Every year Paulding County Farm Bureau awards scholarships to deserving Paulding County Seniors in Memory of Dr Jim Goodman past president of Paulding County Farm Bureau and county dentist. Dr Goodman believed education was one of the most important tools a person could obtain.

Paulding County Cloverleaf 4-H’ers traveled to Seven Springs Church in Lithia Springs, Georgia to compete at the County Project Achievement (CPA) competition. There were 49 students that competed at the 1st ever county-level event. Each student presented in 1 of 34 categories for their specific program areas.

A select group of Chattahoochee Tech students is better prepared to serve as effective workforce leaders upon graduating from the college’s 2021 Student Leadership Academy. The college honored these students in a ceremony held Friday, April 16, at the North Metro Campus.

Kaleigh Minyard, a representative from Hiram High School Career & Technical Instruction (CTI), attended the 39th Annual CTI State Leadership Conference that was held virtually on April 14-16, 2021.

Chattahoochee Tech graduate Alderine Healey recently was named the 2020 Private Pre-K Teacher of the Year by the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL). For the past five years, Healey has served as a lead Pre-K teacher at the YMCA Paulding Early Learning Center in Hiram.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

April 4, 2021, was a beautiful 72-degree sunny day in New Hope for the dedication of the Flight 242 monument. Families came from Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia. Survivors and family members gathered this Easter Sunday on the 43rd Anniversary of the crash of Southern Airways Flight 242 to share in the monument dedication ceremony.

The Qualusi Vineyard is built on family land nestled in rolling hills in the northeast part of Paulding. Once you get to this beautiful location, you feel like you are far away from the hustle and bustle and instantly relax.

Paulding County’s Richland Creek Reservoir (RCR), the road to the county’s water source for future decades, as part of the final touches to construction of the facility will pave the entrance road into the 300-plus acre site.

CareLink community health and resource center, providing low-cost, high-quality medical care and support resources, enters its third year of being open and ready to serve Paulding County residents that have no insurance or Medicare Part A only, and continues to be a best-kept secret – while hiding in plain sight.