AKC Fun Match planned

AKC Fun Match planned

NORTH JACKSON — The fifth annual Conformation Fun Match competition for AKC registered dogs will take place Sunday at the Youngstown All Breed Training Center, 11801 Mahoning Ave.

The building will open at 7 a.m., with limited grooming space for animals. Entries will be taken starting at 7:30; judging will start at 9. All breeds are welcome. Fee is $5 per dog.

Awards will be given for best in show in the junior puppy, senior puppy and adult categories. Herding, sporting and working groups will be judged first, with others to follow. Food will be available.

For more information, contact Diana James at (330) 584-8911 or visit www.yabtc.com.

Car hits house garage

BOARDMAN — A 20-year-old Austintown woman was cited for operating a vehicle while impaired after the car she was driving struck a house.

Police arrived early Sunday at 18 Lucerne Lane to find a car that had gone off the road and wrecked into the garage.

The driver, Angela Burkey of Nantucket Drive, told police she was driving on Canfield Road and thought she was turning onto Shelby Road but that it was the wrong road and she hit the garage. She wasn’t injured.

A police officer detected an odor of alcohol on Burkey’s breath, and Burkey failed field sobriety test. A police report indicates that her blood-alcohol content exceeded the 0.08 legal limit for driving.

Burkey was cited and released to a sober driver.

Free dance lessons

USA Dance Youngstown-Warren Chapter 2015 will give free ballroom dance lessons to area high school students from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and March 14 and 21 at Austintown Fitch and Boardman high schools.

The March Ballroom Madness event will provide students with the opportunity to learn ballroom dances such as Cha Cha, East Coast Swing, Waltz and Tango.

Participants must be Mahoning, Columbiana or Trumbull county high school students.

Classes are limited to the first 100 couples to mail a signed registration form. The forms are available at each high school office.

Growing Greener grant

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — The Lawrence County Conservation District is slated to receive a portion of more than $1.3 million in state Growing Greener grants set aside for several Lawrence and Butler county organizations, Pa. state Rep. Jaret Gibbons said.

The Conservation District was awarded about $17,000 for restoration of the nutrient-impaired Deer Creek.

Under the Growing Greener II Watershed Protection grants, the Conservation District will use the funding to restore the creek by using natural stream channel design and aquatic habitat structures.

It will also use a riparian buffer, which protects water resources from pollution and helps stabilize the banks and wildlife habitat.

The grants are part of more than $21.5 million Growing Greener grants awarded through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection that are funding 144 projects to clean up rivers, streams and watershed resources across the state.

Young Republicans

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — The Lawrence County Young Republicans will host a meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday to introduce countywide Republican candidates for the spring primary. All registered Republicans and prospective candidates are invited. Candidates are encouraged to bring their petitions. The meeting will beat Steamers Coffee, 2710 Mercer Road. Any questions can be directed to David Cochenour, the LCYR vice chairman, at Dave@vote4daec.com.