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NEWTON FALLS — The Newton Falls Park and Recreation Department, in conjunction with the Mahoning Valley Archeological Society, will present an Indian artifact show from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the community center, 52 East Quarry Lane.

Displays will include flint, pottery, slate bead work and baskets. Professional evaluators will be on hand to examine artifacts from the public.

For more information, call Pat Layshock at (330) 872-0336.

A Spaghetti Dinner & Motorcycle run to benefit The Kassandra Raber Medical Fund will take place on Sunday, October 5th. Kassandra Raber is an 8 year old little girl who was born with a congenital condition that has affected her brain. Since her birth she has been fighting respitory distress and respitory failure. Within the past two years her health has declined considerably. Her prognosis is not good, and this benefit is to help defer the considerable medical costs that the family has incured. Kassandra is cared for at her home by her Mom, Dad, and two brothers.

NEWTON FALLS — An “I Spy” game will be added to the fourth annual Animal Welfare League’s Charity Motorcycle Run on Sept. 28.

Participants will note unique features at various attractions along the route, which starts and ends at Faces Lounge, 13 Broad St. W.

All motorcycles will head out at noon, with registration from 10 am to noon. Registration fee is $15 per rider and $10 per passenger. The run will take place rain or shine.

The fee includes continental breakfast, door prizes and buffet dinner. Proceeds will benefit the Animal Welfare League.

NEWTON FALLS — The Salvation Army here is looking for volunteers for its annual holiday bell-ringing to solicit donations.

The signature “red kettle” bell-ringing will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends and some weekdays, in two-hour shifts. Money received by the Newton Falls locations will remain in the township and go to families in need.

To volunteer, call Doug at (330) 872-5574. Children can also volunteer under the supervision of an adult.

Workers in Louisiana: Operator Riccie Griffin, left, and foreman David Ellis talk about restoring power to Baton Rouge and staying at Skate Galaxy.A utility worker’s life on the road isn’t a vacation.

David Ellis, a foreman with a Kentucky-based utility company assisting Entergy’s restoration efforts, said work generally starts at dawn and ends at dusk, when they are taken to hastily prepared accommodations put together by the host company in the wake of a disaster. For Gustav, it’s a tent city where utility workers sleep, shower and eat.

But after a chance meeting with Skate Galaxy owner Doug Foval, a crew of 30 utility workers is living large this week at the skating rink — a comfortable place to sleep with all the Louisiana cooking they can eat.

“We generally have to live pretty rough for a while,” Ellis said. “It’s not too bad right now.”

As thousands of people, including National Guard members and utility workers, have rushed to the state to help with the recovery, some Louisiana residents have quietly done what they could to thank them.

The logistics of hosting so many people after a storm is a massive undertaking, said Entergy spokesman Philip Allison, whose company has employees working to take care of the 14,000 utility workers it brought into the state.

For Entergy, he said, that means providing tents and bunkhouse trailers for sleeping, preparing meals at staging areas and finding places for workers to shower or do laundry.