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Amherst News-Times
Wednesday, February 2, 2000
Amherst, Ohio
Too high," said this motorist when she was asked for her opinion on the latest petrol purge.
Station owner Eddie Sabbah says owners are not to blame for the
high gas prices.
Friendly attendants, such as this woman, are not to blame for gas
prices either, but are often forced to take plenty of blame from
customers.
St. Joe's
gets drive
to help
the needy
In keeping with its observance of Catholic Schools
Week, SL Joseph's School has
added a food drive to the week-
long festivities celebrating
Catholic schools. The theme for
this year's activities is "Letting
the Light of Christ Shine in the
New Millennium."
Grades three and up are collecting cans of food for local
poor and homeless people, and
will distribute the food to needy
people through the church's
Vincencian program. The
school's goal is to collect 200
cans of food by Feb. 3, the 100th
day of school.
The Student Council of Mis-
.siooaries for Christ is overseeing
the program and is charged with
the responsibility to ensure the
food is transported to the Vince-
nians. The council, (starting
with the third grade) is comprised of one student representative from each grade.
• The remainder of the week's
events are as follows:
Wednesday is Parent Appreciation Day
• Students will decorate and
send home coupon books, it is
also thinking cap day and kids
will get to wear funny hats during certain times of the day.
Thursday is Student Appreciation Day
• It will also be dress down
* day and students are urged to
The St. Joseph's School Student Council of
Missionaries includes, left to right, Diane Allegretto, Megan Miller, Kayla Zavodny, Elizabeth
Syrowski, Molly Lukachko and John Fritz. Council moderators are Mrs. Frank and Mrs. Qargasz.
wear blue and gold, the school
colors. Each student is to bring
two snacks and one drink, along
with board games and puzzles.
From 12:45 to 1:30 students will
play games and share snacks on
the 100th day of school.
Friday is Teacher Appreciation Day
• A teacher and staff luncheon
will be held; Mast will be at 9
ajn. and it will also be drees up
day at the school.
Sunday is Open House follow,
ing Maw
• Everyone will be invited lo
the school open house following
liturgies, from 8:30- 3 p.m.
Gas price hik
pinch purses;
make owners
customers nricu_,
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by STEVE BARRY
News-Times reporter
Nearly everyone in town — service station owners and drivers alike
— are beginning to feel the heat
created by increased gas prices.
According to the Ohio Motorists
Association, or AAA, a fuel gauge
survey released Jan. 20 indicated
that not only were prices at an all
time high, they appeared to be getting worse with no end to the increases in sight.
Regular gas which was around 94
cents per gallon last year at this
time, is averaging $1.40 this year.
The price average has jumped from
$1,308 last week to about $1.40 this
week.
According to William G. Johnson, AAA managing director for
public affairs, "Prices continue to be
supported by very high domestic
and international crude oil prices,
continued low product and crude inventories and heavy demand for
heating oil as winter's grip sets in."
Crude oil prices have jumped to
all-time highs following reports that
oil ministers from Saudi Arabia and
Venezuela have agreed to continue
production caps well into 2000, he
expalincd.
»~ Locally, nssponse to the hikes has
been met with displeasure. Brandy
Williamson of Elyria was pumping
gas at the BP station on Kresge
Drive when she shook her head and
said, 'Too high," when asked her
opinion of gas prices at the pump.
Regular gas was $1,449 a gallon,
plus was $1.54 and high test gas
was $1,649 cents a gallon.
At the Marathon Station on the
corner of routes 58 and Cooper Foster Park, Allen Young of Lorain
agreed.
"I think they're too damned high.
Dave Harmych
I don't know if the far East has cut
back on their supplies," he said.
The most vocal was station manager Eddie Sabbah.
"Everyone is blaming us, and the
company didn't even give us advanced warning they were going to
raise prices. Normally they let us
know so we can make the necessary
adjustments," Sabbah said.
If customers are going to complain, Sabbah suggests they do so to
corporate headquarter* or the gdjfe
emmenL As much as 84 cents out of
every dollar the stations collect goes
to Uncle Sam.
"There is no money in gasoline
anymore. The money we make on
gas just covers the lights on the canopy. We'll be lucky to break
even," he continued.
And whatever you do, don't take
out your frustrations on gas pricing
on the cashiers. Sabbah said he has
told several people not to bother
coming back to his station after they
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Fiesty retiree says
she won't let age
slow her down yet
by STEVE BARRY
News-Times reporter
Move over Energizer Bunny, or
get run over.
If the city could plug her in, they
could in all likelihood drop AMP-
Ohio and use resident Hilda Bulea
to supply the city with electricity.
Bulea will be 75 years old on
May 15, and this Grandma is a
dynamo.
The minute you enter Bulea's
home, you are taken with the myriad
of photographs, nick-knacks and
crafts placed strategically around
the living room. If you happen to
comment on them you have won a
whirlwind tour of the home, stocked
with enough craft items to be a retailer — and she made nearly all of
them herself.
There are oil paintings on the
walls, and...she did them herself.
Most of them anyway. If you feel
like you are constantly being
watched, you are. It is difficult to
escape the eyes of Elvis, since his
picture seems to be plastered on every wall of the house.
There are homemade OSU pennants, empty Pepsi cans from the
Rock Hall of Fame in Cleveland,
and from a good number of major
events for which Pepsi printed cans.
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Two needed to help guide
library board of trustees
The board of trustees of the Amherst Public Library seeks two new
members. One will fill an unexpired term beginning ending in December, 2003.
The other will fill a vacancy for
a full term of seven years. Interested parties may request an application form from the Horary. Forms
are available at the circulation desk,
221 Spring Street, or will be
mailed. If you want one sent to
you, call 988-4230 during regular
library hours.
The local hoard of education appoints trustees. Candidates will
have the opportunity lo meet briefly
with library board members lo ex
plore responsibilites and discuss
specific interest
One new member will replace
Gregory Fior, who has served since
1995. During hit term of office, ho
was a member of the Building and
Grounds Committee that was in-;"
strumental in acquiring adjacent
land and constructing a parking kj§>
The other will replace Christopher
Theobald, president of the board
when the parking lot project was
completed.
Both have been involved in present plans to renovate the interior'
of the library, creating better spues
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