Last evening I attended the Steering Committee meeting of the Valley City Bi-Centenniel Committee at the meeting room in the town's Depot. A lovely old building that has been lovingly restored to its original decor. This Depot is home to the Valley City (I should say Liverpool Township) Historical Society. The Bi-Centenniel is in the year 2010, but of course you can't wait to start projects that commemorate the occasion until the last minute.
The committee is planning to publish a publication of the 200 year history of the Township, which was the first settlement in Medina County. The "Book" is to be a glossy and slick color representation of area families, farms, businesses, military veterans, memorials, and offers corporate sponsorships. This book will be costly to print so we are having lots of fund raising projects to support the venture.
One of the committee members asked to speak to the fundraising committee on the subject of
a proposed grant application. It was made known that the "Strossacker Foundation" located in Midland, Michigan was founded by a local native, Charles Strossacker, who was born here in Valley City, attended school here, graduated from both Baldwin Wallace College and Case Western Reserve as a physicist and went on to be the VP of Dow Chemical Company in Midland.
It was brought to our attention that this successful man who was the inventor of several things that are now household words; Saran Wrap, and styrofoam to name a few, founded the foundation which is named after him to promote science, education and related subjects in the Midland area, but grants have been awarded out of the that geographical location.
What a good idea! Maybe the fact that the man was born and raised here in Valley City, and the two local colleges each have buildings named after him, and those buildings have funding in perpituity for ther maintenance will have some tug on the heartstrings of the Board of Directors that grant the wishes of fund seekers. I certainly hope so. The home he was born in on Station Road, is beautifully restored, and is a signature landmark on the western edge of the Township.
What a brilliant man! As the committee member was making his pitch for the necessity of writing a grant application, my mind wandered a bit.
Why couldn't this brilliant man who invented Saran Wrap, get the damn stuff to stick to what you want it to stick to instead of itself, your hand, the counter or the box it came in?
The committee is planning to publish a publication of the 200 year history of the Township, which was the first settlement in Medina County. The "Book" is to be a glossy and slick color representation of area families, farms, businesses, military veterans, memorials, and offers corporate sponsorships. This book will be costly to print so we are having lots of fund raising projects to support the venture.
One of the committee members asked to speak to the fundraising committee on the subject of
a proposed grant application. It was made known that the "Strossacker Foundation" located in Midland, Michigan was founded by a local native, Charles Strossacker, who was born here in Valley City, attended school here, graduated from both Baldwin Wallace College and Case Western Reserve as a physicist and went on to be the VP of Dow Chemical Company in Midland.
It was brought to our attention that this successful man who was the inventor of several things that are now household words; Saran Wrap, and styrofoam to name a few, founded the foundation which is named after him to promote science, education and related subjects in the Midland area, but grants have been awarded out of the that geographical location.
What a good idea! Maybe the fact that the man was born and raised here in Valley City, and the two local colleges each have buildings named after him, and those buildings have funding in perpituity for ther maintenance will have some tug on the heartstrings of the Board of Directors that grant the wishes of fund seekers. I certainly hope so. The home he was born in on Station Road, is beautifully restored, and is a signature landmark on the western edge of the Township.
What a brilliant man! As the committee member was making his pitch for the necessity of writing a grant application, my mind wandered a bit.
Why couldn't this brilliant man who invented Saran Wrap, get the damn stuff to stick to what you want it to stick to instead of itself, your hand, the counter or the box it came in?
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