Local Briefs: 05/03/08

May 02, 2008 10:09 pm

— Classes offered to certify parents
ASHLAND - The Department for Community Based Services will begin offering classes on May 10 to certify foster parents. The classes will be on Sunday for five weeks from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Interested parties should contact the DCBS office at (606) 920-2131.
Lecture today at Museum of Art
HUNTINGTON - The Huntington Museum of Art presents The Dr. Lawrence B. and Shirley Gang Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m. today. Philip Yenawine will speak. Admission is free with a reception to follow.
Yenawine is co-founding director of Visual Understanding in Education and was the Director of Education at the Museum of Modern Art from 1983 to 1993. Yenawine’s lecture also serves as the keynote address for the Regional Docent Symposium today.
For more information about events at the HMA, visit hmoa.org or call (304) 529-2701.
Mansbach Metal has small fire
ASHLAND - Ashland firefighters assited workers at Mansbach Metal Co. Friday morning to extinguish a small fire. According to Ashland Battalion Chief Bob McKeon, a small air compressor/ generator caught fire at approximately 11 a.m. Friday.
When firefighters arrived workers had already degenerized the generator, contained the fire and were putting powder on it, McKeon said.
Firefighters did put about 100 gallons of water on the fire to extinguish it completely, he said.
McKeon praised Mansbach’s employees for making the firefighters job easy.
“Those guys did a hell of a job. They did exactly what they needed to do,” he said.
McKeon said the fire appeared to have caused little damage beyond the piece of machinery itself but wasn’t sure what that ment for the company’s operations.
Officials from Mansbach did not return phone calls seeking comment Friday.
Catlettsburg calls special meetings
CATLETTSBURG - The Catlettsburg City Council has called two special meetingd next week.
The first will be at 6 p.m. Thursday in City Hall. The second meeting will be at 6 p.m. Friday at City Hall.
Items on the agendas include approval of an amended ordinance updating the number and classification of city employees and their salaries.