Middlefield Hosted Geauga Veterans and Sport Fest
Middlefield - Respect, honor, and support ran deep for veterans and first responders Saturday as Middlefield played host to the Second Annual Geauga Veterans and Sport Fest. The event was sponsored by Preston Super Store along with Great Lakes Outdoor Supply, Ohman Family Living and Blue Line Unlimited*. The event was to honor veterans, first responders and their families. The...
Blue Jay Orchard Unveils New Look
Troy Twp. - Sandee and Joe Orlowski were interested in buying some land where they could raise their six children, share their faith, and teach them about agriculture. Though neither had experience in cultivation they felt prompted by God to bid when they learned that the Blue Jay Orchard, which is located near extended family, went up for auction....
The 2020 Geauga SWCD Rain Barrel Auction Begins!
The Geauga Soil Conservation District (SWCD) is proud to roll out the barrels of their 2020 Rain Barrel Yard Art Campaign! Through this creative community initiative, local artists transform 55-gallon recycled plastic barrels into beautiful, repurposed rain barrels! By collecting rooftop runoff for watering landscapes, lawns, and flower gardens, these decorated barrels help save water, alleviate flooding, and reduce...
The Great Geauga County Fair Becomes A Junior Fair For 2020
Burton - The 198th Great Geauga County Fair had a much different look this year as compared to recent years. Due to the governor’s orders, because of COVID, the fair had been scaled back to a junior fair only. This reduction took some of the “greatness” out of the event. Trying to keep it as normal as possible for...
Sunshine Shop Closes
Burton - After 52 years in business, it is with much gratitude and some sadness we announce the Sunshine Shop Thrift Store in Burton is closing its doors permanently. We are grateful to the Geauga Fair Board for providing us the space we called home for over 20 years. To the volunteers who faithfully donated their time to help run...
Local Artist, Jim Trombo Holds Successful Photography Show
Recently, I attended a meet-the-artist event and found the artist’s work interesting and some of the pieces quite intriguing. The artist is Jim Trombo, of Jim Trombo Photography. Trombo displayed his work, “Nature’s Graces in Rural Places” at the Geauga Park District’s West Woods Park’s nature center located on State Route 87 on the Newbury/Russell Township line. Trombo was...
K-9 Rotar Retires
Geauga Park District, and Geauga County as a whole, will lose a great asset with the impending retirement of K-9 Rotar, who has served county residents since 2012. The cause is a medical condition called degenerative myelopathy of the spine, for which there is no cure, according to handler and owner Ranger Ed Hunziker. K-9 Rotar, a 9-year-old Belgian Malinois/German Shepherd...
AirMail100 Centennial Flight Project to Retrace Post Office Airmail Route on 100th Anniversary
Middlefield - 100 years ago this coming September, the U.S. Post Office launched its riskiest gambit yet: fly the mail coast-to-coast from Long Island, NY to San Francisco Bay in surplus WWI biplanes that lacked even the most rudimentary navigation and blind-flying instruments. The pilots, made up mostly of former Army Air Service instructors, had only two guides: their...
YOU Can Be a SUPERHERO
The American Red Cross is asking the public to be a superhero for patients by donating blood or platelets now to help address an urgent need for donors as COVID-19 continues to cause unprecedented blood collection challenges across the country. As a special thank-you, those who come to give blood or platelets in July will automatically be entered for a...
Geauga SWCD Fall Fish Sale is Making a Splash!
The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District is taking orders for the annual Fall Fish Sale. Whether you are stocking a new pond or replenishing an existing one, we are currently taking orders for fingerling-size largemouth bass, redear “shellcracker” sunfish, yellow perch, bluegill/sunfish mix, channel catfish, white amurs, and fathead minnows. We also sell pond safety kits and Farm...
Reopening the Geauga Parks
Geauga Park District is pleased to announce the reopening of its facilities and continuation of public programming with efforts in place to continue limiting the spread of COVID-19. Guests are again welcome to patronize The West Woods Nature Center and Big Creek Park’s Meyer Center during their normal hours of 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, with the Meyer Center...
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...
