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2nd April Art Galerie in Downtown Canton Ohio

The 2nd April Art Galerie in downtown Canton OH is crazy cool and fun. There are paintings, artworks, jewelry, furniture, food and live music. The Canton art district comes super a live every first Friday of the month known as the Canton First Friday event downtown.

The 2nd April Galerie features artwork by over 50 local artist.

2nd April Studios and Annex features individual artists.

The lower level features the Kathleen Howland Theatre. A Downtown Community Theatre Space.

The owners of the 2nd Galerie are Brennis Booth jr., and Todd Walburn.

The address is 324 Cleveland Ave NW, Canton Ohio 44702.

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Whether buying or selling in the Canton Ohio - Stark County area.

Please call me at 330 904-4545 or email me at dwilson@cutlerhomes.com if you have any question about Canton, Jackson Township, or Stark County Real Estate.

Coffy just got back from a super vacation trip to the island of Jamaica! He had traveled by plane with Eric and Tiffany and family and logged about another 3400 miles.

He enjoyed his stay at the Beaches Boscobel Resort and Golf Club which is about 10 miles from the town of Ocho Rios. Ocho Rios is about a two hour drive from Montego Bay.

This is one of his favorite hang outs during the week

Rules, rules, and more rules. Oh well, he still had fun despite of it all

AhhHHHH yes! A great way to beat the heat

Oh boy! A friendly face! This new pal is so much better than that character he met in Florida awhile back!

Where's Coffy? Be the first to identify the exact location of Coffy the Cutler teddy bear and win a certificate to John's Bar & Grill in Canton! *Though this post is in Localism for Canton, Ohio, a clue to the location in this picture: (somewhere in Stark County).

How the contest works: From time to time the amount of background in the picture will be enlarged and will provide a better clue as to the location. To see how a prior contest worked, visit:

Where's Coffy (8)

Certificate will be awarded to the first person that posts the correct location here in the comments section. The earliest documented comment time stamp will be used to award the certificate. To receive the certificate, winner should send contact information (held in confidentiality if requested) to:

JDvorovy@CutlerHomes.com

Due to the heavy snowstorm that blanketed the Stark County area the day before these pictures were taken, most of the "clue" is unfortunately snowcovered. Coffy insisted in participating in some Extreme Sport, and decided to make the most of the situation by sled riding. Check the bottom picture to see the clue for once the snow has melted.

He's off! Bumpety - bump - bump, ...bumpety - bump - bump, ... what a bumpy ride!

Whee!!! Talk about Extreme Sports! Evel Kneivel would be proud!

ooOPPS!!

The snow is all melted, and now you know what the Bumpety - bump - bump meant!

A little larger picture clue.....

A little larger yet.....

This past week I had an opportunity to show a vacant foreclosure property to an investor that purchases fixer uppers for eventual rental purposes. The property is a side by side ranch type duplex. The exterior of the unit is in good condition with the vinyl siding and windows being in very serviceable condition. The unit also has newer roofing.

The living rooms and bedrooms in each unit simply require interior painting and new carpeting in order to make the residence decent, safe, and sanitary. However both kitchens, baths, and utility rooms (where the water heater and furnaces are located) need gutted, an will require all new fixtures and copper plumbing. Thieves have broken into the units and stolen the copper and the air conditioner units. They did extensive damage to the walls as they even broke through the drywall in order to get every last bit of copper they could find.

Kitchen sink has been removed and all copper stripped from underneath.

Copper thieves damaged the bath room fixtures and wall boards

Second bath damaged fixtures and wall by copper thieves

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The other side of the bathroom wall where thieves were stripping copper.

Damage to water heater and wall

Is it any wonder insurance companies will cancel a homeownes insurance on vacant homes? The damage to a property runs in thousands of dollars to the homeowner when thieves strip out the copper.

Feeling strapped by your annual homeowners and automobile insurance bill? Check this out:

News From Maconachy Stradley Insurance: Insurance companies are lowering rates in 2009. The Cincinnati Ins. company is going to lower their automobile and homeowners' rates in Northeast Ohio between ten and fifteen percent effective January 1 st 2009. If you have not looked at your homeowners' and automobile insurance rates now is the time to do so. You don't have to wait for your policy to renew in order to get competitive quotes on your insurance. In the event you find quotes that offer the same or better coverage at a lower premium you do not have to wait until the policy renews to switch insurance carriers. Insurance is paid in advance, meaning you will be refunded any unused premiums.

The person to contact is Justin Truex:

• 3205 Bretton Street N.W. Suite 100

  North Canton, Ohio 44720

  Phone: 330.966.5170 Fax: 330.966.1075

http://maconachy-stradley.com/whoweare4.html

A quick note about Justin: There has been several ocassions when buyers were simply moments away from closing on their property, and for various reasons either the cost of homeowners insurance or some other technicality prevented the buyer from obtaining their lender required homeowners insurance. Justin was able to cut through the red tape and was able to provide hazard insurance and get the transaction back on track and closed. Sure saved the day for the buyers, title companies, and brokerage firms.