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St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital IVORY, Kamila and Brian, of Youngstown, a daughter Jan. 19 METZ, Rebecca and Cory Baran, of Salem, a son Jan. 19 MYERS, Lisa and Ceonnie Jones, of Youngstown, a daughter Jan. 19 St. Joseph Warren Hospital BURKHOLDER, Britteny and Ryan Emery, of Warren, a son Jan. 18 HILL, Yvonne, of Warren, a daughter Jan. 19 KUCHTA, Amanda and Ryan, of Newton Falls, a son Jan. 19 SUTHERLAND, Tina and Patrick McGrogan, of Girard, a daughter Jan. 17

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St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital BLAKLEY, Lorianne and Scott, of Youngstown, a son Jan. 18 DALEY, Brooke and Kevin, of Youngstown, a son Jan. 18 GRAY, Nicole and Kyle, of Youngstown, a daughter Jan. 18 HERTEL, Alexandra and Zachary, of Boardman, a daughter Jan. 18 JONES, Hannah and Mark, of Hubbard, a daughter Jan. 18 LEARN, Raelyn and Timothy Giglio, of Brookfield, a son Jan. 18 LOFARO, April and Alan Direnzo, of Youngstown, a son Jan. 18 MERANDO, Michelle and Carl Depizzo, of Canfield, a daughter Jan. 18 PASCO, Christian and Daniel Lee Kelley, of Youngstown, a son Jan. 18

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St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital AXELSON, Martina and Alex, of Canfield, a daughter Jan. 17 BALCH, Kristina, of Lake Milton, a son Jan. 17 KNEIB, Shenia and Stephen Jones, of East Palestine, a son Jan. 17 MARENKOVIC, Sierra and Mark Pavlik, of Youngstown, a son Jan. 15 RIVERA, Briana, of Youngstown, a son Jan. 17 SARTOR, Angela and Brennyn J. Dunlap, of Austintown, a son Jan. 17 WALSH, Gabryelle and Kyle, of Steubenville, a son Jan. 17 YERGAN, Kelly and Joseph, of Hubbard, a son Jan. 17

Agenda

• TRUMBULL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet 10:30 a.m. today at the county administration building. • WARREN COUNCIL economic development committee will meet 4 p.m. today in the caucus room on tax abatements. • McDONALD COUNCIL will meet 6 p.m. today at the municipal building. • TRUMBULL TRUSTEE ASSOCIATION will meet 6 p.m. today at DiVieste’s Banquet Center for the organizational meeting. • NILES BOARD OF CONTROL will meet 1:30 p.m. today at city hall. • NEWTON FALLS BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet 5:30 p.m. today at the board room. There will be an executive ...

Births

St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital FRANKLIN, Alarrah, of Girard, a son Jan. 16 GIBSON, Kiley and Jonathan Griffith, of Girard, a son Jan. 16 St. Joseph Warren Hospital HOSTETLER, Lana and Nathan, of Middlefield, a daughter Jan. 15 ROSE, Alexandra and Jakob, of Warren, a son Jan. 15

Keeping animals warm, safe with freezing temps

As I am writing this article, the wind is howling and the temperatures are dropping. Over the next few days we will be reminded that it is January and we do live in northeastern Ohio. I have a lot of farming friends on social media and they have been posting fun pictures of new baby lambs and goats and some not so fun pictures of frozen water buckets. I’ve also seen several posts about farmers who raise animals don’t get any snow days because it is a 365 day / year job. I have to admit, I hated going to the barn when it got really cold. Water is always a challenge. Checking water ...