Iva Walker
Garrettsville History Book Coming! By Popular Demand!
Well, it was a request from Ellen at The Village Bookstore and you know how popular she is. It seems that she’s had people...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Discusses Boardwalk Lighting
The June 18, 2018 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club welcomed Portage County Auditor Janet Esposito, who presented information on the activities and responsibilities...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The June 4, 2018 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club, at Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville was a regular business meeting and covered the...
J.A. Garfield Historical Society News
Garrettsville - The May 21, 2018 meeting of the James A. Garfield Historical Society was prefaced by a presentation from secretary Pam Montgomery on...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club met for their last meeting of the month and dealt with a number of topics.
A check for the registration of...
Casey At The Bat
Er…actually, it was Grimmy—Grimalkin, to be more formal—who was , so to speak, “at the bat”, and I don’t mean any kind of ballgame,...
April Showers…Spring Flowers…
“The flowers that bloom in the Spring—Tra-La!”…or words to that effect.
At least some of the bulbs and roots that I have planted around here...
Favorite Son
This commonly-used political term came to mind the other day when my mom sent me a clipping from our local newspaper back in Wellington...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The May 7, 2018 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club was focused on the following business, none of it funny :
Two very active, ambitious...
Quilts on the Hill Bring Quilting to Mantua
Mantua - The biennial Quilts on the Hill/Quilts in the Village in the Village of Mantua at the Hilltop Christian Church was a real...
Jeff Sheehan Gives Presentation on Water Department to Garrettsville – Hiram...
The April 30, 2018 meeting of the Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram saw a program presented by Jeff Sheehan Superintendent of the Water and Wastewater...
JA Garfield Historical Society News
The James A. Garfield Historical Society met on April 16, 2018 to cover the following items of business:
Treasurer Connie Knop stated that some funds...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary met on Monday, April 16, 2018 at noon in Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville for their regular appreciation of the work at...
Yes Virginia, There Really Is A Spring
So.... I’m walking along early in the morning now and there are more and more bird sounds out there to be heard. During the...
It Must Be Spring!
Must be Spring, the litterbugs are out in their cars—at least I assume they’re not the type to be out walking to enjoy the...
Excellent Turn-Out For A Night At The Races
Garrettsville - The 4th annual Night at the Races broke for the finish line with an excellent turn-out of ponies and players on Saturday,...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram met on April 2, 2018 at Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville for the usual first meeting of the month...
Rotary Report
The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram met on March 19 at noon in Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville to be presented the following program:
Will Underwood...
Playgrounds Topic of Discussion at Rotary Meeting
The March 5, 2018 meeting of the Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram saw a nearly full house of members and a guest—Deb Blake. Since it...
“Addiction, Then and Now” Topic of Discussion at 20th Century Club
Snow squalls notwithstanding, members of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville met at the home of Karen Miller on March 1, 2018, to usher...
J.A. Garfield Historical Society News
The February 19, 2018 meeting of the James A. Garfield Historical Society was chock full o’ business, since the January meeting was cancelled on...
And Our Winner Is… Isabella Obreza!
The Olympics have recently been in our living room TVs but we have a figure skater of our very own to watch develop in...
Missing The Chicks
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...
A Load Off My Mind
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...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
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...
Don’t Look Now
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...
Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville’s February Meeting
The ladies of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville met on February 1 in anticipation of Groundhog’s Day at the home of Jane Hill,...
Random Observations
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...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
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....
Kool Porch Kitties
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,...
