Got behind trying to finish the book I was reading. Now I'm trying to catch up.
After two weeks of haggling back & forth we Ohioans have a new, two year, $50.5 billion budget that is going to touch everything that depends on state funding. They say it is a recession but it is very depressing. With the down turn in the economy bringing high unemployment there is decreasing revenue from wage taxes and other fees paid to the state. The money is simply not there to carry on as usual.
Being hit hard is our libraries. According to a report out of the CC Auditor's office the Wellsville Library will be cut an additional $65,530 this year compared to last. That works out to a 15.6% reduction and this comes at a time when library usage is on the up swing.
Eric Dillard's sentencing has been scheduled for Monday, August 3, at 2:30. Found guilty of murder in April the sentencing was delayed for a motion's hearing.
The Hollow Rock Camp Meetings are going on this week. It happens once a year each summer. These meetings originated back in the early 1800s.
Village Administrator Jim Saracco announced last week that using telephone poles to hang signs for yard sales or other events "will no longer be tolerated". It was never permitted in the first place. Utility workers that may have to climb those poles usually wear insulated gear that can be easily be torn with the nails and staples that are used to hang the signs. That makes it dangerous and Jim said the signs & fasteners have to come down.
The Tree Board is ready to move on with a list of new members waiting for the Mayor to get Council's approval. I sincerely wish them good luck and look forward to them continuing the good work that has been done in the past. The Board meets on the second Monday of the month at 6 P.M. at Village Hall.
Nice bust by the WPD of the fellow that robbed a village gas station back in May. Seems he came back last Sunday for another robbery attempt but the clerk recognized him and refused to open the cash drawer. Saying he would be back he left. The police caught him a couple of blocks away.
Kudos & big thanks to Brian Wallace. He's one of the union members that belong to the Chamber. Last Saturday he donated his time and efforts welding some of the bands and making other reinforcements on the kiln at 3rd & Lisbon, once again proving those guys are good neighbors. It's nice to have those folks around. Did you know that the kiln is jointly owned by the Village and the Wellsville Historical Society?
One tidbit Henry Nemenz mentioned about Save-A-Lot bakeries is that all their cakes are made from scratch. Other chain stores such as Giant Eagle & WalMart use frozen cakes that are shipped in. They simply thaw them out and decorate them. No home made touch there. A new Save-A-Lot bakery is in the plans for the ville.
One Wellsville resident concerned that the Obama Administration & the Democrats are leading this country to a totalitarian government & socialism got her letter in both our local papers this past Sunday and it was in the Pittsburgh Trib-Review on Monday. At issue seems to be the health care proposals they are working on. I'm not sure if I'm for it or not but AARP has come out solidly backing the new proposals. According to AARP there are 47 million Americans without health coverage today with more than 7 million between the ages of 50 - 64 years old. That's a big chunk of our population.
Worrying about funding cuts and budget concerns the Wellsville Board-of-Education approved a pay raise for members last week. It will only apply to new or newly re-elected members. What's up with that?
Saturday is the 1st Annual "Nite Golf" being sponsored by the WVFD. It starts at 9:30 P.M. out at the Par 3 on Route 7. Don't know if it's too late to get a team in still yet. You can call 330-831-9061 to check.
ole nib
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As for the raise for Wellsville board of ed members, elected officials can't have their compensation changed (increased or decreased) while they are in office, so the raise can only go into effect for newly elected (or re-elected) members, FYI
I saw the comment in the paper you are refering to. She ended it with, "Welcome to slavery." I found that very distasteful. I'm sure she didn't say it because our president is black. However, I don't think we will be put in stocks and auctioned off or chained to barges and sent down the river. I don't think we will be separated from our families and given new names. I don't think we will be beaten or lynched if we try to run away. I think we will still be allowed to read, write, vote, marry who we want, have decent houseing, get an education, have a business, protest at "tea parties" and all the other things that slaves were never allowed to do.
I think that flippantly calling out the ghost of such horrific pain and misery was a sad and hopeless thing to do.
Jim Saracco said no signs on telephone poles?? I notice the Italian Fest. signs are up on the poles now. Is it just yard sales signs not allowed??
I read about the new Save-a-Lot planned for Wellsville in the Morning Journal a few days ago. Mr. Nemenz said they were looking to buy the most energy-efficient appliances possible, and that 35 jobs or so could be created. Glad to hear it, and I wonder what members of the public can do to help it move forward as quickly as possible.
I got an idea Nachy, keep the sierra club away from the table. Can you imagine how many trees might be lost to a project like this? Not to mention the grass that will eb replaced by blacktop.
NO signs are allowed on poles, it's a law...not just the village's whim.
You should read the book, "The Help," to get a real look at what it was like to be a black person in the 1960s. Excellent book.
Please don't tell me the Sierra Club has an interest in this grocery store like it does Baard Energy, Nachy.
What book were you reading Ole'Nib ?
No real interest... just wondering. Energy-efficient appliances are good. There might be some grant money available to purchase them through utility programs... the owner might want to look into that. FirstEnergy and AEP are both spending many millions of dollars on new efficiency programs, and there are good opportunities there for entrepreneurs who pay attention.
It was a fictional, historical novel called The Whiskey Rebels. It was about the opposition to Alexander Hamilton's excise tax imposed on whiskey producers back in the early days of America when Pittsburgh was considered on the edge of the western frontier. Except for the two main characters the author said the book was based on historical fact.
nib
Nachy - You & I differ on many things (carbon sequestion & use of coal) but I have to admit your comment about energy efficient appliances is excellent.
nib
They made rye whiskey back then in the colonies. I tried rye recently, and like it better than bourbon.
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