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New officers to join city’s force Monday

YOUNGSTOWN

The police department will swear in three new officers at 10 a.m. Monday in city council chambers on the sixth floor of city hall, 26 S. Phelps St.

The new officers are Travis Sheely, 24, of Mineral Ridge; Michael Conway, 24, of Niles; and Jeshalia Dunkle, 22, of Youngstown.

The three will join five other officers who were sworn in earlier this year.

15 become citizens

YOUNGSTOWN

Fifteen people became U.S. citizens Thursday during a naturalization ceremony with Judge Theresa Dellick of Mahoning County Juvenile Court presiding.

Their names, hometowns and countries of origin are: Michael Zaed Aras, Boardman, Jordan; Adam Zaed Aras, Boardman, Jordan; Rami Fathi Khalaf, Campbell, Palestine; Fernando Guillermo Tejada, Youngstown, Peru; Evangelia Billis, Campbell, Greece; Carol Gemma Damours, Canfield, Canada; Gheorghe Nemes, Poland, Romania; Yan Lin, Sebring, People’s Republic of China; Edmond Adu-Poku, Boardman, Canada; Carlos Agustin Diaz, Boardman, Panama; Tetiana Rostyslavivna Kolosovsky, Boardman, Ukraine; Natalia Depoy, Boardman, Mexico; Carmen Ascencion Mascarella Estevez, Austintown, Dominican Republic; Nicole Edwards, Austintown, Germany; and Maria Magdalena Quezada, Austintown, Mexico.

Skywarn training will be offered March 18

AUSTINTOWN

Mahoning County Skywarn training will be March 18 in the auditorium at Austintown Fitch High School, 4560 Falcon Drive.

It will be offered via a webinar from the National Weather Service’s Cleveland office. Interested parties do not have to be amateur radio operators to attend the training. Sign-in begins at 5:30 p.m., and the training will begin at 6:30.

For information or directions, contact Art Burnett (KB8UNJ) at 330-783-0964 or Dean DeMain (W8YSU) at 330-788-4271. Directions also will be available at www.mahoningskywarn.org; for amateur radio operators, a net will be on at 146.745/R at 5 p.m. for information and directions on the day of the training.