Youth services grant

Youth services grant

YOUNGSTOWN — Judge Theresa Dellick of Mahoning County Juvenile Court announced the receipt of an Ohio Department of Youth Services one-year grant totaling $95,000 to assist in decreasing disproportionate minority contacts in the juvenile justice system.

Background statistics indicate that more minorities are in the system than other ethnic groups.

The grant entails funding for two juvenile diversion officers for Youngstown and other target areas in the county including Austintown, Boardman, Campbell and Struthers.

The goal is to divert minority juveniles from the court’s official docket. The judge said the juvenile court will be working in collaboration with local police departments, court personnel, schools and professors from Youngstown State University to ensure a positive outcome for this grant.

Grant supervisor will be Danielle Hilton.

Tod Homestead cleanup

YOUNGSTOWN — The annual cleanup of Tod Homestead Cemetery will take place March 15. All decorations will be removed at this time.

Anyone wishing to recover their decorations must do so before the 15th, cemetery officials said.

Meeting canceled

YOUNGSTOWN — The Stambaugh Charter Academy Board of Directors meeting scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday at 2420 Donald Ave. has been canceled due to lack of agenda items.

The next meeting will be at 5 p.m. March 10.

V&M public meeting

YOUNGSTOWN — A public meeting is set on a potential steel plant expansion that would bring nearly 300 jobs to Youngstown and Girard.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will accept comments on a draft air permit for V&M Star Steel’s proposed $639 million expansion.

The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Youngstown City Hall, 26 S. Phelps St. Comments will be accepted through Feb. 17 on the draft permit, which sets limits on emissions.

The Ohio EPA will make a final decision on the issue after reviewing public input.

A copy of the permit is available online at www.epa.state.oh.us/dapc/permits_issued/235964.pdf.

Lincoln bicentennial

WARREN — The Warren-Trumbull County Public Library will celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth with a multimedia lecture by county historian Wendell Lauth at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Main Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. N.W.

The life and times of the statesman and the country’s 16th president will be portrayed through his own words in conjunction with contemporary images made during the early decades of the 19th century and culminating with the Civil War years.

The new Lincoln Museum and Presidential Library in his hometown of Springfield, Ill., will be highlighted along with the new museum at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.

Lauth is a collector of Lincoln books, period newspapers, photographs and artwork.

The program is free and open to the public.

Disaster training class

BOARDMAN — The next disaster training class for the American Red Cross Disaster Action Team is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 21.

The free class is open to the public and will be administered at the Mahoning Chapter, 8392 Tod Ave., Boardman.

Disaster training is necessary for all those wanting to be a disaster volunteer.

Registration for the class is required. For more information call (330) 726-6063 or visit www.mahoning.redcross.org.