MILL CREEK METROPARKS - After a month of sifting through over 20 applications, the newest Mill Creek Metro Park Commissioners have been announced.

Probate Judge Robert Rusu Jr. said in a statement that he has selected Jim Houck and Katharine Paul to fill Germaine Bennett and Tom Frost's former commissioner roles in Mill Creek. Ahead of Rusu's announcement, a six-member selection committee considered the applicants and ultimately recommended Houck and Paul for the open positions.

Houck owns the Youngstown-based marketing and public relations firm, Houck Agency. He has served in roles at Fellows Riverside Gardens and within Potential Development School for Students with Autism. An educator in Youngstown City Schools, Paul has also worked as a volunteer at Second Harvest Food Bank and on t

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