{"id":50119,"date":"2026-01-22T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=50119"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:29:54","slug":"state-representative-klopfenstein-speaks-to-kiwanis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/state-representative-klopfenstein-speaks-to-kiwanis\/","title":{"rendered":"State Representative Klopfenstein speaks to Kiwanis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"647\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kiwanis-Klopfenstein.jpeg?fit=666%2C647&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50120\" style=\"width:450px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Pictured above are David Burtch, Kiwanis member and OH State Representative Roy Klopfenstein.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Kiwanis Club welcomed State Representative, Roy Klopfenstein as a guest speaker at its meeting this week. Klopfenstein attended at the invitation of Kiwanis member Dave Burtch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">During the meeting, Klopfenstein provided an update on current issues facing the State, with a primary focus on recent property tax increases. He also discussed the ongoing conversations at the state level regarding property tax relief and offering insight into where those discussions currently stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Kiwanis members appreciated the opportunity to hear directly about these important topics and their potential impact on local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Kiwanis Club continues its mission of community engagement by hosting speakers who provide timely and relevant information on issues affecting residents and local organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kiwanis Club welcomed State Representative, Roy Klopfenstein as a guest speaker at its meeting this week. Klopfenstein attended at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2230,6,13406],"tags":[10535,22239,13458],"class_list":["post-50119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-community","category-community","category-not-for-profit","tag-david-burtch","tag-kiwanis-club-of-paulding","tag-roy-klopfenstein"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kiwanis-Klopfenstein.jpeg?fit=666%2C647&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-d2n","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 23:37:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50121,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50119\/revisions\/50121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}