Thursday, May 06, 1999
Bell's just the thing for new millennium, city decides
BY RICHELLE THOMPSON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
SPRINGBORO — City residents plan to ring in the millennium.
With city council's blessing, Economic Development Director Mike Schepers is leading efforts to buy a 700-pound bell that could be the first of a set of five.
This bell is a fraction of another millennium bell, the 66,000-pound “world's largest free-swinging bell” to be erected in Newport by New Year's Eve.
But even though the bells will come from the same business, Cincinnati-based Verdin Co., Springboro isn't trying to compete. The city simply wanted a lasting way to commemorate the passing of a millennium, Mr. Schepers said.
“It gives our community an opportunity to celebrate its past as well as look forward to the future,” he said.
A bell tower could be a perfect top for a planned new City Hall, Mr. Schepers said.
At about 31.5 inches in diameter, the bell will be about the same size as a car tire. It'll play the note B, the lowest of five notes needed to play the Westminster chimes. The hope, Mr. Schepers said, it that the community will enjoy the bell so much that it'll pitch in for the other four.
The city plans to try to find four or five large contributors to cover the $20,000 price tag of the bell. The names of contributors would be etched into the bronze bell and “into our history forever,” Mr. Schepers said.
Until a new City Hall is built, the bell will be displayed at the current administration building.
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