HEALTH

HEALTH
Registration available
BOARDMAN -- Health agencies that have not been contacted and want to participate in the Health-O-Rama on March 1 and 2 at Southern Park Mall should attend the registration packet day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Family Martial Arts Center, 60 Boardman-Canfield Road. Call (330) 629-6289 for information.
Family skate night
BOARDMAN -- ClearChannel Radio MIX and KISS FM are having a family skate night from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Skate Connection, 7080 Tiffany Blvd. All door admissions will go to the American Cancer Society for breast cancer research and treatment services. Call (330) 965-0057 for ticket information.
Stress reduction class
HOWLAND -- Lifestream Learning Systems is offering a two-session class on stress reduction from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 25 and Nov. 1 at Avalon Inn, Warren-Sharon Road. The cost is $60. Call (330) 372-6084 for information.
Pediatric CPR course
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- UPMC Horizon is offering a pediatric CPR course from 6 to 10 p.m. Oct. 24 at its Greenville campus. Call (888) 447-1122 to register by Thursday. The cost is $5.
Mental illness seminar
STRUTHERS -- Eastern Behavioral Health Center is offering a seminar, "Changing Realities of Mental Illness," on Oct. 26 at the Youngstown Club. Registration is at 8 a.m., and the program is at 8:45 a.m. Six hours of continuing education credits are approved. The seminar is co-sponsored by the Ohio Department of Mental Health. Call (330) 755-2147 to register.
Coping program begins
NILES -- The Mahoning Valley American Cancer Society, in cooperation with Forum Health and Humility of Mary Health Partners, begins a free "I Can Cope" program from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays from Thursday to Nov. 8 at the Community Health Connection in Eastwood Mall. Call (330) 841-9880 for reservations.
Cancer survivors group
LISBON -- Columbiana County cancer survivors are invited to American Cancer Society Navigator program training Wednesday at the Counseling Center, 40722 state Route 154. The Navigator program is a support group of cancer survivors one year past their treatment who help people who are receiving treatment for cancer. Call (330) 533-0546 to register.
Urine loss seminar
AUSTINTOWN -- HMHP is offering a seminar at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 at Humility House, 755 Ohltown Road, and 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at St. Joseph Health Center, 667 Eastland Ave. S.E., Warren, for women experiencing sudden urine loss. The program is free and open to the public, but it is necessary to register by calling (877) 700-4647.
Lupus walk fund-raiser
BRECKSVILLE -- Registration for the 5-K Lupus Foundation of America walk along fund-raiser will be at 9 a.m. Oct. 21, and the walk will begin at 10 a.m. at the Brecksville Reservation Oak Grove Area in Cleveland Metro Parks. Walkers can register by calling (440) 717-0183 or (888) NOLUPUS.
Forest festival slated
DOVER -- Teaching the public about forest resources and raising money to help treat and prevent illnesses and injury for children are the focus of the sixth annual Forest Heritage Festival fund-raiser from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds. More than $60,000 was raised in 2000 for Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron. Co-sponsored by the East Central Ohio Loggers Chapter and the New Philadelphia Wal-Mart, the event is free and will have activities and demonstrations such as wood crafts, rope climbing, chain-saw sculpturing and rail splitting, and forest equipment and product displays. Call (330) 339-2205 for information.
Skin cancer program
BOARDMAN -- The Licensed Practical Nurse Association, Division 3 of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at The Greenbrier, 8064 South Ave. The program is Skin Cancers and Treatment. The cost is $2 for members and $4 for nonmembers. Call (330) 533-6272 for information.
Nurses' education class
YOUNGSTOWN -- Specialty Hospital of Mahoning Valley, in conjunction with the Northeastern Ohio Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, is offering Ohio Board of Nursing Update at 6 p.m. Thursday at Oakhill Renaissance Place. The program meets the new requirement for nurses to complete one hour of continuing education directly related to the law and rules governing nursing in Ohio. The cost is $5. Call (330) 448-2910 for reservations.
Clinic opens
LIBERTY -- Clinical Concepts in Sexual Health, a private mental health company specializing in issues of male and female sexuality, has opened a practice at 4440 Logan Way. CCSH is affiliated with Forum Health's Center for Behavioral Medicine.
Doctors open offices
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Drs. Abby Beall and Audrey M. Bakuhn have opened offices at the Womancare Center of UPMC Horizon, affiliated with Magee-Women's Hospital, 875 N. Hermitage Road. Dr. Beall's practice is in obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Bakuhn's practice focuses on outpatient behavioral health services for adult female clients.
Free presentation
WARREN -- Drs. Robert Brodell of Brodell Medical and Stephen Helms of Warren Dermatology and Allergy, are offering a free presentation open to the public on the symptoms and treatment of eczema at 7 p.m. Oct. 23 at Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital. Call (330) 889-4344 by Oct. 22 for reservations.
Diabetes classes
HMHP diabetes offerings include:
USelf-management classes from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 22 and 23 at St. Joseph Health Center in Warren, and from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 23 and 24 at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown. Registration is required.
UHMHP Community Diabetes Program: 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at Holiday Inn MetroPlex, Liberty. The $5 fee includes lunch. Call (877) 700-4647 to register.
Forum Health diabetes offerings include:
UA HELP class from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 22 at Northside Medical Center in Youngstown. Call (800) 842-9727 to register.
UA youth Halloween party from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at Trumbull Memorial Hospital. Dinner at 5:30 p.m. is open to children with diabetes and their family members. Youths may bring one guest at no charge. Cost for adults is $2. Registration at (330) 841-9880 is required by Friday.
Birth classes
Forum Health is offering several child birth classes. They include:
UPrenatal breast feeding class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at Northside Medical Center, Youngstown. The cost is $10. Call (800) 842-9727 to register.
Red Cross training
UCommunity First Aid and CPR: 6 to 9 p.m. Wednessday and Oct. 22 and 24 at the Warren office, 661 Mahoning Ave. N.W. The cost is $40. Call (330) 392-2551 to register.
MISC.
Library-card holdersget ghostly discount
NEWTON FALLS -- Those who have Newton Falls Public Library cards are eligible for a discount Friday on the annual Ghost Walk in Warren. Library-card holders must present their cards to receive the discount when they buy tickets at First Presbyterian Church on Mahoning Avenue.
The tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for children under 16 years old. Ghost Walk sponsors are the Fine Arts Council of Trumbull County, Trumbull County Historical Society and Trumbull New Theatre.
For information call the library, (330) 872-1282.
'Let's Go Batty'
NEWTON FALLS -- The youth services department at Newton Falls Public Library, 204 S. Canal, will sponsor "Let's Go Batty," for kindergarten students. The 45-minute program will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the library and feature stories and activities.
To mark Teen Read Week through Saturday, pupils in seventh- through 12th-grades are invited to participate in "Make Reading a Hobbit," contest.
For information call the library, (330) 872-1282.
Small Town Talk
NEWTON FALLS -- Lt. Col. Tom Tadsen will be guest speaker in the fall Small Town Talk program to be sponsored by the Friends of Newton Falls Public Library at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at the library, 204 S. Canal St.
Tadsen, commander of the Ravenna Training and Logistics Site, will discuss changes that the Ravenna Arsenal has undergone over the years and current activities at the site.
For information call the library, (330) 872-1282.