‘Ticked Off!’ author to share knowledge

‘Ticked Off!’ author to share knowledge

Janet L. DeCesare, author of “Ticked Off!,” will share her journey with Lyme disease, which she contracted through ticks.

She says ticks will be a particular menace this year because of the mild weather we’ve been having.

She wants to let people know what’s lurking and how to protect themselves and their pets.

Her scheduled events will be: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 9 and 10 at SCOPE Center, 220 W. Market St., Warren; 5:30 p.m. March 27, showing a movie to Cub Scout Pack 67 of the Greater Western Reserve Council of Warren at the First Church of God in Newton Falls; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 31 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 1 at Northeast Pet Expo at Eastwood Mall in Niles.

Contact Judi Henninger at 330-544-8951.

Local authors plan book-signing event

KENT

Two local authors have scheduled a book-signing event for 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Scribbles Coffee Co., 237 N. Water St.

Michele Gianetti, R.N., a Canfield resident, will be signing copies of her book, “I Believe in You: A Mother and Daughter’s Special Journey.”

In her book, the author travels a road unfamiliar to most parents — her daughter, Elizabeth’s, world of dyspraxia and sensory processing disorder.

As the journey unfolds, readers get to know the therapists and friends who helped them.

The mother’s devotion to Elizabeth proves that some things withstand even the greatest challenge, a mother’s love and the words “I believe in you.”

At the same time, Richard A. Markwardt, Ph.D., will sign his juvenile fiction book, “Sometimes Life Just Doesn’t Seem Fair.”

An important lesson for the character Jake is that fairness is something to be demonstrated, not earned, which he learned on an adventure one day when he traveled to school and back.

Markwardt lives in Garrettsville.

Akron author sets Uniontown signing

UNIONTOWN, OHIO

Author Sally Nitz will sign copies of her book “A Work in Progress: Triumphing Over Mental Illness” from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Blake’s Cafe & Cupcakery, 1840 Town Park Blvd.

An Akron resident, Nitz was the victim of a 12-year battle with delusions, paranoia and psychotic episodes.

Nitz learned the hard way that going step by step is the only way to overcome mental illness.

She has a new focus, that of helping others like her.

Vindicator staff reports