Notes From Last Week

Well, the weather finally broke for us and got back to what they tell us is normal for this time of the year. Temps got above freezing and we even had a couple of days of sunshine. Most of the snow is gone. Life is good! Thank you Lord.

Piece in the paper last Wednesday was about applications being accepted for the Homestead Exemption Act. The Homestead Exemption gives homeowners age 65 and older and the permanently disabled a break on real estate taxes. Renewal applications have been mailed but no action is required if there are no changes. Tom Giambroni reported that anyone turning 65 this year should visit the County Auditor's office to fill out an application. If you're that age you're eligible regardless of your income.

In the MJ's Loose Ends column last Sunday Giambroni was speculating if EL Municipal Court Judge Byers-Emmerling does file and wins in the May primary she would probably be appointed to fill out the expected unexpired term of Common Pleas Court Judge Dave Tobin. Although no one has announced or filed yet Giambroni was questioning the wisdom of such a move. Byers-Emmerly would have to resign her Municipal Court position. If she does file and wins the primary she would be out of a job should she lose in the General Election. Good Lord man, what are you thinking? Being an incumbent in an election is extremely advantageous even if appointed. Even if it does turn out like that she still has her law degree to fall back on.

Lets see, according to a Jo Ann Bobby article last Friday Union officials, Village officials and consultant Joe Lencewicz met last Thursday in a negotiating session. According to the report there were at least two councilmen there. That means to us that the Sunshine Law was once again violated. Even though they meet in a closed session for negotiating notification of the meeting is required per the Sunshine Law. We didn't know anything about it until we read Mrs. Gilbert's newspaper report the next day. We're wondering what part of the law don't they understand?

The mother of the young five year old lad found wandering the streets at 3:30 in the morning has been charge with one count of endangering children. Her arraignment is scheduled for Thursday. Hopefully lessons will be learned from this. We shutter to think what could have happened if it hadn't been for two of Wellsville's finest.

Kudos to Wellsville's Nikki D'Atri for being one of the ones instrumental in starting a local
support group for families with members that have Downs Symdrome. She has been working on it for months. Until now the closest support group was either Mahoning or Jefferson County. The new group is called The Ups & Downs. They're meeting tonight at the EL Moose Lodge. You can call 330-532-3684 for more information.

Also a big thanks to the EL Quota Club for their help in getting a first grade Garfield student hearing aids. We're sure that young man's quality of life has been vastly improved with their efforts.

When reporting on the Wellsville High School's Ohio Graduation Test results at last week's Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Rich Bereschik remarked that the goal is to have 100% graduation. Those 14 seniors that have to retake the test and are now working with intervention tutors should thank their lucky stars to have such quality educators looking out for their interests. That doesn't happen everywhere.

Brassy answered our question about the location in a New Year's Eve post we did called The Wellsville Bus. Brassy told us it was known as the Wooster Stop and was indeed at the corner of 25th & Clark before Route 7 wiped it out. The Wooster family lived on one side and had a store on the other side according to the Historical Society President. Brassy grew up in that neighborhood.

Haven't seen any coverage on the Susany vs BWD trial since it started. Wonder what's going on with that?

Just wanted to remark on the great job Pastor Darlene Zanders did on putting together the Martin Luther King event yesterday. It was very well organized and interesting. We were impressed. With threatening overcast skies the march to Village Hall was cancelled.

It was nice to Nunzio back to attending the games last Friday. He's a devoted Tiger sports fan and when you don't see him you know something is amiss. Even recovering from surgery on a broken ankle can't hold Nunz down for too long.

On the calendar this week starting with a busy Tuesday evening is a 5:00 Zoning Variance meeting at Village Hall, followed by the 6:00 regular Council Meeting and the Historical Society at 7:30. The Lady Tigers Basketball Team travel to Beaver Local tonight and the men go out there tomorrow night. The men's game will be on WHS SS. If they had the money the Lady's game would be too. On Wednesday from 4 - 7 the WHS Alumni Committee is holding a spaghetti dinner fund raiser at the Alumni Center. Thursday evening the Lady Tigers host Leetonia. Tip off for the Reserves is at 6. The men's team host Leetonia Friday evening. Good luck Tigers. Next Sunday at 4 P.M. the Potter Players Community Theater group is holding a meeting for all members at the theater on 15th St. Sunday evening at 7 the Touchdown Club is holding a meeting at DaLonzo's. Anyone interested in supporting the Wellsville football team is invited to attend. The library is still taking reservations for the children's story hours set to begin February 9. Call 330-532-1526 for details.

Lastly, we wanted to mention pictures. We get out and take a lot of pictures at the different events. We mostly put them into collages to maximize the number we can show. We also save every one we take. If there's a picture you would like a copy of just e-mail us at olenib@gmail.com. We'll be glad to e-mail a copy back to you. Of course any picture you see on here you can just right click to save it to your own file.

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