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• MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will have a board meeting at 11 a.m. Thursday at the commissioners hearing room. A staff meeting will take place at 10 a.m. at the conference room of the administration building. • WESTERN RESERVE BOARD OF EDUCATION will have its organizational meeting at 6 p.m. today in the K-12 cafeteria followed by the regular meeting. • MAHONING COUNTY CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTER BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Joyce Brooks Conference Center for the organizational and regular meetings. • GIRARD COUNCIL UTILITY COMMITTEE will meet ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day events

SATURDAY WARREN — The Martin Luther King “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” will be 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Triyounity Health and Wellness Club, 239 Main Ave. SW, Warren. The event will include Vincent Shivers as historian storyteller, Pastor Orneil Heller as theological historian and Penny Wells as empowering educator. SUNDAY YOUNGSTOWN — The Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee of the Mahoning Valley will host its annual community interfaith worship service at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church, 1210 Himrod Ave., Youngstown. The messenger for the ...

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LODGE DINNER NIGHT: The Negley Masonic Lodge, 722 Meadow Lane, Columbiana, will host its monthly dinner night 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday or until the food is gone. This month is Soup Night and is all-you-can-eat if dining in. Carryout will be available. There will be a variety of soups available. Half the proceeds are going to be donated toward Heroes and Halos, a nonprofit organization that provides awareness, education and outreach programs to the public regarding individuals with special needs and disabilities.There also will be a 50 / 50 raffle. MVHS LUNCHTIME PROGRAM: The January ...

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• CANFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 7 p.m. today at the township hall for regular and organizational meetings. • YOUNGSTOWN BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5 p.m. today at the Youngstown Rayen Early College High School. • WESTERN RESERVE JOINT FIRE DISTRICT will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Poland village hall. • WESTERN RESERVE BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the K-12 cafeteria for the organizational and regular meetings. • POLAND TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the township government center. • STRUTHERS CITY COUNCIL ...

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SOCIETY WELCOMES WALKER: Dave Walker from Van Wert will continue his series on aircraft of World War II, when he speaks about the “heavies” at the World War II Heritage Society’s Jan. 19 meeting at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. The presentation will be preceded by a buffet meal, for which reservations are due by Thursday to Dave Frank, 330- 757-0515. Walker has selected four heavy bombers to highlight his PowerPoint presentation. His father served with the 5th Air Force in the Pacific Southwestern Theater, which used B-25 bombers in their battles. Walker was born, raised ...

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• MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. today for the organizational meeting and 10:30 a.m. Tuesday for the regular meeting, both at the county commissioners hearing room, and at 11:30 a.m. today for a staff meeting at the conference room at the administration building. • MAHONING COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT Policy Committee will meet at 9 a.m. today at the Mahoning County Public Health, 50 Westchester Drive, Austintown. • MILL CREEK METROPARKS Board of Park Commissioners will meet at 5 p.m. today at McMahon Hall at the Metroparks Farm in Canfield. • ...