Awards for victims

Awards for victims

COLUMBUS

The Board of Commissioners of the Clients’ Security Fund of Ohio awarded $93,494 to 34 victims of attorney theft at its Friday meeting.

Twenty former or suspended lawyers, including Mark S. Colucci, who practiced in Youngstown, were found to have misappropriated client funds. A former client of Colucci’s was reimbursed $2,500 as a result of Colucci’s failure to provide the services requested. Colucci resigned from Ohio law practice, with discipline pending, Dec. 2, 2004.

Clients who believe they’re victims of attorney theft, embezzlement or misappropriation may call CSF toll-free in Ohio at (800) 231-1680.

Woodland Ave. work

YOUNGSTOWN

Woodland Avenue between Market Street and South Avenue will be closed for about the next 30 days for a storm-sewer installation project by the city street department.

Detour signs will be posted.

Resident satisfaction

COLUMBUS

Two area nursing homes and one assisted-living facility are rated in the top 25 in Ohio for resident satisfaction, according to the 2009 Long-term Care Resident Satisfaction Survey.

Area nursing homes in the top 25 and their scores are: Salem Community Hospital-Skilled Nursing Facility, Salem, 98.15; and Humility House, Austintown, 94.62. The assisted-living facilities, Crossroads at Beaver Creek in East Liverpool, received a patient satisfaction score of 97.07.

The survey, released by the Ohio Department of Aging, found that of 955 participating nursing homes, 506 scored about the statewide average of 85.85 out of a possible 100; and of 558 participating assisted living facilities, 317 scored above the state average of 92.07.

Windsor addition

GIRARD

Windsor House, local owners and operators of 11 nursing homes and two assisted- living communities in Northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania will have an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday to celebrate the completion of an addition at Windsor House at Liberty Arms Assisted Living, 1353 Church Hill-Hubbard Road. Refreshments and tours will be provided.

With the addition of 13 new apartments, the assisted-living community will now have 54 apartments. The dining and activity rooms also have been enlarged to accommodate the new residents.

Threat at school

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A student complained to a student teacher at William S. Guy Middle School about “being picked on” by other students and then made the threat of “I’m going to burn this school down with the kids in it.”

The student teacher reported the incident that occurred about 9:30 a.m. Monday, and Mike Palmer, dean of students, reported it to police.

The sixth-grader received a 10-day suspension with recommendation for expulsion.

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