Paulding Summer Blast began on Friday evening with the parade. Caleb, Will, Eli, and Owen Manz opened the evening with the National Anthem. The Honorary Marshals of the Paulding Summer Blast were the Vietnam veterans of Paulding County. The evening concluded with a superb fireworks display sponsored by the Paulding County Area Foundation.Indiana Wild brought out a variety of exotic animals & critters for the children to encounter at Paulding Summer Blast. Pictured here, Sloan volunteered to hold Beethoven and Mozart, decomposers of the wild (cockroaches).The Paulding Fire Department had their trucks out on display for the public to tour. Pictured here is Mack Sinn and mom, Adrie trying out the driver’s seat of the fire truck.
