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Health & Wellness Expo at Covelli

YOUNGSTOWN

A Valley Health & Wellness Expo presented by the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber in partnership with Mercy Health, Southwoods Health and Steward Health Care System will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 3 and from 12 to 4 p.m. March 4 at the Covelli Centre.

The chamber expects to sell out of booth space to businesses that cover a vast range of health and wellness services. In addition, a staged area will feature demos and speakers throughout the event, and various screenings will be available.

Local vendors that cover a vast range of health and wellness services are still needed. For more information, contact Mary Beth Wyko at 330-744-2131, ext. 1212.

The Vindicator is a media partner for the expo.

New tattoo shop opens in Howland

HOWLAND

Pretty In Ink Tattoos LLC has opened a new business at 4248 North River Road NE and is accepting clients by appointment.

The owner, Emily Wills, is a graduate of Kent State University with an art history degree and has built up a local following for her tattoo designs.

Her location has ample parking, is next to a bakery and gym and has a nice outward appearance – thanks to Howland’s work with new paving, sidewalks, curbs and landscaping.

The studio is furnished so clients can relax and feel comfortable, and operator-client sanitation and protection are a foremost concern at Pretty In Ink Tattoos.

Business hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. To schedule an appointment, call 330-469-5017.

Gifts for seniors

LORDSTOWN

Hourly and salary employees at the General Motors Lordstown Complex worked together this year to fill the gift wish list for 180 area senior citizens at Home Instead Senior Care in Austintown.

Companies join fight over monuments

SALT LAKE CITY

Outdoor clothing giant Patagonia and other retailers have jumped into a legal and political battle over President Donald Trump’s plan to shrink two sprawling Utah national monuments, a fight that would scare off most companies but galvanizes customers of outdoor brands that value environmental activism.

Patagonia filed a lawsuit Wednesday evening over Trump’s announcement this week cutting Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent. The lawsuit, filed in conjunction with a rock-climbing advocacy group and other organizations, is among a flurry of lawsuits that have been filed over Trump’s move to reduce the size of Bears Ears and also cut the land protected in Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in half.

California-based Patagonia’s legal move followed a spat Tuesday with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who accused the company of lying when it replaced its usual home page with a black screen and stark message: “The President Stole Your Land.”

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Alcoa Inc., .1241.390.79

Aqua America, .71 38.180.35

Avalon Holdings,2.190.06

Chemical Bank, .2755.09-0.86

Community Health Sys.4.28 0.07

Cortland Bancorp, .2820.250.00

Farmers Nat., .1614.75-0.15

First Energy, 1.44 32.820.10

Fifth/Third, .5230.37-0.03

FirstMerit Corp.,--

First Niles Financial, .1211.000.00

FNB Corp., .4814.08-0.05

General Motors, 1.5242.00-0.02

General Electric, .9217.70-0.01

Huntington Bank, .28 14.850.14

iHeartMedia Inc.,0.750.05

JP Morgan Chase, 1.92105.931.31

Key Corp, .3419.890.15

LaFarge, .34--

Macy’s, 1.51 25.800.52

Parker Hannifin, 2.52 192.981.65

PNC, 2.20143.840.42

Simon Prop. Grp., 6.60162.240.17

Stoneridge 21.610.02

United Comm. Fin., .12 9.55-0.14

Selected prices from Friday’s 4 p.m. close.