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Mercy Health mobile mammography van visiting Valley

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YOUNGSTOWN — The Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center (JACBCC) Mobile Mammography Unit will be traveling around Northeast Ohio throughout the month of October. The JACBCC was created to deliver the most accurate prevention, early detection, diagnosis and support services in the region, and the Center’s mobile unit provides easier access to quality care to women all over the Mahoning Valley. The state-of-the-art mobile unit uses the same high-quality technology and equipment to perform the mammogram that can be found in the JACBCC. It was also the first mobile unit in ...

What to leave standing in your garden’s fall cleanup

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Fall is garden cleanup time, but that doesn’t mean you should turn your property into a barren wasteland. PLANTS TO KEEP Leave perennials that produce seed heads standing over winter to feed nonmigratory birds and provide shelter for pollinators and beneficial insects. These include allium, aster, big-leaf lupine, black-eyed Susan, chocolate flower, coneflower, goldenrod, milkweed, rattlesnake master, sneezeweed and trumpet vine, among others. Most spring-blooming shrubs produce their flowers on “old wood,” which is the prior year’s growth. Cutting them back now would ...

Water evergreens through the fall

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Unlike deciduous trees and shrubs, evergreens have a continuous need for water during fall and winter. When the ground dries out or freezes the roots, evergreens can no longer supply water to the leaves or needles, and they can begin to die. This results in a condition called winter burn or winter desiccation. All evergreens can suffer from this condition. Evergreens exposed to winter sun and wind will have more injury than those in shaded, sheltered locations. Both wind and sun accelerate water loss from evergreens. There are several steps you can take to help your evergreens avoid ...

Mums the word

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Our flowers are turning brown, and our plants are drooping. In come the mums (Chrysanthemums) to spruce up the color before the winter blah! At this time of year, we begin seeing beautiful fall colors in mums — red, golds, pinks, yellow, white, purple and burgundy. Blue is the only color ...

Valley Grows calendar for Oct. 19

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Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Extension Office. For more information and a complete list, contact: • OSU Mahoning County Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield. 330-533-5538. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. • OSU Trumbull County Extension Office, 520 W. Main St. Suite 1, Cortland. 330-638-6783. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Plant and Pest Clinic You can submit your questions by calling the Mahoning County office at 330-533-5538 or emailing us at ...

Warren church hosts fundraiser to benefit St. Vincent de Paul

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WARREN — St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish hosted a recent fundraiser to benefit St. Vincent de Paul, which plans to locate its offices to the former St. James Parish rectory. Vicki Cicero, chairwoman of the event, said the fourth annual Rock and Rally fundraiser was a benefit for the St. ...