Westminster family day

Westminster family day
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- Fall Family Day at Westminster College is scheduled for Saturday.
The day begins at 9:30 a.m. with coffee and a meeting with President R. Thomas Williamson in Witherspoon Room of the McKelvey Campus Center.
A family barbecue is planned for 11 a.m. at the Anderson Amphitheater, next to Brittain Lake.
The kickoff for the football game with Washington & amp; Jefferson College will be at 1 p.m.
The day will conclude with comedian Buzz Sutherland at 8 p.m. in the McKelvey Campus Center Club. Contact Cindy Dafler at (724) 946-7373 or e-mail daflercs@westminster.edu.
Civil War roundtable
MERCER, Pa. -- The Mercer County Historical Society's next Civil War roundtable discussion will begin at 7 p.m. Oct. 14 in the society's headquarters, 119 S. Pitt St.
The discussion will focus on local folks, especially soldiers, and their contributions to the Civil War effort. Among those to be discussed are Norman Maxwell, Lewis Brest, Abraham Snyder, John Bingham, George Reed, Charlie Mitcheltree, John Magoffin and the Beil brothers. Participants are asked to bring family histories to discuss their relatives' contributions to the war effort. Participation is free and open to the public.
Voters urged to OKchild testimony by tape
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Prosecutors in western Pennsylvania are urging voters to approve a state constitutional amendment that would allow children too traumatized to testify in court to do so by videotape or closed-circuit television.
"Child abuse is obviously one of the most serious crimes prosecuted by the office of the district attorney," said Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala, who was joined at a press conference by Lawrence County District Attorney Matt Mangino.
The proposed amendments would remove the "face-to-face" language of the constitution and replace it with a provision guaranteeing a defendant the right "to be confronted with witnesses against him."
Another would authorize the Legislature to pass a law providing for the manner of testimony of a child victim or witness.
The two amendments will go before voters Nov. 4.
The state has twice passed changes allowing the video testimony -- in 1986 and 1995 -- only to see them overturned by the state Supreme Court for legal or technical reasons.
Buckeye 5 winner
McDONALD, Ohio -- Patricia J. Miller of McDonald, Ohio, won the $100,000 top prize for matching all five numbers in Thursday's Ohio Lottery Buckeye 5 drawing. She filed the claim in the regional lottery office in Austintown Friday.
After federal and state tax withholdings, she'll get a check for $71,500, the lottery commission said. She picked her own numbers, 15-19-25-29-35, at Lotto Zone in Girard.