your main heatingsource. Applications will be ac-cepted until May 31, 2016.

The Winter Crisis Program provides assistance to customersthat are threatened with discon-nection, have already been dis-connected, need to establish newservice or are in need of propane,fuel oil or any other bulk fuel.The Winter Crisis Program willcontinue until March 31, 2016.Income guidelines for these two programs is at 175% of the Fed-eral Poverty Guideline.

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Celebrating their January wedding anniversary at the PauldingCounty Senior Center were Glen and Ellen Putnam.

Isabel and Jim Morisy were among those celebrating their Jan-uary wedding anniversary at the Paulding County Senior Center.

Betty Pfost celebrated herJanuary birthday last monthat the Paulding County SeniorCenter.

January birthdays were observed at the Paulding County Senior Center. Among those cele-brating were, front from left – Florence Smith, Laura McLaren, Arlene Jackman; back row – RuthGerber, Roger Spangler, George Hardesty and Sue Coughlin.

Among those celebrating January birthdays at the Paulding County Senior Center were, front –Laura Pease; back row – Julia Hart, Pat Cluts and Dale Cluts. February birthdays and anniversarieswill be observed on Wednesday, Feb. 17. For lunch reservations, call the center at 419-399-3650.

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Senior center plans February events PAULDING – Paulding County Se-nior Center has a busy month scheduledfor February. The center, located at 401 E. JacksonSt. in Paulding, will be closed Monday,Feb. 15 in observance of Presidents Day. “Fat Tuesday” is Tuesday, Feb. 9. Startthe morning with a paczki, then joinothers at the center for a hardy lunch ofchicken and noodles, mashed potatoes,carrots and pears. Call 419-399-3650 for meal reserva-tions. Ash Wednesday starts the LentenSeason on Feb. 10. The center will servenon-meat meals each Friday from Feb.12-March 25. Valentine’s Day will be celebratedwith a party on Friday, Feb. 12. Bring inValentine cards or candy to share. The person wearing the most hearts will wina door prize. Enjoy a Valentine’s movie starting at9:30 a.m. with sweet treats, then stay for

lunch with Valentine’s cake for dessert. February’s evening meal will includea Valentine’s dance at 5 p.m. Thursday,

Feb. 18. The meal donations are spon-sored by The Gardens of Paulding. Thoseattending are asked to bring $2 per per-son for a gift for the band. On the menu are Swiss steak, mashed potatoes, corn casserole, grape juice andcherry pie. Contact the senior center forreservations. The month’s birthdays and anniversa-ries will be celebrated Wednesday, Feb.17. Call the center for lunch reservations.The lunch menu includes pork cutlet, baked potato, creamed peas, peaches and birthday cake. Those who may overindulge on toomany heart-shaped treats this monthmight want to look into the center’s“Shedding Pounds” group. Join themeach Monday at 9:30 a.m. for friendshipand encouragement while trying to shedsome pounds. After the meeting, stay forthe Monday exercise class at 10 a.m. Try something new! AmeriCare HomeHealth will be conducting a canvas paint-

ing class from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednes-day, Feb. 10. This is a “paint with instruc-tion” project. Everyone will complete the

same picture, then get to keep their can-vas when nished. The cost is only $3 per person. Call the center at 419-399-3650 toreserve a place and make sure there will be enough art materials for everyone. On Feb. 18, the Ohio Consumer Coun-cil will present “Energy Choice & Con-sumer Protection” at noon.

Northwestern Ohio Community Ac-tion Commission (NOCAC) will offer afree tax service again this year throughthe Ohio Benet Bank. One is scheduledfor March 7 from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Ap- pointments must be made by calling 419-784-2150 Ext. 1100. A chronic pain self-management pro-gram will be held from 9-11:30 a.m. start-ing March 7 through April 11. Those whoare experiencing chronic pain more than3-6 months can learn techniques to de-crease frustration and fatigue; overcomeisolation and poor sleep; maintain andimprove strength, exibility and endur -ance; communicate with family, friends

and health professionals; improve nutri-tion; and evaluate new treatments. Callnow to sign up at 419-399-3650.

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Junior fair board attends conferenceBy Tony Miller

Paulding County Jr.Fair Board Advisor

COLUMBUS – Members of thePaulding County Junior Fair Board re-cently attended the Ohio Fair ManagersAssociation Conference in Columbusat Hyatt Regency on Saturday, Jan. 9during Junior Fair Day. Eleven members and their two advi-sors, Tony Miller and Justin Carnahan,attended this function. They began their day with a generalsession, which was an inspirationalspeaker, and then they watched the

crowning of the 2016 Ohio Fairs Queen. Then the youth took part in a variety ofsessions. These included learning aboutsetting goals for themselves as well as their junior fair boards, how to deal with chal-lenging people, how to make a differenceat their county fairs as well as other topics. The Paulding County Junior FairBoard had two members take part in anall-day session called A Step Beyond.Those experienced JFB members wereBlake Miller and Hannah Farr. This session provided youth the oppor-tunity to work with other junior fair boardmembers from around the state to provide

entertainment and rides for their mockfair. Youths were split up into groups,where they got a specic budget and hadto plan their entertainment for their fair. They also got to work with trade showvendors and OFMA Board Members toexplore the many aspects of the fair. The purpose of this junior fair day wasto allow the local board to explore andgenerate ideas they can bring back to thePaulding County Fair. All the junior fair board members had a great time meetingnew people from around the state as wellas attending sessions to help better thePaulding County Fair.

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Brenda Taner was a recent $1,000 sweepstakes winner during H&R Block’s rst week of drawings for its 1,000 Win $1,000 DailySweepstakes. Taner, a Paulding resident, received her check last Friday at the local H&R Block ofce. Taner (left) holds a largereplica of the check with the assistance of ofce manager Alexis Case. In the background is Taner’s mother, Phyllis Hawkey. Whenasked what her plans are with the prize money, Taner responded, “Pay bills.”

Paulding County Junior Fair Board members and advisors who attended Ohio Fair Managers Association conference pose duringa break in the meetings.

AES set for kindergarten

registration ANTWERP – Appoint-ments are being scheduled atAntwerp Elementary Schoolfor its kindergarten registra-tion and screening. Dates forthe event are March 30 and 31. Children who will be veyears old before Aug. 1, 2016are eligible. To schedule anappointment call 419-258-5421, Ext. 2200 between 7:15a.m. and 3:15 p.m. Antwerp offers all-day, ev-ery day kindergarten. State law requires childrento complete kindergarten be-fore entering the rst grade.

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clean-up heard CECIL – A pretrial confer-ence is scheduled for Fridayin a civil case led by theEmerald Township Trusteesagainst Hulcher Services Inc.,Cleveland in Paulding CountyCommon Pleas Court. The suit, led in March

2015 against Michigan South-ern Railroad Company, De-ance, alleges damage to Road228 when the contractor’sheavy equipment was used tore-rail train cars following aderailment in October 2014. The railroad company wasdismissed as a defendantwithout prejudice in Novem- ber at the trustees’ request. A recent motion by Hulcherfor a summary judgment wasdenied by the Court. The township is seekingmoney only for the damagesthat exceeds $50,000.

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PHS studentsof the month PAULDING – PauldingHigh School has announcedits students of the month forJanuary. They are freshmanHeather Manz, sophomore

Jocelyn Camposano, juniorChristine Clapsaddle and se-nior Taylor Schooley.

Paulding chamberoffers first aid,CPR, AED class PAULDING – The American Heart Association’s CPR andAED learning programs help increase survival rates by training people just like you to respond quickly. The sad truth is most people don’t survive a cardiac ar-rest. Four to six minutes is the window of opportunity forsomeone to act before it’s too late, but fewer than one-thirdof cardiac arrest victims get CPR from someone nearby. ThePaulding Chamber of Commerce would like to increase thoseodds! The chamber has arranged a CPR/First Aid/AED training foranyone needing to be certied. The trainer is Sherry Miller. The class will be held from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday,March 5 at the Paulding United Methodist Church, 321 N. Wil-liams St. Cost will be $40 per person and should be paid to the instruc-tor on the day of the event. To reserve a spot, please complete the online registrationavailable at www.pauldingchamber.com.

Local events in February Feb. 4 – County Spelling Bee

competition at 7 p.m. at Payne El-ementaryFeb. 7 – Super Bowl 50Feb. 8 – Chinese New Year Feb. 9 – Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday)Feb. 10 – Ash WednesdayFeb. 12 – Valentine’s party at lunchat Paulding County Senior Center,11:30 a.m.; for reservations phone419-399-3650Feb. 13 – Steve Hall MemorialBasketball Game, Wayne Trace

vs. Grandview Heights at 4 p.m.

Feb. 13 – Wine & Cheese Tastingfundraiser at John Paulding Histor-ical SocietyFeb. 14 – Valentine’s DayFeb. 15 – Presidents’ DayFeb. 16 – Voter registration endsat 4 p.m. for March 15 PrimaryElectionFeb. 18 – Sweetheart Dance &Dinner at Paulding County SeniorCenter, RSVP required; call 419-399-3650 for reservations.

Western Buckeye reorganizes,

names Treece as president VAN WERT – The Western Buckeye Edu-cational Service Center (ESC) governing boardheld its regular monthly board meeting Jan. 20 atthe Van Wert ESC ofce.

Treasurer Kim Jones reviewed the currentnancial reports, investments and the monthlyexpenditures with the board. Ron Treece waselected board president and Billy Poe II waselected vice president during the organizationalmeeting. Superintendent Brian Gerber updated the board on legislative issues, personnel items, andESC activities. He acknowledged January asschool board recognition month. “We appreciate the time and effort school board members dedicate to their districts. Everyschool board is different depending on the ed-ucational culture they are working in. School

boards have three main roles. Their role is tohire the superintendent and treasurer whilesetting policy and enforcing it. They are alsocounted on to support their administration to better educate the students in their school dis-tricts. We sincerely appreciate the commitmentof board members Ron Treece, Billy Poe, JerryZielke, Nick and P. James Grubaugh,” said Ger- ber. Consent items passed: • Fiscal year 2016-17 Western Buckeye Edu-cational Service Center ofce calendar. • FMLA leave for Deb Nolte. • Motion to employ Allison Bittner as part-time physical therapy assistant, effective Feb. 11. The next regular governing board meeting will be on Wednesday, Feb. 17 starting at 6 p.m. atthe Paulding ESC ofce.

‘The Dixie Swim Club’ on

stage at Huber Opera House HICKSVILLE – Huber Op-era House in Hicksville will present the comedy “The DixieSwim Club” on Feb. 5-7. Five Southern women, whosefriendships began many yearsago on their college swim team,set aside a long weekend everyAugust to recharge those rela-tionships. Free from husbands,kids and jobs, they meet at thesame beach cottage on NorthCarolina’s Outer Banks to catchup, laugh and meddle in eachother’s lives. “The Dixie SwimClub” focuses on four of thoseweekends spanning a period of33 years.

Join cast members Crys-tal Brooks, Carol Clark, PamDiehl, Corrie Ehrhart and BethHenderson as they bring per-sonalities to the characters as

directed by Dawn Patterson inthis Huber production. On both Feb. 5-6, a dinner the-ater catered by Grant’s will start at6:30 p.m. Reservations (limitedto 70 persons) must be made forthe dinner by calling 419-542-9553. Tickets are $25 each. Or, attend the show only at7:30 p.m. Feb. 5-6 or at 2 p.m.on Sunday, Feb. 7. Show-onlytickets are $10. Sheree, the team captain, des- perately tries to maintain herorganized and “perfect” life,and continues to be the group’sleader. Dinah, the wise-crack-ing overachiever, is a careerdynamo. But her victories inthe courtroom are in stark con-trast to the frustrations of her personal life. Lexie, pamperedand outspoken, is determined to

hold on to her looks and youthas long as possible. She enjoys being married – over and overand over again. The self-depre-cating and acerbic Vernadette,acutely aware of the dark cloudthat hovers over her life, hasdecided to just give in and em- brace the chaos. And sweet Jeri Neal always sees the positiveside of everything. Having beena nun for many years, Jeri Nealhas been protected from life’sseamier side. Some of the Huber menvolunteers saw this show andexpected it to be done for ouraudiences at the Huber, sincethey found it immensely enter-taining. Auditions placed theideal cast together to performthe charming characters in “TheDixie Swim Club.”

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Young Kindergarten students in Mrs. Hire’s class at Payne Elementary are learning about makingpatterns during math instruction. In the photo, they are practicing making human patterns! Way togo YK students!

With no snow over the Christmas holiday break, the kindergartens, aswell as the rest of the students at Divine Mercy, have been really hoping fora little snow to play in this year! So to help encourage the snow to come,the kindergartens put their art skills to use to create snowmen with scarveslooking up to the sky to pray for some snow this year.

Wayne Trace JH-HS announced the winners of the Second Quarter Motivational Lottery: 7th - Grade KatrinaStoller, 8th Grade - Max Laukhuf, 9th Grade - Sadie Sinn, 10th Grade - Jacob Kuhn, 11th Grade - Seth Yenser, and12th Grade - Taryn Homier. They each won $25 gift certificates to area businesses. These students had perfectattendance, were on the honor roll, and did a great job every day being an excellent example of a “Raider”.

Oakwood Elementary students were challenged before Christmas by their sixth grade Student Councilmembers to collect at least 500 food items to donate to local food pantries. To their surprise, they collect-ed approx. 1000 items! After returning from break, the items were loaded up on a bus and delivered tothree different locations. Shown at the third location are sixth graders; seated - Kalyn Goshia, VanessaKrueger, and Jude Marshall; standing - Sam Woods, Haiden Newsome, Wyatt Noffsinger, and MarkButler. In the center are four adults from the community who came to help unload the items.

The University of Saint Francis Performing Arts Center recently hosted Theatreworks’Charlotte’s Web. Divine Mercy students watched the miraculous Charlotte and the lovableWilbur star in E.B. White’s ever popular tale of bravery, selfless love, and the true meaning offriendship. Pictured above are fifth and sixth graders.

Paulding Elementary’s 21st Century after school program recently partnered with the Paulding Soil and WaterConservation to learn about the water cycle. The students watched a video and then went on an IncredibleJourney through the water cycle as a water droplet. They even made bracelets to track their journey!

This school year, teachers at Antwerp Elementary School have been implementing theScholastic Guided Reading program. Guided Reading uses a small-group instructional approachthat involves the teacher working with small groups of students who show similar readingbehaviors and read at similar levels. The small group model of Guided Reading allows teachersto focus on students’ specific needs and differentiate their teaching so students can learn better,especially since the program uses high-interest books that students want to read. Here, secondgrade teacher Renee Staas works with one Guided Reading group in her classroom.

First grade students at Grover Hill School had a wildlife assembly. Studentswere introduced to a turtle, snake, bearded dragon, frog and bunny. Faces beamedwith expressions of awe and wonder, just like Campbell Volk, pictured here. Bradand Krista Volk sponsored Beth from Indiana Wild.


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In the Garden

By Kylee Baumle

Growing your gardening knowledge My mother gardened and mygrandmother gardened. I grewup in gardens. As we often

do in such instances, I neverthought too much about gar-dening, it was just there. Mymom and my grandma triedto teach me, encouraging mein 4-H as I worked my waythrough “My First Flower Gar-den.” But once my 4-H project wascompleted, I never gardenedagain, except when Mom mademe go harvest green beans orwhatever else needed pickingin her garden. I did that reluc-tantly, and didn’t willingly getmy hands dirty until I wentaway to college. Frank’s Nursery and Craftswas still in town back then(1974) and I made a few tripsthere to purchase small houseplants to decorate my apart-ment. I enjoyed them and kepton growing houseplants for thenext 42 years and I still growthem. But outside gardening? Nah... No time nor real interestin that while I was working andraising kids. It wasn’t until bothgirls were out of college that Igot into it and I had a lot oftime to make up for. That was11 years ago. I had a lot to learn, in spiteof my early training and havinggrown up around gardening myentire life. The difference wasnow I actually wanted to learn.

My mom was more thanwilling to answer questions andvolunteered to help me with mynewfound interest in growing perennials and everything else.She shared plants from her gar-den and we visited nurseries sothat I could buy more plants.Many more plants. I wanted allthe plants. I subscribed to Horticulture magazine, not knowing that Iwould eventually write an ar-ticle or two and do gardening book reviews for them. I’vekept every issue I’ve gotten andoften refer back to them whenI’m looking for something spe-cic.

Other magazines that I’vefound helpful in furtheringmy horticultural education areOhio Gardener , Fine Garden-ing , The American Gardener ,and Garden Design. Thoughnot magazines per se, seed cat-

alogs contain a wealth of infor-mation too. There are about a zilliongardening books and I think

I probably have half a zillionas a result of doing reviews.Of course I haven’t read allof them all the way through, but a good number of themhave seen me ipping throughtheir pages when I need to ndsomething on whatever specicsubject they’re about. In 2010, I took the MasterGardener classes and piled oneven more helpful gardeningknow-how, not only from theclasses themselves, but fromconversations with fellow MGstudents. Gardeners are morethan willing to share theirexperiences and sometimesthere’s just no substitute forthat. There’s no shortage of owerand garden shows around thecountry and each is unique. Infact, no single show is ever thesame from one year to the next.Don’t let anyone ever tell you,“If you’ve seen one gardenshow, you’ve seen them all.” Nothing could be further fromthe truth. I’ve found somethingto take away from every singleone I’ve attended. Probably no other singlesource has contributed tomy education than what I’velearned online. There’s a lotof voodoo gardening informa-tion on the web, to be sure, butit’s also great to have reliable,factual information so closeat hand. Here are a few of thewebsites I frequent: Dave’s Gard en (www.davesgarden.com) is help-ful when I want to see how a plant has performed for other

gardeners. I also use it whenI want basic plant informationsuch as zone hardiness, bloomtime, various cultivars avail-able, where to purchase, etc. Ohioline (ohioline.osu.edu)is The Ohio State UniversityCooperative Extension Ser-vice’s website that has infor-mation on just about everysubject under the sun that’srelated to growing just abouteverything under the sun, andthen some. Our local Coopera-tive Extension Service is help-ful when you want to talk toa real person, and Ohioline isthere for you when they aren’tavailable. Perennial Resource (www. perennialresource.com) is an-other site that I consult forgrowing information on peren-nials. There are also some excellentFacebook groups for just aboutany garden topic out there. Justinterested in edibles? Thereare groups that only deal withthose. Zone 5 gardens? There’sone of those too. Orchids, suc-culents, rare plants – they’ve allgot a group or two.

It’s in these groups that Ioften get the most help withidentication and growing tipsfor my particular situation. I’vemet some powerhouses in thehorticulture industry here too,so I know there’s some educa-tion behind the advice I receive. One of the things I love

about gardening is that if Ilive for a thousand years, I’llnever know everything there isto know about it. As one whocraves knowledge, garden-ing feeds that desire each andevery day. Even on the darkest,coldest days of winter, I learnsomething new. Read more at Kylee’s blog,Our Little Acre, at www.our-littleacre.com and on Face-book at www.facebook.com/ OurLittleAcre. Contact her at PauldingProgressGardener@ gmail.com.

Even though it was more years ago than I care to count, 4-H was my rst experience at gardening.

You never know what’s

going to happen on the trail It’s a rather complicatedsituation to understand. My best buddy, Meredith, had ahalf-sister, Norma, who wasmy rst cousin, and we wereall three extremely close. Wewent to gospel concerts to-gether, walks on trails, took pictures sight-seeing and talk-ed for hours in his comfortableliving room in the small villagewhere we were raised – and weall three had the same percep-tion of cardinals. In fact, on July 5, 2008, wehad planned to go to a major

concert, along with my wife,Joyce, in Bluffton, Ind. He andI had a wonderful visit the eve-ning before; following my visitwith him, we went to Amish-ville to visit Norma and herfamily in a camping excursion. It was one of the devastatingmoments of my life at noonthe next day when I received acall from Norma shortly afternoon informing me that shehad just “found” Meredith.Sometime during the night, hehad suddenly passed. Norma and I have/had bothsensed a huge gap since thatfateful day eight years ago. A

couple of years ago, Normawas found to have cancer andshe waged the battle of herlife. Finally, a few weeks ago,she passed and, as I had donefor my buddy, I was asked to participate in her memorialservice and give tribute to thiswoman who had been morelike a sister and best friendto me. “The family trio,” asMeredith always referred tous, would have to wait untilHeaven to be joined. Now, it is back to my orig-inal title for this column. The

day after Norma’s memorialservice, I was walking in my beloved Lob when an unbe-lievable sight unfolded in frontof me. Out of nowhere, eightcardinals appeared and clus-tered in the tree right besideme. I said eight cardinals – ithad been eight years from thetime that Meredith passed until Norma’s memorial service. Iwas overcome but not overlyshocked. Every day eagles appear, beautiful formations occur inoral arrangements, cardinalssing and something new to

touch my soul that day occursfor whatever reason. Less thanan hour ago, I was walkingnear the base of a beautifulwaterfall and there appeareda huge empty shell. It wasn’toverwhelming, but it was in-triguing. When I look at the deep blue skies, I realize I am look-ing out at space and beyondand though I see “nothing but blue,” I realize that I am see-ing “everything” straight to thethrone of God Himself. And it’s that intrigue that

calls me to the wild, to thetrails, to nature and to the stillsmall voice that whispers fromthe owers, the grasses, thecreatures, the ocks and thegolden sunlight owing overmy shoulder. It is there wherethe answers lie, the magic oc-curs and Heaven and earthtouch my heart. Eight cardinals lift me tohope; an eagle reminds me thatGod says an eagle in ight isone of His eight favorite sightsand a eld full of New England purple asters rem

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