Realtist announcement

Realtist announcement

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown-Warren Realtist Association, an organization representing African-American real-estate professionals in the Youngstown-Warren Area, will have a press conference at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Augustine Episcopal Church, 614 Parmalee Ave.

The organization will announce an ongoing college-scholarship fundraising effort and plans for a scholarship luncheon to honor Vivian Martin, one of its members who was murdered last September while showing a home on Youngstown’s East Side.

‘Paint on Pottery’

BOARDMAN

The D.D. & Velma Davis Family YMCA will have “Paint on Pottery” from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday. The event is sponsored by the YMCAnime and Arts and Humanities Department of the Davis YMCA, 45 McClurg Road. The cost ranges from $2 to $20, depending on what blank ceramic piece a participant chooses. Price includes ceramic piece, paint, glazes and firing. Projects can be picked up two weeks later. To register, call the Davis YMCA at 330-480-5656.

Raptor education

LEAVITTSBURG

The Birds in Flight Sanctuary of Warren will present a raptor-education program at 7 p.m. April 16.

The program is sponsored by The Eagle Creek Conservation Club and will be at its facilities at 5525 Eagle Creek Road. Doors will open at 6 p.m., and seating is limited.

This program will give people an understanding, appreciation and concern for raptors and other wildlife and also will explain the licenses and training required to run a rehabilitation facility and the environmental issues involved, according to a club press release. Then the birds will be brought out one by one for their introduction.

‘Pisanki i Skrobanki’

NEW CASTLE, Pa.

“Pisanki i Skrobanki,” an egg-decorating and palm-weaving class, is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity Parish Hall, 1708 S. Jefferson St.

A workshop fee of $5 includes materials and lunch. The workshop is limited to 50 participants. For more information, call Bernadette Przybylski at 724-658-8820.

The event is sponsored by the American Polish Central Committee. More information about the group is available at www.polishnewcastle.org.

Oratorical contest

NEW MIDDLETOWN

The Springfield Township Optimist Club will host the Zone 5 Oratorical Contest at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Springfield Intermediate School Auditorium on Youngstown-Pittsburgh Road (Route 170).

Students up to age 19 will deliver orations on the topic “If I were leader of the free world, the first issue I would address would be ...”

Contestants will be judged on poise, content, delivery and presentation and overall effectiveness. The speaker must observe a time limit of four to five minutes.