CHILLY MILL CLOSING 

THE COMMNUITY OF CHILLICOTHE IN SOUTHERN OHIO HAS BEEN STUNNED AS ROUGHLY 800 WORKERS WILL SOON BE OUT OF A JOB. 
THE PIXELLE PAPER MILL ... ON EAST 8TH STREET ... IS CLOSING. THE COMPANY - ONCE KNOWN AS THE MEAD COMPNAY - CONFIRMED IT WILL SHUT DOWN IN PHASES OVER THE COMING WEEKS. THE CHILLICOTHE ROSS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE -- SAID IT WILL SUPPORT THE FAMILIES WHO WORK AT THE MILL WITH RESOURCES. THE CHAMBER WROTE IN PART, "CLOSING A CHERISHED, LONG-STANDING INSTITUTION CREATES A VOID THAT WILL BE FELT THROUGHOUT CHILLICOTHE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS NEWS MAY EVOKE FEELINGS OF LOSS AND ANXIETY, AND WE WANT TO ASSURE EVERYONE AFFECTED THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE." PIXELLE SAID THE CLOSURE IS PART OF AN EFFORT ... TO ALIGN OPERATIONS WITH ITS LONG-TERM GOALS.