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Pocono Business Journal
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East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
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POCONO
Regional Business News & Resources
THIS MONTH
• Women in Business Share Views ..................p. 1
• Floods, Outsourcing Find Tech Companies
Closing Doors ..........................................p. 3
• Analyze This: Handwriting .......................... p. 8
• Wage Wars .............................................p. 12
• 2007 Bizzy Awards..................................p. 14
• The Balancing Act ..................................p. 16
• Op-Ed:
PA Chamber: Brain Drain Problem...........p. 4
• PBJ Columnists:
Ask SCORE...............................................p. 7
HR Toolbox...............................................p. 4
In the Commercial Zone..........................p. 5
Leadership Tips for Today’s Leaders.............p. 17
Regional Healthcare Report .................p. 10
Sustainable is Attainable.........................p. 5
United Way............................................p. 14
QUOTE
Women in Business
Women in Business Share
Views on Work and Life
BEV BAIO
“I hope it becomes easier for a woman
to start and own her own business. It is a
scary venture...all the cumbersome and
intimidating procedures that must be
done to open the doors.”
- Michele Hansen
– Full story on
3 Labor Day
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12 12 23 MARY ELLEN BENTLER
PAT BROWN
With this feature, we welcome the first issue dedicated
to women in business. Our writers chatted with eleven
women representing a wide spectrum of both industry and
location. Here, they share their insights into one of the
single biggest dilemmas facing women today: how to find
work/life balance and their hope for future female leaders.
MICHELE HANSEN
National POW/MIA
Recognition Day
Citizenship Day
Rosh Hashanah
(Jewish New Year)
begins at sundown
Ramadan
First Day of Autumn
QUESTION
STACEY BEECHER
By Lisa Alexander, Debbie Burke, Ken Clark
and Kathy Ruff
Page 16
OBSERVE
September 2007, Vol. 3, Issue 9
NAME: Bev Baio
Company: A&B Fuel in Stroudsburg
Title: Owner/General Manager
Family: Married with one son and one daughter
LISA HUTCHINS
How long in current position?
With her husband, Artie, 42 years
LORRIE MILLER
What Did You Want To Be When You Grew
Up?
“I don’t know if I actually thought about it in those terms,
but I know that I wanted to be able to reach out to people
in a way that might be of help somehow. The way we
run our business as a family business is that we reach out
to families, we reach out to individuals, we reach out to
people who have the need for our services or products on
a 24/7 basis and we do that through discounting and fair
pricing.”
VICKIE SANDERS
How many people work from
their homes in Monroe County?
see WIB page 6
See PMCC Business Magazine ad
for the answer on page 10.
please recycle this paper
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SHEELAH STEPKIN
YARROW WILKINS
MARY BETH WOOD
Resources for Women in Business
page 12
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Pocono Business Journal | September 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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POCONO
ARTICLES
Twin Willow Publishing Company
Women in Business Share Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.1
Floods, Outsourcing Find Tech Companies Closing Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.3
Analyze This: Handwriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 8
Wage Wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 12
2007 Bizzy Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 14
The Balancing Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 16
Seven Bridge Road
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East Stroudsburg, PA 18301-9209
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DEPARTMENTS
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• Business Briefs – Who’s Who/What’s What. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 18-19
• Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 21
• Columnists
Ask SCORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 7
HR Toolbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.4
In the Commercial Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.5
Leadership Tips for Today’s Leaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.17
Regional Healthcare Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.10
Sustainable is Attainable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 5
United Way. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 14
PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Marynell Strunk
EDITOR
Debbie Burke
REPORTERS
Lisa Alexander
Ken Clark
Judith K. Mehl
Kathy Ruff
• Editorial – PA Chamber: PA’s Brain Drain Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4
• Register – Deeds and Mortgage Transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 22 - 23
CONTRIBUTORS
Michael Baxter
Richard J. Henley
Tim Kelly
Sylvia Lafair
Victoria Mavis
SCORE
Lesley Smith
Craig Todd
Advertisers Index
Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania. . . . . . 6
ESSA Bank & Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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PHOTOGRAPHER
Perry Hebard
First Impression Career Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Geisinger Health System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS
Danielle Eberhardt
Lynn Schwarz
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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CIRCULATION
Pocono Medical Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
COPY EDITOR
Joan Groff
Commercial Real Estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Pocono B2B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Phone:_______________________________
Pocono Mountains Business Magazine . . . . . . 10
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Pocono Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sherman Theater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Options and Choices are Good
for All
It’s hard to believe that less
than 100 years ago women had to
fight for the privilege to vote and
50 years ago the majority of career
options were limited to housewife,
teacher and nurse. After reading the
first Pocono Business Journal issue dedicated to women
in business, it’ll be hard to refrain from saying, “You’ve
come a long way, baby.”
In the 21st century women seem to have attained
what they have wanted all along; options. Choices and
the freedom to create a personal path are not limited to
the desires of women; men strive for options as well.
Although it has taken years, many brave women and
open-minded men have built bridges to join these dis-
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TN Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
United Way of Monroe County. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Viamedia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Wilkins & Associates Real Estate. . . . . . . . . . . 17
Monthly Missive
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connected worlds, allowing for choices and options to flow
between the two, making it easier to decide what is right for
the individual.
Weather you’re a man or woman reading this issue,
I hope you come away with the sense that you have the
opportunity, from this moment forward, to take stock of
your choices and create a professional and personal life that
permits you to be your best.
Marynell K. Strunk
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
How appropriate for me to announce
Debbie Burke as the new editor of
Pocono Business Journal in the first
Women in Business issue. Appropriate
because she is so similar to many of
the women quoted, photographed and
interviewed here: working full-time,
Thank you for choosing
balancing home, family and professional responsibilities, and moving forward to achieve her personal goals.
Debbie Burke brings over 15 years of experience in communications, including print production,
graphic arts, public affairs, public relations, advertising
and publishing. She has also worked as a probation
officer for the City of New York and in the education
division at the former Hayden Planetarium.
“Being invited to serve as editor of Pocono
Business Journal was truly music to my ears,” says
Debbie. “I’m elated to be part of the team that’s bringing such a valuable resource to the business community
here in the Pocono region.”
Readers can contact her at dburke@pbjonline.
com with business events, press releases or comments
or give her a call with a story idea at (570) 421-0100.
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NEWS
Floods, Outsourcing Find Tech
Company Closing Its Doors
By Ken Clark
For Delaware Water Gap and Monroe County,
it was like a death in the family: 375 jobs and a $15
million payroll, drowned in floods past and fears of
more to come, finally forcing Laird Technologies to
announce that it will close its doors for good by the
end of February.
Like the borough, Laird, a primary electronics
industry since it acquired the Delaware Water Gap
facility seven years ago, found its sprawling plant
under water in 2004, and again in 2005 in back-toback “100-year floods.” In an effort to pre-empt the
next one, which did hit again in 2006, Laird spent
more than $800,000 of its own money to build a levee
around the main plant, only to see encroaching waters
come within eight inches of the top.
For Walter Conway, mayor of Delaware Water
Gap, the closure was devastating. The result was
heavy losses both in emergency and wage taxes no
longer collected from Laird and for ancillary businesses, many of which saw half of all their sales come
from the plant.
“I’m not sure anybody is in danger of going
under, but I’m sure it’s going to have a major impact,
especially since they’ve all been involved in three
floods in three years,” he said. “We’ve got to work
hard and fast to get something to replace it.”
Conway wants to find a new owner who will
build a multi-story office complex above a parking
garage able to absorb flood waters with little or no
damage to the rest of the structure.
“We’re talking to people,” he said. “We’re
looking at corporations that want to build buildings
outside of New York City as back room operations
[under the Wall Street West initiative]. We’ve got the
bus depot here in Delaware Water Gap; we’re right
off Interstate 80. There are plenty of corporations that
are looking to put regional offices close to New York.
We have people who are commuting to those types
of jobs in New York and New Jersey every day, so it
would be a logical extension to put office complexes
here.”
Conway is not alone in the effort. Michelle Bisbing, director of marketing for the Pocono Mountain
Economic Development Corporation, said her agency
will aggressively market the Laird property and work
with CareerLink, a state agency chartered to provide
training and job placement for displaced workers.
“The rapid response people [from CareerLink]
will be meeting with the employees and giving them
information about re-employment opportunities and
what the local job market is like,” she said.
If the 110,000-square-foot plant is for sale, no
one is saying for how much or if it has been listed
with a Realtor®. Laird spokeswoman Michelle Kinman said she can “neither confirm nor deny” that such
a listing is in the works, and though Bob Phillips,
CEO of the Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce, said he has “someone who’s interested,” he is
not yet at liberty to say who the potential buyer might
be.
“Until we know what the asking price is, no one’s
going to say anything,” he said. “Yes, it’s in a flood
zone. Can that be addressed? Yes, I’m sure it can.
Wilkes-Barre sits in a flood zone. In 1972, there was
the Agnes flood that took out the whole Wyoming
Valley, but they’re back in operation. But the borough
itself now is on the verge of not being able to afford
police protection and it’s sad. They relied on those tax
monies, so all they can do now is tax the people.”
While the threat of flooding appears to be the
prime motive for Laird’s closing, it is not the only
one. Last year, General Manager Bryan Moore told
Pocono Business Journal that due to extensive out-
sourcing, demand for workers in
the United States “has bottomed
out.” The company has plants in
Europe and China and is planning
another in India. At the Delaware
Water Gap plant, the production
of electronic shielding for things
like cell phones and medical
devices, largely for domestic consumption, was miniscule when
compared to the volume of their
company’s overseas operations.
Laird corporate officials also
reportedly were unhappy with the
lack of financial aid offered by
state and regional agencies in the
wake of the flood.
County Commission Chair
Donna Asure also was critical
of the lack of action. She said
though many conferences were
held, in the long run the only
thing the county could offer was
low interest loans, “when they
could get better rates elsewhere.”
“I think there should have
been a public/private partnership,” she added.
“This company has proven
that they’re willing to put their
money where their mouth is to
protect their business, yet there
was nothing that could be found
to help them. I’m not saying pay
for it -- no way do I believe that
-- but there are programs that give
millions of dollars to developers, yet we can’t retain a business
here by helping them out? That
does not make sense to me.”
Despite the loss, Phillips
remained optimistic. “The impact
is always huge whenever you lose
375 jobs, but whenever one door
closes, another should open,” he
said.
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EDITORIAL
Pennsylvania’s ‘Brain Drain’ Problem: Not What You Might Expect
PA Chamber of
Commerce
Lesley Smith
For many years, the term “brain drain” has been
synonymous with the exodus of talented, educated young
people from the Commonwealth in order to pursue promising careers elsewhere.
While policy makers are wise to focus on ways to keep
the best and brightest in Pennsylvania, experts remind us
that brain drain actually occurs simultaneously with brain
gain in a national economy that offers a high degree of
labor mobility and work-force flexibility (both considered
positive attributes of today’s economy). This is why most
other states experience brain drain right along with Pennsylvania.
The positive news for the Commonwealth is that the
state is gaining in concentrations of educated workers in
the early to mid-career age groups. According to the 2007
Economic Competitiveness Scorecard, a benchmarking
study commissioned by the PA Chamber Foundation, the
Commonwealth is “holding its own” among other states in
the competition for higher educated workers, and has built
up its labor force of college aged students and young workers.
Pennsylvania falls short, however, in its ability to keep
older, more experienced talent in the state, experiencing a
depletion of talent in the age groups 44 to 64.
According to the Scorecard, Pennsylvania ranked only
30th for educated workers aged 44 to 54 between 1994 and
1996, falling to 40th in 2004-06, while its ranking for the
age group 55 to 64 slipped from a dismal 41st in 1994-96 to
a near bottom-of-the-barrel 48th in 2004-06.
The study’s conclusion, “Pennsylvania finds itself in a
relatively good position overall but losses of older experienced workers might be a reason for lower than average
productivity.”
A number of factors are contributing to the state’s
loss of older educated workers, according to Ira Wolfe,
president and CEO of Success Performance Solutions and
author of the book, “The Perfect Labor Storm 2.0.” Wolfe
touched on some of the reasons for this exodus at a recent
Skilled Worker Shortage and Business Leader Crisis roundtable hosted by the PA Chamber Foundation.
Wolfe explained that with people living nearly an
entire extra lifetime after retirement when compared to our
19th century ancestors, individuals might retire from a first
career, but continue working – only people aren’t beginning
a second career. They are moving to 55+ friendly communities that offer convenience, health care and amenities
(arts, culture, golf courses, etc.) for active lifestyles.
This means that communities with failing infrastructures and workforce shortages won’t be able to support,
retain or attract older workers who have the ability and
motivation to relocate almost at will.
However, Wolfe says that communities that accommodate global connectivity, as well as easy access to
transportation, will do better at attracting and keeping aging
workers. Retiring baby boomers are starting new businesses
in record numbers, as well as working as independent
consultants. Wolfe said many of these businesses are virtual
– an Internet connection and mobile phone, and they are in
business.
This also means that employers should not be complacent believing that their older, active workers won’t leave
their employment. They may continue working, just not for
them.
The “gray ceiling” is a concern for employers for
another reason. Wolfe said Generation X employees have
been waiting patiently for their “boomer” bosses to retire.
If boomers stay in place longer, this next generation of
potential managers and skilled workers may grow impatient
and leave for greener pastures. Employers face a difficult
dilemma – the need to keep aging workers longer while
retaining their replacement work force.
As noted in the Economic Scorecard, Pennsylvania’s
human capital challenge continues to be less about supply
and more about demand. The constant challenge facing the
Commonwealth is the need for adequate and attractive job
opportunities for its older workers, as well as for the good
supply of educated workers graduating from Pennsylvania’s
fine educational institutions.
Lesley Smith is the director of communications for the
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the state’s
largest broad-based business association, with a membership representing more than 50 percent of the private
workforce. More information is available on the Chamber’s
Web site at www.pachamber.org.
Family Medical Leave Policy 101
HR Toolbox
Victoria Mavis
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Throughout history, women have struggled to gain the right
to vote, to acquire acceptance and to secure equality in a variety of
areas including wage discrimination in the workplace.
In today’s workforce while pockets of inequality still may exist, many small- and medium-sized businesses are only too happy
to find the qualified workers they need, especially in the industries with the heaviest concentration of female workers: human
resources, education and medical care.
Yet the realities of family responsibilities will continue to
place burdens not only on women, but also men, in today’s workforce. Today more men share the responsibility for childcare and
strive to retain a balance between their work, family and personal
lives. The men and women of the Sandwich Generation – those
taking care of both children and parents – experience additional
burdens as they work to find that balance.
For larger companies, the Family Medical Leave Act
(FMLA) requires covered employers to provide eligible employees
with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth, adoption, placement of a child in foster care, or serious illness of a child, parent,
spouse or the employee. But the FMLA only covers employers
having 50 or more employees employed by the organization within
75 miles of the office or worksite.
Yet employees working for small businesses also may need
time off to care for personal or family issues. That’s why organiza-
tions should establish a leave of absence policy.
One of the primary benefits of establishing a leave of absence
policy is to retain skilled and seasoned employees. As demand for
a skilled labor pool grows with the retirement of the Baby Boomers, employee retention has become a high priority for employers.
So, what are some factors that should be considered if you
are an employer not mandated under FMLA?
A leave of absence provides that an employee shall retain an
original hire date upon return to work after the leave of absence.
Requests may be granted or denied at the sole discretion of management and based on factors including the length of employment,
performance and feasibility of reassigning work or replacing the
employee during the leave of absence. Employers can select the
period of time for the leave; however, they must be consistent in
granting leave requests.
If you have a time-off policy, that doesn’t necessarily mean
you have to pay the employee.
Unless otherwise specified in the written agreement, the
organization is not required to hold the employee’s position open
during leave. However, using a temporary employee is a more
common practice than hiring a regular replacement employee. The
policy should address continued participation in health insurance
and retirement plans as well as accrued vacation, sick and personal
leave.
You don’t want to lose a good employee because s/he needs
a month’s leave of absence to take care of a family issue and you
don’t have a policy to allow that.
Be sure that you’re a family-friendly company by adopting
a leave of absence policy. It will support not only your retention
efforts but will also improve employee morale and loyalty.
Victoria Mavis is the President/CEO of Core People Resources,
LLC, a Web-based human resources expert system which is
designed to help small employers reduce the risk of financial
exposure associated with employment issues. The company is
located in Wind Gap. Vickie has over 17 years’ experience and her
expertise is in providing businesses with practical and affordable
approaches to their ‘people’ problems through the use of Internet
technology. You can reach her at vmavis@corepeopleresources.
com or visit www.corepeopleresources.com.
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http://www.dol.gov/wb/welcome.html
Department of Labor’s
Women’s Bureau
Check out the Department of Labor’s
Women’s Bureau Home Page, and click on the
Initiatives portion. This includes a “Women’s
Bureau FY 2007 Outlook” report on trends
and projections for working women, including
career information, employment by sector, and
family resources for working parents. Other
valuable resources at the Women’s Bureau
include topical teleconferences and an e-news
newsletter.
Debbie Burke
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Letter to the Editor
Pocono Commuter, Inc. has been watching carefully and with great interest as the
events unfold regarding the Park and Ride
at Delaware Water Gap. At this time we are
prepared to make a statement regarding the
Park and Ride and commuter bus companies
servicing the Pocono region.
The Park and Ride is a great amenity for
commuters provided it is restricted to servicing carpoolers only. We are all for competition and free enterprise, and encourage
any bus company who wishes to compete in
the Poconos to do so fairly and without taking advantage of the existing Park and Ride
which we believe, if utilized for carpooling
only, would have enough existing capacity
today. If it does not, then in the interests of
promoting greener behavior we encourage
plans to expand or create a new centrally
located Park and Ride…only for carpoolers
and/or leased out to bus companies so that
the net cost to the taxpayer is minimal.
We strongly discourage attempts to
subsidize parking for any purpose other than
carpooling, and frankly we are concerned
as to how this practice was permitted to
begin in the first place. Making demands
for new government-provided (taxpayerfunded) “free” Park and Rides is certainly
an attractive picture that we would love to
embrace. The bottom line is it doesn’t make
economical sense for the Commonwealth or
its taxpayers, especially at a time when our
bridges are in disrepair and our tax dollars
are rising with no relief in sight.
Sincerely,
Wayne Meyers, President, on behalf of the
Board of Directors of Pocono Commuter,
Inc.
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EDITORIAL
Monroe County, DEP Join to Streamline Permitting Process
Sustainable is
Attainable
Craig Todd
In the past, my colleagues at other districts and
myself have talked about conservation districts’ involvement with the administration and enforcement
of Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
regulations. This is accomplished by the districts
entering into delegation agreements with DEP.
These agreements provide districts the ability to assume certain administrative responsibilities associated with selected permitting programs. Districts
typically pursue these delegations because they
know their local resource base and view them as a
way to provide better service to the local regulated
community. This is especially true today with staff
and funding shortages shared by DEP and districts.
The Monroe County Conservation District
currently administers a portion of the Erosion and
Sediment Control Program and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
permitting program for the discharge of stormwater
associated with construction activities. Many of
you are familiar with this permit and, with a name
like that, it’s no wonder it can take over a year for
the permit to be issued. The Northeast Regional
Office of DEP currently has a backlog of over
two hundred applications to review. Tremendous
growth in northeastern Pa., combined with an
inefficient permit review process, new stormwater
management control requirements, and engineering
staff shortages have contributed to this backlog.
The Monroe County Conservation District has
been working for over ten years with DEP, municipal governments and the County in an attempt
to devise a strategy to reduce the time it takes to
review and issue this permit. Most recently the Act
167 updated stormwater management model ordinance was distributed to seventeen Monroe County
municipalities who, by law, had until mid-June to
adopt it. The stormwater management requirements mirrored those required by the NPDES permit which has provided regulatory consistency and
reduced review times in those municipalities which
have adopted the model.
The processing of this permit currently involves a review of the Erosion and Sediment
Control (E&S) Plan by the district and a review
of the Post Construction Stormwater Management
(PCSM) Plan by a DEP engineer. These reviews
are not performed concurrently. Once the district
reviews and approves the E&S Plan, it forwards
a recommendation for permit action to the DEP
office in Wilkes-Barre. It is then that DEP initiates
its PCSM Plan review.
Soon the DEP will have available to Districts
a revised delegation agreement that will allow for
District review and approval of both the E&S and
PCSM Plans. One requirement of the revised delegation is that Districts have an engineer on staff
to perform the review currently provided by DEP.
This would significantly reduce the time it would
take for Monroe County applicants to receive their
permits from DEP and help to eliminate the backlog of Monroe County applications.
As a result of the June meeting of the Conservation District Board of Directors, a request was
made to the County Commissioners for the process
to begin to establish a new Hydraulic Engineer
position at the District. The cost of the position
was proposed to be shared by Monroe County and
the District. The District, with County financial and
grant support, is also in the process of reconfiguring office space to accommodate the new position.
It is our hope that, when the new delegation agreement is made available to Districts, we will have
positioned ourselves to expedite the execution and
implementation of the agreement.
This important new initiative by the District will promote sustainable development and a
streamlined permitting process in Monroe County,
a Monroe County 2020 goal realized!
Craig Todd is the district manager for the Monroe
County Conservation District. Todd will share this
column with his colleagues from Pike and Carbon
counties to discuss environmental issues and how
they relate to business development in the region.
Readers can reach Todd at [email protected].
Women Real Estate Agents, Please Step Forward!
In The
Commercial Zone
Michael Baxter
My first reaction when I was told about the focus
for this issue was exactly as follows: “This is 2007!
Don’t people know yet just how powerful women in
business are these days?”
Maybe they do and maybe they don’t. I have
been very fortunate to have had many strong women
in both my business and personal life so I am not
surprised. We have more and more women entrepreneurs, from the publisher of this publication to Hillary
Clinton running for president. In residential real
estate, women not only outnumber the men, they are
often dominant in many market areas, including ours.
Look around the Poconos and you’ll see that many
of the top residential producers are women: Cristina
Primrose, Jayne Albert, Kathy Louis, Ginger Battisto,
Loriann Giovinco, Sarah Cramer, and Joan Fitzgerald,
just to name a few.
Commercial real estate agents and brokers
haven’t followed suit…yet. Women are still outnumbered by men, even in my firm, but I don’t believe
this trend will continue. I recently had the opportunity
to attend a regional conference of a very successful
national commercial real estate company. There were
approximately 120 attendees and only 15 of these
commercial real estate professionals were women.
Yet, when they gave their regional awards for sales
production, 2 of the 3 top awards were earned by
women!
Though gender bias still exists (unfortunately)
in the business and corporate culture, entrepreneurship and real estate investment are opportunities for
talented and motivated women to take control of their
professional circumstances. Unlike many business
enterprises, banks are gender-blind. They only see
green. Identify a market niche, develop a good business plan, add the desire to make it happen, and the
money is available for female entrepreneurs. The U.S.
Small Business Administration (SBA) can further
support these entrepreneurs through their loan and
limited grant programs, as well as by providing other
types of business start-up
assistance.
In a past article regarding municipal regulation,
I asked for a little more
balance. I think the same is
needed in all businesses and
within our regional business industry in particular.
Though current trends in
the residential housing market indicate that our recent
past’s runaway population
growth is leveling off,
there are still plenty of new
residents in need of goods
and services. Those needs
must be filled by someone
and I can only hope that we
balance out our regional
business community by
having a significant number of women developers and
entrepreneurs step forward to fill that void.
The most important aspects of our real estate
industry are to be qualified, honest, knowledgeable,
and experienced when representing our clients. Those
skills and qualities are not exclusive to any single
group. So, if there are any other women out there
who would like to dive into the world of commercial
real estate, give me a call. I would love to talk to you
about joining our team!
Michael J. Baxter, CCIM is the Broker/Owner of Michael Baxter and Associates located in Tannersville.
You can BLOG him at www.pbjonline.com/blog.
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WIB... cont. from page 1
How Did You Get To Your Current Position?
“It was Artie’s family business. I married Artie, but I was a
teacher for 17 years as well and so was Artie. We had multiple
tasks.”
How Do You Balance Personal And Professional Life?
“Family is always a priority. Our family has always been
involved in our business and they always participated in the
business so we never had a separation of family and business.
It was an ongoing process.”
What Are Your Hopes For Future Generations Of Women Workers?
“I think women have risen to the point of
equality. I don’t think women should have a
hope differently from where we’re at. People
who work hard should be able to achieve.”
What Is The Biggest Issue Facing
Women In The Workplace Today?
“Being able to be recognized for who they are
and what they do.”
Name: Stacey Beecher
Company: Beecher & Chelak, Milford
Title: Shareholder
Family: Husband Greg Chelak and three
boys: Christian (12), Corey (10), and Clayton (7)
Since 1989 (shortly after graduating law
school)
What did you want to be when
you grew up?
“Honestly I didn’t have any future plans. I was
really absorbed in just being a little girl and living in the moment. Growing up in Milford in
the 70’s was great. We played in the park, rode
our bikes and roller-skated down Hartford St.
in downtown Milford.”
How did you get to your current position?
“Hard work and persistence.”
How do you balance personal
and professional life?
“I’m fortunate to be a business owner and to be
able to create my own hours that allow me to
accommodate my children’s schedules. I really
don’t know how women who have to work a
set 9-5 schedule do it. I may take off in the
middle of the afternoon to take my children to
the doctor but then I know I will be working
from home in the evening once the kids are
asleep. Having that flexibility helps me balance professional and personal life.”
What are your hopes for future
generations of women workers?
“My hope is that they have the ability to figure
how to multi-task and do it all while maintaining a balance.”
What is the biggest issue facing
women in the workplace today?
“Juggling it all and stress management. We
are sometimes so overscheduled these days that
learning how to take a break and manage it all
is important but difficult.”
Name: Mary Ellen Bentler
Company: Pennstar Bank, Hamlin
Title: Assistant Vice President, Branch
Manager
Family: Single with one son ( 27) and one
daughter (24)
11 years as branch manager, 2 years as Assistant Vice President
What did you want to be when you grew
up?
“I always wanted to be successful on my own. This industry
was the best thing that ever happened in my life but it wasn’t
something that I knew about as a child.”
“When my children went to school I started as a part-time
teller at Northeastern Bank (former PNC bank in Daleville). I
took it upon myself to learn everything I could along the way.
I’ve been in banking now about twenty-two years.”
How do you balance personal and professional life?
“When you leave the workplace you have to become a ‘person’
but I never leave work. I enjoy my family a lot but I do a lot
of work outside of work hours. It’s important to be involved in
everything that’s going on in the area so when they think of a
bank they think of you. It’s a very competitive world out there
in banking.”
What are your hopes for future generations of women workers?
“I would hope they’d be recognized the same way a man is.
But in the banking world men have a lot more opportunity
than women to move up. I’d like to see that changed. Women
have to work a lot harder and they have to make sure they’re
noticed.”
see WIB page 16
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Develop Leadership Skills to Secure Your Small Business Success
Successful business owners shine at many
aspects of operating their businesses. Usually
they’re great at planning, marketing, creative
thinking or crunching numbers, or knowing
just how to satisfy customers. But, when it
comes to leading, managing and motivating others involved in the business – whether
employees, outside sales reps or key partners
– they sometimes fall short.
One reason is widespread confusion about
the difference between “managing” and “leading.” Leadership experts say that they are two
very different roles, even though most small
business owners consider them the same.
“Managing” implies structure, control,
rules, deadlines and efficiency, says Ken
Blanchard, best-selling author of The One
Minute Manager. But according to Blanchard,
“leadership” is nearly the opposite of “management.” Leading requires actions that are more
experimental, unstructured, visionary, flexible
and passionate. Managers and leaders think
and behave differently.
Blanchard and his partner Drea Zigarmi
spent seven years studying how business
leaders exert influence and how their values,
beliefs and personalities contribute to their
success—or failure. Through it all, one finding
was clear: a one-size-fits-all style of leadership
does not exist.
Owning a business automatically puts you
in a position of leadership. Your goal is to engage employees, partners, vendors, investors,
independent contractors or other participants
in your venture in a course of action that helps
achieve a mutually shared vision. But being in
a leadership position does not necessarily make
you a leader.
Many entrepreneurs turn to management
techniques to enlist the minds and muscles
of the people they lead, but fail to capture an
equally important component—their hearts. If
you merely work to focus activities of followers and fail to engage them in a purpose, you
won’t likely be seen as a good leader.
“The first step to becoming a better leader
is to study yourself and get honest, unfiltered
feedback about how you are doing from the
people you lead,” says Blanchard. “You cannot
effectively lead if you do not know your own
values.”
Try combining direction with support.
Direction includes setting goals, scheduling,
specifying priorities, evaluating results, defining roles and showing how results are to be accomplished. Support includes listening, praising and encouraging, seeking input, sharing
information, offering reasons for decisions and
helping others to solve problems.
For more leadership ideas, contact SCORE
“Counselors to America’s Small Business” at
1-800-634-0245 or locally at 570-421-4433.
SCORE is a nonprofit organization of more
than 11,000 volunteer business counselors who
provide free, confidential business counseling and low-fee training workshops to small
business owners. Online counseling services
are also available at www.score.org. For information regarding this Ask SCORE column,
contact Marcy Turkington at MTurkington@
tab-nwjerseypoconos.com.
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Analyze This: Handwriting Analysis Another Tool in Deciphering Workplace Dynamics
By Judith K. Mehl
ality problems or even mental illness. Loops, as with
everything else in handwriting analysis, can vary within
a script. Consistency is the key to an accurate diagnosis;
look for several examples that exhibit the same form in a
writing sample.
Elemental handwriting analysis can help in choosing
good team members, ensuring a successful project and
cementing a person’s role in the company. Some examples:
Strong initial strokes on words may have several
meanings, but one is a positive indication of a go-getter. The starting stroke of a letter reveals how a person
prepares for work and his/her grasp of new situations as
well as other concerns. But a strong stroke, often called
a no lead-in stroke (a straight stick rather than a loop on
the beginning “h” of a word is an example of no lead-in)
Looking for an edge in the male-dominated workplace? By using handwriting analysis as a diagnostic tool
for the study of personality, women can learn whom to
trust in the work setting. Clues in co-workers’ handwriting may reveal their drives, their habits, and their trustworthiness. Studying these traits can help one to personsee
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ally thrive in business.
Handwriting reveals the inner self, one’s character
and potential. This intrigued ancient
philosophers at least as far back as
the second century, with the first
known published work in 1622 by
Camillo Baldo, a physician in Capri. It
developed into a serious pastime, and
by the 1700s the study of handwriting became popular with such diverse
writers as Edgar Allen Poe, Elizabeth
Barrett Browning, George Sand and
Albert Einstein. Later still, handwriting analysis grew into a distinct science throughout the world.
Each person’s handwriting is
unique and provides insight into
individual characteristics. Personality as revealed through handwriting,
particularly cursive writing, is judged
by numerous aspects to form a whole.
Slant, margins, height and size of letters, and strokes and connections help
to create a picture. What follows are
some tips for pinpointing personality
characteristics which can be immediately helpful in the workplace.
Knowing whom you can trust
holds considerable value in the business world. One way to determine this
involves judging truthfulness. Many
forms of dishonesty, from treachery
to exaggeration to concealing the
truth, can cloud analysis. The potential
for dishonesty is suggested by stabs
in ovals, exaggerated and disguised
writing, writing that omits letters,
and covered strokes (going back on
a stroke). It’s advisable to review a
person’s handwriting before revealing
a confidence (see sidebar).
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and reliability. Look for clean, open
writing with margins, a somewhat
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a well-balanced individual with good
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can mean intelligence, directness and efficiency.
A forceful crossing of the lower case “t”, slanting
upward, shows determination and willpower. However, if
the t-bar is knotted, this person is most likely reliable and
accurate with small details—a great contributor, though
not a leader.
Writing close to the right margin can expose lack of
foresight or impulsiveness, someone who doesn’t move
forward until the last moment, a procedure that could
throw a project off schedule.
An uneven left margin may mean hostility and unruliness, or at least someone who cannot conform to standards. A left margin that slides rightward as it descends
the page can mean spontaneous writing.
These points do not necessarily reflect that a person
will not be an effective employee nor has bad characteristics; but they need to be considered when building a
strong, cohesive group to execute an award-winning and
successful project.
Accurate analysis requires balancing all factors
by themselves and in combination. The indication of a
particular trait increases the risk that someone may act on
it…but not the certainty. The tips shown are only a few
of more than 100 assessable traits to be integrated into a
full profile of a person that includes his or her dominant
personality, emotionality, sociability,
intellectual leanings and work habits.
An in-depth review requires the
services of a qualified, certified handwriting analyst. Notable groups that
can help you identify such resources
include the American Association
of Handwriting Analysts (www.AAHAhandwriting.com), the American
Handwriting Analysis Foundation
(www.handwritingfoundation.org),
and the International Graphoanalysis
Society (www.igas.com).
Women in business today
continue to face different challenges
than men, either from discrimination,
the complexities of motherhood and
working, or dealing with male bosses
and colleagues whose thinking and
decisions can form on a different
plane. However, handwriting crosses
the gender barrier, and its analysis
can provide an edge of understanding
and wisdom needed to succeed in life
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Women Healing and Leading the Way at PMC
Regional Healthcare
Report
By Richard J. Henley,
FACHE, FHFMA
When it comes to healthcare, perhaps no group
of individuals has played a more instrumental role in
advancing the field than women; their instinctive nurturing, forceful vision and collective ambition have made
invaluable contributions to the field of healthcare for
centuries. Today, as we look toward the future of healthcare, we see a team of exceptional men and women
working together to lead the way in medical progress
and innovation.
At Pocono Medical Center, we are fortunate to
have so many talented, goal-driven women delivering
exceptional care to our patients every second of every day. From the members of our medical specialists
within each of our clinical services to our environmental
services team, women managers and staff members are
continuously raising the bar of healthcare excellence at
PMC.
Although nursing is no longer considered a
“woman’s job,” women still constitute the majority of
our nursing staff. Serving on the frontlines of care, our
highly-skilled nurses and nursing assistants truly make
the difference in a patient’s experience. I am proud to
say that we have received many patient satisfaction
surveys and letters that specifically mention our nurses
and nursing assistants by name, speaking highly of their
personable, friendly and professional services. These
caregivers--men and women alike-- succeed not just because of their knowledge and training, but because they
understand the value of a warm smile, a kind word and a
sincere effort.
The successful women caregivers at PMC are certainly not limited to the nursing field, however. Women
physicians are also paving the way in health care excellence at PMC. We recently welcomed three women
physicians to our organization. As we continue to grow
within each of our six clinical service lines (cardiovascular, surgery, musculoskeletal, oncology, primary care,
and women and children), we are enthusiastic about the
prospect of adding more talented women physicians to
our organization.
We also have a number of exceptional women
serving in executive-level managerial positions at PMC,
including our Vice President of Patient Care Services,
Kathy Kuck, and our Vice President of Human Resources, Lynn Lansdowne. Moreover, we have many women
working as directors and managers doing a wonderful
job at PMC. The guidance and wisdom these women
provide enrich our organization and help cultivate future
generations of successful business leaders, right here at
PMC.
Our organization also respects the women business
members and leaders in our community whose creative
vision has truly enriched us all. It is my hope that we
continue to foster such educated, responsible and skilled
women throughout our community for many years to
come. To accomplish this, we have implemented and
supported numerous community initiatives to educate
and empower young women. Through our Nurse-Family
Partnership of Monroe County, for instance, PMC nurses
with specialized training in prenatal and infant care
teach expectant and new mothers about proper child care
and life skills (i.e., cooking, fiscal responsibility and
emotional maturity). Likewise, our Woman’s Healthcare Forum, launching this fall, is designed to educate
women about healthcare issues that are closest to home,
such as heart disease and breast cancer.
PMC truly believes that people are our most
valuable resource—without them the most advanced
technologies and sophisticated treatments would be of
limited value. Although we have a number of initiatives
that recognize the outstanding work of our staff, including our “Healthcare Hero” and “You Make the Difference” employee awards, I welcome any opportunity
to acknowledge their contributions. To that end, I am
happy to take this opportunity to personally thank the
many women in our organization who have enabled us
to provide the best care possible to the community.
Richard J. Henley, FACHE, FHFMA is the president
and CEO of Pocono Medical Center and Pocono Health
System. He has more than 25 years of experience in
healthcare, executive leadership, strategic planning, and
operations and finance. Henley also serves on the Board
of Governors of the American College of Healthcare Executives, an international professional society of 30,000
healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare
systems and other healthcare organizations.
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Women Needed for Book
of Inspirational Letters
Stroudsburg - Holly R. Corcoran, a certified public
accountant in Stroudsburg since 1991, is compiling a
book of letters titled Dear Women: Inspirational Letters
from Women to Women on Life, Love and Learning.
The book is designed to encourage other women’s personal and professional growth through letter-writing. It
will cover basic lifestyle questions: how to find balance
in our hectic lives, how do we navigate through change,
and how do we find the courage to embrace dreams.
The idea came to Corcoran when she started her
accounting practice. As a part of “hanging her shingle”
she realized that her mental outlook would be paramount to her business’ success. In counseling many
business owners, she has found that those with the best
mental outlook tend to stay in business and successfully
weather all storms that arise.
Since letter-writing has always been Corcoran’s
passion, she felt that women writing letters of encouragement to other women would provide strong inspiration to others. It is also an opportunity to give back to
those who inspired her. Planned as the first of a series,
the book will be followed by others including Dear
Daughter, Dear Sister, and Dear Men.
Inspirational letters can be contributed via the Web
site www.booksofletters.com. The site contains information on how to write a letter, submission guidelines,
a chapter outline of the book, and a full book proposal,
in addition to recordings of selected letters for those
who prefer to listen to a letter. Corcoran will also ghostwrite letters for those who request it.
According to Corcoran, this project is a labor of
love. “I can’t wait to see this book become an inspiration to other women,” she says. Corcoran, who lives in
Effort, is the mother of a teenaged daughter and son, an
endurance horseback rider, and – naturally – an avid
reader.
Seminar Provides Business Leaders With
New Approach Called Strategic Linkage
East Stroudsburg - East Stroudsburg University
of Pennsylvania’s Center for Research and Economic Development (CFRED), in collaboration
with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial
Resource Center, Inc. (NEPIRC) will co-sponsor
a one-day seminar for managers, team leaders and
business executives titled “A Practical Approach
To Strategic Planning and Management for Business.” Open to all businesses, regardless of size
or industry, it is slated for Wednesday, September
12 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the seminar will be
held in ESU’s Lower Dansbury Commons and will
cover new planning systems, discussion of team
dynamics and an introduction to a new approach to
business called ‘strategic linkage.’
According to Miguel Barbosa, director of
workforce development for CFRED, “We hope this
seminar will help our business community unleash
creativity and move organizations toward a new
level of performance excellence while introducing
this new business model.” Barbosa adds, “That the
new ‘strategic linkage’ model is unique in that it
focuses on the formulation and implementation of
a strategic and tactical action plan which conceptually unites mission, opportunities and strategy
together.”
Robert W. Lecher, who has more than 40 years
of experience in the pharmaceutical and biological
industries, will present the seminar. A seasoned
business executive, Lecher has extensive domestic
and international experience in research, clinical
development, manufacturing, sales and corporate management. He has successfully managed
several business recoveries and venture startups.
Mr. Lecher began his career at Merck Sharp and
Dohme (Merck and Co.) where he was a research
associate in the virus vaccine development department. He was promoted to quality assurance
auditor and then to measles and mumps vaccine
production. Lecher received a master of science
degree in management from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management. He received his bachelors degree in biology
from Moravian College and studied biochemistry at
Temple University.
Cost of the seminar is $295.00 per person (includes refreshments, lunch and materials). Those
interested may register at www.nepirc.com/events
or contact Barbosa at (570) 422-7955 or [email protected]. The deadline for registration
is Wednesday, September 5, 2007.
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Resources for Women in Business
The following organizations offer a variety of networking and educational opportunities for women
in business in our region.
For Women, By Women
What: Web-based resource for women in the
Pocono region with Webinars, forums, blogs and
guest moderators, along with seminars and workshops held in the community. Topics of interest
include asking for a raise, writing a cover letter,
handling office politics and more.
Where: Online, and at various times, dates and
locations throughout Pocono region
Cost: Introductory memberships available at $35
for individuals, $50 for businesses
Contact: Trudie Lear at (570) 629-5363,
[email protected], Web site
www.poconowomen.com
National Association of Female
Executives
What: National organization for female executives
with a variety of programs, networking opportunities, and resources. The Chester County chapter
serves the Pocono region.
When/Where: Various times, dates and locations
throughout region
Contact: Dr. Bronwyn L. Martin at (610) 4537215, [email protected], Web sites
www.nafe.com and www.chescowomen.org
Cost: $13 Chamber Members, $16 non-members
& walk-ins
Contact: Pat Metzgar or Miriam Conway at (570)
421-4433, Web site www.poconochamber.net
Pike County Chamber of Commerce
What: Includes speakers on relevant topics to
women in business, networking, and owner spotlight. Open to business owners, franchise owners,
or independent consultants only. Mission is to help
women achieve career success, financial security
and promotion of their business.
When/Where: Meets the first Thursday at 12:00
noon for lunch at Great Bear Country Club, Route
209, East Stroudsburg
Cost: Membership is free; lunch is $15
Contact: Teri O’Brien at (570) 350- 8836, Web site
www.wboapa.com
What: Networking, breakfast and lunch events,
speakers on topics ranging from self-defense to
book signings to fitness and more
When/Where: Various times, dates and locations
throughout Pike County
Cost: Free
Contact: Susan Hines at (570) 296-8700, Web site
www.pikechamber.com
Pocono Mountains Chamber of
Commerce
What: Lunch with guest speakers, door prizes,
networking opportunities
When/Where: Meets second Tuesday of each
month at various locations throughout Pocono
region
Women Business Owners’ Association
of PA
If you know of any other resources that serve
women in the Pocono business community, please
email information to [email protected].
Battle Still Persists in the War Over Wages
By Kathy Ruff
For the past 13 years, Effort-based Kiki Peppard’s
personal experience has driven her work to change
Pennsylvania’s Human Relations Act to stop discriminatory employment practices that contribute to lower
wages for women.
“When I was interviewed by an attorney for a job
as a legal secretary, he said my hourly wage would
be determined by my marital status,” says Peppard, a
working women’s rights advocate with 9to5, National
Association of Working Women. “I said, ‘If I am doing the same work as a married co-worker, is she going to make more than me?’ He said, yes, because her
husband will more than likely have health insurance.
Since I didn’t have a husband, he was going to get
stuck paying for my family’s benefits and he had no
intention of getting stuck with that; therefore I would
have to make less.”
Peppard redirected her anger over that and similar
injustices into the legislative system. She actively
supports passage of House Bill 280 and Senate Bill
280, which, if passed, would prohibit employers from
asking job candidates about their marital and familial
status during job interviews.
“Lawmakers need to recognize us as human beings worthy of rights to get jobs and to get jobs with
livable wages,” says Peppard. “It’s not about braburning any more; it’s about surviving.”
Peppard and others believe that this employer
mindset pervades the workforce even today.
“I think wages are not paid at the same level for
the same work, and much of that may have to do with
perceptions of women’s lives and their roles,” says
Joanne Tosti-Vasey, president of the Pennsylvania
chapter of the National Organization for Women.
“In other words, discriminatory thoughts about what
women can and cannot do. For example, in Pennsylvania, it’s perfectly legal for an employer to not hire
a person because of the perception that the person
– who is not always but is usually a woman – has
family responsibilities and won’t be able to perform
the job, which isn’t true. Or they may hire a woman at
a lower level.”
Statistics support that opinion and continue to
show a wage disparity between working men and
women. Nationwide, the ratio of annual averages of
women’s and men’s median weekly earnings, excluding self-employed workers, was 80.8 for fulltime workers in 2006, according to the Institute for
Women’s Policy Research. So for every $100 earned
by a man, a woman earns $80.80.
Pennsylvania ranked 30th in the nation with a
74.8 percent ratio, with a median annual earnings for
full-time, year-round employed women of $31,800.
“If you look over the last five years or so, (the
gap) is not narrowing,” says Vicky Lovell, director of
see WAGE page 13
QUARTERLY WORKFORCE INDICATORS SECOND QUARTER, 2006
Average Monthly Earnings
County
Average New Hire Earnings
Men
Women
Men
Women
Carbon
$2,790
$1,974
$1,824
$1,253
Monroe
$3,465
$2,333
$2,375
$1,462
Pike
$2,900
$1,948
$2,138
$1,105
Wayne
$3,086
$2,019
$2,279
$1,586
Pennsylvania
$4,067
$2,649
$2,951
$1,291
Source: Pennsylvania Center for Workforce Information and Analysis
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Median Usual Weekly Earnings From the Current Population Survey
WAGE... cont. from page 12
employment and work/life programs for the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Washington,
DC. “It seems to have gotten stuck.”
Lovell sees the biggest improvement in wage
equality came in the 1980s, but slow progress during the 1990s has relatively stopped since 2001.
“We have these continuing very strong patterns of women working in different jobs than
men,” says Lovell. “Combine this with the fact
that if an occupation has a higher proportion of
women in it, it pays less than a job that requires
the same skills, level of education and level of
responsibility that’s held primarily by men. There
seems to be something about having
women in a job that causes that job to be
lower pay.”
Lovell attributes discrimination as one
of the reasons for continued wage disparity.
“There is still a lot of residual unconscious internalization of the sense that
men are better at some kinds of jobs than
women,” says Lovell. “That plays out in a
lot of little decisions that are made about
hiring, salaries, promotions, training opportunities and so forth.”
Activism to improve the work-family
balance holds the most promise for changing static policies and mindsets.
“If workplaces were more flexible, I
think it would be easier for the primary
caregivers – mainly women – to do the job
of caring for their kids, parents and other
members of the community and still be
at work,” says Lovell. “Employers want
to be able to hire the best people. If their
workplace is not family-friendly, there are
a lot of great women candidates who may
not be able to work for them. Employers who aren’t flexible are really hurting
themselves because they are reducing the
number of potential employees who can
work for their business.”
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Year
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2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
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Women
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2007 Bizzy Awards
Inspiring Employees to Do Good Helps the Bottom Line
By Tim Kelly
Too busy with your business to think about participating in the community? In our rapid-paced work
worlds, it is often the case that we find it hard to even
get involved when we get home.
Yet the most successful business leaders I’ve met
in my now 25 years in non-profit management and
fund raising are the ones who know that doing good
in the community is an effective part of any business plan. That includes being actively supportive of
people they employ who are engaging in doing good.
Employees that are active and involved in their communities are more energized in the workplace.
Creating a culture of involvement at the workplace starts at the very top. We all know that customers favor businesses they perceive as caring. Outright
charitable contributions made by the company and
participation by the CEO or top managers as involved
community leaders are important actions to take.
Some businesses even co-market with causes that can
tie in with the company’s products or services. By
being a good corporate citizen, the company builds a
positive perception both outside and inside the company.
Offering employees the opportunity to be philanthropic is another important step. Many companies match their employees’ charitable gifts; in fact,
two thirds of all funds raised by the United Way of
Monroe County come from individuals and employee
gifts. The rest comes from businesses and special
events. The employee campaign itself can be a workplace energizer, building pride and shared commitment.
After each annual campaign, United Ways engage
volunteers to determine grants to local human services from the funds raised. This is another excellent opportunity for businesses to engage employees
in a visible and meaningful way. Each area United
Way also provides opportunities for direct service to
the community, such as Day of Caring, which is on
Thursday September 6 in Monroe and Wayne/Lackawanna Counties this year.
For further information, contact the following
local United Ways: in Monroe County at (570) 6295657 or www.unitedwaymonroe.org; in Pike County
at (570) 296-9980 or www.unitedway-pike.org; in
Carbon County at (570) 325-3625; and in Wayne
County at (570) 343-1267.
Tim Kelly has served as the executive director of the
United Way of Monroe County for the past seven
years. He is a 20 year veteran of United Way, having
served communities in NJ, PA, NY and WI.
Sixty-five nominees are contending
for the 2007 Bizzy Awards, according to
George Roberts, executive producer of the
program. Voting will take place shortly
among the membership of the Pocono
Mountains Chamber of Commerce, for the
following categories: Best Overall Business, Best New Business, Best Large Business, Best Medium Business, Best Small
Business, Best Business Logo, Best Business Website, Best Business Card Design,
Best Business Curb-Side Appeal, and Best
Business Marketing Campaign. Winners
will be announced at an Academy Awardsstyle ceremony on September 27th at
Caesar’s Brookdale Resort in Scotrun. The
event begins at 5:30 p.m. with cocktails,
followed by dinner at 6:30 and the presentation of awards at 7:30. Tickets for the Bizzy
Awards dinner are $65 each and can be
obtained at the Pocono Mountains Chamber
of Commerce office at 556 Main Street in
Stroudsburg, or by calling 570-421-4433.
Proceeds will benefit the United Way of
Monroe County. Visit www.BizzyAwards.
com for more information.
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Photo Credit: Photo courtesy of Peter Wulfhorst
Leadership Pike Prizes Teamwork, Community Service
The second class of Leadership Pike, which
graduates in November. The program is a collaboration between Northampton Community
College, the Pike County Chamber of Commerce, Delaware Valley School District and
Penn State Cooperative Extension.
By Peter Wulfhorst
Leadership Pike, which started
in 2004, is the premier community
building organization in Pike County,
identifying, developing and supporting leaders for superior community
service. A comprehensive leadership
development program, it offers individuals the opportunity to develop
and sharpen leadership skills, to network with existing and future leaders,
and to learn about Pike County’s assets as well as introduces participants
to the major challenges facing the
county. We seek to identify potential community leaders of diverse
backgrounds, develop their potential
for and encourage their acceptance
of civic responsibilities, and foster
meaningful dialogue among emerging and existing leaders. The program represents a collaborative effort
between the Pike County Chamber of
Commerce, Delaware Valley School
District, Northampton Community
College and the Penn State University
Cooperative Extension.
We are now in our second class,
which started in April and will continue with graduation on November
9th. The class is comprised of local
Realtors® and representatives from
Grey Towers, Wallenpaupack School
District, Wachovia Bank, Newton
Memorial Hospital, an abstract company, Early Care and Childhood Coalition of Pike County, and the Boat
House Restaurant.. They have learned
about teamwork, communication
skills, managing conflict, leadership
styles and how local government in
Pennsylvania operates, in addition to
county history, emergency services,
economic development, the judicial
system and local media.
Currently, the members of Leadership Pike team are responsible for
completing a class project of their
choice that will benefit the citizens of
Pike County as a whole. By design,
the project causes each class to work
as a team, establish priorities, and
develop leadership qualities. The first
Leadership Pike graduating class developed a comprehensive media guide to
help local organization plan and implement a promotional program. The guide
has a wealth of strategic tips and contact
information, and has already been useful
to many users.
Leadership Pike meets the third
Friday of the month at different locations
throughout Pike County. For more information on
Leadership Pike contact the Penn State Cooperative
Extension at 570-296-3400 or visit the Web site at
http://pikeextension.psu.edu/Programs.html.
Peter Wulfhorst AICP is an Economic & Community Development Educator with Penn State
Cooperative Extension in Pike County and is on
the Leadership Pike steering committee. He can be
reached at 570-296-3400 or [email protected].
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The Balancing Act: Women Still Walk the Tightrope
By Ken Clark
Some 30 years ago, when the first of the super confident
Baby Boomers was emerging in the marketplace, the cry of the
Yuppie bore one message: “I want it all!”
“All” meant a fast-track career up the corporate ladder, a
six-figure salary, marriage and a palatial home full of bright,
happy, well-adjusted children. “All” meant all of it; all at once;
and right now.
Women, especially -- educated and released from what
they viewed as the societal bondage of the subordinate, stay-athome mom -- flocked to the workplace, determined to balance
marriage, family and career. Now, a lot of them are going
home.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a decline in the
number of working mothers from 4 million in 1997 to 3 million in 2005. The U.S. Census Bureau now counts about 6.8
million stay-at-home mothers, nationwide, compared to 5.2
million in 2002.
“The toughest thing is one income,” says Holly Kelter,
of East Stroudsburg. The one income, in this case, is Kelter’s.
She is an account manager for Corporation Service Company,
a home-based job that, nonetheless, frequently takes her on the
road, servicing clients across the eastern seaboard. Her husband has stayed at home for 18 years to manage the house and
raise their two children. Kelter notes a sea change in American
corporate life that, she says, has made the lives of employees
increasingly perilous.
“In today’s market, employers do not care about their
employees,” she says.
“It’s not like you join a company and work there until the
day you die; that’s not how it is any more. You’re expected to
move on.”
With her youngest now college bound, her parenting problems are in retrospect, but she still worries about her daughter’s future. “I know nobody wants to hear this, but there’s still
a huge amount of glass ceiling going on towards women,” she
says. “You do not see women in the upper echelons of corpo-
What is the biggest issue facing women in
the workplace today?
“Women in the workforce have to balance work schedules and
home schedules a whole lot more than men. Most women are
still expected to keep the house up. Also, I do think that the
pay scale is sometimes better for men but with new guidelines
that need to be followed by HR departments, that’s changing.
I think women are pushing hard to be noticed and it’s giving
them a lot more opportunities than in the past.”
Name: Pat Brown
Company: Stroudsburg Best Western Hotel/Brownie’s in
the Burg, Stroudsburg
TITLE: Co-owner
Family: Married to Frank Brown, mother of three sons,
Frankie (25), Christopher (26) and Ricky, 27
How Long In Current Position?
Ten years
Up?
“In all honesty, just a stay-at-home mommy.”
“I married into it. It was a little difficult as my kids got older
and I’m thinking, boy they’re going to be all grown up and
moving away and doing things and I haven’t spent enough
time with them. But the time we spent with them was a good
time and we worked a lot. We’ve worked a lot all our lives.”
How Do You Balance Your Personal And
Professional Life?
“Actually, I don’t have much of a personal life. We work 10
to 12 hours a day, seven days a week and in between we do
housework, lawn work and all that good stuff. My husband is
involved in several service clubs. I, however, am not. I’m busy
doing other things like laundry and cleaning. In my spare time,
I love to garden.”
“Not to get into this business [she laughs]. To be successful. To
not have to work so hard and to be happy.”
rate America. It just doesn’t happen. I would hope, if she wants
a career, that companies would understand women approach
things extremely differently than men do and that’s not a bad
thing. There’s a real reason why you might want a female point
of view as opposed to a male point of view in upper management, which you don’t have now.”
But the problem of balancing things at home is no longer
restricted to women. For the first time in history, perhaps, the
term “househusband” is replacing “housewife” on a broad
scale to describe the primary caregiver for children. The Census Bureau reports that more than two million stay-at-home fathers now keep the home fires burning while their wives, able
to command higher incomes, bring home the paycheck. That
represents an increase of 62 percent since 1990. Jim Brunkard
is one of them.
“Before we had children, when I was working, I soon
discovered that my second income didn’t amount to a hill of
beans compared to hers,” he says. The Brunkards, also of East
Stroudsburg, have two children -- a boy now 21 and a girl, 18,
who, like her contemporary in the Kelter household, heads for
college this fall. His wife, Kathleen, is a professor of biology
at East Stroudsburg University. Brunkard, who decided to run
as a candidate for the East Stroudsburg School Board now that
his domestic duties are easing, says he never has regretted the
role reversal. “We’re blessed that she had a remunerative job,”
he says. “If she’d had a regular salaried job, then we wouldn’t
have had a choice. We’d have two people working with a
‘catch as catch can’ with the kids.”
Even in families in which both parents work, putting it all
together can be tough. Tim Arnst is married to Dawn Arnst,
Middle Smithfield Tax Collector. She is home-based and he
drives a truck for Pocono Produce, but his shift, from 3 a.m.
until 1 p.m., leaves him plenty of time for the couple’s two
daughters, 12 and 17, whose soccer teams he has coached for
the past 12 years.
“How do I juggle it all with work? It’s very easy for me
because of my hours,” he says. “I feel a woman holds the
house together. Most women do the cooking and the cleaning,
and men just come home from work and eat dinner. Do men
have less of a burden with balancing than women? I would
have to say most definitely yes. I love to cook. My wife is a
good cook, but if she’s busy -- this time of year she’s mailed
out 13,000 tax notices and the phone rings off the hook -- I
come home from work at one o’clock and cook dinner.”
Arnst shrugs off the occasional sneer he gets because his
wife commands a higher income than he does. “I say she’s the
breadwinner, and some guys have this macho thing,” he says.
“I say, ‘who the hell cares? As long as the bills are getting
paid, I don’t care who makes the money.’”
Obviously, the balancing act of rearing a family and keeping a job these days can be precarious for anybody, but the
toughest act of all falls to the single mother, trying to do it all
alone. The last census found that the number of single mothers,
nationwide, increased from 3 million to10 million between
1970 and 2000.
Mindy Petrillo, Membership Services Coordinator at
Wayne Economic Development Corporation, has to juggle her
time between two children of her own and three more whose
father is the “significant other” with whom she now lives in
Honesdale.
“Oh God, sleep -- what’s that?” she laughs. “From a fivechildren perspective, at any one time I’m getting yelled at for
something. Kids come to you when they can’t solve their problems between each other. You’re the boss, you’re the doctor,
you’re the therapist, you’re the mediator, and you’re the bank
because they all want you to hand out money.”
Her burden is heavier because, though her partner contributes financially to the household, he works a night shift and
must sleep by day, leaving him little time for parenting. Then,
there is the matter of conflict with an extended, blended family. “For my two kids, their father is involved, and that makes
a difference,” Petrillo says. “In the case of the other three
children, we’re working with two mothers and a grandmother.
But the biggest struggle is not having enough hours in the day;
having to be at work and deciding whether to be at work or
take one of the children to the doctor. The second most difficult thing is having time to take care of yourself when you’re
so busy taking care of everybody else.”
What Is The Biggest Issue Facing Women In
The Workplace Today?
“I don’t know of any. I think there are a lot of opportunities for
women to go far. We have 85 employees -- a lot of ladies; a lot
of men. Hours and pay are equal across the board. There is no
gender discrimination.”
“The word ‘no’. I think lenders and leaders should reach out
and offer to help women get started; hand them a checklist
and a hand. The SBA could do some community outreach too.
Much like a job fair, only perhaps with franchises or ideas to
help women take their own ideas and evolve them.”
Name: Michele Hansen
Company: Misc. Essentials, A Kitchen Shop, Hawley
Title: Owner/President
Family: Married, one son (27) and one daughter (13); one
granddaughter (10), one grandson (14 months)
2 years
up?
“A mommy with a house with shutters and a white picket
fence with a frilly little apron, cooking up great things up in
the kitchen.”
“I was bored with healthcare and not interested in running
around like a crazy person consulting. I decided to jump into
retail doing what I love, shopping - to stock the store - and
surrounding myself with everything anyone would need to
cook, bake or entertain. I want to infuse the store with my own
sense of style and humor, and make sure everyone has a positive shopping experience whether gifting or self-gifting. We
are big on self-gifting!”
“Family must always come first. I have four wonderful ‘moms’
working for me. They all work part-time so we can juggle our
schedules to accommodate our families’ needs.”
“I hope it becomes easier for a woman to start and own her
own business. It is a scary venture. There is no rule book to tell
you that you need to get incorporated, to get a resale license
and a Federal tax ID, and to get a good attorney and accountant; all the cumbersome and intimidating procedures that must
be done to open the doors.”
Name: Lisa A. Hutchins
Company: ESSA Bank & Trust, Stroudsburg
Title: Commercial Loan Officer
Family: Husband, James
Since July 2006
up?
“More than anything else I wanted to be rich. I was one of
seven children in a traditional family with a stay-at-home
mom. Necessities such as a home, food, clothing and discipline
were provided but luxuries were not. Back then, rich meant
money. Today, I think that rich is not necessarily in monetary
terms but in opportunities. And I do have a wealth of opportunities in both my professional and personal life.”
“A lot of hard work, commitment, perseverance and education.
I went to school part-time and worked in the banking industry
in the Philadelphia area before coming to the Poconos to live
when I got married. I worked at a bank for a year and a half
before taking a job for 15 years with Pocono Mountain Dairies
prior to my present position. It was an opportunity I couldn’t
pass up.”
“I choose carefully what I become active in. I try not to get
overwhelmed in everything that I do. If I set a time to do
something, I make sure that my schedule is cleared so that I
can do it then and not be thinking about a million other things
I could do.”
see WIB page 20
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NEWS
When Women Gain in the Workplace, Do Men Lose?
Leadership Tips for
Today’s Leaders
Sylvia Lafair, Ph.D.
How often have you heard, “And the winner is”?
Of course we all know how to play the win-lose game.
We all know that winning is good and losing is bad.
Winning is right and losing is wrong. Winners are winners and losers- well, they’re just losers.
Maybe it’s time to redefine what it means to win,
especially in the world of men and women in the
workplace. When men win over woman or vice versa,
everyone loses. In fact, the biggest losers are cooperation, collaboration and creativity. Women and men who
listen to each other and discuss what really matters can
band together to solve critical issues of fairness, balance
and success. Sometimes we learn to listen when we
least expect it. That’s what happened to me.
I was leading a corporate retreat for
the national sales account unit of a large
company. During one of the team sessions,
the women in the group became quite vocal
about fair salaries and work-life balance. The
key complaints were familiar: Child care
not shared fairly at home, plum assignments
turned down because of family responsibili-
ties and fear of burnout. Very few men spoke.
It was as if these issues only belonged to the
women.
We took a break. Some of the men,
huddled in a corner, were angry. They never
really had a chance to express their frustrations, never had a chance to be emotional. So
time was set aside for a “men only” session
with me, the token woman, as facilitator.
I honestly expected a half hour to do it.
Was I ever wrong! We were together for three
hours. Seventeen men talked and talked and
talked and I listened.
They talked about holding back feelings
or not knowing how to express themselves, and
about missing their kids’ growing-up moments
and feeling foolish if they admitted it. They
talked about success and how empty it was,
even if they could buy the pricey car.
Men are struggling with the same issues that women
are, looking for a place of balance and not really knowing what to give up, not sure what to ask for. So, here
we all are eyeing each other as adversaries, and often
playing gender politics when what we really need to do
is create a plan together to do it differently. That means
looking stereotypes and double binds squarely in the
face.
Stereotypes like men take charge; women take care.
Women are emotional; men are rational. Women are
warm; men are tough. Women are friendly; men are ambitious. Other stereotypes we battle: if you are feminine,
you are not really competent; to be competent you must
“think like a man”; or the uterus/brain dilemma which
states you cannot conceive children and great ideas at
the same time. How about for the guys: real men don’t
cry, or strong men are always decisive.
The invisible tentacles of stereotypes wrap around
us and eventually paralyze creativity and collaboration.
This thinking sets the stage for the proverbial “damned
if you do, damned if you don’t” syndrome.
Research done by The Catalyst Institute cites stereotypes as the top barrier for women leaders to advance.
By buying into these beliefs we have normalized the
abnormal.
Women actually can look upon this as an opportunity by becoming the catalysts for a new movement,
the “partnership movement.” Rather than complain
about the boys club or start yet another women’s group,
women should invite the guys into a new, more vital
dialogue.
The truth is, there are real differences, especially
ones that we live with in the workplace. Instead of
judging one another according to our own gender based
standards, it is time to recognize the differences and accept them without hostile judgment. Women can take the
lead, move past polarization to dialogue and get results.
©2007 Sylvia Lafair, Ph.D., Creative Energy Options,
Inc. Sylvia Lafair, Ph.D. is the President of Creative
Energy Options, Inc. and the developer of Total Leadership Connections™, an innovative leadership forum.
She is an executive coach and consultant to family firms
and global corporations. She is presently writing a book,
“The Gotcha Game: Helping Leaders Decode Office
Politics”™. For more information or comments please
email [email protected] or call 570-636-3858.
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
WHO’s WHO
BAUER
BOYER
CANTANDO
D’ADAMO
DeGIROLAMO
FISHER
FRANCOIS SEENEY
KONN
MILLER
PISANO
RITTER
RODRIGUEZ
SANTARELLI
WILLIAMS
Almquist- Caesars Pocono Resorts announces the promotion of Steve
Almquist to Rooms Manager at Paradise Stream Resort. Almquist will
oversee both the Guest Services and the Housekeeping departments.
He has been with Caesars Pocono Resorts for 14 years, most recently
as Guest Services Manager for Paradise Stream and Brookdale.
Bauer- Caesars Pocono Resorts announces the promotion of Teresa
Bauer to Guest Services Supervisor at Pocono Palace Resort. Bauer
will be responsible for scheduling, coaching, training and assisting in
the development of all guest service agents and ensuring the highest
level of customer service at the front desk. She will also be responsible
for coordinating communication between guest service, housekeeping
and maintenance. Bauer has been with Caesars Pocono Resorts since
2005, most recently as the night auditor for Pocono Palace Resort.
Bechtold- Caesars Pocono Resorts announces the promotion of Gail
Bechtold to Guest Services Supervisor at Pocono Palace Resort.
Bechtold will be responsible for ensuring guests are properly welcomed, monitoring all lobby activity and attending to guests’ needs
and requests. She will also assist in training new team members.
Bechtold has been with Caesars Pocono Resorts since 2002, most
recently as a Guest Services Agent.
Bolt- Wayne Bolt has been named Guest Services Director at Fernwood Hotel and Resort. Bolt joined Fernwood with 20 years of experience in customer service and resort operations.
Boyer- Rosalee Boyer of Allentown has been promoted to student
services administrator at Northampton Community College. Prior to
joining the staff at NCC’s Monroe Campus as a secretary in Student
Services, Boyer had been a legal secretary and worked in career
counseling and placement at New York University School of Law. She
holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from St. Francis College
in Brooklyn.
Cantando- John D. Cantando, DO, comes to Geisinger Wyoming
Valley as a neurosurgeon. Dr. Cantando specializes in cerebrovascular and skull base surgeries. Prior to joining Geisinger, Dr. Cantando
completed a cerebrovascular and skull base fellowship at St. Louis
University in Missouri. He also served as a clinical instructor within
the university’s division on neurosurgery. Dr. Cantando completed
his neurosurgery residency at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
at Western University in Colton, California, where he earned second
place in the Medtronic Sofamor Danek Resident Achievement Award.
Board certified in osteopathic surgery, Dr. Cantando earned his medical degree from Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine
in Davie, Florida. He holds memberships with the American College
of Osteopathic Surgeons, American Osteopathic Association and the
North American Skull Base Society.
D’Adamo- Heather D’Adamo, a sales agent in the East Stroudsburg
office of Coldwell Banker Phyllis Rubin Real Estate, has been promoted to Operations Manager of Company Acquisitions, Northampton
County, and will begin her new work in the company’s Wind Gap
location. D’Adamo will conduct a complete reassessment of the Wind
Gap location, its day-to-day operations, staffing and customer service
protocols and make recommendations for the office’s growth in the
marketplace including future staffing and operational needs.
D’Adamo has distinguished herself during her seven-year tenure at
Coldwell Banker Phyllis Rubin Real Estate. This past year, she was
named into the Six-Million Dollar Club, an honor for those reaching six million or more dollars in listings sold and buyer controlled
volume. In addition, she was named to the Diamond Society, a national
group for individuals achieving a minimum $145,000 closed adjusted
gross commission income or 32 closed units. She has also earned
Coldwell Banker Phyllis Rubin Real Estate recognition for the second
highest listings sold by volume for 2006 and top ten recognition for
listings taken, listings sold by units, buyer controlled sales by volume
and buyer controlled sales by units.
DeGirolamo- Matthew J. DeGirolamo, MD, joins Geisinger Medical
Group in Mt. Pocono as a family physician. Prior to joining Geisinger,
he worked in family medicine at Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg, N.J.,
which is also where he completed his residency. At Warren Hospital,
he served on the facility’s Credentials Committee and Joint Accreditation Committee. DeGirolamo earned his medical degree at St.
George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, Wisconsin where
he served as a teaching assistant and tutor in anatomy and histology,
and volunteered at a local children’s orphanage. DeGirolamo first
began his healthcare career as a chiropractor and then as a certified
emergency medical technician before going to medical school.
has been selected as the new President. Mayotte has been an essential
asset to the Bureau with over 30 years of experience in the hospitality
industry. He has worked for corporations such as the Marriott Corporation and Walt Disney World Company. Since 1994, Mayotte has held
the title of President and General Manager of Skytop Lodge and has
received many prestigious awards, including the Pennsylvania Tourism
& Lodging Association’s 2002 Spirit of Hospitality General Manager
of the Year Award.
Fisher- Dr. Hazel Fisher is the new associate dean of Northampton
Community College’s Monroe Campus. A resident of Saylorsburg,
Dr. Fisher has a wealth of experience in education. She comes to NCC
from Bucks County Community College where she was a member of
the faculty for 17 years, teaching children’s literature, composition,
creative writing, and other literature courses; she also chaired the
Department of Language and Literature. Fisher, a graduate of Bucks
County Community College, went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in
English at East Stroudsburg University and her master’s and Ph.D. in
English at Lehigh University.
Miller- Raymond J. “Ray” Miller has joined the Tannersville office
of Weichert, Realtors® - Acclaim. He specializes in residential and
commercial sales, relocation and property management. He is a member of the Pocono Mountains Association of Realtors®, Inc. Miller, a
New Jersey native, is a three-year resident of Mt. Pocono. He earned
a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Lehigh University
and a master’s degree in business administration at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Prior to real estate, he worked in advertising.
Forte- The Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau (PMVB) announces
the appointment Andy Forte, former President, who assumes the role
of Chairman of the Board. Forte has played an essential part in the development of the Bureau over the years. He has also been the President
and CEO of the Stroudsmoor Country Inn for over 20 years.
Francois Seeney- Denise Francois Seeney of Belvidere, New Jersey,
has become the assistant dean at Northampton Community College.
A political scientist, Francois-Seeney began teaching at Northampton
Community College in 2002. She was named interim assistant dean
of the Monroe Campus this past January. Francois Seeney graduated
from Boston College with a double major in political science and
psychology. She completed a master’s degree in international political
science at Villanova University and is now working on her Ph.D. at the
University of Southern Mississippi.
Huffman- Greg Huffman has been named Assistant General Manager
of Fernwood Hotel and Resort. He began at Fernwood in 1993 as a
part-time employee at the ski facility. In 2001 he was promoted to
Director of Recreation. He is a certified facility operator; and graduate
of the Disney Approach to People Management course and of the Disney Institute’s customer service, leadership, people management and
loyalty programs. He attended Methodist College in Fayetteville, N.C.
Knecht- Daniel Knecht has joined Michael J. McKeown Realtors in
Stroudsburg as an Associate Broker/Appraiser. Knecht has been selling
real estate in the Poconos for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of
the Realtors Institute and an accredited buyers’ representative of the
National Association of Realtors. He is also a residential accredited
appraiser with the National Association of Realtors Appraisal Section.
Konn- ESSA Bank announces the addition of Tony Konn as Commercial Loan Officer. He will be responsible for the development and
administration of commercial lending relationships as well as for the
coordination of joint calls with branch personnel to identify customer
financial needs. He will also oversee the pursuit of cross-selling opportunities that benefit the customer aswell as ESSA. Konn has over
26 years of experience in the banking industry including positions as
branch manager, commercial loan officer, mortgage officer, and Vice
President of commercial lending and Regional Vice President in
charge of commercial lending. Konn is a graduate of King’s College
with a B.S. in Business Administration and achieved his master’s
degree in business administration at Wilkes University. His education
also includes graduating from the University of Virginia’s Advanced
Commercial Lending School and Graduate School of Retail Banking.
Konn is the immediate past president of the United Way of Monroe
County and serves on the Board of Directors and on the Community
Initiatives Committee; he is also the immediate past President of the
YMCA of Monroe County and serves on the Board of Directors and
the Finance Committee.
Mayotte- The Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau (PMVB) announces
the appointment Ed Mayotte, former Vice President of the Board, who
Pisano- Sanofi-aventis announces the appointment of Wayne Pisano,
incoming President and Chief Executive Officer of sanofi pasteur, the
vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis Group. Pisano is the former
Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Operations and Corporate
Strategy. Pisano has 26 years of extensive experience in corporate
strategy, commercial operations, and public immunization policies, as
well as management development and management of partnerships
and joint-ventures. He has been with sanofi pasteur since 1997.
Ritter- James Ritter of East Stroudsburg has been named Company
Recruiter with Coldwell Banker Phyllis Rubin Real Estate. Ritter
will be responsible for hiring and training new and veteran real estate
agents for the eight offices of Coldwell Banker Phyllis Rubin Real
Estate. Ritter was previously with Wilkins & Associates Real Estate,
Inc. He is a mentor and career coach to real estate sales agents and is
an Accredited Buyers Representative of the Real Estate Buyers Agent
Counsel. He carries the e-Pro designation from the National Association of Realtors and the Home Inspector Designation from the National
Association of Home Inspectors. He earned membership into the
Multi-Million Dollar Presidents’ Club in 2005 and 2006. Ritter is also
a member of the National Association of Realtors, the Pennsylvania
Association of Realtors and the Pocono Mountains Association of
Realtors.
Rodriguez- Cristina Rodriguez of Tobyhanna is the new assistant
director of admissions at NCC’s Monroe Campus. Rodriguez has
seven years of teaching experience in public and parochial schools in
the Poconos and New York City. She earned a bachelor’s degree in
English and secondary education from Marymount College, and is currently pursuing her master’s degree at East Stroudsburg University.
Santarelli- Riverside Rehabilitation Centers welcomes Kendall Santarelli, MS. OT, to their staff as an Occupational Therapist. Santarelli
evaluates and treats patients with injuries to their upper extremities
resulting from repetitive strain disorders, traumatic injury to the hand,
wrist or forearm, arthritis, CVA, head trauma, developmental delays in
motor skills, work injuries, or spinal cord injuries.
Spannagel- Caesars Pocono Resorts announces the promotion of
Ed Spannagel to Rooms Manager at Brookdale-on-the-Lake Resort.
Spannagel will oversee both the Guest Services and the Housekeeping departments. Spannagel has been employed by Caesars Pocono
Resorts for nine years, most recently as Executive Housekeeper for
Paradise Stream and Brookdale.
Williams- Sanofi-aventis announces the impending retirement of
David J. Williams as President and Chief Executive Officer of sanofi
pasteur, the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis Group. Williams
will relinquish his titles of President and Chief Executive Officer effective August 1, and will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board
of sanofi pasteur until January 16, 2008, which will also mark his 30th
anniversary with the company.
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
WHAT’s WHAT
A Grand Opening and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony were recently held
for A Stitch in Time, a new quilting shop in Honesdale. The business
is owned by Jackie Murphy, a native of Queens, NY who now lives in
Honesdale. A Stitch in Time offers high-quality fabrics and quilting
supplies, and will be offering classes in quilting in the fall.
American Red Cross of Monroe County recently received a grant of
$6,400 from The Blue Ribbon Foundation of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania to support its “Home Alone” program which provides
youth education on disaster and emergency preparedness. Partnering
with youth organizations such as the Boy and Girl Scouts, Future Business Leaders of America and the YMCA, the Red Cross will teach more
than 240 young people, ages 11-14, strategies to help them develop
their decision-making and critical-thinking skills, make and use a family emergency plan, and construct a disaster kit. Upon completion of
the program, the training manual will serve as a reference source for
participants and their families.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s
Board of Directors has approved the investment of $820,560 in support
of regional economic development, in the first funding round of the
new 2007-08 fiscal year. The investments are with four early stage
technology companies, two established manufacturers, eight business
incubators, and two Keystone Innovation Zones. One such project has
been East Stroudsburg University’s Business Accelerator, which plays
a key role in attracting and encouraging technology-based start-ups,
particularly in the computer security and biotechnology sectors. Established in 2001, the accelerator has supported 13 companies that have
created 98 jobs. Ben Franklin will also provide financial support to two
Keystone Innovation Zones (KIZs) in northeastern Pennsylvania. Continued funding for the KIZs supports internships, the business accelerator, marketing, administration, and management of the program. The
Pocono Mountains KIZ was instrumental in the launch of the Keystone
Innovation Grant program, in which $475,000 was awarded to regional
colleges and universities for the creation of spinout companies and
technology transfer by faculty members.
Caesars Pocono Resorts announces its recent re-certification into the
Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau, Inc. (PMVB) Quality Assurance
Program. Instituted in the fall of 1996 with accommodation members
participating on a voluntary basis, the program has expanded to include
regional attractions, restaurants and campgrounds. To date, there are
over 100 properties that have been designated as Quality Assured. The
Quality Assurance Program was created to enable Pocono Mountains
tourist facilities to provide a superior product to their existing customers, to aid them in attracting new business and to help ensure that visitors to the Pocono Mountains have a satisfying experience. The criteria
include cleanliness, friendliness and safety. Inspections are conducted
by the Property Review Program of Mount Dora, FL, an independent
agency.
East Stroudsburg Savings Association (ESSA) has awarded
$18,000 to the Fine Arts Discovery Series (FADS) to help improve
the organization’s live theater technology, including the purchase of a
grand piano and new lavaliere microphones. These microphones are
specifically used during live theater to allow the performers to move
without hindering the projection of their sound, enabling the audience
to enjoy clear sound that allows them to be a part of the performance.
In 2006, FADS officially merged with the Sherman Theater Foundation
to become the building’s operating nonprofit entity. The two organizations combined to provide and promote fine and performing art concerts
and workshops for families in Monroe County, while continuing the
restoration of the Sherman Theater as a regional performing arts center.
Pocono Lively Arts, Pennsylvania Rep Company, Pocono Arts Council,
PA Dance Network, the Pocono Choral Society and other performing
arts organizations will benefit from this technology upgrade.
East Stroudsburg University’s Disaster-Resistant University Hazard
Mitigation Planning Committee (DRU/HMPC) announces the preparation of a Hazard Mitigation Plan. This project will guide the university
toward greater disaster resistance. In order to qualify for federal aid for
technical assistance and post-disaster funding, the university must comply with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA) and its implementing regulations of 2002. The Hazard Mitigation Plan will be designed to
meet Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requirements
in order for the university to be eligible for funding and technical assistance from state and federal hazard mitigation programs. The planning
process consists of public involvement through a series of meetings; the
identification of hazards that could affect the university; an assessment
of the university’s vulnerability to these hazards in terms of the number
of structures and people affected; the identification of mitigation actions
that can reduce the risk from these hazards; and the development of an
implementation strategy identifying roles and responsibilities.
First National Community Bancorp reports its quarterly earnings
were 4% higher than the first quarter of this year and $395,000, or 12%,
higher than the same three month period of last year. Basic earnings
per share were 30 cents for the second quarter compared to 29 cents in
the first quarter of 2007 and 27 cents during the second quarter of 2006. Total assets grew $46 million, or 15% annually, during the second
quarter to $1.248 billion. First National Community Bank conducts
business from eighteen offices covering Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne
and Monroe Counties. The bank’s second Wayne County office located
on Route 6 in Honesdale, will open later this year.
Geisinger Health System was recently named a 2007 Computerworld
Honors Laureate, an honor that recognizes Geisinger’s innovations in
using information technology in healthcare. The award was accepted on
behalf of Geisinger by chief innovation and technology officer, Ronald
A. Paulus, MD. Nominated for the award by IBM, Geisinger submitted
a case study on the use of its prototype Clinical Decision Intelligence
System (CDIS) to drive quality improvements in the care of diabetic
patients. Geisinger and IBM are developing the CDIS, which leverages
the health system’s wealth of clinical data derived from its decade- long
use of one of the industry’s most advanced electronic health record
systems. Geisinger Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and
Clinical Enterprise Joanne Wade, Dr. Paulus and Geisinger Editorial
Office Director Sandra Buckley accepted the award in early June at the
19th Annual Laureates Medal Ceremony & Gala Awards in Washington, D.C. Computerworld laureates were selected from organizations
across the globe and included only five healthcare winners from the
United States.
Geisinger Health System has been named among the nation’s “100
Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems” published by Hospitals
& Health Networks (H&HN) magazine, the journal of the American
Hospital Association. The top 100 most wired hospitals and health
systems were selected from 1,284 hospitals representing approximately
20 percent of all U.S. hospitals. The annual list is based on hundreds
of surveys and a national benchmarking study focusing on how the
nation’s hospitals use information technologies for quality, customer
service, public health and safety, business processes and workforce
issues. These studies show the nation’s 100 most wired hospitals and
health systems have better outcomes than other hospitals on four key
measures: mortality rates; the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality’s patient safety measures; the Joint Commission’s Core Measures; and average length of stay. This is the fifth year Geisinger has
made the “100 Most Wired” list, an achievement consistent with other
national recognition awarded to the system earlier this year. In March,
Geisinger Medical Center was named to the Solucient 100 Top Hospitals®: National Benchmarks for Success list, also for the fifth time. In
February, Geisinger Health System earned a place on the 2007 Verispan
IHN 100 list, an annual assessment of the 100 most highly integrated
healthcare networks. In addition to receiving the 2007 Preeminence
Award from the American Medical Group Association, Geisinger was
also honored by the National Committee for Quality Assurance and
the American Diabetes Association for quality care to patients with
diabetes.
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network has just signed a contract
with Tricare that will allow Good Shepherd to provide inpatient and
outpatient rehabilitation, long-term acute care and skilled nursing
services to members of the U.S. Armed Forces at a preferred rate.
Tricare Management Activity, the Defense Department agency that
administers the healthcare plan for the uniformed services, retirees and
their families, serves more than 9.1 million beneficiaries worldwide.
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. announces its 45th anniversary.
Since opening its doors in 1962, the firm has grown from a storefront
office in Harrisburg with three employees and two clients to employ
nearly 300 men and women in nine offices throughout Pennsylvania.
Originally focused on sanitary engineering, HRG now offers a full
range of engineering services in water resources, environmental studies
and design, land development, water and wastewater systems, electrical
systems design, surveying, Geographic Information Systems, transportation engineering, and financial consulting. Over the past four decades
HRG has been recognized numerous times as one of the top 500 design
firms in the United States by Engineering News Record; among the Top
50 Fastest Growing Firms in Central Pennsylvania by the Central Penn
Business Journal; and in Pittsburgh’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies
by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The firm has also been named ASCE
Employer of the Year for Central Pennsylvania and one of the Best
Places to Work in PA.
Keller Williams Realty’s Don Jordan has launched a new television
show titled “The Pocono Home Show” produced by George Roberts
Productions. The show, with segments on a variety of real estate topics,
airs on TV-13 on Mondays at 7:30 p.m., Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m., and
Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. It is hosted by Jordan, the team leader and CEO
of Keller Williams’ Stroudsburg Market Center, and Connie Roberts,
who is also co-host of the “Pocono Mountains Today” program on the
same station.
Lords Valley Self Storage announces breaking ground on 11,000
square feet of new, state-of-the-art climate-controlled self storage space
on Route 6 at the intersection with Route 434 in Greeley. Existing
Lords Valley Self Storage properties have units ranging from 5’x5’ to
20’x50’ and offer the services of a moving van, free for new customers.
Many extra features are available including free high security locks and
no required security deposit. Lords Valley Self Storage is the largest
storage company in Pike County
After five years in development, Monadnock Non-Wovens LLC in Mt.
Pocono, a supplier of roll goods to the filtration industry, announces
it has developed a unique bonded composite of melt-blown Halar
and polypropylene. The material combines the unique characteristics
of polypropylene and Halar in one intimately bonded composite.
Although primarily developed to meet demand in the liquid filtration
market and the chloro-alkalis chemical, electronic and pharmaceutical
industries, it has other potential uses in Homeland Security such as a
barrier for personal protection or a replacement for other more expensive membranes; it can also be used in water-impervious structures that
allow air to pass through in battlefield equipment.
Northampton Community College (NCC) has been awarded two
grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), or close to
$700,000 in total: $545,091 over five years for the “SMaRT Scholars
for Success” project, and $149,986 over two years for a planning grant.
Together the grants will enable NCC to offer more financial aid and
educational advantages to students interested in pursuing careers in
science, technology, math and engineering. The “SMaRT Scholars for
Success” grant will provide scholarships, tutoring, career and transfer
advising, and networking opportunities for 54 financially disadvantaged, academically talented students majoring in biology, biotechnology, chemistry, chemical technology, computer science, engineering,
engineering technology or math/physics at Northampton Community
College’s campuses in Monroe County and Bethlehem. The second
grant will enable Northampton Community College to work with employers, including those in Monroe County, to address current and future workforce needs, to make curricular changes including incorporating more project-based learning in science and technology courses, and
to focus on encouraging more students, particularly women and minori-
ties, to choose careers in fields such as electromechanical technology,
electronics technology, electrical technology, computer aided design,
optoelectronics, computer systems maintenance and nanotechnology.
Over 60 campers spent 3 fun-filled weeks at Pocono Environmental
Education Center in Dingmans Ferry during the Ultimate Summer
Literacy Camp in July. Ultimate Camp is the first part of the Year-round
Literacy Program providing 4th and 5th graders from the Delaware
Valley School District the opportunity to refresh their literature and
mathematics skills over the summer. This is the fourth year that PEEC
has operated the literacy camp for students, made possible by a total
of $50,000 in donations from Larry and Monica Simon and from LTS
Builders in Shawnee-on-Delaware. PEEC provides unique environmental experiences to families and groups of all ages.
Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau announces that America Online
has named the Pocono Mountains as number two on the top-searched
resort destinations on AOL Search, according to a report in June. The
results of a recent Nielson/NetRatings study concluded that AOL
has the fourth largest share of U.S.-based Web searches. The Pocono
Mountains joins the company of nine other resort destinations including
Orlando, Costa Rica and San Diego. With 2,400 square miles encompassing Pennsylvania’s Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne counties,
the Pocono Mountains region is home to rolling mountain terrain,
waterfalls, thriving woodlands and 170 miles of winding rivers. The
diverse region offers history and culture, fine dining, entertainment and
a variety of events for all ages. Accommodations range from upscale,
luxury hotels and resorts to country inns and B&Bs.
sanofi pasteur US recently held the annual Pocono Mountains Community Fundraiser, believed to be the largest event of its kind in Monroe County history. More than $150,000 was distributed at the event,
emceed by Robert Phillips, President and CEO of the Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce. First-place winner was Pocono Services
for Families and Children; second-place, Girl Scouts in the Heart of
Pennsylvania; third-place, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bridge; and
fourth place went to American Red Cross of Monroe County. Sanofi
pasteur provided all the financial backing and creative services required
to launch the event, the goal of which is to get community leaders
involved in supporting the non-profit sector.
TR Technology Solutions has recently acquired the computer sales and
network services portfolio of 3XE Technical Solutions in Scranton. TR
Technology Solutions, a division of Software Engineering Associates,
has committed to expanding its core product offerings in the growing
Pocono region. The company has over twenty years of computer manufacturing and network service experience, as well as custom software
development capability.
TSS Photography in Cresco was recently honored as the number one
franchise for the volume of photos shot and dollar volume in its category. The award was given to the owners of TSS Photography, Pat and
Tom Grainger, at a ceremony in Bally’s in Las Vegas. TSS, formerly
known as Mountain Valley Sports Photo, is the largest sports photography business in northeastern Pennsylvania, and also offers event photography where photos are taken and printed immediately for clients.
United Way of Monroe County will allocate a record-breaking total $800,000 – in grants to health and human service programs countywide
for 2007-2008. The recipients, chosen by a citizen’s review process,
represented a variety of programs that serve needs ranging from
preschool education and transitional housing to anger management and
home healthcare services. Three new programs and one new partner
agency were added to this year’s program. A family dynamics/counseling program run by the Ex-Offender Re-entry Program of Monroe
County received funding for the first time. Parenting education offered
through Pocono Services for Families and Children and Healthy Start
Early Childhood Screening, provided through Pocono Healthy Communities Alliance, were also first-time grant recipients.
United Way of Wayne County’s United Way Fund Distribution announces it is accepting applications for grant opportunities. Applicants
must be non-profit, 501(c)3 health and human service organizations
providing direct services in Wayne County. Funding may be requested
for existing programs, new programs or initiatives, program expansion
and capital items. Supplies that are an integral part of service delivery
will also be considered. Copies of the application may be obtained from
the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce located at 32 Commercial
St. in Honesdale, the Dime Bank or by calling the United Way at 570343-1267. Completed applications must be mailed or delivered to the
Wayne County Chamber of Commerce by September 4, 2007. The applications will be reviewed by the Wayne County Division United Way
Fund Distribution Committee comprised of volunteers who live and/or
work in Wayne County.
The Pocono Arts Council has approved the Mountainhome office of
Wilkins & Associates Real Estate, Inc. as an art gallery. The Wilkins’
office on Route 390 outside Buck Hill will showcase a selected artist’s
work every two months to provide the community with the opportunity
to purchase local artwork.
Please send all press releases for
consideration to [email protected]
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NEWS
“I really hope that they can find an adult mentor or adult figure
in their life to guide them through today’s pop culture influences. They need a strong support system to help them learn
to respect themselves as well as others. I want them to live for
today, but think about tomorrow.”
“I would like to try to keep gender issues out of the workforce.
I’d like women to be measured on their own performance,
expertise and professionalism. Women work hard for their success, and that commitment shouldn’t be overlooked, undervalued or unappreciated.”
Name: Lorrie A. Miller
Company: The Hampton Inn, Lehighton
Title: General Manager
Family: Two sons, Joseph, 11, and Justin, 9; parents and
four siblings
Since February, 2006
up?
“I actually wanted to be a psychoanalyst. When I was in
school, we studied about Freud and dream states, so I was
very interested in learning more about sleep pattern disorders
and things of that nature. But I went to Temple University as a
psych major and decided that was definitely not what I wanted
to do.”
“While I was in school, I picked up a second degree in hotel
management. I ended up climbing the ranks for about six years
in sales. In the end, I decided to transition over to a management company where I got to work with owners and learn
more about operations of hotels. About a year after that, I was
offered my current position. I had come in as an entry-level
manager with a hotel degree. One of the biggest issues I faced
was there is a lot of difference between what you actually learn
in school versus what’s happening in the real world. There
were a lot of people who had been doing it for years and were
swearing that was the best way and here I am coming in with
my book knowledge saying, no, this is the best way.”
“Mostly, with the help of my family. The hotel industry is a
24/7 industry. It has been very demanding. Family has always
been there to jump in and baby-sit, and take the kids while I go
away on a business trip.”
“I hope that employers will start to become more sensitive to
the roles of women at home and allow the flexibility they need
to balance their personal and professional lives. A lot of employers don’t seem to offer flex time or any type of childcare
support to working mothers, and it makes it very difficult for
them to get into the workforce and maintain a job when they
have to worry about everything that’s going on at home.”
“It’s the lack of employer support and understanding for working mothers.”
Name: Dr. Vickie Sanders
Company: East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg
Title: Assistant to the President and Associate Vice President for Special Events and Diversity
Family: Husband Lorenzo Sanders; three children: two boys
ages 23 and 21; one girl, age 13
How Long In Current Position?
One year; but 18 years with ESU in other positions
Up?
“I wanted to be a school teacher. I taught elementary school,
briefly, for a couple of years in upstate New York.”
“I’ve been an educator since 1976, in different positions. My
current position is the result of the years I’ve been at the university and the experiences I’ve had that have prepared me to
take on this particular position.”
How Do You Balance Personal And Professional Life?
“Just by setting priorities and remembering what’s truly important in life. Every day is a challenge, to work full time while
being married and a mother, going to school to get my Masters
and then my Doctorate. It’s a matter of knowing what your
limits are and really just keeping focused, realizing that you
can only do as much as you humanly can, knowing that some
things will have to become less important at certain times. For
me, it’s a matter of setting goals and trying to forge forward,
but all the time remembering that the most important thing is
my family.”
“I hope that women are able to continue to accomplish whatever they want to accomplish, but I also hope that they will
realize that they don’t have to be super women, that they don’t
have to do everything. It’s a matter of deciding what’s important to you and then going after it. Maybe you can have it all,
but you can’t have it all at the same time. There are certain
things that I put on hold until my children were of a certain age
and at different stages of my life I decided to focus on different
things.”
What Is The Biggest Issue Facing Women In
The Workplace Today?
“Women still believe that they have to be able to do everything. I think there’s honor in working in the workforce, but
there’s also honor in staying home and raising a family if
that’s what you choose to do. The biggest challenge for young
women is to realize that whichever direction they decide to go,
it’s okay. The challenge is being strong enough to make the
right decision, not just following the crowd.”
Name: Sheelah Kaye Stepkin
Company: Torte Knox Cooking School and Restaurant,
Hawley
Title: Founder & Owner
Family: One daughter, Star.
Four years.
up?
“I always knew I wanted to be an actress and successfully
accomplished that goal with a 15-year stage career. At 40 I
became a ‘food diva’ and combined my love for the theater
with cooking by creating a theatrical food experience. Since
then I’ve appeared on many national TV shows performing my
own self-taught, unique art of cooking.”
“This was a life-long odyssey. Each of our experiences feeds
the next chapter in life. I was never far from food; I cooked
on the road, I cooked for the troops on several USO tours,
and I cooked for the poor, the homeless and for children with
disabilities.”
“With great difficulty. It’s a balancing act I continue to learn.”
“Women are 51% of the population. When women become
51% of the business equation, we are there!”
“Equality with men within the banking community, particularly for business financing and funding.”
Name: Yarrow Wilkins
Company: Wilkins & Associates Real Estate, Stroudsburg
Title: Senior Vice President and Sales Manager
Family: Husband, Keith Drozal; children, Pyper, 6 and
Zain, 3; parents
Senior vice president for 6 years; sales manager for 3 years
up?
“My deep-down aspiration is to be a vet. I would probably be a
large animal vet. I do a tremendous amount of rescue work and
foster care with dogs and horses. Most of them come to my
house and never leave.”
“I decided not to return to vet school after a year in the industry and instead joined with my father in the real estate industry.
At first I worked weekends, summers and during breaks,
starting at the bottom of the company chain doing housekeeping, secretarial and all facets of the business. In 1996, I began
work full-time and eventually secured my broker’s license to
continue my professional progression.”
“The biggest thing I have to do is to set hours for each child
and do special things with each of them. I have special times
just to do things for my husband and myself, and then I set
time just for me. When you have something you are passionate
about as a person, I don’t think you need to lose your identity
either to work or being a mom. You still need to maintain your
sense of self. That’s the only way you can fit all of it into one
life.”
“That they would recognize that each brings something valuable to the table. The biggest thing is to listen to what the other
gender has to say because they come with a different perspective and from different backgrounds. Speaking in terms of our
company, some of us have worked for big corporations; some
of us worked for mom-and-pop organizations. It’s important
that we all listen to one another.”
“Credibility is probably the biggest issue. It seems that
women, in particular younger women, tend to not get enough
credibility for both their actions and suggestions. I think both
men and women need to listen to what the other is saying and
be open-minded.”
Name: Mary Beth Wood
Company: Wayne Economic Development Corporation
(WEDCO), Honesdale
Title: Executive Director
Family: Single
10 months, but since 2001 served as Assistant Executive Director and Project Manager
up?
“The majority of my professional life has been service-oriented. The focus has been to bring resources to other people.”
“This type of work found me rather than I found it. When I
stepped into this job it was supposed to be part-time, but it’s
evolved. With experience in having been the assistant executive director and being familiar with all the projects here, I was
able to assume this role.”
“I don’t! We’re about to embark on the business park and
we’re doing a large workforce initiative, and these demand
a lot of time. We need to expand our staff and then I hope to
have time for a personal life.”
“That they could do the jobs that they’ve dreamed about. There
was no question that this job could have been filled either by a
female or a male. To the credit of the Board [at WEDCO] they
didn’t care either way. Female workers can do anything they
aspire to.”
“Trying to balance the needs of your family. I don’t have
children but I do have a mom who needs my time, and it’s a
challenge to give the time you need to your family as well as
your job.”
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
September 1, 2
Second annual Tribute to the Arts, Mountainhome office of Wilkins &
Associates Real Estate, Route 390 outside Buck Hill. Call (570) 5957040 for more information.
September 4 – November 20
Small Water Systems Operation and Maintenance, Northampton
Community College, Fountain Court, Tannersville. Tuesdays through
November 20, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Cost: $360. Course, which is
approved by DEP, is designed to train operators in the safe and effective operation and maintenance of small water systems and treatment
plants including information about wells, pumps, and small water
treatment plants. Call (610) 861-5080 for more information. For
course details or to register online, visit www.northampton.edu.
September 5
LeTip of Stroudsburg, 7:01-8:31 a.m. Valuable opportunity to expand
your business, with each chapter having individual business categories to avoid conflicts of interest. Your chapter becomes your sales
force without increasing staff. Call Louise Bach at (570) 588-4113 or
Carole Miller at (570) 426-1676 for more information.
Working Breakfast/Lunch, The Alternative Board, East Stroudsburg
University, East Stroudsburg, 7:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Free. Event will
cover formation of advisory Board of Directors in a confidential
“think tank” environment and includes Vital CEO Skills Workshop
on Leadership. Call The Alternative Board at (973) 940-2020 or visit
www.tab-nwjerseypoconos.com for more information.
September 5, 6
CEO Leadership and Management Skills’ Workshops, Achieve
Business Solutions and The Alternative Board (TAB), $19.95 lunch
and materials (fee waived for TAB members and first-time workshop
attendees). Breakfast and lunch workshops run for approximately 1_
hours. Seating is limited and advance registration is required. Call
(973) 833-0200, or email [email protected] for more
information.
September 6
BNI (Business Network International), Bartonsville, 7:00 a.m. – 8:30
a.m. Howard Johnson, Route 611 & I-80 Exit 302B, Bartonsville,
Contact Karen Sherrill, (570) 895-4242 for more information.
Preparation for Licensure/Certification Surveys and Meeting Other
Regulatory Requirements, Northampton Community College, Fowler
Family Southside Center, 511 E. Third Street, Bethlehem, 8:30 a.m.
– 5:30 p.m. Fee: $120; discounted fee of $1800 for entire 8-course
series. Program is officially approved by the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators and meets the requirements of
obtaining or renewing a license. Call (610) 332-6585 or (877) 5430998 for more information.
September
941-7582 or visit www.scranton.edu/cptd for more information.
September 10, 11
CEO Leadership and Management Skills’ Workshops, Achieve Business Solutions and The Alternative Board (TAB), $19.95 lunch and
materials (fee waived for TAB members and first-time workshop
attendees). Breakfast and lunch workshops run for approximately 1_
hours. Seating is limited and advance registration is required. Call
(973) 833-0200 or email [email protected] for more
information.
September 11
Working Breakfast/Lunch, The Alternative Board, East Stroudsburg
University, East Stroudsburg, 7:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Free. Event will
cover formation of advisory Board of Directors in a confidential “think
tank” environment and includes Vital CEO Skills Workshop on Leadership. Call The Alternative Board at (973) 940-2020 or visit www.
tab-nwjerseypoconos.com for more information.
Women in Business, Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce,
Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort, Shawnee-on-Delaware, 12:00 noon.
Sponsored by Geisinger Health Systems. Special Program: Shawnee
Academy/The Beacon School: Where Learning Happens and Positive
Changes Occur.” Cost: $13 Chamber members in advance, $16 nonmembers and walk-ins. Call (570) 421-4433 for more information.
September 12
your business, with each chapter having individual business categories
to avoid conflicts of interest. Your chapter becomes your sales force
without increasing staff. Call Louise Bach at (570) 588-4113 or Carole
Miller at (570) 426-1676 for more information.
September 13
September 13
Social Services, Family and Community Relationships and Patient
Rights, Northampton Community College, Fowler Family Southside
Center, 511 E. Third Street, Bethlehem, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Fee:
$120; discounted fee of $1800 for entire 8-course series. Program is
officially approved by the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home
Administrators and meets the requirements of obtaining or renewing a
license. Call (610) 332-6585 or (877) 543-0998 for more information.
United Way Day of Caring, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. various locations
throughout Monroe County. All United Way volunteers, corporate
sponsors and non-profit organizations are invited to attend. Call (570)
629-5657 for more information.
September 14
BNI (Business Network International), The Shawnee Inn, Shawneeon-Delaware, 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m., breakfast. Fee $10. Contact Victor
Brozusky, Access Office Supply, (570) 421-0648 for more information.
September 6 – November 29
Wastewater Operations II, Northampton Community College, Fountain Court, Tannersville. Thursdays through November 29, 6:00 p.m.
– 9:00 p.m. Cost: $360. Course, which is approved by DEP, covers the
preliminary, chemical and biological components with an emphasis on
math and chemistry requirements of the state certification exam. Call
(610) 861-5080 or visit www.northampton.edu for more information.
Dietary Department and Patient Care, Northampton Community College, Fowler Family Southside Center, 511 E. Third Street, Bethlehem,
8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Fee: $120; discounted fee of $1800 for entire
8-course series. Program is officially approved by the State Board of
Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators and meets the requirements of obtaining or renewing a license. Call (610) 332-6585 or (877)
September 7
BNI (Business Network International), The Shawnee Inn, Shawneeon-Delaware, 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m., breakfast. Fee $10. Contact
Victor Brozusky, Access Office Supply, (570) 421-0648 for more
information.
September 15
The Pocono Record’s 8th Annual Community Yard Sale and United
Way’s Super Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - to 2:00 p.m., Courthouse Square,
Stroudsburg. Event offers crafts, tables of yard sale items, food, entertainment, and children’s activities. Information is also provided on
health and human service programs. Proceeds benefit the United Way
of Monroe County. Call (570) 421-4433 for more information.
Gerontology, Disease of Aging, Death and Dying, Northampton Community College, Fowler Family Southside Center, 511 E. Third Street,
Bethlehem, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Fee: $120; discounted fee of $1800
for entire 8-course series. Program is officially approved by the State
Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators and meets the
requirements of obtaining or renewing a license. Call (610) 332-6585
or (877) 543-0998 for more information.
Accounting for Non-Accountants, University of Scranton Center
for Professional Training and Development (CPTD), 9:00 a.m.
– 1:00 p.m. Course covers the basics of accounting terminology and
processes. Cost: $95, includes program materials and lunches. To
register, visit or call (570) 941-7582 or visit www.scranton.edu/cptd
for more information.
September 10
Business Card Exchange, Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce, Mountain Springs Lake Resort, Reeders, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Action Coach Business Coaching. Cost in advance: $10
Chamber members, $20 non-members; Cost at the door: $15 Chamber
members, $25 non-members. Call (570) 421-4433 for more information.
AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Technology, University of Scranton Center for Professional Training and Development
(CPTD), 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The 18-hour course will be held on
Mondays beginning on Sept. 10, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The course
will cover JavaScript; Prototype Toolkit; XMLHttpRequest object;
cross browser development; DOM (Document Object Model) Suggested prerequisite course is Java 2 and/or Internet Programming with
Java. Cost: $575, includes program materials and lunches. Call (570)
September 18
Wellness Conference and Dinner, Mrs. Bush’s Personal Care Homes
Retirement Homes in Kunkletown, Penn., 6:00 p.m. Free. Presentation
by Homewatch CareGivers in East Stroudsburg will cover caregiver
wellness, stress management and resources for caregivers in the Pocono region. Call (610) 381-3713 by Wednesday September 12th for
more information.
September 19
your business, with each chapter having individual business categories
to avoid conflicts of interest. Your chapter becomes your sales force
without increasing staff. Call Louise Bach at (570) 588-4113 or Carole
Miller at (570) 426-1676 for more information.
Heritage and Cultural Networking Breakfast and Workshop, Gallo’s
atop Flagstaff Mountain, Carbon County. Breakfast 7:45 a.m.; fee is
$12 for pre-registered chamber members and $15 for non-members
and walk-ins. Workshop 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.; free of charge. Charlene Donchez-Mowers, executive director of the Historic Bethlehem
Partnership (HBP), will be the breakfast’s featured speaker and keynote at the workshop. Workshop highlights include building partnerships, linking and funding strategies, packaging, hospitality training
and cooperative marketing. Call (570) 421-5791 for more information.
September 20
Nursing Department and Patient Care Management, Northampton
Community College, Fowler Family Southside Center, 511 E. Third
Street, Bethlehem, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Fee: $120; discounted fee
of $1800 for entire 8-course series. Program is officially approved
by the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators
and meets the requirements of obtaining or renewing a license. Call
(610) 332-6585 or (877) 543-0998 for more information.
Labor, Employment and Immigration Seminar, Shawnee Inn,
Shawnee-on-Delaware, 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Topics include I-9
compliance, handling an audit, the National Labor Relations Act
in unionized and non-unionized settings. Call (877) RSVPFOX, or
email [email protected] for more information.
September 21
information.
Rehabilitation Services and Special Care Services, Northampton
Community College, Fowler Family Southside Center, 511 E. Third
Street, Bethlehem, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Program is officially approved by the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators and meets the requirements of obtaining or renewing a
license. Call (610) 332-6585 or (877) 543-0998 for more information
Monthly Breakfast, Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce, Best
Western Pocono Inn, Stroudsburg, 7:30 a.m. Sponsored by Campaign
America, Special Program by Shepherd’s Maternity House. Cost in
advance: $10 Chamber members, $14 non-members in advance. Cost
at the door: $12 Chamber members, $18 non-members. Call (570)
September 22
Practical Approach to Strategic Planning and Management for Business, East Stroudsburg University, Lower Dansbury Commons, East
Stroudsburg, 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Cost: $295 (includes refreshments, lunch and materials). This seminar is designed for managers,
team leaders and business executives and will cover new planning
systems, team dynamics and an introduction to a new approach to
business called ‘strategic linkage.’ Register at www.nepirc.com/
events or contact Miguel Barbosa at (570) 422-7955 or mbarbosa@
po-box.esu.edu. The deadline for registration is September 5.
September 26
your business, with each chapter having individual business categories to avoid conflicts of interest. Your chapter becomes your sales
force without increasing staff. Call Louise Bach at (570) 588-4113 or
Carole Miller at (570) 426-1676 for more information.
September 27
Health Support Services: Pharmacy, Medical Records and Diagnostic
Services, Northampton Community College, Fowler Family Southside Center, 511 E. Third Street, Bethlehem, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Program is officially approved by the State Board of Examiners of
Nursing Home Administrators and meets the requirements of obtaining or renewing a license. Call (610) 332-6585 or (877) 543-0998 for
more information.
Bizzy Awards, Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce, Caesar’s
Brookdale Resort in Scotrun.. Event begins with cocktails at 5:30
p.m.; dinner at 6:30 p.m.; awards at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $65, available at the offices of the Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce,
556 Main Street in Stroudsburg, or by calling (570) 421-4433.
Proceeds from the Bizzy Awards benefits the United Way of Monroe
County. More information can be found at www.BizzyAwards.com.
Business Card Exchange, Pike County Chamber of Commerce, at the
Pocono Environmental Education Center in Dingman’s Ferry. Call
(570) 296-8700 for more information.
September 28
information.
Facility Support Services: Building/Grounds, Housekeeping,
Laundry Central Supply, Northampton Community College, Fowler
Family Southside Center, 511 E. Third Street, Bethlehem, 8:30 a.m.
– 5:30 p.m. Program is officially approved by the State Board of
Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators and meets the requirements of obtaining or renewing a license. Call (610) 332-6585 or
(877) 543-0998 for more information.
United Way 7th Annual Golf Spectacular, 12:00 noon shotgun start,
Fernwood Resort, Bushkill. Texas Scramble format with a sports
theme. Dinner buffet with prizes and awards follow the tournament.
Call (570) 629-5657 for more information.
If you would like to have your business event
listed in the PBJ Calendar of Events, please
submit information to [email protected].
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PBJ REGISTER
Carbon County Deeds
Franklin Township
Jason Lesko to RAC Closing Services LLC, $272,500,
RAC Closing Services LLC to Stephen Azar, $265,000,
David Krause to Frederick Reichenbach, $286,500.
Kidder Township South
Dagostino Family Trust to Kimberley Forde, $600,000,
Helen Soberick to GSM Investments LLC, $405,000,
Thomas P Carney Inc to Raisa Federenchenko,
$259,250, Thomas P Carney Inc to james Dugan,
$305,852, Albin Scheibner to John O’Malley, $525,000
Lehighton Borough
Brian Levine to Vesta Ackernecht, $285,000
Lower Towamensing Township
Kelly Herzfeld to Gilbert Mook, $276,000
Penn Forest Township
Steven Staub to Nicholas Baughan, $565,000
Towamensing Township
Thomas Stines to Roger Turner, $490,000
Monroe County Deeds
Barrett Township
Terence and Jane Brady to George and Kimberly
Kenny, $505,000; John Gardiner to Igor and Shannon
Motchek, $610,000; Ann and Thomas Farrell to Paul
and Elizabeth Mandry, $285,000; Joseph and Donna
Giovinazzo to Steven and Deborah Grant, $505,000
Chestnuthill Township
John, Christopher and Robin Beresch to Nicholas Molinari, $280,000; Aleksandr Gorelik and Maya Velma
to Liton Bhawal, $1,275,000; Blue Ridge Homes LLC
to Suzy Simon and Joel and Mirlane Joseph, $301,000;
Frank and Maureen Cavaliere to Hermogenes and Sonia
Reyes, $261,000; Jeffery Bower to Gladys Urena,
$281,347; Royal Oak Homes Inc to Grazyna Mierzwa,
$308,000; LTS Development LLC to Thomas and Patricia Callahan, $552,800; Wachovia Bank NA to Vincent
Barila, $268,000; Michael and Jennifer Chilek to Scott
Ayers, $278,000
Coolbaugh Township
John and Patricia Blakeney to Suzanne Kahn, $253,000;
John DelVecchio to Liberty Shell Inc, $810,000; Presbytery of Lackawanna to Eun Kim and Woo Jin Jung,
$268,800; Walter and Linda Mompalao to Richard
Prinzi, $260,000
East Stroudsburg Borough
LTS Development LLC to Eric Acheampong and
Monica Boamah, $302,900; Frances Dixon to Buff
Nauman LLC, $800,000; LTS Development LLC to
Rosalie and Patrick Williams, $317,800
Eldred Township
Elmer Frantz to Michael and Debra Green, $850,000
Hamilton Township
Michael and Patricia Hughes to Sid Butler, $383,000;
Gary and Cynthia Wedde to Sirva Relocation Credit
LLC, $265,968; Sirva Relocation Credit LLC to Robert
and Holly Keiper, $265,968; Alan and Mary Ann
Dutkin to Robert Nebel, $340,000; Bernard and Karlyn
Shedlowski to Suzette Armitage, $265,000; Allen and
Loretta Drolet to Gilbert and Luann Walter, $265,000;
David and Marian Stein to Robert and Debra Chaitin,
$467,450; Timothy and Christa Sawyer to Todd and
Tracy Sloan, $348,000; Mario Hobson-Garcia and
Jennifer Zampello to Jeffrey and Mary Ellen Marina,
$375,000; Victor Lopez and Wendy Ivanov-Cubek to
Cartus Financial Corp, $328,000; Cartus Financial Corp
to Karl and Elizabeth Scott, $328,000; Mark and Sue
Ann Shields to David and Debra Marsack, $275,000;
Francis Fallano to Anchor Trolley LLC, $745,000
Jackson Township
M&T Bank to Richard Molinaro, $275,000; Yolanda
Texidor and Francis Torres to Harold and Kimberly
Kennedy, $330,000; Stafford and Erika Alliston to
Clarence and Joan Dickens, $287,500; Scott and Gillen
Geldhauser to Thomas and Mary Ellen Zambardo,
$300,000; Howard and Margaret Shick to Walter and
Shelly Waltz, $306,000; Robert and Ruby Parsh to
Keith and Robin Szatkowski, $272,500; Arthur and
Barbara Jean Chilvers to James and Sandra Roschbach,
$285,000; LTS Development LLC to Bruce and Kristal
Taylor, $406,800; Nancy Ludlow to Eugene Babenko,
$270,000; Four Seasons at Camelback LP to Alberto
and Irene Ferrer, $292,777; Four Seasons at Camelback
LP to Pasquale and Mary Muzzi, $278,000; Michael
Molinaro and Faith Kolb to Robert and Lisa Buchholz,
$250,000
Middle Smithfield Township
Trudy Nash to David and Christa Hou, $335,000; Irma
Courtright to Susan Roessle, $267,500; William and
Sonya Rake to Pennsylvania CVS Pharmacy LLC,
$350,000; Ryan and Barbara Quackenboss to Jay Berry,
$250,000; Toll PA III to Martin and Bridget Hickey,
$825,590; Toll PA IV to Guempes and Beatrice Charles,
$456,224; Debra, Theresa and Gary Gavin to Otis and
Lisha French, $275,000; Dimitrios and Adam Martidis
to Michael and Patricia Wingerter, $329,000; Shu-Hsing
Li and Tsai-Jyh Chen to James Futrell and Junie John,
$388,500; Pocono Home Buyers LLC/Mount Pocono
Enterprises LLC to Alex and Liana Perez, $304,900;
LTS Development LLC to Theodore and Hattie Fields,
$402,900; C Douglas and Tonya Maclay to Michael Berardi, $270,000; Toll PA IX to Jamel Thomas, $563,150;
Anthony and Elizabeth Falco to Adam and Mahagany
Cohen, $291,000; LTS Development LLC to Albert and
Elizette Diaz, $423,000; Louis and Eileen Mignosi to
Howard and Wendy Davis, $1,400,000
Mount Pocono Borough
Ann Smith to MG09 LP, $310,500
Pocono Township
Kristin and Gaetano Zammito to Antonio Diflora,
$275,000; Gary and Pamela Groetsch to Krislin Ofalt
and Janet Ferraro, $320,000; Jonathan Kemena to
David and Elaine Kittredge, $699,000; Craig and Anne
Wilson to Barbara Damico, $425,000; Robert and
Denise Holzmann to Anthony and Christine Gonzalez,
$305,000; CMC Development Corporation to Luis
Taveras, $399,900; Robert and Debra Blessington to
Jeffrey and Gail Wert, $480,000; Ronald and Jenette to
Kenbar Investment Group, $425,000; Mohamed Alli to
Andrezej and Beata Paszkowski, $259,000; George and
Marie Ortiz to John and Cynthia Wasilewski, $499,000;
Stephen and Teresa Musumeci to Sanofi Pasteur Inc,
$380,000; Henry Homes Inc to Timea Pruner and Kurt
Lutz, $335,000
Polk Township
Michael and Linda Grassie to Matthew and Brenda
Hageman, $279,000; Federal National Mortgage Association/Fannie Mae to Cari Jacobs, $270,450; Vincent
Barila to Gregory Hvasta, $328,000; Brad Frueler to
James Chido and Mary Mattfeld, $256,500; Penn Pro
Builders to Meorge McKenzie, $284,000; Louis and
Elizabeth Simitz to Lester and Lynn Harris, $251,000
Smithfield Township
Craig and Nancy McClelland to David Peter Russo,
$400,000; Deutsche Bank Trust Co/Bankers Trust Co to
Cesar and Maretza Balarezo, $252,000; ABD Smithfield
Inc to Donald and Linda Doll, $435,000; C&M Homes
at Shawnee LP to Kerry and Katosha Barnes, $371,175;
Viola Pastorini to W Peter and Elizabeth Ahnert Sr,
$425,000; Cynthia Wells and Luther Barnes to Rebecca
Hannon-Fish, $435,000; Edna Albert to Penn Regional
Business Center III LP, $1,425,000
Stroud Township
Eric and Bergette Noel to Alison Edwards, $385,000;
Terry Giffel to Lawrence and Kathryn Simon Jr.,
$510,000; BMJ Mortgage/S Jerome and Phyllis Rubin
to DEPG Stroud Associates II LP, $500,000; Six
Eleven Development Corp to DEPG Stroud Associates
II LP, $2,900,000; Paul and Linda Kaserman to Luis
Guzman, $360,000; Kendall and Linda Rego to David
and Marian Stein, $320,000; NVR Inc to Massamba
Gueye and Fatou Ndiaye, $442,484; Richard and Lisa
Bye to Theresa Bouselli, $386,000; Leslie and Maurice
Fiorenza to Carolyn Brown, $387,000; LTS Development LLC to David and Robenniah Brandon, $375,375;
Eleonara Outhman to Patricia and Christopher Johnson,
$275,000; Debra Smith to William Crespo and Erika
Dmeza, $375,000; David and Leona Pierce to Marek
and Zofia Kania, $265,000; Frank and Dee Sanchez to
Jose and Shantelle Villafane, $260,000; Mark and Kate
Ferreira to Matthew Reaser, $265,000; G W Sebring &
Son Inc to Developmental Education Services Foundation, $472,000; Gregory and Tracie Spence to David
and Jennifer Shaw, $401,900; LTS Development LLC
to Andrew Trauger and Catherine Colussi, $372,000;
LTS Development LLC to Karen McAllister and Rick
Pendzick, $414,885
Stroudsburg Borough
Eileen McDonald Ketchum to Neil Snuffer and Kathleen Avey, $265,000; Robert and Ann Marie Zansitis to
Thomas and Elizabeth Stines, $350,000; TM Builders
Inc to Lalit and Chitra Sareen, $317,000
Tobyhanna Township
Pamela Cavanagh to Stephen and Nancy Stoll,
$305,000; Ernestine Head to B&R General Realty LLC,
$272,000; Steven and Natalie Bomberger to Stanley
Yeugelowitz, $308,000; Justin Kukura to Robert and
Mary Guglielmi, $335,000; Karl and Judith Bendixen
to Richard Dietrick and Diane Wells, $265,000; Robert
and Joan Laforte to Steve Pasquale and Laura Benanti,
$374,000; Theodore and Shirley Alesczyk to Craig
and Pamela Fuehrer, $1,000,000; Richard, Karen and
Samuel Miller to Karen Miller, $561,667; Paul and
Lenore Bracegirdle to Kevin and Susan Boix, $317,000;
James Bobeck and Andrea Watkins to Harry Skene and
Catherine Anderko, $306,000;.
Tunkhannock Township
Zoya Smith and Maria Wickham to Niharika Limited,
$1,000,000; Theresa Bihler and Dorothea Pamula to
Ryan Strahlendorff, $339,000
Pike County Deeds
Blooming Grove Township
Mary Mallon to Gregory and Louanne Navoy,
$274,150. Meredith Finch to William and Joan Gallagher, $415,000. Robert and Joanne Preusser to Frank
and Nancy Albaneze, $248,000. Adolf and Elvira Lemp
to James Hanley, $316,000.
Delaware Township
William Theil to Johanna Dennis, $237,000. Wayne and
Karen Day to Clovis and Michelle Reeves, $266,900.
Garden Estate Homes Company to Justin and Lindsay
Stockland, $252,500. Martin and Laura Hanley to Rene
Yandun, $285,000.
Dingman Township
K&T Enterprises Inc to Bruce and Kathy Odell,
$343,500. Vera Pratt to Mel Bronstein, $350,000.
William and Janet Bailey to Ann Marie and Troy Ramnauth, $250,260. Steven and Christina to John and Rosemarie Richter, $280,000. Dana Wharton to Xingzhou
Dong, $306,000. Dana and Keith Wharton to Xingzhou
Dong, $306,000. Susan Felton to Mary Callegari and
Frank Serino III, $340,000.
Lackawaxen Township
G Anderson Homes to John and Lois Whalen, $257,900.
Donald and Maryann Barres to Jeffrey and Denise
Thompson, $650,000. Jonathan and Rosa Bornstein to
Robert and Marcia Fitzsimmons, $280,000. Kathleen
Tighe to Anthony and Frances Conte, $375,000. EBuilders Inc to Thomas and Michelle Gold, $349,000.
Lehman Township
Michael Viola and Melanie Moore to Julie Stickney,
$276,000. Thomas and Lisa Brandiesky to Charles
Tango, $371,000.
Milford Township
Michael Anacreonte to Adam Koros, $260,000. Thomas
Murante to Carolann Page, $369,000. Toll PA VIII
LP to David and Lucrezia DeGregorio, $774,219.
Vincenzo and Angela Sabella to Arthur and Jane Ridley,
$350,000. Richard and Janine Freer to Naomi Chervil
and James Beauvil, $280,000.
Palmyra Township
Spring Valley Builders to Patricia Robertazza,
$440,000. Kevin and Lisa Crichton to Paragon Relocation Resources Inc, $675,000. Paragon Relocation Resources Inc to Mark and Kathleen Alexander, $675,000.
Mitchell and Katherine Gilbert to Bruce and Julia
Harrison, $280,000. Genevieve Stirner to David and
Mary Comora, $425,000. Gregory and Emily Babyak
to Donna Taormina, $300,000. Thomas and Francine
Marsalona to Joseph and Beth Basile, $270,000. Joel
and June Grubbs to Alan Conway, $265,000.
Shohola Township
Michael and Frances Ortolano to Mark Martin,
$285,000. John and Shirlyn Graber to Charles and
Nancy Tate, $290,000.
Westfall Township
Arnold Kostomaj to Joseph Casella and Marijana
Lazarevic, $265,000.
Wayne County Deeds
Cherry Ridge Township
Lorraine Earle-Wilson to Regina Scott and John Scanlon, $330,000.
Clinton Township
Ernest and Ruth Laube to Keith and Elizabeth Rice,
$380,000.
Damascus Township
Brian Diamond to Jennifer Dyer, $305,000.
Honesdale Borough
Ramesh and Jyoti Patel to American Real Estate Investment Holdings, $650,000.
Lake Township
Emily and Glen Gola to Diane Rottkamp and Cathy
Loch, $390,000.
Lebanon Township
Joseph and Nancy Harcum to Raymond and Kathleen
Duane, $425,000.
Lehigh Township
Lillian Kelley to Dennis and Dyan Frazier, $700,000.
Manchester Township
Peter Grun to Christopher Rocco, $270,000.
Mount Pleasant Township
Mark Lichtenstein to Robert and Rachel Cox, $333,125.
Paupack Township
Dolores and Michael Dangelo to Richard and Bernadette Viviano, $502,500. Joan Walsh to David and
Debra Markowitz, $635,000. Robert and Christine
Kalaski to John and Ann Luciani, $1,100,000. Nancy
and David Morris to Daniel and Ellen Dotterweich,
$325,000. John and Carmela Sposito to Charles and
Gail Wlaker, $499,000.
$413,800; Thomas Cipollone, Honesdale National
Bank, $269,000
Lehighton Borough
Body & Soul Fitness/Sports Complex Inc, M&T Trust,
$800,000; Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital, Mauch
Chunk Trust Co, $500,000
Lower Towamensing Township
William Shamlian, MERS, $275,000; Gilbert Mook,
MERS, $267,720
Mahoning Township
Mahoning Plaza LLC, Salvatore Caruso, $750,000;
Barry Christman, Mauch Chunk Trust Co, $392,000
Nesquehoning Borough
Kerry Paules, First National Bank of Palmerton,
$275,000; Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, Bruce
and Robbi Toll Foundation, $1,875,000
Packer Township
Jeffrey Furmanchin, Minersville Safe Deposit Bank,
$268,000
Palmerton Borough
Palmerton Hospital, Mauch Chunk Trust Co, $500,000
Penn Forest Township
J Nicholas Baughan, MERS, $417,000; Craig Howley,
MERS, $265,900; Thomas Eckert Jr., MERS, $280,000;
Lacher Family Limited Partnership, Univest National
Bank & Trust, $1,450,000; Lacher Family Limited Partnership, Univest National Bank & Trust, $1,450,000;
Daniel McCormick, National Penn Bank, $900,000
Towamensing Township
Larry Lewellyn, Pentagon Federal Credit Union,
$315,000; Jeffrey Reinhard, Harleysville National Bank
& Trust Co, $334,789; Roger Turner, MERS, $392,000;
Richard Wehr, MERS, $346,222
Monroe County Mortgages
Barrett Township
George and Kimbely Kenny, ESSA Bank & Trust,
$305,000; Steven and Deborah Grant, First Republic
Bank, $320,000
Chestnuthill Township
Craig Pearson and James Connor, MERS/Ditech;com,
$255,000; Donald Bendian and Heather Mancini, GFI
Mortgage Bankers Inc, $293,600; Glenn and Deborah
Powell, Penn Security Bank & Trust, $256,000; Liton
Bhawal, Wayne Bank, $850,000; Timothy Moll, Peter
Daw and Beth Berenbaum, $250,000; Dean Cisluycis,
ABN Amro Mortgage, $314,900; Warren and Sheila
Merwine, First National Bank of Palmerton, $500,000;
Scott and Michelle Weiner, MERS/Bankers First
Mortgage, $252,000; Gladys Urena, Wells Fargo Bank,
$267,280; Thomas and Patricia Callahan, MERS/Countrywide, $524,800; Peter Sullivan and Roxanne Dome,
Valley National Bank, $296,000; Christopher and
Bethany Chalfin, MERS/Countrywide, $363,700; The
Palmerton Hospital, Mauch Chunk Trust Co, $500,000
Coolbaugh Township
Brenda Howard, MERS/Countrywide, $275,200; Arcadia North Associates, Wachovia Bank NA, $1,300,000;
Tomas Keane and Grainne Ruane-Keane, GMAC Mortgage, $258,860; Liberty Shell, First National Bank of
Berwick, $648,000; Michael and Joyce Raines, National
Penn Bank, $1,750,000; Robert and Christine Smith III,
ING bank, $320,000; Shawnee Tabernacle Church, Sovereign Bank, $3,900,000; Joseph and Mamie Dibella,
MERS/Equity One Inc;, $350,000; Albert Gonzalez,
MERS/Indymac, $320,000
Preston Township
Eugene and Barbara Fabricatore to Michael and Kim
Fanini, $255,000.
East Stroudsburg Borough
Eric Acheampong and Monica Boamah, National City
Bank, $287,500; Alcides Mauricio, Interbay Funding,
$256,100; JES Financial Svcs and Samuel Dalessandro,
S&T Bank, $325,000; Buff-Nauman and R; Troy Nauman and Robert Buff, North Penn Bank, $720,000; Rosalie and Patrick Williams, MERS/Countrywide Home
Loans, $267,800; Eagle Valley Realty, Transamerica
Life Insurance Co, $6,000,000
Salem Township
Michael and Nancy Ragusa to John Garceau, $242,900.
Joellen Bellman to John and Patricia Green, $700,000.
Eldred Township
Michael and Debra Green, Pocono Community Bank,
$765,000;
South Canaan Township
David and Kathryn Lockwood to M&R Real Estate,
$350,000.
Hamilton Township
Sid Butler, Option One Mortgage, $331,500; Valerie
and Robert Meyer, MERS/American Brokers Conduit,
$345,000; Virginia Rivieccio and Modesto Betancourt, MERS/Countrywide, $340,000; Robert and
Holly Keiper, MERS/Flagstar, $265,968; Robert and
Debra Chaitin, Wells Fargo Bank, $350,587; Todd and
Tracy Sloan, MERS/Countrywide, $278,400; Karl and
Elizabeth Scott, MERS/Weichert Financial Services,
$262,000; Jeffrey and Mary Ellen Marina, MERS/First
Tennessee Bank, $300,000; Ray Starner, ESSA Bank &
Trust, $475,000; Jerome and Rachel Perry, First Liberty
Bank & Trust, $1,850,000; Jerome and Rachel Perry,
First Liberty Bank & Trust, $1,850,000; Sanjay and Annapurna Nadkarni, Sovereign Bank, $304,000; Michael
and Debra Green, Pocono Community Bank, $765,000
Texas Township
Edward and Leeanna Erdmann to Tiziana Cavezza and
Tino Cannata, $320,000.
MORTGAGES
Carbon County Mortgages
East Penn Township
Samuel Ciardi, Wells Fargo Bank, $392,000
Jim Thorpe Borough
Thomas Lux, Mauch Chunk Trust Co, $250,000
Kidder Township North
Noreen Dowling, PNC Mortgage LLC, $324,000;
Noreen Dowling, Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, $324,000; Richard Balentine, PNC
Mortgage LLC, $277,500; Richard Balentine, Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development, $277,500
Kidder Township South
Kimberley Forde, Bank of America, $480,000; Michael
Jezewski, First National Bank of Berwick, $250,000;
John O’Malley, MERS, $417,000; John Cicero, MERS,
Jackson Township
Harold and Kimberly Kennedy, MERS/Countrywide Home Loans, $300,000; Christian and Jennifer
Fornataro, Wayne Bank, $300,000; Mark and Ming
Ming Bowerson, National City Bank, $290,500; Bruce
and Kristal Taylor, MERS/Countrywide Home Loans,
$300,000; Pascual and Alexandra Ortiz, First Hope
Bank, $255,000; Irene Ferrer/John Moises/Joseph
Salvador, Wells Fargo Bank, $278,138; Pasquale and
Mary Muzzi/Sylvester and Amelia Aiello, Wilmington
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Trust, $264,000; Lola Margron, World Savings Bank,
$399,000; Placide and Cleare Roberts, MERS/Flagstar
Bank, $516,000
MERS/Wachovia Mortgage, $348,000; Penn Regional
Business Center III, First National Community Bank,
$1,425,000
Middle Smithfield Township
Jimmy Molina and Patricia Tujillo-Molina, MERS/
Lehman Brothers Bank, $584,000; Amelin Ramey,
Wells Fargo Bank, $291,750; Christian Melendez and
Janette Arrayo-Melendez, MERS/BNC Mortgage Inc,
$280,000; Martin, Bridget and Mary Hickey, JP Morgan
Chase Bank, $646,000; Guempes and Beatrice Charles,
MERS/TBI Mortgage Co, $417,000; Anthony Dixon
and Pamela Smith-Dixon, Wells Fargo Bank, $289,750;
Joseph Yeboah, National City Bank, $275,500; Michael
and Patricia Wingerter, MERS/First Tennessee Bank,
$312,550; Andres and Vannessa Sosa, MERS/Bayrock
Mortgage Corp, $267,000; James Futrell and Junie
John, Washington Mutual Bank, $310,800; Mieczyslaw Waldolowski, MERS/Flagstar Bank, $280,000;
Theodore and Hattie Fields, MERS/Countrywide Home
Loans, $382,400; Alex and Liona Prez, MERS/Countrywide Home Loans, $274,410; John White, Seattle
Mortgage Co, $300,240; John White, Housing and
Urban Development, $300,240; Carlton and Sandy
Francis Butts, World Savings Bank, $572,000; Jamel
Thomas, MERS/TBI Mortgage, $506,835; HRP Corp,
Textron Financial Corp, $12,000,000; James Futrell
and Junie John, Washington Mutual Bank, $310,800;
Krzysztof Rosolowski, MERS/Americas Wholesale
Lender, $285,000; Donald and Gail Francis, MERS/
equifirst Corp, $310,550; Adam and Mahogany Cohen,
MERS/Indymac Bank, $261,900; Albert and Elizette
Diaz, National City Bank, $401,850; BAC Properties,
The Dime Bank, $700,000; Howard and Wendy Davis,
Array Financial Group, $700,000
Stroud Township
Alison Edwards, MERS/Amtrust Bank, $312,000; John
and Mary Varkanis, Citizens Bank of PA, $250,000;
Lawrence and Kathryn Simon, MERS/Countrywide
Home Loans, $408,000; DEPG Stroud Assoc/DEPG
Bartonsville Realty, First National Community Bank,
$2,600,000; David and Debra Marsock, PNC Mortgage,
$250,000; Larry Green and Nora Lorenzo-Green, Wells
Fargo Bank, $380,000; Christopher Flores, Anthony
and Rita Mecca, $400,000; Lisa and Cary Counterman,
Option One Mortgage Corp, $258,750; Luis Guzman,
MERS/Mortgage It, $324,000; LTS Development,
First National Community Bank, $320,000; Courtney
and Sharon Thompson, National City Bank, $321,000;
Massamba Gueye and Fatou Ndiaye, MERS/NVR
Mortgage Finance, $417,000; Andrzej and Marta Bis,
MERS/Flagstar Bank, $284,640; Carolyn Brown, Wells
Fargo Bank, $309,600;David Brandon and Robenniah
Spain-Brandon, MERS/Countrywide Bank, $356,575;
Patricia and Christopher Johnson, Navy Federal Credit
Union, $275,000; Theresa Bouselli, Stanley and Rose
Marie Zuba, $388,371; Jose and Shantelle Villafare,
MERS/Liberty Funding Services, $260,000; Doris
Avila and Christine Dodson, MERS/Countrywide Home
Loans, $293,550; Andrew Clark, Penn Security Bank &
Trust, $256,000; Francisco Amaya and Rosalie Fusco,
MERS/Countrywide Home Loans, $268,290; Thomas
Finn and Lou-ann Rinker-Finn, MERS/Citimortgage,
$297,500; Developmental Education Services Foundation, ESSA Bank & Trust, $400,000; Central Stroud
Limited Partnership/National Corporate Tax Credit,
Barclays Capital Real Estate, $2,100,000; Karen
McAllister and Rick Pendzick, GMAC Mortgage Corp,
$373,396; Bonnie Coffin and Raymond Esposito, Wells
Fargo Bank, $417,000
Mount Pocono Borough
MG09 LP, Gelt Financial Corp, $314,000
Pocono Township
Antonio DiFlora, Bank of America, $275,000; Janet
Ferraro and Kristin Ofalt, Wells Fargo Bank, $256,000;
David and Elaine Kittredge, ESSA Bank & Trust,
$510,000; Edward and Margaret Dillon, MERS/Countrywide Home Loans, $280,000; Barbara D’Amico,
MERS/Countrywide Home Loans, $340,000; Donald
and Linda Glendening, MERS/American Brokers
Conduit, $310,500; Fountain Court Associates, Column
Financial, $4,686,000; Thomas and Kathleen Marzella,
First National Bank of Palmerton, $290,000; Brian
Distasi, Independent Mortgage Co, $254,000; Christina
and Nicholas Itsines, MERS/FFFC/MLB &T Co,
$305,250; Jeffrey and Gail Wert, Wachovia Bank NA,
$377,740; Kenbar Investment Group/Kenneth Schuchman/Barth Rubin, ESSA Bank & Trust, $425,000; Craig
Becker, CommunityBanks, $650,000; John and Cynthia
Wasilewski, MERS/Gateway Funding Diversified
Mortgage Services, $399,200; Vincent and Charlie
Trapasso, Wachovia Bank NA, $250,000; Michael and
Bernadette Scott, JP Morgan Chase Bank, $380,000;
Robert Lavecchia, MERS/Countrywide Home Loans,
$258,400; Timea Pruner and Kurt Lutz, First National
Bank of Palmerton, $318,250
Polk Township
Gregory Huasta, MERS/Equifirst Corp;, $295,200;
Edward and Jill Kuc, MERS/Midatlantic Farm Credit,
$800,000; Steven and Colleen Parisi, Wells Fargo Bank,
$327,100
Ross Township
Megan Pittenger, First National Bank of Palmerton,
$450,000; Michael and Christine Panarella, Bank of
America, $400,000; Gwendolyn Coney, MERS/Countrywide Home Loans, $296,000; Roger and Sandra
Green, MERS/First Tennessee Bank, $259,200
Smithfield Township
Richard Taylor and Holly Frazetta-Taylor, Wachovia
Bank NA, $250,000; John and Patricia Rosado, MERS/
The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, $250,000; David
Russo, PNC Mortgage, $300,000; Jose Rivera and
Ginnina Pujols-Rivera, MERS/M&T Bank, $309,250;
Mary Murray and Adeon Tracey, MERS/Countrywide
Home Loans, $261,000; Peter and Philip Shandra, BNY
Mortgage Co, $300,240; Peter and Philip Shandra,
Housing and Urban Development, $300,240; Cesar and
Maritza Balarezo, MERS/Suntrust Mortgage, $252,000;
Robert and Donna Johnsen, MERS/Countrywide Home
Loans, $403,000; Kerry and Katusha Barnes, MERS/
Countrywide Home Loans, $371,175; Brian Fish, World
Savings Bank, $265,000; W; Peter and Elizabeth Ahnert, Lester Abeloff, $495,000; Rebecca Hannon-Fish,
Stroudsburg Borough
Buff-Nauman, ESSA Bank & Trust, $2,000,000; Kenbar
Investment Group/Kenneth Schuchman/Barth Rubin,
ESSA Bank & Trust, $425,000; Thomas and Elizabeth
Stines, MERS/Countrywide Bank, $280,000; K
Investment Limited/KIL Inc, M&T Bank, $4,000,000;
Magnolia Properties and Magnolia Capital, Republic
First Bank, $1,884,000; Lalit and Chitra Sareen, Wells
Fargo Bank, $253,600
Tobyhanna Township
Kevin Looby, Commerce Bank, $250,000; Steven
and Colleen Samuels, MERS/Willow Financial Bank,
$261,200; Kevin and Paula Charos, ESSA Bank &
Trust, $280,000; Raymond and Dywonna Oleavia,
MERS/Equifirst Corp, $340,000; Robert and Mary
Guglielmi, Navy Federal Credit Union, $255,000;
Edward Carroll and Susan Taylor, MERS/Equifirst
Corp, $466,400; James and Carol Burnham/Burnham
Revocable Living Trust, Wachovia Bank NA, $250,000;
Steve Pasquale and Laura Benanti, MERS/American
Home Mortgage, $299,200; Craig and Pamela Fuehrer,
JP Morgan Chase Bank, $700,000; Joseph and Divna
Buechel, ESSA Bank & Trust, $420,000; Peter and
Lisa Filatou, ESSA Bank & Trust, $357,300; Florence
Sawicki, GMAC Mortgage, $279,110; Karen Miller,
MERS/Arlington Capital Mortgage, $671,000; Kara
Sincavage, MERS/Taylor Bean and Whitaker Mortgage,
$321,300; Geoffrey and Aysha Harewood, MERS/
Countrywide Home Loans, $302,873; Andrew and
Mary Ellen Miller, Beneficial Mutual Savings Bank,
$320,000; David McDonald, Citizens Bank of PA,
$300,000; Harry Skene and Catherine Anderko, Service
First Federal Credit Union, $275,400
Tunkhannock Township
Falcon Crest Homes, Commerce Bank/Pennsylvania
NA, $1,000,000; Niharika Limited, Wayne Bank,
$700,000; Ryan Strahlendorff, Advantage Financial
Mortgage Services, $271,200; Kleber Bajana and Jeanette Bajana-Chong, National City Bank, $283,575
Pike County Mortgages
Blooming Grove Township
Spring Valley Builders, Wayne Bank, $290,000. Kayhan
Sengun, Dime Bank, $300,000. Karen and Jeffrey Olsen, MERS/Nationwide Advantage Mortgage Company,
$260,000. Michael and Dorene Grosso, MERS/M&T
Bank, $250,000.
Delaware Township
Johanna Dennis, MERS/Flagstar Bank, $237,000.
Coming Next Month ... October 2007
Robert and Regona Fay to Kevin and Cathryn Scupp,
$259,900. Clovis and Michelle Reeves, MERS/Indymac Bank, $264,807. Kate Best, Wells Fargo Bank,
$295,501. Antonio and Clara Como, Wells Fargo Bank,
$299,250. Camp Speers - Eljabar Young Men Christian
Association, Penn Security Bank and Trust, $3,000,000.
Rene Yandun, Bank of America, $256,500.
Clinton Township
Gregory and Donna Salko, Sal Cognetti/Daniel
Brier/Gerald Butler, $1,300,000. Joseph Filo, Jr., Wells
Fargo Bank, $300,240. Joseph Filo, Jr., Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, $300,240. Keith and
Elizabeth, MERS, $280,000.
Dingman Township
Bruce and Kathy Odell, MERS/Wachovia Mortgage,
$274,800. William and Evelyn Edwards, MERS/First
Franklin Financial Corp, $331,000. Annmarie and
Troy Ramnauth, MERS/Countrywide Home Loans,
$250,260. Nelson Velez, MERS/Indymac, $275,000.
Thomas Rail, First Horizon Home Loans, $280,250.
Carol and James McMurray, MERS/All State Home
Mortgage, $337,500. Christopher and Jennifer Lessard,
First Mariner Bank, $459,000. Clarence and Linda St
John, MERS/First Fra nklin Financial, $320,100. Margaret Dubbeld, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, $269,707.
Salah and Andrea Masry, MERS/Quicken Loans Inc,
$328,800. Robert Giarratano and Kimberly Garnick,
First Mariner Bank, $408,500. Frank and Darya Vigilante, Washington Mutual Bank, $369,000. Frank and
Darya Vigilante, Washington Mutual Bank, $369,000.
Jay Haran Inc, Wayne Bank, $500,000. Luigi and Nunziata Bovo, MERS/Countrywide Bank, $274,419.
Damascus Township
Joseph and Mary Mullaney, Honesdale National Bank,
$300,000.
Greene Township
Leonard and Joanne Razny, MERS/Countrwide Bank,
$398,000. Han Chul and Cheryl Yoo, MERS/Assured
Lending, $288,750.
Lebanon Township
Douglas and Margaret Vreeland, MERS, $350,000.
Lackawaxen Township
Robert and Ellen Blank, Wachovia Bank NA, $250,000.
Jeffrey and Denise Thompson, Wells Fargo Bank NA,
$380,000. Jeffrey Muchnick and Lydia Morris, JP
Morgan Chase Bank, $328,500. Segal Camp Limited
Partnership, Citizens Bank of PA, $390,000. Anthony
and Frances Conte, ESSA Bank & Trust, $300,000.
Thomas and Michelle Gold, Walden Federal Savings &
Loan Association, $279,200.
Lehman Township
Waiel Fetouh and Elma Abla, $270,000. Julie Stickney,
MERS/Weichert Financial Services, $276,000. Johnnie
and Kelly Godette, MERS/Countrywide Home Loans,
$264,800. Pierre Ubalijoro, MERS/Countrywide Home
Loans, $342,000. Bibi Verian and Robert Takyi, MERS/
Countrywide Home Loans, $251,750.
Milford Township
Marilyn Albanese, Wachovia Bank, $250,000. Robert
Corn, MERS/Village Capital & Investment, $279,000.
Marion and Mark Lake, World Savings Bank, $273,070.
David and Lucrezia DeGregorio, MERS/TBI Mortgage
Co, $619,375. Arthur and Jane Ridley, Wayne Bank,
$280,000. James Beauvil and Naomi Chervil, MERS/
First Horizon Home Loans, $280,000.
Palmyra Township
June and Herman Frantz, MERS/Village Capital
&Investment, $315,000. Patricia Robertazza, MERS/
Quicken Loans Inc., $300,000. Mark and Kathleen
Alexander, MERS/UBS AG Tampa Branch, $540,000.
Donald and Edna Weitzman, Wells Fargo Bank,
$332,000. David and Mary Comora, Citizens Savings
Bank, $300,000. Thomas and Carol Pugsley, Wachovia
Bank NA, $250,000. Thomas and Denise Serio, Wayne
Bank, $315,424. Gregory Stewart, Third Federal Bank,
$328,000. Thomas McColligan and Judith Rodonski,
Honesdale National Bank, $492,000.
Shohola Township
Charles and Nancy Tate, MERS/First Magnus Financial
Mortgage, $275,500.
Westfall Township
Joseph Casella and Marijana Lazarevic, MERS/Lend
America, $262,922.
Wayne County Mortgages
Buckingham Township
Gregory and Susan Odhner, William Penn Bank,
$400,000.
Canaan Township
Gregory and Donna Salko, Sal Cognetti/Daniel Brier/
Gerald Butler, $1,300,000.
Cherry Ridge Township
John Scanlon and Regina Scott, Wayne Bank, $264,000.
Dyberry Township
Kimberly McGinnis, ESSA Bank & Trust, $250,000.
William Rake III, William and Sonya Rake, $490,000.
Honesdale Borough
Stephen and Suzanne Putzi, Dime Bank, $700,000.
American Real Estate Investment Holdings, Dime
Bank, $850,000. Stephen and Suzanne Putzi, Dime
Bank, $850,000.
Lake Township
Jonathan Ilchert and David and Jamie Ross, GMAC
Mortgage, $279,920. Richard and Marilyn Palk, First
Horizon Home Loans, $256,500. Diane Rottkamp and
Cathy Loch, MERS, $351,000.
Lehigh Township
Judy Lacorte, Wells Fargo Bank, $270,000. Richard and
Nancy Waywood, ESSA Bank & Trust, $290,000. Scott
and Robyn Cohen, ESSA Bank & Trust, $275,000.
CBR Enterprises, First National Community Bank,
$1,500,000. John and Nicoletta Ohler, Phoenixville
Federal Bank & Trust, $300,000.
Manchester Township
William Iwaskow, Bank of America, $315,000.
Mount Pleasant Township
Oregon Township
Thomas and Barbara Theobold, MERS, $320,000.
Palmyra Township
Kenneth and Christine Trainor, Wells Fargo Financial
Bank, $270,091.
Paupack Township
Guerrino and Anna Vlacich, MERS, $350,000. Cheryl
Stewart-Ruse, Dime Bank, $700,000. Frank Ralls,
Wachovia Bank, $250,000. Richard and Bernadette Viviano, ESSA Bank & Trust, $417,000. David and Debra
Markowitz, MERS, $508,000. John and Ann Luciani,
MERS, $880,000. Lynn and Melvin Bowman, World
Savings Bank, $335,000. Jeffrey and Laurie Cholish,
Wells Fargo Bank, $330,000. Daniel and Ellen Dotterweich, MERS, $260,000. John and Shirley McDermott,
Affinity Federal Credit Union, $250,000. Gail and
Charles Walker, ABN Amro Mortgage, $399,000.
Salem Township
Louiseanne and Roy Montalvan, MERS, $250,000. Susan and Raymond Matlosz, Wachovia Bank, $250,000.
South Canaan Township
Frank and Melanie Verdugo, MERS, $301,000. Gregory
and Donna Salkko, Sal Cognetti/Daniel Brier/Gerald
Butler, $1,300,000. M&R real Estate, Wayne Bank,
$350,000.
Texas Township
Lester and Bonnie Stinnard, Dime Bank, $675,000.
Waymart Borough
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accurately as possible adhering to the cover dates
in the County Recorders office.
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