Program for parents

Program for parents

AUSTINTOWN

The State Support Team Region 5 offers the program “Parents in the Special Education Process” from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Austintown Library, 600 S. Raccoon Road. The presentation is the first in a series of informational meetings for parents, surrogate parents and educators of children with disabilities. A consultant with the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities will be speak. To register, call Brenda Lawrence at 800-776-8298.

Free presentation

AUSTINTOWN

The First Ohio Chapter of the Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health offers a free presentation by Ohio Legal Services. “Updates on Obtaining Services for Our Special Kids” will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 4 at the D&E Clinic, 142 Javit Court. For more information, call 330-538-0184.

To be arraigned

YOUNGSTOWN

A 76-year-old city man will be arraigned today on charges of discharging firearms in city limits and killing or injuring animals in the shooting of a dog on the East Side on Sunday.

Police arrested Alfred Sykes, 76, of Lyden Avenue on Thursday.

The dog reportedly was walking with a group of children on Lyden Avenue. Reports say Sykes pointed what is believed to be a shotgun out the window of his truck and shot the dog about 3:30 p.m.

The group of kids identified Sykes to police.

Police spoke to Sykes, who adamantly denied shooting the dog. Officers tested his hands for gunshot residue and confiscated two firearms, one being a shotgun, from Sykes home.

Police said Sykes showed frustration about loose dogs running through the neighborhood.

Fundraiser in progress

BOARDMAN

Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley’s third annual “Miracles and Promises” Radiothon on the Beeghly Campus in Boardman runs through Saturday. It’s broadcast live on Mix 98.9 and 570 WKBN from the main lobby of Building D from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. today, and from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday. It began Thursday.

All of the money raised during the “Miracles and Promises” Radiothon stays in the Mahoning Valley to benefit local children and families. Donors can call 330-746-9090 or 888-746-9890 anytime during the radiothon to make a pledge or they can donate online at www.akronchildrens.org/mv.

The radiothon will feature stories about local patients who have received services from Akron Children’s Hospital and will spotlight Mahoning Valley services and programs. It is the hospital’s largest fundraising event of the year.

Centennial celebration

YOUNGSTOWN

St. Elizabeth Health Center, 1044 Belmont Ave., will celebrate its 100th birthday with a public open house from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Visitors are encouraged to take a self-guided tour that includes a centennial historical display, healing art gallery, portrait galleries of St. Elizabeth’s School of Nursing graduates and Humility of Mary Health Partners administrators, the newly remodeled Belmont Avenue lobby, and photos documenting health-care changes.

Refreshments will be available in the private dining rooms near the cafeteria on the second floor of the hospital. For more information about HMHP and activities related to the Centennial, visit HMpartners.org.

Mobilization scheduled

NEWTON FALLS

About 14 soldiers from the Ohio Army National Guard’s 290th Engineer Detachment (Survey) are scheduled to mobilize for active duty this month in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

The public is invited to attend the unit’s call-to-duty ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Church of God, 426 W. Broad St.

After the ceremony, the soldiers will depart for Fort Bliss, Texas, to train for their upcoming overseas deployment. Upon completion of mobilization training, the unit will deploy to Afghanistan to provide survey and design support for construction projects there.

Death investigated

YOUNGSTOWN

Police are investigating a suspicious death on the city’s South Side. Officers were called to a house on Inverness Avenue, near Pemberton Park, about 8 p.m. Thursday, according to reports. Police said they found a man with a gunshot wound to the head inside the house. The wound did not appear to be self-inflicted, officers said.