Austintown resident in Miss Ohio Teen USA

November 5, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

AUSTINTOWN

Austintown resident Nicole Sherb will compete as Miss Youngstown at Miss Ohio Teen USA pageant Friday and Saturday in Springfield, Ohio.

She is a senior at Austintown Fitch High School, where she is vice president of the Speech and Debate team; she also serves in leadership positions for Key Club, Spanish club and Drama club. She is National Honor Society and National Society of High School Scholars member, and performs in the Fitch Cadets dance line. She is also dance teacher and certified lifeguard.

During the pageant, Sherb will use her platform to increase awareness for research and cure for lung cancer, after losing her grandmother to the disease earlier this year.

TNR of Warren plans Sunday raffle event

WARREN

TNR of Warren will host a raffle event Sunday at Christ Episcopal Church, 2627 Atlantic St. NE. Doors open at noon and prize drawings begin at 2 p.m. Proceeds will benefit its spay/neuter programs for cats.

Cost is $10 and includes a sheet of 24 raffle tickets and chance for a door prize. There will be a 50-50 drawing and over 150 prizes are available to win. Halushki, pasta salad, sausage and peppers, chicken kabobs, cheesecake, pies and other food will be sold.

TNR of Warren offers low-cost spaying and neutering to stray, feral or barn cats and cats owned by low-income families. The group fixed over 7,000 cats since its inception in 2008. For information on the raffle or spay/neuter programs, call 330-330-8166 or visit www.tnrofwarren.org.

Reunion correction

AUSTINTOWN

Frank Scotchie attended the Austintown Fitch Class of 1950 reunion on Sept. 11 at A La Cart Catering in Canfield, but was not in the picture that appeared Oct. 17.

Toys, food, money will be collected by groups

Springfield Township and New Middletown Village Fire and EMS Auxiliary/Associations will sponsor a food and toy drive to benefit the Springfield Township Community Council of Churches and the Community Christmas Basket program.

Food and toy donations will be accepted at each of the fire stations from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and Nov. 16, 23, 30 and Dec. 7, as well as 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 5.

Monetary gifts will be accepted by an STCCC representative at each location. Donations can also be deposited at any Huntington Bank or mailed to STCCC c/o Zion Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 434, New Middletown, Ohio, 44442.

Call Carol Landis at 330-519-8182 for information or to organize a site for a collection box.