A ribbon cutting was held for Jimmy John's located at 66 Hiram Douglasville Highway in Hiram. Jimmy John's specializes in gourmet sandwiches and making them freaky fast. Jimmy John's can also cater your next event.

A ribbon cutting was held for Catchin' Rays Tan at 80 Seven Hill Blvd. in the Cedarcrest Community of Dallas in the Publix Shopping Center. Catchin' Rays Tan offers a variety of tanning options including spray tanning and several spa services.

The Annual Rotary Golf Tournament provides our club with the ability to invest in our local community. We appreciate our many sponsors and supporters, whose continued participation has made this event such a great success.

The Paulding County Boys & Girls Club is proud to announce the 2018 Youth of the Year winner at our Club – Kani Davis (he received this honor for two consecutive years in a row). Kani will join about 20 other youth from Clubs across the city to compete in the Metro Atlanta Youth of the Year event on November 2.

WellStar Health System today announced the opening of the Imogene Walraven Waldrop & Charles W. Waldrop Infusion Center at WellStar Paulding Hospital. The new outpatient infusion center, supported by a planned gift from Paulding County native Imogene Walraven Waldrop to the WellStar Foundation, provides patients undergoing cancer and other medical treatments with additional resources and amenities, leading to a higher level of comfort and emotional support.

Paulding County area residents came out to White Oak Park to clean up, as part of the continuing statewide campaign to clean and preserve over 70,000 miles of Georgia’s rivers and streams. The effort was part of Rivers Alive, a joint program of the Environmental Protection Division’s Outreach Education Programs and the Department of Community Affairs’ Keep Georgia Beautiful Program.

The Parental Accountability Court Program seeks to remove the underlying issues that cause noncustodial parents to become chronic non-payers of child support. Through judicial oversight, the program assists to transition non-custodial parents with barriers to self-sufficiency through parent accountability, employment, and education.

Dr. Brian Otott update members on the status and plans for the Paulding school system. Dr. Otott marked the growth of the Paulding school system as well as the research and planning to keep up with that growth. In addition to quantity, Dr. Otott also spoke of the programs, opportunities, and grants that are being applied to our school system.

Paulding Meadows has been a Paulding County tradition for 39 years now. This year, 2018, likely broke last year's record turnout. Paulding County residents turned out in record numbers for this year's Paulding Meadows Festival. There were approximately 56,000 participants at this past weekend's event.

The Paulding County 4-H Forestry Judging team recently competed at the Northwest District Forestry Judging Competition in Conyers, Georgia. The team consisted of Junior and Senior 4- H’ers who spent 6 weeks preparing for the competition. 4-H’ers from 10 counties in North Georgia competed in the Forestry Field Day event.