5th Ward race loses 1 more

5th Ward race loses 1 more
YOUNGSTOWN -- Another candidate for the Youngstown City Council's 5th Ward seat is out of the race. Michael Santisi of West Cherokee Drive withdrew from the May 8 Democratic primary. Santisi is the second candidate for that seat to drop out in the past week. Ex-state Rep. Sylvester D. Patton Jr. of Brentwood Avenue withdrew shortly after Gov. Ted Strickland appointed him to a seat on the state Unemployment Compensation Review Board. The two withdrawals leave three Democrats in the primary: John A. Palermo of Shawnee Trail, Paul Drennen of Normandy Drive and Darlene Burkey of Michael Drive. No Republicans have filed to run for the seat. Incumbent Councilman Michael Rapovy can't run for re-election because of the city's term limits law.
Administrative raises
SALEM -- The Salem Board of Education has granted raises to several administrators. The increases are effective Aug. 1 and will put the administrators on salary schedules for three years. The raises were calculated in part by each person's years of service. Superintendent Stephen Larcomb said the first-year salaries on the schedules range from 74,400 to 80,000 a year. The educators are Stephen Stewart, technologies director; Darrell Dye, Southeast Elementary principal; Greg Steffey, athletic director; Lori Thayer, the Riley Elementary School principal; and Joseph Shivers, high school principal.
Phone back in service
MERCER, Pa. -- The regular phone number to District Justice Ron Antos' office is working again -- although those offices have been temporarily re-located to the Farrell City Building on Roemer Blvd., County Information Officer Jeff Greenburg said Tuesday. Antos' office had to move last week from 425 Idaho St., Farrell, because of mold problems resulting from a leaking roof. Repairs are under way. In the meantime, the office has been relocated, and computer and phone lines have been hooked up at the temporary offices where fines can also be paid. The phone number at (724) 346-3591. Greenburg asked that those seeking information refrain from calling Farrell city offices.
Bat used to prod intruder
YOUNGSTOWN -- An Elberen Street woman used a baseball bat to prod out an intruder who police then arrested within minutes on Salt Springs Road, reports show. Frank Coscarelli, 49, of Hazelwood Avenue was arraigned Tuesday in municipal court on a burglary charge. Bond was set at 50,000 and he will be back in court next Tuesday for a preliminary hearing. The 27-year-old woman told police she heard her back door open around 10 p.m. Monday, grabbed the bat, confronted the intruder and poked him several times in the chest. She said he kept mumbling words she couldn't understand and refused to leave until she poked him in the head with the bat. She followed him outside and watched his movements until police arrived.
Chiropractor in court
BOARDMAN -- A Columbiana man accused of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl in 1990 will return to court next month. Gregory Dew of Kelly Park Road appeared Tuesday in Mahoning County Court here. His preliminary hearing was set for April 17. The chiropractor who has been fired from his job at a Trailwood Drive business, is charged with sexual battery. He's accused of sexual activity with the 15-year-old while he was her gymnastics coach in 1990.
Audit results are in
LISBON -- The Ohio Auditor's Office has found no financial problems of findings for recovery in audits of the county for 2005 and the Columbiana County Agricultural Society for 2004 and 2005. The state auditor's office did cite the county for not using General Accepted Accounting Principles, the common set of accounting principles, standards and procedures that companies and governments use to compile their financial statements.
The society, which runs the county fair, also does not use GAAP, but did not get a citation. Emily K. Frazee, a deputy press secretary for state Auditor Mary Taylor said the county received the citation because it is larger and better able to use GAAP. In the county audit, county officials said they had not switched to GAAP because of the county's tight budget.