AKRON
Back-to-school drive
AKRON: The Young Black Professionals Coalition (YBPC) in collaboration with DJ Mr. King, will host the ninth annual “I Know I Can” Back To School Drive and Community Resource Fair, noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 21 at Deon’s Grooming Lounge, 926 E. Tallmadge Ave., for Akron-area youth for the upcoming school year.
An estimated 500 book bags filled with school supplies will be distributed.
Boys will be given free haircuts on behalf of Deon’s Grooming Lounge and other barbers in the area. Girls will receive free nail styling, courtesy of local cosmetologists.
Representatives from more than 50 area community resources ranging from utility and housing assistance to job placement and secondary education enrollment will be at the event.
To donate or volunteer, contact Steve King at 330-701-8327 or Eric Fletcher 614-668-2225. YBPC can also be contacted via email at ybpcinfo@gmail.com.
CUYAHOGA VALLEY
Road to close temporarily
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Everett Road at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad crossing in Cuyahoga Falls will be temporarily closed from 6:30 a.m. Monday to 4:30 p.m. Friday.
The National Park Service is coordinating the closure in order to allow a contractor to replace the crossing. A detour route will be posted.
STATE NEWS
Kids get swine flu at fair
COLUMBUS: Officials say two children became ill with a new version of the flu virus after being in contact with infected pigs at a west-central Ohio county fair.
Ohio’s Health and Agriculture departments said Friday neither child was hospitalized. The flu is known as a variant of H3N2, which normally circulates in swine. Its symptoms are similar to seasonal flu viruses. Person-to-person spread is rare.
The state says both children got the virus while at the Clark County Fair in late July.
The cases come at the height of county fair season in Ohio.
State agriculture and health officials are stressing the importance of hand-washing to fairgoers who come into contact with swine.
Ohio’s Agriculture Department plans to hold a conference call Monday with fair boards to emphasize such precautions.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Offenders’ homes verified
A recent review of 150 Summit County sex offender registrations revealed at least four people had moved and failed to report their changes of address to the sheriff’s office.
Sex offenders are required to regularly register their current address with their local sheriff’s office for a set period of time, based on the severity of the crime for which they are convicted. Failure to register is a felony under Ohio law.
Inspector Bill Holland said none of the people had been charged, so their names were not released.
Holland said the one-day excursion was part of an ongoing effort to validate the addresses of the more than 1,000 registered sex offenders in the county.
For information on Summit County’s sex offenders, visit www.sheriff.summitoh.net.
Scalise gets national award
AKRON: Summit County Fiscal Officer Kristen Scalise has received the 2016 Outstanding CPA in Government Impact Award from the American Institute of CPAs.
The award was presented Monday at the group’s 32nd Annual National Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update Conference in Washington, D.C.
“The 2016 winners of the Outstanding CPA in Government Awards are CPAs who have had a definitive, lasting and significant impact on our government, their colleagues and the public at large,” Tim Christen, chair of the institute board of directors, said in a statement.