Military ceremony

Military ceremony

CANFIELD

Ohio Army National Guard’s 838th Military Police Co. will conduct its call-to-duty ceremony at noon April 4 for 130 soldiers who are to deploy for a year to Afghanistan. The ceremony is at Old North Church, 7105 Herbert Road.

The soldiers will undergo training at Camp Shelby, Miss., before going to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Jobs for youths

Youngstown

Mahoning County Department of Job and Family Services Summer Youth Employment Program is from May 15 to Aug. 31.

The program is for people age 14 to 24 who meet the minimum guidelines. Applications will be accepted at the JFS/One Stop Satellite office, Oakhill Renaissance Place, 345 Oakhill Ave., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Applicants are asked to use Entrance D.

A parent, caretaker, or head of household must apply for those who are under 18. Eligibility will be determined the day the application is submitted.

Last summer, about 120 youths successfully completed the program, and five were hired after the program had ended. Fifteen employers participated. JFS will reimburse participating employers’ hourly wages up to $10 per hour.

For information, call 330-740-2600, ext. 8605 or ext. 8777.

Easter meal offered

WARREN

Warren Family Mission invites the community to an Easter meal from noon to 4 p.m. Friday at its 361 Elm Road NE location. Children attending the meal receive a treat. Employees of West Corp., 5185 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles, collected more than 3,000 nonperishable food items for the mission. For information, 330-394-5437.

6 years for robbery

LISBON

A Wellsville man has been sentenced to six years in prison for robbing at knifepoint a BP Station and McGraw’s Drive Thru, both in Wellsville, last October.

Lester D. Russell, 31, of Commerce Street, drew the sentence Tuesday from Judge Scott A. Washam of Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. The prosecution had recommended a 15-year prison term for Russell, who was convicted by a jury of two counts of aggravated robbery.

Russell got $460 from the gas station Oct. 18, but he got nothing from the drive-through Oct. 20, after the clerk wrestled him out of the office and ejected him from the business, the county prosecutor’s office said.

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