3 face various charges after being arrested in car

3 face various chargesafter being arrested in car
YOUNGSTOWN -- A Niles woman and two Youngstown men were arrested around 3 p.m. Tuesday on Cooper Street in a car Boardman police had listed as taken without authorization.
The driver, Jasmine Molina, 20, of Vienna Avenue, Niles, was arrested on charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, driving under suspension and possession of crack cocaine.
Her passengers -- Ian Perry, 26, of Park Avenue and Paul Perry, 26, of Potomac Avenue -- were each charged with consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
Ian Perry, who police said had a keyless entry device for the car in his pants and suspected crack residue under his fingernails, was also charged with unauthorized use and possession of crack.
Police said suspected crack was found in the rear of the cruiser and on Molina at the jail.
Fund-raising event
HOWLAND -- The Howland Tiger Booster Club will host a Night at the Races fund-raising event Saturday in Leo's Ristorante. Proceeds support Howland athletic programs.
Doors open for a reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner, charity races, silent auction and dancing. Tickets are available from booster club members at $20.
Family Literacy Night
GIRARD -- Prospect Elementary, 700 Prospect St., is the site for a Fall Family Literacy Night.
The free event, set for 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, is open to pupils in kindergarten through third grades and their families to promote the value of reading.
For information, call the school.
Foundation supportsdomestic violence shelter
MERCER, Pa. -- The Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation is helping support a county shelter for women who are victims of domestic violence.
The foundation has given a $5,000 grant to Alternatives for Women: Advocacy, Resources and Education (AWARE) to help finance the local agency's shelter.
AWARE is one of 51 domestic violence shelters across the United States to get a grant from the Texas-based foundation this year.
The foundation was created in 1996 to fund research of cancers affecting women. It expanded its mission in 2000 to include the prevention of violence against women. Since then, it has given out more than $1 million in grants to women's shelters across the country.
Ex-prison official honored
MERCER, Pa. -- Legislation naming the access road to the State Regional Correctional Facility at Mercer after longtime prison superintendent Gilbert A. Walters has been signed into law.
Act 32 of 2003 recognizes Walters' 36 years of service in the corrections field, including nearly 20 years of running the minimum security prison here. The previously unnamed access road links the prison with Pa. Route 258.
Walters received the Pennsylvania Prison Wardens Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999. He began his career as a corrections counselor at Eastern State Penitentiary and served as superintendent at the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh before coming to Mercer. He retired Jan. 31 of this year.
Bomb threat at school
EAST PALESTINE -- Students and personnel were evacuated from the high school about 11 a.m. Tuesday after a threatening note was found in the boys bathroom.
The note said the school would blow up at 12:45 p.m., police Sgt. Bernard Doran said this morning. Police searched the building but found no explosive device.
Police suspect an unidentified high school boy pulled the prank. No suspect is in custody.
Crime watch meeting
NORTH LIMA -- The next Beaver Township crime watch meeting will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the activity center of Shepherd of the Valley, 9111 Sharrott Road. It is open to the public.
Postmaster Bill Saltsman from the North Lima Post Office will speak on packaging for the holidays, holiday mailing and the overall operations of the post office.