Boy recovering from attack

Boy recovering from attack

AUSTINTOWN — An 11-month-old boy who was bitten in the face by a Rottweiler is going to recover, township police say they have been told.

Owen McEndree of Erie, Pa., who was taken to Akron Children’s Hospital, received between 200 and 300 stitches, Detective Kathy Dina said she was told.

The baby was bitten around noon Saturday at a house his family owns at 160 Russell Ave., police said.

The dog, between 75 and 85 pounds, is a family pet. It attacked the baby in a bedroom at the house, his mother, Melanie McEndree, told police.

The baby’s mother rushed him to a neighbor’s and called 911, police said. He was treated at the scene and then taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center. He was transferred to Akron, where he remained as of Monday, Dina said.

The Mahoning County dog warden took custody of the dog and will hold it for 10 days, police said. They did not know if the dog had rabies shots.

Beaver Creek duck race

EAST LIVERPOOL — The Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center will be sponsoring a duck race again this year during the Harvest Days celebration at Beaver Creek State Park Saturday and Sunday. The race will be at noon Oct. 7.

The cost of a duck is $2 each or three for $5. Tickets can be purchased from any member of the Wildlife Education Center Volunteers Association or at the park during the two-day event.

Prizes are $100 for first, $50 for second and $25 for third.

Money earned from the race will help with expenses to maintain the wildlife center. The center will be open for tours during the festival from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. each day.

Legal, medical seminar

WARREN — Judge Tom Swift, Trumbull County Probate Court, will have a combined legal and medical issues seminar and the 27th Annual Probate Practice Seminar on Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn MetroPlex in Girard.

The seminars will provide continuing education credits to nurse, counselors, social workers and attorneys. A special feature this year is a presentation titled “CSI v. the ‘Maniac’ McKinney.” It is the story of a a local murder trial.

Presenters include nationally known lectures, local, state and national court officials.

The seminars are co-sponsored by the Trumbull County Bar Association and the Trumbull County Probate Court.

Plant damaged by fire

WARREN — A spark from a welder caused a total $40,000 damage to the Dana Street plant of Glunt Industries Inc.

A fire official said the fire broke out shortly before 10:30 p.m. Sunday when a spark caught the wall ablaze. The flames spread to the roof before being extinguished.

The company makes parts for machinery used in the steel and aluminum industries.

Application deadline

CORTLAND — Ohio farmers interested in addressing natural resource concerns on their farm with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program must apply by Nov. 2.

EQIP helps farmers and ranchers treat soil, air, water and related natural resource concerns on their working lands. EQIP will reimburse landowners 50 to 65 percent for structural practices such as waste holding structures, heavy use pads, fencing, livestock ponds and others.

For more information, call the Cortland U.S.D.A. Service Center at (330) 637-2056 or visit the NRCS Web site at www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs.

Newton Falls delays vote

NEWTON FALLS — Village council delayed voting on an ordinance to take part in an $800 million hydroelectric project.

The ordinance would have entered the city into an agreement with American Municipal Power of Ohio to take part in a Hydro Matrix Project along the Ohio River.

However, council member Eric Thompson said he couldn’t vote on the agreement Monday without seeing how the project would affect electric rates.

Council voted to postpone the second reading of the ordinance until the next meeting, Oct. 15. City Manager Jack Haney said he will have rate information ready then.

The agreement would bring the city additional power, which the city could use or sell.

The Hydro Matrix Project includes the construction of three hydroelectric plants in West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. About 60 communities are taking part in the project.