Friday, January 16, 2015
Principal sought
YOUNGSTOWN
John Young has been replaced as principal of Cardinal Mooney High School.
According to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, Assistant Principal Mark Vollomer has been appointed interim principal for the remainder of the school year.
Vollomer’s appointment was announced in a letter sent to parents of students and signed by Cardinal Mooney President Father Gerald DeLucia. The letter says a search for a new principal will begin next week, but does not say what happened to Young.
Calls to Father DeLucia and Young were not returned before deadline Thursday.
Young, a Mooney graduate, was appointed the school’s principal by Bishop George Murry. Before coming to Mooney, Young was principal of Liberty High School for 14 years and before that was a principal in the Brookfield School District.
Lecture on atheism
YOUNGSTOWN
In a free community lecture, Dr. Joshua Reichard will address the topic “The Old ‘New’ Atheism, Is Atheism a New Idea?” during a program from 7 to 8:30 p.m. next Friday in Anne Christman Hall at Stambaugh Auditorium.
The lecture is free, but registration is required at joshreichard.eventbrite.com.
Reichard is the academic dean at Youngstown Christian School and resident scholar at the C.S. Lewis Institute-Northeast Ohio, with offices in Trinity United Methodist Church, 30 W. Front St. For information, call 330-717-6979, or visit www.CSLewisInstitute.org/Northeast_Ohio.
Retiree indicted
EAST LIVERPOOL
A retired employee of Home Savings and Loan, accused of stealing $860,000 over a six-year period, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of bank fraud.
The indictment says Mary Jo Schmidbauer, 67, of East Liverpool, gained permission from a person identified only as “J.M.” in 2007, when she was an employee of the bank, to manage money J.M. deposited into accounts maintained by the bank, according to a report by 21 WFMJ-TV news, broadcast partner of The Vindicator.
After retiring, Schmidbauer obtained power of attorney from J.M. to continue managing the accounts maintained by Home Savings and Loan. According to the indictment, Schmidbauer obtained about $860,000 from J.M.’s accounts between 2007 and 2013. The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the St. Clair Township Police Department.