Cleaning technology

Cleaning technology

COLUMBIANA

Rhiel Supply is announcing that Crestview High School will use e-mist electrostatic surface disinfection and GenEon on-site generation technologies.

Explanations of the new disinfection and cleaning technologies and their benefits will be discussed during an 11 a.m. Friday news conference at the high school, 44100 Crestview Road.

Crestview is the first school district locally to employ the technologies. For information, visit www.geneontechnologies.com or www.emistmcom.

Family Fun Day

GIRARD

The Lena Mason Christian Memorial Foundation will host the annual free Family Fun Day and book bag giveaway from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Tod Park, 270 Park Ave. The event will include hot dogs, face painting, clowns, crafts and more.

Last year, the foundation was able to give away about 400 bookbags filled with school supplies. This day is open to all families, whether or not they need a bookbag.

Participants in need of a bookbag and school supplies are asked to sign up starting at 12:30 p.m. to receive a number. Bookbags will be given out after 3 p.m. The event will take place rain or shine. For information, email cindyamichael@yahoo.com, call 330-883-0803, or visit LenaMasonChristian.org.

Wellness event

YOUNGSTOWN

The 4th annual African American Male Wellness Walk/Run of the Mahoning Valley will be at 7 a.m. Saturday at the Covelli Centre on Front Street downtown.

Licensed medical professionals will provide an array of free screenings such as blood pressure, body mass index, weight/height, blood glucose, LDL cholesterol, prostate, mental health, dental, hearing and podiatry. Flu vaccines and lead testing will also be available. There will be food demonstrations, fitness clinics and a plaza filled with community resources.

The walk is the largest health initiative for black Americans in Ohio. For information, contact local walk chairman Rev. Lewis W. Macklin II at 330-788-1696 or by email at lwmacii@aol.com.

Seeking treatment

WARREN

Tracy A. Gogel, a former Warren schools home-economics teacher, has asked a judge to allow her to receive drug treatment in lieu of conviction.

Gogel, 47, of Cuyahoga Falls, is charged with deception to obtain a dangerous drug, a felony that could result in a prison sentence of up to 18 months if she’s convicted.

However, if Judge Peter Kontos of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court allows Gogel to complete a treatment program about one year long and she completes it successfully, she could have her charge dismissed. Judge Kontos has not yet ruled on Gogel’s request.

She was convicted of felony drug possession Sept. 17, 2015, in Summit County.

Case to grand jury

BOARDMAN

Samuel Strine, former manager of Men’s Wearhouse here, had his felony theft case bound over to the Mahoning County grand jury. Strine, of Youngstown, waived his preliminary hearing Tuesday in Mahoning County Area Court. Township police made the arrest June 28 after a corporate probe accused Strine of taking approximately $30,000 from the store over the past two years, a report said. Strine posted a $4,000 bond the same day as his arrest.