J-M bid opening set

J-M bid opening set

NORTH JACKSON — Bid opening for a new Jackson-Milton High School/Middle School are set for noon March 18 at the elementary school, 14110 Mahoning Ave. District Treasurer John Zinger said about 90 contractors from the Mahoning Valley, Akron, Cleveland and elsewhere will be vying for bid packages regarding electrical, masonry, plumbing and numerous other projects for the 81,000-square-foot school, estimated at $14.5 million and set to open September 2009 for pupils in grades six to 12.

Junior Girl Scout Badge

YOUNGSTOWN —The Youngstown Historical Center will host “My Heritage,” a Junior Girl Scout Badge workshop, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 22 at 151 W. Wood St. This program includes interactive programs, research projects and a pizza party. The cost is $15 per Scout or adult. Reservations and payment are due by March 14. Contact the Youngstown Historical Center at (330) 743-5934 for more information.

Eggs given to food bank

YOUNGSTOWN — Second Harvest Food Bank of Mahoning Valley is scheduled to receive 65,000 eggs valued at $9,500 from Hillandale Farms of Akron and Canton on Tuesday. “This gift from Hillandale Farms is an extraordinary opportunity for our food bank to make a difference during the Easter season when consumer demand for eggs rises,” said Michael Iberis, executive director of Second Harvest.

In addition to Hillandale Farms, five other Ohio egg producers are making egg donations this Easter season to 12 Ohio Second Harvest Food Banks that total 90,000 dozen, or about one million eggs, valued at $157,000. Second Harvest of the Mahoning Valley distributes food to some 165 local food pantries, soup kitchens and other hunger relief organizations in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.

2 hurt in accident

YOUNGSTOWN — Police said a West Virginia woman was injured when she drove her minivan into the back of a city dump truck stopped along Canfield Road near Arden Boulevard. The truck, driven by Donald Talley, 54, of Lowell Avenue was with a laborer who was filling pot holes just before 12:30 a.m. Friday, police said. Brenda Kay Baldwin, 58, of Mount Hope, W.Va., was westbound on Canfield Road and struck the rear of the truck, police said. She and Talley were taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center where Talley was treated. Baldwin was admitted and was listed in satisfactory condition Friday. Police said she was charged with failure to control.

1 killed, 1 hurt in crash

NILES — City police are investigating an early-morning fatal accident that killed one man and sent another to the hospital.

Niles police Capt. Guy Simeone said Joseph D. Nave, 20, of Robbins Avenue, died of his injuries. Nave and Michael A. Diceglie, 21, also of Robbins, were traveling west on Fifth Street at 3 a.m. in a 1998 Chevrolet when the driver lost control of the car and struck two trees on the left side of the road. Both Nave and Diceglie were ejected from the vehicle.

Diceglie was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center. His condition was not available. Police have been unable to determine who was driving the car but said it appears that neither man was wearing a seat belt.

Bogus inspectors

A warning is being issued to residents of Mahoning County, especially those in Canfield Township, to be on the lookout for individuals posing as township zoning or Mahoning County Engineer’s Office employees. Sheriff Randall A. Wellington said individuals are going door to door asking residents to accompany them to their backyards to view trees that are supposedly in the flood plain and need to be cut down. On Thursday, in Canfield Township, a white woman in her 20s portrayed herself as a zoning inspector. The victim accompanied the woman to the backyard to inspect trees. While the victim was with the alleged inspector, a second suspect, a white man, entered the victim’s house and removed two small safes. The suspects were driving a dark-colored minivan. The sheriff’s department wants residents to know that Canfield Township Zoning and Mahoning County Engineer’s Office employees will have appropriate credentials, and residents should ask to see credentials before allowing anyone on their property.