Morning Journal Progress Edition 2011

Sunday, July 10, 2011 Section A

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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Morning Journal

Port Authority faces ups and downs in effort to attract business

Quality Liquid Feeds

By MICHAEL D. McELWAIN Staff Writer

WELLSVILLE — Quality Liquid Feeds has grown from a primarily Midwestern marketer of liquid feed supplements to a full-line liquid feed organization that serves the animal feeding industry nationwide.

Since 1999, the company has had a presence at the county port authority’s Intermodal Facility.

“The Columbiana County Port Authority has made it convenient for us and has helped us out tremendously,” Michael Fraser, local plant manager, noted. “The port authority is certainly an asset.”

Based out of Dodgeville, Wis., Quality Liquid Feeds has 10 plants across the country.

According to Fraser, the local facility is one of three

By TOM GIAMBRONI Staff Writer

The Quality Liquid Feeds plant in the Columbiana County Port Authority’s Wellsville Intermodal Facility is one of 10 such plants across the country.

specifically equipped to produce high-quality calciumsuspension feeds.

“We manufacture a range of products and ship it to places like Massachusetts and down into Virginia and as far west as Illinois,” Fraser

noted.

Molasses arrives from Louisiana by rail or river transport to the local facility where it’s processed.

Louisiana is the largest sugar cane producing state in the United States. Through a

unique supply agreement, Quality Liquid Feeds buys more than 85 percent of Louisiana’s molasses production. This gives the company an advantage in manufacturSee QUALITY, Page A7

Modern Hearing Solutions SALEM — Modern Hearing Solutions is now offering Lyric, a hearing aid that requires no battery changes. Lyric is comfortably placed in the ear canal by a Lyric trained hearing professional during a routine office visit. No surgery or anesthesia is required.

Once placed, Lyric is 100 percent invisible, allowing users to enjoy all the benefits of better hearing without anyone knowing they’re wearing a hearing aid. Lyric can be used for months at a time, as there are no batteries to replace and no repairs to make. Users just need to visit their hearing professional’s office as needed to receive new devices with the latest Lyric technology. Lyric can be worn for up to 120 days

at a time and individual replacement needs may vary.

Lyric is sold on a subscription basis, meaning users will purchase a year’s worth of Lyric devices at a time. They will be guaranteed to have the most advanced Lyric hearing technology currently available, since a new device will be received at each follow-up office visit.

Uniquely designed and placed, Lyric works with your ear’s anatomy to deliver exceptional sound quality.

Lyric uses your outer ear to naturally direct sound into your ear canal without the need for multiple settings or complicated programs. Lyric will be programmed for the users specific hearing needs, See MODERN, Page A7

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Brad and Joe Buchheit are shown performing custom pipe work.

Spirit Exhaust EAST LIVERPOOL — Spirit Exhaust Inc., 2808 St. Clair Ave., has been providing under car repair on exhaust, brakes, shocks, and struts for 25 years. The building itself has housed

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some type of automotive repair business for at least 50 years. Over those years owner Joseph Buchheit, has seen a lot of product changes See SPIRIT, Page A7

EAST LIVERPOOL — It was another year of mixed results for the Columbiana County Port Authority, with the Baard Energy project being an example.

Baard’s plans to build a $6 billion plant outside Wellsville to convert coal into jet and diesel fuel have been on hold for more than two years until last October, when a Florida investment firm stepped forward to back the project.

The investment firm provided enough funding for the port authority to purchase 275 of the 522 acres needed for the project, but everything ground to a halt again after the investment firm in April ceased providing any more money until Baard entered into a long-term memorandum of understanding.

Another example would be Omnicity Corp., the Indiana-based company that specializes in bringing wireless broadband to underserved rural areas. Omnicity joined forces with the port authority in early 2010 to bring broadband service to 85 percent of the county by the end of the year. The project got off into a slow start, but now Omnicity’s work is under way providing broadband service, and it expects to meet its goal by the end of 2011.

Some more positive news occurred this April when North East Agri Commodities announced it was opening a base of operations at the port authority’s riverfront terminal in Wellsville. The company will use its Wellsville operation to serve as a transfer point for the bulk transfer of molasses.

Once fully operational, North East Agri expects to

have seven full-time employees — six truck drivers and an office manager.

The port authority received more good news on its Wellsville terminal after receiving permission to use $4.38 million in state funding once earmarked for the Baard project to install a separate conveyor system to service trains bringing limestone to the facility. The port authority has been working on a deal to make the terminal available for rail shipment of limestone bound for the local electricity plants, where the material is used in the scrubber air-pollution control system.

C & E Coal Inc. of Lisbon is interested in being the terminal operator, provided it can secure the limestone supply contract.

The port authority could point to another success story when in January it said goodbye to its involvement in bringing MAC Trailer Manufacturing to the former CraneDeming property in Salem.

The port authority helped with the purchase of the property in 2005, paving the way for MAC Trailer to expand to the site.

MAC Trailer entered into a lease/purchase agreement with the port authority, but in January the port authority assigned its option agreement to MAC Trailer after the company decided to refinance the remainder of its loan.

The port authority also acted to again lease a former industrial site from a local company so it can be cleaned up in the hopes the property can be redeveloped. The property in this case was Summitville Tiles Inc. in Summitville, and by leasing the site the port authority can seek a state grant to remove See PORT, Page A7

Faith Chapel Fellowship SALEM —Faith Chapel Fellowship, is an evangelical nondenominational church, located at 511 E. Pershing St. The congregation has found that it is not just church, as usual, but an outreach to our hurting community. It is a blessing for the church to offer its community a celebration service on Sunday mornings at 11 a.m., with a coffee fellowship at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday school for all ages at 9:45 a.m.

Also, a recovery program for all addictions, “Recovery Thru Christ, Clean, Sober and Saved,” is held on Friday evenings at 7 p.m. It is a 12step program of recovery, based on the original big book, the Holy Bible. The

evenings consist of an open group meeting, in a small group setting, with topics of discussion that include denial, guilt, “How Do I Get Myself in Focus?” and “How Do I Get Onto the Road to Recovery?”

FCF is proud to announce the opening of the Ohio Valley Teen Challenge Outreach Center to its county and community. Teen Challenge is a national organization dedicated to the addiction recovery of teens and of adults of all ages. It is the faith based solution for the drug epidemic.

For more information call 330-501-7003.

Faith Chapel Fellowship is See FAITH, Page A7

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Salem Community Hospital

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West Coast Tattooing artists are from left, Shane Putnam, artist; Krissy Keir, professional artist; Pain Sadler, master artist; Eddie Gorby, owner and master artist; Jon Alloway, professional piercer.

West Coast Tattooing

By NANCY TULLIS Staff Writer

EAST LIVERPOOL — “You think it and we’ll ink it” is the motto of West Coast Tattooing, a shop where cover-ups are specialty, and there is no such thing as a hopeless case.

Owner and master artist Eddie Gorby has 20 years of experience. During the process of maturing as an artist, Eddie said many shop owners had him work exclusively on cover ups. Now he has honed his skill at covering old or poorly-done tattoos to a fine art form.

“We create dreams and cover up nightmares,” Gorby said. “We are well-rounded artists and can adapt to multiple styles.”

Gorby said he and other artists work in black and gray, and black and color ink to create tattoo works of art.

Portraits are a specialty.

Realistic and traditional “old school” styles are no problem.

West Coast Tattooing offers quality work at competitive pricing. The mini-

mum charge for a tattoo is $50.

“We’ll create art to fit any budget,” Gorby said. “I hate doing flash (stock art) off the wall.”

When considering a tattoo or a body piercing, Gorby said the first step is find a licensed, reputable artist or piercer, and a shop that meets the state’s health codes. West Coast Tattooing has four licensed artists and one professional piercer.

“Do your homework,” Gorby said. “We have R.N. supervised sterilization of equipment, and use disposable supplies wherever possible.”

Gorby said Columbiana County Health Department officials worked with West Coast Tattooing staff for nine months and used what they learned to set the county’s health guidelines for tattoo shops.

Manager and master artist Pain Sadler has been a tattoo artist for more than a decade.

He said he has always had a love for art. Portrait work is See TATTOO, Page A8

SALEM — Colon cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., yet many patients 50 and over choose to forego a traditional colonoscopy because of the discomfort of the vigorous preparation, the need for anesthesia, or their inability to take time off from work.

Salem Community Hospital is pleased to be the only facility in the area to offer virtual colonoscopy, a less invasive alternative to traditional colonoscopy, with a reliable record for early colon cancer diagnosis and screening. Virtual colonoscopy joins other highly advanced CT procedures available at SCH, using the most advanced CT scanner in the region.

Virtual colonoscopy can visualize the entire colon in 3D, along with obtaining a complete CT of the abdomen and pelvis in just a few seconds without sedation. The exam can identify polyps and colon cancer, along with common abdominal conditions such as kidney stones, aneurysms and tumors at an early stage. Patient preparation is much less involved than traditional colonoscopy and discomfort during the exam is minimal. As a result, most patients can resume normal activities following the exam.

Major insurance companies now recognize the importance of screening 3D virtual CT colonoscopy and cover the examination on a plan-by-plan basis. Medicare, however, does not cover screening at this time unless a patient cannot undergo traditional colonoscopy. Patients who are potential candidates for virtual CT colonoscopy are encouraged to discuss this option with their physicians and contact their insurance providers for coverage information.

Introduced a few months ago, cardiac 3D CT obtains precise images of the coronary arteries, heart muscle

Walter Dombroski, M.D. (left), Salem Community Hospital family physician and Charitable Foundation board member is pictured presenting Dr. Leonard Pritchard with the 2011 SCH Shining Star award at the foundation’s inaugural Hearts and Stars Ball.

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Renovations within Salem Community Hospital’s emergency department have provided an advanced, well-designed area for residents to receive emergency care around-the-clock.

and cardiac function at the lowest radiation dose possible thanks to the new Dual-128 CT at Salem Community Hospital. At more than twice the speed and resolution of any other CT in the area, the new CT scanner can image the beating heart in one quarter of a second, scan a six-foot tall patient in four seconds and complete a chest CT without breath-holding. The unsurpassed image quality and speed of this technology

will revolutionize the early detection of heart disease and heart attacks.

Cardiac CT shows promise related to emergency department patients experiencing heart attack symptoms. Although it is not currently covered by most insurance companies and Medicare, many physicians anticipate that cardiac 3D CT will soon become widely accepted as a result of its efficiency and ability to diagnose

a heart attack before it occurs.

Other advanced CT procedures currently offered include 3D angiography, to visualize the blood vessels for the early detection of stroke, aneurysms or vascular problems in the legs; and 3D urogram, which images the kidneys so accurately that kidney stone composition can be determined to guide treatment. 3D brain perfusion, for the treatment and detection of strokes, will be offered soon.

Additionally, the speed and efficiency of the hospital’s CT scanner allows babies and children to be scanned without the need for sedation and at the lowest radiation doses in the area.

The machine’s wide opening accommodates claustrophobic patients and individuals weighing up to 500 pounds.

Area residents in need of mental health services will soon have another option for outpatient treatment when Salem Community Hospital opens its new Behavioral Medicine and Wellness Center this summer. The program See SCH, Page A7

Heritage-WTI EAST LIVERPOOL — Heritage-WTI is well-known for helping American industries meet their environmental responsibilities. In the East Liverpool area, environmentally conscious residents see the company as an outlet for recycling and disposing of household hazardous wastes. And Heritage-WTI’s grant program supports numerous environmental projects in the community each year.

But did you know that HeritageWTI maintains on its property a high-quality habitat that many species of wildlife call home?

In 2000, several employees volunteered to transform six unused acres into a landscape that would meet the strict standards for certification by the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC). After working on the site for a year, the team applied for and received WHC certification in 2002. The WHC recertified the site in 2004, 2006 and 2010. Today, Heritage-WTI’s habitat is one of 640 certified sites worldwide and one of only 35 in Ohio.

Controlling Japanese Knotweed, an invasive plant species, was the team’s first challenge and one that remains today. The team’s initial efforts turned out to be very time and labor intensive with little impact on controlling the insidious plant.

The team has since decided to keep it from becoming established in the main areas of the site, conceding the riverbank to the invasive plant.

The nest-box monitoring program began in 2001 with the installation of nine boxes. The nesting boxes are located strategically near the Ohio River and a meadow of native grasses and wildflowers.

Eastern bluebirds were the first lodgers in 2002, but they were run out after tree swallows discovered the area.

The nest boxes have proven to be attractive homes for tree swallows.

Insects are the primary food for this feisty bird and the river and maturing wildflower meadow provide an

A tree swallow peers from a box on Heritage-WTI’s habitat site.

abundance of them.

Team members monitor the boxes about every 10 days. In June last year, a total of 39 tree swallow fledglings were counted, which is a record for the site.

Killdeer is another bird that calls the Heritage-WTI habitat home. The bird nests on the ground in the gravel that once served as a path. Five chicks were sighted last year.

Other birds that have been observed, but not monitored, are: American Goldfinch, American Kestrel, American Robin, Barn Swallow, Belted Kingfisher, Canada Goose, Chimney Swift, European House Sparrow, European Starling, Red-tailed Hawk, House Finch, Louisiana Waterthrush, Mourning Dove, Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Prothonotary Warbler, Purple Martin, Red-winged Blackbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Turkey Vulture, Veery and Yellow Warbler.

In 2002, members mowed a broad open area of about 20,000 square feet that was covered with low-quality vegetation. Afterward, it was sprayed with herbicide, then, later, covered with about two inches of topsoil.

During this time, team members contacted a Wisconsin-based Prairie Nursery, which promotes rebuilding

The Heritage-WTI facility is seen from Wildlife Habitat Council-certified meadow maintained on the property.

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Don Miller, a member of Heritage-WTI’s habitat team, inspects a nest box.

local environments with native plants and grasses. A company ecologist was very helpful in advising the team on preparing and selecting seed for the site.

In the fall of 2003, the team planted a mix of seed that was craft-

ed specifically for eastern Ohio. The mix included: Butterflyweed, Leadplant, Sky Blue Aster, Smooth Aster, Frost Astor, White Aster, Canada Milk Vetch, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Pale Purple Coneflower, Roundhead Bushclover, Showy

Sunflower, Downy Sunflower, rough Blazingstar, Lupine, Bergamot, Dotted Mint, Beardtongue, Purple Prairie Clover, Yellow Coneflower, Black-eyed Susan, Sweet Scented Goldenrod, Stiff Goldenrod, Show Goldenrod, Ohio Spiderwort and Hoary Vervain. The following grasses were included: Big Bluestem, Little Bluestem, Canada Wild Rye and Indian Grass.

In the following years, the area was mowed in the spring when growth reached about 10 inches.

Although not entirely weed-free, the subsequent growth is rich with diverse grasses and flowers that bloom throughout the season, attracting many insects and butterflies.

The meadow is the site’s dramatic centerpiece. In 2004, the team installed a 14-foot-diameter gazebo, which serves as an attractive shelter for visitors to take in the meadow and observe wildlife.

Every July since 2005, the team has sponsored a luncheon in the See WTI, Page A7

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CCCTC Adult Education

Originally founded in 1886, OVCT is one of the oldest career colleges in the state of Ohio. The mission of the college is to provide quality, technically skilled graduates to the regional workforce.

Ohio Valley College of Technology EAST LIVERPOOL— The last year was an exciting time in the history of Ohio Valley College of Technology with the opening of a new campus and the successful launch of a new nursing program. The new campus on state Route 170 in Calcutta encompasses 20,000 square feet of space including a library/media center, student lounge area, multiple computer lecture classrooms, laboratory facilities for medical assisting, dental assisting, and registered nursing, technologically-equipped general classrooms, faculty workspace, and administrative offices.

Parking for over 200 vehicles is available on the 10 acre campus. OVCT has launched a large social media effort in the past year, with a presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. Originally founded in 1886, OVCT is one of the oldest career colleges in the state of Ohio. The mission of the college is to provide quality, technically skilled graduates to the regional workforce.

With the move, major investments were made in the institution’s technological services, as well as additional library holdings and services.

A comprehensive retention and placement support system is managed by the college, so that all students have a reasonable opportunity to complete their program of study and find employment in their career field. For those who wish to continue their education and pursue a bachelor’s degree, formal articulation agreements are in place with Mountain State University, DeVry University, and the University of Phoenix. The institution also maintains agreements with East Liverpool High School’s Diversified Health Occupations and Administrative and Professional Support Staff Program, the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center’s Health Tech Prep Academy, and Jefferson County Joint Vocational School’s Health Technology Program.

These agreements provide high school students with college credit for skills learned in these programs. Demand continues to surge for the college’s allied health training programs The U.S. Department of Labor lists the skills acquired in the medical assisting, dental assisting, registered nursing, and health information technology pro-

The new Ohio Valley College of Technology campus on state Route 170 in Calcutta encompasses 20,000 square feet of space including a library/media center, student lounge area, multiple computer lecture classrooms, laboratory facilities for medical assisting, dental assisting, and registered nursing, technologically-equipped general classrooms, faculty workspace, and administrative offices.

grams among the 10 mostdemanded occupations nationally (Source: Occupational Outlook Handbook 2010-2011).

The college’s teaching philosophy emphasizes that the small classroom environment is most conducive to learning and that hands on activities enhance this process. Class sizes are kept small to allow for maximum

student-instructor interaction, and the administration’s open-door policy provides students easy access to the information and support they need to be successful. Structured scheduling makes it possible to earn an associate degree in less than two years, and individual schedules are prepared in advance by the See OVCT, Page A8

LISBON —The Adult Education Department at the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center is adding several new programs for fall 2011 in response to community interest and the local job market.

As with most of the programs at CCCTC, they are eligible for Pell Grants and other types of educational funding. Interested students can contact the financial aid office at 330-424-9561 ext.

176 to schedule an appointment to work through the financial aid process. More information on courses, course packets, and registration is available at www.ccctc.k12.oh.us.

Pharmacy Technician: This new course is four months in length or one semester and upon successful completion, students will be eligible to sit for the pharmacy technician national exam. With this certification, one can work as a pharmacy technician in a hospital, pharmacy, or other medical facility. Pharmacy Technicians are listed as one of Ohio’s Fastest Growing Occupations from 2008-18 (http://OhioLMI.com/proj.O hioJobOutlook.htm). This course will begin in August.

Cosmetology: Cosmetology has been a long-standing staple of CCCTC courses for high school students, but it is now an evening program offered to adults who wish to pursue earning a cosmetol-

Welding is one of the popular programs offered for adults at the Adult Education Department at the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center

ogy license and or a manger’s license. This program will run four nights per week for 15 months. Upon completion of the program, students will be eligible to sit for the state cosmetology exam to become a licensed cosmetologist in Ohio. After completing the initial course, students may choose to continue their studies to earn a manager’s license. Prior credit from other cosmetology schools is accepted and the course will begin in August.

See CCCTC, Page A8

The Adult Education Department at the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center is adding several new programs for fall 2011 in response to community interest and the local job market.

Gause Equipment Inc. GUILFORD LAKE — Gause Equipment Inc., state Route 172, is celebrating 55 years in business this year.

It was in September 1956 that Charles “Chuck” Gause and Francis Richey founded the company, first known as Gause and Richey. Gause had been a salesman for O.S. Hill Co., of Lisbon, now of Calcutta, an International Harvester dealer, and when the company decided to give up the IH franchise, Gause secured it for his company, and the business was started.

When Gause and Richey opened its door near Guilford Lake, the building was surrounded by corn fields. But just as the business grew out of the small original building, so did the lake’s population, turning corn fields into summer and or yearround homes.

Pat Zehentbauer, daughter of Gause, remembers a grand opening that was held the next January, where the mud was so deep, tractors and wagons were used to haul people in and out of the driveway for the open house event. Zehentbauer still has pictures showing the muddy mess the weather caused.

“We served pancakes and sausage to more than 450 people,” Zehentbauer recalls. Back then her grandfather, Harry Gause, slaughtered the hog and made fresh sausage. Most of the cooking and serving was handled by International Harvester Company representatives. According to Zehentbauer the 450 customers danced to the new Farmall tune at Gause and Richey the night of the open house.

Two new International 350’s

When Gause Equipment Inc. (Gause and Richey) was started, it was only International Harvester farm equipment and tractors sold. Today, the firm sells Case International tractors and equipment as well as Massey Ferguson, Cub Cadet, Kuhn haying equipment, Knight manure spreaders, and Miller forage equipment. In addition to farm equipment, one can find a variety of Ertl tractors and equipment.

were used to pull the chair-equipped wagons. Some of the tractors new that year were the Farmall 130 which sold for $1,719 and the Farmall 450 which was priced at $3,142. A comparable tractor to the Farmall 450 sells for some $22,000 today.

In 1957, Gause, always busy with community service, started a country-wide 4-H Tractor Club. It turned out to be the largest such club in the state of Ohio. The program was dedicated to young boys and girls on Ohio farms. Club members

were taught by Gause proper safety and maintenance, how to maneuver tractors and larger farm equipment.

That year, the local club had 72 members, and Gause represented Ohio at the National 4-H Tractor Club Convention in Cadillac, Mich.

Each year, members of the club competed in a tractor rodeo at the Columbiana County Fair. Young men showed off the driving and machine-operating skills Gause and their fathers taught them. The rodeo also consisted of a test to see what knowledge about tractor mainte-

nance the young people had learned.

Each had a project book relating to the subject he or she had to complete.

The name of the equipment company was changed to Gause Equipment Inc., when Richey passed away and his partnership in the business was purchased by Frank and Pat Zehentbauer.

Gause, while still associated with the company, served as a Hanover Township trustee. When he became a Columbiana County commissioner, he sold his partnership in the

business to the Zehentbauers. As a commissioner, Gause was instrumental in working with former Ohio Gov. James Rhodes to construct a bridge across the Ohio River in East Liverpool. Zehentbauer says she has pictures of her dad and Gov. Rhodes shaking hands over the completion of that bridge project. In 2010, Gause was inducted into the Columbiana County Agriculture Hall of Fame.

According to Zehentbauer the company remains a family-owned business, with ger son, Michael, becoming vice-president in 2002.

He and his wife, Rachel, have daughters Abby, Kelly and Mary.

Other children include Bob, Columbiana County Health Department’s director of public health emergency preparedness and owner of Eagle Pass Golf Course. His wife Macy and children Lexi and Riley are also involved. Son John, who also was with United and living in San Francisco at the time of an earthquake, decided California was not for him, and he came back to Ohio. He was hired as avionics instructor at the Mahoning County Career Center, and has since become the school’s administrator.

He and wife Mary Beth having three children, Brian, Ashley and Emily.

Son Jim and his wife, Tamara, reside in San Diego, Calif., where he is a financial analyst. Their children are Kendra, Kelsey and Joe. Zehentbauer’s daughter Patti, is a teacher with the United Local School District. She and her husband, Kevin, have two children, Cassie and Dustin.

See GAUSE, Page A8

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The Vista Center

Morning Journal/Michael D. McElwain

Six Recycling opened up an auto parts center along Washington Street in Newell, W.Va.

Six Auto Recycling

By MICHAEL D. McELWAIN Staff Writer

NEWELL, W.Va. — A well-recognized business has expanded its offerings.

Six Recycling has opened up Six Auto Recycling along Washington Street in Newell.

“We got the new place up and running over the last year, and it’s been a success,” Six said. “It was the Cash For Clunkers program that really got it all started.”

Six said Six Recycling, headquartered in East Liverpool, got a lot of vehicles to crush, and parts that were able to be salvaged were stripped.

“The auto parts center was always an idea we kicked around because we always did go around and collect cars that were unwanted for some reason,” Six said.

Now, the new business has shelves and shelves of parts. The shelves reach to the top of the high ceilings and include just about everything. Fenders, transmissions, doors, hoods, engines, pumps and just about every type of part is available.

If it’s not in current inventory, Six Auto Recycling has access to a comput-

er network.

“We can look on the computer and find the part needed,” Six said. “We are part of a larger network.”

The employees can even find a low-mileage part if requested.

The local business will be competitive as far as price is concerned.

“We will go out on the parts dealer network and see what people are asking for a specific part, and then we will make ours less,” Six said. “It could be 10 to 15 percent less in some cases.”

The modern facility is clean and efficient, Six noted.

“We bring the cars in, put them on a lift and strip them,” Six said. “We collect all fluids, capture them and dispose of them properly.”

Currently, there are five full-time employees at the Newell facility. At any one time, there are 30 to 40 vehicles awaiting processing.

There are more than 100,000 parts on the shelves right now, and the inventory grows each day.

The 8,000-square-foot facility has racks more than 20-feet high.

The Newell business is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

See SIX, Page A9

LISBON — The Vista Center, 100 Vista Drive, is celebrating its 15th year in Lisbon. Locally owned and operated, it provides approximately 70 jobs to the area. It offers patients physical, speech, and occupational therapies in addition to other skilled nursing services, intermediate care stays, respite, hospice and even assisted living. The Vista Center’s assisted living was the first in the county to become Medicaid certified, and staff members pride themselves on survey results.

The facility was originally built as a traumatic brain injury facility and over the years it has changed directions as it continuously tries to add to the services offered to residents.

It will open a new wing this year. The long closed swimming pool has been filled with over 250 tons of gravel and converted into patient rooms. The new rooms are larger and the area offers a more home like living atmosphere. By adding the wing, short-term residents have the option of staying in a private room. It will also pro-

Walt’s Auto Body COLUMBIANA — Since 1958, Walt’s Auto Body has been owned and operated by the Cooper family, Walt, Wynn, Devin and Gavin.

The business began after Walt wrecked the family car and began repairing it and other cars in his garage. As time went on he began accepting outside work, eventually moving from the garage to a three bay building outside of Columbiana. The business, now a 12 bay build-

NDC Heating & Cooling NEW WATERFORD — NDC Heating & Cooling, owned and operated by Dave Norris, provides services for commercial and residential customers in Columbiana and Mahoning counties. The company provides the knowledge, experience and resources of a multimillion dollar corporation, but with the customer service, accessibility and satisfaction rate of a small-town family owned business. So whether you’re in a residential or commercial sector, looking for a first-time installation or a modern replacement for your older unit, be sure to take advantage of NDC’s superior service. NDC services all makes and models of natural gas, propane, oil, boilers, geothermal and electric heat pumps. It is also a Lennox and Armstrong Air dealer and a member of the

vide those residents with a roommate much more personal space.

The next project will be to convert the former fitness center into a large, scenic dining room. Staff members look forward to converting the large space into an area that can be used by all the residents and provide a more formal dining atmosphere as well as a more spacious area for activities.

Area residents are encouraged to take a tour of the The Vista Center will open a new wing this year. facility.

ing, featuring a wheel alignment center, custom exhaust pipe bending center, paint booths, and frame machine, still sits at 4075 state Route 7. It was also one of the first area body shops to have a frame machine.

The self-taught auto body man passed the trade onto his son Wynn, who then passed it to his twin boys, Devin and Gavin. Walt’s Auto Body staffs five full-time body technicians, three full-time

mechanics, a secretary/reception, and part-time parts driver. Grandson Devin works as body shop technician and building maintenance repairman, while Gavin is the fulltime painter. Familiar face Paul, has worked at Walt’s for 25 years and Chuck has worked for over 16 years. All staff members are ASE rated technicians with certificates in collision repair, painting, heating and air conditioning, and engine repair.

With times as they are people are keeping cars longer and in turn creating an increase in repair and maintenance care. According to the Coopers the need to hold onto vehicles longer, is forcing consumers to seek out personal service with quality work for a low cost, as well as, reputable goods and services.

Walt’s Auto Body stands behind its family name to proSee WALT’S, Page A9

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NDC Heating & Cooling, owned and operated by Dave Norris, provides services for commercial and residential customers in Columbiana and Mahoning counties.

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Norris received his state license in June 2001 and has over 19 years of experience in the HVAC field. In 2006 Dave and his wife Christine decided to start their own business and secure a future for their children Nathan,

Dakota and Carlie, for whom the company is named. With each year Norris has seen a substantial increase in business and now staffs three fulltime technicians, along with himself, and a full-time office See NDC, Page A9

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Windsor House anticipates Windsor Estates Assisted Living Residence in New Middletown to open in the fall.

Windsor House Windsor House Inc., owner and operator of 11 nursing homes and two assisted living communities in Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, including Parkside Health Care Center and St. Mary’s Alzheimer’s Center, continues to see an increase in short term rehabilitation.

Nursing homes today are becoming more of a rehabilitation destination and the middle point between hospitals and home. In order to meet these demands, Windsor House has established short term therapy units in many of its nursing homes.

With the increase in short term rehabilitation and many residents returning home, Windsor House Inc. is now offering home health services. Accredited by Accreditation Commission for Health Care Inc. (ACHC), Home Health by Windsor employs a very dedicated, highlytrained, personable and professional staff which focuses on the specific needs of each

Windsor House owns and operates 11 nursing homes and two assisted living communities in Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, including Parkside Health Care Center and St. Mary’s Alzheimer’s Center.

patient. In addition to superior home care, patients receive printed educational material that will promote and improve their understanding of disease management and home safety. In most cases the residents will see the same therapists at home as they did in the nursing home

which helps provide a continuity of care. Additional information can be found by visiting www.HomeHealthByWindsor.com.

In addition, Windsor House anticipates Windsor Estates Assisted Living Residence in New Middletown to open in the fall. Adjacent to

WELLSVILLE — Always available to answer the needs of others, we at Roberts Funeral Home consider it an honor to serve Wellsville and the surrounding communities. We are Wellsville’s only hometown funeral establishment, and our family takes great pride in working hard for the betterment of the area. Along with that comes a strong desire to take care of our community. We believe that hometown ownership does make a difference.

The funeral home was established as the Haugh Brothers Livery and Undertaking Service in 1880.

Having served the people of Wellsville and the surrounding areas for 131 years under local ownership gives us the necessary background, history, and knowledge to understand the true meaning of what the loss of a loved one means to the people of our valley. The funeral home was purchased by the Roberts family in 1972, and Bill and June Roberts operated the funeral home until their retirement in 1990. At that time responsibility of the everyday operation of the funeral home was assumed by their

son, Bill, and his wife, Vicki.

The funeral service industry is constantly changing, and we realize that the needs and wants of the families we serve are also changing.

We are able to accommodate those needs and create a distinctive funeral for each individual. We welcome personalization of every funeral service. We are constantly searching for new ways to serve an ever changing society.

All types of services are available at our funeral home including the traditional funeral, direct burial, and cremation. In every situation, help is afforded with social security, veteran affairs, and insurance matters. Our firm also offers a vast selection of cemetery monuments as well as several options to pre-plan funeral services. In most cases, it can be arranged for prefunded funeral plans to be transferred to our funeral home from another establishment.

Another service provided

by Roberts Funeral Home is the care of a pet upon death.

Having pets ourselves, we See ROBERTS, Page A9

Masternick Memorial Health Care Center in Springfield Township, the 50,000square-foot project will consist of 54 apartment’s including some first floor apartments, spacious common areas including a private dinSee WINDSOR, Page A8

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Over the years Lisbon Paving has reached out to several businesses for paving.

Lisbon Paving LISBON —In 1988, Ray and Shawn Lawrence began Lisbon Paving & Sealcoating in their small historical home town of Lisbon, home of the Johnny Appleseed Festival and small town pride.

The duo began slowly with the sealcoating compa-

ny and didn’t really know what to expect. The quality and way of applying hasn’t much changed over the past 23 years because they have elected to keep things the “old fashioned way” by applying x-10 sealer by See LISBON, Page A9

SALEM — Simmers Crane Design and Services was established in 1958, in Canfield, by Charles Simmers and is now under the leadership of Randy L. Stull, president. The business was purchased by Pollock Research and Design in 1964 and moved to the Salem Industrial Park in 1996. It moved again in March 2010 to 1134 Salem Parkway, Salem, the previous site of Quaker Manufacturing and Humpco. The company may be required to finish the second floor office space later in 2011.

The company’s overall employment numbers are currently higher, by approximately 20, than at this time last year. The company currently employs 106 full-time workers, with 25 part-time workers.

Simmers’ satellite operations continue to do very well. It currently has operations located in Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo and Galesburg, Ill, with plans to open another satellite operation in 2011.

Simmers experienced a record-setting year in 2010, attributable to its talented, dedicated employees and the spirit of teamwork across its organization, combined with an improving environment within the markets it serves.

Exceptional people working together can surely achieve outstanding results. Simmers business primarily focuses on the primary metals (steel, aluminum, alloys), power generation and heavy manufacturing, all of which improved considerably durSee SIMMERS, Page A8

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SALEM — Blossom Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is located on Blossom Lane off of Ellsworth Avenue. The facility and its staff are committed to encouraging an independent lifestyle, individual creativity and growth. Whether a resident’s stay is for a few days, a few weeks, or longer, the staff’s goal is to make them feel pampered and well-taken care of.

Blossom’s various amenities provide a comfortable, pleasant atmosphere so that rest and recuperation can be the resident’s priority. The 100-bed Medicare and Medicaid certified facility offers quality 24-hour nursing care and aggressive rehabilitation therapy. Blossom’s philosophy is to treat each individual with honor, respect and dignity. Its strong commitment to excellence is seen through the services provided. The center supplies the best of care and comfort by employing a highly qualified, professional staff. Services are also designed with security, independence and assistance in mind. Physician involvement in every aspect of care is encouraged, from admission to discharge. At Blossom, the staff believes that active physician involvement improves the clinical outcomes of its patients.

The patient’s physician of choice is welcome to provide services at the facility. Since many physicians do not pro-

vide services in nursing facilities, we have compiled a list to offer patients a choice.

For families considering a skilled nursing facility for a loved one who is unable to safely manage at home, or due to a sudden illness or injury, Blossom is there to help, whenever needed.

Blossom is committed to being available 24 hours a day and seven days a week to accommodate a resident or their family’s needs. The knowledgeable admission director is always available to talk with someone over the phone, provide a tour of the facility or visit a home or hospital.

Services include intermediate care, rehabilitation services, recreation and activities, secure alzheimer’s and dementia unit, meal planning, resident and family counseling, vacation and respite stays and hospice care.

Amenities include complimentary meals and snacks, restaurant style dining, complimentary personal care items, daily housekeeping service, complimentary personal laundry service, beauty salon and barber shop, cable TV service, televisions provided for short term rehab, telephone service, patio and courtyard, air conditioning, individual climate control, facility van for outings and transportation, private rooms, and smoking in designated outdoor areas.

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ing consistent high quality liquid feeds.

Quality Liquid Feeds also markets and distributes quality cane molasses directly to feed manufacturers.

There are currently six full-time workers at the local plant plus drivers are hired to haul the finished product to larger farms.

“The minimum delivery to a farm is six tons of product,” Fraser said.

The company is also proud of the quality ingredients.

“Our company feed is American molasses from Louisiana and not from overseas,” Fraser said. “The quality is better, and that’s what keeps us rolling. We support the American farmer.”

If all goes well, Fraser said the company will expand.

“We want to add some tanks and change some things around to expand our presence,” Fraser said. “We hope to double what we are already producing here.”

The calcium-suspension feeds is also key to future expansion. “It’s a very new deal, and we are one of the plants that can do that technology. It’s new, but I think it will catch on,” Fraser said.

Despite the slow economy of late, Fraser sees a bright future, and Quality Liquid Feeds will be leading the way in its field.

“This area needs manufacturing jobs, and with us being here and with the Columbiana County Port Authority’s help, I think we all have a bright future, and that’s a very good thing,” Fraser said.

Kenneth R. Berg founded Quality Liquid Feeds in 1977 in Dodgeville, Wis. His son, Cory Berg, company president and CEO, has overseen continued growth of QLF’s market share through geographic market expansion, expanded product offering, improved technical and market services, improved distribution capability, an expanded sales force and formation of strategic supplier alliances.

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The port authority did the same thing with the former National Refractories property just outside Columbiana, and removal of the kilns resulted in an aluminum extrusion company expanding, resulting in the creation of 80 jobs. tgiambroni@mojonews.com

continuously looking to fulfill the needs of its community.

An adult Bible study is held on Tuesday evenings and is specifically designed to strengthen the core family unit and is open to adults of all ages. A men’s fellowship and Bible study on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. is designed to encourage and teach men how to become Godly, as iron sharpens iron.

The ladies also meet on Sunday evenings, once a month, for a time of fellowship and encouragement. The children’s group, Kidz4Christ, for ages 4-grade 6, as well as the teens also meet on Wednesdays.

The church also operates the Second Blessing, an outreach ministry. It is a resale and thrift shop, at 146 S. Broadway Ave., Salem. The shop’s workforce is all volunteer and offers quality clothing, housewares, furniture and more at less than thrift store prices for anyone in the community suffering with today’s money crunch.

The store accepts donations of all items in good, clean condition. They are currently in need of good used furniture and offer pick up.

Call 330-332-7999 for information about donations.

Faith Chapel’s vision is to win, build, equip, multiply, and love as many of the people in its community (just as they are) for Jesus Christ as possible.

For more information about Faith Chapel Fellowship, call the church at 330332-8573 or visit anytime.

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habitat for employees, and the area is a featured stop for visitors to the facility.

The WHC is a nonprofit, non-lobbying group of corporations, conservation organizations and individuals dedicated to restoring and enhancing wildlife habitat.

Formed in 1988, the council was the first organization to bring together conservation and business. It works with corporations and other landowners to create tailored voluntary wildlife habitat enhancement and conservation education programs on corporate facilities and in the communities where they operate.

Heritage-WTI Inc. provides incineration services for thousands of American public and private organizations.

The company’s expert staff accepts, stores and treats up to 60,000 tons of bulk liquids and solids, containers and lab packs a year. Heritage-WTI also provides services for non-hazardous water, fuels, mercury reclamation and electronic waste.

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will be managed in conjunction with Akron General Medical Center and will be located in the Salem Medical Arts Building.

Two levels of care will be offered: partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient treatment. Partial hospitalization is the highest level of outpatient care available and requires the patient to report for treatment five days per week. Intensive outpatient, the second level of care, requires the patient to report for treatment three days per week. For both levels of care, the patient will attend four group sessions in a five hour day.

The Behavioral Medicine and Wellness Center meets a growing need within the community to provide this level of care. The program assists patients who do not meet the criteria for inpatient treatment, yet require more intensive services than can be obtained through counseling. Participants will return to their previous service providers upon completion of the program.

Patients are referred by psychiatrists, primary care physicians, counselors, case managers or emergency department personnel. The program can also serve as a step down for patients who have been discharged from inpatient care.

Emergency department renovations were completed to improve patient privacy and create an inviting atmosphere for the more than 28,000 patients who seek treatment annually. These changes compliment recent technological updates in the department including: the transition to electronic patient records; electronic bedside charting and digital transmission of medical imaging results.

Several advanced procedures can be completed at The Surgery Center at Salem Community Hospital, including the following: The Crosser Catheter procedure is a non-invasive treatment for blockages in the leg arteries that uses a special device that aids in stent and balloon angioplasty placement.

Spyglass technology uses an endoscope and a 6,000 pixel fiberoptic probe to obtain images of the biliary ducts and obtain samples for biopsy; thereby improving the diagnosis and treatment of gallstones,

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Salem Community Hospital’s dual 128-slice CT scanner can perform scans in less time, using less radiation, to diagnose diseases in their earliest stages.

suspicious lesions and certain cancers.

Balloon Sinuplasty is a new and minimally-invasive treatment for chronic sinusitis.

The SCH Charitable Foundation celebrated its first anniversary this spring and continues to help raise funds on behalf of the hospital. During the foundation’s inaugural Hearts and Stars Ball, retired SCH family physician, Leonard S. Pritchard, M.D. was honored with the Shining Star Award. In addition to recognizing Dr. Pritchard for his 35 years of dedicated service to the community, the event also featured a silent auction which helped to raise $15,000 for the SCH Charitable Foundation. The funds will support hospital services and programs that benefit area residents.

Project Welcome Home, the hospital’s newest senior service program, also celebrated its first anniversary this spring. It is one of the many services that will benefit through generous community contributions and have a direct patient impact. The program connects trained volunteers with recently discharged patients. If needs are identified during the telephone contact, SCH case managers intervene to connect these patients with existing community resources. Contributions also enabled SCH to add seniors to the Project HELLO emer-

gency response program, upgrade the in-home units of current subscribers and transition the service to a 24-hour emergency call center.

A teen volunteer program was also introduced to give enthusiastic young people an opportunity to complete community service or learn more about the health care field.

During the summer, teens must be able to work a minimum of two days per week, for four hours per day. Volunteers are oriented and supervised by the SCH volunteer services coordinator.

Visitors to the SCH website, www.salemhosp.com, are encouraged to take a look at the site’s fresh, new design.

The site allows users to learn about the latest hospital news and services, obtain information about coming events, send electronic greeting cards to SCH patients and view the web nursery. Additional online features continue to be added including a medical dictionary, online bill pay, online ordering through the Look Nook Gift Shop, an online donation page and videos of clinical staff discussing timely health topics.

With the introduction of sophisticated technology, advanced procedures and programs to benefit the community, SCH will continue to provide quality, compassionate care to area residents well into the future.

allowing them to adjust the settings and volume as needed. Users can also turn the device on and off.

Developed by ear nose and throat physicians and audiologists, Lyric was built around three key concepts that hearing professionals have known for years. Sound quality improves with proximity to the eardrum, that many people with hearing loss are dissatisfied with their hearing aid options, and consumers desire a hassle-free, invisible solution.

Lyric Technology features a biocompatible soft foam seal engineered to contour to the ear canal and is safe to wear for months at a time. It has also been stated that 90 percent of Lyric users report that Lyric’s sound quality is more natural than the prior traditional hearing aid. These findings are based on a telephone survey of 67 patients who had worn the Lyric hearing aid for at least 30 days.

The proprietary mechanical and coating technology was developed to protect the device from moisture and earwax, while the proprietary battery was designed to last up to 120 days. A programmable sound processing system was designed to work millimeters from the eardrum, allowing for both microphone and receiver placement in the ear canal.

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“We can repair anything under the car, such as coil springs, wheel bearings, etc.,” said Buchheit.

Spirit Exhaust and its four employees are striving to continue to satisfy customers with quality products and workmanship throughout 2011. One way of doing this is to help customers keep their current vehicles in good shape, for today more people are making their vehicles last instead of buying new.

Our customers are the best. They are loyal to us and they refer their friends and neighbors to us. We appreciate all of them,” said Buchheit. To schedule an appointment call 330-385-4914.

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academic office, which saves students considerable time in planning their education.

There are two full-time tuition planners available to assist students with funding their education and financial aid is available to those who qualify.

Associate degrees offered

by OVCT include dental assisting, computer technology, medical assisting, health information technology, accounting, business technology, and registered nursing.

All programs offered by the college are licensed by the State of Ohio and are accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs accredits the medical assisting program. Graduates of this program are eligible to test for the certified medical assistant designation, the national industry standard for quality in medical assisting.

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scores for this exam have been significantly higher than the national average for the past six years.

OVCT is approved by the State Approving Agency for Training of Veterans and is approved as a Yellow Ribbon school by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans are eligible to use their post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to attend classes.

The school is also authorized as a training provider by the Mahoning and Columbiana County Training Association, the Northern Panhandle Workforce Investment Board, the Bureau of Worker’s Compensation, and the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation. The college is a member of the Northeast Ohio Healthforce Initiative, the Ohio Association of Career Colleges and Schools, the Career College Association and the East Liverpool and Calcutta Area Chambers of Commerce.

Scott Rogers, executive

director serves as treasurer of the Ohio Association of Career College and Schools.

Rogers expects demand for the college’s services to remain high, as regional employers continue to seek the services of graduates with the skills learned in the college’s programs.

“The workforce demand for individuals with an associate degree and specific skills training is at an all-time high. Everyone knows that to be successful today you must seek additional education and training beyond high school,” Rogers said.

Those interested in learning more about Ohio Valley College of Technology and the associate degree programs offered should contact the college’s admissions office at 330-385-1070, or visit www.ovct.edu to request information.

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his specialty.

Other West Coast artists are Krissy Keir, who has been an artist five years, and Shane Putnam, who has three years of experience.

Jon Alloway completes the current shop crew, with three years of experience as a professional piercer. He is certified for dermal and surface piercing.

“When you’re looking for an artist or piercer, visit shops and make them show you everything,” Pain said. “If it looks dirty, it probably is.

“Make them explain their sterilization and after-care procedures,” he said. Look at their certificates. You can check with the board of health to make sure shops are certified.”

Another guideline for choosing a reputable tattoo shop and artist is their reputation and length of time in the area, Gorby said. “We have been in this location for two years and in the area for 12,” he said. “We are not a fly-bynight operation.”

Also key to choosing an experienced, professional tattoo artist is to make them show their work, Gorby said.

Many people purchase tattoo equipment from the Internet.

They simply trace drawings and have no artistic ability.

Others are good artists on paper, but the talent doesn’t translate to skin art.

“Once you find someone you like, make sure they’re an artist, not just a tracer,” Gorby said. All the artists at West Coast Tattooing have had extensive training and practice before they were permitted to do a “live” tattoo.

Sadler said piercer Alloway and all the tattoo artists at West Coast Tattooing are always studying the latest techniques and taking continuing education classes on blood-borne pathogens and other health issues related to the tattoo industry. Gorby has also adopted a zero tolerance policy regarding drug use, and his artists are subject to random drug testing.

Gorby said he keeps the business not only current, but cutting edge, purchasing stateof-the art equipment as industry improvements are made.

An “old school” tattoo may indeed look “old school” but Sadler and Gorby guarantee the techniques and equipment have advanced tremendously over the years. That “old school” tattoo won’t be as painful, nor as time-consuming as it would have been decades ago.

The art of the tattoo has changed with the times and so has the tattoo artist’s customer.

Tattoos aren’t just for sailors and bikers anymore, Gorby and Sadler said. Business professionals and soccer moms are among their customers, as are police, firefighters, activeduty military and veterans.

Anyone who wants a tattoo or piercing must show a photo

ID if 18 or over. Anyone younger must have a parent’s permission and show an ID and birth certificate. The minimum age for West Coast is 13.

The shop’s website is westcoasttattooing.com Photos of Gorby’s and Sadler’s work is showcased on the website as well as directions and other information. To schedule an appointment, stop in, or call the shop.

Hours are noon to 8 p.m.

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Nail Technician: Through the CCCTC’s final new course a student can become a nail technician in one semester, January-March. This program will begin in January running from 4-10 p.m. four times a week. Upon successful completion of the program, students will be eligible to sit for their state boards at the Ohio State Board of Cosmetology.

This program is new to the school and the cost includes kits and tools. For more information on this program visit the website or call 330-4249562 ext. 1.

Practical nursing continues to be a popular program at CCCTC where students are finding excellent jobs. Many students use the LPN program as a stepping stone to move on to higher education in pursuit of a RN degree. Others find the work and salaries very rewarding and choose to maintain this career path. The program is still taking applications through the beginning of August, with the program beginning on Sept. 26. Applicants can also sign up and hold a spot for the class next fall beginning in September 2012.

Information packets can be downloaded at the address listed or by calling 330-4249562 ext. 0.

STNA/State Tested Nursing Aide: The CCCTC’s STNA program is working in conjunction with Project Hope, a grant funded program in the region that focuses on providing academic, career, and personal guidance as well as financial assistance for a limited number of qualifying students. If interested contact the Project Hope student coach at 330-424-9561 ext. 123 or 330-424-4052 opt. 2.

Other popular programs for adults at CCCTC are welding, medical coding and billing, phlebotomy, and medical assistant.

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ing 2010 and indicated continued strength leading into 2011.

From a business perspective, Simmers honestly does not place much value in government stimulus packages.

But rather, chooses to simply focus upon its little piece of the marketplace where organizational talents and performance can make a meaningful impact. Company leaders believe you cannot rely on outside influences to make things happen for you and then complain when things don’t improve. Alternatively, Simmers makes the conscious choice to go out and make something happen.

Often this requires stepping outside of its comfort zone and/or old habits, but it has viewed it to be a necessity.

The most significant challenges remaining include controlling the operation’s overhead costs and finding additional talent. Healthcare cost and the uncertainty surrounding this issue remain company officials’ primary concern. In regards to talent, Simmers has discovered that good people just always seem to find some way in which to contribute to its success. Consequently, officials are always looking to add new and better talent.

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Michael, who has been working at Gause Equipment since age 12, serves as parts and service manager. The only time period he was not employed at the firm was during his college years.

Others who make up the 11 full-time employee staff are Mike Voytek, with the firm 23 years: Marty Wells, 14 years; Mike Cianni, 20 years; Joe McKarns, 16 years; Marlan Mohler, sales, 19 years; Kent Baker, in his fourth year; Joe Cianne, service tech graduate of Northwestern University; and Amy Lutz, in the office.

When Gause and Richey started the business, it was only International Harvester farm equipment and tractors sold. Today, the firm sells Case International tractors and equipment as well as Massey Ferguson, Cub Cadet, Kuhn haying equipment, Knight manure spreaders, and Miller forage equipment. In addition to farm equipment, one can find a variety of Ertl tractors and equipment, which according to Zehentbauer are still American made in Iowa.

ing room, club room, activity room, beauty and barber salon. The apartments will feature a kitchenette equipped with a microwave and refrigerator, wall to wall carpeting and heating and air conditioning. Contact 330-545-1550 The Morning Journal Web site: www.morningjournalnews.com or visit www.WindsorHouseInc.com.

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vide above average service, good, quality repairs, and to display pride in their workmanship.

In 2011, the shop took to the Internet, setting up www.waltsbodyshop.com.

The site features a listing of quality used cars for sale, customer testimonies, and a view of the quality work produced. Wynn is currently looking at ways to expand the used car lot to provide consumers with a variety of options. Those options now tend to learn towards 4cylinder cars because of the

price, leading to a decline in the need for larger vehicles.

Walt’s Auto Body has been able to expand and grow because of the Cooper commitment to the community, the desire to keep customers happy and customer loyalty.

“It’s important to serve the customer well and show appreciation for their business,” Wynn Cooper said.

“If you don’t enjoy the work and the people you work with, it’s hard to do the job right.”

Knox Township officials dedicate MARCS tower

By KEVIN HOWELL Staff Writer

KNOX TOWNSHIP— Local and state officials recently celebrated a ribboncutting and dedication ceremony for the new MARCS communication tower erected at the township garage this winter.

Township trustees hosted several county and state officials, as well as partners in the business and non-profit sector, who all were influential in bringing the tower to the area.

“What has been accomplished here today is a unique collaboration of a township, a state agency, local fire departments and, of course, a private company,” said township Trustee Gregg Carver, who helped spearhead the campaign for the tower. “It is my sincere hope that this type of collaborative effort will act as a new standard to others throughout the state of Ohio to realize what can be accomplished when we break down the barriers and work toward a single goal.”

Operational since the beginning of the year, the tower is part of the state’s MARCS system, a complex computer and communications network designed to provide instant voice and data communications and to supply a communications backbone of statewide public safety and emergency management in a single system.

It will support a system of communication available to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office (and eventually the Stark County Sheriff’s Office) and local fire departments including Damascus, Homeworth and North Georgetown, as well as house equipment that will bring broadband Internet service to the area.

According to Darryl Anderson, MARCS program director, the tower will serve three purposes— increase communication, save taxpayer dollars and save lives.

He noted that the equipment on the tower will help safety service personnel better communicate with each other and assisting departments to increase safety for themselves and the community; that the combined effort of the township, county and state has saved taxpayer dollars by reducing

the number of towers being built; and that ultimately the communication, whether through safety services or high-speed Internet, will save lives and make a difference for residents.

The project began with a lot less fanfare, though.

Over two years ago several township residents joined together to campaign for increased cable coverage in the township’s most rural areas. After attempts to lure cable companies to expand failed, the county commissioners took up the cause and helped push for state funding; OneCommunity and Omnicity partnered to provide the fiber that makes broadband Internet possible; former U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson and his staff offered support. The resulting partnership helped surpass the humble hopes at the beginning of the project to make an impact in communities beyond Knox Township.

Omnicity CEO Greg Jarman cited the need for such a partnership if this area, and similar communities across the nation, are going to continue to grow.

And Carver expressed a desire to see a continuation of progress hopefully initiated by the tower and the process that went into securing it.

“The time for all of us to change is now,” he said. “But we must entwine a new word into our vocabulary— challenge. I challenge you, the staff of MARCS, Omnicity, and our very own fire departments to do whatever it takes...(to) continue to be great providers for what you

understand that they play an important role in the dynamics of a family. Not only do pets serve as companions, they also give an unconditional love that completes a family. We handle the final arrangements of a beloved pet with as much sincerity and respect as we do all other aspects of our business.

We also offer pet keepsake jewelry such as necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and tie tacks which can be imprinted with the paw print of a pet to create a lasting memorial.

Roberts Funeral Home also offers a full line of remembrance items such as keepsake urns and jewelry for those who choose cremation as a final disposition.

Also available are pendants and several jewelry items which can be engraved with a loved one’s fingerprint to be cherished long after the funeral service.

Community support is one of our priorities. Roberts Funeral Home Memorial Scholarships are awarded every year to graduating seniors at Wellsville High School to honor the members of the families we have served over the years. Thousands of dollars have been awarded to students since the program’s inception.

Also this year, Bill and Erin have been appointed to the board of directors of the Potter Players Community Theatre and are spearheading the renovation of the historic Liberty Theater for the enhancement of a venue for the fine and performing arts in Wellsville. We are always available to help any organization or community program.

Bill Roberts truly has been affiliated with the funeral home for his entire life. Working there as a young boy prepared him for a future in funeral service.

He graduated from Wellsville High School in 1968. Upon returning to Wellsville in 1973, after serving in the U. S. Navy for four years, Bill continued his education at Kent State University. He then attended the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science and graduated in 1976. Bill is a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, National Funeral Directors Association, past president of the Columbiana County Funeral Directors Association, president of the Liberty Theater Association, a member of the Potter Players Community Theatre Board of Directors, the Wellsville Lion’s Club, Elks Lodge 1040, Wellsville S.O.I., and the Wellsville Area Chamber of Commerce. His love of his hometown drives his desire to take care of the community which he calls home.

Ken Page graduated from East Liverpool High School

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Pictured (from left) are Bill Roberts holding Penelope, Erin Roberts-Orr holding Maizy and Ken Page.

in 1974 and from Kent State University in 1979 with a Bachelor Degree in business administration. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1992. Ken is a member of St. Aloysius Parish, Ohio Funeral Directors Association, National Funeral Directors Association, the East Liverpool Elks Lodge 258, and is past vice president, secretary, and treasurer of the Columbiana County Funeral Directors Association. Ken has been a valued member of the funeral home staff as a funeral director and embalmer since 1996. His compassion and his attentiveness to the needs of others make him a friend to all who know him.

Erin Roberts-Orr graduated as valedictorian from Wellsville High School in 2005. She continued her education at the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science and graduated in January of 2007 with a mortuary science degree and an Associate Degree in business.

Erin obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in funeral service with a major in environmental health and a minor in psychology from Point Park University, graduating magna cum laude in May of 2008. She became a licensed funeral director and embalmer in December of 2009. Erin is a third generation funeral director and embalmer, following in the footsteps of her grandparents, Bill and June Roberts, and her father, Bill. She is a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association. Erin has been recognized as one of the Review’s Future Leaders and was selected as a member of the ThirtyUnder-Forty group which exemplifies the potential of the young members of the community. She was also the first recipient of the Wellsville Area Chamber of Commerce Rising Star Award in 2010 which was established to recognize a young member of the Chamber of Commerce who gives back to the community. She is presently serving her community as president of the Wellsville Lions Club

for the third year and as a member of the board of directors of the Wellsville Area Chamber of Commerce where she is also the recording secretary. Erin is the sole community member to sit on the board for the Ohio Improvement Process for the Wellsville School District, is a member of the committee to establish a drug testing policy for Wellsville High School, and is a substitute teacher in the Wellsville School District.

She is a member of the Wellsville S.O.I. and a board member of the Potter Players Community Theatre where she is co-chairman of the renovation project of the Liberty Theater. She is also a member and elder at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Erin finds great satisfaction in volunteering her time to her community.

There is no comparison to the compassion of the entire staff at Roberts Funeral Home. Everyone is a local resident and is committed to the well-being of the communities we serve. Along with three full time licensed funeral directors, our staff includes Ron Ross, Bill Boyce, Jack Call, Pastor Dirk Hall, Rosie Wells, Tom McCullough, and Ethel Bock.

Being Wellsville’s only hometown owned funeral home affords families the presence and availability of the Roberts family as well as the familiar faces of friends and neighbors at a most difficult time.

We take great pride in the fact that our business is independently owned and operated. Our family feels a sincere bond with members of the community because we also live here. People are able to place their trust in someone whom they know personally. We truly value and treasure that trust.

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Over the years Lisbon Paving has reached out to several businesses for paving.

They have also given a hand in beautifying the area and local surroundings.

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The exterior of the new addition to the Lepper Library so closely resembles the 113-year-old original section that at first glance it can be difficult to distinguish between the two, and that was no accident.

Conclusion of library renovation worth the wait

By TOM GIAMBRONI Staff Writer

LISBON — It took the Lepper Library board nearly 16 years of scrimping and saving to afford a new addition, but library Director Nancy Simpson said it was worth the wait.

“I think people will be amazed at how beautiful it turned out,” Simpson said of the addition, which doubled the size of the library to more than 13,000 square feet.

The new addition opened in late January, which allowed contractors to begin renovating the old section of the library, which opened in 1898. Renovation of the old section was completed recently in time for an open house and dedication ceremony held May 13.

The $2.3 million project was funded with $2 million in money saved by the board over 15 years and another $200,000 in donations received during that period.

Then in January the library received $302,000 in federal stimulus money to purchase new furniture and equipment.

“It’s not so much what it means to the library but what it means to the community,” Simpson said. “I think the library is such an important cultural, educational and recreational center for the community, especially a small rural community.”

The exterior of the new addition so closely resembles the 113-year-old original section that at first glance it can be difficult to distinguish between the two, and that was no accident.

“Our architect (Tim Beck of Richfield) did a beautiful job of blending the old and new,” Simpson said.

The first thing visitors notice upon visiting the library is how open and bright the addition is compared to the poor lighting and cramped quarters of the old section.

“Everyone who walks in

the front door just says ‘wow’ because it’s bright and cheerful, just a very welcoming atmosphere,” she said.

Once inside, the DVDs, VHS tapes and CDs are to the right, with newspapers and magazines to the left. Comfortable individual seating is available in this area. On the other side of the wall of magazines are the eight public computer terminals with Internet access.

“In a little town like this there are still a lot of people without all of the resources some of us take for granted in terms of computer and Internet access and the ability to just go to a bookstore to get what you want,” Simpson said.

The new addition is handicapped accessible, something the older section was not, and there are now separate restrooms that include an area to change diapers.

“That’s what they’ll see when they come in. A lot of user-friendly areas,” she said.

A larger room is now available for storage of local history and genealogy records. There is a conference room for board meetings that is also available to the public.

Simpson said the community room has become so popular it is booked at least once a day for the next two months, and in between, people attending local colleges are finding it to be a quiet refuge for studying.

The old library will house the children’s section and administrative offices, both of which had been in the crowded basement. The plaster in the old section has been covered with a drywall veneer, while the rest of the space received new carpeting and a fresh coat of paint.

Perhaps the most interesting new feature is the driveup window at the rear of the addition that allows patrons to return books, DVDs and CDs. “It is used all the time,” Simpson said. “We empty it out

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two, three times a day.”

And should the library ever need more space, Simpson said the addition was constructed in such a manner that would allow for another expansion.

The additional space will allow the library to resume expanding its book collection, which had to be curtailed in recent years due to space restrictions in the old section.

In fact, library usage based on items checked out increased in 2010, despite the fact the building was under construction the entire year.

“We found it very gratifying people still fought their way through the front door to get to the information they needed,” Simpson said.

It is one of the great ironies that library use increased during the recession and a period when state funding was cut significantly.

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Despite the new addition, funding remains an issue.

“People assume since we did this addition that we have all the money we need ... People still need to be aware money is still an issue,” Simpson said.

She believes public libraries still have a role to play in today’s society, despite the ever-expanding presence of the Internet in our lives and the growing popularity of e-books.

“I think in this day and age, even though there’s some flap over the years about the death of the book, I still think books are an important part of a library. A lot of people still prefer to hold that lovely book in their hands, the feel of it, the smell of it,” Simpson said.

“Whether or not people are getting information from a book or the Internet, I think the library is still a very important portal to that information,” she added.

WASHINGTON — The best cure for the economy now is time.

That’s the overwhelming opinion of leading economists in a new Associated Press survey. They say the Federal Reserve shouldn’t bother trying to stimulate the economy — and could actually do damage if it did.

The economists are lowering their forecasts for job creation and economic growth for the rest of this year, mainly because of high oil prices. A batch of bleak data over the past month has suggested that the 2-year-old economic recovery is slowing.

The economists now expect the nation to create 1.9 million jobs this year, about 200,000 fewer than when they were last surveyed eight weeks ago. They expect the unemployment rate, now 9.1 percent, to be 8.7 percent at year’s end.

Before, they expected 8.4 percent.

Despite their gloomier outlook, 36 of the 38 economists surveyed oppose any further efforts by the Fed to invigorate growth. The Fed has already cut short-term interest rates to near zero.

And it’s ending a program to buy $600 billion in Treasury bonds to keep longer-term rates low to help spur spending and hiring.

The economists say another round of bond-buying wouldn’t provide much benefit, if any. And some fear it could make things worse by unleashing high inflation and disrupting financial markets.

When it buys bonds, the Fed in effect prints massive amounts of money. All that extra money in the system raises the nominal value of the things we buy, weakening the dollar, and it can create bubbles in the prices of stocks and commodities.

What the economy needs most, says John Silvia, chief economist at Wells Fargo, is time. Consumers must further shrink huge debts amassed in the mid-2000s.

And the depressed housing market needs time to recover from a collapse in prices and sales.

“There are no magic bullets,” Silvia says. “A lot of this stuff just really needs to be dealt with. It’s not a question of stimulus.”

In Washington, there’s little appetite for major spending projects to try to strengthen the economy.

Lawmakers are focused instead on whether to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and how to cut its long-term debt.

President Barack Obama is seeking smaller ways to

spur hiring. He traveled Monday to Durham, N.C., to announce a program to train 10,000 new American engineers each year.

Obama said private companies will join the government to promote education in science, technology, engineering and math. He said U.S. companies need the brightest American workers to remain leaders in technology and innovation.

At a clean-energy plant, the president also linked Washington’s preoccupation with the budget to the nation’s economic problems.

“We need to solve our medium- and long-term debt and deficit issues, not for abstract reasons but because they are a concrete impediment to growth and jobs,” Obama said.

In the AP survey, the economists said they expected the economy to expand at a 2.3 percent annual pace this quarter, far less than their earlier 3.2 percent forecast. Their outlook for the July-September and October-December quarters and the full year has dimmed, too.

Since the economists were surveyed in April, the government has said that the economy grew at a scant 1.8 percent rate in the JanuaryMarch period and that employers added just 54,000 jobs in April. In the previous three months, job growth had averaged 220,000.

The economists still expect growth to accelerate in the second half of the year. For all of 2011, they think the economy will expand 2.6 percent, down from their earlier estimate of 2.9 percent.

Their latest responses suggest that the economists underestimated how severely oil prices and Japan’s earthquake and nuclear crisis would hurt the U.S. economy. Oil prices have jumped 26 percent over the past year. Twenty-six of the 38 economists surveyed described oil prices as a “major” problem for the economy.

The good news is that the economic damage from the Japan crisis, which caused disruptions in supplies of manufactured goods, should be temporary. And the price of gas has been falling since peaking in early May at $3.98 a gallon. It averages $3.70 a gallon now.

So far this year, higher gas and food prices have erased any pay raises workers are getting. Americans have responded by spending less than they might have on other things, like clothing and household goods. Their spending drives about 70 percent of the economy.

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For a pioneer of technology, 100 years of “Think” JORDAN ROBERTSON Associated Press

ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Google, Apple and Facebook get all the attention. But the forgettable everyday tasks of technology — saving a file on your laptop, swiping your ATM card to get 40 bucks, scanning a gallon of milk at the checkout line — that’s all IBM. International Business Machines turns 100 on Thursday without much fanfare. But its much younger competitors owe a lot to Big Blue.

After all, where would Groupon be without the supermarket bar code? Or Google without the mainframe computer?

“They were kind of like a cornerstone of that whole enterprise that has become the heart of the computer industry in the U.S.,” says Bob Djurdjevic, a former IBM employee and president of Annex Research.

IBM dates to June 16, 1911, when three companies that made scales, punchclocks for work and other machines merged to form the Computing Tabulating Recording Co. The modernday name followed in 1924.

With a plant in Endicott, N.Y., the new business also made cheese slicers and — significantly for its future — machines that read data stored on punch cards. By the 1930s, IBM’s cards were keeping track of 26 million Americans for the newly launched Social Security program.

These old, sprawling machines might seem quaint in the iPod era, but they had design elements similar to modern computers. They had places for data storage, math processing areas and output, says David A. Mindell, professor of the history of technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Punch cards carted from station to station represented what business today might call “data flow.”

“It was very sophisticated,” Mindell says.

The force behind IBM’s early growth was Thomas J. Watson Sr., a demanding boss with exacting standards for everything from office wear (white shirts, ties) to creativity (his slogan: “Think”).

Watson, and later his son, Thomas Watson Jr., guided IBM into the computer age.

Its machines were used to calculate everything from banking transactions to space shots. As the company swelled after World War II, IBM threw its considerable resources at research to maintain its dominance in the mar-

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ket for mainframes, the hulking computers that power whole offices.

“When we did semiconductors, we had thousands and thousands of people,” says Donald Seraphim, who worked at IBM from 1957 until 1986 and was named a fellow, the company’s highest honor for technical achievement. “They just know how to put the force behind the entrepreneurial things.”

By the late ‘60s, IBM was consistently the only hightech company in the Fortune 500’s top 10. IBM famously spent $5 billion during the decade to develop a family of computers designed so growing businesses could easily upgrade.

It introduced the magnetic hard drive in 1956 and the floppy disk in 1971. In the 1960s, IBM developed the first bar code, paving the way for automated supermarket checkouts. IBM introduced a high-speed processing system that allowed ATM transactions. It created magnetic strip technology for credit cards.

For much of the 20th century, IBM was the model of a dominant, paternalistic corporation. It was among the first to give workers paid holidays and life insurance.

It ran country clubs for employees generations before Google offered subsidized massages and free meals.

“The model really was you joined IBM and you built your career for life there,” says David Finegold, dean of the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. Transfers to other cities were still common enough that employees joked IBM really stood for “I’ve Been Moved.”

The origins of the company’s nickname, Big Blue, are

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In this Feb. 8, 2006 file photo, the new Cell Broadband Engine processor is shown during a presentation at the IBM offices, in New York.

something of a mystery. It may simply derive from IBM’s global size and the color of its logo.

IBM’s gold-plated reputation was based in part on ubiquity and reliability, as well as a relentless sales force. But its fortunes began to change as bureaucracy stifled innovation. Informationtechnology managers used to joke that nobody ever got fired for buying IBM. But by the 1980s, Big Blue found itself adrift in a changing technology environment.

IBM had slipped with the rise of cheap microprocessors and rapid changes in the

industry. In an infamous blunder, IBM introduced its influential personal computer in 1981, but it passed on buying the rights to the software that ran it — made by a startup called Microsoft.

IBM helped make the PC a mainstream product, but it quickly found itself outmatched in a market it helped create. It relied on Intel for chips and Microsoft for software, leaving it vulnerable when the PC industry took off and rivals began using the same technology.

The PC’s casing wasn’t as important as the technology inside it, and IBM didn’t own the intellectual property inside its own machines. In addition, the rise of smaller computers that performed some of the same functions as mainframes threw IBM’s main money-

In this undated photo provided by International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) the bar code, which was developed in the 1960s, is shown. IBM was formed on June 16, 1911, as the Computing Tabulating Recording Co. in a merger of four separate companies. The new business with a plant in Endicott, N.Y., made scales, time clocks, cheese slicers and — significantly for its future — machines that read data stored on punch cards.

making business into disarray.

With its legacy and very survival at stake, the company was forced to embark on a wrenching restructuring.

One of its major achievements turned out to be reengineering itself during the upheavals of the 1990s.

Viewed as too bureaucratic to compete in fast-changing times, IBM tapped an outsider as CEO in 1993 to help with a turnaround.

Louis Gerstner, a former executive with American Express and RJR Nabisco, had little knowledge of technology or IBM culture. In his first meeting with top IBM executives, he was the only one in the room with a blue shirt.

But he broke up old fiefdoms, slashed prices and eliminated jobs. IBM, which had peaked at 406,000 employees in 1985, shed more than 150,000 in the 1990s as the company lost nearly $16 billion over five years.

Gerstner resisted pressure to break up the company and instead focused on services, such as data storage and technical support. Services could be sold as an add-on to companies that had already bought IBM computers. Even barely profitable pieces of hardware were used to open the door to more profitable deals.

The shift allowed IBM to ride out two recessions: When times are tough, businesses pay IBM to help them find ways to cut costs and handle technology chores that would be more expensive to perform in-house.

The change in strategy was risky for a company that helped create the PC industry, yet IBM rose to become the world’s biggest technology services provider.

With around $100 billion in annual revenue today, IBM is ranked 18th in the Fortune 500. It’s three times the size

IBM’s century of “Think” The Associated Press

The milestone: International Business Machines Corp. turns 100 on Thursday.

The contributions: Everyday tasks of technology, such as computer storage drives, bar codes used in supermarkets and the magnetic stripes on the back of credit cards.

The future: While IBM’s Watson attracted buzz by beating two human “Jeopardy!” champions, the company wants to put it to real-world use as a medical diagnostic tool and work on other big data projects. of Google and almost twice as big as Apple. Its market capitalization of around $200 billion beats Google and allowed IBM last month to briefly surpass its old nemesis, Microsoft.

Though transformed, IBM remains a pioneer, the envy of the technology industry.

Hewlett-Packard Co.’s new CEO, Leo Apotheker, says one of his primary goals is to strengthen the company’s software and services businesses to compete better with IBM. Some things haven’t changed. The company still spends heavily on research, about $6 billion a year. It still comes up with flashy feats of computing prowess, most recently when its Watson computer system handily defeated the world’s best “Jeopardy!” players.

And, just as in 1911, it’s still in the business of finding data solutions.

While IBM’s Watson attracted buzz by beating two human “Jeopardy!” champions, the company wants to put it to real-world use as a medical diagnostic tool that can understand plain language and analyze mountains of information. That’s in line with IBM’s focus on other big data projects, such as analyzing traffic patterns citywide to predict and stave off traffic jams.

The company that built its success making sense of millions of punch card records sees future innovations in the analysis of the billions and billions of bits of data being transmitted in the 21st century.

“The scale of that enables you to do discovery, whether it’s in the case of drugs, medicine, crime — you name it,” says Bernard Meyerson, IBM’s vice president for innovation.

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WILLIAMSPORT — Only one place in Columbiana County offers a visitor the chance to get up close and personal with such things as a cinnamon bear, walrus tusks or a beaver dam and that is the Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center on Echo Dell Road.

Opened in the year 2000 in a former manager’s house at the entrance to Beaver Creek State Park, the center held a grand opening in April for a new addition that includes – among other things – a hand-painted display room featuring a host of taxidermied animals in their natural habitats.

Operated by a group of volunteers, the wildlife education center is not funded by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, even though the addition was made possible by a $300,000 ODNR grant secured through the assistance of former state Rep. Linda Bolon.

The 40-foot-by-70-foot addition was painted by artist Diane Less, who included scenes of all four seasons and three-dimensional fixtures such as branches and fence posts.

In addition to mounted animals, the wildlife center offers skins, pelts and other items for hands-on inspection, and displays feature insects, arrowheads, seashells, rocks and minerals.

A bird egg collection, a Victorian-era taxidermy box, and a collection of confiscated artifacts that are illegal for one reason or another are also among the displays.

New to the center is a library with about 1,000 ref-

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As visitors walk into the new four seasons room at the Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center they are encompassed by woodland, meadow and wetland displays encompassing most of the 180 taxidermized mounts.

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After being transported into another world in the four seasons display, visitors to the center can also see live reptiles and amphibians in the live room, left. A new wildlife viewing room, right, is available along with a pair of on-site binoculars and some identification-reference books for visitors who want to get a close-up view of the wildlife just outside of the center.

erence books for visitors to peruse and a viewing room that allows them to watch wildlife and birds in their natural habitat outside.

A garden outside the viewing room windows fea-

tures plants native to Ohio, specifically planted to attract wildlife and birds.

A “live” room at the center offers visitors a peek at snakes and turtles as well as several mounted fish.

Throughout the season, numerous workshops and seminars are featured at the center, and school groups are encouraged to tour. Tours can be arranged by calling Darlene at 330-385-6250.

There is no admission charge for the wildlife center, although donations are appreciated since it operates solely on donations. More information is available at www.beavercreekwildlife.org. jgilbert@mojonews.com

Over two years ago several township residents joined together to campaign for increased cable coverage in the township’s most rural areas.

After attempts to lure cable companies to expand failed, the county commissioners took up the cause and helped push for state funding; OneCommunity and Omnicity partnered to provide the fiber that makes broadband Internet possible; former U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson and his staff offered support. The resulting partnership helped surpass the humble hopes at the beginning of the project to make an impact in communities beyond Knox Township.

Omnicity CEO Greg Jarman cited the need for such a partnership if this area, and similar communities across the nation, are going to continue to grow.

And Carver expressed a desire to see a continuation of progress hopefully initiated by the tower and the process that went into securing it.

“The time for all of us to change is now,” he said. “But we must entwine a new word into our vocabulary— challenge. I challenge you, the staff of MARCS, Omnicity, and our very own fire departments to do whatever it takes...(to) continue to be great providers for what you have started. My challenge is to proceed, provide, protect and persevere.”

A self-supporting, threelegged unit (meaning no wires are needed to balance the structure), the tower stands 250 feet tall. It was built by Tri-County Tower at a cost of approximately $380,000, funded by the state at no cost to the township. There is a 35 kilowatt gas-powered generator to ensure communication continues even in emergencies.

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The Port’s newly opened 60-ton crane transferred NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket’s upper stage simulator onto the Delta Mariner, an ocean going vessel headed for the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Work under way on Stadium GM dealership Chesapeake expected

to begin gas drilling in Columbiana County

By LARRY SHIELDS Staff Writer

SALEM — Work has already begun on a new stateof-the-art 25,000-square foot Stadium GM dealership.

When completed the over $2-million project will have removed three buildings, including the current showroom, while combining the Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC truck line showrooms, sales offices and service department under one roof, according to Mike Hudock, Stadium GM general manager. The body shop will remain in its separate building.

Art Schuster Construction Co. of Salem is the general contractor.

“We’re going to try and keep everything as local as possible,” Hudock said Wednesday, adding that major work, which will take place in three phases, is expected to begin by the end of the month.

During the construction, day-to-day business will carry on as usual, Hudock said.

“We’ve planned the construction so there will be no down time at all. We will be open for business every day,” he said.

He said the new facility has been in the plans for some time and Stadium GM is looking to complete the new building by Christmas.

“It will be one of the finest facilities in the country,” he said.

Stadium GM moved into Salem over 25 years ago after Boardman car dealer Shorty Navarro saw the potential and bought two GM stores.

Navarro said, “This was the perfect place to be. Great location. Great people. It was the best business decision I

By RENEE COLEMAN Staff writer

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Stadium GM will begin major work on a new dealership by the end of the month, according to General Manager Mike Hudock. The new 25,000-square foot, state-of-the-art building will include new showrooms, service department and offices and has a price tag of over $2 million. Hudock said it creates the possibility for new jobs. In Salem for over 25 years, the Stadium GM currently employs 65 people.

ever made.

“We love this community.

The people have been very kind to us. We provide them with excellent General Motors products at unbeatable prices and they have been loyal to us for many years.

“This new facility is really for them. It will give them the ultimate buying experience. It is a large investment in the Salem community.

“This is our way of saying thank-you to all of our cus-

tomers and also our way of showing our commitment to Salem. We’re here to stay.”

Hudock said construction will provide jobs for many in the construction industry while creating the possibility of adding more jobs at Stadium GM. The dealership, located at 292 W. State St., currently employs 65 people.

Sales Manager Dave Urban added, “With this new facility we expect our sales to

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“That means more salespeople, more car technicians, more people in the office, more people in maintenance.

It’s a good thing for everyone.

“We’re one of the largest employers in the community and this will help us to add even more jobs.”

Hudock said, “It’s an exciting time. Car sales are picking up and we’ll have this beautiful new facility to showcase our car lines in.”

Over the past year or more there has been much talk about horizontal drilling and fracking taking place in Columbiana County in the near future. That time has now come as, according to a May 22 Morning Journal article, Chesapeake Appalachia LLC applied for a drilling permit on May 4.

Chesapeake Appalachia, is a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy based in Oklahoma City, Okla. Chesapeake Energy with its approximate $32 billion of enterprise value, is considered one of the top-tier energy producers. It also boasts 15.2 million net acres, the nation’s largest, natural gas resource base.

The permit for property off Smith Road in Middleton Township, is just the first of many permits that could and probably will come in the future. For as the article states, the Columbiana County Recorder’s Officer has had 2,381 new mineral rights leases recorded since January 2010. Of those, according to the article, an estimated 90 percent are to companies interested in drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus and Utica shale.

Columbiana County sits atop the Marcellus Shale region that stretches more than 95,000 square miles through parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York. Sitting atop this natural gas reservoir has proved profitable for organizations and residents of

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Riverview Florists EAST LIVERPOOL — An unknown author once wrote: “Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible.”

At Riverview Florists the staff strives for excellence in all it’s definitions. The highly motivated and efficient staff of designers, customer service, and delivery personnel wants to bring the best of the best to its customers.

Since its move from Anderson Boulevard to the old Mountain Chevrolet Building, 415 E. Sixth St., downtown East Liverpool, the company has grown and changed in so many ways. Its window displays are a fine example of what customers can find inside the bright and open showroom. With so many gift ideas, and so many different design ideas for home and sympathy, customers must stop in and talk with staff members to find

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Pictured from left, Darla Henderson, office manager; Mary Grady, delivery; Judy Korbel, designer; and Sherry Clark, owner and designer.

just the right item that can be personalized for them.

Riverview is able to help with upcoming weddings, proms, birthdays, anniversaries, or for sympathy arrangements and family memorials.

Sherry and Randy Clark, owners since 2006, are glad to welcome customers, and their staff is more than willing and qualified to advise on any purchase. Riverview carries a beautiful line of angels for

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Columbiana County. For example United Local School District, which leased 86 acres on a non-surface contact in May, will receive an up-front bonus of $2,000 per acre and a 15 percent royalty on the production.

Also the Columbiana County Vocational School District is expecting a deposit of $117,000 for its permanent improvement funds in the coming months due to an oil and gas lease it signed in April. The lease agreement includes 52 acres owned by the district. These facts were reported in May 13 and 12 issues of the Morning Journal respectively.

Who is Chesapeake?

Chesapeake, founded in 1989 by Aubrey K. McClendon, CEO; and Tom L. Ward, former president and COO, has always focused on horizontal drilling. Horizontal drilling, is an advanced form of drilling where the drill bit can be turned parallel to the surface while underground and continue to drill. The company also uses fracking, otherwise known as hydraulic fracturing, where a mixture of water, sand and chemicals are injected at high pressure into shale formations to release the natural gas inside.

After finding success in the early years, the duo hit on a major natural gas discovery in 1994 in the Austin Chalk, a region that stretches across Texas, Louisiana, and a small portion of Mississip-

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Speaking of plants, the company also carries a wide range of prices in dish gardens, blooming plants, large house plants, violets and tropicals.

During spring and the Easter season, bulb plants, bulb gardens and Easter lilies are in stock. For Mother’s Day a large selection of hanging baskets and ferns are kept in stock to brighten summer days.

Don’t forget Riverview at prom season as staff members are glad to provide prom goers with beautiful bouquets or wrist corsages in fresh or silk. Those looking for something different may be interested in the new floral jewelry pieces that are available in a necklace or upper arm corsage. Riverview designers are will be glad to give teens the most interesting and economical arrangements to make their prom night special.

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1st National Community Bank DPS Penn has EAST LIVERPOOL — 2010 was a year of accomplishments and success for 1st National Community Bank in East Liverpool. Overcoming both a national and local economy which had continued high unemployment and declining real estate values, 1st Bank continued to strengthen its balance sheet while producing earnings for the year of $722,000 which is a 300 percent increase over 2009. Stephen R. Sant, President/CEO stated, “We are extremely pleased with our earnings which were higher than all but one of the last 10 years.

Credit costs remained well above normal levels, but were slightly less than in 2009.

Charges against earnings to cover charge offs and fund the Allowance For Loan Losses (ALLL) for future potential losses were also well above historical levels, but did ease from 2009 when the bank experienced a significant loss on a Commercial Real Estate Loan in the 1st quarter. In 2010 there was also pressure on Net Interest Income which was $116,000 lower than 2009. Helping earnings for the year were a lower FDIC insurance expense and significantly lower non interest expense resulting from management’s efforts to reduce unnecessary expenses.

Sant also reported, “Continuing our strategic direction of 2009, we strengthened our balance sheet in 2010. Our tier one capital ratio was 9.25 percent at year end compared to 9.04 percent at the end of 2009. The ALLL which is maintained in case of future loan losses ended 2010 at 1.80 percent of total loans, up from 1.62 percent at the end

been busy acquiring land for gas drilling

By RENEE COLEMAN Staff writer

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1st National Community Bank has two highly qualified investment representatives — David Bickerton (left) and Dave Hamilton —available to explain the new product offerings to customers.

of 2009”.

Loans outstanding were down about 5 percent for the year, which is a result of a decreased demand by both business and consumer customers. Not reflective of the decrease is the aggressive calling efforts 1st Bank implemented to develop new customer relationships which resulted in a number of new customers. The bank increased its SBA lending as they helped business customers meet new borrowing needs.

1st Bank will begin to offer non deposit investment products to it’s customers early in the second quarter of 2011. These products include stocks, bonds, mutual funds, fixed and variable annuities, as well as financial planning.

These products will be available at any of 1st Bank’s convenient branch locations. The bank will have two highly qualified investment represen-

tatives, David Bickerton and Dave Hamilton, available to explain the new product offerings to customers. “We believe it is important to make non deposit investment products available to our customers,” Sant stated.

1st Bank continues to be one of the few community banks that offer a full service trust department. 2010 showed significant growth in the trust department with assets under management growing by 40 percent to $61,000,000. To better meet the needs of its trust customers, the bank added a fulltime senior trust officer, Jeffrey Bail, CPA. Jeff replaced Charles B. Lang who had been serving as a part-time trust officer as well as chairman/CEO of the bank’s holding company, Tri-State 1st Banc, where he now devotes all his time.

The year 2010 was a very good year for Tri-State 1st

Candy Craft CHESTER, W.Va. — Candy Craft first opened for business in 1980 in a small one room building and supplied only candy, molds, bags and boxes. The business has changed buildings over the years but has always maintained the finest quality in all of its products, and it currently has an inhouse kitchen where it makes cookies, cupcakes and cakes of all flavors and for all occasions such as birthdays, weddings and anniversaries, to name a few.

If you have a picture or idea Candy Craft can make it yours.

Not satisfied with the chocolate suckers and products you find in other stores?

Come visit Candy Craft and they can show you how to make your own and provide

help and tips along the way.

Various services and specialty products are available such as: Merchens and Peters chocolate, Fountain chocolate, and a large selection of molds.

Coming soon Candy Craft will offer event planning and decorating.

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Saturday. The business is closed Thursday and Sunday.

Candy Craft’s phone number is 304-387-0460.

Banc also. It started with the acquisition of Cooper Insurance Agency Inc. in May. Earnings were strong at 1st Bank and Cooper Insurance as well as the other affiliates, MDH Investment Management Inc. and Gateminder Corp. which allowed TriState 1st Banc to pay a special $.02 per share common stock dividend in December, as well as announce a 25 percent stock dividend to be made in January, 2011. “We are one of the first financial service holding companies to take one, let alone two actions to enhance shareholder return since the banking crisis began,” states Sant.

1st Bank is excited about the prospects for 2011. In spite of what is expected to be a continued slow economy, 1st Bank intends to keep servicing its customer’s financial needs following the “community banking” philosophy it was founded on 23 years ago.

DPS Penn arrived on the scene in September 2010 and the company, a land acquisition firm with a strategic alliance with Chesapeake Energy, continues to make its mark.

The firm opened its doors along Pennsylvania Avenue in East Liverpool’s River City Plaza and has since lent a big hand to the East Liverpool community. According to an April 5, 2011 Morning Journal story, the company donated monies to the city to fill the potholes that overtook Pennsylvania and Harvey avenues in the city’s East End. DPS Penn also donated around 142 gently worn and new winter coats to the Salvation Army during its December coat drive. The donation was published in the Morning Journal on Dec. 28, 2010.

These philanthropic deeds are not just limited to the East Liverpool area, as DPS donated $1,600 to the Lisbon Chamber of Commerce for its Summer Concert Series. It also sponsored the Challenge Program, which was instituted in area schools, including the United Local and Lisbon Exempted Village school districts. The program, partners with local business to encourages students to excellence in four categories in order to win cash prizes. In all $3,000 will be awarded to each school with 12 students in grades 10-12 taking home $250 each. Students must

excel in academic excellence, academic improvement, community service and attendance.

The company also partnered with the Leetonia Washingtonville Baseball Association and helped the Columbiana County Humane Society purchase a year’s worth of dog and cat food and kitty litter.

DPS Penn has also be busy acquiring land acquisitions in not only Columbiana County, but Jefferson and Harrison counties in Ohio, as well as, Butler, Armstrong, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington and Greene counties in Pennsylvania.

According to the Dallas, Texas based company’s website, its staff conducts research and works with property owners to educate them on the process to fully develop their oil and gas rights.

DPS Penn doesn’t just acquire land, it works with signees “from the beginning,” making sure it is available at any time. Officials work with those who signed through the entire five step drilling process, listed at www.dpspenn.com.

Step one: leasing.

Employees research the oil and gas records to verify that the correct owner signs the lease.

Step two: permitting. In order to drill, the drilling company must comply with all applicable city, state and federal regulatory agencies.

The well must also be perSee DPS PENN, Page 4B

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Humane Society of Columbiana County Nentwick SALEM — The Humane “Tommy”, seen at left, Convalescent Home Society of Columbiana enjoys all of this activity that County (HSCC) is a no kill, no suffering agency located at 1825 South Lincoln Ave. in Salem. The agency’s members believe that every animal that enters their care deserves a second chance. It is their promise to give them compassion, love and attention, emotions the animals may have never known before. The transition to nokill was not made without growing pains. The agency’s small but dedicated group of staff and volunteers is constantly looking for ways to improve their rescue and adoption center. One example is their vacation program, which was recently enjoyed by “Judge” shown above right. Similar to a foster program, this change of scenery helps their more challenging adoptables learn to socialize, adapt to change and explore new sights and sounds. Ultimately, the goal is to enhance the animals chance at placement into a loving, forever home.

At HSCC, they are their own worst critics. They have a responsibility to those they serve, including their pets, their supporters and their community near and far, to lead by example. They are proud of the work that they do every day. Each week they are open 20 hours for public tours of their ROCC and Rescue Adoption Center and to meet the animals in their care. The rest of the time is spent walking their dogs, playtime with their cats and bunnies, veterinary appointments and in-house medical treatment, home visits prior to adoption and applying behavioral assessments and screening adopters just to name a few things.

occurs right at their shelter. A product of a court ordered removal from his home, at 18 years old Tommy gets more attention and love than many pets do in their homes.

Off site, HSCC sponsored Humane Agent Jan Palmer provides a service, at no cost to taxpayers, over 532 miles of Columbiana County in order to respond to calls of concern of animal abuse and neglect from the public. In 2010, Palmer drove over 10,000 miles to respond to an average of 40 calls per month. While removing an animal from its home is sometimes necessary, more often the owner is simply in need of education or assistance in improving the quality of care, as put forth by law.

HSCC is a local organization with its own bylaws and board of directors and therefore does not take directives from any national animal welfare organization.

Animal abuse and animal neglect are not animal problems, they are people problems. Nearly 80 percent of those who abuse or neglect animals will eventually impact a human life as well.

No community can afford to ignore the warning signs that have been long studied and well documented. Animals are the window into the soul of a community and serve as the warning flare to potential problems.

At HSCC, they would love to put themselves out of business and to focus on widespread education and pet sterilization. But, until their work is done, they need your help. Send a financial donation or collect and donate regularly used supplies such as bleach, paper towel, laun-

Judge enjoys the Humane Society of Columbiana County’s vacation program.

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Tommy enjoys activity at the Humane Society of Columbiana County’s shelter.

dry soap, bedding, kitty litter and latex gloves. Volunteer your time or visit one of their fundraising partners where your patronage benefits their services. Ask them about their Pets for Patriots Program, reduced cost spay and neuter or about their educational presentations. HSCC asks you to make a difference by fostering, adopting or giving locally. Join them in the plan to keep hope alive at

HSCC and to make tomorrow better here in Columbiana County and beyond.

HSCC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation that relies solely on private donations to operate. For more information call 330-332-2600, e-mail hsccoffice@yahoo.com or write to HSCC, P.O. Box 101, Salem, Ohio 44460.

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Riverview can provide snack baskets, gourmet baskets, fresh fruit baskets, or custom gift baskets to suit the occasion, complete with accompanying mylar balloons or balloon bouquets.

EAST LIVERPOOL — The Nentwick Convalescent Home, East Liverpool, was founded in 1951 as a family owned and operated health care facility and continues in that tradition at its current 100 bed location. Nentwick’s is specialized in skilled, long-term, and rehabilitative care.

Founded on the principle of providing a high standard of daily living with constant respect for the personal dignity of each resident, Nentwick’s has recently completed a major renovation project of its main shower rooms. From electrical to plumbing; the installation of recessed lighting, new wall tiling and rubberized, skid resistant flooring. Central to this project are new, stateof-the-art Cascade Air Spa bathing systems with side entry for the convenience of our residents.

On the aesthetic side, Administrator Mary Tambellini has commissioned Nentwick’s “in-house” artist, Craig Wetzel to create his 59th mural, depicting East Liverpool’s and its surrounding area’s bustling and scenic history. This mural is an overview of fun-filled Rock Springs Park in its “hay-day.” The park entertained generations from near and far. It was located just across the river in Chester, W.Va. Mr. Wetzel’s first mural was crafted in 1986, and the end is never in sight.

Today, working in the main lobby, residents and visitors alike enjoy watching his inspired creativity and the fond memories evoked by

its scenic content.

“Our greatest satisfaction comes from seeing our residents rehabilitate during their stay with us, to the point that they are well enough to go home and be self-sufficient,” Tambellini clarified.

Nentwick’s is Medicare certified, offering conscientious skilled nursing services to those individuals just out of a hospital stay, but still requiring daily nursing care or therapy in order to ready themselves for recovery and a return to home.

Services at Nentwick’s include: physical, occupational, speech and hearing therapies, optometry, podiatry, psychological and psychiatric services, I.V. service, a professional dietitian with accommodating menus, excellent cooking, an in-house beauty salon, and a very aggressive activities department with a full range of religious, social, cultural, musical and recreational programming.

“We will always maintain the homey, comfortable atmosphere that has become our signature,” Tambellini emphasized.

Ensuring the physical and emotional well-being of each resident being of primary concern, a house physician is available 24 hours a day and nurses are on duty at all times. Nentwick’s is both Medicare and Medicaid certified and accepts private insurance.

Call 330-385-5001 for more information.

Those planning a wedding should keep Riverview in mind, as the staff will be glad to quote wedding flowers and make suggestions to give the bride a unique and special designs that will make her day outstanding. It is the company’s goal to keep the bride’s budget in mind while

still providing the most beautiful designs and arrangements.

At Riverview Florists, the staff strives for excellence of design, excellence in customer service, and excellence in their presentation and delivery. When you want the best, think Riverview Florists.

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mitted by the required agencies prior to drilling.

Step three: drilling. On average one well will take approximately 30 days to drill. Once drilling is complete, all drilling equipment will be removed in order for a fracture stimulation crew to set up. All work is done during daytime hours and usually last around one week per well.

Step four: producing.

Once operational a wellhead or “Christmas tree” will be installed to control and regulate the flow of natural gas into the pipeline to be transported and sold to domestic markets.

Step five: royalties. Oil and gas rights owners will usually being to receive their monthly royalty payments approximately 90 days after the gas is sold. Owners will only receive royalty payments for a producing well included in their unit.

As the natural gas drilling boom continues, it seems DPS Penn will remain a well known name in the area. For more information on DPS Penn and its leasing operation visit the website listed or call 724-705-0444.

Please fax all news releases and obituaries to 330-4247093. For other departments of the newspaper, the fax number is 330-4240048. The newsroom email address is news@mojonews.com.

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Launched three years ago, the Business Resource Network (BRN) has assisted more than 100 local companies at risk of closing or poised for growth.

Its program in Program Year 2010 resulted in local businesses creating or retaining 430 jobs and accounting for more than $5 million in direct benefit to the companies.

The BRN was also recognized by the Ohio Department of Development as a model early warning network to assist firms that may be at risk of closing or laying off workers to access public and private resources that may make it possible for them to retain their workforce and lead to growth in Ohio.

It has been recognized as a model to be replicated.

Community Research Partners, a Columbus-based think tank, in April identifying the BRN as a regional program they recommend for statewide replication. In October, the BRN model was presented to the Synchronist Users’ Forum in Chicago as an example of how workforce development and economic development can effectively collaborate and leverage resources to meet the needs of business. (The Synchronist system is the platform used by the BRN to identify a company’s goals and obstacles, confidentially communicate that data to partner organizations and compile feedback for presentation to the company.)

The BRN is not a new organization, but a network of workforce and economic development and education organizations. It provides a single point of contact for a wide variety to business services including: financial incentives, employee training

and technical assistance.

In 2010, the BRN partners interviewed 62 companies in Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties to identify each company’s challenges and opportunities.

BRN partner organizations then used that information to offer suggestions, services and assistance customized to each business’ needs. Comprehensive proposals were presented to the companies by their account executives who continue to act as a single point of contact and assist in implementation of the proposal. There is no charge for the interview and comprehensive proposal and many services are available at no cost.

A new and improved website, www.theBRN.net, launched in 2010 provides extensive information about the BRN and offers companies an introduction form to get them quickly connected to the BRN. In 2011, with Walmart Foundation funding, the BRN will expand into Mercer and Lawrence Counties in Pennsylvania. Those two counties—along with Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana Counties in Ohio—comprise the OhPenn Interstate Region, the nation’s first interstate region. The BRN plans to begin conducting Pennsylvania company interviews by March with a focus on companies with locations on both sides of the state line.

Also in 2011, the BRN plans to continue its ongoing relationships with the many companies already interviewed and assist with any new issues and opportunities as well as conduct interviews with an additional 40 Ohio companies.

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pi. This find gave the company the highest growth rate in the natural gas industry from 1995-96.

But, just as things can go up they can also come down, and things did come down in the mid-1990s as Chesapeake tried to extend the Austin Chalk from southeast Texas in western and central Louisiana. The attempt proved to be less profitable and consistent, which combined with natural gas and oil prices dropping to their lowest levels in 20 years, gave

the company its fair share of struggles.

Through the new millennium, Chesapeake began to rebound eventually winning the “Great 21st Century Land Rush.” In 2010 the company invested around $4.7 billion into liquid-rich acreage to build a foundation for more profitable wells. The moved paid off as Chesapeake produced 67,200 barrels of oil and natural gas liquids per day during the first quarter of 2011, a 56 percent increase over the first quarter of 2010.

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EAST LIVERPOOL — Roe Carpet & Vinyl, 621 St. Clair Ave., is currently celebrating its 24th year in the floor covering business by offering savings throughout its showroom. All your floor covering needs can be found in its 4,500-square-foot showroom, including a full line of area rugs and sundries.

Roe Carpet is a Mohawk Color Center dealer. It also sells other name brand products such as Mannington, Congoleum, BRII Hardwood, Berry Laminate and Armstrong Laminate and Vinyl. Those in need of a new countertop for their kitchen or bath, can view the dealer's 12x12 granite tile.

Roe Carpet will also install the tile as well as all other products. Its installers are certified to install all types of flooring

including carpet, vinyl, ceramic tile, laminate and hardwood.

Doug Roe, a certified master installer, has 28 years of experience.

Roe Carpet & Vinyl has been at the site of the former State Theater, which was open from the 1920s until 1970, for its entire 24 years. The State Theater was torn down and a Goodwill was built in its place, with Roe Carpet moving into the site in 1987. Store hours are from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Saturday. To reach Roe Carpet call 330-386-9141.

If you're tired of going to those box stores where all you are is a number, come to Roe Carpet where you know your needs will be fulfilled and with a welcome atmosphere.

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Humility of Mary Health Partners MAC Trailer continues YOUNGSTOWN — Here in the Mahoning Valley, health care is changing and Humility of Mary Health Partners (HMHP) is at the forefront, providing the services need in the community.

Humility of Mary is guided by the mission of caring set forth by the Sisters of the Humility of Mary more than 100 years ago. HMHP continues to grow in strength and service.

In response to the demand for HMHP’s high quality care, St. Elizabeth Boardman opened a $4.4 million dollar expansion of its emergency department, increasing the number of beds from 18 to 30. St. Joseph Health Center opened a new, 12-bed intensive care unit and a new pediatric unit in 2010. A groundbreaking ceremony was recently held for the Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center at St. Elizabeth, which will open in late 2011.

Also palliative care services were introduced at St. Elizabeth and St. Elizabeth Boardman.

Partners for Urology Health, a joint venture by HMHP, NEO Urology Associates and Advanced Urology, which opened in Austintown, will provide prostate cancer technology previously unavailable in the area. The technology features GPs positioning for the precise delivery of radiation therapy.

In keeping with its tradition of bringing innovative programs to the valley, HMHP became the region’s only health system to be able to receive EKGs from the field. Many ambulance companies in the tri-county area received LifeNet modems through a grant from the HMHP Development Foun-

to succeed during tough economic times

By DEANNE JOHNSON Staff Writer

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The Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center is currently under construction at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown. The center is scheduled to open this fall with a multi-disciplinary team approach to help patients. Surgeons, oncologists, radiologists, radiotherapists, psychologists, nutritionists and nurses will work together as a team to establish a more effective individualized plan of treatment, recovery and aftercare for each patient.

dation. This advancement allows real-time transmission of EKGs to the emergency department which enables faster diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks.

HMHP also adopted new cardiac technology at all three hospitals that allows noninvasive, continuous monitoring of cardiac output and blood flow. Also in 2010, the region’s first mini-mitral valve procedure – a less invasive surgery for mitral valve replacement that results in faster recovery times – was performed at St. Elizabeth.

HMHP began its journey to implement a single patient electronic health record, which went live in November for its ambulatory care areas and HMHP physicians. The electronic health record will

go live in all three hospitals by the end of this summer.

Cutting edge digital mammography was also added at all three hospitals in 2010, providing unparalleled precision and reliable visualization in the prevention and early detection of breast cancer. In addition to the high-quality images, digital mammography reduces exam time.

The passion and the hard work of HMHP physicians and employees earned its numerous notable awards including: Thomson Reuters recognized St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center as one of the Top 100 hospitals in the country.

St. Elizabeth Health Center was named by National Research Corporation as the

best hospital in the Mahoning Valley for the sixth year in a row St. Joseph and St. Elizabeth Boardman health centers were named “Readers’ Choice of Best Hospital” award winners by readers of local newspapers St. Elizabeth and St. Joseph Wound Care Centers were recognized as Centers of Distinction by Diversified Clinical Services St. Elizabeth Health Center’s Dental Clinic was one of just three dental programs in the nation to receive the Best Practice Award from Safety Net Solutions HM Home Health Services was named one of the top 500 home care agencies in See HMHP, Page 8B

SALEM — MAC Trailer Manufacturing has shown it is still possible to grow a company, even in tough economic times.

Located in Salem and Alliance, MAC Trailer had 600 employees total as of April this year and plans were in the works to hire another 100 at each plant.

The success of MAC Trailer and the company’s owner, Mike Conny, were recognized that month with a visit from Gov. Mike Kasich.

Conny started his business with an $8,000 loan from his mother. Conny had a one-man shop making repairs in 1991. He started making a high-quality dump truck first.

Now the business manufactures a variety of quality trailers to meet the hauling needs of many different industries. Extendible flatbeds, dump trucks and tankers, made from both aluminum and steel, the MAC Trailer line continues to expand. Engineering has allowed them to make new advances in hauling, creating lighter, yet durable trailers to better meet the needs of those using their products.

Employees met by Kasich during his tour of the plant said families are working there, father and sons. The business has been taking care of their families

needs and providing fair wage jobs in an area which sorely needs it.

Kasich made it a point to talk about the need to foster companies in eastern Ohio, companies like MAC Trailer, which show the entrepreneurial spirit. He talked about keeping government out of the way of small businesses and getting the new Ohio Department of Development busy helping them instead.

MAC Trailer is creating some of the equipment which will be needed when underground fracturing for natural gas becomes more wide spread in the area.

The large amounts of water needed for those projects will have to be hauled into the site and the recovered water after the process will need to be hauled away for treatment.

The company has been expanding quickly, hiring 300 in the past year alone.

When Kasich walked through the plant in Salem, large numbers of employees were at work, creating aluminum and steel trailers.

Shiny new trailers ready to go lined the press conference.

Not bad for a one-man shop set on repairing a few trailers. djohnson@mojonews.com

Salem Area Visiting Nurses SALEM — The Salem Area Visiting Nurse Association has been providing a variety of home health care services to the residents of Columbiana and Mahoning counties for the past 92 years.

Salem Area VNA is currently located at 718 E. Third St., Salem. Salem visiting nurses provide skilled nursing, therapy services, medical nutrition therapy and home health aid services to their homebound clients.

Their on-site adult daycare program is a combination of a medical and social model day care program. This program provides medical monitoring, memory stimulation activities and a variety of supervised activities to adult clients in a homelike atmosphere. The program runs Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information on the adult day care program,

contact the agency director, Susan K. Yoder Ph.D., RN or the adult day care director, Patricia Flamino MSN, RN at 330-332-9986.

Salem Area VNA is offering improved patient care with new technology, telehealth monitors that are placed in patient homes. They can provide monitoring of patient vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, weight and glucose levels) remotely on a daily or more frequent basis. This program allows us to set a new standard of care, improve patient outcomes, and consistently collect patient information. The monitors will enable the nurses to detect potential problems and decrease the potential for hospital readmission.

Home Care Advantage, the Salem Area VNA’s sister agency, is located at the 718

E. Third St. site. Home Care Advantage opened in 1994, and provides in home private duty non-medical and homemaker services to clients in their own homes. For more information on their services, contact Cindy Kenst at 330337-4663.

Both Salem Area VNA and Home Care Advantage are accredited by the Joint Commission and are partially supported by the Northern Columbiana County United Way. Salem Area Visiting Nurse Association and Home Care Advantage are committed to expanding our services to meet the home health care need of their clients in Columbiana County.

For information on any of their services, contact them at 330-332-9986. They look forward to serving the residents of Columbiana County for another 92 years.

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Building begins at Salem Chrysler Jeep Dodge Prepaid-card users

facing higher fees

By DEANNE JOHNSON Staff Writer

SALEM — If all goes as planned, Salem Chrysler Jeep Dodge soon will have a new, bigger location with additional employees.

John Kufleitner, the owner of the dealership broke ground this spring on the $3.2 million project near the intersection of North Ellsworth Avenue and U.S. Route 62.

A tax increment financing agreement through the city of Salem and the Salem Board of Education will pay for the cost of utilities extensions to the property. The agreement will allow 90 percent of the tax on the increased value of the improved property to be earmarked for use in paying off the infrastructure improvements needed to support the project.

Springdale Street will be extended into the property.

Kings Collision will also have a new building on the 54-acre property. Additional space will eventually be made available for other businesses as well.

The new Salem Chrysler Jeep Dodge building will look similar to its counterpart in Columbiana. It will be even bigger with environmentally friendly additions.

Kufleitner would like to add two wind turbines to generate the electricity the new dealership will need. He plans to have a system in place to recycle the used motor oil after it is changed from vehicles being serviced there.

One of the reasons Kufleitner has given for the importance of the project is the employees working for him. He believes without the expansion, the dealership could not continue to grow, and he could not continue to support the families who work for him. The new build-

DANIEL WAGNER AP Business Writer

The new Salem Chrysler Jeep Dodge building will look similar to its counterpart in Columbiana. It will be even bigger with environmentally friendly additions.

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ing will have showers for the technicians and a nice conference room.

Kufleitner said he currently has 36 employed at the dealership and there are six employees at King’s Collision. Once the project is completed, the employees working in the dealership will be paying income tax to the city.

During the ground breaking ceremony in May, Jack Gannon, network manager for Chrysler, pointed out what a great job Kufleitner

has done with his dealership during a time that has been difficult for the automotive industry.

“He approached me in mid-2006,” Gannon, who is headquarter in Auburn Hills, Mich., said in May. “He said ‘I’m going to sell a bunch of cars, take care of the customers and build you a new dealership.’ Now he sells a bunch of cars, takes better care of his customers than anyone and is building a new dealership. We’re extremely grateful for what John has

done for us…For this size market, he does two or three times (the business) he is responsible for.”

Although there have been some dealerships renovating since the car industry underwent its difficult period starting in 2009, Gannon said few are building new facilities like Kufleitner.

“This is an extremely exciting time for us.” Gannon said.

djohnson@mojonews.com

WASHINGTON — Millions of poor Americans who use prepaid debit cards could soon face higher fees.

Under a rule to take effect in July, companies that issue debit cards must reduce the fees they charge retailers. To recoup their lost revenue, banks that offer the cards are raising fees for people who use them.

People who use prepaid debit cards, typically lowincome consumers and those collecting government benefits, are supposed to be shielded from the fee hikes. To protect them, the rule provided an exemption: It let companies that issue prepaid cards keep charging retailers higher rates.

But that exemption could take up to a year to enact. In the meantime, card companies will likely charge users of prepaid cards higher fees to recoup the lost revenue.

About 70 percent of prepaid card users earn under $45,000, according to data from Aite Group, a research firm. The cards, preloaded with cash, give users easy access to their money. Others use them to receive government benefits.

Annual fees for the cards can run $108 to $320, according to data analyzed by the consulting firm Bretton Woods Inc. To make up the swipe-fee revenue they’d lose while the exemption is phased in, card issuers would need to raise fees by up to $220.

Banks and other companies that issue prepaid cards will have to change how they handle debit transactions. So will Visa and MasterCard.

The same for payment

processors, networks that process PIN transactions and government agencies.

“It’s not like flipping a switch; there’s definitely lots of coding involved,” said Madeline Aufseeser, who spent decades in the prepaid industry and is now at the Aite Group.

Some companies might be able to make the changes in a week, she said. Others could need months.

For many people without bank accounts, the cards have become essential. Prepaid cards enable people to buy online or via electronic kiosks — an alternative to costly check-cashing storefronts.

There’s no need to visit bank branches or reveal many personal details.

Prepaid cards are expected to be loaded with $288 billion in 2014, up from $41 billion in 2008, Aite Group’s data show. More than 10 million households use generaluse prepaid cards, often to help avoid bank accounts.

Prepaid cards are also becoming unavoidable for people who collect unemployment, disability and other government benefits. The federal government will stop mailing benefits checks by 2013. People who collect Social Security or veterans’ aid face a choice: Get a bank account and start directdeposit. Or use a prepaid card.

Card companies need the revenue from swipe fees to turn a profit on cards that deliver government benefits.

If they lose it, the companies will likely abandon their deals with states or threaten to do so, bankers and state officials say. Raising fees on consumers would be the only option.

States looking to Internet sales taxes to close budget gaps CHRIS TOMLINSON Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas—State governments across the country are laying off teachers, closing public libraries and parks, and reducing health care services, but there is one place they could get $23 billion if they could only agree how to do it: Internet retailers such as Amazon.com.

That’s enough to pay for the salaries of more than 46,000 teachers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In California, the amount of uncollected taxes from Amazon sales alone is roughly the same amount cut from child welfare services in the current state budget.

But collecting those taxes from major online retailers is difficult.

Internet retailers are required to collect sales tax only when they sell to customers living in a state where

they have a physical presence, such as a store or office. When consumers order from out-of-state retailers, they are required under state law to pay the tax. But it’s difficult to enforce and rarely happens.

That means under the current system the seller is absolved of responsibility, buyers save 3 percent to 9 percent because they rarely volunteer to pay the sales tax, and the state loses revenue.

With sales tax revenue slumping more than 30 percent in most states between 2007 and 2010, lawmakers across the country are grasping for ways to collect those unpaid taxes. Retailers and lawmakers in several states have proposed ways to solve the problem, some with more support than others.

“The problem is that some outof-state e-retailers openly flaunt the law, arguing that it doesn’t apply to

them,” said Texas state Democratic Rep. Elliot Naishtat, who has offered a bill to require more Internet sellers to collect Texas sales tax.

“It’s about potentially generating hundreds of millions of dollars for our state.”

Texas cut $24 billion in state services to cover its revenue shortfall. That included decisions not to fund the expected growth in the number of public school students and the expected growth in the caseload for Medicaid, the health care program for the poor and disabled.

Internet retailers cite a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision involving catalog sales, Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, which ruled that states could require only companies that had a physical presence within the state to act as tax collector.

To get around the ruling, some states are expanding what it means

to be physically present. For example, an online retailer hiring a marketing firm or owning a subsidiary inside the state would qualify under definitions adopted in some states.

In February, the Texas comptroller demanded that Amazon.com pay $269 million in back sales taxes because a subsidiary operated a warehouse near Dallas. Amazon is appealing the order.

Last year, New York enacted a law that said Internet retailers’ practice of paying commissions to marketing agents based within the state constituted a presence. Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Rhode Island and North Carolina quickly followed with similar laws.

Bills are pending in Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Pennsylvania. Texas lawmakers passed such a measure, but Gov. Rick Perry

vetoed it. Now legislators are trying to resurrect the bill by attaching it to a larger budget measure. The matter is now before a conference committee.

California estimates it loses at least $200 million a year in uncollected tax from online sales, $83 million from Amazon.com alone. A bill that has passed the state Legislature would force Seattle-based Amazon and others to collect that tax from California residents.

Amazon, Overstock.com and other big Internet retailers cite the Quill decision as their primary defense against collecting sales taxes, but they also argue that collecting tax in the District of Columbia and the 45 states where a sales tax exists would be extremely complex and expensive.

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“There are over 8,000 taxing jurisdictions in the United States,” said Jonathan Johnson, president of Overstock.com, which has offices only in Utah. “We think it’s wrong that states are trying to cause out-of-state retailers to be their tax collectors.”

After all, Johnson said, these retailers do not use any state services where they don’t have offices.

To avoid having to collect sales tax, Amazon threatened to close its warehouse in Texas, cut off marketing affiliates in Illinois and North Carolina and sued New York claiming the law there is unconstitutional.

Earlier this month, Amazon severed ties with website affiliates in Connecticut after the governor signed into law a state tax on online purchases that is expected to raise $9.4 million.

The movement by states to force online retailers to collect sales taxes is more than just an attempt by government to get more money.

It also highlights a rift in the business community.

Traditional retailers are complaining loudly to their elected officials, saying the current structure creates an unfair playing field.

Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, J.C. Penney, Sears and other traditional retailers have formed The Alliance for Main Street Fairness to push for more stringent tax laws on Internet retailers. Brick-andmortar stores saw sales plunge 9.1 percent between 2007-2009, while online merchants saw sales rise 4.8 percent, according to the latest data available from the U.S. Census Bureau. WalMart’s comparable store sales were down nearly 1 percent

in 2010.

The alliance is pushing to expand the definition of physical presence, state-bystate, to force big online retailers to collect state sales tax.

When Texas lawmakers took up such a bill, most of the testimony came from owners of small businesses.

Gregg Burger, the general manager of Austin’s Precision Camera, complained that customers come into his store to inspect the products, but then go online to buy them to avoid the sales tax.

“We get people all the time who come in, talk to a salesman for 15 minutes to half an hour ... and then go, and we know they are going to buy it online because they can save money. In theory, they are stealing our time,” Burger said. “We’re losing at least 15 percent to online, out-of-state, so we’re losing anywhere between $3 million and $5 million a year in business.”

While state laws would help, Burger said he would like to see a national solution.

“We should be picking on everyone who ships into every state,” he said.

But local Internet marketers that link to major Internet retailers complain the laws would hurt them. In Illinois and other states where such laws have passed, Internet retailers cut their ties with local web sites.

Johnson, of Overstock, said the traditional retail giants are just getting a taste of their own medicine.

“Local retailers complained that the big-box stores were coming in and taking their business, and the Wal-Marts of the world said they had a better business model and the world has changed,” Johnson said.

“Today, the business model has changed and we can take

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Gregg Burger, general manager of Precision Camera, an independent retailer, poses for a photo at his store, April 21, 2011, in Austin, Texas. Burger has lobbied for legislation that would require out-of-state Internet retailers to collect Texas sales tax, creating what he calls a “level playing field” for local retailers.

cost out of the supply chain by doing business the way we do on the Internet. And for Wal-Mart, of all people, to be saying it’s not fair that Amazon and Overstock can’t be forced to be tax collectors is ironic.”

Representatives for WalMart and Target declined to comment for this story.

While the U.S. Supreme Court sided with online retailers in its Quill decision, the ruling also said Congress should pass a law standardizing sales tax collection under the Interstate Commerce Clause. Perry, the pro-business and states-rights Texas governor, said in his veto message that a national solution is the only way to settle the issue.

Traditional retailers have lobbied for the Main Street Fairness Act, which was reintroduced in Congress this spring by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois. The act would be “a helping hand to state and local governments at a time

that they need it the most,” he said.

While few think the Republican-controlled House of Representatives will pass a bill that critics have called “a tax on the Internet,” the sudden flurry of action in state legislatures and lobbying by big retailers could provide a boost to efforts to pass such a law, even among conservatives.

Those lawmakers find themselves in a bind between opposing taxes and supporting traditional businesses.

“Republicans and Democrats alike recognize that there is an inequity here,” said Danny Diaz, a spokesman for the Alliance for Main Street Fairness.

A component of the proposed federal law is a requirement for states to adopt the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement, which would standardize sales tax laws and filing requirements for Internet retailers. To sweeten the pot,

states would reimburse companies for any additional costs involved in collecting it.

Already, 24 states have adopted the streamlined sales tax, while 1,500 companies have voluntarily collected $700 million in sales tax revenue since 2005 using the system, said Scott Peterson, executive director of the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board. The volunteer retailers represent only a fraction of online sales.

Overstock’s Johnson and Paul Misener, vice president for global public policy at Amazon, said they would support a national standard using the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

“We’ve long supported a truly simple, national approach, evenhandedly applied,” Misener said. “This is federalism at work, and many states are making the right decision to seek a federal solution.”

the nation for the fifth consecutive year.

The recognition HMHP received in 2010 is a testament to the fact that there is incredible care, incredibly close.

Significant change will occur at HMHP in 2011 with the implementation of the electronic health record at all three hospitals. In addition to a major capital investment, training and education for more than 4,000 employees will occur.

“The end result of this investment will be advanced patient safety, rapid information exchange among hospitals and physician offices and improved efficiencies of care,” said Robert Shroder, HMHP’s president and CEO. Capital investments will continue with the construction of the Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center at St. Elizabeth. For improved patient and staff safety, new safe-lift technology and equipment will be installed at critical locations in all three HMHP hospitals. HMHP will continue to recruit new physicians to the area to support and complement its medical staff members and ensure there are enough physicians to meet the health care needs of the future.

As HMHP looks beyond 2011, it will continue to focus on delivering state-of-the-art care and building the future of health care for the Mahoning Valley. Its success will continue to be grounded in its passion for excellence and ability to navigate the challenges unique to the health care industry.

With the guidance of its local board of directors, HMHP will continue to make the best decisions for itself and for the ninecounty market it serves – decisions that will enable it to continue its mission as is has for the past 100 years.

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East Liverpool City Hospital EAST LIVERPOOL — The past year has been one of change at East Liverpool City Hospital, and it appears that this is only the beginning.

Last November, Kenneth J. Cochran began his role as the hospital’s new president and chief executive officer and he hit the ground running.

His mission is to improve patient care by taking a comprehensive approach to providing that care, while also building strong physician and employee relations.

Cochran came to ELCH from Cibola General Hospital in Grants, N.M., where he had served as CEO since 2008.

He has more than 15 years of hospital experience, including diversified experience in clinical department management and a record of professional involvement in local, state and national organizations.

He is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and board certified in healthcare management.

Digital Mammography Most recently, ELCH introduced digital mammography to the East Liverpool area through the opening of The Center for Breast Care.

This new unit is an extension of the Medical Imaging Department and began servicing patients in May. It is primarily devoted to women’s health issues.

The Center for Breast Care offers state-of-the-art digital mammography, combined with computer aided diagnosis (CAD) that helps the radiologist in reading mammograms, and advanced breast ultrasound technology.

The unit is designed to feel more like a spa and less like an exam room. Patients are seen in a more relaxed atmosphere and each receives a soft

cotton robe, rather than the standard hospital exam gown.

The design is intended to provide maximum patient privacy, safety and comfort.

The new digital mammography service represents a major innovation in women’s health. It is fast, efficient and much more accurate than previous technologies.

The Center for Breast Care at East Liverpool City Hospital is certified by the Food and Drug Administration; the Department of Health and Human Services; and the American College of Radiology. Its technical staff is certified and specially trained in digital mammography, CAD and ultrasound.

Foundation Radiology Group ELCH recently contracted with Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) to provide professional radiology and subspecialty services. FRG offers the expertise of a large, highly-skilled team of imaging experts to ELCH, allowing it to offer more sub-specialty services locally.

These services include musculoskeletal radiology, pediatric radiology, interventional radiology, cardiac CT, mammography, OB ultrasound, thoracic radiology, and head and neck imaging.

Among the many interventional radiology services now offered is the placement of dialysis catheters; the treatment of compressed spine bones; drainage of blocked kidneys; and even arm port placement.

The Wound Care Center Another new unit to open in recent months is The Wound Care Center, an outpatient program that provides comprehensive treatment options for patients suffering from acute, chronic and non-

Last November, Kenneth J. Cochran began his role as the East Liverpool City Hospital’s new president and chief executive officer and he hit the ground running.

healing wounds.

The Wound Care Center features dedicated examine and treatment rooms, as well as two hyperbaric oxygen chambers. The staff includes an integrated team of specialists with advanced training in wound care, including a panel of local physicians.

Patients do not need a physician referral, but the care is coordinated with the patients’ doctors from beginning to end.

Treated wounds may result from diabetes and arterial disease; radiation injury or burns; surgical wounds; and venous stasis ulcers that fail to heal.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a treatment in which the patient breathes 100 percent oxygen inside a pressurized

chamber. The treatment helps the healing process and is effective in fighting certain types of infections. It also helps stimulate the growth of new blood vessels and improves circulation in patients.

The Therapy Center Too ELCH expanded its physical therapy services to the Lisbon area with the opening of The Therapy Center Too, located within the YMCA at 236 E. Washington St. The new site offers physical therapy for pediatric and adult patients needing treatment for fractures, sports injuries, orthopedic injuries, workers compensation, stroke rehab, back and neck pain, or See ELCH, Page 9C

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Argabrite’s Educare Inc. CALCUTTA — Argabrite’s Educare Inc. is a true 24/7, state licensed child-care center that was established in 1992 as an inhome, Type B provider and has grown consistently over the years. Argabrite’s Educare, Inc., serves the TriState area by being contracted with Hancock County (West Virginia-CCRC), Beaver County (Pennsylvania-CCIS), Columbiana County (Ohio-ODJFS), CACFP (Child and Adult Food Program - Columbus food program), MR/DD Respite (Columbiana County), also accepts many other payment options available to their individual clientele.

Argabrite’s Educare Inc. is a programmed facility that offers Education and Care under one roof top for no additional cost for active clientele. Along with these services, Argabrite’s Educare Inc., also offers transportation to and from all local middle and elementary schools — Beaver Local, East Liverpool, Wellsville, Oak Glen and Southern Local, as well as Robert Bycroft and Wellsville Head Start. Argabrite’s Educare Inc., also offers home transport for children of those that their parents do not have a car or transportation — currently transporting to and from Independence Square, Heights Manor and LaBelle Terrace — mainly for those completing their OWF hours within their living sites.

Argabrite’s Educare Inc., also has a preschool program offered to all enrolled clientele or preschool only clientele, a 3- and 4-year-old program that runs from Mon-

Owners of Argabrite’s Educare, James and Michelle (Bailey) Argabrite.

day-Thursday from 9 a.m. 12 p.m. Argabrite’s Educare Inc. is also enrolled in the CACFP program which is a national food program that allows the facility to offer dietician certified meals: three meals and three snacks a day at no cost to the enrolled clientele.

Argabrite’s Educare Inc. staff is all trained/certified in first aid, CPR, child abuse and communicable disease within 60 days of being hired, medically examined with TB testing, references, high school diploma, FBI and BCII background checks are performed on all staff prior to hiring due to the Ohio State Revised Administrative Code. All staff members are required to continue ongoing training and/or schooling to keep up with all updated Early Learning Content Standards by attending professional training offered through ODJFS, COAD and/or Step Up To Quality.

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Logue Monument SALEM — The history of Logue Monument Co. can be traced back to at least 1885.

At that time, it was known as the Bryan Granite Co. Over the years, the firm has been under the ownership of three different families. Keeping with the tradition of a family business, Logue Monument Co. is currently owned by Donald and Nora Rock.

Don Rock is an authorized journeyman stonecutter, having served a two-year apprenticeship. Don was just 15 years old when he got into the granite business in Barre, Vt. With his father and grandfather firmly established in the business, Rock went to work in the granite quarries while still in high school.

Over the last several years, Don has been assisted by his son, Greg. During that time, Don has been passing on the knowledge and experience that comes with almost 50 years in the granite business to his son.

At Logue Monument Co., they believe that a memorial should reflect the unique qualities of the person or family that it is being created for. Accordingly, they work with you in the selection of an appropriate and personalized memorial. Don and Nora are able to interpret your most exact requirements and devote their time to the delicate detailing of your family

Logue Monument Co. features a computer design system made for the monument industry.

memorial. Their counseling and advice has helped thousands of families and individuals choose a meaningful and beautiful family memorial.

Logue Monument Co. features a computer design system made for the monument industry. This system allows Greg to offer several different design options to customers based on their ideas and wishes for the memorial. Within minutes, families can be presented with computer drafts of their memorial. This can help families visualize the finished product with a scaled drawing of their memorial.

Logue Monument Co.’s computer system provides thousands of design and lettering choices for each memorial

Window World BOARDMAN — Fred, Pat and Patrick Moran, third generation, owners of Window World at 8070 Southern Blvd., said the question a lot of customers ask is “How good can a $189 window be?” and the response is simple, “Good enough to become America’s number one replacement window company according to Qualified Remolders Magazine September 2010 Edition” In fact, for the past several years Window World has installed over 1.3 million windows each year. With over 200 location in 46 states the company has the buying power to make window replacement affordable” Fred and Pat Moran are owners of six locations in Youngstown, Steubenville, Toledo, Findlay and Pittsburgh.

The Boardman store is the main office and has a 15,000square-foot office and warehouse under one roof.

The Morans have been licensed Window World dealers since 2003. They employ over 115 people in their offices. Their customers say it is great to come into the showroom and see all the different types of windows they offer, and they can price out your project right in the showroom.

Window World’s busiest season is just around the corner. Even though the economy has been slow the company has had steady increases in business every year it has been open. Window World is ready

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This Solarzone energy efficient glass package can save the homeowner 35 percent on their fuel consumption for heating and cooling. The government is basically paying for the energy efficient glass package and the homeowner gets to save 35 percent on their energy bills. In order to receive the tax credit the window has to have a U-factor of less then .30.”

Customers can call 330726-0200 or toll free 1-800NEXT WINDOW, for a free in-home estimate, or visit our website @ www.windowworlddirect.com. All our low prices are on the contract.

When you deal with most window companies they start at a very high price and then start giving you all types of bogus discounts. With Window World every customer pays the same low price.

Contractors working in a home built before 1978 have to follow strict EPA rules and guidelines on renovation. In order to work on these homes you have to be a lead safe certified firm. Your installer must also be a lead safe certified installer. It is all about containing the lead dust in your home.

When working on your windows we have to follow strict guidelines to protect the consumers from the dangerous lead dust. If you had lead dust, the size of a sweet-n-low packet (about 1 ounce), that would contaminate a 25,000-squarefoot home. Just a little lead dust

produced. Families can select a completed design or they can create their own personal design by selecting symbols and carvings from the computer libraries that reflect their feelings. A full-size detail drawing of the memorial can also quickly be produced so that the family can inspect the layout of their memorial before the actual carving process begins.

Don, Nora and Greg invite you to visit Logue Monument Co. at 1184 W. State St., where you will find a large display of memorials. We carry all sizes and styles of monuments and markers which can be manufactured in granite, marble or bronze.

All of these can be made to

meet the requirements of any cemetery. Logue Monument Co. is also the only authorized Rock of Ages dealer in Columbiana County. The Rock of Ages Corp. is the largest granite and monument manufacturer in the world, using only the finest and flawless granite. There are only 300 authorized dealers throughout America and Canada. Logue Monument Co. is very proud to be one of them as well as one of Ohio’s major Rock of Ages dealers.

The success of Logue Monument Co. is undoubtedly due to its dedication as a family business, and its ability to serve customers well by helping them to make important and somewhat difficult decision.

can be very harmful. That is why installers must follow strict guidelines on protecting the consumer. To learn more about lead contamination go to www.epa.gov/lead/.

Window World is one of three companies in the United States that have the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. That Good Housekeeping seal is a third party endorsement that is earned, not bought. Window World is one of only three window companies, out of 700, that have been awarded the Good Housekeeping seal.”

Fred said, “Everyone who buys windows should see what they are getting. Either come into our showroom or have us come out to show you the quality window that we have. Never buy from a picture or a magazine; you will end up with something you don’t want. You can always get a better price on

anything, but in order to do that you must give something upquality of product, warranty or service. What are you willing to give up?”

Window World carries energy efficient Therm-Tru doors that also qualify for tax credits.

The company also installs energy-efficient siding called Prodigy that has an R-factor of 5.0. You will be insulating your house to save on energy bills. Window World installs garage doors and is a certified lead contractor.

Window World does a lot for the community as it supports the Beatitude house and the business is a partner with St. Jude Children’s Hospital, which takes care of the kids who have cancer. Window World was name sponsor of the year as it raised one million dollars for the kids at St Jude’s.

STEUBENVILLE— Eastern Gateway Community College has been the college of choice for more than 42,000 students since the school was created in Steubenville in 1968.

And since the local community college expanded into a four-county service district, including Columbiana County, in 2009 the number of students is continuing to grow every semester.

College officials have reported an eight percent growth in student enrollment from the spring of 2010 to the spring semester of this year. The spring headcount of 2,188 is the largest semester enrollment in school history.

“First year students have increased by nine percent from last year while second year students enrollment numbers are also up nine percent. We had 1,290 first year students for last year’s spring semester and 1,403 first year students enrolled for this spring semester.

But the amazing numbers are in the new student category where we have seen a 19 percent increase in our enrollment figures and an amazing 34 percent increase in returning students,” said Ann Koon, director of public information and web coordinator.

“With more students continuing that means our retention numbers will be up this year as more students persist and work toward completion of their degree or certificate,” Koon said. “The college’s work through Achieving the Dream and TRIO Student Support Services is aimed at student success, retention and completion.

And, with these numbers we are seeing the fruit of our efforts.”

Koon also said the community college saw a 31 percent increase from last year in the number of students taking at least one online class.

Online courses give students more scheduling flexibility which is important in their busy lives, she said.

“Students face great demands in the classroom

but those requirements have to be balanced with homelife, work and other demands.

“We are seeing a growing interest in our college and a real demand from residents in our service district interested in continuing their education,” noted Koon.

Eastern Gateway is a state, public, accredited institution that continues to offer choices for students in all walks of life including degree seekers, career climbers, and knowledge seekers.

Eastern Gateway serves Columbiana, Jefferson, Mahoning and Trumbull Counties with seven locations. The college offers classes at the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center in Lisbon.

Of the spring 2011 student body, students residing in Jefferson County count for 62 percent of the enrollment.

“Thirteen percent of our students live in Mahoning County, five percent in Trumbull County and four percent in Columbiana County. Six percent reside in other Ohio counties, seven percent in tuition reciprocity counties in West Virginia and two percent are out-of-state students,” reported Koon.

“In the last year we also have added new full- and part-time employees throughout the district to serve the growing enrollment,” said Koon.

“We are obviously very pleased with the continued growing interest in Eastern Gateway and will continue to expand our educational programs and services throughout our four-county service district,” said Koon.

The main EGCC campus is the Jefferson County Campus in Steubenville.

Additional facilities include the Valley Center in Youngstown; the Warren Center in Warren; Choffin Career and Technical Center in Youngstown; Columbiana County Career and Technical Center in Lisbon; Mahoning County Career and Technical Center in Canfield; and Trumbull Career and Technical Center in Warren.

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Victorio’s Pizza SALEM — Since opening our Salem location in November, Victorio’s Pizza has seen a slow but steady growth in its customer base including a substantial amount of repeat business. Victorio’s biggest challenge has been promoting its product to attract those who have never tried its pizza. Having been a family tradition in Alliance since 1956, Victorio’s assumed that its reputation for making the best pizza in the area would carry over with it to Salem. Victorio’s has since learned that this is not necessarily the case. Therefore, over the past eight months, Victorio’s has learned a lot about marketing and community involvement.

The biggest impact on its growing business has been introducing coupons and monthly specials.

With the change in the economy, Victorio’s sees that both new and regular customers are looking for an affordable meal to serve their families. Victorio’s Pizza believes it has risen to the occasion. Managers of the business feel customers will find it difficult to compare prices with their competitors.

For one thing, they have noticed their sizes are larger than those offered by other

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pizza shops, and their toppings are generously applied clear to the edge of the crust.

Furthermore, they use quality ingredients and bake their pizzas individually in a brick oven rather than the usual conveyor ovens. They have never advertised “specialty” pizzas because they feel as if each pizza is created by the customer to his or her liking.

They are happy to entertain special requests such as extra sauce, light crust or no oregano—a spice they add to

the pizza immediately before it is placed in the oven. Customers have told them for years that their pizza is not only the best pizza in the area but it is hands down one of the best places to eat.

Victorio’s Pizza is currently in the process of adding salads and calzones to the menu in hopes of increasing its lunch business on Fridays.

The business is also introducing business lunch delivery from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fridays. They hope these

changes will draw new customers to their shop. At this point in time, their Salem location runs smoothly with three employees including its manager, Mike Anderson.

But they would love to see our business grow to the point where they will be able to hire more employees.

Our biggest piece of advice for those anticipating starting a business—offer exceptional service and get to know your customers.

COLUMBIANA — Evelyn Jones, president of Hearing Aids and Devices Inc., started in the hearing industry 24 years ago. She started out working for a very large franchise in Youngstown and later was promoted to manager of all of Columbiana County.

After eight years, she decided to open her own business and now has offices in Columbiana and Salem.

Jones enjoys very much working with the hearing impaired. “I care very much about my patients, they have become my friends, and I want to make sure they get the very best care,” she said.

She offers free hearing tests, office visits and cleaning on hearing aids every four months.

She notes that so much has changed in the hearing industry, going from analog technology to digital, and now digital and programmable aids are very much in demand. “I work on a referral basis from my patients and also refer patients to ear, nose and throat specialists when needed.”

Sensorial neural hearing loss happens very gradually over a period of years, and the person with the hearing loss is usually the last one to think

they have a problem, because it happens so gradually, you learn to live with it. The symptoms are that you will feel people mumble, you will want to face people as they speak, talking on the phone becomes more difficult and background noise will bother you. If a conductive loss is found, that would be a medical problem, and Jones will refer you to an ENT. Hearing Aids and Devices Inc. carries a full line of assistive listening devices and all the supplies needed for hearing aids such as batteries and testers. “My advice to anyone who works around noise or has noisy hobbies such as saws or guns, is to wear hearing protection. What happens over a period of time is that the silica hair nerves on the cochlea start bending and breaking, and it will result in not being able to understand the correct words. This problem happens from noise, heredity, a bump on the head and some medications,” she said.

Despite the long hours it took and the determination to start her own business, Jones said it has been worth it, and she wouldn’t have had it any other way.

The Counseling Center of Columbiana County LISBON — The Counseling Center, incorporated in 1963, is a private, not-forprofit organization providing a full range of services for the entire county, including psychiatric, counseling, and crisis services, as well as housing, vocational, and homeless outreach programs. These high quality full-spectrum mental health and substance abuse services are offered by the Center’s caring professionals to community members of all ages - children, youth, adults, and seniors. The Counseling Center offers a subsidized fee that is based on a client’s ability to pay, and gladly accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and most other insurances.

“We, like many local businesses, are facing unprecedented financial strains,” explained Roger Sikorszky, executive director of the Counseling Center, “but, we are determined not to allow these factors to keep us from our mission of providing affordable, quality mental health and addiction services to the residents of Columbiana County.” And so, while the Counseling Center had been “doing more with less” for quite some time, during this past year, the agency applied for more grants than ever before, and was able to realize a number of accomplishments despite the financial stressors: — To improve efficiency

and, in turn, reduce costs, the Center staff are near completion in the transition from a paper health record for every client to a computerized version; this has the effect of allowing clinical staff greater face-to-face time with their clients and, in turn, improving the quality of services; — Along these lines, the clinical staff working in the community have laptops and can enter client information directly into their computers, also improving the efficiency with which services are delivered; — Last year, the Center received another 3-year accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), a national regulatory body that requires the agency to meet rigorous guidelines for the provision of quality services.

— This past year, the Center’s Vocational Department assisted 243 individuals with serious and persistent mental illness in becoming competitively employed.

— The agency provided school-based counseling services to students in five Columbiana County school districts.

— In collaboration with the Mahoning and Columbiana County Educational Services Centers, the Counseling Center was awarded a Pathways II grant

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— The Center received a continuation of its Housing Trust Fund grant to provide housing for homeless clients.

— Last year, the Center was pleased to welcome back Dr. Christopher Seman, a board-certified psychiatrist in general and child and adolescent psychiatry. He is also a Diplomate with the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners. He rounds out the Counseling Center’s medical staff, which include its Medical Director, Vincent Paolone, M. D., Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Jamie M. Hain, MBA, MSN, RN, CS, CRNP, M. Kothari,

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“The community may not be as aware of our specialized services,” reported Sikorszky, “such as all the programs we offer to treat children and families, our services to the homeless, residential services, supported employment, and our medical/psychiatric services. Over the years, we have increasingly focused on bringing services to our clients - in their homes, in their schools, and at their places of employment.”

For instance, the Center is the only provider in the coun-

ty to offer Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) . In a recent report prepared by the Center for Innovative Practices, the Counseling Center’s MST program, which works intensively with families in their homes, was recognized for its recent accomplishments, placing it ahead of other Ohio programs: - “92 percent of children and youth were at home at discharge, compared with an average of 85 percent for the other 15 sites in Ohio.”

- “100 percent of children and youth were enrolled in school, and 85 percent were passing at discharge, compared with averages of 91 percent enrolled and 78 percent passing for the other

Ohio sites.”

Sikorszky states that “We couldn’t do what we do without our many community partners, our generous contributors, and we are greatly appreciative of the residents of Columbiana County for our local levy funding, without which, the cuts we faced would have been felt even more severely.”

“Together – and only together – we can accomplish great things for our community and to those most in need,” says Sikorszky. “This is, after all, a community endeavor…the help we provide keeps people working, paying taxes, and reinvesting in our community.”

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ALLIANCE — Attorney Coleen Hall Dailey is pleased to announce the opening of her private law practice as of June 1, 2011. Dailey, formerly a domestic relations magistrate of the Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for 16 years, will be locating her office at 323 E. Main St., Alliance.

Dailey previously served as the longest tenured domestic relations magistrate in the Common Pleas Court, having served full time in that position from 1995-2010. Prior to her service on the bench, Dailey operated her own private law practice in East Liverpool, following her graduation from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1980. She also was a visiting judge for the East Liverpool Municipal Court prior to her appointment as a magistrate.

Although for the past 16 years Dailey exclusively heard matters in the area of domestic relations and family law, she welcomes the opening of her office to expand her legal areas of interest.

“Prior to my appointment in 1995, in addition to representing clients in all areas of family law, I also handled estate planning and probate work, criminal and traffic matters and bankruptcy.

Returning to private practice allows me to return to those other areas of the law with which I have long had an interest,” Dailey said.

Dailey has been recognized across Ohio for her past work. Currently she serves as the chair of the Ohio State Bar Association’s Family Law Committee. In that position she is actively involved with policy making for the bar association on family law issues, and with proposing and drafting Ohio domestic relations law. She also serves on the OSBA’s Domestic Relations Specialization Board and The Ohio Supreme Court’s Subcommittee on Family Law Reform.

Previously, Dailey served two tenures as the Domestic Relations Chair of the Ohio Magistrate’s Association and was the magistrate’s representative to the board of trustees of the Ohio Association of Domestic Relations Judges. She was names Magistrate of the Year by the Ohio Child Support Directors Association in 2005, was named to the Ohio State Bar Foundation in 2006 and received the Education Award from the Ohio Association of Magistrates in 2010.

“In my years on the bench, I presided on well over 5,000 cases, from the most involved and complex divorces, to child support matters, to domestic violence cases, to highly charged custody disputes. Any area of the law that involves the family, I

Former domestic relations magistrate Coleen Hall Dailey has opened her private law practice office at 323 E. Main St., Alliance.

have been exclusively involved with for many years.

In addition, because of my various statewide positions, I have also been involved in crafting the laws eventually adopted by the General Assembly,” Dailey said.

She added, “I will miss my time on the bench and am proud of my service to the community, but I am looking forward to the opening of my office as a means of expanding my service to individuals before the bench and using my years of experience to help my clients obtain a fair and just result in court. Family law is the most emotional and hotly contested area of the law, and the laws are very complex. I believe that I can put my years of training and daily experience in these areas to the best effect for the people I represent.”

Dailey, in addition to domestic relations work, will also resume her previous work in the areas of estate planning, probate law and criminal and traffic defense.

Although her office is located in Alliance, in addition to handling cases on all levels in Stark County courts, she will also be representing clients in adjoining counties, especially Mahoning, Columbiana, Portage and Summit counties.

“For 16 year, I have been limited to one county. Now I am looking forward too the freedom to travel to other courts in Ohio to actively practice before judges and magistrates I have been acquainted with and involved with for many years,” Dailey said. “I am prepared to again enter the courtroom, wherever it may be, to zealously represent my clients in pursuit of the protection of their rights and justice.”

New clients are welcome.

An appointment can be arranged at a convenient time for prospective clients by telephoning Dailey at 330-8212712.

A 1980 graduate of the Chase College of Law at the University of Cincinnati, Dailey resides in the East Liverpool area. She has two adult children.

SALEM — Welcome to the “charming” world of Trollbeads, where every bead has a story and “every story has a bead.”

“Charm” has a whole new meaning. More than 30 years after the first Trollbead was born in Denmark, the Nielsen/Aagaard family and their team of designers continue to “charm” collectors with their imaginative jewelry designs.

Handcrafted from the finest quality raw materials including 18K gold, sterling silver, Italian-quality glass, natural pearls, precious stones, and Swarovski crystal, each bead is a treasure to behold. Every irresistible

piece has its own story inspired by love, nature, fairy tales, mythology, cultures, and the diversity of the world around us.

There are more than 500 interchangeable Trollbeads from which to choose. New beads in intriguing shapes and colors continue to revitalize the collection. With an infinite number of combinations, the piece of jewelry you design will be completely unique and personal. The possibilities are endless and available at Troll’s Jewelry, located in downtown Salem at 581 E. State St. For more information visit Katie Brammer, Mindy Schwingle, Barb Lawton TrollbeadsUS.com. and Jackie Troll, owner, show off Trollbeads.

Giant Eagle Customers continue to take advantage of the fuelperks and foodperks programs offered by Giant Eagle to earn discounts on both fuel and food.

With fuelperks you earn 10 cents off each gallon of gas for every $50 you spend with your advantage card at Giant Eagle. Giant Eagle keeps track of your discounts. Just look at the bottom of your receipt when you shop to watch your fuelperk discounts grow.

Fuelperk discounts expire two months after the last day of the month in which they are earned (for example, discounts earned in April expired June 30).

Your receipt tells you if any discount expires at the end of the current month.

To redeem your fuelperks, simply scan your Giant Eagle Advantage Card at the GetGo pump and follow the instructions. When you choose to use your discounts, you can pump up to 30 gallons in one transaction for one vehicle. If you have earned discounts worth more than the current price of gas, your remaining discounts will be saved for a future visit.

Foodperks is a program much like fuelperks except it allows you to earn discounts on grocery purchases at Giant Eagle by pumping gas at GetGo. For every 10 gallons of fuel you pump, you earn a 1 percent discount on a future visit to Giant Eagle. All pumped gallons qualify for foodperk discounts, including gallons pumped using

fuelperks! When you pump fuel in an amount less than 10 gallons, this amount is counted toward discounts earned the next time you pump fuel.

When you check out at Giant Eagle, you will be asked if you want to use your foodperks or save them for a future visit. If you choose to use your foodperks your discount will be calculated after all other reductions (coupons, Giant Eagle Advantage Card discounts, etc.) are made.

Foodperks and fuelperks work together. When you buy groceries, you save on fuel with fuelperks! When you buy gas at GetGo, you save on groceries with foodperks! You end up paying less for both. And these days, who can pass that up?

Habitat for Humanity ReStore SALEM — Looking for good used furniture? Starting a remodeling project? Shop first at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore at 721 E. Pidgeon Road in Salem. The store is open to the public for sales on Thursdays from noon until 6 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A ReStore is a retail store run by a local Habitat for Humanity affiliate that sells new and used construction materials, furniture and other items for the home to the public.

Donated goods are sold at a fraction of the retail price to help Habitat’s housing ministry in northern Columbiana County.

Habitat for Humanity, a United Way agency, is a Christian ministry that builds simple, decent houses in partnership with families in need. The local affiliate will be building three houses this year in Columbiana, Salem and Leetonia.

“Houses are not free to partner families,” stated Executive Director Barbara Loudon.

“Each Habitat family must provide a significant number of sweat equity hours to first build another family’s house, and then their own. Families then pay for their homes with a zero percentage mortgage from Habitat.”

The Habitat for Humanity ReStore at 721 E. Pidgeon Road in Salem. The store is open to the public for sales on Thursdays from noon until 6 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Each week a dedicated team of ReStore volunteers helps pick up donated items, does minor repairs, cleans, prices and inventories items.

This provides an always changing variety of items for sale. Volunteers also serve as cashiers and sales personnel under the guidance of store Manager Richard Lobdell.

“Without the tireless efforts of our wonderful volunteers, we would never have achieved this level of success,” Lobdell said.

Furniture and household goods sold by the Habitat ReStores are often donated by people who have remodeled,

downsized, settled an estate or moved, and have gently used items that another family may need or want.

Building materials may come from do-it-yourselfers, contractors, remodeling projects or stores.

Habitat volunteers also have salvaged many items from homes and businesses that otherwise may have been thrown away.

ReStores provide an environmentally and socially responsible way to keep good, reusable materials out of the waste stream while providing funding for Habitat’s housing efforts.

The ReStore offers pick-up services for all donations under the guidance of Fred Hoff.

Items may be dropped off at the store only by calling the store in advance.

All donations to the store are tax deductible, and donors are given receipts for their contributions for tax purposes.

To arrange a pickup or dropoff of donated items, or to ask questions or volunteer, call ReStore directly at 330-3374808 or email the ReStore at hrestore@aol.com.

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SALEM — Caron Richey owner and operator of Printworks of Salem LLC has seen her sales climb this past year in part because of those starting a new business needing business cards and signs.

Richey is not only hoping that this trend of new businesses starting up continues but that this is also a sign that the economy is improving.

“At first we hit a lull, then more people decided to start their own business or try to do a little work on the side to add to their income,” said Richey.

Plans are in the works for a website, allowing people to see all the different things

offered by Printworks.

According to Richey customers enter the store and are unaware of many of the things she offers.

As a small business owner, Richey, does have some words of advice for upstart businesses.

“Hang in there. Get your name out there and a successful, recognizable logo is important for people to recognize,” said Richey.

Those needing business cards, signs, or related items can stop in at 1712 S. Lincoln Ave., Salem, or call 3325573.

SALEM —The Daydreamers Art Studio for Children opened in June 2004 in the former Penn Auto Parts store.

Owner Kathleen Hill and her husband renovated the facility to create an inviting and child friendly space.

The studio offers children a unique opportunity to imagine, explore and create art in a studio setting designed to meet the needs of young artists. The students have access to a wide range of art materials to help them explore and develop their creative abilities.

Kathleen is a lifelong resident of Columbiana County, a teacher, an artist and is licensed to teach several subjects including visual arts. The idea for a children’s art studio evolved as Kathleen completed her master’s degree in art education at Kent State University. One of her required classes, an art practicum, inspired her to find a way to offer a similar experience to students in the Salem community.

Daydreamers’ philosophy is strongly influenced by the studio practice of artists and theories about what art experiences can contribute to the growth and development of children.

Programming for children’s art classes is based on the belief that all children have creative potential. While all children won’t grow up to be gifted or famous artists, they do all have

Daydreamers Art Studio for Children in Salem offers children a unique opportunity to imagine, explore and create art in a studio setting designed to meet the needs of young artists.

the potential to learn about art and to make art that is meaningful to them.

According to noted Italian educator, Loris Malaguzzi, art is just one of the many languages of children. Art is a cognitive process that involves children in reasoning imagining, exploring, experimenting and problem solving as they create art work. Daydreamers strives to provide an environment that challenges children to explore and experiment with art media and create art that is personally meaningful.

Class size is limited to six to

eight children which makes it possible to provide art experiences that consider the interests and skill level of each child.

Classes are open to any child or teen with an interest in art, regardless of skill or previous experience. Classes encourage children to use their own ideas within the framework of assignments.

The most popular regularly scheduled classes are clay, art experiences and open studio.

Clay classes provide an opportunity for children to explore hand-building techniques for creating unique clay pots, box-

es, vases and other containers.

Open studio is designed for students who have lots of ideas but lack the technical skills or materials to make their ideas into art. Open studio gives these students a chance to explore their ideas with the support of technical demos and access to a well stocked studio.

Art experiences is a class for students who like to try a little bit of everything. Sessions include painting, collage drawing, sculpture, mobiles, printmaking and more.

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SALEM — Early Bird Learning Center, 2870 E. State St., an educational based learning center, opened its doors on June 1 to become one of the top performing education centers in Ohio.

Communication between teachers, and the family is an essential part of Early Bird’s philosophy. Part of this philosophy includes daily activity reports on how the child is progressing. Open houses and conferences will also be scheduled, and teachers welcome input from parents.

Quality Assurance is also part of its philosophy. For Early Bird staffers, quality assurance is structured into five points: — A fun, safe, caring atmosphere where a child is completely comfortable.

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At Early Bird Learning Center, students will be encouraged to learn at their own pace and will be exposed to computers and other current technologies.

The three person staff includes teachers Amanda Bowker, Jamie Hostetter, and administrator Melinda Toy. Both teachers are fully licensed with a minimum of three years’ experience. Bowker is a 2009 cum laude graduate of Youngstown State University with a bachelor’s degree in education grades Pre K-3. She also earned endorsement credits from Walsh University allowing her teach up to fifth grade. She recently completed a full-time substitute position in

Campbell Middle School’s gifted program. She also taught second and sixth grade at Campbell and East Liverpool School Districts. Hostetter is a 2007 graduate of YSU and currently holds certification to teach up to fifth grade. She is currently working towards a master’s degree in special education at YSU. She has taught in the East Palestine, Crestview, South Range, Boardman and Lisbon districts.

Toy, a 2008 graduate of YSU, has over 10 years of experience in preschool education. She also successfully ran a center for over 100 children ages 6 weeks to 12. She continues her education by earning 20 or more hours of inservice training, ranging from CPR to administrative rules training, each year. Hours are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and a scheduled is available at www.earlybirdlearningcenter.com or on Facebook.

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Phil Irwin Agency EAST LIVERPOOL — Since he started his State Farm insurance agency in April 1984, Phil Irwin Jr. has seen his business grow. He has also seen State Farm Insurance grow in its scope of operations, adding new products and services to better serve the client.

“For the future of our industry I feel we will see many more changes. The need to reach the client with the correct products at a competitive price is still foremost.

Along with price is service, both are very important to the client. Our main goal is to meet the needs of the clients with good service and accessibility,” Irwin said.

Irwin is proud to be part of the State Farm family because being associated with the largest multiple line insurance company allows him to offer numerous things.

“Over the past years, we have expanded our services to include seven days per week with 24-hour claim service reporting. Also, you can go on-line for insurance quotes or you can have coverage bound. You can make payments and do various types of banking through the State Farm Bank. All this is possible by calling and going through the Customer Response Center at State Farm. When you dial our

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phone number after hours you are automatically connected to a State Farm employee,” Irwin said.

These new services are just some of the many ways Irwin and State Farm are adjusting to fit the busy life of their customers.

“The consumer today is a very busy person. Therefore, accessibility is very important to them. They want the choice to be able to walk in, mail in, call in or click in. State Farm Insurance and the Phil Irwin Agency sees this and wants to meet the needs of their clients now and in the future,” Irwin said.

Irwin’s agency was the first State Farm Insurance agency in the East Liverpool area.

“This is our hometown and when the opportunity came to open the agency here it was perfect. Being able to raise your children in your hometown and be close to your families and friends is wonderful,” Irwin said.

According to Irwin, he and his co-worker have made many great and lasting relationships. A trend he hopes will continue.

Phil Irwin Agency State Farm Insurance is located at 49376 Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road, East Liverpool.

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SALEM — Lyle Printing and Publishing Co. Inc. has been serving the community since 1890. The company has two divisions, a full-service printing division and a media division.

The printing division offers services from a sheetfed printing to web printing (the printing of newspapers and tabloids for customers) and more. During the past year, the company acquired new printing equipment to improve productivity. “We can now offer a quicker turnaround time and better pricing. We can print in quantities both small and large to the benefit of our customers,” said Janet Keene, commercial printing sales manager.

Lyle provides a turnkey solution when it comes to design, development and mailing of a direct mail piece. “As a full-service mail house, we are prepared to help your business with the Intelligent Mail Bar Code, the newest moneysaving advantage that will be implemented by the U.S. Postal Service in the spring,” Keene continued. “The Intelligent Mail Bar Code will offer

Pictured (from left) are Nancy Rogers, Phil Irwin and Sue Irwin.

savings to the mailer as well as provide the ability to track your mail.”

The media division is fronted by the company’s flagship publication, Farm and Dairy, the leading agriweekly publication in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. With weekly distribution exceeding 30,000 the publication presents timely news, information and advertising to those involved in the agri-economy. In addition to its agricultural focus, the paper is the leading resource of regional auctions, having advertised nearly 7,000 auctions last year.

The paper was started in 1914 by R.B. Thomas and reorganized in 1937 by J.T. Darling. The operation is currently headed by brothers Tom and Scot Darling. They represent the third generation of the Darling family to run the business, having succeeded their father, Wayne Darling, in 1997.

Farm and Dairy writers have received numerous journalism awards and the publication has been nationSee LYLE, Page 8C

Martin MacLean Altmeyer Funeral Homes Not only do they serve each individual family they are entrusted to help, but they are committed to being involved in each community that they are located. It is a unique opportunity for a funeral home in this area to have three distinct communities to be involved. With three separate funeral homes, one in Calcutta, one in Wellsville and one in East Liverpool, they are dedicated to helping each neighborhood achieve goals that have been set.

Whether it is a school activity, a veterans group or a service organization, the Martin MacLean Altmeyer Funeral Homes are there to participate, not only with a donation, but with staff member involvement.

Their dedicated staff consists of: Funeral Directors: Mike Sigler, Debbie Koffel, Matt Watson and Dan MacLean; Office Managers: Marianne Wolf and Laurie Brennen; Facilities Manager: Jack Maxwell and Associates: Barry Arbaugh, Jack Babb, Bud Ceneviva, Butch Hawksworth, Jim Hitt, Pat May, Paul Metrovich, Bruce Palmer Marion Perkins, Don Rawlings and John Richman as well as their Hostess at the Hospitality Center: Barb May. Every staff member reflects the dedication and commitment that is a trademark of the Martin MacLean

Altmeyer Funeral Homes.

From helping young Boy Scouts learn to become good citizens and evolve into responsible members of their own communities, to planting trees on Broadway in Wellsville, to honoring those who served our country in the Armed Forces, these are only a few things that members of the staff have been involved with.

“Taking care of our families loved ones, is our main objective, but helping our communities with not only financial support but with time and effort, is something that all of us attempt to do.

Taking care of ones community, only strengthens and enriches every ones lives”, says Mike Sigler.

Mike Sigler, General Manager, has been associated with the Martin MacLean Altmeyer Funeral Homes for the past 27 years. He is a licensed funeral director and embalmer and holds his insurance license in the State of Ohio.

Mike resides in Calcutta and is a graduate of Beaver Local High School and the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. He has been a member of the Calcutta Volunteer Fire Department for 44 years, serving as President and Trustee. He is member of the Kent State University, EL Campus Advisory Board, Board of Trustees at

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Columbiana County Memorial Park and a member of the St. Clair Township Progress Council. Mike is also a member of the East Liverpool, St. Clair Township and Wellsville Area Chamber of Commerce, Elks Lodge 258, Negley Lodge 568 F&AM, Scottish Rite Valley of Steubenville and the East Liverpool Rotary Club, where he is past president.

Debbie Koffel has been associated with the funeral homes for the past 19 years.

She also is a licensed funeral director and embalmer, graduating from East Liverpool High School and the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. Being involved in the communities, she is a

Avenue and State Route 45.

Matthew Watson is the third funeral director and embalmer and has been with the funeral homes for the past 6 years. Graduating from East Liverpool High School and the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he completed his education by earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Specialized Funeral Service from Point Park University in Pittsburgh. Matt is a member of St. Aloysius Community Parish where he sits on Parish Council, coaches Beaver youth Soccer and served as Past Committee Chairman with the East Liverpool Boy Scout Troop #41 where he is Merit Badge Counselor. Matt achieved

member of the East Liverpool, Wellsville Area and St. Clair Township Chambers of Commerce, the Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post #66, Secretary of the Rotary Club of Calcutta, Advisory Board of the Salvation Army and Secretary/Treasurer of the Wellsville Veterans Memorial Council, serving as Master of Ceremonies for the Memorial Day Programs and the Veterans Day Program held at Wellsville High School. Debbie is also active working in the kitchen at the SOI during the Italian Festival held every year in Wellsville. Her most recent endeavor is Co-Chair of the Wellsville Honor Roll Wall that will be recreated at the intersection of Wells

Eagle Scout in 1999.

Serving the Village of Wellsville as a funeral director for over 55 years, Dan MacLean is still involved in visitations and funeral services. Dan has been President of the Carnegie Library Board in Wellsville, a member of the Wellsville Historical Society, the Korean War Veterans Association and the Liberty Theater Group.

Their office managers are: Marianne Wolf and Laurie Brennen. Marianne has been with the Martin MacLean Altmeyer Funeral Homes for the past 13 years, where she manages all aspects of paperwork this is involved with See FUNERAL, Page 9C

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Brittain Chevrolet EAST PALESTINE— During the Great Depression, Tom Brittain’s family drove school buses and operated the only wrecker service between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. They also managed a car dealership at the corner of Market and Martin streets— a business that still stands today as Brittain Chevrolet.

“We made things happen. We just survived,” he said of his business, handed down to him through his grandfather, Clyde, father, Paul, and uncle, Harold.

“You just gotta keep on going forward. People who give up never have a chance.”

Now, 86 years after the dealership’s opening in 1925, and with the economy now turning around, Brittain said there’s not much he has to do differently than in prosperous times because the dealership always tries to make the best possible deals for its customers through consistency in sales attitude, honesty and fairness.

“Right now, we’re trying to match our inventory with what is popular and in line with the best rebates,” he said.

That includes price advantages that General Motors puts on some overstocked models to keep the

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During the Great Depression, Tom Brittain’s family managed a car dealership at the corner of Market and Martin streets— a business that still stands today as Brittain Chevrolet.

factories running. The Brittain family added Pontiacs to the dealership in 1936, and though the Pontiac line has been discontinued, he said his business continued selling them through August 2010 with warranties valid through their period of legality.

“We sell a ton of trucks.

We sell more trucks than a lot of the dealerships in the area because we know trucks,” he added. Brittain said he and his staff normally have no problem selling used cars because the used cars they have were traded in by customers, who also

have their cars serviced at the dealership.

“It’s easy to sell something you know everything about... It’s also to the advantage of the customer,” he noted. While he acknowledges many people have recently fallen on tough times, he noted our nation survived the Great Depression, which was much worse.

“I shouldn’t be worried about what’s going on right now,” he said. “My grandfather took (the dealership) through the Depression, and I have made it through the last two years of recession.

“That was a real depression.

That was a real scare ... We survived the big one, and that went on for years. This is only going to be on for months.”

Brittain Motors has been through a lot in 86 years, and Brittain is sure his dealership will see even more in the next 86 years and keep going strong.

And the number one reason his family’s business has weathered the storm for years? “It’s all customer service,” he explained.

“Make people happy and they’ll come back.”

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ally recognized by trade associations.

Farm and Dairy is growing its audience reach through its website, farmanddairy.com, and through the use of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. “Both sites, facebook.com/farmanddairy and twitter.com/farmanddairy have seen explosive growth during the last 12 months,” Scot Darling, CEO of the company, said. “This, coupled with our website, newspaper and twice-weekly enewsletter, shows the emergence of a truly integrated agmedia company.”

Lastly, GimmeAuctions.com is the company’s latest foray into the digital world. The site’s genesis came as a natural extension of the company’s reputation for serving the auction community. By offering viewer preferences, this feature-rich site creates a unique and interactive experience for those interested in attending auctions.

“Our goal is to grow audience in print and digitally through the use of many products and services which will enhance the value, quality and quantity of the information we distribute. This benefits the business community we serve and the consumer base that looks to us for dependable, accurate information,” Darling concluded.

Classes are offered year round. Private lessons and classes for youth clubs and small groups can also be arranged. Enrollment is ongoing and students can join a class at any time.

Information about Daydreamers can be found online a t http://www.ddreamersart.com and on Facebook. The web page was designed by graphic artist Kris Moore at http://www.sourballpython.co m and provides details of classes, info about the studio and pictures of student art work.

The staff of Daydreamers invites everyone to stop in for a visit, check out the schedule and let them know what kind of classes you desire. Daydreamers is also looking for artists to teach evening classes for adults and/or teens.

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“The home was built in 1963, and utilized as a residence until we remodeled it in 1998. We are easily accessed from Calcutta Smith-Ferry Road, and the parking is plentiful as well as handicap accessible,” Irwin said.

The agency can be reached at 385-3080 or at www.statefarm.com. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wednesday; and Saturday by appointment.

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Colian’s Stone Pit offers just what you need to spruce up their outdoor living arrangements, including walls, patios, and fireplaces.

Colian’s Stone Pit

SALEM — For those looking to spruce up their outdoor living arrangements, Colian’s Stone Pit, 7450 Salem-Unity Road, offers just what you need, including walls, patios, and fireplaces.

Owners Tony and Debbie Colian, opened their doors eight years ago and have since established a strong customer base. They plan to expand this customer base by focusing more on one-onone time with each customer

and continuing to go above and beyond regular service.

Because for the Colians, customers come first.

While many companies are being forced to raise their costs due to the cost of fuel, Colian’s Stone Pit, has been able to maintain and in some cases lower their prices.

Since 2010 a wider selection of materials has been added.

These new products and more information can be found at www.colianslandscape.com.

EAST LIVERPOOL — Have you been thinking you should create a Facebook presence for your business, but you have no idea where to start? Or maybe you’ve been watching extreme couponing on TV and want to know how to make it work for your family. Maybe you’re just interested in finding some fun, quality activities for your kids this summer.

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then the new Summer Skills Workshop Series offered by NewBold Technical Institute might be the perfect answer for you. Most classes are 3-4 hours long and are scheduled conveniently on nights and weekends throughout the summer. A full list of topics includes: Facebook for beginners – Keep in touch with kids, grandkids, or distant friends; learn to share photos, connect with groups, and protect your privacy.

Facebook for your business – Unlock the power of Facebook for your business or organization by learning how to: create a page, use Facebook advertising, increase customer interaction and traffic, and take advantage of free exposure and advertising.

HTML for Kids ages 10-14

NewBold Technical Institute’s Summer Skills workshops are designed for the average person who is looking for a fun way to gain some new skills.

(two sessions, plus demo night for parents) – Your kids will get a basic introduction to HTML programming, which could start them on the path to a career in technology.

Computer Virus Protection and Security – Learn how to protect your data, identity, computer hardware, and gain some peace of mind online.

IT Certification and Preparation – Designed for computer professionals who are interested in pursuing industry certification (Microsoft, Comp Tia, etc.).

Presentations and PowerPoint (two sessions, plus “presentation night”) – Learn some simple but effective techniques to become a more dynamic presenter and take full advantage of the power of Microsoft Pow-

erPoint.

Call today for dates, times and fees. All workshops are very reasonably priced at typically between $20 and $45 per session.

NBTI’s Executive Director Susan Cogswell had this to say about the Summer Workshops, “We have been offering our traditional IT courses since 2004 which have been great, but we really wanted to offer something to the community at large. These workshops are designed for the average person who is looking for a fun way to gain some new skills. We wanted them to be convenient, quick, affordable, and effective.

It’s also a way to introduce ourselves to a much broader slice of the community and let them know what NBTI is all about.

Hopefully many folks will take advantage of this opportunity.

We couldn’t be more excited about the Summer Workshop Series!”

Of course NBTI still offers their regular programs for individuals interested in preparing for a career in Software Development or Computer Support in about a year or less. Classes are forming now and are scheduled to begin in July in Salem and October at the East Liverpool Campus.

For more information about the summer program or the school’s other offerings, please contact Newbold Technical Institute (formerly NewLife Technical Institute) at 330386-0445 or at www.nbti.edu, or visit their page on Facebook.

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funeral service. She is a graduate of East Liverpool High School and a member of the First Evangelical Presbyterian Church, member of the Colloquium Club, President of the East Liverpool Kiwanis Club and Vice President of the Wellsville Arts Club.

Laurie Brennan has been associated with the funeral homes for the past 8 years and is responsible for all records at the East Liverpool Chapel as well as assisting in all paperwork that is necessary with pre-arrangements.

She is a graduate of East Liverpool High School and an Associate Degree from Ohio Valley Business College.

The Facility Manager, Jack Maxwell has worked at the funeral homes for over 50 years. He is in charge of the maintenance of all three locations as well as the fleet of funeral cars. Jack is a member of the Elks Lodge No. 258 and the Men’s Auxiliary VFW No. 66.

Martin MacLean Altmeyer Funeral Homes Calcutta Chapel.

Interested in the many changing needs of the communities they serve, the Martin MacLean Altmeyer Funeral Homes offer many choices, so together with the family they can create a service of remembrance as unique as the individual.

From owning their own crematory to owning a private pet crematory, your loved one never leaves the care of the professional staff of the Martin MacLean Altmeyer Funeral Homes. They are dedicated to providing outstanding service.

Investing in the community is the highest compliment that can be made by any business or organization. The men and women who provide the care and compassion associated with the Martin MacLean Altmeyer Funeral Homes are the greatest asset that any one

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other similar conditions.

The Lisbon facility is an extension of the hospital’s outpatient clinic, The Therapy Center, located in Calcutta. It is a direct response to patient needs and represents another vision for the future.

Earlier this year, ELCH finished replacing all intravenous medication pumps throughout the facility with new “smart” IV pumps and also rolled out a computerized bedside medication verification system house wide.

The new computerized units are programmed with specific drug dictionaries to ensure that medications are administered safely and accurately as prescribed by the physicians, and according to best practices.

Each pump contains a drug library of all IV medications. When a nurse uses the pump, he or she must enter which drug is about to be administered and the dosage.

The pump will alert the nurse if the dosage entered exceeds a pre-established minimum or maximum dosing allowance for that specific medication.

The new pumps are also smaller, making it easier for patients receiving IV medications who are allowed to walk and move about the floors.

Bedside medication verification (BMV) is a system of barcode scanning the staff uses to verify specific patient information related to medication and to also confirm patient identity.

Upon admission to the hospital, each patient receives a wristband with a barcode specific to his or her personal information. All medications used at ELCH also are barcoded, including every liquid, tablet, capsule, spray, IV and such.

Before administering any medications, a nurse now scans the barcodes on the patient’s wristband to identify

correctly the patient, and then scans the barcode on the medication. This ensures that the nurse gives the appropriate medication to the correct patient. The barcode data contributes to safe administration by ensuring the “five rights” related to each encounter. The “five rights” include the right patient; right medication; right dosage; right route; and right time.

When a nurse scans a barcode on a patient wristband at the bedside, it is done using a mobile computer station, known as a workstation on wheels, or WOW. There are approximately 30 WOWs currently being used throughout the hospital.

The mobile computer workstations can be taken into patient rooms, where nurses can also look up lab results and other information related to the care of the patient. This saves the nurse from having to ask a patient for specific information, writing it down, and leaving the room to re-enter the information on a computer elsewhere.

Through its Community Benefit Initiative, the hospital contributed $150,000 to 31 local organizations to support projects and activities that improve local health status, improves the quality of life and provides a benefit to the community and its residents.

The hospital also lends financial and in-kind support to dozens of other organizations and schools for projects that contribute the well-being of local residents.

Throughout the year, ELCH employees also spend hundreds of volunteer hours through programs that promote health and wellness in our community. They volunteer in local schools, community health fairs, educational programs and community events.

For 30 years Shoaff’s Floor Coverings, 1785 S. Lincoln Ave., has been offering carpet, vinyl and stone floors to area shoppers.

Shoaff’s Floor Coverings SALEM — For 30 years Shoaff’s Floor Coverings, 1785 S. Lincoln Ave., has been offering carpet, vinyl and stone floors to area shoppers.

Since Robert Shoaff opened the doors in May 1981, he has seen his business grow from its original home of South Broadway Avenue in Salem to its current location in 1986.

The business’ growth continued over the past year due to the new technology available in floor coverings and the slight boost in the economy due to the appearance of GM and Marcellus Shale.

This new technology includes vinyl floors made with fiberglass and a new line of carpets featuring Magic Fresh by Bliss. Magic Fresh

helps eliminate common orders from a home, including cooking, pets and smoke.

Shoaff’s Floor coverings installs every item it sells and its installers have over 65 years of combined experience.

Shoaff and his employees will continue to stay on top of the latest technology, while providing great customer service. Employees follow the old saying, “Treat others as you would want to be treated.”

“We are very thankful for our continued success and we attribute our success to repeat customers,” said Shoaff.

“Thank you to all of our customers past and present. It is because of them, that we are celebrating our 30th year in business.”

Argabrite’s Educare Inc. started out as a West Virginia certified, in-home, type B provider as Michelle (Bailey) Argabrite, began the business as a sole-proprietor caring for relatives out of her one-bedroom apartment at Heights Manor. Immediately noticing the need in the government assisted housing, Michelle quickly became certified with Columbiana County, extending her services to all at need on a 24/7 basis. Michelle continued as sole-proprietor moving out of Heights Manor into the East Liverpool area and then finally to Old Farm Village, where she outgrew her county limitations and became a state licensed, in-home, typeA provider in 1998, continuing her 24/7 and hiring her first employees. In 2001, Michelle was faced with outgrowing her in-home, state limitations of 12 children at any given time, which put Michelle into the public eye, opening her business up to the public in the heart of Calcutta on Calcutta Smiths Ferry Road in October 2001, as a state licensed Center with a capacity level of 34 children at any given time. This facility filled quickly as Michelle participated in the pilot program with offering Head Start within her center and was forced to look for expansion options. Michelle then opted in becoming a corporation with her husband, James Argabrite, with multiple site located at Washington Street, Newell, W.Va., in March 2004-closing the site due to gambling moving in next door and putting children at risk, in June 2005 and the current facility located at 48964 Broad Street, Calcutta, in September 2003. This facility has an 81 child capacity-ages birth to 13 years old, fenced in playground and onsite recording/alarm system.

Upcoming changes for Argabrite’s Educare Inc. will include but not limited to: all staff having at minim an associate degree in early childhood education prior to employment or enrolled in schooling at the time of hire, becoming Step Up to Quality star rated, offering a certified preschool program, and more home transport availability.

Argabrite’s Educare Inc. has changed all staff members over the last year and is gearing toward increasing the quality and care of their services offered to the public with higher educated and professionally trained staff.

Currently staffed are two degreed teachers, two college students, an EMT/Firefighter certified staff member, and anxious staff eager to start their educational degrees online this fall of 2011.

Argabrite’s Educare Inc. is looking to expand its servic-

es with opening new locations in the most needed local areas within the next two years. Also for the spring of 2011, Argabrite’s Educare Inc. will be creating an indoor gross motor area for those rainy days that will look and feel like the great outdoors for those days that the kids just can’t explore the outside due to the hazardous weather conditions.

Argabrite’s Educare Inc. offers what others don’t: an experienced, 19-year, ongoing, growing, true 24/7 childcare facility with a 24hour open-door policy for all active clientele, 24-hour open-enrollment procedures and 24-hour hotline directly to the administrator, Michelle (Bailey) Argabrite, for any cares or concerns of active clientele or prospective clientele. Michelle also accommodates active clientele with emergencies or schedule changes by offering her direct time with the children on an as needed basis and/or time. Argabrite’s Educare Inc. is open minded about the needed services in the Tri-State area and will accommodate a family if within reason and regulation.

Argabrite’s Educare Inc. chose to locate in the heart of Calcutta because Michelle (Bailey) Argabrite was born and raised in the Beaver Local School District and couldn’t think of any other way to give back to her community, but to offer her education and care back to those that raised and supported her education.

Argabrite’s Educare Inc. has made major staff changes in 2010 by changing gears into the quality of the education and personal care of the prospective employees. They have also rearranged their facility to accommodate the ongoing growth of the infant/toddler enrollment and giving them the room to explore and grow within their environments.

Our immediate area is starting to grow with new business or expanding businesses and hour changes that may change the ongoing need of non-traditional hours of care. The changes in the demand of pre-school being a part of the Tri-State areas requirements for kindergarten is also going to change the responsibilities for childcare facilities by making them responsible for the Early Learning Content Standards. At Argabrite’s Educare Inc. the degreed staff is going to become a developing trend in order to meet these regulations.

Argabrite’s Educare, Inc., was the first, public, 24/7 childcare facility in the TriState area and the only facility today that offers the services they offer.

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The Neck & Back Pain Relief Center

LISBON — Seeing a need for a chiropractor in the Lisbon area Dr. Bill Grubbs, opened The Neck & Back Pain Relief Center at 7735 state Route 45, Lisbon in March. Grubbs, who has been in practice for 12 years, also runs an office in Carrollton.

The Neck & Back Relief Center accepts most insurance plans, including Medicare, Medicaid, worker’s compensation, and personal injuries. Cash visits are also offered for $35.

Grubbs hasn’t been immune from the health care reform and insurance re-

imbursement.

“Health insurance companies have cut re-imbursement to health care providers by one-third and also have raised the rates of employees health insurance, as well as, greatly increased deductibles.

Grubbs became interested in becoming a chiropractor after spending a three-month internship in a chiropractor office during his senior year in college. The internship led the sports medicine major to study at the Logan College of Chiropractic.

To set up an appointment call 330-420Beverly and Bill Grubbs of The Neck and Back Pain Relief Center.

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General Mills profit up, outlook soft Home Delivery Healthcare

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers

General Mills Inc., one of the nation’s largest food companies, reported recently that its fourth-quarter profit rose 51 percent as higher prices boosted its revenue.

However, the maker of Cheerios, Lucky Charms and other foods warned that those prices hikes will not be enough to offset higher ingredient and energy costs this fiscal year, and it issued an outlook that fell short of expectations.

Food makers have struggled with soaring costs on everything from wheat to fuel and they’ve raised prices to cope.

“The last 12 months was a challenging period for the food industry and for General Mills,” CEO Ken Powell told investors during a conference call Wednesday morning.

“Input costs swung from deflationary to inflationary, and consumers in developed markets remained cautious in an economic environment where improvement seems slow at best.”

Given those conditions, the company said it was pleased with its results but expects its costs to rise 10 to 11 percent this year.

In fiscal 2012, General Mills anticipates earning $2.60 to $2.62 per share, with revenue growth in the

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A shopper picks out General Mill’s Haagen-Dazs ice cream at Piazza’s grocery store in Palo Alto, Calif. General Mills Inc.’s fiscal fourth-quarter net income rose 51 percent.

mid-single-digits. That’s below the $2.68 per share that analysts polled by FactSet anticipated.

The disappointing outlook sent shares down.

General Mills said it earned $320.2 million, or 48 cents per share, for the fourth quarter. That’s up sharply from the $211.9 million, or 31 cents per share, it earned in the same period last year.

Adjusted earnings increased to 52 cents per share from 41 cents per share, meeting analysts’ average forecast, according to FactSet. Revenue rose 3 percent to $3.63 billion, narrowly missing Wall Street’s estimate of $3.66 billion.

General Mills benefited from strength overseas,

where its revenue rose 16 percent. Its sales to U.S. bakery and foodservice companies rose 11 percent, while revenue in its U.S. division that sells to retailers fell 2 percent — despite price hikes — because sales volume fell.

A number of food company executives say they anticipate their price increases will lead shoppers to forgo purchases, and sales volume are likely to drop as a result.

General Mills leaders said that in 2012 the company plans to create new products to stimulate sales and to keep products affordable.

——— Sarah Skidmore contributed to this report.

Monsanto posts $680 million profit

By CHRISTOPHER LEONARD AP Agribusiness Writer

ST. LOUIS — Monsanto Co. says higher sales of genetically engineered seeds helped it boost is third-quarter profit 77 percent, as the company disclosed federal regulators have subpoenaed the company as part of an investigation into its herbicide business.

Monsanto said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating customer incentives the company paid out for its Roundup herbicide business during fiscal years 2009 and 2010. Monsanto said it is cooperating with an SEC subpoena for documents related to the incentives.

During a conference call with investors, CEO Hugh Grant refused to elaborate on the investigation “out of respect for the SEC and their process.” He declined to say what kind of incentives are under investigation, or what kind of regulatory action Monsanto might face, if any, saying only that the investigation was in its “early days.”

Monsanto has been working for years to shift its business focus away from farm chemicals and into genetically altered seeds, and Grant said the third-quarter earnings show the strategy is working. Profits were boosted by rising sales of engineered corn and soybean seeds, as Monsanto convinced more farmers to buy

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Bottles of Roundup herbicide, a product of Monsanto, are displayed on a store shelf in St. Louis.

Monsanto Co. said higher sales of genetically engineered seeds helped it nearly double its third-quarter profit.

pricier varieties with several engineered traits.

The St. Louis company reported Wednesday its net income rose to $680 million, or $1.26 per share, for the quarter ended May 31, compared with $384 million, or 70 cents a share, a year ago.

It says revenue increased 21 percent to $3.59 billion.

The results widely beat expectations, with analysts surveyed by FactSet expecting net income of $1.10 per share on revenue of $3.4 billion. Shares of Monsanto rose $3.36, or 5 percent, to close at $70.26.

The unexpectedly high sales prompted Monsanto to raise its 2011 outlook for ongoing earnings per share to between $2.84 and $2.88, from the prior estimate between $2.72 and $2.82.

The fiscal third quarter is critical for Monsanto because it includes the spring months in which the company makes

the bulk of its seed sales to farmers. Monsanto is locked in a competition for farmers’ dollars with seed developers like Dupont, which owns the seed company Pioneer HiBred. Monsanto is trying to convince farmers to pay a premium for seeds that include many genetically altered traits, rather than choose a cheaper version with just one or two traits.

Monsanto said its total seeds and traits revenue rose to $2.65 billion from $2.36 billion last year. Corn seed sales jumped 10 percent from last year to $1.12 billion. Soybean sales rose 10 percent to $605 million.

Monsanto said sales at its agricultural productivity segment, which produces Roundup, surged 57 percent to $943 million. The segment had been languishing in recent years in the face of cheaper, generic Roundup versions produced in China.

LISBON — The past year has been one of tremendous growth and success for Home Delivery Healthcare, an agency that provides inhome services to residents of Columbiana and Mahoning counties. Its services help people either recuperate from a short-term illness or condition, or assist them in remaining independent in their home for as long as possible.

The Lisbon-based agency was started in 2005 and is owned and operated by a mother and daughter team, who together have over 45 years of clinical and health care administration experience. During the past year, the operation has expanded to create an additional 18 job positions and is prepared for the same in 2011. In addition, in 2010 the agency welcomed a new clinical director, Emily (Haught) Kellison, BSN, RN, who has substantial nursing experience in general nursing, neurotrauma and intensive care through travel nursing and Pittsburgh’s UPMC, as well as a master’s degree in counseling psychology.

Stephanie Kruse, CEO, credits the agency staff for its success.

“Our entire team of office and field staff carries out the agency’s mission of delivering the highest quality of services with the utmost level of integrity - we treat our clients just as we would our own family. When it comes to customer service and clinical competence, we are second to none, and that is one of the many attributes of our Agency that has made us the preferred consumer choice for in-home services,” Kruse said.

In 2010, the agency was nominated by the public for two different ‘Best of the Best’ awards.

Home Delivery Healthcare delivers skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and home health aide services to participants in the Medicare/Medicaid programs, as well as private insurances, long-term insurances, managed care organizations, the Veterans Administration and PASSPORT. Skilled nursing serv-

Home Delivery Healthcare delivers skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and home health aide services to participants in the Medicare/Medicaid programs, as well as private insurances, long-term insurances, managed care organizations, the Veterans Administration and PASSPORT.

ices include wound care, IV therapy, maternal/pediatric care, cardio-pulmonary and diabetic management, disease education, medication management, and lab draws.

During 2010 the agency successfully implemented the clinical use of specialized light therapy that promotes wound healing, pain management and restoration of sensation in the legs and feet. Many clients have progressed, reporting increased circulation and sensation in their lower extremities, which has improved their mobility and quality of life.

Certain services are also available on a private pay basis. These include private duty nursing and therapy, personal care aide, shopping and errand services, meal preparation, laundry and housekeeping, medical escort and transportation, and companion or sitter services. Home Delivery Healthcare is one of the few agencies that offer 24-hour

care for seniors who prefer the comfort of their home as their long-term care option.

Home Delivery Healthcare installs electronic medication dispensers and emergency alert systems – a lowcost option that can sometimes be all the assistance that a person needs in order to remain in their home.

The agency is a member of the Ohio Council for Home Care and proudly participates in the Home Health Quality Initiative national campaign. As a community service, Home Delivery Healthcare periodically hosts free educational forums that focus on specific issues such as Medicare ins and outs, alzheimer’s disease and diabetes.

For more information on services, educational forums, or to schedule a free, no-obligation in-home consultation, contact the office at 330-420-0325 or visit www.homedeliveryhealthcare.com.

The Therapy Center Too LISBON — East Liverpool City Hospital expanded its physical therapy services to the Lisbon area with the opening of The Therapy Center Too, located inside the YMCA at 236 E. Washington St. The new site offers physical therapy for pediatric and adult patients needing treatment for fractures, sports injuries, orthopedic injuries, workers compensation, stroke rehab, back and neck pain or other similar conditions.

Patients can also receive vestibular rehabilitation therapy, an exercise-based program to provide compensation for inner ear deficits.

Hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Evening hours are scheduled upon request.

The phone number is 330303-3092. Most insurances are accepted.

The Lisbon facility is an extension of the hospital’s outpatient clinic, The Therapy Center, located in Calcutta. Maria Boyd, director of

rehabilitation services at ELCH, noted that the new location is a direct response to patient needs and represents its vision for the future.

“We are beginning to see more patients from the northern part of the county, so we tried to think of a better way to meet their needs,” Boyd said.

“Through our partnership with the YMCA, we are fortunate to have this facility and to offer our services.

This is just another way of caring for our community.”

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GM, Ford June sales Lisbon Dental rise, Honda falls

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Auto Writers

DETROIT — Gas prices have hit a sweet spot for U.S.based automakers. They’ve fallen enough to spur pickup truck sales, yet remain so high that newer small cars are selling as well.

That isn’t the case for Honda and Toyota, however.

They ran short of small cars because of production problems tied to the March earthquake in Japan.

Industry analysts expect overall U.S. sales to rise 13.5 percent from last June, to around 1.1 million cars and trucks. Automakers were reporting June sales throughout the day on July 1.

General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. both said their sales rose 10 percent.

Chrysler Group’s sales increased 30 percent. But Honda Motor Co., and Toyota Motor Corp., each saw sales drop more than 21 percent.

Despite the Honda and Toyota numbers, the results indicate the U.S. auto industry’s slow recovery from the recession is back on track after a brief slump in May. GM said that cheaper gas lured more pickup truck buyers into showrooms. Chevrolet Silverado sales rose 5 percent and GMC Sierra sales up 8 percent compared with a year earlier. Sales of Ford’s F-Series pickups rose 7 percent, while Chrysler reported a 35-percent increase in Ram truck sales Any jump in pickup sales helps the Detroit automakers, which sell more than five times as many pickups as for-

eign-based brands. But even Nissan Motor Co. benefited, as sales of its Frontier small pickup rose 51 percent.

Still, GM’s sales increases were powered by smaller, more fuel-efficient models.

Sales of the new Chevrolet Cruze compact more than doubled those of the car it replaced, the Cobalt. Gas prices averaged $3.68 per gallon in June, cheaper than in May but hardly inexpensive.

“There is a certain portion of consumers that react to gas prices almost on a daily basis, and they decide what to buy based on those prices,” said Jesse Toprak, vice president of industry trends and insights for car pricing site TrueCar.com.

Honda and Toyota ran short of top-selling models as demand for their smaller, fuel-efficient vehicles was rising. Sales of Honda’s two top-selling models, the Accord midsize car and Civic compact, were each off about 35 percent. At Toyota, sales of the Camry midsize car were off 25 percent, and the Corolla compact was down 14 percent.

Both companies’ North American factories are starting to return to normal production. The earthquake and tsunami in March damaged Japanese parts plants and cut off electricity.

Even with sales rebounding, there is some concern about the strength of the recovery. Don Johnson, GM’s vice president of U.S. sales, said he now expects total industry sales to be at the low See AUTO, Page 8D

‘Skills gap’ leaves firms without worker pipeline

By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI Associated Press

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — John Russo’s chemical lab in North Kingstown has been growing in recent years, even despite a deflated economy, and he expects to add another 15 to 20 positions to his 49 employees over the next year.

But the president of Ultra Scientific Analytical Solutions has found himself in a vexing spot, struggling to fill openings that require specialized training in a state where the jobless rate is close to 11 percent, the third-highest in the nation.

“It’s very difficult to find the right person, and there’s all walks of life trying to find jobs. I honestly think there’s a large swath of unemployable,” said Russo, whose firm manufactures and supplies analytical standards. “They don’t have any skills at all.”

He’s talking about the socalled skills gap, a national problem that has left businesses without a crucial pipeline of the skilled workers they need in a rapidly changing economy.

States from Rhode Island to Washington are taking steps to address the gulf.

Michigan launched a “No Worker Left Behind” initiative, allowing unemployed or low-wage workers to get up to $10,000 in free tuition for community college study or other training. Several legislatures passed bills creating “lifelong learning accounts,” which, like a 401(k), help workers save for education, training or apprenticeships.

The Aspen Institute is spearheading a national campaign that aims to do something that hasn’t happened nearly enough: get community colleges and employers talking.

The need for such efforts, experts say, is enormous.

In a major report in February, Harvard University highlighted what it called the “forgotten half” of young adults who are unprepared to enter the work force. Some drop out of high school. Some who finish can’t afford college.

And some who can afford it find that what they’ve learned in college or vocational programs doesn’t match employers’ demands.

“Our system for preparing young adults is broken,” said William Symonds, director of the Pathways to Prosperity Project at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. “We’re not saying that the system is failing everybody, but it is leaving a lot of young people behind.”

Educators and business leaders say that a “college for all” mentality is no longer realistic, if ever it was. Many positions — known as “middle-skill” jobs — don’t require a degree from a fouryear institution. The Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce estimates there will be 47 million job openings in the decade ending in 2018. Nearly half will require only an associate’s degree.

Career and technical education programs, once derided as being for those who couldn’t cut it academically, offer one path. But growing those programs has not been a national priority and their quality is inconsistent at best.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called career and technical education the “neglected stepchild” of education reform.

U.S. Rep. James Langevin, D-R.I., who cochairs the bipartisan Career and Technical Education Caucus in Congress, wants to See SKILLS, Page 4D

LISBON — Lisbon Dental, Edward Toolis DDS, Inc. has been in business for 32 years. Dr. Lee Bowman joined the practice two years ago and brought many new and exciting ideas.

There are also two hygienists, two assistants and two front office personnel. Their new extended hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Thursday.

They always appreciate the referrals from their patients and will submit to all insurance companies.

They are preferred providers for many popular insurance companies.

With advances in technology, implants and

implants dentures are becoming very much in demand. Dr. Bowman is proficient in both areas as well as crown and bridge dentistry.

The business will progress in the next year by continuing to be available to patients and offering the newest technology in a family oriented practice instead of the clinic type that seems to now be more readily available.

The economy has had an impact because many companies have dropped their dental insurances plans and families have to pay out of pocket for their dental checkups. This puts a financial burden on the family,

Edward Toolis, DDS and Lee Bowman, DDS.

and they are changing their dental visits to one time a year instead of the recommended two times per year.

The staff attends contin-

uing education classes so that they may always have the newest ideas and technology to assist patients with their oral health care.

Dr. David Yeropoli

has joined Prima Express Care

Prima Health Care is proud to welcome David Yeropoli, D.O., to our dedicated, expert team of Prima Express Care physicians.

A Valley native, Dr. Yeropoli most recently practiced at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Hermitage, Brecksville, and the Youngstown–Warren clinic. He previously operated a private practice while working as an emergency room physician at Warren General Hospital.

Dr. Yeropoli is a retired colonel in the Ohio Army National Guard Medical Corps. He received the Meritorious Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and many other awards.

A graduate of The Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Yeropoli completed his residency in 1988 at Warren General Hospital.

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The Little Red Hen

Pictured are Rupp Insurance founders, Bea and Dallas Rupp, Kris Rupp, secretary, and granddaughter and current owner, Becki Pease.

By LARRY SHIELDS Staff Writer

Rupp Insurance EAST LIVERPOOL — The Rupp Insurance Agency began as a small home-based business in West Point, but over the years it has grown out of the home and into a Calcutta office building. This move to 48969 Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road has allowed owner Becki Pease and her two employees the chance to expand the business further.

“Our goal is to continue to offer competitive pricing

and excellent customer service,” Lamp said. “We have maintained a long standing relationship with our insurance carriers and customers.”

Currently Rupp Insurance offers auto, home, business, life and health insurance.

“Please stop by or give us a call. We would be happy to offer you a quote,” Pease said.

To reach Rupp Insurance call 385-0358.

SALEM —Three full floors spotlight the antique merchandise, collectibles and giftware at The Little Red Hen, which opened June 1.

The store, owned by Laurie Fast, is located at 1264 W. State St., adjacent to the Muffler Man shop owned, by her husband, Richard.

Laurie has dealt in antiques for 18 years and rented showroom space in downtown Salem, the Sterling Antique Mall in Alliance and most recently at the I-76 Antique Mall in Ravenna. The building, a beautifully restored barn, formerly housed the Salem Area Humane Society.

“We did a ton of work to this building,” she said. “We tried to keep it as rustic as possible.”

It has look and feel with unfinished boards and high ceilings over rooms displaying “a wide array from primitives to shabby chic” merchandise, she said.

Primitive can be anything from old tools, wash stands, dry sinks and architectural items. Shabby chic is furniture and other items of utility or decorative value that have been painted but are rough.

“I have other dealers who are in here,” Fast said, explaining she rents “booth space” to vendors and has three additional spaces available.

The store now offers Yankee Candles in 20 different scents, something

Laurie Fast, owner of The Little Red Hen.

Fast, as a distributor, said she is very happy about. The Little Red Hen also carries a line of soap and lotions and “a huge array of everything ... we have some of everything,” Fast said.

There is a lot of wood merchandise because many old utensils, tools and hardware were made from wood. And there are model trains, trucks, shipping carts, wooden sleds, egg baskets, a hearth, cupboards, tables, stoves, rolling pins, plates, ornamental jars, chinaware, baskets, quilts, books, comics, railroad lanterns, suitcases, vanity, old advertising signs an old whiskey decanter with shot glasses, signs and old pictures.

There is even a “Casper The Friendly Ghost” solid state, transistor radio.

Cindy and Jim Rurric of Canton rent an upstair’s booth to display their shabby chic wares. In all there are five antique dealers housed at the Little Red Hen. Fast will also purchase customers unwanted antiques.

“We’re keeping our prices low to keep our inventory turning over and pretty much most of our renters are of the same mindset,” said Fast, who tends the store with her mother-in-law, Bernice Fast and her daughter, Heidi Wilhelm.

The Little Red Hen is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 12-5 p.m. For more information call (330) 261-1044.

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The caucus co-chairman, U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., points to the story of Tricia Reich, 18, who graduated this month from the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology. The school trains students in everything from heavy equipment operation and dental assisting to building construction and landscape design.

In the automotive technology program, Reich learned everything there is to know about how a car works. She spent her third and final year not in the classroom but working at an auto dealership, at first earning $8 an hour as a service writer. She’s now employed at another dealership that sells and services Mercedes, Volvos and Audis, saving money in hopes of attending community college.

Reich said programs like hers give students “a leg up” once they get in the real world. “It’s definitely a big plus,” she said.

Rhode Island has been hit harder by the recession than many states, undergoing a difficult transition from an economy historically made up of low-tech, low-skill manufacturing and service jobs to a “knowledge” economy centered on IT, bioscience and health care and other such fields.

Take the old Jewelry District in downtown Providence. It’s been rebranded the Knowledge District, envisioned as a life sciences hub. But fulfilling that vision is years off.

Keith Stokes, executive director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp., notes that the 19-acre parcel is a stone’s throw from south Providence, home to the kind of lowerincome, minority population that’s been disproportionately affected by the skills gap.

But it might as well be “on the other side of the Grand Canyon,” Stokes said.

“We held on too long to

these low-wage, low-skill industries, and we didn’t make the strategic long-term investments in education,” he said. “We’re playing a bit of catch-up. It’s critical for us to be able to catch up and accelerate.”

Part of the problem is the dropout rate. In Rhode Island, for every 100 students who start high school, only 73 will graduate, according to Ray DiPasquale, president of the Community College of Rhode Island. That puts the state slightly above the national average of about 72 percent.

But of those 73 who graduate in Rhode Island, 40 will enter college. And of that number, just 21 earn a degree.

At CCRI, the on-time graduation rate is only 9.8 percent, in part because the vast majority of its nearly 18,000 students require remedial coursework. The national rate is 15 percent.

The skills gap is already taking an economic toll.

Some businesses spend tens of thousands of dollars to “skill up” new employees.

Leaving positions unfilled is hardly better. Understaffed firms, particularly small ones, can’t deliver goods as fast as they need to or take on new customers.

The problem is likely to become even more acute as the economy picks up.

“If we don’t address this skills problem, American businesses will lack the world-class work force needed to compete at a global level, and many Americans will remain out of work, instead of accessing the high quality jobs of today and tomorrow,” said Penny Pritzker, a Chicago business executive who is advisory board chair of the Aspen Institute’s skills gap campaign.

It took Ultra Scientific’s Russo more than half a year to fill one of those jobs. Until recently, he couldn’t find anyone to operate a specialized piece of equipment that performs high-pressure liquid chromatography, a technique that separates compounds in a solution.

But his firm’s gain represents an economic loss to the state: The Ph.D. Russo is hiring is coming from Thermo Fisher Scientific, which is shuttering its manufacturing facility in east Providence.

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I Do..., offers more than just wedding services to those on a tight budget. It also offers professional personal and business secretarial services, online auction sales, copying, faxing, and notary services.

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LISBON — I Do..., offers more than just wedding services to those on a tight budget. It also offers professional personal and business secretarial services, online auction sales, copying, faxing, and notary services. Other services include invitations, vinyl lettering, laminating, gift wrapping, gift baskets, online employment applications, shipping services, raffle tickets, mailing lists, programs, resumes, brochures, business cards, internet research, labels, menus, general concierge services, and more.

I Do... specializes in helping couples plan a nontraditional, low budget ceremony. Owner Judy Elsass works with local DJ's, cake decorators, and venue owners to get the best products and service at the most reasonable rate. Marriage ceremonies can also be per-

formed onsite in the Goodhart Chapel, a small, personal chapel, or at any location in Ohio. The Goodhart Chapel can also be used for baptisms and memorial services.

Funeral services for departed pets can also be performed in the Goodhart Chapel. I Do...works personally with pet owners to ensure that all aspects of their pet's funeral are handled in a professional and tactful manner.

Although it just opened its doors on June 1, Elsass plans to open an antique, collectible, and re-gift shop in the near future.

For more information on services or to see first hand what is offered visit I Do.. at 44 N. Park Ave., Lisbon or www.ido3304247199.com . Elsass can also be reached at 424-7199.

COLUMBIANA — The past year has proved fruitful for Millstone Farm & Garden Center, as it saw about a 20 percent increase in business.

According to owner Eldon Falb, the growth was spurred by the four employees, great customer service and their ability to meet a customer’s particular need.

The company, which deals in lawn and garden products and companion animal feed has also been propelled by word of mouth.

The company also grew in size, as a new 56-by-144 warehouse was constructed to store more products, such as ice melt, hardwood fuel pellets and feed, for the upcoming year. Falb also plans to increase his product line in apparel and other offerings for the eventual opening of an online store. The opening of the online store may also allow Falb to hire a new employee to operate the store.

Even with the growth, Millstone, has

Millstone Farm & Garden Center’s reputation has been propelled by word of mouth.

been affected by the lagging economy as the continue rise in feed costs has made it harder for the smaller farmers to keep and feed as many animals.

Falb’s future goals include improving the parking area and creating a better location to store water softener salt.

He does have some advice for individuals looking at starting a new business.

“Offer good products, prices and exceptional customer service. Also maintain a great relationship with your customers,” said Falb.

To contact Millstone Farm & Garden Center, call 330-482-9840 or visit www.millstonefg.com. Millstone Farm & Garden Center is located at 113788 state Route 46, Columbiana.

The Links Banquet Center COLUMBIANA—The Links Banquet Center sits up high overlooking the gorgeous views of the lakes and golf course.

The 6,700-square-foot facility accommodates up to 300 comfortably.

Hosting all types of functions from seminars to graduations and wedding receptions.

Our on site chef and professional catering staff will pamper you—whatever your needs are from casual to formal dining.

The Barn can host wedding ceremonies for a beautiful setting followed by your reception in the Banquet Center, after taking some beautiful pictures down at the waterfall.

The Links is open to the public for various buffets and specials.

A one-of-a-kind Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. features fresh carved meats, shrimp cocktail, made-to-order omelet station and an array of salads and desserts. The cost is $13.95 for adults, $8.95 for children, and free for 5 years and younger. This price includes your drink.

The Links Banquet Center’s 6,700-square-foot facility accommodates up to 300 comfortably. Hosting all types of functions from seminars to graduations and wedding receptions.

Our newest addition is our Wednesday Italian Night which features our chef preparing pasta just the way you like it at our “made-to-order” pasta station, and an array of Italian entrees and desserts.

Cost is $10.95 for adults, $6.95 for children and free for 5 and under.

For Lenten Fridays, March 25 to April 22, fish dinner will be served from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. with eat-in dining and carryout available.

The Links serves special buffets on Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Thanksgiving. Call for reservations and pricing.

Our Banquet Center has been a great success and continues to grow thanks to our loyal employees and wonderful customers.

For more information or to book your event, contact Debbie Skorich, manager, at 330-482-0022.

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El Paso Mexican Grill

El Paso Mexican Grill provides the community with a taste of the Hispanic culture through its cuisine, atmosphere and hospitality, while assuring the highest qualities in its dishes and customer service.

Fashion Forward LISBON — Fashion Forward will celebrate their one year anniversary in September. The boutique offers resale and retail clothing for women, children and teens.

When Fashion Forward opened in September of 2010, owner Susan Shank, had 26 consignors registered and less than 1,000 items.

Today, less than one year later, she has 200 active consignors and over 12,000 items have been processed through the inventory system.

“I feel that this type of growth proves that there is a need for a store of this type in our area. As the downturn in the economy continues, Fashion Forward is able to provide quality clothing at a drastically lower price than retail. I am able to help working women and families provide good “In-Style, In-Season” clothing for themselves and their families at a time when everyone is living on a tighter budget. Good clothing does not need to be new clothing,” said Shank.

Not only is purchasing power greater buying resale, but consignors can earn a little extra money for their household by allowing Shank to sell their gently used clothing.

“I have always been a resale shopper myself and had a difficult time finding a good resale boutique when I moved to the area nearly 10 years ago. Everyone’s closet has a lot to offer. If you haven’t worn it in a year, it

might be time to consign it,” Shank said.

Consignments are accepted by appointment only.

Prom season proved such a success for Fashion Forward that it will expand the formal wear area by opening a second location adjacent to its current location that will include over 1,200 wedding gowns, mothers’ dresses, brides maid, prom and homecoming dresses. The new location will be by appointment only to start and as business increases set store hours will be announced.

Appointments for formal wear can be made starting Susan Shank, owner of Fashion Forward. mid-July by calling Fashion Forward at 330-420-0400.

“We currently offer two styles of handmade jewelry from local artists and will soon add a third line that will be geared for the bridal side of the business,” Shank said.

According to Shank, having the idea for the boutique was one thing, but executing it was another.

“I started doing some research and found many avenues of help and guidance right in Columbiana County.

I could not have done any of this without the help and guidance from Deb Hill and Craig Newbold of the Laus Deo Foundation in East Liverpool,” Shank said.

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CALCUTTA — El Paso Mexican Grill provides the community with a taste of the Hispanic culture through its cuisine, atmosphere and hospitality, while assuring the highest qualities in its dishes and customer service.

The restaurant takes pride in having a friendly and welcoming environment for its guests. Since the business opened its doors in 2007, some enhancements to the

restaurant have been made to better accommodate guests.

The business is located at the end of the Dunham’s Plaza. The restaurant is newly built, painted and decorated with the most modern decor. El Paso offers a friendly bar area along with a much larger dining area. The restaurant’s patio area is open for outside dining and evening entertainment.

Visiting Angels

It’s no mystery. To select the best in-home care for your loved ones simply call the agency local families trust: Visiting Angels.

Recognizing that an elderly loved one is no longer able to care for themselves is a wrenching experience for many families.

Unfortunately, people looking for ways to deal with the situation automatically turn to nursing homes or an assisted living facility because they don’t know an alternative exists that enables family members to stay in the home they love.

While in-home care is often the best choice, knowing how to select the right agency to provide that care is critically important.

Susan Frenger, director of Visiting Angels, the agency voted “Best of the Best,” suggests that families and seniors consider these factors before inviting caregivers into their homes: Does the agency thoroughly interview and background checks each caregiver?

Before being hired, Visiting Angels’ caregivers undergo an intense interview process designed to determine if they have the attitude, experience, talent, and compassion to work with seniors. They are then subjected to a rigorous criminal background check. We won’t hire a caregiver who we would not allow to take care of our own parents.

Does the agency allow seniors to select the caregivers who will work in their home?

Visiting Angels will not assign a caregiver unless and until the care recipient and

family have met them and feel comfortable inviting them into their home. And we won’t change caregivers unless we’ve followed this procedure. That’s how we guarantee your peace of mind.

Does the agency customdesign schedules and care regimens?

Visiting Angels works with our care recipients and their family members to develop a custom designed schedule and scope of services. That means care recipients receive the services they decide they need when they need them.

Is the agency bonded and insured?

For your protection Visiting Angels is fully bonded and insured.

Does the agency accept long-term care insurance?

Visiting Angels in-home care services are covered by most long-term care policies.

Is the agency locally owned?

Visiting Angels is owned and operated by lifelong area residents Mark and Susan Frenger. They understand the important role family plays in the region’s heritage and culture. That is why their company motto is “Our Family Caring for Your Family.”

To learn more about how to select the best in-home care agency please call Susan or Connie Frenger at 330-233-1203 or toll free 888-527-1200 to schedule a free, no-obligation inhome assessment or visit us on the web at vistingangels.com/salem and facebook at visiting angels, salem, ohio.

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ness planning and development.

“I would like to that Larry Kosiba, executive director of SOD (Sustainable Opportunity Development Center), and Joe Belinsky, certified business advisor at Kent State University. Business planning is not only critical but essential for success regardless of the size of your endeavor,” said Shank.

Fashion Forward, 5 S. Park Ave., is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday; 2 p.m.-6 p.m.

Thursday; and 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Saturday. It is closed Sunday and Monday. Fashion Forward is also available on Facebook.

Staff members of the Riverside Roadhouse are (front, from left) Patty Cataldo, Teresa Brewer, Samantha McClelland; (middle) Randi Carroll, EmmaLee McIntosh, Britt Ward, Shawn Ward, Bree Jablonski, Laura Reed, Scott Wetzel; (back) Wendy Eddy, Kyle Avery and Kevin Ryan Jackson.

Riverside Roadhouse WELLSVILLE — Riverside Roadhouse reopened in October 2010, with owners full of excitement, fresh ideas, and willingness to learn. Now in its second year, owners and staff are thoroughly enjoying serving the customers.

In response to the wants of its customers, Riverside Roadhouse made many changes to its menu.

Changes include the addition of new home-cooked style items, new steak selections, and a smaller salad choice.

Customer favorites include its pecan chicken dinner and pecan chicken salads. The pulled pork, cod sandwiches, and the Saturday special of roasted 10 oz. New York Strip are also favorites.

Daily specials includes home cooked dinners on Sunday; liver and onions on Monday, free kids meal with purchase of an adult entree on Tuesday; $7.50 pasta day on Wednesday; wing night on Thursday with entertainment from 68 p.m., fish special on Fri-

day; and a $10 New York Strip dinner on Saturday.

The Roadhouse has three rooms, two of which can be reserved for special events.

The restaurant is a perfect setting for family gettogethers, business meetings, birthdays, anniversaries, rehearsal dinners, retirement parties and clubs.

Special pricing is available to groups of 30 or more.

Please stop in or call 330-532-4421 with any questions.

a range of 13 million to 13.5 million vehicles. J.D. Power and Associates lowered its full-year sales forecast from 13 million vehicles to 12.9 million.

Johnson blamed stubbornly high unemployment.

Sluggish hiring in May contributed to that month’s sales decline, which broke a string of double-digit monthly increases. Forecasters say the jobs picture improved only slightly in June.

Johnson says the industry recovery will motor along.

He said that even with unemployment around 9 percent, 91 percent of the country is still working. And many are driving older cars.

“There are still people out there looking for a vehicle and in many cases need to replace their vehicles,” Johnson said.

The average car on the road now is 10.6 years old, according to the Polk research firm.

Sales were expected to be up around 5 percent from May, when parts shortages, $4-per-gallon gas and a lack of deals caused a slump.

But the pace of sales has slowed from the beginning of this year.

Shortages are keeping car prices high. That’s likely to continue through September, J.D. Power said. In the meantime, hiring has slowed and incomes are flat. Consumer confidence — an important measure of whether or not cars will sell — slipped to a seven-month low in June.

“Things aren’t quite as healthy in the current environment as expected earlier this year,” said Jeff Schuster, J.D. Power’s executive director of global forecasting.

One issue for automakers

is the lack of small, fuel-efficient cars. Japanese automakers expect earthquake-related shortages of popular products like the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic for several more months, and Detroit automakers can’t meet the demand for small cars alone.

The industry began June with a 30-day supply of compact and subcompact cars, and inventory has only gotten tighter since then, Ford’s top U.S. sales analyst George Pipas said. That compares to a 51-day supply of all cars and trucks.

Pipas said that instead of moving into mid-size cars, small-car shoppers are simply waiting. Both Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. have said they expect their North American production to be at near-normal levels by late summer, and more cars will get to dealerships soon after that.

Other automakers reporting Friday: — Volkswagen AG said its U.S. sales rose 35 percent in June on strong demand for its Jetta midsize sedan and other models.

— Nissan said sales rose 11.4 percent on strong demand for smaller vehicles.

Sentra compact car sales rose nearly 31 percent.

— Hyundai Motor Co. sales were up 15.6 percent, led by the Elantra compact car. The Korean automaker sold 59,209 vehicles in June, up from 51,205 a year earlier.

— Kia Motors Co. reported its best June ever with sales up 41 percent to 45,044. The hottest seller was the new Optima midsize sedan at 7,099. That’s almost six times more Optimas than were sold a year earlier.

Phil’s Sales and Service COLUMBIANA — Phil’s Sales and Service, 1472 Columbiana-Lisbon Road, Columbiana prides its on providing customer service that keeps customers happy.

Phil Welce established the business in 1965 and was eventually joined by his daughter, Jodee Boerio, With Boerio as co-owner, the business became incorporated and a limited liability company was formed in 2004.

In 2010, a new 80-by-100foot outdoor showroom building, complete with a 50-foot overhang, was built to display models available for sale, as well as any used equipment taken in on trade. Customers can sit on the machines to figure out what they want to suit their needs. Product lines carried include Kubota, Simplicity, Befco, Echo, Aluma trailers and other miscellaneous lines that offer products customers seek. According to Boerio demand depends on the season, and the busiest time of the year hits as soon as the weather turns warm.

Phil’s Sales and Service also offers a dedicated parts

In 2010, a new 80-by-100-foot outdoor showroom building, complete with a 50-foot overhang, displays models available for sale.

and service department. Heading the department is Bummer McCoy, who as worked as service manager for last 22 years. McCoy currently has a two-week waiting list to get tractors in for service. The business only services lines of equipment they sell.

McCoy is known for the quality and detail he gives the machines when they come in for repair. “If it’s not right, it doesn’t go back out until it is,” said Boerio. “We have an excellent service team that cares about our customers.”

The parts department is lead by manager Bonnie Wittenauer, who has 20 years of experience in parts. She

replaced former parts manager Harold Bates, who retired in March after seeing Wittenauer’s talent for the parts industry. The company offers many parts in stock, but if a part needs to be ordered the turn-around time can be as little as two days. The staff at Phil’s Sales and Service is proud of the reputation they’ve earned for taking care of their customers and providing service for the lines of equipment they sell.

The staff and owners remind themselves of their company motto.

“We do it the old-fashioned way with a handshake and a smile. Our satisfaction comes from knowing that we took the time to find the perfect machine for your needs, and that we will be here to provide quality parts and service for that machine for years to come,” said Boerio.

Phil’s Sales and Service recently received the President’s Kaizen Award, an honor earned by dealers who demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement by the Kubota Tractor corporation. The concept of the Kaizen Award was originally intended as a model for improving the manufacturing process in Japan, but it has been extended to dealerships who show a commitment to the Kubota business model.

Phil’s Sales and Service is open 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturdays. They can be reached at (330) 4825548 or visit www.philskubota.com.

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Manufacturing activity grew faster in June

Home Savings As a community bank proud to support community businesses, Home Savings, founded in 1889, has developed a new small business banking program. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA) the biggest challenge facing small businesses today is that many creditworthy borrowers can’t find the financing necessary to grow their businesses and consequently create jobs. Community banks like Home Savings have the distinct advantage in working with smaller businesses in local markets.

As a community bank, Home Savings wants to do its share to grow the jobs in all the communities its serve. To do this it has developed a small business banking program that will provide small business owners with a person dedicated to providing all of the deposit and lending products and personalized service they need.

Home Savings has highly experienced business bankers who are not only experts in what they do, but more importantly have a passion for providing superior service to their clients and the community. These bankers join the dedicated branch sales managers to provide financial solutions to small business owners.

Having been a community bank for over 120 years, the employees also exempli-

fy a “Culture of Caring.”

Each believes in providing support to the communities they serve. In 2010, the Home Savings Charitable Foundation distributed $52,000 in Columbiana County in the areas of disadvantaged children and adults, cultural, civic, health, education, animal welfare, and to the United Way agencies and local Community Chests that meet the needs of the community.

Each of the many organizations that were provided funding work diligently to address the overwhelming needs exacerbated by the current economic environment. In some instances funding was provided for capital improvements in order to better serve the organization’s clients.

The company and its foundation remain committed to the growth and improvement of the quality of life throughout its communities.

Home Savings currently operates 38 full-service banking offices and six loan production office throughout Ohio and western Pennsylvania, with assets of $ 2.2 billion and approximately 560 employees. It has an annual gross revenue of approximately $133 million.

By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer

Window World owners, from left, Fred Moran, Patrick Moran, Angie Moran and Patrick Moran.

Prima Health Care

COLUMBIANA — Prima Health Care offers two nearby locations, 107 Royal Birkdale, Columbiana; and 7629 Market Street, Boardman, into order to make sure residents have fair access to medical care.

Over the past year, Prima physicians have seen an increase in its express care services as well as more patients being responsible for the cost of their own care.

Prima currently has a staff of 90 but plans are to continue to add to that number through the hiring of high quality physicians and staff.

There are also plans to add to the increasingly different types of medical and surgical specialties offered. These plans are two of the ways Prima, intends to keep meeting Prima Health Care offers two nearby locations, 107 Royal Birkdale, the healthcare needs of the Columbiana; and 7629 Market Street, Boardman, into order to make sure residents have fair access to medical care. communities it serves.

Tube-Cut expects new Dr. John Wright Jr. Dr. John C. Wright Jr. jobs from expansion was born and raised in West Virginia. He received

By JO ANN BOBBY-GILBERT Staff Writer

SALEM – An electric steel tubing manufacturer opened its doors in the Salem Industrial Park this summer with plans of generating several new jobs over the next few years.

Tube-Cut North America LLC has located in the 20,000-square-foot former Seneca Salem Label building and had hired a few new employees as of this writing, according to company President Jon Roscow.

Installation of equipment began at the beginning of June and was completed before the end of the month.

Roscow said in June, “We’re cutting tubing and doing some training on the machines. We are starting production cutting by September. We are open and will be hiring people.”

Applications are being accepted, Roscow said.

As business levels increase, Roscow hopes to add additional employees at both the Salem location and the company’s East Palestine plant, Tube-Cut. After attending the Salem Economic Summit about one year ago and meeting with people in the Salem community, Roscow said he decided to expand his company to Salem.

Roscow said there was “a push to help us come into the community,” by putting him into touch with the right people, banks and contacts for low interest loans.

“They’re really a good group,” he said.

Organized under TubeTech North America, the company’s clients are primarily in the automotive and appliance industries.

Among the wide range of products the company manufactures are electric welded steel tubing for vehicles, furniture and gas ranges.

a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Denison University and a medical degree from West Virginia University.

Dr. Wright completed his residency at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, and served in the Air Force for three years at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala. He discontinued his obstetric practice after delivering more than 10,500 babies during a career spanning more than 30 years.

Dr. Wright now focuses on gynecologic patients ranging from routine exams to complicated reconstructive surgeries.

He is immediate past president of the Heritage Valley Beaver medical staff, chairman of the cross campus peer review committee and the newly elected 10th district delegate of the PMS PamPac commit-

Dr. John C. Wright Jr. tee for Pennsylvania.

He is actively involved in international mission trips and works with organizations to collect discarded medical goods and distribute them overseas. He is also involved in local outreach efforts including Tiger Pause and Young Life.

NEW YORK — Manufacturing activity recovered somewhat in June from a sharp slowdown in May, a private trade group said recently.

There were more new orders for goods and employment picked up last month.

But the index remains markedly lower than it was earlier this year, suggesting that the recovery is weak.

The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing executives, said that its index of manufacturing activity rose to 55.3 in June from 53.5 in May, the slowest growth in 20 months.

A reading above 50 indicates that the manufacturing sector is expanding.

The June increase surprised economists who had been expecting, on average, a further decline to 52, according to a survey by FactSet. Growth had slowed in May, however. High gas prices cut into consumer spending and there was an auto parts shortage stemming from Japan’s earthquake.

Economists are also counting on a recovery in auto production to boost second half growth. Deutsche Bank economists estimate that improved auto manufacturing could add as much as a full percentage point to third and fourth quarter growth.

Murals have brought tourists to Wellsville

By JO ANN BOBBY-GILBERT

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WELLSVILLE — Spearheaded by the Wellsville Revitalization Committee, the floodwall mural project has brought tourists into town on a regular basis, and this summer, the final panels will be completed.

Over the past seven years, artist Gina Hampson has recreated many scenes from the village’s colorful history, with murals commissioned – for the most part – by family members or organizations.

The murals stretch along the concrete floodwall at the entrance to town, just under the state Route 7 underpass in some parts. In 2007, the Pete Amato Boardwalk was added for visitors to sit and view the paintings.

While some of the murals are fairly simple – such as that depicting faces of United States presidents born in Ohio – others are so detailed that each time a visitor views them, they see another feature they missed the first time, according to committee President Candy Bangor.

Hampson has designed each panel to resemble brick, and many passersby actually believe they are bricked and realize it is painted only with a close-up view.

For the most part, Hampson works from old photographs, but some of the murals depict living people, such as the dedication of the boardwalk and one of committee members.

The electrical box on the floodwall has even been painted to resemble an old train depot as President Abraham Lincoln waves from a caboose in a nearby panel depicting a “whistle stop” popular in days gone by.

To date, 31 murals grace the front, back and side panels of the floodwall, with more in the works.

This summer, Hampson will complete the final panels and at this writing is working on a mural depicting the Safeway Cab Company. Others going up this year include the Aten House, a Civil War ren-

dition, Hideaway Bar and Riverview Hotel.

Plans also call for a mural depicting Oklahoma bank robber Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd which the committee itself has commissioned, hoping to secure donations from the public.

Floyd and his partner in crime, Adam Richetti, were spotted in Wellsville in 1934, leading to Richetti’s capture just outside town and Floyd’s death on Sprucevale Road.

The committee was excited to receive in June a $10,000 pledge from an anonymous donor to continue its projects.

Anyone interested in donating to project can contact Lonnie Hentzell at AirWaves Ohio on Main Street or by calling 330-532-9488.

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Pathway Counseling Center EAST LIVERPOOL —Who would have ever imagined that doors of a new counseling business could open and remain open in the city of East Liverpool, Ohio, in the middle of a recession? WOW! God is so amazing! One person told owner Cassie Direnzo, “You are right where you need to be. You found your calling.” Clients continue to express their gratitude that Pathway offers evening appointment hours.

With this success, Pathway has relocated to 15700 state Route 170, Suite A in Calcutta, across from 1st National Community Bank.

Owner and Clinical SocialWorker, Cassie (Long) Direnzo opened Pathway Counseling Center, LLC over two years ago. She has a passion to lead people to emotional wellness and holds to the motto Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow. She has several years of counseling experience including directing the Youth Experiencing Success Program in Severn, Maryland, which assists adolescents in jeopardy of not graduating from high school with opportunities to earn their high school diploma. Direnzo has also counseled individuals, cou-

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In addition to counseling at Pathway, Direnzo is employed by Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (DCI) in the East Liverpool and Steubenville units as a Master Social Worker since May 2005. Day to day, she provides support to patients and their families as they adjust to the life changes that accompany kidney failure which may include but are not limited to grief, loss, depression, and anxiety.

Direnzo grew up in New Cumberland, W.Va., and graduated from Oak Glen High School. She is the daughter of Gary and Nila Long, owner of Nila Jo’s Natural Nutrition who inspired Direnzo to dream big.

Direnzo pursued her post secondary education at Mount Vernon Nazarene University where she earned a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Social Work. Then, she completed her graduate education at the University of Maryland School of Social Work where she earned her Master’s of Social Work degree with a Clinical Concentration and Specialization in Families and Children.

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She furthered her credentials as a Licensed Independent Social Worker from the Ohio Board of Social Work. This enabled her to fulfill her dream of opening her private practice as a professional clinical social worker counseling individuals, couples, families, and children.

Direnzo continues processing applications to become a participating provider of additional insurance companies. Master Card, Visa, checks, and cash are also accepted for payment of counseling services.

Wageworks, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Flexible Health Saving Plans also assist clients in accessing counseling services.

She holds several memberships including the East Liverpool and Calcutta Chambers of Commerce, Council of Nephrology Social Workers (Western Pennsylvania branch), American Professional Agency, Sandplay Therapists of America, Association for Play Therapy, North American Association of Christians in Social Work, and the National Association of Social Workers.

Direnzo enjoys giving back to the community. She stated, “It’s a

blessing to be able to give even during a recession.” She continues to sponsor a team through Beaver Youth Soccer League each season.

She’s looking forward to her new venture of sponsoring two baseball teams this year through the Beaver Youth Baseball League and the Oak Glen Junior Bears. She participated in the first annual Down’s Syndrome Awareness Walk and is looking forward to the second annual walk in September 2011 at the Tomlinson Run State Park in West Virginia.

Pathway is expanding to offer a lending library for clients use. If you are interested in contributing to this library and would like to donate self help books including but not limited to marriage, family, parenting, financial, and other emotional issues, please make arrangements to drop them off at the center.

Her extracurricular time is filled by watching her daughter and son play soccer in the Beaver Youth Soccer League and attending their track meets through the Pegasus Track Club. As the weather breaks you can find them taking walks at local parks.

She also participates in community

Cassie Lynn Direnzo, owner of Pathway Counseling Center.

outreach events.

Direnzo continues to help individuals overcome depression, anxiety, grief, and other emotional struggles so they can enjoy life once again.

She’s also grateful to help couples and families open lines of communication and empowers them to overcome issues that hinder their relationships.

Coming soon will be her w e b s i t e , www.pathwaycc.com. To receive help for today and hope for tomorrow, call Cassie Direnzo, MSW, LISW at 330-386-4008.

Internet Services

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The Neck & Back Pain Relief Center

“Affordable short term care for long term relief” No appointments Necessary • We accept most insurances

Dr. Bill Grubbs DC Lisbon, Ohio • 330-420-3670 For our FREE weekly health e-mail go to www.weeklyhealthupdate.com code 44615GRUBB

Accepting New Patients

Most Insurance Plans Accepted

Lisbon Dental - Edward Toolis DDS Inc. Edward S. Toolis, DDS Lee J. Bowman, DDS 116 E xcha n ge S t.•L isb on ,Ohio

Call 330-424-9024 for appointment.

NEW HOURS: Monday thru Thursday: 8 A.M.-5 P.M.

We have expanded!

We have added a BRIDAL BOUTIQUE next door at 4 South Park Avenue in Lisbon.

New & “New-To-You” Clothing For Men, Women And Children Consigning Appointment For Fall July 1 - August 31, 2011 5 S. Park Ave. Lisbon

Next To Fox’s Pizza

New Wedding, Bridesmaids and Mother’s Dresses!

330-420-0400

By Appointment Only Starting In Mid-July Hours:

Tues., Weds., Fri.: 10 A.M.-5 P.M.; Thurs.: 2 PM-6 PM; Sat.: 9 AM-1 PM; Closed: Sun. & Mon.

Lisbon Let your advertising message have the MOST impact!

Advertise in the Morning Journal!

Call 330-424-9541 today!

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Through TheYears They’ve ServedYou 204 YEARS

183 YEARS

Hively’s Eells-LeggettHighland Stauffer Farms Funeral Home

Beef Cattle Purebred Shorthorn

47060 Hisey Road New Waterford, OH

Chip Stauffer

215 W. Lincoln Way Lisbon, OH

159 YEARS

Columbiana County’s Largest Daily Newspaper SINCE 1852

140 YEARS

The Homer Laughlin China Company and Retail Factory Outlet Newell, West Virginia

304-387-4265

127 YEARS

Authorized Dealer

1184 W. State St. Salem, OH

330-457-2033 330-424-5500

330-424-5500

Kerr-Pastore Lyle Printing & Funeral Publishing Home Since 1890

Milligan Lease Phillips Hardware Drug Co. &Manufacturing Machine Corp

121 YEARS

www.lyleprinting.com

185 East State St. Salem, Ohio

330-337-3419

96 YEARS

At 10 A.M. on March 4, 1915 this store was originally opened by William M. & Sara Morgan.

Morgan’s Drug Store

119 YEARS 119 YEARS

Since 1892

Since 1892

36 W. Main St. Salineville, Ohio

320 Smith Street East Liverpool, Ohio

95 YEARS

95 YEARS

93 YEARS 90

Keystone Printing 648 St. Clair Ave. East Liverpool, OH

330-385-9519

*Original Location Started in 1920 on Federal St. Dowtown Youngstown.

81 YEARS

Handy Appliance Sales & Service

We Sell It! We Service It! 117 West Sixth St. Downtown East Liverpool, OH

330-386-5033

76 YEARS “WE DELIVER” Serving Your Area Since 1935!

350 E. State Street Alliance, OH

RESTAURANT & BAR

STEAKS • SEAFOOD • SALADS • PASTA

Since 1916 SR 45 S. • Lisbon, Ohio

87 YEARS C H E V R O LE T

Oldest Family Owned Dealership in Tri-State Area

Sales • Leasing • Service • Parts • Body & Frame Work

57 E. Martin St. • E. Palestine

330-426-9449 1-800-589-7970

www.brittainmotors.com

Mon. & Thurs. 8-9•Sat. 8-3 Tues., Wed., Fri. 8-6

Church Budget Envelope Since 1916

271 S. Ellsworth Salem, OH

Morrow Service Centre

Started in 1946 by George Morrow, we are now a 3rd Generation Business!

160 School St. Washingtonville, Ohio

330-427-2479

Professional Prescription Service

Since 1912

229 N. Ellsworth Ave. Salem, OH

97 YEARS

Pres.: Deborah Williamson

118 1/2 E. Ely St. Alliance, OH

5 Year Olds to Adults Jazz • Tap • Ballet • Acrobats

Stevie Halverstadt, Director Broadway Trained

40 Years Teaching Experience

517 E. Washington St. • Lisbon, OH

330-424-3409

76 YEARS

Valley Golf Course WITH THIS COUPON

Complimentary 9 or 18 hole green fee when partner pays for green fee of equal value!

VALID WEEK DAYS TILL 4

SINCE 1981

Owners: Maryann & Ted Ossoff Jr., Owner & Pro

4178 Cherry Fork • Columbiana, OH

65 YEARS

Kensington, Ohio

330-223-1712 1-800-791-7182 Since 1926

Lisbon, Ohio

330-424-7224 Nationwide® Insurance

Nationwide Is On Your Side®

72 YEARS

Welsh Motors

St. Rt. 165 • New Springfield

330-549-3925 800-589-6068

New & Used Sales Parts • Service

“Our Family Serving Your Family Since 1939”

65 YEARS

’s aarrnneeyy’s C C l l a a C C Hoge’s

Point Restaurant West Carryout Feeding the Area’s Families Since 1946

16128 E. Liverpool Rd. East Liverpool, OH

92 YEARS

We accept most insurance, including Medicare-D

91 YEARS

Salem Area

Visiting Nurse Association

Travel

www.AAA.com

EAST LIVERPOOL

330-332-9986

718 E. 3rd Street • Salem, OH

Phone:

330-385-2020 COLUMBIANA

330-482-3836

82 YEARS 85 YEARS 83 YEARS “Since 1929” Since 1928 Maple Cotton Damascus Reichenbach’s Funeral Livestock Motor Sales, Home Auction

78 YEARS 80 YEARS Bettie Lee Gregg V. Dance Weinstock County Seat Plaza Studio

330-821-1500 330-482-9464

65 YEARS

99 YEARS

330-332-5356

330-679-2327 330-385-2000 330-337-8727 330-823-9178

330-424-7287 330-424-0334 330-337-8707

118 E. Lincoln Way • Lisbon, Ohio

www.homerlaughlin.com

42911 St. Rt. 518 West Point, Ohio Since 1946

Inc.

27380 Main Street North Georgetown, OH

330-525-7029

77 YEARS

690 Valley Rd. • Damascus, OH

330-537-2061 “EVERY TUESDAY”

Locally Owned for 13 Years by: Barry & Rhonda Pidgeon

76 YEARS

Weber

Funeral Home Over 75 Years Experience

SALES SERVICE

4 11 W .S ta te •S a lem ,O hio

330.337.97895

E.Palestine -330.426.6040 E.Liverpool-330.382.0571

69 YEARS

Hamilton Radiator Service

Founded in 1942 by L. W. Hamilton Bought in 1975 by Phil Boso

1148 Pennsylvania Ave. East Liverpool, OH

330-385-0541

65 YEARS

Neville Body Shop

Since 1946 Specializing in Auto Collision Repair

SR 154 • Lisbon, OH

Owner: Gregg A. Weber 340 E. Lincoln Way Lisbon, Ohio

330-424-7011

67 YEARS

VICTOR STOFFER agent - owner

Hawkins Insurance

11360 St. Rt. 9 PO Box 179 Kensington, OH 44427

330-223-2114 1-800-317-1223 Fax: 330-223-2255

63 YEARS

Serving Tri State Area with Ready Mix Concrete & Building Materials Since 1948

330-386-3332 330-424-5504 330-424-5925 1-800-562-7856

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From The Old Generation To The New 63 YEARS

Ken Baer: Auctioneer/Broker Bill Baer: Auctioneer/Salesman Mark Harding: Auctioneer Wade Baer: Auctioneer/Salesman

330-227-3236

59 YEARS

Licensed in Ohio, Penn & W.Va.

61 YEARS

Negley Volunteer Fire Department Since 1950

50683 Richardson Ave. Negley, OH

1.00 OFF BINGO WITH THIS AD.

$

57 YEARS

Visit our showroom!

1168 Fairfield School Rd. Columbiana, Ohio

330-482-2802

55 YEARS

22133 U.S. Rt. 30 • Minerva, OH

330-868-7731 “SINCE 1954”

54 YEARS

Millrock Crabb Auto Sales Insurance & Wrecking Agency, Inc. Owners: Alex & Aaaron Fraser “Since 1991”

48173 St. Rt. 154 Rogers, OH

330-227-3444

48 YEARS

Whan, Inc.

Since 1945 Tom Mollenkopf, Agent East Palestine, Ohio

330-426-9698 David Mollenkopf, Agent Salem, Ohio

330-332-1586

48 YEARS

Lisbon Tire NOT JUST TIRES!

Full Automotive Services

40185 Lodge Road Leetonia, OH

6516 SR 45 N • Lisbon, OH

41 YEARS

41 YEARS

24 Hr. Paramedic Service

“Serving You Since 1970”

OWNERS:

John & Rebecca Glenn

330-427-1427 330-424-7014

330-385-4903 Owner: John H. Diddle

36 YEARS

Threshold Residential Services Since 1975

50 N. Sumner Street East Palestine, OH

Nentwick CONVALESCE NT HOME 500 Selfridge St. East Liverpool, Ohio Since 1951

330-426-9900 330-385-5001

Minerva Rice Upholstery Welding & Fabricating, Inc. FREE ESTIMATES Quality Work Since 1952 Large Fabric Selection

60 YEARS

57 YEARS

AN EQUAL OPPORTU N ITY E M PLOYE R

State I.D. #24821

Coffee Heating & Cooling Inc. Sales and Service

32897 Coffee School Road Salem, Ohio 44460

Derek Coffee • Rob Coffee • Curt Coffee

330-222-1791

52 YEARS Aquatic Management 2nd Generation of Pond Care Specialists

• Consultation • Aeration • Weed Control • Live Fish 6354 Low Rd. • Lisbon, Ohio

330-227-3242 www.aquaticmanagement.com

47 YEARS

139 N. Main Street Columbiana, Ohio

330-482-3439

Fax: 330-482-3325

40 YEARS

330-823-4390

36 YEARS www.donpanhostexmexcafe.com

Lively’s Leather

Homemade Leather & Nylon

• Harnesses • Collars • Leads

Over 35 Years in Business!

Rogers Sale Bldg. D 1 & 2

330-426-4165

304-387-0112 304-387-2474

740 Dresden Ave. East Liverpool, OH

We Are Here to Serve YOU!

Since 1971 Owner: Vern Gossman State Route 39 Salineville, OH

330-679-2808

36 YEARS

J&J Tire & Alignment Center Hometown Friendly

TIRES:

330-424-5200 330-424-5000 ALIGNMENT: 330-424-5511

59 YEARS

Broadway West Point Iron & Volunteer Metal Fire 330-821-8752 Department

300 S. Mahoning Ave.•Alliance, OH Monday-Friday 8-5; Saturday 8-12 $ TOP PRICES PAID FOR SCRAP

56 YEARS

Locally Owned & Operated

Jim’s Wrecker Service

330-424-5606

56 YEARS

“Since 1955”

300 17th St. Wellsville, Ohio

330-532-9112 Day 330-532-9522 Night AAA SERVICE

51 YEARS

Tri-State Area’s Largest Open Air Market

Every Friday

Over 2 Miles of Market Area Produce, Poultry, Egg Auction & Misc.

330-227-3233

50+ YEARS St. Rt. 154 • Rogers, Ohio

ALL PRO AUTO PARTS

Pilmer’s Auto Parts FOREIGN & DOMESTIC

13889 Woodworth Road New Springfield, Ohio

330-549-3781 www.TNCNS.com

42 YEARS

Apple Greenford Insurance Tractor Sales Agency & Service (Since 1964)

Saline Oil Tex-Mex & Supply Cafe Co.

2105 W. State St. St. Rt. 62 Alliance, Ohio 330-424-7665

60 YEARS

Serving the Tri-County Area Since 1969

202 West Lincoln Way Lisbon, Ohio

330-424-7027 330-424-5602

40 YEARS

Tanner REAL ESTATE CO.

CONSTRUCTION RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • AUCTIONS

12147 Canfield-Lisbon Rd. Greenford, Ohio

15518 Salem-Alliance Rd. ALLIANCE

38 YEARS

38 YEARS

330-823-8880 330-533-5883 330-332-1137

964 North Market St. Lisbon, Ohio

330-424-1468 35 YEARS

Frigidaire - Amana - Crosley - LG - Panasonic

SALES & SERVICE

Refrigerators, Ranges, Dishwashers, Microwaves, Washers & Dryers, Televisions, Stereos

Authorized Warranty Service Center For All Brands Sold!

330-332-1137

1785 S. Lincoln Ave. • Salem, Ohio

35 YEARS

J&C Since 1976

Heating, Cooling & Refrigeration Jimmy Nentwick, Jr. East Liverpool, OH

330-386-3825 Bryant Sales, Service, Installation

34 YEARS 30 YEARS Since 1977 Cornerstone Sarchione, BEABER Sanford Columbiana & SUPPLY Insurance Inc. Heating & SEED Owner: Harry Beaber County Port “Quality Used Cars” Agency Since 1977 Check Our Inventory Online: Cooling 35 YEARS

34 YEARS

2892 Beechwood Ave. Paris, OH

330-385-7767 330-424-3246 330-862-2170 R& S Drilling

34 YEARS

M-F: 9-6; SAT.: 9-3; CLOSED SUNDAYS

Authority

1250 St. George St. East Liverpool, OH

330-386-9051

Bob Coder, Kevin McKinstry and Mary Ann Steiner

40 N. Market St. East Palestine, Ohio

330-426-4111

www.sarchioneinc.com 312 S. Union Ave. Corner of Broadway and Union Ave.

330-823-1234

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Confidence and FaithThey Instill InYou 30 YEARS

30 YEARS Shoaff’s Garage Door Openers & Floor Covering Doors Inc. Naturestone Dealer “Installation is Our Specialty” ®

1785 S. Lincoln Salem, Ohio

330-332-0856

29 YEARS

Michael E. Gruszecki Nationwide Advisory Services a Nationwide Financial Company

State Route 9 • Salem, Ohio ®

Nationwide Is On Your Side

SALES & SERVICE

30 YEARS Keeping you fed since 1981

SR 7 & 14 Columbiana, Ohio

330-938-6457

330-482-2339

Hall’s Welding Supplies

Phil Irwin

28 YEARS

49037 Calcutta Smith Ferry Rd. East Liverpool, OH

27 YEARS

State Farm Insurance 49376 Calcutta-Smiths Ferry Rd. East Liverpool, OH

30 YEARS

30 YEARS

330-426-9468

253 Penn Ave. Salem, Ohio

Magneco/ Lederle’s Auto Metrel, Inc. 51365 State Route 154 Service Negley, OH Since 1981

New Technology In High Temperature Furnace Linings

27 YEARS

East Liverpool, Ohio

850 West State Street

New Middletown, OH

330-542-0023

25 24 YEARS

License # OH 18623 WV PL00617

22 YEARS

JOHN & DARYL HERSH

• Counseling • Workshops

(US Rt. 30)

Chester, W. Va.

P.O. Box 424 East Palestine, Ohio 44413

20 YEARS

Advantage Tank Lines 404 Pearl Street Leetonia, Ohio

330-427-1010

16 YEARS

C.H.A.T. of Ohio Inc. Since 1995

Spay & Neuter Program For Low Income & Elderly Pet Owners! Program Operated

By Donations Only!!

We Need Your Support!

P.O. Box 488 East Liverpool, OH

330-386-5528

14 YEARS

Specializing in Collision Work All Work Guaranteed State of the Art Equipment FREE Estimates 3696 State Route 7 • New Waterford, OH

330-482-3928

48831 McGuffy Drive • Calcutta, OH

330-385-3309

100 Continental Drive • Salem, Ohio

330-337-8473

3 LOCATIONS TO SERVE THE TRI-COUNTY AREA!

23 YEARS

2483 Lincoln Hwy.

Donation Basis

20 YEARS Remember When

15274 Alliance-Salem Rd. Rt. 62 Damascus, Ohio

330-537-4437 rememberwhengifts@embarqmail.com

16 YEARS PANCAKE’S

304-387-3831

20 YEARS

D&R Auto Salem, Ohio

330-332-2005 • • • •

Collision Sand Blasting Painting General Repair

“We Accept Insurance Claims”

16 YEARS Since 1995

Mel’s

TOWING

GOOD USED CARS

We take the time to care.

Donnie Sattler, Sales Manager William Pancake, Owner

10259 St. Rt. 170 • Negley, OH

Call: 330-227-0030 Fax: 330-227-2222 www.getauto.com

13 YEARS

Cafe

36 S. Main St. Columbiana, Ohio

27 YEARS

Dairy King

Since 1940

~A Tradition of Excellence~

• SOFT SERVE • 32 FLAVORS HARD PACK (Sugar Free & Yogurt)

Owner: John Arsuffi “SINCE 1984”

25 YEARS Banquet Room Available.

Call today for details, menus and pricing.

16300 Dresden Ave. Calcutta, Ohio

330-332-8508 330-332-1244 330-386-3726

Complete Auto Repair & Service

• Education & Teaching • Speaking

330-426-2147

Salem, OH

330-332-5125

West End Auto 1164 E. Pidgeon Road Salem, OH Rental 330-337-9802 8th & Webber Way Since 1984

330-222-1268 330-385-9353 330-385-3080 330-386-7868 25 YEARS 27 YEARS 25 YEARS 25INYEARS SALEM JP Terry’s Plumbing, Auto Inc. Repair 6676 S.R. 45 ProVia In Business Since 1920 Lisbon, OH Foreign or Domestic • Fair Pricing Doors 330-424-0054 1735 S. Lincoln Ave. 10620 St. Rt. 170 ®

Since 1981

1040 S. Webb Ave. • Alliance, Ohio

One Call Does It All!

330-829-0260

10 YEARS

Schmid-D’s Sports Bar 135 Oregon Avenue Sebring, Ohio

330-482-9753 330-938-0175

22 YEARS

Zeigler’s Trophies 160 S. Broadway Salem, Ohio

330-332-4457

OWNER: Terry Gatrell Since 2007 Established in 1989 by owner Tom Eddinger 330-332-1137

19 YEARS

1250 Saint George St. East Liverpool, OH 43920

330-385-7336 Telefax: 330-385-7813

Telephone:

15 YEARS Since 1996

Barnes Insurance Agency 15910 S.R. 62 • Damascus, OH

330-537-9922

6 YEARS

Life - Health - Auto - Home - Farm & Business

Your Heating & Cooling Specialist!

• Offering quality customer service • Knowledge, training & expertise in designing & installing the right Dave Norris, Owner system for your home or business.

New Waterford, Ohio 44445

330-457-2562

Our Thermostat is ALWAYS set on QUALITY!

Ohio License #23635

21 YEARS

“Everything from cans to cars” 505 Maple St. East End East Liverpool, OH

330-385-1452

We now sell auto parts at our Newell Location

304-459-3291

18 YEARS

Advanced Floor Coating 1915 Cider Mill Rd. Salem, Ohio

330-222-2492 Cell: 330-620-3992 1-800-288-9589

www.advancedfloorcoatings.biz

15 YEARS

Cline’s Hillcrest Storage Owner: Mark Cline

1127-1/2 Esther Ave. Wellsville, Ohio

330-532-1157

6 YEARS

Bill Willie’s Cook Shack GOOD HOMESTYLE COOKING t Out Our Soups Made By Our “Soup Queen” West End of Washingtonville Plaza

Washingtonville, Ohio

330-427-9905

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Due toYour Support,They’reTried &True!

5 YEARS

Donna’s Bicycle Shop

Sales • Service • Rentals Accessories 446 W. Maple St.•Lisbon, OH

By Greenway Trail Near 0 Mi.

330-420-3664

5 YEARS Gibby’s Mini Mart 1800 Clark Ave. Wellsville, Ohio

330-532-2131

3 YEARS

Homemade Pastries, Cakes, Pies & Bread

330-482-9955

Columbiana Plaza - S. Main St. Columbiana, Ohio Mon.- Fri.: 6AM - 6PM; Sat.: 6AM-4PM; Sun.: 8AM - 2PM

1 YEARS

1 YEARS

Jim’s Tires

OWNER: Jim Schafer LOCATED: 38551 St. Rt. 39 Salineville, Ohio

330-679-0450 Cell: 330-429-9569 Ph.:

Bristol’s Tire Barn Quality Used Tires

• Mounting • Balancing

350 E. State St. Alliance, Ohio

330-829-7177

time tested... www.hogansbakingco.com

These businesses have stood the test of time, and are still providing quality products and services to Columbiana County residents!

BEST PRICES IN TOWN! M on -Fri7:30am -5:00pm Sat.8:00am -2:00pm

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Celebrating O ver93 YearsIn Business!

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BANKRUPTCY

DOCTORS DOCTORS ONCALL CALL ON

Ciotola Law Offices

330-424-3311 or 330-332-9499 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

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Family Practice ~ Occupational Medicine Drug & Alcohol Testing

*Board Certified Specialist, Consumer Bankruptcy Law, American Board of Certification.

We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy under the bankruptcy code.

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Worker’s Compensation - OH, WV, PA Medicare, Medicaid & Most Insurances

List your items in the Classifieds for FREE! All items in ad cannot total more than $100. Runs 5 days. Must be mailed/faxed or brought to the office. Cannot have more than one freebie per customer running simultaneously.

332 West Sixth St. East Liverpool, Ohio 43920

Open 8:00 AM

Same Day & Evening Appointments

330-386-6339

Atmosphere & Hospitality with the highest quality in dining and service!

CALL 424-9541

Welcome to real Mexican Food

Stocking Parts For Your...

ATV, UTV, DIRT BIKE, MOTORCYCLE. Mexican Grill

15765 State Route 170 • East Liverpool, Ohio

Phone: 330-386-4884

9939 STATE ROUTE 9 HANOVERTON, OHIO

Please visit our web page: www.elpasomexgrill.com

www.snyderpowersports.com

CELEBRATING

THREE YEARS OF SERVING YOU!

K ERR-PASTO RE FUN ERALHO M E

“SINCE 2003” Standard & Cremation Services Available Owner: Jean Pastore

330-679-2327 36W estM a in St. Salineville, Ohio

Community Action Agency of Columbiana County, Inc.

Head Start Pre-School Program

Enrolling Now!!

Step Up to Quality Award Winning Centers Accepting applications for the 2011/2012 School Year

Bargain G rocery & Variety LLC 912 E. Lincoln Way • Minerva

330-868-6644

Celebrating the Opening of our

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BREAD SHOPPE Why pay more?

Stop by and check out our great selection!

SAVINGS EVERYDAY

East Liverpool East Palestine Lisbon Rogers

Salem Salineville United Wellsville

We offer services to children from age three to kindergarten eligible including typically developing children and children with disabilities.

Degreed Teachers Nutritious Meals

ON DISCOUNT GROCERIES!

SANDWICHES CREATE YOUR OWN OR TRY ONE OF OUR FAVORITES!

Limited number of openings available at the following locations:

Limited Transportation

Research Based Curriculum Health Services Family Focused

For more information or to have an application sent to you call (330) 424-7221 and ask for a Family Advocate

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To improve educational outcomes and well being of children and strengthen the families we serve.

ION AUTO EDIT

U.S. auto sales up in June, but Japan still hurting DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Auto Writers

DETROIT (AP) Gas prices hit a sweet spot for automakers last month. They fell far enough to spur pickup truck sales, yet remained so high that small cars sold well, sometimes just hours after reaching dealers’ lots.

That made June a good month for General Motors and Ford, which have traditionally relied on truck sales and now have strong line-ups of smaller, fuel-efficient models as well.

Toyota and Honda couldn’t take advantage, however. Their sales plummet more than 20 percent each as they ran short of cars because of the ongoing problems from the March earthquake in Japan.

Those declines and the continuing weakness in the U.S. economy meant sales grew more slowly in June than they might have. U.S. sales rose 7 percent to 1.05 million. Analysts had expected a double-digit gain.

Sales aren’t expected to pick back up until fall, when Japanese production is at full capacity. “Some consumers have decided to sit on their hands and delay their purchases,” said Don Johnson, GM’s vice president of U.S. sales. General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. both said their sales rose 10 percent. And the Chevrolet Cruze small car vaulted past perennial bestsellers like the Toyota Camry and the Honda Civic to become the best-selling car in America.

Chrysler Group’s sales increased 30 percent thanks to popular new products like the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Chrysler 200 sedan.

Gas prices averaged $3.68 per gallon in June, cheaper than in May but hardly inexpensive.

It was enough to change some buyers’ behaviors. “There is a certain portion of consumers that react to gas prices almost on a daily basis, and they decide what to buy based on those prices,” said Jesse Toprak, vice president of industry trends and insights for car pricing site TrueCar.com. The drop in gas prices lured more pickup truck buyers. Chrysler reported a 35percent increase in Ram truck sales, while Chevrolet Silverado sales rose 5 percent. Any jump in pickup sales helps the Detroit automakers, which sell more than five times as many pickups as foreign-based brands. But even Nissan Motor Co. benefited. Sales of its Frontier small pickup rose 51 percent.

But automakers could have sold more small cars without the supply disruptions in Japan.

Sales of the Toyota Prius hybrid fell 61 percent to 4,340, their lowest level in seven years, according to TrueCar.com, while Honda Civic sales were down 35 percent. U.S. automakers sold as many small cars as they could make, but they couldn’t meet the demand for small cars alone. The industry began June with a 30-day supply of compact and subcompact cars, and inventory has only gotten tighter, Ford’s top U.S. sales analyst George Pipas said. Chevrolet has only 18 days’ worth of the subcompact Aveo to sell. Some new Ford Focus small cars sold within hours of arriving at dealerships. A 60-day supply is more typical.

Toyota said it expects to deliver 36,000 Prius hybrids to U.S. dealers this summer and eventually top last year’s sales. Don Esmond, Toyota’s senior vice president for automotive operations, said the company expects production in Japan to be back to normal levels by the end of this month, while North American production will be back to 100 percent in September. But concerns about the weak economy are hanging over the industry. Unemployment remains high, incomes are flat and consumer confidence an important measure of whether or not cars will sell slipped to a seven-month low in June.

Some analysts are already lowering their expectations for the year. Don Johnson, GM’s vice president of U.S. sales, said he now expects total industry sales to be at the low a range of 13 million to 13.5 million vehicles. J.D. Power and Associates lowered its full-year sales forecast slightly to 12.9 million. “Things aren’t quite as healthy in the current environment as expected earlier this year,” said Jeff Schuster, J.D. Power’s executive director of global forecasting. The rate of auto sales has slowed considerably since before the Japan earthquake.

Automakers began 2011 on track to sell more than 13 million cars and trucks this year. But if sales remain at the pace seen in June, annual sales would instead be 11.5 million. As recently Ford said even pickup buyers had their eye on gas prices. More than half of F-150 buyers as 2005 annual sales were approaching 17 million. chose smaller V-6 engines over V-8s. It was the first time smaller engines outsold larger ones since the 1980s.

Still, there are reasons to believe that demand is there. Ford said the average age of a car on the road has risen to a record 11 years, and many of those cars will need to be replaced soon.

Small cars also remained hot sellers. Sales of the Cruze more than doubled those of the car Once Honda and Toyota are back in the game, they will also have to offer plenty of deals to it replaced, the Chevrolet Cobalt, while sales of the Ford Fiesta subcompact were up 438 per- win back customers who have been shopping competitors like Hyundai and Nissan, said Jack cent from last June.

Nerad, editorial director of Kelley Blue Book. That will help get buyers back into showrooms.

BOWSER SEZ:

July Used Savings Going On Now! 2011 K ia Forte

2010 Volksw a g en Jetta

Low M iles,4 cyl,Au tom a tic, 5 D oorH a tch ba ck,8K M iles.

Au tom a tic,Pow er W in d ow s/Locks.

#4 1111.

W as $20,451

N ow $18,951

2007 N issa n Altim a 3.5 SL

#4 1114 .

W as $18,951

N a vig a tion ,M oon Roof, H ea ted S ea ts.

W as $20,850

N ow $18,451

2008 Hyu n d a iTibu ron SE

G LS,AW D, Au tom a tic.

N ow $13,451

2009 K ia B orreg o EX

V6,4 x4 ,Th ird Row ,Lea th er, AllCh rom ed u p! 9K M iles.

#4 1105 .

W as $25,951

N ow $24,951

W as $30,951

2009 Ch evroletSilvera d o

Au tom a tic,4 .8L V8,4 x4 , Crew Ca b LT.

W as $29,951

#12115 A.SE,Au tom a tic, B ou g h tH ere Serviced H ere.

#11603A.EX,Roof, M a n u a lTra n sm ission .

W as $16,951

N ow $14,951

2011 K ia S ed on a

#4 1103.

N ow $23,451

2009 Ch evroletCoba lt

W as $12,951

W as $14,951

N ow $12,951

LT,4 x4 ,M oon Roof,N ew Tires.

#114 06A.

N ow $12,451

N ow $28,951

W as $30,951

Cloth ,Au tom a tic,Pow er W in d ow s/Locks.

G LS,AW D, Au tom a tic.

#4 1117.

N ow $29,951

#4 1113.

W as $23,640

W as $21,451

N ow $18,951

N ow $20,951

2005 N issa n Altim a 3.5 SE

Pow erW in d ow s/Locks,Au tom a tic, Priced to G o!!!

#115 12A.

W as $14,951

2008 H YUN DAISAN TA FE

M a n u a lTra n sm ission ,AW D, Lea th er,31M PG ,2K M iles.

N ow $11,451

2011 Toyota Ca m ry

LT,Au tom a tic,G rea tFu el Econ om y,Pw r.EQ .

#4 1107.

W as $30,951

N ow $8,951

W as $9,951

2008 Ch evroletAva la n ch e

2011 M in iCou n trym an S ALL4

Pow erW in d ow s/Lock,Ca pta in sCh a irs, Rea d y forVa ca tion .

W as $24,451

W as $16,451

AC/Ra d io/H a tch ba ck.

#12114 A.

#115 01.

N ow $26,451

2005 HO N DA ACCO RD

2009 H yu n d a iAccen t

4 .2L V8,Lea th er,M oon Roof.

#4 0127.

N ow $19,951

1996 M erced es-B en z S 4 20

#115 33A.

N ow $27,951

2009 H YUN DAIELAN TRA

#115 34 A.6 Speed M a n u a lTra n sm ission ,Alloy W h eels,Lea th er,Priced to M ove,4 0,04 4 M iles.

W as $14,451

N ow $17,951

#115 23A.

W as $22,451

Low M iles,5 .3L V8,4 x4 , Lea th er,Ch rom e.

#4 014 2.

2009 H YUN DAISAN TA FE

#115 4 7A.

2010 Ch evroletSilvera d o

N ow $12,451

2009 N ISSAN XTERRA

4 x4 ,O ff Roa d Pkg .,Au tom a tic,Rockford Fosg a te SeriesRa d io.

#4 1118.

W as $25,951

N ow $23,951

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CLY D E B RITTAIN

FOUR GENERATIONS STRONG Celeb ratin g 86years

TO M B RITTAIN

1925-2011

2011 EQ UIN O X

N EW

on th + Tax 255 PerM

$

OR

0.9% FOR 72 MOS.

N EW

#N 5076.Convertible.

on th + Tax 189 PerM

$

N EW

P.Seat,P.W .,P.L.,Cru ise, #N 5116.

FF 4,570 OSticker

$

O ver

on th + Tax 287 PerM

N EW

Rated 42 H W Y M PG. #N 5087.

$

19,09503

on th + Tax 325 PerM

$

2011 CRUZE

N EW $

LS,P.W .,P.L.,Air. #N 5071.

16,95983

2011 SILVERADO 4X4

ExtCab,LTZ,Leather. #N 5043.

#N 5065

Lease for

2011 CRUZE ECO

N EW

Cru ise,Air,CD. #N 5119.

N EW

$

2011 SILVERADO 4X4

N EW

2011 TRAVERSE

#N 5044

Lease for

2011 IM PALA

2011 SILVERADO

Lon g Bed,Au to. #N 5084.

2011 SILVERADO

N EW

#N 5032

Lease for

31,68931

N EW

LS,P.W .,P.L.,Cru ise. #N 5092.

on th + Tax 169 PerM

$

2011 M ALIB U

N EW

N EW

2011 CAM ARO

$

#1 BE S TN E W CAR S AL E S ,#1 BE S TUS E D CAR S AL E S , #1 BE S TS E RVICE ,#1 BE S TAUTO BOD Y

2011 M ALIB U

$

Lease for

2011 AVALAN CHE4X4

N EW 4,000 REBATE

#N 5110

COM E S E E W H Y W E ’VE BE E N VOTE D

BY TH E RE AD E RS OF M ORN IN G JOURN AL :

CO RY B RITTAIN

2011 CRUZE

N EW

#N 5086

Lease for

#1

Same family, same location, same business.

PAU L B RITTAIN

W hen M r.ClydeBritta in w en tin tobu sin essin 1925,hek n ew tha t cu stom erservicea n d sa tisfa ction w a shistop priority.K eepin g the cu tom erha ppym ea n ttheyw ou ld k eep com in g ba ck .In 1962,hisson Pa u l Britta in took overa n d con tin u ed on w ithhisfa ther’sidea s.Sin ce1985,his son ,Tom Britta in ,the3rd gen era tion ru n sBritta in M otors.A lthou ghtim es ha vecha n ged,Tom stillbelievesw ha thisgra n dfa thersta rted...theca r bu yin g experien ceshou ld beplea sa n t-n ohighpressu re,w ithgood servicea fterthesa le.Tom ha stw oson s-Tom a n d Coryw how illbethe fou rthgen era tion ofBritta in s.Tom ’sw ifeNa n cyisa lsoa n im porta n tpa rtof thedea lership,ha vin g w ork ed in theofficefor18yea rs.Bychoosin g Britta in M otors,you rvehiclegetsthetrea tm en titn eedsfrom thepeople w hok n ow itbest!O u rtechn itia n sa llha veGM CERTIFICA TIO N,m a n yyea rs experien ce,a n d theequ ipm en ta n d pa rtstok eep you rca rortru ck ru n n in g in top con dition .Getthe“experttou ch”from thepeoplew ho ha vebeen servicin g vehicleform a n yyea rs.W ek n ow w ha titta k es.

2011 SILVERADO 4X4

N EW

3500,D iesel,Crew Cab,D u ally. #N 5145.

FF JUST IN 19,79881 $18,22178 $22,31912 O ver$6,920OSticker Honored for 2010 Mark of Excellence for Unsurpassed Performance and Customer Satisfaction

$

2011 SUB URB AN 4 X4

2010 TRAVERSE AW D

Leather,DVD, 15,000 M iles, #3246.

SAVE THOUSANDS OVER NEW

P.W .,P.L., Cru ise,Air,CD. #3201.

Only 17,000 Miles.

2009 SILVERADO 4 X4

9,850

2008 TRAILB LAZER 4 X4

2008 DO DG E AVEN G ER

4 D r.,P.W ., P.L.,Cru ise.

2 In Stock

$

13,950 2006 TO RREN T

P.W .,P.L., Cru ise,Air. #3163. $

14,950 2003 LESAB RE

DIESEL

2007 SIERRA 4 X4

13,900

DIESEL

2008 PO N TIAC G 6

$

14,250

2007 N ISSAN VERSA

23,950

JUST IN

2 In Stock

2005 SILVERADO 4 X4

2005 SILVERADO 4 X4

DIESEL

$

$

3,850

$

13,850

2005 M O N TAN A VAN

2006 EN VO Y 4 X4

Su n roof,P.W ., P.L.,Cru ise. #N 4875A. $

15,450 2004 SILVERADO

1/2 Ton ,Lon g Bed,Au to. #N 4981A.

P.W .,P.L.,Ju st In .#N 5078A.

ExtCab,P.W ., P.L.

13,350

SOLD

2 In Stock

$

2002 CEN TURY

4 D r.,V6,P.W ., P.L.#N 4872B.

P.Seat, Spoiler,N ice. #N 5048A.

2006 SILVERADO 4 X4

1/2 Ton ,Crew Cab,P.W .

3/4 Ton ,Crew Cab,N ice. #N 5036B.

2007 IM PALA LT

4 D r.,P.W ., P.L.,29,000 M iles.#3248.

P.W .,P.L.,Air. #N 5090A.

$

2008 SILVERADO 4 X4

3/4 Ton ,Crew , P.W .,P.L. #N 4909A.

Crew Cab,V8, P.W .,P.L. #N 4731A.

Leather,P.W ., P.L.,76,000 M iles.#4778CC.

7,450

2008 IM PALA LT

28,850

P.W .,P.L., Cru ise,CD. #N 4837A.

2008 SIERRA 4 X4

12,850

2007 SILVERADO

$

$

16,950

3/4 Ton ,Crew , 40,000 M iles. #N 8030A.

1/2 Ton ,Lon g Bed,V8. #N 5006A.

28,950

2008 EQ UIN O X AW D

$

2009 SILVERADO 4 X4

Crew Cab,P.W ., P.L.,Cru ise. #3249.

P.W .,P.L., Cru ise,Air. #N 4664B.

SX,P.W .,P.L., Cru ise. #N 5089B. $

2009 SILVERADO 4 X4

Ext.Cab,LTZ, Leather. #N 4939A. $

16,450

2008 AVEO

$

27,950

$

O n ly 9,600 M iles. #N 5125A.

3/4 Ton ,Ext, 22,000 M iles. #N 4943A. $

2010 PO N TIAC VIB E

P.W .,P.L., Cru ise,Air, 14,000 M iles. #3135.

2002 G RAN D PRIX

P.W .,P.L., Cru ise,Air. #N 4164A. $

6,995

1999 DAK O TA 4 X4

1998 VEN TURE VAN

O n ly 69,000 M iles. #N 5000B. $

8,950

P.W .,P.L., Cru ise. #N 4969B. $

3,850

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RANGER D R O F 1 1 0 2

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BUY $ $$ FOR 15,680 15,680

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New

12,985

N G E A R R D R O F 1 4X4 SUPERC 1 0 2 AB

• XLT Trim • Power Windows & Locks • Step Bars Stk.# 73853 MSRP.............................................$27,175 Donnell Disc......................................$500 Factory Rebate...............................$4,500 Trade In Assist (Must Trade Vehicle).......$1,000

AA MINIMUM MINIMUM OF OF

$6,000 $6,000 OFF OFF

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0% For 60 Months Available 2008 FORD ESCAPE

#P781. 4L, V6, 5 Speed, Auto. $

20,993

$

284/Mo*

15,993

2008 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW

25,995

$

369/Mo*

20,995

19,995

269/Mo*

12,995

$

278/Mo*

12,995

12,495

2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO

187/Mo*

$

187/Mo*

19,995

$

198/Mo*

312/Mo*

12,995

19,495

$

305/Mo*

13,993

$

5,993

199/Mo*

14,993

#83537A. 6 Cyl, Automatic.

6,993

$

165/Mo*

$

236/Mo*

129/Mo*

#18642. 4 Door Extended Cab Long Bed

15,993

136/Mo*

2008 FORD ESCAPE

229/Mo*

#21339A. 2 Door Coupe $

10,993

$

159/Mo*

2008 MERCURY MOUNTANEER

#P800. 4 Door SUV

18,995

$

2007 PONTIAC G5

$

$

114/Mo*

$

#70697A. 3L, V6, Automatic.

8,495

$

2007 FORD RANGER

$

$

314/Mo*

$

2003 FORD ESCAPE

#11077B.

$

187/Mo*

$

2003 NISSAN 350Z

#P793. 4 Door Sedan

$

$

$

2005 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY

2000 FORD RANGER

Donnell Salem $

21,993

#P791. 3.8L, V6, 4 Speed, Auto.

#P798. 8 Cyl., 4.6L, Automatic.

11,495

#P774. 8 Cyl., 5.3L, Automatic. $

#14776B. V6, 3.0L, Automatic. $

$

335/Mo*

$

2007 FORD F-150

2008 MERCURY MILAN

#75435A. 8 Cyl., 5.3L, Automatic.

$

$

2007 BUICK LUCERNE

#53018A. $

#P802. 3L, V6, 4 Speed Automatic. $

24,995

2004 FORD T-BIRD

2005 FORD ESCAPE

#P800. 3L, V6, 4 Speed Automatic.

19,527

299/Mo*

299/Mo*

2008 CHEVY SILVERADO

#68075A. 4 Cylinder, Automatic CVT $

#96082A. 4 Door Sedan $

#P743. $

2008 FORD ESCAPE

$

$

$

2007 CHEVY IMPALA

2006 KIA SEDONA

#55289B. 2.4L, 5 Speed Automatic. $

20,995

#53484. 3.5L, V6, 7 Speed Automatic. $

2010 HONDA ACCORD

$

229/Mo*

2010 SUBARU LEGACY

#P803. Crew Cab, King Ranch. $

2006 MERCEDES R350

#58144A. 8 Cyl., 5.4L, Automatic. $

$

(In Lieu of Rebate)

2006 FORD F-150

#P796. 3L, V6, 4 Speed Automatic. $

Stk.# IFBPA76162

MSRP.............................................$21,680 Donnell Disc......................................$500 Factory Rebate...............................$4,500 Trade In Assist (Must Trade Vehicle). . . . . . .$1,000

MSRP.............................................$18,985 Donnell Disc...................................$1,500 Factory Rebate...............................$3,500 Trade In Assist (Must Trade Vehicle). . . . . . .$1,000

2010 FORD EXPLORER

AVAILABLE

#P807. 4L, V6, 5 Speed Automatic.

$

269/Mo*

$

20,993

$

299/Mo*

*Payments with 20% down plus tax and title. 2010 - ‘09, 72 mos. @ 5.95; ‘06 - ‘08, 72 mos. @ 7.9%; ‘03 - ‘05, 66 mos. @ 8.9%; ‘03 and older, 48 mos. @ 10.9% with approved credit.

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