LORDSTOWN Testing to be done on tennis courts

Council also approved adding three officers to the auxiliary ranks.
By DENISE DICK
VINDICATOR TRUMBULL STAFF
LORDSTOWN -- Village council approved spending up to $1,200 to determine what's causing problems at the village tennis courts.
Council members Monday approved a contract, not to exceed $1,200, with Solar Testing of Parma.
"There's what looks like rust coming through the top" of the courts, said Councilwoman Karen Jones. "We want to find out what's causing it."
The Parma company will take core samples of the soil around the court to try to determine the cause.
"I think it's a good idea to take soil borings, but if they drill holes isn't that going to damage the deck?" asked Richard Biggs, council president.
Jones said the samples will be taken outside of the playing area.
In other business, council approved adding three officers to the police auxiliary ranks. James Gallucci of Niles, Brant Wilkinson of Howland and John Wilson of Lordstown have completed the requirements to be auxiliary police officers for the village.
Auxiliary officers fill shifts especially on weekends and during vacations. The additional officers increases the number of auxiliaries to 12. The department employs eight full-time officers.
Painter hired: Council also approved a contract with a Windham man to paint the old school house building, which will be used as a museum by the village historical society. Kyle Saner of Windham will be paid $12 per hour by the historical society to paint the small schoolhouse which sits in Founders Park where it was moved last year.
The job is expected to take about 15 hours and the historical society also will reimburse Saner for the cost of the paint, estimated at $132, under the terms of the agreement.
"This will cost the village no money," Jones said. "It's an agreement to allow the painter to come in and paint the school house."
Council approval was required because the village and the historical society signed a contract in September 1999 to jointly manage and operate the school house, believed to be one of the oldest buildings in the village.