Job fair planned

Job fair planned

Youngstown

One Step to Life Inc. will have a job fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Omnicare will be present to hire people for several positions in the home health-care area. The company, which provides pharmacy-related services to long-term care facilities, is hiring registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, state-tested nursing assistants and home health aides.

Manager Colleen Motton will speak with interested individuals, who should bring their r sum s and dress professionally.

One Step to Life Inc. is at 3610 Southern Blvd. For questions about the event, contact Glen Williams at 330-781-7150, or email onesteptolife@sbcglobal.net.

Dick’s opening

Boardman

Dick’s Sporting Goods formally celebrates the opening of its relocated store at 10 a.m. Sunday with several specials and giveaways.

The store officially opened Wednesday at its new location at 550 Boardman- Poland Road next to Shoe Carnival. It had been on Doral Drive next to Walmart.

The giveaways include a chance to win a $100 Dick’s Sporting Goods gift card and free Reebok T-shirts while supplies last. The Pittsburgh Pirates mascot, Pirate Parrot, will make an appearance from 1 to 4 p.m.

The Boardman store will have more than 50,000 square feet of space and include hands-on customer experiences, including a golf simulator, putting green, archery lane and bike-safety inspections.

Dick’s is the largest U.S.- based full-line sporting- goods retailer. This will be the company’s 39th Ohio store and 480th in the nation. The new store is expected to generate an additional 30 jobs.

Greece, markets upbeat on bond deal

ATHENS, Greece

Greek government officials and world markets appeared confident that a high number of private investors would participate in a major Greek debt-reduction deal as the deadline to do so passed Thursday night.

Participation in the landmark agreement ended as planned at 10 p.m. Thursday.

It is aimed at slashing the country’s national debt by $140 billion, with private bond holders accepting a face-value loss of 53.5 percent in exchange for new bonds with more-favorable repayment terms.

Initial results of participation in the exchange are due to be announced early today.

Average 30-year mortgage at 3.88%

WASHINGTON

Fixed-rate mortgages remain a bargain at the start of the spring-buying season: The average rate on the 30-year mortgage dipped this week, and the 15-year loan fell to a new record low.

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on the fixed 30-year loan ticked down to 3.88 percent, from 3.90 percent the previous week. That’s slightly above the 3.87 percent average rate hit three weeks ago, which was the lowest since long-term mortgages began in the 1950s.

The average rate on the 15-year fixed mortgage fell to 3.13 percent, from 3.17 percent a week ago.

Vindicator staff/wire reports