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First Place Financial Board Chairman Retires
"WARREN, Ohio -- W. Terry Patrick, chairman of the board of First Place Financial Corp., retired effective Dec. 31, 2004, officials announced earlier today. Current board member Samuel A. Roth has been elected the new chairman.Patrick is leaving his position to concentrate on his law practice and pursue other business interests and will remain a board member until June 30.Patrick has been chairman of the board of First Place Financial Corporation and First Place Bank since 2000. Prior to its merger with First Place he was a director and chairman of FFY Bank and FFY Financial Corp. He has been a partner in the law firm of Friedman & Rummell Co. L.P.A. of Youngstown, Ohio, since 1980 where his practice is concentrated in the areas of corporate, estate and succession planning. Roth has been a board member of First Place Financial and First Place Bank since 2000; prior to that he had been on the board of FFY Financial and Bank One Youngstown. He has been a consultant to businesses since January 2003, specializing in business turnarounds, business planning and mergers and acquisitions. He was president of FirstEnergy Facilities Services Group, a holding company for the mechanical construction, contracting and energy management companies owned by FirstEnergy, from January 1999 to December 2002. From 1966 to 1999, he was president of Roth Bros. Inc., a diversified engineering and contracting corporation. First Place Financial Corp., a $2.3 billion financial services holding company, is the largest publicly traded thrift headquartered in Ohio. Visit First Place Financial Corp.: www.firstplace.net"