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Information for vets

SALEM

State Rep. Linda Bolon of Columbiana, D-1st, will have an informational session to go over details of the new Ohio Veterans’ Bonus program from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Salem Community Center. A representative from the Ohio Department of Veterans Services will explain the application process. Bolon encourages veterans and their relatives to attend to learn how to apply.

Band Night set at Mathews field

VIENNA

Mathews Music Boosters will sponsor its annual Mathews Band Night at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Boosters Field.

Participating bands include Southington Chalker, McDonald, Mineral Ridge, Youngstown East and Western Reserve high schools.

Student and senior tickets are $3.50. Preschool children are admitted free. All other tickets are $5. For more information, call Shawn Marko at 330-394-1138 or Terry Woodyard at 330-638-5995.

Hope Taft to speak at clinic celebration

YOUNGSTOWN

Hope Taft, president and chief executive officer of the Leadership To Keep Children Alcohol Free Foundation, will be the keynote speaker Tuesday for Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic’s Hope Has a Home celebration.

The event at the Davis Education and Visitor Center’s Rossi Auditorium, at Mill Creek MetroParks’ Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave., begins at 6:30 p.m. Taft will speak on “Leading the Way: Helping Children Stay Alcohol- and Drug-Free.”