Luncheon speaker

Luncheon speaker

LIBERTY

John D. Holschuh Jr., president of the Ohio State Bar Association, will be a featured speaker at the annual OSBA District 13 luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 17 at the Youngstown Country Club, 1402 Country Club Drive.

U.S. Magistrate George J. Limbert will be recognized for 50 years in the legal profession, and Atty. Eldon S. Wright will be honored for 65 years as a lawyer.

Two continuing legal education classes will be offered as part of the program.

OSBA District 13 has 439 members practicing in Columbiana and Mahoning counties.

For information and registration, call 800-232-7124.

Home invasion

YOUNGSTOWN

A Potomac Avenue woman told police she was held at gunpoint briefly early Friday after several men burst through her front door.

Police were called to the woman’s home in the 200 block of Potomac Avenue about 2:20 a.m. for a report of an alarm. When officers got there, they found a door kicked in but no one inside other than the victim.

The victim said she heard a loud noise, and when she went to investigate, a man crept up behind her and held a gun to her head. The victim told police from four to six men were inside, and they left before police arrived. It was not known if anything was taken.

Reports also said the power to the woman’s home was cut outside at the meter.

Hearing changed

STRUTHERS

Although resolution of a case against Bret Barnhizer, who is charged in Struthers Municipal Court with a misdemeanor nuisance-abatement offense related to construction work at his 12 Poland Manor property in Poland Village, was expected at a hearing Friday, that hearing has been reset for Monday because Barnhizer’s attorney was not present.

The village pursued legal action last summer after Barnhizer, according to the village, failed to comply with a nuisance-abatement request that was issued because renovation work at the property has remained incomplete since it began in 2010.

Safety funds

BOARDMAN

The township police department has received $41,899 in federal traffic safety funding from the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Traffic Safety Office for fiscal year 2016, Police Chief Jack Nichols announced Friday.

The funds will be used to help officers target violators for aggressive driving offenses such as speed, distracted driving, impaired driving and seat-belt usage, as well as motorcycle-crash reduction.

Clothing drive

HUBBARD

Sub-Zero Mission, a nonprofit organization that collects gently used hats, coats, gloves, sleeping bags, tents and other cold-weather items, will have a clothing drive 9 a.m. to noon Friday in the lobby of the Hubbard administration building, 220 W. Liberty St.

The mission also is in need of men’s socks, hand and feet warmers, duffel bags or gym bags and blankets. The items will be used to help homeless individuals in our area during the winter.

Call Patty Summers at 330-651-4608 or Pat Maiorca at 330-534-0769 or visit www.subzeromission.org for information. The mission also can organize a donation pickup for individuals who cannot attend.

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