Park-improvement levy

Park-improvement levy
COLUMBIANA -- Voters will see a 1.5-mill, five-year levy on the Nov. 2 ballot for park improvements.
City council voted Tuesday to place the levy on the ballot and have the county auditor certify the amount of money that 1.5 mills will generate.
Mayor Lowell Schloneger said the levy will generate about $158,000 per year and be used for improvements at the Metz Road baseball fields, the visitors bleachers at the football stadium, pavilion renovation and repairs and improved drainage, all at Firestone Park.
Council will meet at 7 p.m. Aug. 3 to complete the necessary levy paperwork. Aug. 19 is the deadline to the board of elections to put issues on the fall ballot.
Training for substitutesin Columbiana County
LISBON -- The Columbiana County Educational Service Center will offer substitute teacher training from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 13. People who have completed a bachelor's degree should call the center at (330) 424-9591 for a registration appointment and explanation of the fees and requirements.
Dump truck overturns
NEW GARDEN -- State Route 172 between state Route 9 and U.S. Route 30 was closed for about six hours after a dump truck overturned, spilling its load.
The Lisbon post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said David Marlow, 43, of Atwater escaped injury after his dump truck overturned on a curve.
The patrol said Marlow was driving west on Route 172 around 9:30 a.m. when he lost control of his dump truck on a curve. The truck went off the right edge of the road and overturned, spilling a chemical agent known as urea onto the roadway. A towing company and a contractor cleaned up the mess and the highway reopened to traffic around 3:30 p.m.
Marlow, who drives for Adelman Trucking of Randolph, was cited for failure to control his vehicle.
Property maintenancein Union Township
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Union Township supervisors gave first reading Tuesday on a new property maintenance code. A first for the township, the code requires residents to keep grass cut and property maintained and prohibits things such as junk cars in yards. A final hearing date will be set later. Copies of the ordinance are available at the municipal building.
Supervisors also approved a conditional-use permit for William Smulick to operate a real estate office at 147 Pinkerton Lane, which is in a residential zone. They took the action Tuesday night. The township zoning board previously approved the conditional-use permit request. Smulick already operates an office on U.S. Route 224 and is moving it to the new location.
Motorcycle Poker Run
SALEM -- The Salem Elks Lodge #305 third annual Motorcycle Poker Run to benefit cerebral palsy research will be Saturday, with the first bike out and noon and the last bike in at 5 p.m. The lodge is at 824 E. State St. Participants register at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The cost is $10 for cards, the ride, food trophies and music; or $10 for food and music for nonriders.
The 2003 second annual Poker Run distributed about $2,300 from 125 motorcycle registrations. The 2004 run is expected to generate in excess of $2,500 from more than 200 motorcycle registrations.
School board to mull levy
CANFIELD -- The school board is set to consider asking voters for more money to pay for maintenance, repairs and other capital improvements. Superintendent Dante Zambrini said the board most likely will discuss at tonight's school board meeting seeking voter approval to increase a 0.4-mill levy that raises about $140,000 a year. The board has until Aug. 19 to pass the two resolutions needed to put a levy on the Nov. 2 ballot. Zambrini said the board hasn't determined the size of the increase it might seek. He noted that revenue from the capital improvements levy couldn't be used for district operations or teacher or administrator salaries. The board is set to meet at 6 p.m. at the board office next to Canfield Village Middle School.
St. Rose Church festival
GIRARD -- The seventh annual St. Rose Church Summer Festival will be from Friday through Sunday on the church grounds, 48 E. Main St. The festival will be from 6-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 6-11:30 p.m. Sunday.