Public meeting on park

Public meeting on park
CONNEAUT LAKE PARK, Pa. -- The second public meeting regarding the future of Conneaut Lake Park and the entire Conneaut Lake area is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday at the Stable Pit & amp; Pub (Cow Shed) Complex, 11417 state Highway 18 here. About 200 people attended the first meeting Jan. 28. The partial agenda for the March meeting includes the final report of the master plan for the amusement park and a summation of the first meeting's survey results.
Statewide siren test
A statewide test of the sirens will be conducted at 9:50 a.m. March 28, the Trumbull County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management reports. All sirens in Trumbull County will sound. Sirens will be tested at noon on the first Saturday of the month thereafter.
New hours announced
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Ohio Historical Society announces new hours for the Youngstown Historical Center Archives/Library, effective April 1. The new hours will be noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and from noon to 4 p.m. on the first Saturday of the month. The Center of Industry & amp; Labor museum hours will continue to be 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The research facility is housed at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & amp; Labor, 151 W. Wood St.
EXCEL showcase
LISBON -- Columbiana County Educational Service Center and Lisbon schools will present an "EXCEL-lent Adventure" that showcases the works of the gifted and talented student in the EXCEL program. Pupils and families from Beaver, East Palestine, Leetonia, Lisbon, Southern and United will be at McKinley Elementary School from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. They can view projects created by EXCEL students, play games popular in the EXCEL classrooms and meet with teachers about next year's EXCEL programs. The pupil winner of the EXCEL logo contest, whose winning entry will be featured on T-shirts and all EXCEL publications, will be announced.
Racial-bias case
ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- A retired state police officer, who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the state police in 2003, will have his day in court. Senior U.S. District Judge Maurice B. Cohill Jr. has decided a jury will rule on whether retired state police Lt. Billy R. Williams was subjected to racial discrimination while serving on the force. The Pennsylvania State Police say Williams' job performance, not his race, negatively impacted his career. They said Williams had insufficient leadership skills and believe he tried to enforce a quota on citations issued by the barracks. But Williams has said that racism by co-workers at the Mercer state police barracks forced him to be transferred from there to Butler and then from Butler to Erie. He said caricatures of him drawn next to the words Negro and afro in a dictionary, black ink scrawled on the knob of his office door and slashed tires are proof of his co-workers' racial bias. Judge Cohill ruled that Williams had produced evidence that commanders in the Mercer barracks were aware of the racial tensions and had exacerbated the problem.