Land reutilization to be discussed

October 11, 2008 at 12:00a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — Residents of the 1st and 2nd Wards of Youngstown are invited to a meeting of the Northeast Homeowners and Concerned Citizens Association at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Price Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, 920 Dryden Ave.

Information on the Land Reutilization Program will be presented by Travis Phillips and Barbara Sferra of Lien Forward Ohio. The program assists citizens to find uses for vacant, abandoned, tax-delinquent lots.

For more information, contact Glenda F. House, program coordinator, at (330) 743-9372 between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

TMH and foundation plan Evening of Wine Tasting

WARREN — Trumbull Memorial Hospital and the Trumbull Memorial Hospital Foundation will host Salute II: An Evening of Wine Tasting on Oct. 18 at the Trumbull Country Club.

Proceeds will benefit the Heart Hospital at Trumbull Memorial.

Tasting of domestic and imported wines and gourmet food begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by an auction at 8. Music will be provided by The Look.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call Peg Krozier at (330) 841-1900.

LWV plans meeting, ballot-issues discussion

YOUNGSTOWN — The League of Women Voters of Greater Youngstown will meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Park Vista, 1216 Fifth Ave.

At the meeting, speakers will discuss local ballot issues for the November election.

Officers and board members for 2008-09 include Suzanne Barbati, president; Norma Coe Anderson, first vice president; Holly Burnett-Hanley, second vice president; Dorothy Kane, secretary; and Jane Beilby, treasurer. Board members include Barbara Brothers, Kathleen Dragoman, Gwen Fish, V. Anne Harpman, Marcellene Hawk Mayhall and M. Karen Lazarus.

For more information, call (888) 781-1176 or visit the Web site at www.cboss.com/lwv.

Business women’s dinner to include networking

YOUNGSTOWN – In celebration of National Business Women’s Week, a Lessons in Leadership Dinner and Networking will take place at 6 p.m. Oct. 21 at the DeBartolo Stadium Club, located in Stambaugh Stadium at Youngstown State University.

The cost is $20 per person. For more information, call (330) 394-9090, Ext. 152.

Girard Band Boosters plan fall craft show

GIRARD — The Girard Band Fall Festival Craft Show, sponsored by the Girard Band Boosters, will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 28 at Girard First United Methodist Church, 22 N. Market St.

Tables are available for $25 each or two for $40.

To register, contact Deborah O’Brien at (330) 545-2836, (330) 883-9499 or Roberta Cordova at (330) 646-7845.

Girard High School Band members will be offering face painting, caramel apples, pumpkins, cornstalks, food, baked goods, scrapbooking items and a pumpkin-decorating contest.

All proceeds will go to the Band Boosters, who help support the band.

Festival sale to support worldwide artisans

CHAMPION — Otterbein United Methodist Women will host a Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale from 1 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 1 at Otterbein United Methodist Church, 1128 State Road W., to support the efforts of artisans around the world.

Featured at the sale will be handcrafted home decor items, musical instruments, jewelry, unique nativity sets, and Christmas decorations created by skilled artisans from such places as Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Among the special items will be sculptures made from Kisli stone, which is found only in the Tabaka Hills of Western Kenya.

Also available on Nov. 1 will be a luncheon and bake sale. There is no admission charge.

Domestic violence discussions planned

In conjunction with Domestic Violence Awareness Month, discussions on domestic violence will be conducted by Daryl Hersh of Ozer Ministries in East Palestine at the Columbiana Way Station at 7:30 p.m. on Mondays and at Catholic Charities Senior Center in East Liverpool at 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.

Hersh will talk to survivors of domestic violence and conduct surveys about the problem. Each woman participating in the survey will receive a gift bag containing facial products and a safety plan.

East Palestine homes open for tourists

EAST PALESTINE — East Palestine Town and Country Garden Club has scheduled its annual Christmas tour of homes from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 7 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 8.

The cost is $8. The event will feature refreshments at the city library. Several businesses and organizations will have special displays, luncheon will be available at the Unity Grange, and there will be a live nativity scene at the First Presbyterian Church.

For additional information call (330) 83-0986 or (330) 426-2951.

Vigil will remember deaths by suicide

WARREN — L.O.S.S. (Loving Outreach Surviving Suicide) and S.O.S. (Survivors of Suicide) will have their 10th annual candlelight vigil at 6 p.m. Nov. 15 at St. Pius X Church, 1401 Moncrest N.W., in remembrance of loved ones who died by suicide.

Participants are urged to take a photo of their loved one. For more information, call Help Hotline Crisis Center at (800) 427-3606, (330) 372-3020 or (330) 898-5613.