Addiction conference

Addiction conference
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- The Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute will host a conference from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
"Problems, Trends and Treatment with Adolescents" will be presented in two segments: "OxyContin & amp; Heroin: New Trends, New Problems" and "Working with Resistant Adolescents." The cost is $79.
For more information or reservations, call Gateway Rehabilitation Center, (724) 378-4461, Ext. 1193 or log on to www.gatewayrehab.org.
Election forum
SHARON, Pa. -- "What Women Have At Stake in the November Election" is the topic of a free public forum to be offered Oct. 17 at Penn State Shenango. Carol Rich, co-chairwoman of the Mercer County Commission for Women, will serve as moderator.
The forum will feature presentations by Mercer County Commissioner Olivia Lazor, representing Democrats, and Ann Coleman, legislative aide to Sen. Robert Robbins of Greenville, R-50th, representing Republicans. The program will run from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Penn State Forum in Forker Laboratory. It is sponsored by the Shenango Women's Commission, a campus student club.
Civil War Roundtable
MERCER, Pa. -- The Mercer County Historical Society will have its monthly Civil War Roundtable on Tuesday at the society headquarters, 119 S. Pitt St., Mercer.
Tim Bennett and Bill Philson will lead the discussion about presidential elections that led to the Civil War and took place during the war.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the two-hour program starts at 7 p.m.
Cleland to speak
SALEM -- Former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland, who lost both legs and his right arm while serving in the Army in Vietnam, will speak at a dinner co-hosted by the Columbiana County Democratic Party and the Columbiana County ALF-CIO. The event starts at 6 p.m. Friday at Timberlanes. The cost is $25.
Cleland served in Vietnam for three years. He later was the youngest administrator of the Veterans Administration and served in the Senate for six years. For tickets, call (330) 332-0292.
Haunted Bike Trail
LOWELLVILLE -- The Lowellville Firefighters Association and Lowellville Firefighters Ladies' Auxiliary will host the 2nd Annual Lowellville Haunted Bike Trail beginning Friday.
Visitors will walk along the bike trail beginning at East Liberty Street, then board a hayride for a return trip.
Tickets are $3 each; children 6 and younger are admitted free.
The haunted trail will be open, weather permitting, 7 to 11 p.m. Friday-Oct. 17, Oct. 23 and 24 and 29-31.
Items stolen in city hall
YOUNGSTOWN -- Is there a thief in city hall? The city's law department filed a report Friday with police stating that several office supplies were stolen. The items taken include an electric stapler, a labeling machine, an electric pencil sharpener and $18 worth of stamps.
The secretary in the law department who filed the report said her office and others in city hall have had items stolen recently.