CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK SCOREBOARD » TODAY’S ISSUE U OPEN HOUSES, A4 • TRIBUTES, A6 • OUTDOORS, B9 • RELIGION, B10 • TV WEEK Boardman 41 Mooney 21 Y-town East 7 Cle. Heights 12 MORE MISSILES FIRED NEW NAME & NEW SEASON Poland 51 Struthers 41 Marlington 14 Liberty 8 U.S. says all 3 North Korea tests failed The Victorian Players now Hopewell Theatre WORLD | A8 VALLEY LIFE | C2 Campbell 13 McDonald 27 Valley Christian 7 Brookfi eld 14 Hudson 20 Canfi eld 48 A-town Fitch 7 Louisville 28 Howland 23 Cle. Benedictine 39 Lakeview 19 Ursuline 29 STORIES, MORE | B1 FOR DAILY & BREAKING NEWS LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1869 SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 2017 U 75¢ YSU survey: OFFICIALS SLOW TO TELL PUBLIC THAT ALLEGIANT AIR WILL END SERVICE Harvey 46 percent of faculty QUIET DEPARTURE slams are less Texas optimistic Results shed new light TOTAL DECLINE IN coast on climate in workplace Associated Press ALLEGIANT PASSENGERS CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS By AMANDA TONOLI Hurricane Harvey smashed into [email protected] Texas late Friday, lashing a wide swath AP FILE PHOTO Allegiant Air lines announced Friday that it would be removing their 12,958 YOUNGSTOWN An Allegiant Air plane sits on the flights from Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport on Jan. 4. of the Gulf Coast with strong winds Despite open forums and tarmac at Youngstown-Warren The company stated decline in passengers as the and torrential rain from the fiercest new committees formed Regional Airport on the airline’s main reason. The January-through-July passenger 12,016 hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than after a 2016 climate survey fi rst day of service in 2006. figures show a decline of 39 percent in the past year. a decade. that took sharp aim at lead- The National Hurricane Center said ership and communication, 38% the eye of the Category 4 hurricane Youngstown State Univer- 9,887 DECLINE made landfall about 10 p.m. about 30 sity’s 2017 survey results are 2016 passengers 9,500 miles northeast of Corpus Christi be- lower in key areas. 37% tween Port Aransas and Port O’Connor, About 46 8,602 DECLINE bringing with it 130 mph sustained percent of 8,029 7,852 winds and fl ooding rains. those sur- 38% Harvey’s approach sent tens of thou- veyed at YSU DECLINE sands of residents fleeing the Gulf said they are 46% 37% 8,027 Coast, hoping to escape the wrath of less positive 35% DECLINE DECLINE 7,586 an increasingly menacing storm set to VINDICATOR 40% slam an area of Texas that includes oil about the DECLINE DECLINE EXCLUSIVE workplace refi neries, chemical plants and danger- climate im- ously fl ood-prone Houston, the nation’s proving 5,911 fourth-largest city. since the 5,219 5,378 5,418 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned that 2016 survey, 4,684 the monster system would be “a very according to major disaster,” and the predictions the Chroni- JAN. FEB. MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY drew fearful comparisons to Hurricane cle of Higher Katrina, one of the deadliest ever to Education’s 2017 passengers strike the U.S. Abraham “Great Col- “We know that we’ve got millions of leges to Work Source: Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport THE VINDICATOR people who are going to feel the impact For” Campus Climate Sur- By KALEA HALL I’M VERY SAD TO HEAR THIS. of this storm,” said Dennis Feltgen, a vey results. and JUSTIN WIER spokesman and meteorologist for the In addition, 29 percent [email protected] THAT’S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE’VE National Hurricane Center. “We really reported feeling less posi- VIENNA STRUGGLED WITH ... GETTING A pray that people are listening to their tive about senior leadership STABLE AIRLINE IN THERE AS AN ANCHOR FOR emergency managers and get out of taking action based on the llegiant Air told harm’s way.” results of last year’s data. THE AIRPORT.” As night fell, punishing winds a Youngtown- Anthony Trafi canti, Mahoning commissioner See YSU, A3 See HARVEY, A2 Warren Regional A Airport Aviation Director Dan remained until Friday, when BOARDMAN Airport offi cial Aug. 18 that Dickten told The Vindicator he the Warren Tribune-Chronicle WASHINGTON the airline planned to end received the news last Friday reported that Allegiant would Portman, offi cials from Allegiant. be leaving the airport Jan. 4 be- service at the airport, but He then shared that infor- cause of a slowdown in service. mation with Western Reserve Aside from not informing the Trump pardons seek to combat that fact was kept from Port Authority Executive Direc- public, others with a direct in- tor John Moliterno. The WRPA terest in the airport were left the public and most local oversees the airport. out of the news. Two members human traffi cking And for the next seven days, of the Mahoning County Board ex-Ariz. sheriff By JORDYN GRZELEWSKI government leaders until that’s where the news of the of Commissioners interviewed Associated Press [email protected] imminent departure of the air- Friday. port’s only commercial airliner See ALLEGIANT, A3 WASHINGTON BOARDMAN President Donald Trump spared his U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, a People line ally former Sheriff Joe Arpaio a possible Cincinnati-area Republican, up to check jail sentence Friday by pardoning his visited the Valley on Friday in for an conviction. to talk about a topic that lo- Allegiant Air Trump’s action re- cal law enforcement and fl ight at verses what critics saw health-care professionals Youngstown- as a long-awaited come- agree is a worsening prob- Warren uppance for a lawman lem: human traffi cking. Regional who escaped account- At a roundtable discus- Airport in 2016. The ability for headline- sion at St. Elizabeth Board- airline grabbing tactics during man Hospi- most of his 24 years as celebrated Trump tal, Portman 10 years at metropolitan Phoenix’s met with the airport in top law enforcer. representa- 2016. It will The White House tives of the discontinue said the 85-year-old ex- Northeast service in sheriff was a “worthy Ohio Coali- Youngstown candidate” for a presi- tion Against in January. dential pardon. Portman Human Traf- “Throughout his time fi cking, Mer- as Sheriff, Arpaio con- Arpaio cy Health offi cials and local tinued his life’s work of law enforcement and elected protecting the public from the scourges offi cials. Youngstown May- of crime and illegal immigration,” the or John A. McNally, Maj. VINDICATOR White House statement said. FILE PHOTO See PORTMAN, A3 See ARPAIO, A4 BOARDMAN INDEX Classifi eds . B7-8 Comics . C4 Project at fi re station to honor Crossword . C3 Daily Briefi ng . A2 Editorial . A7 safety services, 9/11 victims Legal ads. A5 By JORDYN GRZELEWSKI police offi cers, our fi refi ghters,” said Lotteries . A2 [email protected] Fire Chief Mark Pitzer. “They do an Society. C1 BOARDMAN extraordinary job here in the town- Sports. .B1-7 Township offi cials have plans for ship.” Tributes. A6 another project on the Market Street The memorial also will pay tribute TV Week . D1-12 property where a new fi re station is to the police offi cers and fi refi ghters Valley Life. C2 Weather. A2 being built. who died as a result of the Sept. 11, World/Business . A8 The township hopes to cor- 2001, terrorist attacks. ral community support to build a Pitzer noted that Sept. 11, 2001, PLEASE RECYCLE memorial honoring safety-service was a “very, very signifi cant” day for workers. safety-service workers, with hun- “The thought was, we really don’t dreds of fi refi ghters and paramedics ROBERT K. YOSAY | THE VINDICATOR have any location within the town- Crews work on an 18,000-square-foot fi re station in Boardman Township, scheduled to ship to honor safety services – our See PROJECT, A4 be completed in 2018. A1 - 08/26/17 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK TODAY ON VINDY.COM Find a job or vehicle on: 107 Vindicator Square, DAILY BRIEFING Youngstown, OH 44503 U vindyJOBS.com: 408 openings U Published daily. 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