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World Book Night

WARREN

The Mahoning Valley Hope Center and Books-A-Million have teamed up to host World Book Night at 6 tonight at The Mahoning Valley Hope Center, 3217 Surrey Road, one block south of St. Joseph Hospital. World Book Night is an annual celebration to spread the joy of reading. Each year, tens of thousands of people go out into their communities and donate a half-million books. For information, call 330-369-3010.

20/20 BBQ in Hubbard

HUBBARD

The producer of an ABC “20/20” segment on a horn-honking harassment case said the show is inviting people in Hubbard to discuss the problem civilly at a barbecue Saturday.

Andrew Paparella said he did not want to respond to city council President Bill Williams’ concern that the “Peace and Reconciliation BBQ” isn’t to promote reconciliation. “They don’t want peace and love on TV,” Williams said Monday night. Paparella said a response would not be useful.

Empowering women

YOUNGSTOWN

Achievers USA will present a local event Thursday with writer, speaker and leader Dianna Kokoszka, the chief executive officer of MAPS Coaching and Keller Williams University, which has been ranked the No. 2 training organization in the world by Training Magazine. At DeYor Performing Arts Center, 260 W. Federal St., Kokoszka will present a program entitled “Empowering Women in the Mahoning Valley.” A cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m., and Kokoszka’s speech will be at 7 p.m.

For information on Kokoszka, visitmapscoaching.kw.com/coaches/dianna-kokoszka. Visit www.achieversusa.com for information on the organization and its events.

School vandalism

BOARDMAN

Township police are investigating a vandalism report at Market Street Elementary School, 5555 Market St. The principal called police Monday morning to report the vandalism. He discovered the handle on an outside door was broken off and a piece of playground equipment had graffiti on it, according to a police report.

The principal reviewed the security footage and saw 15 children on and in the playground area with one man defacing the equipment with paint. There was vulgar language and body parts painted on the playground equipment, but it was painted over by the school janitor.

A name of a possible suspect was given to police.

Rolling Cash 5 winner

YOUNGSTOWN

Sunday’s Ohio Lottery Rolling Cash 5 jackpot increased to more than $800,000, and four lucky players picked winning combinations, including a Columbiana County man.

Jeffrey Boyle of Lisbon used birthday combinations — his daughter Madison’s birthday as well as his own — and matched all five numbers to win $153,360, after the mandatory federal and state taxes, which totaled 29 percent.

Boyle said he is looking forward to fixing up his house, moving in and paying off some debt. He purchased the winning ticket from Circle K, 1125 E. State St., Salem. Circle K receives a $500 agent bonus for selling the ticket.

Clothing for needy

HUBBARD

Covenant Life Fellowship, 5900 W. Liberty St., is sponsoring a clothing drop-off shed as a fundraiser and service to the community. St. Pauly Textile installed one of their clothing collection sheds at the church March 27 for the community to use. Clothing collected will be distributed worldwide to those who can use it.

St. Pauly is a family-owned, upstate New York-based company and a member of the Better Business Bureau. St. Pauly collects usable clothing, shoes, sneakers, belts, purses, linens, blankets and drapes. In 2012, it distributed more than 59 million garments to an estimated 7.5 million people worldwide.

It has more than 800 drop-off sheds across New York and parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont. For the complete list of sheds and information about St. Pauly, visit www.stpaulytextile.com.

Meet RUBY at cleanup

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. and Green Youngstown will sponsor a cleanup on the North side from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the corner of Norwood and Covington avenues. The project will clean up three abandoned houses and several vacant lots as well as introduce the Revitalization and Urban Beautification of Youngstown vehicle to the community.

R.U.B.Y. is a 7-by-16-foot enclosed trailer equipped with beautification tools and cleanup supplies that can be borrowed for all types of projects on public or abandoned land.

Some of the tools include a rototiller, weed trimmers, lawn mowers and wood chipper. T-shirts will be given to all participants. For questions or information, contact Liberty Merrill at 330-480-0423 or at lmerrill@yndc.org.

Safety committee

LORDSTOWN

The Lordstown Village Safety Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. today in council chambers, 1455 Salt Springs Road SW.

Robbed again

WARREN

Little Caesar’s Restaurant, 2525 Youngstown Road SE, was robbed at 8:51 p.m. Monday — at least the third time it’s been robbed at gunpoint since early November.

Employees said a male in dark clothing robbed the restaurant with a handgun, then fled west on Youngstown Road. Police were unable to locate him. The restaurant is near Willard Avenue. The same restaurant was the victim of similar robberies Nov. 22 and Nov. 7. Police provided little information about the Nov. 7 robbery but said two masked men, both with a gun, were responsible for the Nov. 22 incident.