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Healthy lifestyle

YOUNGSTOWN

The public is invited to hear Dr. Kathy Padgitt, principal practitioner of The Center for Lifestyle Change in Boardman, speak about a healthy lifestyle through proper eating at 6 p.m. today at the Jewish Community Center, 505 Gypsy Lane. The event is free.

Dr. Padgitt practices with The Kidney Group Inc. in Youngstown and is vice president of the nine-physician group. She graduated from Northeastern Ohio University of Medicine in 1989, and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and nephrology and is also certified by The American Society of Hypertension.

Pa. man killed

MERCER, PA.

A New Castle man, James A. Minteer, 51, was killed when he lost control of his cement truck on a curve while traveling west on state Route 318 in East Lackawannock Township Tuesday afternoon.

For an unknown reason, Minteer’s truck went off the right side of the road, traveling along the ditch, hit a culvert, came back on the road and overturned on the passenger side and slid down the road, hitting an automobile, causing the truck to rotate counterclockwise before stopping across both lanes of the highway. He was not wearing a seat belt when the crash occurred, according to Pennsylvania State Police in Mercer.

When struck by the truck, the car was knocked into a ditch on the south side of the road. The driver, Kenneth D. Millison, 84, suffered minor injuries. His passenger, Shirley C. Millison, 81, was not injured. Both were wearing seat belts, state police said.

Howland gas rate

HOWLAND

Howland residents are being offered a gas aggregation program with Constellation Energy beginning with the December 2013 to November 2014 billing cycle. The program involves buying gas at a group rate with other Howland residents. The price is $4.49 per thousand cubic feet. Anyone interested should call 800-718-1493 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Alternate trick-or-treat

WARREN

The Warren Family Mission will have its annual alternative to trick-or-treating from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the mission’s 361 Elm Road location. The mission will provide fun games, activities and candy for children up to 12. Children are asked to arrive in a nonscary costume. A contest with prizes will be awarded for most creative costume. The mission also will supply a light meal. More than 200 children attended last year’s event. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Poetry contest

WARREN

Students in grades 4 to 8 can enter a poetry contest with cash prizes to say why the recycle. The Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste District will accept recycling-themed poems through Nov. 15, America Recycles Day. Any length or style of poem will be accepted. Prizes of $50 and $25 will be awarded. Entries can be sent to the Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste District, 5138 Enterprise Blvd., Warren 44481 or by email to holly@startrecycling.com. Include name, grade and school.

Firefighter training

BAZETTA

The Bazetta Fire Department will be conducting a large-scale training exercise at the former Walmart on Elm Road from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday. Firefighters from all over Trumbull County will improve their ability to handle a fire in a large commercial “big box” structure. The new owners, Menards Inc., has allowed the department to conduct the exercises before demolition of the building in the coming months.

Winter heat help

YOUNGSTOWN

Mahoning County residents may begin scheduling appointments Friday for the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) Winter Crisis Program (WCP) by calling the Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action Partnership (MYCAP) in Youngstown, toll-free, at 866-223-1125, or MYCAP’s Western Mahoning County Office in Sebring at 330-938-6166.

A limited number of walk-ins, customers with no service and bulk-fuel consumers will be assisted beginning at 8 a.m. weekdays, starting Friday. Bulk-fuel users may also come in at 1 p.m. Residents with disconnection notices must call and make an appointment using the above numbers.

The Winter Crisis Program, which runs Nov. 1 through March 31, 2014, provides assistance once per heating season to income-eligible households that are disconnected, threatened with disconnection, or have less than a 10-day supply or less than 25 percent supply of bulk fuel in their tank.

Church Women United

YOUNGSTOWN

Church Women United will celebrate World Community Day with a program at 10 a.m. Friday at New Bethel Baptist Church, 1507 Hillman St.

The Rev. Dr. Robin Woodberry will receive the Valiant Woman Award. For reservations, call the church at 330-747-2125. Donation is $10.

Billy Graham movie

AUSTINTOWN

Austintown Baptist Church, 1180 S. Raccoon Road, will screen the movie “My Hope America” with Billy Graham at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

The public is invited to a free fellowship meal. The Rev. Charles Cole is pastor. For information, call the church at 330-792-9532.

Boardman park meeting

BOARDMAN

Boardman Township Park commissioners meet at 4 p.m. today in the park offices, 375 Boardman-Poland Road.