Sales workshop set

Sales workshop set

youngstown

Triumph Consulting Services will host a sales workshop for business owners and salespeople Friday from 8 a.m. to noon at ITT Technical Institute, 1030 N. Meridian Road. The seminar will help attendees learn how to discern and prepare for buying objections, teach effective cold-calling techniques and provide tips on how to best use social media.

The seminar costs $50 per person. For information, call 330-717-2241.

Trainer certification

Poland

NTENSE Workout and NETA, a nonprofit fitness professional association, will sponsor a two-day personal- trainer certification course at NTENSE Workout, 1300 Boardman-Poland Road, on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Nov. 21 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The workshop will cover communication skills, exercise programming and health assessments as well as demonstrations and practical application of one-on-one training and an exercise-science review.

To register, call 800-237-6242 or visit www.netafit.org. Registration includes a written exam and a two-year NETA personal trainer certificate.

Group gets $5K grant

mcdonald

The McDonald Community Chest, a nonprofit organization that issues food vouchers to local residents, was recently granted $5,000 from the Home Savings Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Youngstown’s Home Savings & Loan bank.

The McDonald Community Chest is also affiliated with the Trumbull County Community Foundation and the Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio, which will help fulfill the fiduciary responsibilities associated with grants and donations to the organization. The group also works with village officials, church organizations and school representatives to provide assistance in extreme emergency situations.

Creates website

boardman

Farris Marketing was recently selected by John Krizay Inc. of Salem to create the company’s first website. John Krizay Inc., founded in 1969, supplies custom- fabricated fused quartz and alumina cores to the aerospace, defense, fiber-optics and power production industries. Farris created a new logo for the company and designed and provided content for its new website.

Four-tier system

youngstown

Mahoning Valley Young Professionals has redeveloped its membership structure into a four-tier system. Members can choose a free social membership, a $25 silver membership, a $65 gold membership or a $175 lifetime platinum membership. Paid memberships will receive a pin, a benefit card, a certificate and a free coupon to bring a guest to the group’s monthly mixer. Each tier also has its own benefits package, which can be viewed at www.mvp2030club.org. For more information, e-mail membership@mvp2030club.org.

Vindicator staff reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .62, 21.34 —.48

Avalon Holdings,2.85—.01

Clear Channel, 1.75 58.11 —.43

Cortland Bancorp, 5.25.00

Delphi Automotive, .02 .00

Farmers Nat., .12, 3.70 .00

First Energy, 2.20, 35.37—.33

FirstMerit Corp., .64,18.35 —.30

First Niles Financial, .32,6.75.00

First Place Fin., 2.44—.09

FNB Corp., .48,9.07—.12

General Electric, .48,16.25—.10

Motors Liquidation, .22.02

Huntington Bank, .04, 5.90—.26

JP Morgan Chase, .20,39.61—.41

Key Corp, .04,8.02—.25

LaFarge, 15.00 —.37

Macy’s, .20, 25.06.14

Parker Hannifin, 1.08, 79.39—1.92

PNC, .40,56.64—1.17

RTI Intl. Metals,28.54—.46

Rural/Metro, 10.33 —.38

Simon Prop. Grp.,2.40,100.40—.26

Stoneridge 12.71 —.07

United Community Fin. 1.36.06

Selected prices at 4 p.m. Friday. Provided by Stifel Nicolaus. Not to be construed as an offer or recommendation to buy or sell any security.