Here are some items I thought I would bring to your attention.
That special council meeting I was talking about was to get authorization to advertise for engineer bids for a sewer line project for Highland/Ridge Avenue and a pump at Second Street. It was a matter to follow procedure as required by the EPA.
Did you have a real Christmas Tree this year? If you did you can do the "green" thing and drop it off behind Village Hall by the recycle bins. They will be accepting them until the end of the month. The trees themselves are recycled and ground up to make mulch.
Speaking of trees, the Village Tree Board recently had a meeting to elect people to that board. Congratulations to the Cannons, Sid & Mary Ann, and to Susie Haugh. They are all three good people who volunteer their time and efforts to make the ville a little nicer. There was mention to possibly developing a small meditation area up in Hammonds Park in conjunction with the Park Commission. They are talking about it being on the slopes at the top of the hill over looking the river below. There is some beautiful scenery up there.
Speaking of Susie Haugh, she has once again put together a picture presentation for both the ACAB Christmas for Animals and the toy give away sponsored by the WVFD. I believe the toy thing was with the funds raised by both the WVFD and the police department. Once again Susie has done a fantastic job and both presentations are heart warming. To me it's what Christmas is all about. A big thank you should go out to all concerned for their time and efforts. You can find the animal pictures on http://www.alleycataidbrigade.com/ and the kids pictures on http://www.wellsvillevfd.com/.
Speaking of fund raising and taking care of those less fortunate then ourselves I missed mentioning the folks at our Dairy Queen and their participation in the Lions Club Care & Share Program. Over the past 25 years the DQ has donated over $16,000 to this program. With their help there were 216 food baskets and 256 little ones that were given presents this year. A special thanks to those folks for caring and sharing. Sorry I overlooked you all earlier.
Remember Jim Traficant, our former congressman? He's just about served his time for racketeering and bribery convictions and is due to be released in early September. As incredible as it sounds he could run for congress again.
Eric Dillard's murder trial has been moved to May. They discovered a taped interview made by the WPD that wasn't in the original evidence that was exchanged between the prosecution and defense. Because of that his defense was granted more time to get ready to go to court.
In the additional weapons charges being challenged by J.C. Amato's lawyer it was announced this week that they are asking that a visiting judge be appointed to hear that case.
The minimum wage in Ohio went up to $7.30/hour New Year's Day. That seems like a fortune compared to the $1.25/hour I was making when I first started in the work world. I was working a part-time job while I was still in high school. Of course the price on a loaf of bread has gone up a little since then too. It'll go up again with this latest increase.
Didn't know the house at 533 Riverside was originally a Wells house when it was built in 1830, until I read the article by the MJ's Erin Colella. It was in last Sunday's Lifestyles section. According to Erin the house was built by town founder William Wells for his son Alexander. Think that was before the rail road came to town. Have often admired that red brick house.
Finally I wanted to mention a business in town that I didn't know existed until a few days ago. The company name is Just Dishes Dinnerware and it is owned and operated by Sid & Mary Ann Cannon. It's an Internet business and they specialize in fiesta ware. Mary Ann tells me if there is something special that Homer Laughlin no longer produces if they don't have it in stock they can probably find it. Check out their web site at www.justdishesdinnerware.com. They have much more to offer than just what I mentioned here. The Cannons are the same couple I mentioned above that are on the Tree Board.
After a long break the WHS Tigers - both boys & girls - get back in action next week. Good luck to both teams.
Hope the New Year is being good to you.
ole nib
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Why not clean out all the drugs,drug dealers that hang out on the corner of 15th & Main.In front of Joe's before someone gets killed.
Just got home from the girl's basketball game. I think it is a shame how most of the parents act when their daughter is not playing. The don't think their child should sit out of the game at all. When 1 on the girls did something wrong and the coach yelled at them for doing it, I overhead the father say to the people he was with, I am going to have to kick his ***. And this is a freshman. This is a really nice attitude to have when someone is taking their own time to coach these girls. This is the reason the kids now days have no respect for their elders and especially no respect for the teachers. They see the way their parents act, so they think it is okay to act the same way. I didn't see any of the parents applying for the coaching position, but they think they know so much. I would like to hear what other people think about this.
I cannot understand why we donot have more drug arrests in Wellsville. It is not like drugs are not here. Police have to be aware of what is going on in certain houses.
I think it is a real shame just how many of our kids don't have a parent there to watch them, I realize lots of folks have to work and can't make it but it is still a shame. Regarding how the adults act.... it is a disgrace, I have been around a lot of sports, it amazes me the way that parents and adults in general talk about the coaches. Yes, I would of course like my child to always be on the floor playing but that is not realistic, there is always going to be a child somewhere that is more atheletically gifted than my children, more in tune with the game and has more desire to work hard enough to deserve the right to be on the floor more than my child. I realize that, it would be nice if others could maybe realize that also. A gifted athlete is a wonderful thing but an athlete that might not have that gift but has heart and a willingness to learn the game and play like a part of the team is better all the way around. I have never coached, have no intention of ever trying to coach but I think the coaches here for the most part do a fine job and are to be commended. There are of course some exceptions to that but I would never name names since at least they are out there trying and working with the kids, more than I can say that I do. I go to the games, I support the kids and the school and hope that at least that little bit of support helps.
Go ask the Police Chief and the Mayor why we don't have any drug arrests. See the bull they give you.
What about all the people driving around doped-up on pills that they get from the pharmacy! This is all perfectly legal, and even though the label might say "do not operate heavy equipment", people still drive.
To the genius that suggested marijuana be legalized to cut down on the drug trade: Get real. Before you take your next toke try to think logically. I could go on a lengthy rant but in an effort to keep it simple so you might understand I'll just say it won't work...period. You can't fight fire with fire. Your suggestion is the equivalent of trying to douse a fire using gasoline.
nib
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