Thursday, April 24, 2008
REGION
Special Needs Expo planned at Chevy Centre
YOUNGSTOWN — Miracles Unlimited will present a Special Needs Expo from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Chevrolet Centre. Included will be businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations that assist parents, educators and caregivers of children with handicaps or disabilities. Various seminars will be provided.
Attendees and their families can participate in activities designed by Challenger Baseball, North East Martial Arts, Special Olympics, Girl Scouts, Wood Carvers and the Men’s Garden Club. There is no charge for admission.
Timberlanes in Salem goes into receivership
SALEM — Timberlanes has gone into receivership, according to an order signed earlier this week by Judge David Tobin of Columbiana County Common Pleas Court.
Ciena Capital Funding, a New York mortgage bank, had filed the action against the restaurant and hotel at 544 E. Pershing St.
Crescent Hotels and Resorts of Fairfax, Va., will run the operation while the courts decide the fate of the facility.
Atty. Frederic Naragon, who represents Timberlanes, did not return calls to comment.
NATION
Toyota tops sales in global market
DETROIT — Toyota took the global sales lead from General Motors in the first quarter, capitalizing on growth in China and Europe as GM saw its North American sales drag down gains in other markets.
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it sold 2.41 million vehicles in the January-March period, compared with General Motors Corp.’s 2.25 million, prompting one industry analyst to predict that 2008 would be the year Toyota unseats GM in global sales.
Vindicator staff/wire reports