PFLAG TO MEET: Youngstown Area PFLAG (Parents, Families, Friends, and Allies) will have its monthly support meeting 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave., Youngstown, in the parish room behind the church. Youngstown Area PFLAG is a support, education and ...
WARREN — Meghan Reed and Josh Nativio share a passion for Warren’s history, but they have different outlooks on its present and future. Reed is the director of the Trumbull County Historical Society. Nativio founded the Facebook page Places and Things Gone from Warren, Ohio, where ...
PERI TO MEET: The Public Employee Retirees Inc. Trumbull County Chapter 56 will meet 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at Shepherd of the Valley, 4100 N. River Road, Howland. Lauren Faluto, public relations and marketing manager at Shepherd of the Valley, will speak before the SOV tour. A picnic lunch will ...
We have entered the month of August and the sun is shining this morning as I sit writing at the desk. I am by the east window, but the wraparound porch keeps the sun from shining in the windows. It makes nice sleeping with the cool evenings. First of all, I want to share our wonderful news of ...
HOWLAND — Kathy Kovell’s hands danced over the 14 wooden pegs, first crossing one over another, then crossing and twisting another two. Different colors of thread were wound around the top of each peg — called bobbins. The other ends of the threads were weaved around dozens of straight ...
Many compelling reasons take older adults from their longtime homes to senior living communities — the need for a helping hand, the desire to downsize, to get into a social group or to let the tool shed become someone else’s problem. “For aging boomers, making the transition from an ...
We don’t need to be told that we have had some exceptionally hot weather recently. I like summer time with reasonable summer temperatures, but we have had to deal with temperatures that are not healthy. That is especially true for those of us in the more mature age bracket. If you have air ...
RETIREES TO MEET: Howland Schools Retirees will meet at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Enzo’s Restaurant & Lounge. All school retired employees, classified and nonclassified, plus spouse or guest, are welcome at the monthly lunch meetings. Cost of the lunch is payable at the door. There will be a ...
WHAT: Boomers & Beyond Senior Expo featuring programs and products geared toward people over the age of 55 WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 6 WHERE: Metroplex Expo Center, 1620 Motor Inn Drive, Liberty ADMISSION: Free; box lunches from O’Charley’s available for purchase SPEAKERS: 11 ...
Yearly eye exams are normal. People routinely visit their dentist every six months. But the audiologist generally is the appointment that’s put off, many times until it’s too late. Dr. Audra Branham, an audiologist with Hearing Innovations of Liberty and Boardman, said new research ...
WHAT: Boomers & Beyond Senior Expo featuring programs and products geared toward people over the age of 55 WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 6 WHERE: Metroplex Expo Center, 1620 Motor Inn Drive, Liberty ADMISSION: Free; box lunches from O’Charley’s available for purchase SPEAKERS: 11 ...
IMMUNIZATION CLINIC: The Warren Health District, 258 E. Market St., Warren, will hold child immunization clinics 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 5 and 19. A special clinic day is set for 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 28. All clinics are walk-ins with no appointment necessary. An updated shot record for ...
1 — Friends of the Library Picnic with The Sensations at McKinley Memorial Library, Niles, at 5 p.m. 1 — Jim Frank Combo at Ramsay Memorial Pavilion, McDonald, at 7 p.m. 1-4 — St. Patrick Catholic Church Festival, Hubbard 1 — Boardman High School Jazz Band at Boardman Park’s ...
Health care is all the talk in today’s world and really should be. I grew up in the 1940s and ’50s and can remember the simplicity of health care in those decades so long ago. Health care is a very big topic in 2019, with billions of dollars spent annually on it. But some of us remember ...
RETIREES TO MEET: Howland Schools Retirees will meet at 11 a.m. Aug. 6 at Enzo’s. All retired school employees, classified and non-classified, are welcome to attend the monthly lunch meetings with spouses or guests. Cost of the lunch is payable at the door. There will be a collection of ...
Another hot week in July! Last week, we had over an inch of rain, but it didn’t cool off much. Today, son Kevin had a therapy appointment, so I took him to town. With the heat, I didn’t want to take the horse and buggy. Our friend Beth took us. We put 12 quarts of strawberries into ...
ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUPS: The Alzheimer’s Association Greater East Ohio Area Chapter makes Alzheimer’s caregiver support groups available free, open to all caregivers, family members and friends with a loved one affected by any form of dementia. • Howland — 7 p.m. second Tuesdays ...
HUBBARD — Hubbard Public Library’s Mats of Love project weaves blessings on multiple levels. On the face of it, the project provides help to the homeless by turning plastic bags into bedding. Beyond that, it’s also good for the environment and it provides companionship of all age levels ...
As I had written before, Dad had purchased a complicated stick model airplane kit for me when I was 6 years old. It was early 1942. World War II had just started for the U.S. The kit, for modelers age 14 and older, was of a little-known early World War II aircraft known as a Vultee Vengeance ...
It is a hot, humid July evening. I am sitting outside on our porch but can hardly feel any breeze. The mercury on the thermometer still shows 95 degrees at 8 p.m. We hope it will cool off soon. My husband, Joe, is doing much better, and the doctor had good news for him. All the tests came ...