Group to unleash Bark ‘n‘ the Park in Girard on Sat.
Group to unleash Bark ‘n‘ the Park in Girard on Sat.
GIRARD
The second annual Bark ‘n‘ the Park: Dog Fun Festival, will be put on by St. Francis Pet Care as a fundraiser for its Youth Program-St. Francis Cadets for Pets. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday at Stambaugh Park.
Entertainment will be “Raja”, the 235-pound American Mastiff, who will free-style dance with Maryanne in full regalia to the Cleveland Browns’ song “Who Let the Dogs Out.”
For information, call Maryanne Hoffman, St. Francis Pet Care, 330-272-7435.
Info session set on Valley adoption
WARREN
The Northeast Ohio Adoption Services is inviting Mahoning Valley residents, either couples or singles, who are considering adoption or giving foster care to a school-age child, to stop in for an informal information session.
The session will take place between 5 and 7 p.m. July 8 at NOAS offices, 5000 E. Market St., Suite 26. Participants can stop by to get literature and ask questions and talk to NOAS staff to learn about children and teens who need homes. For information, directions and to RSVP call, 1-800-686-6627, ext. 123.
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Expressway crash sends 3 to hospital
YOUNGSTOWN
City police are investigating a two-car accident on the Madison Avenue Expressway that sent at least three people to the hospital Sunday afternoon.
According to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, the accident happened shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday, just east of the Wick Avenue exit.
A van and a sedan collided, halting eastbound traffic. The conditions of those involved in the accident were not known Sunday night.
TNP has free classes on finances, maintenance
WARREN
The Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership is having two free classes through its Home Ownership and Maintenance Education Series in partnership with Huntington National Bank.
The classes start at 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Warren YWCA, 375 N. Park Ave. Participants will learn how to read a credit report and how to build and repair their credit history.
Also, the TNP will partner with Tru Cut landscaping to conduct a landscaping and exterior home-maintenance program from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 12 at 453 Vine Ave. NE.
This program will teach interested individuals the skills needed to improve and maintain their home’s exterior. The program is hands-on, and appropriate attire is recommended.
For information, visit www.tnpwarren.org.
Fire damages house in northwest Warren
WARREN
Police and firefighters are investigating a 4 a.m. occupied- house fire at 152 Comstock Ave. NW that may have been arson.
One of three people at the home early Friday said she believes someone poured gasoline on the house and set it on fire.
Warren Fire Chief Ken Nussle said the residents heard a noise, and when they investigated, they found three sides of the house — the sides and back — on fire.
The three extinguished the flames themselves before the fire department arrived. The fire did “significant” damage, but Nussle did not have a dollar amount of loss involved.
There was a smell associated with the fire that could have been flammable liquids, and a sample was sent to the State Fire Marshal’s Office laboratory in Reynoldsburg to be tested, Nussle said.
YPD arrests man, 46, on trafficking charges
YOUNGSTOWN
A 46-year-old Youngstown man will be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. today in Youngstown Municipal Court on charges of trafficking in marijuana and trafficking in heroin, a fifth-degree felony and a third-degree felony, respectively.
City police stopped Bryant L. Jones of Alameda Avenue shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday for failing to stop at the intersection of Crandall and Ford avenues.
Jones was found to have a suspended driver’s license. A search of his car by officers produced a plastic bag containing 22 individually packaged bags of marijuana and another plastic bag containing four individually packaged bags of heroin.
Both the marijuana and the heroin, which were hidden in Jones’ car, were prepared for distribution and appeared to be intended for sale, according to a police report.
Officers also confiscated $181 in cash from Jones.
Warren man reports shots fired at his car
WARREN
An 18-year-old Draper Avenue Southeast man reported that shots were fired at him and a passenger at 2:16 a.m. Friday while he was driving past a house in the 1000 block of Kenilworth Avenue Southeast just south of Youngstown Road Southeast.
The man said he had gotten into a dispute with a man on foot earlier at the Pit Stop gas station on Youngstown Road, and his passenger also had been involved in a dispute earlier on Milton Street Southeast.
As the man drove south on Kenilworth after leaving the gas station, he passed the pedestrian near a house where several people were “hanging out” outside and shots were fired at the car, flattening two tires and hitting the front passenger area.
Police found five bullet casings in the road in the area where the victim reported the incident.
Poland’s Relay for Life gets set for run July 11-12
POLAND
The 2014 Poland Relay for Life is scheduled for July 11 and 12 at Poland Seminary High School Stadium.
The event, which starts at 6 p.m. July 11, has several changes this year, including all activities, ceremonies and team fundraising tents stationed inside the stadium.
The luminaria lighting event will feature a large projection screen, rotating the names of all honorees throughout the ceremony.
As in past years, the Poland Relay will offer inspiration, food, games and activities for kids and local entertainment.
Trumbull judge speaks at World Congress
WASHINGTON
Trumbull County Probate Judge Thomas A. Swift recently spoke at the World Congress on Adult Guardianship about the Trumbull County Senior Court that he started in 2010.
Judge Swift was one of three presenters on court models. The Senior Court, which diverts senior citizens from municipal and county courts in an effort to seek noncriminal solutions to challenges faced by people 65 years of age and older. It is the only court of its kind in the United States.
The event brought together 120 speakers from 21 countries to discuss promising practices involving adult guardianship.
Medical museum shows ‘The Yellow Wall-Paper’
YOUNGSTOWN
The Melnick Medical Museum at Youngstown State University is hosting a new banner exhibit from the National Library of Medicine called “Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and ‘The Yellow Wall-Paper.’ ”
The exhibit in the atrium/cafe of Cushwa Hall will be on display through Aug. 8.
The exhibit is sponsored by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. According to the NIH website: “In the late 19th century, at a time when women were challenging traditional ideas about gender that excluded them from political and intellectual life, medical and scientific experts drew on notions of female weakness to justify inequality between the sexes. Artist and writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who was discouraged from pursuing a career to preserve her health, rejected these ideas in a terrifying short story titled, ‘The Yellow Wall-Paper.’ The famous tale served as an indictment of the medical profession and the social conventions restricting women’s professional and creative opportunities.”