Berner Leads With Air Doors as 1997 Woman of Influence
Cathy Quimby profiles Georgia Berner 55, head of Berner International Corp. who took over after her husband Christian Berner died in a 1984 plane crash. Her goal is ten million in annual revenue by 2000 and she earned SBA honors while guiding a firm known for air curtains. Berner mentors other women to enter manufacturing.
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Georgia Berner
Berner
Berner International Corp
Christian Berner
Lawrence County
The
New Castle News
Honeybee Lane
Wilmington Township
Western Pennsylvania
Ernst and Young
Small Business Administration
SBA
Pennsylvania
al Gore
Washington, D.C
Lawrence County Economic Development Corp
Jameson Hospital
Party hosts urge to take keys from potential drunk drivers
Kay Cowan shares the reason behind safe partying on New Year Eve after her son Eric was killed by a drunk driver. She asks hosts to intervene to prevent teens from drinking and driving, noting the lasting pain on families. The piece notes a campaign by the Advertising Council and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Kay Cowan
Eric
Conan
Gail
Cowan
Advertising Council
National Highway
CARE
Obituaries and activist Maurice McCrackin dies at 92
Obituaries list Katherine Beggs Mary Braykovich LaDoris Francis Richard Hazen Byron McConnell William Russell George Walters Sr. all named with ages and cities. The Rev Maurice McCrackin, a longtime civil rights and peace activist, died in his sleep at a Cincinnati nursing home at age 92.
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Katherine M. Beggs
Grove City
Mary Braykovich
Indian Creek Center
LaDoris
Dodo’ Francis
Ellwood City
Richard P. Hazen
Butler
Byron McConnell
Bradenton
Fla
William J. Russell
Wilmington Road
George Walters Sr
Lower Idlewild Drive
Cincinnati
Maurice McCrackin
New Castle Sanitation Authority to Name Director
Former New Castle mayor Richard Christofer is expected to be named general manager of the New Castle Sanitation Authority. The board will meet in a special session at 5 p.m. at 110 E. Washington St to fill the post and vote on staff and treatment plant contracts.
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New Castle
Richard Christofer
New Castle Sanitation Authority
Washington St
Christofer
Sam Abraham
Anthony Cialella
David Richards
Reno Marcotuli
Cialella
Larry Kelly
Richard
Ross
Abraham
New Castle News
Sanitation Authority
Tim Fulkerson
Dopple Rizzo & Associates
Fulkerson
County makes tax hike official
Lawrence County commissioners adopted a 1998 budget with a five mill property tax increase, totaling 34.5 mills for general operations and debt service. The 2-1 vote supported by Fee and Burick, with Fosnaught opposing, citing waste and limited reform. The plan cites jail costs, nursing home repairs, health insurance hikes, and a jail annex renovation as drivers. Salary Board approved 1998 pay raises of at least $750 or 2.5 percent for non-union staff, with union raises at $750.
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Lawrence County
Thomas J. Fee
Brian D. Burick
Edward Fosnaught
Fosnaught
Fee
Burick
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