Zoning change OK'd

Zoning change OK'd
CANFIELD -- Canfield Township trustees approved a zoning change today that will allow CTW Development Corp. of Boardman to construct office buildings, a hotel and a retail center on U.S. Route 224. In a 2-1 vote, trustees extended the boundary for business development from 500 to 1,000 feet along Route 224 between Summit Drive and Interstate 76. Trustees also changed zoning from agriculture to business and also another larger area from agriculture to R-2, which is multifamily. Trustees William D. Reese, chairman, and Paul F. Moracco voted in favor of the measure; Judith M. Bayus opposed it, saying it goes against the Mahoning County Development Land Use Plan. As a selling point, CTW Development says it will construct a golf cart path to its golf course, which will give access to the course to residents of Summit Drive who have opposed the zoning changes. Also, CTW will erect a mound of dirt with trees as a barrier between the Summit residences and its development and drop all lawsuits pertaining to the zone change. Finally, CTW will agree to the path and barrier only if no referendum is filed.
Homicide charge
YOUNGSTOWN -- A Mahoning County grand jury will consider charges of vehicular homicide and hit-skip against Gary R. Davis, 43, of Cannon Road, Austintown. Davis is accused of striking and killing Cheryl A. Rockney, 49, of Kenmore Court, Austintown, as she walked on the sidewalk in the 1200 block of Oak Street on Aug. 22. After a preliminary hearing Wednesday in municipal court, the case against Davis was bound over to a grand jury.
4 charged in sex sales
YOUNGSTOWN -- Vice cops continued their crackdown on corner sex sales with four arrests Wednesday evening in the Oak Hill Avenue area. Charged with loitering to engage in solicitation are: William F. Zouck, 77, of Hamilton Avenue, Poland; Tami L. Norberg, 39, of Southern Boulevard; Daryl W. Dudley, 41, of West Evergreen Avenue; and Theresa Mills, 33, of West Chalmers Avenue. All four were due in municipal court today for arraignment. Police said they saw Norberg get into Zouck's car and Mills get into Dudley's car. Police said Mills was standing in the middle of Dewey and Oak Hill to be more visible to motorists.
Role of a caregiver
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- Dr. David Keck will speak on the caregiver's role in an Alzheimer patient's life. Keck, a visiting professor of history at Duquesne University, will speak at 2 p.m. Saturday at Westminster College in Patterson Hall. Keck's talk, "Of History and Healing," will touch on his book "Forgetting Whose We Are: Alzheimer's Disease and Love of God." "His book discusses how caregivers are actually historians, providing for the person afflicted with Alzheimer's disease the ability to 'remember,' through stories, reminders of past events, and mementos from the person's past," said Dr. Russell Martin, associate professor of history. For information, contact Martin at (724) 946-5254.
Lunar module replica
WARREN -- City council approved two ordinances Wednesday night, paving the way for a First Flight Lunar Module Project at Trumbull Plaza Shopping Center. In 1936, Neil Armstrong, who would become the first man to walk on the moon, took his first airplane flight from the old Parkman Road airport. The plaza is where the airport used to be. Pete Perich, a city resident, plans to build a replica of the module Armstrong used on his moon flight at the site. The project is being done by volunteers.
Fireworks explosion
GIRARD -- The Ravenna man facing charges involving a fireworks explosion in Hubbard Township has rejected a plea agreement. Van E. Burnett, owner of Burnett Display Co., appeared Wednesday in municipal court for a pretrial hearing on misdemeanor charges of failing to conduct a proper site inspection and failing to secure equipment. Prosecutor Robert Johnson said Burnett, who is representing himself, was offered a plea agreement but rejected it. Another pretrial hearing will be scheduled in about 30 days. More than 15 people were injured when an aerial shell exploded near the ground while Burnett was putting on a fireworks display July 21 at Founder's Day in Harding Park.
Board appointee
LORDSTOWN -- School board members appointed Cheryl Kistler as the local representative to the Trumbull Career and Technical Center's board of education. Kistler, who was named representative at Wednesday's meeting, will begin her two-year term Jan. 1. The next board meeting is set for 7 p.m. Dec. 18.