Payne’s event committee are entering the final stages of Payne’s Sesquicentennial Celebration planning. The planning committee had been discussing different rumors of the 1972 Centennial time capsule that was supposed to be unveiled at the 150th celebration. Several of the local government leaders have stated it was already dug up. However, nobody could remember when…
This past Easter weekend brought the long-awaited return of the P.A.S.S. Paulding Area Support Society’s “playing ball for those who can’t” basketball marathon. This is the first time since COVID precautions caused the cancellation in the Spring of 2020. While the participants were lower this year at 76 teams, we were very satisfied with the…
This years 24-hour PASS Basketball Marathon was another successful year! Each year the PASS (Paulding Area Support Society) Basketball 24 hour Marathon takes place in the Wayne Trace Payne Elementary gymnasium starting on Friday night and going through Saturday evening of Easter week. This year it was on April 19 and 20th. There was significantly…
On the last weekend of March 2018, Paulding County witnessed the 40th Anniversary of the 24-hour P.A.S.S. Basketball Marathon in the Payne Elementary gym. The Marathon was born after former Payne resident Jim Hooker’s time at Bowling Green State University when he played in a similar 24-hour basketball charity fundraiser. Now 40 years later, the…
