UAW to sponsor event

UAW to sponsor event

YOUNGSTOWN — The United Auto Workers is sponsoring a second event to help area workers who need assistance.

Lifeline to Valley Workers will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at the Chevrolet Centre downtown on Front Street.

It is free and open to the public and is designed for members of organized labor as well as those not affiliated with unions.

UAW Local 1112 in Lordstown and the One-Stop agencies in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties had a similar event in Warren in February. About 2,000 Mahoning Valley residents attended, so a second event was scheduled.

Meeting change

MINERAL RIDGE — Weathersfield Board of Education has changed the date of its April meeting from today to 6 p.m. April 22 in the middle school library.

Park officials to meet

CANFIELD — Mill Creek Park commissioners will meet in special session and conduct a work session at 1 p.m. today at the administrative office at the experimental farm on state Route 46.

Reminder to parents

YOUNGSTOWN — The city school district has issued a reminder to parents of all students in third through eighth grades to make use of the “Spring Break Intervention Packet” sent home with the children this week.

The packet is designed to help children be better prepared for the Ohio Achievement Testing that begins Tuesday, right after the students return from a 10-day spring break. Parents are urged to use the packet while the children are off to help them succeed on the tests.

Candidates night set

YOUNGSTOWN — The public is invited to attend the 7th Ward Citizens Coalition’s Candidates Night for the Youngstown mayoral position at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Organizacion Civica y Cultural Hispana Americana hall, 3660 Shirley Road, near Midlothian Boulevard. The forum will be preceded by the coalition’s monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Chamber offers reward

EAST PALESTINE — East Palestine Area Chamber of Commerce is offering a $300 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for vandalizing a Chamber-owned bulldog statue last month.

The statue, which has been displayed on Market Street the past several months, was beheaded. Chamber officials said the statue is to be replaced.

The Chamber has been selling the statues to raise money to pay for the annual July 4 fireworks display at the city park. The bulldog is the city school district’s mascot. Once the statues are purchased, they are decorated and displayed throughout the city.

Officials said the Chamber intends to open an account at the local Huntington Bank branch so any residents wanting to contribute additional money to the reward can do so.

Officer resigns

NEW MIDDLETOWN — A patrol officer resigned amid an internal investigation by the New Middletown Police Department.

Police Chief Vincent D’Egidio announced that officer Brent Heffinger resigned at a council meeting Monday.

Heffinger was arrested while on duty on a charge of domestic violence by the Springfield Township Police in March. No charges were filed in Struthers court. An internal investigation by the New Middletown Police Department, however, determined that several policy and procedural codes were violated. Heffinger chose to resign before administrative charges were filed. Village council accepted his resignation.

“He made a mistake and accepted responsibility for his actions,” D’Egidio said.