Nov 24, 2012 3 min read

A look at some of the headlines gracing the pages of the Observer-Reporter and Waynesburg Republican this week in Greene County history:

Season’s 1st day

uneventful

The first day of deer season was certainly not ideal for hunting with rain most of the day and temperatures in the high 50s and low 60s.

And as might be expected, it didn’t encourage many hunters to take to the woods, at least in Greene County.

“We didn’t get nearly as many hunters as we normally get,” said Rodney Burns, wildlife conservation officer for the Game Commission in western Greene County.

Burns attributed the low turnout to the rainy weather but also to concerns about the late summer outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD.

nRJ Lee plans innovative

tire recycling plant

The RJ Lee Group is applying for a permit from the state Department of Environmental Protection to operate a plant in Greene County that will employ an innovative method the company has developed to recycle used tires.

RJ Lee plans to use its depolymerization process to break down rubber from tires into an oil that can be used for heating fuel and carbon black, a material that can be used to produce new tires and other rubber products.

School districts to discuss

vo-tech renovations

WAYNESBURG – Greene County Vocational-Technical School expects to hold a meeting for directors of all five county school districts in January to discuss the school’s proposed renovation project.

School administrators and the joint operating committee have been developing a plan to renovate the 32-year-old building. The committee voted last month to submit initial planning and construction documents for the project to the state Department of Education.

The project will be the first major renovation of the school since it was constructed in about 1969, said Richard Ohler, director of the school.

nVolunteers capture

holiday’s spirit

WAYNESBURG – While many people spent Thanksgiving morning at home, lying around or preparing dinner for family and friends, a small group of volunteers bustled about the kitchen at St. Ann Catholic Church in Waynesburg putting together the final touches on the annual community Thanksgiving dinner.

As they have done for the last nine years, 20 to 25 volunteers whipped up a noontime meal with all the traditional Thanksgiving fare for members of the community not fortunate to have family in the area or the economic means to do for themselves.

Board accepts resignation

of superintendent

MAPLETOWN – The Southeastern Greene School Board accepted the resignation of Superintendent Charles Wyda, who will retire after 36 years in education.

Wyda, who has been superintendent for the past three years, said he would retire to have more time for other pursuits. He said he probably would take care of other business, travel and just spend more time at home.

“I feel it’s time to do some other things that I’d like to do – basically that’s it,” he said.

Steel company to locate

in county

The Carmet Company, a subsidiary of Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp., is planning to locate a branch in Greene County.

The manufacturing facility will be located in the county industrial park near Waynesburg, with negotiations with Greene County Industrial Development Inc. (GCID) already being well advanced.

The Carmet Company, headquartered in the Oliver Building in Pittsburgh, manufactures a wide line of cemented tungsten carbide tools, dies, bits and wear parts for machinery.