Permit for protest

Permit for protest

YOUNGSTOWN

Occupy Youngstown, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which protests corporate greed, has a permit in place for its rally that begins at noon today.

The demonstration, which could draw anywhere from 50 to 300 participants, according to a group spokesman, will take place at the corner of Market and Federal streets downtown.

300,000th Cruze

LORDSTOWN

The General Motors Co. Lordstown plant produced its 300,000th Cruze this week, said Tom Mock, plant spokesman.

GM sold more than 20,000 units for five-straight months earlier this year and has sold 212,019 units since the car’s inception in September 2010.

Honored for safety

COLUMBUS

Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Administrator and CEO Stephen Buehrer was in Northeast Ohio on Friday to spread the message of safety.

One of his stops was Lordstown Seating Systems, a division of Magna Seating, which supplies seating systems for the Lordstown-built Chevrolet Cruze.

“Lordstown Seating Systems stands out because of their proactive efforts to keep their work force safe so they can produce a quality product with the greatest possible amount of productivity and profitability,” Buehrer said in a statement.

Business has classes for young children

BOARDMAN

Rachel Cairns has opened a new business on 7330 Southern Blvd. that caters to small children.

All the Little Birds offers four class styles for those up to age 5. The classes introduce children to music, instrument play, sensory activities and American Sign Language.

All the Little Birds offers day, evening and weekend classes in six-week intervals. The cost is $40 for each six-week session.

Cairns graduated from Youngstown State University with a degree in psychology. She worked as therapeutic- staff member for children with special needs and behavioral difficulties before becoming staff-development coordinator.

For more information, call 330-881-8781, or visit www.allthelittlebirds.com.

Airport costs to drop

PITTSBURGH

The Allegheny County Airport Authority said costs at Pittsburgh International Airport and Allegheny County Airport will lessen beginning in 2012. Landing fees will be reduced by 2.84 percent, terminal lease rates will decrease by 3.49 percent, and ramp fees will decrease by 12.08 percent.

Though passengers probably won’t see a direct correlation in ticket prices, which are set by individual airlines, an authority spokesperson said it should help attract additional flights.

The airport also reported Friday that passenger traffic in August increased 2.2 percent, the 17th-straight month it has grown.

Year-to-date passenger totals are up 3.6 percent, or nearly 200,000 passengers.

Vindicator staff/wire reports