September 16 1999 Press Releases

For Immediate Release
September 30, 1999 Press Releases

Children’s Miracle Network Charity Hockey Game Scheduled
Hershey, PA – The first annual Children’s Miracle Network Charity Hockey Game will take place on October 3 at the Hersheypark Arena; face off time is 6p. The CMN Champions Team features a number of diverse professionals and hockey talents. The line-up of the CMN squad features athletes from various professions — including a paramedic, a deputy coroner, and law enforcement officials — as well as seasoned hockey veterans, including former Hershey Bears stars Mike McHugh and Mitch Lamoureux. The night’s opponent for the CMN Champions is the Philadelphia Flyer Alumni "Broad Street Bullies."

In addition to the hockey action, autographed memorabilia from the Philadelphia Flyers and Hershey Bears will be sold in a silent auction, with all proceeds benefiting the Children’s Miracle Network at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Children’s Miracle Network is an international non-profit organization that raises funds and awareness for children’s health issues.

Internationally Renowned Chef Joins the Staff of Felicita
Harrisburg, PA – Internationally renowned Chef Jean-Paul Lucy has arrived at Felicita, bringing with him global cuisine experience.

The Frenchman was born in South Africa, where he began cooking at an early age. Lucy went on to graduate from the Hotel School of Tours, France.

Chef Lucy is a well-traveled, multi-cultural person, who has an extensive culinary resume. In addition to the United States, Chef Lucy has served his international menu, which boasts fresh, quality ingredients, in such exotic places as Kenya, Polynesia, and the West Indies.

Felicita is a 650-acre retreat in Pennsylvania’s Blue Mountains, featuring world-class golf, a full service spa, two restaurants, Italian Gardens, and new lodge rooms for overnight accommodations.

Blood Banks Association Grants Accreditation to PinnacleHealth
Harrisburg, PA – PinnacleHealth Hospitals has been granted accreditation by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) according to Susan Edwards, senior vice president for operations, PinnacleHealth System. Specifically, PinnacleHealth Hospitals accreditation was extended to its hospital-based facilities for its performances in transfusion and donor center activities.

Accreditation follows an intensive on-site assessment by specially trained representatives of the Association and establishes that the level of medical, technical, and administrative performance within the facilities meets or exceeds standards set by the AABB. By successfully meeting those requirements, PinnacleHealth Hospitals joins more than 2,000 similar facilities across the United States and abroad that have earned the AABB accreditation.

Since 1958, the AABB has been engaged in the accreditation of blood banks and transfusion services. The Accreditation Program assists blood banks and transfusion services in determining whether methods, procedures, personnel knowledge, equipment, and the physical plant meet established requirements ensuring safe transfusion practice.

PinnacleHealth Hospitals operates Blood Donor Centers at Harrisburg and Polyclinic Hospitals in Harrisburg, and at Seidle Hospital in Mechanicsburg.

March of Dimes Announces

Winners of Rubber Duck Regatta
Harrisburg, PA – The Susquehanna Division of the March of Dimes has announced the winners of its 12th Annual Rubber Duck Regatta. A Kipona Festival tradition, the Regatta was held on the Susquehanna River September 5 and raised a record breaking total of more than $50,000 dollars for the local charity.

The Regatta’s first place winner, taking home a $300 Boscov’s Gift Certificate and a trip for two to Bahamas courtesy of All Season Travel, was Christine Basso of Enola. The second place winner, Alyce Forsman of Mechanicsburg, took home a five diamond, one carat total weight band courtesy of Mountz Jewlers. Tab Hunter of Camp Hill, the third place winner, received a $250 Painting Red Rhinos Gift Certificate and a $500 First Union Savings Bond. And, finally, the fourth place duck, belonging to York Haven’s Reita Hall, garnered a blue topaz and diamond ring courtesy of BJ’s Wholesale Club.

All proceeds from the Rubber Duck Regatta benefited the Susquehanna Division of the Central Pennsylvania March Of Dimes. The March of Dimes is working to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects through community services, advocacy, research, and education.

Medical Instructor Wins State Award
Harrisburg, PA – Karen Altland, Medical Assistant Instructor at Academy of Medical Arts and Business in Harrisburg has been named "1999 Outstanding Instructor in Allied Health" by the Pennsylvania Association of Private School Administrators (PAPSA).

Altland, currently in her seventh year as an instructor at the Academy, was selected for the award based on her instructor techniques, innovations, effectiveness, and originality with students. Altland has repeatedly produced Medical Assistants of high-level ability in laboratory and patient testing settings by building skills through direct hands-on experience.

The award was recently presented to Altland during the PAPSA Annual Conference.

Academy of Medical Arts and Business is located at 4200 Linglestown Road on Academy Drive, and offers a Degree in 15 months or a Diploma in 9 months in the Computer, Medical, Paralegal, Massage Therapy, Dental, and Child Care fields.

Leukemia Society In Need of Running Teams
Harrisburg, PA – The Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Leukemia Society of American is in need of teams of four runners to compete in the Harrisburg Marathon. Each runner on the Team will run approximately six miles as part of a relay team. The Harrisburg Marathon will be held on November 7.

The relay team will be part of the Team in Training program of the Leukemia Society. The purpose of the relay run is to raise funds for patient aid and research. The money raised from the Harrisburg Marathon relay teams will stay in Central Pennsylvania. To date, the Team in Training program that consists of 104 participants in various events has raised $55,000 since July. The goal is to raise $280,000 by July, 2000.

Any four person team that is interested in running in the Harrisburg Marathon as part of the Team in Training should contact Mary Ann Kennedy at the Leukemia Society of America office by calling 652-6520 for details.

Travel Professionals Expands
Harrisburg, PA – Travel Professionals/American Express has named Laurel Belding to the newly created position of assistant to the president.

Belding, a 16-year veteran of the travel industry, has held a variety of other positions as part of her extensive career — including Director of Public Relations and Sales Promotions with Premier Cruise Lines and Vice President of Marketing with Rollins Jamaica, Ltd./Rose Hall Developments.

In the newly created position of assistant to the president, Belding will focus on sales promotion, public relations, and advertising.

Mari Atchason, president of TPI/AmEx, said, "We are responding to the need for travel agencies to be more aggressive in the marketplace. Travelers have more choices than ever when it comes to planning and booking their vacations, and agencies must do more to advertise their unique service and knowledge of travel products that are available to the consumer."

Travel Professionals/American Express, located at 220 North 2nd Street, is a full-service vacation travel agency specializing in luxury cruises, group tours, and customized global vacations.

Restorations Completed at Former McFarland Press Building
Harrisburg, PA – Earlier this month, Mayor Stephen R. Reed formally dedicated the newly-restored McFarland Press Building at 1139 Mulberry Street. The $6.35 million rehabilitation project, conducted by McFarland Press Associates, now provides 49 affordable housing units to low and moderate-income persons, as well as ample rehearsal and performance space for the Danzante cultural group.

Used continuously for a century as a major printing facility and publishing house, the site underwent serious blight after its abandonment before its restoration by a public-private partnership involving the City, the state, the Federal Home Loan Bank, the non-profit Capital Region Community Action Commission, and the privately-held Pennrose Properties and Pro Development Company.

Reed said the restoration effect is a signature preservation effort for Allison Hill. The project involved the complete rehabilitation of the two-building complex, ‘gutting’ most of the formerly blighted sight, and installing the likes of new electrical systems and home amenities in the one, two, and three bedroom units.

Reed said the project also creates a community arts center, operated by Danzante. The $250,000 restoration project now underway for their space allows for 5,400 square feet of rehearsal, performance, and office space.

NetComm Solutions, Inc. Names Staff Additions
Mechanicsburg, PA – NetComm Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce Kent Eitner and Marc Haines, the most recent additions to NetComm’s technical services staff. Eitner and Haines are both certified as Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers, and Haines is a Certified Novell Administrator.

Located at 4701 East Trindle Road, NetComm Solutions, Inc. is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider that takes great pride in providing their clients with the most current product knowledge and solution information available.

Fall Sprawl Symposium Announced
Middletown, PA – The Third Annual gathering of leaders in the South Central Region of Pennsylvania will take place during the Fall Sprawl, sponsored by the South Central Assembly for Effective Goverance (Assembly) on October 13 at the Capital Union Building of the Penn State Harrisburg Campus in Middletown. This year’s symposium will focus on land use issues, and, more specifically, on economic, environmental, and social factors. Harrisburg Mayor Stephen R. Reed is Chair of the Assembly.

"The day is structured to provide a thorough county-by-county overview of land use in our eight county area," said Craid Zumbrun of the Assembly. "County planners work diligently each year to manage growth in the issues associated with unplanned growth — more specifically the costs of sprawl, land use planning, implementation and growth management."
The symposium is designated for state and local government officials, chambers of commerce, builders and developers, and those interested in land-related issues.

National Newspaper Week Announced
Harrisburg, PA – National Newspaper Week will be celebrated October 3-9, with this year’s theme being "Newspapers: Carrying the Torch of Freedom into the New Millenium."

This year, the last year of the century and millennium, newspaper staff and their readers have an opportunity to reflect on the important roles that newspapers have played in their communities and the important roles they will continue to play in the future.

For Pennsylvania’s part, U.S. Senators Arlen Specter and Rick Santorum have expressed their support of the week, and Governor Tom Ridge has signed a state proclamation, marking the week of October 3 through October 9 as Pennsylvania Newspaper Week and officially recognizing the efforts of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publisher’s Association and the state’s many newspapers.

Dan the Mortgage Man Makes The Pages of National Publication
Dillsburg, PA – Local businessman Daniel Geduldig, otherwise known as "Dan the Mortgage Man," was recently featured in the September’s issue of Entrepreneur’s Business Start-Ups.

Geduldig is featured in Business Start-Ups’ Hot Biz section, a monthly column highlighting a success story in an industry with great potential for budding entrepreneurs. Karen Axelton, Managing Editor of the magazine, says the financial services arena offers big rewards for those who can appeal to Generation X.

A self-professed warrior, Geduldig battles bank and credit unions for customers in his desire to become the premier mortgage financier in Central Pennsylvania.

Catch the September issue of Entreprener’s Business Start-Ups on newsstands now.

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