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By Mary Beth Breckenridge
Beacon Journal home writer
Published on Saturday, Mar 08, 2008
A Ravenna Township home will open its doors to America on Monday when it's featured on HGTV's If Walls Could Talk.
The show will spotlight the 1817 farmhouse of Tom and Christine Hopes, which is on land that the couple learned was the area's first dairy farm. The Hopeses made that discovery through old photos and other evidence they uncovered after moving in more than two years ago, the Ravenna Record-Courier reported.
Among their finds were a tombstone behind the fireplace and a love letter to a farm worker, which apparently was never sent.
Over the years, the house has served as a tavern and may have been a stop on the Underground Railroad.
The show is to air at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
Need a makeover?
On the subject of TV, ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is looking for an inspirational family in Ohio to help.
To be eligible, a family must own its single-family home or property on which a home can be built. It must be able to show producers how a home makeover would make a significant difference.
To nominate a family — your own or someone else's — e-mail a short description of the family's story to emheohio@gmail.com. Explain why the family is deserving, heroic or a positive role model in its community.
The nomination must include the names and ages of all members of the household, a description of the major challenges in the home and a phone number for the family. Recent photos of the family and the home are encouraged.
The nomination deadline is March 24. More information on applying is at http://abc.go.com. Click on ''Primetime,'' then ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,'' then ''Apply.''
Tax credit available
Owners who rehabilitate historical buildings may be eligible for a state tax credit.
The Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit program, signed into law last year, offers a credit equaling up to 25 percent of qualified expenditures for rehabilitating historical buildings for commercial or residential use.
To claim the credit, owners must apply successfully for a tax credit certificate. The Ohio Historic Preservation Office must determine that the building is historical and that the work conforms to national rehabilitation standards set by the secretary of the interior, and a cost/benefit analysis by the Ohio Department of Development must demonstrate there will be a net gain in state and local tax revenue once the rehabilitated building is back in use.
The Department of Development can approve up to 100 applications in each of two one-year periods. One started July 1, 2007; the next starts July 1, 2008.
More information is at http://www.odod.state.oh.us/edd/OHPTC.
Events, programs
• Pancake breakfast and Discover Maples program, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today, Secrest Arboretum, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster Township. Pancake breakfast, maple syrup demonstrations and information, tours through the arboretum's maples, bird walk from 9 to 11 a.m. Suggested donation: adults, $5; children 5-12, $3.50; children 4 and younger, free. Special family price, $20. Donations will benefit Future Farmers of America students at Smithville and Triway schools. Information: http://www.secrest.osu.edu.
• Craft and Treasure Show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Streetsboro United Methodist Church, 8940 State Route 43. Craft show and flea market. Admission: $1. Proceeds benefit Hope Builders Appalachia Service Project, a home-repair ministry involving youth from area churches.
• Orchid Mania, ends Sunday, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Theme: The Seductive Orchid. Vignettes illustrating the role of orchids in perfume, cosmetics, food and more; Orchids and More exhibit of artwork by Andrij Maday. Orchid and Butterfly Symmetry Paintings, 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. $7.50; children ages 3-12, $3; members and younger children, free. Information: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
• Wreath Bird Feeders, a Twelve on Tuesdays program for seniors, noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Free with garden admission, which is $5.50 on Tuesdays for people 60 and older. Information: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
• Warm Up Akron meetings, 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Mogadore branch, Akron-Summit County Public Library, 144 S. Cleveland Ave. Members knit and crochet rectangles that are used to make afghans for needy people in the Akron area, and they'll teach others the skills. Information: 330-699-3252 or http://www.geocities.com/warmupakron.
• Water Gardens, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Visitor Center, Seiberling Nature Realm, 1828 Smith Road, Akron. Third in the Master Gardeners of Summit County's Dreaming of Spring series. Free. Information: 330-864-2536.
• Garden Forum of Greater Akron general meeting, 10 a.m. Thursday, Carriage House, Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, 714 N. Portage Path, Akron. Program: hands-on terrarium workshop. Registration: 330-425-8109.
• Twinsburg Garden Club meeting, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Twinsburg Senior Center, 10260 Ravenna Road. Program: Growing African Violets. Information: 330-425-8109 or http://www.twinsburg-garden-club.com.
• Buzzy Bees Workshop, 10-11:30 a.m. next Saturday, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Family program on beginning beekeeping. Member families, $20; nonmember families, $27. Registration: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
• Lovely Landscapes Start Here, 11 a.m. next Saturday, Donzell's Flower & Garden Center, 937 E. Waterloo Road, Akron. Speaker: Richard Rouser, Donzell's nursery manager. Free, but reservations are requested. Registration: 330-724-0550, Ext. 110.
Mail notices of classes, programs and events two weeks in advance to: Home and Garden News, Features Department, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron OH 44309-0640. Please include your name and telephone number. All events must be open to the public.
Mary Beth Breckenridge can be reached at 330-996-3756 or mbrecken@thebeaconjournal.com.
A Ravenna Township home will open its doors to America on Monday when it's featured on HGTV's If Walls Could Talk.
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