Notes From Last Week

The big fountain is back on Broadway. We'll have more on it later. Gonna let the newspaper run it first. Ladies before gents...

Tomorrow is the last day for the Library's Be Creative @ Your Library series for the young people. It starts at 10 A.M. Tomorrow's program is "Magic with Greg Carson". They were excited about this one. It's all free.

Piece in last week's paper reporting the county unemployment rate for June jumped 1.4 points to 14.7%. It hit 15 % in 1982 when Crucible Steel closed down and associated businesses started following suit. According to that report the high back then was in 1983 when it hit 21%. Talking to a laid off neighbor today that told me he now has 68 job applications floating out there and not a nibble on a single one. It's no wonder he's despondent.

The County Courthouse clock is working once again. According to newspaper reports County Commissioner Jim Hoppel went ahead and had the work done using parts that have been there since 1934. It only needed a new motor & some new bushings. The bill hasn't come in yet but Hoppel was quoted as saying it should last for years. The clock face and hands are the same ones that were originally installed in 1873.

In another newspaper report it said Baard V.P. Steve Dopuch told the Port Authority last week that the financial markets are beginning to show renewed interest in the proposed Coal-to-Liquids plant. We certainly hope so. As they said in a MJ editorial last Friday it brings hope to Wellsville and the county.

The Wellsville Historical Society had their regular meeting last week. East Liverpool Attorney Tim Brookes was the program speaker. Believe Brookes is President of the EL Historical Society and he is noted for being a Civil War buff plus an expert on the capture of Pretty Boy Floyd. He presented a program on estate planning. He's an expert on that too.

One of the donations the Historical Society got this month was a box of photos that Brookes brought with him. They originally belonged to Miss Isa Anderson who was a long time school teacher in the Wellsville school system. I don't know much about Miss Anderson other than she use to live in a little house on Broadway.

The Historical Society won't be meeting in August but they will present a program Sunday, August 2, at 2 P.M. on the history of the railroads in the ville. The program is being put on by Bob Lloyd & Frank Dalonzo. The railroads played a big role in Wellsville's past.

The annual Italian Festival starts up a week from this Thursday on August 6. This yearly event sponsored by the Wellsville SOI is always a good time with lots of entertainment & good eats. The entertainment schedule is already posted on www.wellsvilleohio.net. Mark your calendar for August 6, 7 & 8.

The folks at wkmxlive are gearing up for another season of internet broadcasting of the WHS football games. The Tigers open at home Friday, August 28 against Strasburg.

The "angels" from the Alley Cat Aid Brigade tell me there probably will not be another pet food give away until October. Although it is in the very early planning stages the next give away will be at the "Howling Harvest Moon Festival". If everything comes together it sounds like lots of fun.

A commenter said they would like to see a picture of the old McQueens Run Diner run by the Vensile family. We're working on that. Someone told me they use to call it Venesile's Spaghetti house. I've never heard of it before now. Can anybody else help us out here?

That's it for this week. Can't believe we're already talking football.

ole nib