Rodman Library Lego Lab

Children, ages 6-12, are invited to the Rodman Main Library in Alliance at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25 for Lego Lab. For the November session, the theme will be Thanksgiving Parade and each participant will create a float using Legos provided by the library. Registration is required to participate at rodmanlibrary.com. This will be the last Lego Lab until after the holidays and the program will resume in February.

‘Owls of the World’

Raptor Hollow Sanctuary, based at Butler-Rodman Park in Alliance, will present “Owls of the World” at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17 at Rodman Public Library. This free program will feature two to three live Owl Ambassadors and give students the chance to discover what makes these nocturnal hunters such incredible predators. Learn about their natural history, anatomy, and the amazing adaptations that help owl species thrive in ecosystems all around the globe. This program is open to all children and is best suited for kindergarten and up. Space is limited, so registration is required at rodmanlibrarycom. “Owls of the World” is supported by Friends of Rodman Public Library.

Regan to perform Nov. 15

Minerva’s Roxy Theatre and Krackpots Comedy Club of Massillon present nationally touring comedian Dennis Regan for one night only, Saturday, Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Regan has been doing comedy for more than 20 years, performing at his first open-mic night at Coconuts Comedy Club in north Miami in 1987. The next year he moved to New York City and began doing late night shows, starting to break into the main lineup of all the important clubs: The Improv, The Comic Strip, The Comedy Cellar, Catch A Rising Star, and Dangerfields.

Regan has appeared multiple times on the Late Show with David Letterman and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, as well as on Showtime and Comedy Central. He has headlined most of the major U.S. comedy clubs, traveling to all 50 states, as well as to China and Ireland.

Tickets are general admission, with a limited number of front-row/VIP seats, and can be purchased online at https://www.krackpotscomedy.com/shows/321683 .

Minerva’s downtown restaurants will be open throughout the evening, and concessions will be available at the theater. The village’s Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area will be in effect, 5-10 p.m. Patrons may purchase beverages in official DORA cups from the Normandy Inn, Stoney Inn, Que Pasa Mexican Restaurant, and Sandy Springs Brewing Company and carry them throughout the designated area, including into the Roxy. No other outside beverages are permitted in the theater.

For information, call 330-809-0360.

DAHS Hall of Fame

Nominations of outstanding alumni to be added to the David Anderson High School Hall of Fame are being requested by the Lisbon Alumni Association. Nominations should include the name of the nominee, the year of graduation, the nominee’s contact information and reasons the individual should be added to the Hall of Fame. Nominations must be signed by the person submitting the nomination and include contact information. Nominations must be mailed to: Lisbon Alumni Association, P.O. Box 421, Lisbon, OH 44432. Nominations must be received no later than Dec. 15, 2025. The induction dinner will be held in late April 2026.

Salem Historical Society

The Nov. 11 program of the Salem Historical Society & Museum will be presented at the Shaffer Library, located at 239 South Lundy Avenue at 7 p.m. Non-members of the Society are welcome to attend. Following a short business meeting, the program, “World War I – Stark County’s Global Contribution to Patriotism,” will be presented by Mark Holland, archivist McKinley Presidential Library & Museum.

Europe had been at war for two years. By 1917 the United States being threatened with war finally succumbed to it on April 6, 1917. In this program meet many of the veterans who answered the call to defend our country. Meet Nurse: Sylvia Riley, of Canton, Ohio who entered the service Oct. 28, 1918, and served at Camp Travis, Texas. Experience the contributions of Alliance, Canton, and Massillon, and all of Stark County. Learn more about the beginnings of the American Red Cross and how it helped provide comfort to countless Stark County Citizens. The industries were converted to create fighting machines for the allies’ victory. Find out how Gilliam Manufacturing took advantage of their talent of working leather and created a gas mask for the war effort. Liberty Loans drive was in full swing to fund the Great War, becoming so successful they held a funeral and buried “It Can’t Be Done” in the sidewalk of the Stark County Courthouse. Finally experience the life of a soldier leaving home, training to go overseas, actually going “Over There!” and coming home again. Soldiers like Corporal Paul Muckley of Waynesburg, Ohio for whom this program is dedicated.

Mark Holland is an optimist. He believes in a world where people help each other, and those people work as a team to inspire the community to come together for the common good. Holland was inspired to love history by his grandfather when he captured him on his portable cassette recorder telling the story of his great-great-grandfather who walked from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Osnaburg (East Canton) to bring his family to Ohio. His mother and father would continue to inspire him to become interested in history by taking the family on trips that his mother would call “making a study of Ohio!” Holland grew up in North Canton and graduated from Hoover High School. As the Archivist of the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, he inspires people to question everything and works alongside a team of 23 volunteers in the Ramsayer Research Library to find the answers to these questions.

Contact the Salem Historical Society at 330-337-8514 for information.