Cleveland Foundation Grant Ensures Promising Future for Rising Scholars
Silver spoon or plastic fork? Every child is born with certain economic advantages and disadvantages that shape their futures. The fledgling Rising Scholars program was initiated last year to level the playing field for at-risk Geauga County students who face uncertain outcomes after high school graduation. Thanks to a $14,079 grant from the Lake-Geauga Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, this...
Geauga Fresh Farmers’ Market Changes Look for Safety
South Russell – Geauga Fresh Farmers’ Market will have a new look when it opens for its 18th Season on May 9, the Saturday before Mother’s Day. In keeping with tradition, the market will have a free plant for mothers who attend on Opening Day. However, visitors can expect many changes this year, as the market responds to the...
Preserving Geauga County Farmland for Generations to Come – Application Deadline Extended!
The Clean Ohio Local Agricultural Easement Purchase Program (LAEPP) provides funding to assist landowners in preserving farmland. The program purchases agricultural easements from landowners who volunteer to keep their land in agricultural production in perpetuity. The Geauga County Board of County Commissioners, with assistance from Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), is a Certified Local Sponsor to administer...
KSU BSN Graduate to Serve In NYC
Burton - Kent State University Geauga Campus Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program 2018 graduate Bailey Hill has been selected by The Cleveland Clinic as a nurse who will spend the next four weeks at New York Presbyterian Hospital—an area in the COVID hot zone with a shortage of nurses. When Bailey received an email from the Cleveland Clinic...
Amish Genetic Disease Panel created by DDC Clinic can now test for 160 rare conditions
Middlefield - Dr. Heng Wang, a board certified pediatrician and the Medical Director of the DDC Clinic located in Middlefield, OH, announced today that their Amish Genetic Disease Panel will now test for 160 rare conditions. This important tool allows faster diagnosis of unidentified genetic conditions at a reduced cost. DDC Clinic delivers personalized and life-changing medical care to...
AARP Chapter #4527 Collects Items for Organizations in Need
Due to the current coronavirus epidemic, the Bainbridge/Chagrin AARP Chapter #4527 will cancel all meetings until further notice. We want to keep all of our seniors safe and healthy. Please follow all of the rules and regulations as to be in quarantine, and wash your hands often. We are still collecting staples and toiletry items, if you are able, to drop...
EAA Air Academy Candidates
The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 5, based at the Geauga County Airport in Middlefield, is proud to announce that four students, who attended the Summer Youth Aviation Camp last summer, have been selected to go on to the next level and attend the EAA Air Academy Camps in Oshkosh, Wisconsin this summer. The four students are: Luke Shipman from...
Foundation For Geauga Parks Seeks Sponsors For 2020 Twilight Soiree
The Foundation for Geauga Parks’ signature fundraising event, Twilight Soiree, is set to take place on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Veterans Legacy Woods in Newbury Township. This event, now in its third year, has quickly become a can’t-miss party of the summer. The growing success of the event is due to business sponsors who have chosen to align their...
Bluebird landlord program just in time for spring
Bluebirds are selecting their nest boxes right now, but do you know where to best place your box? Which direction the hole should face? How to deter predators? What other species might move in? Naturalist Tami Gingrich has headed up the bluebird box program at Geauga Park District for 30 years and is prepared to answer all your questions to...
Burton Middlefield Rotary Donates Lockboxes to Keep Seniors Safe
Geauga County - On Feb. 18, representatives from the Burton-Middlefield Rotary gathered with the leaders from the Geauga County Department on Aging (GDA) to present more than 200 lock boxes to benefit Geauga County seniors. “The Lockboxes donated to the Department on Aging by the Rotary are going to be used for our Home Delivered Meal program (HDM),” said Kristen...
Preserving Geauga County Farmland for Generations to Come – Application Deadline Approaching!
The Clean Ohio Local Agricultural Easement Purchase Program (LAEPP) provides funding to assist landowners in preserving farmland. The program purchases agricultural easements from landowners who volunteer to keep their land in agricultural production in perpetuity. For the fourth consecutive year, the Geauga County Board of County Commissioners, with assistance from Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District, is a Certified...
Burton- Middlefied Rotary Holds Speech Contest
On Wednesday, Feb. 5, the Rotary Club of Burton-Middlefield held its yearly Four Way Speech Contest at Welshfield Inn Party Center. The contest is held yearly for students from Cardinal and Berkshire school districts and challenges the students to write and present to the club a short five to eight-minute speech about a current and pertinent topic and apply...
Partnership with ESC Makes KSU-Geauga a Valued Job-Training Site
Burton - Kent State University Geauga Campus is not just an academic institution. It’s also a workplace where young adults with special needs receive on-the-job training and transferrable skills that make them productive citizens in their own communities. This has become possible through a new partnership with the Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve (formerly the Geauga County Educational...
Cardinal Students earn $4,000 for Veterans
Middlefield - On Jan. 22, more than 30 pieces of patriotic artwork went up for auction at Ohman Family Living at Briar in Middlefield. The majority of the artwork was created and donated by our local Cardinal students. In addition, six professional artists including Chris Whitacre and Phyllis Schehl-Powell donated beautiful expert pieces. Geauga County leaders and citizens rallied...
AARP Chapter #4527 Meeting News
The Bainbridge/Chagrin AARP #4527 will meet on Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 at 1 pm, at a new venue starting February, 2020. We are excited to be at the ”Lantern of Chagrin Valley” , located at 5277 Chillicothe Road, in South Russell. They are located just north of East Washington Street, just south of Bell Road. Our program will be the...
Geauga County Public Library to offer Deterra bags for safe, at-home drug disposal
Geauga County – January 20, 2020 - In order to help manage the amount of excess medication and to help prevent prescription drug abuse, GCPL is collaborating with Lake-Geauga Recovery Centers to make Deterra bags available at all library Branches as a free resource to Geauga County residents. Deterra is an independently tested, safe, and environmentally sound solution to...
Chem Technologies Celebrates!
Middlefield - On Dec. 13, more than 100 employees gathered in Parkman and were treated to the annual Christmas luncheon by the leadership team at Chem Technologies. Chem Technologies, Ltd., is a manufacturer of cutting-edge custom mixing and chemical dispersions and blends located in Middlefield. Every year since inception in 2001, CEO Jim Schill takes this opportunity to share insights,...
Geauga County Job and Family Services Host Foster Parent Meeting
Geauga County has been experiencing an increase in the needs of families and children in the past several years. This has caused the demand for certified foster and adoptive parents to increase as well. There are many families in crisis in our own neighborhoods that require the supportive services of our agency. You and your family could be part...
Middlefield Shop with Cops
Middlefield - Each year, the Middlefield Police Department identifies families in the area who need some extra support at Christmas time. This year, the MPD officers volunteered several hours using donated funds to shop with children from 11 local families thereby giving the kids the ability to purchase gifts for others in their families. The time spent shopping, “cops...
Aveni Promoted in Middlefield
Middlefield - On Dec. 12 at the Village of Middlefield regular Council meeting, Officer Julie Aveni was recognized by Mayor Ben Garlich for her commitment and hard work for the Middlefield Police Department. At that time, she was promoted to Sergeant.
Geauga SWCD Offering 2020 Camp Canopy Scholarship
The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is pleased to offer scholarship funding for the 2020 Camp Canopy, held Sunday, June 7th - Friday, June 12th at FFA Camp Muskingum in Carroll County. Founded in 1950 and formerly known as Ohio Forestry & Wildlife Conservation Camp, Camp Canopy is where high school students go to discover forestry, wildlife,...
Women in STEM Events Serve as Appetizers for Knowledge-Hungry Students
Nearly 150 area high school students with an insatiable hunger for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics enjoyed a banquet of ‘small bites’ during two Women in STEM Day events hosted by the Kent State University Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center this fall. The first Women in STEM Day attracted 108 high schoolers to the Kent State Geauga Campus in...
Celebrate The Longest Night
Make the most out of the longest night of your year during Geauga Park District’s annual Winter Solstice Celebration! On Saturday, December 21, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., a visit to The West Woods and its nature center will include fun, family-friendly exploration of the roots of our modern holiday celebrations. Indoors, take in cookies and hot cider while listening to festive...
Net Zero, Here & Now
Troy Twp. - Naysayers warned her that it couldn’t be done in Geauga County. But Jacqueline Samuel persisted. After a year of construction, she now lives in the first net-zero house in the region. Despite its location in cloudy northeast Ohio, this solar-powered house is producing more energy than it consumes, without burning fossil fuels. A group of students in...
Shop Small in Chardon
Did you know that if you spend $100 at a local business, roughly $68 stays in your local economy? Spending that same amount at a large business, according to the Civic Economics Study in Michigan, keeps only $43 in the local economy. And did you know that small businesses donate 250% more than larger businesses to non-profits and community...
AARP Chapter #4527 Meeting News
The Bainbridge/Chagrin AARP #4527 will host our Holiday Party on Tuesday, December 3rd, 1 pm, at Mangia Mangia Italian Restaurant, 11081 Kinsman Road , (Rt. 87) Newbury, Ohio. Members should call Betty Scholz, @440-338-8321 for reservations. Now that Summer is over, we are starting off with some wild weather, and if Kenston School System is closed due to weather, we will...
Newton Falls Student Council Members take the America Recycles Day Pledge.
Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste Management District’s Planner, Stacee Stinedurf, visited Newton Falls Elementary/Middle School to teach the 4th and 5th grade student council officers the importance of recycling. The student council officers will then teach their 170 fellow students about the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling. This educational program was held in honor of “America Recycles Day” which is...
Music Therapy Builds a Bridge over Troubled Water for Patients at UH Geauga and Portage Medical Centers
Geauga & Portage Counties -- Most people know that listening to music or playing an instrument can make them feel calm, happy or even inspired. At University Hospitals Connor Integrative Health Network, board-certified music therapist Forrest Paquin taps into that power to make a difference in patients’ emotional and physical wellbeing. Paquin, who holds a bachelor’s degree in music therapy...
Giving Tuesday Comes To KSU Geauga & Regional Academic Center
Burton – For the first time ever, Kent State Geauga and Regional Academic Center will have a Featured Fund for the annual Giving Tuesday event for Kent State University. Giving Tuesday has become a tradition for many non-profits around the country. It started in 2012 as a response to the over-commercialization of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This year,...
From the Dust Bowl to Diamonds… Geauga SWCD Celebrates 75 Years of Conservation at their Annual Meeting!
The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) celebrated its 75th year at the Annual Dinner Meeting held on Thursday, October 10th at the Claridon Woodlands Lodge. With approximately 63 people in attendance, the Annual Meeting began with the election of two members to the Geauga SWCD five-member Board of Supervisors. Tracy Engle of Auburn Township, Jeffrey Huntsberger of...
