Lawrence election board lists polling-place changes

Lawrence election boardlists polling-place changes
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- The Lawrence County Board of Elections announced three more changes in polling places for Tuesday.
Slippery Rock Township 1 voters are reminded to use the front entrance of the Princeton Fire Department. New Castle 2-2 and 2-4 that voted in the New Castle Senior High School Field House will vote at Christian Assembly Church, 905 Highland Avenue. New Castle 8-2 will vote in the Jameson South Conference Room.
County voters are reminded that any write-in votes must also have a blackened oval next to the name. Votes without a blackened oval will not count, said Marlene Gabriel, director of elections.
Workers will begin tallying write-in votes Nov. 7 and the results should be known by mid-November, she said.
Boat tour at park
PORTERSVILLE, Pa. -- Nautical Nature, the Moraine State Park boat tour, will offer trips this weekend around Lake Arthur.
Trips are at noon, 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at McDanel's Launch on the park's north shore.
Cost is $5.25 for adults, $2.50 for children and $15 for a family of five. Reservations are recommended. Call (724) 368-9185 and leave a message.
All proceeds benefit the Moraine Preservation Funds education program and barn owl replenishment.
Police probe robberies
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Police are investigating a pair of late-night, knife-point robberies of homes on Vogan and Lutton streets.
A 69-year-old Vogan Street man said he heard someone knock on his door around 10:45 p.m. Wednesday. He was confronted by two men who kicked the door open.
The men, one wearing a black ski mask, had knives and demanded money. When he said he had none, they searched his house, taking 24 OxyContin pills, 15 Percocet pills and a cigarette lighter, and ripped the telephone off the wall before fleeing.
A 74-year-old Lutton Street woman told police that two men, one armed with a knife, entered her home around 11:40 p.m. Wednesday while she was watching television and demanded money.
She handed over $500 and the men left.
The robberies were in the same section of the city, but police did not indicate they are related.
Voted off 'Superstar'
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Asia Ross, the Thiel College coed selected as one of eight finalists in the NBC "Today" show's "Today's Superstar" competition, saw her bid come to an end this morning.
Ross, who turned 19 today, was the first of the singers eliminated based on online voting by viewers of the show.
Ross, a pre-law major from Cuyahoga Falls, learned she was eliminated live on the television show in New York City.
Despite the loss, she told the show's hosts that she had an amazing time during her brief stay in New York.
Ross learned Oct. 20 that she had been selected from among 6,000 applicants for the competition.
Education seminars
FARRELL, Pa. -- Northwestern Legal Services and AWARE (Alternatives for Women Advocacy Resources and Education) will offer a session on finances/drug and alcohol issues from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at its office, 1031 Roemer Blvd., as part of AWARE's education seminars.
The programs strive to educate victims of domestic violence about resources and options.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
For information, call AWARE Legal Advocate program at (724) 662-3800, Ext. 2542.
Explaining income credit
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown Area Community Action Council is organizing a campaign to make Mahoning County residents aware of the federal earned income credit.
The agency says the credit -- given to people who earn low to moderate incomes -- is going largely ignored by county residents.
The organization says more than $79 million in earned income credits were available to county residents in 2001, but only 23 percent of those eligible claimed the credit.
The organization is partnering with other agencies to better educate county residents about the credit.
Among the efforts is training sessions for volunteer tax preparers to educate them on the credit.
The IRS will provide education materials explaining the credit.