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If you’re not a fan of the freezing rain we’ve had over the past two months, then rejoice. Although March can be a little sporadic, spring is here and warmer, brighter days are ahead. Despite the potential uncertainty in our weather from time to time, the economy is bustling. Celebrate winter’s passing. Go out and support local businesses across the Lehigh Valley.

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BY KEVIN GRAY

n recent years, Leiser’s Rentals, the fixture on Linden Street in Bethlehem that rented everything from Halloween costumes to heavy construction equipment, has been shifting their focus exclusively to event rentals.

Gone are the tillers, lawn mowers, chainsaws, and heavy machinery that the business was built upon. Another significant change has been their move to 3464 Linden Street—just south of their previous location.

“We started doing event rentals in the 1970s and handling big events in the 1990s,” explains Rob Uliana, Leiser’s Rentals’ current President and grandson of founder Don Leiser.

“For the past 10 years, we’ve been moving more and more toward event rentals exclusively.”

Leiser started the business in 1948. As Uliana tells it, his grandfather, who was in lawn and garden sales, was at a trade show in California and came across a company that offered a variety of items for rent. Leiser thought that business model could work in the Lehigh Valley and brought the concept east.

He was right about the model’s viability. For more than 70 years, Leiser’s Rentals was the goto place for the ordinary and the unusual. Need a lawn aerator? Call Leiser’s. Want to have a cotton candy machine at your party? Leiser’s had you covered.

However, as larger heavy equipment operations squeezed out the smaller rental companies, Uliana took the opportunity to pivot operations.

“We were spreading ourselves thin, and I don’t feel that we were doing either side justice,” Uliana says. “Now, we feel like we can really focus on the party rental side and make events perfect for our customers. People can count on us to have what they need.”

Uliana says that the most-rented items now are tables and chairs. Leiser’s Rentals has 3,000 brown folding chairs in inventory to go along with more than 1,000 white folding chairs.

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pride of place “They are our bread and butter,” he says, noting that several local colleges are regular clients.

“We even get small orders, for example, from families at Thanksgiving that need to rent a couple extra chairs and tables because they’re having family and friends over for dinner.”

Leiser’s Rentals carries inflatables and various sizes and colors of tents. And although they don’t provide DJ and catering services, they do carry audio/visual equipment, lights, sound systems, chafing dishes, beverage dispensers, linens, place settings, and much more.

“We rent huge tents and everything that goes under them,” Uliana says. “Our new slogan—‘Everything You Need in One Place’—reflects this.”

“We have people who come to us because something happened and they only have a week to put together a wedding for 300 people in their backyard. They need to rent tents, tables, chairs, tableware, and more. We have the expertise and the inventory to pull that together for them.”

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All items are stored at the new location. The warehouse has five bays, each 60 feet deep by 20 feet across. It also has a state-of-the-art racking system; the tables and chairs are stored on racks that can be popped off with a forklift and loaded onto delivery trucks.

“A whole clip of chairs—which is approximately 150 of them—can be grabbed with a forklift and loaded on a truck,” Uliana explains. “This new system has streamlined our storage and delivery processes. We came into this facility with a lot less space to store everything and we

NEW LOCATION PROVIDES A BETTER CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Although Leiser’s Rentals’ new location is just several hundred yards away from its previous home on Linden Street, it has had a significantly positive impact on the business.

“This new building is giving us new life,” Uliana says. “It’s much more enjoyable for the employees and me to come to work in this type of atmosphere. People are proud of the building and proud of the way the showroom looks now.”

Previously, he said, brides-to-be would browse for items for their wedding receptions in view of heavy machinery and garden tools.

“We were trying to have this great event company, but it didn’t really show in our building,” Uliana recalls. “Now, it does. In our new showroom, we have something that truly represents us.”

Leiser’s Rentals’ new location is at 3464 Linden St. (Rt. 191) in Bethlehem. It is open Monday through Saturday from 7:30am to 5pm. For more information, call Leiser’s Rentals at 610-691-3070 or visit leisersrentals.com.

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had to come up with innovative ways to make it work for us.”

Uliana, a graduate of Penn State University, is energized by Leiser’s Rentals’ new location and focus. “With renting tools and heavy equipment, it was always about work because time is money,” he says.

“In the event rental space, it is very fulfilling to be working with our customers on functions that make them happy. We feel very lucky to be there for that part of their lives.”

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As spring thankfully approaches, join us as we explore the greater Lehigh Valley to bring you the best in health and wellness resources. In this month’s edition, we share perspectives on faster injury recovery, life planning, and weight control.

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FOR ELITE ATHLETES AND WEEKEND WARRIORS ALIKE, GETTING SIDELINED BY A SPORTS INJURY IS AGONIZING. REHAB CAN BE LENGTHY AND GETTING BACK INTO ACTION TOO SOON CAN CAUSE MORE DAMAGE. LEH I G H VALLE YM AR K E T PL AC E .C O M

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“We often see sports injuries to knees and shoulders that are caused by heavy contact or cut-and-pivot motions,” says orthopedic surgeon Scott Doroshow, DO of St. Luke’s Orthopedic Care.

Common knee injuries include torn meniscus, dislocated kneecap, and damage to a variety of ligaments that connect the bones of the upper and lower leg known as the ACL, LCL and MCL. “The most common shoulder injury involves the rotator cuff, which allows you to move your arm,” Dr. Doroshow says. When it’s damaged, your range of motion is often severely limited. Also, a ring of cartilage called the glenoid labrum helps to keep the base of the shoulder stable. Tearing it can result in pain, instability, even dislocation.

Physical therapy—whether following surgery or on its own—can help to rebuild strength and movement after an injury.

St. Luke’s is helping athletes get back in the game faster by using an atypical PT procedure: Blood-flow restriction (BFR).

The technique was originated in Japan by Yoshiaki Sato, MD, PhD, who experimented on himself after a skiing accident. He limited blood flow in his injured leg by using belts, while continuing to exercise the limb, and maintained his strength.

“Blood flow restriction has been used by the military to help injured soldiers get back to their active lifestyle and potentially even return to service,” says Gregory Colvin, PT, DPT, CMP. “St. Luke’s is one of the only medical facilities in the region to use the technique; it’s more commonly found in larger market areas.”

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The emphasis is on blood flow restriction and is reduced by about 50% for upper limb work and about 80% for lower. “We take plenty of safety precautions and walk our clients through the process before we start,” he added. “When the cuff is in place, they perform their prescribed exercises. Most of them hate it while they’re using it, but they love the results they get!”

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“It’s a very safe system,” Colvin adds. “The restrictive band is wider than others, for less pressure per square inch, and the device provides automatic Doppler and blood pressure readings.” It also features numerous monitors and controls for added patient safety.

with the cuff on,” he says, “and I still reach a high level of muscle fatigue.”

The procedure has paid off for him. “My strength and endurance have improved, and I’ve started all 10 games this past season,” he says. “I had to sit out parts of the previous two seasons.”

Kaela’s trouble began with an on-field collision in 2016 when she tore her front and back shoulder tendons. To compensate, the softball player moved from shortstop to second base, and her shoulder was surgically repaired later. After a re-injury in early 2018 and hitting a plateau in her recovery, Kaela turned to BFR. “I hadn’t heard of it before, but I was willing to try anything,” Kaela recalls. With the cuff on her right arm, she worked intensively on strengthening and stabilizing both sides of her body. Within just two weeks, she felt stronger and more confident in throwing—so much so that she hopes to return to shortstop for the coming season.

“MY RECOVERY WOULD HAVE TAKEN MUCH LONGER WITHOUT THE RESTRICTION THERAPY,” SHE SAYS. “WE GOT A LOT ACCOMPLISHED in a little time.”

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eather May was accustomed to plenty of physical activity: running at least five (up to 10) kilometers three times each week, playing adult volleyball twice weekly, and frequently visiting the gym.

But a sudden burst of pain effectively sidelined her.

“I had strained my knee while training for the ‘Brew to Brew 10K race,” she says. “That’s a race from the Allentown Brew Works to the one in Bethlehem.

“A month or two later, I experienced excruciating pain in the right side of my lower back. It would just come and go, and no amount of stretching or anything else did much to fix it.”

Heather quit training for four weeks. When she attempted to get ready for the VIA of the Lehigh Valley Marathon, the pain simply grew worse.

It finally reached a point where Heather could barely move. It hurt when she stood; it hurt when she sat. “I even lost work time because of it,” she says. (She’s an assistant chemist with Intertek’s chemical and material testing analysis lab in Allentown.)

When a particularly severe flare-up caused her to seek prompt medical attention, she hit a wall.

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hen 7-Eleven introduced the Big Gulp in 1976, some marketing executives argued it would never take off. Today, America’s quintessential large beverage generates almost 10% of total store revenue.

To no surprise, the majority of us have had issues with weight control at some point in our life. The fact that obesity is still on the rise in our country, however, is a bigger problem. According to Dr. Michael A. Abgott, Chair of Family Medicine at St. Luke’s, “by medical standards 1 in 3 people in our country are overweight, and it’s become an epidemic”.

“A friend suggested trying a PT facility. When I called my doctor for a referral, the office was closed. I turned to St. Luke’s after another hospital network wouldn’t see me without a referral,” she says.

Not only did St. Luke’s connect Heather with the Comprehensive Spine program right away, the staff guided her to Physical Therapy at St. Luke’s in Emmaus—a convenient location for her home and work and (more importantly) one that could see her quickly.

After a thorough analysis of her gait and musculature, Matthew Campbell, PT, DPT designed a course of core-strengthening exercises—such as side planks and bridges, to target her weak transverse abdominal muscles­—and tweaked her running technique as well.

The payoff came quickly. “Before my therapy, I could run a mile in 10:30,” she says. “With my improved strength and technique, I can now clock an average of 9:23 over the course of four miles.”

Her next goal? Running in the St. Luke’s half-marathon on April 28.

“I’m really looking forward to the race,” she says. “If I can hold my average time to 10 minutes-per-mile, I’ll be ecstatic.”

“Obesity is generally considered carrying excessive body weight beyond what is considered healthy”, Dr. Abgott says. “In technical terms, it’s more accurately evaluated by measuring our BMI (Body Mass Index)”, he explains. “Aside from being the cause of other medical issues like diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, it takes years off of our life.” Moderate obesity reduces life expectancy by about 3 years. Severe obesity can shorten our life by as many as 10.

“Although hot trends like 16-hour fasting and the grapefruit diet provide a short-term fix, they’re not at all sustainable solutions to weight loss or

(PCP). Although the majority of Americans believe this to be smart, only half actually do it.

“We clean out our closets every spring and change the oil in our cars every 3,000 miles. Although these things provide piece of mind, attending to our health makes common sense and should be at the very top of the list”, Dr. Ohanian stresses. “Being proactive with your health care is one of the keys to maximizing the benefits of a long, happy, healthy life with friends and family.”

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tephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People presents a structured approach to reaching desired results in life. Thirty years later, it remains one of the best-selling books of all time.

In it, Covey emphasizes being proactive and avoiding waiting around for problems to happen before taking action. Dr. Tony Ohanian at St. Luke’s University Health Network shares this same philosophy for your health.

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weight management. When we address these problems more comprehensively, we have the ability to manage the problem and become a healthier population,” Dr. Abgott says.

Weight management requires education, understanding the drivers that create bad habits, and changing our behaviors. Access to healthier, more affordable foods and culture play a role. Success rates (without the use of medication or medical procedures like bariatric surgery) are related to functional support, nutritional counseling, and an

Regardless of age, circumstances, or risk factors, scheduling and meeting with your doctor annually establishes your family’s medical history and is an opportunity to build a meaningful relationship with your primary care physician. Most health plans pay for it and making it part of your annual routine makes sense.

Annual wellness visits are not unlike a 19-point inspection for your automobile. They are designed to examine us from top to bottom. As a function of age and gender, they generally include checking the eyes, mouth, lungs, heart, abdomen, kidneys, liver, digestive system, and skin. Aside from updating medications and history, your doctor will check your vital signs for heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, and body temperature. Standard tests for cholesterol, blood sugar levels, healthy weight (BMI), bone density, and relevant vaccinations are also addressed.

Scheduling your annual wellness visit today will undoubtedly help you achieve a healthier tomorrow. Sit down with your family, plan it, and get it on your calendar today.

Dr. Tony Ohanian is a native of Bethlehem and treats patients of all ages at St. Luke’s Northern Valley Primary Care (located in Allentown, Northampton and Bath). He is a graduate of Moravian College and the American University of Antigua College of Medicine in New York City. He completed his residency at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem.

actionable plan. Being open minded about discussing the problem in a positive way is key. Understanding that the feelings we have about ourselves also matter.

“At St. Luke’s, we care about making a difference in people’s lives”, Dr. Abgott says.

“We’re invested in our communities. We’re committing resources to programs like Get Your Tail on the Trail, Walk with a Doc, and Kellyn Foundation. We’re leading the way with new programs in Lifestyle Medicine.”

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Palliative Care

BY FRED JERANT

sk your friends or relatives to define “palliative care,” and you’ll probably get one of two answers: “It’s for pain management.”

John R. Interrante, MD, another palliative care specialist, says “Patients may also need social or spiritual help. Our team is tuned into numerous community resources, including social workers, chaplains, support groups, and other services. We want to provide what you need.”

the palliative care team can sometimes suggest ways to simplify patient visits. For example, instead of seeing Dr. Smith for this, and Dr. Jones for that, perhaps Dr. White is qualified to manage both of those areas. And that means fewer trips, fewer co-pays, and more time saved.

The palliative care team often enters at the beginning of treatment. “For example, early-stage cancer therapy usually includes radiation, chemotherapy, surgery—and those can result in serious nausea, sleeplessness, and other qualityof-life conditions that aren’t directly related to the disease,” Dr. Collier says.

Palliative care specialists also consider patients’ other medical conditions. “We might notice that a diabetic with cancer is losing weight because of poor blood sugar control, or eating less than is recommended. In such a case, we would advise the patient’s endocrinologist of the situation,” Dr. Collier says.

But quality-of-life can include time and convenience, as well. Seriously ill patients often must see numerous practices, and

Serious diseases can ebb and flow and so can your need for palliative care.

“Sometimes, we provide a defined course of treatment and then you ‘graduate’ from our practice. At other times, your condition may be cured—but you’re still experiencing residual symptoms; we can help with that, too. The length of treatment is different for each patient we see,” Dr. Collier says.

“It means the patient is going to die soon.”

Well, neither answer is completely accurate. Palliative care focuses on patients with heart failure, cancer, Parkinson’s disease, and other serious illnesses. Some conditions are life-limiting, others are not. And while some patients eventually transition into hospice care, it’s not an absolute outcome.

“When we first meet with a patient,” says AnnElise Collier, MD, a specialist in palliative medicine with St. Luke’s, “we explain that we’re there to help with issues that can accompany a complex medical situation,” such as the social, emotional, and other physical symptoms that can distress such patients and their families.

And treatment plans include the patient’s feedback as well. “How are you feeling overall? What are your health goals? Are you experiencing any side effects?” are just some of the questions typically posed.

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Having a living will or an advanced directive is a good idea for everyone, Dr. Collier adds.

“Realistically, every one of us is going to die someday. Having these important conversations now can reduce stress in the future,” she says.

“We remind patients that an advanced directive is really a gift to their families.”

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SUCCESS STORY In 2015, Judith Travers of Bangor had a sudden and unexpected grand mal seizure at home.

During hospital treatment, she learned that the seizure was triggered by a walnut-sized brain tumor. There was a mass in her chest as well.

Over the next several years, Judy endured brain surgery, the removal of a portion of her left lung, and repeated courses of radiation and chemotherapy—but it wasn’t enough. Recently, her lung cancer reappeared and metastasized to her chest wall.

“Three weeks after my last surgery,” Judy says, “my painkillers were discontinued. Emotionally, I was practically a basket case­—very moody, lots of anxiety and depression. Practically anything could bring me to tears.”

But she turned a major corner when Dr. Collier took on her case.

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“I thought I was facing an impossible mess, but I found that Dr. Collier would listen to all areas of my trouble and work on one thing at a time. Her practical solutions for me included a topical medication for nerve pain and an anti-depressant. I never thought I needed that, but my emotions have evened out considerably,” Judy says.

Her experience with palliative medicine helped get other aspects of her life back on track. “Dr. Collier often asked me ‘what’s missing in your life? How can we get back to it?’ With her encouragement, I returned to my former job. It took me 17 months to do it—but I did it!” she beams.

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armer weather reminds us to get outside and there’s nothing better than a little fresh spring air for the body, mind, and soul. If you haven’t been to the Lil’-Le-Hi Trout Nursery, you’ll find that you’re never too old to enjoy it. And if you have been there, well, you likely already know what a local gem this natural park and wildlife area truly is.

Our own Allentown fish hatchery is typically home to more than 40,000 fish—brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, and golden trout from fingerling size through adult trout measuring 20+ inches. However, this year the trout nursery suffered quite a few challenges and casualties that may impact plans for the Annual Lehigh County Fishing Derby slated for Saturday, May 11.

“This year, we took a real big beating,” says Herbert Gottschall, Jr., president of the Lehigh County Fish and Game Protective Association. “We had to euthanize over 7,500 fish, and we had to stock 10,000 so they wouldn’t get gill lice disease, which the others had. It only affected the rainbows and the goldens. We also had three floods, so right now, in adult size, I think we only have 2,100. Everything else is around 20,000 instead of the usual 40,000.”

Gottschall, Jr. is very involved at the hatchery and adds that only browns and brookies remain, as the gill lice fortunately didn’t affect them. He says new rainbow and golden trout will be reintroduced by the PA Fish Commission once waters test safe and free from gill lice. This could take as long as three years or could occur much sooner, depending on the test results and the

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need for further sanitization. And, although overall numbers are down, the younger fish will eventually mature and make their way through the nursery.

“After they reach adult size, we rotate ponds and things like that, but they have to be stocked within city limits,” says Gottschall, Jr. “We stock from the Little Lehigh to the Big Lehigh, in the Jordan from Rt. 22 down to the Big Lehigh, and the Cedar from the east end of Lake Muhlenberg to the Little Lehigh.”

Three volunteer clubs help to maintain operations at the nursery—the Lehigh County Fish and Game Protective Association, Pioneer Fish and Game Protective Association, and Trout Creek Fish and Game Club. On any given day, you can see fish in various stages of growth swimming in one of 17 waterways at the trout nursery—in a dozen different ponds, three raceway sections, by a head spring, or in the show pond. And for as little as 50 cents, $1, or $2, you can feed the fish for hours to your heart’s content. Simply pick up your food at the Hatch House or from the vending machine on the premises.

Visiting the Lil’-Le-Hi Trout Nursery becomes a special memory for everyone, from the youngest children who love tossing fish food to the trout to their parents, grandparents, and other adults who are out to breathe in the fresh air and experience life in slow motion for a change. No matter what your age, the fish hatchery and park create a lovely landscape to enjoy nature at its finest along with a vigorous walk or a little quiet time to reflect.

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In the major league BY J.F. PIRRO

he tongue-twister—Coopersburg and Cooperstown—the latter the New York home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, is a “pleasant misconception.” Or so says Scott Pino, owner of Coopersburg Sports, the modern incarnation of the nation’s oldest manufacturer of turned wood products, say baseball bats, on record.

Originally known as Coopersburg Handle Works, the business dates to 1791 and the Landis family, when the Upper Saucon Valley, largely Coopersburg, was the commercial center of the region.

Today, Coopersburg Sports in Center Valley is licensed by Major League Baseball to produce and supply each team and 200 of its minor league franchises with mini-bats and other souvenirs. It also provides premium high-end event products like the solid acrylic bat that’s awarded to the MLB MVP each year.

Also, Pino has rights to imprint the World Series logo on products when the champions are crowned. During the World Series, and thereafter, Coopersburg Sports sells thousands of commemorative full-sized bats with the champions’ logo and player signatures. These bats are nationally advertised during the games, and depending on the winning team and its location, can equal as much as 30 percent of annual revenue.

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At its peak between 2001 and 2007, the company was producing nearly one million mini-bats, mini-bat pens and mini-bat key chains and nearly $4 million in revenue a year. Well before that, and the advent of power tools, every hand tool made in America had a wooden handle that was likely turned in Lehigh County at Coopersburg Handle Works.

A railroad car tool, essentially a 7-foot handle, allowed one man behind the wheel of an 830-ton railroad car to move the locomotive one click at a time. During World War II, one lucrative governmental contract called for 300,000 folding foxhole shovel handles. By the 1950s, before licensing, billets were turned into bats for baseball’s Philadelphia Athletics, New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. Pino found that evidence in the form of brass team-logo dies while digging through a cigar box of sawdust. “It was an ‘Oh my God’ moment,” he says.

Players later enshrined in Cooperstown came to Coopersburg to select would-be bats from handle stock of hickory. Agricultural tool handles were made of ash. Each tool, or bat, began as a blank of wood, milled into billets, then was kiln dried before getting turned on an 1800s’ Klotz & Kromer lathe that hummed into the 1980s.

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“Handles came off ugly with a rough neck that needed to be roll-sanded by hand on a sanding belt—brutal work,” says Pino, whose father, Anthony, bought the company that he’s saved and repurposed.

“The final handle (of a shovel, clam fork or boat tiller, for example) was dipped in a lacquer tank, hung and polished, making it pristine enough to hang in a hardware store. But all these tools were eventually replaced: “We were doomed,” he says.

So a story of adaptation evolved for what’s still a family-owned company that’s survived two fires, a collapsed warehouse roof during a snowstorm, initial rejections for a MLB license, a 1994 MLB strike, the game’s steroids era, repeated bouts with its one-time leading opponent, Louisville Slugger, and a collapse in the nation’s economy, all to tell a success story that includes scoring a difficult-to-get Walmart vendor’s license and re-inventing itself after 9/11. That’s when Walmart asked Pino to make LEH I G H VALLE YM AR K E T PL AC E .C O M

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an exclusive American flag magnet by the tens of thousands.

“I didn’t want to benefit from tragedy,” he says.

“But Walmart said people wanted the product, and felt emotional about it. We agreed, then set aside 10 percent of the profits for children of the police-fire and first-responders killed in 9/11.

Man, did we make magnets.”

Then, in 2008 at the height of the economic downturn, when the company needed another rally, Scott’s daughter Jackie wrote to Marcus Lemonis, the once Lebonese orphan turned entrepreneurial genius and host of The Profit, the reality show that focuses on saving good companies in trouble. Lemonis may have paid extra attention to the application: Through his Florida automobile family’s good fortune, he’d befriended local kindred Lee Iacocca in Allentown. Whatever. It worked. Two episodes with Coopersburg Sports aired. Lemonis became Pino’s 50-50 partner for two years, changed a struggling seasonal-based business model and pushed for the diversification and expansion now in play.

In the end, Pino says, “Marcus chose us for who we were—the oldest manufacturer of wood products in the U.S.”

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Lemonis insisted on moving the business to its present location in Center Valley, renting an empty warehouse and injecting $630,000 into retrofitting the rest of the building with offices and infrastructure to expand operations, all while Pino worried that 30 years of his life were on a lathe. Lemonis paid some debt, fixed production flow and suggested selling the old building in Coopersburg, which Pino did. Then, their relationship deteriorated before parting amicably—and not without gratefulness on Pino’s part. “He saved us,” he says, though he and his wife Wendy are now looking for a new investor.

It’s never been easy. Pino was a 20-year-old college senior when his father thrust him into the handle business. He liked sales, knocking on doors and people. It helped. Early, when the company was really in trouble, Pino began calling every remaining old-time hardware store he could.

Soon, company sales jumped from $180,000 to $600,000, then $700,000.

Then, he hit the home run—finding the brass baseball team patterns. The old-timers told him turning bats “was a side thing.” Well, in 1990 he sold the handle works portion of the business to a Bethlehem Steel retiree, who moved it to Bethlehem before it soon folded. In 1991, after multiple rejections and he and his father’s correspondingly persistent response, Pino acquired the MLB license, and mini baseball bats became their primary focus. Within three years, he’d virtually eliminated all competitors.

During the MLB strike in 1994, when there was no World Series, the company fielded angry phone calls “as if it was our fault,” Pino says.

Customers returned so much merchandise he needed to rent a walk-in container to store it all. Then, USA Today called for an interview about how the strike was affecting licensees.

The photo-op captured Pino climbing boxes of returned product. It became the cover of the Money section. MLB’s phone call followed, asking, “What did you tell them?”

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Coopersburg Sports hasn’t completely solved its seasonal, or diversification, problem, but whenever you see the tagline Coopersburg Sports, it’s a Pino innovation like the recent introduction of a home wood products line that he calls Home-Gaiting (like tailgaiting) with an increasing number of usable novelties, say bamboo coasters, unlike those only a diehard fan would buy like a mini-bat.

“You can’t hit with any of our products,” Pino says.

“They’re all souvenirs. We buy trophy grade wood, grades the players won’t use. We take the stuff they call ‘junk,’ but make novelties—something everyone else hangs on a wall.”

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MIKE ENDRES FRANCHISE OWNER

’ve been in my current home for almost 8 years, and it’s great. Really. However, like many of you, I could use more closet space. To gain some perspective and objectivity on the subject, Greg Ahart, the owner and founder of Victory Closets (victoryclosets.com), and Mike Endres, franchise owner of Victory Closets of Greater Berks and Lehigh, offered some great advice on how to tackle what might seem an unwieldly task.

Where should people begin when wanting to “get organized”?

Greg suggests starting by going through your closet and donating and removing anything you haven’t used or worn in the last few years.

“Once you’ve thinned out your closet, it’s much easier to see the type of storage you actually need,” he said, and doing this will also simplify the process. Mike added, “I like to sort through items for things to donate, throw away, and keep, so my space is not overwhelmed, and I have room for new things.”

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If you’re not comfortable with your design and carpentry skills, or don’t have the proper tools, you should leave this to the pros. Greg says that “closet organizers are one of the best upgrades you can make to your home. It not only increases your resale value, but more importantly, it’s something you’ll enjoy using every day.” It’s also important to consider function first. A great closet is one that neatly organizes your clothing while making it easy to access at the same time.

What are important things to keep in mind when researching closet organizers or systems?

When you’re hiring any professional, read their online reviews and check their references. Greg says it’s also important to ask about

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What about how organizers are constructed?

Either a DIY or a professional storage system will be an upgrade to your home and will be used every day, so it should be built to last for years. The installation of your system is just as important as the product. “Closet systems need to hold a lot of weight, so fastening into the wall framing instead of drywall anchors is always a good idea,” Greg shared.

What kinds of organizers are there?

There are typically two types of closet systems: wall-mounted (where the pieces hang off a wall-mounted rail), or floor-mounted (which are attached to the floor and walls). Greg says if you select a floor-mounted system, consider replacing dated or worn out flooring first, as it’s more difficult to change flooring after this type of system is installed. Another tip: this is also a great time to brighten the interior of your closet with a fresh coat of paint.

How do professional closet systems differ from what the big box DIY stores sell?

Big box stores sell organizer systems to fit standard closet sizes. Professional systems are custom, designed for your unique needs and your closet dimensions. Greg says the biggest benefit to a professional closet system from Victory Closets is that after it’s installed, you can easily reconfigure your closet as your needs change, without tools or fasteners. “We also can come out to your house for a design consultation. Or, you can easily email us your dimensions and we can work with you on a design and price quote without any need to disrupt your busy schedule,” Greg says. Another plus: Victory Closets guarantees their closet system for as long as you live in your home.

I only have 30 minutes: What can I do to start getting my closets organized?

Greg says start with the something you can do easily: separate clothing by what you wear the most and what you wear the least. By neatly folding or hanging up your most used clothing (and placing the less frequently worn clothes

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ou are Colombian dancers,” Dominic Fiore tells the young string players. He counts out loud then points animatedly from one section to another as he sings its line, smiling and laughing. A few rooms away, high-school-age musicians have settled back into rehearsal after the stress of seating auditions.

“Play the accents,” Kenneth Bean tells them simply as he conducts a section of Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite.

It’s Tuesday night at First Presbyterian Church in Bethlehem. The Young People’s Philharmonic Senior Orchestra and Junior String Philharmonic are rehearsing.

Since 1976, more than 3,000 talented middle school and high school age instrumentalists from throughout the Lehigh Valley and neighboring counties have gathered weekly from September to May to study and perform original works from the orchestral and string orchestra repertoire. Chosen by audition, the players work with their conductor, as well as with professional coaches, honing their techniques and musicianship and gaining valuable performance experience. In addition to formal concerts, the students go on the road, performing in the community and at area schools, including their own, where many are active in the musical programs. And while only a small percentage go on to careers in music, most continue with it in some form or another.

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She is a fan of the YPP’s focus on classical music, which she says is “something you can learn from.” The repertoire balances and contrasts well with that of her high school’s regular and honors orchestras.

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local color Likewise, the vision of YPP’s late co-founders Jerry T. and Nancy Bidlack remains a part of the organization, even through transition and expansion. Jerry, a music professor at Lehigh University, and Nancy, a cellist and music educator, started the YPP soon after moving to the Lehigh Valley, after learning there was no local youth orchestra. “They held auditions, and there was such a big turnout, they had enough students to start both the YPP and the JSP,” says Molly Bidlack Bean, their daughter and a member of the board. Jerry conducted the YPP until retiring in 2016. Nancy conducted the JSP until 2010, when ALS affected her mobility. Kenneth Bean, who as a high school trumpet player had studied with and later taught with the Bidlacks at Kinhaven Music School, took over the JSP; with Jerry’s retirement, he moved over to the YPP. Fiore, who had taught bass at Kinhaven with the Bidlacks, then took over the JSP. “I feel like I’m preserving a legacy,” Fiore says. But he brings his own approach to the young string ensemble. An expert in the Suzuki method, he focuses on ear training. “I expect them to be able to sing everything they play.” He also uses humor. “If they’re not having a good time, there’s no point in being here.”

The JSP experience prepares the students for the YPP, where even more is expected from them. “I treat them like they’re in a professional group or a group in college,” says Bean. “I stress personal preparation and attention to their colleagues. They can get a lot out of the experience.”

His message is absorbed by the players. “Everyone has that same drive to keep going and learn more.

Not just their own part, but the other parts,” notes concertmaster Leah McCann, a Northampton High School junior.

In the past few years, the original ensembles have been joined by five chamber groups — three string quartets, a brass quintet and a woodwind quintet — and, this year, the YPP Wind Symphony. The first chamber group, a string quartet, sprung from a 2012 request from the Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem for curtain music for one of its concerts.

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her death later that year. The program grew from there, offering focused students an intense musical experience with more hands-on coaching.

In fall, the YPP gained a feeder program for the winds of its Senior Orchestra with the birth of the Wind Symphony. Led by Nancy Beitler, the ensemble comprises wind players from sixth through ninth grade, with some YPP Senior Orchestra members serving as mentors and rounding out the group. “The word is getting out,” Beitler says, adding that the group has nearly doubled in size from the fall to spring semester and now numbers 20. “We’re growing and the kids are doing well.”

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WIND SYMPHONY The Young People’s Philharmonic Wind Symphony is not only the newest organization under the YPP umbrella, it’s also the latest in a rich local history of youth bands, says Wind Symphony Director Nancy Beitler. The Juvenile Band of Allentown, founded in 1907, gave boys an opportunity to play through the 1970s. In the 1980s, the Lehigh Valley Youth Band, a small ensemble affiliated with the Marine Band, took its place. Its last performance was in 1996, Beitler says, adding that there was then “a long break where the Valley, which supports many fine community bands, has had no youth band.”

That changed in the fall, when the Wind Symphony began rehearsing. The ensemble plays a variety of music, generally of a higher degree of difficulty than that played by middle school bands, and serves as a supplemental program for students who want a little more challenge, like a traveling sports team, Beitler says. Membership has already doubled. “The kids seem to be really enjoying it; they seem to be excited about the variety of music. They don’t ever tell me it’s too hard. They say it’s hard work. They seem to like the challenge.”

The ensemble will hold its spring concert at 7 p.m. on April 28 at Bethany United Methodist Church, Wescosville.

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WHAT’S THE FLYING EGG’S CULINARY STYLE? The advantage of American cuisine is having whatever we want on the menu. Global accents, from a South of the Border Benedict to The Caprese Omelet, supplement traditional tastes such as a Three Meat Skillet with cheesy biscuits and poached eggs or Buttermilk Waffles with caramelized apples. There’s also an abundance of vegetarian, vegan and glutenfree dishes—an important direction of the new foodie scene—such as Avocado Toast, Tofu Scramble, and Banana French Toast with maple butter. Lunch, which begins at 11 a.m.,

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ANYTHING NEW HAPPENING? Spring will bring expanded hours and a selection of large plates that include Chicken Parmesan, Mac ’n’ Cheese, Steak Frites, and several vegan dishes. With full bar service, guests may enjoy beer, wine, or a favorite cocktail with dinner.

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WEST END ST. PAT’S 5K SUNDAY, MARCH 17 | 12:15 PM MEMORIAL HALL | MUHLENBERG COLLEGE LIBERTY STREET BETWEEN 23RD AND 24TH STREET ALLENTOWN Race starts 12:15pm sharp. Race-day bib pick-up begins at 11am in Seegers Union on Muhlenberg's campus. Race begins and ends at Memorial Hall, Muhlenberg College; Liberty Street between 23rd and 24th Street in Allentown. Entry Fees: $36 through race closing on March 12 at 6pm. There will be no race-day registration for this event. This race will close. This is a Tail on the Trail approved event. For details and to register, go to westendstpats5k.com.

ALLENTOWN ST. PATRICK'S PARADE SUNDAY, MARCH 17 | 1:30PM WEST END ALLENTOWN The Allentown St. Patrick's Parade will march down the streets for a 62nd year! The first known St. Patrick's Parade was held in Allentown in the late 1860's, making it the Lehigh Valley's oldest Irish celebration.

A Massed Bands Exhibition will take place immediately before the Parade at 1:00pm on North 19th Street between Tilghman and Liberty Streets. All pipe bands will perform in unison under the direction of Drum Major Jason Litz. The parade route will form at the Fairgrounds track near the Liberty and 19th Streets gate (Main Gate vicinity) and begin at 1:30pm. The Parade will proceed West on Liberty, turn North on 19th Street, West on Tilghman Street to 25th Street, South on 25th Street to Liberty Street, then East on Liberty Street and disband at the Fairgrounds 19th Street gate. The Parade will be led by the 2019 King and Queen Phil & Kim Ferguson riding in a white coach drawn by a team of Belgium horses. Visit allentownstpatricksparade.com for more information.

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FINDING NEVERLAND is “far and away the best musical of the year!” (NPR).

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LEHIGH VALLEY AUTO SHOW THURSDAY, MARCH 21 - SUNDAY, MARCH 24 STABLER ARENA | 124 GOODMAN DR BETHLEHEM The 2019 Lehigh Valley Auto Show celebrates the show’s 22nd anniversary and the largest show ever with 140,000 square feet of new cars, trucks, SUVs, crossovers, vans and cycles in four venues on Lehigh University’s Goodman Campus. From Thursday through Saturday, hours are 10am-9pm. On Sunday, the show is open from 10am-6pm. Ticket prices are $10 for adults, $7 for senior citizens (ages 55+) and children (ages 6-14), and $25 for a family four-pack. Children under five receive free admission. Tickets can be purchased in person or online. Parking at the show is free. Additional information and online tickets are available at glvada.org.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 23 | 9AM-12PM LEHIGH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 432 W WALNUT ST | ALLENTOWN Beginners and experts alike will discover fascinating sessions to help them in the search for their families’ roots at this all-new workshop. $15 members; $30 non-members; preregistration and prepayment are required. Please contact Alyce Templeton at 610-435-1074, Ext. 14 for registration.

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ALLENTOWN RUBBER STAMP & PAPER ARTS FESTIVAL FRIDAY, MARCH 29 & SATURDAY, MARCH 30 10AM-5PM | AGRI-PLEX AT ALLENTOWN FAIRGROUNDS 302 N 17 ST | ALLENTOWN Art stamps, card-making, scrapbooking, paper crafts, paper and supplies. Classes, Free Demonstrations, Make & Takes and ATC Contest. Friendly Exhibitors, Fabulous Products, New Techniques and a wonderful weekend of fun! $8 each day, $12 2-Day at the door. Visit heirloompro.com /product/allentown-pennsylvania for more information.

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FORENSICS: BLOODSTAIN PATTERN ANALYSIS TUESDAY, APRIL 9 | 7-8:30PM SOUTHERN LEHIGH PUBLIC LIBRARY 3200 PRESTON LN | CENTER VALLEY

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Retired forensic scientist with the Pennsylvania State Police and current Cedar Crest College instructor, Ms. Carol Ritter, will explore the reconstruction and blood splatter analysis of homicides through slides and lecture. Part of the Evening with Friends Series, made possible through donations from the Charles Wilde Memorial. Admission is $10.00 pp ($8.00 FSLPL members). Register in person at the library or call 610-282-8825.

5TH ANNUAL FEPA MASQUERADE BALL SATURDAY, APRIL 6 | 8PM BANK STREET ANNEX 316 NORTHAMPTON ST | EASTON Masquerade Ball is an evening of fabulous costumes and glamour, a chance to connect with fellow Easton-lovers, have a few drinks, raise money for a great cause, and dance the night away. The event is black tie and mask optional. Event highlights include: dancing the night away with DJ Brad Smith, joining the Second Line with Big Easy Easton Brass, a mask contest with several categories, hors d’oeuvres, and a silent auction featuring a live-painted work of art and gift baskets. Join us with VIP Admission and get access to an open bar, food selections from local Easton restaurants, a dessert station, and a special ‘thank you’ favor.

All proceeds from the event go to support Friends of Easton’s “Bright Lights, Vibrant Easton” campaign. Bright Lights, Vibrant Easton will use the fundraising efforts of FEPA to work with the city’s Public Works Department to sponsor lighting solutions in darker areas of the city. Well-lit areas are not only safer but also more inviting, encouraging foot traffic throughout our neighborhoods and to local businesses. With the support of our residents, local businesses, and visitors, we will make Easton a brighter place for everyone.

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