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WEB DESIGNER: Technology Services Group, headquartered in Wheeling, has added Wesley Ebeling as a Web designer and developer to its professional staff.

Ebeling, a graphic design graduate of West Liberty University, will focus on the design and development of client Web sites, business logo creation and digital sign projects.

TSG provides sales, installation and support of a complete suite of technology products and services, including computer networking; Web site design and development; graphic design including business logo creation; brochures, direct mailers and posters; interactive digital sign systems and remote technician support, alerting and monitoring and software deployment, data backup and ongoing maintenance for computer systems.

For information, call TSG at (304) 232-5427.

LEADERSHIP: The Weirton Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the Leadership Weirton Class of 2010, which begins in January.

For information or to nominate a potential leader to the class, contact the chamber at (304) 748-7212. For an application, a list of goals and the requirements to participate, visit www.weirtonchamber.com.

TRADE FAIR: The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce has set Jan. 21 as the date for the 10th annual Member-to-Member Trade Fair and Business After Hours event.

The event will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Froehlich's Classic Corner, Fifth and Washington streets, downtown Steubenville.

Designed to encourage local and member-to-member buying, the trade fair provides a convenient opportunity for networking with prospective customers in the casual Business After Hours event setting.

Booth space is $100 per table.

For information, contact the chamber at (740) 282-6226.

NEW OFFICE: Cambridge Home Health Care, with offices throughout the region including Steubenville, has opened its 35th office, in Chillicothe.

The company was established with two offices in 1994 and now serves more than 3,000 Medicare, Medicaid, waiver, veterans, insurance and private-pay patients weekly in their own homes. The firm has more than 2,300 on staff.

KENT PROGRAM: The contract for the Prefeasibility Study Grant Program for the state of Ohio has been renewed with the Ohio Employee Ownership Center at Kent State University.

Steve Clem, program coordinator for the Ohio Employee Ownership Center, said this program is part of Ohio's job retention toolkit. The prefeasibility study grant program helps provide funding for employees seeking to buy a facility facing a shutdown or divestiture.

"Even though such studies are relatively inexpensive, they do cost money, something that is likely to be in short supply for a group of workers staring at a plant closing or mass layoff," Clem said. "That is where the prefeasibility study grant program in Ohio can be of valuable assistance."

To be eligible for a grant, there has to be a threat of job loss or shutdown. The size of an individual prefeasibility study grant is typically in the $10,000 to $25,000 range, but larger grants are possible when there is particular justification.

For information, contact the Ohio Employee Ownership Center, 113 McGilvrey Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, or by calling (330) 672-3028, or via e-mail at oeoc@kent.edu.

Ohio has funded 69 such studies since 1991. As a result of the program, employee ownership was established in 14 companies.

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