Metro Digest || Resident input sought

Resident input sought

CANFIELD — City residents will be asked for their input on storm-water projects during a 7 p.m. meeting today in council chambers.

City Manager Joseph Warino said officials will make a presentation on past and proposed projects. Officials also will discuss grants they’ve applied for in the past and complaints they’ve received.

Council meets at 104 Lisbon St.

Refuge Ministries event

LIBERTY — Refuge Ministries Inc., 1155 Church Hill-Hubbard Road, will host an open house at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Refuge, a certified nonprofit organization, offers an after-school program geared to 11- to 17-year-olds. Tutoring, computer use, mentorship, fitness programs and free meals are offered.

For more information, call Andy Denen, director, at (330) 219-3170 or visit facebook.com/welcometorefuge.

Free help with taxes

CAMPBELL — Neighborhood Ministries in Campbell is offering free help with taxes to low- and middle-income families.

Services are available in English and in Spanish.

Trained volunteers prepare and electronically file returns.

All appointments are in Campbell. Call (330) 881-8217 to schedule one.

Campbell maintenance

CAMPBELL — City administrator Lewis Jackson said the city will begin replacing garage doors at the police department.

Police Chief Gus Sarigian-opoulos had complained that the garage doors stick open, posing a safety hazard because the city’s jail is also at the department.

Jackson said the city received an estimate of about $8,000 for the six doors.

Councilman Michael Tsikouris also said that a long-awaited paving project on 12th Street will begin in April.

A Struthers-Liberty Road project will be bid Thursday, he said.

Wind tunnel for YSU

YOUNGSTOWN — A new public-private partnership has resulted in Youngstown State University’s getting a wind tunnel for its College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

The 16-square-foot cross- section wind tunnel was designed and built by Northern States Metals Inc. of Youngs-town in YSU’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

Northern States, a metal- fabricating and alternative- energy firm, has partnered with YSU for research and development of a new product for the solar-energy industry. The company donated the custom-built wind tunnel as part of a $77,000 research grant to the university.

High-rise generators

YOUNGSTOWN — The board of trustees of the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority has approved a $702,769 contract for replacement emergency electric generators at its senior high-rise apartments.

Using federal stimulus money, the board entered into a contract Thursday with Tri-Area Electric Co. of Youngstown for the design and installation of the upgraded, natural-gas-fueled generators by the end of this year at Amedia Plaza, Gutknecht Towers, Norton Manor, Vasu Manor, Struthers Manor and Lowellville Park Apartments.

Tree-seedling sale

CORTLAND — Trumbull Soil and Water Conservation District is having a tree-seedling sale through April 9.

Pickup for the orders will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 14-16 at the flower barn next to the fair office at Trumbull County Fairgrounds, Hoagland-Blackstub Road, Bazetta Township.

Tree-sale information and an order form can be found on the SWCD Web site at www.swcd.co.trumbull.oh.us under the Homeowner Assistance tab.

To request an order form, call the SWCD office at (330) 637-2056, ext. 111.