Rotary Report
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotarians have continued discussions on the Great Buckeye Block Fire in Garrettsville, the effects and the future actions that could be taken by both the local group and Rotarians across the district who wish to make contributions. Any funds raised will likely be channeled through the 6630 District to be utilized in specific projects denoting the Rotary presence...
Drug Task Force Speaks in Nelson Township on Area Drug Problems
Nelson Twp. - On Thursday, April 10, 2014 the Portage County Drug Task Force (PCDTF) visited the Nelson Community House for an educational forum on drug abuse in the region. Trustee Joe Leonard opened the forum and thanked folks for coming. He also explained why they were hosting the PCDTF. Leonard said, many of the area residents had requested...
Mantua Historical Society News
Mantua - The Mantua Historical Society held its' last meeting on March 17th, where we featured a Show and Tell session after our meeting. Pictured is Sandy Engelhart who brought her family heirloom quilt, which was quilted with ten stitches to one inch, to show us. Among other items, Arlene Finley shared two brass banks (one lion and one...
Blossoms & Butterflies
Make your reservation today for the 15th annual Friends of WomenSafe Spring Luncheon, “Blossoms & Butterflies.” Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in the Banquet Room at St. Mary’s, 401 North Street in Chardon. Hear guest speaker Natalie Saikaly Ronayne, Executive Director of the Cleveland Botanical Garden, tell us about the interesting things happening at the Botanical Garden. The doors will open...
Crestwood Lions’ News
Mantua - The Crestwood Lions will begin their busy season with their food trailer by placing it at the Akron Soap Box Derby Rally Race on April 26-27th. More events at the Derby are scheduled during May & July. Closer to home, the Lions will be placing their trailer at the Garrettsville IGA on May 10th from 11:00 - 6:00. ...
Friends of Melana Foundation Makes an Impact in the Fight Against Children’s Brain Cancer
In 2009, the small community of Garrettsville, Ohio, lost a precious, bright young fourth grader named Melana Matson to a horrible disease called Diffused Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). This disease is an incurable and inoperable brain stem tumor that is located in the pons section of the brain. Prognosis is 9 to 12 months to live when the tumor...
Rotary Report
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club will be moving its time and venue for meetings to Cal’s II at 12:00p.m. Yet to be decided is whether it will be on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday on a permanent basis. Check it out and get involved with an active, community-oriented group seeking new members. Everyone is invited to the first Monday noon meeting...
Memories of Main Street
The tragic Main Street fire last weekend in Garrettsville, just took a big chunk of my childhood away. I guess you don’t really know the good foundations of life you’ve had, until they are suddenly taken away. Seeing the photos of the blaze brought back a flood of old memories, from a childhood gone by. Buildings can be replaced,...
Friends of Melana Announce Summerfest Race Plans
Friends of Melana (FOM) will hold their Fourth Annual Memorial 5k and 1 mile run/walk at Garrettsville Summerfest, Sunday, June 29, 2014 at 9am. Proceeds from the event are used to fund research for kid’s cancer specifically for Gliomas. Participants are asked to register at www.stopkidscancer.org and click on events. The cost is $25 per runner and $15 for...
Former Resident Memorialized At Quantico Marine Base
On March 29, in Quantico, Virginia, there was dedicated a memorial to all members of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron HML-167 who gave their lives in service to the country over the 46 years since the squadron became (in 1968) the first such squadron formed in a war zone, VietNam. More than 300 family, friends, and current and former...
A Time to Pray
GARRETTSVILLE - “We’re going to do all we can to rebuild this Main Street block, restore its businesses, and revive this community,” says Mike Maschek of Maschek Construction, owner of the historic Buckeye Block Building which housed eight of the 14 businesses affected by the Garrettsville fire of March 22. “The best way I can think of to bring the...
Community in Action Breaks Ground for Community Garden
Windham - Hope springs a new with Windham Community in Action’s (CIA) Community Garden of Hope. This past Saturday, Windham CIA held a ground breaking for their community garden that they will plant when the weather breaks. Prior to the ground breaking ceremony, they held a name the garden contest and Victoria Showalter won the contest with the name,...
Town Trotter News
Garrettsville - On Sunday, March 2nd the Garrettsville Town Trotters went to the office of Dann Timmons and Amy Turos on Main Street in Garrettsville and painted the front window. The theme of the window was "Follow the Hoof Prints to 4-H". This year marks the 100th anniversary for Extension (of which 4-H is a part of) in the...
Close Quarter Defense – Using non-lethal methods to augment your CCW skills
Kent - The group REALIZE Firearms Awareness Coalition is hosting a FREE educational seminar event on Tuesday April 8th at the Ravenna Maplewood Career Center, 7075 Ohio 88, Ravenna Ohio. Close Quarter Defense – using non-lethal methods to augment your CCW skills, Otherwise known as “The way you fight BEFORE you have to use your gun’ is April’s free program...
READ Posters at the Portage County District Library
Garrettsville - The Portage County District Library joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating National Library Week (April 14-April 19), a time to highlight the value of libraries, librarians and library workers. Libraries today are more than repositories for books and other resources. Often the heart of their communities, campuses or schools, libraries are deeply committed to...
Great Clips of Aurora and Twinsburg to Assist Garrettsville Food Bank
Now through April 30, Great Clips of Aurora and Great Clips of Twinsburg are collecting non-perishable food items to assist the Nelson Garrettsville Community Cupboard. The food pantry serves 80-100 families per month and lost their entire stock in the recent fire that devastated downtown Garrettsville. Great Clips of Aurora and Twinsburg invites people to make a donation of a...
Literary Music Club News
On March 12th LMC held their monthly meeting, even if it was the worst day snow-wise. There were 6 of us attending. Alma Jones and Mary Leggett decorated for St. Patrick’s day. It was very cheerful and took our minds off the bad weather. Our program was presented by Iva Walker. Birthdays for members in March are Sally Kittle,...
J.A. Garfield Historical Society News
Garrettsville - The March 17 meeting of the James A. Garfield Historical Society was preceded by an open house coinciding with the St. Patrick’s Day festivities in Garrettsville and a number of visitors were welcomed to view the collections in the historic Mott Building. The assembled members read through and discussed the proposed changes to the group’s constitution, principally to...
14th Annual Patchwork Benefit for DDC Clinic ~ Center for Special Needs Children
Middlefield – The 14th Annual Patchwork Benefit will be held at Federated Church Family Life Center located in Bainbridge Township, Ohio on April 12, 2014. Upon arrival, party guests will enjoy hors d’oeuvres, stroll through items up for sale in the live auction, bid on unique silent auction items and purchase tickets for the Chinese raffle items. The Annual Patchwork...
Adventurous music lovers, here’s something right up your alley.
Hiram College’s Marcia Kenyon Bissell Opera Workshop will present the world premier of the opera Verlorene Heimat (Lost Homeland) on April 10 and 12, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. in the Renner Performing Arts Theater , 11762 Dean St. in Hiram. The opera, composed by Hiram College Associate Professor of Music Dawn Sonntag, chronicles the true story of an East...
Twentieth Century Club News
The Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville completed its journey through the Dewey Decimal System, fittingly, at the Garrettsville branch of the Portage County District Library, with the 900’s, history and geography. Roll call was answered by enlightening the group as to what each would take on the way to a particular destination. Some were practical, some were fanciful, some...
Voters & Candidates Face2Face…a different kind of candidate forum on April 3 hosted by the League of Women Voters of Kent
Kent - Candidates for county, state and Congressional seats have been invited to meet and talk with voters in small groups at an election forum organized by the League of Women Voters of Kent on Thursday, April 3. Free and open to the public, the forum will start at 7 p.m. at Theodore Roosevelt High School, 1400 N. Mantua St.,...
Donations Accepted for Food Pantry
The Nelson-Garrettsville Community Cupboard was among the businesses devastated by Saturday's fire. Every week they serve hundreds of area families and help make ends meet. Non-perishable food items, household supplies, or monetary donations for the food pantry will be accepted at The Weekly Villager building (8088 Main Street) beginning at 9am Monday morning. Let's rebuild our community. #GarrettsvilleStrong Clients of the Nelson Garrettsville Community...
Pulitzer Prize Winning Writer Connie Schultz to be featured at Library
Pulitzer Prize Winning writer Connie Schultz will speak at the Geauga West Library on April 24, 2013 at 7:00 PM in the Eykyn Room. Schultz was a nationally-syndicated columnist based at The Cleveland Plain Dealer. She won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and had been a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing. She has written two...
Fiddler On The Roof Opens April 25th at Aurora Community Theatre
Aurora - Fiddler on the Roof, the award-winning musical marking its golden anniversary in 2014, opens April 25th for an 11-show run at Aurora Community Theatre, 115 E. Pioneer Trail. Performance schedule includes: 8 pm Fridays and Saturdays Apr. 25 – May 17; 3 pm Sundays May 4 and 11, and 8 pm Thursday May 15. Rich in historic and...
Free Income Tax Assistance For Veterans
Vienna - Military Veteran Resource Center (MVRC) will provide free income tax filing assistance for military veterans through April 15. MVRC, in partnership with the Ohio Benefit Bank, offers free electronic filing for federal, state and school district taxes. In addition, the program can help veterans apply for student financial aid, veteran’s education benefits, nutrition and childcare assistance, health coverage...
Mantua Village Club to meet April 7th
The April MVGC meeting will be held, at noon, at the home of Carol Fenrich. A light meal will be served, followed by a short business meeting. Our guest speaker, this month, is White Dove Crow, a Medicine Teacher of Native American culture. White Dove Crow will inform us of how the traditional Native American culture uses plants for...
Robinson Memorial Hospital partners with PARTA for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Ravenna - Robinson Memorial Hospital’s Health Education Center and PARTA Regional Transport has partnered together for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal Cancer is the third leading cancer killer in the U.S. and can be found early with testing, when treatment is most effective. Throughout the month of March, PARTA buses will be displaying posters with facts and information about colorectal...
Grief Gathering to be offered in Garrettsville
Garrettsville - St. Ambrose Church will be offering to the community a gathering of grief support and information on Wednesday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm in the church hall. The group will meet from April 23rd through May 28th. Participants should try to attend all of the sessions to take advantage of this beautiful program. Each gathering builds upon the...