Emergency grant will help Pierce Rd
Columbus—State Representative Kathleen Clyde announced that the state will help resolve flooding issues on Pierce Road in Nelson Township. The Ohio Public Works Commission has awarded an emergency $76,326 grant to the township. “These funds will purchase a road culvert for a crucial roadway in Nelson Township,” Rep. Clyde said. “The new culvert will alleviate the flooding problems due...
Garrettsville Village Council
Garrettsville – Village Council met on December 14, 2011 for their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. Minutes from the November Council Meeting and a motion to pay the current bills were both approved. Revenue, expenditure, cash balance, and income tax reports were reviewed. There was a brief discussion on the financial state of the Village, which is...
McCullough… Still towing sixty years later
Garrettsville - Most folks when they hit their 70’s they are either retired or are planning on it soon but not Don McCullough. Don is still going strong after 60 years of working in the towing business and has no formal plans to retire, although he does admit he is slowing down a bit. Sixty years ago Don McCullough was...
VFW donates over $26,000
Newton Falls - Newton Falls VFW Post 3332 recently held its 2011 charitable contributions giveaway. Over $26,000 was given to 25 local, county, regional and state organizations. VFW members pictured in the front row (left to right)are: Louis D’Amico, Joe Ball, Ron Widowfield, Pete Price, Bill Smith, Commander Ray Hanzes, Charitable Committee Chairman Bob James, Roy Domyanich, Steve Garcar,...
Vale Edge Hallmark & Florist, Ravenna’s Best Kept Secret
Ravenna - Vale Edge Hallmark and Florist have to be one of Ravenna’s best- kept secrets, well, at least until now. The store, located at 247 S. Chestnut Street just southeast of the court house, offers Hallmark items and flowers plus a whole lot more. Owners, Betty and Charlie Lim meticulously keep the storefront appealing to the shopper by showcasing...
So…about the music….
It’s amazing; even with the commercial establishments starting to sneak in a Christmas carol or two on Labor Day and an electronic error causing “the Little Drummer Boy” to totally take over the sound system at K-Mart for over five hours at a volume level perilously close to torture chamber conditions, Christmas music can still be moving. Case in point…no,...
New Federal Regulations for CDLs
Columbus –Beginning January 30, 2012, new federal regulations require ALL Commercial Driver License (CDL) holders to self-certify their type of commercial driving. This will be done at the time of issuance or renewal of the CDL. BMV will not begin accepting the self-certification forms until January 30, 2012. Failing to Self-Certify by completing the required BMV 2159 and/or submitting the...
Crestwood Primary School First-Grade Teacher Makes Crestwood-Antarctica Connection
Mantua – Crestwood Primary School first-grade teacher Natalie Harr will depart December 26 for a five-to-six week research trip to Antarctica. Harr will join Dr. Richard Lee, Jr., an extreme entomologist from Miami University, to research a unique Antarctic fly. Lee has traveled to Palmer Station in Antarctica for several years to conduct his research, and each year invites a...
Blue Lunch & Bainbridge Swing Dance
Bainbridge Township - Dance to the live performance of Blue Lunch at the Bainbridge Swing Dance in Kenston Intermediate School Gymnasium (17419 Snyder Road in Bainbridge Township) on Friday the 6th of January 2012. Blue Lunch features a three piece horn section, upright bass, drums, keyboards, guitar, and harmonica, along with multiple singers and harmonies. The late 1940’s and early...
A Season of Giving
For your convenience, People Tree has placed collection barrels at the following local business locations: Garrettsville Branch of the Portage County Library Middlefield Banking Company - Garrettsville Branch Huntington National Bank - Garrettsville Branch The Bay Window Miller’s Family Restaurant Cal’s Restaurant Monica’s Restaurant - Windham Rite Aid - Garrettsville Silver Crik Saloon Items needed include non-perishable food, adult and childrens coats, toiletries, toys and items for young adults....
Newton Township Cemetery Association Selling Calendars
Newton Falls - Newton Township Cemetery Association members will be at this year's Home44444the Holidays again on December 10th to sell their 2012 calendars which are their fund-raiser for the year. The funds help in the repair and upkeep of the seven township cemeteries. This year’s calendar is a compilation of etches of historic buildings in Newton Falls that were...
Rotary Report
Tired but triumphant after their successful Reverse Raffle and Silent Auction, the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club moved on to business-as-usual at their 11/14/11 meeting. There was a snapshot of the club’s financial situation (good), continued support for the Power of the Pen activities to be held at the JAG Middle School, with local participants to be featured as a program in...
Santa Pub Crawl Debuts in Garrettsville for a Great Cause
Garrettsville - Ever wish you could celebrate the Christmas season with a dash of Halloween and a pinch of St. Patrick's Day to spice it up? Well, your wish is the command of Sean Varner, proprietor of both Sean's Pub and Slim & Jumbo's sports bar, next-door neighbors on Main Street. Varner is bringing a new Christmas fundraiser to town,...
“Christmas On Main” Begins Saturday
The Village of Garrettsville will kick off the holiday season this coming Saturday at 5 pm when the Christmas on Main promotion begins. Christmas on Main is a celebration of the area local businesses and it is a shopping program that promotes buying local. Sponsored by the Garrettsville Area Chamber of Commerce, over thirty area merchants will be participating in...
House of Holiday Ornaments, Not Just A Christmas Store
Ravenna - House of Holiday Ornaments (HO HO) is a long-standing business in Ravenna and has been for more than 14 years, riding out the economic rollercoaster. Owner Barbara Burns said when she originally planned for the shop she was looking for ornaments, hand -carved Santas and Pipka Santas. She chose the name House of Holiday Ornaments because she...
Youth Bowling
In the 11:00 Trio League last week, Ethan Dubasik was on fire. Ethan tossed a 200 game his first game and then followed it up with 131 and 182 for a 513 series, high for the day. Ethan was also 120 pins over average for the day. Danielle Tuttle also had a good day. Danielle rolled games of 113,...
The Five Senses of Wine Tasting
As I started to think about how the five senses impact a wine tasting, I was challenged to find out how touch impacts wine. You can always touch a wine and hopefully you will feel that it is wet and in some cases you may even feel a little sediment in the touch. But how boring would that be...
Twentieth Century Club
The Twentieth Century Club met at the home of Mary Furillo on November 17th. Members answered roll call by answering "Do you believe in angels?" The program for the evening was presented by Maxine Nimtz on The Bishop’s Wife, a novel by Robert Nathan that was made into a movie in 1947. She focused on the character of Julia Brougham...
Adventure Road
We’re off to see the Wizard…er, the Christmas trees…um, Christmas lights…uh, all of that stuff….Load ‘em up! Move ‘em out! We’re off to the John S. Knight Center for the big Christmas roundup (Too many re-runs of “Rawhide” on the TV) A small but convivial group climbed into the LAF/SOMe bus for the excursion to downtown Akron for a little...
2011 Ravenna Balloon A-Fair Christmas Parade “Unwrap the Magic of Christmas”
Ravenna - Ravenna Balloon A-Fair's Annual Lighted Christmas Parade will take place 7:00 p.m. Saturday, December 3, 2011. Downtown Ravenna closes its streets and opens its doors for everyone to see our hometown all lit up, from the twinkling decorations to the hundreds of lights decorating the nighttime parade. Leading off the parade will be the Ravenna High School Band, which...
Financial Education
Christopher Perme of Perme Financial Group, Garrettsville, recently came to the Personal Financial Literacy class of teacher Jake Derr at James A. Garfield H.S. hoping to help the group of mostly seniors avoid making many of the most common financial mistakes of those newly-launched on the stormy seas of money management. He pointed out that long-term employment with a single...
Toys For Tots Affair
The Warren Republican Women's Club 75th anniversary year is in full swing. Our December 1, 2011 meeting will be a special affair. We will be holding an auction with all proceeds to benefit the Toys For Tots campaigne. Auction items will include crafts, gift baskets and baked goods. Money raised from the auction will be used to purchase toys...
Mobile Dentist Coming To Garfield Schools
Garrettsville - James A Garfield Schools is hosting the Smile Programs mobile dentist in January. Children can use their insurance, Medicaid, or apply with grant forms for dental care at no cost. There are also subsidized fees for those who choose to pay for preventive care. Tooth decay is the most common chronic and infectious disease among children. In addition,...
High School Honors Veterans
Newton Falls - The students at the Newton Falls High School gathered Friday 11-11-11 to remember and honor members of our Armed Forces past, present, and future. Starting off the ceremony, several dozen local veterans filed into the auditorium one at a time while each of their names and branch of service was announced with every military branch represented. Masters...
Nelson Twp. Receives $300 Donation
Nelson Twp. - Nelson Township Trustees met for their regularly scheduled meeting last week with trustees Joe Leonard and Jim Turos, and J. David Finney the fiscal officer. Trustee Bill Wilson was not in attendance. The minutes were approved as presented. Finney presented the bills and wages along with a financial status report. He requested permission to spend $1200 for...
Freedom Township Trustee News
Freedom Township - The Regular Meeting of the Freedom Township Board of Trustees was called to order by Chairman Hammar at 7:30 pm on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Present: Trustees James Hammar, Roy Martin, John Zizka; Rosemary Nicholas, Fiscal Officer; Jeff Derthick, Zoning Inspector, Charles VanSteenberg, Road Supervisor. Also present: Harold Cain, Charles Duffield and Dan Grafton. Mr. Hammar led...
Twentieth Century Club News
Members of 20th Century Club of Garrettsville met October 20 at the home of Joan Kropp. Jan Chalker was her co-hostess. Women answered roll call by naming a piece of world art that they admired. The program featured Garrettsville's own world-famous Joe Leonard and his wood carvings. Joe brought with him his portfolio of carvings and a small griffin...
College Camp Coaches Parents on Choices
Hiram – Parents hungry for information to help their teenaged children make their college choices can get the answers to their questions when Hiram College hosts “College Camp: A Training Program for Parents,” from 9 a.m. to Noon on Saturday, November 19, in the Kennedy Center located on the Hiram campus. Hiram is partnering with Cuyahoga Community College, Saint Joseph...
Election 2011 Editorial — Get Out There And VOTE!
Well, I think that this makes it official. “Family Circus” is certainly one of the most innocuous cartoon strips featured in the funny papers and today--Halloween--the oldest of the children--Jeffy, I think his name is--says to his mother, “Daddy said that if I want to be something REALLY scary, I should dress up as a politician.” Ain’t it the...
