Iva Walker
Shop Til You… What???
Well, here we are at All Fools’ Day and I’m not even talking about politics–not yet, but the primaries are coming; are you registered?
Never...
G-H Rotary Report
Meeting on March 30, 2026, the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary entertained guests representing local First Responders groups–plolice, fire, EMS, – from Garrettsville, Windham, Hiram, P.C. Sheriff’s...
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
The saying goes that only, “mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.” (This was a remark from colonial times when the...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
The March 23, 2026 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary delved into current projects and future enterprises, to wit ,
• More information on the Storybook...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
Almost green, the March 16, 2026 meeting of Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary did a jig through the following business:
# 1. The Storybook Trail is taking shape,...
On The Road Again
The Road Apple Roubaix has come and gone once more, and left us with memories of probably the most “spring like” day yet. Makes...
20th Century Club News
The March 5, 2026 meeting of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville was held at the home of Carol Smith , who was assisted...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
The March 2, 2026 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary covered an array of current issues, including :
*Arrangements for the forthcoming Storybook Trail–posts are arriving,...
Secret Recipe
I’m here to tell you how to lose twenty pounds–give or take an ounce or two–in one fell swoop…or maybe it was when the...
Olym-past… and none too soon
Okay, now I can actually get something done…or not.
I had forgotten how enticing it can be to watch superior athletes do their thing. The...
JA Garfield Historical Society News
The February 16, 2026 meeting of the James A. Garfield Historical Society opened with an invitation from the Portage County Historical Society to an...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
The February 24, 2026 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary was the occasion of a most interesting and informative program presented by Olivia Pilon ,...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
The February 16, 2026 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary was focussed on the Storybook Trail, to become part of the Tom Collins Memorial Trail...
20th Century Club News
Worthies of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville came out as card sharks during the February 5, 2026 meeting held at the home of...
Definitely Uphill
Whoa !!!
The Olympics certainly have some MAJOR MOMENTS ! Lindsey Vonn and her ill-fated return to the Women’s Downhill, for instance. What a thing...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
The location of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Centennial Celebration has been determined–actually, there will be two of them, one for the founding itself in 1926,...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
Guest Groundhog Buckeye Chuck did not show up but the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary soldiered on, doing the following business:
• Review of the budget–specifics on...
PG-13?
As I have mentioned before, somebody out there in ComputerLand.Internet thinks that my name is REALLY Ivan and, therefore, I must be interested in...
What’s Cookin’
So I am putting together my piece on the meeting of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville, when all sorts of related topics and...
20th Century Club News
Something was cooking at the January 22, 2026 meeting of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville, held at the home of Mary Furillo, who...
Bbbbrrrrrrrrrr
Well, here we are again.
We definitely DO NOT need Greenland. We’ve already got the weather and claiming anything else would be a pile of...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
Seeking a venue for the group’s centennial celebration took up most of the discussion at the January 19, 2026 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary....
20th Century Club News
Stepping off boldly into their one hundred and twenty-fifth year, the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville met at the home of Iva Walker, assisted...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
The January 12, 2026 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary took place at the Garrettsville Family YMCA as the opening of this year’s “Lunch and...
J-E-LL-O
Don’t try this at home.
Are you seeing all of the latest hype about the “jello trick” ? It has replaced the “Pink salt trick”...
Signs and Portents
Christmas trees abandoned on the “devil strip”. Wrappings and tinsel in the weekly trash pick-ups. Peppermint and/or chocolate overload. But the surest sign that...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
The January 5, 2026 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary was all about going forward, first covering current projects–lockboxes, dictionary distribution. RYLA(Rotary Youth Leadership Awards),...
Twentieth Century Club News
The Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville held their annual Christmas party on December 11, 2025 at the estate of member Jane Hill as snow...
Welcome To Nuuk
What? You didn’t know that Nuuk is the principal settlement in Greenland,( a province of Denmark in the Western hemisphere)? Have you happened to...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
The Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary meeting on December 15, 2025 was looking forward to warmer times, specifically the upcoming celebration of one hundred years of Rotary...
