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Upcoming Community Events – Week of July 20th
Portage Senior Citizens Opportunities
Weekdays
The Portage County Senior Center, located at 705 Oakwood St., in Ravenna has many daily opportunities for local seniors to enjoy. On any given day, you can enjoy, bingo, Tai Chi, educational programs, art class, corn hole, cards & dominos with friends, and they...
Community EMS District Adds Two Paramedics
Garrettsville – Community EMS District is proud to announce that Clinton Corpening and Jason Dailey have successfully completed their paramedic education through University Hospitals Paramedic program. Their education lasted 10 months, with over 1,000 hours logged between classroom lecture, clinical internship and ride-a-longs with other paramedic units. Along with...
55th Annual Ox Roast Fair This Weekend In Mantua
Mantua - Plan to attend the largest, three-day fair in Northern Portage County where you’ll enjoy delicious food and find family fun for all ages. St. Joseph’s Ox Roast Fair in Mantua begins on Friday, July 20th, at 6:00 to 11:30 p.m., Saturday, July 21st, from 1:00 to 11:30...
GHS Class of 1973 Celebrates at Reunion
The James A. Garfield High School class of ’73 recently got together at Sugar Bush Golf Club for the 45th anniversary of their graduation and had a fine time comparing wrinkles, hair colors…or loss of same…pictures of grandchildren and such. The class officers, headed up by Barb Bailey, put...
Headwaters Adventure Race to take place in Mantua
Mantua – The Portage Park District Foundation will hold its Headwaters Adventure Race on Saturday, July 14 beginning at Buchert Park in Mantua Village at 8 a.m. The cost of the race is $49 per person or $29 for ages 18 and under. Boat rentals are available. Registration is...
Chiropractic Center of Garrettsville Awards Scholarships to Lawrence & Siracki
Garrettsville - Chiropractic Center of Garrettsville is happy to announce that Makenna Lawrence is a winner of this years Chiropractic Center of Garrettsville scholarship. Makenna Lawrence plans to attend University of Mount Union to begin her studies. She plans to study early childhood education and to participate in middle...
Portage Park District Seeks Public Input On New Properties
Ravenna – Portage Park District is now seeking public input to inform plans for creating two new parks on properties acquired in recent years, currently known as the ‘Tinkers Creek Greenway’ and the ‘Kent Bog Expansion’. Input from the community is being collected on the types of amenities that...
Cindy Britton of Valley Bend, WV
Cindy Britton (nee Hyeson) passed away on Wednesday July 4th, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 9, 1950 in Valley Bend, West Virginia to James and Ada (Oxley) Blake.
She loved to garden and the outdoors. Her favorite thing to do was to spend quality time...
Charles B. Sharp, Jr. of Garrettsville, OH
Charles B. Sharp, Jr., passed away peacefully on April 30, 2018 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on January 27, 1936 to Charlie and Irene (Crouse) Sharp in Anthony, Ks.
He was a United States Navy Veteran, a member of the American Legion post # 674 and the...
Jacqueline Janka formerly of Garrettsville, OH
There will be a Graveside Committal of Ashes Service for Jacqueline Janka (Edick) formerly of Garrettsville, Ohio on July 19, 2018, 2 p.m. at Park Cemetery, Garrettsville, Ohio. Celebrant will be Rev. Dr. Richard Thewlis.
Patsy I. Sharp of Garrettsville, OH
Patsy I. Sharp, 81, of Garrettsville, passed away on Saturday February 10, 2018 at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 20, 1937 in Wichita, Kansas to William and Ester (nee’ Linebach) Banks.
She was a proud member of the Eastern Star, American Legion Post #694 and...
James V. DeLong of Garrettsville, OH
James V. DeLong, 66, of Garrettsville, passed away peacefully on June 22, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on December 26, 1951 in Bedford, Ohio to Victor and Maxine (Stoneking) DeLong. James married his beloved wife, Karen Gilligan, on July 14, 1979.
He was a former member...
Leone “Grandma” Burrows of Mantua, OH
Leone “Grandma” Burrows, 100, of Mantua, Ohio and formerly of Grantsville, WV. She passed peacefully with family members at her side and joined the blessed angels from up above on June 28, 2018.
She was the beloved daughter of Trevie and Elizabeth Kelley of Five Forks, WV.
She was the wife...
Library Director encourages residents to take part in a community conversation
Geauga County – How do you want your community library to serve you? That question will be discussed in conversations in Thompson and Bainbridge in July. These discussions will serve as a critical step in establishing the types of spaces that patrons can look forward to. Whether the need...
Upcoming Events at the Garrettsville Library
Learn Japanese Calligraphy II - Guest speaker Haruhide Osugi will speak about calligraphy again on Monday, July 16 at the Garrettsville Library from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Osugi, a Japanese outreach coordinator from Kent State University’s Department of Modern and Classical Languages, will go into more details regarding...
Upcoming Community Events – Week of July 13
Portage Senior Citizens Opportunities
Weekdays
The Portage County Senior Center, located at 705 Oakwood St., in Ravenna has many daily opportunities for local seniors to enjoy. On any given day, you can enjoy, bingo, Tai Chi, educational programs, art class, corn hole, cards & dominos with friends, and they even...
A Weekend Of Great Events In Hiram
Hiram - On July 14th, the Hiram Police Department will hold its annual “Fill a Police Car” Food Drive and Pet Adoption event.
Last year there were over 400 pounds of nonperishable food that was collected for the area Food Cupboard and over 350 pounds of pet food donated, that...
Special Event In Middlefield Marks 200 Years
Middlefield - Here’s a local history question for you to try: What’s the oldest building in Middlefield? It’s the building now known as the Century Inn, formerly known as Thompson Tavern or Batavia House.
Now home to Middlefield Historical Society, the Century Inn has reached a major landmark. The main...
Sandra Lynn Klepper Lilly of Arnoldsburg, WV
It is with great sadness that the family of Sandra Lynn Klepper Lilly, 48, of Arnoldsburg, WV, announce that she has lost her battle with cancer at her home on Monday, June 4, 2018.
She was born November 27, 1969 in Ravenna, Ohio. She was a daughter of the late...
ASPIRE Celebrates HSE Graduation
Approximately 250 guests attended the ASPIRE HSE Recognition that was hosted by The Portage County Literacy Coalition on Thursday, June 7, 2018, held at Maplewood Career Center. Laure Gauntner, ASPIRE Coordinator and Portage County Literacy Coalition President, welcomed HSE graduates, guests, and friends. She also introduced special speakers: Christy...
99th Reunion of Newton Falls Schoolmates & Friends
The Newton Falls Schoolmates and Friends 99th reunion was celebrated June 16th at DiVieste’s Banquet Room in Warren with 337 persons in attendance. Welcoming the schoolmates in the foyer were members of the Class of 1969, Ken Layshock, Dennis Kirkland, Rosie Domyanich, Howie Wolf, Linda Bennight, Delbert Wolaski.
The celebration...
Portage Park District launches community Park Prescription program
Portage Park District recently launched its Park Prescription program, known as Park Rx. The program’s goal is to help the community get healthy and stay healthy while enjoying Portage Parks. Park Rx encourages visitors to use parks to focus on taking care of their health, including taking part in...
A Garfield Teacher And An American Hero
As baby boomers most of us hardly paid attention to the heroes around us. They may have been our parents, aunts, uncles , mailmen steelworkers or teachers. More than likely we chose our heroes from the bulky box in the family room that flickered black and white images across...
Protect Geauga Parks Shelter Sound-Off
Protect Geauga Parks will be having a Shelter Sound- Off on Thursday evening, July 12, 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the Minnow Pond Shelter at Beartown Lakes Reservation in Auburn Township. There will be refreshments and opportunity to meet and greet at 6:30 with updates and discussion beginning at...
Upcoming Events At Angelic Presence
Garrettsville - Angelic Presence will be hosting a class with Carol Borkoski entitiled “How different are you willing to be?” Join us for a fun, interactive class that will help you create a more fun and joyful life. Cost is $30 includes a manual which we will work through....
Red Cross urges donors to fill Missing Types to prevent summer...
The American Red Cross needs help to bring back the A’s, B’s and O’s. This is not a typo. These letters represent blood types, and the reality is that during blood shortages these letters do go missing from hospital shelves. The American Red Cross urges donors of all blood...
Upcoming Community Events – Week of June 29
Portage Senior Citizens Opportunities
Weekdays
The Portage County Senior Center, located at 705 Oakwood St., in Ravenna has many daily opportunities for local seniors to enjoy. On any given day, you can enjoy, bingo, Tai Chi, educational programs, art class, corn hole, cards & dominos with friends, and they even have...
First Responders Honored At Garrettsville Summerfest
Garrettsville’s first responders were honored this past weekend as the Grand Marshals for the 2018 Garrettsville Summerfest Parade. Although they only recognized the chiefs of each department -- Fire, EMS and Police -- on stage, homage was paid to all of those who served the community.
The Garrettsville Fire Department...
Upcoming Community Events – Week of June 22
Garrettsville Eagles Club Events
Garrettsville Eagles Club will be open to the public during Summer Fest. We will have hot dogs and roast beef sandwiches for sale all three days.
Saturday June 23rd, sign up for Yardzee 1-3:00. Start rolling at 3:00, there will be a prize for the winner.
June 30th...
CHS’s American Experience II Class speaks to the Mantua Village Garden...
Andy Brown, teacher of the American Experience Academy II class at CHS, brought 5 of his students to a recent Mantua Village Garden Club meeting. The students shared their knowledge and stories relating to the Aquaponics Program, and also spoke about learning to write grants to fund this amazing...
