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Planning on G-H Rotary Mural Continues, Reverse Raffle Discussed
The August 28, 2023 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary was held at the dining table of McCumbers-Brady Realty, with a nearly full house of members and guests Kim Bass–speaker, and Jamie Loew–of Middlefield Banking Company.
There was a brief report on the arrival of the new Rotary Exchange student, Sarra...
Twentieth Century Club to Explore “All Around Town”
Ladies of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville met on August 24, 2023 at the home of newly-elected president Kathy Countryman for their annual Summer Get Together to launch the new 2023-2024 club year. This event traditionally is an occasion for connection and conversation as well as introducing the...
It’s Tournament Time in Garrettsville
What? It’s Not March Madness at all. You say the season has just started? Au contraire, mes amis. It’s an Amish youth (14 and under) softball tournament AND a Whiffle Ball tournament comin’ down the pike, like nothing you’ve ever seen before. For sure. These folks are not...
G-H Rotary Update
Garrettsville - The August 14, 2023 meeting was held on Delores McCumbers’ birthday and she ended the gathering with selections from her tasty cake. Preceding that was a report from Owen Bass on his progress toward next year becoming the first local outbound Rotary Exchange student in quite a...
Lost in the Digital Wilderness
I had been intending to do this particular piece on my laptop, thus ending its long retirement from meaningful operation, but that just did not happen, for a number of reasons.
See, I have had this device for quite some time, not forever, but long enough, but it had mostly...
Thoughts From the Big Store
Every so often I make my way out of town(Somebody else is in charge as soon as I cross the village limits, just so everything does not “go to hell in a handbasket”. So far, so good.)and I frequently take the opportunity to “people watch” –especially when I go...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club Holds Meeting Under New President Mark Brady
Garrettsville - The Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club convened its latest meeting, with newly elected President Mark Brady leading the proceedings. The meeting encompassed a wide range of topics and plans for upcoming events.
One of the key discussions during the meeting centered around the possibility of organizing a pizza party on...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary News
Garrettsville - The Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club met on June 19, 2023 to discuss the following items of business:
The required donation to the Rotary International Fund will be going in by June 30. Eligibility for grant awards is contingent upon this.
The annual Summer Steak Fry/Hot Dog Dinner is likely to...
Heads Up….. Hearts Too!
Garrettsville - The Garrettsville F & AM Masonic Lodge will be joining with four other lodges in Portage County in support of the Portage County Health and Mental Recovery Board and its outreach to the citizens of the county. During Summerfest, the lodge members will be selling cold water...
Walk On: Rotary Golf Event Raises Funds for Walking Trail
Garrettsville - One of the more famous quotes about sports is attributed to Mark Twain, saying, “Golf is a good walk spoiled.” Alas, this is quoted in the Reader’s Digest in 1948, but Twain died in 1910, so he probably had very little to do with the sentiment.
Neither did...
JAG Students Look Forward, and Glance Back in Time
Garrettsville - Students in Garfield Middle School and some Sixth Graders at Garfield Elementary got a chance to peer into the future and look back at the past in two very interesting events recently. On May 19, community members visited the James A. Garfield Middle School for a wide-ranging...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
Garrettsville - Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary met on June 5, 2023 reviewing the successful Tom Collins Rotary Memorial Walking Trail Golf Outing, held at SugarBush Golf Club on Friday June 2. A good time was had by all; much praise for sponsors and contributors as well as participants. The recap indicated...
Udderly Engaging: JAG Historical Society Hosts Panel Discussion on the Garrettsville...
“Milking History” was the title given to the oral history program presented by the James A. Garfield Historical Society on Sunday, May 21, 2023 at the Garrettsville Village Hall. And, Boy, did they ever! Milk it, I mean. Moderators Jim Vincent and Denise Ellerhorst kept things moving and directed,...
Home Sweet Home, both of ‘em
My current abode being somewhat the worse for wear, I was recently inspired to “go home” to Wellington to get one more look–maybe the last…or close to it–at the old homestead before someone new gets to call it “home.”
So, anyway, it was a fine drive to Lorain County and...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary plans Beautification Projects around the Village
Garrettsville - The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram met on May 15, 2023 at Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville, to discuss their community-focused initiatives. One of the main topics was selecting a project eligible for grant funding from District 6630. The most popular options were repainting the Garrettsville Train on...
May be… Maaayyybe not…
I was thinking that May would be pretty quiet, once the monumental trip to Chicago was over, things might calm down, I might be able to kick back, relax, let the mind wander (as it is wont to do), do some stuff that had fallen by the wayside, as...
Vancura Valedictory
So…here’s my plan:
Nearly everyone who knew Barry Vancura knew that he was all about Christmas. He loved shopping for gifts, getting just the right gift for everyone on his list–which was extensive, getting “a deal” on the items which met his exacting criteria, decorating for the holiday (What ?...
All You Need is Love
Well, not exactly. The Beatles got a lot of things right but this sentiment is not really gonna cut it when it comes to public works…like, say, the Portage County Park District.
Saturday, April 22, was the annual Portage Park District Foundation recognition benefit dinner event, giving credit where credit...
April Fooled!
So far, April has been fairly nondescript…except for the tree falling on the front porch, of course. And there’s no a whole lot going on after Easter, unless you’re into Earth Day–like the Portage County Park District, which will hold its annual Awards event on the twenty-second in Kent–or...
Hoppin’ Down the Bunny Trail
Most interesting Easter in a while. Got an invitation to brunch which I had to turn down because it landed smack in the middle of church, which ran long on account of technical difficulties to start with, then just because it’s Easter, involving all sorts of “pomp & circumstance”...
DANG!! Where Did I Put My Ruby Slippers??
They’re not around here, that’s for darn sure. Maybe they’ve made it to Kansas, though it would be more likely that they’d wind up in PA, the way that wind was whooping it up from the West on Saturday. All of the wind warnings in the world can’t help...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
Speaker Pam Montgomery of the James A. Garfield Historical Society regaled the members of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club with fascinating facts about the area–Garrettsville, Hiram, Freedom, Nelson–and its people. This included Garrettsville bands ( Young Garland Randall used to ride his bike in from Nelson so he could play...
H&G Amish Style
At the Amish Home & Garden Show, which took place just last weekend, there’s one thing you can count on finding, no matter what you came for in the first place, and that’s –FOOD.
You can hit the Auction House Restaurant (which features the Farmers’ Grill) or just browse around...
Grrrrrrr
I am starting (again) to get cranked-out by people being utterly unaware of the fact that what they are doing–or NOT doing–is affecting other people, and not in a good way. In short, people are starting to bug me. Imagine that!
Now, I am not, in any way, shape or...
Twentieth Century Club News
The March 2, 2023 meeting of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville was held in the Garrettsville Family YMCA with Karen Ziarko and Joyce Fashing serving as hostesses for the evening.
The roll call response was favorite Ohio landmarks and the members proved to be well-traveled and enthusiastically appreciative of...
Easy Riders?
Well, they did it again.
They came. They saw. They caught a break in the weather and had a very successful Road Apple Roubaix on Saturday (March 4, 2023) in Garrettsville…and surrounding locales, as they took to the roads, out-and-about, returned to Slim & Jumbo’s and generally made a day...
Winter Wonderland?
So… I’ve been wondering a whole bunch of stuff about this so-called winter which we have been having. It seems that there are records of all sort being broken all over the place…highest temperature on such-and-such a date…least amount of snow for whatever month…lowest temperature on some other date...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram met on Presidents’ Day, February 20, 2013 to observe the day and conduct the following business ?
Solicit more baskets & donations for the Scotch Doubles Bowling night coming up (March 11). Policy review for required harassment policy. Should this be posted on club website?...
J.A. Garfield Historical Society News
The James A. Garfield Historical Society met on February 20, 2023 in the historic Mott Building on Main Street, with two visitors and one donation (from one of the visitors).
The organization is still seeking an individual to serve as a paid intern during the summer, to assist with tech...
Unseasonable?
If it’s Thursday, this must be Springtime.
There was a book or movie once-upon-a-time about someone taking a European tour–one of those guided rat-races through the continent–where nobody gets a chance to do much more than spot the Eiffel Tower on their way to the London Bridge. The name of...
