scrabble tourament Play for good cause

Who: Protestant Family Service.

What: Scrabble Tournament.

When: Starts with check-in at 11:30 a.m. with games starting at 12:15 p.m. March 9.

Where: First Presbyterian Church, 201 Wick Ave., Youngstown.

Details: The fundraiser will benefit PFS, which helps individuals and families who face an emergency. Registration fee for players is $20, which includes a sandwich and beverage; cost is $5 for spectators and includes a beverage. Players must be 15 and older. No children will be admitted. Registration with payment is due by March 4, with check payable to PFS, to 496 Glenwood Ave. No. 115, Youngstown, Ohio 44502. For information, call 330-746-4600. There also will be a gift-basket auction.

About Scrabble: Scrabble, originally called Lexiko then Criss-Crosswords, was invented by an unemployed architect, Alfred Mosher Butts, in 1938. Entrepreneur James Brunot bought the rights in 1948 and refined the rules and design of the game, renaming it Scrabble. The game gained slow but steady popularity.