Gas prices fall

Gas prices fall

YOUNGSTOWN

Gas prices in the Mahoning Valley fell 4 cents to an average of $3.29 a gallon for regular-grade gasoline, according to AAA’s fuel-gauge report. A week ago, the average for a gallon of gas was $3.33. Ohio gas prices are moving even lower.

Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express puts the statewide average price for gasoline at $3.26 a gallon, down 11 cents from last week.

Gas remains more expensive at Ohio pumps than it was last year at this time, when regular was averaging $2.79 per gallon. Prices for gas have been following the ups and downs of oil prices, reflecting hot and cold reports about the U.S. economy. Demand for oil depends on the strength of the economy.

Funeral-home sale

YOUNGSTOWN

Lane Funeral Homes, one of the 100 oldest family-owned businesses in the country, has acquired Anstrom-Velker Funeral Home in Youngstown and plans to shift the home’s duties to a new location within the next two months.

Joseph D. Lane, president and CEO of Lane, a business that started in Mineral Ridge in 1855, said that within the next 60 days, the home will move to a new, to-be-determined location in Mahoning County.

Anstrom-Velker, 75 E. Midlothian Blvd., was established in 1970 by Bob Anstrom and was owned by brothers Doug and Greg Anstrom before the Lane purchase.

The brothers will continue managing the location, which will be renamed Lane Funeral Homes/Anstrom-Velker Chapel.

Real-estate seminar

BOARDMAN

Kathy Miller, a local broker and appraiser, will host a two-hour real-estate education seminar on how to successfully sell a Housing and Urban Development home.

The seminar will take place at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Associated Federal Title, 1040 South Commons.

Those interested should register by emailing miller-associates@cboss.com or by calling 330-550-5433.

Job-search skills

CANFIELD

The Ursuline Center is offering Hope Works of the Mahoning Valley, a program designed to help the unemployed and underemployed improve their r sum s, job interviewing skills, job-search strategies and networking abilities.

There is no cost to participate in the program, which connects area employers and other experts to offer advice for jobseekers in the degreed and nondegreed skill levels.

There will be three sessions: Employers’ Panel with Tips and Suggestions for Your Job Search, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at The Ursuline Center, 4280 Shields Road; Practice Interviews with Feedback from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Nov. 2 at The Ursuline Center; and Computer Skills for the Job Search: Basics & Beyond, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Mahoning County Career & Technical Center, 7300 N. Palmyra Road.

For more information and to register, call Eileen Novotny at 330-533-3831 or Terry Supancic at 330-219-6243. The Ursuline Center is operated by the Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown.

From staff reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .66, 22.21 .26

Avalon Holdings,2.207—.06

Clear Channel, .65 55.00 1.18

Cortland Bancorp, 7.35.00

Farmers Nat.4.21 —.25

First Energy, 2.20, 45.58—.28

FirstMerit Corp., .64,13.64 .54

First Niles Financial, .32,7.40.00

First Place Fin., .80—.02

FNB Corp., .48,10.10.17

General Motors,24.98.63

General Electric, .60,16.45.14

Motors Liquidation, .0422.00

Huntington Bank, .16, 5.17.27

JP Morgan Chase, 1.00,34.571.15

Key Corp, .12,7.17.22

LaFarge, 10.35 .37

Macy’s, .40, 31.121.28

Parker Hannifin, 1.48, 79.872.02

PNC, 1.40,54.98.92

RTI Intl. Metals,26.881.96

Simon Prop. Grp.,3.20,122.872.17

Stoneridge 7.41 .43

United Community Fin. 1.16—.02

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