A potpourri of information on Portage County area including Summit Co, Stark Co, Northeast Ohio, Ohio and even other states. This site includes travel attractions, restaurants, shops, festivals, parades, hot air balloon festivals, Ravenna Balloon A-Fair, museums, animal and nature areas, computer resources, weather links, events, local organizations and historic town descriptions from the 1837 Ohio Gazetteer. PROBABLY MOST COMPLETE LISTING OF OHIO BALLOON EVENTS & BALLON RIDES
Most interesting pages might be - Attractions - Events By Type - Info Links - -Restaurants - Shops - Balloon A-Fair - Hot Air Balloons includes Festivals, Balloon Rides, Glows, Organizations, Info
SITE MAP COMING HERE CHECK ALL 3 PAGES - SOME ITEMS COULD BE LISTED ON ANOTHER TYPE PAGE THEN YOU MIGHT THINK.
-Low priced IN N E Ohio Portage County OTHER KENT ALLIANCE RAVENNA ASHLAND MANTUA CHAGRIN FALLS RANDOLPH WARREN ROOTSTOWN SEVIL STREETSBORO LANCASTER Summit County AKRON CUYAHOGA FALLS STOW
THIS MONTHS HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS & SHOPS see EVENTS or SHOPS pages for details PORTAGE COUNTY: RAVENNA: The Print Shop Business Center 263 W Main St 10-5 Mon -Fri - 330.296.0123 New coping, printing service - just west of the former print stor
BALLOON A-FAIR 50,60s DANCEat VFW 6000 New Milford Rd 2010 Sat Feb 27 7pm -Midnight $8. donation. Contests, prizes, free snacks. Cash Bar - over 21 pleae. 330.297.1898
GARRETTSVILLE :
GOODNIGHT' KITCHEN AND BATH 10661-1/2 Highland Ave 330.527.5954
KENT; ACORN ALLEY - East Main downtown. Includes OFF THE WAGON - Toys for young at heart; DANCING BETA Sushi Bar & other food; shops for Ice Cream - Gifts. ______________________________________________ SUMMIT CO: ELLET : STAFF MUSIC AND COMPUTER 610 Canton Rd - Akron - (Ellet) 330.784.1213 New Guitars, Drums, Instruments, Accessories. Used and consignment sales. New and used computers, computer service. www.staffmusicandcomputer.com
OTHER COUNTIES:
WEATHER : see Info Links page for more www.wunderground.com Gives local forcast plus individual's or organization's local weather stations for the selected zip code- Since these are usually individuals, the sensors might not be in the best location for an accurate measurement. Many are on roof tops below tree lines so true wind speed - direction are not registered. For an accurate temperature compare by scrolling down to nearest airport - then on down to the bottom where the other weatherstations in the area are for comparison.
www.accuweather.com Can be more accurate in predictions then US Weather Service.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE www.srh.noaa.gov Radio stations in NE Ohio --162.400 gives weather for Akron, NE Ohio & PA to east, 162.500 gives weather for NE corner of Ohio & IN-MI & PA states. 162.550 gives weather for NE corner of Ohio & IN-MI & PA states. Some Zip Codes to use for current and approaching Ohio weather:
Ravenna
44266
Akron
44301
Ashtabula
44004
Cincinnati
45201
Columbus
43201
Lancaster
43130
Marietta
45750
Toledo
43601
Youngstown
44502
Indianapolis IN
46201
South Bend IN
46601
Detroit MI
48201
ALL ZIP CODES U.S.Postal Service http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp REVERSE LOOKUP ZIPS: www.usps.com -Look up a city's zip, - Have zip-find the city, -Find an address's zip, -find a company's zip.
DIGITAL TV ANALOG ANTENNA INFO : What antenna is needed. How to aim a roof antenna and what channels are digital? www.antennaweb.org Go to select antenna, put in address and zip code, 1 or 2 story house. Will tell what stations you can receive - analog stations and digital stations and which dirction to aim antenna displayed on a map.
From Ravenna, Ohio Portage County on the Continental Divide comes Ohio Tidbits, a site containing my favorite bits of Activities, Events, Food & Restaurants, Groups, History, Shops, and Travel in Portage County, Northeast Ohio, the Connecticut Western Reserve, Ohio and even other states.
This site has ongoing construction with changes or refinements (and unexplained spelling errors) being made every day or two.
What information should I include?? To list every attraction would just be a duplication of information found in other sources. I am thinking of listing the places, events, and organizations I or friends are familar with, probably with a descriptons and comments of the listing that you would not get in another source. After I have the material, I will probably do the listing as both catorgory & place; or event & catagory (&) organization. Time and resource shortages prevent complete listings, thus, TIDBITS
What is the Connecticut Western Reserve? (as I recall-if doing reports check exact facts) The 13 Colonies each claimed the land to the West as far as the ocean. They were asked to give up Connecticut, however, was given the lands to the West by the King of England. As a comprise when NY and Pennsylvania were formed, Connecticut was able to keep or reserve the lands in North Central and Northeast Ohio for itself. The Firelands, in the Western part -the 2 farthest counties I believe- were named because Connecticut gave property in them to the people burned out of their homes in the war (1812?).
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE --- Rain fall to the North goes to Lake Erie, Rain to the South go to the Mississippi. The dividing line goes through downtown Ravenna at Main & Chestnut Streets and through Suffield Township.
One of the purposes was to publish excerpts from a book I found at a tag sale a few years ago. It is from 1837, The OHIO GAZETTEER, and TRAVELERS GUIDE;Containing descriptions of the towns, townships, and counties, with their locations and distance from the capital of the state.
The restaurant section was to list the lower priced or unique dinning places I had found
I was also interested in informational pages on activities as Hot Air Ballooning.
In general the site is a salmagundi of hopefully interesting and useful information -- you look it up, I had to. www.dictionary.com
May we remember the reason behind the holiday season and pass on God's gift to us for the benefit of our friends, community and country.
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