METRO DIGEST
12 new Americans
YOUNGSTOWN — Twelve people became U.S. citizens in a Thursday naturalization ceremony before Judge Mark A. Belinky of Mahoning County Probate Court. Their names, hometowns and countries of origin are: Anca Monica Hartstein, Boardman, Romania; Maria Badescu and Maria Elena Badescu, both Youngstown, both Romania; Hyon Cha O’Connor, Austintown, Korea; Luis Manuel Flores Lozano, Boardman, Mexico; Adam A. Ibrahim, Boardman, Lebanon; Xiaoli Zhu, Youngstown, People’s Republic of China; Mirza Gias Uddin, Nasima Akhtar and Mirza Riazuddin, all Boardman, all Bangladesh; Ashraf Rushdy Mishmish, Boardman, Palestinian territories; Amjad Ahmad Al-Refaei, Liberty, Jordan.
Poland High upgrade
POLAND — Poland Seminary High School will have a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit installed by the start of the school year Sept. 8.
The district’s board recently approved a $1.7 million contract for Gardner Trane, a Uniontown, Ohio-based company, said Superintendent Robert Zorn. The board will approve financing for the project at a special meeting Monday night.
Gardner Trane’s crew began work on the project this week, using a tall crane to remove the existing system.
The high school opened in 1971 and still has the original heating and cooling system on its rooftop. Zorn said the life expectancy of the units is 15 to 20 years.
“They’re not as energy efficient,” he said. “I wouldn’t want a furnace in my house that’s 40 years old. We have gotten more than our money’s worth.”
Theft by deception
NEW SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Township police arrested a 45-year-old Petersburg man on warrants charging him with theft by deception.
In both cases, Glenn R. Fulton is accused of taking money from the victims earlier this month. The victims believed they were paying Fulton toward the purchase of a trailer, but they didn’t receive the item.
A police officer spotted Fulton’s car Thursday at a convenience store, waited for Fulton to leave the store and arrested him.
An inventory of the car found syringes in the trunk, police Chief Matthew Mohn said Friday. That led to a charge of possession of drug abuse instruments. All the charges are misdemeanors.
Long-drive proceeds benefit Rescue Mission
CORTLAND — Proceeds from today’s qualifying event for the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship will benefit the Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley.
Half of every $40 paid in participation fees for the event, which is from 4 to 8 p.m. at Walnut Run Golf Course, 601 E. Main St., goes to the mission, site coordinator Paula Lazarri said. Preregistration is not required.
The fees are $40 per golfer for the open division, and $30 for the senior (age 45-plus), super senior (age 53-plus) and women-only divisions. The cost to participate in a marshmallow drive is $5 and the corn/hotdog roast with DJ, is $10, Lazarri said.
The Rescue Mission residence center on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Youngstown provides shelter to some 70 men, women and children each night and prepares and serves 300 meals per day.
Consumer fraud
HOWLAND — A representative for the Ohio attorney general’s office will discuss the latest scams targeting consumers at a program at 11 a.m. Sept. 10 at Howland Senior Center, 8273 High Street. For more information or to register, call (330) 609-7806.
Warning to parents
CAMPBELL — The police department says parents who don’t adequately supervise their children risk being charged with endangering.
Kids under 18 have a 10 p.m. curfew, even on weekends, in the city. Parents will be held accountable for curfew violations and for children who get into trouble because they weren’t supervised, no matter what time of day, said Detective Sgt. Dave Taybus.
The department will be charging parents in response to numerous problems with juveniles lately, Taybus added.