If we look past having CLEVELAND as part of its name, is there anything to really dislike about Tuesday’s announcement of a new owner, Cleveland-Cliffs, of what will always be Armco to most of us?

The standard of being a good corporate citizen was set over the years by Armco and managers such as David Todd. It would be wonderful if we could hold everyone to the standards they set while being in charge of “the mill.” Getting a job at the mill was the goal of many a youth who grew up in Butler County.

Working conditions in a steel mill are by nature hot, dirty and at times not the safest. But Armco was always a leader in quality of health-care benefits, vacation days and retirement benefits.

It is hard to even make comparisons to the pre-1980 era and the life that a steelworker could enjoy.

Today wages have flattened out and benefits are closer to that which other jobs provide. With each contract, companies are looking for givebacks from the workers. You don’t hear about 13 weeks’ vacation anymore, which actually existed at one point.

AK Steel, which many locals never accepted as a real name, wasn’t nearly the community-involved servant as Armco. You didn’t find management personnel listed on the membership rosters of the local civic clubs, and it was difficult to get a member of upper management to sit on the boards of charities, nonprofits and advisory committees. They didn’t even belong to the Chamber of Commerce.

That isn’t to say they weren’t good community supporters but rather they just were not as great as our experiences with Armco. It is fair to say we were spoiled.

Soon we will usher in a new chapter of the steel mill story in Butler County.

The word for now is that most worker jobs are safe and secure, but cuts at the administration level could be expected. That isn’t a surprise or reason for a banner headline.

Certainly C-C (just can’t say Cleveland) didn’t buy the mill to increase costs and decrease profitability. Some pain is going to be suffered. We can only hope it will be minimal.

But let’s approach this new chapter with some optimism that we are getting a new friend and neighbor who will continue to make the community a great place to live and work.

And isn’t it wonderful that another company looked at AK Steel and its workforce and saw value in owning it?

In this day and age of corporate downsizing, that is a very nice compliment.

Hopefully C-C will arrive with the attitude that it wants to be partners and members of the community as a whole and will step up its involvement. Welcome to the neighborhood C-C.