Seat belt enforcement

Seat belt enforcement
CANFIELD -- Mahoning Safe Communities and local law enforcement in Mahoning County will join the Ohio Department of Public Safety and the Ohio State Highway Patrol to step up enforcement of Ohio's child passenger and seat belt laws beginning May 22 and running through June 4. Officers across the county will be patrolling roads and highways for violators.
Final look at school
WARREN -- The public will have a final opportunity to walk through Lincoln Elementary from 10 a.m. to noon May 24. The 50-year-old school will be demolished this summer to expedite construction of the new kindergarten-through-eighth grade adjacent to it. Pupils will be relocated to Devon Elementary School until the new building opens, scheduled for fall 2007.
Boot camp for students
POLAND -- A Service Learning Impacting Citizenship boot camp for students entering grades nine through 12 this fall will be from 9 a.m. to noon June 12-15 at the Fairview Center for Performing Arts, 4220 Youngstown-Poland Road. The program is free to the first 100 registrants. The learning experiences will culminate when participants design and implement a project for Make a Difference Day on Oct. 28. The SLIC effort is a program of the Points of Light Foundation and Volunteer Center National Network aimed at increasing the civic behavior and aptitude of high school-aged youth. Call the Volunteer Services Agency for registration at (330) 782-5877.
Cancer institute funding
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State University trustees have committed to spending $125 million for a cancer institute at the Hershey Medical Center. Trustees on Friday approved preliminary plans for a five-story building to house clinical and research operations and authorized bids to begin site work this summer. Completion of the center is expected in mid- to late 2008. Dr. Harold Paz, the medical center's newly hired chief executive, said he expected to get accreditation by the National Cancer Institute, which would make the center eligible for federal research funding and help attract top-notch physicians, according to university officials.
Calls for withdrawal
GREENSBURG, Pa. -- Rep. John Murtha called for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq during a university commencement speech, drawing mixed reaction. "We don't care. This isn't about graduation," Leonard Pierce, the parent of a graduate, called out several times from the audience during Seton Hill University's commencement Saturday. Murtha ignored the brief disruption and told the audience that Iraq has failed to restore prewar levels of oil production and still struggles with inadequate electrical power. The retired Marine colonel, who has generally been hawkish on war issues, shocked Washington in November when he said the war could not be won and it was time for troops to come home. More than half of Seton Hill's 204 graduating seniors gave Murtha, 73, a standing ovation. The small, Catholic, liberal arts university is in the heart of Murtha's 12th Congressional District, which the Democrat has represented since 1974.