Elderly woman injured in burglary of her home

Elderly woman injuredin burglary of her home
YOUNGSTOWN -- An elderly South Side woman was treated at Forum Health Beeghly Medical Center for injuries she received after a man broke into her residence and threw her TV at her.
The 82-year-old Humbolt Avenue woman told police she awoke around 1:15 Sunday morning to the sound of someone pounding on her back door. When she answered, she saw a man in her living room holding her TV, a police report shows.
The victim screamed, and the man tossed the set at her, injuring her left arm, the report continues.
Police said they found the woman across the street bleeding from her left arm, and that the burglar had jumped out a front window after the attack and fled.
Officers noticed a rear basement window was open and a screen had been cut. They found a butter knife in the area that apparently was used to cut the screen, the report shows.
The woman was unable to provide a description of the burglar. The Boardman Police Department's K-9 unit was brought in but was unable to detect footprints, police said.
YSU Poetry Centerwill host reading
YOUNGSTOWN --Youngstown State University Poetry Center will host a poetry reading by Erin Murphy and Kelly Bancroft at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Humphrey Room of Kilcawley Center.
Murphy's poems have appeared in The Georgia Review, Field, Nimrod, The Paterson Literary Review, Literal Latte, Kalliope and elsewhere. She is the author of two books of poems, and shereceived her master's degree in poetry from the University of Massachusetts.
The reading is free and open to the public. For more information on the YSU Poetry Center reading series, contact Director Philip Brady at (330) 941-1952 or at psbrady@cc.ysu.edu, or visit www.ysu.edu/poetry-center.
Kids Christmas party
LOWELLVILLE -- Lowellville Rod and Gun Club will have a Kids Christmas party at 1 p.m. Dec. 11. The party is free and open to the public. Reservations are required because of limited seating. For information and reservations, call Claire Kopcsos at (330) 757-9020.
Free lunch for seniors
YOUNGSTOWN -- Fall senior day at the E.B. Family Life Center, 7 S. Garland Ave., features a free nutritional luncheon prepared by June Ewing, nutrition educator, at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Ewing and Loretta Floyd-Pleas, assistant director of the Women, Infants and Children program, also will show participants the proper way to prepare turkey and side dishes the healthy way for Thanksgiving dinner.