Teens to be charged

Teens to be charged
AUSTINTOWN -- Two 17-year-olds were to be charged in Mahoning County Juvenile Court, one accused of taking a badge from a police supply story and the other accused of impersonating a police officer.
On Friday, the two juveniles went to Lifetime Muffler, Mahoning Avenue, saying they wanted to see an employee and that they had a warrant for that employee's arrest, police said.
There wasn't an employee by the name the boys asked for, and the manager called police.
Police found the boys at a business across the street where one admitted he took the badge from Red Diamond Uniform and Police Supply, Mahoning Avenue. The other is accused of flashing the badge at the muffler store.
Sentenced for drugs
YOUNGSTOWN -- An East Side man is on his way to prison for one year for drug possession.
Judge Maureen A. Cronin sentenced Jason Ray, 30, of Lilburne Drive to prison Monday. He pleaded guilty to a reduced drug possession charge back in November, and his sentencing was delayed pending a report from the Ohio Adult Parole Authority. The APA also recommended prison time.
Ray told the judge that he had a drug addiction problem and was in a rehabilitation program here to get help. The judge said, however, that Ray was on parole after serving time for another unrelated crime when he was arrested last year on the drug possession charge. "You waited too long to try to clean up your act," Judge Cronin said.
Storm training session
AUSTINTOWN -- The public is invited when Gary Garnet, warning coordinator meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Cleveland, conducts free training on how to recognize approaching storms and tornadoes.
The session will be at 6:30 today at Austintown Middle School Auditorium, 5800 Mahoning Ave. The event is sponsored by Mahoning Valley Skywarn, a volunteer organization of weather spotters.
Candidates to meet
YOUNGSTOWN -- Mayoral and judicial candidates will meet the Southern Boulevard Block Watch and express their views at 7 tonight at the St. Dominic Parish Center, 3403 Southern Blvd.
Among those attending will be Bob Hagan, Mike Rapovy and William Flickinger. The judicial candidates are Cherie Howard and incumbent Judge Robert Milich. Attendance is free.
Rally for peace
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Valley Coalition for Peace and Justice will have a rally for peace -- End the War, Bring the Troops Home Now -- at noon Saturday in front of the federal courthouse on Market Street.
The date marks the second anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq and will be commemorated by many peace groups around the nation. The Youngstown rally will feature many speakers, including Kevin Benderman, a conscientious objector facing a court-martial for refusing a second deployment to Iraq.
The rally also will feature members of military families against the war, music by Susan Hagen, poetry by local peace activists and more.
The rally is being sponsored by the Valley Coalition for Peace and Justice.
For more information, call Gary Sexton at (330) 518-1625.
Cancer Society grant
CANFIELD -- The American Cancer Society in Canfield has received a $5,000 grant from the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley that will be used for the Coordinated School Health Education program this summer.
The grant will be used by school districts in Mahoning and Trumbull counties for the statewide annual coordinated school health conference June 14-16 at Salt Fork State Park near Cambridge.
The grant will be used to underwrite the costs of registration for the local attendees. The cost is $150 per person. Up to 33 people may attend from Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
CSHE is designed to improve the health and well being of students and staff at school.