‘Best of Fair’ contest set for Canfield Fair

‘Best of Fair’ contest set for Canfield Fair

CANFIELD

The Canfield Fair offers a seemingly endless variety of attractions, from rides, games or the ever-popular “fair food.” To be asked to choose a favorite among them can be challenging, but that is just what 2014 attendees will be doing with the “Best of Fair” Contest.

“Best of Fair” is sponsored by Fred Martin Ford and allows fairgoers to vote for their favorites in six categories: Best Sandwich, Best French Fries, Best Treat, Best Novelty Food, Best Ride and Best Game.

Votes can be entered on the fair’s website, www.canfieldfair.com, including the mobile version. You also can use the QR code posted on signs at each vendor’s booth or location to cast a vote.

This year’s fair runs from Wednesday through Labor Day, Sept. 1.

Deliberations to begin in murder case

YOUNGSTOWN

Jurors in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court will begin deliberating the fate of 29-year-old Janero Mitchell today on a charge of murder.

Mitchell is accused of killing 57-year-old Mark Haskins in October 2012 at Kennsington and Bissell avenues on the North Side. Haskins was shot several times, police said.

Jurors heard closing arguments before Judge James C. Evans late in the afternoon.

He then gave them instructions on the law and sent them home.

Vice squad finds suspected heroin

YOUNGSTOWN

Members of the police department’s vice squad serving a search warrant at a 332 W. Delason Ave. home about 4:50 p.m. Wednesday found 15 individual doses of suspected heroin, police reports said.

Also found was a bag of suspected heroin, a digital scale and $137 cash.

Police arrested the home-owner, Andrew Lewis, 59, on charges of possession of drugs/heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia and took him to the Mahoning County jail.

Family fun day set

GIRARD

An annual free “family fun day and book bag giveway” will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday in Tod Park.

Relatives of a Girard woman and her two sons, who were killed in their Girard home in 2005, sponsor the event. In 2013, about 400 bookbags were given away.

The event also features games, face-painting, clowns, surprise visitors and food such as hot dogs, pop corn, cotton candy and drinks.

It is open to any family. Those needing a book bag filled with supplies should register the child’s name and get a number. The bags will be given away after 3 p.m. Those who don’t need a book bag are welcome to come for the events.

Road closing

WARREN

East Market Street at Vine and Elm Road, and at Chestnut and Elm Road, will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday for the Sunrise Inn Car Show.

Liberty Band Night is rescheduled

LIBERTY

The Liberty Band Night has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, at Liberty High School Stadium, 1 Leopard Way, Liberty.

These bands are scheduled to perform: Mathews, LaBrae, Harding, Howland, Hubbard, and Liberty. Tickets are available at the gate. Prices are $6 for adults; $3 for students and senior citizens; and free admission for children 5 and under.

Open houses set at Boardman schools

BOARDMAN

The Boardman Local School District will have a series of open houses for parents and students next week.

Market Street Elementary School’s open house will take place Monday from 5 to 5:30 p.m. for kindergarten, 5:40 to 6:10 p.m. for first grade, 6:20 to 6:50 p.m. for second grade and 7 to 7:30 p.m. for third grade.

Robinwood Lane Elementary School will have an open house Tuesday beginning at 5:30 p.m. for kindergarten and fourth grade. The first- and second-grade open house will take place at 6:15 p.m., and third-grade and special-education are set for 7 p.m.

West Boulevard Elementary also will have an open house Tuesday at 1 p.m. for grades one through four.

Center Middle School’s open house will take place Wednesday at 2 p.m. for fifth grade and at 7:15 p.m. for sixth grade.

Suspect arrested

YOUNGSTOWN

Police arrested a man about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday in connection with the July 4 robbery of the Family Dollar Store at 2224 Market St.

Dennis Helbert Ray, 53, of Youngstown, was taken into custody behind the southeast corner of Delason and Overland avenues, police reports said. He was arrested on a warrant charging him with carrying concealed weapons, being a felon in possession of a firearm, aggravated robbery and possession of dangerous drugs.

He was taken to the Mahoning County jail.

Reports from the robbery said a man pointed a double-barreled shotgun at the clerk and demanded the cash drawer, then ran out of the store.

Police set up a perimeter but could find no one. A police dog did find the gun, a razor blade and a box that was used to conceal the gun on St. Louis Avenue.