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    It’s National EMS Week

    by  • May 22, 2012 • Featured, Life in Galion • 0 Comments

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    The Galion Fire Department is taking the opportunity this week — National EMS Week — to ask residents to remember the importance of EMS services, including those available locally.

    As is shared on the website of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “Emergency care professionals are committed to delivering emergency medical care in the community. They strive for seamless care, from the field to the hospital emergency department or trauma center. Their commitment to ensuring that patients receive the best medical care available, anytime and anywhere, is instrumental to advancing the health, safety, and well-being of the American people. EMS is an essential part of building a resilient health care system that functions efficiently and effectively every day and is capable of responding to disasters and public health … Read the rest

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    Galion Schools Launch New Website; News Stream Now on GalionLive

    by  • May 21, 2012 • Featured, Schools & Health • 0 Comments

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    This past week, the long-planned website update for Galion City School took place.

    As was reported earlier this year, the schools recently turned to eSchoolView, a Columbus company, to design and host a new District communications center. Founded in 2009, the company provides turn-key websites for over 200 schools across the Midwest.

    Galion Schools’ new site, still accessible at: www.galionschools.org, provides much of the same information as its former website but arranged in a more intuitive fashion. Menu tabs provide quick access to resources for parents, students, and staff, including downloadable forms, links to important information, maps, and more. Each school in the system continues to maintain its own individual page with its own set of information and links.

    At GHS, several organizations and groups now have their own … Read the rest

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    One Hundred Fifty Years Since Shiloh

    by  • May 20, 2012 • Featured, Life in Galion • 1 Comment

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    From the 1870s to the early 1900s, an event occurred each year in Galion that truly brought the community together. Townsmen and women joined together with children, each taking a part in the production; politician and student stood side-by-side with ministers and mothers. And, as the final act brought the sorrowful death scene for young Johnny, there wasn’t a dry eye in house.

    The opera house, that is – the one that sat on the top floors of the old Galion City Building, which was located where the current Municipal Building now stands.

    The event was Galion’s annual civic performance of “The Drummer Boy, or the Battlefield of Shiloh,” also known as “The Drummer Boy, or the Last Charge at Shiloh,” a play written in either 1868 or 1870 (depending … Read the rest

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    Hospice Benefit Ride Coming this July

    by  • May 19, 2012 • Featured, Life in Galion • 0 Comments

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    This July, HomeCare Matters Home Health & Hospice will be presenting a brand-new fundraiser for their hospice service.

    On July 14 beginning at 10:00 a.m., the First Annual HomeCare Benefit Ride for Hospice is taking place, presented by Road Riders for Jesus. All area bikers are invited; the cost is only $10 per bike, and $15 per rider.

    Registration will take place until 11:00 p.m. at HomeCare’s home on North Market Street, and the ride will follow until 2:00 p.m.. At that time, the after-ride festivities will begin with an Opening Ceremony.

    In addition to the ride, food, live music, an auction, a 50/50 drawing, and kids games will be available. A final drawing will be held at 4:00 p.m..

    Donations toward this event can be made at: www.homecarematters.org or … Read the rest

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