Bell restoration

Bell restoration
MINERAL RIDGE -- A bell given to Mineral Ridge schools by the Church of Christ, Niles, is being restored and will be donated as a Victory Bell to the district by the senior class of Mineral Ridge High School.
Superintendent Rocco Adduci said that the bell will be placed on the west side of the band shell at the high school football stadium, on the home side.
Terry Goodman, who has children attending school in the district, is restoring the bell.
Architectural services from McLean Engineeering Inc., worth $1,200, have also been donated for the Victory Bell foundation design to place it at the site.
Zone change request
MINERAL RIDGE -- Weathersfield Township trustees will hold a zoning hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the township administration building to discuss a zone change request by Dietlew Properties Ltd.
The company seeks a zone change from Residential-A and Residential-B, which refers to single family dwellings and duplexes, to Residential-C for multifamily dwellings.
The zone change was approved by the township zoning commission April 14 for a portion of property in Country Meadows development that fronts along Ohltown-Girard Rpad.
Although the zoning commission approved the zone change, trustees can override that vote by a unanimous vote.
Councilman on sidewalk
WARREN -- Councilman John Homlitas, D-3rd, will conduct his sidewalk office hours at 9 a.m. Saturday at the corner of Woodland Avenue N.E. and Kenilworth Avenue N.E.
Waterline replacement
WARREN -- City council has approved an emergency ordinance to replace a waterline on Maple Street Southwest before the road is paved this summer.
The waterline is expected to cost between $80,000 and $100,000, officials said.
Tree planting ceremony
HUBBARD -- Rotary Club of Hubbard is holding a ceremony to plant two Liberty elm trees at Harding Park at 1:30 p.m. Monday, in honor of the Centennial of Rotary International.
Members of the Hubbard Rotary will be present, along with the Hubbard Township trustees, the Harding Park Board members and members of the city administration.
The trees were acquired from the Elm Research Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the restoration of the American Elm. Since Dutch Elm Disease was first found in Ohio in the 1930s, it has destroyed more than 100 million elm trees in the United States.
Attempted homicide
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Police have charged a Sharon woman with attempted homicide and aggravated assault in the stabbing of a Farrell man outside the Orange Village Apartments on Orange Drive.
Cora L. Smith, 19, of Liberty Street, was arrested at her home shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday by Sharon police on a warrant secured by Hermitage.
She was turned over to Hermitage police and held overnight for arraignment today.
Police said she is accused of stabbing Dana M. Roye, 26, of Market Street, Farrell, in the parking lot of the apartment complex around 3 a.m. April 10.
Roye was stabbed once in the chest and was hospitalized briefly for his injury.
In memory of officer
YOUNGSTOWN -- Lighted candles were placed at West Federal Street and Vindicator Square around 2 a.m. today and police sirens sounded to mark the one-year anniversary of Patrolman Michael T. Hartzell's death.
The 26-year-old officer was gunned down in his cruiser at the traffic light.
Also in his memory today, a Mass at St. Christine Church was scheduled and a candlelight vigil at the Mahoning County Courthouse is planned for this evening.
MVSD contracts
MINERAL RIDGE -- Directors for the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District approved several contracts for chemicals used to treat water at the Salt Springs Road plant.
Chief Engineer Tom Holloway said contracts were awarded Wednesday for materials, including pebble quick lime, soda ash, liquid chlorine and copper sulfate.
"Some of the prices went up from last year, and some went down," he noted.
Compared with the 2003-04 budget of $652,661 for chemicals, the projected budget for 2004-05 rose about 7 percent, to $698,198, Holloway said.
The biggest increase in prices, he said, was for lime, which rose from $75.31 per ton to $89.16 per ton. Lime is the single most-used chemical to treat water at the plant, Holloway said.
Projections are to order at least 3,500 tons for 2004-05 he said.