BRIEFLY
Sebring steak fry
SEBRING-The Sebring American Legion Post 76 will hold its monthly steak fry from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the post home, 395 W. California Ave. There is a choice of porterhouse ($14), ribeye ($13) or strip steak ($12). The menu includes a steak, baked potato, bread and an all-you-can-eat salad. A DJ will provide music starting at 8:30 p.m.
Song of the Spirit
COLUMBIANA- Song of the Spirit starring Brain Palumbo and Mark Plegge will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Main Street Theater. Tickets cost $12 in advance and $15 at door, and includes a dessert reception at intermission. To purchase advance tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.mytheatercompany.com.
Benefit auction set
WASHINGTONVILLE- Family and friends of Leetonia native Lora Kyser are hosting a new and used item auction at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Washingtonville VFW Post 5532, 575 S. Countyline Road, to benefit Kyser, who is a single mother of three battling cancer. Items such as furniture, clothing, jewelry, household products and appliances are still being accepted. To donate items call Mary Ann Curtis at 330-482-0499 or make a cash donation to Life for Lora at Chase Bank.
Caregiver support program
SALEM- A "Kin and Kids" relative care giver program support meeting will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, weather permitting, at Centennial Park pavilion 4 on the corner of Park and Oak streets. The meeting is open to grandparents or other adults and minor age children of families where children are living without benefit of their parents. In case of threatening or bad weather, the meeting will be held at the YWCA in the Kent State City Center, 230 N. Lincoln Ave. New families are welcome. For more information call the YW at 330-332-9944.
Goshen Home Extension
SALEM-A coverdish picnic is planned when Goshen Home Extension meets at 10 a.m. Friday at the home of Twila Frantz on Duck Creek Road. Table service will be provided.
Summer reading program
LISBON-Four local libraries will host a special program on Saturday in conjunction with Ohio's Summer Reading program, "Be Creative at Your Library." Cast members from Stage Left Players will be performing a preview from their upcoming musical, "Annie Get Your Gun," along with sharing their experiences as actors and what it is like both on stage and behind the scenes.
The program will be presented at 10 a.m. at Leetonia Library, at 11:30 a.m. at Lepper Library in Lisbon, at 1 p.m. at the Salem Public Library and at 2:30 p.m. at the Columbiana Library. For information on "Annie Get You Gun" go to www.stageleftplayers.org.
Macular Degeneration group
SALEM-The Macular Degeneration Support Group will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Sterling House Assisted Living. Dr. Lorie Lippiatt will speak. The meeting is free and open to the public. For information call 330-337-9096.
Artists featured at gallery
COLUMBUS-Local artists Jennifer Lanza-Linn and Julie Ann Gossiaux-Wack are showing their paintings in a two-person show titled "Hypen" from June 13 through July 9 at Art Pad Gallery, 4969 N. High St., Columbus. The opening reception will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. June 20. (www.artpadgallery.com)
Gossiaux-Wack graduated with a master's of fine arts in studio art from Kent State University. She currently has her studio at her home in Salem where she lives with her husband, David Wack. She has two grown children, Joseph and Margaret; and two grandsons, Riley and Spencer. Among the galleries where she has shown her work are 11 E. Ashland and the Ice House, both in Phoenix, Ariz., The Sculpture Center in Cleveland, The Acme Art Co., Trumbull Art Gallery, Three Rivers Art Festival, Ohio University, Sinclair College, Cleveland State University, Kent State University, Salem branch of the Butler Art Museum, Worthington Art Council, Friends Roastery and the DH Gallery in Salem. She received a best in show at the 2006 Salem YWCA Annual Art Show for her sculpture and a second place for two dimensional work at the 2009 Ohio River Art Council's annual show at KSU in East Liverpool.
Lanza-Linn's first experiences with art took place in her grandparent's market, where she was given large sheets of butcher paper upon which she would draw with markers. This early exposure to art materials and the creative process eventually grew into a full-time love of artmaking. She was educated in ceramics at KSU where she received her bachelor's degree in 1996. She has exhibited her work at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown and also the Salem location, where in 2002 she had a solo exhibition. She also was a co-curator and exhibited her work in two group shows at the Salem Butler in 2002 and 2004. In 2005 she exhibited her work in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England and in 2006 in Seattle, Wash. In 2004 her work was published in New Art International Volume IX and in 2005 in American Art Collector, Volume 1: Book 3. She is currently a graduate student at Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, studying art therapy and counseling. She resides in Cleveland.
Oilfield emergency training
GRANVILLE-Emergency responders from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, took part in the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program's Responding to Oilfield Emergencies Training Workshops in April and May. Local Columbiana County firefighter included Tom Graber of the Homeworth Fire Department.
Ohio took the lead in the U.S. by creating and implementing the nation's first Oilfield Emergency Response Training Program. OOGEEP's permanent training facility is located within the Wayne County Fire and Rescue Regional Fire School, in Applecreek. More than 490 Ohio firefighters, from 33 Ohio Counties and seven other states have participated in OOGEEP's unique training program. The program and training facilities have been funded 100 percent by Ohio's industry and do not utilize any taxpayer dollars.
"The program trains local fire fighters in effective emergency response practices at typical crude oil and natural gas drilling and production sites. And Ohio citizens should be honored that many other crude oil and natural gas producing states have looked to Ohio as a model to set up similar programs in their respective states," said Rhonda Reda, OOGEEP executive director and trainer.
Lisbon 1957 breakfast
LISBON-The David Anderson High School Class of 1957 plans to meet for breakfast at 10 a.m. June 18 at the Taste of Country Restaurant.
Salem 1968 "Evening Out"
SALEM-The Salem High School Class of 1968's "Evening Out" begins at 6 p.m. June 24 at the Wing Warehouse (formerly Stooges).
