March 19

2000: Adelphia Business Solutions proposes installing a "sonic ring" to provide a high-speed Internet connection to downtown Youngstown and Youngstown State University. 

White Hat Management Co. of Akron is looking for a site for a life-skills charter school in Warren.

Ryan Shaffer, 14, of West Farmington, an eighth grader representing the Trumbull Education Association of Christian Schools, wins the Vindicator's 67th regional spelling bee, correctly spelling the words "viridity" (the state of being green) and "hircine" (goatlike) in the final round. 

1985: The New Castle School Board and City Council oppose the sale of the Johnson Bronze Co. for delinquent taxes.

The Trumbull Unit of the American Cancer Society is launching its three-day spring daffodil sale. It expects to sell 20,000 bunches of daffodils at $3.25 each.

Seven members of the Youngstown Gymnastics Center have earned berths on the United States Association of Gymnastics Clubs Junior Elite Team: Michelle Lodge, Shannon Gallagher, Anna Russo, Tracy Testa, Mindy Cooper, Amy Ryan, and April DeAngelo. 

1975: Fred Davis, 6-foot-5 Boardman senior, is named to the Associated Press All-Ohio second team in basketball. 

Elaynne d. Morgan, the first woman elected to Poland Village Council in its 106-year history in 1971, became the village mayor, replacing Merle Madrid, who resigned. 

Surpassing all projections, nearly 15,000 voters turn out for a special election, approving a 6.8-mill, three-year school levy by more than 2,000 votes. 

1950: The Patrician Players of St. Patrick Church in Hubbard are in rehearsal for a three-act play, "The Betrayal."  The story of Christ's trial and crucifixion will be presented in the Hubbard High School auditorium. 

Youngstown College's first swim team is putting in three-hour daily practice sessions at the downtown YMCA.  Meets are scheduled with Slippery Rock, Thiel, Baldwin-Wallace, and Case Institute of Technology. 

Charles Stewart Austin of Poland is named manager of the Elks Club. He has been assistant manager of the Youngstown Country Club for two years.