Lecturer will speak about the end of public education

Lecturer will speak about the end of public education

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ACTION will host a program featuring speaker Dr. Adrienne O’Neil, Academic Distress Commission chairwoman, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 2 at Elizabeth Baptist Church, 7 Garland Ave.

The Rev. Dwayne Heard is church pastor and president of the Alliance for Congregational Transformation Influencing Our Neighborhoods.

O’Neil will address the topic, “Will September Be the End of Public Education?”

Regional artists encouraged to enter annual TAG show

WARREN

The Trumbull Art Gallery Annual welcomes entries for this year’s juried exhibition for regional artists.

All work must be original, current (completed within the last three years), and never have been exhibited at TAG.

Entrants must fill out and sign an entry form, label and notification form available at the TAG website, www.trumbullartgallery.com

Labels should be attached to the back upper-left corner (or underside of 3-D) of artworks, and entries must be hand-delivered to the gallery at 196-198 E. Market St. from noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 3 and 4.

Email or phone notification of acceptance will be by Aug. 6.

The 48th TAG Annual Opening Reception will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 11, with awards being presented at 8.

Deadline nears for registration to get absentee ballots

COLUMBUS

Voters wanting to get absentee ballots by mail on a timely basis for the November election have until July 31 to make sure their voteriregistration is up to date.

All 88 counties will submit voter rolls to the state by that date.

A spokeswoman for Ohio’s secretary of state says absentee ballot applications will be mailed to all of Ohio’s registered voters starting after Labor Day, giving them the option to vote by mail.

Some election officials believe the number of absentee ballots will increase this year.

The executive director for the Ohio Association of Election Officials believes that the expected increase will mean that the workload for election boards will shift from election day to the weeks leading up to it.

Staff and wire reports