Food film series continues

Film to be shown

YOUNGSTOWN

Grow Youngstown will screen “Beyond Organic,” a 30-minute documentary about an urban farm in California, next Wednesday as part of its summer film series, “The Real Dirt on Food.”

The film begins at 7 p.m. at the Davis Visitor Center in Mill Creek Park.

Admission is free, although donations to Grow Youngstown will be accepted. The film series is supported by the Sisters of the Humility of Mary.

Thefts from vehicles

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Thirteen residents of Windsor Road, Glenwood Avenue, Danbury Road, Newport Drive and Oak Knoll reported their vehicles broken into and items taken. The damage and thefts were discovered early Monday.

The thieves took cash, loose change, credit cards, a backpack and an iPod.

By invitation only

YOUNGSTOWN

Daybreak Youth and Crisis Shelter, a program of Family Service Agency, will have an invitation-only open house Thursday to celebrate the unveiling of its new two-story addition on Homestead Avenue.

The new wing provides space for indoor recreation, offices and a new dining area. The addition allows Daybreak staff to increase its capacity to offer families counseling services, while at the same time increasing staff supervision of children, said David Arnold, Family Service executive director.

Moore to be at YSU

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown State University’s Upward Bound program is sponsoring the appearance of Jessica Care Moore, poet, publisher, activist and founder of Moore Black Press. She appears at 6 p.m. Thursday at the university’s Peaberry Cafe in Kilcawley Center. Admission is free. Moore is a five-time “Showtime at the Apollo” winner and has appeared on HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam.”

Mansfield dress code

MANSFIELD

City workers are annoyed with a new dress code that bans flip-flops and excessive jewelry and prohibits loud nail polish, long sideburns on men and long bangs on women.

The policy that took effect Monday was a response to workers’ taking casual Fridays too far and then dressing down throughout the entire week, city officials said. The dress code says that bangs cannot fall within an inch of a woman’s eyebrows and sideburns cannot extend past a man’s earlobe. The policy also prohibits workers from wearing hats, scarves or head wraps while working indoors.

Wire and staff reports