"Hopefully, we may be able to pay off the Rocket Center soon than later," said Conotton Valley Superintendent John Zucal.

The Ohio Supreme Court on Aug. 13 upheld the Rover Pipeline's public utility property tax valuation of nearly $3.67 billion.

Tax money from the pipeline was used for construction of Conotton Valley's Rocket Center and new school buildings in the Tuscarawas Valley district.