Events, activities and other hometown items going on in and around Tipp City
From gregenslen.com:
Election Results
I’m excited to say that my friend Bill Beagle, running against incumbent Fred Strahorn, won in his bid to become the next State Senator from Ohio’s 5th district. It’s neat, thinking about someone from Tipp City sitting up there in Columbus, working on state-wide issues. I was watching the returns and, early on, it didn’t look like it was going well for Bill. On TippNews Daily, Bill said “I knew that the first results were going to not swing our way, but over time we saw some more positive results for the evening. We expected a close race, we knew that we would have to wait until every vote was counted, but we knew that our hard work was going to pay off.”
Very cool. I just hope he has time to get back into my fantasy football league—then I’ll REALLY be rubbing elbows with famous people!
Tippecanoe Christmas in Village
Planning for the Tippecanoe Christmas in the Village team has been in full swing for several months–led by Heather Bailey, the group has volunteered to focus on making the historic tour of homes event another beautiful day in downtown Tipp City. Each person is leading specific details of the event including homeowner relations, tickets, entertainment, and flair. “We are excited to continue preserving this long standing Tipp City tradition,” says Ms. Bailey. “This event is very important to our community.” The 2010 Tippecanoe Christmas in the Village home tour will be on held on Saturday, December 4 from 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. Those attending will see 10 beautifully decorated homes full of holiday spirit and elegant style.
Tippecanoe Christmas in the Village is presented by the Downtown Tipp City Partnership and Tipp Monroe Community Services. Thank you to Re/Max Professionals and Willowtree Inn for their gracious support. For more information on Tippecanoe Christmas in the Village, please visit www.visittippcity.org/citv or call Tipp Monroe Community Services at 937.667.8631.
Downtown Partnership Seeks Ideas and Input
The Downtown Tipp City Partnership, a group of business owners, government officials, and residents interested in promoting our downtown, will be holding their regular monthly meeting next Tuesday morning, November 16, at 9 am at the Tipp Monroe Community Services building. The DTCP is looking for input and suggestions as they put together a series of events for the winter and spring months in Tipp City. If you have ideas or just want to get involved in a great organization that sponsors programs such as the Tippecanoe Canal Jumpers, Tippecanoe HarvestFest, and the Facade Improvement Program, please drop by. We love guests!
Thanksgiving on the Get Social Show
Next week on the Get Social Show, Tipp’s only live TV show, Bill Johnson from Bob Evans will be showing off their Family Thanksgiving Feast, a massive spread of food available for purchase if you’re just not in the mood to cook a Thanksgiving spread—or if you suddenly find the house full of guests!
This past week, Bill featured the new Bob Evans line of Big Farm Burgers, and there was enough food to feed us AND the studio audience! Recent guests on the show have been Bill Beagle, recently elected State Senator for Ohio’s 5th district, along with Mike Woody and folks from the Tipp Arts Council, Doggone Pet Rescue, the Midnight Shadows Paranormal Society and the Tipp Farmers’ Market.
If you’re interested in watching the show film LIVE, drop by the KIT-TV studio on Thursday night just before 7pm. We broadcast live on KIT-TV, Channel 5 on Time Warner Cable, so tune in and watch! After next week’s LIVE show, we’ll be off for two weeks but KIT-TV will show repeats. For more information on the Get Social! Show, check out our website at www.getsocialradio.com.
NaNoWriMo Update
Last week I wrote about my participation this year in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), a writing competition that runs for the month of November each year. The goal is simple – write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. In addition to this column, I’ve written two books (I published one in 2003 and have another one coming out soon) and have several others in various stages of completion, but it’s always difficult to carve time out of a busy day to write. The folks at NaNoWriMo have a saying to get people to write–it’s all about quantity, not quality, during the month of November. Writers are encouraged to write as much as they can, good or bad, and save the editing for another time.
I’m four days in and I’m proud to say that I’ve hit the word goal (approximately 1,667 words a day, or about four pages) every day on work on my third book. If I can stay on target, by the end of November I’ll have something that approximates a VERY rough draft of a 200-page book about a physicist who, if he can complete construction on his machine, may be able to prevent 9-11 from ever happening and, at the same time, save his family.
As for needing the house silent, I’m working on that—having a deadline, and a very public one at that, focuses the mind. If you’d like to follow along with my progress (or cajole me for missing a day or two, which I’m sure will happen eventually), check out my personal website at www.gregenslen.com or catch me on Facebook. And wish me luck!
Tipp’s Bermuda Triangle?
Anyone hear anything about this item yet, which I mentioned a few weeks ago? Things are disappearing in an area of Tipp City and mysterious forces are at work, but so far no airplanes or boats have gone missing – it seems there’s been a rash of car burglaries in Tipp City! During daytime hours, vehicles are being broken into in the area of the Shroeder Temnis Center, the gymnastics facility and Menard’s parking lots. My wife was playing a match last Thursday at 1pm and her opponent’s car was broken into during the game – talk about bad luck!
Hear something interesting for “Tipp Talk”? Visit my website at www.gregenslen.com and use the “Contact Me” page to let me know what you’re thinking. And don’t worry – I won’t quote you unless you want me to!
