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Program may help unemployed

YOUNGSTOWN

Created by a partnership of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Treasury Department and the Department of Labor, the Making Home Affordable program may be able to help unemployment claimants and unemployed workers modify their mortgages and avoid foreclosure.

For information visit www.MakingHomeAffordable.gov or call 888-995-HOPE (4673).

OSHA offers new webinar

YOUNGSTOWN

The Ohio Manufacturers’ Association will have a new Occupational Safety and Health Administration Record keeping and Reporting webinar from 10 to 11 a.m. Jan. 11.

OSHA record-keeping requirements, including obligations to report injuries and incidents of any temporary workers, as well as recent changes in reporting rules, will be discussed.

To register and pay, go to “My OMA” at www.ohiomfg.com. (Login required; then click on Events.)

For questions, call 800-662-4463.

Council hosts electrical safety class

BOARDMAN

The Mahoning Valley Safety Council will have a program on electrical safety from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 10 at The Georgetown, 5945 South Ave.

Brian Hall, an electrical safety expert, will explain safety-related work practices.

The cost for Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber members is $25 and $35 for prospective members.

To register go to: www.regionalchamber.com/events.

Neuroscience and Leadership event

NILES

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have an event on Neuroscience and Leadership from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Jan. 17 at Ciminero’s, 123 N. Main St.

Neuroscience is the study of how the nervous system develops, its structure and what it does.

The focus is on the brain and its impact on behavior and cognitive functions.

New advances and findings in this field are changing what we know about how leaders think, behave under stress and build trusting relationships.

Jennifer Cohen, Ratliff & Taylor’s senior vice president of leadership development, will facilitate the session. Cohen is a skilled executive coach, group facilitator and speaker.

The cost is $25 for chamber members and $40 for prospective members.

To register, go to www. regionalchamber.com/events.

Farm launches store

COLUMBIANA

G. Burbick Farms, a family farm that has been on the same land in Columbiana since 1905, recently launched a web T-shirt store.

The owner, Greg Burbick, sells grass-fed beef raised without antibiotics, hormones or steroids.

Check out the T-shirts at: www.gburbickfarms.com/store.html.

Staff report