METRO DIGEST || Roast for Judge Douglas

Roast for Douglas

YOUNGSTOWN

A toast-and-roast celebration for Judge Robert A. Douglas Jr., who retired last summer from Youngstown Municipal Court, is set for 7 p.m. Friday at the Maronite Center, 1555 S. Meridian Road. Social hour will begin at 6. Tickets are $50; call Norma Marzano at 330-270-9754 or Marcia Haire-Ellis at 330-270-0420. No tickets will be sold at the door. Special guest will be Barry L. Wells, former ambassador to Gambia, West Africa, and a retired U.S. State Department executive.

For homeschoolers

SLIPPERY Rock, Pa.

Jennings Environmental Education Center, 2951 Prospect Road, will host a “citizen science investigation” for homeschooling families with students 5 and older from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 31. It will introduce Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology’s BirdSleuth Science Investigator Kit for Homeschoolers and Project FeederWatch, a comprehensive, inquiry-based curriculum related to birds. Cost is $3 per person, with a maximum per family of $12. Enrollment is limited. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required by Oct. 24 by calling 724-794-6011 or visiting www.dcnr.state.pa.us/calendar/list.asp.

Winter gardening

CANFIELD

Ohio State University Extension Gardening Adventure Series continues Tuesday with a program on soils, growing herbs indoors and hydrangeas in McMahon Hall, Mill Creek MetroParks Farm, state Route 46. Sessions focus on continuing gardening through winter and preparing for the 2013 growing season. Early registration is encouraged. Cost is $15. Registration at the door begins at 5:30 p.m.

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