Kiwanis Club’s annual fundraiser

Kiwanis Club’s annual fundraiser

canfield

The Kiwanis Club of Western Mahoning County will have its annual fundraiser at the 4th of July Parade in Canfield, where it will sell sausage sandwiches, barbecued beef sandwiches and refreshments.

The Kiwanis Club meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at A La Cart Catering, 429 Lisbon St. in Canfield.

It invites guests and new members to attend meetings.

Grace Woods opens new building

niles

Grace Woods Senior Living LLC announced Monday that it opened a new assisted-living building at 730 Youngstown-Warren Road in Niles for young and middle-age adults.

Grace Woods added 13 dormitory-style units geared toward people age 35 to 55 who “require assistance with activities of daily living,” according to a news release.

Along with its Youngstown-Warren Road facilities, Grace Woods has a location at 1166 Benton Road in Salem for senior citizens.

To learn more about Grace Woods Senior Living, visit its website at gracewoodsseniorliving.net, call 330-652-4177 (Niles), 330-332-1104 (Salem), or email info@gracewoodsseniorliving.net.

Free meals for military members

youngstown

TravelCenters of America LLC, which operates TA and Petro Shopping Centers, will give complimentary meals to all active-duty military, veterans and reservists July 4.

The TA location is at state Route 46 and I-80 in Youngstown. Petro is located at I-80 exit 226 for Salt Springs Road in Girard.

Proof of service in the form of a U.S. Uniforms Services ID card, retired ID card, current Leave and Learning statement, Veterans Organization Card, photograph in uniform, DD214, or citation or commendation must be provided before the meal in order to receive the complimentary meal. The meal can have a value of up to $15.

TravelCenters for America also will host a charity drive for the National Military Family Associations’s Operation Purple from June 30 to July 1.

Kroger board OKs $500M buyback

CINCINNATI

Kroger’s board has approved a $500 million stock buyback, the supermarket chain announced on the day of its annual shareholder meeting in Cincinnati.

The buyback replaces a previous approval that had been used up. The company said it bought back 25.7 million shares for $1.1 billion in its fiscal first quarter. It doesn’t expect to make any more significant purchases the rest of the year but said actual purchases will depend on market conditions.

The Cincinnati company said it returned more than $1.9 billion to stockholders through buybacks and dividends over the past four quarters. It has returned about $11 billion to stockholders through share repurchases since January 2000.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .61, 25.44 —.06

Avalon Holdings,4.41.29

Clear Channel, .61 23.42 —.39

Cortland Bancorp, 12.25.00

Farmers Nat., .127.74 —.03

First Energy, 2.20, 34.19—.20

FirstMerit Corp., .64,19.48 —.12

First Niles Financial, .32,9.00—.25

FNB Corp., .48,12.72.00

General Motors,36.91—.18

General Electric, .76,26.27—.16

Huntington Bank, .20, 9.58.01

JP Morgan Chase, 1.52,57.35—.18

Key Corp, .22,14.33.02

LaFarge, 21.20 .12

Macy’s, 1.00, 58.06.05

Parker Hannifin, 1.80, 125.66—.26

PNC, 1.76,88.58—.16

RTI Intl. Metals,26.12—.18

Simon Prop. Grp.,4.60,165.68—.36

Stoneridge 10.56 .17

Talmer Bank, 13.62—.01

United Community Fin. 4.07.02

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