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100 years ago in 1924:
The Warren community showed its support for the Warren Business & Professional Women's Club by attending the performance of the United States Marine Band at the Robbins Theatre. The event was well-received for its constructive and educational value.
The band's concert was a remarkable musical and social gathering at the start of the theater season, widely recognized as the top organization of its kind in America. Due to the small afternoon audience, the club only managed to raise $300 for the scholarship fund. The organization had aimed to achieve two important goals: to provide Warren with an exceptional musical experience and to raise funds to support students who might otherwise have to abandon their musical or academic pursuits due to financial constraints.
50 years ago in 1974:
Friends of Youth, a mentoring program, was initiated in Warren to help adolescents by providing adult guidance and companionship.
The organization was in charge of concerned citizens, social service agencies and local governmental units in Trumbull County.
Training sessions were to begin in October were recruiting volunteer friends, with the Trumbull County Mental Health Center and other agencies to provide training. The organization was under the direction of the steering committee and provided trained sympathetic adults to establish a relationship to substitute productivity for inactivity and undisciplined action. Shared activities included athletics, hobbies, special events and undivided attention for listening and gentle guidance.
25 years ago in 1999:
A throng of nearly 1,000 braved a rain-threatening downtown sky for the 25th annual Peace Race.
Among the masses who ran or walked 2 miles or raced the 10-kilometer course were individual runners, some of whom had competed in previous races. Proceeds from the race benefitted Children's International Summer Villages, a youth exchange program designed to increase universal understanding of ethnic variations. The day's events began with 350 runners and walkers starting at Cleveland Elementary School and following a scenic course through Mill Creek Park and around to the finish on Federal Plaza.
The top finisher was Julius Gwako of Kenya, who ran the 10K race in 29:11, Bob Kenes of Cary, North Carolina, and Fred Keiser of Cleveland rounded out the second and third spots. The fastest local runner was Matt Folk of Youngstown, who came in sixth place.
10 years ago in 2014:
A political novice campaigning for Trumbull County commissioner, in part, on a platform of not being "a career politician" was trying to topple a two-term commissioner running on his achievements in his more than 20 years in local politics. Republican Patricia Hale Paridon of Kinsman was challenging Frank Fuda, a Democrat from Niles, in the Nov. 4 election.
Both had an easy path to the general election Paridon ran unopposed and even encouraged Republicans to switch political parties in the primary election to vote for the woman challenging Fuda, who despite that, was victorious by about a 40 percent margin.
Fuda said four more years would let him continue work to improve the county's infrastructure- particularly the sanitary sewer. He also said appointments made during his time as commissioner had strengthened operations at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport including communications with board operations and between the board and commissioners.
Paridon's issues, as told to the League of Women Voters, included lowering taxes, reducing unnecessary regulations and maintaining important safety standards.
Compiled from the archives of the Tribune Chronicle by Emily Earnhart.