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OPEN The Lakehouse ALL YEAR! Inn Winery Visit us for your next Vacation or Get-Away! RIB, STEAK, & CHICKEN DINNERS Four Rooms Complete with Private EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY Hot Tubs & Outdoor Patios 5 - 9PM Call for Reservations Three Rooms at $80 One Suite at $120 www.bucciavineyard.com JOIN US FOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ALL Live Entertainment WEEKEND! Fridays & Saturdays! Appetizers & Full Entree Menu www.debonne.com See Back Cover See Back Cover For Full Info For Full Info 4573 Rt. 307 East Harpersfi eld, Ohio 440.415.0661 www.grandrivercellars.com 2 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 August 25 - Sept. 7, 2010 We would like to thank all of our sponsors and encourage our readers to patronize the fi ne businesses appearing in the North Coast VOICE. Publisher This Friday, Saturday & Sunday August Skids, and Dick Dale & Horror Pops. The Memorial Park. The park will not serve only Carol Stouder 27, 28 & 29, - “CELTIC FEIS 2010” at the band has also released 10 albums, including as a memorial to Harbor High School, but Old Firehouse Winery, 5499 Lake Rd. E., their latest, Die, Monster, Die on the Cleve- to Ashtabula itself. There will be memorial Editor Geneva-on-the-Lake. Northeast Ohio’s largest land based label RVG, 2 DVD’s and close stones for the local people we have lost in the Sage Satori Scottish & Irish Festival, now in its 22nd year. to a dozen compilations. Musical trends have wars and also stones in honor of those who Entertainment kicks off on Friday with ONE: come and gone, not to mention several bass have left their mark on the world (inventors Advertising & Marketing A Celebration of U2, Saturday highlights in- players and drummers, but guitarist/vocalist and such). We are encouraging local craft- [email protected] clude The Mickey’s, Mossy Moran, and Celtic Dennis A. Bell has remained steadfast in his ers, merchants, and small businesses to get Staff Writers rock band Homeland from Springfi eld, Ohio. band’s musical vision. The latest warriors to involved by reserving a space to set up a table Cat Lilly • Andrea Razavi Don’t miss Brigid’s Cross and Westside Steve pick up the gauntlet and help keep this rock & to sell their wares or display their products or Sage Satori on Sunday evening. Much more entertain- roll juggernaut on the road are bassist/vocal- advertise their services. There will also be a Snarp Farkle • Don Perry ment as well as food and merchandise vendors ist Jimbo Hissem and his brother, drummer/ Chinese Auction, a 50/50 Raffl e, a Bake Sale, Helen Marketti will be on the grounds. Music starts Friday vocalist Jocephus Hissem. Help the Lords a Live Band - The Lady Midnight Riders, Face Westside Steve at 8pm - Sat & Sun at noon. $6.00 admission celebrate their anniversary when they play Painting, a Tarot Reader, and much more!!! good for all 3 days; children under 12 free. PH: The Beachland Tavern on Friday September To reserve a space call Rae or Jesy at (440) Contributing Writers 1-800-UNCORK-1. www.oldfi rehousewinery. 3rd with The Krank Daddies from Chicago 997-5786. Alex Bevan • Jasper • Eric Hoffman Patrick Podpadec • David Arthur com info@oldfi rehousewinery.com & Wolf Boy Slim & His Dirty Feet. Beach- Chad Felton • Annette Keys landballrom.com Assumption Festival Saturday, Sept. 11, 2 – Austin Stouder • Tom Todd Good lord, the Lords are twenty! Hard to 11pm Something for everyone! Kids Zone, Doniella Winchell • Hoss believe, but it’s been two decades since Lords The Bash on the Beach fundraising event Pony rides, petting zoo, Blackjack, Raffl es, of the Highway fi rst brought their brand of will be held Saturday, September 4th from Iron Dragon Martial Arts, The Carlisle School Circulation Manager punk infl ected rockabilly to the masses. In that 3:00 to 7:00 pm at Walnut Beach Cafe (the of Dance, and topping off the evening is the James Alexander time they’ve played literally thousands of gigs concession stand down at Walnut Beach in Brickhouse Blues Band! Located at the As- Circulation all across these great United States of America, Ashtabula.). The Bash is being held to raise sumption School Grounds on the corner of Rt. Amy Balsiger • Andy Evanchuck sharing the stage with such luminaries as Link funds for MMPA (Mariner Memorial Park 20 and Lockwood St. in Geneva. Admission is Eileen Froelich • Bob Lindeman Wray, Hank Williams 111, Reverend Hoton Association) to purchase the property that $3 children under 12 and service men/women Tim Paratto • Greg Pudder Heat, US Bombs, Sourtern Culture on the Harbor High School stood on to build Mariner are Free. Martin Kavick Tricia McCullough • PMK Distribution Dan Gestwicki 3•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Livewire 4•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Neil Zurcher 6••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Wine 101 8•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Solartopia Graphic Design 9••••••••••••••••••••••••••Mind Body Spirit Linde Graphics Co. 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A Many will remember Neil Zurcher for his August 25-31 lolove of “One Tank Trip” segments on Channel 8 News trtravel, a "Art of War" Exhibit where he traveled far and wide throughout dedesire to Ohio and beyond to bring viewers interesting bbe in the Conneaut Community Center for the Arts stories, events and places to go. mmiddle “I started out realizing several years ago oof the that the job I had put me in the middle of some aaction, 2BOLM>;SM#P?HCHAMYOAOMN1?JN?G<?L pretty interesting things,” said Neil. “So, I a heart for meeting people and delivering started making notes, journal entries and so the news and events all have Lighthouse Cruisers Cruise-In forth to try and made Neil Zurcher’s career keep track of Conneaut Township Park span of nearly fi fty years all these things. I worthwhile. His latest book, *;E?0I;>YJG started carrying “Tales from the Road” (Grayy a camera with Publishing) is a memoir that mme, too. I had will have readers laugh- #P?LS1;NOL>;SYOAOMN1?JN?G<?L nnothing more ing, pausing and refl ecting. in mind, really Many memorable moments 1;NOL>;S$;LG?LM+;LE?N ththan to just have are in this book where Neil a record of these ;GHIIH was indeed in the thick of evevents in some things on many occasions. !IHH?;ON+IIM?!FO<.;LECHA*INY.;LEP? sosort of fi le. David For starters, Neil was part GGray,r my pub- of a daylong high-speed llisher,is approached Visit us at www.visitconneautohio.com police chase that started me about two or Be on the lookout for the Conneaut Rib Cook-Off. More to come! in Cleveland and ended tthreehr years ago in Kentucky, he was tear- anandd asked me to gassed at an anti-war pro- conconsider a memoir test and almost trapped ssinceinc I had done inside the Ohio Peni- ththee other books tentiary during a riot. aboaboutu traveling. He tripped and fell on (OOhiohi Oddities, President Gerald Ford, SStrangetran Tales from met Prince Charles in OOhiohio and Ohio Road a bathroom, raced on TTripsrips) I didn’t really an elephant, got lost tthinkhink people would in the middle of Lake Erie, rodeode care that much or be in jet boats, jet fi ghters and a World War II interested. My publisher suggested that I write tank. If that is not enough, he has also been an a memoir for my family if nothing else so I fi - ordained minister of the Free Spirit Association nally agreed to do it. The response to the book Church and has offi ciated several weddings, has been great. It has been received very well.” one of which included a carnival couple who 4 www.northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 August 25 - Sept. 7, 2010 Neil continues, “I started out being a reporter and then one thing lead to another. DON’T MISS Eventually stories started repeating them- selves. While every event is different, there are still similarities between them such as when Catherine’s covering political meetings, tornadoes and things like that. I wanted to do something else. Christmas So when I was able to do the travel series, “One Tank Trips”, it was fun. I was able to go 17th GRAND somewhere each week and really enjoyed it. RE-OPENING It wasn’t planned that way; it just kind of hap- pened and I’m overjoyed that it did.” Now thru Dec. 24th! Today, Neil is working on updating a book Large Century Home Filled with of his, Ohio Oddities.