Officials cancel alert to boil, conserve water

Officials cancel alertto boil, conserve water
LISBON -- Water conservation and alerts to boil water were lifted at 3:30 p.m. Saturday for Lisbon Water Systems users. Water use was restricted after last weekend when two village lines were severed during flooding. The lines were operational by midweek, but officials continued to ask residents to boil water while they tested for bacteria.
Park roads closedfor Community Cup
YOUNGSTOWN -- The following drives in Mill Creek Park will be closed from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday for the Community Cup: New Bears Den, Bears Den, West Glacier, Cross and West Park.
All parking for the Community Cup will be at the Wick Recreation Area at Belle Vista Avenue and McCollum Road.
Disability center opens
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- The Center on Disability and Health, a fitness resource center for people with disabilities, is now open at Slippery Rock University.
Its activities include horseback riding, aquatics, physical fitness, adapted physical education and recreational activities.
Funded by a $161,000 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the center opened Wednesday in the Strain Behavioral Science Building and Pearl K. Stoner Educational Complex.
The center also provides parent and teacher training, printed materials and professional contacts to help families.
Civil liberties forum
YOUNGSTOWN -- "Not Safe, Not Free: Civil Liberties Today" will be the topic of a forum at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Ohio Room of Youngstown State University's Kilcawley Center.
The forum will be led by Jeff Gamso, the new legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, who will discuss the issue in the context of the USA Patriot Act.
He'll also discuss gay marriage, forthcoming Supreme Court decisions, police practices and voting rights.
Fire damages home
NILES -- Fire did about $20,000 damage to a home at 206 Hyde Ave. Firefighters said a neighbor saw smoke and awoke owner Edwin Wyant, 37, about 10 p.m. Friday. Fire officials said that the cause of the blaze is still under investigation and that most of the damage was confined to the finished attic.
Group seeks members
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Bryn Mawr Block Watch on the East Side is looking for new members.
The meetings are at 5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the McGuffey Centre at 1649 Jacobs Road. The next meeting is Tuesday.
The group's purpose is to improve quality of life in the area by teaming with other residents to identify concerns and prioritize the items that need to be acted upon.
Fired deputy sues
MEADVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- A former Crawford County deputy sheriff claimed in a lawsuit that he was fired because he got a campaign sign for his boss's opponent and gave it to another former department employee.
Sheriff Robert M. Stevens fired Shawn Ashbaugh on Feb. 23. Ashbaugh claims he was fired because Ashbaugh was asked to get a campaign sign for Stevens' opponent, Ed Carter, and did so.
Ashbaugh is seeking his job back, unspecified damages and legal fees.
Stevens declined to comment.
The suit said the U.S. Constitution gives Ashbaugh the right to support any candidate for office. Party affiliation or the support of a particular candidate for sheriff is not an appropriate requirement for employment," the suit stated.
Family opposes charges
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) -- The family of a man who died when he was run over by a firetruck urged police to not pursue charges against the driver, saying the episode was an accident.
"We are against the charges," said Beverly Vinisky, the mother of David Vinisky, 49, who was killed Aug. 25. "I always thought a crime was something you do against a person or property on purpose. An accident is an accident. Everybody in our family feels that way."
Frank Brocklebank, 40, of Raccoon Township, was charged Tuesday with causing a fatal accident while not properly licensed, a felony.
Brocklebank was behind the wheel of a new firetruck at the Raccoon Township Volunteer Fire Department when he backed over Vinisky and another firefighter as they were taking pictures of the truck, authorities said.