A special meeting was held by North Shenango Township supervisors on Wednesday, January 27.

Jeff Daniels, Chairperson, opened the meeting and the Pledge of Allegiance was said.

Supervisors Jeff Daniels, Eloise Settlemyre and Bill Emerick were in attendance.

Supervisor Daniels asked for Public Participation and Allan Graczyk, the North Shenango VFD President, took the floor and brought up the matter of the Saturday Bingo at NSVFD. Revenue is down, added to with the nosmoking ban being put in place, and the Fire Department needs money to operate.

He mentioned they had come to the Supervisory Board a year ago with this dilemma.

Since numbers are down, the NSVFD has cancelled Bingo until February 13, 2010.

They are contemplating a Mega-Bingo, once a month.

AWARDED - Travis Kerr, a 5th grade student at Conneaut Valley Elementary School, receives congratulations from Steve Corsi, school principal, for having a poster chosen that was used in a calendar for 2010 which is put out the PA State Attorney General’s office. The calendar features original art works noting a drug-free message. Kerr’s poster used a bowling alley theme saying “Spare away the pain of drugs; strike away drugs from your life...” His poster graces the month of March. Kerr was being recognized at a meeting of the Conneaut School District Board of Education.

Cecil Stevenson took a break from his official duties as Greenwood Township Supervisor long enough to grace the Conneaut Lake Area Historical Society with his presence.

Every seat in the large banquet room of Station 5 was occupied as folks from all over the area and beyond came to hear Stevenson's program about Keystone Ordinance Works, also known as KOW.

Not only were there people from Conneaut Lake and all surrounding “suburbs,” but there were several in attendance from Greenville, including many who are affiliated with the Greenville Historical Society.

Many thanks were given to the Greenville group for the plethora of information they had supplied for the program.

Stevenson began by humbly stating that many of the people in attendance had far more knowledge of the KOW than he.

The area in which the KOW was located encompassed most all of Greenwood Township. Stevenson said that in October of 1941 an article in the Meadville Tribune stated that the government was going build a TNT plant in Greenwood Township.

In November of 41, the boundaries were announced and in 1942, the land had been purchased, for the most part. Stevenson said the amount of land was approximately 22 square miles and the township only has about 23 square miles, which didn't leave a lot of “wiggle room.”

Conneaut Lake Regional Police Chief Todd Pfeifer expressed concerns about future traffic accidents at, and near, the intersection of Routes 322 and 18.

According to the chief, approximately 90% of incidents currently take place there and, with the addition of Lake View Terrace in the upcoming year, he warned that the situation would only get worse.

The topic of the danger came up during the January Police Commission meeting after Sadsbury Township Supervisor Roy Whaley asked Pfeifer if they should consider reducing the speed limit to 35 from Ellion Road to the intersection.

Pfeifer didn't think that was necessary but did say that the center turn lanes should have designated turn signals. These would have green arrows and red lights only. Evidently, this is the case just east of the Sheetz at the intersection of rt.s 19 & 322.