Archive for June 24th, 2009
Pedaling with a Purpose – Califorkids Trip Nears Completion
Community service is always in style. How to go about doing it is limited only by one’s imagination. Take Scott Finamore, for example. About a year ago this 23 year old Poland, Ohio native tossed an idea at his buddy 19 year old Sam Malaska of Youngstown. Finamore was in need of an adventure, (“I’m an outdoors kind of guy,” he states), so he proposed a bike trip. But not just any bike trip. “I thought it would be neat to ride out to California to visit people I know there and in the process really see America.” Malaska thought Finamore was nuts – at first; but once he kicked the idea around, Malaska was on-board.
[ June 24, 2009; 7:00 pm; July 1, 2009; 7:00 pm; July 8, 2009; 7:00 pm; July 15, 2009; 7:00 pm; July 19, 2009; 7:00 pm; July 22, 2009; 7:00 pm; July 26, 2009; 7:00 pm; July 29, 2009; 7:00 pm; August 5, 2009; 7:00 pm; August 12, 2009; 4:00 pm; August 19, 2009; 4:00 pm; August 26, 2009; 4:00 pm; September 2, 2009; 7:00 pm; September 9, 2009; 7:00 pm; ]
Mill Creek MetroParks Summerfest Spectacular also offers up some wonderful musical opportunities. And yes, it’s all free. All concerts take place at the Judge Morely Pavilion with each beginning at 7:00 p.m. The variety of music presented guarantees there will be something for everyone! Be sure to bring a lawn chair, bug spray and a smile! On tap for the 2009 Summerfest Spectacular are…
[ April 7, 2009 12:00 pm to June 28, 2009 12:00 pm. ]
On the Road Again The National Road Comes to Y-Town
Our nations’ first federally funded highway is celebrating its bicentennial, and you’re invited to the party. The National Road: Helping Build America is a traveling exhibit whose next stop is the Youngstown Historical Center of Labor & Industry where it sill be on display April 7 through June 28, 2009.
Put together by the Ohio Historical Society and partially funded by a grant from the Ohio Humanities Council, this exhibit honors Congress’ authorizing the construction of the National Road also known as the Cumberland Road, the National Pike, “The Main Street of America” and U.S. 40. The National Road was the first compact gravel road to cross the Appalachian Mountains making it so travel through this area was more doable. With the construction of The National Road, settling the frontier became a reality.
Though Congress gave the okay to begin the construction of the road in 1806, and contracts with private builders were in place by 1811, the War of 1812 held the project in limbo until 1815. At this time, work on the road began in Cumberland, Maryland with the first portion to Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) being completed in 1817. The road eventually extended to St. Louis, Missouri. It is interesting to note that the Ohio portion of the 620-mile National Road is more than 225 miles long…
