Clerk reappointed

Clerk reappointed
GIRARD -- Karen A. Constantino, former clerk of Girard Municipal Court, has been reappointed to the position by Judge Michael A. Bernard.
Constantino, who will be paid $42,000 annually, replaces Mary Jo Orr, who was paid $46,000 when she resigned in February.
Neither Judge Bernard nor Orr would give a reason for the Feb. 15 resignation.
Judge Bernard said he would not replace Orr for about a year to save money.
The judge could not be reached.
Constantino became a deputy clerk in 1977 and served as clerk of courts from 1985 to 1996. She said she doesn't anticipate any changes in staffing.
Constantino is a Girard native and 1972 graduate of Girard High School. She and her husband, William, have two children and four grandchildren.
Sex-crime case
WARREN -- A 62-year-old Brookfield man wants the court to dismiss his conviction on five counts of sexual battery and one count of corruption of a minor.
Atty. Dan Keating, who represents Robert Gibson of Albright-McKay Road, filed the motions this week stating there is no physical evidence to support the charges.
If the convictions are not dismissed, then Keating wants a new trial for Gibson.
Judge John Stuard of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court will rule on the motions in the next few weeks.
Gibson was convicted last month of charges that he had sexual contact with a teen-age girl he knows.
Aggravated burglary
WEATHERSFIELD -- A Niles man was in the Trumbull County jail this morning, accused of aggravated burglary and resisting arrest. Township police received a call about 10:40 p.m. Thursday from an Arlington Avenue man saying someone was trying to break into his home. The man told the dispatcher someone had gotten in and was attacking him before the line was disconnected. When police arrived, they heard a muffled scream inside and saw a door that appeared to be kicked in. They found Dominic V. Vigorito sitting on top of the caller in a bedroom. The caller told police Vigorito, who is his nephew, was trying to smother him. Vigorito, 30, of Difford Drive, became aggressive with officers, police said. He was to appear in Niles Municipal Court today, Chief Joe Consiglio said.
Press relations event
WARREN -- The Fine Arts Council of Trumbull County is sponsoring a workshop on effective press relations for nonprofit organizations. FACT director Bobbie Brown said nonprofits, with limited budgets and volunteer staffs, often face challenges in getting their stories out to the press. The workshop will be at 2 p.m. March 19 in Packard Music Hall, Mahoning Avenue. It will address how to define a message and target an audience and how to seek press coverage. A list of press contacts will be available. Cost is $10 for FACT members and $15 for nonmembers. To register, send payment to FACT, P.O. Box 48, Warren 44482. Call (330) 399-1212.
Happy Hams Swine Club
BRISTOL -- To celebrate the 100th anniversary of 4H, the Happy Hams Swine Club will display a poster in Bristol Public Library depicting their activities over the past year.
The club also plans to do a community service project in May in appreciation for the use of the town hall.
River pact ceremony
AUSTINTOWN -- A ceremony will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday here to mark the signing of an agreement on a $3 million feasibility study of the Mahoning River between Eastgate Regional Council of Governments, which is sponsoring the study, and the Army Corps of Engineers, which will perform the study.
The ceremony will be at the Eastgate offices in the Austin Square building on Mahoning Avenue. The study is the second part of a four-part project to restore the river.
Historical re-enactor
MERCER, Pa. -- The Underground Railroad and Abolitionist Era Discussion Group will meet at 6 p.m. Monday for a potluck dinner and discussion.
The meeting will be at Southwest Gardens, 500 Darr Avenue, Farrell, and will feature Daisybelle Thomas-Quinney as guest speaker.
Thomas-Quinney, a re-enactor of black historical figures such as Harriet Tubman, Mary McCloed Bethune, Fannie Lou Hamer and Sojourner Truth, will discuss the creation of living history personas.
Participation is free and open to the public.
Call Southwest Gardens, (724) 981-4399, or the Mercer County Historical Society, (724) 662-3490.