Iva Walker

Garrettsville - The members of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club are getting their stuff together.  Organizing is the name of the game. Task sheets, planning outlines, continuity, transparency, alacrity are all part of the plans. They’re hoping to promote the student exchange programs of Rotary, having found such success with Jessica Lyons...

Garrettsville - After the very well-executed refurbishing of  the façade on Garrettsville’s Main St., other projects and proposals may be coming to life.  Watch the space between  the Windham St. bridge and Water St.   The upright portion--once-upon-a-time the Foote Carriage Company, most recently Pauls’ Feed Mill--is apparently, basically,...

How’re you liking Spring so far? Yes, indeedy, the official astronomical beginning of Spring was on Wednesday, March 20 at 7:02, EDT ( Or 11:02, UTC).  Actually, I lied; according to the Farmer’s Almanac there is no “official” start to any of the seasons.  That all depends upon the climate...

Garrettsville - The Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club celebrated another successful Family Week by beginning to plan for another…and by extending thanks to all who contributed to that success--donors, contributors and sponsors, entrants, participants and winners (Everybody was a winner, really), directors, planners and members…the whole shootin’ match of  ‘em.  Back...

Mantua  Twp. -  Ellie Foster Monroe’s Big Bash had just four more dates on the calendar--March 26, April 2, April 9, April 16--for all of you Mantua Township folks to stop in, free of charge, to see the facilities available at the Mantua Center School, lately acquired by the...

The Sierra Club invites you to join them at Hiram College on Tuesday, March 26th from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. in Room 123 in Gerstacker Hall to view the film, “Carbon Nation”.  The event is free and open to the public--all local residents, Hiram College students, staff and faculty. ...

Well, going to an auction is often an adventure.  This last one, though, was more than I had bargained for. First of all, it was being held at what must, surely, have been the last--or nearly the last--farm in Aurora.  I saw a sign --kind of faded--that seemed to indicate...

Members of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville and their guests were recently treated to a program presented by one of their talented members, Pat Amor, on the recently-renovated   pipe organ in the Garrettsville United Methodist Church.  The opening toccata was just a foretaste of the enjoyment to...

The last meeting involved gearing up for the district Four-Way Speech Contest coming up on March 23 at Aurora High School.  Local high school speakers are urged to sign up to participate…cash prizes and good practice for real-world situations.  The local competition will take place on March 18.  Speak...

So…O.K., …I took notes….not during the Super Bowl game, which didn’t turn out quite as I had hoped, but of the commercials that paid for all of the hoopla.   Mercy, what an assortment! The R-C had a short piece from the Associated Press headlined, “Celebs, babies, beer : It’s...

Garrettsville - More Family Week prep for the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary--Carolyn Miller, liaison with the Windham Schools, outlined her very thorough plans and procedures promoting all phases of the operation.  She’s an organizer!  Other facets of the festivities--recognition for couples married fifty years or more (seeking nominations), contests (and judging...

Garrettsvelle-Hiram Rotarians are rarin’ to go with all aspects of the familiar local activity, focused on highlighting just about everything about families, all kinds, all ages, all the time.  Keep an eye out for more information as the dates draw near.  Threre’ll be something for everyone.  And if you...

Looking for a little adventure, a little touch of world travel to your musical  experience?  Well, then, the Music Department  at Hiram College has just the thing for you.  And it’s all free! Sunday, February 17--Traditional Irish session,  2:00--learn tunes, 3:00--Open session, play away!  Frohring Recital Hall Friday, February 22--Shanua ~...

How do I get on these lists? Bad enough that I get pleas from every animal rescue organization on the planet--puppies, kittens, polar bears, horses, donkeys, whales, big cats, farm animals, exotic animals (I tend to hope that abusers, traffickers and slaughterers will all fry in hell), you name ‘em. ...

After their  wild, bacchanalian Christmas party, the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotarians have their noses back to the grindstone and have launched their new year’s first round of community projects.  With Delores McCumbers presiding, the January 7 meeting  began with discussion of district organizational meetings coming up and who will be attending them. ...

Garrettsville - Excellent production of Neil Simon’s “The Dinner Party” by Curtains Up Theatre:  Stylishly minimal set evoking a private dining room in a Parisian restaurant.  Well-drilled and competent cast portraying everything from cluelessness to irony with great comedic effect.  An unexpected denouement exposing some of the many facets...

Hiram - What really needed restoration at the end of the hike was my pair of boots, which were never intended to stand up to THAT much mud. This was another adventure offered by the Friends of the Hiram Field Station, which has been organizing expeditions to quite a number...

Well, I just hate it when electrical things get weird and I have to do something about the situation without having a CLUE as to how to approach the problem. So, I go to start writing another of my pieces of deathless prose for inclusion in The Weekly Villager (...

Musicians!  Check out the possibilities of playing in the Hiram Chamber Orchestra.  Rehearsals are held on Mondays from 7:00 to 8:30 in Frohring Recital Hall.  Lockers are available in the Frohring Music Building; instruments are available if your old  sackbut or bassoon is in traction for a while.  This can...

Y’ know that old pop/novelty song, “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”?  He sort of lisps and whistles through the tune.  Real cute.  Ever wonder what the kid actually GOT for Christmas? (This is all sort of a segue into the next topic, which is what...

The members of Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary recently hosted the assistant District Governor of District 6630, George Schumacher, for the induction ceremony confirming new members Caitlin Ellerhorst Lawless, Mary Ann Brockett, Tom Collins and Don Holtry  (LDS corporate member).   Schumacher highlighted the identity of Rotary International as a global network of...

Well, yes, it IS that season of the year when all sorts of disparate groups have their annual Christmas parties.  The barrage has begun already. Hiram College hosted a seasonal soiree last week for Friends (That’s Friends, with a capital F), faculty types and festive individuals of all stripes, featuring...

Prithee, milords and miladies, hast thou fetched thy silken smallclothes and finest gowns?  Hast thou brought thy doublet and jerkin from the wardrobe? Art thy jewels brought from the strongroom?  Dost thou have thy tickets to the Yuletide Revels?Forsooth!  Make haste to send a page to the James A....

Garrettsville-Hiram Rotarians are on the move again.  They’re planning for their annual Christmas party on December 17…including the White Elephant gift exchange, which is always a hit(lots of peanuts).  They’re finalizing their lists (addresses, not who’s been naughty or nice) for the Santa gift delivery on December 23--any donations...

The Hiram Community Chorus Program will be at 7:30 on Friday, December 7, 2012.   Mea culpa!  Must have been thinking of some OTHER festivity going on during this busy holiday season.  Wasn’t there a movie with a title something like, “Every Night, Josephine”?  That’s what it’s like around...

New member, Caitlin Ellerhorst Lawless provided the program for the November 26 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club, held in the Kennedy Center’s Elmer Jagow Room because the Hiram College Dining Hall was closed for the Thanksgiving break.   Ms. Lawless gave a brief history of the local insurance agency...

Garrettsville-Hiram Rotarians, meeting in the Hiram College Dining Hall on November 19, began their planning for the 2013 Family Week activities, one of the community projects that been a hallmark of the group’s local outreach.  Contacts for the participation of area groups and individuals will be beginning soon and...

On Friday, December 7, the Hiram Community Choruses--Hiram Women’s Chorus, directed by Damaris Peters Pike and Hiram Men’s Chorus, directed by Jose’ Gotera--will present “Sounds of the Season”, a selection of both familiar and adventurous pieces incorporating the vocal instruments of the participants, harp, recorder, drum and the accomplished...

Omnishambles. That, declares the Oxford English Dictionary--OED, to friends and family--is the word of the year, 2012, presumably, though it seems to have got its start in 2009 on a British political satire TV show.  I’m sure you’ve used it countless times since then, right?  It did manage to gain...

The James A. Garfield Historical Society met on November 19, 2012 at the historic Mott Building headquarters to conduct current business and a--you should pardon the expression--post mortem--of the recently-completed 2012 Christmas Walk.   The event was well-attended; one thousand six hundred thirty-two tickets were sold and with most expenditures...