Things have been kind of quiet in the 'ville lately. However, that doesn't mean I've been sleeping on the job.
In my April Fool piece I made mention of Bob Popp. For those of you not familiar with Mr. Popp he was a long time reporter for the Review and quite a story teller. Although "Poolville" was a product of my imagination I would have to pay tribute to Mr. Popp for inspiring me to write up such an story. I remember being a young and naive reader back when his story about the Babb's Island Resort was first published. He reeled me in hook, line and sinker. When I read the Review on Sunday I found they printed up three of his April Fool stories.
This past Saturday the wife and I attended the Newspaper In Education auction. Although I feel it's the newspaper's way of trying to entice young readers in an attempt to save the print news business I feel it is a worthwhile cause. Any cause to get young people to read and away from the television is worth it in my humble opinion. This year's auction was sponsored by the Morning Journal. I wonder why The Review failed to mention it. Is there a pissing contest going on between the two newspapers? They belong to the same company and I realize they are in competition but I thought it was friendly competition. Spanks to The Review for not showing any support for this years event.
Driving down Broadway today I noticed they are starting to work on Chuck Amato's street lamps. Hopefully they can find the problem and correct it. It would be nice to see them all working. They are attractive. Years ago Chuck Amato was instrumental in locating those lamps and getting them installed. If memory serves me correctly he found them in Columbiana.
Speaking of Broadway I saw the story that Wellsville has been given the designation of "Tree City USA" by the National Arbor Day Foundation. That's nice. It didn't excite me too much. I'm one of the ones that liked Broadway without the trees. With the trees gone it truly made the street look "broad". I vividly remember the first sunny day I pulled up to the stop sign at 5th & Broadway heading downtown and was stunned by how beautiful it appeared. You could see all the way to 9th St. My feelings aside I think kudos should go out to the Dawn Johnston and the committee that got involved in getting this accomplished. It was an all volunteer committee that raised the funds to purchase the trees and pitched in with the labor to get them into the ground. It's nice to see that they got some hard earned recognition.
Spring has arrived and these past few days it's been more like summer with the temperatures. Unfortunately that is going to come to a screeching halt starting tomorrow with an approaching cold front. I hope the night time freezing temperatures don't damage the fruit trees that are budding out. However, the coming of spring brings the bikers and kids outdoors. When you're out and about be extra cautious. Spring is my favorite season of the year with the vibrant colors of new growth and renewal of life in things that were dull and drab over the winter months. Please be careful. We don't want a tragedy to mar the beauty of the season.
7 comments:
As you are not on any particular subject, When is the owner of the silver tank trailer that is parked on the entrance ramp of State Route 7 (39 exit) going to move it....I am glad he didn't park it there this winter as I saw many people slide when making that turn to get on S.R. 7 north. They would have crashed into it.
The State Highway Patrol should ticket it and then tow it, It has been there for 3-4 weeks now.
take a ride down the bumpy Lincoln Ave. They got red bands around all the trees, Tree City USA is cutting a bunch down. Some need cut but all? How about the trees along the second entrance to the cemetary, was that really called for?
You tell me how to pass it to you without losing my anynomity and I will give you compromising photos of a Wellsville teacher. A teacher who should've been fired a long time ago. He will know who I am, but I will gladly defend myself if he takes his shot. He likely wouldn't survive any confrontation with me, matter of fact I welcome it.
Mister Man - Create an anonymous g mail account on Google and e-mail it to me at olenib.gmail.com. It's free. Can't promise I will do anything with it but you got me curious. We'll see.
From what I understand, the large trees on Lincoln Ave. are to be removed because they are too close to the edge of the street and would interfere with the new curb that will be put in when they resurface the street. They will be replaced with saplings. There are a few trees that won't be affected, as they are far enough away from the edge of the street.
Hey Nib, any word on the misguided teacher? Also, Nib you must be smoking the hooky tooky. Broadway looked 300% better with all of those trees, especially in the fall. If they had maintained them a little better they would've lasted, but that's some Monday morning quarterbacking....
mister man: There shouldn't be anything to worry about if you "out" this person. It's essentially a ethical issue. This person is dealing with our children day in and day out, that should be enough. Let's clear the bad apples out. Wellsville's school system has enough problems already!
If there is a teacher in a "compromising" photo, why are you not taking it to the proper authorities: the school board and superintendent?
Distributing such pictures to a blog administrator surely isn't the right way to go to make sure this situation is handled correctly.
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