Memorial service set for fallen police officers

Memorial service set for fallen police officers

YOUNGSTOWN — The annual fallen-officers police memorial services will be at 10 a.m. May 21 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Via Mount Carmel.

The event is being hosted by the Youngstown Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 28, the Mahoning County deputies’ FOP Lodge 141 and Youngstown State University’s FOP.

The families of all fallen officers in the Mahoning Valley are invited to attend.

Local police departments are sending cruisers to participate in a motorcade that leaves Lot D at the Covelli Centre, formerly known as the Chevrolet Centre. The cruisers are to be at the center’s lot at 9 a.m. May 21.

After the motorcade is organized, the traditional procession will arrive at the church at 10 a.m.

The memorial will honor the 24 officers in Mahoning County killed in the line of duty dating back to 1891.

The last officer killed in the line of duty was Michael T. Hartzell of the Youngstown Police Department on April 29, 2003.

ACS community grants

CANFIELD — The American Cancer Society Ohio Division has awarded $80,000 in Community Investment Grants to 28 agencies in Ohio, including four in the Northeast Ohio Region, which received a total of $13,333.

This year’s focus area is transportation services to assist cancer patients.

Area grant recipients are:

UCarroll County Transit: $2,333, serves Carroll, Stark, Tuscarawas, Summit and Columbiana counties.

UCommunity Action Rural Transit System: $4,000, serves Columbiana, Mahoning, Portage, Carroll and Jefferson counties.

UAssociation for Better Community Development: $4,000, serves Stark, Cuyahoga, Summit, Wayne and Tuscarawas counties.

UTri-State Health Services: $3,000, serves Jefferson and Franklin counties in Ohio and Allegheny County in Pennsylvania.

Boating safety class

CANFIELD — Mill Creek MetroParks and the Ohio Division of Natural Resources Division of Watercraft are jointly sponsoring a boating safety class May 12 and 19 at the MetroParks Farm on state Route 46 here.

The eight-hour class is being offered from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on those days. Participants should plan to attend on both dates to receive complete training and take the exam.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Ohio law requires that people born on or after Jan. 1, 1982, who operate or supervise operation of watercraft greater than 10 horsepower must successfully complete a boating course or proficiency exam.

A registration fee of $10 per person is due before the first class.

People can register or obtain directions or other details by calling (330) 740-7126.

Trumbull tourism calendar

WARREN — The Trumbull County Calendar of Events, which includes listings for July through December of this year, is now available from the county’s tourism bureau.

Copies can be picked up from the tourism office, 321 Mahoning Ave. N.W. They can also be requested by e-mail at Info@ExploreTrumbullCounty.com or by calling (866) 360-1552.

Due to an overwhelming number of event submissions, it was necessary to change the brochure format from an annual to a biannual publication.

This brochure will be mailed out with each visitor guide in response to visitor information requests received by the tourism bureau as a result of the organization’s national advertising campaign. It will also be distributed at state-operated travel information centers.

A complete list of events for the remainder of this year also can be found online by visiting the bureau’s Web site at www.ExploreTrumbullCounty.com.