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Michael D. McElwain
IDLE â The Belleview Pool sits idle and may not open for the 2021 swim season due to a lack of lifeguard applications.
STEUBENVILLE Unless she can find at least six more lifeguards, Steubenville Parks and Recreation Director Lori Fetherolf says there’s a chance Belleview Pool won’t open for the 2021 swim season.
“I need at least eight lifeguards and I only have two applications,” Fetherolf said. “If we don’t have more applications by the first part of May, we will begin discussing whether we can even open.”
She said there’s a lifeguard shortage across the country another thing you can chalk up to the pandemic.
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STEUBENVILLE Franciscan University of Steubenville is considering changing its campus access, contingent on acquiring a 10-foot strip of land next to Super 8 as well as another small parcel on Franklin Avenue near Capri Sausage Shop and convincing the city to vacate Franciscan Way West.
During Tuesday’s planning committee meeting, the university’s Joe McGurn briefed council on the concepts which he said are being talked about in university circles though no decisions to move forward have been made.
“It’s possible within the next couple of weeks, the board meets in April, that we’ll get authorization from our board to make Super 8 a residence hall,” McGurn said. “If that happens, we’ll be looking at starting renovations there this summer to make it an upper class residence hall.”
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STEUBENVILLE After a one-year hiatus, Steubenville Parks and Recreation and First Westminster Church are teaming up to bring back the annual Easter Egg Hunt.
Parks and Recreation Director Lori Fetherolf said the egg hunt will be Saturday, March 27 at 10:30 a.m. at Belleview Park. It’s open to kids aged 1-10 who live in Steubenville, but participation will be limited.
“While this year’s Easter Egg Hunt will look a little different, that doesn’t mean it won’t be lots of fun,” Fetherolf said. “We will have five age groups instead of the usual three, and, with COVID-19 restrictions, there is a limit of 100 kids so we are requiring pre-registration.”
STEUBENVILLE Summer is still months away but Steubenville Parks and Recreation Director Lori Fetherolf is already asking her board to think about the upcomi