Poland library reopens after flooding

A consultant's report on the flood problem is expected next week.
BOARDMAN -- After having been invaded by several inches of floodwaters from Yellow Creek and closed Thursday, the Poland library was to reopen today.
Library Director Carlton Sears also said events scheduled for the library's meeting room on Saturday would go on as planned.
Sears and library architect Robert Mastriana had been among about 10 people who labored in torrential rain Wednesday evening to erect a sandbag wall as a precaution, but the wall didn't prevent flooding of the library's lower level, which contains a Friends of the Library bookstore, a meeting room and Chapters Cafe.
Staff had also moved furniture away from windows and exterior doors to protect it from flood damage as a precaution Wednesday evening.
More water entered the library this week than in May, when the creek overflowed, soaking the carpet with a small amount of water.
Workers from Stanley Steamer were soaking up water and drying out the library Thursday, Sears said.
Library officials await a report by the Wallace and Pancher stream management consulting firm of Hermitage. Pa., next week concerning suggestions on how to prevent future flooding of the library, Sears told the board of trustees of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County.
Board action
The board, meeting at the Boardman library, approved a revised 2004 general fund budget of $11,833,961 and a proposed 2005 budget of $11,933,451.
The board posthumously honored several people for their service to the library system. It presented the family of Emmanuel N. Catsoules, who died May 16, with a resolution recognizing him for his service on the library board from 1985-2004.
It also honored Myron Roh for his service on the board from 1971-93 and noted that a fund bearing his name will pay for new library book purchases.
The board honored Ruth Bowers, who was a teacher and principal in the Youngstown City Schools, for her service to the community's youth. Roh and Bowers died in May 2003.
The board also established the Ruth Bowers Fund for Children's Programming in her memory.