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Send us Fan Mail Big changes this week as Sports Country WQKT becomes the River and The Daily ePost morphs once again.  Check out the Drio Liquidation online auction.   Drip Liquidation, LLC (bidwrangler.com) For grillin' and Cinco de Mayo fare, check ou Rittman IGA Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home For Cinco de Mayo merch and to show your school pride, check out...

Send us Fan Mail This week we begin with a history lesson about a bat, a ball, and a donkey. We also talk about coming events for Rittman ans some BBQ chicken in Seville. Get your Cinco de Mayo merch at Rylon Printing Rylon Printing's Online Store | Rylon Printing LLC | powered by OrderMyGear (itemorder.com) Drip Liquidition Online Auction Drip Liquidation, LLC (bidwrangler.com) Wall of Value...

Send us Fan Mail First, I apologize for not having a podcast last week, as life was happening. Our community lost a friend, while Seville is showing love to the Sparks family. The Oscar Meyer Weinermobile was in town, and the Rittman Historical Society mused about the visit and reminded us that a Weinermobile was manufactured in Wooster 72 years ago. Check out this week's online auction of Dr...

Send us Fan Mail This is my second attempt at this week's podcast. Family obligations, along with a barking surgically repaired knee kept me from my office/studio Sunday. Some garbled audio prompted me to delete my last attempt. Hope you enjoy this week's edition. Easter Sunday service at my church let me know again what's right about Rittman, Woody let us all know how the Rittman f...

Send us Fan Mail The Daily Record called us Hinckley South in 2012 when we had some buzzards setting up housekeeping on the water tower. This week's history lesson is about the water tower on Metzger. I also talk a bit about a heartwarming post I saw in social media where, because of some people with big hearts, a child will have an Easter basket. Take part in this week's Drip Liquidatio...

Send us Fan Mail We had a great week here in the 44270. We saw both the school renewal levy and .5% increase in income tax pass at the polls. My question is why were there only 25% of the registered voters participating? I was looking for a stool to prop my surgically repaired left leg during my time of healing. I bid $2.00 and it was the winning bid for a piano stool, which will fil my needs. Whe...

Send us Fan Mail This week we will have some fun. Breakfast with the bunny, Easter Egg Hunt, and Basket Giveaway. Taxes on ballot this week, and diplomacy is needed. Drip Liqudation auction is online and live. Drip Liquidation, LLC (bidwrangler.com) Please visit our proud sponsors. Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home Rylon Printing, LLC

Send us Fan Mail This edition of the Around Rittman podcast is the first from my office/basement studio in a month. We begin the episode talking abougt Liberty Bonds and a 70 foot flagpole. We also talk about Moon Over Mount Rittman on April 8 and making this a positive happening. Auction at Drip Liquidation happening. Take part and look fpr some values. Drip Liquidation, LLC (bidwrangler.com) Ple...

Send us Fan Mail This week we spring forward and begin with a town hall meeting concerning the budget. Also talk again about brush pickup for 2024. Drip Liquidations are now having online auctions, allowing you to bid from your seat.  Drip Liquidation, LLC (bidwrangler.com) Visit my proud sponsors. Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home Rylon Printing, LLC Please support m...

Send us Fan Mail This week's history lesson, from the Rittman Historical Society was about the Chevy dealership on E Ohio Ave, wwhich was founded 82 years ago by Hugh Stricland,  Town Hall meeting at the rec center this coming Monday. This concerns income tax and the budget.   Also 2023 brush pickup discussed.  Visit my valued sponsors. Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You'...

Send us Fan Mail As far as recent history is concerned, thia has not been my favorite year. A fall during the physical therapy sent me back to the hospital for some followup work on my knee. I am using part of this podcast to sing the praises of the Crystal Clinic and the care that I received after the fall. Please visit my sponsors: Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home...

Send us Fan Mail The weekend before last, one of the more popular rstaurants in Wayne County, Farmer Boy's in Wooster,  cauught fire and became a total loss. Friends of the restaurant have set up a go fund me page as a way of helping the employees. Please click on the link below: Fundraiser by Mindy Jackson : Farmer Boy Staff Relief (gofundme.com) Please visit my sponsors: Rittman IGA – You&a...

Send us Fan Mail Back in the 1880's, travelers got off the train in the tiny town of Arkona, thinking they were in Akron. This week's history lesson tells us how our town bcame known as Rittman. Please visit my soponsors: Rylon Printing, LLC Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home If you wish to support the Around Rittman podcast, please click on the link below. C...

Send us Fan Mail Let's talk about the good in the town. Please visit my sponsors: Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home Rylon Printing, LLC Get your gear for the eclipse there. If you like what you hear, please click below. Cliff Feightner is Host of the Around Rittman podcast and Positively Uplifting (buymeacoffee.com)

Send us Fan Mail Saturday, February 10 was a great evening here in the 44270, as we were able to sample some of the best soups and chili the town had to offer. Several of the town's businesses and citizens brought some of their best recipes and the town got to vote for their favorites. Please visit my proud sponsors: Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home Rylon Printi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the history lesson, brought by the Rittman Historical Society, talks about a full page ad in a 1940 edition of the Rittman Press where Marshall Charlie Heffelman provided tips for Rittmanites to prevent strangers from entering their home.  Once again, the lesson is, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Please visit my proud sponsors. Rittman IGA –...

Send us Fan Mail Come over to Heritage Hall for the 1st annual Soup and Chili Cook Off.  This is sponsored by the Rittman Lions Club and Rittman Community Events group, Lions Club meeting this week at The Server.  Please visit my proud sponsors. Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home Rylon Printing, LLC And if you wish to support the Around Rittman podcast, please click be...

Send us Fan Mail With the coming solar eclipse, the Rittman Historical Society looks back at the 1940, a year that mirrored this year in regards as the dates falling on the same days of the week. But it had 2 solar eclipses.  Visit my sponsors. Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home Rylon Printing, LLC And if you want to support my podcasts, please click here: Cliff Feight...

Send us Fan Mail Quite a bit happening in the coming week, Get yourself a raffle ticket and support RHS Softball with a chance to win some meat. Registration is now for Rittman Youth baseball/softball. Click on the link below. Rittman Youth Baseball and Softball > Home (bluesombrero.com) Click below to support my podcasts. Cliff Feightner is Host of the Around Rittman podcast and The Uplift. (b...

Send us Fan Mail The Rittman Press was a Newspaper that represented Rittman and surrounding areas from 1912-1982. The latest podcast talks about the history of the paper and its owners. Please visit my proud sponsors. Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home Rylon Printing, LLC

Send us Fan Mail I hope everyone got through the past week of winter weather okay. The Soup/Chili Cook off is coming in the next three weeks. It is going to be a great event and I hope all can attend. Please visit my proud sponsors. Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home Rylon Printing, LLC

Send us Fan Mail Special Thursday evening episode, letting you know why, even in the 1930's Rittman was the "Small Town with the Big Heart, as citizens contributed to the Polio  fund. Please visit our sponsors. Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home Rylon Printing, LLC

Send us Fan Mail This week calls for single digit temperatures. Server is open Monday thru Friday 9am to 2pm with free coffee, cocoa, a warm meal, and blankets or gloves if you need them. Visit our proud sponsors: Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home Rylon Printing, LLC

Send us Fan Mail As we go into the first week of 2024, we look back at a son of Rittman pitching three innings for the Dodgers in 1940, a coming soup and chili cook off, and much more. Also, I talk about completing the writing of my latest book. You can purchase my first book, Caricatures of My Mind by clicking here: Caricatures of My Mind: Simple Poems in a Complicated World - Kindle edition by F...

Send us Fan Mail We begin the new year with a short podcast. A history lesson, a short 2023 in review and some wishes for the new year.  If you have some suggestions of how Around Rittman can become a better podcast, please let me know. My email addresses are aroundrittman@gmail.com and 74wixygrad@gmail.com Please visit my sponsors:  Rittman IGA – You're In, You're Out, You're Home...