Nature programs

Nature programs

LISBON

The Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center, in partnership with the Little Beaver Creek Land Foundation, will offer two programs Saturday.

A “Splash in the Stream” activity for children age 6 to 12 will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Stream life and the creatures that live in the creek will be discussed. Participants should wear old shoes and be prepared to get wet. They should meet near the bridge in Beaver Creek State Park. In the event of rain, an alternative activity will be offered at the Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center.

A program discussing watershed issues geared toward adults and families will be from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Participants should meet at the Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center.

There is no fee for the programs.

For information, call Debby at 330-420-9507 or visit www.beavercreekwildlife.org on the web.

Columbiana County estimates revenue

LISBON

Columbiana County officials have estimated general-fund revenue for 2011 at $17.1 million. That is down slightly from the $17.8 million the county is expected to receive this year.

The highest general fund recently was $19.8 million in 2008, and the lowest was $15.8 million that the county had to operate on in 2006.

County Commissioner President Penny Traina said Wednesday that commissioners had not begun to determine appropriations for the various county offices.

Craft show Saturday

SALEM

The 46th annual Salem Kiwanis Antique & Craft Show will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Centennial Park.

The show is the club’s major annual program that raises money to sponsor teens who will attend Buckeye Boys and Girls State events, where they learn leadership skills. Proceeds from the show also go to Salem High School Key Club and the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick Competition each September.

Kiwanis also is a sponsor of the area’s free Car Seat Safety Check each May.

Inmate’s claim denied

COLUMBUS

A man serving a life prison sentence for raping a girl when she was 8 and 9 years old has lost in his bid to compel Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to conduct a new sentencing hearing.

On Wednesday, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected a claim by Clemente Alicia, an inmate at Richland Correctional Institution in Mansfield, that Judge Krichbaum’s February 1999 sentencing order was flawed because it didn’t state the manner of his conviction.

The state’s top court ruled unanimously that the judgment entry of sentencing specified that Alicia, of Campbell, was convicted of rape in a jury trial and that no new entry or hearing will be necessary.

In its decision, the top court upheld a 7th District Court of Appeals ruling in this case.