VALLEY UPDATE Minimum wage to increase to $9.30 per hour in Ohio
Ohio’s minimum wage is scheduled to increase on Jan. 1 to $9.30 per hour for non-tipped employees and $4.65 per hour for tipped employees. The minimum wage will apply to employees of businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $342,000 per year. The current 2021 Ohio Minimum Wage is $8.80 per hour for non-tipped employees and $4.40 per hour for tipped employees. The 2021 Ohio minimum wage applies to employees of businesses with annual gross receipts of more than $319,000 per year. The Constitutional Amendment (II-34a) passed by Ohio voters on in November 2006 states Ohio’s minimum wage shall increase on Jan. 1 of each year by the rate of inflation. The state minimum wage is tied to the Consumer Price index (CPI-W) for urban wage earners and clerical workers for the 12-month period prior to September. This CPI-W index increased by 5.8 percent over the 12-month period from Sept. 1, 2020 to Aug. 31, 2021. The Constitutional Amendment is available online. For employees at smaller companies with annual gross receipts of $342,000 or less per year after Jan 1. 2022, and for 14- and 15-year-olds, the state minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. For these employees, the state wage is tied to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, which requires an act of Congress and the President’s signature to change.
Berlin Lake seeks public input on master plan
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is seeking community feedback regarding proposed changes to the Berlin Lake Master Plan and will hold a 30-day public comment period beginning Sept. 27 and closing Oct. 27. The master plan update, based on previously collected-community feedback, will affect the future management of recreational activities and natural resource use at Berlin Lake for the next 25 years. The revised 2021 Master Plan draft can be viewed at https://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/ Missions/Recreation/Lakes/Berlin-Lake/ Berlin-Lake-Master-Plan-Update/. The draft, comment cards and related documents are available at the Canfield Library. The documents can also be viewed at the Berlin Lake Ranger Station in Berlin Center. Comments can be submitted via email to LRP-BerlinComments@usace.army.mil or mailed to Berlin Lake, 7400 Bedell Road, Berlin Center, Ohio 44401.
YSU Lecture Series opens Oct. 7 with chef Michael Symon
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world-renowned celebrity chef, the top marketing guru at Netflix, the chief medical reporter for CNN and the long-awaited return of Bill Nye the Science Guy highlight the 2021-22 Youngstown State University Lecture Series. All lectures occur in Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown, and are free and open to the public. Tickets, however, are required and are available on a first-come, first-served basis, limited to four per person. The public can get tickets at the Stambaugh Auditorium Box Office or at www.stambaughauditorium.com. For more information, call 330-941-2136 or email jmleviseur@ysu.edu. The schedule: n Michael Symon, American chef, restaurateur, television personality and author. Symon is the author of five cookbooks, including The New York Times bestseller “Fix it with Food.” A native of Cleveland, he is the chef and owner of a number of restaurants in the greater Cleveland area, as well as Detroit and Atlantic City, and is credited with helping save the restaurant scene in downtown Cleveland. Symon is a regular on many Food Network shows and has also made numerous contributions to periodicals. Part of The Skeggs Lecture Series. 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 7. Tickets available now. n Bozoma Saint John, chief marketing officer at Netflix. Saint John has earned a formidable reputation as a trailblazing marketing and advertising executive and most recently served as CMO of Endeavor, a global leader in entertainment, sports and fashion. She previously was chief brand officer for Uber, head of Global Consumer Marketing for Apple Music and iTunes, BOZOMASAINTJOHN.COM head of the Music SAINT JOHN and Entertainment Marketing Group at Pepsi-Cola North America and vice president of marketing for Ashley Stewart, a women’s fashion brand. 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 20. Part of
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Michael Symon, American chef, restaurateur, television personality and author, will speak Thursday, Oct. 7 at Stambaugh Auditorium.
the Thomas Colloquium on Free Enterprise. Tickets available beginning Wednesday, Sept. 22. n Sanjay Gupta, chief medical correspondent for CNN. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, plays an integral role in reporting on health and medical news for all of CNN’s shows. His medical training and public health policy experience distinguishes his reporting from war zones and natural disasters, as well as on a range of CNN medical and scientific topics, including the GUPTKA Ebola outbreak, brain injury, disaster recovery, health care reform, fitness, military medicine and HIV/AIDS. 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 23. Part of the Centofanti Symposium and Skeggs Lecture Series. Tickets
are available beginning Tuesday, Feb. 8. n Bill Nye, science educator, engineer, comedian, television presenter, author and inventor. Nye was originally scheduled to speak in 2020, but the appearance was cancelled due to the pandemic. He returns two years later to continue in his mission to help foster a scientifically literate society and help people understand and BILL NYE appreciate the science that makes the world NYE work. Nye is the author of several books and the subject of the critically acclaimed documentary, “Bill Nye: Science Guy.” He currently stars in the Netflix series, “Bill Nye Saves the Planet.” 7 p.m., Thursday, April 28. Part of the Skeggs Lecture Series. Tickets available beginning Monday, March 14.
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