Learning center marks 30 years

Learning center marks 30 years

Boardman

The Hitchcock Woods Learning Center in Boardman will host a 30-year ribbon-cutting celebration at 10 a.m. Monday.

The day-care, preschool and kindergarten center was opened in 1983 by Pattie Welsh.

“It is just a consuming job,” Welsh said. “I haven’t even had time to think about it. There are so many lives involved and you get to watch the little people grow up.”

The center’s first kindergartner and first infant will be at the ceremony.

The public is welcome to come to the celebration. Cookies and punch will be provided.

Boathouse dog event

YOUNGSTOWN

Mill Creek Park’s Lake Glacier Boathouse will close its routine boat rental operations at 4 p.m. Friday for the MetroMutts Yappy Hour event and reopen at 11 a.m. Aug. 10.

During the Yappy Hour event from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, dogs and their owners will be able to ride the Lake Glacier Passenger Boat and return to the boathouse for dog treats and refreshments for their human companions.

The last passenger boat departure will be at 7:30 p.m. Fees are $10 for MetroMutts members and $15 for non-members.

National Night Out

Hubbard

Hubbard Township and Hubbard City police departments will host a free public event at Harding Park on Tuesday that is part of National Night Out, an event that involves more than 37 million people from 15,000 communities across the U.S.

The event was created in 1984 as an effort to promote police and community partnerships and build neighborhood camaraderie.

In the afternoon, officers will challenge Hubbard High School girls softball team. Later in the evening, there will be a car show, food, and prize drawings. Hubbard Public Library announced that it will be handing out free books to teens during the event. The event runs from 3 to 8 p.m.

Missing man found

Liberty

A 37-year-old township man who went missing Thursday afternoon was found 24 hours later. A missing-persons report was filed after he didn’t return from a trip to Walmart on Belmont Avenue about 1 p.m.

A friend said, however, the man had been involved in a car accident and couldn’t notify anyone, and that the hospital reported his condition as stable.