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DELPHOS — When I&K Distributers closed last year, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Sarah Brotherwood, who was employed there for 13 years. Searching through job openings in the paper led her to the clerk position at the Delphos Public Library. After reading the description, she knew it was the perfect job for her.
Brotherwood was hired on March 14 and is enjoying settling into her busy routine.

“The day-to-day varies but usually I come in and pull books for the consortium, get those scanned and put them on a shelf for us to get ready,” Brotherwood said. “I also spend time making flyers for upcoming events we have planned. I help check books in and out and I also put books away. I’ve been taking care of our iTunes account and downloading the CD’s we need for story time. We got an iPod, thanks to the Dienstberger Foundation, and I’ve been downloading the CDs into playlists, so we have them all in one place and don’t need to flip through them all.”

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DELPHOS — This past March, Wesleyan Church voted in its newest senior pastor, the Rev. Rodney Shade, who has been the interim pastor for the church since June 2012.

He was saved in October 1974 and was sanctified in the Wesleyan Church in Bradford in 1975.

Throughout his 30 years of ministry, Rev. Shade has remained in Ohio. He began his ministry in 1982 in Troy, where in his five-year tenure with the church, the congregation doubled in attendance. Five years later, Shade became the assistant pastor in New Miami, where he led a congregation of 120 people, was in charge of the church’s Christian School and created a program of how to minister to those not attending the church’s services.

“It’s kinda like PR (Public Relations) in sales,” Shade mused.

Shade experienced a short tenure in New Miami due to the senior pastor’s resignation, which required him to resign his assistant pastor position. In 1988 while in Sidney, Shade’s ministry went really well. In 13 years, the church tripled in attendance, quadrupled in finances and led to the building of a 4,400-square-foot parsonage.

One Year Ago
Tom Grothous, a member of the Delphos Optimist Club, gave a presentation on his recent trip to Australia and New Zealand to his fellow Optimist members. He shared pictures, stories and other memorabilia. Grothous is also Dean-college of technologies at UNOH and “Mr. Wheels” on the call-in “all about your car” radio program on WIMA on Saturday mornings.

25 Years Ago – 1988
Changing Times League of Ohio Child Conservation League held installation of officers at the home of Diane Mueller. New officers for 1988-89 are president, June Korte; vice president, Mary Ellen Hemker; secretary, Alice Davey; treasurer, LaVera Hanf; and reporter, Alice Arnzen. Raffle gift won by Diane Mueller was donated by Marilyn Wagner and Gwen Rohrbacher.

Catholic Ladies of Columbia held their monthly card party at the Knight of Columbus Hall with Ruth Eickholt and Edna Baldauf as chairladies. Winners in euchre were Catherine Miller and Bea Osting; pinochle, Rose Deitering and Gertie Schwertner; grocery certificates, Octavia Grone, Dottie Grothouse, 50-50, Esther Jostpille, Leona Berelsman, Ruth Calvelage and Mary Hughes.

The Delphos Kiwanis Club recently made several donations to local organizations and endeavors. Jeff Koverman from the Delphos Little League accepts a donation from Kiwanis Barb Mesker.

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DELPHOS — In the spring of 1963, gas was 29 cents, JFK was president, the average home cost $12,650, a loaf of bread was 22 cents and on April 30, 1963, the Delphos Kiwanis Club charter was penned.

Ohio District Governor Craig Wallace noted these historical facts as he congratulated the local service organization on its 50th anniversary Wednesday evening at the Firemen’s Club.

“You have changed your community,” Wallace said addressing the 35 club members in attendance and their spouses. “We can look around Delphos and see the projects the Kiwanis have accomplished and the impact it has had. The K-kids are a great group and impact your youth. I have a feeling the next 50 years will be even better.”
The Kiwanis Club has been prominent in the community, completing playground equipment projects at three Delphos parks and picking up events left by the disbanded Lions Club, including the Fourth of July celebration and the annual Pancake and Sausage Day. The group has also stepped forward to assist with Hometown Christmas.
Proceeds from Kiwanis events are also put back in to the community through donations to local post proms, the Rotary Club “Music in the Park” series and Little League to name a few.