Green Energy Ohio plans site tours

Green Energy Ohio plans site tours

YOUNGSTOWN

The 2011 Green Energy Ohio Tour takes place Saturday and Sunday.

The free statewide event gives Ohioans the chance to visit and talk with owners living and working with clean- energy technologies.

Ohioans can visit one of 261 open-house sites in 51 counties that use solar, wind, biomass, green design and other energy-saving technologies.

Participating homes in Mahoning County can be found in Poland, New Springfield, New Middletown, Canfield and Youngstown.

In Trumbull County, there are two locations in Farmdale.

To find specific addresses and open-house hours, visit www.greenenergyohio.org.

McDonald’s to offer free parking

YOUNGSTOWN

McDonald’s, in honor of the return of the Monopoly game, will offer free parking from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the parking lot next to Youngstown City Hall.

Free parking, for those who haven’t played the popular McDonald’s game, is the name of a space on the Monopoly game board.

This year’s Monopoly game will give customers the chance to play for $1 million among other prizes. The contest runs from Tuesday to Oct. 24.

Programs focus on job-searching

CANFIELD

The Ursuline Center will host a series of programs designed to help those who are either unemployed or underemployed in the Mahoning Valley.

“Hope Works of the Mahoning Valley” will consist of seven weekly sessions, all in the Prato Hall Auditorium at the center on Shields Road. The programs will be Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. beginning this week. Topics will include “Your Successful Job Search,” “Fine- Tuning Your Cover Letter, R sum and Skill Set” and “Practice Interviews with Feedback.”

For more information or to register, call Eileen Novotny, 330-533-3831 or Terry Supancic, 330-219-6243.

Senator: OnStar invades privacy

ALBANY, N.Y.

The OnStar automobile communication service maintains its two-way connection with a customer even after the service is discontinued and reserves the right to sell data from that connection.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York calls that a blatant invasion of privacy and is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate.

But the General Motors Co. OnStar service says customers are thoroughly informed of the new practice. If a customer says he or she doesn’t want to have data collected after service is ended, OnStar disconnects the tracking.

And although OnStar reserves the right to share or sell data on customers’ speed, location, use of seat belts and other practices, a spokeswoman says it hasn’t done so and doesn’t plan to.

Staff/wire reports