METRO DIGEST || Pet a llama, help Second Harvest Food Bank

4-H’ers aid food bank

AUSTINTOWN

Stop by and pet a llama Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside of Kmart, 4475 Mahoning Ave., as members of the Llucky Llama 4-H Club collect money for Second Harvest Food Bank’s Harvest for Hunger campaign.

Since 2003, the Llucky Llama 4-H Club has raised nearly $3,700, which enabled Second Harvest to provide more than $55,000 worth of food to help feed hungry families in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties. The club has existed for 11 years and averages 15-20 members per year, ranging in age from 8 to 18.

Harvest for Hunger is a monthlong food and funds drive that takes place each March to help replenish food- bank shelves during the spring and summer months when donations taper off, food-bank officials said.

Pay freeze sought

WARREN

Warren Councilman Al Novak will ask council to approve legislation tonight to freeze the wages and benefits of certain elected and appointed city officials for the next four years.

The legislation would freeze the pay of the mayor and safety/service director, auditor and deputy auditor and the law director, deputy law director and assistant law directors. Novak has said the intent behind the freeze is to require top officials to accept the same sacrifice that is being required of union employees in the most recent contracts. Several contracts were approved recently, and contracts for the police department’s ranking officers and patrol officers are on the agenda for tonight’s meeting. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.

Career orientation

YOUNGSTOWN

The YWCA of Youngstown in partnership with the Hard Hatted Women will present a free orientation session on good-paying and stable career options. Women interested in learning about employment options are invited to attend the free Orientation to Trade and Technical Careers for Women session from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Newport Library, 3730 Market St.

The session will provide basic information about careers not often considered by women that offer good pay and benefits with opportunities for advancement. Most of the careers featured require two years of training or less, or entering an apprenticeship program, and pay at least $12 an hour to start.

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