Charles A. McCalla

FORMERLY ANTWERP, OH: Charles A. McCalla, of Richardson Texas passed away, after a brief stay, at Methodist Hospital on March 1, 2024. Charles was born on March 10, 1954 in Antwerp Ohio and was a son of the late Eugene and Catharine (Heck) McCalla. Charles was preceded in death by his sister Delores and his…

Military History in Paulding County

By: Mark Holtsberry Hubert M. Koenn Jr. was born in Cecil, Ohio May 16, 1890. The son of Hubert Sr., born July of 1855 in Hamburg, Germany and Veronica (Haep) Koenn born in Hamburg, Germany. This couple was married in Germany in 1880. They immigrated to America in 1884.  By 1890, the Koenn family consisted…

LEAPING LIZARDS

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker  Well, we know that every 4 years we have what is known as a Leap Year and 2024 is the year. The last leap year was in 2020.  If you happened to be born on Feb 29, from what i have read you are called  Leaplings. This is because a birthday…

LOVE IS …

Giving your only son. My granddaughter gave me a book of stories, written by a guy in Alabama, and I find it quite intriguing. He talks about his folks getting a divorce when he was age 9, and he would live with his father one weekend, and his mother the other weekend. He said this…

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…