OEPA session moved

OEPA session moved
LEAVITTSBURG -- The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has changed the location of next Friday's public information session and hearing regarding an air permit change request from Warren Recycling Inc.
The meeting, which begins at 7 p.m., will be in the Johnson Community Center, 800 Gillmer Road. The meeting was originally scheduled at the Warren Township Administration Building but was moved when larger space became available.
Weathersfield road work
WEATHERSFIELD -- The Trumbull County Engineer's Office will present plans for work on the intersection of Salt Springs and Carver Niles roads from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Weathersfield Township Administration Building.
Work is expected to include repaving the roads, widening and adding shoulders, and installing curbs, underground storm drains and a traffic light.
Construction is scheduled to begin in 2006 and expected to cost about $881,000.
Vienna Christmas program
VIENNA -- Township neighborhood watch will sponsor a Christmas program at 2 p.m. Nov. 30 at the gazebo.
Community members will decorate a tree, sing carols and serve refreshments. Donations toward the decorating expense may be sent to Vienna Township Neighborhood Watch, Ron Miller, Treasurer, P.O. Box 530, Vienna 44473.
Identity theft expert
WARREN -- An identity theft expert will speak at a meeting of the JFK-St. Mary's Alumni Association at 7 p.m. Dec. 1 in the high school cafeteria.
Ted Wern, class of 1993, began providing assistance to victims of identity theft after his name and personal information were stolen in 1998.
He practices law in Chicago and volunteers as the director of corporate compliance for the Identity Theft Resource Center.
Suicide survivors' vigil
WARREN -- Loving Outreach Surviving Suicide, or LOSS, and Survivors of Suicide, or SOS, will conduct its fifth annual candlelight vigil in remembrance of loved ones who died by suicide at 6 p.m. Nov. 22 at St. Pius X Church, Moncrest Avenue N.W.
Participants are urged to bring a photo of their loved one. Call Help Hotline Crisis Center at (800) 427-3606 for more information.
Motorcycle veteran plates
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Ohio Senate passed a bill, sponsored by state Sen. Marc Dann of Liberty, that allows Ohio veterans to obtain special license plates for their motorcycles. The veteran plates have been available for other vehicles, but not motorcycles, said Dann, D-32nd. The plates would bear an inscription or symbol representing veterans of the armed forces and would display the word veteran. The bill goes to the Ohio House for consideration.
School remained open
YOUNGSTOWN -- Chaney High School students stayed in school Thursday despite interruptions to electricity. Harry Evans, chief of maintenance and operations, said power was partially lost from about 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Because of the problem, the boiler was not operating, but Evans said the school remained warm throughout the day because it had been heated at night and until the 10:30 a.m. disruption. He said students were not sent home because many parents are not at home during the day and the district would have been required to call each parent.
Lawsuit against hospital
YOUNGSTOWN -- A Canfield woman has filed a lawsuit against Salem Community Hospital, where she once worked as a pharmacist. The suit, filed in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, says Natalie Boulos of Muirfield Drive was subjected to daily sexual jokes, inquiries, comments and innuendo while she worked at the hospital as a pharmacist from September 2002 to May 2003. Boulos also says the hospital created a hostile working environment for her after she reported what she believed were violations of state and federal regulations. She is seeking unspecified damages from the hospital and Tod Brunie of Sebring, who was one of her supervisors. A hospital spokeswoman said she was unaware of the suit and could not comment.
Busy bridge closed
SALEM -- Icy conditions forced the temporary closure of a busy bridge. Police closed the West State Street overpass, which crosses over railroad tracks, about 10 p.m. Thursday. The bridge remained closed for about a half-hour until street crews could spread salt on it.