Tag: OH

Paddle Ohio Launches Event on the Maumee Scenic River

Join the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and Wood County Park District for a “Canoeing with Crawfish” program. This is Paddle Ohio event features a canoe float on the Maumee Scenic River, Saturday, August 12, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Float down the Maumee Scenic River with Wood County Park District naturalists and ODNR…

Day in the Park 2017 Entertainment Schedule

11:00 – Opening ceremonies; National Anthem by Audrey Feasby • Mayor Ray DeLong will give the opening address 11:00 – Johnny Tin Caps from the Fort Wayne Tin Caps will be in the  park 11:15 – Flag Retirement Ceremony by Antwerp VFW Post #5087 and Antwerp Scouts 11:45 – Gem of Antwerp introduced 12:00 – Indiana…

Brown & Brown Opens New Office in Paulding, OH

Brown & Brown of Ohio, LLC (“Brown & Brown”), a leading provider of commercial insurance, employee benefits, and personal insurance solutions, is opening a satellite office located at 103 East Perry Street in Paulding, OH on August  1st.  This new office brings the full services and capabilities of the main Perrysburg office to the people…

Escaped Inmate

At approximately noon today prisoner Brandon Powell, age 32, escaped during a transport from a mental institution in Toledo to the Paulding County Jail. After a struggle, the subject overtook the deputy while taking possession of the deputy’s firearm.  Powell is considered very dangerous and is on the run from Roads 133 and 176 in Paulding County. There is…

Things Just Fall Into Place

By: Stan Jordan Back in 1989, I and my brother in-law Ray Gross went to Florida bass fishing for a couple of weeks. His wife, my sister Grace, was still working and at the Paulding County Hospital. We did not have reservations at the fish camp on Lake Istapoga so we stayed at a motel…

“Is Your Car Looking A Little Trashy?”

The Paulding After-Prom committee is holding their first fundraiser of the year for the juniors to raise funds for the 2018 after-prom.  On Saturday, August 5, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. during the annual 127 Garage Sales, there will be a carwash and baked goods at Fuel King in Paulding on the north side…

Wright-Hormann August Wedding Set

Announcement has been made for the upcoming wedding of Madison Elizabeth Wright and Boston Anthony Hormann. Madi is the daughter of Kevin and Christi Wright and the granddaughter of Kenny and Connie Wright and the late Larry Sharon Florey. She is a graduate of Huntington North High School and Brown Mackie College and is employed…

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor I just read the editorials on the director of the Chamber of Commerce refusal of announcing the Democratic Veterans float! I was in the parade pulling a display for the Flat Rock Creek Fall Festival, and she screwed up  announcing  the festival she’s the head of. OK, I wasn’t too concerned,…

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…

Antwerp School Realizes Excellent Fiscal Management

On Wednesday, July 19 the Antwerp School Board met together to discuss the upcoming school needs. Bob Herber opened the meeting with the visitor Bryce Steiner present from the West Bend News. The June 29 minutes were accepted. The budget over the next two years will be flat. Transportation funds were cut by the state.…