Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Sharon teenager diesin car-truck collision
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- A Sharon woman was killed when the car she was riding in was hit by a pickup truck at the intersection of Lamor and North Neshannock roads.
Authorities said Brandee Simpson, 19, of North Water Avenue was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. Charles Zeigler, Mercer County deputy coroner. She died of blunt force trauma to the head. She wasn't wearing a seat belt, police said.
Police said she was riding in the back seat of a car driven by Susan Mendonca, 18, of Todd Avenue, which failed to stop for a flashing red light as it traveled east on Lamor Road around 7:20 p.m. Friday.
It was hit broadside by a pickup truck driven by Keith Osborne, 49, of Nesbit Street, New Castle, which was traveling south on Neshannock Road.
Mendonca, Osborne and a second passenger in Mendonca's car, Renee Howell, 19, of A Street, Sharon, were all treated at local hospitals for minor injuries.
Salem resident has her artdisplayed in NYC gallery
SALEM -- City resident and artist Elizabeth Babb will be exhibiting some of her paintings at the 11th Annual Friends Show at the Ceres Gallery in New York City.
The show will run from Aug. 12 to Sept. 6.
An artist for more than 20 years, Babb earned her bachelor's degree from Kent State University in 1988 and her master's degree from Temple University's Tyler School of Art in 1993. She also studied in Rome for a year.
Babb has won many awards and has shown her work in many venues. Her pieces are in collections in Europe and across the United States.
Her work can be viewed on the Internet at eababb.com.
Salem home burglarized
SALEM -- Two safes were taken from a home on the 400 block of South Broadway Avenue, police said.
The home was broken into sometime between Friday morning and about 5 a.m. today.
It's believed the thieves entered through a window, police said.
Apartment missing grill
SALEM -- A grill was taken from an apartment on the 600 block of East Sixth Street, police said. The crime was reported about 2:36 a.m. today.
Crestview recyclingcollection scheduled
COLUMBIANA -- The next paper and aluminum can recycling collection by biology classes at Crestview High School will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday in the Crestview High School parking lot.
Paper items that can be recycled are: newspapers, magazines, phone books, paper back books, office and school paper, catalogs and junk mail.
Paper products can be packed in brown paper bags, smaller plastic bags, or smaller cardboard boxes. They are not able to take cardboard of any kind, including cereal boxes, pizza boxes, etc. Clean aluminum cans can be brought in plastic bags.
Students will be available to help unload the vehicles.
Contact Kathy Cattrell at kcattrell@crestviewlocal.k12.oh.us if you have any questions.
Curbside tire collections
MINERAL RIDGE -- Weathersfield Township will have two curbside tire collections, the week of Aug. 4 and the week of Aug. 11.
No tires will be picked up after Aug. 15.
Newton Falls school board
NEWTON FALLS -- The school board's negotiations committee will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Room 101 at the high school.
Pittsburgh's Great Rideshowcases 1,700 cyclists
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- More than 1,700 riders took to the streets as part of an annual bike tour of the Steel City. Among the cyclists were: toddlers with training wheels, a couple on a tandem bicycle that they were married on, and a clown on a unicycle.
Three-year-old Ben Winslow was among the youngest who participated in Pittsburgh's Great Ride on Sunday.
Also riding through the city's neighborhoods was Samson Gruss, 46, of Portage, also known as Unicycle Sam. Gruss said his five-mile ride was much shorter than his best -- 12 miles without stopping.
And then there were Cindy and Alan Patterson, both 39, of Pittsburgh, who have been biking for the past 14 years and who were married on a tandem bicycle four years ago. They rode the tandem bike on Sunday.
"We decided we needed to stay closer," Alan Patterson said.
"He decided I was too slow," his wife added.