Meshel going to D.C.

Meshel going to D.C.

YOUNGSTOWN

Harry Meshel, a Youngstown State University trustee and former Ohio Democratic Party chairman, is among those who will attend a Tuesday ceremony with President Barack Obama in the White House to celebrate Greek Independence Day.

Meshel, of Youngstown, said he last visited the White House more than a decade ago during the Clinton administration for a Christmas party. “I’m very happy to be going back to the White House,” Meshel said.

About 200 Greek-Americans were invited to the White House event. Greek Independence Day is actually March 25, but Obama will be out of the country on that date.

‘Corpse’ in photos

SALEM

Attorney and historian Tim Brookes of East Liverpool will discuss “Jacob Shenkel: Gettysburg Photo Mystery” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Salem Historical Society, 208 S. Broadway Ave.

Shenkel stayed behind to help the wounded after the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War and posed as a corpse for photographers.

In 1984, Brookes acquired several tintype photos of the veteran at a garage sale. He tracked down another descendant who had the 1863 diary kept by Shenkel, who was a private in the 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.

Diary references allowed Brookes to make the connection to a series of photos long-thought to be faked scenes of dead soldiers. Shenkel’s face appears in several corpse images. He died at age 86 in 1927.

School applications

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The Girard City School District will accept open-enrollment applications for the 2010-11 school year beginning today and running through March 26.

Applications can be picked up in the superintendent’s office at 704 E. Prospect St. from 8 a,m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Open enrollment is available only for grades four through 11.

Fall kindergarten

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Registration packets for fall kindergarten in the Beaver Local School District may be picked up from Tuesday through March 19 at the elementary school that the child will attend.

All packets must be returned by March 26. Children must be 5 by Sept. 30 to enroll, and registration packets must include the child’s original birth certificate, immunization record and Social Security card. Parents must provide any applicable custody documents and proof of residency.

Cemetery cleanup

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The caretaker at St. Stephen Cemetery asks that all Christmas decorations be removed from graves before March 20. Any that remain after that date will be discarded. Easter and spring decorations will not be removed.