Historian, publisher to deliver lecture

Staff report

LIBERTY

Mark Peyko, publisher of Metro Monthly newspaper, will be the guest at the next Memories of a Lifetime speaker series at 10 a.m. May 20 in the meeting room of Kravitz Deli, 3135 Belmont Ave.

Admission to the lecture, sponsored by the William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society, is $5. Reservations are suggested; call WHMHS president Richard S. Scarsella at 330-726-8277.

The WHMHS DVD on McGuffey, known as “America’s Schoolmaster” and creator of the McGuffey Eclectic Reader, will be sold.

Peyko, a local historian, has run Metro Monthly since 1992. He has presented numerous programs on the Mahoning Valley’s heritage and the architecture of metropolitan Youngstown.

He is the author of “Remembering Youngstown: Tales of the Mahoning Valley,” published in 2009 by History Press. Peyko is the creator and co-producer of “Homeplate,” a local television program that highlights local restaurants and businesses, and also explores bits of history and culture.

He has been published in numerous publications, and has taught writing classes at Youngstown State University. Peyko has been a trustee of the Mahoning Valley Historical Society and was awarded the Directors’ Award of Achievement in 2014.

He has been board president and member of the Northside Citizens Coalition for Community Development. In recognition of his efforts in historical preservation, Peyko received the Brier Hill Cultural Center’s first Preservation Achievement Award in 2014.

Peyko is a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School and Youngstown State University.