Sunday, April 15, 2001
Anderson Coach & amp; Tour and Frye Bus Co., both of Greenville, will serve as hosts for the 2001 School Bus Safety Competition May 6 at Reynolds High School in Transfer, Mercer County. School bus operators from Mercer, Lawrence and Butler counties will get a chance to demonstrate their driving skills and knowledge and the public is invited to watch the competition, which begins at 9 a.m. The program is sponsored by the Midwestern Pupil Transportation Association. In addition to a driving skills competition, participants will take a written test.
Logo design award: An area high school student's artwork will be used to identify Lawrence County's Adopt-a-School program. Amber Gottberg received a commendation from Lawrence County District Attorney Matthew Mangino and a $100 gift certificate from Adelphia Cable for designing the logo. It will appear on all publications, letterhead and advertising for the Adopt-a-School program in Lawrence County. Amber of Enon Valley is a senior at the Lawrence County Vocational Technical School. Adopt-a-School is an anti-violence program that includes eight weekly classroom presentations by law enforcement agencies, court officials and others. Lawrence County's first Adopt-a-School program started this year in Shenango Area Schools.
Highest honor: A Lawrence County teen will receive the Diocese of Pittsburgh's highest honor for young people. Marisa DiCerbo, a member of St. Camillus Parish in Neshannock Township, will receive the Eagle of Cross Award, a national award given annually to high school juniors and seniors from each of the diocese's 16 deaneries and 11 Catholic high schools. The award is given to those who have shown exemplary leadership skills, service, spirituality and involvement in their youth ministry programs, parishes and/or schools. The winners were nominated by their pastors, youth ministers, catechitical administrators and principals. Bishop Donald Wuerl will present the awards during a prayer service at St. Paul Seminary on April 24.
Not so fast: Christopher Wallace's eyes lighted up when he found out he was the only member of the public in attendance at a public hearing on development of a master recreation plan for the city of Sharon. "Does this mean I get my way?" he quipped. Not quite, said Robert Good of Pashek Associates, the Pittsburgh-based consulting company assisting Sharon with the study. Wallace's comments count, but that's only part of the public participation process, Good said, noting Pashek will be mailing out 1,800 questionnaires to Sharon homes and interviewing 23 community leaders about the city's recreation needs.
XCONTRIBUTORS: Harold Gwin, Vindicator Sharon Bureau, and Laure Cioffi, New Castle Bureau.