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Winona Strawberry Festival set for June 28

The Winona Area Historical Society will sponsor its 13th Annual Winona Strawberry Festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at corner of Winona Road and Cameron Street in Winona (GPS address: 32114 Winona Road, Hanoverton, OH 44423) The community gathering will feature food from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., including barbecued chicken halves, sandwiches, sides, homemade desserts, strawberry topping for homemade ice cream and more. In celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, historical societies and museums from all over Columbiana County will be on the grounds to ...

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TUE/6-16 Boardman DARE Singles Group, bocce at Boardman Park, 5:30 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Canfield That Quilt Group I Belong To (TQGIBT), 7 p.m., Rotary Building at Fair Park on Oak Street; program includes a variety of events celebrating America’s 250th Birthday. Members should wear red, white, and blue and bring any patriotic quilts or wall hangings for Show and Tell. Members are also reminded to bring their heirloom blocks Number 1or 2 for their Block of the Month quilt. The group’s annual pot luck dinner will top off the celebration. Members are reminded to ...

Walters celebrate 60th anniversary

Fifth-generation East Liverpool native Rev. Robert Dale Walter and his wife, Sandra Lee Pollock Walter, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary June 5 at their home in San Jose, Calif. The event was attended by family and friends and hosted by their son, Dale L., and wife Tonya N. Walter, ...

Southern Local Elementary attendance efforts yield results

SALINEVILLE – Officials at Southern Local Elementary School said efforts to encourage regular attendance have paid off, with absenteeism reduced by about half. For maintaining good attendance, pupils in grades K-5 earned the opportunity to see a visiting magician or petting zoo or take a ...