Ohio Reading Corps to offer free tutoring

February 5, 2019 at 12:00a.m.

The Ohio Reading Corps is partnering with The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoining County and will offer free reading tutoring to kindergarten through third-grade students.

The program will take place for six weeks in February and March, in which ORC members will provide after-school reading assistance. Tutors will be available each Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 20, 27 and March 6 and 13 at the Boardman Library, 7680 Glenwood Ave., and at Michael Kusalaba Library, 2815 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown. Registration is not required.

SRMC to host fundraiser

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Salem Regional Medical Center’s Auxiliary and BB Rooner’s will host a community fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Feb. 12 at BB Rooner’s, 256 E. State St. Anyone who presents a community fundraiser flyer at checkout at B B Rooner’s will donate 15 percent of sales to SRMC’s Auxiliary. Valid for dine-in or carryout.

Flyers are available from auxiliary members; by visiting the Look Nook on the ground floor of the hospital; by showing a flyer posted on Facebook; or a newspaper clipping of the event.

Proceeds benefit the auxiliary, which raised funds to support patient services and programs at Salem Regional Medical Center. For information, call 330-337-2883 or email volunteerservices@salemregional.com.

BSA to celebrate 109th birthday

Boy Scouts of America will mark its 109th birthday Friday with troops, packs, posts and crews celebrating, from fashioning Scouting uniforms to serving in religious ceremonies for Scout Sabbath on Saturday and Scout Sunday on Sunday.

Not all religious institutions celebrate on those exact days so Scouts will be celebrating these occasions throughout the entire month of February. Scout Jumuah will take place Feb. 8 which is an opportunity to recognize the contributions of young people and adults to Scouting within the Muslim community.

As of Feb. 1, the BSA has launched the Scouts BSA program that now includes girls ages 11 to 17. Girls were welcomed into the Cub Scouting program (ages kindergarten to fifth grade) last fall and joined two other programs that already included young women, the Exploring Program (a career-based program) for young men and women ages 14 to 20; and the Venturing Program (a high adventure-based program) also for young men and woman ages 14 to 20 years old.

Anyone who would like to join Scouting or for information should call the Great Trail Council Scout office at 330-773-0415 or visit www.gtcbsa.org.

For information about all the Scouting programs in the Mahoning County area, contact John Brkic, Whispering Pines District Director, at 330-773-0415 ext. 230 or at John.Brkic@scouting.org. In the Trumbull County area contact Scott Evans, Arrowhead Senior District Executive, at 234-900-5897 or at scott.evans@gtcbsa.org .

Society to host author

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The Salem Historical Society, 208 S. Broadway Ave., will host author Elisabeth M. Sayer from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday.

She will discuss her book, “Is Time Running Out?” Call 330-337-8514 with questions or information.