Tag: Defiance

Mary Ellen Clark

Former Paulding resident, Mary Ellen Clark age 87 died Monday, October 16 at Brookview Health Care Center, Defiance. She was born March 5, 1930 in Farmer, Ohio, daughter of the late Jesse “Don” and Mary (Barnes) Gorrell.  On April 9, 1951 she married Thomas J. Clark who preceded her in death on April 1, 2001. …

Senior Events for the area

Paulding County Senior Center Dining Center Menu 9/20 – 9/26 9/20 – Baked ham, redskin potatoes, spinach, applesauce, birthday cake, cornbread 9/21 – BBQ rib sandwich, seasoned potatoes, mixed vegetables, blushing pears, apple granola bar 9/22 – Hot chicken sandwich, macaroni salad, coleslaw, ambrosia, apple juice 9/25 – Turkey Manhattan, mashed potatoes, tomato, cabbage &…

Recycling – The Right Thing to Do

By:  Becky Suvar, Paulding County WMEA Program Manager Recycling – it’s been the right thing to do for a long time. It began back in 1988 when the State of Ohio mandated that all 88 counties needed to divert waste from landfills. The easiest way to do that was to divide the state into Solid…

Defiance Post Investigating Serious Injury Crash

BRYAN – The Defiance Post of The Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a single vehicle injury crash which occurred on September 13, 2017, at approximately 7:17 pm on County Road 10, .2 miles south of County Road G. 4 miles west of the city of Bryan. A 1999 Honda Civic being driven by…

Defiance Post investigating Fatal Crash

Defiance — The Defiance State Highway Patrol Post is currently investigating a single vehicle fatal crash which occurred on September 8, 2017, at approximately 2:10am on State Route 111, near milepost 2, south of the city of Defiance. A 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer, driven by Darius King, age 39, of Defiance, Ohio, was northbound on State…

Engagement Announcement

Amber Busch, daughter of Bret and Theresa Busch of Oakwood and Jeffrey Derck, son of Tim and Lisa Derck of Antwerp will be united in marriage on September 2, 2017 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Defiance, Ohio by Father Randy Giesige.  Amber is a 2006 graduate of Paulding High School and graduated with a…

Engagement Announcement

Tim Baker of Holgate, Ohio and Randall and Deborah Nation of Okolona, Ohio are pleased to announced the upcoming wedding of their daughter, Christine Baker to Corey Pease, son of Mike and Julie Pease of Latty, Ohio. Christine is a 2004 graduate of Napoleon High School, and graduated from Northwest State Community College with an…

4TH ANNUAL RAW RUN

The Defiance AmVets Post 1991 in Defiance, OH will host the 4th Annual R.A.W. (Returning American Veterans) Run on Saturday, August 26, 2017. As we are all aware, returning American warriors do not have the resources available to help them and their families upon their return from service. Government resources are stretched thin, if there…

Remembering the Great Black Swamp

By: Patrick Troyer, Education Specialist “The soils were as black as midnight”, the saying goes. As we certainly all know, the area we now live and work in was once part of the Great Black Swamp where the woodland and wildlife were plentiful and plenty of swampland was to be found. It is said that…

Upcoming ODOT Work This Week July 31, 2017

The following is highway construction scheduled to occur within Defiance, Paulding, Putnam and Van Wert Counties. Defiance: State Route 2/state Route 49 within the village of Hicksville will close August 1 for approximately two weeks for excavation of a manhole. Traffic detoured onto state Route 18, U.S. 127 and U.S. 24 back to state Route…

Upcoming ODOT Work Week Of July 10, 2017

The following is work scheduled to occur in the coming week on state highways in Defiance, Paulding, Putnam and Van Wert Counties. Defiance: State Route 18 between township Road 115 and Glenberg Road will close beginning August 8 for culvert replacements at three locations: two located west of Sherwood, one east of Sherwood. Work is…

State Champs!

The North West Ohio Big Dogs 10u team captured the 10u Nations Gold State Title with a 8-3 win over the number 1 seed Cincinnati Weststars. These Big Dogs were seeded 10th in the gold bracket after a round of pool play games. In order to win they had to defeat the 7 seed, 2…