Portage Lions Club, Portage, Ohio December 9, 2017 T HE N ITTY G RITTY H OLIDAY DECORATING CONTEST INSIDE THIS ISSUE: It is time for the 4th Annual Holiday Holiday Decorating 1 Decorating Contest, sponsored by the Contest Portage Lions Club. All homes located within Christ United Methodist 1 the Portage village limits are automatically Church entered. First place winner will receive $50, McDonald’s Benefit 1 second place $30, and third place $20. Nights Judging will be held on Monday, December 18 Village Council News 2 at 7 pm. So, if you have not have started putting up your outside holiday decorations, you still have to time to complete them. International Santa 2 Claus Events Christ United Methodist Church • Dec 16 - Recycling, 9 Christ United Methodist Church will be holding a am—noon, recycling trailer Christmas Eve Service starting at 5:00 pm on December 24. This service is open to all. We hope you will join us • Dec 18—Holiday Decorating Judging, 7 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ—the reason for the pm season. • Dec 24—Christmas Eve Service, 5 pm, Christ UMC McDonald’s McDonald’s • Dec 25—Christmas Day Benefit Benefit Night Night • Jan 1—New Year’s Day • Lions Club—2nd & 4th Thursday Tuesday Mondays, 7 pm at Christ December 14 January 16 UMC 4 to 7 pm 4 to 7 pm • Sunday Worship, Christ UMC, 9:30 am; Sunday McDonald’s South Main St McDonald’s South Main St School, 10:30 am Bowling Green Bowling Green • Council meetings, 1st & 3rd Mondays, Village Hall, 7 pm benefiting benefiting Enright Park Portage Lions Club • Food Pantry, 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 10 am; Christ UMC Page 2 THE NITTY GRITTY Merry Village Council News Join us once again to help raise funds for ENRIGHT PARK. Gift Christmas certificates for the stockings hung and dinner for you! Please join us at McDonald’s on Dec 14. from the ALL streets in Portage are snow streets. Plowing occurs after 2 inches, or so, of snowfall. The intersections get salted. Winter comes only once a year, enjoy it! Portage Thank you for keeping the council that has worked so diligently Lions for 8 years all together! All six of us and the Mayor have interests aligned toward the future longevity of Portage Village. Your vote does count. Club Carl Crawford Food Pantry Santa Claus Around the World The Portage Santa Claus has many aliases—depending on what country his is in. Food Pantry is Do you know all his alternate names? open the Albania Babadimri Holland De Kerstmann second and Argentia Papa Noel Hungary Mikulas fourth Armenia Gaghant Baba India Baba Saturdays of Australia Santa Claus Iran Baba Noel the month for Bahamas Santa Claus Iraq Vade Kerfees one hour. If Belgium Pere Noel Ireland Daidi Na Nollaig you need food come, and get Bermuda Santa Claus Italy Babbo Natale what you need. If you are Brazil Papai Noel Jamaica Santa Claus interested in seeing our changes, Bulgaria Dyado Koleda Japan Hoteiosho Chile Viejo Pascuero Kenya Father Christmas come and visit us. We have a China Dun Che Lao Ren Lithuania Kaledo Senelis whole new set up and a lot more Denmark Julemanden Morocco Black Peter variety of food items as well as Egypt Papa Noel Netherlands Kerstman some non-food items (like England Father Christmas New Zealand Santa Claus shampoo, soap, etc). Visit us at France Pere Noel Norway Christmas Gnome 301 West Main Street, located Finland Joulupukki Peru Papa Noel within Christ UMC. If you are Germany Weihnachtsmann Poland Swiety Mikolaj interested in helping, bring Greece Agios Vassilios Romania Mos Cracium Hawaii Kanokaloka Russia Grandfather Frost donations during pantry hours. Scandinavia Julenisse Serbia Deda Mroz South Africa Vader Kersfees Spain El Nino Jesus Sweden Christmas Brownie The Nitty Gritty is sponsored Turkey Noel Baba by the Portage Lions Club. UK Father Christmas Send comments and suggestions to [email protected]. .