Death ruled homicide

Death ruled homicide

RIVERTON, N.J. (AP)

Prosecutors here say the shooting death of a Youngstown woman who was found unconscious on a southern New Jersey street last weekend has been ruled a homicide.

But it’s still not clear what led to the shooting of Te’Aira Denise Earvin, 22. And authorities said Monday no arrests have been made

Burlington County Prosecutor Robert Bernardi says authorities responding to a 911 call about a shooting found Earvin about 5:20 a.m. Sunday on Carriage House Lane in Riverton.

An autopsy determined she died from gunshot wounds, but further details on the shooting were unavailable as of late Monday night.

Election meeting

YOUNGSTOWN

The 62nd annual election meeting of the Mahoning Soil and Water Conservation District will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 23 at the D.D. and Velma Davis Education and Visitors Center at Mill Creek Park’s Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave.

Adult county residents and landowners may vote during those hours for people to fill two open seats on the district’s board of supervisors.

A free presentation by a gardens representative will begin at noon. The cost of lunch is $9. Absentee ballots may be obtained from the district office. For information, call 330-740-7995.

Free workshops on Affordable Care Act

ValleyCare Health System of Ohio is offering free workshops on the Affordable Care Act, the health-insurance marketplace, and Medicaid expansion at 2 p.m. Monday at ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren and at 10 a.m. Oct. 24 at the Liberty Township Administration Building on Church Hill Road in Liberty.

Carol Snowberger, human resources generalist, will discuss the health insurance marketplace, an initiative of the ACA, which requires that most United States citizens have health insurance beginning Jan. 1.

Though Ohio has chosen not to expand Medicaid, government subsidies to help citizens obtain coverage from the health-insurance marketplace are available, depending on income and other qualifications; and there are still many individuals who qualify for Medicaid coverage, ValleyCare officials said.

Reservations are recommended but not required. To register for either program, call 330-841-5727.

Memorial swim meet set for Saturday

WARREN

The 10th annual Kelly Jo Carlson Memorial Swim Meet will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Warren G. Harding High School Natatorium.

Some 125 Special Olympics swimmers from Stark, Summit, Portage, Trumbull, Mahoning, and Columbiana counties are expected.

Kelly Jo, who died at 33 on April 21, 2004, was an athlete at Warren Western Reserve High School, earning letters in swimming, softball and tennis. She was student body president her senior year. She was a graduate of Kent State University and was completing a master’s degree in business administration at Webster University in San Diego at the time of her death.

She had volunteered at Special Olympics beginning as a child, and her parents, Paul and Lois Carlson of Bazetta Township, and other family members and friends have continued that tradition by sponsoring Saturday’s swim meet.

Contributions can be sent to Special Olympics, Fairhaven School, 420 Lincoln Way, Niles, OH 44446 in Kelly’s name.

The money is used for pool fees, officials, security, lifeguards, awards and other meet costs.

AMVETS fundraiser

STRUTHERS

AMVETS Post 44, 305 Elm St., is presenting “Legends of Music” on Saturday as a fundraiser to help fund local programs for veterans.

The cost is $15 per person. Tickets can be purchased at the post or by calling 330-755-3333.

The program will feature dinner at 6 p.m., Dottie Reynolds as Patsy Cline at 7:30 p.m., Steve Dorsey as Roy Orbison at 8:30 p.m., Ernie Valley as Elvis at 9:30 p.m., and karaoke and music from 10:30 p.m. to midnight.

Teen Read Week event

POLAND

Jay Asher, author of the award-winning young adult novel, “Thirteen Reasons Why,” will appear at 9 a.m. today at the Austintown public library and at noon and 6:30 p.m. today at the Poland public library.

The New York Times best-selling author also co-wrote “The Future of Us” with fellow young- adult author Carolyn Mackler.

The Teen Read Week events are for students in grades seven through 12.

Asher’s appearances here are sponsored by the Associated School Employees Credit Union.

Tire recycling drive

YOUNGSTOWN

A tire recycling drive for Mahoning County residents will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Covelli Centre, 229 E. Front St.

Participants may drop off their first five passenger car tires free of charge, but will pay $1.50 for each additional passenger tire.

The limit is 10 tires per participant.

Fees for acceptance of truck and agricultural tires will vary according to tire size and weight.

The collection is sponsored by Youngstown Litter Control and Recycling.

Goodwill gets grants

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries recently received several grants to help support two of its programs.

The Thomases Family endowment made a contribution of $5,000 to support Goodwill’s community-voucher program. Through a partnership with Goodwill, other agencies in the community are given vouchers from Goodwill to distribute to those in need of clothing.

The Hine Memorial Fund of The Youngstown Foundation gift of $8,500 to support Goodwill’s amblyopia program will assist with referrals and appropriate follow-up for preschool-age children who live in Youngstown and the vicinity who are identified as being at risk through the amblyopia vision screening program.

In 2012, the amblyopia program screened 2,782 preschool children, 479 of whom were referred to an eye physician and 135 of whom were found to be in need of glasses and/or medical treatment.

Groups encouraged to apply for grants

WARREN

Neighborhood SUCCESS and Leadership, a program of The Raymond John Wean Foundation, awards grants of $500 to $5,000 to develop and implement resident-driven projects in the Foundation’s Issue Priorities: Early Childhood, Educational Opportunity, Economic Opportunity, Community Revitalization and Public and Civic Sector Leadership.

Grass-roots groups in Warren and Youngstown with an intentional focus on encouraging, cultivating and supporting resident engagement and leadership development are encouraged to apply.

A maximum of 30 projects will be funded each year.

Orientations will be at convenient locations in Warren and Youngstown during October and November.

Attendance is mandatory for grant consideration.

For specific dates and locations, visit the Foundation’s website at www.rjweanfdn.org.