Fair board officers

Fair board officers
BAZETTA -- The 15 directors of the Trumbull County Fair Board met at the fairgrounds and elected officers. Elected Saturday to one-year terms were: Richard R. Roscoe of Gustavus, president; Don Nelson of Southington, first vice president; Terry Evans of Cortland, second vice president; Carolyn Evinsky of McDonald, third vice president; Brenda Richmon of Bristolville, treasurer; and Jack Lammers of Hartford, secretary.
Pumpkin painting
BRISTOLVILLE -- Bristol Public Library will hold three pumpkin-painting sessions for children in grades four through nine. Materials will be provided by the library at sessions from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 and 2:30 to 4 p.m. Oct. 17.
Participants are welcome to bring additional items to adorn the pumpkins, which will be displayed at the library through Oct. 24. Prizes will be awarded in several categories.
Halloween parade
HOWLAND -- The township and the school district will sponsor a Halloween parade and pep rally Oct. 24.
Children interested in participating in the parade with the high school band and cheerleaders are asked to arrive in costume at the Howland Central Park gazebo by 6 p.m.
The parade will be followed by a bonfire at the high school baseball field.
AIDS awareness
COLUMBUS -- Buses from Youngstown and six other Ohio cities will transport people to the kickoff of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health's first statewide minority HIV/AIDS information campaign Saturday in front of the Statehouse lawn.
The Youngstown bus will leave at 8 a.m. that day from the Youngstown Area Urban League parking lot, 1350 Fifth Ave.
As part of the campaign, transit buses in Youngstown, Cincinnati, Dayton, Cleveland, Columbus, Akron and Toledo will be wrapped in the "Get On The Bus" theme, and there will be billboards, posters and radio public service announcements, according to Jennifer Miller of Associated Neighborhood Centers, the Youngstown media campaign representative.
Miller said the campaign is aimed at getting the messages of prevention and HIV testing to adults, 17 to 45 years old. She said AIDS is one of the leading causes of death for African Americans aged 25-44, and of the 272 AIDS cases in Mahoning County, 10 percent are Hispanic, 40 percent African American, and 50 percent white. Call (330) 744-4377 for more information.