Iva Walker
2017 Hall Of Fame Inductees
Despite some uncertainty about dates of graduation, the James A. Garfield Schools Hall of Fame induction went off by accomplishing its intended purpose, the...
Gone, But NOT Forgotten
Gone, but not forgotten…that’s my Bob, a classic over-achiever.
How he became afflicted with liver disease--he wasn’t much of a drinker—is still a mystery to...
Twentieth Century Club News
The ladies of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville met in DiCiello’s in Ravenna . Since the theme for the year had been Hometown...
The machines are out to get me!
Does a computer count as a machine or a device? Matters not, they’re after me.
So I’m sitting at the computer typing away...
A Rash of Trash
Spring having sprung and all that, could I comment upon the sad indication that numerous persons hereabouts in the area are taking the opportunity...
Well, Y Not?
The Family YMCA located in Garrettsville (Remember, it’s for the entire community and welcomes members from all over the area—Freedom, Nelson, Mantua, Windham,...
Blood Will Tell
Blood will tell.
That’s a phrase straight out of British mystery novels. Just now, blood may be telling the regular donors at the Garrettsville...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club met at noon on March 6, 2017, at Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville. It being the first meeting...
How ‘bout Them Apples: 3rd Annual Road Apple Roubaix A Success
The third annual Road Apple Roubaix was a smashing success. That’s what you call it when you run out of almost everything but...
Weather or Not…
Don’t look now, but it seems to me that as far as weather predictions go, The Old Farmer’s Almanac has crashed and burned in...
Garrettsville Friends Of The Library News
The Garrettsville Branch of the Portage County District Library is issuing an inquiry to determine the level of interest in young persons who might...
Cats Up To No Good
Well, it’s finally here! My sure-fire, brass-bound, copper-bottomed, iron-clad, nickel-plated, sterling silver, gold standard (Had enough of the metallics?) opportunity to live in...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary President Returns From Trip To India
Garrettsville - Delores McCumbers, 2016-2017 president of the Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram, has recently returned from an eye-opening trip to India with a kaleidoscope...
Latest Unlikely News
Ya know, you can’t make this stuff up....
The news is rife with absolutely amazing little bits—factoids, we might call them—about what’s going on “out...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram met on January 23, 2017 in Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville. VP/President-Elect, Amy Crawford, conducted the meeting,...
J.A. Garfield Historical Society News
The James A. Garfield Historical Society met on January 16, 2017 at the historic Mott Building, Main St., Garrettsville to conduct the following business:
The...
Comma Queen Offers Up Confessions
The Book Club of the Garrettsville Branch of the Portage County District Library recently hosted a queen at their pot luck supper, held in...
Trainwrecked: News from Garrettsville’s 20th Century Club
The January 19, 2017 meeting of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville was held at the Garrettsville United Methodist Church, 8223 Park Ave., Garrettsville....
The Big One
And speaking of what’s happenin’ in 2017.... Make your reservations NOW for Beatrice, Nebraska—it’s in Gage County, in case you were wondering—to get...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
Starting the new year off right, the Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram wishes to again thank all of the businesses, groups and individuals who helped...
20th Century Club News
The ladies of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville held their January 5, 2017 meeting at the home of Mary Furillo, with Jan Chalker...
Another year, another centennial.
The Almanac pages that the papers often have are, at times, sort of desperate to come up with some event having happened on a...
The SCENE
Well, it’s been happening here in “the ‘ville”. Holidays and then some items of local interest...to wit :
*The new coffee shop, The Cellar Door, ...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram met on December 12, 2016 with a good turn-out of members to hear from three representatives of the James...
Santa And His Elves Arrive In Garrettsville On Saturday
Don’t look now, but there are Elves coming to town. Yesiree! The Little People (and some big ones too) will be at the Villager...
The cat came back!
The cat came back!
Isn’t that Dr. Seuss or something? Anyway, the cat did not come back—it never left. The cat/kitten is still here and...
Drum Lessons @ GES
Students at the James A. Garfield Elementary School were treated to a fascinating program featuring Brother Olugbala Manns, teacher of African drumming at Hiram...
Weather Guy Visits Garrettsville Library
The Garrettsville branch of the PCDL was keeping “a weather eye” out for the folks in the audience who came to see WKYC Channel...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The big day is coming. The Big Night is coming with it. The Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Reverse Raffle is coming down the track, NOVEMBER 10...
Cats and Bats
One more mystery solved...sort of.
The questions here are :”Where have the bats come from?” and “Where do the bats go when they’re not swooping...
