POLICE ACADEMY STARTS PROGRAM: The Warren Police Department will resume its Citizen's Police Awareness Academy in November. The eight-week classes are designed to give citizens an inside view of the day-to-day operations of the police department. Classes are held once a week at the Warren Police Department Roll Call Room. Material covered will include Fourth Amendment rights, use of deadly force, crime prevention techniques, FATS shooting and police ride-alongs. Applications are available to Warren city residents at the police station, 141 South St., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m or on the City of Warren's website, warren.org. Call Geoff at 330-841-2788.
QUILTS TO BE DISPLAYED: John Stark Edwards House and Museum, 404 Monroe N.W., Warren, will have a display of 20 antique quilts from 2 to 5 p.m. Oct. 7. The quilts are a selection of the many quilts owned and preserved by the Trumbull County Historical Society. Because they are fragile, they are rarely put out for public showing.
PANTRY HOLDS FUNDRAISER: The Vienna Ecumenical Food Pantry will hold a fundrasing campaign through Dec. 15 selling $30 entertainment books. Books are available at the Vienna Pharmacy, Graves Inursance Agency and other locations. Call 303-539-5481.
ALUMNI SELL ITEMS: Hubbard Alumni Association is holding a fundraiser selling Cat's Meows replicas of the different Hubbard schools for $18. They can be purchased at the Hubbard Alumni's 18th annual celebration on Oct. 13 at the Gallery. Call 330-534-2574.
CENTER AWARDED GRANT: The D&E Counseling Center, a community behavioral health service provider to children, teens and their families, has recently been awarded a two-year grant of $70,000 from the Kennedy Family Fund, a component fund of the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley. The center will use the award in support of its Upstream Plus program, an in-home service helping parents of kindergarten and first-grade children learn effective ways to aid their children's social and emotional development and improve their reading and math skills.
DINING PROGRAM FOCUSES ON NUTRITION: "Dining with Diabetes," a cooking school and nutrition education program designed for people with diabetes and their family members or caregivers, will offer a series of three classes and cooking demonstrations from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Oct. 17, 24 and 31 at the Ohio State University Extension Trumbull County, 520 W. Main St., Cortland. Cost of the series is $25 per person. Those enrolled will be taught how to prepare meals that are healthy and easy to make. Register by calling 330-638-6783 or at trumbull.osu.edu.
To reach the 24-hour information referral and crisis intervention service in Trumbull County, call Trumbull 211 at 330-393-1565 or 211. Call Trumbull 211 or Help Hotline at 330-747-2696 or 800-427-3606 for more information on service agencies.
Someplace Safe Inc., support groups for women, children and individual support services. 330-393-3003.
Sunday Night Our Gratitude Speaks, Narcotics Anonymous open speaker meeting. Sundays, 7 p.m. Serenity Place, 29 E. Broad St., Newton Falls.