We have sponsorship opportunities and are still accepting gift donations for our Summer Golf Event. We currently have a full card of golfers with over 150 total guests expected to attend.

Sponsorships

Gold: Sign with name posted at hole (18"x24") $300

Silver: Sign with name posted at hole (12"x18") $150

Beverage Cart: Sign posted on beverage carts circulating around the course. $500

Lunch: Recognition in program with sign (18"x24") $500

Gift Donations

At every golf outing, we allow our member companies to donate promotional items that either display the products that they produce or other items such as t-shirts, hats, mugs, etc. with their logo on it. These gifts are used as door prizes for all of our golfers and guests. If you are interested in donating a gift or becoming a sponsor, please email Joan Trosterud at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Association (MAEA) will hold a Transportation/Infrastructure Roundtable from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. discussing Safe and Efficient Transportation: "The Time to Invest is Now" on May
30, 2013 at the Pottsville Club. Robert E. Latham, CAE, will be on hand to present.

Questions that will be answered include:

• What mandatory and recommended notices should be included to inform employees
about their legal rights and responsibilities?

• Does PennDOT Really Need More Funding?

• What happens if a transportation plan is not enacted?

• What does a comprehensive transportation plan mean?

• What will SB 1 cost me?

Robert E. Latham, CAE has more than 30 years of experience representing the highway and transportation construction
industry at both the state and national level. Currently executive vice president and chief staff officer of the Associated Pennsylvania Constructors (APC), he previously served as the executive director and principle staff
officer of the Maryland Highway Contractors Association (MHCA), and director of ARTBA's contractors division in Washington, DC. As executive vice president for APC, Latham serves as principle operating officer, chief spokesman for the industry and primary lobbyist with Pennsylvania state government and the media. In 2011, he was appointed to Transportation Funding
Advisory Commission by Governor Tom Corbett. Latham and APC are a driving force behind the Keystone Transportation Funding Coalition a confederation of organizations with an interest in multimodal transportation funding.

The cost to register, which includes lunch, is $37 for members and $74 for non-members. To register, please email Darlene J. Robbins at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or call the MAEA office at 570-622-0992. You can also review our other offerings by visiting our website at www.maea.biz.

BY AMY MARCHIANO
Published: February 19, 2013
The Pottsville Republican-Herald

ORWIGSBURG - A division of Schaeffer's Harley-Davidson plans to service cars.
Denise Calderone and Cherie Bogotuik, daughters of Dennis and Carol Schaeffer, owners of the company that sells the world-famous motorcycles in West Brunswick Township, recently founded Schaeffer's MotorSports, an offshoot of Schaeffer's Harley-Davidson. Taking over the former Heritage Ford building at 1194 Centre Turnpike, they hope to take advantage of the car lift in the former dealership and expand the family business.
Schaeffer's Harley-Davidson's need for more space was the impetus for the Feb. 21, 2012, purchase of the Heritage Ford building, which closed its doors in 2007.
"We're landlocked at our location," Bogotuik said last week.
Bogotuik is the controller and Calderone the marketing manager at Schaeffer's.
Starting up in January under the name Schaeffer's MotorSports, the company is using the former dealership as a work site for basic car maintenance, inspections and motorcycle work.
The $950,000 purchase from the Lawrence Organization last year brought 21,203 square feet of space. Cleaning and prep work began in November 2012 and took two months.
Combined, the showroom and service facility are 15,328 square feet. The other 5,875-square-foot area on the property is used to store motorcycles.
Cars are not serviced at Schaeffer's Harley-Davidson, 1123 Brick Hill Road. Customers have yet to bring in cars to service, Bogotuik said. Hours are not set for the Centre Turnpike address.
The sisters' business is part of the parent company.
"We're one company yet. It's one place," Bogotuik said.
With the expansion, eight additional lifts are available to service motorcycles, said Bruce Croneberger, technician.
A total of 24 lifts are available for use at the Brick Hill Road location, he said.
"We do anything from engine upgrades to complete race bikes," he said.
In addition to the aforementioned services, a motorcycle safety rider course might be something that is offered at the new site.
"We think it would be exciting to have the training course here," Calderone said, adding that a course could be up and running by spring.
The noise from a waste oil furnace could be heard in the background of the service area last week.
"If we do an oil change on your car or your bike, we'll save the oil and put that oil in our tank and then we have a heater that heats the service department and it runs strictly off used motor oil," Croneberger said.
The furnace was already in the building when purchased. The area where the bikes are stored is also heated using the same method with another furnace.