Snowmobile safety

Snowmobile safety
JAMESTOWN, Pa.-- Winter is approaching and the Pymatuning Trailblazers Snowmobile Club will offer a free Pennsylvania Snowmobile Safety Course at its clubhouse on Burns Road from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Lunch will be furnished. Pennsylvania requires children between the ages of 10 and 15 to earn a safety certificate before they can operate a snowmobile, except on land owned by their parent or guardian. The course is open to all ages. To register, call (724) 588-6762.
Builders group event
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Mercer County Builders Association will mark its 25th anniversary with a membership dinner meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the Hickory Veterans of Foreign Wars on U.S. Route 62. The dinner is open to the public and reservations may be made by calling (724) 475-4834.
Burglary reported
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State Police said today that a burglar stole a revolver, a gold watch and some cash from a Greenville-Sheakleyville Road home in Salem Township. A door to the house was kicked open to gain entry between 1:30 and 3:15 p.m. Friday.
Man shot to death
YOUNGSTOWN -- An unidentified man was found shot to death early today in the 500 block of Burnett Street on the city's North Side. Police officers on patrol found the man lying face down about 2:15 a.m. Officers collected three shell casings near the body, which appeared to have at least two gunshot wounds to the back. Police list the death as a homicide, the city's 31st of the year.
Bond set in case
YOUNGSTOWN -- Bond was set at $50,000 cash or surety for Stuart L. Graham of Hunter Avenue, who faces four counts of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles and one count of public indecency. Graham, 59, is accused of showing pornographic videos to teenage boys, some of whom were reported to have masturbated during the shows, and exposing himself. Graham will be back in municipal court Nov. 19 for a pretrial.
Letter goes to trustee
CANFIELD -- Township Trustee Judy Bayus says she believes an attorney representing Michal Naffah was trying to use "last- minute scare tactics" by writing her a letter Friday.
Naffah is asking township voters to approve a zoning change today that will allow him to construct a hotel on U.S. Route 224 between Summit Drive and South Raccoon Road. The letter warns Bayus that she would be breaking the law if she circulates a flier containing information she knows to be false.
Bayus helped create a flier that urged opposition to another zoning change in the past.
"I don't know why they challenged the Constitution, but last time I looked, I was allowed to express my opinion," Bayus said.
Naffah responded that he knows Bayus is entitled to her opinion.
"All [the letter is] saying is, don't tell any lies," he said. "We're going to be watching."
2 cases bound over
NILES -- Two cases were bound over to the Trumbull County grand jury from Niles Municipal Court.
Barbara A. Freeman of Louise Lane appeared in Niles Municipal Court on Monday and waived her right to a preliminary hearing on a charge of theft in office, a fourth-degree felony.
Freeman is charged with embezzling more than $5,000 over a three-year period as treasurer of Fairhaven Public Employees, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1992. The thefts were discovered Sept. 13.
Glenwyn A. Warner, 40, of North Arlington Avenue, also appeared Monday and waived his preliminary hearing on a charge of rape.
Warner is accused of molesting an 8-year-old girl in his home in late October.
Sewer-project action
LORDSTOWN -- Village council members unanimously agreed Monday to pay $9,000 for a license from Norfolk Southern Railway to complete Phase VI of a sanitary sewer project.
The license allows the village to install a 6-inch sewer pipe encased in a 16-inch steel pipe on the railroad's property in the village.
The sewer project was approved by council as an incentive effort to retain the local plant of General Motors. The fee will cover insurance charges and a one-time occupancy fee.