Workers Worried About Jobs

Abraham Azain 
January 10, 1997 
Abraham J. Azain Of Lee Park Towers, Hanover Township, Died Friday At The 
Wilkes-barre General Hospital.

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Corporate Ladder &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 PROMOTIONS &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND HIRINGS &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Deborah G. Krohn, GRI, CRS, has been hired to a Realtor's position with
Lewith &amp; FreemanKrohn attended Gardner Webb College in North Carolina and
completed real-estate studies at King's College. She has been actively engaged
in the listing and sales of residential real estate for 17 years and has been
a member of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Association of Realtors and the National
and Pennsylvania Association of Realtors. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She has served on numerous local association committees and is chairwoman
of the Public Relations Committee. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She also is certified as a Graduate of the Realtors Institute and recently
became a Certified Residential Specialist, a designation attained by fewer
than 4 percent of Realtors nationally. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 John Parsons has been promoted to a position as sales manager for Straub
Metal of Ashley. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Parsons, a Straub employee since August 1991, is a graduate of the
University of Maryland, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 ELECTION &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 John "Jack" Banks, president of American Asphalt Paving Co. of Shavertown,
Kingston Township, has been elected president of the Association Pennsylvania
Contractors in Harrisburg. The association is largest heavy and highway
construction group in Pennsylvania. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Banks also was elected to the board of directors of the American Road and
Transportation Builders Association in Washington, D.C. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He is a past director of the Pennsylvania Asphalt Paving Association and a
former member of the Wilkes-Barre Penn State Advisory Board. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Banks attended the University of Pennsylvania, WIlkes University and
Columbia University. He earned a bachelor of science degree in civil
engineering from Penn State University. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 RECOGNITION &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 James L. Haddock of Avoca has been cited by state Treasurer Catherine Baker
Knoll for his work as a board member of the Pennsylvania Tuition Account
Program. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The program enables Pennsylvania families to lock in a price for tomorrow's
tuition at colleges anywhere in the nation. Pennsylvania families have opened
accounts for more than 17,250 children and have purchased more than 61 million
in tuition credits. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Haddock, the mayor of Avoca, is a community bank officer in the Kingston
branch of CoreStates Bank. He also is treasurer of the Avoca Lions Club, a
charter member of the Ancient Order of the Hibernians, a volunteer for the
American Cancer Society, a member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in
Pittston and a member of the Wilkes-Barre Downtown Merchants Association. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 NOTEWORTHY &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Ted Talmon, Donna Myslak, Christine Hine, Daryl Bojarcik, Angela Grobinski,
John Yavorski, Gert Castellino, John Stakonis and Debbie Caladie were named
November Associates of the Month by the Lord &amp; Taylor Service Center in
Wilkes-Barre Township. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The recognition is based on quality standards, productivity, attendance
record, teamwork, attitude and safety practices. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Three staff members of United Rehabilitation Services in Wilkes-Barre made
a presentation last summer at the National Conference on Effective Employment
Strategies for Individuals With Disabilities held in Washington, D.C. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Jack Ferry, Cathy Seamon and Dr. Stanley M. Irzinski presented a strategy
entitled "Innovative Expansion of Community Business Opportunities." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Three employees of Sallie Mae in Hanover Industrial Estates, Wilkes-Barre,
have been honored by the company: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Beth Langston of the Mountaintop area has been named Employee of the Month
for September. Langston, a supervisor in the Records Management Department,
joined Sallie Mae in November 1987 as a secretary in the Marketing Department. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Karin Orrson of Luzerne has been named Employee of the Month for October.
Orrson, a coordinator for technical training in the Training Department,
joined Sallie Mae in August 1989 as a customer service representative. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Steve Tredinnick of Wilkes-Barre has been named Employee of the Month for
November. Tredinnick joined Sallie Mae in August 1988 as an assistant support
service representative. Currently, he is a supervisor in the Document Capture
Department. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Corporate Ladder Promotions And Hirings Deborah G. Krohn, Gri, Crs, Has Been Hired To A Realtor's Position With Lewith & Freeman.