“I thought, ‘We must have used $93,000 in holy water.’”


“I thought, ‘We must have used $93,000 in holy water.’”

Monsignor John Zuraw, of St. Rose Church in Girard. A software error led to high water bills for several homes, businesses and churches in the city. St. Rose, on State Street, was billed $93,000. The monsignor addressed his congregation Sunday to make them aware of the issue.

“I love it. It’s beautiful.”

Ronda Dunn, commenting on the Pollock House in Youngstown. She and her husband, incoming Youngstown State University President Randy Dunn, made the nine-hour drive from their former home in Murray, Ky., on Sunday, their packed moving truck arriving Monday morning at the university-owned house on Wick Avenue.

“Since they were discovered, they have never been out of the presence of a brother firefighter. From the time they were taken to the medical examiner in Phoenix, while they’re at the medical examiner’s office, when they are received in a funeral home — there will always be a brother firefighter on site with them until they are interred. That’s something people don’t realize. We never leave your side.”

Paul Bourgeois, a Phoenix-area fire chief who is acting as a spokesman in Prescott for the families of the 19 firefighters killed last week.