Notes From Last Week

We are sooo far behind. With home work and all the things I try to cover it's all I had time for. It started Thursday with a special Crime Watch Committee meeting & the Steelers game. Then there was the football game on Friday. By the way, my teams were 2 & 1 this past week. Steelers pulled one out in OT. The Tigers clawed out an impressive win Friday. Only the Buckeyes let me down. At least it wasn't a conference game. Saturday was the Robert's Family Evening of Entertainment. Sunday I did a little on-the-job training at the River Museum. Then Monday it started all over with a Board-of-Education meeting. We'll have something on each later on.

In a piece in Sunday's newspapers WPD Lt. Ed Wilson was found not to be in any violation of department policy with actions going back to the 2007 Yost murder investigation. I won't go into details and only say it was closure on this matter. As Chief Scarabino was quoted as saying "the department is moving forward now" and that is good news. Wilson, a long time member of the department, is a good guy & a good cop.

Not happy with AARP and their endorsement of the health care changes? According to a piece in last Tuesday's Pittsburgh Trib-Review there is an alternative with the American Seniors Assoc. They have "stood firm against national health care" according to the report. AARP members have been leaving in droves over this issue. Check it out for yourself at http://www.americanseniors.org/.

Recently released & former Congressman Jim Traficant seems to be making noises for another possible run for office with all the press he has been getting. I could be wrong but I'm getting that feeling. Even though he was convicted of wrong doing and served a prison sentence he can still run for office.

Nice write-up by the MJ's Chuck Greenwood last Friday on WHS senior Marcus Allison. This outstanding student & athelete was sidelined with a spinal injury and can no longer play football. He's getting along ok but the risk of additional injury keeps him on the sidelines. Although greatly disappointed he hasn't let it stop him and still participates with everything and anything he can do with the team. He can play basketball. His positive attitude & determination is inspiring, even to an old goat like me.

Wellsville's first case of prosecuting a pit bull owner for failure to have liability insurance on his dog went through Magistrate Court last week. He was found guilty, fined $150 and given a suspended 10 day jail sentence. State law requires that owners of a pit bull or any mix of pit bull have liability insurance for their dogs.

Village employees were treated to lunch last Friday by Rev. Darlene Zanders on behalf of Wellsville's Ministerial Assoc. It was in appreciation for all that village employees do in their line of work. Zanders has been the ministerial liaison to the village for the last six years according to Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert's report in last Saturday's newspaper. That was a nice gesture by the association providing a little thanks for all they do.

Homer Laughlin's Fiesta ware was written up in another Pittsburgh Trib-Review article this past Monday. The brightly colored dinner ware was born doing the Great Depression and proved popular back then to brighten up tables doing those hard times. It's just as popular today for the same reasons.

According to an article in yesterday's MJ natural gas prices are the lowest since 1999. It will gives us people who heat with gas a break on our bills in the coming months.

Got a hankering for spaghetti? According to Gibby of Gibby's Mini-Mart you can never get enough. Tonight the Alumni Activities Committee is holding a spaghetti dinner at the Alumni Center from 4 - 7 P.M. Friday the Volley Ball team is holding a fund raising spaghetti dinner at the high school before the big game against Southern Local. It's 4 - 7 too and carry outs will be available at both. Good time to get out of the kitchen and support these two good causes.

Big car show tomorrow out at Calcutta Health Care at their 2nd Annual Car Cruise. It starts at 5:30 and promises to be bigger & better than last year.

Also on tap for tomorrow in Wellsville is a Spirit Parade & bonfire in anticipation of the "Black & Blue Brawl" Friday night against the Indians of Southern Local. The Spirit Parade will form up and get started at the Daw Middle School at 7 P.M. It will end up at the stadium where they will have a bonfire to heat things up. Join in and lend your support to the Tigers.

Half-time at the game Friday is going to be special. Students from Garfield, Daw Middle & the High School will be performing Michael Jackson's Thriller dance. I've been told it is all being brought together by Band Director Jennifer Gooch and it will be something you won't want to miss.

Football t-shirts are being sold at all the schools this week for only $10 a shirt. You'll be wanting one for the parade, bonfire & game.

At the game Friday night will be your last chance to be guaranteed a shirt when you register for the "Dash for Mat's Bash" to be held October 3. The Longs will be on hand to sign you up.

The Historical Society will be holding a Wellsville version of the Antiques Road Show Saturday at the River Museum form 1 - 3 P.M. We'll have more on that as soon as I finish here.

The monthly Buckeye Water District meeting is tomorrow morning at 9 A.M. at Village Hall. There will be an Engineering Committee meeting following the regular meeting for the Salineville project.

October is National Clergy Month and Mary Heaton is sponsoring an Appreciate Your Clergy Gathering on Sunday, October 4. It will be held from 2 - 4 P.M. at the New Life Worship Center located at 1329 Main St. It is open to all area churches, their members and ministers. Food and refreshments will be provided and it is a good opportunity to get together with each other and our spiritual leaders from the community.

Now we can get on to other things...

ole nib