Orrville Journal (Newspaper) - November 14, 1996, Orrville, Ohio ti T PUBLIC LIBRARY 99/9PKG 0018 N MAIN ST SACK 006 ORRVILLE OH 44667-1601 I. I. Orrville and the surrounding communities in eastern Wayne 1 - Number 50 November 14, 1996 75 news deadlines change for Thanksgiving Due to the Nov. 28 issue of The Orrville Journal will be published on Wednesday instead of the advertising and news deadline for that week's paper will be Nov. 22 at 5 p.m. If you have any call 682-3777. 'Last Chance another Chance will be held today at 6:30 p.m. at the former Joe Russell's service station on W. Market where dances were held in the 1960s. The gas station is scheduled for dance was postponed from last due to the Fair at Boys Girls Club Health Fair at the Orrville Area Boys and Girls Club will be held on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This educational event will be free of charge to all members and the general care professionals will be on hand to answer questions and give free The American Red Cross bloodmobile will be present for blood you have call Rick Monroe at 683-4888. See what's new in Orrville public is invited to visit Orrville Junior High School on Tuesday between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. to What's New in Our The junior high computer lab and industrial technology program will be along with other new projects and Way annual celebration is Orrville Area United Way will hold its annual Awards Celebration on Monday at 6 at the Orrville 1801 Smucker Rd. This is a thank-you dinner sponsored by area financial institutions for volunteer workers Awards and recognitions will be Shades of Christmas at Shades of a special Fidelity sponsored by the will be held Dec. 14, from 7:30 a.m. to 8 tour a tour of the Granville Lifestyles lunch at the Buxton built in 1812, admissions to the Sherwood House and the National Heisey Glass Museum in a tour of Sunny Victorian Home and the elegant High Tea at the Russell Cooper will also be time set aside for browsing and is per The YMCA must have reservations and payment by Nov. 14. Y celebrates 25th anniversary with open DARLENE Staff Orrville YMCA is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an open house on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 sponsored by Grinders and Such The event will also kick off a membership drive at the and articles from the past 25 years will be on who has been director for the past 12 said the first meeting of the YMCA took place on Dec. 1, 1971. said that when the Y first Orrville Junior High School and Maple Street School were used for Oak Street School and the high school were also the use we would have never Witmer special tribute will be paid by the YMCA Board of Directors on Nov. 23, when members will paint a hallway at Maple Street followed by a rib who served during the first year the YMCA was in operation were Robert Alan vice Betty and Harold at the open house will a.m. to noon Live remote by 104.5. a.m. Country line dance a.m. to noon Children's Wright of the Orrville Historical Museum stands in front of a display at the World War II era dance sponsored by the Orrville Area Chamber of 1945 celebration a success despite DARLENE Staff snow Saturday evening did not keep people from attending 1945: A Musical which was sponsored by the Orrville Area Chamber of Commerce at the Black Tie Affair Party Center in the heavy snow did postpone the night's Harry Hershey Orchestra experienced a delay due to a power outage in the north end of around 7:30 power outage disrupted service to Wooster's north with the Black Tie Party Affair Center a generator was the World War II Big Band Dance and USO Show by more than 300 the event raised funds for the Orrville the Orrville Historical the Orrville Area Boys and Girls and the Orrville Downtown Improvement contributors who helped make the evening possible The Orrville The Buckeye Container Savings Bank and Trust Wooster Brush Smith Dairy Products The J.M. Smucker a.m. to 2 p.m. Information booths about YMCA to 1:30 p.m. Giant inflatable submarine in the to 2 p.m. Food by Grinders and p.m. Penny dive in p.m. Try snorkeling and scuba p.m. Inflatable submarine will be back in the p.m. Spaghetti for the spaghetti dinner are for adults and for youth under 12 Tickets include an all-day swimming An all-day pool pass is per Free pool passes to all owner for ACV to be chosen at American Commercial Vehicles could know by the end of the day who the next owner of their company will the bankruptcy court will determine through a bidding process who will be allowed to purchase whose parent Excellence with filed for bankruptcy in is scheduled to be sold after all bids are taken into consideration by the bankruptcy according to ACV President Larry said that recently inquiries made by other companies about purchasing ACV have risen the last two to three we've seen a lot of companies ask about purchasing he a great deal of interest in this ACV announced that Engineering Global had become a serious candidate to purchase having filed a bid with the bankruptcy but Johnson said more bids could be made right up until the than 300 people attended the dance on Saturday with proceeds going to four Orrville Featured was the Harry Hershey Orchestra of performing a Big Band Dance and USO controversy balances DAN R. Staff the past few the city of Orrville has been intensely studying ways to construct and institute a sidewalk policy that is cost effective and can make the city more pedestrian friendly and as quickly as several City Council committee meetings have providing sidewalks for the even in areas where they are desperately is a difficult and complicated proposition and a delicate topic with many Orrville who are concerned about what a sidewalk will cost the city sent out a survey with the monthly utilities bills to test the waters of the public's possible reaction to having a mandatory sidewalk policy enforced throughout the About 67 percent of who returned the survey agreed that sidewalks should be In this was included those people who already had sidewalks on their about half of the survey responses indicated that the property owner should not have to pay for the installation of and nearly 80 percent said that the city should shoulder some or all of the financial burden through its capital improvement sidewalk committee then targeted and prioritized which streets needed sidewalks the judging each by the same ranked set of six the need to connect the areas with existing proximity to business apartment complexes or senior the topography of the street citizen petitions for sidewalks in the board OKs 6% increase for water DAN R. Staff Orrville Municipal Utilities Board approved a measure that would increase water rates bv 6 percent next at its meeting in city The increase is the final rate raise in a three-step hike first approved by council in 1904. water rate change will cap off a series of increases passed by council two years ago to help pav lor the new water treatment according to board member Jim City Council first passed the ordinance and the cost Dan made the the three rate increases would not be that they'd be reviewed each year against our original Shupp board conducted a study to look over any possible changes in cost for the new water treatment plant since last year and reviewed the results in committee last I he hoard found that this year's projections came to within a quarter of a percent of the projections made in 1994 and decided that the 6 percent rate increase was Shupp President Don Smart agreed that the rate change was new Thank renewing page A4 for a list of our latest Call The Orrville Journal at 682-3777
