METRO DIGEST || Soil testing topic of master gardeners event

Soil testing is topic of gardening event

CANFIELD

The importance of soil testing will be the topic of a 9:30 a.m. Feb. 18 “Coffee with the Master Gardeners” program at the Ohio State University Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St.

Dr. William Snyder, OSU master gardener volunteer, will discuss soil testing as a means of determining what nutrients soils possess and which additional ones they need to produce a healthy and productive garden.

Call 330-533-5538 by Feb. 16 to make reservations. The cost is $20 per person for the two-hour workshop; $10 for Mahoning County master gardener volunteers or Ohio-certified volunteer naturalists.

Cemetery cleanup

BOARDMAN

All Christmas decorations and wreaths must be removed by Feb. 28 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 5400 Market St.

Spring cleanup begins March 5. Spring flowers can be placed, in vases only, beginning March 28. For information, call 330-782-3386.

Veterans panel meeting Wed.

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission, located at Oakhill Renaissance Place, 345 Oak Hill Ave., Building A, Unit 100, will continue to have its board meetings Wednesday mornings. Effective Wednesday, the meetings will begin at 8:15 a.m.

Paint a tree event

MERCER, pa.

Munnell Run Farm, 24 Avalon Court, is adding an additional “Pigs & Paint” event in February at which guests will be taught to paint a birch tree by guest artisan Lauren Sheridan from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 18. The classes are taught step-by-step, and all ability levels are welcome.

Cost is $25. Deadline to register and pre-pay is Friday; call 724-662-2242.

Saturday shooting

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Saturday, according to Vindicator broadcast partner 21 WFMJ-TV.

Youngstown police responded to the Partner’s Jazz and Blue’s Lounge on the corner of Oakh Hill and Falls avenues about 1:45 a.m.

When they arrived at the club, police discovered a man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for treatment.

The identity of the man and his condition have not yet been released.