METRO DIGEST || Daughters of Nam vets planning Agent Orange facility

Agent Orange project

HUBBARD

Anyone who wants information about plans for a health center in Pleiku, Vietnam, may call Katie Costello at 330-502-8552. Costello’s father died last summer from cancer as a result of his exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. She and Heather Bowser of Canfield are working to raise money to develop a health and vocational center in Vietnam to help Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange and their descendants. Bowser’s father also was exposed to the chemical during the war and she was born missing some fingers, a toe and part of one leg.

80th Polish tea

Youngstown

The Polish Arts Club of Youngstown will host its 80th annual arts and tea reception from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at The Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Ave. The program is free and open to the public. The program, “A Toast of Tea to 80,” will consist of an art exhibition, a lecture, a musical performance, and a presentation of the organization’s annual scholarships to several university students.

The Polish Arts Club was established in 1935 by local educator Florence Turowski. The club is dedicated to perpetuating and promoting the art and culture of Poland.

For information, contact Sandra Cika, club president, at 202-297-0362.

Open house Sunday

NILES

Shepherd of the Valley, 1500 McKinley Ave., is hosting an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. The independent-living apartments, assisted-living suites and rehabilitation rooms will be featured. Refreshments will be served. Reservations are not required.

OH WOW! donation

YOUNGSTOWN

The Home Savings Charitable Foundation has donated $25,000 to OH WOW! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology, 11 W. Federal St. The funds will sponsor an exhibit called the Sound & Light WOW! Zone.

Awaiting test results

WARREN

The Trumbull County Coroner’s office will be awaiting toxicology results in about eight weeks to determine what killed Gregory Thomas, 53, of Idylwild Street Thursday.

He was taken to ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial hospital after a two-vehicle crash at Kenmore Avenue and East Market Street and was pronounced dead there.

An autopsy showed that Thomas had heart disease but no injuries on his body, leading to the possibility that he crashed into oncoming traffic because of a heart attack or other disability.

Police said he was northbound on Kenmore and failed to stop at the stop sign at Market, causing a collision with a van. The 12:06 p.m. crash did not injure the passenger in his truck or the driver of the van, police said.

WRTA driver punched

YOUNGSTOWN

A man wanted for punching a bus driver in the face in December was arrested Thursday on a felonious-assault warrant.

Romero Davis, 19, was arrested by U.S. marshals about 9:20 a.m. at a home in the 2000 block of Pointview Avenue. Davis is in the Mahoning County jail after Magistrate Anthony Sertick set his bond at $15,000.

Davis is accused of punching a 63-year-old driver for Western Reserve Transit Authority about 7:15 p.m. Dec. 21 at Mount Vernon and Walton avenues. The driver told police Davis was a passenger and the driver stopped the bus and asked Davis to swipe his payment card again.

The driver told police Davis got upset and punched the driver, then ran. Assistant Prosecutor Jeffrey Moliterno said the victim had a fractured cheekbone.

Davis is also barred from having any contact with WRTA property.