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Program to address ways to avoid illness

YOUNGSTOWN

The Jewish Community Center, 505 Gypsy Lane, will host a lunch-and-learn program on avoiding illness from noon to 1 p.m. next Friday in the multipurpose room.

Dr. Szymon Krzyzanowski will discuss immunizations important for adults and senior citizens, as well as address exercise and medical procedures recommended within the scope of preventative medicine.

Dr. Krzyzanowski graduated from the Jagiellonian University of Medicine in Krakow, Poland, in 2007, and works in Youngstown, specializing in family medicine.

The event is free and open to the public. Reservations are required by Tuesday by calling Shelia Cornell at 330-746-3250, ext. 184.

Man found guilty of drug trafficking

WARREN

At the end of a two-day trial, a jury found Tariq Bowers, 35, of Dana Street Northeast, guilty of trafficking in cocaine and heroin.

He could get about 15 years in prison. He will be sentenced after the Trumbull County Adult Probation Department conducts a pre-sentence investigation.

Warren police said Bowers sold crack cocaine and heroin out of a room he was renting at the Downtown Motor Inn, 777 Mahoning Ave. NW, in April 2014.

Bowers was sentenced to 61/2 years in prison in 2002 after pleading guilty in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to a crack-cocaine possession charge.

Trump yard signs

BOARDMAN

Supporters of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign will be distributing yard signs and signing up volunteers Saturday, starting at 10 a.m., at the Mahoning County Republican Party headquarters, 621 Boardman-Canfield Road.

About 1,200 yard signs are available to supporters of the Republican presidential front-runner.

The Mahoning County Trump for President Committee also is looking for volunteers for door-to-door canvassing, making phone calls and helping with efforts to get out the vote for the candidate. Early voting started Wednesday, and Ohio’s primary is March 15.

Approval sought to expand Dunkin Donuts

AUSTINTOWN

Cocca Development Ltd. plans to begin redeveloping a site for a Dunkin Donuts after a request for additional space is decided by the township zoning commission.

The current amount of space isn’t enough to build the facility and allow enough space with a drive-thru, so Brice Jackson, project manager, requested the approval of 40 additional feet to build on the property.

The Mahoning County Planning Commission will make a recommendation at the meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday for the Austintown Township Zoning Commission hearing at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Reappointed to board

COLUMBUS

Gov. John Kasich reappointed Ellen Karnofel of Berlin Center to the Dangerous and Restricted Animals Advisory Board for a term that began Thursday and continues to Jan. 15, 2019.