WLBA president updates village council on several items

With a full agenda to get through, the West Liberty village council started their regular meeting Monday night, Aug. 28, by hearing from Heather Chamberlain, West Liberty Business Association (WLBA) president and owner of Theresa’s Gingerbread House. And she had plenty to go over.

Chamberlain began by presenting the council with an updated list of the 67 businesses that are a part of the WLBA. She encouraged the council to consider what they do for the community when choosing nominees for Business of the Month.

“I asked them to nominate within our 67 members that really give back to the community,” Chamberlain said in a statement later. “Though,” she added, “not exclusively.”

Then, at the request of the council, Chamberlain went over plans for this fall’s Pink Out, which will start at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28, at the village townhall.

“It’s basically a health fair,” Chamberlain said, noting the free and open-to-the-public event will include blood pressure checks, skin cancer screenings and a mobile mammogram clinic.

Representatives will be on-hand from Maze Hearing, Prescription Bliss, Peak Performance Holistic Health, Kayatin Chiropractic, Hickory Medical, Affiliated Dermatology, Fearless Strength and Conditioning, Homegrown Yoga and Pilates, Heaven’s Dew and Mary Rutan Health.

The evening will also include a meal at the firehouse for survivors. In addition, Little Tigers will have a chance to eat chips and hotdogs with West Liberty-Salem (WL-S) High School football players and cheerleaders from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. WLBA will provide the meal and all children are welcome.

Then, at 7:30 p.m., the program will move to the townhall gazebo on the north lawn for a ceremony, followed by a survivors’ lap of the downtown, which will have storefronts decorated pink in their honor.

But that’s not all. The Pink Out will continue at the WL-S vs. Mechanicsburg football game on October 6. The WLBA will provide t-shirts for the WL-S football and cheerleaders for both teams, the band, the flags and all the coaches. Not to feel left out, football players from both teams will receive a pink towel.

According to Chamberlain, the WLBA has, so far, received over $3,000 in donations for the Pink Out.

Finally, Chamberlain spoke briefly about this year’s Spooktacular, which is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 26, from 5 to 8 p.m. She said the committee has, so far, raised $1,900 in order to make this a free event for families.

In other council action:

The next West Liberty village council meeting is 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11.

Heather Chamberlain, West Liberty Business Association president, addresses several items affecting the village at the regular council meeting on Monday. ((EXAMINER PHOTO | SHARYN KOPF)