Iva Walker
JAG Historical Society Sets Date for Opening of the 1924 Time...
The September 18, 2023 meeting of the James A. Garfield Historical Society opened with discussion about the ongoing consideration of what is to be done with/about the recently-discovered tombstones of founder John Garrett and his wife, Eleanor, as well as the upcoming opening of the time capsule near the...
20th Century Club News
“Sweetest Day” early might have been the theme for the September 21, 2023 meeting of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville for their annual guest night. Members answered roll call by introducing their guests, then it was on to the program–delicious.
“Cake Me, I’m Dreaming” is the custom cakery of...
G-H Rotary News
The September 25, 2023 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club had visitors–Owen Bass & Sarrah Masters–and a returnee–John Crawford to swell their numbers and be part of discussions & program.
Delores McCumbers brought information about a possible future program–Bill Starcher, who does interesting/amazing artworks from found objects. Meetings planning the...
Iva’s Input: Amen to That!
Got inspired at church on Sunday( This is not an automatic occurrence, I have to confess. I get distracted…and sometimes sleepy, truth be told). Meaning, of course, that The Rev came pretty close to matching my point of view on a whole bunch of things. He also tossed out...
G-H Rotarians Learn About HopeTown Recovery
Speaker at the September 19th meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club was Ted St.John, Windham native and advocate for HopeTown, A Recovery Ecosystem, a certified associate of OhioRecovery Housing; he is also a principal of Hope on Wheels, providing Medicaid rides to & from medical and treatment appointments, based...
Iva’s Input: And We’re Off!
Fairs end. School starts. Games/competitions–football, soccer, volleyball., golf, cross-country–are on ( Just got an invitation to a Quiz Bowl event too). It’s crazy out there. Hang onto your hats…or any other item of apparel which you might find inhibiting…it’s all happening Now!
I finished the summer with a Grand Tour...
What a Week That Was
Started out with the first football game of the season. That went well…for us, anyway. Then on Saturday there was an outdoor wedding, for which the weather was absolutely perfect (Doesn’t always turn out that way), followed by the fifty-year reunion of the Class of ‘73 (They’re the ones...
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...