It was a busy Santa week, especially Saturday. There was a lot of work done by a lot of folks to make it all possible. Often there are not a lot of "thank yous" expressed verbally but the wide eyed wonder you catch with some of the little ones makes it all worthwhile. This young fellow pictured here, at the Gazebo Saturday night, gave me a "Rockwell feeling" when I looked at the picture later. Check the look in the lad's eyes. I get the impression he is on the threshold of being a believer to beginning to wonder if the older kids aren't right. Keep the faith young man. The older kids just haven't learned to understand the magic of Christmas yet.
Tom Giambroni had a follow up story last week about the Army contractor buying German tile for a new school building at Ft. Bragg. According to the story the contract for the general contractor to build the school followed all the bidding rules. The general contractor has the right to decide who gets the subcontract for the tile. Also it was noted that the tile contract has not been awarded yet but the German made tile is coming through a German owned company located in Greenville, SC. What do they say about jumping to conclusions?
County Engineer Bert Dawson got a Christmas present of sorts last week. In another MJ story it was reported that a contract with Salem to supply water to locations in the northern part of CC was nearly ready. That's something Bert has been working on for some time now. Dawson has visions of someday having a reliable source of water available throughout the whole county dancing through his head. It's a huge plus in trying to get businesses to bring their new plants to our neighborhood. New plants equal employment opportunities we don't enjoy in today's time.
County employees will begin making co-pays for their health insurance costs starting next year. It's something that's been on a lot of official's minds lately. It's been done in the private business sector for sometime. BWD took a look at it recently and voted to hold off with the disclaimer that it may have to be revisited at a later date. A couple of weeks ago Wellsville Village officials announced it was something they are looking at too. Spiralling health insurance costs continue to dig deep into budgets all around and yet, there are those that blindly ignore the need of health care reform in our country.
The 2009 Elections have barely been put to bed and petitions have already been filed for 2010 elections. US Congressman Charlie Wilson already has a Republican, Youngstown veternarian planning to run for his office in the May primary. Wilson is Democrat. Deadline for filing for the May primaries is February 18. We don't think there is any Wellsville spots to be voted on in 2010. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Even though he's not a Wellsville kid we still think it is pretty special to have a guy from this end of the county involved in professional football. Beaver Local's Adam Hoppel tried out for the Browns as a free agent in the pre-season and made it to the final cut. Last week the Browns recalled him to be one of eight allowed on their practice squad. Hoppel is related to the Hoppels more noted for their wrestling prowess and is a nephew of County Commissioner Jim Hoppel. Congratulations Adam!
In high school basketball the Lady Tigers picked up their first win last week against Leetonia. Mikyla Tipton counted for 23 points in that 41 - 31 victory. Last night on the road the Ladies fell to Lowellville 66 - 41. Tipton was high scorer with 13 points in that loss. The Ladies are now 1 & 3 and will play at home Thursday evening against Western Reserve. Last game before the holiday break is at Toronto a week from today.
The Tiger men picked up win number 2 with an impressive 96 -55 victory at Leetonia last week. Nunzio Lombardozzi had game high honors with 21 points. Lombardozzi sunk three treys in that game. The Tigers return home Friday against Western Reserve and Saturday they take on the EL Potters in a non-conferance game. The Tigers close out the '09 portion of the season at Toronto next Monday evening.
Some of you may have noticed we shut off comments for the C-of-C/RC article last week. The last 18 comments we received were mostly taking stabs at one side or the other going back and forth. We could see nothing constructive being accomplished by letting it continue. As Heritage Ohio remarked it's a "community project for the whole community". We're hoping everyone can get on the same page and move forward attempting to make Wellsville a little nicer. The anticipated January Town Hall Meeting will give anyone and everyone a chance to air their concerns.
For those of you misinformed about the Potter Players Community Theater group please note the word "Community" in their title. Some members are Wellsville residents and some are not. So what? It is not restricted to Village borders. They are an all volunteer group that have been located in an old church building in Wellsville for close to a year now. They consistently stage plays for our entertainment at regular intervals for a very reasonable admission. Like everything else the economy has slowed down their plans too. When those evasive funds become available they are going to renovate the old Liberty Theater. Mark my words. In the meantime your support is greatly appreciated. In the meantime consider auditioning in January for their next production.
The Covenant Presbyterian Church is going to hold a Christmas cookie sale this coming Saturday. Read in this morning's papers they have been doing this for 12 years now. Saturday they plan to have 500 dozen cookies available for sale. That's a lot of cookies. It starts at 9 A.M. Wonder if they can use a cookie sampler?!!!
Got a comment yesterday on a piece we did on the old Chester Bridge nearly two years ago. It was a copy of an old post card. We replied that the EL Historical Society is a treasure trove of historical pictures and post cards. If you want to spend sometime reminiscing about how it once looked check it out at http://www.eastliverpoolhistoricalsociety.org/. We hope to have Wellsville's Historical Society displayed like that some day. That is the goal of the Wellsville Digital Archive Group. Not to take anything away from our friends up the river but our River Museum is the home of a wealth of Village artifacts and documents you can't begin to imagine.
Hats off to Kat Andrews and the folks at Kat's Kitchen. For the holidays they are beginning to team up with the good people at the New Life Hope's Harvest House. Tomorrow night from 5 - 7 P.M. they are having a free spaghetti dinner for everyone and anyone. Any donations, including the server's tips, will be given to the Harvest House to help those less fortunate. Also with the donation of any non-perishable goods and/or toys for the Harvest House you will get a 10% discount on the price of your meal. That goes through December 20. That's just one of the many examples we're seeing in town of what the Good Lord was trying to teach us in the Christmas Season.
On the calendar this week is the Village Council meeting tonight at 6. BWD has a busy day tomorrow, November 16. Starting at 10 there is the bi-weekly Salineville Part A Waterline Progress meeting at the Water Treatment Plant. At 1:30 they have a County Liaison meeting in the County Engineer's Office followed by Finance Committee meeting. Also tomorrow is the Wellsville Board-of-Education meeting at 6:30 in Mr. B's office. You can stop by Kat's for the spaghetti before that one. Thursday the BWD Board-of-Directors have their regular meeting at 9 A.M. at Village Hall. The Lady Tigers play Western Reserve Thursday evening. Reserves tip-off at 6 at the high school. The WVFD will be riding Santa around the village & Yellow Creek Twp. from 7 - 10 P.M. Watch for the big, red fire truck with lights flashing. They'll stop for the little ones to get some requests in for the big day. Friday the Tiger men play Western Reserve with the tip-off also at 6 o'clock for the Reserves. Saturday is Christmas for the Animals at the Gazebo at 1 P.M. Then the WHS Tigers take on back yard rival EL Potters at the high school starting with the Reserves at 6. It's a non-conference game with one of the riverside bragging rights on the line. You'll have to squeeze in last minute Christmas shopping and baking somewhere in between.
Wrapping up we would like to join WPD Chief Joe Scarabino in urging everyone to use some common sense practices when shopping. Don't leave packages sitting visible on car seats in store parking lots. Put them in the trunk. Seems like smash & grabs peak around this time of the year. When leaving home let your neighbor know when you're going and when to expect you back so they can keep an eye out for you. Leave lights on in a few places and maybe a radio playing while you're gone. It only takes a couple of moments. Don't let the Grinch spoil it for you and yours.
Above all be safe...
ole nib
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