Valley native ready for Border Patrol

February 1, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

HOWLAND — Border Patrol Agent Michael J. Lombardo, a 2002 graduate of Howland High School, has graduated from the Customs and Border Patrol Academy at Artesia, N.M. Lombardo, the son of Doris Stauffer, will be assigned to the Tucson, Ariz., sector.

Academy graduates complete a 55-day federal law enforcement program that includes training in immigration law, physical techniques, driver training and firearms.

Non-Spanish speakers are required to stay an additional 40 days and attend the task-based language training program before reporting to a Border Patrol sector.

Angel Food Program

YOUNGSTOWN — Crossroads Church, 554 S. Meridian Road, will be taking orders for Angel Food Blessings in a Box.

Crossroads is a host site for Angel Food Program that helps reduce the amount you spend on groceries each month. Cost of $30 per unit includes meats, vegetables, fruit and more — $75 worth of groceries for $30.

There are no income restrictions or guidelines. Pre-order, prepay, cash, money orders and Ohio Direction Cards are accepted.

Orders for February will be taken on these dates and times: Wednesday and Feb. 11: 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.; Saturday and Feb. 9, 14 and 16: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 16 is the last day to place order for February.

For more information, call (330) 544-1064, (330) 799-9988 or (234) 855-0683.

Pond stocking sale

CORTLAND — Orders will be taken until March 27 for the Trumbull Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual pond stocking sale.

Bass, bluegill, catfish, perch, minnows and white amurs (grass carp) are available.

White amurs are used for pond vegetation control and cost $13 each. Others cost between 6 cents and 85 cents each.

The fish will be ready for pickup at the Mosquito Lake parking area off McCleary Jacoby Road and West Main Street (next to the cemetery) at 2:30 p.m. March 31.

Information and an order form can be found on the district’s Web site at www.swcd.co.trumbull.oh.us.

For more information, call (330) 637-2056, ext. 111.

Paying to end lawsuit

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh suburb will pay $75,000 to end a federal lawsuit with a woman whom they initially barred from opening a pole-dancing studio.

In October, Adams Township officials allowed Stephanie Babines to open her studio. On Friday, officials agreed to pay Babines $75,000 to cover damages and attorney’s fees and end the lawsuit she filed against them in August.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed the suit on behalf of Babines saying her rights were violated when the town refused to give her an occupancy permit for her dance studio.

Town officials had argued that “Oh my You’re GORGEOUS” was a sexually oriented business that violated zoning rules. Babines is fully clothed in her pole-dancing, power lap-dancing and striptease lessons.