March 27, 2009 ORRVIEWS Page 3
What's
In 00urrrllle
• 3130 - April Fools'
Dinner @ Heartland
Point, 6 p.m.
• 4/1 - Athletic
Booster Meeting @
OHS, 7:30 p.m.
• 4/2 - OHS Talent
Show @ OHS, 7 p.m.
• 4/2 - Tops 1982
meeting @ Trinity
UMC, 6:30 p.m.
• 4/3 - OrrViews
deadline @ 5 p.m.
• 4/4 - Bunny Trail
@ OMS, 11a.m. - 2
p.m.
• 4/3 & 4/4- "A
Cricket on Grandma's
Hearth"@ North
School, 7 p.m.
• 4/6 - 4-10
- Spring Recess for
Orrville City Schools
• 4/7 - Heritage
Albums @ Heartland
Point, 6 p.m.
• 4/8 - Sweet Stuff
& Hearth and Home
classes @ Heartland
Point, 6 p.m.
• 4/9 - Children's
Spring Thing@
Heartland Point,
10.a.m.
• 4/9 - Tops 1982
meeting @ Trinity
UMC, 6:30 p.m.
• 4/10 - OrrViews
delivered to stands
To include your
happenings please
email Orrviews@
zoominternet.net or
call 330-684-1115.
For school related
information go to
www.orrville.k12.
oh.us
UW brings Imagination
Library to local children
Submitted by
The Orrville Area
United Way
Educators have emphasized
the fact that reading with your
preschool child is the single
most important activity to pre-
pare a child for school. Dolly
Parton created her Imagination
Library to guarantee access to
books and to inspire parents to
read to their children as much
as possible. Your Orrville Area
United Way promotes school
reidiness and lifespan educa-
tion.
Bloomin Orrville!
The Imagination Library is
open to all children under the
age of five who live in Orrville,
u.1=00W00y II00imll
Dalton, and Marshallville, zip
codes 44667, 44618 and 44645.
It will provide each child with
one hardcover book per month
by mail until his or her fifth
birthday. And it's absolutely
free to the child and parents. To
learn more or register your child
online, visit the website: www.
imaginationlibrary.com
The Dolly Parton Founda-
tion provides the books and
John Morris is all smiles as he positions 1 of 2250 petunia plants into
a hanging basket destined for downtown Orrville. All while the Steiner
family (background) busy themselves with the remaining 2249. They were
just some of the volunteers that gathered at Buchwalter Greenhouse on
March 12th to fill the baskets that are part of Main Street Orrville's Bloomin'
Orrville! program. The colorful flowers will make their way onto downtown's
decorative light poles near the end of May.
Submitted by Dardn Wasniewski,
Executive Director, Main Street Orrville
Crosby performs at OrrVilla
Rather than hinder, blindness
gave her an ear for rhyme and
an opportunity for education.
She believed that God had
ordained her blindness for
His glory. By the time of her
death in 1915, she had writ-
ten more than 8,000 hymns
many of which are still sung
today.
Raylene's 30 minute pre-
sentation was fol.lowed by
a question and answer time
about Farmy and herself. Her
program fees vary depending
upon travel distance from her
home in Jeromesville. She
can be reached at 1-419-651-
9864 or raylene98b@aol.
com.
the United Way, with a grant
from the Orrville Rotary Club,.
pays the postage, about $30 per
child per year. Anyone can help
sponsor the program.
Register online (via the web-
site above), or complete the reg-
istration form in the brochure
and mail or drop off your reg-
istration at the United Way of-
rice, located inside the Orrville
YMCA. Brochures will be
available in several sites and
through the United Way office:
330-683-8181 or email to helen.
meyers@unitedway.org.
us her life story.
Raylene has a beautiful
voice and when she spoke
about the circumstances un-
der which Fanny wrote a
hymn, she sang it. Raylene
sang some of Fanny's less
familiar hymns and some
very familiar ones including
"Blessed Assurance" and "To
God be the Glory."
Included in the presenta-
tion are messages of forgive-
ness, humility, salvation, ser-
vice and God's sovereignty.
In the history of church
music, Fanny Crosby stands
out as the queen of gospel
hymns. Born in 1820, she be-
came blind at six weeks old.
Submitted by
MARY HULL
NAUMOFF
Fanny Crosby, the blind
writer of 8,000 hymns, gave
a wonderful program at Or-
rVilla's March 3rd, carry-in.
Well, wCll admit Raylene
Hlavaty impersonated Fanny,
but she was so good as she
spoke in first person, that we
felt she was Fanny.
Dressed in a Civil War era
dress, which Raylene made
herself, wearing dark glasses
and keeping her eyes closed
so she could better under-
stand Fanny's blindness,
Raylene was Fanny and told
Thank
you,
Hallie
Submitted by
The Orrville
Historical Society
Hallie Runion has been the
interim Executive Director for
the Smith Orr Homestead for the
past 3 months. This experience
has been part of her academic
requirements for course Studies
at the University of Cincinnati.
Hallie is the daughter of Jack &
Linda Runion of.Orrville.
She was instrumental in de-
veloping a new brochure to
showcase the Homestead as
well as hosting several events,
such as the Mother Daughter
Tea, and the Valentine's Day
Dinner just to name a couple.
Hallie was also able to attract
the services of her sister Jackie
and friends from the high school
who all pitched in to strip wall
paper, and wash walls in prepa-
ration for finishing an upstairs
room in the house. A new Logo
for the OrrviUe Hist6rical Soci-
ety is being developed and will
be released at a future date.
Work is in progress for pa-
pering & painting of a large
room on the 2nd floor of the
house. The goal is to create a
"Bride's Room" for the wed-
dings that have been booked
for this late Spring & Summer.
Jamie Pittman, an Orrville His-
torical Society Board member,
has been heading up this project
and has actively been working
with these young people.
Jamie further commented
that the second floor bathroom
has been re-plumbed and is
ready for tile.
The Historical Society hosted
a Pizza Party at Orrville's Pizza
Hut on Thursday, March 19.
John Smucker, President of the
society, thanked Hallie for shar-
ing her talent and energy with
us over the past few months.
He also thanked the group of
young people that devoted their
free time and hard work to the
projects in the Homestead. Best
of Luck Hallie !
