Society to host dinner

Society to host dinner

NEW CASTLE, PA

Dr. Andrew Masich will be the keynote speaker at The Lawrence County Historical Society’s 80th anniversary dinner. The event will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the New Castle Country Club and will honor the New Castle Rotary Club for the founding of the historical society eight decades ago. Dr. Masich has led the Pittsburgh community for the past 10 years in historical education and preservation. He currently serves as president and CEO of the Smithsonian-affiliated Sen. John Heinz History Center. In addition to serving with the history center, Masich is also an adjunct history faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, focusing in American history and public history courses. As an author, his most recent publication is “Civil War in the Southwest Borderlands, 1861-1867.” Tickets are available online at lawrencechs.com/estore/tickets or on-site in the Medure Annex of the Historical Society, 408 N. Jefferson St. Call 724-658-4022 or email membership@lawrencechs.org for information.

Book signing planned

BOARDMAN

Award-winning author Nancy Christie will have a book signing featuring “Rut-Busting Book for Writers” at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 381 Boardman Poland Road, at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Peace Light coming to the area by Scouts

Canfield

For more than 28 years, the Peace Light from Bethlehem has been spread throughout Europe by the cooperation of the Austrian Broadcasting Company – ORF (Linz), Austrian Airlines and the Austrian Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. Beginning in 2000, it has been flown to the United States, and was taken to ground zero in New York in 2002. The 2018 Bethlehem Peace Light will arrive this year at JFK International Airport in New York City after Thanksgiving. The Great Trail Council, Boy Scouts of America, will be bringing it to the area and is looking for additional locations to host the Peace Light to make it available to more people in all communities. It would require only a suitable place of residence. If a church or place of worship wants to receive the Peace Light for Christmas observances, contact Mike Kupec for information or questions at 330-519-3988 or mike.kupec@gmail.com.

School collects gloves

canfield

Hilltop Elementary School is collecting new men’s winter gloves to donate to The Dorothy Day House in Youngstown. The Dorothy Day House provides an evening meal, a safe place to relax and more to those in need. New gloves are being collected this week at the school.

College & Career Fair planned in Boardman

BOARDMAN

Mahoning Unlimited Classroom will host its College & Career Fair from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at Southern Park Mall in front of the former Sears store.

Cub Scouts sponsor coat drive

youngstown

Cub Scout Pack 2006 of Salem is sponsoring a coat drive until Nov. 18. The troop is accepting new and gently used clothing such as coats, hats, gloves, scarves, etc. All donations will be given to The Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley and other places of need in the community, depending on the outcome of the drive. Drop off locations are at the Local 396 Plumbers and Pipefitters Hall, 493 Bev Road, and the Salem Community Center and Centerplex, 1098 N. Ellsworth Ave., Salem. For information, contact Kaitlin Hause at kaithause@gmail.com.