Galion Community Hospital is partnering with the Galion Police Department for the first ever nationwide Medication Take Back Day on September 25th, 2010. The DEA’s Take Back initiative provides an opportunity for the public to dispose of expired, unused or unwanted medications in their homes…

GalionLive profiles a Galion High School graduate who has gone on to enjoy a second career with the Utah Opera in Salt Lake City…..Click title for full story

GalionLive’s new “Galion on Facebook” page is almost always a great read – but over the last week, it’s also been a veritable delight for the eyes. “Galion on Facebook” is the newest part of GalionLive. The page features the latest updates from the Facebook Pages over 40 Galion-based businesses, organizations, groups and churches, and brings them together into an easy to read and follow format…..Click title for full story

One of the most common oversights of any news medium is to cover itself. Important milestones and achievements are often overlooked with a sense of “we’re here to report, not to promote.” We’re going to take a step back today and do something different – we’re going to share an internal milestone enjoyed by GalionLive this past week…..Click title for full story

The Crawford County Veterans Hall of Fame will benefit from two upcoming events…On September 4, the AMVETS Post 27 in Bucyrus will host a Hillbilly Breakfast from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m…Then, on October 2, the Crawford County Veterans Hall of Fame will be holding a Schwan’s Home Service Fundraiser…..Click title for full story

The Galion Historical Society will celebrate the 55th anniversary of its founding with a banquet to be held on Tuesday, September 14th at Galion Free Methodist Church, 683 Portland Way North in Galion…The banquet’s featured speaker will be Burt Logan, Executive Director of the Ohio Historical Society…..Click title for full story

This past week GalionLive has been updated a bit less frequently, as the editor was on an exceedingly rare vacation. It’s now Saturday, and we’re catching up-to-date by collecting items from the last few days. Here is a look at some recent local stories… new station manager…book signing…Connections Weekend…Galion Theatre pics…Galion on Facebook updates…..Click title for full story

The press release below was received from the Galion Synergy Committee:

The Galion Tiger Alumni Band will host Alumni Night on Friday, October 1, 2010 during the Galion High School football homecoming game. This event, which is in its 35th year, is open to all former Galion band members. Alumni will take the field for both the pregame and halftime shows. Those who don’t wish to march on the field are welcome to play with the band on the sidelines…..Click title for full story

In addition to the summer regular fare for 16-year olds – vacations, swimming, time with friends – Galion High School senior Caroline Palmer is spending part of her August knitting…she has established “Heartfelt Hats,” an effort to knit and donate yarn hats for use by hospitals and clinics. She patterned her project after the well-known Head Huggers, which has been donating knit items for use by cancer patients for many years…..Click title for full story

A group has been formed locally to give female relatives of servicemen and servicewomen the opportunity to come together for sharing, support and discussion. In turn, the group is now looking to Galionites across the country for assistance with an important new project…..Click title for full story