Grendell, Oros Do Not Respect Taxpayers Regarding the continued abuses of the Geauga Park District and particularly the abuses of allowing snowmobiling at Observatory Park, it becomes ever more apparent to the […]
Park Board refuses to discuss snowmobile issue (or anything else)
Chagrin Valley Times Wednesday, December 14, 2016 11:45 pm By JOSEPH KOZIOL JR. http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/communities/chardon/article_f0790c58-c222-11e6-b67f-af74e03370ab.html The Geauga Park Board of Commissioners meeting erupted into calls of backroom deals from the audience Tuesday after […]
Russell Park Board asks public input on use of Madroo land
This article originally appeared on Chagrin Valley Today, the website of the Chagrin Valley Times and Geauga Times Courier. Our thanks to the Chagrin Valley Times for permission to republish the article […]
Letters to the Editor—Dec. 16, 2016
http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/viewpoint/your_viewpoint/article_c29467ac-c226-11e6-9d01-278f1b1dd962.html Director ignores dark sky mission of park When will this madness stop?After repeated reprehensible and legally questionable actions by Geauga Parks Director John Oros, he has now decided to close the […]
Letters to the editor—Dec. 8, 2016
http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/viewpoint/your_viewpoint/article_d3b0e40a-bca6-11e6-bed5-a34e8fa52ca6.html Park not created for snowmobiles I have sent the following letter to the three Commissioners of the Geauga Park District, Jackie Dattore, Bill Gertz and Len Barker. As a former park […]
Snowmobile use in Observatory Park expanded without board approval
Chagrin Valley Times Wednesday, December 7, 2016 11:45 pm By JOSEPH KOZIOL JR. http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/topics/outdoors_recreation/article_b3d0f5d4-bca2-11e6-aa4d-cb3f9ada355f.html The Geauga Park District appears to be going full throttle in allowing snowmobiles in one county park and […]
Heroes of Conservation—from Geauga Maple Leaf
Geauga Maple Leaf November 17, 2016 by Gwen Cooper http://www.geaugamapleleaf.com/news/protect-geauga-parks-names-ford-podojil-siegler-heroes-of-conservation/ Geauga Park District pioneer Robert Ford and former Russell Township Park District members Roy Podojil and Sanford “Sandy” Siegler were honored Nov. 13 […]
Grendell steps aside from another park district dispute
Geauga Maple Leaf November 17, 2016 by John Karlovec http://www.geaugamapleleaf.com/news/grendell-steps-down-from-another-park-district-matter/ For the second time in as many months, Geauga County Probate Court Judge Tim Grendell has stepped down from presiding over a […]
Heroes of Conservation—Video
At the 2nd Annual Heroes of Conservation Awards, Protect Geauga Parks honored Judge Robert B. Ford, Roy Podojil, and Sandy Siegler for their outstanding dedication to the preservation and protection of Geauga […]
Heroes of Conservation—2016
Today, Protect Geauga Parks recognized three outstanding Geauga County citizens for their decades of service to the preservation and protection of parklands at the second annual Heroes of Conservation event. The event […]

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