Worker shocked

Worker shocked

YOUNGSTOWN

Police said an Ohio Department of Transportation worker driving a tractor got an electrical shock and a cut on his cheek when a car forced him to swerve along the Mahoning Avenue entrance ramp to Interstate 680.

The worker, Richard Sause, 52, of DeSoto Avenue, Youngstown, told police he was driving up the ramp when a car suddenly entered behind him, forcing him to swerve to avoid being hit. His tractor, equipped with a mower deck, struck a utility pole, causing live electric lines to fall on the tractor roof, giving him an electric shock, he told police. The car kept going.

Police said Sause was trapped on the tractor until an Ohio Edison crew could reach the scene and cut power to the lines. He was treated at St. Elizabeth Health Center.

Pancakes for Angels

GREEN

Angels for Animals is having an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at Angels’ Andrews Hall, 4750 state Route 165.

Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns, coffee, orange juice and milk are included. The cost is $7. Children under 6 eat for free.

Proceeds benefit Angels’ Operation Litter Control event providing free and low-cost cat spayings to people in financial need.

Council screenings

SALEM

David Johnson, chairman of the Columbiana County Republican Party, said candidates are being screened to replace Joe Radin, the former Salem City Council at-large member who has resigned from council and left the city to help his ailing parents.

Johnson said this week that the party is screening candidates and there are several good ones. The party has 45 days from July 1 to name the replacement, he said.

Radin was elected last year to a four-year term.

Rubicky resigns

COLUMBIANA

Columbiana Board of Education has lost a member.

Robert Rubicky, an eight-year member of the board, is moving to Chicago. He said at Tuesday’s meeting he considered it his last.

He is the human- resources official in North America for SAPA, the largest extrusion corporation in the world. His job entails a great deal of travel.

Canned food drive

NORTH LIMA

Beaver Township Park Board, in collaboration with the South Range Council of Community Churches, will conduct a canned food drive from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at three locations in the township: Woodworth Park, the township administration office and the township nature reserve. The food will be used to help the needy in the community, explained Scott Conway, township park administrator. “Donations seem to drop off in the summer, and this is a way of letting people know there is a need, and this is a way they can help,” he said. “It’s a community-wide effort to serve the community.”

A similar drive was conducted last summer. For more information about the drive or other park activities, contact the park board at 330-549-9552.