21 WFMJ archives / September 10,  2000 | The Boardman High School Band debuted their new uniforms 20 years ago during the Boardman-Chaney game. 

September 11

2000: Warren-based Trumbull Industries, which has nine locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, is launching an online marketing venture. 

Levensky Smith, a 1989 graduate of East High School, will lead a troupe of 150 dancers representing the continent of Africa during the opening of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. 

Trumbull County 911, which fields about 98,000 calls that result in emergency personnel being dispatched, is conducting a public information campaign to reduce inappropriate calls. Director Tim Gladis says calling to report a bat in the house or a stolen bicycle ties up a dispatcher. Such calls should be made to the nonemergency line. 

 

1985: Talks between Copperweld Steel and the steelworkers union aimed at lowering production costs, on which a $34 million plant upgrade had broken off. 

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approves a 20 percent increase in water rates for the Masury Water Co., despite claims by Trumbull County Commissioners that the rise is unnecessary. 

The Mahoning County Historical Society reports record growth at its 110th annual meeting, which included a candlelight dinner for 130 members in the rotunda of the Mahoning County Courthouse. 

 

1975: The city of Youngstown is called into court for a contempt of court hearing for violating court orders on civil service appointments. 

Parella-Pannunzio Inc. of Youngstown is the apparent low bidder to improve 11.5 miles of I-680 in Youngstown for $3.3 million. 

Donald W. Hogan will speak at the commencement exercises for 47 graduates of Choffin School of Practical Nursing. 

 

1950: Increases of 50 to 100 percent in Social Security payments under a new federal formula will mean about $1 million more a year being paid to Trumbull County retirees. 

The heads of all four major Youngstown district steel companies are among 21 steel companies meeting in Washington to help government officials plan how to shift the nation back to a wartime footing. 

Philip Murray, president of the United Steelworkers of America, CIO, announces that his union will be seeking a 20-cent-per-hour pay raise.