There’s always something to see and do in Morrow County

Pho­tos and Story By LeAnne Gompf

It was the per­fect autumn morn­ing to take a drive. The air was a bit chilly the morn­ing of Oct. 20 as I was dri­ving around the county, but the sun was out and coated the remain­ing col­ored trees with a beau­ti­ful glow.

It was the per­fect day for craft­ing and fes­ti­vals in the area as well. I stopped at Whet­stone Schools to enjoy their fall fes­tiv­i­ties, browsed the Mor­row County Art League’s dis­play on the square in Mount Gilead and sup­ported the AMVETS Post 87 Ladies Auxiliary’s Breast Can­cer Bazaar and Blood Drive.

There is much to do in Mor­row County if one just takes the time to inves­ti­gate. The Mor­row County Sen­tinel is filled with infor­ma­tion regard­ing local oppor­tu­ni­ties for the arts, craft­ing, the­atre or ath­letic events. Did you know that Cel­lar Stu­dios Ink on the square offers water­color and oil paint classes? I dis­cov­ered this bit of infor­ma­tion on Sat­ur­day dur­ing their impromptu Art show. As I talked with Cel­lar Stu­dios Ink owner, Jim Flea­son I browsed through their new book, An Artist’s View of Mor­row County, high­light­ing the tal­ents of sev­eral local artists. The book would make a great stock­ing stuffer and can be pur­chased for $25. Their work is cur­rently on dis­play at the Stel­lar Ink Gallery or can be seen dur­ing the Open House and Meet the Artists Recep­tion Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 10, 2012 from 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Mor­row Lit­tle The­atre was there as well, look­ing for solo or ensem­ble acts for their Christ­mas Show. I am always amazed at the amount of tal­ent we have in Mor­row County. If you have not had the oppor­tu­nity to see a Mor­row Lit­tle The­atre pro­duc­tion (they just fin­ished Sacpino) mark you cal­en­dar for their upcom­ing, annual Christ­mas in the Vil­lage, show­cas­ing the musi­cal and the­atri­cal tal­ents of local res­i­dents. I was told that is not too late to be a part of this won­der­ful com­mu­nity tra­di­tion, go to Mor­row Lit­tle The­atre web­site, (morrowlittletheatre.org) Sev­eral churches will be host­ing their annual craft shows dur­ing the next sev­eral weeks; and with­out a doubt they will include home baked good for sale and food to eat. Our local churches have some of the finest cook­ing around.

Yes, autumn is my favorite time of year. There’s a “nip” in the air, we bun­dle up just a lit­tle more, we turn our thoughts to hol­i­day prepa­ra­tions, we “fall back in time”, we enjoy the spiced hot apple cider or a mug of hot choco­late with marsh­mal­lows on top; we sit by the fire and snug­gle with loved ones or read a good book, but mostly autumn is a time for giv­ing thanks.

Get your­self out and about and see what Mor­row County has to offer. I can almost guar­an­tee that in your trav­els this fall you will dis­cover some very tal­ented indi­vid­u­als, sup­port some wor­thy causes, rem­i­nisce with old friends (maybe even make some new ones), gain a few pounds from over indulging in local treats, but you will not be dis­ap­pointed in your new dis­cov­er­ies. We are blessed in so many ways by liv­ing in Mor­row County. Spend time this fall rec­og­niz­ing our abundance.

Posted by Taylor Kaser on Oct 31 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.