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CRUISE IN AND CRAFTS: Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Road Youngstown, will have a cruise in and craft fair 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. All proceeds from the 50/50 and basket raffle will be for Zion’s debt reduction. There will be food trucks, basket raffle, 50-50, a classic car cruise and handmade crafts. PRESIDENTIAL SPEAKER: The National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Museum will host author Bill Clevelan, who wrote “Presidential Road Trips: 100 Places to Explore and Experience the History of American Presidents.” Clevelan was in Niles a year ago to conduct research for his ...

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• MAHONING COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION has canceled the meeting for this week. • POLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the board room at Dobbins Elementary School. • SOUTH RANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the K-12 building. • MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the conference room at the county administration building for a staff meeting. • STRUTHERS CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building with caucus at 6:15 p.m.

COMMUNITY NEWS: Writers club to meet, YMCA gala set

• WRITERS TO MEET: The Monday Night Writers will meet 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday at Leana’s Books and More, 4317 Kirk Road, Austintown. Writers, both published and nonpublished, are invited to attend. The meeting is led by author Nancy Christie. For information, email l nancy@nancychristie.com • FALL FEST: St. Rose Parish, 48 E. Main St. in Girard, will have its Fall Fest 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday in the church parking lot. There will be food, music and a cake walk. • YMCA GALA SET: The YMCA of Youngstown will have the second annual Central YMCA Gala, a ...

Agenda for Sept. 21 and Sept. 22

AUSTINTOWN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the township administration building. MCDONALD PLANNING COMMISSION will meet 5:30 p.m. Monday at the community center. YOUNGSTOWN BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the board conference room, 20 W. Wood St. BOARDMAN TOWNSHIP CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION will meet at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at 7440 Market St. to certify the results of the Boardman Fire Department captain’s exam. BEAVER TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the administration building on a road project change order, ...

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• MAHONING COUNTY CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER Board of Education will meet at 4:30 p.m. Monday in the Joyce Brooks Conference Center at MCCTC. • LORDSTOWN VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the municipal building. • HUBBARD CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the municipal building.

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SPIDERS NEED LOVE: Pat Rydquist, a retired interpretive naturalist from Summit Metro Park, will share the lives and value of spiders in the hopes that others will appreciate their beauty and worth. The talk is at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Austintown Senior Center, 112 Westchester Drive, Austintown. Social time is at 6:30 p.m. TEA PARTY: The Holborn Herb Growers Guild will have its annual tea party 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Lariccia Family Community Center at Boardman Park, 375 Boardman Poland Road. The annual celebration, organized by the Holborn Herb Growers Guild (founded in 1982 to ...