Category: Community

Paulding County Business Advisory Council Holds First Quarter Meeting

The Paulding County Business Advisory Council (BAC) met at Antwerp Manor Assisted Living facility on Wednesday March 6th, headed by Tim Copsey, Paulding County Economic Development Director to discuss initiatives focused on collaboration between local businesses and schools for the betterment of Paulding County. The meeting kicked off with a welcome and introduction of 22…

Local Communities Host Easter Egg Hunts!

Excited for the Egg-stravaganza! The Antwerp Global Methodist Church is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday March 30 from 1:00 until 2:30 in the afternoon the EGG-Stravaganza will take place at the church on East River Street. Parents and grandparents are invited to bring their children; pre-school through age 12 to this special Easter…

Mercy Health Life Flight Network Unveils New Helicopter

Mercy Health is pleased to announce the addition of a new helicopter into the Mercy Health Life Flight Network fleet. This new helicopter is our first AgustaWestland AW119 Koala EMS helicopter – a lighter weight model that offers more options on landing sites to be closer to where EMS agencies are responding to emergencies. When…

Meraz Named Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar 

Faith Meraz, a student at Northwest State Community College, has been named a 2024 Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar and will receive a $1,250 scholarship.  The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola Academic Team program by recognizing 50 Gold, 50 Silver, and 50 Bronze Scholars with nearly $200,000 in scholarships annually. Each scholar also receives…

Rhodes Speaks to Kiwanis

The Kiwanis Club of Paulding County was privileged to have Jon Rhodes (Quiz Bowl Co-Advisor, Paulding Exempted Village Schools) along with Xander Schwab and Vivienne Myers (members of the Quiz Bowl Team) as the guest speakers at the March 14th, 2024, club meeting. Jon, Xander, and Vivienne came at the invitation of Erica Noggle (Executive Director, Paulding Area…

CIC Strategic Planning Meeting

Members of the Antwerp/Payne/Paulding County Community Improvement Corporation held a team building event including a strategic planning session in Antwerp on March 5th.   Estee Miller with the Maumee Valley Planning Organization, and current CIC board member, led the meeting of nine members of the CIC board. Discussion centered around the creation of a Mission…

2024 Hoops For Heart Exceeds $100,000 Goal!

Wednesday, March 13 the Antwerp School hosted their 27th annual Hoops for Heart in honor of for the American Heart Association in memory of Jason Reeb who passed away unexpectedly in 1995 during a basketball game. His parents are Jon and Jan Reeb (mayor of Antwerp), and in 1996 they started this fundraiser to raise…

Judge Suzanne Rister Speaks at Zoning Inspectors Meeting

The Honorable Suzanne Rister was the scheduled speaker for the Zoning Inspectors meeting that took place on Thursday March 14 at the OSU Extension building with village and township officials from all over Paulding County. The meeting began with PCED director, Tim Copsey opening with the pledge of allegiance and giving a brief synopsis of…

Zach Barton Advances to State Competition

Paulding eighth grader Zach Barton recently advanced to the Ohio State Council Knights of Columbus State Free Throw Championship after qualifying from a competition at the Ottoville Parish Center. Barton, who advanced earlier in competitions at Paulding High School and at Delphos St. John’s, hit 19 of 25 free throws to qualify and will now…

Franklin B. Walter Scholarship Program Results

The Western Buckeye ESC hosted the Franklin B. Walter Scholarship Program on March 6th at the Vantage Career Center.  The individual district winners are as follows: PAULDING COUNTY: Aewyn McMichael, Antwerp  Malia Manz (county winner), Paulding Emma Laukhuf, Wayne Trace VAN WERT COUNTY: Cadence Cook (county winner), Crestview Amy Chavez, Lincolnview John Kramer, Van Wert…

PPEC Budgets $4 Million in Reliability Investments for 2024, Rate Adjustment in May

For 2024, Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative is planning $4 million in investments focused on system improvements that will directly increase the co-op’s service reliability. This year begins a new four-year construction work plan addressing system growth, proactive maintenance, and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) improvements to reduce outage duration. To continue investing for the…

HICKSVILLE SUPERINTENDENT HONORED

Hicksville Superintendent, Mr. Keith Countryman was honored with the Buckeye Association of School Administrators (BASA) Exemplary Leadership Award. This award recognizes the efforts for outstanding contributions to educational leadership within an educational district. The award was announced last fall at the BASA Conference but was recently celebrated again during Hicksville Schools’ local board meeting with…