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2009 February © Volume 6 • Issue 2 voice Pages 8 BusinessThe Official Newsletter of the York County Chamber of Commerce byMembers Cindy Kalinoski, The Word Helper Innovate to Save Energy As 2009 takes shape, Performing Arts Center. “We discovered that the Strand’s HVAC control system was the recession is not the never fully installed, and was running flat out 24/7,” says Sheffer. They put schedules only challenge facing our in and finished programming the system, saving the Strand approximately $50,000 members. Two giants with a year in operating costs. whom we must also wrestle Up the street, Crispus Attucks (CA) Association is planning its first “net zero are rate cap expiration and building”–─one that produces as much energy as it uses. It also began construction energy mandates. The last on what CA’s Carol Kauffman believes is the city’s first geothermal system for of the rate caps expire next HVAC. “We’re looking to be very progressive with this,” she says wisely. “We’re very year, and HB 2200, passed interested in energy savings so we can put more of our funds toward programs. Plus in October, requires a it helps the community all around to save energy.” reduction in energy load *Mr. Lloyd is the guest speaker at the Economics Club breakfast on Wednesday, and peak demand. February 25. Visit www.YorkChamber.com to register. BV According to Pennsylvania Small Business Advocate William Lloyd Jr.*, major Janelle Stelson to Emcee Inaugural Dinner electric utilities need to reduce their load by at least 1% by the end of May 2011 and Janelle Stelson, News Anchor at WGAL, will by 3% by May 2013. At the same time, they need to reduce peak demand by 4.5% emcee at the York County Chamber’s Inaugural by May 2013. Dinner presented by Susquehanna Bank on Friday, Let’s assume your company is about the size of a restaurant and you use 10,000 March 20 in Memorial Hall West at the York Expo KW hours a month. You could be asked to reduce your usage by 1%, or 100 KW Center. hours, over the next two years to help the utilities make their first goal. So would Janella was born in Fairbanks, Alaska and grew every other customer. up in the Seattle, Washington area. She is a graduate Skewing this, warns Lloyd, is the fact that larger customers have already invested of the University of Puget Sound with a Bachelor in energy-saving measures, reducing their usage. For smaller customers, the payback of Arts degree in politics and government. She period has often been too long to make financial sense. Lloyd believes that now there also studied international politics and advanced will be “a significant incentive to conserve simply because prices are going up”. German language at the Austro-American Another sticking point is with leased buildings. Neither renters nor landlords want Institute in Vienna, Austria. Janelle’s first job was to invest in energy saving equipment because, either in the long- or the short-term, writing speeches at the Embassy of Egypt in they won’t own or benefit from the equipment─or the savings. Lloyd is looking for Washington, DC. financial incentives to be available to help encourage these investments. Janelle joined WGAL-TV in 1997 after returning Despite these challenges, Chamber members are taking strategic steps. Marcus to the Susquehanna Valley and anchoring the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts for Sheffer of Energy Opportunities says one endowment of the York County Community WHP-TV in Harrisburg. She also worked with WITF, hosted a statewide public Foundation (YCCF) funds energy-saving programs for local nonprofits. Energy television broadcast with the governor of Pennsylvania and anchored “Computer Opportunities contracts with YCCF to help organizations like the Strand-Capitol Chronicles” on PBS. continued on pg. 5
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A business insurance program that has returned To help our members grow York County’s economy while improving our environment, preserving our quality of life and promoting individual initiative, responsibility and free enterprise. over $4.2 million As we look to the future, part of the Chamber’s York County Chamber Mission Statement in premium dividends to its members. strategy is working with up-and-coming professionals. As members, we too benefit from the Dr. Joel Rodney, Penn State York, Chair n Offered exclusively to Chamber members contributions of young adults. Thomas Donley, Chamber President n Hal McClure, PACE Resources, Inc., Executive Committee Chair Competitive pricing and comprehensive business For the Chamber, coming up on March 3 are the insurance coverages Arlene LaPore,Chamber Susquehanna Officers Wealth & 2008-2009 Investment Co., Chair Elect Senior Honor Awards. Penn State York is proud n Outstanding loss control, claim & customer services James Gante, Stambaugh-Ness, PC, Treasurer to sponsor this program, now in its 23rd year of Ron Hershner, Esq., Stock and Leader, Contact Shannon Clancy at the Chamber celebrating our youth. Approximately 200 honor roll Attorneys at Law, General Counsel today to learn how you can join. students will be recognized. 717-848-4000 For Penn State, I have been recruiting students Michael Black, Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania from India to participate in a “2+2” agreement Ron Blevins, The Wolf Organization between our campus and the Vidyalankar School of Dave Brown, Brown’s Orchards & Farm Market Information Technology, an Affiliated College of the Chamber ElizabethDirectors Dellinger 2008 - 2009 University of Mumbai. Eight of our ten students are Jennifer Geesey, Central Penn Benefits on the Dean’s list and are fitting in socially as well. Steve Gohn, CBY Systems, Inc. John Klinedinst, C. S. Davidson, Inc. One is the new student government president, and John Lloyd, MANTEC, Inc. they are all looking forward to doing their senior Crawford McFerran, Wachovia Bank, N.A. www.PennNationalInsurance.com internship with a York County business. Adrienne McNeil, York County Community Against Racism Student interns (see photos) have helped us greatly Dennis Miner Leroy Moore, Jr., Wells Fargo Home Mortgage at the Chamber as we work to achieve our goals. Tony Pantano, IMWAVE, Inc. Scott Rogers, The Glatfelter Agency Debbie Simon, SF & Company, CPAs and Business Consultants Reach over 2,500 Chamber Kim Walsh, Inside Out Creative Stewart Weinberg, PhD, Dallastown Area School District Members every month! Anne Zerbe, Esq., CGA Law Firm, PC voice
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Business people and local legislators from Washington, Harrisburg and Toyota Arena at the York discuss the importance of fostering a healthy business climate. York Expo Center Media Sponsor: WPMT Fox 43. Register online at www.YorkChamber.com.
Business & Technology Expo Exhibitors’ Breakfast Fri, February 20 / 7:30 a.m., Pennsylvania Room, York Expo Center Make the Business & Technology Expo work for you by attending this idea Why We Exhibit. sharing and networking breakfast. Presentations by FASTSIGNS, Exhibit Studios and Inside Out Creative. This is your chance to learn the best way to market your booth from traditional to non-traditional ideas. Breakfast is free to all exhibitors. Register online at www.YorkChamber.com.
York County Chamber Economics Club Presented by Wed, February 25 / 7:30 a.m., The Yorktowne Hotel Mr. William R. Lloyd, Jr. from the Office of Small Business Advocate in Harrisburg will address the Electric Rates Issues. Registration begins at 7:10 a.m. Register online at www.YorkChamber.com. “One of the things we like best about the Expo is being able to demonstrate hands-on with business owners how our technology will improve their business.” New Member Orientation Presented by Thu, February 26 / 8 a.m., Chamber Board Room -Ryan Petzar, Sprint Assistant Store Manager -Brett Dunhoft, Sprint Regional Sales Director New Member Orientation is for all new members and new employees of existing members. Learn the ins and outs of how your business can best benefit from your Chamber membership. Don’t forget your business cards. Register online at www.YorkChamber.com. For more information visit www.YorkChamber.com or call 717-771-4575
Small Business Seminar Series – Lunch Plus Presented by Thu, February 26 / Noon, Pennsylvania Room, York Expo Center Presenting Gold Sponsors Media Jeffrey Witmer, ActionCOACH of Central Pennsylvania, presents Sponsor Sponsor “Raving Fans.” Join us and learn how to create “raving fans” in your business. Register online at www.YorkChamber.com.
4 | February 2009 www.YorkChamber.com www.YorkChamber.com PRObus iness> by Bob Jensenius Insight Awaits YOU at the Annual Legislative Luncheon
If you attended last year’s Legislative Luncheon, Yorktowne Hotel. Visit www.YorkChamber.com for you heard the York County delegation discuss more information and to register. proposed legislation that would bring long overdue With thanks to all our sponsors, the York County changes in the school funding formula, to the benefit Chamber is pleased to be able to bring together our of growing school districts. Within a few months, elected officials to discuss your business needs and those changes became a reality. Previous attendees concerns. They are: to the Legislative Lunch have said that they enjoy Media Sponsor - WPMT Fox 43; Gold Sponsors - getting up-to-date information on a wide coverage Glatfelter Insurance Group, The Wolf Organization, of topics from the people who know. What valuable Inc., Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station; Silver insights await the attendees this year? Sponsors - Campbell Operations/Cooper Hand The entire York County Senate and House Tools, C. S. Davidson, Inc., Normandie Ridge, delegations have been invited to speak. Typically, MANTEC, Inc., Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc., the elected officials remain after the conclusion Adams Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Small Business of the formal meeting for the opportunity to take Sponsors - Reger, Rizzo & Darnell, LLP, JDB questions from Chamber members in attendance Engineering, Inc., Graffin Associates, PC, Bardol & and to network. Company, Threefold Janitorial Services, Inc.; Premier Register today for the 2009 York County Chamber Table Sponsors - Penn National Insurance, RGS of Commerce Legislative Luncheon presented by Associates, Inc., Lutheran Social Services of South Memorial Hospital on Friday, February 6 at The Central PA, Brown’s Orchards & Farm Market.
continued from cover Janelle began her journalism career at WHTM-TV in Harrisburg as a general assignment reporter and A Step in Eliminating Plastic weather anchor. In 1989 she moved to Miami to work for WPLG-TV where she covered hurricanes, Bags at the Airport Haitian riots and one of the biggest drug busts in If you’ve ever been inconvenienced by having to U.S. history. She is the recipient of several Associated put your consumable liquids through the bag routine Press awards for reporting. She has covered stories at the airport, the U.S. Department of Homeland both nationally and internationally. Security (www.dhs.gov/index.shtm) wants you to know Committed to serving in the community, Janelle it’s working on a solution. The bag routine began after serves on the board of directors for the Humane the plot to blow up transatlantic airlines with liquid League of Lancaster County. The annual reader poll explosives was uncovered in London in 2006. for Senior News of Lancaster County and Dauphin County named Janelle “Best News Anchor.” DHS has teamed with Los Alamos National Janelle can be seen on WGAL weeknights as she Laboratory to find a possible solution. A new screening co-anchors “News 8 at 5:30 p.m.” and “News 8 at prototype is showing promise; the technology reveals 11 p.m.” the magnetic changes of individual materials at the The 2009 Inaugural Dinner is presented by molecular level and stores them in a database, which Susquehanna Bank, and is sponsored by York then allows for differentiation and identification of many Newspaper Co., Media Sponsor; On-Line Publishers, materials that may be packaged together or separately as Inc.,/Business Woman/b Magazine, WGAL-TV, Inc. they go through the screening process. The technology is Gold Sponsors; Memorial Hospital, Fulton Bank, called SENSIT, and it has already been shown to be able Glatfelter Insurance Group, WellSpan Health, The to differentiate among more than four dozen materials Wolf Organization, Inc., Inside Out Creative, Beard considered safe to be on aircrafts. Miller Company LLP, Silver Sponsors; and Conrad Siegel Actuaries, Central Penn Benefits, Barley “Having to place your consumable liquids through Snyder LLC, SF & Company, CPAs and Business the baggie routine when going through airport security Consultants, Adhesives Research, Inc., Capital may one day be history,” says Science and Technology BlueCross, Susquehanna Style Magazine, Stock and Program Manager Brian Tait, “and that’s going to make Leader, Attorneys at Law, Bronze Sponsors. BV a lot of people very happy.” www.YorkChamber.com February 2009 | 5 NEWmembers> The Chamber Welcomes You! businesspeople> Remember to contact these and other York County Chamber members when you are in the market for a product or service they provide. Glenn A. Hafer, FSA, has been All Clean Services wHoly Chicken named to the Management Janitorial Services - Cleaning Service & Supplies Restaurants - Specialty Foods Committee of Conrad Siegel PO Box 7448 320 E Philadelpia St Actuaries. He is a Fellow of York, PA 17404 York, PA 17403 the Society of Actuaries and Phone: 717-779-9601 Phone: 717-854-5424 a partner in the firm and a Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] graduate of Lebanon Valley Capt. Bob’s Crabs WRS Motorsports, LLC College. He specializes in Restaurants Motorcycle & ATV Repair retirement plan consulting 1 E Main St 1188 Felton Rd with specific expertise in multi-employer plans. Railroad, PA 17355 Red Lion, PA 17356 Phone: 717-235-1166 Phone: 717-246-1554 Email: [email protected] Lifestyles Fitness & Weight Loss Studio Shirley Senft was honored Fitness Center for her five years of dedicated 2820 Whiteford Rd service to York SCORE. York, PA 17402 She is a past president of Phone: 717-650-6537 York County Bankers Email: [email protected] Thank You Association, volunteers LogoXpres, LLC to the following Chamber Members who with the Cultural Alliance Advertising - Specialties continued their support of the business of York County and is 715 Woodside Rd communityby renewing with the Chamber. currently serving as a tutor York, PA 17406 at Alexander Goode School in York. Phone: 717-755-5454 12 Volt Options of York Email: [email protected] 1st Class Travel, Inc. 321 To Go Melaleuca - Lisa Pflugh 9 West Cafe Voni Grimes was honored Health - Nutrition A 1 Power Clean, Inc. for his 10 years of dedicated 45 Leah St A Better Courier A2Z Compliance, LLC service to York SCORE. He Dillsburg, PA 17019 is a past-president of York Phone: 717-991-0367 AAA Southern Pennsylvania Email: [email protected] Abundant Joy Travel Recreation Commission Accounting Unlimited and former director of the Members 1st Federal Credit Union Adecco Employment Services Princess Street Center. He Credit Unions Admisphere Advanced Merchant Services was a founding member of 3175 Cape Horn Rd ACCESS-York, Community Red Lion, PA 17365 Advanced Vein And Laser Center, Inc. Aerotek Commercial Staffing Progress Council, York Phone: 717-378-5002 AFLAC - Bonnie Brenner Email: [email protected] County Legal Service AFLAC - Missy Thomas-Brandt and co-founded York Members 1st Federal Credit Union All Clean Services Allergy & Asthma Consultants, Inc. County Parks (Rocky Ridge). Credit Unions Allstate Insurance / R. Gregory Nicholas, CIC, LUTCF 350 Newberry Commons AM PM HVACR, Inc. Etters, PA 17319 American Enterprise Funding, LLC Mark Broomell, P.E., Phone: 717-938-2098 American Express Corporate Services was appointed Director Email: [email protected] American Heart Association - York Division of Consultant Services at American Sign Co. Shippensburg University Anderson, Converse & Fennick Providence Engineering Schools - Higher & Continuing Education Anstine’s Sweet Stop Corporation. He will oversee Office of Extended Studies, Horton 109 Appearances Salon & Spa the work performed as Shippensburg, PA 17257 Arbonne International structural sub-consultants Phone: 717-477-1502 ASL Services to their architectural clients, Email: [email protected] Atlantic Caisson Corp. Austin Law Firm, LLC ensuring that structural Simpson Snow Removal and Lawn Care Automotive Passions / York Dyno designs meet architectural requirements, and Snow Removal Aytan Dove Appraisal Company continues to act as a structural engineer. He is a 1986 340 S Duke St B. Joyful DJ Services graduate of Pennsylvania State University. York, PA 17401 Baby Cakes Phone: 717-578-1199 BAE Systems Email: [email protected] Bair’s Fried Chicken at Central and Eastern Markets Baldwin Enterprises William D. Craft, vice Speedy Notary Plus, LLC Barber Mechanicals president of service for James Notary Public Basement Waterproofing Solutions, Inc. CRAFT & Son, Inc., was 465 Ivory Rd Battery Associates, Inc. recently honored by his peers York, PA 17402 Beard Miller Company, LLP Beard Printing & Publishing in the construction industry Phone: 717-747-1338 with the Outstanding Email: [email protected] Beijo Bags Independent Sales Representative BELKIS, Inc. Contributor Award of the UNFI Ben’s RV Center Jack Miller Network, an elite Food - Service Distributions Benchmark Group Media organization of over 700 225 Cross Farm Ln Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, TRC Plumbing, Inc. Beyond Coffee construction industry firms York, PA 17406 from throughout the United States and Canada. Phone: 717-266-7800 6 | February 2009 www.YorkChamber.com www.YorkChamber.com cuttings
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Max Reiss Jewelers & The YMCA of York & York County Watchmaker’s Daughter Graham Aquatic Center 22 N Beaver St 543 N Newberry St York, PA 17401 York, PA 17404 717-848-1066 717-812-0119 The Watchmaker’s Daughter is the new look of family-owned The Graham Aquatic Center will be home to all the YMCA’s Max Reiss Jewelers, established in 1945. We offer unique, fine and competitive swimming programs. The state of the art 33,000 handmade jewelry and art, custom design, and in-house jewelry square foot indoor facility features 16 training lanes and seating and watch repair. for nearly 700 spectators.
25-Year Members Congratulations to these members who have celebrated 25 years of membership in the York County Chamber of Commerce. Visit the photo gallery at www.YorkChamber.com to view other 25-year members.
Crabtree Rohrbaugh & Associates HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of York 401 E Winding Hill Rd 1850 Normandie Dr Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 York, PA 17408 717-2458-0272 717-767-6941 www.cra-architects.com www.healthsouth.com
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6th Annual LSS Cornerstone Dinner April 16, 2009 the Yorktowne Hotel
Guest Speaker Dr. Patch Adams Physician & Subject of the Film Patch Adams will present “Living a Life of Joy”
The LSS Cornerstone Award recognizes individuals who give outstanding support and service to the York community. Watch for the 2009 LSS Cornerstone Award recipient announcement coming soon!
Sponsorship/Advertising Opportunities Available. Call LSS Foundation, 717-854-4425, for more information. Grand SponSor www.lutheranscp.org