Calendar of Events
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Fall Fun Weekend
Sept 27-28, 2008
Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Enjoy a hayride, corn maze, pick your own pumpkin, petting zoo and other fall activities. Free admission to the farm. Nominal fee for hayride & corn maze. Create your own scarecrow to take home (Sept 27 only). Ridgeview Farm. For more information please call 440-693-4000 or visit www.ExperienceRidgeview.com.
Fall Festival Weekends
Saturdays & Sundays
October 4 - 26
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunrise Farm. Pick your own pumpkins & apples; autumn plants, décor and gifts. Enjoy hot apple fritters, homemade caramel apples & hot apple cider. Cornstalk Maze. Free Event. For more information please call 440-834-1928.
Fall Walking & Driving Tours
October 4, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Pick up your itinerary at the Burton Log Cabin. Free. Burton Chamber of Commerce. For more information please call 440-834-4204 or 800-526-5630. Or visit the Burton Chamber of Commerce's Web site.
Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival
October 4 & 5, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Huntsburg Park 322 & 528. Home of giant pumpkins; largest grown is 1,370 pounds. Daily Pancake breakfasts 9-Noon.
Sunday: Free Parade at 2:15 p.m.
For more information please call 440-636-5197.
Mespo Fall Heritage Days
October 4, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Mesopotamia Town Hall, 534 & 87. Amish and Yankee crafters in period costume giving live demonstration of 1800’s homemaking. Amish lunch & bake stand. $2/person; 12 & under/Free. Hosted by the Mesopotamia Chamber of Commerce.
Sqarecrows on Parade
October 4, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Historic Chardon Square. Join a scarecrow building contest, farmers market and other promotions on the square. Free Event. Chardon Square Assoc. For more information please call 440-285-2525
Fall Fun Weekends
Saturdays & Sundays
October 4 - 26
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Enjoy a hayride, corn maze, pick your own pumpkin, petting zoo, Amish lunch/bake stand and other fall activities. Free admission. Nominal fee for hayride & corn maze. Ridgeview Farm. For more information please call 440-693-4000.
Native American Indians
October 4, 2008
Noon - 5:00 p.m.
Dance with Native Americans at 1:00 & 3:00 p.m. Free admission. Nominal fee for hayride & corn maze. Ridgeview Farm. For more information please call 440-693-4000 or visit
www.experienceridgeviewfarm.com
Century Home Tour
October 4, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
$10 before day of tour or $12 day of tour. Geauga County Pan-Hellenic Association. For more information please call 440-285-5231.
Woodland Spirit Jewelry Workshop
October 8, 2008
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
The West Woods Nature Center. Create a pin or necklace from small sticks & feathers, beads and found objects with artist Susan Lucas. May bring found objects to enhance creation. $18/adults & ages 12+. Pre-registration required. Geauga Park District. For more information please call 440-286-9516 or visit
www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.
Halloween Hayrides
October 10, 17, 24, 2008
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
October 11, 18, 25, 2008
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
LakeMetroparks Farmpark. Travel a one mile trail on a Halloween hayride filled with family oriented thrills, chills and adventure. Rated PG-5 on the scare meter. Additional haunted trail optional. Tickets must be purchased in advance after September 2. For more information please call 440-256-2158 or visit
www.lakemetroparks.com
Fall Harvest Festival
October 11 & 12, 2008
Noon - 5:00 p.m.
Hayrides, animal farm, face painting, games & activities, treat bag, oxen team demonstrations, antique tractors & military vehicles, hydroponic & high tunnel green houses. $2/person. Shop fall harvest, bakery & homemade products. Food: Sandwiches, Kettle Corn & Hot Cider. Sirna’s Farm & Market. For more information please call 440-834-0696 or visit
www.sirnasfarm.com
Corn and Pumpkin Harvest Weekend
October 11 & 12, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Autumn festival featuring a giant corn maze, harvest activities and demonstrations, corn husk dolls and a hay maze. Also features apple butter and cider preparation demonstrations and tasting. Children can pick and decorate own pumpkin for additional fee. Admission $6/adult; 60+/$5; Youth 2-11/$4; under 2/Free. Lake Metroparks Farmpark. For more information please call 440-256-2122.
60th Annual Apple Butter Festival
October 11 & 12, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Century Village Museum. Apple butter simmers in copper kettles right before your eyes; local bands, Antique Alley, pony rides, fine arts and crafts, and fresh Amish baked goods. $6/adults; $3/children 6-12; 5 & under/Free. Geauga County Historical Society. For more information please call 440-834-1492 or visit
www.geaugahistorical.org
Ghosts of Burton Historical Tour
October 18 & 25, 2008
Late Afternoon/Evening
Learn about the history of the Western Reserve and those who settled this area 200 years ago. Guided groups to a local old graveyard and local historic buildings. Not a haunted house tour. Pre-registration required. Adults $18. For more information please call 440-834-5050 or e-mail
gthostsofburton@hotmail.com
Hooked Rug Workshop
April 5-9, 2009
Punderson Manor House
Four nationally known instructors offer classes to those wanting to create rugs as they were made in the 1800s. These hand-hooked rugs are made with wool fabric, not yarn, and are not latch hooked rugs. The wool fabric is dyed, cut into strips and pulled through a linen base with a tool similar to a crochet hook. The results are works of art that can be hung on the wall or actually used as rugs on your floors. The designs can range from geometric to floral, pictorial to primitive. The classes will be for fairly new rug hookers along with very experienced rug hookers.
Classes start with meeting the teacher after dinner, Sunday evening and are over at 3pm Thursday. For more information please contact Cynthia Norwood at canorw@aol.com.
