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Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report

Speaker Pam Montgomery of the James A. Garfield Historical Society regaled the members of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club with fascinating facts about the area–Garrettsville, Hiram, Freedom, Nelson–and its people. This included Garrettsville bands ( Young Garland Randall used to ride his bike in from Nelson so he could play...

H&G Amish Style

At the Amish Home & Garden Show, which took place just last weekend, there’s one thing you can count on finding, no matter what you came for in the first place, and that’s –FOOD. You can hit the Auction House Restaurant (which features the Farmers’ Grill) or just browse around...

Grrrrrrr

I am starting (again) to get cranked-out by people being utterly unaware of the fact that what they are doing–or NOT doing–is affecting other people, and not in a good way. In short, people are starting to bug me. Imagine that! Now, I am not, in any way, shape or...

Twentieth Century Club News

The March 2, 2023 meeting of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville was held in the Garrettsville Family YMCA with Karen Ziarko and Joyce Fashing serving as hostesses for the evening. The roll call response was favorite Ohio landmarks and the members proved to be well-traveled and enthusiastically appreciative of...

Easy Riders?

Well, they did it again. They came. They saw. They caught a break in the weather and had a very successful Road Apple Roubaix on Saturday (March 4, 2023) in Garrettsville…and surrounding locales, as they took to the roads, out-and-about, returned to Slim & Jumbo’s and generally made a day...

Winter Wonderland?

So… I’ve been wondering a whole bunch of stuff about this so-called winter which we have been having. It seems that there are records of all sort being broken all over the place…highest temperature on such-and-such a date…least amount of snow for whatever month…lowest temperature on some other date...

Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report

The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram met on Presidents’ Day, February 20, 2013 to observe the day and conduct the following business ? Solicit more baskets & donations for the Scotch Doubles Bowling night coming up (March 11). Policy review for required harassment policy. Should this be posted on club website?...

J.A. Garfield Historical Society News

The James A. Garfield Historical Society met on February 20, 2023 in the historic Mott Building on Main Street, with two visitors and one donation (from one of the visitors). The organization is still seeking an individual to serve as a paid intern during the summer, to assist with tech...

Unseasonable?

If it’s Thursday, this must be Springtime. There was a book or movie once-upon-a-time about someone taking a European tour–one of those guided rat-races through the continent–where nobody gets a chance to do much more than spot the Eiffel Tower on their way to the London Bridge. The name of...

A February Spring Is Not Worth A Thing!

So opines the Old Farmer’s Almanac (Actually the Old Farmer says it’s “not worth a pin,” but I took a few poetic liberties to improve {?} the rhyme). February has a number of putative highlights: andlemas/Groundhog Day, the Full Snow moon (Doesn’t seem to have been very consequential, at...

Merrily We Roll Along…

Well, sorta… “Merrily” might be overstating just a tad, but I sure did some rolling. First off, was the trip to Kentucky–Glasgow, Kentucky, to be specific, a trip of some seven or so hours, making good time. The high-rollers on the JAG Quiz Bowl team made the trek down to the...

Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report

Roger Cram (the Ultimate Rotarian) was the featured speaker at the February 6, 2023 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club, held at Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville. He outlined the content of his recently-published book, which is composed of some 25 stories about unsung, everyday heroes, ten of whom...

Twentieth Century Club News

The February 2, 2023 meeting of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville was held at the home of Nasreen Kitko, with the hostess being assisted in her entertaining duties by Betty Clapp and being, also, the presenter of the evening’s program, which was on Ohio’s Highways and By-ways. The...

I Scream… You Scream… We All Scream…

ICE ! No cream…just that gosh-awful ICE. On the roads, on the sidewalks, on the parking lots & driveways…By the by, I will take this opportunity to give a shout-out of appreciation–which I try to do at least yearly–to those folks around town who keep their sidewalks cleared. Not everybody...

J.A. Garfield Historical Society News

The January 16, 2023 meeting of the James A. Garfield Historical Society opened by greeting Dave and Polly Winchell as new members and noting a request from a Civil War researcher from Kent for assistance and information on veterans of this conflict from Nelson. Dues are due; the JAGHS...

Twentieth Century Club News

The January 19, 2023 meeting of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville was held in the Charles Klamer Professional Development Center at Garfield Elementary School, with Bonnie Oliver and Carol Torda serving as hostesses for the evening. As the evening’s program was about blizzards, the tasty viands were distinctly...

Unlikely All-sorts

The Akron Beacon-Journal has had some beauts lately. One of my favorites was the New Funko Pop Collection “honoring” Dolly Parton. Now Dolly has received just about every honor that a country/pop/r&r singer is likely to be nominated for. She’s been in the movies and on TV and received...

HA HA ! Ha Ha! ha ha…what?

I have always thought that my sense of humor was, at least, O.K. But I’m beginning to wonder about everybody else, especially in the public prints and commercially-produced correspondence, i.e., cards of various sorts. Whole bunches of TV commercials too, fail to make it to contact my funny bone....

Oddness Out There!!

Every so often something worth paying attention to pops up on my computer screen. This does NOT include the stuff in the SPAM folder from the vast number of outfits who seem to think that I am some dude named “Ivan” who can’t spell his own name; those people...

Twentieth Century Club News

The Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville met on December 15, 2022 at the seasonally- decorated home of Kathy Countryman for the annual Christmas Party. The roll call response was to be members’ favorite Christmas memories, and they were as varied as the membership itself. Among the featured thoughts were...

Right!!

That’s my response to a communication from, of all people, the Porch Kitty Fan Club. In the lovely Christmas card was a quotation–you know the one about the power of the pen– and giving notice that a donation had been made to the Portage APL in memory of Barry...

Final Bow

“Bow”…as in “leave the stage while acknowledging applause after an excellent performance.” Everybody knew Barry, Barry Vancura…and he knew everybody (If he did not, he’d continue talking until something or somebody clued him in as to who furnished the other side of the conversation, and went on from there--it...

‘Tis The Season

So… Didja get your entry in for the Name a Snowplow contest with the Ohio Turnpike commission? Some of the winners from last year were in the paper recently and I have to say they were pretty clever. This year’s contest ended Sunday, so we’ll have to wait and...

Well That’s That

And “that” was the 20222 Christmas Walk…an adventure from start to finish, just about.First off, there was the withdrawal of one of the original four houses from the list of designated residences, which necessitated a search for another home in town with easy access and adequate parking possibilities. That...

Well… That Was Fun

No, Really. I enjoyed myself immensely. Not everyone would enjoy having people–some known, some unknown–coming through their home for seven hours a day, looking around, commenting on everything in sight, wondering about what’s not in sight, asking questions about stuff that had been answered back when they hadn’t been...

Folly? Did Someone Say Folly?

Oh, “Fa La La La La !” you said. My bad…or worse, maybe. “Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, Please to put a penny in the old man’s hat.” Or more like it, at my place, “Christmas is coming. The Walk is on its way. There are way,...

Look!!! Up In The Sky!!!

Remember that one? “Look !!! Up in the sky !! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! “It’s Superman !!!” Nah, never mind, It’s not Superman, it’s a whole bunch of super people–The Fraternal Order of Eagles, to be exact. And what set me off on this tack was the sign out...

Twentieth Century Club News

The October 6, 2022 meeting of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville took place at the home of Joyce Fashing, with Karen Ziarko serving as co-hostess. Several changes to meeting locations were announced (November 17 to the home of Linda Fitt, January 5 at the home of Jane Hill,...

‘Fraid This Is IT

Ya got yer Full Hunter’s Moon. (The last big full moon was the Harvest Moon, you know, like as in–hum along, now, “Shine on, Shine on Harvest Moon, up in the sky. I ain’t had no lovin’ since January, February, June or July. Snow time ain’t no time to...

Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report

Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club met on October 10, 2022 in Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville at high noon to deal with many topics. One of them was a presentation by Cindy Sheehan, representing the Friends of the Library, Garrettsville branch, advocating for, and seeking support for the creation of the Miss...
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