No recovery findings in Sebring schools audit

No recovery findingsin Sebring schools audit
SEBRING -- An independent audit of Sebring Local schools has shown no findings of recovery for the district and suggested school officials implement methods for more efficient bookkeeping.
The audit, by Ohio Auditor Jim Petro's office, was for the school year ending June 30, 2001.
Auditors suggested that school officials improve the fixed-asset tracking system by updating the tagging of school district equipment. They said tracking of fixed assets is essential because the value of such items is a significant part of the district's financial statements.
Auditors also suggested that the district improve its practices in writing purchase orders. They said some orders were issued after the invoice date and some paid invoices were not stamped as paid.
They said since purchase orders reserve funds for purchasing goods and services, invoices without a purchase order could be considered invalid. Not canceling invoices once they are paid could potentially lead to double payment, auditors said.
Cited in tobacco sales
SHARON, Pa. -- Police cited two store owners accused of selling cigarettes to customers under the age of 18. Pennsylvania Department of Health enlisted Sharon police and a juvenile in a sting operation that visited several stores in the city Wednesday.
Only two people at the counters, Dennis Hanahan, 49, of Plum Street, owner of Vaughn's Market at Plum and Stambaugh Avenue, and Mohamad Taha, 39, of Nellie Street, Masury, owner of Fast Check at Budd Street and New Castle Avenue, sold cigarettes to the minor, police said. They were given citations fining them $25 each for sale of tobacco to a minor.
Salem budget OK'd
SALEM -- As expected, city council agreed Wednesday to adopt a 2002 general fund budget of nearly $4.2 million.
The city's 2001 general fund budget was about $4 million. The increase this year is needed primarily to pay for increases in wages and benefits, city officials say.
Included in this year's spending plan is nearly $1.3 million for capital improvements, which include the city's share of a project to improve highway safety and traffic flow in the city's east side commercial district.
Neshannock burglary
NESHANNOCK, Pa. -- Neshannock Township police are seeking help from the community in solving a burglary that happened earlier this week.
Police said someone kicked in a door and took jewelry from a Buena Vista Way home sometime between 6:30 p.m. Sunday and 2 a.m. Monday. A diamond ring and necklace and two gold necklaces were taken, police said. Anyone with information about the burglary should contact the police.
Burglars steal door
YOUNGSTOWN -- Burglars kicked in one door and removed another from its hinges but apparently didn't take anything else from a Ridge Avenue home.
The resident of the home has been away since December, police said. A relative reported the theft Wednesday afternoon. The house was intact Tuesday.
Gunfire reported
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 37-year-old South Side man reported to city police that two men, both about 20, shot at him as he walked along Sherwood Avenue. The man was not hit. He said he was walking in the 500 block, near his home, at about 4 p.m. Wednesday when a car pulled up next to him and the two occupants shot toward him. He said the car then drove by his home three times and asked for his son.
Child endangering
GIRARD -- Christine Colbert, 28, of Forest View Drive, Youngstown, has been found guilty of misdemeanor child endangering. Colbert's four children -- ages 1 to 7 -- were left outside her mother's Liberty apartment Feb. 2, police said.
The oldest child told police he saw her leave with her boyfriend. She pleaded no contest Wednesday before Judge Michael A. Bernard of municipal court and was found guilty. She received a suspended a 180-day jail sentence and a $500 fine. The judge placed her on a one-year probation and ordered her to attend parenting classes.
Woman flees court
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 29-year-old East Side woman who was late for a court appearance on a driving under suspension offense ran from a municipal courtroom when she was told she'd be jailed until she posted 10 percent of a $1,000 bond, city police said.
A bailiff was phoning police to have the woman transported to jail about 10 a.m. Wednesday when she ran out of the court room and into the hallway. City hall security officers quickly captured the woman, who lives on Rigby Street.