Sunday, June 22, 2003
Summer arts festival looks for volunteers
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Summer Festival of the Arts, co-presented by Youngstown State University and the Arts Council of Youngstown and Mahoning County on July 12-13, is seeking volunteers.
Volunteers are needed for the information booths, in the children's craft area, for technical assistance at performance sites and at the Festival of Nations international area, among others. Various shifts are available.
Each volunteer receives a festival T-shirt, reserved free parking and a ticket to Forte on the Fifty, the annual music and fireworks celebration that begins at 7:30 p.m. July 12 in Stambaugh Stadium. Call (330) 941-2752 or contact cacala@ysu.edu.
Federal grant awarded
BOARDMAN -- The township fire department was awarded a $41,575 federal grant for fire prevention, U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine announced.
The department can use the money to increase the effectiveness of firefighting operations, fund firefighter health and safety programs, acquire new equipment, improve emergency medical service programs, or conduct fire prevention and safety programs.
Contract awarded
COITSVILLE -- Township trustees awarded a contract for work at the government center to Brock Builders Inc. of Youngstown. Brock bid $25,564, the lowest among seven bids on the project, which consists of a 28-by-30-foot addition, interior renovations and new roof.
The addition will be a windowless room for the storage of confiscated weapons, evidence and records. Funding for the project comes from county sales taxes.
Trustee Walter Avdey said he expects construction to begin about the first week of July and take a month. The highest bid submitted for the project was $71,500; the second lowest was $34,950.
Purse-snatching reported
YOUNGSTOWN -- A 59-year-old city woman had her purse snatched by another woman.
The theft took place in the parking lot of Sparkle Market, 1912 Mahoning Ave., about 4:15 p.m. Thursday.
The victim told police she tried to retrieve her purse by reaching through the driver's window of the getaway car, but was knocked to the ground.
The purse and most of its contents were found a short time later. About $540 in cash was gone.
Boaters pulled from lake
BAZETTA -- Two boaters are being checked for hypothermia, after being pulled from Mosquito Lake after their boat capsized.
Park rangers learned about the capsized boat shortly after 9 a.m. today, when a fisherman ran into the office on state Route 305.
Initial reports indicate the men had been pulled into another fisherman's boat by the time rangers arrived.
Just trying to help family,girl calls 911 over bills
HUBBARD -- A 4-year-old Myron Street girl called 911 about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, trying to help her family.
Seems she wanted police to arrest the mail carrier so he'd stop delivering bills to her mother and grandmother.
After police and the girl's mother explained to her the error of her ways, the little one apologized to police.
Spraying for mosquitoes
LIBERTY -- Alexander's Pest Control will spray for mosquitoes in the township Monday and Tuesday from dusk to about 2 a.m. each day.
In the event of bad weather, the spraying will be done the next night.
Retired judge assignedto hear police chief's case
GIRARD -- A retired judge has been assigned by the Ohio Supreme Court to hear the case against police Chief Anthony Ross.
Perry Dickinson, a retired municipal court judge in Portage County, is scheduled to hear the case here at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Municipal Judge Michael A. Bernard removed himself from the case.
Ross has been charged by Robert E. Suich, owner of the Dairy Queen on South State Street, with assault, a misdemeanor, and intimidation, a felony.
Suich has accused the chief of hitting him twice with Ross' city-owned car Feb. 24 in the Dairy Queen parking lot.