Pleasant Green Baptist Church will host the opening of the Haley House, 1124 14th St., a residential facility for homeless men and nonviolent ex-offenders, from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday.

The Haley House is a six-month residential transitional facility to help educate and prepare residents for a better and more productive life in society through Biblical teaching, drug education, and life and job skills.

The goal is to uplift the mind, body and spirit by building character and integrity in each client.

School supplies are available

There will be a give-away of school supplies while supplies last from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Tick Ridge Freewill Baptist Church, 2675 Wheelers Mill Road.

OUS hosts workshop

Ohio University's Travel and Tourism and Business Management Technologies departments, of Ironton, are hosting Carnival College: A Personal Professional Selling the Funship Way workshop at 6 p.m. Thursday in Room 180 of the Riffe Center, Ohio University Southern-Ironton campus. Joan Fields, area business development manager for Carnival Cruise Lines, will focus on increasing your product knowledge, improving personal selling skills and techniques, along with marketing and growing your business through group and incentive cruise sales.

This presentation is geared for the traditional storefront or home-based travel agent, cruise-only agent or anyone interested in discovering how to profit from selling vacations at sea. There is no participation fee, however reservations are requested.

To reserve your seat contact, Steve Call at (740) 533-4559, toll free at (800) 626-0513, ext. 4559 or call@ohio.edu.

Ice cream social is Aug. 16

There will be a community ice cream social, sponsored by Lucasville Kiwanis, at 6 p.m. Thursday at Rest Haven Rehab and Healthcare, 2274 McDermott Pond Creek Road, McDermott. There will be free ice cream sundaes.

Boil water notice is announced

There is a boil water notice in effect because of a main line break for the following areas in the South Shore, Ky., area: east of Main Street (First through Fifth avenues including Nelroy). Boil water for a minimum of five minutes.

For more information, call South Shore Water Works Company at (606) 932-3531.

Committee seeks square dancers

The Old Fashion Days committee is looking for square dancers for the 2007 festival. There is one hour available at 6 p.m. Oct. 6 for any group that would be interested in performing. Those interested should contact Stefanie Scott at (606) 473-9851 for more information.

Traffic delays are possible

With operations for a bridge repair project on Ohio 348 and the Scioto County Fair under way, motorists are advised of possible periods of delay at the route's junction with U.S. 23 at Lucasville.

Contractors for the Ohio Department of Transportation are rehabilitating a bridge located at the 18.04-mile marker on Ohio 348, just west of the junction with U.S. 23 at Lucasville, and Ohio 348 is reduced to one lane.

Although traffic is being maintained by temporary traffic signals, the department has arranged with the Ohio State Highway Patrol to operate additional traffic controls at the intersection of U.S. 23 and Ohio 348 to mitigate traffic flow and minimize delays as much as possible. As such, officers from the SHP post will operate traffic controls through signalization during peak travel times to and from the fairgrounds while the fair continues for the remainder of the week.

Bridge Overlay Systems, of Canfield, was awarded a contract in the amount of approximately $550,000 to repair the bridge, and the completion date is Oct. 31.

From PDT staff reports