Dinner to be benefit for Boardman pastor

Dinner to be benefit for Boardman pastor

POLAND — A spaghetti dinner will be served from noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 19 at Poland United Methodist Church, 1940 Boardman-Poland Road, as a benefit for Paul Dazet, lead pastor of New Hope Community Church.

Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children. Carryouts will be available.

Hosts for the event will be friends of Pastor Dazet, who is being treated for Hodgkins Lymphoma and recently learned his health insurance has been canceled. Proceeds will help provide some financial relief for the pastor, his wife, Stacy, and their three children.

Donations can also be deposited in a benefit account opened for the Dazets at US Bank, 1201 Doral Drive, Boardman (in Giant Eagle), or any US Bank branch.

Tickets will be available at the door or can be obtained at New Hope Community Church, 493 Bev Road, Building A, Boardman, or at the host church.

Girl Scout officer is influential citizen

AKRON — Dr. Daisy L. Alford-Smith, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio, has been nominated to receive the second Salute to Northeast Ohio’s Most Influential in the African American Community honor to be presented by The Call and Post newspaper.

She was honored at a private reception Sept. 24 at Case Western Reserve University, where she was recognized for her dedication and work toward improving the quality of life within the black community.

Dr. Alford-Smith has been involved with issues surrounding minority health care, social reform and community empowerment. She was formerly director of Summit County Department of Jobs and Family Services, director of the Cleveland Department of Public Health and deputy director for Ohio Department of Human Services.

She has made outstanding contributions to numerous organizations in the area and was named one of Cleveland’s Women of Influence and Business Leader of Today by Crain’s Business Magazine.

She also received the Legacy, Leadership and Excellence Award on Sept. 27 from the office of Multicultural Development during its sixth annual scholarship dinner at the University of Akron.

RTI donates services to restore museum gate

NILES — The Niles Historical Society recently got some help from RTI International Metals of Weathersfield in restoring the front entrance gate of the Ward-Thomas Museum.

A service truck struck a stone pier of the gate while leaving the driveway of the museum, at 503 Brown St. The entire pier collapsed. A heavy iron gate was removed while repairs were made.

While stoneworkers from James Construction recreated the pier, the society decided to have the weathered gate refurbished. The two driveway sections and a walk-in gate all needed attention. Although the pier work was covered by insurance, the refurbishing of the gate sections was not.

RTI donated its services and sandblasted and painted all three sections of the gate. It was estimated that the gate was installed about 1914 and weighed more than a ton.

Sutliffe Museum looks for Friends

WARREN — The Sutliff Museum is inviting the public to join its Friends group and has sent letters to members of the community outlining the benefits of membership.

The museum, 444 Mahoning Ave., NW, is on the second floor of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library. New members this month will be feted at a chamber music concert Oct. 26 in the museum, where the Dana String Quartet will perform. A Victorian tea will follow the concert.

Membership is open to anyone in the Warren-Trumbull area, and interested residents who do not receive invitations are urged to call the museum at (330) 399-8807, ext. 121, to request one.

The museum is open from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and for tours at other times by appointment. Operated by the Warren Library, it is free. For more information, visit www.sutliffmuseum.org.