Archive for April, 2015

To celebrate Earth Day, eGreen Computers will hold their Earth Day Extravaganza on Saturday, April 25 from 11 am to 4 pm at 19123 State Route 31 (just north of Marysville) at their eGreen Warehouse.

Bring unwanted electronics to be recycled and get a free hamburger or hot dog while your items are unloaded and destroyed in front of you! There will also be entertainment and music by Audio Sensations.

Each person who brings an electronic item for recycling will receive one raffle ticket for a prize drawing to win an iPad!

Additionally, eGreen has partnered with several local charitable organizations in the community and all proceeds from the day will go to help them.

CRT televisions are $25, but everything else is free.

For more information, go HERE.

eGreen Computers is located at 112 West 5th Street in Marysville.

We always know spring is here when the Plain City Lions Club auction finally arrives. This year, those fun-loving Lions are hoping you’ll join them the last Thursday of the month and raise money for their many, many service projects and local charities. This auction, which is filled with jokes and teasing along with tons of super buys, always leaves people with full bellies, giant smiles, and empty wallets (people bid often to help support a good cause!).

You can bid on several great items at the auction including: Four Michelin tires donated by Schrock Automotive, one week’s use of a Florida condo donated by Buckeye Boxes and John and Sue Ann Pieroni, Leaf blower donated by Hilliard Lawn and Garden, a Lake Erie perch dinner for the lucky buyer and ten other family members and friends (courtesy of Captains and Cooks Richard Murray and Roger Weeks), Spanish lessons with Lion Veronica Taylor, a three burner Gas Grill donated by the London Walmart SuperCenter, and an Adirondack Chair donated by Yutzy’s Farm Market.

The Lions Club Annual Dinner and Auction will be held on Thursday, April 23, in the Banquet room at Der Dutchman Restaurant in Plain City at 6:30 pm.

Tickets are $16, which includes a family style dinner and entry to the auction. The meal will be served at 6:30 pm. Doors open at 6 pm.

Tickets can be purchased at True Value Hardware (see Lion Perry Yoder), Schrock Automotive (see Lion Bill Davis), and here at the pharmacy (see Joe). The auctioneers this year are Geoff Smith, Frank Roby, and Jay Kurtz.

Stop in the pharmacy as soon as possible and buy your tickets! You will have a roaring good time!

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Join the Uptown Plain City Organization (UPCO) for a FREE Renovation Seminar on Wednesday, April 22 at 7 pm at the Plain City Historical Society, 111 West Main Street.

Architect Dean Bollinger will speak about second floor renovations in older buildings.

Architect Gene Law will have a presentation on Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) access for older buildings.

Additionally, there will be presentations from the Plain City Zoning Office, Pleasant Valley Fire Department, and UPCO.

Doors open at 6:30 with presentations beginning at 7. Light refreshments will be served.

While you are visiting with other business and building owners, you can also learn about the UPCO facade improvement grant and win door prizes.

RSVP to Shannon Pine at steelerspine@gmail.com or 614-313-0895 by Monday, April 20.

Take a look at the Lovejoy’s ad for April 20-26.

Helium balloons are now available for all your party needs!

10 for 10 Mix and Match deals are here. Buy one or buy ten. Each item is only $1! There are hundreds of items in the the 10 for 10 Mix and Match! Look for them.

Also check out the “Pick 5 Value Bundles.” Buy 5 packages of quality meet with the “Pick 5” label for only $19.95.

For more information on Lovejoy’s IGA, visit their web site HERE.

Remember, we hope you will shop locally and support locally owned businesses here in our community!

Click on each of the pages of the ad to enlarge them. When they show up on a separate page, click again to make the pages even bigger. You can also print them out and take them with you when you go shopping!

The very first Earth Day was celebrated forty-five years ago in 1970. Since that time, our oceans, lands, and animal inhabitants have grown ever more damaged and fragile.

Joe and I recently watched the documentary Mission Blue which tells the story of Dr. Sylvia Earle, legendary oceanographer, marine biologist, environmentalist, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, and her fight to save the ocean, which she calls the “blue heart of the planet.”

I can think of no better film than Mission Blue to download from Netflix to honor Earth Day.

In 1970 when Earth Day began, there was only one dead zone (a spot with no living beings due to low oxygen concentrations) in the oceans. Today, there are over 500 of these areas, brought about through pollution and the destructive habits of humans.

Instead of dead zones, Dr. Earle would like to create “Hope Spots” in the oceans. These “Hope Spots” would be marine protected areas free from commercial fishing and other human activities, allowing the wildlife and environment to recover. You can watch Dr. Earle’s TED talk on her wish to protect our ocean and create “Hope Spots” HERE.

Watch the trailer for Mission Blue HERE. You will be amazed by the tiny, energetic Dr. Sylvia Earle who is almost 80-years-old.

You can also find out about all the news concerning our oceans by following the Mission Blue Facebook site HERE and Dr. Sylvia Earle’s Facebook site HERE.

Learn more about Earth Day and events you can participate in around Ohio by going HERE. Below are a few that are taking place in Columbus and surrounding counties.

The Ohio Chapter of the Sierra Club will be celebrating Earth Month. For information on all of their events in April, go HERE and HERE.

Green Columbus will celebrate their 9th Earth Day with Earth Week from April 18-25 and a celebration on Saturday, April 25 at Columbus Commons. Find out more about events and the celebration HERE and HERE.

For a list of volunteer activities in Columbus and central Ohio, go HERE.

Like Green Columbus on Facebook HERE.

Several of the area Metro Parks will also be honoring Earth Day with programs throughout the Central Ohio area. To find a program you would enjoy, go HERE.