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ices will be conducted by theVFW Post at the veterans’memorial at Middle CreekCemetery, located one milesoutheast of Grover Hill. TheWayne Trace Band will beproviding music for the pro-gram.

The public is invited to at-tend both events. Please joinin as honor is paid to our na-tion’s fallen veterans and theservice they have provided tothe citizens of our communi-ty and our nation.

OAKWOOD – This willbe the 36th year forOakwood’s Memorial Dayactivities. Memorial Dayservices will begin at 10 a.m.

at Oakwood ElementarySchool. The third graders willpresent the program, which istitled “We Are Americans.”The students honor each warthat has been fought and alsoeach branch of the military.

They will parade to thepark where a short servicewill be held and “Taps” willbe played. Following anAmerican Legion 21-gunsalute, there will be an archof flags to the river wherethose present will drop flow-ers into the river in honor ofthe veterans. The public iswelcome to participate.Refreshments will be servedat the park following the cer-

emonies.PAULDING – Memorial

Day services will be held at11 a.m. Monday, at Live OakCemetery, Paulding. TheVeterans of Foreign WarsPost #587 will conduct theservice. Following the cere-monies, there will be apotluck for everyone. Thepost will be supplying themeat.

PAYNE – The annualMemorial Day events hostedby American Legion Post 297are as follows: at 9:30 a.m.there is to be a parade inwhich the local chapter ofAmerican Legion Riders willride; at 10 a.m., a memorial

service will be held at WiltsieCemetery; a noon lunch willbe served to veterans andtheir families. Bring a cov-ered dish and place settings;meat will be provided by thepost.

The widows of recently de-ceased veterans are invited tothe lunch.

Our veterans fought forthe rights and liberties weenjoy each day. MemorialDay gives our citizens an op-portunity to show apprecia-tion for their sacrifices(some giving the ultimatesacrifice) by taking timefrom our holiday weekend topay special tribute.

By NANCY WHITAKERProgress Staff Writer

Memorial Day activities inhonor of deceased veteranswill be held around the coun-ty on Monday, May 30.

The public is encouragedto share in these MemorialDay activities. Please, take afew minutes from your busyholiday weekend to recog-nize those men and women ofour armed forces who werekilled during times of war.

Memorial Day is a sacredday to all war veterans.America’s collective con-sciousness demands that allcitizens be reminded of thedeaths of their fellow coun-trymen during wartime. Byhonoring the nation’s wardead, we preserve their mem-ory and thus their service andsacrifice. All U.S. flagsshould be displayed at half-staff during the morninghours. At noon, they shouldbe raised back to full-staff.

ANTWERP – TheAntwerp VFW and AmericanLegion will hold jointMemorial Day services.There will be a parade at 10a.m. It will line up at 9:30a.m. at the VFW on RailroadStreet. Services will be heldat Riverside Cemetery.Afterward, lunch will beserved for parade participantsat the VFW.

CECIL – Memorial Dayservices will be held atRochester Cemetery, Cecil,on Monday. The color guardof Veterans of Foreign WarsPost 587 of Paulding willconduct a service at 9 a.m.

GROVER HILL –Observance of MemorialDay in the Grover Hill area isbeing planned by the mem-bers of Grover Hill Veteransof Foreign Wars Post 2873.The day will start with a pan-cake and sausage breakfastfrom 7:30-10 a.m., at the posthall on South Main Street. Afree will donation will be ac-cepted and take-outs will beavailable.

At 11 a.m., memorial serv-

By JIM LANGHAMFeature Writer

Paulding resident JeanPorter wasn’t overly alarmedat first when she noticed alump on her neck in early2009. But as the days passedand the lump remained soreand didn’t go away, she de-cided to haveto checkedout by herphysician.

Within days,she was in-formed that shehad a form ofcancer known asfollicular lymphoma,and she was placed on radi-ation therapy.

“I was told that if I wasgoing to have any cancer, thiswas the best to have,” saidPorter. “I was told that it isusually curable and you canlive with the treatment. If ithadn’t hurt, I probably would-n’t have even checked it out.Once I had outpatient surgeryI was home within an hour,and I took radiation.”

Porter was a bit more con-cerned, however, in 2011when it apparently returned,this time on her leg. She had ittested and removed.

“This time the doctor chosechemotherapy as a form oftreatment and it wasn’t fun,”observed Porter. “I started inJune of 2011. I had four treat-ments and the next test came

back okay. I got sick from thechemo and was hospitalizedon a couple of occasions.

“Right now it is in remis-sion once again,” continuedPorter. “The maintenancetreatment is a visit every eightweeks for two years.Ironically, my next mainte-

nance will be theThursday before the

relay.”Porter said

that she feelshonored to bechosen as oneof the inspira-tional sur-

vivors for thisyear’s Relay For

Life which willbe held June 1-2 at thePaulding County Fair -grounds. For the past severalyears, Porter has been a partof the very active DosterFamily Team.

“Quite a few of the peopleon our team have had cancer,”observed Porter. “Grandmapassed away with breast can-cer in 2005; my mom was di-agnosed with breast cancer in2006. Then, in 2007, my dadwas diagnosed with cancer. Ijoined them in 2009.

“So we started our team up.It’s great, I tell everybody thatif you get involved one time,it makes you want to do itevery year,” noted Porter.

Paulding’s Jean Porter looks over family pictures with great-nephew Jacob Sidle recently.Porter says that taking care of Jacob and granddaughter Delaney Scott lifted her spirits duringa bout with cancer. She is among the honorary survivors for this year’s annual AmericanCancer Society Relay For Life and will help lead the Survivor Lap on June 1 evening to open thetwo-day event.

The Oakwood Elementary third grade students have been busy practicing for their annual Memorial Day program. OakwoodElementary students have been performing for Memorial Day for over 30 years. The children this year are under the directionof Mrs. Nancy Wehrkamp and Miss Deb Hornyak. The program will be held on Monday, May 28 beginning at 10 a.m. in the gym-nasium and ending at the park. The public is welcome to attend.

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By DENISE GEBERSProgress Staff Writer

PAYNE – Inspectors con-tinue their examination ofturbine blades on a PauldingCounty wind farm that suf-fered a malfunction in April,which resulted in two bladesshearing from a structure.

All 55 turbines of theTimber Road II Wind Farmin Benton Township remainstill.

They were shut down April24 after two blades from onetower were damaged duringhigh winds. It is thought thatthe wind speeds were not afactor in the mishap.

Roby Roberts, EDPRenewables vice president ofcommunications and govern-ment affairs, said a crewfrom Vestas, the turbine man-ufacturer and maintenancecompany, are still working todetermine the cause of thedamage.

Matt Butler, media repre-

sentative with the OhioPower Siting Board said,“Currently we are monitor-ing the progress of the inves-tigation that is ongoing.We’re awaiting the findingsfrom EDP Renewables, andwe do expect to receive aprogress update later thisweek.

“Obviously, right nowpublic safety is the primaryconcern. Operations will re-main indefinitely suspendeduntil EDP and the PowerSiting Board are both confi-dent that the facility can re-sume safe operations.”

Parts of the blades camedown in a field along Road70 about a mile east of theIndiana-Ohio state line dur-ing gusty weather. Somesmaller pieces of the fiber-glass/carbon fiber compositeblades blew into a nearbyfield as well.

No injuries were reportedin relation to the matter.

The village will submit thepermit to install on June 30and plans to advertise for bidson Aug. 15.

Council met in special ses-sion on May 14 and FinanceDirector Melissa Tope pre-

sented seven fiscal officer’scertificates for varyingamounts. Council suspendedthe rules, declared an emer-gency and unanimouslypassed all seven certificates.

Rick Weaver of Pogge -

meyer Design Group advisedcouncil of some grant moneyavailable to demolish build-ings. Weaver also told councilthat the Poggemeyer DesignGroup is very active and cur-rent with the availability of

grant money.Paulding Community Fire

Association (PCFA) secretaryRoger Sierer told council thePCFA had received a tankertruck bid from Freedom FireEquipment Co. for $194,000.PCFA attorney Joe Burkardhas reviewed the contract, andSierer asked for and receivedcouncil approval to order thetruck, which will be deliveredin about four months.

Village solicitor Mike Jonestold council that Certified hadremoved the pipe from thecorner lot and had hired a con-tractor to haul the piles of dirtto the Williams CountyLandfill.

Council heard the secondreading of Ordinance 1436-12, an amendment toOrdinance 841-82, the villagejunk ordinance.

Council unanimously votedto suspend the rules and de-clare an emergency then unan-imously passed Ordinance1265-12 authorizing themayor to apply for a supple-mental loan and amend theWPCLF and agree for designof waste water facilities.

Jones and Councilman JimGuelde requested and councilunanimously approved goinginto executive session to dis-cuss legal matters.

The mayor issued a re-minder to council and villageresidents that we are comingup on the Memorial Day holi-day and we need to take sometime remembering those whohave served that we may befree.

The next regularly sched-uled meeting will be held at6:30 p.m. Monday, June 4.

By BILL SHERRYCorrespondent

PAULDING – Paulding vil-lage administrator HarryWiebe announced at Mon -day’s council meeting thatPhase 2 of the “Safe Routes toSchool” project for the total of$499,000 has been approvedby the Ohio Department ofTransportation.

Phase 2 of the project issidewalk expansion and re-pair. The following items wereincluded in the project cost:

• Sidewalk on Emerald,beginning at the corner ofEmerald and Johnson roadson the east side, stop at Tom-Tim before cemetery, cross towest side, continuing side-walk until it reaches north sideof school.

• Sidewalk on North MainStreet, north of Baldwin toMiles.

• Replace missing side-walk sections on CarolineStreet between Grant andEmerald.

• Replace missing side-walk sections on GeorgeStreet between Walnut andCherry streets.

Council held a Committeeof the Whole Meeting on May15 to hear the status report ofphase 1 of the village’s sewerseparation project. Jones andHenry engineer Joe Hotz pro-vided the village with plansthat included a village mapshowing the three phases ofthe project, which was man-dated by the Ohio EPA.

Phase 1 construction is ten-tatively scheduled to begin inJanuary 2013. The schedule ofcompliance in the village’sdischarge permit requires all

of the sewer separation proj-ects to be completed by Dec.31, 2018.

Phase 1 has an estimatedconstruction cost of$3,202,660 and an estimatedproject cost of $4,323,500.

“You meet so many people atthe relay; when you see andmeet all of these people whohave been through somethinglike you have, they seem likefamily.”

Porter said that she was alittle surprised and scaredwhen she first heard the word“cancer” in her diagnosis.However, as things pro-gressed, the support of herfamily and the joy of watch-ing her great-nephew, JacobSidle, and granddaughter,Delaney Scott, made it ap-pear as a “bump in the road”to her.

“When I realized that itcame back I said, ‘Oh, whyagain,’” observed Porter. “ButI have a beautiful grand-daughter and great-nephewthat I want to spend as much

time with as possible. Theygive me a lot of courage.

“Every day when I don’thave it to put another foot for-ward, they encourage me,”continued Porter.

“I never blamed God. Goddidn’t give it to me; life did,”said Porter. “There are somany things out there. I don’tknow how I would have got-ten through it without God. Ihad hundreds of prayers;there were so many cards andfood. People are so wonder-ful, they are like a wonderfulfamily.

“I have so many friends,more than I ever realized,”continued Porter. “I heardfrom a lot of people that I did-n’t know. I received so manycards, there were so manynames. My downfall has al-

ways been that I love to giveto others, but when othersgive to me, it is an inconven-ience.”

Porter especially praisedthe support of her husband,George, and daughter,Melissa Scott, as well as herchurch family at PayneChurch of the Nazarene.

“You go with what you’regiven and you get through it,”said Porter. “The chemomakes me sick, but I know Ithat I will be okay. That helpsme make it through the week.

“You treasure everythingmore,” Porter added. “I try tobe upbeat and thank God forevery gift every day.”

For further informationconcerning the local Relay forLife, see the Web site atwww.relayforlife.org/Paulding

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Jones and Henry Engineers provided the Village of Paulding with plans, including this map that shows the three phases ofthe upcoming sewer separation project. Each phase is outlined and represented with a number in a circle. Area 1, most of whichis south of Jackson Street and east of Dix Street, will be the phase 1 of the project.

Paulding awarded $499,000 for Safe Routes to School

Antwerp Council sets cleanup dayBy AMBER GEBERS

CorrespondentANTWERP – Antwerp Village

Council held its regularly scheduledmeeting on May 21. Council entertainedmany topics, including the Safe Routesto School phases, Ohio 49 finishingtouches, as well a few pieces of legisla-tion.

Council members had the second read-ing of Resolution 2012-04, which is therenewal tax levy.

There were also several other pieces oflegislation, discussed in which councilmembers suspended the rules in order toapprove the following legislation:

• Ordinance 2012-08, which authoriz-es the village fiscal officer to transferfunds from the general fund to the waterfund in the amount of $45,000.

• Ordinance 2012-09, which authoriz-es the mayor to enter into an agreementwith Poggemeyer Design Group for con-sultant services on the Safe Routes toSchool project.

It was also brought to council mem-bers’ attention that second phase funds

through Safe Routes to School are alsoavailable for the applied route. Secondphase funds totaled $180,000.

The board moved to enter in a pur-chase order with Layman Well Drillingof Cecil for $3,600.

P&H Masonry of Defiance was calledin to assess damage to the filter building.It was found that the issue was an olddoor frame that had rusted out. The costto remove the old door frame and re-block the area where the frame was re-moved totaled $1,750.

P&H Masonry also gave recommen-dations on the women’s park restroomcracks. They believe the footers of thebuilding are sinking. Repairs are in dis-cussion.

The council members were told to ex-pect to see approximately 69 new flags inthe downtown area, hopefully beforeMemorial Day. Many donations weremade in order for this to happen.

The Village of Antwerp received anaward from the State of Ohio for havingno Workman’s Compensation claims inthe past two years.

Cleanup day is scheduled for June 23from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tires will be accept-ed this year, but there will be a charge pertire that will vary by tire size.

U.S. 24-Ohio 49 development meet-ings are continuing and going well.These meetings are promoting the devel-opment of the south side of town by theintersections of 24 and 49, along with in-corporating the development with thedowntown area.

The police department gave its report,having 86 calls for service and 30 citedviolations to Mayor’s Court. TheMayor’s Court had over $4,000 come inthis past month.

The council had two guests attend themeeting. The first was Roy Klopfenstein,who is a Republican candidate for theopening county commissioners’ seat cur-rently held by Tony Burkley.

County Court Judge Suzanne Risterwas the second guest. She was promot-ing the community service programthrough the probation department.

The next regularly scheduled meetingwill be held at 5:30 p.m. June 18.

Wind turbinedamage updateis expectedlater this week

By DENISE GEBERSProgress Staff WriterA date has been set for a

trial to the court concerningthe lawsuit against the oper-ators of the Manor HouseAssisted Living and TheEssen House and the busi-nesses in Antwerp.

The suit was filed lastSeptember by the propertyowner, Antwerp HoldingsLLC, of Antwerp andAngola, Ind. It alleges thedefendants, TDM3 Ltd., ofDefiance/Fort Wayne andLouis Lengacher and MaryLengacher, both of Harlan,Ind., have failed to complywith contractual agreementsincluding payments.

An amendment later in-cluded the Essen HouseRestaurant and the ManorHouse Assisted Living Ltd.as defendants as well.

At a May 14 pretrial con-ference, Paulding County

Common Pleas Court JudgeTiffany Beckman orderedthat parties to the suit ap-pear at 9 a.m. Wednesday,Aug. 8.

To ensure information isexchanged between the par-ties in a timely manner, shealso set forth a schedule forthem to follow.

Defendants are to respondto the plaintiff’s requests fordiscovery by June 25. Theparties are to exchange listsof witnesses and exhibitsthat will be used at the trialno later than June 29.

A trial memorandum is tobe filed with the court by theplaintiff with a copy to thedefense attorney by July 13.The material is to include anoutline of the plaintiff’s po-sition, including new caselaw.

The defense’s trial memo-randum package must befiled by July 27.

Trial to courtset in ManorHouse lawsuitThe most popular ice cream topping is chocolate syrup.

A sweet, cool treat to tryAmericans, it seems, are re-

ally hot for ice cream. Peoplein the United States indulgemore than those in any othernation, averaging 48 pints ofice cream per person, per year.Ninety-eight percent of allU.S. households purchase icecream, with more sold onSunday than any other day ofthe week.

Here are a few more coolfacts:

• The first ice cream parlorin America opened in NewYork City in 1776.

• George Washingtonloved ice cream and had twoice cream machines at hishome.

• It takes 12 gallons ofmilk to make one gallon of icecream.

• The most popular flavorsare Vanilla, Chocolate, ButterPecan, Strawberry andNeapolitan, followed closelyby Chocolate Chip, FrenchVanilla and Cookies &Cream.

• Cherry is the No. 1Popsicle flavor.

• Twin Popsicles were in-

vented during the Depressionso that two children couldshare one treat.

Once you get home, youmay care to try this tasty, fa-vorite ice cream dessert:

HOT FUDGE SAUCE2 (1-ounce) squares semi-sweet chocolate1 Tbsp. butter2/3 cup sugar1/2 tsp. vanilla1/4 tsp. salt1 cup evaporated milk

Heat, melt and stir choco-late, butter, sugar, vanilla andsalt together. Gradually addthe evaporated milk, continu-ously stirring. Bring to a lightboil over medium heat andcook until sauce is smoothand thickened (about 10 min-utes). Serve over large scoopsof ice cream.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Paulding County Progress - 3A

DELLA WEAVER1937-2012

PAULDING – Della MaeWeaver, age 74, died Saturday,May 19 at The Gardens ofPaulding.

She was born Aug. 4, 1937in Oakwood, the daughter ofJohn and Hazel (Babbcock)Rau. On Aug. 30, 1964, shemarried Robert Louis Weaver,who preceded her in death onMarch 14, 1998.

She is survived by a son,John Weaver, Paulding; adaughter, Tina Johnson, Defi-ance; two sisters, Donna Pe-ters of Defiance and DarleneBuell, Cecil; a half-brother; ahalf-sister; a granddaughter;and two great-granddaughters.

She also was preceded indeath by a brother and a half-sister.

Funeral services were heldTuesday, May 22, at DenHerder Funeral Home, Pauld-ing, with the Rev. Richard“Bud” Larimore officiating.Burial was in Middle CreekCemetery, Grover Hill.

Memorial donations may bemade to The Gardens ofPaulding Activity Fund.

Online condolences may besent to www.denherderfh.com

DAVIDMAYHUGH1943-2012

David W. Mayhugh, 68, ofSattahip, Thailand, passedaway Monday, May 14.

He was born Sept. 27, 1943,in Paulding County, the son ofKenneth and Margaret Nelson,who preceded him in death.He was a retired United StatesNavy veteran, having servedin the Vietnam War.

He is survived by his wife,Suntaree Mayhugh, two sons,Kiengsak (Vanessa) Mayhughof El Paso, Texas and DanielMayhugh of San Diego; threedaughters, Niyada (Bryan)Elie of Germantown, Md.,Nipa (Larry) Tarrant of Dallasand Margaret (Roberto) Fer-nandez of Round Rock, Texas;a sister, Jayne Heck of Pauld-ing; and four grandchildren,Declan, Garek and Conlin Elieand David Fernandez.

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The Amish CookBy: Lovina Eicher

I almost don’t know whereto begin with this column. Itseems so long ago since lastMonday.

Wednesday morning wasnice and sunny, so we had nohint the day would take a badturn. Daughter Susan decidedto mow the grass while I hadtaken some beef bones out ofthe freezer to cook. DaughterElizabeth was washing thedishes. I also had takeneverything out of the refriger-ator and freezer so I could de-frost it. All seemed normaluntil we heard the smokealarm go off upstairs.

Lately, quite a few of oursmoke alarms would beep alot, which is a sign to changethe batteries. When the alarmwent off Elizabeth said,“Sounds like another one hasa dead battery.” I told her togo upstairs and check to makesure there was nothingwrong. She took the broomalong so she could reach up toshut it off. She walked intothe boys’ bedroom and sawsmoke. Looking back at thecloset she saw flames leapingup at the boys clothes andyelled “Fire!”

I ran to the back porch tofind the fire extinguisher andcouldn’t find it while Susanand Elizabeth got buckets ofwater. I later saw the extin-guisher right where it usuallyis, I think I panicked toomuch to think clearly. Wethen called 911, while Eliza-beth ran over to our neigh-bor’s to ask for his fireextinguisher.

But by the time she re-turned, the bedroom was sothick with smoke that shecould not see. Then the doorblew shut before they couldenter the bedroom (whichprobably kept the fire fromspreading). We heard glasscracking and shattering,which we found out later wasthe windows bursting fromthe heat of the flames. I toldthe girls, “Let’s get out of thehouse – it’s not worth riskingour lives.”

I did remember to run outand shut off the propanetanks.

A person feels so helpless

when you see so much smokepouring out of the windowsnot knowing how much, ifanything, will be left. I hadsomeone call Joe at work tohave him come home but hesaid the 40-minute rideseemed to take forever.

Once the fire departmenthad the fire out and the smokeaired out a bit we could go inand see the damage. The boysbedroom was damaged with alot of smoke and water, theylost everything. We felt verythankful, though, that ourhouse was still standing. Andmost of all that this didn’thappen during the night whenthe boys would have beensleeping in there.

We had to throw away allthe boys’ furniture, and theirclothes, shoes and all of theirtoys were destroyed. I didkeep back the cedar chest thatMom and Dad gave me oneChristmas before I was mar-ried. I am going to see if Iclean it up good enough tokeep. It was in the boys’room.

Lovina and Kevin shared ahallway closet beside theboys’ room, so Kevin’s shoeswere lost and all of Lovina’stoys as well. We could saveKevin’s shirts and Lovina’sdresses hanging in theircloset. Sister Emma washedthem, but they still do have asmoke smell, which I hopewill disappear after a fewwashes.

What discourages me is notknowing what actuallycaused the fire. It started inthe boys’ closet and all wecan think of is it might havebeen toys with batteries butwe will probably never know.

I know around a monthago, I found a flashlight intheir bedroom that had beenleft on. When I picked it up,it was very hot. I opened thelid to check the batteries andsmoke came out from the in-side of the flashlight. I dis-carded everything, but maybethe same batteries were insomething else.

The first two nights afterthe fire, we didn’t sleep at ourhouse. Joe and I and some ofthe children slept at Elizabeth

friend’s Timothy’s house andthe rest went to Jacob andEmma’s.

We have torn off the drywall and have cleaned up alittle already. The fire hadspread to the attic and roof, sothere is damage there andsmoke and water damagethroughout the house. Parts ofour kitchen ceiling fell in.

The fire department said ifthey had arrived just threeminutes later, the housewould have been a total loss.The carpenters from ourchurch district will come andfix it all up.

For now, the boys aresleeping on the couches andin the living room. I don’tthink they like the idea ofwhen they will have to sleepin that room again. Still scaryto them knowing the firestarted in their closet.

We appreciate all the mealsbrought in and all the helpand I want to thank readerswho have donated. It helps somuch.

Emma did laundry for threedays and our neighbor Lilatook a lot of bedding home towash.

All of the girls’ clothes hadto also be washed to help getthe smoke smell out. After allthe rebuilding is done, thechurch women want to comehelp clean up all the mess.

Meanwhile, we can at leastfocus on our garden and itsbounty. This is asparagus sea-son, try this recipe!

ASPARAGUS PEANUTBAKE

4 cups fresh asparagus, cutinto 1 inch pieces1 can cream of mushroomsoup1/2 cup peanuts crushed1 cup grated Cheddar cheeseSalt and pepper to taste1/2 stick butter or margarine

Cook asparagus in smallamount of water until tendercrisp. Arrange layers of as-paragus, soup, peanuts, andcheese in a greased casserole.Season with salt and pepperand dot with butter. Bake at350° until 30 minutes or untilheated through and done.

To see photos of the Eicherboy’s charred bedroom, visitwww.amishcookonline.com/fire The fire, while bad, did notcost lives or destroy theirhouse, but there is a lot ofmess to clean up. There is nota formal fire fund, nor doesLovina wish for one.

Readers can help the Eich-ers, however, by joining TheAmish Cook Friend Club atOasis Newsfeatures, P.O. Box157, Middletown OH 45042Readers will receive a thankyou from Lovina and readerscan indicate that they do notwish to receive any of thefriend club rewards so thatthe majority of the funds go toLovina.

The family of Adella Nutter would like to thankeveryone for the food& donations and loving support duringthis difficult time.

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Thursday, May 31Student Bible study

ANTWERP – On Thurs-day, May 31, the AntwerpCommunity Youth Centerwill be starting a summer stu-dent Bible study named“Dig.” The digging will com-mence every Thursdaythroughout the summer at10:30 a.m. at the youth cen-ter.

The idea behind the Biblestudy is that the students willeach be doing daily readingsof Scripture, then discuss

what has been read and anyquestions that might comefrom these readings or life ingeneral. All middle schooland high school students areencouraged to come dig withus. The discussions will beled by local Antwerp pastors.

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Police ReportACCIDENT REPORTSTuesday, May 15

1:17 a.m. Michael Boyd, 19, of Latty, wascited for failure to yield following a collisionon North Williams Street. Reports say he wasexiting the north drive from McDonald’s in a1994 Dodge pickup truck and Justin D. Fle-mens, 25, of Latty, was driving south on NorthWilliams Street. As Boyd attempted to pullinto the lot of the old REA building, he enteredFlemens’ path and was struck. Both vehicleswere disabled and towed. Neither driver washurt, but Boyd’s passenger, Emily Foltz, 17,of Paulding, was taken to Paulding CountyHospital by a parent to be assessed for possi-ble injuries.INCIDENT REPORTSWednesday, May 9

6:50 p.m. Threats complaint was investi-gated on East Perry Street.Thursday, May 10

7:50 a.m. Theft of a bike from West WayneStreet was reported. It was located and theowner rode it home.

8:15 a.m. Officers assisted the HicksvillePolice Department by delivering a message.

9:58 a.m. School officials told officers aboutalleged threats to a student by a young adult.

10:10 a.m. Two male juvenile came on sta-tion complaining about being threatened andharassed at school and around town by someother youths. All parties were told to avoid oneanother.

11:30 p.m. An Emerald Road resident re-ported a suspicious vehicle parked in theirdriveway.Friday, May 11

2:43 p.m. A West Wayne Street residentasked for help locating a missing relative. Hewas located walking along West Wayne Street.

5:10 p.m. Officers arrested Joseph Vance ona warrant.

7:23 p.m. Family disturbance was investi-gated on West Caroline Street.

11:12 p.m. Officers assisted Antwerp PoliceDepartment by attempting to administer aBAC test. The subject refused to take the test.Saturday, May 12

3:06 a.m. Police were called for an assaulton West Perry Street. On arrival, they re-quested an EMS be encoded and a female pa-tient was transferred to Paulding CountyHospital for treatment of facial wounds. Ash-ley Dalton was arrested and taken to PauldingCounty Jail.

2:41 p.m. Neighbor problems were lookedinto on West Perry Street.

9:50 p.m. Officers were called to NancyStreet for a disturbance at a party. As subjectswere working out the problem, Terry Keeranwas cited for open container.

10:42 p.m. A complaint about loud motor-cycles on Cherry Street was relayed through

dispatch. They were gone when officers ar-rived.

11:20 p.m. After being called to a NancyStreet location twice for loud music, officerscited Jessica Wolford for disorderly conduct.

11:30 p.m. Officers were called to Tom TimDrive for suspicious activity. Kids were play-ing hide and seek on their property.Sunday, May 13

12:21 a.m. Vehicles were reported drivingrecklessly on Water Street. They were gonewhen officers arrived.

2:23 a.m. Underage party on Grant Streetwas reported. The report was unfounded; allpersons were of age.

3:40 p.m. Drive-off theft of gas was re-ported from a North Williams Street business.The driver was located and they paid their bill.

9:07 p.m. Reports of a truck driving reck-lessly in the North Williams Street area weremade. Officers did not observe any violations.

10 p.m. Harassment by text and Facebookwas the complaint from East Perry Street.Monday, May 14

8 a.m. A North Cherry Street resident re-ported someone had thrown a landscapinglight at their front door the previous evening.

12:40 p.m. Foil with a burnt substance wasfound at the Black Swamp Nature Center.

3 p.m. Loud trucks and motorcycles werethe subject of a complaint from a West GeorgeStreet resident. They were gone when officersarrived.

4:07 p.m. Paulding County Hospital ERcalled about a female complaining of backpain following an alleged domestic incidenton Saturday.Tuesday, May 15

8:45 a.m. A motor vehicle accident occurredon Jefferson Street when a male backed froma parking space into a parked car.

9:27 a.m. Theft of a bike was reported fromNorth Williams Street.

10:30 a.m. Loud music was the subject of acomplaint from North Water Street. The musicwas turned down.

11:01 a.m. Officers assisted the probationdepartment by witnessing a drug test.

3:15 p.m. Telephone harassment complaintcame in from Lincoln Avenue.

3:30 p.m. Reckless operation complaintcame in from Maple Avenue. Officers wereunable to locate.Wednesday, May 16

7:50 a.m. Report of a school bus violationwas made by the school. Because it occurredin Melrose, the matter was turned over to theOhio State Highway Patrol.

4:45 p.m. Theft of three CD booklets wasreported from West Jackson Street.

9:22 p.m. First Call for Help advised of pos-sible child abuse. The complaint was un-founded.

For the RecordIt is the policy of the

Paulding County Progress topublish public records as theyare reported or released byvarious agencies. Names ap-pearing in “For the Record”are published without excep-tion, to preserve the fairnessand impartiality of theProgress and as a news serv-ice to our readers.

Payne garagesale set June 2

PAYNE — The PayneCommunity Garage sales willbe held on June 2. The lastday to get placed on thePayne garage sale map isMay 30. For more informa-tion, call 419-263-2863.

Obituaries areposted daily

The Paulding CountyProgress posts obituariesdaily as we receive them.Check our Web site atwww.progressnewspaper.org andclick on “Obituaries.”

Century Familiesof Paulding

Think back, were your an-cestors living in PauldingCounty by 1912? The PauldingCounty Chapter of the OhioGenealogical Society haslaunched an honorary societycalled “Century Families ofPaulding County.”

To be considered a chartermember and receive a Certifi-cate of Recognition, the appli-cation must be submitted andapproved by the chairman nolater than Oct. 1.

For application forms ormore information, please con-tact Century Families coordi-nators Ray Keck(419-399-4415) or KarenSanders (419-399-5764) or e-mail karen15806@gmail.com(PC Century family in the sub-ject line).

4A - Paulding County Progress Wednesday, May 23, 2012

For the RecordFORUM Reader’s Opinion

Express your opinion The Paulding County Progress providesa public forum through “FORUM ReaderOpinion” Letters to the Editor for area resi-dents to express their opinions and ex-change ideas on any topic of publicinterest. All letters submitted are subject to thePublisher’s approval, and MUST include anoriginal signature and daytime telephonenumber for verification. We won’t print un-signed letters. Letters should be brief and concise. Let-ters must also conform to libel law and bein good taste. Please limit letters to no morethan 500 words. We reserve the right to editand to correct grammatical errors. We alsoreserve the right to verify statements orfacts presented in the letters. The opinions stated are those of thewriter, and do not necessarily reflect that ofthe newspaper. Where to write: Letters to the Editor,Paulding County Progress, P.O. Box 180,Paulding OH 45879; or drop them off atthe office, 113 S. Williams St. The deadlineis noon Thursday the week prior to publica-tion.

Property Transfers

‘Yes’ to welfaredrug testingDear Editor:

Many taxpayers may be leftconfused after the State ofFlorida’s attempt at drug test-ing on the welfare system wasdeclined and ruled unconstitu-tional. The law was also said tobe an invasion of privacy andwould cost the state moremoney to drug test.

I personally do not under-stand how it is an invasion ofprivacy, because we taxpayersare required to take a urinalysisto be hired for any job and it isnot considered an invasionwhen used for any other reasonthan a safe workplace. If thepeople receiving welfare trulyneeded the help, then they

should be open and honest toany form of testing.

As a young adult workinghard to get through college, itaggravates tremendously howmany people are milking thesystem. I understand there aretimes people need help, butthe welfare system has be-come a way of life for genera-tions. These freeloadingabusers have no motivation toget out and work.

My opinion on the Floridadrug testing attempt is verystrong and firm. I believe wel-fare reform is one of themajor steps we need to take tobetter this economy.

As mentioned previously, itwas argued it would cost thestate more. Perhaps if peopleknew they would fail the drugtest, they wouldn’t attempt atall. I have been a witness ofthe dishonesty in our commu-nity. There are people on thesystem that are spending thou-sands of dollars on weddings,while the hardworking tax-payers have to go to the court-house for marriage becausethey cannot afford a wedding.

My generation is worriedthere will be no Social Secu-rity when we are able to re-ceive it. If we had somewelfare reform, our Social Se-curity may no longer be indanger. I have no problemhelping people who are trulyin need, but we must end thefree money system. I hope foranother attempt by manystates to legalize drug testingto keep the system honest.

Kylee ClemensPaulding

Weather report weekly summary as recorded at Paulding Village’s water treatment plantObservations recorded for the 24 hours ending at 7:30 a.m. on the morning of:DATE HIGH LOW PRECIPITATIONMay 15 80 50 -0-May 16 84 50 -0-May 17 72 45 -0-May 18 73 45 -0-May 19 83 45 -0-May 20 88 50 -0-May 21 91 59 -0-

Paulding Mayor Greg White (right) was the guest speaker atthe Paulding Kiwanis Club meeting. He reported on current andupcoming improvement projects for the Village of Paulding. Cur-rently, their No. 1 project is the new water treatment plant. Con-struction began the first week of May. This project will costroughly $12 million. They expect the new water plant to be com-pleted July 2013. The second project is the sewer separationproject, which will go to bid Aug. 15 with construction to beginon Jan. 1, 2013. This project needs to be done by 2018. HarryWiebe was program chairman.

County Court

Hospital Report

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of County Com-missioners, Paulding County, Ohio, for the FY 2011 JacksonTownship Road Improvements Project until 9:10 a.m., onWednesday, June 6, 2012. At 9:11 am. the bids will be publiclyopened and read aloud and recorded thereafter.Complete sets of bidding documents, including plans and spec-ifications for the project will be available for examination, Mon-day through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the office ofMaumee Valley Planning Organization, 1300 East SecondStreet, Suite 200, Defiance, Ohio 43512. Copies may be ob-tained by request from Maumee Valley Planning Organizationat 419-784-3882 or downloaded from www.mvpo.org, free ofcharge.Bids must be submitted on the forms bound in the Bidding Doc-ument; must contain the names of every person or company in-terested therein; and shall be accompanied by a Bid Guarantyand Contract Bond with satisfactory corporate surety in theamount of 10% of the bid amount, subject to the conditions pro-vided in the Instructions to Bidders. The successful Bidder willbe required to furnish a satisfactory Performance and Paymentbond in the amount of 100% of the bid.Bids shall be sealed and marked as - Bid for FY 2011 Jack-son Township Road Improvements Project - and hand de-livered or mailed to the Board of Paulding CountyCommissioners, 115 N. Williams Street, Paulding OH 45879.

SPECIAL ATTENTION MUST BE GIVEN to all of the require-ments contained in this bid packet, particularly to the FederalLabor Standards Provisions and Davis Bacon Wages, variousinsurance and Workman's Compensation requirements, variousequal opportunity provisions, and the requirement for a paymentand performance bond for 100% of the contract price.Any bid may be withdrawn prior to the scheduled closing timefor the receipt of bids, but no bidder shall withdraw his bid within30 days after the actual opening thereof. The County reservesthe right to reject any or all bids, waive irregularities in any bid,and to accept any bid which is deemed most favorable to theCounty.Estimate: $25,000.00 Paulding County Commissioners By: Nola Ginter, Clerk

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of County Com-missioners, Paulding County, Ohio, for the FY 2010 JacksonTownship Road Improvements Project until 9:00 a.m., onWednesday, June 6, 2012.At 9:01 a.m. the bids will be publiclyopened and read aloud and recorded thereafter.Complete sets of bidding documents, including plans and spec-ifications for the project will be available for examination, Mon-day through Friday from 8:30 am. to 4:00 p.m. at the office ofMaumee Valley Planning Organization, 1300 East SecondStreet, Suite 200, Defiance, Ohio 43512. Copies may be obtained by request from Maumee Valley Planning Organizationat 419-784-3882 or downloaded from www.mvpo.org, free ofcharge.Bids must be submitted on the forms bound in the Bidding Doc-ument; must contain the names of every person or company interested therein; and shall be accompanied by a Bid Guarantyand Contract Bond with satisfactory corporate surety in theamount of 10% of the bid amount, subject to the conditions pro-vided in the Instructions to Bidders. The successful Bidder willbe required to furnish a satisfactory Performance and Paymentbond in the amount of 100% of the bid.Bids shall be sealed and marked as - Bid for FY 2010 Jack-son Township Road Improvements Project - and hand delivered or mailed to the Board of Paulding County Commissioners, 115 N. Williams Street, Paulding OH 45879.

SPECIAL ATTENTION MUST BE GIVEN to all of the require-ments contained in this bid packet, particularly to the FederalLabor Standards Provisions and Davis Bacon Wages, variousinsurance and Workman's Compensation requirements, variousequal opportunity provisions, and the requirement for a paymentand performance bond for 100% of the contract price.Any bid may be withdrawn prior to the scheduled closing timefor the receipt of bids, but no bidder shall withdraw his bid within30 days after the actual opening thereof. The County reservesthe right to reject any or all bids, waive irregularities in any bid,and to accept any bid which is deemed most favorable to theCounty.Estimate: $37,200.00 Paulding County CommissionersBy: Nola Ginter, Clerk 38c2

The term “et al.” refers to and others; “et vir.,” and husband; “et ux.,” andwife.Auglaize Township

Lisa A. Stuck to Mark K. Stuck; Lots 8 and 9, Hartzog’sAuglaize Allotment, 0.758 acre. Quit claim.

Louis B. Miller, dec. to Cheryll A. Miller; Lot 1, Long’sRiver Subdivision #2, 0.416 acre. Certificate of transfer.Benton Township

Steven E. and Jeanette F. Moore, trustees to Moore FarmsLLC; Sec. 6, 2.984 acres. Quit claim.Brown Township

Gary W. Wagner to Valerie D. Wagner; Sec. 3, 30 acres. Quitclaim.Carryall Township

Allen D. Deemer, et al. to Megaju Farms LLC; Sec. 23,108.88 acres and Sec. 24, 6.531 acres. Warranty deed.Crane Township

Ronald A. Jackson, dec. to Seculah C. Jackson; Sec. 4, 35.4acres, 61.512 acres and 34.774 acres. Affidavit.Jackson Township

Eric S. and Karen K. Elston to Steven H. and Connie L. El-ston; Sec. 2, 36.53 acres. Warranty deed.Latty Township

Ronald G. and Katie I. Miller to Dennis L. and Janet A.Miller; Sec. 36, 19.5 acres. Warranty deed.Paulding Township

Harlan E. Riggenbach, dec. to Dolores L. Riggenbach LifeEstate, et al.; Sec. 26, 80 acres. Affidavit.Washington Township

John P. Kwascigroh, dec. to Ricky L. Thatcher, et al.; Sec.28, 38 acres. Affidavit.Cecil Village

Ronald A. Jackson, dec. to Seculah C. Jackson; Sec. 11,62.05 acres. Affidavit.Paulding Village

Gary W. Heater to GWAM Heater Family LLC; Lot 2 andpart Lot 3, Noneman’s Emerald Acres #3, 0.344 acre. Warrantydeed.

Lois Mae Carothers, fka Lois M. Williamson to Robert G.Carothers; Lot 86, Noneman’s Emerald Acres #1, 0.258 acre.Affidavit.

Marjorie L. Font to Richard A. Font, et al.; Lot 30, None-man’s Subdivision, 0.182 acre. Affidavit.Payne Village

Russel D. and Suzanne M. Yenser, trustees to Bradley S.Denning; Lot 25, Gibson’s Third Addition, 0.171 acres. Trusteedeed.

CONCLUDED CASESCivil Dockets

David M. Allen, D.D.S. &Associates, Cincinnati vs. Can-dice S. Baker, Antwerp. Moneyonly, case stayed in bankruptcy.

Capital One Bank (USA)N.A., Richmond, Va. vs. ScottA. Altic, Antwerp. Moneyonly, satisfied.

David M. Allen, D.D.S.,Cincinnati vs. Gregory D.Shull, Cecil. Money only, sat-isfied.

HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A.,Las Vegas, Nev. vs. KimSchnelle, Paulding. Moneyonly, case stayed in bankruptcy.

Credit Adjustments Inc., De-fiance vs. Bobby J. Banks,Antwerp. Money only, casestayed in bankruptcy.

Atlantic Credit & FinanceInc., Columbus vs. Melissa S.Rooks, Payne. Money only,satisfied.

Credit Adjustments Inc., De-fiance vs. David W. Schnelle,Paulding and Kim Schnelle,Payne. Money only, casestayed in bankruptcy.

Credit Adjustments Inc., De-fiance vs. Jennifer McMichael,Cecil. Money only, satisfied.

Credit Adjustments Inc., De-fiance vs. Carolyn D. Mosier,

Grover Hill. Money only, sat-isfied.

Credit Adjustments Inc., De-fiance vs. Sara A. Keeran,Paulding and Donald E.Keeran, Paulding. Money only,dismissed.

Midland Funding LLC, SanDiego, Calif. vs. MarySanchez, Paulding. Moneyonly, dismissed.

Harvest Credit ManagementLLC, Columbus vs. ChristineL. Miller, Paulding. Moneyonly, judgment for the plaintiffin the sum of $3,553.49.

LVNV Funding LLC,Columbus vs. Jeff C. Budd,Oakwood. Money only, dis-missed.

Sarah J. Mowery D.D.S.Inc., Antwerp vs. Betty Bran-ham, Oakwood. Money only,judgment for the plaintiff in thesum of $257.Criminal Dockets

Adam T. Tracy, Paulding,domestic violence; case boundover to the Common PleasCourt of Paulding County.

Jessica A. Bauer, Paulding,passing bad checks; $100 fine,$25 costs, pay $50 monthly,pay all by Aug. 15 or appear incourt; restitution to be paid,probation ordered, close check-

ing accounts.Erica J. Hittle, Van Wert, dis-

orderly conduct; $100 fine,$130.40 costs, pay $60monthly, pay all by Sept. 19 orappear; no violations federal,state or local laws or ordi-nances, maintain good behav-ior.

Taylor J. Reichert, GroverHill, breaking and entering;case bound over to the Com-mon Pleas Court of PauldingCounty.

Chris A. Thomas, Paulding,breaking and entering; casebound over to the CommonPleas Court of PauldingCounty.

David R. Scott Jr., GroverHill, 3 counts failure to regis-ter; $25 fine in each case, $87costs, pay all by June 13 or ap-pear.

David R. Scott Jr., GroverHill, 9 counts failure to con-fine, 8 counts dismissed; $25fine, pay all by June 13 or ap-pear.

Ricky L. Dix, Paulding, do-mestic violence; dismissedwithout prejudice, costs waived.

Randy Bostelman, Havi-land, failure to confine; $25fine, $77 costs.

Daniel R. Parker, Mon-

roeville, Ind., underage alco-hol; $100 fine, $205 costs,pay all by June 13 or appear;reimburse counsel fees, pro-bation ordered, 40 hourscommunity service, takeProject Choice class at West-wood Behavioral.

Cody A. Fyock, Mon-roeville, Ind., underage alco-hol; $200 fine, $205 costs,pay $50 monthly, pay all byOct. 17 or appear; probationordered, 40 hours communityservice, complete ProjectChoice class.

Cody A. Fyock, Mon-roeville, Ind., paraphernalia;dismissed at State’s request.

Charles D. Wilson, Havi-land, failure to register; nofine, $87 costs, pay all byAug. 15 or appear; no viola-tions federal, state or locallaws or ordinances, maintaingood behavior.

Charles D. Wilson, Havi-land, failure to register; com-ply with terms of Count A.Traffic Dockets

Warren J. Straley, VanWert, 69/55 speed; $48 fine,$77 costs.

Katherine E. Brown,Antwerp, seat belt; $30 fine,$47 costs.

Eric M. Folubic, Indi-anapolis, 65/55 speed; $33fine, $77 costs.

James J. Allen, Payne,66/55 speed; $33 fine, $77costs.

Isai Bugrostro, Chula Vista,Calif., 70/55 speed; $43 fine,$77 costs.

David B. Kochenour,Paulding, OVI/under influ-ence; $375 fine, $120 costs,pay all by Sept. 19 or appear,three days jail, six-month li-cense suspension; may attendDIP program in lieu of jail,ALS vacated, communitycontrol ordered, 40 hourscommunity service, completeThinking for a Change pro-gram, 177 days jail reserved.

David B. Kochenour,Paulding, open container; $75fine, pay by Sept. 19 or ap-pear.

David B. Kochenour,Paulding, left of center; dis-missed at State’s request.

Aki S. Hartley Pyruear,Southgate, Mich., 82/65speed; $43 fine, $82 costs.

Miranda Nicole Caldwell,Scott, stop sign; $53 fine, $77costs.

Brian J. Klausing,Cloverdale, following close;$53 fine, $77 costs.

Lance C. Sherry, Paulding,67/55 speed; $33 fine, $77costs.

Stanley Edwin Bremer,Saint Joe, Ind., 67/55 speed;$33 fine, $77 costs.

Steven Joseph Jarboe, Del-tona, Fla., 66/55 speed; $33fine, $77 costs.

John E. Binegar, Decatur,Ind., seat belt; $30 fine, $47costs.

Carla M. Medina, Defi-ance, failure to control; $68fine, $82 costs.

Beth A. Derck, Antwerp,seat belt; $30 fine, $47 costs.

William R. Fish, Gan-

sevoort, N.Y., 84/55 speed;$43 fine, $77 costs.

Kyle J. Weisenburger, Oak-wood, 74/55 speed; $43 fine,$77 costs.

Samuel L. Braun, Wa-pakoneta, following close;$53 fine, $77 costs.

Gary Lee Keller, Oak-wood, tinted windows; $68fine, $77 costs.

Juan M. Hernandez, Defi-ance, 65/55 speed; $48 fine,$77 costs.

Dawn A. Morrow, Pauld-ing, FR suspension; $50 fine,$87 costs; pay $25 monthly,pay all by Oct. 17 or appear.

Dee E. Treat, Payne, im-proper backing; $53 fine, $77costs.

Linda Donaldson, Havi-land, registration violation;$100 fine with $50 sus-pended, $87 costs, pay $25monthly, pay all by Oct. 17 orappear.

Linda Donaldson, Havi-land, seat belt; $30 fine, payall by Oct. 17 or appear.

Mark A. Mayfield, Toledo,65/55 speed; $150 fine, $87costs, pay all by June 13 orappear.

Amanda E. Hartwick,Paulding, 75/55 speed; $43fine, $77 costs.

Gilma Gonzalez Calderon,Paulding, no operator’s li-cense; $200 fine, $87 costs.

Lynne M. Moore, Wabash,Ind., 78/65 speed; $33 fine,$82 costs.

Ahlam Kishk, Novi, Mich.,failure to control; $68 fine,$82 costs.

Sereke B. Eshetu, FortWayne, 85/65 speed; $43fine, $82 costs.

Michael D. Kreger, Berkey,72/55 speed; $43 fine, $77costs.

Joseph L. Schilt, Melrose,77/55 speed; $43 fine, $77costs.

AdmissionsMay 15 – Darlene Morris,

Paulding.Dismissals

May 14 – Rose Glass,Payne; Dorothy Potts, Pauld-ing.

May 16 – Mary Ann Shel-

ton, Haviland.May 17 – Darlene Morris,

Paulding.

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Hyman & HymanJane BuchmanJeff & Anne PieperJohn Mumma DrainageJohns ManvilleJoseph Kuhn, D.O.Judge David WebbKiwanisKnights of Columbus Kohart Surplus & SalvageLafarge FSCPELafarge Cementmen's FundLou HeitmeyerLowesMcDonald'sMaramartMarsha BennettMichael Mott, DDSM JonesMTJ FarmsNAPA Auto PartsOffice MaxPapa JohnPaulding Athletic Dept.Paulding Auto GroupPaulding County HospitalPaulding County ProgressPaulding Education Assoc.Paulding PolicePaulding Putnam ElectricPhotoBak PortraitsPizza Hut

PTOPutt Putt GolfR&B FabricationRae Ann PieperRed AngelRegis Hair SalonRichie's Hair Off The SquareRick VarnerRite AidRoger and Sue GasserSt. Johnʼs Tire ServiceSam HatcherSchweller ElectricSignature EmbroiderySimon Says - Brad & AmyState BankStoller Brothers & Sons Straley InsuranceStyles UnlimitedSubwaySusie's Family BakerySystech Tim & Lynne RoehrigTodd ExcavatingTri-County Roofing, Inc.VFW Ladies Aux.VFW Post 587Waters Insurance, LLCWal-Mart Wild Buffalo WingsWilliamson Insurance

The Paulding High School Junior Class Parents would like to offer our sincere thanks to ALL of you that made our “2012” After Prom a fun and safe evening for our children.

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Luminaria Order FormLuminaria are $10 each. To place your order,please complete the form below and return

with your contribution to Phil Recker, 121 N. Main St., Paulding, OH 45879. If you have questions please contact

Phil at 419-399-3767 or your AmericanCancer Society at 1-888-227-6446 ext. 5202

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Hope shines its brightest during theLuminaria Ceremony at the

Relay For Life. Held after dark,friends gather around the candlelit

track to remember, honor and celebrate the lives of those who

have battled cancer.

Luminaries are small bonfires–traditional symbols that originated in

the Southwest region of the U.S. sincethe 16th century, luminaries have

burned alongside the road or in churchyards as part of religious festivals and

celebrations. Each luminaria representsnot only a treasured relationship, but also a contribution to the American

Cancer Society’s mission. Luminariagifts support research, prevention,

early detection, and improved qualityof life for cancer patients.

Whether or not they are present atRelay For Life, luminaria donors lightthe way for hope, progress & answers.

The Luminaria Ceremony will be heldat the Relay For Life on June 1, 2012at the Paulding County Fairgrounds.

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Luminaria:A Special Tribute

Common PleasCivil Docket

The term “et al.” refers to and oth-ers; “et vir.,” and husband; “et ux.,” andwife.

St. Joseph Health System,Cincinnati vs. Renita M. Perez,Paulding. Money only.

JPMorgan Chase BankN.A., Columbus vs. Burma J.Coleman and unknown spouseif any, Oakwood and PauldingCounty Treasurer, Paulding.Money only.

Rhonda L. Bakle, Pauldingvs. Timothy R. Bakle, Pauld-ing. Divorce.

Robin Bayes, Benicia, Calif.vs. Timothy Bayes, Payne. No-tice of registration of foreignsupport order.

Keith W. Eckmeyer, Kent vs.Kenneth Bowers, dba Ad-vanced Chassis, Antwerp.Money only.

Midland Funding LLC, SanDiego vs. Fern Keys, aka Fee,Cecil. Money only.Marriage Licenses

Michael Alonzo McGough,27, Paulding, ProgressiveStamping and Kacy JolynnShelton, 25, Paulding, West-wood Behavioral. Parents areRobert McGough and MaryAnn Brummette; and EnochShelton and Theresa Mullins.

James David Grimes, 32,Paulding, industrial specialistand Tommi Lynn Diemer, 31,Paulding, homemaker. Parentsare David Grimes and SharonJones; and Thomas Diemerand Mary K. Eldridge.

Mitchell P. McClure, 32,Oakwood, laborer and fire-fighter and Codey J. Arnett, 25,Oakwood, homemaker. Parentsare Norman McClure andGrace Baldwin; and John Ar-nett and Pamela Price.

Daniel Lee Rhoad, 50,Antwerp, disability andYvonne Jean Eblin, 50,Antwerp, homemaker. Parentsare Frances Lee Rhoad andJackie Ann Wyckoff; and Ver-lin V. Eblin, dec. and Marcia J.

Smith.Benjamin James Woodruff,

19, Paulding, military andMercedes Brooke Rios, 21,Paulding, cashier. Parents areCalvin R. Woodruff and JudyWright; and Rene Rios andTracie Salyers.Administration Docket

In the Estate of Joyce JoanneBurk, application to administerfile.

In the Estate of Beverly SueSaylor, application to adminis-ter file.

In the Estate of Jerry L.Ames, application to adminis-ter file.Criminal Docket

Clinton R. Englehart, 20,Paulding, had his attorney filea motion for intervention inlieu of conviction on May 17concerning his October indict-ment alleging breaking and en-tering (F5) and theft (F4).

Christopher S. Gibson, 26,address unavailable, was to bein court May 21 for a hearingon a change of plea in connec-tion with his December indict-ment alleging two countstrafficking in methadone (F1and F2).

Adam J. Custer, 21, VanWert, will be in court June 4 fora hearing on a change of pleaconcerning his December in-dictment alleging burglary(F2).

Jeremy L. Akers, 30, ofGrover Hill, had a motion filedby his attorney that demandedtestimony of the person whosigned the BCI&I regardingpurported existence of heroinin relation to his trafficking indrugs (F2) indictment.

Stephanie R. Kremer, 31, ofPayne, had two journal entriesfiled in her case on May 15.The first ordered the State topreserve all evidence that wascollected in this case and tomake available for independentchemical analysis, performedby a qualified lab analyst se-

lected by Toxicology Associ-ates Inc. in Columbus. The sec-ond ordered the State, the OhioHighway Patrol or whateverentity has custody of a specificpiece of evidence produce it sothe defense counsel can inspectit. It also allows for the defenseto review all evidence and thevehicle from which it wastaken. Time will run against theState until it complies withboth these orders. Kremer hadbeen indicted in March on alle-gations of possessing cocaine(F5).

Jeffery C. Contreraz, 43, ofPaulding, will be sentencedJuly 2 after recently pleadingguilty to DWI (F3).

Joseph L. Bailey, 31, ofAntwerp, will be sentencedJune 18 for three counts gross

sexual imposition (F3) fol-lowing a change of plea hear-ing May 9. Per pleaagreement, two charges of theindictment were dismissed.

Adam J. Beery, 27, of Bel-lville, who had been indictedon allegations of possessionof drugs (F5) in April 2011,had arraignment scheduledfor Sept. 10 with a Sept. 25trial date.

Michael S. Gonzales, 37,of Mark Center, had his in-dictment alleging theft (F5)continued by the Court May9 until further order of theCourt and the whereabouts ofthe defendant are known.This matter was in court forreview based on his failure toappear for pretrial and trialdates.

In My Opinion

Diet detourI am getting ready to go on a diet.As anyone who has been on a diet before knows, there is a

certain amount of prep time involved that is crucial to the suc-cess of the endeavor. It’s often an overlooked step in the dietmanuals and the articles in the women’s magazines, to theirdetriment. Those of us who have “been there, done that” realizethat if the first step is skipped, the diet is doomed. It is all-im-portant and critical to the mission of losing weight.

I call it the Pantry Pilfer Phase. It’s the battle between my de-sire to lose weight and eathealthier and my conservativemeat-and-potatoes German-American, not to mention fe-male, upbringing. It’s thevoice in my head that says“Don’t waste food!” and at thesame time, “You can’t eat thaton a diet!” I open the doors tomy pantry and the thought process goes something like this:

“Oooooh Doritos. Probably should get rid of those before Istart my diet. But, I was so excited when I found this family sizebag. And, even though half the family is away at college, it wasa good deal. Wouldn’t want that to go to waste.”

(Insert crunching sound here).“There’s those cute little bite-sized Almond Joy bars I bought.

They’re so handy for my purse! And since no one else aroundhere likes coconut, I don’t even have to hide them. They’re toosmall to do any diet damage, so might as well keep them. I’lljust move them to the back of the shelf.”

(Insert crackley wrapper sound here).“Oh, there’s a package of those new vanilla Oreo cookies.

They are out of this world! I see there’s about a half of a pack-age left. That’s a lot. And, I used a coupon for them. A coupon,for heaven’s sake! That means I had to actually cut somethingout, put it in my purse and then remember to use it before it ex-pired. That kind of effort should be rewarded. Yep, those willhave to stay.”

(Insert pouring milk sound here).This process continues until all offending food is pilfered

(translation: eaten) from the pantry. It could be weeks, evenmonths until the shelves are cleared of the diet saboteurs. Itmust be done deliberately and carefully, so no leftover Valen-tine’s candy can be found in a dark corner, and no temptingbox of super-sugared cereal can be grabbed in a weak mo-ment.

Husbands don’t understand. Yesterday, my hubby walkedpast me in the kitchen while I was digging into a pint ofchocolate ice cream.

“I thought you were going on a diet?” he questioned. “I’m getting ready to.” I said. “But you know I’m lactose

intolerant and this special ice cream costs about $5 a carton. Ihave to get rid of it so I can stop eating it.”

Then I can start my diet with a clear conscience and anempty pantry.

And maybe a few additional pounds to lose.Mary Beth Weisenburger, a columnist for the Paulding

County Progress, has only has a few more items to pilfer beforeshe starts her diet. For real. No kidding. Yep. See her new website and blog at www.marybethw.com.

The opinions stated are those of the writer, and do not nec-essarily reflect that of the newspaper.

In MyOpinion

Mary BethWeisenberger

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LEADERSHIP GRADUATES – This year’s Leadership In Action (LIA) class graduated May 16. Graduates are Anissa Williamson,Barb Searing, Brad Snider, Brent McGarvey, Chelsea Koester, Erika Willitzer, Jennifer Matthews, Jerry Adams, Kelly Evans, LisaJohnson, Lisa Nicelley, Michelle Sidle and Twila Demongeot. Class facilitator was Jason Landers. The class project was planningfor demolition of the old Certified gas station and creating a greenspace there; the project currently is on hold. The LIA program,sponsored by Paulding Chamber of Commerce, develops and strengthens leadership skills and increases awareness and knowl-edge about the community. Applications are being accepted for the next nine-month class, which begins in September. For moreinformation or a class brochure, contact the chamber office at 419-399-5215 or email pauldingchamber@gmail.com.

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SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS – The Paulding County 4-H Committee awarded scholarships to three Paulding County 4-H graduatingseniors. The purpose of this scholarship is to help young people continue their efforts toward becoming a self-directing, produc-tive, and contributing member of society. This year’s 4-H Scholarship winners are Amber Simpson, daughter of Charles andSusan Simpson of Cecil; Ellise Wetli, daughter of Daniel and Patricia Wetli of Antwerp; and Gary Klopfenstein, son of Roy andDeborah Klopfenstein of Haviland. Pictured are, from left – 4-H program assistant Staci Hiler, Simpson, Wetli, Klopfenstein and 4-H committee treasurer Tim Santo.

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Kick stands go up at 1 p.m.Lunch will be served.

Admission: $10 for the biker and $5 for the passenger.

Route will go throughout Paulding County viewing a variety of historical sites.

All proceeds will benefit the museum.

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Sheriff’s ReportACCIDENT REPORTSSaturday, May 12

1:08 a.m. Nancy J. Fenter,64, of Oakwood, was cited forfailure to control following asingle-car mishap on Ohio 500in Paulding Township. She wasdriving east on the highwaywest of Road 71 in a 1999 FordEscort. Reports say she fellasleep, failed to negotiate acurve and went off the southside of the road. Her vehiclestruck a mailbox, a trash binand a tree. It was heavily dam-aged and towed. She was takenby the Paulding EMS to Pauld-ing County Hospital for treat-ment of non-incapacitatinginjuries. Two Paulding fireunits assisted at the scene.Tuesday, May 15

5:04 a.m. No one was hurt ina two-vehicle crash on U.S. 24in Crane Township. Mark F.Allen, 38, of Bryan, was driv-ing south on U.S. 127 in a 1997Buick LeSabre. Robert S.Dixon, 50, of Indianapolis, wasoperating a 1998 Mack truckowned by UPS. Reports saythe truck was stopped at thesouthern off-ramp then failedto yield right-of-way to Allen.Result of the collision wasfunctional damage to the carand none to the truck. Dixonwas cited for failure to yield.INCIDENT REPORTSThursday, May 10

10:26 a.m. A personal water-craft was found under brush inSection 21 in Brown Township

near the Little Auglaize River,south of the Auglaize River.

10:07 p.m. Car/deer accidentwas investigated on Road 168.Friday, May 11

6:55 a.m. Suspicious vehiclewas noted on the curve of Ohio66 in Washington Township forthe second time in a week.

7:29 a.m. Mailbox damagewas reported from Road 169 inAuglaize Township.

9:13 a.m. An AuglaizeTownship resident of Road 171reported a phone scam.

3:26 p.m. Threats complaintcame in from Road 1048 inAuglaize Township.

5:39 p.m. A Payne fire unitinvestigated a burning com-plaint on Road 47 in BentonTownship.

8:46 p.m. A home was bro-ken into in Scott.

11:41 p.m. Deputies pro-vided assistance to DefianceCounty Sheriff’s office with apickup order for a home inAuglaize Township.Saturday, May 12

3:06 a.m. Assault of a femaleon West Perry Street in Pauld-ing resulted in Paulding EMSmaking a run to PauldingCounty Hospital.

Noon. Theft of items from alocation near the intersection ofOhio 637 and Ohio 613 inJackson Township was investi-gated.

12:24 p.m. A motor vehicleaccident involving a dog oc-curred in Jackson Township.

3:59 p.m. An altercation wasreported on Road 87 north ofRoad 90 in Paulding Township.

4:18 p.m. Threats aboutshooting a house were made onBroughton Pike in JacksonTownship.

9:55 p.m. A Brown Town-ship resident of Road 171 re-ported someone shooting off“bombs” on the other side ofthe river.

10:36 p.m. Telephone ha-rassment complaint was madefrom Scott.Sunday, May 13

1:02 p.m. A deputy providedassistance to the Antwerp Po-lice Department.

5:17 a.m. Report came in ofa pole and a mailbox beingstruck on Road 204 in CarryallTownship.

11:42 a.m. Deputies werecalled to investigate a domesticcomplaint in Oakwood.

12:08 p.m. Domestic distur-bance was the complaint onBroughton Pike in JacksonTownship.

3:33 p.m. A Jackson Town-ship resident of Road 137 re-ported their neighbor wasshooting and hitting theirbuilding.

5:30 p.m. An EmeraldTownship resident of Road 168told deputies someone hadthrown a bottle at their build-ing.

5:32 p.m. Theft of medica-tion was the complaint fromBroughton Pike in JacksonTownship.Monday, May 14

7:34 a.m. Antwerp businessregistered a multiple sale offirearms to an Antwerp resi-dent.

Noon. Deputies assisted theDefiance Police Department ata location of Road 138 in Jack-son Township.

5:31 p.m. Four-wheeler anddirt bikes were reportedly driv-ing on streets and alleys inHaviland.

5:51 p.m. Theft complaintwas registered from U.S. 127in Blue Creek Township.

6 p.m. Paulding EMS wasdispatched to the ball fields fora subject who was seizing.Tuesday, May 15

6:57 a.m. A house break-inwas reported from CarryallTownship Road 424.

10:48 a.m. Theft was thecomplaint from Road 148 inBrown Township.

2:06 p.m. Harassment bytelephone and on Facebookwas reported from Road 87 inPaulding Township.

2:54 p.m. Cottage break-inand theft of items were re-ported from Road 171 inBrown Township.

4:22 Deputies investigated amotor vehicle accident on Ohio613 in Jackson Township.

4:43 p.m. Four-wheelerswere reportedly trespassing ina yard along Road 1037 inAuglaize Township.

5:57 p.m. Threats complaintwas lodged from Road 163 inAuglaize Township.Wednesday, May 16

4:53 a.m. A motor vehicleaccident was handled on Road179.

11:53 a.m. Two Antwerp fireunits responded to a truck fireon Ohio 49 at the north edge ofAntwerp. They were on thescene more than 30 minutes.

12:27 p.m. Theft of a lawnornament was reported fromRoad 171 in Brown Township.

4:11 p.m. Unauthorized useof a credit card was called infrom Road 82 in PauldingTownship.

8:28 p.m. Deputies assisteda Brown Township resident ofRoad 104 with an unwantedperson.

9:30 p.m. A two-vehiclecrash was reported at theArthur intersection of Ohio 66and Road 209.

9:37 p.m. Menacing com-plaint was handled on Road 82in Benton Township.Thursday, May 17

7:06 a.m. A resident ofAuglaize Township Road 169told deputies his neighbor hadbeen shooting since 6 a.m.

AnniversaryPAULDING – Mr. and Mrs.

Paul Hill will be celebrating their60th wedding anniversary.

Paul Hill and MargieFunkhouser were married on June8, 1952 in the Paulding UnitedMethodist Church by the Rev.Richard Black.

Together, the couple have fivechildren, 13 grandchildren and 12great-grandchildren.

The Hills will be celebratingthe special occasion with an openhouse, hosted by their daughters,from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, June 3 attheir home at 10817 Road 114,Paulding. Please stop in and sayhello The couple requests no gifts,please.

The Hills in 1952

Birthdays(The Paulding Progress maintains

a file of birthdays and anniversaries. Tomake any changes, please call our of-fice at 419-399-4015 during businesshours, email to progress@progress -newspaper.org, or drop us a note toP.O. Box 180, Paulding.)

May 26 – Lillian Carey,Angie Elliott, David Miller,Mary Kay Mohley, RobertRice, Gertrude Rister, AmyThrasher, Elizabeth Waters.

May 27 – Susan Beckman,Jacob Dingus, Tammara Go-ings, Barbara Guyton, LouisePaschall, Lorie Phlipot, TammyRice, Deanna Rhonehouse, LeeAnn Schlatter, Devon Smith,Joyce Snodgrass, Robin Vogel,Dave Wenninger, Kaye F.Wiswell.

May 28 – Zachary Bradford,Amy Jo Knapp, Joy McIntosh,Rachel Rothenbuhler.

May 29 – Mike Betts, Ed-ward Buell, Robert Cavinder,Angelo Cruz, Gary Harpster,Delores Jacob, Jeff Mekus, IdaMay Mielke, Richard Miler Jr.,Mike Miller, Richie Miller, Jes-sica Rager.

May 30 – Elizabeth Beck,Mary Evelyn Etter, Rocky Mar-tinez, Carly McCord, JaneMiller, Tycen Proxmire, PaulWinover.

May 31 – Whitney Boroff,Phyllis Coomer, Lloyd Furman,Sammie Jones IV, Jordan M.Miller, Mary Rhoad, TeddaWesley.

June 1 – Amber Branch, LukeClemens, Hailey Dempsey,Dakota Eibling, Donald GrubbJr., Deb Hoaglin, Joe Kidd, Lan-don Krynock, Dan LaFountain,Alan Phlipot, Clarice Shininger,Zachary Stallkamp.

AnniversariesMay 26 – Kathy and Dave

Kline.May 27 – Mr. and Mrs.

Roger Gebhart, Gene and OlaHughes, Noel “Bud” andEileen Thomas.

May 28 – Billy and Lora Or-dean.

May 30 – David and NancyGilbert.

June 1 – Bob and MarilynLadd, Scott and Sara McIn-tosh, Richard and ConnieWeller.

The circus is comingto Antwerp May 29

ANTWERP – America’s favorite big topcircus, Culpepper & Merriweather, will becoming to the Antwerp Local School, Tues-day, May 29. There will be performances at 5and 7:30 p.m.

Now in its 28th edition, C&M Circus hasbecome internationally known for qualityfamily entertainment. This authentic one-ring,big top circus has been featured on televisionand in newspapers.

Everyone is invited to bring the family outon circus morning to watch as a familiar placein your town is transformed into a bustling cir-cus city. Activity swirls around the grounds asanimals are unloaded, the big top is erected,and rigging is prepared for performances laterin the day.

Learn interesting facts about the performers,the history of the show and the differentspecies of animals in the circus family. In thispresentation topics such as hygiene, groomingand care all of the animals receive will be dis-cussed.

On circus day, the performers bring themagic of the circus to life in each 90 minuteshow. This year’s lineup includes an all-stargroup of performers and entertainers.

The circus day schedule and times mayvary. The tent raising will be between 9:30 and10 a.m. The midway and box office opens at4 p.m. with pony rides, moonbounce, conces-

sions and more. The first show is 5-6:30 p.m. and the second

show is 7:30-9 p.m. Save money by purchasing your tickets in

advance. Prices for advance tickets are $6 forchildren ages 2 to 12, children under 2 are al-ways free, and $9 for adults. On show daytickets will be $12 for adults. and $7 for chil-dren.

Advance tickets are available at Kam-meyer’s IGA, Antwerp Pharmacy, Antwerp PitStop, Payne MaraMart and Paulding Mara-Mart.

For more information or to purchase ticketswith a credit card, call 866-BIG-TOP-6. Ad-vance tickets will be available at this numberuntil 4 p.m. Central Time.

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NOCAC offers cooling programNorthwestern Ohio Community Action Commission will

once again offer the HEAP Summer Cooling program to assistarea households with energy costs associated with summercooling.

The program is available June 1-Aug. 31. Assistance with apayment of an electric bill and/or distribution of a free air con-ditioner will be provided.

To qualify, a person must be within 200 percent of the fed-eral poverty guidelines ($46,100 annual income for a familyof four).

Persons 60 years of age and older may receive an air condi-tioner and/or payment of an electric bill. A disconnect noticeor medical necessity is not required.

Please contact the local NOCAC community service officeat 419-399-3650 in Paulding for more details or to schedule anappointment.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Paulding County Progress - 7A

THE HARVEST OF RAIN“Rain rain, go away, come

again another day.” “I haterainy days.” How many timeshave the best picnic planswent awry because of darken-ing skies and the forecast ofrain?

Personally, I don’t mindrainy days, as it is a good timeto stay inside and curl up witha good book. Plus, it is quiteeasy to fall asleep listening tothe steady dripping of therain.

When I was young, I re-member that we had a bigwooden barrel which wasplaced under the roof spout-ing. The rain would run downand fall into the “rain” barreland we saved that water andused it for various reasons.

My grandma had long hairwhich came down to the mid-dle of her back. She alwayswore it in a bun when shewent to town or to church.However, when she was athome, she always wore onepigtail down her back.

I always loved her longwavy hair and it always feltso soft. She used to take abucket of rainwater, heat it onthe stove and wash her hair.She swore that rainwater waswhat made her hair so soft. Ibelieve that it is probably agreat softener, but there is noproven fact that it is.

They say not to cook withrainwater due to the acid rainproblem, but we alwayscooked ham and beans inwater from our rain barrel. Idon’t know why, it was justone of Grandma’s beliefs.

(Maybe it took out the gassi-ness.)

Did you know that in Col-orado, you cannot have a rainbarrel and “harvest” rain?One resident, Kris Holstrom,knowingly breaks the laweach time it rains because shehas 55-gallon buckets under-neath the gutters of her farm-house on a mesa 15 milesfrom the resort town of Tel-luride.

Holstrom uses this water toirrigate a small vegetable gar-den she and her husbandmaintain. By doing this, theyare breaking the law.

According to Coloradostate law, the rain that falls onproperty is not anyone’s tokeep. It should be allowed tofall to the ground and flowunimpeded into surroundingcreeks and streams, the lawstates, to become the propertyof farmers, ranchers, develop-ers and water agencies whohave bought the rights tothose waterways.

The practice of rainwaterharvesting dates back to thedawn of civilization and is in-creasingly in vogue among en-vironmentalists and others whopursue sustainable lifestyles.

“If you try to collect rainwa-ter that water really belongs tosomeone else,” said DougKemper, executive director ofthe Colorado Water Congress.“We get into a very detailed ac-counting on every little drop.”

We are fortunate to live in astate that has not prohibited usfrom harvesting rainwater. I re-member different timesthrough the years when sum-

A Penny For Your Thoughts....

By: Nancy Whitaker

By Jim LopshireOSU Extension educatorMost of us are aware of the

phrase, “Leaves of three – letthem be!” Although poisonivy is easily identified andshould be avoided, countlesspeople experience the painfulintroduction to the specieseach year. This is because ap-proximately 85 percent of thepopulation will develop an al-lergic reaction if exposed topoison ivy, oak or sumac, ac-cording to the AmericanAcademy of Dermatology.

Poison ivy is identified byits characteristic compoundleaf consisting of threeleaflets. The leaflets are twoto four inches long, dull orglossy green with pointedtips. The middle leaflet isgenerally larger than the twolaterals. The leaves are posi-tioned alternately on thestems.

A mere touch of the foliagecan result in a skin rash thatcan be accompanied by a re-lentless itching sensation andblisters. Symptoms may be-come evident within 12 to 24

hours after contact with theplant, or they may take 3 to 4days to appear. The rash-causing substance calledurushiol (yoo-roo-shee-ol) isan oily compound present inall parts of the plant.

The oily toxin retains itspotency even after plantshave been killed. The oil canbe carried on clothing, tools,pets, and in smoke, and it re-tains its toxicity for as long asa year or more. Smoke ofburning poison-ivy plants cancause allergic reactions insidethe lungs of susceptible peo-ple.

Most people do not re-spond to the toxin the firsttime they contact the plant,

mers were very hot and wewent days without getting agood rain.

When it did finally rain, I re-member going outside anddancing around and not evencaring if my hair or clothes gotdrenched. A good rain alwaysfelt good. (I still love doing thattoday.)

One bit of information I didfind out about rain is that thereare over 700 songs writtenabout the rain. Some of themare:

• “Singin’ In the Rain”• “Kentucky Rain”• “Rainy Days and Mon-

days”• “I Love a Rainy Night”• “Purple Rain”• “Blue Eyes Crying In the

Rain”• “Raindrops Keep Falling

On My Head”• “It Ain’t Gonna Rain

No More.”Today is a bright sunny day

without a cloud in the sky.There is not a forecast of rain,but we know that it will becoming. Do I appreciate therain? Of course I do. I am seri-ously thinking of getting me arain barrel.

Here is one of my favoritequotes about rain, “Let the rainkiss you. Let the rain beat uponyour head with silver liquiddrops. Let the rain sing you alullaby.” Langston Hughes

Aren’t you happy we canharvest water? Have you everhad a rain barrel? Have youever washed your hair in rain-water? Let me know and I’llgive you a Penny for YourThoughts.

but they become more sensi-tive with repeated exposures.Sensitivity to poison ivyvaries among individuals, andchildren are usually more sus-ceptible than adults.

If you come in contact withpoison ivy, wash immediatelywith dishwashing soap andcool water. This activity maynot decrease the severity ofthe reaction, but it will lessenthe chance of spread.

Fluid contained in blistersis not allergenic. You cannotspread poison ivy from per-son to person. Urushiol willbe absorbed by the skinwithin 30 minutes of expo-sure. Once the oil is absorbedby the skin, it can no longerbe passed to another person.

There are various creamsand ointments that are soldover the counter to help re-lieve the itching sensationfrom a poison ivy rash. If youthink you inhaled smokefrom burning poison ivy, orhad an open cut/sore exposedto poison ivy, or a severe rashbreaks out, seek medical at-tention.

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WHEELCHAIR DONATED – Some elderly members of the FirstUnited Presbyterian Church in Antwerp have had difficultiesmanaging the steps and the ramp to get into the church for serv-ices. A suggestion was made to contact the Paulding CountyHospital and see if they could help out. The hospital mainte-nance department located an unused wheelchair, which theycleaned and polished up and donated to the church. The wheel-chair will assist people with disabilities so they can attend Sun-day services. “The hospital was great to work with. They didn’thesitate all to help out and answer a prayer,” said Robert Boyd.Here, Boyd accepts the donated wheelchair from hospital em-ployee Brenda Wieland.

The Payne Elementary honorroll for the fourth nine weeksgrading period:

GRADE 1 – Martin Alejo,Lilli Anderson, MackenzieBlankenship, Zerika Burkley,Kade Krouse, Emily Manz,Lane Morehead, Justin Perez,Jared Pierce, Morgan Riebesehl,Dominick Salisbury, GracieShepherd, Nyle Stoller, BrinleyWarner, Jonathan Adkins, JacobBanks, Kevin Bauer, EvanCrosby, Tom Farsht, Arin James,Elizabeth Mohr, Mallory Moore,Samuel Moore, Hannah Moore,Isaac Munger, Race Price,Kirstynn Roddy, Gatlin Row-lands, Anna Wells

GRADE 2 – TherinCoyne,Iszabel Anderson, Ray-dyn Egnor, Corbin Daulton,Alexander Franklin, MorganHefner, Kyle Klinker, AustenJoseph, Xander Kohart,Brookelynn Lee, Kate Laukhuf,Kaden Merritt, Jeremiah Moli-tor, Brian Rittenhouse, BrennaMoore, Cameron Stoller, JoelReinhart, Gavin Taylor, JefferyStephenson, Ty Tinlin, SerenityTrammell, Rylee Troth, MaliaWittwer

GRADE 3 – Zoey Burkley,Owen Manz, Emma Crosby, EliMoore, Misti Klopfenstein, JoeMunger, Athena Maclin, Way-lon Smallwood, Carlee Mead,Jacob Stouffer, Chloe Parker,Ryan Wenninger, Sam Rager,Natalie Schultz, Trevor Speice,Riley Stoller, Gage Tinlin,Draven HanicqGRADE 4

All A’s – Sydney Coyne,Nathan Gerber, Reed Zartman

All A’s & B’s – DaneeKrouse, Brittney Bauer, MaxLaukhuf, Morgahn Butler,Kiera Roddy, Cale Crosby,Chloe Thompson, EliciaFranklin, Gage Waltmire, JaydeGarcia, Evalyn Kohart,Madeleine Laukhuf, KyliePfeiffer, Austin Pierce, KaliReel, Jordan Speller, KaitlinVestGRADE 5

All A’s –Clark Laukhuf,Madison Coyne, Wyatt Stabler,Carissa Laukhuf, MatthewStouffer, Josiah Linder, ReeceThompson

All A’s & B’s – Alec Ander-son, Madilyn Brigner, EthanCrosby, Anne Eklund, Cassidy

Knott, Evan Mohr, Ellie Moore,Kaylee Shepherd, Chloe Sta-bler, Caden Bland, BrookeGreulach, Alli Hefner, OliviaKlinker, Gracie Laukhuf, LeviManz, Kristen Rittenhouse, Ju-lianne Roop, Austin Smith,Meagan Speice, Haleigh Stoller,Ashley ThrasherGRADE 6

All A’s – Kalin Gerber, EricaMohr

All A’s & B’s – OwenBrigner, Joey DeBoer, JoelJohnson, Noah Glass, Kyle Mc-Clain, Haley Rittenhouse, Quin-ton Stabler, Trisha Strickler, IanVogel

Payne Elementary Honor Roll

Antwerp school board okays coaching positionsANTWERP – The

Antwerp Local Schoolboard met May 17.

The principal of the mid-dle and high school, MikeBute, gave his report andaddressed various items.His report included: theOGT results, OAA testing,the Relay for Life assem-bly, the Quiz Bowl, prom,the Washington, DC tripand academic awards.

Elementary principalTravis Lichty gave his re-port for the month. He dis-cussed Kindergarten for2012-2013; superstart pre-school for 2012-2013 andthe math curriculumsearch.

Superintendent MarkHartman gave his report onthe high school business.He spoke on Race to theTop, a retirement letter,

2012-2013 online calamityday make-up plan, andnoted that graduation fornext year had been set forMay 19, 2013.

In the business portionof the meeting the boardapproved:

• the resignation of Patri-cia Kammeyer as elemen-tary teacher at the endof the 2011-2012 schoolyear, after 35 years ofteaching at Antwerp.

• 2012-2013 member-ship in the Ohio HighSchool Athletic Associa-tion for grades 7-12.

• the online calamity dayplan for three days for the2012-13 school year.

• one-year contracts forPhil Rangel as assistantgolf coach, Kara Eicher asJV volleyball coach, ScottMcMichael as boys varsity

basketball coach and boysmini-archer basketballcoach, Kevin Taylor asgirls varsity basketballcoach and girls mini-archer basketball coach, Je-remy Kosch as wrestlingcoach, Drew Altimus asweight room supervisor andmini-archer football coach,Mike Bute as assistant foot-ball coach, Matt Stiebling asassistant football coach,Kevin Carr as assistant foot-ball coach, John Brown asassistant football coach, andDeb Altic as part-time sum-mer custodian beginningMay 25.

• a correction to the Otto

H. Jacob Scholarship princi-pal amount of $20,560.96.

• 2012 Otto H. JacobScholarship recipients whoare Taylor Barnhouse, Bran-don Dunderman, JosephHilton and Tricia Smalley.

• Nick Herndon andCorbin Jones as part-timesummer custodian begin-ning May 25.

• the Antwerp Land LabGrant from Lowe’s Charita-ble and Educational Foun-dation (LCEF) in theamount of $5,030 and therelated appropriations.

The next regular meetingwill be held at 5 p.m. June14.

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Paulding County Church Directoryat 6:00pm. Our church office is located at 308 N. Main St. Pentecostal Church of God, 601 W. Caroline St., Paulding, ElderGeorge Robinson, Sunday school at 10 a.m., worship service at noon,prayer services Monday at 6 p.m. and Thursday at noon, Bible studyat 6 p.m. Tuesday. Pioneer Christian Ministries, County Road 108 and Ohio 637, Paulding,Rev. Chuck Oliver, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:30a.m., and Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. including a youth service onat least three Wednesday evenings. Rose Hill Church of God, corner of SR 637 and Charloe Trail, Paulding,399-3113, Pastor Ron Hofacker, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday wor-ship at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday service from 7-8 p.m. with children’s hour. St. John Lutheran Church–ELCA, 7611 Road 87, Briceton, PastorJoseph Allen, church telephone number is 419-399-4962, cell phonenumber is 419-406-0987. Sunday worship at 9:00 a.m., Sunday schoolat 9:50 a.m. St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, 601 Flat Rock Drive (P.O. Box156), Paulding, Pastor Kare Stetins, church telephone number is 399-2320, Sunday Worship at 10:15 a.m., Sunday school at 9 a.m.PAYNE AND OUTLYING AREAS Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, 203 W. Townline, Payne, 399-2576, PastorVery Rev. G. Allan Fillman, Masses: Saturday at 4:00 p.m. Edgerton Wesleyan Church, 1717 Bertha St., Woodburn, (Edgerton)Ind. 46797, Pastor Dave Dignal, church telephone number is 260-632-4008, Sunday school at 9 a.m., children’s church at 10 a.m., worship at10 a.m., home groups at 6 p.m., Wednesday evening services at 6:30p.m. (Indiana time). Living Water Ministries, Contemporary worship service Sunday nightsat 10 a.m. & 6:30 p.m., The “Well” church for kids, Sunday mornings from10-11:30 a.m. The church is currently in the process of relocating. For lo-cation information, contact Pastor Rich Phelan, 419-263-2728. Payne Church of Christ, 220 West Merrin Street, Payne, Minister DanStaifer. Sunday worship at 9:30 am. 419-263-2092. Payne Church of the Nazarene, 509 E. Orchard St. (Ohio 500) Payne,Pastor Mike Harper, 263-2422, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday wor-ship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday night service at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday prayermeeting at 7:30 p.m. St. Jacob United Church of Christ, southwest corner of Oak and Hymanstreets, Payne, Rev. Jim Langham, 263-2763. Sunday School-9:00 am,Church service-10:00 am. St. James Lutheran Church– NALC, West Townline Street (P.O. Box 42),Payne, 263-2129, Pastor Fred Meuter, 260-492-2581. Sunday School at9:00 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:00 a.m. St. Paul United Methodist Church, (P.O. Box 154) 312 South MainStreet, Payne, Rev. Julia Ronngren, church telephone number is 263-2418,parsonage telephone number is 263-2017, Sunday school at 9 a.m., Sun-day worship at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Editor’s Note: If your church doesn’t have service times listed, pleasecontact the Paulding County Progress office to notify of Sunday servicetimes.

PAULDING AND OUTLYING Bethel United Methodist, Forders Bridge, Cecil, Pastor Kevin Doseck(419) 899-4153, worship service at 10:30 a.m., Sunday school at 9:30a.m. Bethlehem Temple Pentecostal, 818 West Jackson Street, Paulding,399-3770, Rev. Burpo, Sunday school at 10 a.m., Sunday worship at12 p.m. Calvary Bible Church, Ohio 111 West across from Paulding CountyHospital, 399-4919, elders John Mohr, (260) 632-4356, Bob Fessel419-399-3398, Jack Fetter 419-587-3660, Brad Sisson 419-263-3108. Sunday school at 9 a.m., morning worship at 10:15 a.m., Ad-venture Club and youth group at 6 p.m. Wed. Cecil Community Church, 203 S. Main St., Cecil. Pastor Ted Ramey.Sun. school 10:00 am, Worship service 11:00 am, Sun. eve. 6:00 pm,Wed. eve. 6:00 pm. Cecil First Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Cecil, Sunday worshipat 8 a.m., Sunday school at 9 a.m. Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, 417 N. Main, Paulding, 399-2576,Pastor Very Rev. G. Allan Fillman, Masses: Saturday at 5:30 p.m.; Sun-day at 10:30 a.m. Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1275 Emerald Road, Paulding, 419-399-5061, Sunday School at 9:30 a.m., worship services at 10:45a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Pastor Drew Gard-ner. First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1233 Emerald Road,Paulding, Rev. Gregory Bibler, 419-399-4576, Sunday school 9:00a.m., Worship service 10:00 a.m. First Presbyterian Church, 114 West Caroline Street, Paulding, 399-2438, Rev. David Meriwether, 9:00am Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.praise singing, 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship. House of Love Ministries, 220 N. Williams St., Paulding. Pastor Pre-

dest (Dwayne) Richardson or Sister Brenda Richardson, 419-399-9205or 419-796-8718, Sunday worship at 3:00 p.m. Jail Ministry, Food Min-istry, Outreach Ministry. Overcomer Outreach - a Christian 12-steapmeeting, Sundays at 5:00 p.m. New Beginnings Church (Church of God), Cecil, Pastor Roy Burk,399-5041, Sunday worship at 11 a.m. Paulding Church of Christ, East Perry Street, Paulding, MinisterChristopher Reno, 419-399-4761. Bible school at 9:30 a.m., Sundayworship at 10:30 a.m. Paulding Church of the Nazarene, 210 Dooley Dr., Paulding, 399-3932, Revs. Kim and Cindy Semran, Sunday school at 9:15 a.m., Sun-day worship at 10:30 a.m., Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m.: Kids’ SummerJam (ages 4-4th grade), Preteen class (5th-6th grade), Teen group (7th-12th grade), and adult service. Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.: Teen group(7th-12th grade), adult bible study and prayer. Nursery available for allservices. Paulding Family Worship Center, 501 West Perry Street, Paulding,399-3525, Rev. Monte Moore, Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. Paulding United Methodist Church, 321 North Williams Street,Paulding, church telephone number is 399-3591, Rev. Ben Lowell, Wor-ship service at 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 11:15 a.m.; Wed. worship

Pastor Jonathan L. Hoagland, 587-3376, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.,Morning worship at 10:30 a.m., Sunday evening gospel hour at 6 p.m.,Wednesday evening service at 7 p.m. Grover Hill Zion United Methodist Church, corner of First and Harrison,Rev. Dr. Paul G. Bunnell, 587-3941, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sundayworship at 10:20 a.m., nursery available during all services. Mandale Church of Christ in Christian Union, Ohio 66, Pastor Justin Ster-rett, 419-786-9878, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:30a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 p.m. Middle Creek United Methodist Church, County Road 24, Grover Hill,Pastor William Sherry, Sunday worship at 9 a.m., Sunday school at 10:15a.m., Sunday evening Bible study at 7 p.m. Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Grover Hill, County Road 151, Sundayschool at 9:30 a.m., Pastor David Prior, Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m.,Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. Roselms Christian Church, Ohio 114, Pastor Gary Church, 594-2445,Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m.

HAVILAND/LATTY/SCOTT Apostolic Christian Church, 12867 Road 82, Haviland, 399-5220, wor-ship service at 10:30 a.m. Country Chapel United Methodist Church, Haviland, 419-622-5746,Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:15 a.m. Latty Zion Baptist Church, Latty, Pastor Levi Collins Jr., 399-2748, Sun-day school at 10 a.m., worship service at 11:15 a.m. Harvest Field Pentecostal Church of God, 13625 Road 12, Scott, PastorTerry Martin, 419-622-2026, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday morningworship at 10:30 a.m., Sunday Evening worship at 6:00 pm, Wednesdayevening worship at 7:00 pm, Wednesday Youth Group at 7:00 pm. Friends United Methodist Church, Latty, Pastor Ron Johnson. Sundayworship at 9 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study at 7 p.m.

OAKWOOD/MELROSE AREAS Auglaize Chapel Church of God, rural Oakwood, 3 miles south and halfmile west on County Road 60, Pastor Stan Harmon, 594-2248, Sundayworship at 9:00 a.m. Sunday school at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday servicesfor children, youth and adults at 7:00 p.m. Melrose United Methodist Church, Melrose, 594-2076, Pastor EileenKochensparger 399-5818; Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at10:30 a.m., Sunday evening worship at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday Bible studyand prayer at 6:30 p.m. Twin Oaks United Methodist Church, corner of Harmon and Secondstreets, Oakwood, Pastor Eric Dailey. 419-594-2992. Sunday worship at9:30 a.m., Sunday school at 10:45 a.m., Bible Study Wednesdays at 10:00a.m. Prairie Chapel Bible Church, one mile east and a half-mile north of Oak-wood on the corner of roads 104 and 209, Pastor Earl Chapman, 594-2057, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m., eveningworship at 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible study at 7 p.m.

ANTWERP AND SURROUNDING Antwerp Community Church, 704 S. Erie St., SR 49, Antwerp; PastorRicky L. Grimes 419-258-2069. Bible Study Fellowship 9:30 am; Contem-porary Worship 10:30 am, Wednesday Discipleship Study, 7:00 pm Antwerp United Methodist Church, East River Street, Rev. Pastor MikeSchneider, church telephone number is 258-4901, Comtemporaty serviceSunday 8:30a.m., Sunday school 9:30a.m., Traditional Service 10:30a.m. Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, 303 S. Monroe, Antwerp. Office: 417 N.Main, Paulding, 399-2576, Pastor Very Rev. G. Allan Fillman, Masses: Sun-day at 8:30am. First Baptist Church, 5482 CR 424, Pastor Todd Murray, 258-2056,Sunday school at 9 a.m., Sunday worship 10 a.m.; evening service 6 p.m.,Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 126 W. River St., Pastor Mike Pennington,258-2864, Sunday school at 9:15 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:35 a.m. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 2937 US 24, 258-2290. Publictalk 10 a.m. Sunday, Congregation Bible Study, Theocratic Ministry School& Service Meeting, Theocratic school 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Pastor Robert Becker. Sunday school at 9a.m., Sunday worship at 10 a.m. Riverside Christian Church, 15413 St. Rt. 49, (corner Ohio 49 and Road192), Antwerp. 258-3895, Pastor Regan Clem.

ARTHUR/FIVE SPAN AREA Apostolic Christian Church, 13562 Road 147, Defiance (Junction), 399-3121, William Schlatter, Elder, Sunday services at 10:15 a.m. and 12:30p.m., Sunday school at 1 p.m., Wednesday services at 8 p.m. Bethel Christian Church, Ohio 66, Defiance (Arthur), Pastor ChristopherBaker, Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. Church of Christ, corner of County Roads 166 and 191, Evangelist Lon-nie Lambert, 399-5022, Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,Bible study at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Junction Bible Christian Church, County Road 111, Defiance (Junction),393-2671 or JunctionBible@copper.net, Rev. C. Joseph Fifer, Sunday schoolat 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship follows at 10:30 a.m & Bible Study on Wed.at 7pm. Pleasantview Missionary Baptist Church, County Road 180, Defiance(Junction), Rev. Alan Ray Newsome, Sunday worship at 11 a.m., eveningservice at 6 p.m.; Wednesday evening services at 7 p.m. Rock Church, SR 637, Five Span-Arthur area, Pastor Bobby Branham393-2924, Sunday school at 10 a.m., Sunday worship at 10:45 a.m., Sun-day evening worship at 7 p.m., Wednesday evening worship at 7 p.m., YouthService Wednesday at 7 p.m.

GROVER HILL AND OUTLYING Bible Baptist Church, corner of Cleveland and Perry streets, Grover Hill,Pastor Pat Holt, 587-4021, Sunday school at 10 a.m., Sunday worship at11 a.m., Sunday evening worship at 6 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting at7 p.m. Grover Hill Church of the Nazarene, Maple and East Jackson streets,

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How do you respond to the question,“Why?”

If there’s one question that inevitably willsurface in just about everyone’s lifetime it willbe this; “Why did this happen?” Why? Why?Why?

We live in a world where things happen,sometimes stuff that can’t be explained orfully understood. This could lead one tofalsely conclude that there is no plan, nogreater good, there’s no designer in charge. Infact, all too tragically many choose to fool-ishly think that there’s some “bad karma” re-sponsible for the “Why?”

Regarding the “Why?” question, Pastor Dr.W.A. Criswell once observed:

“Before a stone was laid in the constructionof St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, the ideawas born in the mind of Sir Christopher Wren.He saw it in his mind and purposed it in his

heart.“Before he struck a chisel against the heavy

rock marble, Michelangelo saw the mightyMoses in his mind and purposed it in hisheart....”

Why should it surprise us then that God, thedesigner and architect of the universe, shouldhave a plan and purpose for His creation? Thegreater the project, the more necessary theplan.

God has a detailed plan for the universe thatgoverns everything that happens in His cre-ation. The apostle Paul described that planwhen he wrote,

“Also we have obtained an inheritance, hav-ing been predestined according to His purposewho works all things after the counsel of Hiswill” – Ephesians 1:11.

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‘Winning the Battle for a Generation’

QUESTION: I’m strug-gling with knowing if a guyis a “good guy” or not. Myfamily says I’m too pickywhen it comes to dating.Can you tell me the quali-ties I should be looking forin a man?JULI: There are two sides tothis question. Marriage is alifelong commitment, andyou should consider verycarefully the man you want toshare your life with. On theother hand, many young menand women never commit tomarriage because they arelooking for the perfect “soulmate.” If you believe you’vefound the perfect guy, lookagain, because he doesn’texist.

The question you askedabout what “qualities” to lookfor is right on. There are somequalities that are essential tobuilding a strong marriage.Here’s my list:

• A teachable spirit. Youwant to marry a man who iswilling to grow. How does herespond to feedback? Is hedefensive or does he want tolearn? Is he honest about hisstruggles?

• A shared faith. There aremany things in marriage thatcan be solved by compro-mise. Faith is not one ofthem. Your faith and beliefsdefine how you view moral-ity, children, forgiveness andthe purpose of life.

• Integrity. Marriage isbuilt on trust. You only wantto marry a man who is trust-worthy and who understandsthe value of honesty andkeeping his word.

• Kindness. Marriage is themost vulnerable relationshipin the world. In the crucibleof sharing life together, youwant a man who cares aboutprotecting and guarding your

feelings. As a young man, hemay not always be perfectlysensitive, but does he displaya kind heart to you and to oth-ers?

As you look for “husbandmaterial,” remember to alsowork toward becoming a po-tential wife. Cultivate yourown teachable spirit, grow inyour faith, and become awoman of integrity and kind-ness!QUESTION: In the earlydays of our marriage, myhusband was kind andthoughtful, but recentlyhe’s become verbally andphysically abusive and hasactually hit me on severaloccasions. Can anything bedone to save our relation-ship?JIM: My heart goes out toyou at this terrible news. Noman has the right to hit hiswife. No wife deserves to re-ceive this kind of treatment atthe hands of a man whopromised to love and cherishher. Physical abuse is a crim-inal offense. I implore you toseek the help of a pastor, so-cial worker or women’s shel-ter.

If the violence continues, itmay be necessary to call 911or to remove yourself fromthe situation. Once you’veput some distance betweenyourself and the threat of fur-ther harm, you can begin tomove in the direction of pos-sibly saving your marriage.

Your first priority is to lis-ten to your instincts for self-preservation. Let yourhusband know that you wantthe marriage to work, but thatyou’re no longer willing toendure mistreatment andabuse. He needs to under-stand that you cannot moveforward in this relationshipuntil the two of you have

sought professional help to-gether. If he’s unwilling to dothat, see a counselor on yourown. In some situations, indi-vidual counseling may be ad-visable for a period of timebefore beginning the processof joint counseling.

Please contact Focus on theF a m i l y(focusonthefamily.com) tospeak with a member of ourcounseling team, and to get areferral to a certified coun-selor in your area who canhelp you on a long-termbasis. May God grant yougrace and strength as you facethis difficult situation.

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How was she able do it?I don’t know how she did

it. This past weekend I wasreminiscing what all mymother did “above and be-yond” to be my mother.

“Mothering with the extratouches,” I’m sure it still hap-pens in many homes, but itseemed back then that it wasjust the way that familiesfunctioned.

For some reason, I recalledthe sound of the old peddlepumping away on the Singersewing machine in thekitchen, often late at night oreven early into the morning.When the aroma of baconbeckoned me down the stair-way from my comfort-snug-gled bed, there would oftenbe a brand new shirt hangingacross the chair by the end ofthe kitchen table.

“Here,” she would say.“Try this on. If it fits you canwear it to school today.”

In fact, I don’t recall manyshirts that were actually pur-chased before junior highschool.

It was a foregone conclu-sion at our house that every-one had a good solidbreakfast to send them off toa day of work and school.When everyone was finallygone, it would be time to pullout the Maytag ringer wash-

varied betweenworking in thegarden, canningand freezingv e g e t a b l e s ,cleaning thehouse, attendinga Bible studyand occasionallyvisiting a neigh-bor or preparinga dish of food orpie to share witha needy family.

S l e e pwould be scarce, at best, so itseemed, especially when Isuffered serious bouts of ton-sillitis. I can still recall thecomforting figure of mymother sitting by my side inthe night and dampening myfevered brow with wetclothes and praying for myrecovery.

Of course, there would bethe little extras like plantingflowers around the house,sweeping the walks, hostingquilt bees and occasionalprojects such as wallpaperingrooms, painting trim aroundthe house or assisting my fa-ther would various projects.

In the end, she made asupreme sacrifice and workedon a cement floor in a millroom for 15 years to be ableto help assist with education.

ing machineto churnc l o t h e sthrough therollers byhand untilthey wereready tohang on to aclothes line,especially onMondays.

By thattime, my dadwould arrivehome from the factory at11:40 a.m. for a home-cookedlunch. When I got off the busat 3:30 p.m. and raced intothe house, there would befresh-made chocolate pin-wheel cookies and a glass ofmilk on the table, followed bysupper at 5:15 p.m., when myfather came home from work.

Dishes were washed indishpans after water washeated on a kindling stove.We didn’t have running waterin our house at the time.Drinking water was securedby carrying two buckets tothe neighbor’s well to fill andbring home for consuming.

In the evening, time wasspent doing homework, read-ing and bedtime stories.

How did she do it? Day inand day out, routines were

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This was a shared project inour family, so that her soncould prepare to become aminister. She ruined herknees in so doing and I couldhardly hold the tears back inolder age when I realized thather being in a wheel chairwas at least in part a gift to-ward her belief in service andministry.

How did she do it? She fo-cused away from herself, al-ways directed her energiestoward others and the love ofher family, and in so doing,lived out the words ofProverbs 31:27-31, “Shewatches over the affairs ofher household and does noteat the bread of idleness.

“Her children arise and callher blessed; her husband also,and he praises her, manywomen do noble things, butyou surpass them all.

“Charm is deceptive, andbeauty is fleeting, but awoman who fears the Lord isto be praised. Honor her forall that her hands have done,and let her works bring herpraise at the city gate.”

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Maintenance and improvement projects are ongoing at the Paulding County Fairgrounds as members of the junior and seniorfair boards prepare for this year’s Paulding County Fair, June 11-16. Here, the roof of the concession building that houses theGrover Hill Lion’s Club ice cream stand is getting a new paint job. At the senior fair board’s May meeting, they announced thatanyone from the community is welcome to assist with their Tuesday evening work nights, which begin at 6 p.m. The “to-do” listincludes repair work, painting and replacing items.

Northwest State Community College recently inducted 58 stu-dents into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. Thosefrom Paulding County were Gerilyn Recker, Paulding; AnnaBaumle, Payne; and Kristina Skeldon, Oakwood.

• • •Three local women were named to the University of Saint Fran-

cis Dean’s List for the 2011 fall semester. They are Sara English,social work, Paulding; Julie Koenn, nursing, Cecil and SierraShort, radiology technology, Antwerp.

• • •Becky Ruble, daughter of Brian and Deb Ruble, participated in

a cross-cultural experience in Jerusalem in May. She and otherBluffton University students stayed in hotels and in Palestinianhomes and met Israeli and Palestinian people. Students visitedbiblical and other historical sites.

Ruble is a senior at Bluffton, where she is majoring in businessadministration and marketing. She is a graduate of Wayne TraceHigh School.

• • •Victoria Zuber, daughter of Mike and Julie Zuber, participated

in a cross-cultural experience in the Gulf Coast region in May.She and other Bluffton University students were spending twoweeks rebuilding communities with the Mennonite Disaster Serv-ice.

Zuber is a junior at Bluffton, where she is majoring in earlychildhood education. She is a graduate of Antwerp High School.

• • •Mary Kohart, a senior at Paulding High School, is the recipient

of a major scholarship to attend Heidelberg University. The daugh-ter of Van and Jan Kohart of Paulding, she is the recipient of theTrustees Award for $13,500 a year for four years. The award wasannounced following Heidelberg’s annual scholarship competitionin earlier this year.

• • •University of Cincinnati students who achieved Dean’s List

recognition for winter quarter 2011-12 included Alex Knodel ofPaulding.

• • •Northwest State Community College announced its Dean’s List

for the spring 2012 semester. Local full- and part-time studentsnamed to the list include:

Melissa Elston (4.0), Vanessa Gordon, Shaun Hatlevig andKylie Titus, all of Antwerp;

Zachary Batt, Penny Keeler, Laura Phipps and Troy Wilhelm,all of Cecil;

Amy Campbell (4.0), Dylan Jewell, Shirley Webb (4.0) andAshley Shelton (4.0), all of Grover Hill;

Nolan Sinn (4.0), Haviland;Kathy Eutsler (4.0), Latty; Tara Buehrer (4.0), Paul Cruz, Jade Graf, Katherine Harmon

(4.0), Emily Leatherman (4.0) and Amy Shaffer, all of Oakwood;Dennis Adams (4.0), Megan Adkins (4.0), Ron Antoine (4.0),

Caroline Christo, Amber Finnegan, Jasmine Goins, Joseph Grant(4.0), Erica Hamman, Michelle Laney (4.0), Abbey Linder, KristiePhlipot (4.0), Gerilyn Recker (4.0), Michael Reinhart, MeganRooks (4.0), Derek Schlatter (4.0), Melinda Wenzlick and ChelseaWilliamson, all of Paulding;

Anna Baumle (4.0), Whitney Mullins (4.0), Megan Pierce (4.0)and Becky Wells (4.0), all of Payne;

Rick van den Hengel (4.0), Scott.• • •

The University of Northwestern Ohio announced its Dean’s Listfor March Session 2012 for students in the College of Technologies.Full-time students who received a grade point average of 3.5 or bet-ter include Jordan Phlipot of Cecil and Ryan Reinhart of Paulding.

• • •Northwest State Community College celebrated the 2012 grad-

uating class at its 42nd commencement ceremony May 5. Followingthe recognition of the graduates, NSCC president Dr. ThomasStuckey announced Billie Jo Horner and Rick van den Hengel asthe recipients of the President’s Outstanding Student Award. Thisaward is given to outstanding students who have gone above andbeyond, both on campus and in the classroom.

van den Hengel resides in Scott and graduated summa cum laudewith associate of arts and associate of applied science degrees. Hereceived the Presidential Scholarship, as well as the Associate ofScience Award of Merit from NSCC.

van den Hengel is a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society,and he volunteered time at Red Cross Blood drives, roadside clean-ups and for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. In the community, van denHengel volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, at a local food pantryand as a youth soccer coach. He plans to continue his education andpursue a bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering.

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Grace College’s women’s basketball team has added two play-ers from Wayne Trace High School for the 2012-13 campaign inSarah Feasby (seated left) and JoEllen Fickel. Feasby is a 5-foot-10 forward who earned honorable mention status for All-Statein Ohio last season. She is the daughter of Rex and KathyFeasby. Fickel, a 2011 graduate, is a 6-foot post player. She washonorable mention All-State in 2011 and is the daughter of Blaneand Claudia Fickel. Attending the signing were, standing fromleft – Grace coach Scott Blum, Wayne Trace coach Gus Davisand Wayne Trace athletic director Jim Linder.

PHS grad competes infootball game in Italy

Jack Carter, a formerPaulding High School foot-ball player who graduated in2011, recently completedhis freshman year at AdrianCollege in Michigan.

He received a varsity let-ter in football as a freshmandefensive lineman.

He started on both the of-fense as tight end and on de-fense as a defensivelineman. He recorded sixtackles and assisted on onesack.

Recently, Carter returnedfrom a trip to Italy, where hecoupled a sightseeing tripwith a football game. Stu-dent athletes from Adrianvisited Venice, Florence,Naples and Rome, whilealso taking on the ItalianSecond Division team atCollana Stadium nearVomero.

Adrian College recorded a

64-0 win over Italian clubteam Brigante Napoli as partof a Global Football-orga-nized cultural and sportingvisit to Italy.

Carter caught the onlycompleted pass for AdrianCollege during the game; atwo-point conversion fol-lowing the opening touch-down.

Carter is looking forwardto his sophomore year atAdrian, where he is a crimi-nal justice major.

JACK CARTER

Division III Track

Zartman, Kortokraxclaim district titles

Raiders sweep meetBy KEVIN

WANNEMACHERSportswriter

Wayne Trace swept the championships at the Paulding CountyTrack Meet last week as both the Raider boys and girls claimedfirst place.

The Lady Raiders totaled 79 points to slip past Paulding’s 69with Antwerp third at 21.

Paulding’s Meagan Weller took first in both the 200 dash (28.4)and 100 dash (13.4) while teammate Sidney Salinas captured the400 dash (1:07.2) and pole vault (9-6). The Lady Panthers’Malayna VanCleve also won the 300 hurdles (52.2) and 100 hur-dles (17.9).

Other individual winners included Paulding’s Ashley Johanns(1600 run, 5:06.5), Wayne Trace’s Rylee Zartman (800 run,2:31.0), the Raiders’ Lindsey Matthews (3200 run, 14:02), Pauld-ing’s Emily Shuherk (high jump, 5-0), Wayne Trace’s Emily Nog-gle (shot put, 33-0), Antwerp’s Ellise Wetli (long jump, 13-9) andthe Raiders’ Rachel Long (discus, 99-5-1/2).

On the boys’ side, the Raiders posted 65 points with Antwerpsecond at 56 and Paulding third with 51.

Antwerp’s John Huss picked up three first place finishes, win-ning the 100 dash (11.7), 200 dash (23.6) and 400 dash (54.0).

Paulding’s Derek Echols also was a three-time winner, captur-ing the 110 hurdles (16.3), 300 hurdles (43.7) and high jump (5-8). Antwerp’s Colin Krick took first in both the 1600 run (5:16.0)and 3200 run (10:58.5).

The Panthers’ Wade Carnahan won the long jump with a leapof 18-10 while Dylan Carnahan captured the pole vault after jump-ing 10-0.

Also picking up first place finishes were Wayne Trace’s RyanKortokrax (shot put, 50-9), Antwerp’s Zach Dunlap (discus, 133-5) and Paulding’s Drew Burnett (800 run, 2:10.3).

By KEVINWANNEMACHER

SportswriterSPENCERVILLE – Wayne Trace’s Rylee

Zartman and Ryan Kortokrax each claimed in-dividual district championships in Division IIItrack at Spencerville High School last weekend.

Zartman moved on to the regional meet afterwinning the girls 800 run in 2:21.47 while team-mate Abigail Shepherd just missed advancingafter taking sixth in 2:35.20.

Wayne Trace’s 3200 relay team of AbigailShepherd, Haley Saylor, Gina Sinn and RyleeZartman moved on to the regional meet with athird place finish in 10:23.38.

Shepherd, Saylor, Krystal Wannemacher andZartman finished seventh in the 1600 relay witha time of 4:26.18. Rachel Long took fifth in thediscus with a toss of 103-0 and Wannemacher

tied for eighth in the high jump after a leap of 4-8.

Kortokrax paced the Raider boys for the meetby winning the shot put championship with atoss of 54-5-1/2.

Corbin Showalter also advanced for theWayne Trace boys with a second place finish inthe 200 dash, completing the race in 23.36 sec-onds.

Corbin Showalter, Kim Bickford, Kenny Gan-ter and Tyler Arnett took seventh in the 800 relaywith a time of 1:37.41. Bickford, CorbinShowalter, Arnett and Tyler Showalter combinedto finish eighth in the 400 relay after crossing theline in 47.22.

Wesley Goings ran the 300 hurdles in 43.93to take sixth place.

The Raiders advancing will take part in the re-gional meet at Troy this afternoon and Friday.

Division III Track

Dunlap claims title for AntwerpBy KEVIN

WANNEMACHERSportswriter

DEFIANCE – Zach Dunlap claimed the dis-trict discus championship in the Division IIImeet at Ayersville High School and advance tothis week’s regional meet.

Colin Krick moves on with a fourth place fin-ish in the 1600 run after crossing the line in4:44.82. Cameron Huss advances in the 400dash with a time of 52.14, good for second place.Brandon Dunderman also moves on with a toss

of 51-4-1/2 to take second in the shot put.For the Lady Archers, Bailee Sigman also ad-

vanced to the regional meet by running the 800run in 2:27.14, finishing third.

Joe Hilton took eighth in the 800 run with atime of 2:13.83 and Troy Womack tied for sev-enth in the high jump after a leap of 5-4. Ty Leerecorded a throw of 43-9-1/2 to finish sixth inthe shot put.

Antwerp’s regional advancers will take part inthe regional at Tiffin Columbian High Schooltoday and Friday.

Division II Track

Paulding’s Shuherk andSalinas move on to regionals

By KEVINWANNEMACHER

SportswriterFOSTORIA – Two Pauld-

ing Lady Panthers extendedtheir high school track sea-sons at the Division II districtmeet in Fostoria last weekand now will participate inthe regional meet at Lexing-ton.

Paulding senior EmilyShuherk moved on to the re-

gional meet after taking sec-ond in the high jump with aleap of 5-1. Sophomore Sid-ney Salinas also advancedwith a second place finish inthe pole vault following ajump of 9-8.

Meagan Weller finishedseventh in the 100 dash witha time of 13.64 and was partof the 400 relay team thattook sixth in 53.35. AllissaLaFountain, Malayna Van-

Cleve and Sidney Salinaswere the other three legs ofthe 400 relay.

VanCleve, Sarah Nardone,LaFountain and Salinas alsocombined to cross the line sixthin the 1600 relay with a time of4:22.55.

In the boys’ portion, Pauld-ing’s Wade Carnahan justmissed moving on as the Pan-ther senior took fifth in the longjump with a leap of 19-5-1/4.

Stuck to playsoftball atHeidelberg

TIFFIN – Antwerp HighSchool senior Alysha Stuckhas selected HeidelbergUniversity to continue hereducation and play softball.

Stuck completed in herfourth season of softball andhas earned three varsity let-ters. She is a two-time All-Green MeadowsConference first-team hon-oree, two-time all-districthonorable mention pick, andearned the team’s offensiveMVP twice.

Stuck plans to major incriminal justice.

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ORDINANCE 1439-12

Ordinance 1439-12 waspassed by Paulding Vil-lage Council on May 14,2012, and goes into ef-fect and shall be in forceimmediately. The sum-mary of this legislationis as follows:AN ORDINANCE TOPROVIDE FOR THEISSUANCE OF NOTTO EXCEED $385,000NOTES IN ANTICIPA-TION OF THE IS-SUANCE OF BONDSFOR THE PURPOSEOF IMPROVING THEVILLAGE'S SEWERSYSTEM, AND DE-CLARING AN EMER-GENCY.Copies of the full text ofthis legislation may beobtained at the FinanceDirector's Office, 116South Main Street be-tween the hours of 8:00a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Mon-day through Friday.Melissa S. Tope, Finance Director 39c2

O R D I N A N C E 1 4 4 0 - 1 2Ordinance 1440-12 waspassed by Paulding Vil-lage Council on May14, 2012, and goes intoeffect and shall be inforce immediately. Thesummary of this legisla-tion is as follows:AN ORDINANCE TOPROVIDE FOR THEISSUANCE OF NOTTO EXCEED $25,000NOTES IN ANTICIPA-TION OF THE IS-SUANCE OF BONDSFOR THE PURPOSEOF IMPROVING N.CHERRY ST, NORTHDRIVE, AND OTHERROADS ANDSTREETS N THE VIL-LAGE, AND ALLNECESSARY APPUR-T E N A N C E STHERETO, AND DE-CLARING AN EMER-G E N C Y .Copies of the full text ofthis legislation may beobtained at the Finance Director's Of-fice, 116 South MainStreet, between thehours of 8:00 a.m. and5:00 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday.Melissa S. Tope, Finance Director 39c2

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SHERIFF’S SALEOF REAL ESTATE

General Code, Section 11681Revised Code,

Section 2329.26THE STATE OFOHIO, PAULDINGCOUNTY:HSBC BANK USA,NATIONAL ASSOCI-ATION, AS TRUSTEEFOR WFHET 2006-2,Plaintiff,vs.EDWARD M. NIETO,ET AL., Defendants,Case No. CI 11 148.Pursuant to an Order ofSale in the above enti-tled action, I will offerfor sale at public auc-tion, at the East door of

the Courthouse in theVillage of Paulding, inthe above namedCounty, on Thursday,the 7th day of June,2012 at 10:00 o’clockA.M., the real estatelocated at:208 North WayneStreet, Haviland, Ohio45851Parcel Number: 06-06S-029-00 Said premises ap-praised at Twenty-fourThousand and No/100($24,000.00) Dollarsand cannot be sold forless than two-thirds ofthat amount. The appraisal of thisproperty was com-pleted without an inte-

rior inspection. Nei-ther the Sheriff’s Of-fice nor the appraisersare responsible for thecondition of the prop-erty at the time the pur-chaser takespossession.TERMS OF SALE:Ten percent down onday of the sale and bal-ance before deed is tobe issued.Sheriff David I. HarrowPaulding County, Ohiopauldingohsheriff.com Charles R. Janes, At-torney for Plaintiff 36c3

Ordinance 1437-12was passed by Pauld-ing Village Council onMay 7, 2012, and goesinto effect and shall bein force immediately.The summary of thislegislation is as fol-lows:ORDINANCE FORTHE REEMPLOY-MENT OF MICHAELC. JONES AS SOLIC-ITOR FOR THE VIL-LAGE OFPAULDING, PAULD-ING COUNTY, OHIOAND DECLARINGAN EMERGENCY.Copies of the full textof this legislation maybe obtained at the Fi-nance Director's Of-fice, 116 South MainStreet, between thehours of 8:00 a.m. and5:00 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday.Melissa S. Tope, Fi-nance Director 38c2

Resolution 1264-12was passed by Pauld-ing Village Council ona April 16, 2012, andgoes into effect andshall be in force imme-diately. The summaryof this legislation is as

follows:A RESOLUTION OFTHE VILLAGECOUNCIL OF THEVILLAGE OFPAULDING AU-THORIZING ANDPROVIDING FORTHE 1NCURRENCEOF INDEBTEDNESSFOR THE PURPOSEOF PROVIDING APORTION OF THECOST OF ACQUIR-ING, CONSTRUCT-ING, ENLARGING,I M P R O V I N G ,AND/OR EXTEND-ING ITS WATERT R E A T M E N TPLANT FACILITYTO SERVE AN AREALAWFULLY WITHINITS JURISDICTIONTO SERVE.Copies of the full textof this legislationmaybe obtained at theFinance Director's Of-fice, 116 South MainStreet, between thehours of 8:00 a.m. and5:00 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday.Melissa S. Tope, Fi-nance Director 38c2

LEGAL NOTICEThe Paulding CountyCarnegie Library ("Li-brary") will acceptsealed bids from inter-ested and qualified performance contractorsaddressed to the FiscalOfficer, 205 S Main St,Paulding, OH 45879,until 12:00 noon localtime on Monday, June11, 2012, for the imple-mentation of a guaran-teed energy conservationprogram for the Libraryfacilities. Bids will beopened immediatelythereafter and read pub-licly by the Fiscal Offi-cer. Bids received after

that time will not be accepted.Appointments to viewthe facilities can bemade with the Fiscal Of-ficer by calling (419)399-2032. Appoint-ments are available fromMonday- Friday 9:00am-4:00 pm.All qualified firms inter-ested in providing thespecified contractingservices should contactthe Fiscal Officer at(4191) 399-2032 ormstahlh@paulding-countylibrary,org to obtain the required information package.All bids must be accom-panied by a Bid Guar-anty in accordance withOhio Revised Code Sec-tion 3375.41 (D) in theform described in the Instructions to Offerors.Each bid shall conformto applicable ORC requirements; the biddermust use the forms included with the Request for Proposal.No Bidder may with-draw its bid withinninety (90) days afterthe bid opening. TheLibrary reserves theright to waive irregu-larities in bids, to rejectany or all bids, and toconduct such investi-gation as necessary todetermine the respon-sibility of a bidder. 38c2

IN THE COURT OFCOMMON PLEAS

OF PAULDINGCOUNTY, OHIO

JP Morgan ChaseBank, National Associ-ationPlaintiffEric M. Jackson, et al.Defendants.CASE NO. CI-12-022JUDGE: Tiffany Beck-

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MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION – The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced that they will be holdingvoluntary motor vehicle inspections at the Defiance Northtowne Mall from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on May 30.With the start of the vacation season ahead, all motorists are reminded to have their vehicles inspectedfor safety. The cost is free to the public and will consist of checking lights, turn signals, horn, tires,wipers, exhaust, emergency brake and driver’s license. A window tint meter will be available for tintedglass inspection. The Ohio State Highway Patrol believes that inspection of motor vehicles that usethe public highways will make it safer for all citizens of Ohio. From left are inspectors Alan Joseph,Tina Eley and Trooper J.J. McClain.

TAILGATE RAISES $700 – The Courthouse Crew Relay For Life team had a beautiful day for theirtailgate fund-raiser last Friday, May 18. The two-hour event generated over $700 with an estimated 150people participating. This was the team’s third event; they first held a progressive lunch and later abrunch inside the courthouse. All events were well-attended, according to organizers. Everyone at thecourthouse, elected officials and employees alike, have assisted with the fund-raisers and are con-sidered team members. Lou Ann Wannemacher heads up the group.

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ORDINANCE 1441-12

Ordinance 1441-12 waspassed by Paulding Vil-lage Council on May14, 2012, and goes intoeffect and shall be inforce immediately. Thesummary of this legisla-tion is as follows:AN ORDINANCE TOPROVIDE FOR THEISSUANCE OF$39,000 NOTES INANTICIPATION OFTHE ISSUANCE OFBONDS FOR THEPURPOSE OF IM-PROVING THE VIL-LAGE'S SEWERSYSTEM, TO-GETHER WITH ALLNECESSARY APPUR-T E N A N C E STHERETO, AND DE-CLARING AN EMER-GENCY.Copies of the full text ofthis legislation may beobtained at the FinanceDirector's Office, 116South Main Street, be-tween the hours of 8:00am. and 5:00 p.m. Mon-day through Friday.Melissa S. Tope, Finance Director 39c2

ORDINANCE 1442-12

Ordinance 1442-12was passed by Pauld-ing Village Council onMay 14, 2012, andgoes into effect andshall be in force imme-diately. The summaryof this legislation is asfollows:AN ORDINANCE TOPROVIDE FOR THEISSUANCE OF NOTTO EXCEED $170,000NOTES IN ANTICIPA-TION OF THE IS-SUANCE OF BONDSFOR THE PURPOSEOF MAKING IM-PROVEMENTS TOTHE VILLAGE'S WA-TERWORKS SYS-TEM, ANDDECLARING ANEMERGENCY.Copies of the full text ofthis legislation may beobtained at the FinanceDirector's Office, 116South Main Street, be-tween the hours of8:00 am. and 5:00 p.m.Monday through Fri-day.Melissa S. Tope, Finance Director 39c2

ORDINANCE 1443-12

Ordinance 1443-12was passed by Pauld-ing Village Council onMay 14, 2012, andgoes into effect andshall be in force imme-diately. The summaryof this legislation is asfollows:AN ORDINANCE TOPROVIDE FOR THEISSUANCE OF NOTTO EXCEED $496,000NOTES IN ANTICIPA-TION OF THE IS-SUANCE OF BONDSFOR THE PURPOSEOF PAVING ANDOTHERWISE IM-PROVING N.

CHERRY ST, NORTHDRIVE, AND OTHERROADS ANDSTREETS IN THEVILLAGE, AND ALLNECESSARY APPUR-T E N A N C E STHERETO, AND DE-CLARING AN EMER-GENCY.Copies of the full text ofthis legislation may beobtained at the FinanceDirector's Office, 116South Main Street, be-tween the hours of 8:00am. and 5:00 p.m. Mon-day through Friday.Melissa S. Tope, Finance Director 39c2

O R D I N A N C E 1 4 4 4 - 1 2Ordinance 1444-12was passed by Pauld-ing Village Council onMay 14, 2012, andgoes into effect andshall be in force imme-diately. The summaryof this legislation is asfollows:AN ORDINANCE TOPROVIDE FOR THEISSUANCE OF NOTTO EXCEED $50,000NOTES IN ANTICI-PATION OF THE IS-SUANCE OF BONDSFOR THE PURPOSEOF CONSTRUCTINGAND RECON-STRUCTING CURBSALONG N. CHERRYSTREET ANDNORTH DRIVE INTHE VILLAGE, ANDALL NECESSARYAPPURTENANCESTHERETO, AND DE-CLARING ANE M E R G E N C Y .Copies of the full textof this legislation maybe obtained at the Fi-nance Director's Of-fice, 116 South MainStreet, between thehours of 8:00 am. and5:00 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday.Melissa S. Tope, Finance Director 39c2

SHERIFF’S SALEOF REAL ESTATE

General Code, Section 11681Revised Code,

Section 2329.26THE STATE OFOHIO, PAULDINGCOUNTY:THE STATE BANKAND TRUST, Plaintiff,vs.TIMOTHY S. BID-LACK AND JEN-NIFER C.BENTANCUR, ETAL., Defendants,Case No. CI 12 046.Pursuant to an Order ofSale in the above enti-tled action, I will offerfor sale at public auc-tion, at the East door ofthe Courthouse in theVillage of Paulding, inthe above namedCounty, on Thursday,the 28th day of June,2012 at 10:00 o’clockA.M., the real estatelocated at:4716 Road 177,Grover Hill, Ohio45849

Parcel Number: 32-16S-004-02Said premises ap-praised at Forty-eightThousand and No/100($48,000.00) Dollarsand cannot be sold forless than two-thirds ofthat amount. The appraisal of thisproperty was com-pleted without an inte-rior inspection.Neither the Sheriff’sOffice nor the apprais-ers are responsible forthe condition of theproperty at the time thepurchaser takes pos-session.TERMS OF SALE:Ten percent down onday of the sale and bal-ance before deed is tobe issued.Sheriff David I. HarrowPaulding County, Ohiopauldingohsheriff.com Stanley J. Yoder, Attor-ney for Plaintiff 39c3

SHERIFF’S SALEOF REAL ESTATE

General Code, Section 11681Revised Code,

Section 2329.26THE STATE OF OHIO,PAULDING COUNTY:JPMC SPECIALTYMORTGAGE LLC fka WM SPECIALTYMORTGAGE LLC,Plaintiff,vs.BETH A. DAVEN-PORT, ET AL., Defen-dants,Case No. CI 11 054.Pursuant to an Order ofSale in the above enti-tled action, I will offerfor sale at public auc-tion, at the East door ofthe Courthouse in theVillage of Paulding, inthe above namedCounty, on Thursday,the 28th day of June,2012 at 10:05 o’clockA.M., the real estate lo-cated at:5774 State Route 500,Payne, Ohio 45880 Parcel Number: 17-35B-012-00 and 17-35B-013-00Said premises appraisedat Fifty-four Thousandand No/100($54,000.00) Dollarsand cannot be sold forless than two-thirds ofthat amount. The appraisal of thisproperty was completedwithout an interior in-spection. Neither theSheriff’s Office nor theappraisers are responsi-ble for the condition ofthe property at the timethe purchaser takes pos-session.TERMS OF SALE:Ten percent down onday of the sale and bal-ance before deed is to beissued.Sheriff David I. HarrowPaulding County, Ohiopauldingohsheriff.com Kevin L. Williams, At-torney for Plaintiff 39c3

SHERIFF’S SALEOF REAL ESTATE

General Code, Section 11681Revised Code,

Section 2329.26THE STATE OF OHIO,PAULDING COUNTY:CHASE HOME FI-NANCE, LLC, Plaintiff,vs.MERRILL F. COHAN,III, ET AL., Defendants,Case No. CI 10 242.Pursuant to an Order ofSale in the above enti-tled action, I will offerfor sale at public auc-tion, at the East door ofthe Courthouse in theVillage of Paulding, inthe above namedCounty, on Thursday,the 28th day of June,2012 at 10:10 o’clockA.M., the real estate located at:800 State Street, Melrose, Ohio 45873 Parcel Numbers: 09-12S-011-00; 09-12S-012-00 and09-12S-013-00Said premises appraisedat Thirty-six Thousandand No/100($36,000.00) Dollarsand cannot be sold forless than two-thirds ofthat amount. The appraisal of thisproperty was completedwithout an interior in-spection. Neither theSheriff’s Office nor theappraisers are responsi-ble for the condition ofthe property at the timethe purchaser takes pos-session.TERMS OF SALE:Ten percent down onday of the sale and bal-ance before deed is to beissued. 39c3

Sheriff David I. HarrowPaulding County, Ohiopauldingohsheriff.com Matthew A. Taulbee,Attorney for Plaintiff

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Paulding County Progress - 12A

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Paulding County Progress - 13A

Special needs. Special place.

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Library’s summer readingprogram is ‘delicious!’

PAULDING – The Children’s Departmentat the main library presents the 2012 SummerReading Program,“Reading is So Deli-cious.”

Children are encour-aged to bring their ap-petites as they explorethe world of booksthrough fun and fabulousfood creations. Partici-pants will feast their waythrough a menu of sto-ries, crafts, music andother activities.

The library’s summerreading program hasbeen a popular event forover 50 years. Many par-ents and grandparentswho bring their grand-children today partici-pated in the library’ssummer reading programwhen they were children.Statistics prove thatwhen children stayplugged in to the libraryand reading over the summer months, they arebetter prepared to enter school in the fall –ready to learn.

The 2012 Summer Reading Program is

open to children in preschool through fourthgrade. Participants will enjoy programs,

prizes, story times andmuch more. Kooky Kirkand the entire youth serv-ices staff will lead the pro-gram with plates andplates of culinary delights.Be prepared to be sur-prised with lots of fun,yummy goodies and greatbooks. All events areFREE!! Register today.

The fun and foodbegins with three sessionsat the main library on June5, June 12 and June 19.The grand finale, featuringthe Melikin Puppets pre-senting Aesop’s Fables,will be held on June 26 atthe Youth LeadershipBuilding.

You will not wantyour child to miss this funsummer event, part of theLibrary Centennial Cele-bration!

To register, stop by the children’s depart-ment of the main historic Carnegie Library inPaulding. For more information, contact thechildren’s team at 419-399-2032.

School raises $18,669 for RelayPaulding Exempted Village

Schools students and staffcame together on May 11 fortheir second annual Mini-Relayfor Life. Many classes and or-ganizations ran activities for theelementary, middle school andhigh school students alike. Anew activity this year, and cer-tainly a crowd favorite, was thedunk tank. It was a big hit. ButCANCER took the biggest hit ofthe day, as students and staffraised an astounding $18,669for the Paulding County RelayFor Life. Last year, the PEVSteam raised $17,000. It was anamazingly successful day,thanks to all of the staff mem-bers and students, as well asRFL volunteers, who worked tomake things run smoothly. Or-ganizers were teachers CheriEstle and Cheryl Schier.

FIVE GENERATIONS – Recently, five generations of Ankney family descendants gathered: babySnowa Pratt, mother Breanne Pratt, grandmother Tammy Pratt, great-grandmother Judy Varnerand great-great-grandmother Anna Ankney.

WT board hears updatesat special meeting

By AMBER GEBERS

Correspondent

HAVILAND — The Wayne Trace SchoolBoard held a special meeting on May 21 at6:30 a.m. to go over the current and upcomingfiscal year.

The board was presented with forecast up-dates on the current fiscal year and also pre-liminary updates to five year forecast for fiscalyear 2013. The board will make final approvalat the June meeting once details and updates

have been made.The board also had two personnel matters

brought to their attention. They accepted theresignation of Marti Overmyer as the WayneTrace Grover Hill Elementary School MediaSpecialist as of June 1.

It was also approved to hire AddisonBaumle as part-time summer help for WayneTrace Grover Hill Elementary.

The next regular meeting will be held onMonday June 11.

14A - Paulding County Progress Wednesday, May 23, 2012

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Mary Rickard stands with her “Tea by the Sea” table at the recent spring tea and style show atthe Cooper Community Room.

Heidi Hicks dressed the part for her “Tour of Japan” themed table at the spring tea in Oak-wood.

Oakwood library holds spring tea, style showOAKWOOD – The seventh an-

nual Spring Tea and Style Show washeld recently in the Cooper Commu-nity Room. Anticipation mounted asthe 12 hostesses set up their beautifultablescapes. There were eight veteranhostesses and four preparing theirfirst table. For many it was a team ef-fort enlisting help from friends andfamily.

Heidi Hicks, a first time hostess,chose “Tour of Japan” as her theme.Along with help from her aunt,Karen Jacobs, this unique table in-cluded live gold fish in the center-piece along with many cleverJapanese touches.

Hilary Daniels, with the help ofher grandmother, Connie Dobbe-

laere, was also a first time hostessand chose lemons, wheat andtouches of blue for her “A Sum-mer’s Day” theme.

Ethel Jewel attended the 2010 teaand requested several seats for the2011 tea. Since most hostesses filltheir own tables, she was told theonly way she could be assured thatmany seats was to hostess a table.

“Tea Time in the Garden” was thetheme for her many friends andfamily to enjoy.

Rounding out the first time hostessduties was Carol Chatham Sauberwith her “Sundae Tea Table.” Herguests were treated with both caloriefree, imitation delicacies along withelaborately decorated real ones they

took home as favors.Among the veteran hostesses was

Mary Rickard, who attended the firsttea and requested to hostess the fol-lowing year and has participatedevery year since. “Tea by the Sea”was the theme as guests were asked torelax and pretend they were lookingout over the water.

Jennifer Manz chose “Girls JustWant to Have Fun” as her theme witha fun table of bright pink, coral or-ange, and beautiful live floral arrange-ments.

“In the Rain Forest” was presentedby Susie Thrasher and had shades ofturquoise, yellow, and bamboo em-bellishments.

Marsha Henke, aka Oakwood’s

Martha Stewart, didn’t disappoint anda flair of feather plumes highlightedher hot pink and black table creation.

Phylis Behringer chose red, whiteand silver for her table with elabo-rately folded napkins as the wow fac-tor. Nicole Estle andher mother Sharon Johanns used aquilt as their table covering for their“Quilted Friendship” theme.

Another mother-daughter team wasLouCinda Horstman and Mary LouShisler who had an elegantly set tableof black and pink with “MidnightRose” as the theme. Sue Thomas andDiana Coy joined ideas for their “ASunny Day in Napoli” theme. Brightlime, beautiful flowers and chinamade this an eye-catching table.

Guests dined on finger sandwiches,salad and fruit while being entertainedwith the newest fashions in a styleshow featuring both clothes and jew-elry. Delectable desserts and hot teawere then served as each table con-ducted a game to determine the win-ner of the door prize.

The tea is organized by the EventPlanners and all proceeds benefit theCooper Community Library, branchof the Paulding County Carnegie Li-brary.

The spring tea is always held on theSaturday before Mother’s Day andhostesses are always given the firstchance to return. New hostesses canrequest to be put on the waiting list forthe following year.

Memorial weekend walkingevent to include Paulding

Walking clubs from several Ohio cities havejoined together to offer five walks in five north-western Ohio cities this Memorial Day weekend.The public is invited to participate in these events.

Headquarters for the five-county extravaganzawill be the Comfort Inn at Defiance. Walkers canpickup directions there for the walks in Defiance,Archbold, Bryan, Napoleon and Paulding. Localresidents are encouraged to participate in theevents and learn more about the activity that ispopular in 45 countries of the world.

A registration-information table at the Com-fort Inn will be open during daylight hours May25-28 where representatives of the walking clubswill be available to greet and talk with local res-idents and provide directions to the starting lo-cation of the five walks.

This event is expected to draw walkers fromall over Ohio and surrounding states. Those whohaven’t participated in a previous event or wouldlike to walk with an experienced walker can con-

tact Craig Gauger at 419-893-0540 or atcgauger@hotmail.com and he will be able to pairup newcomers with veteran walkers.

There is no charge to participate in a walkwhere the route takes in historic and scenic spotsin each of the five communities. However, walk-ers who wish to keep track of their distances andnumber of events will pay $3.

All walks are on paved walkways making iteasy for wagons, strollers and wheelchairs.Water and restrooms are available at the start/fin-ish of all walks.

The Paulding walk starts and ends at theLaFountain Park, 700 Lincoln Ave., and passesthe Carnegie Library, the fire department and po-lice station among other attractions. Informationabout this walk is available from ElizabethBehrendt at 419-306-0957 or ebehrendt@bmrat-torneys.com

For information on Ohio walks, visitwww.ava.org/ava_search.asp?search=true

Memorial Day at SaudersARCHBOLD — Memorial Day weekend historically marks

the start of the summer vacation season. To celebrate this holidayweekend, many families from throughout the region will be trav-eling to Sauder Village for a weekend adventure filled with expe-riences rich in history, hospitality, creativity and fun.

The historic Sauder Village will be open Saturday, Sunday andMonday for the holiday weekend. Hours are Saturday, May 26,10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, May 27, noon-4 p.m. and Monday, May28 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Veterans and active military (with validmilitary ID) will receive free admission on Memorial Day and onSunday only, kids 16 and under will be admitted free.

Neighbor of the year awardsCOLUMBUS – The Ohio Livestock Coalition (OLC), in part-

nership with the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, is accepting nom-inations for the Neighbor of the Year Awards, which recognizetwo rural residents, one livestock farmer and one non-farmer, fortheir commitment to being environmentally responsible, courteousto others and respectful of private properties.

Nominations for the Neighbor of the Year awards are due byJuly 2 and should be submitted to the OLC office. Award winnerswill receive a plaque and $250 will be donated to each recipient’slocal charity of choice.

For more information about the awards or to obtain an applica-tion, contact Amy Hurst at (614) 246-8262 or ahurst@ofbf.org.

CHARM FOUND – One ofthe more interesting itemsfound during cleanup day indowntown Paulding on Sat-urday, May 12 was thischarm or pendant. It’s en-graved with the date 6-9-82and the name Sandra. Did itbelong to you? Do you knowwho may have lost it? Emailprogress@progressnewspa-per.org.

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This year, welcome the unofficial start of summer with a successful Memorial Day barbecue inthe backyard with family, friends and great food.

Are you fired up for a

memorable barbecue?To many Americans, Memo-

rial Day marks the unofficialbeginning of summer. Thoughsummer does not actuallybegin until later in June, Me-morial Day weekend has be-come synonymous withbackyard barbecues and trips tothe beach.

Backyard barbecues, in par-ticular, have become a staple ofMemorial Day weekend andthe focus of many people’s fes-tivities. This year, consider thefollowing tips to make yourbarbecue safe and memorable.

• Place the grill in a safespot. Before any guests arriveor any fires are lit, make surethe grill is safely located on flatground. Ideally, the grill shouldnot be on the grass and shouldbe away from trees or shrubsand any other flammable mate-

rials. If you need lighter fluidto start a fire, promptly put thefluid back in storage, awayfrom the grill, once the fire hasbeen lit.

• Clean the grill. MemorialDay marks the opening ofgrilling season for many grill-masters. Make sure the grillhas been thoroughly cleanedand that there are no leftoverashes from last season clog-ging the vents. Even if youthoroughly cleaned the grill atthe end of last season, give ita once-over with a soapysponge at the start of the sea-son to clean any cobwebs, ordirt and grime that mighthave accumulated over thewinter.

• Stock up on charcoal.Falling short in the charcoaldepartment is a backyard bar-

becue faux pas that can bringthe festivities to a halt. Be-cause the weather in late Maycan sometimes be unpre-dictable, make sure you haveextra charcoal on hand shouldstrong winds or colder tem-peratures make it difficult tobuild a strong fire.

• Spice things up. Why notuse this year’s holiday barbe-cue to add a little extra flavorto traditional barbecue fare?Soak some dried herbs likerosemary, bay leaves ororegano in water and addthem to the grill. These fla-vorful herbs will make thefood taste better, and the grillwill likely emit a more pleas-ant fragrance as well.

• Prepare foods for guestswith varying palates. Vegetar-ians and vegans love a good

backyard barbecue just asmuch as their carnivorousfriends and family members.Cook some vegetable kabobsand prepare some salads forguests who don’t eat meat.Consider purchasing a smallergrill for veggies only, as vege-tarians and vegans might notprefer to eat kabobs grilled onthe same grill as meat.

• Keep the forks in theutensil drawer. Never use afork to do a spatula’s job. Pok-ing foods on the grill with afork allows the juices thatmake grilled foods so deliciousto escape, resulting in drier farethat’s not nearly as flavorful.Use a spatula or tongs to flipfoods, including burgers,steaks, chicken, and even hotdogs.

• Make sure foods havecompletely defrosted beforeplacing them on the grill.When cold meat is placed onthe grill, it reduces the grill’stemperature and preventsjuices from getting seared inthe food. So make sure allfoods have been defrosted toensure your foods are flavor-ful and the grill stays hot.

Get relief from thepain of sunburn

Summer draws people outdoors to enjoy fun in the sun. But notevery aspect of summertime weather can be pleasant, especiallywhen sunburn rears its blistery head.

Despite the health warnings about sun exposure, people still ven-ture outdoors repeatedly without the use of a protective product witha high enough SPF. Side effects of failing to protect the skin can in-clude nasty burns and an increased risk of skin cancer later in life.Perhaps individuals fail to take sunburns seriously because theydon’t associate sunburns with anything dangerous. But sunburn isjust like any other burn and the skin pays the price.

Most people wouldn’t intentionally set fire to their skin or playwith caustic chemicals. But they will spend hours in the sun unpro-tected. Just like the flames of a fire, the sun can cause serious burns,even second- and third-degree ones.

A second-degree burn causes not only damage to the epidermis,or the outer layer of skin, but extends deeper into the dermis as well.A third-degree burn seriously harms the entire epidermis and dermis,as well as nerves and fatty tissue contained within, according to TheChildren’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Because the epidermis and hairfollicles are destroyed, new skin will not grow.

Sunburn can occur after roughly 15 to 30 minutes of exposure tothe sun. The burn itself may not show up for hours later, which iswhy people often think they’ve avoided a burn. The results of sun-burn are often pain, redness and potential blistering, depending onthe level of damage.

Although there is no specific treatment for sunburn, there are someremedies that can help the pain and help to speed up recovery.

• Drink plenty of water. Damaged skin may not be able to prop-erly inhibit the loss of moisture from the body, resulting in dehy-dration. Drinking water can replenish fluids needed for comfort andhealth.

• Over-the-counter pain medications may alleviate the stubbornpain. If the pain is very severe, consult a physician, who might feelprescription-strength pain relievers are necessary. There also aretopical pain-relief sprays that temporarily dull the pain and cool theskin.

• Cool, wet compresses as well as lotions that soothe can alsobe helpful and reduce swelling. Look for ones with natural ingredi-ents, such as aloe vera.

• Oral antihistamines can help when the skin eventually startsto peel and becomes itchy.

• If blisters are present, leave them be until they break ontheir own. Prematurely breaking sunburn blisters can increase therisk of infection. An antibiotic cream may be applied after the blis-ters break to speed up healing and prevent infection.

• If the sunburn is severe or accompanied by a fever, consult aphysician.

The best way to treat sunburn is not to get it in the first place.This means being diligent about applying sunblock before goingoutdoors.

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Putting your cooler on a blanket can help keep food and drinks cold.

Give your green beans a thrill – cook them on the grill.

How can I keep packedfood cold this summer?

(NewsUSA) – For millions of families, thecoming summer season means activities – andlots of them. From the beach, to the pool, togames, camping, picnics and backyard barbe-cues, it’s often a mad dash from one adventureto the next with no break in between. Coolershave become the must-have summer accessoryfor busy families, helping to keep food anddrinks cold as they travel from place to place.

Of course, not all coolers are created equal.California Innovations has engineered insulatedcoolers that withstand the rigors of summer. Andto help people get the most out of their coolers,they’re offering the following tips:

• Use a high-performance cooler. Somecoolers use radiant barrier technology to deflectheat from the sun, helping the interior of thecooler stay cold.

• Pack a lot. Don’t be afraid to pack yourcooler to the max, because that cuts off the flowof air, which can warm the cooler. The tighter the

fit, the less air is able to circulate.• Keep the cooler in the shade as much as

possible. Heat from the sun will warm up yourcooler faster. So stick it under a tree or an um-brella to protect it from the sun’s rays.

• Place the cooler on a table or blanket. Theground absorbs heat and transfers it directly toyour cooler. Keeping it elevated makes it tougherfor the warm air to get in.

• Always keep the cooler closed when not inuse. It’s easy to forget, but even a few minutescan make the difference between having ice orwater. Using a cooler with zipperless technol-ogy makes it easier to open and close quickly.

• Use plenty of ice or ice packs. The moreice you pack, the longer the contents stay cool.

• For faster cooling, add a little extrawater to the ice. The water aids in surfaceconduction, which speeds up the coolingprocess. However, this method can also causethe ice to melt faster.

Less-than-100-calorie BBQ sides!(NAPS) – Barbecue lovers, you can have it

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Registered dietitian and weight-loss instruc-tor Jennie McCary, MS, RD, LD, says that“every barbecue should have tasty, easy-to-prepare side options that won’t derail yourdiet.” Here are her three grill favorites, fromthe fruity to the traditional to the unexpected.

1. Fruity favorite: Pineapples rings. “I liketo add a little fruity sweetness to my barbecuemenu by grilling fresh pineapple rings,” saysMcCary. Grilling brings out the natural sweet-ness of the fruit, and one fresh, thick slice ofpineapple is about 80 calories.

2. Traditional favorite: Corn on the cob. Fora buttery corn on the cob, spray your huskedears of corn with 10 sprays of I Can’t BelieveIt’s Not Butter! Spray Original instead ofusing butter. McCary says, “The spray addsthe great butter taste to corn with 0 grams offat, 0 calories and 0 grams of trans fat perserving.”

3. Unexpected favorite: Green beans. “Irarely hear of people grilling their greenbeans, but it’s a super simple way to make a

tasty barbecue side that has 90 calories perserving,” says McCary. Try her favorite recipemade with I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!Light Spread.

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Combine all ingredients except 1 tablespoonI Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Light Spreadin center of 30x18-inch sheet heavy-duty alu-minum foil. Wrap foil loosely around mixture,sealing edges airtight with double fold. Placeon another 30x18-inch sheet of foil; seal edgesairtight with double fold in opposite direction.Grill, shaking package occasionally and turn-ing package once, 10 minutes or until greenbeans are tender. Top with remaining 1 table-spoon Spread.

A guide to grillingwith wood and smoke

(MS) – Slow smokedchicken, ribs and brisket arestaples of the traditional Amer-ican barbecue. The deepsmoky flavors and fall-off-the-bone tenderness is a hallmarkof the low-and-slow – a lowtemperature, cooked over along time – cooking technique.

Originally, open pit fireswere used for the slow cookingprocess. Luckily, with asmoker box, wood chips and agas barbecue, backyard chefs

can now taste the smoky flavorof wood and cook with theconvenience of gas.

Here are some helpful tipsfor adding smoky flavor toyour next backyard meal.

• Wood chips should besoaked in water for at least anhour before using. Drain themand add them to a stainlesssteel or cast iron smoker box.

• Fill the smoker box two-thirds of the way with chipsand place the box on either the

heat plate above the burner oron the cooking grids.

• Add wood chips five to 10minutes before putting yourmeat on the grill – raw meatstake on smoky flavors muchbetter than even slightlycooked meats. Having asmoky environment to startwill enhance and deepenedflavors.

• Smoked meats will havea deep, pink ring on the out-side – this indicates how deepthe smoke has penetrated themeat.

• Hickory is probably themost famous smoking hard-wood. It imparts a stronghearty flavor to meats and isused mostly to smoke porkshoulders and ribs.

• Mesquite is one of themost popular woods. It issweeter and more delicatethan hickory, and is a perfectcomplement to richly fla-vored meats such as beef,duck or lamb.

• Apple has a sweet, mildflavor and is used mostly withpork and game, but can beused for poultry as well.

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Summer songs bringback memories

Certain songs evoke feelingsof summertime and call to mindbackyard barbecues or gather-ings on the beach. There are cer-tain classic hits that seem to gohand-in-hand with warmweather. While there are scoresof songs that topped the chartsduring the summer months,these songs seem like they weretailor made specifically forsummer fun.• “Under the Boardwalk,” TheDrifters• “School’s Out,” Alice Cooper• “Summer Nights,” John Tra-volta and Olivia Newton-John• “Summer Breeze,” Seals andCroft• “Soak up the Sun,” SherylCrow• “Hot Fun in the Summertime,”Sly and the Family Stone• “California Gurls,” KatyPerry, featuring Snoop Dogg• “Summer in the City,” TheLovin’ Spoonful• “Vacation,” The Go-Go’s• “In the Summertime,” MungoJerry• “Dancing in the Street,”Martha and the Vandellas• “Good Vibrations,” The BeachBoys• “Margaritaville,” Jimmy Buf-fett• “Life is a Highway,” RascalFlatts• “Summertime,” Bon Jovi• “Summer Wind,” Michael

Buble• “Summertime Blues,” EddieCochran• “California Girls,” The BeachBoys• “Water,” Brad Paisley• “Saturday in the Park,”Chicago• “Summer Days,” Bob Dylan• “The Tide is High,” Blondie• “Ventura Highway,” America• “Pink Houses,” John Mellen-camp• “Cruel Summer,” Bana-

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Before iPods, before boomboxes, before the Walkman, peoplelistened to the latest tunes on transistor radios during summerendless days of cruising, suntan lotion and drive-in restaurants.

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Practice safety, common sense when hiking

Are you ready to enjoy the great outdoors? It pays to be prepared when embarking on a hikingtrip so you can return safe and sound.

A warm breeze, the soundof a bubbling brook and thefresh smell of pine in the airare just some of the draws ofhiking. There’s nothing quitelike getting outdoors and en-joying nature.

Although hiking isn’t in-herently dangerous, being atthe mercy of the elementsdoes imply some risk. As aresult, it pays to be preparedwhen embarking on a hikingtrip.

Even novice hikers knowto avoid bug bites and applysunscreen before heading out-doors, but there are also somelesser-known potential haz-ards on the hiking trail. Heed-ing these tips can keep aperson safe.

• Plan ahead. Understandthe terrain and the trails be-fore you begin the hike. Visitthe park or area’s official Website to access detailed, print-able trail maps and other in-formation about the area.Make note of ranger stations,portable bathrooms and anyother places you may want touse as pit stops along the way.Give a copy of the trail mapto someone staying behind,marking your planned placeof entry. In the event you get

lost, the person at home canalert authorities to your ap-proximate location.

• Know your environ-ment. Hiking trails can befound all around the world.Some may be arid and barrenareas, while other areas maybe lush and tropical. Each ofthese regions brings withthem their own share ofplants and animals. It is wiseto know which species youmay encounter along the wayso you will know how to treata bite or a brush with a poi-sonous plant in the event ofan emergency.

• Be mindful of theweather. Before going on thehike, get the latest weather re-port from a few differentsources. This way you willhave an average picture inyour head of what theweather will be, and you canchoose your footwear, cloth-ing and other essentials basedon that forecast. Few thingscan spoil a trip faster than un-predictable weather and fail-ure to be ready for it.

• Pack a supply kit. It’seasy to go overboard on gear,but there are some basics thatshould be hiking essentials.Include a first aid kit, a Swiss

Army Knife, matches or alighter, aspirin, a flashlight,and toilet paper in your sup-ply kit.

• Bring water. Water is es-sential when going on a hik-ing trip. By the time you arefeeling thirsty, you are alreadydehydrated. Bring at least 1 to2 liters of water per person.Keep in mind that this maymean adding 3 to 4 pounds tothe pack. When necessary,trade excess weight in othersupplies for water, since wateris most essential. Drinkingfrom springs or lakes is not ad-visable. Animals bathe and re-lieve themselves in that water,and it might be teeming withbacteria.

• Pack snacks. Bring alonglightweight snacks, such asgranola bars, dried fruit andnuts. Avoid sugary or starchysnacks that your body will burnup in no time, leaving you feel-ing hungry again. Keep food intightly fitted containers so aro-mas won’t lure curious animalsin close.

• Embark early. The tem-perature is lower in the morn-ing, and the sun is less intensein early morning as well. In ad-dition, starting early reducesthe chance you will be hiking

in the dark.• Be aware of your sur-

roundings. Although most an-imals will be content to avoid ahiking party, if they are pro-voked or caught off guard, theymay defend themselves. Watchwhere you are walking andavoid going off the trail. If scal-ing rocks, be careful where youput your hands. There may be

snakes or small rodents lurkingin crevices.

• Carry a field guide. Referto a field guide to help identifyplants, trees and animals youmay have seen.

• Take plenty of photo-graphs. Most hikers want todocument the sights aroundthem. Capture the momentswith photos and be sure to

make prints later.• Carry out only what you

carried in. Litter can ruin anatural landscape and put ani-mals in danger. Always bring atrash bag and remove yourspent items. Also, leave natureas you found it. Resist the urgeto take flowers or saplings orany other samples of the envi-ronment.

Use the three Ps of decorating for an instant makeover(ARA) – Looking for a trendy

home and garden makeover thatgives instant gratification anddoesn’t require a lot of time and re-sources? The latest trends in fashionand home decorating are drawing in-spiration from the bright colors andlaid-back attitudes of the tropics.

“Vibrant tropical colors are influ-encing home decor and gardens thisspring and summer,” says DougJimerson, editor-in-chief of gardeningfor Better Homes and Gardens.

Whether you want to makeover adeck, patio or porch, add some tropi-cal flair by following the “three P’s”

of outdoor design: plants, paint andpunch.Plants

“New tropical plants are easy togrow for any outdoor space,” Jimer-son says. “With fantastic colors andfoliage, it’s simple to add splashes ofintense color throughout your garden,

deck and patio.” Jimerson suggests going big and

bold with gorgeous blooms of colorfulhibiscus that come in dozens of brighttropical colors.

“Whether you’re planning a sum-mer luau, graduation party or justwant a restful retreat, decorating yourbackyard with easy care, sun-lovinghibiscus offer a blaze of color for anyoccasion. Cut hibiscus flowers float-ing in water make an exotic center-piece, and using the blooms asgarnishes takes al fresco dining to thenext level,” Jimerson says.

“People have already warmed up tomandevilla for splashes of intensecolor throughout gardens and outdoorspaces and use them to create a natu-ral privacy screen on trellises and ar-bors. And don’t be afraid to mixplants, colors and textures when dec-orating your outdoor spaces,” saysJimerson.

Cool tropicals like desert rose havea unique bonsai-like appearance. Ade-nium Kissable Pink, Red and Blushcome in eye-popping colors and strik-ing flowers and best of all, can beoverwintered indoors.

To see a full range of tropical plantsand more inspiration, visit www.hines-growers.comPaint

Paint is one of the easiest, most eco-nomical ways to create a tropical feelinside or out. Choosing a color that re-minds you of the beach sets the themefor your overall design.

Margie Grace, of Grace Design As-sociates, and a member of the Associ-ation of Professional Landscape

Designers (APLD), advises not tolimit painting to just walls.

“Paint an old set of chairsCaribbean blue, containers coral redand sunshine yellow,” she says. “Justremember when choosing a shade,tropical colors aren’t going to fadeinto the background. They’re going tomake a vibrant statement.”

An accent wall on a deck or patiopainted in key lime or ocean blue in-stantly transforms a space. Carry thetropics inside with a less saturatedcolor like a warm mango tone or paira rich, intense color accent wall withneutrals.

If you want to turn up the heat, trybougainvillea in rich colors for a blastof gorgeous blooms for decks, pool-side, patios and porches.Punch

Adding tropical patterns and fabricsinto your decor brings flexibility andendless possibilities.

Cushions in tropical colors, throwpillows with bold floral designs andtropical inspired linens on the tableare an easy way to add punch to youroutdoor decor.

Use a single pattern to underscoreyour tropical theme or mix things upwith a variety of prints and stripes.Keep in mind the many patterns thatfall into the tropical category, includ-ing floral, greenery, and ocean andbeach elements. Think Hawaiianshirts.

Surround yourself with lush trop-ical flowers and foliage for immedi-ate impact and tropically inspiredcolors to turn your home into yourfavorite staycation paradise.

Bougainvillea and mandevilla are easy to grow in any outdoor space.

4B - Paulding County Progress - Fun In The Sun Wednesday, May 23, 2012

2013's Now Arriving!

Tips for newcomersto the game of golf

New to golf? Take advantage of these tips before making plans to join the pro tour.

Few hobbies can be as enjoyable one mo-ment and as frustrating the next as golf.Golfers know a great putt can be quickly fol-lowed by a bad tee shot, and maintaining theircomposure through the highs and lows of thegame is a key to success on the links.

Maintaining that composure isn’t alwayseasy, even for the professionals. It’s even moredifficult for beginners, who quickly learn thegame of golf involves more than just spendingsunny weekend afternoons on pristine golfcourses. In fact, golf can be quite demanding,and beginners would be wise to heed a fewtips before hitting the course.

• Don’t commit to an expensive set ofclubs right off the bat. Golf clubs can be verypricey, so beginners should buy an affordablesecondhand set of clubs so they can get thehang of what they like before spending a lotof money. Visit a pro shop and explain thatyou are just a beginner. The shop will likelymake some valuable suggestions and mighteven let you try out a pair of clubs. In addition,many driving ranges allow customers to rentclubs, and this can be a great and inexpensiveway to find the right clubs for you.

• Take lessons. Even the very best at self-teaching might find it extremely difficult tobecome a self-taught golfer. When first tryingyour hand at golf, take some lessons and don’texpect to be playing 18 holes any time soon.Before hitting the course, where you might bediscouraged and you might frustrate those

golfing behind you, learn the fundamentals bytaking a few lessons at the driving range.Learn from a professional, who won’t offeryou any hidden secrets to golfing glory (therearen’t any), but will offer sound advice on thegame’s fundamentals.

• Take the game home with you. Begin-ners can even take advantage of golf’s vastpopularity by taking the game home withthem. This doesn’t mean building a puttinggreen in your backyard. Rather, purchasesome instructional DVDs to learn the gameduring your down time throughout the week.Many golfers don’t have time to hit the linksduring the week, but they do have time towatch some DVDs when they get home fromwork. Such instructional videos can help youmaster your grip and stance, which you canthen take with you to the course over theweekend.

• Have fun. Golf is a fun game; it just takestime to hone your skills. But even if you aren’tready for the professional tour after your firstfew rounds, you can still have fun. Don’t letsome beginner’s frustration, which everygolfer experiences, ruin the fun of the game.Take note of your surroundings when you hitthe links, and appreciate the time you’respending with your group. If the game be-comes more a source of frustration than fun,then take a break and put in some more workaway from the course, be it at the drivingrange or studying at home.

Lack of regular physical activity results in a quarter of a million deaths annually. Exercise pro-vides health benefits as well as helping you keep your weight down.

Instead of a sports spectator,become a sports participant

(NewsUSA) – It’s homerun time. From spring train-ing through the World Seriesin October, baseball fans areglued to their flat screens.

Vascular surgeon David H.Stone, M.D., encourages armchair enthusiasts to get intothe game. “Find your favoritesummertime sports pastime,and give your vascular sys-tem a great workout.”

As a member of the Societyfor Vascular Surgery, Dr.Stone encourages physicalactivity that can pump upblood while lowering bloodpressure. “More than diet, ex-ercise helps keep your weightdown and provides positivehealth benefits,” said Dr.Stone.

After a one-hour workout,the Mayo Clinic states that a

200-pound person will haveburned the following calories:

• Baseball – 455• Bicycling, 10 mph – 364• Golfing, carrying clubs –

391• Rope jumping – 1,074• Swimming laps – 528• Tennis, singles – 728.To remain “in the game,”

Dr. Stone recommends:• 30 minutes of exercise

daily. This may reduce therisk of stroke, the fourth lead-ing cause of death in Americaaccording to the United StatesCenters for Disease Controland Prevention’s (CDC) 2010National Vital Statistics Re-port. In 2010, 137,000 Amer-icans died of stroke.

• a healthy diet• not smoking• maintaining a healthy

body weight.The lack of regular physi-

cal activity results in 250,000deaths annually, according toa 2003 report in the medicaljournal Circulation. The leastphysically fit persons have amortality risk 4.5 timeshigher than physically fit per-sons.

Lifestyle choices affectblood flow and blood pres-sure. The 2010 Centers forDisease Control and Preven-tion statistics indicate thatone in every three Americansmore than 20 years old hashigh blood pressure.

To detect vascular disease,noninvasive screening testsare available. To treat vascu-lar disease, medications andpreventive surgical proce-dures are available.

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Consumers are spending more on leisure activities and entertainment this year, includingtheme parks and movie theaters.

Consumers spending moreon leisure, entertainment

(NAPS) – New data from a major financialinstitution revealed that many Americans areenjoying themselves more in 2012. Accordingto the Chase Freedom Lifestyle Index, abarometer of consumer trends based on aggre-gated Chase Freedom cardmember spendingdata, consumers are spending more on leisureactivities and entertainment this year com-pared to the first quarter of 2011.

The data shows that in the first quarter of2012:

• Spending at movie theaters increased by24 percent, while theme parks saw a 21 per-cent increase compared to 2011.

• Spending at recreation facilities, such asgolf courses, ski resorts and campgrounds,rose by 7 percent compared to the first quarterof last year.

Additionally, based on last year’s data, cel-ebrations of Mother’s Day, Father’s Day andgraduations are driving springtime spendingon gifts and consumer wish list items, such asflowers, jewelry and electronics. BetweenApril and May of 2011:

• Spending on flowers increased by 92percent, although men spend nearly twice asmuch as women on flowers on Valentine’sDay, both spend roughly the same on bouquetsand blossoms in May.

• Spending on jewelry increased by 28percent between April and May 2011. Statesin the Northeast drove the biggest increase,with 36 percent.

• Total consumer electronics spending in-creased 21 percent nationwide, with a largerincrease of 28 percent in the West.

STATEPOINT CROSSWORDTHEME: U.S. GEOGRAPHY

ACROSS1. Felipe _____, Formula One racer6. Holiday helper9. *This Harvard team rows on Boston’sCharles River13. “Get _ ____ job!”14. Be a witness15. *East side of Jersey16. Catherine Middleton’s new acces-sory17. ___ capita18. *Native of Des Moines19. Like a black-tie event21. *In the middle of the U.S.23. Often comes before “out”24. 8 to Caesar25. Rudyard Kipling novel28. ____-de-camp30. To produce within35. Black tropical cuckoos37. Elton John and Bono, e.g.39. Lined with crystals40. Anything half-moon shaped41. Brother of a certain secret order43. Largest continent44. It usually wafts46. Farmer’s storage47. Short for “dictionary”48. Navy rank50. Like #44 Across, this also wafts52. ___ degree53. Birdbrain55. Small protuberance57. *Steamboat and Old Faithful, e.g.61. PBS street64. German submarine destroyer65. Philosophical system67. “On a _____ of 1 to 10”69. Averages70. Water in Paris71. Tiny amounts72. Bent when genuflecting73. Decay74. Beside, archaic

DOWN1. Dojo pad2. *Like Mohave Desert3. Popular cooking method for Ahi tuna4. Hindu woman’s dress5. *Mount McKinley state6. Oscar of sports7. ___ Harvey Oswald8. Nobel-winning physicist9. Grub10. U.S. furniture maker11. Time periods12. Moved or exited15. Building side20. Temblor or quake22. Mad King George, or George ___24. Particular rendering25. *Southernmost point of U.S.26. Contain the ashes27. King of ancient Crete29. Buenos ____31. Necklace pearl, e.g.32. Violinist’s pine resin33. Court order, e.g.34. End of the road?36. 18-wheeler38. Auctioneer’s exclamation42. Not a soul45. Ends of shoe laces49. And not51. *Western neighbor to #5 Down54. Twig of a willow tree56. Comes in bits for salads57. Thick messy substance58. Jet black59. Yesteryear60. Equal61. Plant fungus62. Friend from Down Under63. Distinctive elegance66. ___ Paolo68. *Three ahead of PST

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Gardening with kids teaches healthy habits(StatePoint) – School may

be out for summer in manyplaces, but as a parent, you canensure there are plenty of op-portunities for your children tolearn new things throughoutthe vacation.

Start with something fun,practical, and vital to healthand wellness. According to

the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention, child-hood obesity has more thantripled in the past 30 years.But you can fight this trendwith a hands-on lesson in nu-trition.

“Gardening is a great wayto bridge the summer learninggap and promote a healthy

lifestyle,” said Shari Brown,the winner of 2012 ToyotaTeacher of the Year Award.“Not only will you be im-proving your family’s nutri-tion by incorporating freshfruits and vegetables intoyour meals, you’ll be expos-ing your children to a subjectthey may not learn about inschool.”

Brown, a North Carolinaeducator, was honored by theNational Center for FamilyLiteracy for her work helpingfamilies learn together. Sheplans to use her grant award tocreate a community garden.

Brown is encouraging fam-ilies everywhere to learn to-gether while gardening. Shehas several tips to help youlearn in the garden:

• Involve your children in

the process of picking outwhat type of plants to grow.Then develop fun, nutritionalmeals together, such as veg-gie pizza and fruit salad.

• Bugs are cool! Get yourkids excited and curiousabout crucial garden critterswith library books, Internetsites, your local science cen-ter, videos and bug games.

• Read stories about gar-dening with your children.Make a scrapbook about theexperience of growing yourgarden.

• Emphasize gardeningand nutrition lessons in yourhome, too. Get your kids wa-tering the house plants andmaking sure they haveenough sunlight. Teach yourkids what is compostable andhave a discussion over dinner

about where all the food ontheir plate comes from, notjust what you’ve grown your-self. Expose them to a widevariety of new fruits, vegeta-bles, plants and seasonings.

The fruits and veggies youharvest will be delicious, butyour child’s knowledge willbe the most important thingyou grow in the garden thissummer.

Understanding ecoscapingEcoscaping is a growing trend among home-

owners who want to take care of their lawns andlandscapes, but want to do so in a way that’s en-vironmentally friendly.

Integrating both landscape architecture andspatial planning with environmental science,ecoscaping is meant to help homeowners createa sustainable and eco-friendly landscape design.

It’s natural to assume that ecoscaping includeslooking for ways to reduce reliance on chemicalpesticides, but there are many additional wayshomeowners can embrace ecoscaping. This in-

cludes removing or refusing to plant invasiveplants that are difficult to control because theyare from different ecosystems and can threatenlocal wildlife and existing plants. Instead ofchoosing exotic plants that aren’t native to thearea, choose native plants that are accustomed tothe local climate.

Another way to embrace ecoscaping is to de-velop a planting strategy wherein plants areplanted in beneficial growing conditions that caneliminate the need for chemical fertilizers andexcessive watering.

Your child’s knowledge will grow along with your garden whenyou involve her in gardening this summer.