Military mural

Military mural

AUSTINTOWN

Quaker Steak & Lube, 5800 Interstate Blvd., will have an unveiling of its 32-by-6-foot mural dedicated in memory of all veterans Monday at 3 p.m. The mural was designed by local and nationally known artist Ray Simon.

It will be a permanent fixture at the restaurant spanning the full wall of the enclosed outdoor Brickyard patio. The mural is being sponsored by Joseph D. Lane, CEO of Lane Family Funeral Homes. It is dedicated to all veterans who have served and in memory of his father, Joseph O. Lane, who was a decorated World War II veteran and recipient of a Purple Heart with cluster, Bronze Star and Silver Star.

Any veteran who would like to attend the unveiling is welcome.

Ribbon-cutting

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber and Shelley Murray, director of Institutional Advancement, will mark the opening of The Lewis School for Gifted and Learning Potential, 30 W. Front St., at noon Thursday.

The Lewis School is a private, nonprofit extension of Youngstown Christian School, designed to meet the needs of gifted and talented students in grades three through six for the 2014-15 school year, with plans to expand service to students in grades seven and eight in the years to follow.

Composting meeting scheduled Sept. 11

YOUNGSTOWN

Business leaders, eco- entrepreneurs, regulators and agricultural practitioners will gather from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at Fellows Riverside Gardens of Mill Creek MetroParks for a Commercial Composting Outlook meeting.

Sponsors of this final event of the 2014 Compost Campaign are targeting area landscapers, garden-center operators, food-service and grocery officials, crop and livestock farmers, solid- waste agency managers, solid-waste haulers and anyone interested in better use of organic materials.

Topics at the free public session will include: identifying and collecting materials; compost benefits to businesses, families and communities; complying with siting and regulations; finding suitable markets and exploring multiple aspects of profitability.

Yellen: Fed hesitant to increase rates

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo.

If anyone thought Janet Yellen might clarify her view of the U.S. job market in her speech here Friday, the Federal Reserve chairwoman had a message:

The picture is still hazy.

Though the unemployment rate has dropped steadily, Yellen suggested that other gauges of the job market have become harder to assess and may reflect persistent weakness.

These include many people jobless for more than six months, millions working part time who want full-time jobs and weak pay growth.

Yellen offered no clarity on the timing of the first interest-rate increase, which most economists still expect by mid-2015.

Vindicator staff/wire reports