Iva Walker
Deal Of A Lifetime
Such a deal I had for you! Could have had ‘em just like that. But no, nobody stepped up to get in on the giveaway. Ask me nice and maybe arrangements can be made. Bargains! Freebies! They’ll be going fast, lemme tell ya.
What’s that? Some timid, unadventurous soul asks...
Pathways Of Hope’s Holistic Approach to Long-term Care
Portage County - Pathways of Hope is a collaborative, holistic approach to providing strength-based, long-term case management as part of the Salvation Army’s initiative to help families with minor children break the cycle of multi-generational poverty by identifying barriers that prevent families from attaining self-sufficiency. The program elevates the...
A Little Garrettsville History Lesson…
In 1803 John Garrett of Christian Hundred, Delaware bought 300A of land in the Wild West--OHIO--for $1,313 (about $4.38 per acre). A year later, he and his family--wife, children, two slave girls--and Abraham Dyson, a blacksmith, arrived at his property in the southwest corner of Nelson township in the...
Garrettsville Farmers’ Market Open For Business
How Ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm?
Well, who wants to, when they can come to the Garrettsville Farmers’ Market every Thursday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.? Yes, indeedy, the summer is looking more tasty already, after the grand opening on June 21, for all comers—and there were...
Garrettsville Summerfest Wrap-Up
The farmer in the dell. The farmer in the dell. Hi-ho the dairy-o. The farmer in the dell!
The definition of the word “dell”—a small, secluded valley or glen (There’s another problematic word), usually a wooded one—isn’t exactly fitting here, but if we can idiosyncratically interpret it to mean “in...
Garrettsville History Book Coming! By Popular Demand!
Well, it was a request from Ellen at The Village Bookstore and you know how popular she is. It seems that she’s had people asking if there was a book about Garrettsville, its history and local culture (Might be a stretch to call what we’ve got “culture”, but we’re...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Discusses Boardwalk Lighting
The June 18, 2018 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club welcomed Portage County Auditor Janet Esposito, who presented information on the activities and responsibilities of her office and answered questions of members. Her office handles building permits in the county. She stated the Portage County ranks 2nd in Ohio...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The June 4, 2018 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club, at Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville was a regular business meeting and covered the following topics :
Programs for June are still being sought. President Amy Crawford presented the Rotary Scholarship on May 30 to Carissa White and Simon Varner....
J.A. Garfield Historical Society News
Garrettsville - The May 21, 2018 meeting of the James A. Garfield Historical Society was prefaced by a presentation from secretary Pam Montgomery on her recent researches on local holders of U.S. patents. The devices, processes and products she discovered were quite varied and interesting, including items associated with...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club met for their last meeting of the month and dealt with a number of topics.
A check for the registration of RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) students will be going out to cover participation fees for the event. Rotary Scholarships will be presented on May 30...
Casey At The Bat
Er…actually, it was Grimmy—Grimalkin, to be more formal—who was , so to speak, “at the bat”, and I don’t mean any kind of ballgame, base or soft. No, no it was a real bat, die Fledermaus, as Richard Wagner put it, and it was in my shoe (Plenty of...
April Showers…Spring Flowers…
“The flowers that bloom in the Spring—Tra-La!”…or words to that effect.
At least some of the bulbs and roots that I have planted around here did not fall prey to the squirrels’ depredations during the rather severe—for squirrels, at least—winter we have only lately emerged from. There are blossoms that...
Favorite Son
This commonly-used political term came to mind the other day when my mom sent me a clipping from our local newspaper back in Wellington (Lorain County, west of here on St. Rtes. 58 & 18), either the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram or the Wellington Enterprise—I really didn’t check. In politics, the...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The May 7, 2018 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club was focused on the following business, none of it funny :
Two very active, ambitious and motivated young ladies were chosen to attend the annual RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Assembly) at Baldwin-Wallace in June. Rachel Rader and Zoe Swenson are...
Quilts on the Hill Bring Quilting to Mantua
Mantua - The biennial Quilts on the Hill/Quilts in the Village in the Village of Mantua at the Hilltop Christian Church was a real stitch.
This is a lovely way to spend part of a Spring afternoon, looking over a display of nearly seventy useful and ornamental works of outstanding...
Jeff Sheehan Gives Presentation on Water Department to Garrettsville – Hiram...
The April 30, 2018 meeting of the Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram saw a program presented by Jeff Sheehan Superintendent of the Water and Wastewater Department of the Village of Garrettsville. Describing himself as the “Head Drip”, Supt. Sheehan gave an outstanding review of the history of the water department,...
JA Garfield Historical Society News
The James A. Garfield Historical Society met on April 16, 2018 to cover the following items of business:
Treasurer Connie Knop stated that some funds had been moved into CD’s to garner better savings interest, bills had been paid, support monies had gone out to Christmas Walk participants and the...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary met on Monday, April 16, 2018 at noon in Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville for their regular appreciation of the work at hand. This included a get-well card and an update on John Wolfe, a thank you to a much-missed Mike Keas, who is now in Akron/Kenmore,...
Yes Virginia, There Really Is A Spring
So.... I’m walking along early in the morning now and there are more and more bird sounds out there to be heard. During the winter there are always a few--cardinals, goldfinches, the ever-present sparrows, miscellaneous die-hards who have memorized the locations of every birdfeeder within several hundred yards. You...
It Must Be Spring!
Must be Spring, the litterbugs are out in their cars—at least I assume they’re not the type to be out walking to enjoy the benefits of nature—and they’re pitching trash out of the windows of said vehicles. I picked up, I think it was, six cans on my way...
Excellent Turn-Out For A Night At The Races
Garrettsville - The 4th annual Night at the Races broke for the finish line with an excellent turn-out of ponies and players on Saturday, March 31, hosted by Sugar Bush Golf Club, with catering by Cal’s Restaurant. The sponsors included Slim & Jumbo’s, JAG All Sports Boosters, Portage Community...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram met on April 2, 2018 at Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville for the usual first meeting of the month business.
This included discussion of the upcoming RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) event to be held at Baldwin-Wallace. Applications will soon be going out to eligible...
Rotary Report
The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram met on March 19 at noon in Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville to be presented the following program:
Will Underwood and Larry Lohman, of the Kent Rotary club came to present information and an invitation to participate in a solar water project retrofit in Central...
Playgrounds Topic of Discussion at Rotary Meeting
The March 5, 2018 meeting of the Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram saw a nearly full house of members and a guest—Deb Blake. Since it was the first meeting of the month, business was the order of the day and this included the following :
The club is interested in encouraging...
“Addiction, Then and Now” Topic of Discussion at 20th Century Club
Snow squalls notwithstanding, members of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville met at the home of Karen Miller on March 1, 2018, to usher March “in like a lion.”
Roll call was answered by revealing the individual members’ worst habits. Some had more than one. These included speeding, harboring negative...
J.A. Garfield Historical Society News
The February 19, 2018 meeting of the James A. Garfield Historical Society was chock full o’ business, since the January meeting was cancelled on account of weather. The treasurer’s report was wide-ranging and positive, including some gifts received in remembrance of the passing of founding member Delma Mishler. Taxes,...
And Our Winner Is… Isabella Obreza!
The Olympics have recently been in our living room TVs but we have a figure skater of our very own to watch develop in the sport.
Isabella Obreza began skating when she was just four years old. Her preschool suggested that becoming involved in an activity might ease her shyness....
Missing The Chicks
I miss the chicks.
Nothing to do with the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue; that’s got more hot chicks than a KFC convention. No, I mean real, live “Peeps”, the little , fluffy yellow (and sometimes other miscellaneous colors, especially if they’re just on the edge of getting real feathers) fuzzies...
A Load Off My Mind
Well, that’s a load off my mind!
There was a piece in the AB-J and there have been subsequent mentions on NPR and even online about the possibility of a new “snack sensation” to be known as “lady Doritos”. Apparently, a clueless CEO at overeating icon, Pepsico, said in a...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
It being the first meeting of the month, the February 5, 2018 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club focused on the following items of business.
John Crawford is being tapped as president-elect and will be preparing for attendance at PETS( President Elect Training Sessions) meetings soon. RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership...
