Canton, OH

It's that time again for the Hall of Fame Festival festivities to begin. This is one of the great things about living in Canton Ohio.

Jackson Belden food festival kicks off the events. 72 hot air balloons are expected to participate in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival's Balloon Classic Invitational running today through Sunday on the grounds of Kent State University Stark Campus and Stark State College of Technology. Approximate times of flight, weather permitting, are 5:30 p.m. today, 6:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Saturday, and 6:30 am Sunday. Adjacent to the Balloon Classic is the Jackson Belden Food Fest, from 4 to 11:30 p.m. today and Saturday. Entertainment : A Hard Day's Night 6 p.m) and Oblivion (9 p.m.) will perform today and Aftermath (6pm) and Jimmy & the Soul Blazers (9 p.m) will perform Saturday. A fireworks show will cap the event at 10 p.m. Saturday.

Downtown http://www.cityofcanton.com/ Gets the Blues!

The Canton Blues Festival returns to downtown Canton today and tomorrow, with a full lineup of local, regional and national performers. The festival is presented by the http://www.cantonchamber.org/. The entertainment schedule follows:

Saturday

1pm: Blues in School band.

2:30pm : soul satyr.

4:30pm: Wallace Coleman.

6:30pm: Jeff Poulos Blues revue.

8:30pm: The Fabulous Thunderbirds.

The fun starts at 1pm Saturday with live music until 10:30. The location is Market Avenue N between Third and Fourth streets. Admission is free.

Canalway Center at Sippo Lake: featuring the Canal Boat Adventure and 10 interactive exhibits showcasing Ohio & Erie Canal history, business innovators and environmental stewardship; Exploration Gateway, 5712 12th St NW, Perry Township; (330) 477-3552. Hours 10am-4pm Monday through Friday and 10am-2pm, Saturday.

http://www.mckinleymuseum.org/: Featuring the Discover World interactive science center. "White House Pets," through June 29.

http://www.firstladies.org/: "Team Players: Triumph and Tribulation on the Campaign Trail". Tours of the ancestral home of Ida Saxton McKinley offered Tuesday through Saturday at 9:30 and 10:30am and 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30. Tours begin at the education & Research Center at 205 Market Ave. Admission charge. Call (330)452-0876 for reservations and more information.

Saturday May 31, 2008

Zing in the City An Amazing Cinematic Adventure performed by

Canton Symphony Orchestra - Free Concert! Downtown Canton

• 5-8:30 pm Free Make-n- Take Activities
• 6-8 pm On-stage and In- Crowd Entertainment
• 8:30 Canton Symphony Orchestra
• 10:30 Fireworks

Family Fun Day at Pegasus Farm: with clowns, a magician, inflatables, obstacle course, animals and concert by Clear fork bluegrass Quartet.

When 11am-6:30pm. Concert 7-9pm. Admission Charge, (330-935-2300)

St Helena Canal Boat Cruises 1,2.3pm Tuesday thru Sunday. Canal Fulton Canalway Center.

Upcoming Events

Arts in Start present the 'June Jams' lunch Concerts downtown

Where: Cultural Center for the Arts

When: noon to 1pm rain or shine

Dates: June 3,11,18,25

Greek Summerfest opens Wednesday June 4, 2008

Where: St Haralambos Church at Harvard and 25th St.

What: Greek food and pastries, music and dancers and midway rides.

Memorial Day is a day we honor all the men and women in uniform who have perished serving our country.

Listed are a few of the many Memorial Day events in the Stark County area.

Canton: Memorial Parade starts 10 a.m., starts at Walnut Avenue and E Tuscarawas Street, continues west on Tuscarawas, turns right on Seventh St NW, to the Wm McKinley Monument. A short ceremony will follow at the monument.

Canal Fulton: VFW Post 9795 Memorial Day Parade, 1p.m., lineup at Lindsay Concrete, proceeding N on Canal Street, turning onto Market Street and ending at City Hall with a short ceremony.

Green: Pancake breakfast, 7:30 to 10:30.,Fire Station No 1, 4200 Massillon Rd,; 10:30 am parade step off from Green High School parking lot, traveling east on Boettler Road, South on Massillon Rd and West on Steese Rd to the Green Intermediate School parking lot; noon, veterans memorial ceremony, John Torok Community and Senior Center.

The Absorption Rate is the theoretical time it takes to clear existing inventory. The Active Listings are the number of current active listings. Listing sold per Month is the average number of unit sales per month over the last 3 months. Months of Supply is the absorption rate inventory derived by Supply/Demand. And last is the Odds of Selling within 90 days. A 5-6 month supply is considered balanced with roughly the same number of sellers as buyers. Higher numbers mean it is a buyers market, while less is a sellers market. Overall Canton has a 2.4 months supply and a 83 % odds of selling within 90 days in certain pirce points. The $20,000 - $29,999 market is selling briskly as an investors market.