Arab Center’s speakers

Arab Center’s speakers

YOUNGSTOWN — Two Jewish American human rights volunteers with the International Women’s Peace Service will speak at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Arab Community Center, 15 Belgrade Ave. Anna Baltzer, a Columbia graduate and Fulbright Scholar, and Hannah Mermelstein, cofounder of Birthright Unplugged, will present photos, videos and stories from their work with Palestinian refugees, Israeli activists and others working nonviolently for peace in Israel/Palestine.

Free turkeys, produce

YOUNGSTOWN — Ambassadors for Christ, a coalition of six Youngstown-area churches, will distribute free turkeys and fall produce from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at We Walk By Faith Bible Church, 1636 Himrod Ave. Pastors at area churches distributed vouchers for the food but more vouchers are still available.

Park pavilions closed

NORTH LIMA — The pavilions at Beaver Township’s Woodworth and Memorial parks are closed for winter, officials announced. Scott Conway, township park administration, said the park board will begin accepting reservations for the facilities for next year Jan. 2. For more information, contact the park board at (330) 549-9552.

Mulling zoning appeal

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — The city’s zoning hearing board of appeals will meet at 9 a.m. Friday in council chambers at the city building to consider an appeal being made by Forerunner Ministries International. Forerunner Ministries is seeking a conditional use to allow a television broadcasting studio in Penn Power Co.’s former office building at East Washington and North Jefferson streets, an area zoned commercial. Early last month, the city planning commission recommended approval of the request. But at a hearing conducted by council later in the month, Jason Medure, the city’s assistant solicitor, said lawmakers would need more information on Forerunner’s plans before a decision to approve the request could be made. Because Medure considered the application incomplete, he recommended city council deny the request.

2 hired for tire drive

NORTH LIMA — Beaver Township trustees hired two area residents to help with this weekend’s tire recycling drive. William and Larry Sauerwein are each to be paid for $8.80 an hour for the temporary assignments. The township’s tire recycling day, in cooperation with Mahoning County Commissioners’ Green Team and Enviva Materials, is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the township recycling center at 601 W. South Range Road.

The temporary employees, both township residents, are to work for the township during the tire recycling drive and put in additional time as needed during the weekend.

Bid for library work OK’d

AUSTINTOWN — Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County trustees on Wednesday accepted Murphy Contracting Co. of Youngstown’s bid of $2,460,492 to perform construction work, converting the former Giant Eagle building at Market Street and Midlothian Boulevard into a library. The project is expected to cost a total of $3,608,301. The building is structurally sound and renovations are expected to get under way next week, said Janet S. Loew, public relations director.

Another library will go up near East High Avenue and Early Road on Youngstown’s East Side. Bids for that project will open at noon Dec. 4 at the library’s main branch, 305 Wick Ave. Some emergency site work is being done before the weather turns cold, and construction could start in January, Loew predicted.