week five

Monday: I went to the Boardman YMCA for a tour and to pick up their summer schedule of events for story fodder. Then I headed out to Poland for a tour through the forest following the wildflower spotter list created by a local woman. I wrote up the wildflower story afterward.
Tuesday: I worked on the wildflower story some more. I think this was a really slow day.
Wednesday: I did a story about the library's Baby Brilliant program, which promotes early literacy skills in children ages 0-3. I went to a program at the Boardman library. Then I went on rounds for Denise. While at the Boardman police station, my car window decided to break, which led to my driver side door not being openable. Fun crawling over the console. I wrote the literacy story after rounds.
Thursday: I went on rounds. Made lots of cemetery phone calls and traffic phone calls. Began viewing traffic maps of Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
Friday: Composed the list of the top ten busiest sections of roads in Trumbull and Mahoning counties and then cleared the list with the company who makes the counts for a traffic story. Then I began work on a cemetery story about interesting people and headstones and stories. I went to Oak Hill where all the people with old money are buried. Then I headed out to Calvary, which is predominately Catholic and houses some local mob families and other personalities. Then I continued on to the Mahoning County Historical Society for some cemetery information. While there, the huge storm hit, the tornado siren went off and I spent a half hour or so in the basement of the building.