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Landlord Rights?
So you want to evict your tenant? Good luck! But you
say the tenant’s lease has expired? So what! Any landlord who has
paid attention to New Jersey law knows this. If you’re still incredulous,
take it from J. Leonard Hornstein, a retired judge from the
Hudson County Superior Court’s special civil part:
“Basically if a tenant pays the rent and does not violate any
of the rules or regulations or any conduct contravening the provisions
of the anti-eviction act, he’s got a lifetime tenancy,” says Hornstein.
“Because even if there’s a written lease there’s a provision in
the statute the tenancy is automatically continued even though the
lease may have expired.”
Hornstein and Harold E. Creacy, a senior staff attorney with
the Union County Legal Services Corp., discuss landlord/tenant rights
at the New Jersey State Bar Foundation on Tuesday, April 14, at 7
p.m. at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick. Call 800-373-3529
for more information.
It takes quite a bit to evict a tenant who is up-to-date on the rent.
It’s not impossible to evict, but, both Hornstein and Creacy affirm,
it’s pretty close to being impossible. If the apartment is in a two
or three-family, owner-occupied house, a tenant can be evicted with
a 30-day notice. But if it’s a multifamily dwelling, an eviction has
to prove good cause outlined in the state law. “That has several
paragraphs indicating how a tenant can be evicted by violating a specific
provision of the statute aside from not paying the rent,” says
Hornstein.
Here they are:
The tenant destroys the piece and quiet of the occupantsor other tenants in the building.The tenant causes destruction, damage, or injury to the premises.”We get these once in a while,” says Hornstein. “A tenantwould leave the sink or bathtub overflowing and water would leak downto the next floor and cause damage. Sometimes the kids just bang upthe walls and cause damage to them. That’s a reason that’s used often.”The tenant violates the landlord’s rules and regulationsafter a written notice was issued to the tenant. “One of thereasons for eviction on this ground is pets in the building,”says Hornstein. “It’s usually a dog or a cat. I’ve never had acase come up where the complaint was that there’s a bird in the apartment.”The challenge here is that any notice the landlord gives the tenantshas to have the correct language. “There were a lot of cases Idismissed because the notice did not comply with the proper language,”says Hornstein. In his court, landlords’ attorneys often lost casesbecause their notices did not adhere to the correct legalese.The tenant “unreasonably” refuses to sign a continuationof the lease or refuses to pay an increase in the rent. The operativehere is unreasonably, which means “without justification,”Hornstein explains.Related to that, if there’s been a “not unconscionable” increasein rent and the tenant refuses to pay, the landlord stands a chanceto evict. However, what is “not unconscionable” is at thejudge’s discretion, says Hornstein. For him, a 15 to 20 percent rentincrease was satisfactory. “If the tenant is paying $1,000 a month,you can’t raise it on 30 days’ notice to $1,500,” he says. “Ifhe raised it to $1,200, no problem.”The landlord is going to board-up the building or intendsto stop using it for rental purposes. This can stand — butthe landlord needs to give 30 days’ notice. Back in the ’80s whenmany owners were converting buildings to condominiums, Hornstein reports,very few owners were able to win cases trying to evict tenants whorefused to leave.Hornstein, 71, has an undergraduate degree from New York Universityand spent 10 years in active reserve in the United States Navy. Hegot his law degree also from New York University (Class of 1954) andpracticed law with his father at their Jersey City firm, Hornstein& Hornstein, for 21 years before being appointed for a Superior Courtjudgeship by Brendan Byrne.His first bench was in Hudson County Superior Court’s family courtdivision, where he sat for 11 years before joining the special civilpart. Now retired for six years, Hornstein alternates his time teachingat the Institute for Continuing Legal Education and the Bayonne Boardof Education, where he makes teaching house calls to children whoare unable to attend school.Creacy points out the misconceptions that landlords have about theirrights. It’s not just a matter of telling the tenant to get out whenthey don’t pay the rent. To evict, the landlord needs to satisfy oneof the 18 causes of action to evict enumerated in the Anti-EvictionAct.”Generally most landlords don’t realize that there’s a seriesof statutes that govern what the appropriate remedies are,” saysCreacy. “Most landlords still think they retain the right to lockthe doors if they’re not paying. They do not realize that you haveto take a person to court and have them evicted for cause.”And if they successfully evict someone, they can’t take the tenant’sproperty as remuneration for back rent. “Their recourse is tofile a civil lawsuit for the money that is owed,” says Creacy.”It’s a straight-forward suit that’s under contract law.”Even though it’s not hard for landlords to prevail in this situation,many landlords will have trouble collecting the money owed.Another contentious subject is the security deposit. “Tenantsthink that they get their money as soon as they get out,” saysCreacy. “The statutes say the landlord has 30 days to return thedeposit to the tenant.” And if the landlords want to deduct somethingfrom the deposit, they have to give the tenant a written itemizedlist justifying the deductions when they hand over the balance.Landlords also frequently assume that they can deduct if a tenantdoesn’t leave a place in tip-top shape. “When the tenant leavesthe place, the law requires that they leave the space `broom clean,’not in a condition for it to be immediately re-let,” says Creacy.”You don’t have to paint the place or scrub the floors.”Creacy, 39, has an undergraduate degree from Morgan State University,in Baltimore, and a law degree from Rutgers University Law School,in Newark (Class of 1987). As senior attorney in the Union CountyLegal Services Corporation’s housing and public benefits unit, Creacydefends indigent tenants in court. “It’s a civil analog to thepublic defenders,” he says.The Legal Services Corporation was established during the Nixon administrationas a private program, and gets state, federal, and other funding fromprivate sources to provide free legal representation. In New Jersey,there are 14 legal services offices (in Mercer County it’s the LegalAid Society of Mercer at 198 West State Street in Trenton, call 609-695-6249).”The need for this kind of representation for this class of peopleis so overwhelming,” says Creacy.Top Of PageReal Web EstateColdwell Banker is doggedly trying to market a new websitethat “fetches” property listings, interests rates, and salescomparisons. Click on https://www.coldwellbanker.com and thesite’s “personal retriever” (an animated Golden Retriever)E-mails any information that matches your request. It uses autoquerytechnology that searches for profile matches and E-mails them directlyto the customer. Coldwell Banker Online has between 150,000 and 170,000listings throughout the United States and Canada.The site is free, but users must register and enter specific informationabout their house location, price range, and desired specifications.It also started a national ad campaign using the logo — an animatedgolden retriever pulling a house — to promote the service.Top Of PageThe Art of MovingWhat happens when you mix a strategic planning guruwith a relocation specialist? One possible result: Century ManagementConsultants, the husband and wife team that just took space at 32Nassau Street.The firm, 21 years in the making, moved from Ridgewood to be closerto home, says Stanley Makadok, president. He and Neilia Makadok, thevice president and relocation specialist of the company, live in Yardleyand have been married for nine years.”We specialize in strategic planning, marketing, distribution,and administrative systems and we also move companies,” says StanleyMakadok. “It’s almost a mind-split of conceptual stuff and detail.”Prior to starting Century, Makadok headed business planning for Coopers& Lybrand’s New York City office and was vice president of planningfor Pepsi in Purchase, New York. He has an engineering degree fromthe City College of New York (Class of 1962) and a master’s in managementscience from Rutgers University.Neilia has spent most of her career managing facilities. At Toys RUs, she was director of office services, a title she also held atCNA Insurance. She worked in the facilities of Loews Corporation,a job which put her in charge of Manhattan’s famed Drake Hotel. Shehas a BS from West Chester University in Pennsylvania and a mastersin psychology at Temple. “Every company is so totally different,”she says. “There’s not much new in an office that you can showme.”At Century, she heads up the “detail” side of the operation.”People can hire me to manage any part of their relocations,”she says. “I can do scheduling, I can do budgeting. I’ve donea lot of renovation work. I’ve done a lot of work in New York, whichis mostly old, old buildings. Administratively I’ve set up travelpolicies.”What does it take to move a company? First, a love for a fast-pacedenvironments and the ability to take multitasking to the limit. Thedistasteful aspects of the business include “severe time pressures,”she adds.”I carry a ton of time pressure,” says Makadok. “It’spart of what makes it exciting. I come up very cool on the outside,but on the inside I have contingency plans for every situation.”This also has an impact on Neilia’s figure. “I always lose a lotof weight on my projects,” she says. “When it gets close theactual move-in, I lose about 10 pounds, because you’re always on therun.” Her job also affects her diet. “I drink a lot of water,I try to have salads, and I have to `chocolate’ here and there tokeep me going.”Her latest move was a broadcasting company — but this projecttook its biggest toll from Neilia’s sleep schedule: She averaged roughlythree hours of shuteye for the last week of the move. “But there’sa real sense of euphoria when the president calls you into his officeand says, `I cannot believe you pulled this off,'” she says.The benchmark of any job for Neilia is downtime. She knows the relocationhas been successful, she says, when an employee leaves the old spaceon Friday and comes into the new space on Monday where all the equipmentis there, everything is working, and the only task at hand is unpackingpersonal office accouterments.This can only occur as an end-step in a well-defined process, Makadokinstructs. “You’re evaluating, then you’re planning, then youhave to do your documentation in terms of your budgeting, in termsof the reasons you are leaving,” she says. “And the executioninvolves the players: the developers and the broker, the design professionals,and then your engineers and your technical consultants , then yourcontractor and other assorted professionals.”When moving day draws nearer, Makadok holds meetings with employeesto explain her meticulous exit plan. “We number every location,and we color-code it, and we make a map,” she says. “We givethem boxes. They pack their personal belongings. And the company hasset aside packing time. It’s almost invisible to the employee. Thereis no downtime if you do it right.”– Peter J. MladineoTop Of PageSex, Lies, & AdvertisingThe division between the editorial department and theadvertisers erodes every day and Bob Berkowitz is incensed bythis. The onetime White House correspondent, who changed his careercourse from a high profile national TV news reporter to become morelike an information age Dr. Ruth, is traveling around the countrylecturing on the perils of allowing advertisers to influence whatis reported by the American media.Berkowitz gives a talk at New Jersey CAMA, “Is There Sex afterAdvertising?” on Tuesday, April 14, at 11:30 a.m. at ForsgateCountry Club in Jamesburg. Call 609-890-9207. “What I’ve observedis that advertisers have gotten out of the advertising business tosome degrees and have gotten into the censorship line of work,”he says. “I call it censorship by sponsorship.”Most of this style of censorship targets sexual-related material (whichhe feels is hypocritical, given the fact that so many advertiserstry to sell their products using sexy ads). Berkowitz has a directinterest in his challenge — he is about as outspoken in his ownway about sex as is Howard Stern. He has written two books,”What Men Won’t Tell You But Women Need to Know,” and “HisSecret Life: Male Sexual Fantasies,” a compendium that includesone of Berkowitz’s own reveries as well.His website, https://www.bobberkowitz.com allows visitors tosubmit their own sexual fantasies, and even provides a “fantasyformulator” replete with pull-down blanks to help them concocttheir steamiest scenarios. He also likes getting E-mail; send himyour thoughts — bob@bobberkowitz.com.Berkowitz, who turns 48 this month, started his media career doingtalk radio during his junior year at the University of Denver (Classof 1973). After similar radio shows in Denver and San Francisco, hegot a job in Washington as the national news editor for the AssociatedPress radio network. In 1980 he became the White House correspondentfor the fledgling station CNN. But for most of the 1980s Berkowitzworked for ABC News in New York City, following that with a stintas men’s correspondent for the Today show.But it wasn’t until 1992, when Berkowitz left a job on the FinancialNews Network business show Focus, that he started to delve deep intogood old fashioned American prurience. He became host of a CNBC show,”Real Personal,” in 1992. Although the show was popular –it was CNBC’s highest-rated show — it was pulled off the air in1996 because of a lack of sponsorship.This experience fueled Berkowitz’ campaign to expose the media’s doublestandard. Why should a show with high ratings be blacklisted becauseit has too much sex in it? “Thank God we still have a First Amendmentin this country,” he snaps. “But if the marketplace is decidingwhat’s okay to print or see on TV or hear on the radio it might aswell be the same as not having a First Amendment. It’s as if thesesponsors are saying to the public, `We know what’s good for you, we’resmarter than you, we’re better than you.’ It’s the most condescendingattitude imaginable.”A formative event transpired last year between Esquire and Chrysler,a regular advertiser in the magazine. At Chrysler’s behest, Esquirespiked a short story about a male college professor who was accusedby a male student of sexual harassment. “It had a gay theme toit,” says Berkowitz. “Who was in danger of being corruptedby this story? I can’t imagine a child reading Esquire magazine. Againthe wonderful thing about a magazine is you can choose not to readit, but unfortunately Esquire knuckled under.”Events like this could end up being disastrous for the entire mediaindustry. “Chrysler Corporation has put editors on notice –if they feel they have a controversial article, Chrysler wants toknow about it in advance so it can decide if it wants to pull itsads,” says Berkowitz. “Let’s be clear about something: Chryslerhas the kind of bucks and clout it takes to influence the decision-makingof magazine editors. I’m not advocating that we pass laws forcingChrysler — or Joe’s Gas Station — to advertise, I’m just sayingthat there are consequences for this and this isn’t the kind of Americathat I want.”Berkowitz is not advocating making the American media into some adultcontent free-for-all. For instance, he is “uncomfortable”with the increasing usage of profanity on television and radio. “Ithink that it leads to a coarsening of society,” he says.”I believe in self-control and I believe you have to use somecommon sense when you’re in the media. But in general that shouldnot be a function of advertisers telling us what we should or shouldn’tlisten to. I heard the `s’ word on PBS a couple of times, I guessthat’s become acceptable. What’s offensive a generation ago is nownot offensive. And whether Bob Berkowitz or anybody else finds somethingoffensive, that shouldn’t be the criterion on for whether somebodysponsors it.”Berkowitz feels that the anti-sex attitude is paranoia. One disgruntledHoly Roller could be enough to send the executive ranks of an advertiserreeling. “Advertisers fear one thing more than everything else:letters,” says Berkowitz. “It’s because they’re so out oftouch.”A corollary to this message is the dichotomy between the public’sapparent indifference to the Clinton sex scandal and the extensivecoverage the scandal has been getting from the media and the government.”Once again the media elite and the government have shown themselvesto be so out of touch with average Americans,” he says. “Iremember when the Monica Lewinsky thing first broke, Sam Donaldsonwas saying Clinton will be gone by the end of the week. These peopleare out of touch with the average Americans. Americans are far lessjudgmental.”And far less puritanical. “Variety reported in 1997 there were600 million rentals of adult videos,” says Berkowitz. That’s notcounting the volume of porn sites on the Internet either. For someof Berkowitz’s favorite links, see his website.Top Of PageShadow SyndromesThis book will change the way you look at your co-workers.”Shadow Syndromes,” by John J. Ratey M.D. and Catherine JohnsonPh.D., shows how hidden psychological disorders can quietly influencethe way we work and affect our business as well as our personal lives(Pantheon, 1997, $26). Even mild versions of an otherwise seriousdisorder should be treated medically, they believe, if the conditioninterferes with your capacity to reach full potential.Ratey speaks at a conference entitled “Managing the Brain You’veGot: Revolutionary Brain Research & What It Tells Us about LearningAbilities and Disabilities,” sponsored by Newgrange on Friday,April 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Marriott. The 20-year-oldNewgrange School provides a full-time school program in Trenton and,for people with learning disabilities, an outreach center in Princeton.The outreach center sponsors the conference; call 609-924-6204 forreservations.Governor Christine Todd Whitman has been invited to give openingremarks. Priscilla Vail, author of “Learning Styles: Foodfor Thought & 130 Practical Tips,” will present the latest researchon learning and its implications. Edward Hallowell, a seniorlecturer at Harvard Medical School and author of “Worry: ControllingIt and Using it Wisely” (Pantheon, 1997 $26 hardback), will speakat the luncheon on “A Know Brainer: the Emotional Brain from Worryto Satisfaction.” The conference costs $75 but patrons’ ticketsfor the lunch are a tax-deductible contribution of $250. A 20th anniversaryreception at Drumthwacket will be from 5 to 8 p.m. and costs an additional$75.Ratey and Johnson take each of the known mental disorders and showhow a mild version of it (a shadow syndrome) can influence personallives and careers. You will find yourself labeling your own tendenciesand those of your coworkers:Mild depression: the busy woman who juggles her responsibilitiesefficiently but can never relax.Hypomania: an energetic person such as the charismaticpolitician who — oblivious to risks — has a hyper-sex drive.Intermittent rage disorder: the executive who throws tantrumsat the office.Mild attention deficit disorder: the enthusiastic salesmanwith great ideas and not enough patience to carry them out.Mild autism: the expert programmer who cannot keep upwith the repartee of an ordinary conversation.Attention “surplus” disorders: obsessive compulsivedisorder, anxiety, and addiction. Someone who worries fruitlesslyover the meaning of a remark made at work, or who continuously searchesfor signs that something is wrong.Almost any form of work, even including work we do not particularlyenjoy, can quiet the disruptive forces that precipitate symptoms ofmental distress, writes Ratey. “But work we love is more powerfulstill. As always, there is a biological reason for this: for mostof us, work stimulates the cheer-seeking left side of the brain, takingus out of the stewing morass that is the right. An impassioned commitmentto an activity, to any activity at all, pushes brain function in thedirection of health, sanity, and well-being. Work soothes the soul.””In the world of work, knowing what we want lies at the heartof the capacity to commit to a lifetime of discipline, effort, andshowing up on time. While living life one day at a time has savedmany an addict, when we can only live life one day at a time,the future dissolves. Ultimately all of the shadow syndromes threatenour capacity to wish for the rest of our lives.””A person who is struggling internally has less energy to investoutwardly. Biting fingernails can be a way of focusing down: whenan individual becomes absorbed in the act of biting his nails, hisbrain feels, for those moments, calmer, more organized,” writesRatey.”All too often the need to focus down can shanghai a day. Takethe case of compulsive desk-cleaning. The conviction that we cannotwork in the midst of chaos may well reflect a chaos within.And while it is true that a frenzied bout of desk-cleaning can soothethe soul, it can also get in the way.””Minor miracles are happening for people who thought their onlyproblem was the inevitable pain life brings to us all,” writesRatey. “When they begin to look at their biologies — as wellas their childhoods — they have begun to find an answer at last.Our job is to care for our brains as well as our souls.”Top Of PageProfessionalVolunteeringDon’t let the loudest person take over your discussion.Don’t be the best kept secret in town. Learn how to develop leadershipin your volunteer group. These are among the topics that dedicateddo-gooders can learn in a workshop that is the brainchild of MargeSmith, former executive director of the YWCA. She and her crewof 30 volunteers hope that this evening workshop will sprout intoa full-fledged year-round consortium of organizations that join forcesto stage volunteer training and other joint ventures.”Community Works” has been scheduled for Thursday, April 16,5:15 to 9:15 p.m., at the Woodrow Wilson School. Preregister for twoof the eight workshops, and the $15 fee includes a box supper. Theworkshop is open to all. Pick up an application form at a public libraryor call 609-924-8652. A roster will be distributed that night.Michael Nabors (consultant to Princeton’s civil rights commission)and Karen Woodbridge (in the Princeton University communityaffairs department) join Smith in introductory remarks, followed bynuts-and-bolts workshops:Nancy Kieling of the Princeton Area Community Foundation willlead a grant workshop along with Tom Borden of the Borden Foundation,Lincoln Kerney of the Kerney Foundation, and Barbara Rambo of CoreStates.”Don’t Be the Best-Kept Secret in Town” will be taught byPam Hersh, Princeton University community affairs, and FrancisIanacone, a public relations professional who does volunteer PRfor the YWCA. Jane Silverman, executive director for the internationalorganization of Junior League, will lead a workshop on long rangeplanning,John Lasley, a trainer, and Lilia Cruickshank, activein the vestry at Trinity Church, will teach how to develop leadershipin a corps of volunteers. “Put the Fun in Fundraising” isthe subject for planners of some of the most successful galas andcampaigns in town — Florence Kahn, Joann Carchman,and Suzanne Goldensen.Smith will teach “Positive Benefits of Conflict,” involvinglistening skills, setting boundaries, and devising processes to alloweveryone to be heard, “so the loudest person doesn’t take over,”says Smith.For good decision making, to keep opposing sides from restating theirpositions over and over, use a process called “force field analysis,”says Smith. Encourage both sides to think of all the positive thingsabout the positives, and then have the group use its “think power”to think of all the negatives. “That changes the group dynamicof how the decision is reached.”For example, some on the Princeton YWCA board wanted to purchase BramwellHouse (the building now used for community classes) because the YWCAwas always short of space. “Others felt we shouldn’t because wedidn’t have the money,” says Smith. With both sides buying intoboth positive and negative arguments, the nay-sayers found themselvessaying encouraging things and the would-be buyers found themselvesstaring at the hard financial realities. Together both sides acknowledgedthe negative but moved forward and allowed the project to succeed.They agreed to make the purchase but figured out strategies to overcomeobstacles.”Otherwise,” says Smith, “everybody is for one way orthe other and you lose half your board.”Top Of PageMaking SenseOf DeregulationAs the government deregulates the telecommunications,healthcare, and utilities industries, opportunities for businessesto save money are emerging at an unprecedented clip. But because thereare so many ways to save, most of the savings are going unnoticedby business owners. “When companies now select their insurance,sometimes they don’t even know what they’re buying,” says GracePolhemus, president of Technology New Jersey, the 212 CarnegieCenter-based nonprofit. “They don’t find out until someone getssick that it’s not covered and the same holds true for telecommunications,which is really very exciting right now because of the open market.”To help create a “roadmap” of choices for the deregulatedtelecommunications, healthcare, and utilities industries, TechnologyNew Jersey is starting a free clearinghouse at its website, technologynj.org,which lists three different “choice exchanges” comparing services,products, and prices. This, says Polhemus, will enable easy “apples-to-apples”comparisons. “This is especially helpful when providers bundleservices and products in a variety of packages.””Currently businesses have a choice. Technology New Jersey’s goalis to really educate businesses in terms of what this means to theirbottom line. We’ll have a roadmap type of chart that show what they’reoffering.”There will also be workshops and taskforces educating businesses aboutthose three domains. For more information, call 609-419-4444. Or visitits website, https://www.technologynj.org.Top Of PageWhat to WearFor working women of yore, finding the right clothesfor work simply meant popping open a fashion glossy and picking outan outfit. Today, women need to worry about appropriateness, expectations,and the tailoring color to their skin hues. Many times that outfitin Cosmo might clash with the atmosphere in the office.In some cases, women might do well to hire an image consultant likeRenata Murray. “There are different varieties of my speciesout there,” says Murray. “I work mostly with women and whatI help them do is create the look that they need and that they arelooking for.”Murray is one of the speakers at Mercer County College’s SecretariesDay program on Thursday, April 16, at 9 a.m. at the Marriott. Theother speakers are Melva Harris of Harris Development Consultants,who speaks about personal growth, and P.J. Dempsey of MorganMercedes Human Resources Group, who speaks about valuable employees.Call 609-586-9446 for more information.”Years ago, we used to see a lot of things in magazines that said`dress for success’ and there were certain looks that were dictatedand we really don’t have that much anymore,” says Murray. “Whatwomen need to do is look at what looks good on them. And number two,what is appropriate for their work situation. Dressing for successin this day and age really means looking appropriate for whateversituation they are in.”Murray compares a woman’s total work image to a puzzle. “The piecesto that puzzle are knowing the shades of colors that look good onsomeone, the styles of clothing that are right for a particular body,and then the flavor of the personality needs to come out also.”Color is a science unto itself. First, the colors need to flattertheir subject. Second, the psychology of colors needs some understanding.”Some colors make people look softer and more approachable (neutralshades and earthy colors, browns, taupes, and beige) while other colors(black, white, navy, and red) make people look more powerful.”Murray, 45, has been doing image consulting for 13 years. By tradeshe is a registered nurse. She got her first nursing degree in Germany,and got her RN from the University of Medicine and Dentistry whenshe came to this country in 1976.Top Of PageArt of the DealTurning your bank tellers into salespeople — that’sthe topic for the Financial Institutions Marketing Association onWednesday, April 15, at 9:30 a.m. at the JFK Conference Center, 70James Street, in Edison. If you don’t think tellers are in sales,think again.FIMA’s roundtable on “Introducing a Sales Culture” will coverincreasing “fee income” and is geared to all levels of financialmarketers. Come early for coffee and networking. For information callAndy Jones, vice president of Boiling Springs Savings Bank inRutherford, and president of FIMA, at 201-939-5000 or fax 201-939-3957.It’s just one of an array of “get better at sales” sessionsin the next two months.”It is important to develop multiple relationships with your customersto prevent them from going elsewhere on a whim,” says KarenFiore of the Asbury Park Press and first vice president of FIMA.You don’t have to replace your employees, you just have to figureout how to get them to wade into the sales pond.Lorraine Johnson of North Jersey Federal Credit Union is secondvice president. Maryanne Guenther of First Savings Bank andJocelyn Marzo of FAA Eastern Region Federal Credit Union aretreasurer and membership chair, respectively.Top Of PageBusiness MeetingsThursday, April 97:45 a.m.: Princeton Area Leads Club, Claire Lucas, MarketingMagic, free. New New York Deli, Route 1, 609-924-9337.8 a.m.: Industrial/Commercial Real Estate Women, “REITs:Investments and Construction/Management Services in the Real EstateCommunity,” Mark Yeager, president, commercial division, Gale& Wentworth; Michael Nachamkin, New Jersey market officer, SecurityCapital Industrial Trust; Joseph M. Harvey, director of investmentresearch and co-portfolio manager, Cohen & Steers Special Equity Funds;$30. Newark Airport Marriott, 732-238-8100, extension 19.4:30 p.m.: Princeton University, “From Somalia toIraq: the Role of the Press,” Leslie Cockburn, 60 minutes producerand contributing editor of Vanity Fair, also Ferris Professor of Journalismat the university, free. Woodrow Wilson School, Bowl 1, 609-452-0033.5:45 p.m.: New Jersey Entrepreneurs Forum, “Workingwith Your Banker and Accountant,” also “The Care and Feedingof Your Banking Relationship,” entrepreneur Sandy Newman, $50including dinner. McAteer’s, Somerset, 908-789-3424.Monday, April 137 a.m.: LeTip of Lawrenceville, Roy Minieri, RichardsonCommercial Realtors, free. Michael’s, Route 1, 609-406-8974.5:30 p.m.: Middlesex NJAWBO, “21 Networking Scenarios,”Adrienne Zoble, $37. New Brunswick Hyatt, 732-422-6888.Tuesday, April 147:01 a.m.: LeTip of Princeton, Brian Christie, CarnegieBank, free. New New York Deli, Route 1, 732-417-2409.8 a.m. TransAction 1998, New Jersey transportation conference,3 days, $189. Tropicana, Atlantic City, 908-903-1122.8 a.m.: Trenton Business & Technology Center: “CreativeApproach to Growing Your Business,” Nunzio Cernero, MCCC. $15.36 South Broad Street, 609-396-8801.8 a.m.: The Business Connection, networking, free. GoldenDawn Diner, 2090 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, 609-655-5050.8:30 a.m.: National Business Institute, “A PracticalGuide to Federal Court Rules, and Procedures in New Jersey,” CraigS. Hilliard, Stark & Stark, free. East Windsor Ramada, 715-835-7909.9:30 a.m.: Dun & Bradstreet, “Managing Multiple Priorities,”$165. Palmer Inn, 800-967-4646.10 a.m.: Business Owners Institute, “Funding Opportunitiesfor Small Business Owners,” Al Warr, director, Business OwnersInstitute, free. 676 Route 202/206 North, Bridgewater, 908-526-1500.11:30 a.m.: NJ CAMA, “Is There Sex after Advertising?”Bob Berkowitz, TV personality, $40. Forsgate Country Club, Jamesburg,609-890-9207.5:30 p.m.: Business Marketing Association, Impact awardpresentation, $25. Birchwood Manor, Whippany, 732-417-5601.5:30 p.m.: Rutgers University Department of Journalism,awards dinner for the Eleventh Annual Journalism Award for DistinguishedBusiness & Financial Reporting of New Jersey Issues, cosponsored bythe CIT Group; guest speaker, David Mazzarella, editor, USA Today,free. Rutgers Faculty Club, New Brunswick, 908-252-1011.7 p.m.: New Jersey State Bar Foundation, landlord/tenantrights, J. Leonard Hornstein, retired judge; Harold E. Creacy, seniorstaff attorney, Union County Legal Services Corp., free. New JerseyLaw Center, New Brunswick, 800-373-3529.7:30 p.m.: Jobseekers, instruction and support group forpeople changing jobs or careers, weekly, no charge. Parish Hall entrance,Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, 609-924-2277.Wednesday, April 157:45 a.m.: Princeton Chamber, “Your Script is Showing,”Renee Martin, CEO of Forgery Forensics, a division of Questioned DocumentsInc., $21. Holiday Inn, Route 1, 609-520-1776.8 a.m.: Middlesex County Employer Legislative Committee,breakfast with newly elected representatives Joseph Vitale, statesenator, and Samuel D. Thompson, assemblyman, $25. Forsgate CountryClub, Jamesburg, 908-688-9987.8:30 a.m.: Rutgers Center for Management Development,”Sexual Harassment on the Job,” $275. Janice Levin Building,Rockafeller Road, Piscataway, 732-445-5526.9 a.m.: Urban Women’s Center, Employers include GreenThumb, Harrison Conference Services, Munson Temporaries, New JerseyState Police, Princeton University, Six Flags Great Adventure, SmithBarney, Source One Personnel, Tecom Vinnell Services, the ForrestalHotel. Dress for work; bring resume copies and a black ink pen. 40Fowler Street, Trenton, 609-392-5959.9 a.m.: Morgan Mercedes Human Resource Group, “CareerTrends,” P.J. Dempsey, founder, free. Plainsboro Public Library,609-716-1122.9:30 a.m. Financial Institutions Marketing Association,”Introducing a Sales Culture,” free. Landmark Inn, Woodbridge,201-939-5000.2 p.m.: College of New Jersey, “Regulatory Issues,”Janice Bush, vice president of regulatory affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutica,free. Business Annex 108, 609-771-2394.6 p.m.: American Chemical Society, Princeton chapter,”Cats, Lies, and Quantum Mechanics,” Phillip R. Certain, Universityof Wisconsin — Madison, $20, lecture free. Prospect House andFrick 324, 609-258-3922.6:30 p.m.: Mercer County College, “Transfer and ProfessionalStudies” session, free. 1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-586-9446.6:30 p.m.: Mercer College, “Death and Dying,”for healthcare professionals, Sister Kathleen Manning, hospice directorof the Visiting Nurse Association of the Delaware Valley, $40. WestWindsor, 609-586-9446.Thursday, April 169 a.m.: Mercer County College, “Empowerment Skillsfor Professional Secretaries,” day-long seminar with Melva Harris,Harris Development Consultants, on “Personal Growth in DifficultTimes,” and Renata Murray, on “Image and Impression –How Are You Really Seen?” $98. Marriott, 609-586-9446.9 a.m.: Rutgers Center for Management Development, “AvoidingLitigation for Employee Discipline and Discharge,” Barbara A.Lee, $350. Janice Levin Building, Rockafeller Road, Piscataway, 732-445-5526.11 a.m.: Mercer Chamber, “The Business of CollegeBasketball,” Kevin Bannon, coach, Rutgers University men’s basketballteam, $30. Hyatt, 609-393-4143.5:30 p.m.: Middlesex Chamber, business after hours, $15.Lorelei Personnel, 1 Auer Court, East Brunswick, 732-821-1700.5:30 p.m.: Mercer County Bar Association, “Stress-LessRelaxation Learning Program,” Sandy Gilbert-Stripp, $60. Jamieson,Moore, Peskin & Spicer, 300 Alexander Road, 609-585-6200.6 p.m.: Mercer County College, “Resumes, Cover Letters& Interviews,” free. Student Center, 1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-586-4800,extension 3397 .6 p.m.: Mercer NJAWBO, “Taking Your Business to theNext Level: a solid marketing plan,” Adrienne Zoble of AdrienneZoble Associates, $29. Palmer Inn, 609-490-0404.6 p.m.: Institute of Management Accountants, PrincetonChapter, joint meeting with Raritan Valley chapter, “Preparingfor an IRS Audit,” Priscilla Amor, IRS revenue agent, $24. McAteer’s,Somerset, 609-840-0700.6:30 p.m.: Rider University, “On the Road to Entrepreneurship:Buying a Business,” panel: Rachel Stark, Stark & Stark; HowardScribner, partner, Arthur Anderson; Ronald Cook, management professor,Rider University; free. Sweigart Hall auditorium, 609-896-5522.7 p.m.: Sandler Sales Institute, “Selling Strategiesfor the Year 2000 and Beyond,” $40. 600 Alexander Road, 800-810-2722.Top Of PageComputer MeetingsThursday, April 910 a.m.: 55-Plus Computer Group, E-mail, free. JewishCenter of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, 609-924-6328.Friday, April 108:30 a.m.: ExecuTrain, Microsoft Word 7.0 for Windows,introduction, $250. 2 Tower Center Boulevard, East Brunswick,732-937-9600.Tuesday, April 148:30 a.m.: ExecuTrain, Microsoft Access 97, $250. 2 TowerCenter Boulevard, East Brunswick, 732-937-9600.6 p.m.: Princeton MacIntosh Users Group, Jadwin Hall,Room A-10, 609-252-1163.Wednesday, April 159 a.m.: Mercer County College, Word 97 Level II, $99.Kerney Campus, North Broad and Hanover, Trenton, 609-586-9446.Thursday, April 167:15 p.m.: Raritan Valley College, “How to Plan andCreate a Web Site,” two sessions, $112. Summit Bank, 630 FranklinAvenue, Somerset, 908-218-8871.8 p.m.: Princeton ACM/IEEE Computer Society, “JavaBeans,” Dennis Mancl, Bell Labs, free. Sarnoff Corporation, 908-582-7086.8:30 p.m.: West Windsor-Plainsboro Community Education,Access 7.0 for Windows 95, Janet Daugherty, four weeks, $64. WW-PHigh School, 609-716-5030.Top Of PageBusiness ClassesWednesday, April 157 p.m.: Raritan Valley College, “Fair Employment Practices:Keeping the Organization in Compliance,” Frank Steinberg, attorney,four weeks, $54. Route 28 and Lamington Road, North Branch, 908-526-1200,extension 8239 .7 p.m.: Raritan Valley College, “The Critical FirstYear: Starting a Business,” William MacRae, CPA, two sessions,$54. Route 28 and Lamington Road, North Branch, 908-526-1200, extension8239 .Top Of PagePlanning BoardsWednesday, April 88 p.m.: West Windsor Township Planning Board, MunicipalBuilding, Room A, 609-799-2400.Wednesday, April 15Noon: Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission, PrallsvilleMills, Stockton, 609-397-2000.7 p.m.: Washington Township Planning Board, 1117 Route130, 609-259-3443, ext. 123.7:30 p.m.: Hopewell Township Planning Board, 609-737-0605.8 p.m.: West Windsor Planning Board, 609-799-2400.Thursday, April 167:30 p.m.: Princeton Regional Planning Board, Weller TractMunicipal Park. 369 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-5366.Corrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
