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STOUFFER PAINTS SPORTS MURAL IN TRAINING ROOM

Wayne Trace Senior Jacob Stouffer recently completed designing and painting a sports mural in the newly redesigned athletic training room. Over the past school year, the high school has been working to increase the size of the treatment and therapy room for student athletes in addition to moving its lifting and exercise equipment into more spacious…

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GOLF OUTTING 


It’s time to hit the green for some sunshine, fresh air and to help a great cause. Habitat for Humanity of Paulding County is having its golf outing on June 5 at Auglaize Golf Club. Registration for the four-person scramble begins at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9 a.m.  Proceeds from the event…

Welcome Back to Harlan Days


The public is invited to attend the 74th annual Harlan Days Festival this summer in Harlan, Indiana on August 5, 6, and 7. We are planning for a full festival, but we will scale back if necessary. Entry and parking are free, all proceeds go to support the Harlan Community Park. Please mark your calendar…

Spotlight on Woodburn Business: Woodburn Hardware

Woodburn Hardware is the second business the Woodburn Main Street Organization is putting in the spotlight this year. It is located at 4416 Bull Rapids Rd., Woodburn, 260-632-3005. You can also find the Woodburn Hardware on Facebook and, it shares a website with the Grabill Hardware at www.grabillhardware.com. The first hardware in Woodburn was part…

Paulding FFA Holds Annual Petting Zoo!


By: Carter Manz, Paulding FFA Reporter. On Friday April 23rd, the Paulding FFA held their annual petting zoo for the students to learn more about livestock raised in Paulding County. The FFA members volunteered to bring their animals in for the petting zoo to help educate the younger students about agriculture the #1 industry in…

David C. Laker

CECIL, OH: David C. Laker age 74 died Friday, May 7, 2021. He was born June 23, 1946 in Ft. Wayne, IN, son of the late Roman “Bud” and Christine (Phlipot) Laker. On August 1, 1970 he married Janet M. James who survives. He was a member and Deacon of Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, and…

MILITARY HISTORY IN PAULDING COUNTY

By: Mark Holtsberry Canal Street Five part 4 of 5 Glenn Gaylord Sudlow, the son of John Harvey and Florence May (Smith) Sudlow, was born February 7, 1918, in Convoy, Union Township, Van Wert, Ohio.  Glenn’s father, John Harvey, was born July 21, 1887 in Van Wert, Ohio. John Henry and Florence were married in…