$4.2M damage estimate does not include homes

$4.2M damage estimatedoes not include homes
VIENNA -- The cost of the recent flooding to Trumbull County's cities, townships and villages is now estimated at $4.2 million, said Linda Beil, director of the county's emergency management agency.
The figure, which includes damage to public property, cleanup and overtime expenses, was calculated by Federal Emergency Management Agency officials after they toured the area and conferred with local officials.
It does not include damage to private homes.
The government could reimburse up to 75 percent of the cost if the area is declared a federal disaster area.
Woman faces chargesin knife-point robbery
BOARDMAN -- Township police have arrested a 41-year-old Youngstown woman in a June robbery. Angela M. Orr of New Court was arrested at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
Reports say Orr pulled a knife on a Schwebel's Bakery employee June 3, taking his blue Schwebel's coat and his keys. She is being held at the Mahoning County Jail with bond set at $8,000.
Bike ride to benefitWatershed Festival
CANFIELD -- The second annual Watershed Ride through the Mill Creek Watershed will be at 9 a.m. Aug. 10 starting at Camp Stambaugh, 3712 Leffingwell Road.
The 30-mile bike ride from the camp to the headwaters of Mill Creek, south of the city of Columbiana, will benefit next year's Watershed Festival, a daylong event to promote watershed awareness and held by the Alliance for Watershed Action and Riparian Easements.
The course will take about two to four hours to complete, depending on pace.
Deadline for registration is Friday. The cost is $10, which includes a light lunch. For more information or registration materials, contact Mahoning Soil and Water Conservation District at (330) 533-2231.
Child care during cleanup
HUBBARD -- Ohio Southern Baptist Child Care Unit is offering child care at Grace Lutheran Church, 111 Hall Ave., for flood victims who need someone to watch their kids while they clean up.
The day care is open now from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Monday to children from infancy through age 12.
Chosen to visitors bureau
WARREN -- City councilman Brendan J. Keating, D-5th, has been appointed by Trumbull County commissioners to the county's Convention and Visitors Bureau board.
His three-year term commences Aug. 1. Keating replaces J.D. McFarland, who resigned.
NEOUCOM picks Frisch
ROOTSTOWN -- Dr. Larry Frisch was recently named the John S. and Doris M. Andrews Endowed Professor in Community and Public Health at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine.
As the Andrews professor, Frisch will act as a liaison between NEOUCOM and the District Board of Health of Mahoning County and the Youngstown City Health Department. In addition, he will teach and conduct research in community and public health at NEOUCOM and serve as a resource for Mahoning Valley health-care providers.
Frisch, of Cleveland Heights, earned his medical degree from Harvard University and a master's degree in public health at the University of Washington. He previously served as assistant professor of preventive medicine at Kansas University School of Medicine and assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Hawaii.
The professorship was made possible by a $1.5 million gift from the Andrews Trust. It is the largest of its kind in the college's history.
Flood damage
MINERAL RIDGE -- Weathersfield Township workers will collect flood-damaged household goods Sunday after 6 p.m.
The township has arranged for a special pickup Sunday by Wolford Refuse, but not Monday and Tuesday, as originally planned. Residents must call the township at (330) 652-6326 to get on the pickup list.
Phone books recycled
WARREN -- Trumbull County residents recycled more than 3,100 phone directories during a July 19 Recycle for Literacy event.
The event generated a $3,000 donation for the Alliance Community Outreach Program. The Sprint Yellow Pages event is in its fourth year in Trumbull County.