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From left, Darius Harris of Niles, artist Sonya Davenport Moore of Warren and Fred Harris of Warren look over drawings done by Davenport Moore of local notable black residents in honor of Black History Month. The drawings are being used for special sets of informational cards â with the drawings on one side and biographical information on the other â about the person and his / her life, achievements and accomplishments. Plans are to get the cards to local schools, libraries, churches and historical societies.
WARREN A local woman is using her artistic talent to create drawings of local black residents noted for their many lifetime accomplishments.
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WARREN A discussion that began with talk of creating a more equitable hiring policy as one way to improve diversity in Trumbull County and to honor Black History Month with a real-world commitment, turned into an argument between two county commissioners about past hiring practices.
Commissioners today are expected to pass a resolution honoring Black History Month, and in it, are expected to commit to creating a countywide hiring policy that aims to increase access to county jobs for black people and minorities in the community. County commissioners committed last week to doing more for Black History Month than has been done in the past, and the Trumbull County Historical Society is expected to give a presentation on contributions made by the black community in the area.
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Listener Anne Skove points out there are a lot of cities and counties in Ohio that share a name. You ve got Hamilton County, which doesn t have Hamilton the city in it. There s Montgomery County, but there s a Montgomery here (in Hamilton County). Warren is way off on the other side of the state, and there s a Warren County, but they re nowhere near each other.
Her theory: famous people get things named after them. Washington State and Washington D.C. are nowhere near each other either, but you know, Washington. Famous, she says.
It s not a bad theory. Steve Lucht is curator at Dayton History. Pretty much all the major cities in Ohio are not named after places. They re named after people.
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At age 100, Irene Was of Warren is still painting and drawing. She also speaks conversational Polish and Spanish.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of a series of Saturday profiles of area residents and their stories. To suggest a profile, contact features editor Burton Cole at bcole@tribtoday.com or metro editor Marly Kosinski at mkosinski@tribtoday.com.
WARREN For Irene G. Was’ 100th birthday last week, she was gifted a bouquet of 100 roses.
A friend joked that if she sketched one rose per day for 100 days, she’d have the bouquet drawn in no time. After all, flowers are the subject of many of Was’ paintings and drawings.