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Downtown Dining Experience tickets offered
SALEM -- Tickets for the Downtown Dining Experience to be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 26 are now on sale at the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce office located at 713 E. State St. Cost is $35 each. Ticket holders will be given the opportunity to get a taste of local flavor at the following restaurants: BB Rooners, Boneshaker's, Coaches, Serendipity, Ezio's, Lib's Market and Cafe, Mike's Penn Avenue Grille, Rancho Viejo and Ricky's English Pub.
A stop at Troll's Jewelry will allow diners to enter the champagne diamond jewelry raffle while sampling Giant Eagle appetizers. Baskets and a 50/50 raffle will also be a part of the evening's festivities. Partial proceeds will benefit the annual campaign of the United Way of Northern Columbiana County. For more information call 330-337-3473 during office hours at the chamber, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Band festival planned at Beaver Local Stadium
LISBON -- The Beaver Local Band and Band Boosters will sponsor a band festival at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Beaver Local Stadium on Route 7. Guest bands performing include Sebring, Salem, Columbiana, Minerva and East Palestine. Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for students. Programs are $3 and event T-shirts are $15. Bands will conclude with a combined playing of "God Bless America" at the close of the event.
Community Hospice to hold volunteer open house
SALEM -- Community Hospice is hosting a volunteer open house from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at 2341 E. State St. Unit B in the Giant Eagle Plaza. The non-profit organization has been dedicated to serving the community for over 30 years.
Book sale planned for Sept. 15-16 at Lepper Library
LISBON -- Lepper Library will hold a book sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 15 and 16. The prices are: hardbacks, 50 cents; paperbacks and all children's books, 25 cents; audios, CDs and DVDs, $1. Magazines are free with any purchase.
The sale will be held at the library, 303 E. Lincoln Way. Visitors are asked to enter at the garage off of Vine Street, west of the library. For more information call 330-424-3117.
Beth Stefura, an educator from the Ohio State University Mahoning County Extension Service, will offer free pressure canner lid gauge testing from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at the library. At 5:30 p.m. she will give a presentation on the basics of canning. To register call the library at 330-424-3117.
Mill Creek completes Volney Rogers Field work
YOUNGSTOWN -- As part of the MetroParks' ongoing capital improvement initiative, Mill Creek MetroParks has announced the completion of improvements made at Volney Rogers Field. The primary improvement consists of resurfacing of the tennis and basketball courts. The court resurfacing project, completed by Penn-Ohio Sealing, features a new asphalt overlay, acrylic playing surface, and court lines on the existing six tennis courts and one basketball court. New green and blue surfacing has given the courts a more contemporary look. Also, two pickleball courts have been added to the tennis courts to address the demand for the increasingly popular sport.
Additionally, the basketball hoop backboards, rims and hardware have been replaced, and the tennis backstop /practice wall has new wood facing. A new section of asphalt trail accessing the basketball courts has been constructed, and a preventive maintenance project that included sealing, crack-filling and asphalt patching of the lower parking lot and existing asphalt trails has been completed. Overgrown vegetation has been removed around the court areas and an improved section of the East Glacier Trail features new signage and is now accessible from the facility.
The facility is currently open for play. In total, the cost of the improvements is approximately $110,000.
Video-conference on brown bears set at Salem Library
SALEM -- An interactive video-conference program on the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary in Alaska, the largest known gathering of brown bears in the world, begins at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in Salem Public Library's Quaker Room. Alaska Zoo Education Director Stephanie Hartman will present a photo and video exploration to discover the majestic brown bears and hear many stories of her journey into the wilds of McNeil River. Included in the program will be an introduction to the Alaska Zoo, its location and mission.
This program is free of cost and suitable for the entire family. Registration is required in person, salem.lib.oh.us or 330-332-0042.
Pitt Mobile Science Lab returns to Leetonia schools
LEETONIA--The Pitt Mobile Science Lab will be making its second trip to the Leetonia Junior and Senior High School Sept. 11 to 13. Leetonia students in grades seven through 12 will each have the opportunity to conduct lab experiences throughout the three-day event.
The lab brings educational science experiments to schools and community events throughout the Western Pennsylvania region on an 80-foot tractor-trailer, equipped as a state-of-the-art student science laboratory. The mobile science lab features 26 workstations and customized equipment. Each lab experience is aligned to the state science standards.
"We are excited to host such an extraordinary hands on experience for our students. This is truly a great opportunity," said Principal Troy Radinsky.
Spaghetti dinner to boost Southern FFA scholarship
SUMMITVILLE -- A spaghetti dinner will be held from 4-7 p.m. Saturday at the Franklin Township fire hall in Summitville. The cost is $7, with those 10 and under eating for free. Carryouts are available. All proceeds will go to the Marcus K. Walter Scholarship Fund. Walter was killed in a traffic accident in 2015 shortly after graduating from Southern Local. The scholarship, sponsored by the Franklin Township VFD, Lewis Lawn Care and the Southern Future Farmers of America, goes to a Southern FFA student.