Iva Walker
G-H Rotary News
Sponsorships for the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Reverse Raffle are still open. The list of GOLD sponsors now includes DayStar Ford, Middlefield Banking Company, McCumbers-Brady Realty,...
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...
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...
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...
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)....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...