Keynote Media gets new clients

August 12, 2012 at 12:00a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

Keynote Media Group, a marketing firm based in downtown Youngstown, recently has been contracted by several new regional clients: Perigee Business Technologies, Iron City Wood Products Inc. and the Portage County Educational Service Center.

In addition to handling print design, website development and social-media integration, Keynote will direct all advertising and public-relations efforts for the companies.

Keynote also has been retained by radio station WYSU-FM 88.5 to increase brand identity across its increased signal area covering Northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania.

Residents seek home rule on ballot

NORTH LIMA

Beaver Township residents Julia Fuhrman Davis and Patti Gorcheff have filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the Ohio Supreme Court to compel the township trustees to accept their petitions to place home rule for the township on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Davis and Gorcheff sought Supreme Court intervention after the trustees rejected their home-rule petitions July 27.

The goal of home rule would be to allow residents to have more protections against the development of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a process in which sand, water and chemicals are pumped into shale at a high pressure to release the gas trapped within the rock thousands of feet underground.

Meeting to discuss health of livestock

CANFIELD

The Mahoning County chapter of the Ohio State University Extension will host a meeting from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Monday to discuss options for keeping livestock healthy and growing this winter after the drought.

Topics covered include alternative feeds, buying corn versus forages, pricing drought-stressed corn for silage and tax issues relating to selling livestock due to drought.

The session will be at the Mill Creek MetroParks Farm at 7574 Columbiana-Canfield Road in Canfield.

Beyond Expectations receives recognition

YOUNGSTOWN

Beyond Expectations Speech Therapy LLC in Boardman has been selected for the 2012 Best of Youngstown Award in the therapy centers category by the Youngstown Award Program, which is designed to honor local business achievements and accomplishments.

Each year, the Youngstown Award Program identifies companies that have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category.

These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and the community.

Vindicator staff reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .66, 25.68 .13

Avalon Holdings,3.99.21

Clear Channel, .73 66.26 —.95

Cortland Bancorp, 10.20.00

Farmers Nat., .125.50 —.16

First Energy, 2.20, 45.85.05

FirstMerit Corp., .64,15.69 —.16

First Niles Financial, .32,7.37.00

First Place Fin., .74.04

FNB Corp., .48,10.97—.03

General Motors,20.54—.11

General Electric, .68,21.10.04

Motors Liquidation, .0422.00

Huntington Bank, .16, 6.4450.0450

JP Morgan Chase, 1.20,36.97.05

Key Corp, .20,8.34.01

LaFarge, 11.62 —.10

Macy’s, .80, 38.00—.12

Parker Hannifin, 1.64, 83.471.35

PNC, 1.60,60.73—.04

RTI Intl. Metals,24.41—.34

Simon Prop. Grp.,4.20,157.70.65

Stoneridge 6.17 .18

United Community Fin. 3.06.12

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.