Notes From Last Week

County Commissioners have voted to schedule the required public hearings to place the renewal of the 1% sales tax on the November ballot. Those hearings are 6:30 P.M., July 22, and 10 A.M., July 29, in the commissioner's meeting room in Lisbon. Commissioners will decide after the hearings whether to make it permanent. The tax is set to end in 2010. If they get it on this year's ballot and it passes there will be not interruption in the collections. The big question is whether it will be passed.

May figures for CC jobless rate is up to 13.3%, up 0.2 points compared to April. State average is 10.8% and the national average is 9.4%.

Motions will be heard today in Common Pleas Court to see if Eric Dillard will be given a retrial based on motions filed by his defense attorneys. Prosecutors filed a motion to deny it and Judge Pike will hear arguments today. Dillard was found guilty of the 2008 murder of Jamie Farley last month. Defense now say they have new evidence that Farley was armed at the time. Based on the new motions the judge changed today's scheduled sentencing hearing to a motions hearing.

Two Wellsville residents were given jail time last week for the theft of metal & wire. As the detective in the old Baretta t.v. show use to say "if you do the crime you have to do the time". If you do the crime you'll eventually get caught

Missed mentioning the Potter's Players latest production that was performed this past week-end. It was reported in the ER and I hope they had a good turn out. The Players will be holding auditions for "Shop Until You Drop - Dead" mystery play at the theater July 6 & 7 at 7 P.M. The play is going to be a dinner theater performance at Dalonzos later in August.

Charles Franklin and friends are attempting to organize a combined reunion for WHS Classes of '81, '82, '83 and '84 for next year's All Class Reunion time. They will be meeting at 7 P.M. July 2 at Dalonzos. You can call 330-532-1689 or 330-708-1122 for more information.

While at the Stevenson Foundry last Thursday I couldn't help but notice some historical items from the 1800s they have on display. There's an old advertisement and a couple of receipts signed by Stevenson himself that date back to those days. They even have a manufacturer's steel plate that was attached to a product made back then. Co-owner Todd Lynch said he's always on the look out for things like that. They have a small pot bellied stove that was found tucked away in a corner of the boiler room that is believed to be from the original days of the plant. Thanks Todd for the Tin Mill picture.

Brassy Beresford is not the only t.v. personality we have in town now. Channel 27's WKBN reporter Jason Vinkler interviewed both Councilman Don Brown & WFD Chief Smith at the floodwall exercise this past Saturday. They were shown on the newscast Saturday evening. Vinkler is the same reporter that interviewed Brassy at the museum a couple of weeks ago.

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