It’s Your Business
Uniontown Job fair scheduled The PA CareerLink office in Fayette County and Comfort Keepers will host a job fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the CareerLink office, 135 Wayland Smith Drive, Uniontown.
Positions are available in the home health care field. Experience is preferred but motivated candidates will be trained.
Those attending should be prepared to complete and employment application and interview.
Applicants must be able to pass a random drug test; applicants who can work flexible shifts and every other weekend will be given priority; applicants may be expected to perform duties such as, but not limited to, meal preparation, light housekeeping, laundry, personal care, shopping and appointments.
For more information, call Debbie Trade, human resources manager, at 724-430-8952 or 1-800-466-3227.
Huntingdon
Mihok joins law firm
Magen K. Mihok, attorney and resident of Blair County, is a new associate in the BMZ, Attorneys at Law Huntingdon and Duncansville offices. She has been splitting her time between the two offices as assignments warrant it.
A former resident of Uniontown, Mihok graduated from Geibel Catholic High School. She is the daughter of Alexander Mihok and the late Anne Kupets Mihok. She received her post-secondary bachelor’s degree from American University in Washington, D.C., followed by her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Mihok passed the bar exam and has been licensed as an attorney to practice law for the past three years. From 2007 to the time of her hiring, she was a clerk for Judge Elizabeth Doyle in Blair County where she is a member of the Blair County Bar Association.
Since her hiring at BMZ, Mihok has mainly been working with civil and bankruptcy cases. Mihok’s associates at BMZ LAW are assisting her in establishing herself as a recognized member of the firm by introducing new clients to her and transferring some of their cases.
For more information, call 814-643-3555 and 814-695-2311 or toll free at 1-877-4-BMZLAW.
Carmichaels
Community Bank earnings up 38 percent
Community Bank earned $1,781,124 for the six-month period ending June 30. This compares with earnings of $1,291,000 for the first six months of 2008, an increase of 38 percent.
Return on equity for the first half of 2009 is 9.98 percent, as compared to 7.68 percent as of June last year, an increase of 30 percent. Return on Assets is 0.84 percent, as compared to 0.68 percent last year, an increase of 23.5 percent
Total assets as of June 30 stood at $432,788,000. Last year at this time, total assets were $389,650,000, an increase of 11 percent.
“This is a difficult time for the banking industry. We at Community Bank are pleased to have increased our net income during a challenging time in the industry,” Barron P. McCune Jr., president and CEO, said. “We are fortunate to have a solid, well-balanced bank, resting on 108 years of performance.”
Community Bank is the subsidiary of CB Financial Services Inc. (stock symbol CBFV). Community Bank is an independent, full service-bank serving Southwestern Pennsylvania. For more information, go online to www.communitybank.tv or call 1-888-223-8099.
Pittsburgh
Nominations sought for award
Nominations are being accepted for the annual Power of Work Awards sponsored by Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania to recognize employers who help people with special needs overcome barriers to employment. Sept. 11 is deadline for nominations, and winners will be honored at a recognition ceremony at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland on Oct. 22.
The Power of Work program is open to employers of all types and sizes – businesses, public entities and nonprofit organizations – in Fayette, Greene, Washington, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler and Westmoreland counties.
“Anyone can nominate an employer and any employer can win,” Vicki Cook, Goodwill director of development, said. “Employers are encouraged to nominate themselves and nominations also may be submitted by employees, other businesses or organizations, referral agencies, just about anyone,” she added.
An independent panel of judges select the winners based upon evaluations of the nominees’ support of workforce development and in creating enhanced opportunities for people who face various barriers to employment. Since the program’s inception in 1997, Goodwill has presented the award to 37 different employers.
For more information or nomination forms, call Cook at 412-390-2260 or e-mail her at Vicki.cook@goodwillswoa.org. The nomination form may be downloaded from Goodwill’s Web site at www.goodwillswpa.org.
Pittsburgh
SCORE sets workshop
SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Executives) Pittsburgh will present “Small Business Basics,” workshop from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 25 at its new location, DeVry University, second floor, 210 Sixth Ave., Pittsburgh. The entrance is directly across from the Wood Street trolley station.
The workshop, presented by working professionals, helps new business with studying the legal requirements of starting a new business and covering key topics that will impact the success or failure of the business.
The agenda will include discussion about developing a business plan, financing, marketing, insurance, human resource management, record keeping, obtaining small business loans and business taxes for small business.
There is a fee to attend. Registration and a continental breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m. Discounted parking is available in the building garage below street level.
For more information, call 412-395-6560, extension 130 or 131 or visit www.scorepittsburgh.com.
Greensburg
Forest management money available
Many local landowners who were planning to harvest timber have put their sales on hold, waiting for the economy to recover, according to Tony Quadro, forester with the Westmoreland Conservation District.
“This ‘down time’ need not be wasted. In fact, it’s an ideal opportunity to develop a forest management plan and, thanks to special funding, to do it at no- or minimal cost,” he said.
A forest management plan can ultimately make timber more valuable by suggesting actions that will improve the health and quality of the woodlot. It also helps to insure long-term sustainability, meaning that it will encourage a succession of quality trees that can be harvested again.
Quadro develops two kinds of plans for privately owned, non-industrial woodlots:
– A brief, forest management plan that provides general recommendations, based on a one-time assessment of the site (this plan is free-of-charge), or
– A formal forest stewardship plan, with more details and specific recommendations (there is a charge for this plan; however, money is available to cover the majority of its cost).
Once a woodlot has a formal forest stewardship plan, it also is eligible for money to implement some of the practices recommended in that plan, such as purchasing tree shelters to protect seedlings, reducing invasive plants and timber-stand improvement.
For more information, contact Quadro, Westmoreland Conservation district forester, at tony@wcdpa.com or call 724-837-5271.