Category: Speaker

Ash Khare spoke to us about his experiences with politics as a delegate.  He has been elected as a delegate to the Republican convention for many years and in 2016 he was also selected as an Electoral College delegate.  He spoke to us about his experiences and brought along a number of certificates, proclamations and memorabilia from the presidential campaigns.  What is especially interesting about Ash is that he emigrated from India to attend college and then remained in the US and became a citizen.  He was the first Indian national to be elected to the Electoral College.

President and CEO Richard Seager of Journey Health System was our speaker.  He gave his  unbiased talk about the healthcare priorities of the new administration.
Here is what they want to change:

• Complete repeal of Obamacare
• Modify laws that inhibit the sale of health insurance against state lines
• Individual deductions for health insurance premiums
• Create HSA’s, Tax-free contributions and inheritable and transferrable asset

It is looking like there will be a “transition” period as not to create hardship or disruption. Repeal without replacement would leave 20 million Americans without health insurance coverage.

Some other things they hope to accomplish:

• Medicaid block grant to state
• Liability reform
• Public transparency on prices
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Randy and Paula were the 3rd generation to farm Randy’s Grandparents’ Farm. They owned over 300 acres and milked 140 cows.  They farmed for 40 years and have recently sold the farm and retired.  They both were extremely active in 4H and Pennsylvania and National Dairy Boards.  They talked about how dairy farming is a 365 day a year job but they found it to be a very fulfilling life.

Pennsylvania ranks #6 in the country for dairy production and Dairy Farming is the #1 industry on PA.

Some interesting facts:

• 1 dairy cow produces $14,000 worth of income a year.
• It takes 10 lbs of milk to make 1 lb of cheese
• A gallon of milk is 8.6 lbs
• A cow eats 75 lbs of feed a day

Thank you to Randy & Paula for such an interesting and informative talk!

Our speaker was introduced by Ruby Wiles. Greg came from Pittsburgh where he was employed by DelMonte Foods until June of 2016. He came to Warren to be General Manager of Targeted Pet Treats because Rhonda Sisson and Elliott Haverlack were looking to be less involved in the day to day work of the business.

Greg was recently made President of the company which is owned by Ainsworth (Dad’s Dog Food) , Rhonda Sisson and Elliot Haverlack.

TPT makes edible dog treats for a number of well known companies. They have no products manufactured under their name. Business has been very good, going from 240 employees in 2015 to 430 employees at the end of 2016.
In the first 10 months of 2016 TPT produced 57,774,748 Dog Chews.