Girl hurt in crash dies

Girl hurt in crash dies
YOUNGSTOWN -- Amanda Radman, the 16-year-old Columbiana County girl who was critically injured in a traffic accident Wednesday afternoon near Columbiana, died Thursday in St. Elizabeth Health Center.
Radman, of Kelly Park Road, Fairfield Township, was westbound on that road around 5:40 p.m. when she failed to stop at the intersection of Middleton Road, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The car Radman was driving collided with a minivan, which was being driven south on Middleton Road by Deborah Landers, 41, of Kirk Road, Columbiana, the patrol said.
Landers was treated at Salem Community Hospital.
Library poster contest
EAST PALESTINE -- A poster contest is being held to promote the summer reading program of the East Palestine Memorial Public Library.
People of all ages may participate. Entries must be made on poster-board provided by the library.
Deadline for entries is May 31. Winners will be announced June 9.
For more details, contact the library at (330) 426-3778.
Education vacancy
BOARDMAN -- The governing board of the Mahoning County Educational Service Center announces a vacancy on the board after the death of Pat Vivo, who served continuously since January 1986.
In a news release announcing the vacancy, the MCESC board and staff extend sympathy to Vivo's family.
To serve on the board, representatives must reside in a Mahoning County school district. Mail a letter of interest and r & eacute;sum & eacute; to: Marie Dockry, President, MCESC Governing Board, 100 DeBartolo Place, Suite 105, Youngstown, OH 44512-7019. Materials can be faxed to (330) 965-7902. Deadline is 4 p.m. Wednesday.
For information, call Superintendent William Hyde, (330) 965-7828.
School construction
HANOVERTON -- Construction is set to start in November on an estimated $1.2 million addition to the elementary section of United Schools kindergarten-through-12th-grade complex along state Route 9 in Hanover Township.
The school board agreed Thursday to hire Fanning/Howey Associates Inc. of Columbus for $92,500 to provide architectural and engineering work.
A state grant will pay for all the project but about $200,000, which will come from the district's permanent improvement fund, Superintendent Glenn Willis said today.
The addition, to be done by September 2004, will include five new classrooms. It's needed because the district is adding an all-day kindergarten program, and it also expects its nearly 700-pupil elementary enrollment to expand in coming years, Willis said.
Car Cruise canceled
SHARON, Pa. -- The Car Cruise scheduled for Saturday at the Penn State Shenango campus has been canceled.
Campus business students had planned the event, which was to include food booths, raffles and activities for children.
Owners of classic, antique or special cars, trucks or motorcycles had been invited to display their vehicles at the free event.
Governor to visit
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell will visit New Castle at 5 p.m. May 15 to discuss education and economic development.
A spokeswoman in Mayor Timothy Fulkerson's office said Gov. Rendell's first visit to Lawrence County since he took office in January will be a town hall meeting at the Mary, Mother of Hope Parish Center at North and North Beaver streets, she said.
Seating is limited, so anyone wishing to attend must send a note including a phone number to Lawrence County Democratic Chairman Peter A. Vessella at Box 63, New Castle, 16103.
Road closed in oil spill
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Hempfield Township Police said Pa. Route 18 was closed for nearly five hours in Sugar Grove Township after a truck hauling cooking oil overturned, spilling oil on the road.
Ronald Mann, 34, of Colliers, W.Va., was driving the tri-axle truck south on Route 18 at 5:30 a.m. Thursday when a left rear outside tire blew, causing him to lose control. The truck ran into a ditch and rolled onto its side. Mann was treated at UPMC Horizon.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection was called in to oversee the cleanup, police said.
Sharon school loan
SHARON, Pa. -- The Sharon City School Board has approved borrowing $750,000 from First National Bank of Pennsylvania to cover unanticipated increases in employee health care costs.
The board, meeting in special session Thursday, agreed to pay the money back over five years at an interest rate of 3.44 percent. The annual debt service will be about $161,000. A $161,000 payment represents about 1.5 mills of property tax receipts, officials said.