OUTDOORS WITH SKIP…. Fishing the St. Lawrence Seaway
The St. Lawrence River is about an 8-hour drive from Mantua, Ohio. It is the boundary between the U.S. and Canada from New York through Maine. The first 40 miles of the St. Lawrence from Lake Ontario eastward are also known as the Thousand Islands. This area has a mystique and aura about it, which is very much unlike...
Public Hearing To Be Held For Garrettsville’s Proposed Exterior Maintenance Code
Garrettsville – Proposed Ordinance 2012-15 that would create an exterior maintenance code for the Village was up for a second reading. A Public Hearing on the proposed ordinance will be held before the August 8 council meeting. If passed, the ordinance will require that all properties within the Village be maintained to the code standards and will give...
Hollywood Comes To Nelson
Nelson Twp - Local movie producer Tyler Davidson and crew were in Nelson Ledges this week filming scenes for his new coming of age movie “Toy’s House”. The comedy centers around three teenage boys who head to the wilderness to escape conflict with their parents. They attempt to build a makeshift house and live off the land, then mayhem...
Portage County Soap Box Derby racer places third in the nation in rally points.
Andrew Johnson a sixth grader from Brimfield placed third in the nation in super stock rally points, and is the first racer from Portage County to score more than 200 rally points ever. He finished the racing season with a total of 201 points. The other two racers ahead of him finished with 202, and 209 points. Andrew started racing...
Circus Tradition Continues
The Kelly Miller Bros. Circus, founded during the Depression, is marking another milestone this year as it celebrates its 74th anniversary. Founded in 1938 by Obert Miller and his sons, Kelly and Dores, this traditional tented circus has seen the passing of the millennium and still offers the same great family entertainment it presented in its humble beginnings. While...
Garrettsville Hosts OGSO Divisional Tournaments
Monday just before 5:30pm cars began streaming into Village Park by the dozens for the first of the week-long divisional softball tournament games last week as Garrettsville played host to the Ohio Girls Softball Organization (OGSO) Divisional Tournaments. The tournament had three divisions ( A, B & C) with four brackets A3, B1, C1 & C2. Monday, A Division,...
G’ville Showcases Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion
Garrettsville - Garrettsville unveiled its $6 million expansion and improvement of the village’s 52-year-old wastewater treatment plant with public tours on July 14. The new extended aeration system went online in February, following a two-year period of final planning and construction. The new system is 99.5 percent effective in removing bacteria and harmful microorganisms from the wastewater before it’s returned...
“A Boatload of Learning! The Wonders of Watersheds Workshops”
For the 13th year, the Geauga and Portage Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) sponsored the Wonders of Watersheds (WOW) education workshops in June 2012. A total of 20 workshop participants traveled to unique ecosystems including wetlands, bogs, a freshwater estuary and Lake Erie. Pictured here, teachers and facilitators of the Advanced WOW workshop explored Old Woman Creek National...
DayBreak Lavender Farm, an Oasis for the Soul
Streetsboro - Just five minutes from the heart of Streetsboro, nestled within soft rolling hills, lies an oasis that few seem to know about, DayBreak Lavender Farm. The 14 acre farm boasts of colorful fields that contain 13 varieties of lavender, a 2 acre pond, woods to explore and an off- premises boutique. The farm is owned by Jody Byrnes...
Hiram School Reunion a Success
The 19th Annual Hiram School Reunion was held Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Troy Community House on Route 422 in Welshfield. Ninety classmates and spouses enjoyed a potluck meal and an afternoon of visiting -- twelve came from out of state: Mary (Stanonik) Aultfather from the class of ‘59 of Georgetown, Texas; Kenneth Brigham, Sr. ‘57 of Labella, FL;...
St. James In-Home Hearing Consultants Cut Costs
Housecalls are back! Whether you live in Cleveland, Aurora, Middlefield or Garrettsville, St. James In-Home Hearing offers hearing care at affordable prices –- many times, at as much as half the cost of other hearing practices. Many large companies overcharge the elderly for products, but St. James Hearing believes “Everyone deserves to hear.” That applies to anyone over the age of...
Woodcarvers Show will delight
Kirtland – Discover the many styles and techniques of woodcarving at this free indoor show featuring the art and artistry of the members of The Western Reserve Woodcarvers Guild. The Woodcarvers Show, July 29 at Penitentiary Glen Nature Center features carvings ranging in size from miniature to life-size. Meet and chat with carvers and watch as they create works...
Seventh Annual Juried Art Show Hosted by the Geauga Council for Arts & Culture
Artists in Northeast Ohio are invited to enter their two and three dimensional art work to the juried art show sponsored by the Geauga Council for Arts & Culture and held at the Geauga West Public Library. The categories are Oil or Acrylic, Watercolor, Photography, and Other. Cash prizes will be awarded in each category. Items should be brought to...
135th Chalker Norton Viets Family Reunion
Southington - On Sunday Aug 5, 2012 the descendants of the first pioneers to settle in Southington, Ohio, will honor their heritage with a family day of fun, games and a picnic at noon. The first pioneers were David Viets, Luke Viets and his wife Hannah, James Chalker and his wife Mercy and their two year old son Orrin, Roderick...
Rotary Report
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotarians continued their planning for the coming year by reviewing program prospects, including a visit from the GSETeam--a feature of a Rotary exchange program for young adults in business careers, Tyler Brady of the Cleveland Youth Woodwind Symphony--lately returned from a European tour, a send-off(July 30) for Jessica Lyons who will be leaving for Norway as part of...
GCRTA Annual Picnic
The Geauga County Retired Teachers Association will meet on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 for their annual picnic. The location is Observatory Park, 10610 Clay Street, Montville, OH. Note special time! Gathering time at 5:30 PM, followed by the business meeting at 5:45, and dinner at 6:00 PM. The menu will consist of our annual Summer Picnic fare! Please bring your...
Historical Engine Society Antique Power Exhibition
Burton - The Historical Engine Society will be holding their 42nd Annual Antique Power and Steam Exhibition July 27, 28, 29, 2012, at the Geauga County Historical Society’s Century Village Museum in Burton,Ohio. On display will be various types of antique machinery, such as steam engines, gas engines, tractors, excavating and construction equipment, cars, and trucks. There will be...
Sailing, Sailing…Over the Bounding Main!
O.K., so it was the Nautica Queen, not the clipper ship Cutty Sark( I don’t know what was in the thermoses in the back of the bus), and it was tootling along from the mouth of the Cuyahoga River out to the breakwater protecting the shoreline at Cleveland from the wilder exuberances of Lake Erie but it definitely was...
Bridget Franek is London-Bound, Chasing Olympic Dreams
Have you heard the big news? Our hometown heroine, Bridget Franek, has qualified to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics, July 27 through August 12 in London. Bridget finished second in the 3000-meter women’s steeplechase U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in Oregon on June 29. For those unfamiliar with steeplechase, the race consists of nearly two miles of running...
Flags on the Fourth
Time once again to offer thanks to Century 21 Goldfire Realty for the flags lining Garrettsville’s principal thoroughfares on the Fourth of July--Independence Day. Whether or not the passer-by is a citizen of the village, it’s more than likely to give a little lift of the heart and spirit to see the waving of the red, white and blue...
Conventional Drilling (not Fracking) on Liberty Street
Garrettsville - People want to know what’s going on along Liberty Street. At first, when the trees and brush were cleared, and a wide gravel drive was laid, the assumption was that someone must be building a new house. But then unfamiliar signs went up and big trucks were seen coming and going. As it turns out, this is a...
Godspell comes to Geauga Theater
Geauga Lyric Theater Guild’s Youth Workshops begin their summertime performances with the teen production of Stephen Schwartz's and John-Michael Tebelak's “Godspell”. This energetic production, directed by Karen O’Baker Porter, kicks off the Geauga Theater’s live productions for the summer on July 19, 20th at 7:30pm and July 21st at 2pm. Featuring a variety of contemporary music styles explaining the...
Car Cruise This Saturday
Garrettsville Area Chamber of Commerce announces its third car cruise night scheduled for this Saturday July 14, 2012 on Main Street with a rain date of July 15, 2012. The cruise will begin at 5 pm and run until 8pm. the event will feature classic cars music, door prizes and a 50/50 raffle. The featured band for this cruise...
And speaking of post-graduate success….
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club is looking for a few good members. If you like interacting with other like-minded, convivial, connected community members…if you are interested in making your local community and your world a better, more caring and interconnected place…if you’d like to be involved in projects and programs supporting education, health care issues worldwide as well as national, cultural...
Take a Walk in Someone Else’s Shoes…or Tyme!
Have you ever wished you could spend the day in another place and time? Perhaps desired to just simply close your eyes and be whisked off to a land where you can have a few hours to yourself in a place very much unlike your own? (But you haven’t quite figured out where to find a working model of...
Puppy Tails
The sky was clear as Doodle Dog padded along the sidewalk, no clouds or hot air balloons to be found today! He had somewhere on his mind – some place very special he hoped – and he was determined to sniff it out. When Doodle Dog had finally peered over the basket edge and spotted all the places he’d...
Wineries vs Wine Bars
A couple of weeks ago we talked about how popular wineries are becoming in the state of Ohio and what a great asset they are to the older wineries. Well, did you know that wine bars are just as important and are growing just as fast in the state of Ohio? There are more than 6 wine bars within...
Rainbow Girls Busy With Spring Term
West Farmington Assembly #116 of the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls has been hard at work this spring with several activities and service projects, under the direction of their Worthy Advisor, Miss Haley Spangler, of W. Farmington. Service projects for the term included marching in the Memorial Day parade and having a team in the Warren Relay for...
Newton Falls Car Show
Newton Falls - Fans of Pixar’s “Cars” movies would have been delighted to visit Newton Falls this weekend as the small town’s streets were filled with street rods, convertibles, trucks and all manner of eye-candy on four wheels. Although the automobiles presented were not actually the characters from the films, car lovers of all ages were treated to a...
Adult Basic & Literacy Education Adults Recognized at GED Ceremony
Ravenna - The Adult Basic and Literacy Education Program at Maplewood Career Center recognized GED graduates on Thursday, June 7th at 7 p.m. The adult GED graduates held their heads high with smiles as they entered the room and the ceremony in their honor began. Doris Schoning, the Adult Basic and Literacy Education Coordinator and Portage County Literacy Coalition...