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St. Vincent de Paul hunger campaign

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown/Mahoning District Council of the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry will again participate in Alan Shawn Feinstein’s 13th annual $1 million giveaway to fight hunger.

Feinstein’s past challenges to fight hunger have raised a record $1 billion for more than 2,000 agencies nationwide.

Agencies report donations received during the months of March and April that will go toward the Feinstein challenge. Feinstein will award agencies between $250 and $40,000 and the awards are proportionate to the amount that each agency receives.

Donations can include cash, checks and food items (valued at $1 per item or pound).

Last year, St. Vincent de Paul Pantry provided food for 9,615 people in Mahoning County .

Contact Sister Mildred Ely, pantry manager, St. Vincent de Paul, (330) 746-1128 for more information. To make a donation, send checks to: St. Vincent de Paul Youngstown District Pantry P.O. Box 224, Youngstown 44501-0224.

Friday shooting victim was Pennsylvania resident

YOUNGSTOWN — The man killed in a triple shooting on the city’s South Side has been identified.

Mark A. Trulson, 32, of Hartstown, Pa., died just before 11 p.m. Friday in St. Elizabeth Health Center of a gunshot wound to the head, according to a report from the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office.

Trulson, Michelle Difrischia and Charles Gerh were shot around 9:40 p.m. Friday while in a pick-up truck outside the South Avenue Gas Mart on South Avenue.

According to the coroner’s report, Trulson has been involved in an altercation on South at Williamson Avenue, which ended with the shooting at the convenience store, at 2325 South.

All three victims were taken to St. E’s.

A hospital spokeswoman said condition reports for Difrischia and Gehr won’t be released to the public because they are trauma victims, but city police said Friday one was shot in the arm and the other in the back.

Trulson’s murder is the eighth in the city this year. There were three homicides in the city at this time last year.

Weight loss contest at Salvation Army

YOUNGSTOWN — The Salvation Army is sponsoring a contest called the Biggest Winner in which participants compete to see who can safely lose the most weight.

The program will run 12 weeks, starting Tuesday and concluding May 11. Sessions will be from 5:15 to 7:15 p.m. Tuesdays at the Salvation Army, 1501 Glenwood Ave. It is open to adult males and females who live in Mahoning County.

The contest is free. There will be weigh-ins and workouts. A nutritionist, personal trainer and workout instructor will lead some of the sessions.

Participants must sign a waiver and have a doctor’s release.

There will be four grand prizes awarded.

Contact Tiffany Colvin at the Salvation Army, (330) 746-8403.