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Junior League hosts hundreds of survivors at annual tea

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CANFIELD - "She held her mama's hand ... When they got the news ... Too close to home ... When it hits close to you ..." Those are lyrics from Candace Campana's "Pink Ink," a song she sang Monday for about 500 breast cancer survivors at Waypoint 4180, during the 32nd annual Pink Ribbon Tea. Sponsored by the Junior League of the Mahoning Valley, the tea brings together survivors and their caregivers for an afternoon of inspiration, music and fellowship. Vendors were on hand with information on products and services to support the breast cancer journey, and cellist Ed Madej provided ...

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BIO BOX INFO: NAME: John Faur Jr. AGE: 79 RESIDENCE: Warren SERVICE BRANCH: Navy MILITARY HONORS: National Defense Medal, Letter of Commendation OCCUPATION: Retired after working over 50 years in the automotive industry WARREN — John Faur graduated from Warren G. Harding at 17 and enlisted in the Navy soon after. He was discharged three years later, a day before his 21st birthday. “There were 859 students in my graduating class, the largest class ever to graduate from Harding. It was before they built Warren Western Reserve High School in 1967,” Faur said. He said ...

3,156-pound pumpkin grown in Rhode Island is being inspected for possible world record

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HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Rhode Island pumpkin grower appears to have broken the world record for the heaviest pumpkin, with his giant squash topping the current record by nearly 300 pounds. Ron Wallace of Greene, Rhode Island, weighed his pumpkin Saturday at a contest in New England and is now waiting for the Guinness Book of World Records to confirm he smashed the record, set about a week earlier by a grower in England. Wallace said he’s been in contact with Guinness officials who say his record is on track to be verified. “It’s truly massive, it was a pleasure to ...

Oct. 13 agenda

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WESTERN RESERVE JOINT FIRE DISTRICT Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Poland Township village hall. POLAND TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the township government center. There will be an executive session on personnel. LOWELLVILLE VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building. STRUTHERS CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building with caucus at 6:15 p.m. WEATHERSFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a work session at 5:30 p.m. today at the board administration offices and 7 p.m. Wednesday ...

Nonviolence Week closes out with roundtable discussion

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YOUNGSTOWN - In 1959, legendary jazz and blues singer Dinah Washington popularized the hit song, "What a Difference a Day Makes." In a day, Steve Schultz articulated what a difference a hyphen makes. "Nonviolence with a hyphen means without violence; nonviolence without a hyphen means what you are going to do about the violence and injustice we see," Schultz, assistant director of the Millbrae, California-based Sojourn to the Past program, said. "Nonviolence (not hyphenated) is about action, not inaction." Schultz, who was in the Mahoning Valley from his home in the San Francisco ...

Youngstown man killed in Interstate-80 crash in Hubbard

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HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — Gregory Connors, 43, of Youngstown, was killed in a three-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on Interstate 80 eastbound that involved two other vehicles that were stopped on the highway because of traffic. The Ohio State Highway Patrol issued a news release Saturday morning stating that the crash occurred at 4:55 p.m. in Hubbard Township. The release states that Connors was in the left lane, failed to slow down, and “clipped the right rear portion” of a 2011 Subaru Legacy operated by Nicholas Shields, 23, of Elyria, then continued into the right lane and struck ...