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lumber business to close doors Franceski Lumber co., located at 900 N. main St., Forest city, a family-owned business since 1913, announced its owner is retiring and closing the business.

Throughout its 105-year history, Franceski Lumber co. strives to serve its customers with the best possible products to fulfill all their building and remodeling needs, the company said.

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waverly company gives presentation at the may 23 weekly meeting of the rotary club of the abingtons, russ Jones, president of Sandvik materials technology LLc, gave a presentation about the company’s local 44-acre site that produces tubing in waverly Twp. worldwide, Sandvik employs 46,000 people in 160 countries with annual revenue of $11 billion.

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Appraisal business joins realty group For the second time in the past seven years, a leading real estate firm in the valley area has merged with realty Network Group. Liberty realty & appraisal Services LLc joins forces with a network of experienced sales professionals, who have been serving the Valley area as well as the Greater Scranton community for over a decade. The merger is intended to move both businesses forward, combining their strengths and positioning the company to better serve the public. store holds grand opening in Hawley A grand opening was held recently at the new location of Lake art at 222 route 507. Lake art has been a long-beloved shop in Greentown and this will be its first summer operating out of the Hawley location.

Each product is designed and crafted by owner and artist rob kobrzynski. they offer a large variety of merchandise from apparel and drinkware to decorative options for the home or office.

Alliance award winner named The NEPA Alliance Procurement Technical Assistance center selected a PTAc client for its “client of the Year Award.” The award is presented to a client whose business practices and professional conduct are beneficial to federal, state and local governments, conducts business in a professional and ethical manner, reinvests in the local economy and its people, and helps to promote Northeast Pennsylvania as a vibrant place in which to do business.

This year, the award was presented to Finch manufacturing & technology LLc, a service-disabled-veteran-owned small business in west Pittston. Finch designs and fabricates large equipment, components and systems with expertise in the rotary processing equipment sector.

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center receives certification Geisinger marworth, a specialized treatment center for patients with addiction and substance use disorder, is one of seven treatment programs in the United States to receive the american Society of addiction medicine’s aSam Level of care certification.

Geisinger marworth received certification for ASAm Level of care 3.7, medically monitored intensive inpatient Services, which is the highest level of recovery-oriented services available outside of a hospital setting. The seven programs certified are the first in the country to successfully complete Phase one of the ASAm Level of care certification pilot. online program recognized marywood University was recently recognized as one of the 2019 best online master’s in emergency management programs in the nation by Bestcolleges, a leading provider of independent college rankings, college planning resources and higher education research.

The annual ranking by Bestcolleges highlights accredited, not-for-profit institutions that have developed quality online graduate-level emergency management programs that focus on student success while delivering a strong return on investment. law firm awards $5,000 scholarship munley Law announced Sophia Alles of Glen Ellyn, illinois, is the winner of its fall $5,000 scholarship.

Applicants to the munley Law $5,000 scholarship were asked to compose an essay or video answering the question, “which amendment to the constitution is most meaningful to you, and why?” alles’ essay on the 14th amendment earned her the $5,000 scholarship prize.

Alles, a recent graduate of Glenbard west High School in Glen Ellyn will be attending the University of Notre Dame in the fall. Alles intends to double-major in English and history, and to one day pursue a career as an attorney. railroad receives industry award For the second time this year, Delaware-Lackawanna railroad has been chosen for a prestigious freight rail industry award. Norfolk Southern corporation presented the DL, a Genesee Valley transportation (GVt rail) subsidiary, with its Short Line of the Year award on June 11.

The recognition from Norfolk Southern follows the DL receiving the american Shortline & regional railroad Association Business Development Award for 2019.

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PRESIDENT’S BUSINESS COUNCIL 18TH ANNUAL AWARD DINNER P R O U D LY A N N O U N C E S T H E R E C I P I E N T S O F T H E

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recognizing career excellence and extraordinary compassion for others JoAnne M. Kuehner H’01 Founder Hope for Haiti

Carl J. Kuehner ’62, H’11 President Real Estate Technology Corp.

to be presented at the President’s Business Council 18th Annual Award Dinner Thursday, October 10, at The Pierre in New York City • For more information, visit Scranton.edu/PBCdinner •

The President’s Business Council (PBC) Annual Award Dinner supports the University’s Presidential Scholarship Endowment Fund. The PBC is also committed to strengthening the Scranton network and to providing mentoring, internship and career opportunities for current students. For information on table packages, tickets or advertisements, please contact Timothy J. Pryle ’89, Executive Director of the PBC, at 570.941.5837 or PBC@scranton.edu.

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FROM PAGE 2 Presented at the organization’s annual conference, the ASLRRA award spoke to the DL’s boots-on-the-ground, “one carload at a time” growth strategy. This strategy has created traffic volume growth of 510% in the 25 years since GVT Rail first came to the Lackawanna Valley.

Store announces seasonal hiring J.C. Penney plans to hire as many as 515 seasonal associates throughout Pennsylvania for a variety of store positions.

Available customer service and support positions include cashier, replenishment specialist, Sephora inside J.C. Penney beauty consultant and more. J.C. Penney offers seasonal associates a full associate discount of up to 25 percent, as well as flexible holiday scheduling.

Additionally, J.C. Penney is seeking experienced stylists to be part of the company’s salon program.

Scranton hospital recognized The American College of Cardiology has recognized Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton for its demonstrated expertise and commitment in treating patients with chest pain. The hospital was awarded Chest Pain Center Accreditation with Primary PCI and Resuscitation in June based on rigorous onsite evaluation of the staff’s ability to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients who may be experiencing a heart attack.

Hospitals that have earned ACC Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation Accreditation have proven exceptional competency in treating patients with heart attack symptoms and have primary PCI available 24/7 every day of the year.

Diabetes program receives honor Geisinger Health Plan’s diabetes prevention program recently earned full recognition from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for demonstrating the program’s ability to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes in members and patients.

An evidence-based program developed by the CDC, GHP’s diabetes prevention program helps participants make healthy lifestyle changes to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes and other serious health problems. It is offered at no cost to everyone in the community and a prediabetes diagnosis is not required to participate.

GHP is one of only 20 program suppliers in Pennsylvania with full recognition from the CDC.

Law firm marks 60th anniversary Munley Law is celebrating its 60th year in business. To mark the milestone, the firm conducted three “Days of Service,” where Munley Law lawyers and staff took part in acts of service to the northeast Pennsylvania community.

These events occured at St. Francis Kitchen, Scranton, on July 8 and 15, and St. Vincent de Paul Kitchen, WilkesBarre, on June 24.

Since 1959, service to the NEPA community has been a core value of the Munley Law firm.

University receives national ranking The University of Scranton placed at No. 10 among the “Best Catholic Colleges and Universities” in America in a 2019 ranking that combines an average score from respected national publication rankings with an average score based on student reviews posted online. The ranking, published recently online by College Consensus, includes some of the most prestigious Catholic universities in America.

Scranton was the highest-ranked Catholic university in Pennsylvania.

Niche.com also ranked Scranton among “Best Catholic Colleges in America,” placing Scranton at No. 14 in its 2019 national ranking. College Factual ranked Scranton No. 33 in its national 2019 “Best Roman Catholic Colleges” list and No. 2 in Pennsylvania for its state rankings of Catholic colleges.

U.S. News has ranked Scranton among the top 10 “Best Regional Universities in the North” for 25 consecutive years.

Local hospitals receive award The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get with the Guidelines Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Quality Achievement Award was granted to Commonwealth Health’s Regional Hospital of Scranton – Gold Plus, Moses Taylor Hospital — Silver Plus and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital — Silver Plus. The awards recognize the hospital’s

Geisinger awarded $8.5M study grant The health system, along with two university partners, the University of Washington in Seattle and Washington University in St. Louis, has been awarded an $8.5 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the role of genetics in neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

The project is one of five funded through the National Institute of Mental Health’s newly established Mental Health Rare Genetic Disease Network, which includes researchers at 15 sites across the United States.

Advocates get foundation grant Lackawanna County Court Appointed Special Advocates was awarded a $12,000 grant from the Hawk Family Foundation. Funds will be used to provide trained CASA volunteers from our community to serve children in foster care who have experienced abuse or neglect. CASA is a nationwide child advocacy program, in which trained volunteers are appointed by judges to watch over and advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children, to make sure they don’t get lost in the overburdened legal and social service system.

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commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

Commonwealth Health earned the awards by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period.

Marywood program marks milestone Marywood University Communication Sciences and Disorders department recently celebrated 20 years of success and service during the university’s alumni weekend. Mona Griffer, Ed.D., CCC/SLP, founding director of the Communications Sciences and Disorders department, gave a brief history of the program. Griffer was joined by other university faculty and administrators who spoke about the program and the impact it has had on the community and the university. Speakers included Sister Mary Persico, I.H.M., Ed.D.; Mary Anne Fedrick, Ph.D., retired dean; and Andrea M. Novak M.A., CCC/SLP, current program director.

Along with the CSD department, the Alumni Association celebrated its 100th anniversary during the alumni weekend with special events and tributes to honor the association and its members.

Dealership donates to youth baseball MotorWorld Toyota recently made a $5,000 donation to support Wyoming Valley Challenger Little League Baseball’s efforts to renovate and maintain its ballfield located in Wilkes-Barre’s “the Bog.” Parkinson’s program added The Jewish Home and Elan Gardens recently added a comprehensive Parkinson’s program to their services.

The program addresses the understanding and manage-

ment of the disease through education and support groups, exercise and dance programs, as well as clinical and medical management.

The program’s goals are to provide person-centered support systems to the residents, along with family and outreach services to the community.

The classes started July 9 at the JCC in Kingston. Classes will be provided free to the public through the Parkinson’s Foundation Grant. The facility will also be starting an exercise program with expert instructor Debbie Grossman and is working with the Scranton JCC to offer dedicated cycling and exercise programming specifically for Parkinson’s patients.

United Way honors UGI employees Thea Lind, community relations manager – East Region for UGI Utilities Inc., received the Clifford R. Gillam Award from the Pocono Mountains United Way at its appreciation event June 20. The award recognizes an individual who, by vote of his or her peers, represents the spirit of outstanding volunteerism to the agency. The award is presented annually in memory of Clifford R. Gillam, a founder and longtime leader in the Pocono Mountains United Way. The Pocono Mountains United Way award capped a series of recognitions UGI received across the state from various United Way agencies. They included: The United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties Certificate of Appreciation was awarded to IBEW Local 2244 UGI employees for their outstanding commitment to the community through their support of its annual campaign.

In addition, the United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties presented UGI with the Rising Star Award for a mid-size business raising the most new dollars.

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An e-learning renaissance Veteran teachers often can be very effective online, and according to Dr. Lesser LCCC identified With an endless amount information now early faculty adopters with the technology and then moving around planet Earth at the speed of light, a systematically built a system. Yet, a major chalrenaissance is unfolding within the educational com- lenge, besides access, compliance and accreditamunity as e-learning comes of age. tion issues, involves national competition with Cheryl Lesser, Ph.D., other schools in an environment where student vice president of academic numbers are limited. affairs at Luzerne County The ongoing selection of “tools” also must be Community College (LCCC), dealt with. described how e-learning “As cyber technology races forward, decisions systems fit nicely with the have to be made by educators about resource mission of community colallocation,” said Dr. Lesser. “I suspect we will even leges to serve the employhave to incorporate virtual augmented realities ment skill needs of the because of student demands, but we have to bear Lesser community as the economy in mind there are costs for technology and tough rapidly evolves. Because of choices will have to be made.” this match, online education is growing despite Fully sequenced the expansion of multiple locations with traditional Gopu Kiron, director of college campuses. eLearning at Lackawanna “E-learning also provides more than just an College, described how the answer for skill training,” said Dr. Lesser. “It is efschool launched its internetfective as an effective system for lifelong learning.” based system with a few specific courses that received According to Dr. Lesser, within LCCC, 25% positive student feedback. of the students take a minimum of one e-course across various majors. The school has about 1,300 Now, e-learning courses have been fully sequenced into the online students overall, and surveys indicate they Kiron school’s various educational are satisfied with how their educational demands programs. are being met, the comparable tuition to traditional According to Kiron, during the past year, learning, and the work flexibility e-learning allows.

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the school instituted some vital infrastructure improvements to its systems. At the top of the list is institution of a delivery platform known as the Canvas Learning Management System, which is widely accredited.

Lackawanna now offers four full bachelor degrees that can be earned online in the areas of business, human services, criminal justice and restaurant and food service management. Within associate degrees the e-degree total is nine, and includes the bustling specialty of cyber security, plus classes for advanced high school students to work toward an associate degree.

“Many students use a combo of traditional and e-courses, which are available during summer and intersessions,” said Kiron. “The tuition is the same as taking traditional classes, but the obvious benefit of e-learning is time flexibility with the classroom obligation.”

Delivery of e-learning does present a series of ongoing challenges. A student cyber-orientation is vital, and it can be difficult for instructors to identify the students who are struggling.

“The instructor can’t study the student’s face and body language, which, in a traditional classroom, may point out those students who are in need of help,” said Kiron.

Course delivery must be applicable with use of a telephone’s small video screen. In addition, a one-size-fits-all curriculum process doesn’t exist, so custom help by the instructor and possibly additional assignments must be available.

Lackawanna is making an effort to have the school’s various support offices available online.

Student support with career counseling is vital, as is student engagement to help generate employment soft skills through exercises such as speech deliveries that emulate the classroom experience.

Kiron openly acknowledges that questions exist concerning how employers perceive the value of e-learning versus traditional classrooms. Therefore, course content must meet employer needs, and recognition has been made that even the most proficient traditional instructor probably will need training in e-education.

“Video lectures in particular require training of the faculty,” said Kiron. “The kids are very visual and tech savvy, and they expect video presentations to be done effectively.”

Individual needs On the K-12 educational front, e-learning

expansion is being fueled by the recognition that America’s classic system of one-size-fits-all public education works for some, but not for every student. Parochial and private schools need substantial tuition dollars for access, and these realities have opened the door for e-learning to expand.

Brian Hayden, CEO of The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, manages a system that focuses on K-12 but does also offer select college courses. The school serves students from every Pennsylvania district, and operates with revenues channeled through Hayden the home districts at a level of 80% of the district’s costs for that student if he or she was enrolled there.

“Our 11,000 students can enroll here any day of the school year, and as a group they are quite diverse,” said Hayden. “Many have gone through emotional or physical issues, are dealing with work responsibilities, or may want to accelerate through their classes.”

According to Hayden, cyber students must be organized, self-directed and disciplined. Middle school is the biggest e-learning entry point, and students often come and go, even with some short stays of only one semester.

During 2019, 14,000 students graduated from a student base that included about 100 mothers and 100 homeless people. Hayden emphasized that virtually every student can explain exactly why he or she is there, and that most are dealing with situations their home district simply could not respond to.

“There are two separate decisions to be made when a traditional school system is not working for a student,” said Kiron. “The first is to leave their district, and number two involves where to go.”

He added that a stiff challenge facing the world of K-12 e-learning involves the legislative situation in Harrisburg. According to Kiron, Pennsylvania’s charter school laws are old and were created before the invention of the internet, and e-administrators must make sure they are firmly included within any legislative conversations about the future of education.

“As the millennials become part of Harrisburg’s decision-making process, we increasingly will have fewer problems with the acceptance of cyber education,” said Kiron. “Even now, we are being accepted as a partner in the whole educational system, and are striving for continuous improvement.”

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The business of blues ily friendly festival’s planning and operation, along with about 50 paid employees during festival time, Richard Briggs has been a fan of the blues since most of whom have worked there for 10 or even his youth.

15 years.

He wishes he would have gone to Woodstock Family friendly in 1969, but the then-teen had to work on his “It was important it be family-friendly, because family farm. this is our farm,” said Briggs’ wife, Alison, the The concept of music festivals, specifically family matriarch who does much of the marketing blues, never left his head. for the festival.

In the late 1990s, working as a producer, direcThe Briggs’ sons began helping with the festival tor, editor and production manager for WVIA, he when they were in high school. Son, Dylan and his came up with the idea of starting a blues festival on wife, Dena, who run the family corn and soybean his family farm. farm, are involved, as are their teenage sons, Lewis, “The blues is a big part of what I was listen16, and Mitchell, 14. ing to as a teenager,” he said. “Creedence, Doors, Richard and Alison’s other son, Drew, and his Beatles, the Stones – all those bands were very wife, Nicki, have been involved in the past but now blues-oriented.” live in Seattle and were unable to make it this year.

Because of his job, he already knew how to put Besides the distance, they also have a newborn, a show together. So he did, a one-day blues festival Hank, born in June, and a 20-month-old daughter, in 1998 on the nearly 240-year-old family farm.

Tilly, short for Tilda Rose.

About 800 people attended.

As the festival grew, people started asking The Briggs Farm Blues festival was born. if they could camp. The more than 100 acres of He still worked at WVIA while putting on the woods along the festival site accommodate the tent festival, until 2007, when he quit his job to focus on campers, while RVs and camping trailers border his growing enterprise. the audience area on the hillside.

Just over two decades later, the festival has “We’ve always been able to grow in a way that grown to a four-day event with established and works financially,” Richard said. “We’re always up-and-coming blues performers, plus vendors, trying to stay within our budget.” camping and a total of about 7,000 music fans, Twenty-one acts took either the main stage about 2,000 of them campers. or the Back Porch Stage at this year’s festival, The Briggs family also has grown, and now held from July 11 through 14. The acts including three generations of Briggs are involved in the fam- Briggstock, Brett Alexander & Friends’ Woodstock

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Richard Briggs, left, checks his phone backstage before the first performer goes on during the second day of this year’s Briggs Farms Blues Festival.

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50th anniversary celebration on the Back Porch Stage on the first night, up-and-coming performers Vanessa Collier and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, as well as Sunday Gospel Blues on the Back Porch with Slam Allen and Alexis P. Suter and the Ministers of Sound.

In between the stages was a village of vendors selling, T-shirts, blankets, gifts, souvenirs and food.

Dena Briggs, who, along with Maegan Beishline, handles ticket sales and social media, said about 50 or more vendors rented space at the festival this year. The festival operates the food tents, where the menu includes slow-smoked pulled pork, southern fried catfish, Briggs’ mac-n-cheese with stewed tomatoes, sausage, hot dogs, fresh picked, fire-cooked sweet corn, homemade cole slaw and collard greens.

‘It takes a lot’ Dena also helps make sure the performers have everything they need in the green room, a tent backstage for performers and media interviews. Her son Lewis worked as Back Porch Stage manager this year. Mitchell was working at the corn stand.

“He’s a jack of all trades, helping vendors set up. Now he’s roasting corn,” Dena said on the second day of the festival.

“We have our hands in a lot of different pots, Maegan said of herself and Dena. “People are surprised we work all year, but it takes a lot.”

Dena’s husband Dylan, an engineer, oversees the setup of the infrastructure, such as the festival stages.

“As time goes on, he and Dena will begin to primarily oversee the festival,” Richard said.

Alison’s brother, Keith Stone, also helps out with the festival and is in charge of T-shirts.

Richard said that while “Woodstock put the seed in my brain,” the Briggs event is more organized.

“We’ve had the good fortune to grow each year.

This year, we added another five acres of camping grounds.”

The event takes nearly a year to organize, sign up acts, advertise and prepare and several weeks to clean up.

“We take two weeks off, three weeks off,” Alison said.

Then it is back at it. Richard, who books the performers, works with several agencies that handle blues soul or blues rock bands. He meets bands at other festivals or other venues.

“We used to listen to CDs,” he said. “I would get 70 CDs a day. Now they contact us by email.”

“Or a link to YouTube,” Alison added.

He used to wait until later in the year to book the bands. Now that Briggs is the festival other venues watch to see what performers are booked, he books in September.

Sometimes it takes several years to get a band because of their schedule.

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Richard Briggs, left, listens as stage manager Bobby Kelchner, of Berwick, and Alison Briggs discuss the schedule of performers.

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offer various packages for one or multiple days and camping packages.

For most campers, it’s first come, first served.

Those with camping vehicles reserve space. The past couple of years, campers also could rent a private port-a-potty for the weekend and bring their own lock.

‘Doing everything right’ Fans and performers also help fill the area hotels for the four-day event.

“The Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau always supports our festival,” Alison said. “The Luzerne County visitors bureau is very supportive.”

She said the festival partners with several hotels in the Hazleton area, and festival-goers book their rooms for the following year before they leave.

Richard said the festival contributes to the local economy in other ways, too, when it leases portable toilets and generators, hires a trash service.

The Columbia-Montour agency tested out a shuttle program this year.

Executive Director David “Otto” Kurecian said about two dozen hotel guests used it. The agency and Briggs will probably do it again, but not for the four days.

“People check out on Sundays,” Kurecian said.

He said he hasn’t had a study done on the festival’s economic impact, but he’s had conversations with the Briggs about that.

“It’s a growing festival,” Kurecian said. “It does really well.”

Richard said the festival grows every year financially and in ticket sales.

“We’re really selling them an experience,” he said.

“What has been nice about our business is it has grown every year,” Alison said. “Not one year has it not grown.”

Kurecian, who attends Briggs and other festivals, said several reasons make Briggs a success.

“The access — you can get right up front by the stage,” he said. “It’s all pretty easy. You can bring in your own food. You can bring in your own drinks.

Other festivals, you’re waiting in long lines, pay $5 for a bottle of water.”

Michael Cloeren, who founded and produced the Pocono Blues Festival from 1992 to 2016 and has been a consultant for numerous other blues festivals, including Briggs, said Briggs Blues Festival is successful for a number of reasons.

“It’s the setting,” said Cloeren, who has been venue manager at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe the past three years. “The setting is a very unique spacious setting, like a Woodstock kind of vibe.

Another is the camping.”

Then there is the mix of traditional and contemporary blues, roots and jam bands and gospel music performers; the market in Northeast Pennsylvania for a festival of that magnitude; the economics — fans can bring in their own food and beverages, and parking is free — and the history of blues.

“They’re doing everything right,” he said. “It is getting better every year.”

He cited the booking of Vanessa Collier, who Cloeren said has taken the blues and roots world by storm in just three years, and “Kingfish” Ingram, a traditional blues player from Mississippi.

“It brings joy to my heart to hear a young Afri-

can American from Mississippi carry on the blues tradition,” Cloeren said.

With growth comes more expenses, as well.

Cloeren said festivals face expenses for marketing, payroll, insurance, tents, sound and light production, as well as paying the artists for performing and their travel and accommodations.

“It is a big responsibility for the Briggs,” he said. “Every year they are getting more and more national acclaim. They want to make sure they are giving fans the right product.”

Fans seem to think so.

“Great blues matched by a great concert atmosphere set by the Briggs family,” commented Lou Cicci, of Archbald, who has attended the festival for several years.

Fans’ reviews on the festival’s Facebook page cite the “easygoing vibe,” the food, the setting and the performers.

With reviews like that, the festival seemingly could keep going indefinitely.

That’s where the kids come in.

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Legislation reaches for better mobile networks

in the legislation. It won’t cost some towns their local character.”

It’s legislation that could pump millions into The legislation is sponsored by Rep. Frank the Pennsylvania economy and pick up the pace Farry, R-Bucks County and subcommittee chairman on mobile technology that some argue is sorely on telecommunicaions. He argues the antennas needed. Others argue the legislation is subsidizing would be placed on already existing structures. an industry that doesn’t need the money and could “I think we might be putting the cart before the ruin the look of local history. horse here,” Rep. Robert Matzie, D-Aliquippa, told For years, communication giants Verizon and a House hearing. “I’m not happy with the process.”

AT&T have lobbied federal and Pennsylvania state He continued to question lawmakers and legislators to simplify the rules on cell phone said the legislation was given to him late, hence antennas, allowing for a better network and 5G he didn’t have time to read it over to form the technology in telecommunications and broadband proper questions. infrastructure.

“We are neutral on it,” said David Sanko execu“As industries across all sectors evolve, we tive director of the Pennsylvania State Association are seeing more and more of an emphasis on of Township Supervisors. “We are trying to push cloud and other technologies so having a better the fee structure higher to match the FCC limits infrastructure that can carry a lot more data a and I think that’s where the legislature is going to lot more quickly is paramount to Pennsylvania end up.” and the country’s ability to compete economiHe said he wants to make sure the antennas are cally,” said Kevin Sunday, director of government not placed in places that could be traffic hazards, affairs, for the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business places that municipalities control. and Industry.

“We want to make sure when they come, they Sunday testified before lawmakers in Harare safe,” he said. risburg, arguing that better broadband would He said they would like them to be put on carry things like driver-less cars, telemedicine existing structures and where they can’t be located and advancements in other fields to the tune of on such areas, they would have to go through the $3.5 billion. zoning process.

He said better technology means more busi“Just like everybody else,” he said. ness and more jobs in Pennsylvania.

The legislation still has to wind its way through “That could be tens of thousands of new jobs,” several other committees before moving forward. he said. “We need to upgrade it to keep younger “We are hopeful we can be supportive in the people here. Plenty of young people go to college end,” said Sanko, “because it’s necessary. But from here, but then leave once college is finished. We a local government perspective, there are still some need to reverse that.” concerns. Pennsylvania’s geography and geology Wireless companies would be allowed to place make signaling difficult.” small ‘backpack’ type devices in areas that publicly controlled right-of-ways – thousands of them. They would also have to buy permits for installation.

The Pennsylvania Municipal League argues it’s a giveaway to the telecommunications companies.

Similar legislation has failed twice before.

“Parochialism is a pastime in Pennsylvania,” he said. “We have a hard time looking at new things.

There are legitimate concerns in historic towns in Pennsylvania and we don’t want to give carte blanche to the telecommunications companies to put these things everywhere. And that’s recognized

by Phil Yacuboski

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Ransomware: a growing problem In February 2018, Allentown was hit with a ransomware attack known as “Emotet.” Hackers In many ways, it’s the new age bank robstole personal identification, passwords as well as bery without a formal weapon – hold hostage a infected the city’s security camera system. The city company or municipality computer system until spent more than a $1 million to fix the problem. they pay up while mining and stealing valuable Earlier this summer, the Butler County Library data such as credit card, Social Security and tax System was hit with a similar attack, forcing them identification numbers. to use paper system to lend books.

Ransomware attacks or the so-called ‘RobinPhiladelphia’s court system was also struck this hood’ virus, which are stepping up in recent summer, forcing docket searches and electronic months in cities and government computer filing down. systems around the country, force people to pay in Pennsylvania trucking company A. Duie Pyle Bitcoins. It’s become the biggest threat to computer was also a recent victim of a ransomware attack, networks, according to the Center for Internet forcing its communication systems offline.

Security, an IT non-profit.

Some argue paying the hackers in bitcoins is “Municipalities don’t realize that need to provide a good option because it’s cheaper to pay the atfunding to allow their IT departments to both tacker, rather than spend a small fortune to rebuild collect data that needs to be collected like security an entire computer system. Others argue you can logs from servers and store that information at still suffer even if you pay. least 90 days,” said John Jorgensen, president and “You need to figure out who you are dealing CEO of The Sylint Group, a Florida-based cyber with,” said Jorgensen. “It ends up being doublesecurity and forensics firm. “They need to be able encrypted data, so even if you have the keys from to monitor their own logs to figure out if they have the attackers, you still have an issue getting back a potential cyber security incident.” what you need. It all depends who did it, how Jorgensen’s firm was recently called upon to professional they were when they did it and what help Luzerne County figure out its own cyberattack. your system configuration is.”

The company examined the virus that paralyzed The U.S. Conference of Mayors has vowed to the county’s computer system. The virus was likely not pay the ransom in such attacks. At their conferhidden in an email message often called a phishing ence in Hawaii, they formed a resolution, vowing scam, and could have been timed to ‘detonate’ at a not to fork over any money. period when it was least expected.

The FBI is in many cases called in to investigate Jorgensen said the county later went with ansuch attacks. other firm that was covered by their insurance carrier.

Jorgensen said the best defense is to have backup systems in place to back-up your data.

“Those backups should then be disconnected from the network,” he said, adding that the attacks are getting more and more complicated. “What we have seen is that someone will be using those networks on a cloud backup, and the ransomware encrypts the servers and the backup systems as well. You can’t recover.”

Many governments and companies opt to pay insurance to pay for help with such attacks.

“Much of it depends upon the size of the system,” he said. “It could be $20,000 to $500,000. It depends on how much they are trying to protect.”

Jorgensen said both municipalities and private companies are equally at risk.

by Phil Yacuboski

FEATURE

Grant enables students to develop water sports line

CELEBRATING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Faith and Tales

by Sydney Garofolo and Julia Betti

Sherry Boykin, founder of Faith and Tales, is a woman of faith and a chronic believer in the power

by Phil Yacuboski million grant to 26 projects across the state of story to change perspectives, make sense of to spur growth in the new technology sector. what seems crazy or random and nudge people in Thanks to a $70,000 grant from Governor Bucknell is the only school to receive such a the right direction in life.

Tom Wolf’s Manufacturing PA initiative, a group grant in northeastern and central Pennsylvania.

Boykin was born and raised in New York City. of engineering students from Bucknell UniverAnd at $70,000, Bucknell received the maximum As a child, she spent most of her summers at sity will help develop a new water sports line for amount of grant money.

YMCA Camp Talcott where she learned that simGilson Snow, a Union County company.

“Gilson doesn’t necessarily have all of plicity and resourcefulness are rights of life many “The grant really brings Bucknell and the technologies necessary to develop their in North America never experienced.

Gilson together in a real productive way,” said product,” said Beal. “We are here to help them Almost immediately after getting married, Chris Beal, assistant professor of mechanical understand as well as us, the fine details of the an illness misdiagnosed as relapsing-remitting engineering. “Gilson has a lot of experience with product including how it runs on the water and multiple sclerosis intermittently affected her ability manufacturing, building, rapid prototype, but the mechanics behind it.” to see, walk, talk and think normally. Three-and-atheir design efforts are based on intuition.”

“Since before this company started up, half years into that faith-fueling journey, she found Beal, along with Nate Siegal, associate they’ve counted the SBDC as advisors,” said it was not M.S., but an advanced form of another professor of mechanical engineering, will Steve Stumbris, director of Bucknell’s SBDC. illness from which she could recover.

A year-andspearhead a group of five students to work with “By helping them develop their product, we a-half after that, she was blessed with a beautiful Gilson Snow developing new wakeboards and believe we can help with job growth in Pennsylbaby girl. testing them through next summer. vania.”

Her faith grew, and her story expanded—in “The College of Engineering has provided Gilson hired someone to do some of the preways that helped her own all her personal narrative invaluable resources and talent as we’ve tackled view work on the project, but now that the grant and made her strive to want to help other women. some of our biggest manufacturing and design is in place, things will rapidly develop.

Boykin always knew she was a creative person, challenges, and the Small Business Develop“Getting a new product to market takes inbut never thought she would start her own busiment Center has provided sound business credible expertise, prototyping and capital,” said ness.

After her husband’s near-death experience counsel along the way, starting with a review of Stumbris. “This program brings some of that to last year, Boykin knew she would be disappointed our first business plan back in 2013,” said CEO them, which they don’t have in abundance as a if she did not share her work and stories with as Nicholas Gilson. “The people that comprise the relatively young company.” many people as possible.

College of Engineering and the Bucknell SBDC “There is a direct correlation between manuBoykin is an inspirational storyteller, author are not only wildly intelligent and hardworking, facturing innovation and economic growth,” and consultant who uses biblical and personal but they are great people who make the work a Governor Wolf said in a statement. “Working narratives to help women change their current whole lot of fun.” together, we are positioning Pennsylvania as a perspectives regarding themselves and their viGilson is one of the fastest growing snowsmanufacturing leader in the nation.” sion of the world to think and live differently. She ports companies in the world, with product lines Last year, Gilson was named ‘Young Entrespeaks on an array of topics that affect women and in New Zealand, Austria and Asia. preneur of the Year’ by the Eastern PA Office of their daily lives such as chronic illness, recovery, The Manufacturing PA initiative is a $1.7 the Small Business Development Center and in cross-cultural living, marriage and parenting, May, earned Ben Franklin Technology Partners “The College of Engineering has restoration from abuse and personal faith, among of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s Product Innovaothers.

As a result of her work, Boykin has spoken provided invaluable resources and tion Award for the design of its snowboard and at various women’s events and conferences where ski equipment. talent as we’ve tackled some of she has left the audience with a renewed vision Stumbris said the company will be able to our biggest manufacturing and regarding the power of story and how individuals use Bucknell’s students, who are receiving ondesign challenges, and the Small the-job experience, to build out a product that can overcome difficulties within their lives. She Business Development Center has will be virtually ‘very new’ to them because it’s also offers creative marketing consults to help women succeed who feel stagnant in their current provided sound business counsel the opposite of the snowsports industry. business or ministry.

“We are really serving in an advisory role,” along the way, starting with a Currently, Boykin is working on getting her said Beal. “It’s exciting to see these students review of our first business plan work seen by influencers in the inspirational to be hired as fellows for this project. We talk back in 2013.” speaking and writing market to broaden her reach. about a lot of these things in class, but rarely Nicholas Gilson She is constantly investing in herself by particiget to see it from end-to-end.”

CEO of Gilson Snow

pating in various trainings with companies such as Bradley Communications and StoryBrand to improve her writing, speaking, media and marketing skills.

In the future, Boykin hopes to do a TED Talk or host a television talk show so she can share her advice and stories with women even more. She also has her sights set on publishing memoirs from her time spent living in Peru to discuss topics such as recovery from abuse and living crossculturally. She may even like to write a redemptive story and act in it to show others that they can overcome their struggles to change their life around for the better.

For women entrepreneurs looking to get their start Boykin said, “be willing to accept advice from the most unusual sources.”

A person never knows what a simple interaction or hello with someone can turn into, so take every opportunity presented to learn and grow.

Sydney Garofolo has been writing for this column since she began her internship with the Women’s Entrepreneurship Center several years ago. Sydney graduated from the University of Scranton in May. Good luck Sydney! Julia Betti is a current Women’s Entrepreneurship Center intern who will be a junior at the University of Scranton. They both work under the supervision of Consultant Manager Donna Simpson from the Small Business Development Center.

Contact Sherry Boykin Website: SherryBoykin.com Facebook: SherryBoykinAuthorSpeaker Instagram: SherryBoykinStoryteller Twitter: @SBStoryteller

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Sherry Boykin, founder of Faith and Tales.

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Getting creative with employee training ally. According to Mancuso, the overall program has proven to be easy to use with a minimum of Employee training throughout Northeast Penn- employer paperwork and documentation. sylvania is receiving an assist “In my opinion, this is the best kept employfrom government grants as ment secret in the region,” said Mancuso. well as renewed recognition Also available through Mancuso’s organizathat staff knowledge is vital tion is incumbent worker training, where a current for maximizing profitability. employee in need of training to remain employed or Formal employee training advance can have their wages, with a job minimum is relatively limited within the of $10.50, assisted through a government grant, up vast NEPA small business to 90% of $3,000. community, according to “This program is new to us since 2016, and Mancuso Helene Mancuso, certified offers great promise,” said Mancuso workforce development Flexible program professional and certified career coach with the Virginia Turano, executive director of the LackaWayne-Pike Workforce Alliance. Most of these wanna County Workforce Investment Board, exbusinesses have no HR departments or profesplained that employee training must be divided into sional programs for staff development. the very different categories of incumbent training Therefore, according to Mancuso, the comversus that for new hires. Only if this definition is panies must often look to public partners to fulfill clearly made can government funding for training formalized training needs. be properly applied.

“Penn State University came in here recently She also is a fan of the On-The-Job-Training and presented a program about leadership,” said program, and how the financial metrics of the Mancuso. “It was fabulous.” program can be adjusted according to the market She explained that organizations such as conditions each agency must deal with. Within the Alliance are increasingly functioning as HR Lackawanna County, the program is often accessed departments for the small business community. In by manufacturers, while a companion program foaddition to training, functions such as employee cusing on occupational skill training, such as CNC, recruitment in today’s tight applicant market using can be utilized to help pay for the costs of employee modern in-boarding processes are available. instruction by a formalized school provided the job “It is being recognized that employee retention centers on needed high-priority work. is vital, particularly when a job is specialized and Turano’s group is also working to help alleviate involves processes that require training,” said Man- the nagging problem with employee soft skills cuso. “A loss of legacy knowledge for a business virtually every employer is dealing with. Represencan therefore be disastrous, and in addition to that tatives of her office are visiting grade 10 schoolthere’s a gray tsunami coming with retirements, rooms and disclosing the realities of the working which will require extensive training for replaceworld, plus the need for proper behavior, discipline, ment employees.” consistency and commitment.

One of Mancuso’s favorite programs offered by “The soft skill gap we keep hearing about out her specific agency is called simply “On-The-Job there is very real, and quite frankly I don’t know Training,” where a new employee in need of vocahow it happened,” said Turano. “It’s true that the tional preparation is paid 50% with a minimum of older employees are very set in their ways, but $8 per hour through a government revenue grant. work ethics are vital in a place of employment if it is Within the Pocono region this system can be acto have structure.” cessed by employers who have a job open with 30 Turano added a variety of other training prohours per week minimum, provided the employer grams utilizing government funding are available. will submit to a visit by program administrators and These include state and local internship programs sign a contract. for 18-24 year-old adults.

The wage payments will last for the number “I’m optimistic about training in the future,” of work hours it takes to train the employee, up to said Turano. Over the years we’ve seen thousands three months, and each job is looked at individuof people get back on their feet, and it’s a wonderful

by Dave Gardner

thing to be a part of.”

Employment markets A different set of challenges must be confronted by private training organization, according to Ted Pease, general manager of ManageAssist. His company is active in 10 states on the east coast, and he finds the “psychological” aspects of training to be an issue.

According to Pease, the Pease current job market is an issue that advocates for training.

Unemployment is low, the job candidate pool small, and virtually every quality position involves the application of hard skills specific to that position.

Employers needing personnel must therefore confront the choice of hiring someone with skills that will be wage-pricey, versus the cost-effective situation inherent with training an existing employee. Business has also caught on to the reality that failure to retain skilled employees is expensive.

“This scenario is playing out in a world where there is an air of decreasing employee loyalty and less perceived company loyalty,” said Pease. “Employees have also figured out that when they learn skills, they will earn more money and that they become more marketable, advancing expectations of upward movement.”

From an employer standpoint, training takes time and money, and management often may not understand the reality that training investments can save process dollars and raise profits. However, according to Pease, when training is done properly, it does not inhibit production.

“The core group we serve are manufacturers, and often they just can’t see waste as an expense,” said Pease. “To stop waste and operate lean may require a root cause analysis that indicates the need for management and supervisory training, plus for those personnel being promoted who have no prior supervisory experience.”

A common objection to training heard by Pease involves time management. Managers often state they have no time for training, despite the lean advantages of a trained workforce, and in these situations a case must be made that employee errors and the faulty processes created by them are damaging to the company’s profitability.

Pease also is optimistic about the future of employee training. He commented that evolution already unfolding allows webinars to give instant access to all sorts of valuable information, kindling environments for a company’s continuous improvement.

“Often, it’s senior management that really needs the training,” said Pease. “They must take the lead with the support of training, plus the subsequent application of the knowledge learned.”

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Taking the money journey

before they had enough for a down payment, but by staying focused on their goal, they were Saving for retirement is a lifelong journey. soon happy homeowners.

Following the experiences of one fictional Family plans couple may help individuals plan for Once the twins were born, the their retirement. new parents had a new goal to save Kate and Kevin met at an investfor: college. Because they had about ing seminar at their workplace. They 18 years before the twins would need were in their 20s and just out of the money, Kate and Kevin were able college, but they both understood to take a little more risk with their the importance of saving early for investments in the early years. financial goals. As soon as they By now, Kate and Kevin were well could, Kate and Kevin each began established in their careers. They Kleinman making pretax contributions to their contributed the maximum amount to employer’s 401(k) plan. As young their retirement accounts and took investors, they had a real advantage: time. Over full advantage of their employer’s matching time, their savings would potentially benefit contributions. They still had several years befrom compounding – the continuing reinvestfore retirement, so they kept a portion of their ment of investment earnings. portfolios invested in stocks because of the Because of their long time horizons, both potential for earning higher returns. While past Kate and Kevin allocated a portion of their performance is no guarantee of future results, retirement contributions to stock investments, historically, stocks have always recovered which present more risk than bonds or cash from any decline in value and offered inflation equivalent investments but have the potential protection as well as the best prospect for for substantial long-term growth. long-term growth.

Their early goals A happy ending Soon Kate and Kevin were also saving for In their 50s and 60s, Kate and Kevin their wedding and a new car. Since they would had considerable assets in their retirement need the money within a few years, the couple accounts. Their goals at this stage were to invested in lower-risk securities (such as Trea- preserve their gains and protect their portfolios sury bills, certificates of deposit and money against losses. They decided to move some of market funds) to preserve their principal and their assets out of stocks and into lower-risk still earn interest. At first, it was hard to come securities, such as bonds and cash equivaup with enough money for all the things they lents. were saving for, but with careful planning, they Kate and Kevin realized that even modest had the wedding they wanted and a new car inflation could reduce the buying power of their to drive on the honeymoon, while still putting retirement funds. Since their retirement could money aside for retirement. last for 15, 20 or 30 years or more, they kept Once those goals were behind them, Kate a portion of their portfolios invested in stocks and Kevin put the money that remained after even after they retired. the expenses of their wedding and new car into When it comes to saving for future goals, saving for a house. It took a few more years how soon you start may have a lot to do with where you end up. Having specific goals at each stage of your life can help you focus on “When it comes to saving for how much money you’ll need to save and how future goals, how soon you start much time you have to do it. may have a lot to do with where Your situation is unique, so be sure to conyou end up. Having specific goals sult a professional before taking action.

by Keith Kleinman

at each stage of your life can help you focus on how much money you’ll need to save and how much time you have to do it.”

Keith Kleinman is first vice president/investments and a financial advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, 270 Pierce Street, Kingston. Reach him at 570-283-8140 or visit janney.com.

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LOCAL

Moses Taylor Foundation announces new leadership award

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From left: Jeff Smith, program officer; LaTida Smith, president/CEO; Douglas Allen, founding chair; Thomas Kelly, CFO; Christine Marcos, program officer; and Ellen Stevens, office manager.

Moses Taylor Foundation recognized Douglas G. Allen for his 35 years of service as founding chair of the board of directors of Moses Taylor Foundation by announcing a brand-new prestigious leadership award established in his honor.

The Douglas G. Allen Leadership Award will be distributed biennially beginning in 2020 and will recognize community members dedicated to improving the health of the region and who exemplify a similar commitment to leadership in community health as Allen.

Allen was instrumental in leading the 2012 sale of Moses Taylor Hospital System to Community Health Systems of Franklin, Tennessee. The net proceeds from the sale endowed the Foundation.

As the founding chair of the private foundation, Allen led the formation of the development of the grant-making institution. To date, the foundation has invested $12.4 million in local nonprofit organizations to improve the health of people in an 11-county region of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

In its 2019-2023 strategic plan, the foundation set

ambitious goals to expand school-based health centers, reduce older adult isolation, respond to community health needs and increase nonprofit effectiveness across the region.

Allen is a registered pharmacist and owner and president of Allen’s Pharmacy in Scranton. He also served as chair of the board of directors of the Moses Taylor Hospital and is a member of the board of Regional Hospital.

Allen stepped down as board chair on July 1, and Foundation vice chair Judge Robert Mazzoni succeeded. He will continue to serve on the board of directors of Moses Taylor Foundation.

He also previously served as chairman and director of the boards of directors of Citizens Savings Bank, Clarks Summit and AAA North Penn, Scranton. He also served on the board of directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Scranton.

For more information on the Douglas G. Allen Leadership Award, contact LaTida Smith, president and CEO of Moses Taylor Foundation at 570-5751739.

EDUCATION

Misericordia University service project aids local YMCA When most people think about statistics, the odds are good that Las Vegas or Churchill Downs comes to mind.

Will the 5:1 horse win?

What is the probability the player will hit Blackjack?

In fact, much of what goes on in life is based on statistical data. Calculating the odds of if it will rain or whether a friend will show up on time is an everyday occurrence. Those imagining a statistics classroom may conjure up images of white boards filled with graphs, equations, processes and subsets and columns of numbers.

True for some, but not for the six Misericordia University students in the spring semester of Statistics 428 – Non-Parametric Statistics class, taught by Assistant Professor Michael Floren, Ph.D.

Floren joined the Department of Mathematics at Misericordia University in 2018 in support of the newly launched Bachelor of Science degree program in statistics. Within his first few months, he received a request from the Misericordia Office of ServiceLearning to help the Wilkes-Barre YMCA provide statistical analysis and answer questions concerning the demographics of the organization’s membership.

After an intense semester of work – inside and outside the classroom – the research project culminated with his students presenting their findings to members of the YMCA’s administration in late April.

“Not only were we able to pair our students with an important service project in the community in the spirit of Misericordia’s Mercy mission, we gave them an opportunity to work with live data, practice presenting what they know to a non-mathematical audience

and see how their detailed results are applicable in the real world, not just a classroom,” Floren explained.

Robert Duliba, senior director of Membership Services at the YMCA, asked the team to analyze the demographics of the Y’s membership in a variety of categories so to determine if there were any particular geographic pockets of membership. Doing so would help him insure that grant monies and scholarships for programs, such as child-care, were serving clients equally throughout the service area.

Misericordia University juniors Sarah Netchert, Sarah Bender, Danielle Clifford and Lindsay Kane, and the Statistics Program’s first graduates Chris Larson and Wesley Hill all agreed the process took far more time than they anticipated, mostly because the more involved they got, the more they wanted to make sure the job was done right.

The team went well beyond what Floren had anticipated, and created what he enthusiastically described as “cool, interactive graphics including heat maps” that allowed the YMCA administrators to see colorful layers of statistical analysis compiled into a webpage using a Google Maps overlay. The layered maps provided the opportunity to zoom in and out of heat clusters while seeing city names on the screen.

“The students were able to compile the information so that the Y administrators can compare a variety of data streams at the same time,” said Floren.

By definition, non-parametric statistics means not making as many assumptions in analyzing data as in traditional statistics. Their results fit the description.

“Their work was fantastic,” said Duliba, immediately following the presentation, while standing on the front steps of the 85-year-old YMCA building in the historic section of downtown Wilkes-Barre. “We didn’t know what to expect. They helped us identify a couple of areas that we need to seriously look at regarding the distribution of scholarships. It also helped us confirm a few things in the process.”

Hill, a senior statistics and mathematics dual major from Picture Rocks, admitted his first servicelearning class provided a welcomed break from traditional math problems – yet it was a lot more intensive than he expected.

“This project gave me real-world experience, and at the same time a sense of purpose and how it feels to help the community,” he said. “I am really happy to be a part of the team.”

Clifford, a junior statistics and sport management major from Westtown, New York, agreed.

“Yes, it was a lot of work, but it gave us amazing hands-on, real-life experience in the field,” she added.

“It fit our mission not only as a class but as a Mercy University.”

Floren laughingly admits that people “painfully groan” when he says he teaches statistics, as they think back to tedious math equations they studied in high school.

“Statistics is a way to understand what mathematics means – it is a step past the calculations – where we use our answers to answer everyday questions,” he said.

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Misericordia University statistics project participants, from left, first row: Rich Surridge, CFO, Greater Scranton YMCA; Misericordia University students Sarah Netchert, Beachwood, N.J.; Sarah Bender, Raritan, N.J.; Danielle Clifford, Westtown, N.Y., and Lindsay Kane, Nanticoke; and Robert Duliba, senior director of Membership Services, Wilkes-Barre YMCA. Second row, Chris Larson, Pleasant Mount; Wesley Hill, Picture Rocks, and Michael Floren, Ph.D., assistant professor of statistics, Misericordia University.

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Going after the big one

Susan Sordoni receives award

companies creating new jobs with one anchor becoming a large-scale office employer of more There is much economic than 120 workers, entrepreneurship institutes competition going after the for high school and college students, multiple big one. direct internships, innovation grants to many Amazon is the most colleges, a regional intellectual Asset Inventory recent example of this, but Database, the newly minted SHINE program as it is not the only sampling an after school opportunity, serving pre-school Grossman that has existed in the through eighth grade from 10 school districts in Pocono-Northeast. It, howseveral counties, regional bioscience initiative ever, can serve as a model for thinking big and for the region and more. large in this region and perhaps will be followed Pointing out that this region has a population by other large scale projects. of 1,028, 925 with a metropolitan area making In the 1980s, the region competed for the up the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton Area, then-new Saturn plan, and after preparing a the region has become increasingly diverse to plan by the Economic Development Council of almost 15% today compared to 5.9% in the year Northeastern Pennsylvania (now called NEPA 2000. Other data shown includes affordability in Alliance), a group from the region flew to Detroit housing, access to many market sheds, a highto make a presentation. While the results were way network of significance, economic output not acceptable, the move put the region in the of more than 23 million dollars, the region being spotlight. a resilient and sustainable geography, and a Years before, there was another effort to highly diverse quality of life with an abundance secure an auto plant of significance and that of lakes, rivers, forests, golf courses, state also failed. And while the efforts for Wall Street and federal parks and spectator ports such a West following the 9/11 tragedy never led to any NASCAR racing at the Pocono International positive results, despite a grant of $15 million Raceway, the triple A affiliate of the New York coming to the region from the federal governYankees, the AHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh ment, there was much clamor and excitement Penguins, and many examples of Main Street about what this could mean to region economprogram communities such as Jim Thorpe, ics and jobs.

Stroudsburg and others.

The Amazon approach was a 99-page docuThe document challenges Amazon to seize ment by Penns Northeast, a regional marketing the opportunity and become part of the team entity that highlighted many advantages such reinventing this region. Actually, the same as location, education, labor force, logistics, approach can be utilized to demonstrate how operating costs, incentives, cost of living, qual- other large-scale firms can view how they can ity of life, testimonials, letters of support, real become partners with Penns Northeast and estate options and live, work and play in PA. other regional development agencies. Each of The document pointed out the region fueling the the elements mentioned previously are detailed Industrial Revolution, and now asking Amazon in the proposal. to fuel out technological evolution. Pointed out The proposal outlined the leveraging of were 19 different educational institutions with energy as an advantage to this selection of the more than 40,000 undergraduate and graduate region. The opportunity exists to structure a college students, ample opportunities for crepublic-private consortium to generate savative partnerships, a labor force renowned for ings, cash flows and economic benefits for its productivity, suburb proximity to New York Amazon. Incentives mentioned in the document City, New England and other major markets, a include the Local Economic Revitalization Tax location adjoining the world’s second-largest Assistance program ( LERTA ) and the Worknatural gas resource, and a low cost of doing force and Economic Development Network of business, combined with a marvelous quality Pennsylvania. In addition, the proposal suggests of life built around immediate access to the that “your dollar goes much further in Northgreat outdoors. The document pointed out the eastern Pennsylvania.” And housing and other regional network of nine incubators, start up factors are delineated. Beyond these elements,

by Howard J. Grossman, AICP

Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) announced Susan F. Sordoni is the recipient of a 2019 Excellence in Medicine Award from the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation.

Dr. Sordoni founded the Volunteers in Medicine clinic in Wilkes-Barre and remains a dedicated volunteer at the organization.

Sordoni received the Jack B. McConnell, MD Award for Excellence in Volunteerism during an awards ceremony Friday, June 7 at the AMA Foundation Reception in Chicago, Illinois. This award honors a physician in the United States who volunteers to provide care to underserved patients who lack access to health insurance.

Jack B. McConnell opened the first VIM clinic in Hilton Head, South Carolina, in 1994.

Inspired by his work, Dr. Sordoni and a team of dedicated individuals opened a full-time, full-service free clinic for working low-income, uninsured residents in Luzerne County in 2008.

Since its inception, the clinic has a registered patient base of more than 23,000 people.

The Volunteers in Medicine clinic opened its doors to the community in June of 2008.

The dental clinic opened in January of 2011 and quickly became a high demand community resource. Behavioral health services at the clinic expanded in 2015. Specialty services, medications and testing is also offered to provide holistic patient centered care.

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Patricia L. Austin, American Medical Association Foundation president and Susan F. Sordoni, VIM founder.

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the quality of life health systems in the region are outlined and these include eight examples.

Twenty-four testimonials and several letters of support are provided.

Here are two examples of testimonials: “Everything in Northeast PA is just right. It’s the Goldilocks theory of doing business.”

That is from Scott Meuser, chairman and CEO of Pride Mobility Products Corporation.

The second is, “that’s what you get when you run a business here in Northeastern Pennsylvania – loyalty, commitment and a great work ethic.”

And that is from Rich Calagero, vice president of Metlife Information Technology Services.

These and the other quotes all reference advantages of doing business inside this region.

Letters of support came from many federal and state legislators as well as some community and county leaders.

Thirty-three real estate options are part of the proposal and come from local development organizations. These include information about available land areas as well as photographs or data about the option. There is a section of the proposal which talks about the powerhouse of Pennsylvania and the “work smart and live happy” atmosphere that prevails. Other information deals with the producing of leaders, investing in students, inspiring innovation, technology driving the economy, diversity being a strength, business being welcome, a “we are right where you want to be” mentality, moving at the speed of business, employees living happy, pursue your happiness here and Pennsylvania being and doing it first and being the “ideological compass for American values of freedom, innovation and tolerance.”

There is also a listing of 21 Fortune 500 companies found in the Commonwealth.

Penns Northeast deserves much credit for spending the time to prepare a proposal for Amazon. The organization serves five counties including Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Schuylkill and Wayne. Its role is clear and that is to attract new economic businesses to the region and maximize the means to utilize the many assets which this region offers.

The Amazon example hopefully can be replicated in other situations in coming years, under the leadership of Penns Northeast and the local development agencies serving this region.

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FNCB Bank celebrates grand opening

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FNCB Bank recently celebrated the official grand opening of its new full-service community office at Submitted photo 360 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top with a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring bank staff, board members, elected officials and community members. First row, from left: Kenneth J. Tamborski, FNCB Bank The NEPA Alliance Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) selected a PTAC Client of the advisory board; William G. Bracey, FNCB Bank board member; Joseph L. DeNaples, Esq, FNCB Bank Year. The award is presented to a PTAC client whose business practices and professional conduct is board member; Gerard A. Champi, FNCB Bank president and CEO; Dakota Jones; FNCB Bank community beneficial to federal, state and local governments; conducts business in a professional and ethical office manager; Louis A. DeNaples; FNCB Bank chairman of the board; Dominick L. DeNaples; FNCB manner; reinvests in the local economy and its people; and helps to promote Northeastern PennsylBank director emeritus; John P. Moses, Esq., FNCB Bank lead director; Thomas J. Melone, CPA; FNCB vania as a vibrant place in which to do business. The award was presented to Finch Manufacturing & Bank board member; and Samuel A. Falcone Jr., Esq., FNCB Bank advisory board.

Technology, LLC (Finch), a service-disabled veteran owned small business located in West Pittston.

From left: Steve Scarpetta, Finch Manufacturing & Technology; Michael Batyko, Finch Manufacturing & Technology; Michael Brown, Finch Manufacturing & Technology; Robert Zinnen, Jr., Finch Manufacturing & Technology; Congressman Matt Cartwright; Jeffrey Box, NEPA Alliance; Steve Ursich, NEPA Alliance; and Karen Ostroskie, NEPA Alliance.

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Munley Law celebrates 60 years

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Alana Roberts, Regional Affairs Director, PPL Electric Utilities, presented $10,000 from the PPL Foundation to the Northeastern Pennsylvania Nonprofit & Community Assistance Center (NCAC) at a recent board meeting. The grant allows NCAC and its affiliate, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance (NEPA), Submitted photo to continue to provide various community and economic development programs and services to busiMunley Law celebrated its 60th year in business this year. To mark the milestone, the firm conducted nesses, nonprofits and local governments within a seven-county region. From left: Joe Sebelin, Pocono three Days of Service in which lawyers and staff took part in acts of service to the northeast PennsylCounties WIA; Matt Connell, Northampton Community College; Jack McNulty, Pennsylvania Department vania community. The events took place at St. Francis Kitchen, Scranton (two service days) and St. of Labor & Industry; Alana Roberts, PPL Electric Utilities; Charles Barber, The Luzerne Foundation; Kurt Vincent de Paul Kitchen, Wilkes-Barre. From left: Daniel W. Munley, Robert W. Munley, III, Caroline Bauman, Northeastern Pennsylvania Nonprofit & Community Assistance Center; and Maria Montoro Munley, Robert W. Munley, Sr., Marion Munley and James Christopher Munley.

Edwards, The Wright Center.

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The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education honors physicians at graduation

The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education celebrated the accomplishments of the 2019 graduating class of 57 physicians on Saturday, June 22 at Hotel Anthracite, Carbondale.

This class is one of the organization’s largest to date and consists of 27 internal medicine physicians, 27 family medicine physicians and 3 cardiologists. Forty-one doctors will have completed their residency training in Northeastern Pennsylvania and 16 physicians in the organization’s National Family Medicine Residency (NFMR) will have trained at one of four affiliated sites throughout the U.S. NFMR graduates were trained at partnering community-based hospitals and Federally Qualified Health Centers in Tucson, Arizona; Washington, D.C.; New Richmond, Ohio and Auburn, Washington. Of the 16 NFMR physician graduates, nine have confirmed employment in underserved areas throughout the country.

Eleven physicians in the 2019 graduating class planned to continue their medical careers within Northeast Pennsylvania.

At the ceremony, select graduates, faculty members and organizational affiliates were recognized for their outstanding commitment to and success within the program. Award winners are: Bost Award Mary Sewatsky, MD

Community Oriented Primary Care Project Award, National Family Medicine Residency Rachel Gougian, DO Golden Stethoscope Award, Internal Medicine Residency Mahmoud M. Khalaf, MD Faculty of the Year, National Family Medicine Residency Nathan Kittle, MD Outstanding Resident Award, National Family Medicine Residency Wesley Jones, DO Practice Improvement Award, National Family Medicine Residency Sana Waseem, DO Robert E. Wright Award, Internal Medicine Dhaval P. Patel, DO Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Award, Family Medicine, Luzerne Gurvinder Singh Dhaliwal, MD Teacher of the Year, Cardiology Samir Pancholy, MD Teacher of the Year, Family Medicine, Lackawanna Enrique Samonte, MD Teacher of the Year, Family Medicine, Luzerne Deborah Spring, MD Teacher of the Year, Internal Medicine Bojana Milekic, MD

The grads are all smiles.

Mary Sewatsky, MD, accepts the Bost Award from last year’s recipient, Sanjay Chandragiri, MD. The Bost Award is given to the person who most demonstrates inspiration, guidance and support of the mission of The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education in memory of Dr. Charles Bost.

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It’s selfie time at graduation.

Graduates gather for a photo.

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Catherine Patrick, DO accepts her diploma from Maureen Litchman, MD, Program Director, Regional Family Medicine Residency.

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Adult learners build skills, accomplishments and new careers at LCCC Adult students who return to college have many reasons to do so. They may be looking for better pay, new career options, to build qualifications and skill sets or a sense of accomplishment.

They are often understandably nervous. They are juggling work and family obligations while trying to earn a college degree alongside recent high school graduates.

According to Dr. Cheryl A. Lesser, vice president of academic affairs at Luzerne County Community College, many of the adult learners returning to college are looking for stable careers that can be flexible with their family needs. “Many of the adults we see are attracted to the medical field while others are gravitating to programs in business, computer information and the trades.”

Lesser says. “Jobs in these fields are stable and growing, and adult learners appreciate and are excited about the available opportunities.”

Medical reimbursement and coding program One of the most adult learner centric degrees is the medical reimbursement and coding program. This is becoming the fastest-growing field in the workforce today. Delivering quality health care depends on capturing accurate and timely medical data. Medical coding professionals fulfill this need as key players in the health care workplace.

Luzerne County Community College offers an AAS degree in medical reimbursement and coding specialist. The program is designed to build a sequence of medical reimbursement and coding-related courses to build the skills needed for employment in this field. Such skills include scheduling, preparing patient records, managing financial matters, handling insurance arrangements and processing correspondence. The student is trained to assist doctors and patients administratively in physician’s offices, clinics and hospitals, laboratories or other health service areas.

Students who finish their degree in medical reimbursement and coding will be able to follow ICD-CM rules and regulations and code accurately, follow CPT rules and regulations and code accurately, and use critical thinking and problemsolving skills to address reimbursement and coding. The ICD-10-CM (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification) is a system used by physicians and other healthcare providers to classify and code all diagnoses, symptoms and procedures recorded in conjunc-

Photos courtesy of Mark James / Luzerne County Community College

Medical reimbursement and coding is one of the fastest-growing fields in the workforce today. tion with hospital care in the United States.

Although medical records and health information technicians do not provide direct patient care, they work regularly with physicians and other health care professionals. They meet with these workers to clarify diagnoses or to get additional information to make sure that records are complete and accurate.

The medical reimbursement and coding specialist degree offers students an opportunity to pursue positions as medical billing clerks, medical records clerks, coders, medical office assistants, medical office managers, medical application support specialists, health unit coordinators and medical office support.

Nationwide, there is a shortage of certified medical coders in hospitals, physician practices, and other health care facilities. The average pay for a medical reimbursement specialist is $16.62 per hour. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the number of positions in the field of medical records and health information technicians — which includes medical billers and coders — will increase 13% between 2016 and 2026. This industry will add approximately 27,800 new positions by 2026.

Court reporting program Another popular academic program and career track for adult learners is court reporting.

New technology and media such as computer

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search engines, video conferences and web casts give text even more importance. And providing access to everyone, including people who are deaf or hard of hearing, creates a need for workers who can “capture” spoken words and then translate them into text.

For court reporters and captioners, who make their living by turning speech into text, those trends spell opportunity.

Luzerne County Community College offers a two-year program in court reporting.

“It’s like riding a bike – once you learn, you can do it,” said Karen Dessoye, LCCC court reporting instructor.

Before teaching at LCCC, Dessoye worked as a court reporter and a freelancer. She said court reporting is a stressful job, but it is also rewarding.

On average, court reporters in northeast Pennsylvania can make $35,000-$45,000 a year.

“In the courtroom, you’re supposed to stay neutral and have a stone face,” Dessoye said. “I teach students to hear, but not listen,” Dessoye said. Some of the topics covered in a courtroom are topics people would rather listen to. “Through our classroom techniques, students will be able to complete their work without being affected by what is going on around them,” Dessoye added.

Court reporters are expected to create transcripts of speeches, conversations, legal proceedings, meetings and captions verbatim.

They assist judges and attorneys in many ways such as: organizing and searching for administration and helping with research. Broadcast captioners work for television or cable stations; they caption news, emergency broadcasts, sporting events and other programs. Some captioners simulcast the text of talk shows, news and sports onto the internet or an online service.

Court reporters and captioners use computers and a specialized machine called a stenotype to do their job. The stenotype works like a portable word processor but with a modifed 22-button keyboard, instead of the standard (QWERTY) setup. By striking multiple keys at the same time, court reporters and captioners type entire words at once.

A student in the court reporting program must maintain a words-per-minute (WPM) speed of 225.

A variety of topics are covered in the court reporting program including: medical, legal, multivoice and technical terminology; transcript production; judicial reporting and captioning procedures and computer-aided transcription systems.

Upon completion of the program, students will be fully prepared to meet an entry-level job requirement for court reporting in either country, state or federal courts; self-employment as a freelancer; broadcast captioner or a reporter for the hearing-impaired.

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PSU Hazleton expands programs Penn State Hazleton expanded its range of health care programs to provide students with a career ladder. These programs include certificates that can be completed in as little as four months and associate and bachelor’s degrees.

Penn State Hazleton’s Practical Nursing program provides a non-credit certificate program, delivered through a part-time, evening and weekend curriculum, to prepare students with the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes essential for practical nursing practice and the knowledge necessary to pass the NCLEX-PN. This 18-month evening and weekend program consists of classroom and clinical curriculum, all under the supervision of qualified nursing instructors.

The Nurse Aide (NA) program prepares students to provide safe and therapeutic care.

Students are then prepared to take the Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Competency Evaluation Test.

Upon passing the Competency Evaluation test and gaining a position in long-term care, the graduate will be added to the PA Nurse Aide Registry. Job opportunities are prevalent with long-term nursing facilities. This is a 128-hour program is presented as a 27-day course with 15 days spent in classroom instruction and the remaining 12 days in a clinical setting.

The Clinical Medical Assisting (CMA) program helps prepare students to perform various clinical tasks including assisting with the administration of medications and with minor procedures, performing an electrocardiogram (EKG), obtaining laboratory specimens for testing, educating patients and other related tasks. Job opportunities are prevalent with physician’s office, clinics, chiropractic offices, hospitals and outpatient facilities. This fourmonth evening program consists of 140 hours of classroom instruction. Individualized clinical practice, up to 160 hours, follows the classroom instruction.

Students in the Electrocardiogram (EKG) technician certification program learn to complete and analyze electrocardiograms (EKG) and will be eligible to take the American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians (ASPT) Electrocardiogram Technician (EKG) exam and/or other national certification exams. This comprehensive 50-hour EKG technician certification program prepares students to function as an EKG technician, performing diagnostic tests to aid doctors in identifying and treating cardiovascular problems in patients. These tests help detect irregularities that may result in a heart attack or heart disease.

The mission of the Phlebotomy Technician program is to prepare students to function as an active part of the laboratory team. This comprehensive 90-hour program prepares professionals to collect blood specimens from clients through venipuncture and capillary sampling for the purpose of laboratory analysis. Phlebotomy technicians or phlebotomists are medical laboratory

technicians whose primary job duty is to draw blood from patients.

Information on the certificate programs is available at hazleton.psu.edu/ce.

Beyond the noncredit certificate programs, students can pursue a two-year associate degree in either the Medical Laboratory Technology or the Physical Therapist Assistant program, both of which have been offered for more than 30 years at Penn State Hazleton.

The medical laboratory technologist (MLT) works in all areas of the medical laboratory such as microbiology, chemistry, hematology, serology, blood bank and urinalysis. MLTs are qualified to perform routine tests as well as more complex procedures including analyzing blood for chemical components, typing blood to ensure safe transfusion, and identifying bacteria and other microorganisms. The MLT program is fully accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). Offered on a full-time or part-time basis, it requires the completion of 72 credits of classroom and clinical instruction.

The physical therapist assistant (PTA) works as part of a team to provide physical therapy services.

They provide services in a variety of settings including private practices, hospitals, outpatient clinics, home health agencies, schools, nursing homes and work settings. The curriculum is a combination of general education, applied physical therapy sciences and three full-time clinical learning experiences. Penn State Hazleton’s PTA program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE).

Students can opt to pursue a four-year bachelor’s degree in a health-related major at Penn State Hazleton. These programs include the recently added health policy and administration major, along with the rehabilitation and human services degree.

The health policy and administration (HPA) program prepares students for management or policy positions or graduate study in the field. The HPA program offers a flexible course structure to allow students to tailor their classes to their goals.

Supporting courses explore specific areas of interest including health sciences, nursing, nutrition, business administration, finance and management.

Rehabilitation and Human Services (RHS) helps prepare students for entry-level positions in human service settings, particularly ones that provide services to persons with physical, emotional or mental disabilities. Graduates pursue employment in a variety of settings. Increasing opportunities are available in private for-profit insurance programs for the industrially injured and in employee assistance programs within business and industry.

Additional information on Penn State Hazleton’s degree programs can be found at: hazleton. psu.edu/academics.

Marywood University stays ahead

Marywood University recognizes that education is not terminal but instead an ongoing process.

To stay ahead in a skill-based labor market, it is imperative for people to access relevant, convenient educational experiences that provide opportunities for professional growth and advancement. At Marywood, they partner with industry experts to tailor programs to meet the demands of the current and emerging labor markets.

Looking ahead to the new world of industry, Marywood is developing a series of affordable, convenient programs in alignment with the needs of the regional workforce. The first of these efforts, a certificate in Construction Management, will provide people seeking to move into this field the necessary foundation for advancement.

Marywood also provides in-demand training to employers seeking to upskill their workforce.

And the school holds several accreditations to offer continuing education credits (CE’s) to professionals to maintain licensures and advance their professional practices.

120 Hour Long-Term Care Program Marywood University is the only institution in NEPA that offers the 120 Hour Long-Term Care Series. This Pennsylvania State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators approved program is required to become a Nursing Home Administrator. The 16 courses in this series address the state requirements for administrators and also carry continuing education credits for nursing home administrators.

“There is a growing need for Nursing Home Administrators as our population ages and health care operations continue to change. The 120 program is a great opportunity for those adults already working in the health care industry to advance their careers and become leaders in long-term care,” said Noelle Lyon-Kovaleski, NHA, an instructor of Marywood LTC; director of the Carbondale Nursing Home; and a board member of the Northeast PA Long Term Care Association.

She added, “Marywood offers great resources from local leaders in the long term care industry that are vested into attracting and advancing new Nursing Home Administrators into this challenging, yet rewarding career. Our industry, as well as those individuals we serve, require bright, ethical and educated leaders to continue to improve care delivery and quality of life to our residents. The adult learners that complete the Marywood 120 program are well prepared to become trusted leaders to care for our most vulnerable population.”

For program information contact Carolyn M. Bonacci, director, Professional Continuing Education at contedu@marywood.edu; by calling 570-340-6061 or at bit.ly/2YpJcbU. “Get Your Master’s with the Masters” Marywood’s “Get Your Master’s with the Masters” is an MFA program for educators and working

professionals. This low-residency fully accredited program allows one to earn an MFA while retaining employment. It meets for two weeks in July and for two partial weeks in the spring and fall.

“I think that the inherent value in the Marywood program that ranks it above other similar MFA programs is the access that it provides to industry luminaries that the students would not normally have access to. Meeting these creative professionals up close is a unique learning experience that far surpasses those found at conferences or through reading someone else’s reflections and interviews,” said Joseph Schwartz, an MFA graduate.

For more information contact program director Steven Brower at info@marywoodmfa.com , 570348-6278 or at bit.ly/2ydSdpW. MBA 2.0 Marywood’s MBA 2.0 program offers convenient courses for busy professionals allowing you to earn your MBA in as little as two years. Online courses enable you to participate in live discussions with professors and other students through a virtual classroom experience that offers maximum flexibility for busy professionals. The program provides an applied, practical approach to graduate learning, with personal attention from experienced faculty and industry professionals. Class sizes are kept small, so that professors are afforded ample time to mentor students.

“In the Marywood MBA 2.0 program, the professors were all experts in their respective fields and provided me with the knowledge and encouragement to grow and succeed not only in the program, but in my career as well. As a full-time working student, I appreciated the online format of the program. It saved me the time of traveling to class yet maintained regular real-time interaction with faculty and classmates. I especially enjoyed the ability to re-watch recorded classes, which aided in grasping more complex topics of study.

Overall, my experience with the program was extremely positive and I would definitely recommend it to others,” said Elizabeth Grimes, MBA (‘16), a software developer at Penn Foster, Inc. Marywood University’s MBA 2.0 program provides general business administration knowledge and training with a special focus on one of three areas of concentration: finance and investment; management or management information systems (MIS). The MBA 2.0 program will teach you not only how to become a successful business leader, but how to do so in a way that is ethically, socially and environmentally responsible. For more information email business@marywood.edu or call 570-348-6274.

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Kings College helps fill health care workforce demand

As the baby-boom population ages and people remain active later in life, there will be an increasing demand for health care services and people to manage them. According to the U.S. Department of labor, employment of medical and health services managers is projected to grow 20% by 2026, much faster than the average for other occupations.

This job growth is accompanied by the rapidly changing dynamics of health care, which are shaping the world of work and what job seekers and employed professionals must do to advance their career. What does it mean for you? It means you face extraordinary challenges in remaining relevant in your knowledge and skills, but it also means that you have extraordinary opportunities. The professional knowledge and skills to perform successfully on the job are changing at a rapid speed, making the key to success continuous learning.

“Think of it this way: managing your career is much like riding a bicycle,” said Michele M. McGowan, DBA, CPA, associate professor and graduate program director, Healthcare Administration, King’s College. “You can coast for a while, but the only way to get to where you want to be, the only way to make sure that you continue to have the momentum necessary to enjoy the ride, is to keep pedaling. Pedaling is exactly what you have to do with your professional knowledge today, continually acquiring skills and knowledge to remain relevant.”

To help fulfill this need, King’s College, through the William G. McGowan School of Business, offers a Master of Science in Health Care Administration and a Graduate Executive Leadership Certificate for Health Care Professionals. Both programs provide management and leadership training in and knowledge of the business aspects of health care.

The Master of Science in health care administration (37 credit) provides the professional knowledge and management skills necessary to be effective and socially responsible leaders in regional, national and global health services systems and is accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide.

The Graduate Executive Leadership Certificate for Health Care Professionals is designed to provide physicians and other health care professionals with basic business and management knowledge and skills in the field of health care. The program consists of four graduate-level courses (12 credits) in human resource management, health care financial management, health care marketing and branding, and leadership and innovation management in health care. Students who complete the graduate certificate program and then choose to continue

their education may apply these credits toward the Master of Science in health care administration.

Adult learners’ lives are complex, and their needs are both diverse and extensive. In order to enable people to return to the classroom, the school tailored its course offerings to meet the demands of busy professional and personal life.

Students attend classes on-site, online or both.

On-site classes span 15 weeks and are held during the evenings on the Wilkes-Barre campus. Online classes are offered in an accelerated seven-week format. Online class materials are delivered asynchronously, meaning there is no requirement to be online at a set day and time.

Recognizing that adult learners have a different approach to learning, the program is committed to creating an environment that promotes constructive and active student-learning while accommodating different learning styles. The use of projects and service-learning activities allows you to gain an appreciation of the course content, fostering both analytical and problem-solving opportunities, connecting the subject matter and emphasizing that everything learned fits together into a holistic understanding of the profession.

This approach allows students to gain relevant, hands-on learning experience and act as a valuable resource to enhance the quality of life in your community.

As a student noted at the end of a marketing class activity to address the opioid crisis, “Instead of just turning in a paper at the end of the semester, my project group has decided to present it to the administration of our hospital system. We hope that this effort of ours will also help the community in some concrete way.”

The school’s students come from a broad range of clinical and non-clinical backgrounds, undergraduate degrees, levels of experience, and educational needs. Since 1994, alumni have had successful careers in a variety domestic and international health services industries, contributing to individual and community growth.

Whatever your background and personal and professional goals, making a commitment to learning is a key ingredient for your success. The school invites people to explore this meaningful career path at King’s College, where programs will prepare them to tackle profound changes and challenges in healthcare and support you in taking control of the changes in your career.

For additional information about either program, contact Christine Stevens, director of graduate admission, at 570-208-5991 or ChristineStevens@kings.edu or visit kings.edu/hca.

Accelerate your career with a Master of Science in Accounting Accounting professionals are among the top 15 most-demanded professions, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and how organizations communicate vital ďŹ nancial information.

You can get your accounting career moving with the Master of Science in Accounting program at East Stroudsburg University, a 30-credit degree that can be completed in as few as 12 months. This program blends online and classroom instruction for continuing undergraduate accounting majors and working professionals.

Find out more about ESU's Accounting M.S. at ESU.edu/gradaccounting

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Master’s degrees at East Stroudsburg University benefit adult learners

The master’s in accounting and master’s in tive and understand the workings of business management and leadership in organizational from a psychological standpoint. Additionally, students will gain important communication behavior at East Stroudsburg University are programs which are excellent for adult learn- and organizational administrative skills in this multidisciplinary degree. ers. These programs allow learners to gain a Faculty have a combination of strong graduate degree which provides a platform for them to take on more management responsi- academic training and business experience bility within a company increasing job security and will challenge students to apply theories learned in the classroom to current and receiving increases in pay. or future employment.

“Working as a senior executive Students will explore the followallows adult learners to make a ing: impact of individual and group larger contribution to the commubehaviors on organizational perfornity and environment. Also, both of mance; team processes including these program can be completed communication, decision-making, within 12 months,” said Sylvester E. and negotiation, organizational Williams, IV, J.D., dean of the ColWilliams strategic planning through analysis lege of Business Management. of strengths and weaknesses in the The goal of the Master of Science organizational environment; tradidegree in management and leadertional and contemporary models of leadership ship/organizational behavior is to provide graduate level instruction to students from any financial statement analysis, cost measurement and control, budgeting and other management undergraduate major and allow students to gain leadership skills from a business perspec- control topics; development of a research

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plan to identify and solve a business problem; and applying concepts from the field of I/O psychology to enhance the work environment, encouraging productive work-related behaviors, and solving organizational problems.

“It is important for adult learners to continuously find ways to improve their skill set. ESU offers many programs that are geared toward adult learners and provides flexibility in allowing them to complete degree requirements in a short amount of time. It is important for adult learners to stay connected with changes taking place in the market,” noted Williams.

“We have had the Management and Leadership in Organizational Behavior for some time. We have seen our students obtain jobs with more responsibility after obtaining the degree. The master’s degree provides students with an opportunity to secure jobs with more responsibility,” continued the dean.

Master’s Degree in Accounting Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Chancellor Daniel Greenstein, D. Phil., approved a master’s degree in accounting for East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania on Friday, May 3. This new 30-credit graduate degree will officially be implemented in fall of 2019 and is geared toward those interested in a professional or academic career.

With the Bachelor of Science in accounting approved spring 2018, the Master of Science in accounting will extend ESU’s disciplinary offerings. The combination of these programs meets the requirement of 150 post-secondary credit hours of education in order to be considered “qualified” to sit for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination.

“The Master of Science in accounting allows our students to gain the required credits to sit for CPA, while allowing them to gain more knowledge and expertise about the accounting profession,” said Williams, “This additional credential will separate ESU students from others obtaining an undergraduate accounting degree.”

An important aspect of this M.S. in accounting program is that the instructional modality is designed for traditional and nontraditional students with a blend of online and face-to-face instruction, targeting current undergraduate accounting majors and working professionals. These approaches are needed to develop future leaders within the account-

ing profession with skill sets that display critical and analytical thinking, a sense of history, objectivity, a global perspective, an ethical mindset, ability to synthesize across disciplinary areas, comprehension of complex ideas, exemplary oral and written communication skills and computing skills, among others.

Graduates of this program are likely to have careers as controllers, chief financial officers, government accountants, budget directors, internal or external auditors, forensic accountants, firm valuation experts, personal and corporate tax accountants and non-profit organization accountants.

According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statics and U.S. News, and Money Magazine, accounting professionals are one of the top of 15 most-demanded professions.

Accounting is the common language of business – a means by which organizations communicate vital financial information. Public and private sector institutions of every size rely on highly skilled accounting professionals to properly manage their finances and protect them from fraud.

“Accountants and auditors as a profession ranked first among the top 15 high-demand occupations aligning to bachelor’s and graduate degrees. The master’s degree in accounting at ESU is well-timed and meets the skilled workforce needs in our region,” Williams said.

ESU is the third of the 14 universities in Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education to offer a graduate degree in accounting, and will offer the region’s only program in a 60-mile radius. In light of the distance between ESU’s program and others, Williams sees tremendous opportunities for collaboration, especially among other State System schools that have undergraduate degrees in accounting. It is hoped that ESU’s master’s degree will enable students from other campuses to enroll in some or all of the advanced courses at ESU in order to earn the advanced degree or, at least, to prepare for the CPA exam.

“Our programs are offered at reasonable prices that are affordable for the adult learner.

This is a tremendous advantage for an adult learner who wants to secure a job with more responsibility and accompanying pay,” concluded Williams.

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Misericordia’s new graduate program addresses health care quality, patient safety

degree in as little as two years.

This fall, the College of Health Sciences In addition, an 18-credit post baccalaureand Education at Misericordia University is ate certificate is available in the Healthcare introducing the region’s first graduate proAnalytics program. Students gram that works to improve health also can apply the credits earned care quality and patient safety. through completion of the certifiHealthcare Analytics is a cate program to the requirements 36-credit Master of Science degree for the master’s degree. program available fully online Today, medical error is the beginning in August. The new acathird highest cause of death in the demic program prepares creative United States, after heart disease and diligent professionals who use Godlewski and cancer. Furthermore, medical data to communicate and enact errors cost the nation’s health care meaningful improvements in the system about $17 billion annually, accorddelivery of health care. ing to research in the 2018 British Medical “The need to assure that professionals in Journal. The Journal of Health Care Finance health care are well versed in improvement in 2012 estimated health care costs associis compelling,’’ said George A. Godlewski, ated with medical mistakes that negatively Ph.D., M.S.W., director of the Healthcare affected quality-adjusted life years exceeded Analytics graduate program at Misericordia $200 billion annually.

University. “The industry’s growth underThe British Medical Journal’s March 2018 scores that imperative while providing opportunities to enhance the learning of new report comes more than two decades after professionals in the area of health care qual- the Institute of Medicine’s study, “To Err is Human,’’ illustrated the totality of preventable ity improvement.’’ medical errors in U.S. hospitals.

The graduate program places a unique “In short, skillful professionals are needed emphasis on interprofessional practice and to lead change and improvement in health patient-family perspectives. In doing so, it care beyond the current model being used in stresses the importance of health care prothe U.S. health care system,’’ Dr. Godlewski fessionals working collaboratively as equal team members with one common goal, while said. “Our health care system, including health care policy, requires significant ensuring the voices of patients and families are heard throughout the continuum of care. changes to address current gaps in quality.

The potential revenue savings associated Curriculum is composed of required with improved quality in health care could be courses as well as electives to support student goals and interests in improving care applied to innumerable worthy challenges.

The personal benefits of improved care and throughout health care systems. The framereduced harm are incalculable.’’ work of the curriculum is based on quality The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) improvement competencies in health care forecasts the demand for data analysts in quality: data sets, measurement, analysis, health care to grow about 19% through 2024. improvement science, change management, Overall, BLS’s Occupational Outlook Handleadership and more. Course content also stresses themes of population health, ethics, book expects employment in the health care social justice, leadership, patient experience, industry to grow by 18% over the next two decades, with about 50% of the top 25 jobs interprofessionalism and creativity. associated with clinical care.

Courses will be delivered primarily in a For more information about the graduseven-week block schedule via an asynchroate and certificate programs in Healthcare nous online format to support the flexibility required by adult learners. Students can work Analytics at Misericordia University, call 570-674-6233 or visit misericordia.edu/ toward the advanced degree in full- or parthealthcareanalytics. time formats, and can earn their master’s

Part-time • Accelerated • Online Continue your education with Misericordia’s ARCH Programs for Adult Learners and distinguish yourself from the competition.

Misericordia University combines personal attention, flexible formats, and in-demand majors to give adults the ability to achieve.

For information about our majors in the areas of business, education, and health care or to schedule a personal visit, contact us at (570) 674-6791 admissmu@misericordia.edu

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Penn State Scranton fills educational, professional development needs

LaunchBox, is a pre-incubator/accelerator that Penn State Scranton’s Center for Business Development and Community Outreach provides will help advance local entrepreneurial concepts to business plan development using continuing education, professional the resources of Penn State. To date, development and career advancement and even before its official opening, resources in response to the region’s the program has helped close to 20 educational and professional developlocal entrepreneurs. ment needs.

Designed to expand efforts to The center’s team serves adult promote innovation and economic students, working professionals, entredevelopment in northeast Pennsylpreneurs, businesses and community vania by combining the resources organizations throughout northeast Drake of Penn State with local businesses, Pennsylvania by providing workshops, economic development organizations relevant professional courses, certificate programs and customized corporate training and entrepreneurs, the Scranton LaunchBox was officially opened in the autumn of 2018 and opportunities. is the newest addition in programs under the The center’s staff analyzes regional employuniversity’s Center for Business Development and ment data and listens to the needs of area Community Outreach to help adults in the region employers to offer courses that can help adults improve their economic well being through career achieve the skills needed to be an asset to area enhancement or by opening their own business. organizations. These programs can be one-day “By centralizing no-cost services, the Launchworkshops, credit certificates or short-term Box helps entrepreneurs to avoid the common courses to study for industry certifications. The mistakes startups often face and enables them to staff also helps people enhance or change their focus their time on de-risking and growing their careers and works with organizations to train businesses. The staff and instructors assist inditheir employees. viduals with business ideas through a customer The center’s newest initiative, the Scranton

discovery exercise and feasibility research, moving along to business modeling and preparing for the development of a business plan,” noted John Drake, director of the center.

Entrepreneurs can also learn about the many facets of business planning, management, marketing and finance.

“The mission of the LaunchBox is to be the hub that connects local entrepreneurs to the support, resources and facilities they need to build a sustainable and scalable business with a viable plan for growth. The team works with many area workforce/business development, education, financial and social organizations to get entrepreneurs the help that they need to increase their chances of success,” added Drake.

It is open to community members and those affiliated with Penn State and was planned in conjunction with United Neighborhood Centers (UNC), the Scranton Area Foundation, People’s Security Bank, the Scranton Community Foundation, Women In Philanthropy, the Small Business Development Center at the University of Scranton, the Allan P. Kirby Center for Free Enterprise at Wilkes University, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Family Business Alliance, the Greater

Scranton Chamber of Commerce, S.C.O.R.E. Mentors of NEPA, TecBridge, and DX Dempsey.

Last year, Penn State Scranton was awarded a $50,000 seed grant from the Invent Penn State Initiative to develop the Scranton LaunchBox. It is now one of 21 innovation hubs in Penn State campus communities across Pennsylvania.

LaunchBox is a signature program of the Invent Penn State Initiative, a commonwealthwide system to spur economic development, job creation and student career success. It is a $30 million initiative to generate economic development, create jobs and drive student career success.

The initiative, started in 2015 by Penn State President Eric J. Barron, redefines the university’s land-grant mission to include entrepreneurship and innovation programs, including the development of “Innovation Hubs” in campus communities across the Commonwealth.

Invent Penn State blends entrepreneurshipfocused academic programs, business startup training and incubation, funding for commercialization and university-community collaborations to facilitate the process of turning ideas into viable products and services.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre provides cybersecurity education

Donna Yale is a pioneer in information tech- between.”

Yale’s experience in outreach at Penn State nology with a career that has spanned nearly 40 University Park as an e-business years. consultant was designed to promote She has worked with IBM, Guthrie economic development. In this Healthcare, GTP and 16 years with grant-funded work, her role was to PennTAP in outreach at Penn State. support small businesses be better She has been a continuing education connected and ranged from computtraining specialist with Penn State er training, networking to seminars Wilkes-Barre for the last two years on how to build a website to social and this year introduced cybersecumedia marketing, and now the most rity – a topic increasingly effecting our Yale recent topic, cybersecurity. While the everyday lives. outreach work took her statewide, her efforts Her courses and workshops provide information to help small businesses and individuals were primarily focused in the five northern tier counties, which has given her a deep underknow what they need to be cyber-secure, both standing of and long-standing relationships with at work and at home. “I might not be what you local businesses and the community. expect, I’m not a ‘computer geek,’” explained Her current workshop, “Cybersecurity for Yale. “I work to put technical computer terms the Small Entity – Important Assets and how to into digestible, understandable pieces, providSafeguard Them,” begins by giving adult learning simple solutions on how to stay secure from passwords to free Wi-Fi, and everything in ers an understanding of the basics and their

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assets, which is the first step to being secure.

Topics covered are people, data, software, hardware and overall security and the relevant terminology.

“I have a passion for the human element of cybersecurity. Just as you would shut and lock your door at night – so you need to lock your cell phone and computer to keep your personal information secure.”

Donna Yale Penn State Wilkes-Barre

“I have a passion for the human element of cybersecurity,” said Yale. “Just as you would shut and lock your door at night – so you need to lock your cell phone and computer to keep your personal information secure.”

Fundamentals of Cybersecurity is a noncredit, public program. For more information or to register contact our office at PSNortherntier@ psu.edu or by calling 570-268-7778.

Penn State for Adult Learners In today’s competitive workforce, education is a lifelong endeavor that is essential for career success.

A Penn State degree enhances your marketability and will help you further your career.

As an adult student at your local Penn State campus, you’ll learn the quality education employers demand while receiving the individual attention you deserve.

Whether you’re just beginning a college career or returning to college after several years, Penn State is here to help you achieve your goals.

We offer a variety of associate, baccalaureate and master’s degrees in programs that are relevant in today’s economy and workforce, and we have professional staff dedicated to assisting adult learners through the enrollment process.

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Straight-to-career training certificates Colleges’ apprenticeship collaboration offered at Northampton Community College to ease skills gap Northampton Community College (NCC) offers an array of short-term, noncredit programs designed to quickly prepare individuals for a new career. They work closely with employers to ensure their programs provide participants with the skills employers are looking for. NCC’s partnership with regional CareerLinks can also provide financial aid to qualifying students, and many of the students find employment right away after completion of their certificate.

Several certificates can be earned in as few as four weeks: all are led by industry professionals who guide students through the various complexities and requirements particular to each career. Some programs are available online and self-paced for additional convenience.

A sampling of NCC’s noncredit certificate offerings include: automotive inspection mechanic, class A & B truck driving, community health worker, cyber security, emergency services, lineworker, medical secretary, nurse aide (CNA) and pharmacy technician.

Go to northampton.edu/noncredit/career-trainingcertificates or call 610-861-5300 to find out more information regarding any of these programs.

Nick Tudge NCC lineworker graduate Losing part of his leg in a childhood accident has not stopped Nick Tudge from soaring to new heights as a crack shot utility lineworker.

“I lettered in football in high school,” he says, “and played baseball, and did snowboarding. I didn’t let it (my leg) get in the way of what I wanted to do or hold me back. I don’t dwell on things I can’t do because I wear a prosthesis.”

Lineworkers must safely scale utility poles and trees to do their jobs. Tudge faced some unique challenges, yet he credits the faculty with helping him find the right climbing equipment that would work for his specific needs.

With the new skills he acquired through NCC’s training program, including electrical identification, power line replacement and repair, accident prevention, climbing and rigging, Tudge is poised for a career that many thought was impossible.

Catherine Onofrey NCC medical secretary graduate Everything in Catherine Onofrey’s life was stable.

Her job in a nursing home laundry facility was not her dream job, but it was making ends meet. She had unconditional love from her fiancé and his two children.

Life was good.

A cancer diagnosis changed all that and made her reevaluate her life, especially her career. When she finished chemotherapy and was found to be cancer free, she immediately began classes at NCC’s Monroe Campus through her local Careerlink office for the Medical Secretary Certificate Program. She credits her fiancé and his two teenage boys for encouraging her to

multiple manufacturing occupations.

Under an $8 million Scaling Apprenticeship MIDAS focuses on working with manufacturgrant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor in June, Pennsylvania College of Technology will ers to advance the knowledge and skills of their partner with New Jersey Institute of Technolexisting workforce so they remain competitive in ogy to provide training to more than the world of economy. Penn College 3,200 apprentices in the advanced will continue to build on the successmanufacturing sector during the next ful apprenticeship program developed four years. with the support and relationships With a mutual focus on technolwith the Pennsylvania Apprenticeogy education and complementary ship Training Office and the Central programs in niche industries, the Pennsylvania Workforce Development schools are ideally matched to adCorp., as well as many other partner dress skill shortages of employers agencies nationwide.

Munro through development of a multi-state Goals for MIDAS are: program. In line with the Department ■ Reinvent apprenticeship of Labor’s interest in scalability, Penn College models by reconfiguring existing structures Submitted Photo will share successes from three years of experi- into leading-edge systems designed to meet the ence operating apprenticeship programs to complex, rapidly changing needs of advanced Nick Tudge, a graduate of the lineworker development and launch, serve new industries, manufacturing. Utilize smaller core competency proram. geographies and occupations with NJIT. modules that are flexible, customizable and return to school.

“One obstacle to making apprenticeships a stackable to meet employer needs for multiple While at NCC, she found support in and out of the reality in today’s workplace, where companies occupations and have seamless options for classroom. “We were more like a family because we are faced with an abundance of priorities, is registered programs and academic credit for were able to relate to each other, and we had compasthat they need a partner to make this process prior learning. sion for one another. That’s what makes us suited for easy,” said Shannon M. Munro, vice president ■ Retrofit and expand current registered the field we were going into. You need that empathy.” apprenticeships and develop complementary proCatherine quickly landed a job after she graduated, for workforce development. “At Penn College, and is now able to combine her love for customer we do that.” grams applicable across advanced manufacturing. service and helping people in her new career.

The project, known as Modular, Industry■ Create new modular apprenticeships in Maryellen Keegan Driven Apprenticeship Strategies (MIDAS), will specialty advanced manufacturing industries NCC emergency services graduate offer apprenticeships in industrial manufacaligned with Penn College and NJIT expertise.

Maryellen Keegan did not think her journey would turing technician, mechatronics technician, ■ Create pre-apprenticeships to increase bring her overseas after graduating NCC, but that is computer numerical control (CNC) operators, the number of people entering high-demand exactly where she wound up for a time. Keegan, a occupations. graduate of the College’s emergency services program, plastics process technician, light metals mabecame the deputy director of Monroe County Office chinists and welders and biological techni■ Continuously improve program effectiveof Emergency Management. She went on to study cians. MIDAS will also deploy an innovative ness and scalability. crisis and disaster management at the University of approach to building on apprentice training Pennsylvania College of Technology, the Portsmouth in England. Today she is an emergency needs by offering small (up to 12-month) grant lead, is an expert in technical training preparedness coordinator at the New York City Departcore competency modules, such as project and curriculum development and a leader in ment of Housing Preservation and Development. management and other essential skill training, addressing skills gaps that challenge advanced Because of the location and great opportunity that are flexible, customizable and stackable for manufacturers across the nation. to work in a small classroom environment where she would get individualized attention, she chose Located in Williamsport, Penn College’s “One obstacle to making appren- Workforce Development department serves the Northampton to begin her studies. NCC set a foundation to build toward her end goal of working in ticeships a reality in today’s work- needs of manufacturers locally, regionally and emergency management. “It gave me a well-rounded place, where companies are faced nationally. For more information, email apprenapproach to emergency services, including firefighting, EMS, emergency management and general emergency with an abundance of priorities, is ticeship@pct.edu or call 570-327-4775.

For information about Penn College, a planning for every day circumstances.” that they need a partner to make national leader in applied technology educaKeegan feels that the professors are always willing this process easy.” to spend time clarifying pieces of information, and tion and workforce development, visit pct.edu, Shannon M. Munro they tailor the message to you delving deeper into a send an email to admissions@pct.edu or call Penn College vice president for workforce particular topic if you’re interested.

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Lackawanna College offers cybersecurity program

The threat of stolen identities, hacked for continuing education and training. emails and passwords and privacy issues Also, non-degree seeking adults are with social media plague almost everyone welcome to take one or more cyber in the digital age. Many businesses and security classes as a way of enhancing institutions are either ill-prepared or lack their skill set and making themselves properly trained employees to prevent a more marketable for employment and/or promotion in a variety of fields, including cyberattack. but not limited to: banking, eLackawanna College’s new commerce or general business.

100% online Cyber Security The cybersecurity program associate degree program will is structured around guidelines provide college-ready students set by the National Security with a pathway to obtain the Agency (NSA) and the Departnecessary skills needed to work ment of Homeland Security in these essential security roles.

(DHS), which sponsor the “The new curriculum can be National Centers of Academic considered a computer science BRADIGAN Excellence in Cyber Defense degree with an emphasis on (CAE-CD). These guidelines security. Because the program identify security best practices in all covers the main computer science comaspects of information technology, which ponents, it not only exposes the student to information security career opportuni- includes computer networks, databases, operating systems and software deties but also opportunities in network velopment. By following the NSA and architecture, application development, DHS guidelines, Lackawanna College is database administration and system positioning itself to be recognized as a administration,” said John Bradigan, director of the Lackawanna College Cyber CAE-CD educational institution.

As director, Bradigan provides Security program. strategic direction for the cybersecurity With a national shortage in IT profesprogram, creates and maintains program sionals dedicated to cybersecurity, busicurriculum and collaborates with indusnesses leave themselves open to major try stakeholders to build a successful data security breaches. The program addresses a 3 million and growing global academic partnership around the program. John has a master’s certification cyber security staffing shortage.

“We see this degree as an opportunity in computer security and information assurance. for the college to give members of our Bradigan is a principal solutions community the skills needed to earn famarchitect and security engineer who has ily-sustaining wages while also helping identified and implemented solutions our businesses to stay safe,” Bradigan to enhance the operability of mission said. “The fact that the degree is 100% online gives our students flexibility about critical systems. He has researched and where and when they take their courses.” developed methods to ensure computer systems comply with site security Formal education about cybersecupolicies and continually maintains the rity issues is needed for employment capability to troubleshoot and resolve in a wide range of fields from software complex technical issues with root cause engineering to network administration, analysis. banking, e-business and even law enFor more information about Lackaforcement. A two-year degree can serve wanna College’s cybersecurity program, as a prerequisite for industry-endorsed visit lackawanna.edu. certifications, can be combined with another degree or can be used as a basis

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Keystone’s Professional Development Penn State Schuykill goes beyond the Institute offers multitude of opportunities degree programs At Penn State Schuylkill, earning an education is not limited to degree programs.

Penn State Schuylkill’s Office of Community Engagement offers activities for youth; professional development to help working adults and employers keep pace with their ever-changing training and educational needs; LionLaunch programming to help entrepreneurs develop and launch new businesses; and partners with community leaders to bring Penn State’s expertise, research and resources to bear on community initiatives including revitalization and economic development.

Established in May 2016, LionLaunch is a community-based entrepreneurship program that provides funding and mentorship to start and grow businesses, as well as a community competition where winners receive startup funding, training and mentorship from industry, faculty and economic development professionals.

Penn State Schuylkill’s Office of Community Engagement programming for adult learners and budding entrepreneurs includes: Comprehensive Business Plan Writing Course Presenter Savas Logothetides, owner of Wheel Restaurant and executive director of Pottsville Area Development Corporation (PADCO), teaches participants how to write a business plan starting with the executive summary. He breaks down each section of a business plan and shows how each of those sections strategically inform another.

Fundamentals of Grantsmanship Grant writing is a process that involves a combination of research, planning and writing.

This course is for people new to the field, those looking to strengthen their skills and as members or volunteers of community-based organizations who depend on grants for programming and administration.

LionLaunch Boot Camp This program is a six-week adult learning program offering instruction and insight on how to start or grow a business. Local professionals and established business owners mentor participants on how to: ■ write a business plan ■ market in today’s world Submitted Photo ■ navigate social media Courses are available both online and onSubmitted Photo campus and run the gamut from technology, The Keystone College Professional Develop■ understand business law including 3-D printing and computer skills, to ment Institute offers a multitude of personal ■ secure financing education credentialing. and professional opportunities for adults.

Adults wishing to expand their horizons on either a professional or personal level now have the perfect opportunity to do so through the Keystone College Professional Development Institute.

The Institute, which began in 2018, offers a variety of programs connecting education, employment and enjoyment to provide industry-focused professional development and credentialed coursework, as well as courses for recreation, leisure and personal enrichment. Courses are available both online and on-campus and run the gamut from technology, including 3-D printing and computer skills, to education credentialing including courses to obtain credentials for early childhood care and education.

Whether adults want to learn about the latest technologies for advancement in their careers or sharpen their professional presentation skills, the Professional Development Institute at Keystone College offers industry-focused workforce and professional/personal development courses that can help advance careers or just make life more interesting and enjoyable.

The Institute offers a variety of professional courses and certificates through self-paced, online classes to help individuals enhance their current skill set or explore an entirely new area at their own speed. More than 35 courses and certificates are available in a variety of topics, including project management, Six Sigma and

Lean, cyber security, data analytics, leadership, sustainable management, professional skills and special topics.

Personal enrichment courses include glass blowing, ceramics, bee-keeping, podcasting and web design basics, first aid/CPR and more.

“The Keystone College Professional Development Institute offers something for everyone,” said Keystone College’s interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, Karen Yarrish, Ph.D. “We offer courses to assist individuals in acquiring the additional training they need to advance their careers or gain new skills and talents. In addition, we offer numerous courses to enable people to broaden their horizons, find creative outlets and pursue new hobbies.”

Courses at the Professional Development Institute can also be customized to offer solutions based on the individual needs of a particular business or organization. Courses can be offered at Keystone or at workplaces on weekdays, weekends and evenings.

To view available courses and register, visit keystone.edu/continuinged or contact Kathy Williams at 570-945-8461 or email pdi@ keystone.edu.

Keystone offers more than 40 undergraduate and graduate degree options in liberal arts and science-based programs in business, communications, education, fine arts, natural science, environmental resource management, geology and social sciences.

Located 15 minutes from Scranton and two hours from New York City and Philadelphia, Keystone is known for small class sizes and individual attention focused on student success through internships, research and community involvement.

LionLaunch Business Plan Competition This program gives budding entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch an idea for opening or expanding a small business to a panel of local busienss owners and community leaders. Participants can request and earn up to $5,000 in start-up funding.

LionLaunch Let’s Do Lunch with the Experts Let’s Do Lunch with the Experts is a professional development series designed to help busy professionals advance their entrepreneurial skills without disrupting the workday. Attend to hear local experts share their experience, knowledge, and insight regarding a variety of business-related issues.

Practical Spanish in the Workplace I & II These courses are designed to cover basic conversational Spanish for indivudals who wish to communicate more effectively with coworkers, customers, clients, patients and patients’ families.

Supervision Essentials Series The Supervision Essentials Series focuses on developing practical skills to successfully supervise and lead individuals and teams. This is a program for newer supervisors as well as those looking to advance to a supervisory position and move beyond the “basics” with a better understanding of supervisory skills and competencies.

The professionals operating Penn State Schuylkill’s Office of Community Engagement work diligently to offer relevant programming that meets the needs of Schuylkill County and its working professionals, adult learners and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Connect with the Office of Community Engagement and stay up-to-date with program offerings by visiting schuylkill.psu.edu/engagement.

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Lilian Stoyer, a Penn State Schuylkill student and small business owner, pitches her business idea to a panel of judges.

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CUSTOMIZED EDUCATION PATH TO FIT YOUR LIFESTYLE! Visit Us Anytime!

johnson.edu Enrollment: 570-702-8856

CAREERS START HERE Whether you want to learn about the latest technologies that are relevant to your career, pursue your Master’s, earn a certificate, or enjoy personal enrichment, we have many options to advance your career or expand your personal interests.

Professional Development Institute Contact Kathy Williams for more information 570-945-8461 or pdi@keystone.edu www.keystone.edu/continuinged

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AUGUST 2019

Johnson College meeting high demand in transportation industry Automotive technology program The automotive Technology program prepares students as entry-level technicians in the automobile and diesel industries at Johnson College. Graduates can work for employers in the automotive field including car, truck, farm and earth-moving equipment dealerships; truck, power generation and construction companies; automotive service centers; engine repair and machine shops; equipment distributors; independent service garages; parts manufacturers; sales representation; and auto insurance companies.

Graduates may work with brake systems, transmissions, alignments and repairs; be representatives in claim, sales and service, or become truck/fleet maintenance technicians.

“Professionals in the transportation industry are in very high demand,” said Mark Kozemko, automotive technology program director and instructor. “There are repair facilities throughout the area that are in need of qualified employees. Our automotive and diesel technology programs here at Johnson College provide qualified graduates to fill these open positions. In recent years, there has been an increase in adult students entering and completing our programs.

These adult students, or as we refer to them as non-traditional students, have the benefit of obtaining training to transition to a new career in a short period of time with less debt, compared to investing time and money toward a four-year degree.”

Kozemko also pointed out the most important aspect of the program: that students will learn all the basics that will make them some of the most employable prospects in the industry.

“Employers seek Johnson College graduates because they know our reputation and quality of our graduates,” he said while mentioning that training does not stop on graduation day. “Our graduates often go to work at dealerships that will invest in their training as well. The dealership will provide the employee opportunities to master their skills working on the brand of vehicle they sell and maintain.

Some great industry partners we have that contribute to this effort are Gibbons Ford and MotorWorld | MileOne Autogroup.”

Kozemko noted no matter how old one may be, it is never too late to learn a trade. Automotive and diesel industry employees are in high demand and will continue to be in high demand for the foreseeable future.

Kozemko has been the program director since 2012, and says that in that time the graduate employment rate for his program has been 90% or above.

In addition to the graduate employment success, students who are attending the program are finding part-time employment in the industry while still attending classes.

“This is a great benefit for the students because their foot is already in an employer’s door, and chances are the employers will hire those students full time upon graduation,” he added.

Diesel truck technology program The diesel truck technology program prepares students as entry-level technicians with the latest information on diagnosis, repair procedures, preventive maintenance and necessary safety applications in diesel technology. The course prepares students to take the voluntary mechanic certification test (ASE) in heavy-duty trucks. Graduates work as tune-up, brakes, transmission and refrigeration technicians; diesel truck repair and fleet maintenance technicians; service writing technicians; and sales and service representatives.

Typical employers of diesel truck technicians are truck, farm and earth-moving equipment dealerships; trucking, power generation and construction companies; truck service centers; engine repair/machine shops; truck equipment distributors; independent service garages; automotive parts manufacturers; sales representatives; and insurance companies.

Pennsylvania is one of the top three states with the highest employment rate for trained diesel technicians, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

These workers earn, on average, more than $47,000 per year.

“Our diesel truck technology program offers many avenues our students can take. As we develop our curriculum to fit the needs of the industry, we listen to employers and alumni in the field to ensure that our diesel program stays up to date with industry changes and needs,” said Willie Hobbs, program director of diesel technology. “We are also constantly meeting with industry to discuss the equipment needs for our lab.

“This year, we received several in-kind donations of equipment that our students use every day. Items include diesel engine donations from Isuzu North America, Cummins and Walmart. These companies know how important it is that we train our students not only for the jobs of today, but the jobs of tomorrow. We are so grateful for their continuous support.”

As a testament to the quality and reputation of the program, Hobbs added, “this spring, we are proud to announce that we had every single 2019 graduate employed before graduation day.”

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New Post-Graduate Certificate Offered at The University of Scranton

Beginning in the fall 2019 semester, The University of Scranton will offer a postgraduate Applied Behavior Analysis Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study. Applications are currently being accepted for the 18-credit program for professionals working in psychology, education, child care, occupational therapy, speech and language disorders and counseling. The program will prepare students to meet the requirements needed to take the Behavior Analysis Certification board examination. The course work has been verified by the Association of Applied Behavioral Analysis International (ABAI).

According to the CDC, the estimated prevalence of children who live with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one in 59. In response to this increased need, a multi-year, multi-million regional initiative, announced by AllOne Foundation in 2018, intends to enhance the service delivery system for individuals with ASD and their families living in 13 counties in Northeastern and North Central Pennsylvania. The university will serve as the executive hub of five Autism Collaborative Centers of Excellence.

The university’s hub will be a family-friendly place for information and referral. The hub also has three state-of-the-art assessment labs to aid in education and training of the graduate students, as well as for evaluation purposes.

“The university is committed to working with the AllOne Foundation and community partners in building a community of care for children with ASD and their families by offering family friendly hubs for information and referral, identifying gaps in services, and increasing the number of skilled professionals through the Applied Behavior Analysis certificate program who can offer proven evidence-based interventions,” said Debra A. Pellegrino, Ed.D., dean of the Panuska College of Professional Studies.

“Children who live with autism and their families often experience waiting lists for the services that will make a difference in their lives. The University of Scranton’s post-graduate Applied Behavior Analysis Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study is designed to help the working professional gain the knowledge base and supervised experiences that are

required to sit for the certification as a BoardCertified Behavior Analyst,” stated Lori Bruch, Ed.D., chair of the Department of Counseling and Human Services.

“The Association for Behavior Analysis International has verified that our coursework meets the requirements for eligibility to take the Board Certified Behavior Analyst or Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst examination. Applicants will need to meet additional requirements before they can be deemed eligible to take the examination,” added Bruch, “Our goal is to expand the number of Board-Certified Behavioral Analysts working throughout our schools and organizations to help families gain access to the evidencedbased services their children need to be successful in school and community life.”

Applicants to the post-graduate program must meet master degree, GPA and other requirements for admittance. For additional information, contact Bruch at Lori.Bruch@ scranton.edu, or Caitlyn Hollingshead, director of graduate and international admissions, at Caitlyn.Hollingshead@scranton.edu or 570-941-6202.

The university, working with its ACCE partners, recognized the need for expanding the credentials of practitioners working in the community organizations and schools in applied behavior analysis. Board certified behavior analysts are professionals who work to understand the reasons for behavior and to develop interventions using applied behavior analysis as a means of decreasing a wide range of behaviors while increasing meaningful participation in activities to enhance a person’s life. Over the last few decades, Applied Behavior Analysis has become recognized as an evidence-based practice that is helpful in working with children and adults who live with autism to achieve their goals and dreams.

“According to a recent U.S. Behavior Analyst Workforce study, there is a global shortage of professionals who are boardcertified behavioral analysts and that the demands nationally are expected to increase.

We anticipate a high demand for graduates of our Applied Behavior Analyst program,” concluded Bruch.

The University of Scranton, a Catholic, Jesuit institution, is a nationally recognized university known for outstanding academics, state-of-the-art facilities and an exceptional sense of community.

The University offers more than 30 graduate programs accredited by 10 professional associations.

Graduate programs include: • Accountancy (MAcc)

• Health Informatics (MS)

• Business Administration

• Human Resources (MS)

• Chemistry (MS)

• Nursing (MSN & DNP)

• Counseling (MS)

• Physical Therapy (DPT)

• Education (MS)

• Software Engineering (MS)

• Finance (MSF)

• Theology (MA)

(MBA & DBA)

• MBA/MHA Dual Degree

• Health Administration (MHA)

570.941.4416 570 941 4416 •scranton.edu/gradeducation t d / d d ti •gradadmissions@scranton.edu d d i i t d

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PERSONNEL FILE AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL

Jeffrey McKinnon, CRC, a financial adviser with the Nanticoke office, recently obtained the Certified Financial Planner certification. McKinnon completed course work and a series of examinations covering financial planning, risk management, investments, tax planning and management, retirement and employee benefits, and estate planning.

Individuals with CFP certification agree to meet ongoing continuing education requirements and uphold the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct developed by the Certified Financial Planning Board of Standards Inc.

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CLARKS SUMMIT UNIVERSITY

Lucia Piccolino of Scranton is celebrating one year with her company, which she opened with her boyfriend, Glynn D. Murphy, on June 1, 2018.

BEDNARZ LAW OFFICES

marking five, 15, 20, 30 and 35 years with the bank. During the dinner celebration, each honoree was presented with a gift commemorating their anniversary.

Employees honored were: Karen Brown and Cheryl Smith, 35 years; Gary Beilman, 30 years; Sue Keesler, 20 years; Barb Marsicano, Michelle Urban, Lisa Steiner and Simone Palmer, 15 years; Lisa Cavage, Raynell Lenz, Gwynn Bartholomay, Justin Mikolaski, Amanda Waldron, Gail Ketcham and Donna Sangster, five years.

tion that publishes an annual list of the Top 10 Family Law Attorneys in each state. Attorneys who are selected to the “10 Best” list must pass the institute’s rigorous selection process, which is based on client and/or peer nominations, thorough research and the institute’s independent evaluation. The institute’s annual list was created to be used as a resource for clients during the attorney selection process.

PICCOLINO

Attorney John A. Bednarz Jr., a resident of Shavertown who maintains a Wilkes-Barre office, has again been selected a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2019.

The firm also announced Philadelphia Magazine has for 11 consecutive years named Bednarz as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the field of workers’ BEDNARZ compensation law. Since 1991, Bednarz has been a boardcertified civil trial attorney as recognized by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and is the only claimant’s attorney practicing in Wilkes-Barre named a Super Lawyer in the practice area of workers’ compensation. He represents only injured workers.

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REAL ESTATE WILKINS & ASSOCIATES

Kacey Conaty and Elyse Nehring were recently hired as Realtors working from the Stroudsburg office at the BHG Business Campus.

Conaty, originally from Queens, New York, has lived in the Poconos for 30 years and currently resides in the West End area. Conaty is a 2018 graduate of the Pocono Real Estate CONATY Academy. Prior to real estate, she worked as a bartender.

Nehring, originally from Shabbona, Ill., has lived in the Poconos for five years in the Long Pond area. Nehring is a December graduate of the Pocono Real Estate Academy. Prior to real estate, Nehring worked as an associate teacher in special needs classrooms.

Conaty and Nehring are now members of the Pocono Mountains Association of Realtors, PAR and NAR.

BRIAN J. CALI & ASSOCIATES

The American Institute of Family Law Attorneys has recognized the exceptional performance of Pennsylvania’s family law attorney Brian J. Cali as Four Years 10 Best Family Law Attorney for Client Satisfaction.

The institute is a third-party attorney rating organiza-

Mike Show has been named the university’s recruitment and relations administrator.

Show will develop relationships with churches, schools, camps and organizations to connect with students who want to join the school’s undergraduate residential community to become Christ-centered, careerready graduates.

SHOW After Show earned his bachelor’s degree from the university in 1992, he accepted a job in the school’s admissions department, where he worked for 10 years.

In 2003, he became assistant athletic director and was soon promoted to athletic director, where he served until early 2015.

CLASSIC PROPERTIES

Lori Spencer joined the Kingston office. She completed her real estate education at PA Real Estate Academy and is a multimillion-dollar producer.

Spencer chose the realty firm because she felt it has the positive family atmosphere that will not only assist her to excel in her business, but will also allow her to help her clients achieve their real estate goals.

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COMMUNITY BANK, NA

John J. Pekarovsky III has been promoted to vice president, commercial banking officer, in Wilkes-Barre.

In his expanded role, Pekarovsky will manage existing commercial banking relationships, as well as develop and grow new commercial relationships in the region. He will be responsible for training, guiding PEKAROVSKY and assisting branch lenders in the commercial lending field. He brings to the position 12 years of experience in the financial industry.

Pekarovsky joined the bank as a credit analyst in 2007. He was promoted to the commercial lending team in 2012 and most recently served as assistant vice president for commercial lending.

DIME BANK

The bank celebrated the milestones of 15 individuals

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DISTASIO & KOWALSKI LLC

The Wilkes-Barre personal injury law firm announced that attorneys Daniel J. Distasio and Michael J. Kowalski have been named 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers.

Distasio and Kowalski are receiving the honor for the 11th consecutive year. Both have been top rated in the category of Personal Injury Attorney.

KOWALSKI Super Lawyers are composed of outstanding attorneys who have achieved the highest level of peer recognition and professional achievement.

No more than 5% of all Pennsylvania lawyers receive the honor bestowed by Super Lawyers magazine each year.

Super Lawyers is a rating of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas. The anDISTASIO nual selections are made using a multiphase process that includes nominations, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews and evaluation by practice area.

AUGUST 2019

The self-performing facilities maintenance firm, specializing in the maintenance and support of commercial and industrial facilities, recently announced the promotion of Nick Bair to senior account manager.

Bair joined the team in 2004 as a landscape and lawn maintenance laborer. After graduating from college, he rejoined the BAIR team as recruitment manager in the fall of 2015. His skills in sales and recruiting, along with his strong knowledge of operations, helped him quickly move into an account manager role.

FRIEDMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER

Doreen Rakowski, the Exercise Lady and certified group exercise instructor, has been awarded three certificates in tai chi from Dr. Paul Lam’s Tai Chi for Health Institute. Rakowski is now board certified to teach tai chi for arthritis, seated tai chi for arthritis, and tai chi for arthritis and fall prevention. She is a tai chi instructor at the community center in Kingston.

GEISINGER

Employees Kathryn Bommer and Julianna Leco received awards April 24 at the American Trauma Society PA Division conference in Harrisburg. Bommer, a trauma education and injury prevention outreach coordinator at

Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, was honored with the 2019 ATSPA Trauma Prevention Recognition Award, presented to an individual or group who has gone above and beyond the call of duty in trauma prevention. Leco, a registered nurse in the progressive care unit at GCMC, received the BOMMER Barbara Esposito Excellence in Trauma Nursing Award, which honors a trauma staff nurse who has displayed excellence in any of the following areas: clinical expertise, leadership, research, education, prevention, outreach and patient advocacy.

David K. Vawdrey, Ph.D., a biomedical informatics executive, has been named the health system’s chief data LECO informatics officer. In his role, Vawdrey will be responsible for implementing transformational technologies and bringing value by harmonizing data across the clinical care, research and health plan enterprise.

Previously of NewYorkPresbyterian Hospital and Columbia University, he joins with more than a decade of experiVAWDREY ence developing and evaluating innovative clinical information systems interventions that have benefited clinicians and patients across the country. His research has resulted in more than 100 peer-reviewed publications.

GEISINGER NORTHEAST

Five providers have been added to the Women’s Health department, whose services have strengthened care in the areas of obstetrics/gynecology, maternal-fetal medicine and perinatology.

Alexandria Betz, D.O., is certified in obstetrics and gynecology and maternal-fetal medicine by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She specializes in maternal-fetal medicine and practices at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville and Geisinger Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Forty Fort.

Betz completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at GMC, and was fellowship-trained in maternalfetal medicine at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.

She is a professional member of the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Fereshteh Boozarjomehri, M.D., is a board-certified perinatologist who specializes in maternal-fetal medicine.

She is certified in obstetrics and gynecology and maternal-fetal medicine by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and she practices at Geisinger Maternal Fetal Medicine in Forty Fort.

She completed residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, and the Wisconsin University Sinai Samaritan Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was fellowship trained in obstetrics and gynecology and maternal-fetal medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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PERSONNEL FILE FROM PAGE 32 Lucinda Mirra, D.O., is certified in obstetrics and gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and practices at the Geisinger East Mountain Specialty Clinic and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Twp. Mirra completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood. She also attained a certificate in psychology of leadership from Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management.

She is a professional member of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association and a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Akhila Rajaram, D.O., is an obstetrician and gynecologist who practices at Geisinger East Mountain Specialty Clinic and GWV in Wilkes-Barre.

Rajaram earned her degree in osteopathic medicine from the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at GMC. She is a professional member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Shivani Shah, M.D., is a board-eligible obstetrician and gynecologist who practices at Geisinger East Mountain Specialty Clinic and GWV in Wilkes-Barre.

Shah earned her degree in medicine from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Christiana Care Health Systems in Newark, Delaware.

She is a professional member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

THE GREATER SCRANTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Amy S. Luyster, vice president of the chamber, was selected to participate in the third cohort of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s premiere business leadership program. The Business Leads LUYSTER Fellowship Program trains and equips leaders from state and local chambers of commerce with resources, access to experts and a network of peers to build their capacity to address the most pressing education and workforce challenges.

Following a competitive application and selection process, Luyster was selected along with 33 other state and local chamber executives to participate in the third class of this program.

HINERFELD COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

John T. Cognetti, CCIM, SIOR, was recognized at the SIOR World Conference in Washington, D.C., for his 30-year membership in the Society of Industrial and Office COGNETTI Realtors.

SIOR is an international professional organization of more than 3,200 commercial real estate professionals who have earned the coveted designation.

Cognetti has more than 40 years of commercial real estate experience. As president of the firm, he is responsible for molding the company and its people in a direction that creates growth while striving to provide

competent, professional and ethical commercial real estate services to the region.

HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK

Ted Radu, trust specialist, is now vetted as a Certified Financial Planner professional. The CFP is a formal recognition of expertise in the areas of financial planning, taxes, insurance, estate planning and retirement.

RADU In his current role, Radu is a member of the HNB Financial Group, which works closely with customers to support their daily financial planning needs as well as their long-term goals and strategies.

Radu began his career with the bank in November 2009, gaining experience as a teller and in the bookkeeping departKOWALEWSKI ment, before joining the trust department in 2015.

Michelle Kowalewski has joined the bank as a mortgage adviser in Susquehanna County. Kowalewski gained lending experience through agricultural financial institutions before joining the bank. Along with her time in banking, Kowalewski also worked as an Agricultural Enterprise Extension educator for Pennsylvania State University, developing and delivering educational programs for youth and adults in the areas of agricultural entrepreneurship, business planning, marketing and financial analysis.

HOURIGAN, KLUGER & QUINN PC

Six of the firm’s lawyers have been named to the 2019 Super Lawyers List. No more than 5% of the lawyers in Pennsylvania are selected by Super Lawyers.

Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Named were: Joseph A. Quinn Jr., medical malpractice law; Donald C. Ligorio, workers’ compensation law; and Michael A. Lombardo III, general litigation.

Additionally, Quinn has been named to the 2019 Top 100 Lawyers in Pennsylvania list. He has appeared on the Super Lawyers list every year since the program began.

The following lawyers of the firm have been named to the 2019 Super Lawyers Rising Stars list: Brian Q. McDonnell, personal injury, plaintiff; Nicole M. Santo, personal injury, plaintiff; and Brian P. Stahl, business/ corporate law.

The foundation held a private dinner at the Colonnade on June 5 to honor Douglas G. Allen, R.Ph., who has served as chairman of the board of directors for 35 years, since its inception in 1984.

Allen is a registered pharmacist, and owner and president of Allen’s Pharmacy in Scranton. He also serves as chairman of the board of directors of the Moses Taylor Hospital and is a member of the board of Regional Hospital. He was instrumental in leading the 2012 sale of Moses Taylor Hospital System to Community Health Systems of Franklin, Tennessee. The net proceeds from the sale endowed the foundation.

JOYCE, CARMODY & MORAN PC

Pittston-based lawyer Jennifer Menichini became

the chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division at the PBA Annual Meeting held May 17 in Lancaster.

Active at both the state and local levels of the bar, she is the current chairwoman of the PBA Federal Practice Committee’s Outreach and Diversity MENICHINI Subcommittee.

Since 2015, Menichini has been a voting member of the PBA House of Delegates.

She was also a member of the PBA Bar Leadership Institute, class of 2015-16.

Menichini also is a member of the Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association and the Monroe County Bar Association.

KANE IS ABLE

The third-party logistics provider has named Richard McDuffie chief operating officer, effective immediately. McDuffie brings close to 30 years of supply chain expertise spanning the retail, manufacturing and 3PL industries. He is an accomMCDUFFIE plished operations and supply chain executive with extensive knowledge in strategic planning, transportation and fleet management, warehouse operations management, supply chain systems integration and collaborative program development. He was formerly chief operating officer and board member of Dunavant Enterprises Inc. Stan Schrader was named chief commercial officer, effective immediately. Schrader brings more than 35 years of supply chain experience with a strong background in building and scaling highly successful logistics sales organizations. His expertise includes strategic planning, business integration, solutions design, continuous improvement, customer relationship building and the management of national sales teams.

Most recently, Schrader served as the chief sales officer at MXD Group, which Ryder purchased in 2018.

MARSHALL, PARKER & WEBER LLC

Jeffrey A. Marshall, certified elder law attorney Matthew J. Parker and certified elder law attorney Tammy A. Weber at the local elder law and estate planning firm, were named to the 2019 Super Lawyers list by the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers organization. Marshall has been named to the Super Lawyers list each year since the list was founded in 2004. This is the 10th year that Parker has been named to the list.

The Super Lawyers designation is based on peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than 5% of the lawyers in each state are selected by the research team to receive this honor.

MARSHALL DENNEHEY WARNER COLEMAN & GOGGIN

Matthew P. Keris, shareholder in the health care department in the Scranton office, has been appointed to the editorial board of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority’s new Patient Safety journal. The quarterly, peer-reviewed journal

will highlight advancements in clinical practice that have reduced patient harm, and will blend the latest scientific research with real-life, practice-based solutions.

The editorial board includes some of the country’s leading doctors, medical and safety professionals, as well as distinguished members of academia who teach and research patient safety outcomes.

MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY

David Palmiter, Ph.D., professor of psychology, was recently approved for fellow status with the American Psychological Association for two divisions: Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (division 53) and Society of Media Psychology PALMITER and Technology (division 46).

Palmiter is also a fellow for APA’s largest division, Psychologists in Independent Practice (division 42).

Palmiter has more than 25 years of experience as a psychologist. In addition to being a fellow of the association, he is an author, past president of the Pa. Psychological Association and a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology and PPA.

MORAN LAW GROUP LLC

Lawrence J. Moran Sr. of the Scranton law firm has achieved recertification as a civil trial and criminal trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Moran is one of only two attorneys nationwide to have held dual certification in civil and criminal trial advocacy since 1994. In addition, he was also appointed as a member of the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners for a term of three years.

MUNLEY LAW

Melinda C. Ghilardi of the law firm will serve a threeyear term as the unit county governor on the Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors. Her term began at the PBA Annual Meeting held May 17 in Lancaster.

Prior to joining the law GHILARDI firm in March, Ghilardi worked as an assistant federal public defender for more than three decades, with 29 of those years as the first assistant.

Ghilardi is a voting member of the PBA House of Delegates for Zone 5, which includes Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties. She serves on the PBA Credentials and Admission Committee.

O’DONNELL LAW OFFICES

Attorney Catherine R. O’Donnell has been selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2019. This marks the ninth time she has been selected for this recognition. Each year,

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CATHERINE O’DONNELL

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PERSONNEL FILE FROM PAGE 33 only 5% of the Pennsylvania Bar receives this distinguished honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Attorney Michael A. MICHAEL O’Donnell has been chosen for O’DONNELL inclusion in the Pennsylvania Rising Star Lawyer list for 2019. This is the third year he has been recognized with the prestigious designation.

Rising Star Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement, NEIL and are either 40 years old or younger or in practice 10 years O’DONNELL or less.

Attorney Neil T. O’Donnell, owner and founder at the law firm, has been chosen for inclusion in the Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Top 10 list for 2019. He has also been recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer.

This is the second time O’Donnell has been named Top 10 and the 16th consecutive year he has been recognized with the designations. The annual selections are made using a multiphased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice areas.

PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Nicole T. Buckman, a certified public accountant, BUCKMAN was elected president of the Northeastern Chapter of PICPA for the 2019-2020 fiscal year.

Buckman is a senior tax accountant at Kohanski & Co. PC in Moosic, specializing in bookkeeping, taxation and forensic accounting. She is secretary of the Northeast Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants.

Other 2019-2020 officers elected at PICPA’s Northeastern Chapter annual meeting include: David J. Marsiglio, CPA, president-elect, is the business administrator of Bloomsburg Area School District. He serves on the PICPA Northeastern Chapter Schools and Colleges Committee. Marguerite M. Donato, CPA, secretary, is the controller at Penn East Federal Credit Union in Scranton. She is a member of the PICPA Northeastern Chapter Emerging CPAs Committee.

Diana L. Davis, CPA, treasurer, is a partner with Eckersley and Ostrowski LLP in Scranton.

She is a member of the PICPA Northeastern Chapter Emerging MEDEIROS CPAs Committee.

REALTY NETWORK

Robin Lee Medeiros, a 27-year resident of the Abingtons, joined the real estate firm. She has been an agent for roughly 14 years. She is currently a member of the Scranton board of directors and volunteers for various causes in the community.

RKL WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC

Stephanie J. Etter has been promoted to chief compliance officer. In this role, Etter is responsible for developing and monitoring the firm’s compliance program, ensuring that all activities of the firm meet regulatory requirements and acting as a liaison with legal and regulatory bodies on compliance-related issues.

Etter most recently served as the firm’s operations manager, where she oversaw the daily operations activities, served as a liaison between the operations team and top management while establishing and implementing processes and procedures.

Etter is a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Notaries.

SCRANTON AREA FOUNDATION

The foundation announced three elected members of the board of governors. Ellen Burkey, David Price and Bobby Lynett, all of Lackawanna County, have joined 13 other board members this year to serve as stewards of the Foundation to carry out the mission of enhancing the quality of life for all people in the Lackawanna County region through the development of organized philanthropy.

Burkey is a financial adviser with Ameriprise Financial in Clarks Summit. In addition to serving on the board at St. Mary’s Villa in Elmhurst, Burkey is a member of the Abington Lions Club as well as a former basketball commissioner and coach. She teaches financial confidence classes through the Women in Philanthropy initiative at the foundation in conjunction with the SBDC at the University of Scranton. She resides in Dalton.

Price is the former president/CEO and current owner and consultant of PDQ Print Center in Taylor, and owner of a commercial real estate company. He serves on the board of Geisinger Marworth and has served on the board for Johnson College, the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club of Scranton, Wilkes College MBA Advisory Council, Metro Action, Waverly Country Club, Boys & Girls Clubs of NEPA and the Salvation Army Advisory Board. He resides in Clarks Summit.

Lynett is current owner and president of Pa. Signs LLC of Scranton and Sekula Signs of DuBois. Recently, Lynett was publisher of The Times-Tribune, CEO of Times-Shamrock Communications and managing director of Elk Lake Capital, from 2009 to 2018. Lynett has served on the board for Scranton Tomorrow, the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, the ARC of Northeastern Pa., Northeastern Pa. Council Boy Scouts of America, United Neighborhood Centers and the Lackawanna County Workforce Investment Board. He resides in Scranton.

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

The advisory board elected Betsy Storey-Bono as the new board chairwoman. Storey-Bono joined the advisory board in May 2016 and succeeds Michael Tukeva, president and CEO of Pocono Mountains United Way. Storey-Bono is the director of business development and marketing for Concannon Miller, the Lehigh

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Valley’s leading certified public accounting and business consulting firm. Storey-Bono started with the firm in 2003 as its first marketing professional and has since added three members to her team.

In addition to her new role as chairwoman, StoreyBono is a member of the ArtsQuest marketing committee and Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) — Lehigh Valley.

The advisory board also named Lisa Higgins co-chairwoman. Higgins joined the advisory board in January 2018. She serves as an editorial assistant for retire mentincomejournal.com.

ligencer presents the Professional Excellence Awards, including “Lawyers on the Fast Track,” which celebrates “the next generation of legal leaders.” Honorees are selected by a panel of judges from the local legal community. Giombetti is among a select group of only 25 attorneys that received the recognition in 2019.

She joined the firm in 2015. Since this time, she has successfully advocated for clients in both jury trials and arbitration proceedings.

UFCW COMMUNITY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Katrina Maurer, FNPCRNP-BC joined the staff of the Honesdale VA Outpatient Clinic.

Maurer, a board certified family nurse practitioner, provides primary care to eligible veterans.

MAURER Maurer’s more than 25year nursing career includes serving as a hospitalist with Advanced Inpatient Medicine managing high-caliber acute care at various local medical facilities — Wayne Memorial Hospital among them.

Maurer earned a Master of Science degree in nursing with a focus on critical care from DeSales University and received post-graduate certificates as a family nurse practitioner from Misericordia University and a geriatric nurse practitioner from Neumann College.

After more than 20 years leading the credit union, John Hayduk announced his retirement in March. He has served as the CEO since 1995. His HAYDUK successor, 38-year credit union veteran and CFO Kim DeAngelo, accepted the position as CEO, effective April 1.

UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON

A project by Ana Ugarte, Ph.D., assistant professor of world languages and cultures, was among the just 233 humanities projects from across the country to be awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants. Her proposal is UGARTE among 16 projects in Pennsylvania to receive funding.

Ugarte received a NEH Humanities Connections Planning Grant of $34,958 for her project to “support academic programs that integrate multiple disciplines.”

She joined the faculty in the fall of 2018. She previously taught at Duke University, where she completed her doctorate in romance studies and Spanish.

VILLA HEALTH CARE

COO Dave Devereaux, a Scranton native, was recently honored by Temple University’s Fox School of Business as a Centennial Honoree. Centennial Honorees are recognized as the most influential people in the school’s lineage, highlighting individuals who have made DEVEREAUX a significant impact on the school, the community or the business world at large.

Joining the company in June 2017, Devereaux brought with him 40 years of health care experience.

WARD GREENBERG HELLER & REIDY LLP

Scranton native Gabrielle Giombetti, an associate in the firm’s Philadelphia office, has been selected as a “Lawyer on the Fast Track” by The Legal Intelligencer.

Each year, The Legal Intel-

GIOMBETTI

WAYNE MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS

WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Interventional and nuclear cardiologist Sabu J. George, M.D., FACC, has been appointed medical director of the Heart & Vascular Center. Since opening in June 2016, the center has provided comprehensive, lifesaving heart procedures, including cardiac catheterizations with angioplasty and stenting, to more than 1,000 patients.

GEORGE George has been practicing interventional cardiology for more than a decade. He completed his residency as well as several fellowships at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, including interventional cardiology and general cardiology. He was also an American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Research Fellow.

Board-certified cardiologist Nicholas Brodyn, D.O., BRODYN FACC, FCCP, FACP, FSCCT, has joined the medical staff.

Brodyn provides general cardiology services, including electrocardiography, Holter monitoring, stress tests, transesophageal echocardiography and nuclear cardiac scanning exclusively at Wayne Memorial.

Brodyn completed his internal medical residency and cardiology fellowship at St. Michael’s Medical Center, Seton Hall University, Newark, New Jersey, where he served as chief fellow in cardiology. Brodyn is board-certified in internal medicine, adult cardiovascular diseases and nuclear cardiology.

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laCKaWanna County

Siniawa Plaza llC. Property Location: Dickson Columbia County Jason E Huff. Property Location: Bloomsburg. Seller: City. Seller: Dean Sai One Enterprises Inc. Amount: $1,850,000.

Jonathan M. and Heather I. Joseph. Amount: $318,000.

CC Pokosmoke mD llC. Property Location: Dickson Grant and Erin larshman. Property Location: South City. Seller: John Grow. Amount: $925,000.

Centre Twp. Seller: Calvin E. and Joanne Barto. Amount: Philip J Kolatis. Property Location: Dunmore. Seller: $500,000.

Joseph Arthur Skiscim. Amount: $352,000. leo t and Courtney m mcHugh and leo R mcHugh.

Chestnut Residential Group llC. Property Location: Property Location: Benton Twp. Amount: $350,000.

Dunmore. Seller: Nicholas Mangieri. Amount: $330,000.

Davidson Realty Development llC. Property Jude P Colewell. Property Location: Dunmore.

Location: South Centre Twp. Seller: Berwick Industrial Seller: Christopher Schank. Amount: $255,000.

Development Association. Amount: $1,425,000.

Corey Furdin. Property Location: Greenfield Twp. Devon brooke Dietrick and alexander nole. PropSeller: Kurt Stiles. Amount: $345,000. erty Location: Madison Twp. Seller: Patrick J and Lindsey michael mcKeefery iV. Property Location: Moosic.

Amato. Amount: $325,000.

Seller: Kenneth Powell. Amount: $335,000.

Charles J Snyder. Property Location: Briarcreek Twp. bP & S Holdings Co. Inc. Property Location Moosic.

Seller: Hung Anh Nguyen and Anh Hong Thi Ho. Amount: Seller: Michael J Sinkevich. Amount: $625,000. $300,000. brandon Chen. Property Location: Moosic. Seller: Gardner Realty investments llC. Property Location: Christopher J Yurkanin. Amount: $338,000.

Scott Twp. Seller: Shelby Lee Keefer. Amount: $305,000.

Robert J Volmut Jr. Property Location: Moscow.

Wing Sun Ku and Wai Kwan lau. Property Location: Seller: William J Fox. Amount: $505,000.

Scott Twp. Seller: James L. and Helen K. Patterson.

Vernon D Gross. Property Location: Moscow. Seller: Amount: $321,000.

Paula Tischler. Amount: $500,000. michael R and ashley R Cromely. Property Locablue iris llC. Property Location: Olyphant. Seller: tion: Scott Twp. Seller: Joseph E. and Amy E. Heller Jr. Eileen Mallas. Amount: $262,500.

Amount: $350,000. lauren E nichols. Property Location: Roaring Brook Twp. Seller: Lawrence Smith Construction Inc. Amount: Robert and Emily brunner. Property Location: $645,000.

Scott Twp. Seller: Matthew E Elipe M Gilbert. Amount: Daniel P Haggerty. Property Location: Scranton. $464,900. miriam S Krug. Property Location: Scott Twp. Seller: Seller: Carl J Greco. Amount: $585,000.

Heidi Erickson lewis. Property Location: Scranton.

Emerson Equities LLC. Amount: $327,750.

Seller: Jerome D Scott. Amount: $325,000.

Gary Hughes Sr. Property Location: Scranton. Seller:

Chrismarq LLC. Seller: $400,000.

Ramical Properties llC. Property Location: Scranton. Seller: Asma Malik. Amount: $369,940.

Chon Prieto llC. Property Location: Scranton. Seller: EZ Realty Scranton LLC. Amount: $330,000. national Residential nominee Services inc. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: Joshua Alexander Jacks. Amount: $274,000.

James a Specht. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: National Residential Nominee Services Inc. Amount: $274,000.

Stephen m Eberle ii. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: Joseph R Riviello Jr. Amount: $265,000.

Raol Dhruvrajsinh. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: Jun Ling. Amount: $420,000. marisa l Pell. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: James A Specht. Amount: $281,500.

John J mercuri. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: 427 Gravel Pond Holdings. Amount: $525,000.

Fran J Perna. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: Donald W Williams. Amount: $590,000.

Frank J Conslato. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: Alexander J Lupinski. Amount: $250,000. abington Development inc. Property Location: S. Abington Twp. Seller: Sterling Way Properties LLC. Amount: $604,800. louis S Szakmary. Property Location: Springbrook Twp. Seller: Richard H Spalletta. Amount: $318,000.

Edward marushock Jr. Property Location: Throop.

Seller: Robert Magliocchi. Amount: $265,000.

Rocks llC. Property Location: Throop. Seller: United Realty LLC. Amount: $400,000.

Ronald Perry. Property Location: Throop. Seller: Damski Builders and Design LLC. Amount: $372,000.

Volos Properties iV llC. Property Location: Throop. Seller: Fricchione Family Partners LLP. Amount: $1,750,000. lloyd Ebersole. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Karen Seamans. Amount: $270,000. tung Du. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Norman N Gevanthor. Amount: $675,000.

Ryan Romanaskas. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Coverleaf Developers LLC. Amount: $345,000.

Ryan Sheehan. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Jeannine McKnight. Amount: $350,000.

James marzolino. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: William T Mickere. Amount: $275,000.

Susan Schnaitman. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Kenneth Powell. Amount: $271,500.

Pa Commonwealth. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: David Colombo. Amount: $364,625. leslie a bentz. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Richard A Bovard. Amount: $350,000.

Revolutionary Home Health inc. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Romar Auto Sales Inc. Amount: $650,000. barry Shepherd. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Patricia A Arter. Amount: $325,000. tnt Foundations llC. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Newrez LLC. Amount: $305,000.

William Scott lynett. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Seller: Annette M Rice. Amount: $342,000.

luzERnE County

Hawkeye Capital Properties llC. Property Location: Luzerne. Seller: Fannie Mae. Amount: $359,500.

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FROM PAGE 35 James A Youngblood. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Seller: Bonnie L. Stachnik to James A. Amount: $460,000.

Renalty Properties LLC. Property Location: Jenkins Twp. Seller: John c. Wise. Amount: $575,000.

Brenda R Zaggar. Property Location: Wright Twp. Seller: Brian B. Andes. Amount: $330,000.

Steven N Mykoliw. Property Location: Butler Twp. Seller: Sand Springs Development Corp. Amount: $327,900.

Lisa DeAngelo. Property Location: Hazleton. Seller: Philip Petris. Amount: $300,000.

Edward E Mallas. Property Location: Sugarloaf Twp. Seller: Angela Rogalski et al. to Edward E. Mallase.

Amount: $285,000.

Anthony Kadysewski III. Property Location: Butler Twp. Seller: Michael C Reisenweaver. Amount: $289,000.

Nico Autero. Property Location: Fairview Twp. Seller: William M Worley. Amount: $474,900.

Kenneth Moules. Property Location: Lehman Twp. Seller: Rebecca A. Ruckno. Amount: $295,000.

Diana Bodzio. Property Location: Wright Twp. Seller: Scott H. Greene. Amount: $259,090.

Piatnik Family Partnership Ltd. Property Location: Franklin Twp. Seller: Henrietta Viola. Amount: $440,000.

Lisandro Ortiz. Property Location: Butler Twp. Seller: Carol N. Uston. Amount: $348,550.

Christopher Garza. Property Location: Rice Twp. Seller: Presidential Land Company Ltd. Amount: $484,900.

Alfonso Buceta. Property Location: Bear Creek Twp. Seller: James E. Miller. Amount: $280,000.

David M Pacchioni. Property Location: Exeter. Seller: Gary L. Edmonds. Amount: $270,505.

100 Jenkins LLC. Property Location: Yatesville.

Seller: Marie Just Mancia. Amount: $1,238,500.

Brian W Bedwick. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Seller: S J. O’Malley. Amount: $379,000.

Richard Alexander Alexy. Property Location: Union Twp. Seller: Samantha Reed. Amount: $250,000.

Nicholas Wade Harding. Property Location: Rice Twp. Seller: Scottie W. Mendenhall. Amount: $275,000.

John E Drury. Property Location: Dallas. Seller: Eric D. Mollo. Amount: $264,900.

Excela LLC. Property Location: Wilkes-Barre. Seller: DeLuca LP. Amount: $475,000.

Ayman Shakfa. Property: Wright Twp. Seller: Bryan

Yurkanin Amount: $280,000.

Eric James Covert. Property Location: Rice Twp. Seller: John E. Bradley. Amount: $276,600.

Waterfront Management Group LLC. Property Location: Pittston. Seller: John B. Cooper. Amount: $560,000.

David James Henry. Property Location: Hazle Twp. Seller: Eastwest Properties Hazleton LLC. Amount: $390,000.

Richard T Malcolm Jr. Property Location: Kingston Twp. Seller: Carmela Jr. Serpico. Amount: $355,000.

James Fitzmaurice. Property Location: Pittston Twp. Seller: Irman Saeed. Amount: $400,000.

Sammy’s Family Golf Center LLC. Property Location: Butler Twp. Seller: Rodan Inc. Amount: $440,000.

Reinga M Hall. Property Location: West Pittston.

Seller: Jason Cunningham. Amount: $279,000.

PSI Realty LLC. Property Location: Hanover Twp. Seller: Medley Investments LLC. Amount: $4,2000,000.

MONROE COuNTY

Clearing LLC. Property Location: Paradise Twp. Seller: William and Barbara Raczko. Amount: $540,000.

NEPAVR LLC. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: Arthur and Mildred Kingren. Amount: $361,250.

Kenneth and Sirtiary Washington. Property Location: Middle Smithfield Twp. Seller: James and Amy Nehlsen.

Amount: $325,000.

Peggy and John Pinto. Property Location: Middle Smithfield Twp. Seller: Stephen and Patricia Jenkins.

Amount: $432,500.

William and Jodi Spies. Property Location: Paradise Twp. Seller: Jan Osipowicz Est., Karol Osipowicz (admr.).

Amount: $315,000.

Bryan and Melissa Laricchia. Property Location: Price Twp. Seller: Joseph and Jeannine Ksiaskiewicz.

Amount: $340,000.

Tabitha Oman. Property Location: Barrett Twp. Seller: Laura and Benjamin Archer. Amount: $449,000.

Jeffrey Kreisler and Anne Teutschel. Property Location: Coolbaugh Twp. Seller: Emil and Patricia Feiger.

Amount: $340,000.

Brian and Peggy Boylan. Property Location: Ross Twp. Seller: Mary Geisel A/K/A Mary Dion. Amount: $324,900.

Christopher and Tarren Austad. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: Katherine Wilkin. Amount: $325,000.

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PCS Mental Health LLC. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: Richard and Mary Miraglia. Amount: $879,000.

Dejean and Christina Murray. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Seller: LTS Homes LLC. Amount: $308,992.

Scotrun 611 Plaza LLC. Property Location: Pocono Twp. Seller: Ronald and Judith Martinell Revocable Living Trust, Ronald and Judith Martinell (trus.). Amount: $1,330,000.

Maurice White and Zughel Ortiz. Property Location: Tunkhannock Twp. Seller: DE&S Properties T/A Classic Quality Homes. Amount: $321,500.

Farah Barreau and Martine Mathieu. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Seller: Classic Quality Homes.

Amount: $323,900.

Meredith and David Mead. Property Location: Chestnuthill Twp. Seller: Joanne and Anthony Ciranello Sr. Amount: $319,800.

Afshin Sachmechian. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Seller: Anne-Louise Strickland. Amount: $460,000.

Bashkim Gjekaj and Ourania Mavrogiorgos. Property location: Paradise Twp. Seller: William and Barbara Coffman. Amount: $340,150.

Fritz Michel and Juliette Julmisse. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Seller: Robert and Carol Vitacco.

Amount: $342,500.

Gerald and Katherine Fels. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Seller: John and Tracey Hili. Amount: $315,000.

ABPA LLC. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Seller: Glen-Ross Properties LLC. Amount: $775,000.

Callum and Marie Nieto. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: John and Kathryn Teeple. Amount: $315,000.

Corey and Leah Arlequin. Property Location: Smithfield Twp. Seller: Timothy and Heather Gilbertsen.

Amount: $339,000.

FIG-GG LLC. Property Location: Barrett Twp. Seller: Raymond Forbes, Patrick Forbes, Marie Sotos A/K/A Marie-Regina Forbes. Amount: $1. (Tax basis: $510,553.)

Patrick and Seairrah Henninger. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Seller: Denise and Vladimir Kolomizew Jr. Amount: $309,900.

Thomas Morrison. Property Location: Middle Smithfield Twp. Seller: Sean Bellamy and Barbara and Sean Dryden-Bellamy. Amount: $330,000.

Daniel Mengara. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Seller: Kanubhai and Meena Patel. Amount: $330,000.

Moore Properties LLC. Property Location: Coolbaugh Twp. Seller: Martha Coyer, Jeffrey Thomas, Rebecca Mixon, David Thomas. Amount: $305,000.

JSB Holdings LLC. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: Daniel and Wendy White, William and Rita Blakeslee. Amount: $350,000.

Aneta Ciborowski. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Seller: Robert and Victoria Marmelstein. Amount: $370,000.

Colby Bonderheid and Lori Blue. Property Location: Coolbaugh Twp. Seller: Askins-Gast Revocable Trust, Bradley Askins and Alive Gast (trus.). Amount: $343,000.

Todd and Sara Bonin. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: Donald and Kathleen Knezovic. Amount: $375,000.

James Mitchell. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: Morton and Marcia Wolpert. Amount: $315,000.

Danielle Turner. Property Location: Jackson Twp. Seller: George and Jessica Smith. Amount: $325,000.

Akwete Sackey and Jean McDonald. Property Location: Smithfield Twp. Seller: Twin Lake Estates Development LLC. Amount: $349,000.

Lori Snyder. Property Location: Polk Twp. Seller:

Patrick and Mary Jones. Amount: $370,000.

Peter Bresnak and Stephanie Gardner. Property Location: Ross Twp. Seller: Brian Hannis. Amount: $315,000.

AKS Realty LLC. Property Location: Stroudsburg.

Seller: Marathon Petroleum Co. LP, LPC Investment LLC (gen. partner). Amount: $286,585.

Kashaun Roberts and Joan Thomas-Bhola. Property Location: Pocono Twip. Seller: Classic Quality Homes.

Amount: $311,542.

Ryan and Carrie Bonham. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Seller: Kenneth and Kathy Leitt. Amount: $348,900.

Bhupinder and Seema Varma. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Seller: Lot Holdings Co. LLC. Amount: $73,750. Tax basis: $476,900.

Randolph Drayton. Property Location: Paradise Twp. Seller: LTS Homes LLC. Amount: $374,900.

Steven and Kathleen Martin. Property Location: Pocono Twp. Seller: Simon and Julia Beynon. Amount: $365,000.

Paul and Mary Funari. Property Location: Barrett Twp. Seller: Patricia Dracos. Amount: $315,000.

Brian and Jan Biddulph-Krentar. Property Location: Coolbaugh Twp. Seller: William and Cynthia Black.

Amount: $368,200.

Saluki Management LLC. Property Location: Jackson Twp. Seller: Steven and Teresa Mitchell. Amount: $325,000.

Amy and David Rzaca Jr. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Seller: William Clark and Breen Sullivan.

Amount: $365,000.

Mencesus and Suphannika Gilgeours. Property Location: Smithfield Twp. Seller: Twin Lake Estates Development LLC. Amount: $374,800.

Charles and Wanda Agens. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Seller: Anne Schmitt. Amount: $370,000.

Ryan and Samantha Kolb. Property Location: Smithfield Twp. Seller: Jimmy and Linda Schlier. Amount: $410,000.

Shanu Aggarwal and Suneeta Krishnareddy. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Seller: Janet Stillwagon and Kerri Rubio. Amount: $460,000.

PIKE COuNTY

Matthew C and Alicia Marlene Whinnery. Property Location: Blooming Grove Twp. Seller: Robert J and Fawn Glasglow Jr. Amount: $295,000.

Daniel Durdek and Ellen Smirnoff. Property Location: Blooming Grove Twp. Seller: Michael and Susan Ratki. Amount: $508,000.

Ronald and Kristen Schmidt. Property Location: Blooming Grove Twp. Seller: Anthony Paolicelli. Amount: $290,000.

Ylber Albert Dauti. Property Location: Blooming Grove Twp. Seller: Gerwin Bell, Jacqueline Gottlieg and Victoria Gottlieb. Amount: $475,000.

Lisa T O’Connor. Property Location: Blooming Grove Twp. Seller: Robert and Susan Winters. Amount: $395,500.

Ronald J and Lynn E Kissinger. Property Location: Delaware Twp. Seller: Peter and Anne Drysdale. Amount: $325,000.

Joseph R and Reta R Stapleton. Property Location: Delaware Twp. Seller: Arthur J and Hildegarde V Balek.

Amount: $265,000. Amount: $335,000.

Michael and Paige Dworak. Property Location: Delaware Twp. Seller: John A and Joanne T Perillo. Amount: $335,000.

Enrique Castineiras, Nydia and Manuel Castineiras.

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FOR THE RECORD FROM PAGE 36 Seller: Nancy L Metropoulos. Property Location: Dingman Twp. Amount: $330,000.

Nicholas E and Kiersten Galeone. Property Location: Dingman Twp. Seller: Gary M and Michele L Polanis.

Amount: $255,000.

Robert and Bonnie Kay Zaruba. Property Location: Dingman Twp. Seller: Dean Quirk, Arlene Quirk. Amount: $412,500.

1361 PA-507, Inc. Property Location: Greene Twp. Seller: Lynda Dunn. Amount: $400,000.John A and Loretta F Galvin. Property Location: Lackawaxen Twp. Seller: G.A. Homes Inc. Amount: $326,500.

1425 Rte. 6 LLC. Property Location: Lackawaxen Twp. Seller: Rajiv S Patel (Pinky Patel agent), Suryakant C Patel, Sarla S Patel, Devyano Seetharaman (ind. & agent) for Muthukrishnan. Amount: $800,000.

Danie Christian, Del Monte and Nancy M Del Monte. Property Location: Lackawaxen Twp. Seller; Marc B Palmerio, Rosemarie Cevallos Palmerio. Amount: $365,000.

John D Morrison, Annamarie Morrison. Propery Location: Lackawaxen Twp. Seller: Archilla, Gregory, Michael, and Joseph Macaluso, Roseann Klar. Property Location: Lackawaxen Twp. Amount: $305,000.

Bryan White. Property Location: Lackawaxen Twp. Seller: Joseph S and Tammy Ann Murdock. Amount: $448,000.

Khrystyna Mrochko. Property Location: Lackawaxen Twp. Seller: Vincent J and Adrienne Rutuelo. Amount: $335,000.

Christopher T and Christine Bromley. Property Location: Lehman Twp. Seller: Janina Andrejczyk, Franiszek Andrejczyk. Amount: $264,000.

Facility Care Services. Property Location: Milford Borough. Seller: Biddis & Co. LLC. Amount: $375,000.

Gregory M and Gwen E Blasses. Property Location: Milford Twp. Seller: Eric J Hupka. Amount: $259,000.

Thomas M and Jessica Roman. Property Location: Palmyra Twp. Seller: Mary Louise Kidd, Heather M Sutter.

Amount: $325,000.

David L Edwards and Barbara A Winski. Property Location: Palmyra Twp. Seller: Kumatage Investment Inc. Amount: $325,000.

Yury and Janine E Dzyubanny. Property Location: Palmyra Twp. Seller: William K Willard Est., Arthur F Howarth (exe.). Amount: $412,300.

Michael and Dana Derkacz. Property Location: Palmyra Twp. Seller: Peter and Margot A Clauss. Amount: $1,105,000.

Dennis J and Angela Kolumber Jr. Property Location: Palmyra Twp. Seller: Paula M and Joseph T Russella.

Amount: $405,000.

Paupack Village LLC. Property Location: Palmyra Twp. Seller: Kevin Coughlin. Amount: $260,000.

Scott A and Jill B Landis. Property Location: Palmyra Twp. Seller: Matthew Yue Ma and Katherine Jinhong Guo. Amount: $535,000.

Andrew and Julia Chayka. Property Location: Shohola Twp. Seller: Patrick J and Maryanne Kelly.

Amount: $687,500.

Gerald Najarian. Property Location: Westfall Twp. Seller: Rivers Edge LP. Amount: $357,900.

SChuLYKILL CouNTY

Clemer Group, Inc. Property Location: Fountain Springs. Seller: Joseph and Jovay Kisela. Amount: $300,000.

Allen and Lori Ann Celmer. Property Location: Tremont. Seller: John D. Light. Amount: $338,000.

Ellen Lurwick and Bryan Skosnick .Property Location: North Manheim Township. Seller: Karen Lurwick and

Cheryl Rubright. Amount: $262,000.

WAYNE CouNTY

David h Faux. Property Location: Cherry Ridge Twp. Seller: Michael Longman. Amount: $354,000.

Nine Manor Drive Property Co. Property Location: Damascus Twp. Seller: JJYJF. Amount: $435,000.

Jonathan M and Christa L Burkholder. Property Location: Mt. Pleasant Twp. Seller: Joseph Gestetner.

Amount: $300,000.

Dorothy Tighe, Dorothy Coyne, John Thomas hal, Michael hale, William hale, Jane Scarmazzo, Julia Tunkel, Michael J Farley, By AF. Property Location: Mt. Pleasant Twp. Seller: Michael Urda, Stephen Kowalsky.

Amount: $650,000.

Itzhak and Claudine Gartenberg. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Seller: Janet R Monsen (TR), Kristin Monsen Petry, Richard R. Monsen. Amount: $899,900.

John J Brunet and Doris Vega. Property Location: Preston Twp. Seller: Margaret Ann Heller, Stanley Zory.

Amount: $295,000.

David D and Mary K Wilts. Property Location: Salem Twp. Seller: Audrey A Hayslett. Amount: $320,000.

David S and Francesca F haller. Property Location: Scott Twp. Seller: Salvatore L Mauro (TR0, Karen Mauro TR, Smaka). Amount: $302,000.

Kevin A McGonical. Property Location: South Canaan Twp. Seller: David W and Arlette C Marquette.

Amount: $324,900.

Justin E and Sandra M Glover. Property Location: Sterling Twp. Seller: Patrick A and Andrea A Tigue.

Amount: $250,000.

Jurgensen Limited Partnership. Property Location: Texas Twp. Seller: Matthew S and Diana Fritz. Amount: $500,000.

Ricky J and Debbie L Avery. Property Location: Berlin Twp. Seller: Dennis W and Martha A Avery. Amount: $390,000.

Stanley h and Melissa L Sroka. Property Location: Damascus Twp. Seller: Anthony and Gale L Barrett.

Amount: $323,000.

Dunne Manning Realty LP. Property Location: Dreher Twp. Seller: Alsqstop Real Estate. Amount: $702,000.

Mary Ellen Smith. Property Location: Honesdale Boro. Seller: James and Vicki OConnor. Amount: $290,000.

Joseph Patrick and Kelly Ann Mulligan. Property Location: Lake Twp. Seller: Charles S Eckenroth. Amount: $385,000.

Deborah J hummel. Property Location: Lehigh Twp. Seller: Renata and Daniel J Greenwood. Amount: $270,000.

Elizabeth L Freeman. Property Location: Lehigh Twp. Seller: Fabrice Michel and Caroline Lebourgeois. Amount: $440,000. heather F and David Matisoff. Property Location: Mt. Pleasant Twp. Seller: Karras Upstate. Amount: $300,000.

Kent L Brown Jr. and Jolyn T Taylor. Property Location: Oregon Twp. Seller: Peter and Barbara Ridd.

Amount: $475,000.

Steven and Denis Pettinger. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Seller: Brad C Clark. Amount: $372,500.

Robert M and Dolores A Murray. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Seller: Tomasz Ilewski. Amount: $540,000.

Richard M and Alice M Wetherill (Tr). Property Location: Paupack Twp. Seller: Mark Frederick and aura Elizabeth Dingfield. Amount: $319,000.

Brian S and Betty L Johnson. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Seller: Robert and Michele Johnson.

Amount: $365,000.

Constance McTigue. Property Location: Salem Twp. Seller: Kerry and Sean Driscoll. Amount: $545,000.

Thomas Kerr (exr) and Gloria Patrick (est). Property Location: Scott Twp. Amount: $325,000.

Matthew T and Ellen K Kuber. Property Location: Texas Twp. Seller: M&J Jurek Realty Group. Amount: $325,000.

Ellen Memorial health Care Center honesdale.

Property Location: Texas Twp. Seller: EMHCC Holdings.

Amount: $765,000.

WYoMING CouNTY

Winding Creek Ranch LLC. Property Location: Eaton Twp. Seller: Select Sires Inc. Amount: $290,000 BKKK LLC. Property Location: Tunkhannock Twp. Seller: Audi Management V LLC. Amount: $510,000.

Mark h hokins Sr. Property Location: Overfied Twp. Seller: Brian Paul Miller (exe), Paul L Miller (decd).

Amount: $260,000.

Aldi Inc. Property Location: Eaton Twp. Seller: Ranwood Properties LLC/ Amount: $1,100,000.

Steele Land holdings LLC. Property Location: Tunkhannock Twp. Seller: Donald L Sherwood, Arthur W Sherwood. Amount: $421,000.

Arthur W and Jennifer L Sherwood. Property Location: Lemon Twp. Seller: Roger A and Cynthia K Place.

Amount: $295,000.

Registration Systems Inc. Amount: $308,750.

Alfred B and Kelly Sue Linton. Property Location: Jackson Twp. Lender: First Keystone Community Bank.

Amount: $378,400.

Robert B and Jill D Elliott IV. Property Location: Briarcreek Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $375,000.

Michael R and Ashley R Cromley. Property Location: Scott Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $320,336.

Eric L and Jannienne A Verse. Property Location: North Centre Twp. Lender: MERS. Price: $416,070.

Emily and Robert Brunner. Property Location: Scott Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $464,900.

Foust holdings LLC. Property Location: Hemlock Twp. Lender: Susquehanna Community Bank. Amount: $7,000,000 and $2,000,000 respectively.

Cristian C Foust. Property Location: Bloomsburg.

Lender: Susquehanna Community Bank. Amount: $7,000,000 and $2,000,000 respectively. herbert M and Linda L Young and Nathan and Michelle Cherrington. Property Location: Beaver Twp. Lender: First Columbia Bank and Trust Co. Amount: $321,742.

LACKAWANNA CouNTY

CNh Inc. Property Location: Carbondale.

Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Truct Co. Amount: $4,511,632.31.

MORTGAGES Sinawa Plaza LLC. Property Location: Dickson City.

Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $1,480,000.

CoLuMBIA CouNTY John B Dempsey Jr. Property Location: Dickson City.

NEPA homes LLC. Property Location: Franklin Twp. Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $365,000.

Lender: Jeffrey Knorr. Amount: $250,000.

Gary J hughes Sr. Property Location: Dunmore Grant J and Erin L Marsham. Property Location: Boro. Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: South Centre Twp. Lender: First Keystone Community $715,700.

Bank. Amount: $400,000.

B&M Realty Co. Property Location: Dunmore.

Gary L and Pamela A Smith. Property Location: FishLender: Fidelity Dep and Disc Bank. Amount: $375,000. ingcreek Twp. Lender: AgChoice Farm Credit. Amount: Philip J Kolatis. Property Location: Dunmore Boro. $345,000.

Lender: Wayne Bank. Amount: $347,000.

Davidson Realty Development LLC. Property Chestnut Residential Group LLC. Property Location Location: South Centre Twp. Lender: Ohio National Life Dunmore Boro. Lender: Manufacturers & Traders Trust Insurance Company. Amount: $2,000,000.

David B and Colleen M Schultz II. Property Location: Co. Amount: $305,000.

Jude P Colwell. Property Location: Dunmore Boro.

North Centre Twp. Lender: First Keystone Community Lender: Residential Mortgage Services Inc. Amount: Bank. Amount: $327,700.

Devon Brooke Dietrich and Alexander Nole. PropPlease see Record, Page 38 erty Location: Madison Twp. Lender: Mortgage Electronic

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Daniel Bruce Farnham. Property Location: Glenburn Twp. Lender: Fidelity Dep. & Discount Bank. Amount: $258,000.

Corey Furdin. Property Location: Greenfield Twp. Lender: Penn East Federal Credit Unit. Amount: $276,000.

Anthony Basciano. Property Location: Greenfield Twp. Lender: Citizens Savings Bank. Amount: $272,900.

Teri Butts. Property Location: Greenfield Twp. Lender: FNCB. Amount: $250,000.

Teri Butts. Property Location: Greenfield Twp. Lender: FNCB. Amount: $250,000.

MDBP LLC. Property Location: Jessup Boro.: PA Industrial Dev. Authority. Amount: $488,318.

P A Hutchinson Co. Property Location: Jermyn Boro.

Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $4,000,000.

TCNE Valley View LLC. Property Location: Jessup Boro. Lender: Texas Capital Bank. Amount: $67,291,346.

53 Glenmaura LLC. Property Location: Moosic Boro.

Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $1,200,000.

William J Rosado. Property Location: Moosic Boro.

Lender: Honesdale National Bank. Amount: $332,000.

Kelly C McKeefery. Property Location: Moosic Boro.

Lender: United Wholesale Mortgage. Amount: $335,000.

Brandon Chen. Property Location: Moosic Boro.

Lender: MLD Mortgage Inc. Amount: $270,000.

Iqbal A Khan. Property Location: Moosic Boro.

Lender: Manufacturers & traders Trust Co. Amount: $250,000.

Paul Bochon. Property Location: Newton Twp. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank. Amount: $275,000.

Ardito LLC. Property Location: Old Forge Boro.

Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $326,539.50.

Jeffrey M Kimmel. Property Location: Old Forge Boro. Lender: Citizens Savings Bank. Amount: $287,500.

Joseph Scaduto. Property Location: Roaring Brook Twp. Lender: Synergy One Lendings Inc. Amount: $271,807.

Lauren E Nicholls. Property Location: Roaring Brook Twp. Lender: First Nationall Bank of PA. Amount: $598,000.

Dimitrios Zaharopoulous. Property Location: Scott Twp. Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $425,000.

PA 14 Taylor LLC. Property Location: Scranton.

Lender: Webster Bank. Amount: $21,600,000.

Hoffman & Kozlansky Realty Co LLC. Location: Scranton. Lender: Wells Farg bank. Amount: $700,000.

Daniel Simrell. Location: Scranton. Lender: Fidelity Dep & Disc Bank. Amount: $280,000.

Meghan S Haggerty. Property Location: Scranton.

Lender: Fidelity Dep & Disc. Bank. Amount: $468,000.

Christopher Anthony Lewis. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: First National bank of PA. Amount: $325,000.

53 Glenmaura LLC. Property Location: Scranton.

Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $1,200,000.

Thomas P Doherty. Property Location: Scranton.

Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $250,000.

Ilimdar L Kadyrov. Property Location: Scranton.

Lender: PS Bank. Amount: $425,000.

Gary Hughes Sr. Property Location: Scranton.

Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $715,700.

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Gary J Hughes. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $715,700.

Gary Hughes Sr. Property Location: Scranton.

Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $715,700.

NGP Enterprises LLC. Property Location: Scranton.

Lender: Honesdale National Bank. Amount: $550,000.

NGP Enterprises LLC. Property Location: Scranton.

Lender: Honesdale National Bank. Amount: $531,000.

Charles Burke. Property Location: Scranton. Lender: Garden State Home Loans Inc. Amount: $265,000.

Elizabeth A Swartz. Property Location: Scranton.

Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $287,120.

Chon Prietto LLC. Property Location: Scranton.

Lender: EZ Realty Scranton LLC. Amount: $300,000.

Joseph R Dandrea. Property Location: Scranton.

Lender: Fidelity Dep & Disc. Bank. Amount: $300,000.

Keyur Mavani. Property Location: South Abington Twp. Lender: One American Mortgage. Amount: $384,000.

Jessica R Eberle. Property Location: South Abington Twp. Lender: Community Bank. Amount: $257,050.

Tracey Hubbard. Property Location: South Abington Twp. Lender: Amerisave Mortgage Corp. Amount: $256,000.

Raol Dhruvrajsinh. Property Location: South Abington Twp. Lender: Fidelity Dep & Disc Bk. Amount: $336,000.

Patrick Doherty. Property Location: South Abington Twp. Lender: PS Bank. Amount: $465,880.

Gravel Pond Townhouses Inc. Property Location: South Abington Twp. Lender: Fidelity Dep & Disc Bk. Amount: $1,500,000.

Frank J Perna. Property Location: South Abington Twp. Lender: Finance of America Mortgage LLC. Amount: $472,000.

William H Lisk. Property Location: South Abington Twp. Lender: Citizens Savings Bank. Amount: $297,500.

Dimitrios Zaharopoulous. Property Location: South Abington Twp. Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $425,500.

Spana Patel. Property Location: South Abington Twp. Lender: Peoples Security Ban & Trust Co. Amount: $273,000.

Jeffrey D McAllister (atty. in fact). Location: Springbrook Twp. Lender: NBT Bank. Amount: $280,000.

Michael Alfonso Sr. Location: Springbrook Twp. Lender: Branch Banking & Trust Co. Amount: $401,000.

Ryan J Martin. Property Location: Springbrook Twp. Lender: NBT Bank. Amount: $292,500.

PA 14 Taylor LLC. Property Location: Taylor Boro.

Lender: Webster Bank. Amount: $21,600,000.

K&D Parts & Service Co. Property Location: Thornhurst Twp. Bank. Amount: $3,200,000.

Ronald Perry. Property Location: Thornhurst Twp. Lender: PA State Employees Credit Union. Amount: $342,000.

Dimitrios Zaharopoulous. Property Location: Thornhurst Twp. Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $425,000.

Michael T Goodrich. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: P&G Mehoopany Emply Fed Credit Union.

Amount: $487,834.16.

Ryan Romanaskas. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: Finance of America Mortgage LLC. Amount: $265,000.

Ryan Sheehan. Property Location. W. Abington Twp. Lender: Finance of America Mortgage LLC. Amount: $303,836.

Werner Christiansen. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: Fidelity Dep & Disc Bank. Amount: $382,500.

Revolutionary Home Health Inc. Property Location:

W. Abington Twp. Lender: First National Bank of Pa. Amount: $350,000.

Cherie Shepherd. Property Location W. Abington Twp. Lender: JP Morgan Chase Bank. Amount: $285,950.

Stephanie Murphy. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: NET Federal Credit Union. Amount: $425,000.

Brian T Corbett. Property Location: W. Abington Twp. Lender: Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. Amount: $274,500.

LuZERNE CouNTy

James Ronald McRipley. Property Location: Dallas. Lender: Service 1st Federal Credit Union. Amount: $315,000.

Andrew L Hawley. Property Location: Dallas. MERS. Amount: $457,000.

Dennis W Driscoll. Property Location: Pittston Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $488,000.

Jeffrey L Gittleman. Property Location: Hazle Twp. Lender: Trumark Financial Credit Union. Amount: $622,500.

Maureen M Carter. Property Location: Exeter Twp. Lender: ABC Bail Bonds Inc. Amount: $250,000.

Melissa A youngblood. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $368,000.

Renalty Properties LLC. Property Location: Jenkins Twp. Lender: Firdelity Deposit & Discount Bank. Amount: $940,000.

Dean Browne. Property Location: Kingston. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank, 4,120,861.

Bayard Pennsylvania LLC. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Lender: Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC. Amount: $13,000,000.

Brenda R Zagar. Property Location: Wright Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $264,000.

Angela Desanto. Property Location: Fairview Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $270,500.

Steven N Mykoliw. Property Location: Butler Twp. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank. Amount: $262,320.

Paul T McCue. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Lender: Citizens Bank. Amount: $578,000.

Jonathan Ginocchetti. Property Location: Harveys Lake. Lender: Robert Dermer. Amount: $272,100.

Prem Bansal. Property Location: Rice Twp. Lender: Landmark Community Bank. Amount: $280,000.

Greg M Werner. Property Location: Rice Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $256,800.

Edward E Mallas. Property Location: Sugarloaf Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $266,900.

Steve Thompson. Property Location: Lehman Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $259,055.

Davison Monk Holdings LLC. Property Location: Hanover Twp. Lender: First Keystone Community Bank.

Amount: $1,600,000.

DM & DM Real Estate LLC. Property Location: Wilkes-Barre. Lender: First Keystone Community Bank.

Amount: $1,600,000.

Public Square Associates. Lender: Luzerne Bank.

Amount: $1,411,794.

John Ducaji. Property Location: Nuangola. Lender: MERS. Amount: $360,000.

Richard Amen. Property Location: Dallas Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $475,000.

Nico Autero. Property Location: Fairview Twp. Lender: Navy Federal Credit Union. Amount: $483,210.

MoNRoE CouNTy

Leary Chester. Property Location: Chestnuthill Twp. Please see Record, Page 39

FOR THE RECORD FROM PAGE 38 Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $309,700.

Kenneth and Sirtiary Washington. Property Location: Middle Smithfield Twp. Lender: Quicken Loans Inc. Amount: $319,113.

Bryan and Melissa Laricchia. Property Location: Price Twp. Lender: Bethpage Federal Credit Union.

Amount: $329,800.

Monroe County Transportation Authority. Property Location: Pocono Twp. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust.

Amount: $650,000.

Tabitha Oman. Property Location: Barrett Twp. Lender: Trident Mortgage Co. LP. Amount: $359,200.

Jeffrey Kreisler and Anne Teutschel. Property Location: Coolbaugh Twp. Lender: CrossCountry Mortgage Inc. Amount: $300,000.

Michael and Lori Dalton. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Lender: First National Bank of Pennsylvania.

Amount: $477,850.

Richard and Barbara Feman. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Lender: PNC Bank NA. Amount: $360,000.

Christopher and Tarren Austad. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $315,000.

DLP Professional Building LLC. Property Location: Smithfield Twp. Lender: QNB Bank. Amount: $250,000.

William and Nancy Regan. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Lender: Mortgage America Inc. Amount: $620,000.

Marlyn Kathmere LLC. Property Location: Tunkhannock Twp. Lender: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Amount: $800,000.

DLP Professional Building LLC. Property Location: Smithfield Twp. Lender: QNB Bank. Amount: $250,000.

Robert and Sharon Lefever. Property Location: Coolbaugh Twp. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA. Amount: $302,400.

PCS Mental Health LLC. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Lender: Richard and Mary Miraglia. Amount: $300,000.

Scotrun 611 Plaza LLC. Property Location: Pocono Twp. Lender: Wayne Bank. Amount: $1,064,000.

Maurice White and Zughel Ortiz. Property Location: Tunkhannock Twp. Lender: Caliber Home Loans Inc. Amount: $305,425.

Farah Barreau and Martine Mathieu. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Lender: Parkside Lending LLC. Amount: $318,032.

Vinayak Corp. Property Location: Pocono Twp. Lender: Wayne Bank. Amount: $13,450,000.

Afshin Sachmechian. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Lender: Quicken Loans Inc. Amount: $360,000.

ABPA LLC. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Lender: Glen-Ross Properties LLC. Amount: $560,000.

Salerno Properties LLC, Cold River Properties LLC. Property Location: Pocono Twp. Lender: Dime Bank.

Amount: $4,950,000.

Gary and Debra Kessel. Property Location: Polk Twp. Lender: First Northern Bank and Trust Co. Amount: $430,000.

Franklin-Summit Investors LLC. Property Location: East Stroudsburg. Lender: First Northern Bank and Trust Co. Amount: $430,000.

Gary Kessel and Angelo Borzio. Property Location: East Stroudsburg. Lender: First Northern Bank and Trust Co. Amount: $430,000.

Magnolia Properties LP, Magnolia Management LLC (gen. partner). Property Location: Stroudsburg.

Lender: Univest Bank and Trust Co. Amount: $1,450,000.

Corey and Leah Arlequin. Property Location: Smithfield Twp. Lender: Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.

Amount: $328,830.

Marlyn Kathmere LLC. Property Location: Tunkhannock Twp. Lender: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Amount: $800,000.

Thomas Morrison. Property Location: Middle Smithfield Twp. Lender: Quicken Loans Inc. Amount: $302,197.

Daniel Mengara. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Lender: TIAA FSB. Amount: $313,500.

JSB Holdings LLC. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Lender: Connectone Bank. Amount: $278,000.

Colby Conderheid and Lori Blue. Property Location: Coolbaugh Twp. Lender: Supreme Lending. Amount: $308,700.

Stroudsburg Wesleyan Church, Ed Cook, Bob Kelly and Steve Kemmerer (trus.). Property Location: Stroud Township. Lender: Wesleyan Investment Foundation Inc. Amount: $1,060,000.

Galmay Corp. Property Location: Stroudsburg.

Lender: John James. Amount: $471,700.

Danielle Turner. Property Location: Jackson Twp. Lender: Quicken Loans Inc. Amount: $319,113.

5 Earth Group Family Limited Partnership, ATQ Group LLC (gen. partner). Property Location: Ross Township. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $250,000.

Akwete Sackey and Jean McDonald. Property Location: Smithfield Twp. Lender: Supreme Funding. Amount: $331,097.

Kashaun Roberts and Joan Thomal-Bhola. Property Location: Pocono Twp. Lender: Caliber Home Loans Inc. Amount: $306,017.

Ryan and Carrie Bonham. Property Location: Hamilton Twp. Lender: Bank of America NA. Amount: $331,455.

Dennis Dombrowski and Debra Wolaniuk-Dombrowski. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Lender: M&T Bank. Amount: $340,000.

Bhupinder and Seema Varma. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $362,800.

Cresco Post Office Holdings LLC. Property Location: Barrett Twp. Lender: First Bank. Amount: $450,000.

Skytop Lodge Corp. Property Location: Barrett Twp and Pike County. Lender: Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank. Amount: $6,300,000 and $1,500,000.

Robert Marki. Property Location: Smithfield Twp. Lender: First Northern Bank and Trust Co. Amount: $500,000.

Fairmount Hospitality LLC. Property Location: Delaware Water Gap. Lender: Promiseone Bank. Amount: $250,000.

Mencesus and Suphannika Gilgeours. Property Location: Smithfield Twp. Lender: Residential Home Funding Corp. Amount: $356,060.

Charles and Wanda Agens. Property Location: Stroud Twp. Lender: Navy Federal Credit Union. Amount: $309,000.

Eastlake Outdoor LLC. Property Location: Pocono Twp. Lender: Amy Whitmore. Amount: $400,000.

Bryan Fuerst and Dennis Forde Jr. Property Location: Tobyhanna Twp. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust.

Amount: $543,800.

Richard and Joyce Chung. Property Location: Coolbaugh Twp. Lender: Quicken Loans Inc. Amount: $340,600.

PIKE COuNTy

Michael and Mary Jane Chilebowski. Property Location: Matamoras. Lender: MERS. Amount: $261,504.

Thomas M and Jessica Roman. Property Location: Palmyra Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $292,500.

Facility Care Services Inc. Property Location: Milford Boro. Lender: Biddis & Co. Amount: $250,000 Daniel Durek, Ellen Smirnoff. Property Location: Blooming Grove Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $457,200.

310 Broad St. LLC. Property Location: Milford Boro.

Lender: Dime Bank. Amount: $475,000. yury and Janine E Dzyubanny. Property Location: Palmyra Twp. Lender: JP Morgan Chase Bank NA. Amount: $329,840.

Christopher T and Christine Bromley. Property Location: Lehman Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $264,000.

David L Edwards, Rochelle Meyer. Property Location: Palmyra Twp. Lender: Honesdale National Bank.

Amount: $648,000.

Daniel Christian and Nancy M Delmonte. Property Location: Lackawaxen Twp. Lender: Dime Bank. Amount: $324,850.

Steven J and Kerry E Oliver. Property Location: Milford Twp. Lender: PNC Bank NA. Amount: $307,205.

Andrew and Julia Chayka. Property Location: Shohola Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $550,000.

Kevin A and Lisa Crichton. Property Location: Palmyra Twp. Lender: Huntington National Bank. Amount: $300,000.

Paul Paciello. Property Location: Hawley. Lender: TD Bank NA. Amount: $405,000.

Bryan White. Property Location: Lackawaxen Twp. Lender: Honesdale National bank. Amount: $358,400.

Khrystyna Mrochko. Property Location: Lackawaxen Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $252,250.

Skytop Lodge Corp. Property Location: Greene Twp. Lender: Fidelity Deposit & Discount Bank. Amount: $630,000.

Robert and Bonnie Kay Zaruba. Property Location: Dingman Twp. Lender: Wayne bank. Amount: $330,000.

SCHuLyKILL COuNTy

Allen and Lori Ann Celmer. Property Location: Tremont. Lender: Riverview Bank. Amount: $338,000.

Jason and Mary Richter. Property Location: Washington Twp. Lender: North Western Bank. Amount: $257,000.

WAyNE COuNTy

Carol Ann Siepiela. Property Location: Honesdale Boro. Lender: Dime Bank. Amount: $250,000.

John J Brunet, Doris Vega. Property Location: Preston Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $301,342.

Steven and Helene Mavroudis. Property Location: Scott Twp. Lender: Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC, MERS. Amount: $367,500.

Steven and Helene Mavroudis. Property Location Scott Twp. Lender: Housing & Urban Development.

Amount: $367,500.

Anthony and Jennifer Martirano. Property Location: South Canaan Twp. Lender: Wayne Bank. Amount: $258,215.67.

James Spano. Property Location: Mt. Pleasant Twp. Lender: Avana Capital LLC. Amount: $5,100,000.

Peter R and Barbara A Ridd. Property Location: Cherry Ridge and Oregon Twp. Lender: Dime Bank.

Amount: $450,000.

Thomas Nikles (TR), Thomas Nikles Rev. TR. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Lender: Embassy Bank.

Amount: $600,000.

James M Renehan. Property Location: Manchester Twp. Lender: Bryn Mawr Trust Co. Amount: $4,600,000.

David S and Francesca F Haller. Property Location: Scott Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $271,800.

John J and Jennifer Murphy. Property Location: Clinton Twp. 1. Lender: MERS. Amount: $320,000.

Jonathan M and Christa L Burkholder. Property Location: Mt. Pleasant Twp. Lender: Anabaptist Financial.

Amount: $650,000.

Jonathan M and Christa L Burkholder. Property Location: Damascus Twp. Lender: Anabaptist Financial.

Amount: $670,000.

James and Vicki O’Connor. Property Location: Honesdale Boro. Lender: MERS. Amount: $290,000.

Jurgensen Lim. Partnership. Property Location: Texas Twp. 1&2. Lender: Honesdale National Bank.

Amount: $400,000.

Nicholas Michael yanuavich, Sarah Lynn Matthias.

Property Location: Lehigh Twp. Lender: ESSA Bank & Trust. Amount: $271,600.

Wendy Erman Wels. Property Location: Salem Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $250,000.

Itzhak and Claudine Gartenberg. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $674,925.

Raymond D and Jill Ellen Earle. Property Location: Paupack Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $484,350.

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KKZ Realty LLC. Property Location: Tunkhannock Boro. Lender: People Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $250,000.

Victor O and Tina M Gorham. Property Location: Falls Twp. Lender: Citizens and Northern Bank. Amount: $269,800.

Jeffrey F Kintner. Property Location: Washington twp. Lender: FNCB Bank. Amount: $263,650.

Mark H Hopkins Sr. Property Location: Overfield Twp. Lender: MERS. Amount: $262,000.

HRRM Investments LLC. Property Location: Eaton Twp. Lender: Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Amount: $978,000.

Steele Land Holdings LLC. Property Location: Tunkhannock Twp. Lender: Donald L Sherwood, Arthur W Sherwood. Amount: $417,000.

Relocation Opportunities Wanted

Bring us any and all potential locations.

We will determine if we can develop or relocate to your site.

Pennsylvania Counties of Interest Include: • Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne, Wyoming

Types of Locations Wanted: • End Cap, In-Line, Drive-Thru, Free Standing PLEASE CONTACT Abbie Muto muto_a@sdepa.com Cheryl Green green_c@sdepa.com (610) 366-8120 • www.sdepa.com

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