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May 27, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

Harding trumpeters to perform in DC

WARREN

Trumpet players for the Warren G. Harding High School Marching Band will perform taps during the National Moment of Remembrance in the National Memorial Day Parade on Monday in Washington, D.C.

Taps will be played at about 3 p.m. along Constitution Avenue. Each Harding trumpeter will start playing taps on cue at different times, to create an echo effect. Harding’s trumpeters will be the only musicians performing during that salute to the military. The parade and Moment of Remembrance will be featured extensively on the Fox News Channel and will be shown live in its entirety on The Military Channel. It also will be streamed live on military.com.

Schools honored for recycling efforts

YOUNGSTOWN

Mahoning County commissioners, their recycling division, and AT&T recognized six local schools Thursday for recycling 10,323 pounds of outdated telephone directories.

The schools, listed in first through sixth place, were: Damascus Elementary School, 3,424 pounds; Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, 2,140 pounds; Springfield Elementary School, 1,712 pounds; Poland Union Elementary School, 1,626 pounds; Canfield Village Middle School, 856 pounds; and Volney Rogers Middle School, 565 pounds.

SB 5 debate challenge

YOUNGSTOWN

Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman David Betras is challenging Tom Humphries, the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber’s president and chief executive officer, to debate him on the merits of Senate Bill 5.

Betras made the request in a Thursday letter to David Detec, the chamber’s attorney.

Humphries couldn’t be reached to comment about the public-debate challenge.

County Republican Chairman Mark Munroe also declined a similar request from Betras earlier this month.

SB 5 places some restrictions on the collective-bargaining rights of Ohio public employees. Opponents of the bill are collecting signatures to place it on the November ballot for a repeal vote.

Humphries and Munroe support the bill, and Betras opposes it.