����� in business Debra Cirino helps you find your way home D ebra “Debi” Cirino credits her marketing experience, her familiarity with the area and the personal service she offers for the growth of her real estate business in a highly competitive environment. “What I love about being a Realtor is guiding people through the process of buying or selling and seeing them realize their dream,” says Debi, who has been in the business since 2008. “I take pride in what my hometown and the surrounding communities have to offer.” Currently associated with the Wyckoff office of Weichert Realtors at 391 Franklin Avenue, she works with buyers and sellers in her hometown of Midland Park as well as Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes, Ramsey and surrounding areas. Cirino is very active in her Midland Park community, where she has lived for 13 years with her husband and 3 children. Prior to her career in real estate, Debra “Debi” Cirino Cirino earned her associate’s degree in marketing and management, a field that has aided her greatly in her real estate career. Since joining Weichert, Cirino has continued to educate herself through seminars and classes, including “Securing a Home for your Buyer,” “Focusing on Sellers and Fair Housing,” and “Successful Negotiating.” Through Weichert’s weekly meetings, she stays updated on the real estate market and the current home inventory. If you’re thinking of buying or selling, don’t wait. Take advantage of the fall market and the unprecedented low mortgage interest rates. Contact Debi at 201925-2033 or visit www.DebiCirino.com. Debra “Debi” Cirino will “Help You Find Your Way Home!” October 12, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 17 Kelly Zweig of The Good China marveling over the delicate china and hand painted details. Now, 30 years later, she is the owner of The Good China, a happy little store filled with distinctive dressings for your table. “My focus isn’t on you selling something,” says Kelly, “but exploring the possibilities that can enhance your home and fit your lifestyle.” After studying art at Kutztown University, Kelly joined the visual Kelly Zweig merchandising team for St. John Knits. “One of my favorite tricks is finding an unusual way to use an everyday item, be it a napkin ring converted into a barrette, or rescuing those tiny after dinner cups from your cabinet to fill with mini arrangements creating a linear centerpiece -- or maybe just to brighten your windowsill.” Kelly moved to New Jersey in the late ‘90s, where her love of china was revived at Rudi’s Pottery in Paramus. Originally hired to create their website, things changed quickly for Kelly when she started to feel the desire to be surrounded by beautiful china. “I began daydreaming about having a store of my own,” she recalls. In 2007, The Good China opened its doors in Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania, and moved to Wyckoff in July. “I love living in Wyckoff, and was hoping to move my store. When I saw those shutters and window boxes, it just felt right,” she explains. Stop in and ask about the sample program. Kelly recommends taking it home before you choose. The Good China also features a Bride’s Choice Registry Program; register now, and decide later! The Good China is located at 257 Everett Avenue, just around the corner from Aldo’s and behind Weichert Realtors. Store hours are Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. and Saturdays from 12 to 5. Phone 1- 888-969-2446, or visit online at www.TheGoodChina.com. a Kelly Zweig Asalwayschild, grandmother, spent Sundays antiquing with her arbara Sbarra RN, MSN, CNE was a nurse at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City in 2002 when a friend who was the dean of students at Eastwick College (then the HoHoKus School of Business and Medical Sciences) convinced her to join the teaching staff for the fledgling Licensed Practical Nurse program at the Ramsey school. Eight years later she was heading the LPN program helping build it into the largest of its kind in the state, and now she is Eastwick College’s director of nursing, responsible for both the LPN and the Registered Nurse (RN) programs. Eastwick College is the first private sector college in the state approved to offer a registered nursing degree. “I’ve found my niche,” said Sbarra. “I get to experience the best of both worlds: satisfaction from leadership and education. Every day I get to oversee and guide the education of our future nurses and it is a great feeling to be able to touch the students’ lives in such a way that helps improve and develop their careers.” Because many of the students have tried other fields prior to attending Eastwick College, Sbarra said it’s rewarding to see when nursing clicks for them, when the clinical and the theory aspects come together and they realize they can now fulfill their dreams and help people in various communities and settings at the same time. “The students are eager to learn and are dedicated, committed and proud of the Barbara Sbarra RN, MSN, CNE ir accomplishments,” she said of the nursing students at Eastwick College. Barbara Sbarra heads RN and LPN programs at Eastwick College B Their accomplishments are measurable. Eastwick’s nursing graduates have a ninety percent passing rate on the first try in the National Council Licensure Exam, and the school is now in the candidacy stage for membership in the prestigious National League Barbara Sbarra RN, MSN, CNE for Nursing. New classes start every 12 weeks for the year-long full-time LPN or RN programs (18 months for parttimers). Also available is a bridge program from LPN to RN which results in an Associate’s (AAS) degree. Clinical experience is attained in a wide variety of disciplines at several area facilities, including Hackensack University Medical Center, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Select Specialty in Rochelle Park for RN students and Bergen Regional Medical Center, Care One, and Palisades Medical Center for the LPN program. All students also participate in community service, either by volunteering for a health fair or blood pressure clinic or by lending a hand on a project, such as Oasis Shelter in Paterson, which Sbarra feels strongly about. A graduate of Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing with a master’s in nursing from Ramapo College, Sbarra is now pursuing a DNP-Executive Track at Felician College. Through the years she has lived in Mahwah, she has also volunteered for the Home School Associations, DARE, Immaculate Conception parish and the Center for Food Action, among other organizations. Eastwick College’s goal is to prepare students with the knowledge and skills necessary to qualify for challenging positions in business, industry and the medical environment in the shortest possible time. Classes are small and provide each student with as much personal attention as necessary to help them meet their career goals. Financial aid is available and students can take advantage of free placement services. Better than 90 percent of its graduates find the job they want after graduation. To learn more about Eastwick College, call 201327-8877, visit www.eastwick.edu or stop by the campus at 10 South Franklin Turnpike in Ramsey.