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July 8, 2019

Library Activities For The Week Of July 8

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities.  Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. Activities taking place this week include MONDAY, JULY 8 10:00 a.m. – “Coloring for Adults,” a weekly program that is free and open to the public. It is designed to help reduce stresses of everyday life. All adults are welcome. TUESDAY, JULY 9 10:00 a.m. – “Jump Start to Kindergarten,” a program designed for children entering kindergarten in the fall. The program focuses on reviewing – in a fun way – what children need to know to begin school….

July 5, 2019

BC3 To Highlight Programs, Careers For Future Educators

(Butler, PA) Madison Roth knew she wanted to become an educator at age 10 when she “literally played school all the time,” toting a portable chalkboard and a rubber-tipped wooden pointer to lessons attended by friends and relatives in classrooms imagined in her bedroom in Cabot or in her cousins’ basement in Butler. “Anywhere,” she said, laughing, “that people would play with me.” Dan Parson, of Portersville, knew he wanted to become an educator at age 17, on a 95-degree July day “sweating and being cut” by jaggers at a job site near New Castle with his father’s tree removal…

July 4, 2019

June 30 Dubbed Eric Rayner Day

On June 28, 2019, Mayor Anthony J. Court presented a proclamation to Eric Rayner, declaring that June 30, 2019, as Eric Rayner Day in Ellwood City. Eric was the leader in saving the fireworks display for the Ellwood City Festival, raising $11,000 for the fireworks show. Ellwood City is proud of a great job done by Eric and grateful for all who donated to keep this tradition alive. I believe everyone, in and around the Ellwood City area, enjoyed the fireworks immensely.  

July 3, 2019

FIREWORKS VIDEO, 2019 Ellwood City Festival Summary

Over 150 vendors came out to celebrate Ellwood City’s way to kick off summer over the weekend. Live bands played, painted rocks hidden and found, dancers performed, and winners were announced. To conclude the festivities, fireworks were set off in the Ellwood City football stadium. It looked to be a battle to get fireworks, but our community pulled through, led by 26-year-old Eric Rayner who helped stoke fundraising efforts that doubled projections. Rayner was placed into the Festival Hall of Fame as the man on a mission to save the Ellwood City firework display. This year’s Zambelli display lasted close…

July 2, 2019

Upcoming Tennis Mini-Clinic Planned In Ewing Park

There will be a youth tennis clinic hosted by the Ellwood City Girls tennis team and coaches, marking this year as the 5th year of holding the clinic. “We want kids to find interest in playing tennis and learning about the game,” said girls tennis head coach John DiBuono. The clinic will be held on July 8th, 9th, and 10th from 10:00 to 11:30 at the Ewing park courts. The clinic, open to children 5 to 12, costs $25. Checks should be made payable to Ellwood City Girls Tennis. Each participant will receive a T-shirt. “A player should expect to…

July 1, 2019

Library Activities For The Week Of July 1

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities. Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. Activities taking place this week include MONDAY, JULY 1 10:00 a.m. – “Coloring for Adults,” a weekly program that is free and open to the public. It is designed to help reduce stresses of everyday life. All adults are welcome. TUESDAY, JULY 2 10:00 a.m. – “Jump Start to Kindergarten,” a program designed for children entering kindergarten in the fall. The program focuses on reviewing – in a fun way – what children need to know to begin school….

June 27, 2019

Food Vendors—Tempters of the Tastebuds—to be Inducted into Festival Hall of Fame

Sausage sandwiches, elephant ears, apple dumplings, lamb dinners, pepperoni puffs, meatball sandwiches … hungry yet? For some Festival goers, the best part of the event is the food. “Some people just go to the Festival for the food,” said Raylene Boots, Festival Chairwoman. “Everyone has a favorite.” There are some “booths” that are well known … maybe even famous around Ellwood City’s Festival. Festival Hall of Fame Inductees Wolves, Rotary, and First United Methodist are truly among those daydream-worthy booths that push the salivary glands into overdrive. But more than just mouthwatering foods, these booths have a mission to give…

June 26, 2019

Ellwood City History Center Open During Festival

The History Center will be open during the festival this year. Andrew Kindle, 1st Vice President of the Historical Society announced that the History Center will be open for visitors. The History Center will be open from  11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m on Friday( June 28 ) and Saturday (June 29). “We will not have a booth at the Festival this year and being open will give visitors to town and the community a chance to view all of our collected artifacts and memorabilia,” Kindle said. “Among the many displays is our latest collection, donated by the Kline family. It is a…

June 26, 2019

Larry ‘Hoss’ Crable —Cherished Crafter—to be Inducted into Festival Hall of Fame

That unmistakable sound of the hammer hitting the anvil is a sound that will resonate forever in the hearts of the family, friends, and Festival-goers who were lucky enough to know Larry “Hoss” Crable. “You could hear it the entire way across the park,” said Crable’s daughter Laura Goehring. “I remember when I was little walking to the grounds and knowing the greatest weekend of the year has started when I heard the distinct hammer sound,” Niece Jillian Court recalls. “I knew that I’d find him, my aunt and cousins if I followed the sound.” That sound is one that…

June 25, 2019

Pat Marinaccio—Champion of the Arts—to be Inducted into Festival Hall of Fame

Bittersweet. It’s a feeling that Lee Marinaccio knows all too well. Lee lost his father, Pat, mid January shortly before his dad would have celebrated his 93rd birthday. That’s the bitter part that Lee lives with. Losing a parent is a tragedy that stares into the face of thousands on a daily basis, but for each person that loss is something personal, something that no one else can possibly understand. Then, a sweet surprise came in the form of a Festival Hall of Fame induction that will honor Pat Marinaccio’s Festival legacy forever. You see, Marinaccio was a part of…