For township trustee



Five candidates are running for two seats. An (*) denotes incumbent:
FRED BOBOVNYK*
Age: 65.Home: 1861 Cloverbrook Drive.Employment: Retired; worked for Sohio/BP Oil Co. for 38 years.Education: Ursuline High School graduate.Family: Wife, Philomena, and four adult children.Priority: "Continue developing our police and fire departments. To continue to protect our constituents' health, safety and welfare. To be accessible to the public as I have always been, to help with their concerns and problems. ... To install a Web site so constituents may acquire information online."
GEORGE BUCCELLA*
Age: 60.Home: 812 Carson Salt Springs Road.Employment: Administrator at Trumbull County Health Department since 2000.Education: Niles McKinley High School graduate.Family: Wife, Judy, and two adult children.Priority: "The township needs a plan because of the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District, General Services Administration, RMI and power plant located in our township and needs to educate residents of the plan in case of any major problems."
MARY ANN DAVIS
Age: 46.Home: 3653 Oakview Drive.Employment: Paralegal at Blair and Latell, Niles, since April.Education: Earned paralegal certificate from Youngstown State University; graduate of Chaney High School.Family: Husband, Neil; three children.Priority: "Resolving the long-standing issues of the residents and addressing the concerns of the community."
SARAH P. LETSCHER
Age: 40.Home: 2227 Austintown-Warren Road S.W.Employment: Owner since 1995 of McKinley Lanes Bowling Center, McKinley Heights; owner of Doggie Delights rooming Salon, Forest Hills, Md., 1988 to 1995; head loan processor, Meridian Mortgage Company, Baltimore, Md., 1987 to 1988; project manager at Merrill Lynch Real Estate, Bel Air, Md., 1984 to 1987.Education: Bachelor of science in secondary education from West Chester University, West Chester, Pa.; courses in accounting and business management at Delaware Technical Institute.Family: Husband, Martin, and two children.Priority: None listed.
JAMES E. STODDARD
Age: 59.Home: 1825 Warner Ave.Employment: Retired after 30 years in the finance department of Delphi Packard Electric Systems.Education: Bachelor of science in industrial economics from Purdue University; graduate of Suitland High School, Suitland, Md.Family: Wife, Dianne, and two daughters.Priority: "I will work to build a better township."