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Give opinions on North Side post office move

YOUNGSTOWN

Discussion of a possible relocation of the U.S. Postal Service on Guadalupe Avenue will take place at 3 p.m. March 27 during a public meeting on the sixth floor of city hall, 26 S. Phelps St.

The USPS is considering a relocation of the retail services at 1716 Guadalupe. The new site would be at a “yet-to-be determined location as close as reasonably possible to the existing site,” according to a news release. Community members may submit comments about the proposal through April 26 to: David Wolff, real-estate specialist, USPS Headquarters Facilities, P.O. Box 27498-1103, Greensboro, N.C. 27409.

Smithville native plans to run for governor

COLUMBUS

A one-legged former county commissioner who has ridden a bicycle across country in record time has announced his candidacy for governor.

Dave Kiefer, a Smithville native who lost a leg more than four decades ago after being hit by a drunken driver, plans to seek the Democratic nomination for governor in next year’s race. He served as Wayne County commissioner from 1989-92 and was on the local ballot last year as a Republican and a Democrat.

He joins Ohio Senate Minority Leader Joe Schiavoni of Boardman, D-33rd, and former U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton among Democrats who have announced their candidacy.

Bill introduced for quarterly cross-checks

COLUMBUS

State officials would conduct more frequent checks of tax, real estate and other records of residents receiving public assistance through certain programs to ensure they are eligible, under legislation introduced in the Ohio House and Senate.

The bill would require the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to cross-check residents receiving benefits through Medicaid or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance programs with income tax, lottery, real estate, voting and other records to pinpoint potential changes in their eligibility. Comparable cross-checks are currently completed annually; the legislation would require them quarterly.

JM freshman wins multimedia contest

NORTH JACKSON

Jackson-Milton High School ninth-grade student Megan Fultz won first place in the 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Art, Writing and Multimedia Contest for her submitted poster.

The Ohio Civil Rights Commission honored Fultz in Columbus March 2.

The contest is intended to encourage students to reflect on Dr. King’s life, philosophy and impact on the civil-rights movement and America today. Students are challenged to think about how civil rights and diversity affect their lives and how they can continue the work of Dr. King in their own way.

More than 900 poster designs were submitted within Ohio. Fultz’s artwork will be on display in Columbus at the Vern Riffe State Office Tower.

YCS students get Raspberry Pi devices

YOUNGSTOWN

United Way and Oak Hill Collaborative donated 24 Raspberry Pi microcomputers to Youngstown Community School.

Students can now use them in the school’s Success After 6 program, but in order to use these devices students will have to build them from scratch.

The Oak Hill Makerspace Raspberry Pi Program will teach fourth-grade YCS students through the Success After 6 program how to build and program their very own Raspberry Pi microcomputer. Over a four-week course, each student will learn to assemble, configure and install wireless internet on their Raspberry Pi through a series of workshops with experienced engineers and computer programmers from the Oak Hill Makerspace.