So is it a bog or is it a swamp?
It was almost all about the BS. Well, the first day was...after that, it was about the amazing new horizons for the Portage County Park District, now that it’s got funding and the ability to actually plan and carry out plans for the benefit of Portage County residents. Here’s what the BS was about. Mantua’s Art on the Hill event had...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club met at noon on March 6, 2017, at Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville. It being the first meeting of the month, the meeting was devoted to dealing with business before the club. This consisted of : Notice that grant inquiries for District or International Rotary grants must be in by May 15, with...
Hiram High School Class of 1962 Meets for 55th Reunion
Sixteen members of the Hiram High School Class of 1962 – Ray Anielski – Sue; Sue (Beck) Reithman; Gene Bocskey; Dan Dyer; Lyn (Collier) Leiendecker – Larry; Ron Etling – Lucy; Carla (Geiger) Altiere; Ellen (houghs) – Don Dingus; Ralph (Green) Margaret Hammond – Green; Connie (Hoskins) Filler – Lenny, Nancy (Kaminski) Duquette, Patricia (McClain) Koltas – Carl; Tim...
Portage County First Responders To Participate In Disaster Exercises
This Saturday, September 23rd, local first responders will participate in a disaster exercise at the Shelly Company Gravel Pit on Price Road in Shalersville Township. The 700-acre property will be the site of a mock-emergency scenario that assumes a tornadic event has traversed through a state park and campground during its peak season. In the scenario, local resources quickly...
Hiram Township Happenings
Hiram Twp. - Fiscal Officer Diane Rodhe noted that she and Village Clerk, Susan Skrovan met to discuss the communities’ combined Fire and EMS Budget. Diane will be scheduling another meeting with Ms. Skrovan to include Chief Byers, as well. The meetings were scheduled at the request of Trustee Jack Groselle, who would like to have a better understanding...
Mantaline Expands Its Capabilities, Offers New Processes and In-Line Options
Mantua - In the polymer industry, constant changes and improvements are the essential ingredients to servicing customer needs effectively. Mantaline Corporation of Mantua, Ohio has recently added key new processes and materials to its portfolio in its efforts to offer current customers an avenue to “best available” technology as well as position itself to fulfill the expectations of the...
Have you spotted the Garrettsville Goblin?
The Garrettsville Goblin has returned and has brought good luck with him. It appears that this charming little fellow wandered into our village and decided he liked it so much he was going to stay. Being a free spirit, he trades portraits of himself for goods and services from our area businesses – these portraits are said to bring good...
WVFD Board Discusses False Alarms
Windham - The WVFD Joint District Board met for their regularly scheduled meeting with all board members and fiscal officer in attendance. The board approved the minutes, the expenditures and bank reconciliation before moving on to the chief’s report. Chief Rich Gano reported that the average response time in September was 3 minutes and 33 seconds. He also reported that...
Garfield’s Svonavec Sets Records
Garrettsville - This past weekend J.A. Garfield High School junior Edie Svonavec turned in big performances at two indoor track meets. On Saturday she established a new meet record at the Jerome Field Open at Akron University in the shot put with a throw of 43'7". She followed up that performance on Sunday by not only winning the shot put...
Community Rallies In Support
Garrettsville - Hundreds of residents from the Garrettsville area and neighboring communities filled the home-side bleachers in the James A. Garfield gymnasium Monday evening in a unified show of support for those affected by Saturday’s devastating fire. The one question they all were asking: “What can we do to help?” Local resident and former Portage County Commissioner Tommie Jo...
National Program Builds Local Community
I bet you didn’t know the NBA sent four young adults to our area to help support community programs. Not the basketball association, the National Benevolent Association (NBA), the health and social services ministry of the Disciples of Christ Christian Church. Through its XPLOR program, the group pairs young adults with local Disciples congregations and community organizations, providing opportunities...
Puppy Tails
Several months ago, a little floppy-eared puppy found his way to the office of The Weekly Villager. The editors immediately fell in love with him and didn’t want him to leave. Turns out the puppy didn’t want to leave, either! When I started working for the paper, Doodle Dog decided he liked me best and wanted to...
Nelson Garrettsville Community Cupboard Open For Business
The Nelson Garrettsville Community Cupboard has resumed normal operations on Monday, April 7th at our their facility. The Cupboard is located at 12157 State Route 88 near the intersection of Route 88 and Ely Rd. Clients can visit the Cupboard anytime during regular hours; Monday 3:00pm-6:00pm or Wednesday 9:00am-12:00noon.
Hammer Data Systems Celebrates 20 Years on Main Street & Around the World
Garrettsville - Erika Frankel is celebrating 20 years in business. That’s a noteworthy accomplishment in itself, but considering she founded a tech company before the dawn of the Internet, in a small town like Garrettsville, it’s somewhat mind-boggling. Frankel started Hammer Data Systems, LLC at 8138 Main Street in historic downtown Garrettsville in 1995, as “your source for practical real-world...
Mental Health First Aid Registration
Mental Health First Aid, an 8-hour training course, is being offered March 5 and March 6 through Coleman Professional Services and the Mental Health & Recovery Board. The course gives people the tools to identify when someone might be struggling with a mental health or substance use problem and to connect them with appropriate support and resources when necessary. Just...
J.A. Garfield Historical Society News
Garrettsville - The James A. Garfield Historical Society met on November 18, 2013 in the historic Mott Building for their regular monthly meeting to conduct the following business : The historical marker grant commemorating the 1935 train robbery in Garrettsville has been approved by the Ohio Historical Society. Julie Thompson, who spearheaded the local effort through her senior “capstone” project...
Learn How to Protect Your Water in Portage County
The Portage Soil & Water Conservation District is responsible for protecting the natural resources within the county. As such, they’re motivated to help local residents make wise choices to help reduce erosion and pollutants in local streams and rivers. To that end, they’re working with other agencies to provide workshops on how local residents can help improve water quality...
January Programs at Garrettsville Library
Join us at the Garrettsville Library on Saturday, January 21 from 12:00 pm until 2:00 pm for the next “Crafting with Marian” program, which will provide you with the opportunity to make a cork keychain. You’ll learn how to make a fun and adorable keychain using wine bottle corks and some jewelry making hardware and equipment. The project is...
Chiropractic Center Awards Scholarship
Chiropractic Center of Garrettsville is happy to announce Andrew Anderson as the recipient of the sixth annual scholarship awarded to a James A. Garfield graduating senior. Mr. Anderson was awarded eight hundred fifty dollars to assist in his goal to further his education in the field of business management . The Chiropractic Center of Garrettsville plans to continue to award...
Upcoming Chamber of Commerce Events
Garrettsville - Spring is right around the corner, probably buried in a snowdrift but it is coming nevertheless. One of the first signs of spring is the Garrettsville Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. Grab your friends and neighbors, and follow the road to Garrettsville Monday, March 17th for a fun-filled St. Patrick’s Day you won’t forget....
The Harlem Ambassadors to Challenge the Garrettsville Inspectors in October: Tickets go on sale Monday, August 18th
Advance tickets go on sale Monday, August 18th and may be purchased online at garrettsvillearea.com/tix or at one of many area businesses including: The Villager (8088 Main St); Charles Auto Family (10851 North St); Miller’s Family Restaurant (8045 State St); Garrettsville DQ Grill & Chill (8013 State St); and the James A Garfield School offices when school returns.
Portage Parks on the Grow!
Portage Parks are on the grow! Just as a garden requires warm sunshine and rain to grow, local park properties and programs are now flourishing, thanks to a long-awaited flow of delayed funding. For years, several set-aside properties have languished, waiting for funding in order to become accessible parks. These once-hidden natural gems are now coming into view for public...
There is a Drug War going on in Portage County
Shalersville - If you think the casualties from the Viet Nam war were horrific -- total 58,220 -- then you’re going to be astounded to learn that from May 2016 to May 2017 there were 66,324 deaths from drug overdoses in the United States. Crossroads Community Church finds these results staggering and want to be a “Lighthouse” in the community,...
Family-to-Family Education Program registration under way
Registration is now open for the Portage County Family-to-Family Education Program, a free, 12-week class for families and others who have a loved one with a mental illness. The class will run every Tuesday starting January 17, 6:30 to 9 p.m., at the Mental Health & Recovery Board located at 155 E. Main Street in Kent A national program through NAMI,...
Mantua’s Art On The Hill A Success
Mantua - Mantua’s award-winning ART on the HILL was quite the place to be last Saturday, as a whole slew of groups, individuals, commercial entities, organizations and plain ol’ wine tasters showed up on one of the summer’s nicest days yet to wander up and down the hill itself, take a peek at the goods on offer, participate in...
Warm Hearts – Warm Kids Coat Drive
The Portage County Insurance Association is pleased to announce the kick-off of our 2017 Warm Hearts – Warm Kids coat drive. Started in 2013, this annual event aims to collect new and gently worn winter outerwear for local school children. Now in its fifth year, WHWK has already donated over 800 winter coats and thousands of accessories – including...
Garfield Interact Club Promotes “Service Above Self”
Garrettsville - Interact club is a branch of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary club working to help out the community as much as we can. My name is Sarah Kent and I am the current president of the James A. Garfield Interact Club and I am serving alongside vice-president Rachel Rader and secretary Chelsea Bates. This year we have around 35...
Garrettsville – Hiram Rotary Report
The Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram met in Cal’s II, Sky Plaza, Garrettsville on August 7, 2017, for their regular business meeting, which consisted of …. Contribution sign-up for potluck participation at the annual steak fry, to be held on aAugust 14 at 8289 Park Ave., Garrettsville, Party Center par excellence. Also a count of members and guests to be attending. Brief...
Winners of Middle School Spelling Bee Will Advance To County
Garrettsville - On December 21, the James A. Garfield Middle School held its annual Spelling Bee. Words like clodhopper, precursor, heredity, and opinionated stumped all but 3 of the 44 spellers. The winners were 7th grader Travis Witchey, son of Jeremy and Clarissa Witchey of Freedom and 8th grader, Aaron Craver, son of Christie and Donald Craver of...
Literary Musical Club News
Nelson Twp. - The Literary Musical Club of Nelson held the November 10th meeting at the Nelson Community Center. There were ten in attendance and one visitor, Margaret Lapport. This meeting was hosted by Anne Spolarich who put on a turkey dinner with all the trimmings and lots of desserts. Thanks Anne, you always outdo yourself. We were entertained...
