E. Palestine school board awards building contracts

E. Palestine school boardawards building contracts
EAST PALESTINE -- The school board awarded the following contracts to the low bidders for classroom and media center additions at the middle school-high school complex:
*Kreidler Construction Co. of Poland, general contractor, $3,084,402.
*Komar Plumbing Inc. of Boardman, plumbing, $559,259.
*S.A. Comunale of Barberton, fire protection, $461,750.
*Conti Corp. of Lowellville, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, $2,869,250.
*WayneCo Electrical Contractors Inc. of Mineral Ridge, $730,700.
Schools Superintendent Jeff Richardson said the contracts must now be approved by the Ohio School Facilities Commission, which is funding the bulk of the project.
Grove City GE workersshare in Powerball win
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Twenty employees of the General Electric plant here are all $5,000 richer. They shared a $100,000 winning ticket in the interstate Powerball lottery in the April 5 drawing and got their money (less 27 percent federal withholding) from the Pennsylvania Lottery on Wednesday.
The presentation was made at Sam's BiLo Foods on Mill Street where the group bought its ticket.
Group members contribute $2 a week to buy Powerball tickets and have added four more members since its win, said George Perry, group spokesman.
Members have diverse plans for their winnings. Some are using it to pay for summer vacation rentals, a couple are buying four-wheelers for their kids and one is buying an old school bus to carry his son's archery team to meets, Perry said.
Works of Warren artistto be displayed at guild
SHARON, Pa. -- The work of Warren artist Irene Was will be featured in the "Vibrations; Plus Other Works" show opening Friday at the Valley Arts Guild, 10 Vine Ave.
Was, 82, will be recognized at a public reception at the guild from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. The show runs through June 30.
Was graduated from Kent State University in 2001 with a bachelor of fine arts degree at age 80. She has been painting since the mid-1970s but didn't really get serious about her art until a work was accepted into a juried show in 1994 at the Trumbull Art Gallery in Warren.
Guild hours are noon to 5 p.m. Mondays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. It will also be open from noon to 4 p.m. this Saturday only.
Checking ID of body
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- City police were checking this morning to see if a body discovered in the Beaver River is a missing city man, Jason Sims.
Acting Police Chief John Kindel said they were looking for Sims' dental records to compare with the body discovered Wednesday on the banks of the river near Beaver Falls, Pa.
Sims, 25, of Blaine Street, has been missing since March 18 when he jumped into the Shenango River while fleeing police. Police said Sims had been spotted on a porch at his mother's apartment and ran when he saw officers pulling up in a car. He jumped a chain-link fence and went into the river.
He was wanted on a parole violation.
Rep. Hart sets forums
FARRELL, Pa. -- U.S. Rep. Melissa Hart of Bradford Woods, R-4th, will meet with veterans and health-care officials in two meetings in Mercer County on Friday.
Hart will hold a prescription drug forum with local nurses, hospital pharmacists and social workers at 9:30 a.m. at UPMC Horizon at 2200 Memorial Drive.
She will have a veterans forum on veteran benefits and related issues from 11 a.m. to noon at the Farrell American Legion at 613 Broadway Ave.
Sentenced to 8-25 years
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A Plain Grove Township man will spend eight to 25 years in state prison after keeping a woman prisoner in his home. Wayne Frazier Brabson, 46, of Arthur Drive, was sentenced recently by Judge Dominick Motto of Lawrence County Common Pleas Court.
Brabson was arrested in September 2002 after a 37-year-old woman told state police she was forced to stay in Brabson's house for several weeks. She said she was punched, kicked and threatened during that time.
In March, a jury convicted Brabson on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, terroristic threats and unlawful restraint. Brabson was given credit for 271 days spent in jail while awaiting trial, according to court records.