Santa Given An Excited Welcome At Wellsville Library Christmas Open House

The Wellsville Carnegie Public Library and the Friends of the Library held their annual Christmas Open House this past Monday evening. The children were entertained by the WHS Show Choir Ebony & Ivory and treated to Christmas goodies. Garfield Elementary Principal Lisa Ferguson and Miss Rachel, the Children's Librarian, read stories to the children, many of them clad in their pajamas.

Mrs. Ferguson read “The Elf on the Shelf” which is about a magical Christmas elf that is very popular at Garfield during the Christmas Season. According to the Principle no one knows where the elf is going to appear each day and it's great fun looking for him. He has magic powers and may appear anywhere in the building. No one is allowed to touch him. If they do he'll lose his magic. As pictured in the collage he magically appeared on the library's Christmas tree for the Open House Monday. Miss Rachel followed that reading the book “The Christmas Magic”.

Of course the highlight of the evening was the appearance of Santa Claus, the chief elf. From the moment he came jingling in the door he was surrounded by a crowd of children all anxious to get their wishes known. As always Santa was very obliging listening to each and everyone's hopes for Christmas. Santa gave each child a bag of treats and smaller bag of reindeer food to be spread on their lawns on Christmas Eve.

Santa told us he has a web site that can be found on-line at www.meetsantaclaus.com. If you were unable to bring your child to the library last Monday you can e-mail Santa to let him know what is on that list. He said he answers all e-mails and it's free. His e-mail address is Santa@meetsantaclaus.com.

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Wellsville Freshmen Fall In Season Opener

Monday - December 5: The WHS Freshmen Tigers Basketball Team opened their season this past Monday playing host to the East Liverpool Freshmen in the Tiger's Den.

It was a rough opener for the young Orange & Black. Final score was East Liverpool 65-21.

The Wellsville Freshmen return to action Monday, December 19, against Lowellville. The game will be played in the Tiger's Den with a tip-off scheduled for 5:30 PM. The starting time was moved up from the original schedule.

Good Luck Tigers...

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Alley Cat Aide Brigade To Hold 4th Annual Christmas For The Animals

It's coming this Sunday, December 11, at the Gazebo on the 4th Street Square in Wellsville. It's sponsored by the Alley Cat Aide Brigade and set to begin at 12 Noon.

New this year will be an opportunity for owners to take pictures of their furry friends with Santa. Bring your cameras.

For more infomation call 330-532-9064.

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BWD To Purchase New Work Truck

Tuesday – December 6: The Buckeye Water District Board of Trustees held a Special Board Meeting yesterday at the Water Treatment Plant. Except for Dave Lloyd and Tim O'Hara all Board members were present along with District Manager Al DeAngelis, and Fiscal Officer Tony D'Angelo. The purpose of the meeting was to approve the purchase of a much needed work truck and to discuss pending legislation matters.

Members of the BWD Finance Committee, at an earlier meeting, approved recommending to the full board the purchase of a 2012 Ford F150 half ton truck. The vehicle will have a regular cab, a 5.2L engine with four-wheel drive and will cost $21,000. According to Asst. District Manager Todd Brown the next lowest quote was $24,000 for a 2011 truck. The money for the purchase will come from the General Operating Fund. The Board voted 7-0 to accept the Finance Committee's recommendation.

The need for the new truck came about when a 1990s model Blazer with 240,000 miles blew an engine. Prior to that the district had sold four other vintage vehicles all with over 200,000 miles that were becoming too costly to maintain.

Prior to closing the meeting the Board went into Executive Session to discuss the ongoing current litigation. Board President Mike Ryan advised there would be no decisions or announcements made as a result of the closed door session.

The BWD County Liaison Committee are scheduled to meet with the Columbiana County officials in the Engineers Office Wednesday, December 7. The next regular Board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 15 at Wellsville Village Hall. The meeting is scheduled for 9 AM.

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Dream Fade Broadcasts Parade LIve

Saturday - December 3: The Wellsville based film production company Dream Fade had the honor of doing a first for the annual Chamber sponsored Christmas Parade this past Saturday. With WHS Sports Station play-by-play announcers Rodger Miller and Joe Surace doing the vocals, Dream Fade caught all the action for a live feed over Face Book according to Producer Terry Brown. Brown was assisted by co-producer Jeff Daugherty.

Dream Fade is in the midst of producing a full length feature movie filmed in the tri-state area. The movie will be titled Muddy Waters when released.

If you didn't catch it live or were at the parade and would like to see it again go to www.dreamfade.com/wellsville to see the filmed version. It will be available for viewing until after the Christmas holiday. You can save it to your computer if you wish.

This is their Chistmas gift with special wishes for a safe return home to all and especially to all our area troops serving over seas from the guys at WHS SS and Dream Fade...

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Santa Highlights Wellsville's Christmas Parade

Saturday - December 3: The highlight of any Chamber Christmas Parade is Santa's visit to hear all the wishes. This year was no different and the children eagerly lined up following the parade to let the jolly ole elf know their wishes.

Santa (portrayed by Joe Brown) patiently listened, posed for pictures and passed out bags of treats. Once again he brought the wonder of Christmas to their eyes.

As the man said years ago "Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"...

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Chamber Puts On Annual Christmas Parade

Saturday – December 3: Wellsville had their annual Christmas Parade this past Saturday. The parade is sponsored and organized by the Wellsville Area Chamber of Commerce. We believe that this year's parade was dedicated to the memory of the late Vickie Cataldo-McCombs who for many years chaired the Parade Committee for the Chamber. It was her “baby” and she did it with great aplomb.

Stepping up to fill in this year was Parade Chairwoman Sheryl Gibson and she did a very admirable job. She lined up nearly 30 units and it made for a very entertaining evening. She lined up something for everyone, young, not so young and everyone in between. Vickie would be proud.

There were trophies awarded for the best float and the next three best units. Best float trophy went to the Wellsville Church of the Nazerene Youth Group. Following them was Wellsville's First Christian Church Youth Ministries for 1st Place best unit, Wellsville's Save-A-Lot in second and third went to the Tri-State Down Syndrome Support Group Ups of Downs. This years judges were Connie Bauer, Theresa Pullie and Marge Dysert.

Free hot chocolate and cookies were provided by The Family & Community Resource Center. Executive Director & Founder Cindy Slavens and son had that covered and from what we could see were kept busy. Ed Bauer served as Master-of-Ceremonies.

We'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story. Merry Christmas to all...


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