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Gardening answers

YOUNGSTOWN

Ohio State University Extension office is sending experts to Youngstown-area communities this month to help them grow their own food. Every Monday, beginning this week through Aug. 20, experts will meet at various community-garden locations to share details about plants growing at that garden and to answer gardening questions. Eric Barrett and Bill Snyder from the extension service office will offer their expertise on home vegetable gardens.

On Monday, the group meets at 6 p.m. at Fairgreen Neighborhood Garden & North Quarter Farm, 1443 Ohio Ave. (corner of Ohio and Fairgreen avenues), on Youngstown’s North Side.

Participants should bring a notepad and a lawn chair for seating as well as their gardening questions. Details are posted on the website at http://go.osu.edu/Veggies. For information, contact OSU Extension 330-533-5538 or go to its website, http://mahoning.osu.edu.

Green Team taking rinsed cartons

YOUNGSTOWN

The Recycling Division of Mahoning County (Green Team) has begun accepting empty and rinsed paperboard milk, soup and juice cartons in its curbside recycling program and at its drop-off recycling centers.

At the centers, cartons should be placed in the bins designated for cans and bottles.

GED test at Choffin

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Official GED Testing sponsored by Choffin Career and Technical Adult Education Department, University System of Ohio will be at 8:45 a.m. July 17-18 at Choffin. All participants must be preregistered and bring photo identification. To preregister or to enroll in free classes, call Choffin at 330-744-8715.

Summer camp for kids planned

YOUNGSTOWN

Associated Neighborhood Centers and Ebony Ladies Golf and Youth Foundations are sponsoring a four-week, supervised summer camp from July 9 through Aug. 2 at McGuffey Centre, 1649 Jacobs Road for kids age 6 through 14. The camp will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Breakfast and lunch will be served each day. Activities include golf lessons, arts and crafts, gardening, computer classes, cooking, health and nutrition and field trips. Cost is $100, and some scholarships are available for low-income families. Call Jennifer Miller at the McGuffey Center, 330-744-4377, for information.

Mental-health help

YOUNGSTOWN

Help Hotline Crisis Center is offering BRIDGES, a 10-week mental-health educational course, starting July 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. on Mondays. The course, for anyone suffering with depression or other mental health issue, will be at the Help Hotline Community Center, 1344 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. Call 330-747-5111 to register.