Tag: special olympics

Paulding County Special Olympics

Paulding County Cardinals School-Age Team are State Runners Up after facing a tough Madison County JV Tigers, in the 2024 State Indoor Winter Games for Special Olympics Ohio on Sunday, February 25th.  This is Paulding County first year participating in Special Olympics since COVID.  Our School-Age team came up short with a final score of…

Steven A. Kimpel

Edgerton, Ohio Steven A. Kimpel, age 54, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2024, in his home in Edgerton, Ohio. He was the son of Vernon and Ruth Kimpel. Stevie was the favorite youngest brother of his ten older siblings. He, in turn, let his brothers and sisters know they were his favorite. Stevie was…

Heritage Lions 25B in Hoagland Joint Meeting

The Monroeville Lions hosted a joint meeting with the Heritage Lions on Tuesday at the Adams Heritage retirement home. After reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, singing “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee”, and a prayer, District Governor Terry Marker gave an interesting talk, encouraging both Lions Clubs to focus on increasing their members in 2024. District…

Special Olympian Going To State

Paulding County Special Olympics has selected Krystal Albright to represent the organization at the 2018 Special Olympics Ohio State Summer Games.  Krystal will be competing in cycling, a sport she excels at. Currently she holds the “Cycling State Championship”, Female Division Title. Along with being the top female cyclist she holds the title “Athlete of…

Albright Returns Home As “Female Champion Cycling 2017”

Krystal Albright of Paulding, traveled to Ohio State University June 23-25 to compete in the 46th annual  Special Olympics Summer Games. Special Olympics Ohio currently has more than 26,000 athletes. These athletes competed in their area competitions and a little over 10% of them advanced to Ohio’s State Summer Games. Krystal competed in cycling, a…

Woodburn Branch Library And Yarn Lovers

The Yarn Lovers group from the Woodburn Branch Library made 54 scarves for the 2017 Indiana Special Olympics during 2016. This is the most scarves the group has ever made for the Special Olympics since they starting doing this in 2011. The colors were selected in collaboration with the theme of the Special Olympics Indiana…