PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
                                                                                    April 29, 2004

Contact:
Terry Hapney, Director of Communications
Phone: (740) 351-3112; FAX: (740) 351-3179; Cell: (740) 352-5566
E-mail: thapney@shawnee.edu

OVRDC/SSU To Present Major Small Business Conference May 7
Congressman Rob Portman featured as keynote speaker

             The Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission (OVRDC) and Shawnee
 State University (SSU) will present a major small business conference, “Expanding Your Markets in the 21^st Century, 2004 and Beyond,” on May 7 in the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts on the SSU campus in Portsmouth. 

            Rebecca Banchy-McIlwain, finance director at OVRDC, said the conference will focus on opportunities for increasing sales and jobs in small business.

            For more information or to make reservations, visit www.ovrdc.org, send a fax to (740) 947-3468 or contact OVRDC by mail at 9329 SR 220E, Suite A, Waverly, OH 45690-9012.

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