Cleveland Indians baseball history comes to life at Bainbridge Library
Join us at Bainbridge Library for an evening of entertaining baseball history surrounding northeast Ohio’s favorite team, the Cleveland Indians. Beachwood resident and baseball historian Scott H. Longert presents stories from his 2013 book The Best They Could Be: How the Cleveland Indians Became the Kings of Baseball, 1916 – 1920. Time: 7 p.m. Date: Thurs., March 13 Place: Bainbridge...
Jerry Returns to Kehoe’s Used Cars
Garrettsville - Jerry’s back! Jerry Kehoe has returned to his namesake, Jerry Kehoe’s Used Cars, at 10755 South Street, just in time for the business’ 35th anniversary. Jerry and his wife, Lynette, have bought back the used car lot from Eric and Meredith Hedges after a year-long experiment in retirement. “Our whole life is right here,” Jerry says with a smile...
UH Geauga Medical Center receives American Heart Association’s “Get With The Guidelines – Stroke” Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
Geauga County – University Hospitals (UH) Geauga Medical Center recently received the “Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke” Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The prestigious award recognizes the community hospital’s commitment to and success in implementing a higher standard of care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally- accepted guidelines. UH Geauga...
Activities Galore at Windham Library
Windham - Windham Library invites kids of all ages to its storytime on Mondays at 10:30 am. Storytime is an opportunity for both the parent and child to spend some one-on-one time enriching the child’s environment with stories, music, finger plays and movement. Celebrate the coming of spring with a “Spring Floral Wreath Craft”, March 10 through the 18th....
NGCC to Participate in Feinstein Foundation Challenge
The Nelson Garrettsville Community Cupboard is participating in the Feinstein Foundation Million Dollar Challenge to Fight Hunger during the months of March and April. For the past 16 years, the Feinstein Foundation has been dividing one million dollars among non-profit hunger fighting agencies nationwide. Past Million Dollar Challenges have raised $2 Billion for over 1800 organizations across the county. ...
New Family Ed Class Starts March 15
Portage County - Area residents, who have someone in their life living with a mental illness or mental illness and addiction, have the opportunity to join a free local education program starting March 15 in Aurora. The Portage County Family-to-Family Education Program starts March 15 and will run on Saturdays for 12 weeks from 9:30 am to noon at The...
Mantua Township News
Mantua Twp. - At a recent meeting of the Mantua Township Trustees, the trustees approved a resolution to certify their jurisdiction of 37.09 miles of township roads. In similar news, they have also approved a list of zoning Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) in response to the increase in questions received from realtors and appraisers. The updated list has been...
Residents Voice Concerns about Coach at BOE Meeting
Windham - The Windham Board of Education (BOE) meeting was held on February 27, 2014 with all board members in attendance. Darryl McGuire, president of the BOE called the meeting to order. Melissa Roubic reported that Maplewood will add an animal science program to the career center. Dawn Kilgore gave an update on Ohio House Bill 416, which is...
The Newest National Girls Wrestling Tournament in the Nation!!! And it is in Ohio!
The United States Girls Wrestling National Championships will be held at Perry High School, in Perry, Ohio. The date for this new tournament is March 21, 22, & 23. It is an open tournament for any girl in the US to enter, ages: K – 12 grade. Dean Olson, of Mantua, Ohio is the founder and tournament director for the...
Rotary Report
LAST CALL! Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary is still seeking contestants for the 4-Way Speech Contest , to be conducted locally on March 10 at the McCumbers-Brady Realty on Main St. , Garrettsville. Any students from Windham H.S. or James A. Garfield H.S., grades 9-12, are eligible to participate. The local first-place prize winner will receive $100, district-level winners will receive $750. Every...
Newton Falls Cemetery Association News
Newton Falls - Newton Falls Cemetery Association met February 20, 2014 at the Newton Township Administration Building on Newton Falls-Bailey Road. Susan Montgomery was welcomed as a new member. Fund raising ideas were discussed for a cemetery project to be decided upon at the next meeting. Another cemetery walk was proposed but details will be finalized at a later...
Geauga County Retired Teachers Association Offering Two Grants
The Geauga County Retired Teachers Association is offering two $1500.00 grants to deserving college seniors. The recipients must be enrolled in a college of education, and be student teaching during the 2014- 2015 school year. In addition, the interested person must have resided in Geauga County or be a graduate of a Geauga County high School. For an application, contact...
Resume and Cover Letter Workshop at the Garrettsville Library
Garrettsville - The Garrettsville Library, a branch of the Portage County District Library, will present a workshop on how to write a resume and cover letter on March 15th from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm. The workshop will walk the participants through writing a resume and cover letter from start to finish. Participants will also be able to print...
Windham Village Retires Polichena’s Badge
Windham - The Windham Village Council meeting took on a sober note this past Tuesday as council retired the late dispatcher, Len Polichena’s badge number during the February council meeting. The meeting was called to order. The minutes from the January meeting were corrected and are expected to be approved at the March meeting once the corrections are made. Following...
Portage County farmer supports local 4-H through America’s Farmers Grow Communities
Ravenna – Local farmer Carrie Pfeiffer-Fiala has directed a $2,500 donation to the Outlaws 4-H. Funded by America’s Farmers Grow Communities, the donation will help the group assist members in their farming, along with educational endeavors related to the education, training and promotion of animal husbandry. Thanks to the support of farmers across the country, more than $3.2 million is...
Local Ballet Brings Midsummer to CPS
Mantua - Last week, students at Crestwood Primary School were on their feet, clapping wildly as their school gymnasium was filled with music and dance. Was it simply a cure for cabin fever, or the result of far too many recess periods spent indoors? It was all that, and much more, as these fortunate kids received a visit, and...
Annual Sap’s-A-Risin’ Celebration is a Sure Sign of Spring
Middlefield - It’s hands-on, educational, inspirational and celebrational! Bring your family and friends out to Geauga Park District’s Sap’s-A-Risin’ for a taste of how maple sugaring has evolved since the Native Americans, then a taste of the sticky stuff itself. Sap’s-A-Risin’ is held from Noon - 4 p.m. on March 9, 16 and 23 at Swine Creek Reservation, 16004 Hayes...
Twentieth Century Club News
The ladies of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville met with their guests on February 20 in the Garrettsville United Methodist Church for Guest Night and the advance through the Dewey Decimal System, the 600’s, the Arts. The evening’s program was presented by well-known local musician, Dale Lacan. His repertoire ranged across a selection of early(1920’s, ‘30’s, ‘40’s and such)...
“This Is How We Roll”
Last week Paige Collins had the high game in the 9:00 Trio League with 149. Alex Gage had high series of 383. Alex has been on a hot streak lately, and was over his 100 average all three games with 125, 139, and 119. Alex wasn’t the only bowler to be over average all three games. In fact, there...
K & K Meat Shoppe Re-Opens
Mantua - Several months ago, K & K Meat Shoppe owner and proprietor Dennis Kolar, Sr. wanted to retire. So he handed over the reigns, and the 12-year-old Mantua Village landmark business, to new owners, and began life as a retiree. But after a few months in a new role taking care of his wife, his house, and his...
Grant to Fund Light Bar Replacement
Hiram - The Hiram Police Department is pleased to announce the acquisition and approval of the Ohio Criminal Justice Assistance Services Law Enforcement grant. The grant will fund the total replacement of two outdated light bars on two Hiram P.D. patrol cars. The total project is budgeted at $3,500. The approval of this grant will heighten and improve officer...
Angermeier Earns Eagle Scout Award
Kyle Angermeier, a member of Boy Scouts Troop 4062 of Garrettsville, Ohio, recently earned the highest honor in Boy Scouts, the Eagle Scout Award. Only 6 percent of all Boy Scouts attain this honor. For his project, he designed, raised the funds, and led the installation team placing two business signs for the Community EMS District of Garrettsville. Kyle drew...
Marching Pride is Disney Bound
Garrettsville - While most folks are wondering whether this eternal winter will ever end, 70- plus Marching Pride members, along with 10 chaperones and two band directors will get an early taste of summer as they travel to Walt Disney World over spring break. On Saturday, March 22, 2014 The Marching Pride, along with their directors and chaperones will board...
Crestwood Girl Scouts Spring on the Villager
Garrettsville - As last week’s warmer weather brought melting snow and renewed our hope of spring, it also brought forth a group of Girl Scouts on a field trip to the Weekly Villager office in Garrettsville. The group of Juniors from troop 732 and Brownies from troop 835 came to the weekly newspaper to find out more about how...
J.A. Garfield Historical Society News
Garrettsville - The James A. Garfield Historical Society met at 7:30 p.m., February 17, 2014 in the historic Mott Building on Main St. in Garrettsville (The JAGHS meets on the third Monday of the month). Julie Thompson headlined the Old Business with her delineation of the anticipated program to observe the dedication of the commemorative plaque marking the Last Great...
Literary Music Club News
Literary Musical Club (LMC) held their meeting on February 12th. We were glad to see everyone since our January meeting was cancelled because of snow. We had installation of new officers. President Betty Hamilton, Vice President Margaret Lappert, Secretary Billie English, Treasurer Marguertte Strawman. Alma Jones did a nice job installing new officers. She presented each with a nice...
Nelson Trustee News
Nelson Twp – Officials present at the February 19th, 2014 trustee meeting were fiscal officer J. David Finney and township trustees Joe Leonard, Mike Elias, and Tom Matota. Also present were, Roads Supervisor Chuck Vanek, Zoning Inspector Anna Mae VanDerHoeven, and Community House Caretaker Michelle Cmunt. As the first order of business, Finney presented the minutes of the February 5th...
Rotary Report
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotarians are moving on from their successful Family Week activity to support for Rachel Schwan, our local International Student Exchange adventurer for the coming year. With the very helpful encouragement and mentorship of Carol Donley, Rachel is looking at the likelihood of spending the 2014-2015 school year in Thailand. Part of the requirement for this is locating three...
Sesame Street eBooks at the Library
Available anywhere, anytime, you’ll be able to enjoy classic as well as brand-new Sesame Street eBooks. All eBooks are based on Sesame Street’s early childhood curriculum. Service includes four different kinds of eBooks: read along books, audiobooks, animated books, and interactive books. When you read a Sesame Street eBook with your child, you can make story time extra engaging...
Mantua Village Garden Club
The Mantua Village Garden Club will be resuming its meetings for the upcoming 2014 gardening season. MVGC is one of the oldest established organizations in town, which was founded in 1935. The first meeting of the year will be held at noon, at the home of president, Lea Lazar. Members will enjoy a pot luck luncheon, to kick things...
