Woman dies in crash

Woman dies in crash

WASHINGTONVILLE — A Salem woman was killed when her car crossed the center line on state Route 14 and struck a dump truck.

Rebecca R. Mango, 55, who was wearing a seat belt, was eastbound on Route 14 around 8:40 a.m. Wednesday, crossed the center line and struck the truck, driven by Vincent J. Domenic Jr., 56, of Youngstown, who was westbound on Route 14, according to the Canfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The accident occurred west of the Germantown Road intersection.

Dominic was treated for minor injuries.

Senate Bill 79 passes

COLUMBUS — The Ohio House OK’d legislation Wednesday to remove the term “retardation” from state and county agency names.

The final vote on Senate Bill 79, sponsored by Sen. Jimmy Stewart, a Republican from Albany, was 99-0.

The bill would change the name of the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities to the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities. Comparable county boards also would be required to remove retardation from their titles.

The Legislature in recent years removed terms such as “idiot” and “drunkard” from sections of revised code, noting that the meaning and stigma related to such terms has changed over time. Supporters of Stewart’s bill say the same can be said of “retard” and its derivatives.

The bill will head back to the Senate for concurrence before being forwarded to Gov. Ted Strickland for his expected signature.

Guard to be deployed

COLUMBUS — Maj. Gen. Gregory L. Wayt, Ohio adjutant general, will honor 190 soldiers from the Ohio Army National Guard’s 1192nd Engineer Co., 16th Engineer Brigade, based in Newton Falls, as they prepare for a one-year deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The public is invited to the unit’s deployment ceremony, which is at 10 a.m. Friday at Mount Zion Worship and Fine Arts Center, One Mount Zion Circle, Oakwood Village.

The soldiers will mobilize out of Fort McCoy, Wis., where their unit will receive specific training to prepare them for their mission in Iraq. The unit, commanded by Capt. Joe Ayers, is a construction company and will be working on ongoing construction projects in their area of operation.

Summer career camp

CANFIELD — Students looking to explore career possibilities this summer might consider visiting the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center Summer Career Camp.

The program, open to students in grades seven eight and nine, offers nine career programs, including cosmetology, auto body, culinary cuisine, biotechnology/forensic science, information technology, engineering, digital photography, aviation and precision machine.

The camp takes place from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Career Center on Palmyra Road.

Held in stabbing

EAST PALESTINE — Dennis Altenburg, 54, is in Columbiana County Jail on a charge of felonious assault in the stabbing of his nephew early Wednesday.

Police Chief Clyde L. Hoffmeister said Joseph Altenburg, 22, was found curled up at the bottom of the porch steps at 2351‚Ñ2 E. Martin St. with a stab wound to the abdomen. Neither man lived at the house.

The victim was taken to a hospital. Police didn’t know which one, and would not say what had happened, or give any further information on the two men.