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Around Windham: Community comes together to help in hard times
- Ann Taft
A fundraising event for Elliot Thompson and his family, put on by the Windham softball community was held June 22 and 23. Elliot is coach for the 14U team in Windham and has been very active in our local softball program. Elliot had a massive stroke recently. He is in the Cleveland Clinic at the time I wrote this.
The softball community tried to raise $500 by hosting a Coach Pitch (level 2) Baseball Double Elimination Tournament. All of the money they raised selling concessions will be donated and they also passed around a “donation bucket” for teams and families of players to donate to help. They hope to ease the cost of traveling expenses for the family.
The teams that played were Garrettsville’s 3 Coach 2 Pitch teams plus teams from Jackson Milton and Bristol. My understanding is that these are all rival teams, which made this an exciting post season event!
This is a great example of how the Windham community rallies around people who can use help. Windham does an outstanding job of this!
Fun in The Sun will be July 20 and starts at 2 p.m. There are an incredible amount of events and competitions.
A car show will be at the Windham Village Park from 2 to 4 p.m. For more information, contact Marilyn Gage at 440-429-7116. There also will be food trucks, face painting, craft vendors, a hot dog eating contest, beer tent, carnival games and music.
At 2 p.m., there will be a petting zoo. The hot dog eating contest is at the maintenance building at 3 p.m. The contact person for the hot dog eating contest is Sharron Pennington at 330-646-9361. Winner prize is $50.
A Texas Hold’em Tournament is at 4 p.m., also in the maintenance building. Contact is Bryan Stanley at 330-647-2646.
The Rib Cook Off is at 5 p.m. outside of the garage.
There will be fireworks at night. Contact is David Belknap at 330-577-2206. If you want to participate in any of the contests, you must contact those mentioned.
Lions Club members will be selling their sandwiches on July 12 and 13. Only $6 will buy you a fantastic sausage or steak sandwich. On Friday, they are open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. On Saturday, they are open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Plastic will be collected from 10 a.m. for six or seven benches for our community.
Their trailer will be on S.R. 303 in the parking lot next to Circle K.
Effective July 1, Pastor Sandi Dennis-Greenberg will assume the pastorate of Garrettsville United Methodist Church. She will also retain the pastorates of Windham and Nelson United Methodist churches.
Casey Timmons will become president of the Garrettsville Hiram Rotary in July. Congratulations, Casey. They are fortunate to have you as their president.
WB Football and Cheer has started their registration. For more information, contact wbfootballandcheer@gmail.com.
Windham schools are looking different now. The windows are covered with new coverings. This is a security feature. These were purchased out of a safety grant to add another layer of protection to our buildings. Occupants can see out, but others can’t see in.
Windham Police will be starting a photo enforcement program to help the department with traffic control. A 30-day warning period is expected to start about July 26.
Any child age 1 to 18 years of age is invited to eat a free lunch at the Renaissance Family Center. No paperwork is required. Lunch is served from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Renaissance Family Center, 9005 Wil-Verne Drive.
The program will end Aug. 16. It will be closed June 19 and July 4. For more information, contact the Community Action Council at 330-296-1456, ext. 256.
This is my last column for The Portager. I have enjoyed writing these articles, but feel it is time to retire.
Ann Taft