Hit with baseball bat

Hit with baseball bat
SALEM -- A city man said he was hit in the face with an aluminum baseball bat after five men entered an apartment on the 100 block of West Pershing Street.
The man, his age unavailable, said he was at the apartment, watching it for someone else, when someone knocked on the door about 11:30 p.m. Sunday.
When he opened it, five men entered. One of them was armed with a handgun, he said.
The man said he was struck twice in the face by a Salem man he recognized who was wielding the baseball bat.
Police said the victim was unable to explain why anyone would want to assault him. He refused medical treatment.
Generator fix mulled
LISBON -- Columbiana County officials are considering modifying the electric generator that serves the county jail and sheriff's department in Center Township.
The fix is being mulled to prevent problems such as the one that occurred Thursday when a heavy rainstorm caused the generator to fail and not come on when the storm simultaneously knocked out the commercial electric.
The jail and sheriff's department were dark for about 17 minutes before commercial power was restored, Warden Hank Escola said today. No problems with prisoners occurred during the outage.
Blowing rain had entered the generator's air intake and caused a sensor to fail, preventing the generator from turning on.
A shield can be installed for a few hundred dollars to prevent failures, Escola said.
Tires slashed
SALEM -- A woman said someone slashed all the tires on her car while it was parked overnight at a business on the 300 block of South Ellsworth Avenue.
The crime was reported about 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Senior Olympics
YOUNGSTOWN -- The 2003 Bank One Senior Olympics of Northeast Ohio, presented by District XI Area Agency on Aging Inc., will be June 11-25 at various locations throughout the Mahoning Valley. Senior Olympics is open to men and women age 50 and older; participation is not limited to Ohio residents.
This year's events are archery, bowling, horseshoes, track and field, swimming, golf, Putt-Putt, boccie, par 3 golf and tennis.
Participants compete against others of their own age and sex for gold, silver and bronze medals. Participants also receive souvenir T-shirts.
The deadline for registration is May 23. Registration forms are available at local senior centers or from the Area Agency on Aging. For more information, call (330) 746-2938.
In addition to Bank One, sponsors for the Senior Olympics are Forum Health at Home and Youngstown State University.
Stories for kids
COLUMBIANA -- The Columbiana Public Library is now registering for the summer sessions of story readings for children.
All classes will be held on Thursdays from June 5 to 26.
Toddlertime is a "lap-sit" program for children 18 months up to 3 years and their caregivers. These half-hour sessions are held at 10 a.m. or 11 a.m.
Storytime is a program for children ages 3-6 years. This one-hour session is held at 1 p.m.
Pre-registration is required. For more information or to register, call the library at (330) 482-5509 or stop in at 332 N. Middle St.
Spelling bee winners
COLUMBIANA -- Fourth-grader Samantha Foreman won the Joshua Dixon Elementary School Spelling Bee, Principal John A. Scardino announced recently. Jordan Zoll, a third-grader, took second place and fourth-grader Hayley Goist was third, he said.
Truck-horse collision
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State Police said John E. Sauer, 21, of Mercer was injured when his pickup truck hit a horse on Irishtown Road in Pine Township. Police said Sauer was southbound around 10 p.m. Friday when two horses trotted onto the road. Sauer hit one, killing it. Sauer was treated at United Community Hospital for minor injuries. Police said the horses are owned by Norman Patterson of Grove City.
Spring choral concert
COLUMBIANA -- The third- and fourth-grade choir of Joshua Dixon Elementary School will present its annual spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Columbiana High School. A recognition ceremony and cake reception will follow.