Accident kills Pa. man

Accident kills Pa. man
HILLSVILLE, Pa. -- A 78-year-old Hillsville man died when the westbound pickup truck he was driving went left of center and collided with an eastbound dump truck on U.S. Route 224 at 7:23 a.m. Friday, state police said. After being extricated from the pickup truck, Philip Vignoli, of Valley Site Trailer Park, was taken to Jameson Memorial Hospital and flown by helicopter to UPMC Pittsburgh, where he was pronounced dead at 11:07 a.m. The dump truck driver, Ronald Szymoniak, 51, of Baden, Pa., was not injured.
High water closes areas
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Several recreation areas at Shenango Lake are closed because of high water. The Shenango Campground is closed this weekend and until the water recedes. Other closed facilities are the Golden Run Wildlife Area, the Mahaney Recreation Area boat launch, the Clark Recreation Area and the Parker's Landing and Hartford Road access areas. The Shenango Boat Launch at the Shenango Recreation Area will stay open as long as possible, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said.
Bridge reopens
LAKE MILTON -- The bridge carrying Duck Creek Road over Interstate 76 has reopened, the Ohio Department of Transportation has announced. It was one of several bridges over I-76 scheduled for rehabilitation in a project that will end in the fall of 2005. The I-76 westbound exit ramp to state Route 534 remains closed until further notice.
Annual food drive
POLAND -- The Poland Youth Soccer Association will conduct its annual food drive from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Poland High School. Donated canned goods and other nonperishable items will go to the Second Harvest Foodbank, which provides food to 200 hunger relief organizations in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
Jazz quintet to perform
WAMPUM, Pa. -- The Lou Ferrante Jazz Quintet will be featured at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Main Street gazebo in the final concert in the summer series sponsored by the Wampum Area Business Association. The concert is free, and lawn chairs or blankets are recommended.
Hiring report delayed
YOUNGSTOWN -- A report on the process used by Youngstown State University to hire a forensic science professor will not be finished until next week at the earliest. The report was originally due Friday. But the report is taking longer than initially anticipated, said Ron Cole, YSU spokesman.
The Vindicator asked YSU last month to provide documents used to determine the best of the 16 applicants for the $48,000-a-year full-time job. YSU President David Sweet ordered a review of the process. Joseph Serowik was hired even though his previous work as an examiner in the Cleveland Police Department lab is being scrutinized after his role in a man's wrongful imprisonment.
Clark to speak at YSU
YOUNGSTOWN -- Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination this year, will speak Sunday at Youngstown State University's Beeghly Center.
Doors will open at 1:30 p.m., and Clark is expected to speak at 2 p.m. The event is free. Clark is scheduled to speak about military families and veterans. The event is being coordinated by local Democratic officials and the Kerry-Edwards campaign. Clark is a surrogate speaker for U.S. Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee.
Seeking a consortium
BOARDMAN -- Trustee Kathy Miller is calling for the establishment of a consortium of local communities to develop a stormwater management and watershed action plan. The Mahoning Valley has been hit by heavy rainfall this summer and summer 2003, causing flooding. Miller said the consortium should be led by the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments. The trustee says it doesn't make financial sense for various communities and entities to hire their own group of experts to address this issue.
Issues on agenda
HUBBARD -- Hubbard Planning and Zoning Commission will discuss two items at its meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in council chambers in the municipal building.
The commission will continue discussion on the naming of streets in Pine Lake Estates' phase one street layout and revisit, for information only, the developer's update on Pine Lakes Estates planned unit development and neighbor's concerns about that development.