Notes From The Vineyard
I am so excited that we have had a few days of sunshine and are finally starting to see the vineyard dry out. And I am even more excited that the official start to summer is right around the corner – and that means one thing to me! The Annual Summer Solstice, Wine, Art and Blues Festival is almost...
A Loving Tribute To Charles Abraham
This past week we lost an important person in our community, Charles Abraham. Charles came to Garrettsville and started Charles Chevrolet & Oldsmobile in 1957. For Charles that was only the beginning. He set the ground work for his family and the business community in his 50 plus years in Garrettsville to build Garfield Plaza with his partner Max...
Spaces Available At “TREE-MENDOUS” Flea Market
Geauga County - Turn your trash into someone else’s treasure and put a little cash in your own pocket. Booth spaces are still available at the Annual “Treasure Among the Trees” Flea Market. Outdoor spaces the size of two parking spaces, can be reserved for $25.00. To purchase your spot, call Teresa Runion at 440-279-0882 or email teresarunion@hotmail.comGeauga People...
J.A. Garfield Students Visit Capitol Hill
Garrettsville - This past week the sixth graders at James A. Garfield (JAG) Intermediate School had the opportunity to discover our nation’s heritage first-hand as they toured Washington D.C. The highlights of the trip were the National Cathedral, Arlington National Cemetery, memorials, monuments, and Mount Vernon. This was a trip that many of them will remember forever and for...
Garrettsville Community Center Hosts Art Show
Garrettsville - Recently the Garrettsville Community Center located in Sky Plaza hosted an art exhibit for the James A. Garfield School District students with the hope of it becoming an annual event. The show featured flat pieces only since the center didn’t have a way to display or protect three-dimensional pieces. Art teachers in each building selected work from...
A Celebration Of Heroes
Mantua - Crestwood Intermediate School dressed in red, white and blue and took up flags to celebrate heroes today. The inspiration for this celebration was their One School, One Book program. The entire school -- the lunch room staff, students, teachers, principal and counselor -- is reading the book On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck. Set in...
CITEC Adds Cyber Bullying Topic To Summer Training Schedule
Portage County - The topic of cyber bullying, its effects on students and ways to reduce it have been added to the summer school-based training focused on creating safe environments where children and teens in crisis are supported.The Crisis Intervention Team Education Collaboration (CITEC) training is scheduled for July 18-22, 2011, at the Streetsboro Police Department. Sponsored by the...
New Maintenance Garage Open
Shalersville - A ribbon- cutting and open house was held for the new Portage County Water Resources Operations and Maintenance Equipment Garage on Tuesday, May 24th. The facility is on Infirmary Road in Shalersville at the Water Resources lab location. The building will extend the life of vehicles that had always been parked outside year-round and save on repair costs...
CMS Readers Rock!
Mantua - Earlier this month, students at Crestwood Middle School were greeted in the morning with upbeat rock music, donned “rock-themed” attire and enjoyed a rock concert, all in an effort to encourage students to read. “Read like a Rock Star,” was the theme for this year’s Right to Read Week, a week promoted annually by the Ohio Council,...
Excessive Rain Playing Havoc With Nelson’s Roads
Nelson Township - Nelson Township Trustees met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the Community House with all trustees and fiscal officer present. Chairman Joe Leonard led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance and brought the meeting to order. Fiscal officer Dave Finney presented the minutes, current funds status, bills and wages, purchase agreement with the state for salt...
Middlefield Market Has A Lot to Offer This Memorial Day
Middlefield – Are you looking for something different to do this Memorial Day? Middlefield Market offers the thrill of a live auction, the slower pace of walking the flea market and a great place to get a really good meal all while saving money. Middlefield Market is located at 15848 Nauvoo Road, just about 500 feet east of Settlers’...
District-Wide Band Concert Honors Armed Forces
Garrettsville - On Sunday, the day after Armed Forces Day, the J.A. Garfield School District held its district-wide concert. The twenty-first annual event featured band students from each grade, including the fourth grade recorders, and honored those who have served and are serving our country. The high school band opened the program with our National Anthem while Reservists...
Hiram College to Establish Veterans Service Center
Hiram – Armed forces veterans and their families who want to take advantage of their GI educational benefits will be able to access a wide range of services, including beginning or continuing their college education, when Hiram College opens its new resource center for veterans on the campus this fall.The center will be one of the first in a...
Come On Out & Cruise!
Garrettsville - You know summer’s on its way when the first Car Cruise of the season overtakes Main Street in downtown Garrettsville. It’s also a message of confidence... that the relentless rainshowers of springtime will make way for the sunny skies of summer. There’s a car cruise for every month of summer, complete with live music, trophies and prizes.Sponsored...
Hiram Memorial Day Services
Hiram - The Hiram community will conduct a Memorial Day parade and services at Fairview Cemetery on Monday, May 30, 2011, starting between 11:00 and 11:30 a.m.The Parade will step off from the Hiram Post Office and proceed to Fairview Cemetery. The featured speaker is Lt. Col. Donald Hazelwood, Military Science Professor and R.O.T.C. battalion commander at John Carroll...
Crestwood and Ravenna School Districts to Share Food Service Operations
Mantua - The Boards of Education for both Crestwood Local Schools and Ravenna School District approved resolutions today to share food service operations beginning July 1, 2011. The agreement between the two districts is potentially the first shared services agreements in Northeast Ohio for public school districts. As approved by the boards, Jennifer Bujak-Hirsch of Crestwood Local Schools will continue...
TW3 x 2 (TW3= That Was The Week That Was)
Well, it was another full week for “movers and shakers” all over town. To wit : Graduation parties...Hiram College, U. of Akron, KSU. All of the big schools turned ‘em out to look for jobs. Jean Marvin snuck in a birthday bash with her graduation party (Master’s in Nursing) The James A. Garfield Historical Society met on Monday--as they...
Youth Bowling News
This will be the last bowling article until leagues begin again in the fall. Thank you to everyone who helped with the youth leagues this year, and to everyone who enjoyed reading about our youth bowlers! This year’s summer bowling camp will be August 10-12. Each day, bowlers will get instruction from coaches; lunch will be served each day....
Notes from the vineyard
I know I have said this in past articles this Spring, but this rain really needs to stop. While some rain is good for new vines, it is definitely not healthy for mature vines. Unfortunately this much rain is not good for any age vine. As most farmers will tell you, they have learned to deal with Mother Nature’s...
Burton Classic Car Cruise Nights Return
Burton - Remember the days when a car was a thing of beauty and American- made? When every fall you anxiously waited for the new models to be unveiled? When an American- made car was parked in every driveway?Step back in time to the glory days of American cars every Wednesday night from May 11 to September 28, in...
Our Lady of the Elms Senior Earns Communications Factory’s 9th Annual College Scholarship
Hiram - The Communications Factory, Hiram’s only advertising agency, is proud to announce its selection of Meghan Caprez as the firm’s ninth college scholarship recipient. Ms. Caprez, a senior at Our Lady of the Elms High School in Akron, earned the $1,000 award from the Factory to help her offset some of the costs associated with her college education.Chosen...
Crestwood High School Hosts Local Math Competition
Mantua - Crestwood High School’s applied math class did more than just apply their learned math skills. Along with the trigonometry class from James A. Garfield, these juniors and seniors competed in a series of competitions with their homemade trebuchets, miniature medieval-style catapults, in Crestwood High School’s gymnasium May 4. From designing with blueprints to construction of these catapults,...
American Legion Post 236 News
Newton Falls - Newton Falls American Legion Post 236 recently held its 2011 elections. District Commander Jim Campbell and Post 540 Commander Roger Garber installed the new officers. The new officers are Bob James, Commander, Duncan Shetterly, Trustee, Donna Watson, 2nd Vice Commander, Cari Delgado, Service Officer, Ron Widowfield, Chaplain, Bob Cameron, Trustee, Arden Baillie, Trustee, Bob Shaulis, Treasurer,...
Community Invited to Historical Party
Aurora - Aurora Historical Society invites the community to a Grand Re-Opening Party at the Aurora Historical Museum from 2 to 4 pm Sunday, May 22, lower level of the Aurora library building, 115 E. Pioneer Trail.The party will feature a ribbon-cutting ceremony, guided tours through the renovated archives, activities for children, including an up-close look at Aurora’s historic...
Freedom Twp. Trustees Attend to Springtime Duties
Freedom Township - The Freedom Township Board of Trustees met on May 5 in regular session. The meeting was attended by trustees James Hammar, Roy Martin, John Zizka; Rosemary Nicholas, Fiscal Officer; Jeff Derthick, Zoning Inspector; and Charles VanSteenberg, Road Supervisor. Also present were Charles Duffield and Harold Cain.Much discussion focused on springtime roadwork and the upcoming Spring Clean-Up,...
O Canada
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotarians were treated to a unique look at what for some is Terra Incognita, our great (in more ways than one) northern neighbor, Canada...specifically, Dennis Guenther’s home province of Alberta (along with Saskatchewan and Manitoba, known as the Prairie Provinces). Names familiar to travelers, such as Lake Louise and Banff, Medicine Hat and Calgary shared map space with...
EcoWater/Servisoft of Middlefield Celebrates Customer Appreciation Day
Burton - EcoWater/Servisoft of Middlefield is celebrating their seventh annual Customer Appreciation Day and Open House on Saturday, June 4th from 9 am until 2 pm. They are located at 14299 Kinsman Road in Burton, just one mile east of Burton Square. This year will mark their 46th year in business.This annual event provides a way for everyone at...
Twenty-Four To Compete For Garrettsville Idol
Garrettsville - The winner is... well not yet, but they are getting closer as the field narrowed Sunday for those who vying to become the next Garrettsville Idol. This past Sunday, forty -three contestants competed on stage at James A. Garfield School with the hope of becoming the next Garrettsville Idol. The finals for the event will be held...
Council Urged To Make Processes Business-Friendly
Garrettsville - Prior to the regularly scheduled council meeting, members met at 6:45 p.m. on May 10th for a review of the Village’s finances. Mayor Craig Moser reviewed the village’s financial accounts and recapped major expenditures from the 2009 & 2010 while highlighting those planned for the 2011 fiscal year. Councilwoman Clyde asked if a list could be prepared for...
Fire Board Explores Fuel Options
Windham - The WVFD Fire Board met for their regularly scheduled meeting for May at the fire station with all board members and fiscal officer present. In the fire chief’s report, Chief Iwanyckyj asked the board if they could partition part of the meeting room off to make a lounge for the medics who are on call. The cost of...
