🌱 Girard community mourns the passing of Kevin Linus Green

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In today's newsletter:

• Girard community mourns the passing of Kevin Linus Green
• How Girard robotics students turned lawn mowers into a powerful fundraiser
• Which Girard standouts just earned top All-Ohio football honors?

Also on today's calendar: Reptile Show and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy, snow showers; colder, with a high of 27 and low of 22 degrees.
• Friday: Cloudy, flurries; chilly, temps: high: 32, low: 23.
• Saturday: Low clouds, breezy and cold, with a high of 29 and low of 15 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• Kevin Linus Green, Girard, Ohio (wkbn.com) — Girard is mourning the loss of longtime resident Kevin Linus Green, a Girard High School football alum and U.S. Air Force veteran who later worked as a carpenter in Florida and the Youngstown area. His family plans a celebration of life this spring, with arrangements handled by Augustine Funeral Home.
   

• Fundraiser sharpens team's skills (tribtoday.com) — Girard’s FIRST Robotics Robocats Aptiv Team is honing real-world skills by winterizing more than 60 lawn mowers in their long-running annual fundraiser, which has brought in over $4,000. Students, parents, and alumni from Girard pitch in, learning engine maintenance, teamwork, and responsibility while serving loyal local customers who return year after year.
   

• Girard's Pearson wins D-V Offensive Player of the Year (tribtoday.com) — Girard football fans can celebrate as sophomore quarterback AJ Pearson was named a Division V Offensive Player of the Year, with several Indian teammates also earning All-Ohio honors. The piece highlights multiple Girard and nearby Mahoning Valley players and coaches recognized on the Division IV and V statewide football teams.
   

📸 Around Girard

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Girard

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Mahoning Valley Comicon
  Metroplex Expo Center, 1620 Motor Inn Dr, Girard
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday December 14

• Reptile Show
  Metroplex Expo Center , 1620 Motor Inn Dr , Girard
  9:00 am
• Reptile Show (1)
  Metroplex Expo Center , 1620 Motor Inn Dr , Girard
  9:00 am
• NE Ohio Reptile Show
  1620 Motor Inn Dr , Girard
  2:00 pm

Friday January 9

• Great Lakes Fishing Expo
  Metroplex Expo Center , 1620 Motor Inn Dr , Girard
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• CFMV at TAG Coffee hour
  Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership , 736 Mahoning Ave , Warren
  9:00 am

Friday December 12

• Playtime at Your Library
  95 Poland Ave , Struthers
  10:00 am
• Leanne Binder: Leon's Acoustic Show
  Leon's Sports Bar & Grill , 1111 Niles Cortland Rd NE , Warren
  6:00 pm
• Samantha Fish, Cedric Burnside, & Jon Spencer
  Robins Theatre , 160 E Market St , Warren
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• 4th Annual Home for the Holidays -Arts & Craft Show
  The Von Isley Estate , 547 S Main St , Niles
  10:00 am
• Holiday Extravaganza at AWL🐾🎄
  Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County , 812 Youngstown Kingsville Rd SE , Vienna
  12:00 pm
• Solarpunk Solstice RPG
  Campbell Library , 436 Struthers Coitsville Rd , Lowellville
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Does anyone do or recommend a reasonable seamstress to hem some pants for me?
  I am sure they could be done on a machine. Thank you. (Nextdoor Girard)

• Travel America / Petro - TA Operating, LLC posted a job opening for Porter in Girard. Apply here.
• Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Retirement Services posted a job opening for Dietary Aide in Girard. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Girard here.

🗞 Nearby News

Niles

• Man pleads guilty in Niles fatal hit-and-run (wkbn.com)
• Christmas dance to welcome all skill levels (tribtoday.com)
• Liberty Twp. woman sentenced for reported stabbing (wkbn.com)

Youngstown

• 9-Foot Menorah on Display at JCC of Youngstown (businessjournaldaily.com)
• YSU Students Present Three Minute Theses (businessjournaldaily.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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