Group focuses on building for Brookfield schools

Group focuses on building
for Brookfield schools

BROOKFIELD — The Brookfield Bond Issue Committee is looking for public opinion on where a new school building should be located.

School district residents will vote in November on a 7.4-mill bond issue to raise local funds to build and maintain a new K-12 building. The committee will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in the Brookfield High School cafeteria and will conduct a survey asking people what they want in a new school, whether it should be one or two floors and where it should be located.

The Ohio School Facilities Commission has pledged $20.1 million toward the proposed $31 million project. The bond issue will cover the local share of construction as well as provide funds for long-term maintenance of the facility, a committee spokeswoman said.

The committee will continue to have meetings at the high school at 6 p.m. every Monday until election day.

Girard police probe fight
at football practice

GIRARD — Police are investigating a fight Wednesday between two women at a practice for a little league football team.

A 35-year-old Stull Avenue woman told police she was watching her son’s football practice on Trumbull Avenue when she dropped $5 out of her pocket. The woman said a little girl picked the money up and hid it.

Reports said the woman told officers that another person told her the girl had the money, so she asked the child for the money. But the girl “took off running.” She cornered the girl, who she gave the money back, the woman but was later confronted by the girl’s mother — a 30-year-old Emma Street woman.

The Stull Avenue woman told police that the women got into a fight in which she was struck. Reports say the Stull Avenue woman also told officers the fight caused football practice to end 15 minutes early. No arrests were made.

Wilson items to be sold
at auction on Saturday

YOUNGSTOWN — There will be a public auction of thousands of items from the former Woodrow Wilson High School at 9 a.m. Saturday at the school, 2725 Gibson St. Those attending must bring cash or check and two forms of identification. There will be a viewing of all items to be auctioned an hour before the event begins. Auctions by Ulrich is conducting the auction. For more information, call the auction business at (330) 530-2210. To view some of the items, go to the Web site www.auctionsbyulrich.com and click on photos 3,4 and 5.

Funding for sidewalks
will benefit Salem

SALEM — The city will receive $200,000 to install 1,200 feet of new sidewalks in 2010 and 2011, the Ohio Department of Transportation said Thursday. But neither ODOT spokesperson Beck McCarty nor city Service Director Joe Julian know where the sidewalks are to be located. ODOT says the sidewalks are to be located on East State Street. Julian has said he wants to add sidewalks at the east end of the city. The sidewalks now end at Southeast Boulevard. Past Southeast, there are multiple vehicle entries to store parking lots, but no sidewalks. There are some grassy areas between some of the stores. ODOT provided the funds under a program to promote healthier forms of transportation, such as walking and bicycling.

Arms museum open house

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning Valley Historical Society will host a free open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Arms Family Museum of Local History, 648 Wick Avenue in Youngstown. Tours of the museum, a petting zoo for the kids, games and crafts, antique photos and an ice cream social by Handel’s are planned.

Rummage and bake sale
is set for this weekend

CANFIELD — The 20/9 Amateur Radio Club is hosting its annual “Trash and Treasure Sale” this weekend. The sale will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday at 5634 Kirk Road. Proceeds will support the club’s operational costs and communication trailer. As a nonprofit organization, the group helps support radio communications in the event of an emergency, assisting the Red Cross and other emergency response agencies. A bake sale will also be held during the sale. Proceeds from the sale will support the radio club’s charitable Holiday Food Basket project.