Saturday, August 28, 2010
Hanni elected
youngstown
Rachel Hanni, 24, a city school board member, has been elected the new president of the Young Democrats for Mahoning County. Hanni is the daughter of Don Hanni III and granddaughter of the late Don Hanni, past chairman of the Mahoning County Democratic Party.
“I intend to bring energy to the young Democrats and try to see what we can do to stop young people leaving the area,” Hanni said. “The trade deals passed by the Republicans have really hurt our area and have led to young people leaving the Valley en masse.”
Kristen Olmi was elected vice president, Vicki Rusu was elected secretary and Ken Oyler, treasurer.
Fall garden shows
YOUNGSTOWN
Magnificent blooms and the best-of-the-best fruits and vegetables of the season will be on display today and Sunday as The Men’s Garden Club of Youngstown and Mahoning Valley Dahlia Society host their fall horticulture and flower shows at the Davis Center in Mill Creek MetroParks Fellows Riverside Gardens.
Hundred of entries will judged, and the best of show chosen later today. Entries will remain on exhibit through Sunday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Block watch
Struthers
Second Ward Block Watch meeting will be at 10 a.m. today in the former White Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church, 474 Fifth St. A school board member is slated to speak.
Rally speaker
YOUNGSTOWN
T.J. Williams, formerly of Youngstown and now a contemporary Christian singer and gay-rights advocate representing the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, is confirmed as a speaker at today’s “Reclaim the Dream” event in Washington, D.C. Williams, affiliated with United Church of Christ and now a New York Theological Seminary student, said he strongly believes in the call for unity among the black community and the gay and lesbian community. “The quest for justice and equality is the same, and we must stand together as one.”
Glenn Beck, a Fox News Channel personality, is having a rally in Washington on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963.
Host to be honored
ENON VALLEY, Pa.
A celebration to mark radio host Val Pawlowski’s 15 years on the air will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at SNPJ Recreation Center, 270 Martin Road. The Frank Stanger Band will perform. Pawlowski’s polka show can be heard on Cortland’s WKTX-830 AM. For more information, call 724-667-8997. The Frank Stanger Band and the Wayne Tomsic Band will be at the SNPJ Farm on Heath Road, off U.S. Route 6, in Kirtland from 1 to 7 p.m. Labor Day. Call 330-318-3004 for more information.
Brothers fined
campbell
Brothers Andrei Cash, 22, and David J. Cash, 24, both of Whipple Avenue, were fined for their roles in a disorderly crowd at a homicide scene. The brothers were fined $250 each in Campbell Municipal Court for inducing panic and $250 for misconduct at the scene of an emergency. Each also got 180 days in jail with 165 suspended and 15 days credited. Each will be on six months’ probation. The charges stemmed from the brothers’ being in the crowd Aug. 6 after Anthony Harrison, 20, of Chambers Street was shot and killed. The crowd made threats and argued with police.