Garrettsville Village Adjusts Village Employee Handbook
Garrettsville – Village officials present at the village council meeting on March 13, were Village Solicitor Michele Stuck, Nancy Baldwin, Mayor Rick Patrick; and council persons Tom Hardesty, John Chambers, Deb Wordell, Chris Knop, and Tom Collins. Councilman Jeff Kaiser was absent from the meeting. After reviewing the minutes of the previous meeting, bills, and financial reports council heard from...
Dancing with Ohio’s Stars
Garrettsville - Maria Wheeler and Alyenendrov Tsorokean, Ohio Star Ball winners in Cabaret, performed for the High School as part of stress-reduction event organized by the Student Council. Students were treated to three dance performances, introducing them to styles ranging from cabaret to tango, and learned about the physical and mental health benefits of dancing. Attendees were also able to...
Home Instead Visits Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary
Garrettsville - The March 11, 2019 meeting of the Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram began with a presentation by Paula Baughman of Home Instead, offering Senior Care in Portage County and in other locales. The goal, as she outlined it, is to “Change the Face of Ageing One Senior at a Time.” It is, to some extent, a facet of...
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day All Weekend Long In Garrettsville
Garrettsville – O’Henry, O’Malley, O’My! Grab your friends and neighbors, and follow the road to Garrettsville this weekend. The historic village of Garrettsville knows how to celebrate, and they are starting the festivities at 3 pm on Saturday afternoon with family-friendly fun including face painting at Villager Emporium, balloon art and (weather permitting) carriage rides. The best melt-in-your mouth...
“One School, One Book” is Underway at JAG Elementary
Every Garfield Elementary student in grades K-6 is taking part in a reading program aimed at promoting family literacy. “One School, One Book” is a program sponsored through Read to Them, a non-profit organization whose mission is to create a culture of literacy in every home. On March 1st, a kick-off event took place that included all students and...
Road Apple Roubaix Redux
Another one down! The Road Apple Roubaix was another well-organized success, filling Garrettsville with enthusiastic bikers of every skill level and parking in every open space in the downtown area. Great crowd! The wheel-rights got off pretty close to the advertised start time and apparently everyone actually returned too. The registration numbers were laminated...
Flippin’ Flapjacks For A Cause
Garrettsville - What’s not to like about a pancake breakfast – hot buttered pancakes smothered in real maple syrup!! To make things even better, the proceeds from these all-you-can eat breakfasts will benefit the Garrettsville Farmers’ Market “Farms to Families Program” and the Nelson Garrettsville Community Cupboard!! Thanks to our amazing sponsors, attendees will enjoy real maple syrup from...
Sky Plaza IGA Receives Coveted Grocery Award
Garrettsville – On Thursday, February 28th, the Ohio Grocers Association (OGA) presented its prestigious Pinnacle Award to Rich and Darlene Hoffman and the Sky Plaza IGA Supermarket. The OGA Pinnacle Awards are given annually to recognize overall excellence in retail operations, and are the highest awards given by the Ohio Grocers Association. Award criteria are based on: creativity, merchandising,...
Road Apple Roubaix Returns to Garrettsville Saturday
Garrettsville - Wheels up! Or down, as the case may be. The Road Apple Roubaix is BACK! On Saturday, March 2, wheelers (and dealers too, no doubt) of every stripe will be back in Garrettsville for their 5th go at road challenges to be found in the area. And this time , it will be a ?Grand Fondo,? meaning...
JAG Kindergarten Registration
Kindergarten registration for the 2019/20 school year will be held on March 21, 22, and 25. To be eligible to attend, students entering kindergarten must be five (5) years old on or before August 1st of the coming school year. If your child is eligible to enroll, please call 330-527-2184 for a registration appointment. If you are preparing to transition...
2916 In Service and Ready to Respond
Garrettsville - Community EMS District is proud to announce that a new vehicle has been added to the fleet. “2916” is a 2019 Ford F-150 pick-up truck. This pick-up truck replaces a 2004 Ford Explorer.
Nelson Garrettsville Community Cupboard’s Future is Strong!
Garrettsville - Last September the Weekly Villager put out a call for new leadership to take over the Nelson-Garrettsville Community Cupboard. That call went unanswered, but has recently been filled by a group of five individuals who will serve as executive directors of NGCC to keep the valuable service to our community up and running. The community members who will...
Vision And Values Drive JAG Students And Staff
James A. Garfield Graduates are going places! They attend college, join the workforce or enlist to serve our country. Garfield Schools have a clear vision of what we want to achieve for our kids: BEGINNING WITH THE CLASS OF 2022, 90% OF GARFIELD GRADUATES WILL PARTICIPATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION OR CAREER TRAINING, AND BY 2026, 70% OF OUR GRADUATES WILL...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary News
The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram met on February 11, 2019 in Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville to be presented with the following topics of discussion: Official Rotary thank you cards are now in and available for acknowledging supporters. Clearer minutes of official business are needed for dealing with bank transactions; signers for checks will be made clearer. There will be...
Bowling for Those In Need: The Bill White Legacy
Hard work, patriotism, and trust in those he employed are just some of the values Bill White holds dear. As a local entrepreneur and bowling champion, White has worked in and owned many of the bowling alleys of Portage County over the years. Including Twin Star of Kent (now known as Spins Bowl) and SkyLane in Garrettsville. White will...
Garfield All Sports Boosters News
Garrettsville - Many people have seen the many new improvements to the Athletic Facilities at James A. Garfield, most of which have been funded by the JAG All Sports Booster Club at no extra expense to the district. A few of the purchases the boosters have made in the past six years include: new sport recognition banners in the...
Rotary 4-Way Speech Contest is fast-approaching
Members of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club met at noon on Monday, February 2019 in Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville for the following business. Henceforth the duties of treasurer will be undertaken by a troika consisting of Debra Blake, Amy Crawford and Lisa Muldowny, with two signatures required on checks. Delores McCumbers needs information for reporting on the November Reverse Raffle...
Area Realtors Recognized At Ceremony
On Saturday, January 26th the Portage County Association of Realtors recognized realtors from MB Realty at their awards ceremony. “Rookie of the Year” honors were bestowed on Lauren Patrick. In addition, Patrick and Delores McCumbers were honored as Million Dollar Producers, Crist Miller received recognition for being a 2.5 Million Dollar Producer and Mark Brady was honored as Past...
Operation Valentine
Garfield Middle School students Robert Torres, Riley Swigonski, Lauren Whan and Haley Ihrig show off a few of the cards that were made in their class. The students in Mrs. Gilmer’s classes created handmade Valentine cards with sentiments of thanks to our troops through Operation Valentine; 150+ cards from our students were delivered to the local sponsor, Mallory- Dehaven...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Report
The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram was pleased to have Jon Harris, new director of the Portage County District Library as their speaker on January 28, 2019. He has recently assumed the leadership position after being in children’s services in the PCDL Aurora branch (The district also has branches in Garrettsville, Windham, Streetsboro and Randolph.).He offered the information that, of...
Holy Dexterity Challenge, Batman! Garfield Hosts Cubing Competition
Well, the 2019 Garrettsville G-Men Classic is now history, but what an event. At least ninety-one participants were registered and the space at the James A. Garfield Elementary School was teeming with “cubers” and their fans. Oh, yes, there were fans; cheering broke out at some particularly outstanding moves or rapid completions. Competition was overseen by representatives of the World...
PCDL Fine Amnesty
Portage County District Library (PCDL) is pleased to announce that its fine amnesty will remain in effect until June 30, 2019. During this time, Library administration and the Board of Trustees will take steps to make the library permanently fine-free on most materials. This only pertains to overdue fines and not to lost or damaged materials, and does not...
Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Learns About Opioid Crisis
Speakers at the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club on January 14, 2019 were Mantua mayor Linda Clark with Start Talking Portage and Karen Kravitz of the Portage Mental Health and Recovery Board who both spoke of programs dealing with the opioid crisis facing the county and the nation. These included making known information on signs, resources, steps to use in dealing...
Twentieth Century Club News
A hardy group of Eskimo emulators met in the Professional Development Center at the James A. Garfield Elementary School for the January 17, 2019 meeting of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville. In a reference to the upcoming program for the evening, the roll call was answered by naming what kind of dancer each of the various members would...
“Snapology” Classes Are Under Way at JAG Elementary
Garrettsville - Students in grades 3-6 have just begun a six-week after school enrichment program that teaches children about science, technology, engineering, and math (S.T.E.A.M) through hands on work with various LEGO models. Snapology is a franchise program that comes to Garfield Elementary courtesy of Alicia Lenczewski of Kent. Fifth grade science teacher Peggy Shay has used the program...
Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2019
Garrettsville - Most people recognize a Rubik’s cube when they see one - its multi-colored squares are pretty distinctive. And most people have, at one point in their life, tried to solve one. How fast could you do it? Would it take you a couple hours? A couple days? Or could you never solve one? Well, the world record...
Garrettsville Area Chamber Sets Calendar
Garrettsville - On Wednesday, the Garrettsville Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors met to set the 2019 Calendar of Events. Garrettsville will be going green in March ~ the Annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration will once again happen with lots of corned beef, cabbage, green beer as well as entertainment and family fun! More details to...
Socks From Santa Makes Huge Impact
Garrettsville - We expect certain qualities from a leader: A bold vision, an inspirational plan, and discipline to see the project through to the end. Ultimately, a great leader provides a measurable, impressive outcome and a new goal to further the original vision. What we don’t expect is all of these qualities from a 7-year-old boy. And...
PCDL Book Discussion Club
Garrettsville - The Book Discussion Club of the Garrettsville branch of the Portage County District Library will meet on Tuesday January 15, 2018, in the library meeting room at 5:00p.m. The month’s selection is Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard. Churchill, the man who would become Britain’s Prime...
Curtains Up Theatre to Bring “Clue” to the Stage
Garrettsville - The board game, “Clue” comes to life, on stage, with the Curtains up Theatre’s production of “Clue on Stage”. It’s a dark and stormy night, and you’ve been invited to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well…dead. So whodunit? Join the iconic...
