Animal Welfare League selling Scrappers tickets

Animal Welfare Leagueselling Scrappers tickets
WARREN -- Baseball fans can help the Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County while enjoying America's pastime.
The league will receive half the ticket price for tickets it sells to Mahoning Valley Scrappers games. Tickets bought through AWL are good for any home game. The cost is $8 for a box seat or participate in the July 10 Bring Your Pet to the Park Day and pay $7 for a grandstand seat.
Call Crystal Shiley at (330) 394-3880 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for more information or to buy tickets.
Ex-schools chief fined
GIRARD -- Raymond E. Getz, former superintendent of Lordstown schools, was fined $300 and placed on probation for nearly a year Wednesday in municipal court.
Getz, 57, of New Jersey Avenue, McDonald, was found guilty of not having physical control while under the influence. It was amended from driving under the influence.
Charges of leaving the scene of an accident and failure to control were dismissed by Acting Judge Robert Shaker. The judge placed him on probation until June 1, 2005, suspended a 180-day jail sentence and $700 of a $1,000 fine.
According to the police report, Getz was leaving the parking lot of the Holiday Inn MetroPlex at Belmont Avenue in Liberty Township when his car collided with an SUV.
2 bidders seek to leasespace for social services
WARREN -- Trumbull County commissioners received bids from two prospective property owners looking to lease space for a Trumbull County one-stop social service center.
PKAM LLC.'s bid was for a $120,000 lease in the former St. Joseph Hospital building at 1400 Tod Ave. N.W. The other bid was from Covelli Properties for $217,500 for space at 6000 Youngstown Road, Niles. Bids were opened Wednesday.
The building is to provide space for roughly 35 intake workers from Jobs and Family Services, Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission, representatives of the city schools, Trumbull Metropolitan Housing Authority, Community Solutions and others.
The plan is for a one-year lease to cover the time between the July 31 end of the lease on the agency's Market Street building and the time the lease on the agency's South Park Avenue location runs out in September 2005. Workers from JFS are in both locations; after September 2005, commissioners intend to relocate the entire agency into one facility.
Donation to pay for device
VIENNA -- The township fire department will soon be receiving a thermal imaging device thanks to a $13,000 donation from a local businessman, according to Atty. Mark Finamore, the township legal counsel. Finamore said Ronald Klingle, president of Avalon Holdings Corp., donated the money a few weeks ago, and the device, which will help firefighters find people in smoke-filled buildings, has been ordered. Neither Klingle nor Fire Chief Richard Brannon could be reached to comment.
Hydrants to be flushed
HOWLAND -- The Mosquito Creek Water District System hydrants will be flushed from Monday through June 18. Low pressure and discoloration of the water may occur during the flushing. The flushing will be done by the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer's Department and will include these streets: Pine View, Raglan, Castle Rock, Trefeathen, Knickerbocker, Sutton, Perth, Penbrook, Bridle, Castillion, Raccoon, Micawber, Pegotty and all roads at Shepherd of the Valley.
Police plan traffic blitz
NILES -- The Niles Police Department will conduct a traffic blitz along Youngstown-Warren Road throughout the summer, particularly during special events at the Eastwood Mall complex.
Police will target aggressive, unsafe, speeding and impaired drivers as well as child-restraint violators. Enforcement will be especially high during events like the Bada-Bing! Festival, the Rib Fest and Scrappers baseball games.
Overtime for the enforcement is paid for from a grant through the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Governor's Highway Safety Office.