METRO DIGEST || Nominate senior citizens for hall of fame

Saturday morning power outage

POLAND

Residents were without power for a time early Saturday.

David Turner, First Energy area manager, said a car struck a pole on Center Road in Poland, beginning the outage about 1:45 a.m., affecting 2,024 customers. By about 2:45 a.m., half of the customers had their power back on, he said. The remainder were restored by 4:25 a.m. Customers in Poland and a small part of Boardman were affected, Turner said.

Nominate seniors

COLUMBUS

The Ohio Department of Aging is accepting nominations for people to be inducted into the 2015 Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame.

Individuals and organizations interested in nominating a neighbor, colleague, family member or friend may visit www.aging.ohio.gov/news/halloffame/ for information and to submit a nomination or download the nomination form.

Nominees must be 60 or older and be native-born Ohioans or residents for at least 10 years. Posthumous nominations will be accepted. The nominee, or a representative, must consent to the nomination.

Nominees will be evaluated on one or both of these criteria: The impact their contributions and accomplishments have had in keeping Ohio on the leading edge of innovation and responsiveness to the growing and changing aging population; and/or the degree to which they are respected and vital members of society who continue to thrive, grow and contribute.