Strike contingency plan

Strike contingency plan
SOUTHINGTON -- Schools will be open Monday regardless of whether the district's support staff goes on strike.
Superintendent William Pfahler said the board of education agreed Monday to keep the schools operating in the event of a strike by classified employees, including bus drivers, secretaries, cafeteria workers and others.
A contract between the board and the workers expired June 30, 2001. The board imposed a contract June 30, after two years of unsuccessful negotiations, Pfahler said.
The union representing the workers issued a notice of their intent to strike Monday, the first day of school.
Flood damage meeting
GIRARD -- A public meeting will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in city council chambers with a representative of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to discuss flood damage assistance.
Special council session
HUBBARD -- City council will have a special meeting at 7 p.m. today in council chambers to appoint city Auditor Michael Villano as the city's representative to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Teen advisory board
HUBBARD -- The public library is looking for Hubbard teens, 14 to 18, to serve on its teen advisory board.
Applications can be picked up at the library and must be returned to board coordination Nancy Grapevine by Aug. 30. The TAB's first meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sept. 13.
The TAB's function is to develop and implement fun and interesting programs geared toward middle school-age children and for teens.
Members also will help select materials such as books, CDs, DVDs and videos.
Informal wetlands walk
HOWLAND -- Environmental educator Brice Harris will lead a wetlands walk 7 p.m. Thursday into the Howland Wildlife Preserve.
This will be an informal walk with discussion points about pond ecology, amphibian biology, flood plains, wildlife and wetlands.
Harris is a curriculum and instruction supervisor for the Trumbull County Educational Service Center. He specializes in environmental education and science.
The walks are held the third Thursday of each of the summer months. The last walk will be Sept. 18.
Participants can park and meet at Shepherd of the Valley on North River Road.
Wear boots or walking shoes, light-colored clothing, long pants, long sleeves, sunscreen and mosquito repellent. Bring binoculars and field guides.
Call Harris at (330) 675-2800 Ext. 120.
Walking tour of cemetery
WARREN -- Trumbull County historian Wendell Lauth will lead a walking tour of Oakwood Cemetery at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Participants will meet at the cemetery entrance, 860 Niles Road S.E., for the hourlong tour, sponsored by the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library.
Fogging for mosquitoes
LIBERTY -- The township will fog for mosquitoes Monday and Tuesday from dusk to about 2 a.m. each day.
In the event of bad weather, fogging will be done the next night.
Drive-by soaking
YOUNGSTOWN -- A Super Soaker CPS 4100, promoted as a "serious water blaster" that packs 86 ounces of water, was used in a drive-by shooting of sorts Monday, witnessed by Police Chief Robert E. Bush Jr.
The chief said he saw a man standing at Indianola and Glenwood avenues get squirted about 8 p.m. from a passing car and identified the car and culprit to officers patrolling the South Side, reports show.
Police spoke to the 26-year-old victim, whose shirt was very wet, then found the car on West Dewey Avenue.
The passenger, Craig Ladson, 19, of Crandall Avenue, was cited on an assault charge, and the victim was told to contact the city prosecutor's office today to pursue the charge.
Police confiscated the Super Soaker.