Summer Is Quickly Approaching… Along with Teacher Workshops! Registration Deadline extended until May 27th
All Aboard! It’s not too late to sign up for the Geauga and Portage Soil and Water Conservation Districts’ unique teacher workshops for teachers and educators. Through outdoor learning and inquiry experiences, the Wonders of Watersheds Workshops can help you transition to tackle the learning standards with engaging lessons and resources. These workshops are open to educators of all...
7th Annual Teen Drama Project Brings Classic Fahrenheit 451 to GLTG Stage
Imagine a world where reading books was a crime. Fireman didn’t put out fires, but burned your books AND your house if you had a secret library. Ray Bradbury, author of the classic novel and play Fahrenheit 451 (the temperature at which paper burns) details such a future. People are tuned in to their televisions and ear pieces and...
GCPL Open on Sundays All Year – Including Summer
Geauga County – Need a book, DVD, CD or magazine on the weekend? You’re in luck. The Geauga County Public Library is now open year round Sunday afternoons from 1 - 5 p.m. at Bainbridge, Chardon, Geauga West in Chesterland, and Middlefield. The two library stations in Newbury and Thompson are open from noon - 4 p.m. on Sundays....
14th Annual Spring Drive-it-Yourself Tour!
Geauga County - One would think we went to great lengths to plan our 14th Annual Spring Drive-it-Yourself Tour on May 14th with 14 NEW stops… but what we really have there is what is referred to as a ‘Happy accident.’ But however it happened, be sure to get that date on your calendar because it is sure to...
Educators Experience the “Wonders of Watersheds”
Right about….there. Right? Yep, it was gone. I squinted in an effort to improve the accuracy of my reading. Indeed this was the place where the black and white plate suspended from a rope, this thing that researchers refer to as a “secchi disk,” had completely disappeared from view. In an instant it was swallowed up in the vastness of...
Spring Is In The Air
Want to get in on the enjoyment, excitement, fascination and joyful outdoor recreation that watching birds has to offer? Once relegated to the domain of eccentrics, bird watching now ranks among one of the most popular pastimes in America, and Geauga Park District is eager to help you make the connection. Continuing a Greater Cleveland tradition since 1933, the Annual...
Geauga County Retired Teachers Association News
GCRTA will be hosting the first 2016 business meeting and luncheon on Tuesday February 2nd at Punderson Manor State Park and Conference Center located on Route 87 in Newbury Township (west of Route 44). Guests are asked to gather at 11:15, a business meeting will commence at 11:30, followed by the luncheon at 12:00. After the meal, State of...
GCPL Launches “Problem? Solved.” Campaign in 2016
Who hasn’t wondered where to look for information? Whether people want to find jobs, evade scam artists, get passports, find a great novel, browse a video collection, learn to download music or eBooks - or just hang out with friends at a community program, the library is the go-to resource for solving problems and enjoying entertainment options. To highlight available...
GCRTA December Luncheon
Geauga County - The Geauga County Retired Teachers Association is announcing their upcoming December meeting and luncheon. The event will be held on Tuesday December 1, 2015 at the Huntsburg Community Center located at 12406 Madison Rd (Rte 528) in Huntsburg, OH. Guests are asked to gather at 11:15 with the business meeting being held promptly at 11:30. The...
Geauga Growth Partnership Presents Entrepreneur Success Breakfast
Tricia Kaman was an art student and worked in 1965 as a portrait artist during the summer at Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio. In 1971 she started her own portrait stand at Geauga Lake Park, and since that time has grown a business that has locations in over thirty major theme and amusement parks throughout the United States and...
“Fall Into Savings Passports” Now Available!
While we hate to see Summer draw to a close we know that Fall is full of fun events. The Destination Geauga Office wants to help you enjoy all of those events even more, so we encourage you to get your “Fall into Savings Passport!” The cost of the Passport is $10 and it contains offers for 25 Geauga...
GPS It! Geocaching in Geauga Parks
Try your hand at geocaching, a high-tech game of hide and seek using GPS (Global Positioning System), with some help from some local geocaching fans. What: Geocaching in Geauga Parks When: Saturday, August 29 – 10 a.m. to noon Where: Big Creek Park, Donald W. Meyer Center, 9160 Robinson Road, Chardon Twp. After an introductory presentation on the activity, members of the local...
GCPL Summer Readers Eligible for Free Gladiators Tickets
Geauga County - Summer reading just got even better! You know you’re already eligible for prizes simply for reading and logging the books you’re enjoying. But now, we’ve upped the ante. Once youth readers have completed their reading logs, they are eligible for free Cleveland Gladiators tickets. Here’s how it works. When kids submit their finished reading logs to the...
