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MCHS annual dinner

The public is invited to attend the Annual Dinner of the Mercer County Historical Society on Sunday, April 20, 2008. For the second straight year, we will combine our Annual Dinner with the Spring Concert of the MCHS Chamber Players. Come and enjoy great food, wonderful music, and good company. You will also learn about the accomplishments of the Society in 2007 and what we have planned for 2008 and beyond.
Guests will gather in the Social Hall of the Helen Black Miller Memorial Chapel at the MCHS headquarters.  They will be served stuffed chicken breasts with potatoes, vegetable, salad, dessert, and beverage.  Vegetarian selections will be available. A brief business meeting will follow, with a vote by the membership on the Board of Directors and election of officers.
Following the meeting we will proceed upstairs to the sanctuary for a special performance by the Chamber Players. Director Frank Stearns has planned a unique program that includes selections by Anna Priscilla Rischer. Miss Rischer was a noted Mercer music teacher who later moved west and made a name for herself writing and publishing music.  Nora Drake will return as soloist for this event. A cookie and punch reception will be held in the Social Room after the concert to allow you to meet the musicians.  Reservations for the dinner portion of the evening are available for $10 by mail or at the MCHS office. No tickets will be issued--we will keep a list of guests and you can check in at the door. The concert and reception are free, as always, though donations will be accepted and appreciated. No reservations are necessary for the concert portion of the evening--it is free and open to the public.  Come and enjoy professional musicians at work! Call the Historical Society at 724-662-3490 for more information.
Please make your reservation for dinner soon as space is limited. The last date for reservations will be Wednesday, April 16.  Please let us know that you are coming to the Annual Dinner by sending for your reservations.  Seating is limited.

Attention Life Guards

The American Red Cross of Trumbull and Mercer Counties is offering CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers on Saturday, April 12 from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Sharpsville office 517 W. Main St, or evening of Tuesday April 22 and 24 from 6-10 p.m. at the Warren Office, 661 Mahoning Ave. This course is designed to meet the needs of people who have a "duty to act" in an emergency. In addition to basic rescue skills it includes more advanced skills of 2 person rescue CPR and use of resuscitation and bag valve masks. If you need to re-certify your CPR Pro for a summer job, please call the Warren office 330-392-2551, or the Sharpsville office 724-962-9180 for more information and to register for the class. Cost for this class is $70. A reusable CPR mask can be purchased at the time of the class for an additional $10.

Campaign for a Cleaner, Greener America

Cleanup, Greenup and Fixup Efforts to Take Place Nationwide as Part of America's Largest Community Improvement Event, Led Nationally by Keep America Beautiful
With the 2008 presidential campaign heating up, Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste District  is embarking on a campaign of its own, joining national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful (KAB) in the Great American Cleanup as they campaign for a cleaner, greener America.  Unlike the presidential candidates, Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste District  is making a rather unusual campaign promise - this year, it WILL "fight dirty" and focus on improving communities nationwide for all to enjoy.
Here in Geauga County and Trumbull County and across the nation, volunteers will rally to fight dirty streets, waterways and public spaces by removing litter and illegal dump sites, greening up parks, schoolyards and other public spaces, holding recycling drives, hosting educational events, painting-out graffiti, and more.
"Finding ways to improve the nation's communities - and our overall environment - is not only one of Keep America Beautiful's main objectives, but it's also a topic that is increasingly top-of-mind with most Americans," said Matthew McKenna, president of Keep America Beautiful.  "In its 24th year, the Great American Cleanup continues to be a vehicle for volunteers across the country, driving them to take a hands-on approach to sustainability by conducting cleanups, recycling drives, tree and flower plantings and other community improvement activities."
Locally the campaign runs from April 1 -May 31 and involves thousands of volunteers from area schools, scout troops, and neighborhoods.  "We are pound to announce that this is our 19th year of involvement," said Holly Carine, Education Specialist for the District. "Groups can select a littered area to clean and we provide them with bags, gloves and flower seed packets", said Carine.  "We also schedule community target litter cleanup days. Some events scheduled for this year are: Brookfield Township Cleanup, May 17, McDonald Village Cleanup, April 26, Auburn Township Cleanup, April 26, Village of West Farmington Cleanup, May 17, Warren City Ward 3 Cleanup, May 31, Newton Falls City Cleanup, April 26." .For more information on these and other cleanups call the Solid Waste District at 1-800-707-2673. You can also register your own cleanup on line at www.startrecycling.com.
The national Great American Cleanup takes place from March 1- May 31 annually.  This year, an expected 3 million volunteers will get involved and campaign for a 'cleaner, greener America' by participating in 30,000 community improvement activities and educational workshops happening in over 17,000 communities nationwide.  All will spread the message of individual responsibility to keep America's communities clean, green and beautiful.
In 2007, cleanup efforts resulted in 200 million pounds of litter and debris removed from America's landscape, including 3,500 illegal dump sites and over 10,000 abandoned vehicles.  Participants planted 4.6 million trees, flowers and bulbs, and collected over 2.2 million tires, 22.4 million pounds of aluminum and steel, 592,000 pounds of wireless phones and related equipment, and over 70.6 million PET bottles for recycling. Great American Cleanup events improved over 178,000 miles of roadway (more than seven times around the world), 121,000 acres of parks and public lands, 7,000 miles of rivers, lakes and shorelines, and 3,900 miles of hiking, biking and nature trails - equal to a winding trail stretching from Key West, Fla., to Seattle.
America's leading companies support this campaign for a cleaner, greener America.  The National Sponsors of the 2008 Great American Cleanup are:  American Honda Motor Co., Inc., The Dow Chemical Company, Firestone Complete Auto Care™ and Tires Plus™, GLAD® ForceFlex Trash Bags, Pepsi-Cola Company, Sam's Club®, The
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, Sprint Foundation, Troy-Bilt® Lawn and Garden Equipment, Waste Management, Inc. and the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company; Educational Partners: ReCellular, Inc. and Rubber Manufacturers Association.

A minister was opening his mail one morning. Drawing a single sheet of paper from an envelope, he found written on it only one word: "FOOL."
The next Sunday he announced, "I have known many people who have written letters and forgot to sign their names. But this week I received a letter from someone who signed his name and had forgotten to write a letter."