Workers OK contract

Workers OK contract
YOUNGSTOWN -- Members of the professional unit of Service Employees International Union Local 627 working at Forum Health Northside Medical Center and Beeghly Medical Park have ratified a three-year contract with 2-percent annual pay increases.
That unit, which previously rejected the contract, accepted it after hospital officials assured the union that it wouldn't use associate-degreed lab employees to do the work now done by those with bachelor's degrees, said Bill Padisak, union president.
The union's basic unit, which had also previously rejected the contract, will vote again Monday. The union's technical unit has approved the deal. A strike deadline has been postponed to March 16.
Critical condition
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 33-year-old man was in critical condition at St. Elizabeth Health Center Saturday evening after being run over by a car in a private club parking lot, police said.
Police identified the victim as Anthony D. Magrini of Yarmouth Lane, Boardman.
Reports said Margini and two other men were in the Acme Club on South Avenue around 12:15 a.m. Saturday when they went outside to check on two men who were sitting in the parking lot.
One of the two outside was smoking a crack pipe and the other was urinating in the parking lot, police reports said. The suspects were told the club is for members only and were asked to leave.
One of the suspects pulled a gun and threatened to shoot Margini and the others, police said. The suspects then got into their car and started to drive away. The car then spun around and hit Margini, who rolled onto the hood before being knocked to the ground and run over by both front and rear tires, witnesses said.
The suspects, described as black males in their early 20s, fled south on South Avenue.
Firearm charge
YOUNGSTOWN -- City police charged 77-year-old Jessie Rutland of Sherwood Avenue with mishandling a firearm in a motor vehicle.
Police said Rutland had a loaded 9 mm handgun in his car Friday afternoon when he pulled into National City Bank on Market Street. Rutland was wearing a constable's uniform and driving a marked constable vehicle. He told police he had just come from working security at a funeral.
Crash injures woman
YOUNGSTOWN -- Norma Amill, 43, of 20 N. Evanston Ave. was in stable condition Saturday evening at St. Elizabeth Health Center with injuries suffered when her pick-up truck hit a utility pole on Market Street near Breaden Street. Police said she was southbound when the crash occurred at about 3 p.m. Saturday.
Fire causes damage
HOWLAND -- Superior Printing Co., 3869 Niles Road, sustained $100,000 in damages after a fire broke out in the shop's power control room.
Firefighters said the accidental blaze, which started around 7:20 a.m. Saturday, took only minutes to control and caused no injuries. The business was closed for the weekend.