Iva Walker

I miss the chicks. Nothing to do with the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue; that’s got more hot chicks than a KFC convention. No, I mean real, live “Peeps”, the little , fluffy yellow (and sometimes other miscellaneous colors, especially if they’re just on the edge of getting real feathers) fuzzies...

Well, that’s a load off my mind! There was a piece in the AB-J and there have been subsequent mentions on NPR and even online about the possibility of a new “snack sensation” to be known as “lady Doritos”. Apparently, a clueless CEO at overeating icon, Pepsico, said in a...

It being the first meeting of the month, the February 5, 2018 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club focused on the following items of business. John Crawford is being tapped as president-elect and will be preparing for attendance at PETS( President Elect Training Sessions) meetings soon. RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership...

Don’t look now, but the crazy stuff is still out there…and I don’t mean snow. That fickle pair, Punxsutawney Phil and Buckeye Chuck have predicted six more weeks of winter, so it’s pretty “old hat” by now ( a phrase that has transitioned from meaning something fairly pornographic in...

A Word to the Wise…. There’s a new restaurant –reported on in The New Yorker—that you might want to think twice about patronizing this month (or any other month, if you ask me ). It’s in Paris, for one thing, not exactly on our regular circuit of dining experiences...

The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram met on January 15, 2018 in Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville to discuss the following : Park signs have arrived. The Headwaters Trail entrances will be marked and information for exploring the village will be available at these entrances. Installation awaits the Spring Thaw, when...

Well, it had to happen. The porch kitties now have a fan base. Can a world tour be far behind? As you may have noticed, it’s been pretty d----d cold outside lately. And despite the heated, insulated luxury boxes on the front porch for the cats, there were some temperature-related...

Garrettsville - “…Gonna find out who’s naughty or nice….” Well, the “naughty” part has my name all over it (mine and Mike Mikula’s) but the “nice” designation goes to the Piecemakers, a local quilting group which has donated some 30 homemade/handmade lap quilts (what my Grandma called “nap quilts”, because...

Ain’t that just the way…. There I am, driving home from a place that I’ve never been before, after dark, with directions quite different from the ones that got me there, those, thankfully, having been researched by an usher at church (during the service?); Divine Providence all the way, considering...

The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram hit the books at their meeting on November 20, 2017 at Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville. The program was presented by Greg Trask of the Portage County District Library Garrettsville branch who gave an outline of the e-services available to library patrons in the...

Going once…going twice…going—to five people?! That was the story of the big finish for the Rotary Reverse Raffle on November 1 at SugarBush Golf Club. The two thousand dollar jackpot finale went to five different ticket holders, each taking home four hundred dollars. Not bad for an evening...

More and more lately, as I approach Veterans’ Day, I think of my Uncle Roy. Strictly speaking, he was Great Uncle Roy, my paternal grandmother’s brother, but we did not stand on ceremony about such niceties. He was the last of his generation on that branch of the family...

The recent gathering of the James A. Garfield Alumni attracted some 126 alumni and guests for an evening of memories, reconnections and entertainment, with delicious catering by Guido’s of Ravenna and a presentation of social and economic points to ponder by Superintendent Ted Lysiak and board vice president David...

With Halloween coming up and all, I think that I’ll have to admit that I think that the house seems to be haunted. Not just by the bats who make periodic appearances (Though not—can I hear some knocking on wood out there—just lately) thupp-thupping around inside the...

The Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club welcomed Kim and Damon Bahr of Utah, formerly with the Historic John Johnson Home and the G-H Rotary, who have returned for the occasion of an unveiling and dedication of a second edition, 1837 copy of The Book of Mormon, a founding document...

Take advantage of the many programs offered—FREE!—at your local branch of the Portage County District Library. There are all kinds of them, something for nearly everybody . Cooks and bakers, craftspersons and sporting types, book discussion aficionados, artist of all sorts, teens, seniors, little ones…keep...

It being the first meeting of the month, the Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram October 2, 2017 meeting was given over to the following business. A donation was received from Brett Pesicek. District 630is requesting volunteers to sell 50/50 tickets at Cleveland Browns games to make a financial contribution to...

The September 18, 2017 meeting of the James A. Garfield Historical Society began with a favorable treasurer’s report and old business concerning exterior painting and removal of unused wires, as well as a look forward to the group’s installation at the upcoming Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase on...

The September 18, 2017 meeting of the Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram was held on the patio and the cellar at the Silver Cellar Winery on Brosius Road to hear from proprietors George and Cheryl Macek about their family-operated establishment. There are some fifteen varieties of wine produced; results of wine...

The Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club met on Monday, August 28, 2017 at Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville for their regular last meeting of the month. Tom Collins brought with him Francisco, the current Rotary Exchange student at James A. Garfield High School, who called up some views of his...

Well, the ferns and the jack-in-the-pulpits were riotous this year and some even had to have some of their fronds evicted from the cozy jungle which they had created. There was green stuff everywhere! And moss!? The water feature/rock with a modest up-spout of gurgling liquid is burbling away...

And speaking of eclipses…. Isn’t everyone? It’s all over the place, and with pretty good reason, since it’s been quite some time—38 years isn’t it—since the last total eclipse of the sun was visible over significant portions of the United States. It’s also the first since 1918 to be visible...

It was a grand night for sipping. “Twas indeed!” The second annual Farm to Table event in support of the Nelson-Garrettsville Community Cupboard on Saturday, July 29, at the Candlelight Winery was an all ‘round success, with a good turnout of nibble &sippers, a gorgeous evening and an adventurous...