‘Artists by the River’

‘Artists by the River’

Youngstown

The Altrusa Club of Youngstown will sponsor “Artists by the River” at the B&O Station, 350 Mahoning Ave., from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

The event features the Artists of the Rust Belt with music from Chris Castle and The Family Womack Band. Beer, wine and food vendors will be on site. Items from the artists will be auctioned.

A $5 donation benefits the fifth annual Youngstown Area Book Festival. “Plant the Seed to Read” will be March 26, 2011, at the D.D. and Velma Davis Education and Visitors Center on the grounds of Mill Creek MetroParks. For information, contact the B&O Station at 330-480-9859.

Driver killed in crash

NEW SPRINGFIELD

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a crash that left one man dead.

Matthew Timmons, 22, died in a car accident on County Road 62, also known as Columbiana Road, just south of Kibler Road, around 2 a.m. Sunday.

Troopers said Timmons was driving south and crossed the center line, ran off the left side of the road — striking a ditch — and then came back onto the road, which is when he was hit by another car.

Dog case postponed

YOUNGSTOWN

The jury trial of a dog owner’s civil lawsuit against a former Mahoning Valley kennel owner in a suspected animal-neglect case, which was to begin today, has been postponed.

Elizabeth Raab of Fresh Meadows, N.Y., who filed the lawsuit, requested the postponement due to recent tornado damage to her house; and Magistrate Timothy G. Welsh of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court granted her request. No new trial date is shown yet on the court docket.

Raab, owner of a 3-year-old male Rottweiler named Nitro, who died in October 2008, sued Steven S. Croley, 38, former owner of the High Caliber K-9 Kennel on Coitsville-Hubbard Road.

The suit alleges Nitro died because Croley failed to provide adequate food, water, lodging or care for him.

However, Croley said in a pre-trial affidavit that Nitro died from the parvo virus and that Croley could not have prevented the dog’s death.

Walk to Remember

YOUNGSTOWN

Forum Health Northside Medical Center will have its 23rd annual Walk to Remember from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Politis Auditorium of Northside’s Medical Education and Professional Building

The walk is dedicated to the approximately 870,000 babies that die each year through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, prematurity, stillbirth or newborn death. Hundreds of people are expected to participate in similar walks throughout the country.

For more information about the walk, contact the Childbirth Center office at 330-884-2911.

Clothes-dryer fire

AUSTINTOWN

About $5,000 in damage was done Friday to a home on Westminster Avenue. The homeowner noticed a sound coming from the basement and found the clothes dryer on fire. Firefighters arrived at 3:35 p.m. and were able to extinguish the flames, which were contained to the basement.

“It just damaged some of the wiring in the house and caused a lot of smoke damage,” said assistant Fire Chief Andy Frost. Frost said the fire appears to have been caused by a mechanical issue in the dryer.

Clean Energy Network

CHAMPION

The Clean Energy Network will have a meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the Electrical Trades Institute of Northeast Ohio, 4550 Research Parkway. The meeting is free and open to the public.

Those wishing to view the institute’s wind-turbine and solar-electric array should gather in front of the building at 6:30 p.m. Eric Davis, ETI training director, and Steve Fife, ETI green-energy instructor, will explain how the building has been constructed to maximize energy efficiency and incorporate alternative forms of energy production.

British Fest planned

BOARDMAN

Youngstown Cycle will have its 2nd annual British Fest from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at 6915 Market St. The event will feature vintage British bikes, including Triumph, BSA and Norton from stock to complete customs. Included in the event are free food and prizes.

To pre-register, send a photo of British bikes to youngstowncycle@yahoo.com. Include name, phone number, year, make, model and T-shirt size. Those who pre-register for the bike show will receive a T-shirt.

The rain date is Oct. 9.