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Dec 07, 2007 | The season is well and truly underway, having gotten off to a rousing start with the Garrettsville Chamber of Commerce Community Christmas fest on Saturday, December 1st in the James A. Garfield gymnasium. Over twenty-five vendors were on hand, including purveyors on handmade scarves, hats, pillows, pottery, rugs and wooden goods and cookies, jewelry, handbags, Avon products and Tupperware were on display, as well as Subway coupons and candles from the “Busy Bees” of the Garfield PTO and the ever popular Buckeye Santa’s and Buckeye Moose...moose’s?...meece?...whatever. The Village Piecemakers Quilting Club offered raffle tickets for a lovely pine tree-themed quilt which they had constructed. The Curtains Up Theatre group made tickets and information available on their upcoming production of “Papa’s Angels: A Christmas Story”, to be presented on December 7, 8, 14,15 &16.The Covenant Bible Fellowship and the Nelson United Methodist Church (they of the Swiss steak dinner and Christmas cookie fame) were on hand too.Only the very determined could escape without acquiring calories. Nelson UMC was also serving up lunch on the spot and Boy Scout Troop # 62 was luring the will power-challenged with luscious selections of doughnut holes which wafted cinnamon-scented temptation throughout the Commons. Brandon Young, Anthony DeNigris and Kelly Cartwright swept the cookie-baking competition.Kids visited Santa...and the Mrs...and were treated to the opportunity to have their facespainted, construct a Christmas card or ornament, or decorate one of the cookies supplied by sky Plaza IGA and Giant Eagle. The harried but happy supervisors from Middlefield Bank kept most of the sequins and frosting where they belonged. McDonald’s staffers had games and coloring activities for the quieter-maybe tiered--types. Entertainment and door prizes were on tap all afternoon. Jim Irwin tickled the ivories in an endless stream of holiday selections then turned over the spotlight to Roy Pancost and his band of elves-Dale Lacan, Butch Seiler and Tim Paul-followed by the singing Grannies with vocal selections for the season. Santa took off for the North Pole and left Chuck Klamer to clean up. HO HO HO! Dec 21, 2007 | Happy Holidays from The Weekly Villager Dec 28, 2007 | The Heart of Faces. It was the place to be in the 1930’s if you wanted to see the latest Hollywood movie or weekly news reel. Popcorn and soda would cost you just a few pennies. It’s changed over the years; it’s been a pool hall, hardware store and other things now forgotten.In 1996 John and Vonda Vencel spent a few months creating its latest incarnation, Faces. The converted movie theater houses Faces Lounge, Faces Down Under Banquet Hall, Faces Café and Sunspot Tanning.A family affair, the Lounge is co-owned with John’s brother-in-law Rick Glover and his wife Diane. The Banquet Hall is owned by the Vencels and run by “Miss Vonda”.Since 1996 they have been open 7 days a week for 3,777 days straight with out a day off until this past July when a delivery driver snagged some low hanging cable lines and knocked out the electricity for 12 hours.Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter are special days for Faces as it throws open its doors at 7:00 pm to celebrate the holidays. Everyone who shows up is treated to free food and a place to gather with their “other family”. Flashing lights and a computerized DJ’s booth are perfect companions to the live music that entices patrons to the dance floor.Local artist Marc Giampapa’s work covers nearly every wall surface in murals of rock legends that have a flavor of famed 60’s pop artist Peter Max’s style. Jan 04, 2008 | Farmland Preservation. A public meeting -- third to date -- was held at the Kennedy Center, Hiram College, the evening of December 18th. The purpose of the meeting was to encourage questions and comments regarding the “Transfer of Development Rights Feasibility Study Draft” presented by National TDR expert Rick Pruetz, FAICP. This past October, a public meeting was held to discuss preserving farmland through TDRs and alternative ways of tailoring this technique to fit local circumstances. Using these comments, Rick prepared a draft incorporating the components of the TDR program that would appear most likely to succeed in Hiram. A final feasibility study will be prepared based on this feedback. The meeting was opened by Stephan Zabor, professor of Economics with Hiram College; he welcomed Rick. Rick began by thanking attendees and introducing the basics of TDRs. A TDR is a market-based tool that works through community zoning with the pur pose of redirecting development from designated areas or landmarks, which merit preserving, to elected areas appropriate for development. In essence, this program allows landowners to transfer the rights to develop a parcel of land to a different parcel of land. The parcel of land where the rights originate is the “sending” parcel. When the rights are transferred from a “sending parcel”, the land is restricted with a permanent conservation easement. The parcel of land to which the rights are transferred, is called the “receiving parcel”. Buying these rights generally allows the owner to build at a higher density than ordinarily permitted by the base zoning. The proposal put forth by Rick Pruetz is simple in nature; he stressed that simplicity is key for initial agreement.

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