In addition to the dinner, which will include spaghetti, salad, meatballs and dessert, other fundraising initiatives will include both basket and 50/50 auctions at the event, which is open to the public. Legion, Legion Auxiliary, Sons of the American Legion and the American Legion Riders, which have nearly a collective 500 members, are working together on the joint project. Remaining work still needs to be done that makes up the balance. However, it still doesn’t provide a solution to the problem, especially when it is still in need of cleanup.ĭue to the enormous problems triggered by the Macrum Street debris, the American Legion had to take immediate and emergency action to remedy the problem, which began with a $80,000 expenditure to replace a 30-foot section of 5-foot pipe and work on the parking lot. Officials say that Liverpool Township trustees, who have jurisdiction, disallow access to the road in attempt to remediate the problem. As Ernie Cross, post commander, explained, some people had chose to dump that unwanted washer and dryer instead of scrapping it or having it hauled away.īetween the manmade obstacles and the overwhelmed drainage system, the path of least resistance became the Legion property on Park Way, resulting in damage to its own drainage system, exterior walls, handicapped accessible ramps and parking lot.
Not many people realized that one of the major victims was the post, which is located downhill from Macrum Street. Several months ago, members admit that no one had no expectation that they would holding such a fundraiser for such an unexpected reason.Įarlier this summer, when storms were dumping rain throughout the area, drainage was a major problem in almost every political subdivision among property owners. A guest deejay also will be providing the music for a dance, which will culminate the event starting at 7 p.m. The ride starts and finishes in East Liverpool but includes stops at three other Legion posts, including Cadiz.įor the spaghetti dinner while bike run riders dine for free at 5 p.m., others can be served between 2:30 and 6 p.m. According to George Warren, who oversees the American Legion Riders group, the cost is $15 per bike with an additional rider/passenger for $10. 21 to benefit their depleted building fund.Īctivities will be going on most of the day out at 1824 Park Way in East Liverpool, where signups for the bike run start at 11 a.m. The post hopes to kick off those efforts with a combination bike run, spaghetti dinner and dance Sept. They are looking to do some serious fundraising after estimating that it is going to cost nearly $150,000 to fix damages caused by someone else’s discards uphill from them in Liverpool Township.
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