City of Youngstown Calendar of Events for December
Fellowship Gardens Illuminate the Holidays
The Gardens at Mill Creek MetroParks are a wonder to see anytime of the year, but during the month of December, it is holiday glitz at its finest. Those attending the Winter Celebration: Golden Holiday at Fellows Riverside Gardens this month will see creative floral arrangements as well as trees decorated to highlight what makes the Mahoning Valley unique. Stop by on Sunday for the buffet in the Garden Café. Winter Celebration is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through January 4.
And for a special treat, visit the Gardens, Sunday, December 14 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for Gardens by Candlelight. Luminaries and holiday lighting brighten the way so families can enjoy a wintry walk through Fellows Riverside Gardens at night. After your stroll, stop by the Davis Center for music, cocoa, coffee and cookies. Call 330-702-3000 for more information.
Victorian Holiday Walk Down Millionaires’ Row
Be sure to visit downtown Warren, Ohio, on Sunday, December 14 for the Victorian Holiday Walk – a walking tour along Historic Millionaires’ Row on Mahoning Ave. NW. The walking tour runs from noon to 6 p.m. and costs $5 for adults with children 12 and under being free. Included in the tour is the Connecticut Land Title Office, the Perkins Mansion, the Sutliff Museum, the First Presbyterian Church and the Kinsman, Upton and John Starks Edwards Houses all decorated for the holidays.…
[ November 29, 2008; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. November 30, 2008; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. ]
Mill Creek Park is Youngstown’s crown jewel. The result of a forward thinking Volney Rogers who helped the park become established in 1891, Mill Creek Metropolitan Park District encompasses 2,600 acres within urbanized Mahoning County. Including 20 miles of drives and 15 miles of foot trails, Mill Creek also boasts a rare collection of gardens, lakes for canoeing, and woodlands to explore. Though the park has much to offer year-round, at the end of November one special location, Lanterman’s Mill, pulls out all the stops as it welcomes the holiday season to the Valley.
Lanterman’s Mill is considered one of Mahoning County’s most historic landmarks. The present mill (and all mills that came before it) built in 1845-1846 by German Lanterman and Samuel Kimberly is located at Lanterman’s Falls. The Mill was restored from 1982 to 1985 through a gift from the Ward and Florence Beecher Foundation. However, there were a few mills at this location prior to the one standing today.
John Young, the founder of Youngstown, once owned the land surrounding Lanterman’s Falls. He sold 300 acres that included the falls to Phineas Hill at the end of the 18th century with the stipulation a saw and grist mill be built at the site of the Falls within 18 months of purchase. This mill which operated from 1799 to 1822 was built from logs found on-site and millstones were cut from granite in the area.
In 1823, Eli Baldwin built a mill to replace this original, with this…
Immigrants are the backbone of the nation and of Youngstown as well. In the early 1800s many flocked to the Mahoning Valley searching for work with large numbers of immigrants setting up residence on the west side of Crab Creek; an area that became know as Smoky Hollow – earning the name from the smoke-filled skies compliments of the nearby Mahoning Valley Iron Company. Though the diversity of people who came to Youngstown at this time was extensive, the Italian-American community was drawn to Smoky Hollow. It was in the 1920s when the Cassesse family opened the Mahoning Valley Restaurant – fondly called the MVR by the locals. Great Italian food was its trademark then as it is today. The Smoky Hollow region of the city was a very viable area up until the early 1960s when the neighborhood began to deteriorate, but the MVR hung-on.
Today Youngstown State University butts up the Smoky Hollow region and a local group of merchants has vowed to revitalize the area by creating the Wick District-Smoky Hollow retail corridor with the MVR acting as its anchor. And while the area strives to renew itself – the University Courtyard Apartments; a $22 million public-private partnership project catering exclusively to YSU students is located nearby – no matter the progress, the MVR is thriving.
When hunger hit Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign entourage while in Youngstown this fall, the group placed a call to Cassese’s MVR and within the hour John and Cindy McCain were…
| PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 287). . . . . 287 100.00 |
| REGISTERED VOTERS – TOTAL . . . . . 178,270 |
| BALLOTS CAST – TOTAL. . . . . . . 125,841 |
| VOTER TURNOUT – TOTAL . . . . . . 70.59 |
| PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT |
| VOTE FOR 1 |
| Baldwin/Castle (CON). . . . . . . 271 .22 |
| Barr/Root (LIB) . . . . . . . . 424 .34 |
| Duncan/Johnson. . . . . . . . . 159 .13 |
| McCain/Palin (REP) . . . . . . . 44,339 35.82 |
| McKinney/Clemente (GRE). . . . . . 268 .22 |
| Moore/Alexander (SOC) . . . . . . 85 .07 |
| Nader/Gonzalez. . . . . . . . . 1,268 1.02 |
| Obama/Biden (DEM). . . . . . . . 76,356 61.68 |
| WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 627 .51 |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL |
| VOTE FOR 1 |
| Richard Cordray (DEM) . . . . . . 82,233 72.37 |
| Mike Crites (REP). . . . . . . . 26,301 23.15 |
| Robert M. Owens . . . . . . . . 5,091 4.48 |
| REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS 17TH DISTRICT |
| VOTE FOR 1 |
| Duane V. Grassell (REP). . . . . . |
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Many “gems” of culture can be found in the most unlikely places. It would only make sense a museum, whose mission “to preserve and collect works of art in all media created by citizens of our country,” would be located in Washington, D.C. Nope; Youngstown, Ohio lays claim to The Butler Institute of American Art; the first museum of American art.
Dedicated in 1919, the Butler, as it is called by the locals is a wonderful architectural masterpiece in and of itself. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this Wick Avenue structure is the work of architectural geniuses McKim, Mead and White. Known worldwide as “America’s Museum,” the Butler not only houses extensive individual works by American artists (more than 20,000 now), it is a living museum – meaning the community doesn’t just visit every once in awhile. The Butler is an active venue – one weekend hosting a wedding, another offering art classes to children, and always its door are open to the public where anyone can peruse the exhibits on display – free of charge.
Arguably its most well-known masterpiece would be 1872 Winslow Homer work “Snap the Whip” depicting school age children playing this game. The recent acquisition of preeminent American illustrator Norman Rockwell’s “Lincoln the Railsplitter” has recently draw the most attention to the Butler. According to Butler Director Dr. Louis Zona, “If ever a painting belonged in the collection of the Butler Institute, this is the one. Painted by America’s most beloved artist,…
[ October 29, 2008; ]
Rock the Vote is having an early voting event at YSU tomorrow (10/29/08) from noon to 2pm with appearances by the Beastie Boys and Sheryl Crow. All relevant information for the event can be found at www.rockthevote.com under the event tool or by searching Youngstown in the events section of facebook.
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