Latest Geauga County, Ohio Stories
CHARDON, Ohio, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- e2b teknologies (www.e2btek.com) was named to the Lake-Geauga Fast Track 50 List. This is the fourth time that e2b teknologies has made the list of the fastest growing companies in Lake and Geauga counties. "We spend about a quarter of our lives at work, so we focus a lot of attention on making it an enjoyable experience for our customers, business partners, and employees," said e2b teknologies President Lynne Henslee. "Our success is...
AURORA, Ohio, July 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Music and dance will take center stage when The CongaTones and Sandy's B-line Dancers will perform at Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom on Saturday, July 10. The B-Line Dancers will perform from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with The CongaTones following from 2-4 p.m. on the Tidal Wave Bay wavepool deck. Specializing in classic and contemporary songs, The CongaTones will provide music for guests to sing and dance to while enjoying the sun and...
AURORA, Ohio, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- It is all about Dad when Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom celebrates Father's Day on Sunday, June 20 at the Aurora, Ohio, outdoor waterpark. During Dad's day, there will be dancers, cheerleaders, a crazy cat and a challenging hole-in-one contest worth mega bucks and power tools. There will also be plenty of quality time with the "Big Guy." For starters, the Goddesses, the official dance team for the Cleveland Gladiators arena football team, the...
AURORA, Ohio, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Guests will "replay" Friday, June 11 in their heads when IYAZ performs at Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom, the outdoor waterpark located in Aurora, Ohio. Sponsored by 96.5 KISS FM and Pepsi, the popular new artist will be performing a free concert in support of the Klaben Teen Text Pledge at the Tidal Wave Bay wave pool deck. Originally from the British Virgin Islands, IYAZ attended the New England Institute of Technology in Warwick, R.I., where he...
AURORA, Ohio, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Huge savings are now available on a June visit to Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom during Spring Fling at the Aurora, Ohio, outdoor waterpark. An on-line Spring Fling ticket is now available through Monday, May 31 for only $19.99 (plus applicable taxes), a savings of more than $7 per ticket. The single-day, Spring Fling ticket to the 17-acre waterpark can be purchased online at wildwaterfun.com. These special Spring Fling tickets can be used any day...
AURORA, Ohio, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom will be packed with fun and excitement when the Aurora waterpark hosts two special events next weekend. On Saturday, Aug. 15, the 17-acre waterpark will hold its first-ever Employee Reunion. All past and present employees who worked at Wildwater Kingdom, Geauga Lake, SeaWorld of Ohio or Six Flags Worlds of Adventure are invited to attend. The next day, Sunday, Aug. 16, will host Splash Bash!, a summertime beach party....
By Doris Cook, Star Beacon, Ashtabula, Ohio Jun. 25--HUNTSBURG TOWNSHIP -- Citizens Advocating Responsible Energy (CARE) opposes a plan by the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. and its parent company, FirstEnergy, to build its 138 kV power line project on a new corridor in eastern Geauga County, says CARE president Jim Galm of Shaker Heights. Galm said the ad hoc citizens group has 160 people, of whom half are landowners in the townships of Huntsburg, Montville and Thompson in eastern...
By Joe Robertson, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Jun. 20--"Stuff" is taking a real beating this week -- melting, stretching, bending, breaking. Metals, ceramics, polymers and composites. None is spared. This is how teachers in Kansas City are learning to turn their students on to a particular world of engineering most take for granted. "Everything in the world is made of something," said Debbie Goodwin. "Cars ... are made of materials. We wear materials." Goodwin is one of the instructors...
Using new charge coupled device (CCD) instrumentation, Case Western Reserve University astronomers can now view the night sky wider and deeper than before.While the vast reaches of intergalactic space may appear dark and empty, a new camera installed on the university's Burrell Schmidt telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Ariz., will bring into clear view the faint sea of orphan stars strewn throughout the nearby Virgo cluster of galaxies.The design and installation of the...
Starting Thursday, baits containing raccoon rabies vaccine will be distributed in Northeast Ohio. About 367,000 oral vaccines will be released from low-flying planes and helicopters and by health department personnel in northern Summit County, northern Portage County, eastern Cuyahoga County and all of Lake and Geauga counties. Summit and Portage communities to be baited to stop the spread of rabies in raccoons are north of the Ohio Turnpike. Also to be treated is the 33,000-acre Cuyahoga...
