SCOUTS

SCOUTS
BOARDMAN TEEN IS EAGLE
JVINCENT N. CALAUTTI, 16, STILLSON PLACE, BOARDMAN, WILL RECEIVE HIS EAGLE SCOUT AWARD, BOY SCOUTING'S HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT, IN A COURT OF HONOR CEREMONY AT 3 P.M. JAN. 29 AT FIRST COVENANT CHURCH, 5210 GLENWOOD AVE., BOARDMAN.
CALAUTTI, THE SON OF VICTOR AND SUSAN CALAUTTI, HAS BEEN IN SCOUTING SINCE MAY 2001. HE WAS A MEMBER OF CUB SCOUT PACK 60, WHICH MEETS AT WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, AND HAS RECEIVED THE ARROW OF LIGHT, WORLD CONSERVATION AWARD AND THE GETTYSBURG TRAIL PATCH.
AS A MEMBER OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 60, WHICH MEETS AT WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BOARDMAN, HE HAS EARNED 23 MERIT BADGES. HIS SCOUTMASTER IS TED STAZAK.
HE HAS HELD POSITIONS OF SENIOR PATROL LEADER, PATROL LEADER AND CHAPLAIN AIDE. HIS SPECIAL SCOUTING AWARDS ARE THE TOTIN' CHIP, PIPE STONE-2ND YEAR, AND UNITED STATES GOLD HERITAGE AWARD.
FOR HIS EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT, HE REDESIGNED, PLANNED AND ORGANIZED THE SPECIAL ROOM AT SOJOURNER HOUSE FOR BATTERED PERSONS USED FOR MOTHERS TO SPEND ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH THEIR CHILDREN. THE RENOVATION INCLUDED NEW SAFETY FEATURES AND A WALLPAPER MURAL.
A SOPHOMORE AT BOARDMAN HIGH SCHOOL, HE IS ACTIVE IN SOCCER, TRACK, MARCHING AND SYMPHONIC BANDS AND THE ITALIAN CLUB. HE IS A MEMBER OF FIRST COVENANT CHURCH AND ITS SENIOR HIGH YOUTH GROUP. HE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED IN WHO'S WHO AMONG AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, NATIONAL HONOR ROLL, AND YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY LYRE REVIEW.
LAWYERS
APPOINTED STAFF ATTORNEY
JATTY. MELANIE J. WILLIAMSON HAS BEEN APPOINTED STAFF ATTORNEY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO LEGAL SERVICES. SHE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A FOUR-COUNTY AREA IN CENTRAL OHIO SPECIALIZING IN THE ISSUES OF SPOUSAL ABUSE.
WILLIAMSON GRADUATED FROM AUSTINTOWN FITCH HIGH SCHOOL, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AND CAPITOL LAW SCHOOL. WHILE AT CAPITOL, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LAW REVIEW FOR TWO YEARS, GRADUATED IN THE TOP 10 PERCENT OF HER CLASS AND PASSED THE BAR THIS PAST SUMMER.
SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF DAVE AND NANCY WILLIAMSON OF AUSTINTOWN AND IS LIVING IN DOVER, OHIO.
BAR-CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS
TWO AREA LAWYERS ARE AMONG 50 IN OHIO RECENTLY CERTIFIED AS SPECIALISTS BY THE OHIO STATE BAR ASSOCIATION. ATTY. PATRICK A. SEBASTIANO OF HUBBARD EARNED CERTIFICATION AS A SPECIALIST IN ESTATE PLANNING, TRUST AND PROBATE LAW. ATTY. THOMAS D. DAWSON OF WARREN EARNED CERTIFICATION AS A SPECIALIST IN FAMILY RELATIONS LAW.
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ATTORNEYS CAN WORK TOWARD OSBA CERTIFICATION AS SPECIALISTS IN BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL REAL PROPERTY LAW, ESTATE PLANNING TRUST AND PROBATE LAW, FAMILY LAW, FEDERAL TAXATION LAW, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW, RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY LAW AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW.
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