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Our Staff

Jamie Marie Kelly

Jamie Marie Kelly

Turnoffs
Anything Mitch says or does
Favorite drink
New Year's Eve '07 martini list (in it's entirety)
Favorite jukebox song
Any Pussy Cat Dolls song
Least favorite jukebox song
Anything Mitch likes
Mitch Tidyman

Mitch Tidyman

Turn-ons
Body piercings, athletic women
Turnoffs
21st Birthdays, puke
Skills
an fix anything. Can lift anything. Can chew two cans of dip a day.
Myspace or Facebook?
Facebook
Sedrick Harton

Sedrick Harton

Skills
Doing what I'm paid to do. DO WORK SON! Winning bets on Fridays (ask Gary)
Claim to Fame
Owner at end of '08
Why do you like working at WST?
Staff is cool, and the girls are hot. Also the discount...
Myspace or Facebook?
Facebook because I met a lot of white women there
Gary Chaney

Gary Chaney

Favorite Drink
Raspberry Smirnoff vodka and cranberry juice
Most memorable WST moment
Witnessing a girl kick some dude in the nuts during an altercation.
Why do you like working at WST?
How many jobs can you be around all your boys, while being around a bunch of girls, while getting to be aggressive with drunk people? Did I mention I get paid too?
Favorite jukebox song
Anything that gets people dancing
Bria Gregan

Bria Gregan

Favorite Drink
Stoli Bluberi & soda
Why do you like working at WST?
Because it's fun, a great atmosphere, and I get to work with "Forever Robbie Finch"
Favorite jukebox song
Anything Hendrix
Least favorite jukebox song
Anything that doesn't rock
Samantha Sitter

Samantha Sitter

What do you do here?
I'm the eye candy!
Claim to Fame
"Dating" the other bartenders
Why do you like working at WST?
$$$, working with fun people
Most memorable WST moment
When we went non-smoking!
Monica Clark

Monica Clark

What do you do here?
Bar Bitch
Claim to Fame
Being the youngest employee!
Skills
Getting the bartenders what they need when they need it!
Most memorable WST moment
The Bud Boyz Calendar shoot with all the sand!
Lee Foster

Lee Foster

Skills
You name it...there isn't too much I'm not good at!
Claim to Fame
Hittin' 12 three-pointers in a summer league basketball game
Why do you like working at WST?
Because it is a fun environment with a lot of fun people. It also stops me from drinking three nights a weekend!
Favorite jukebox song
"Callin' Baton Rouge" by Garth Brooks
DJ StevEboy (Steve Kaczur)

DJ StevEboy (Steve Kaczur)

Skills
My sweet dance moves
Favorite drink
Sex With a Grapefruit (Ruby Red Absolut, soda water, cranberry juice)
Why do you like working at WST?
The elevated stage keeps me safe from crazed fans!
Most memorable WST moment
Fuller getting his first pubes
Sarah Alam

Sarah Alam

Paul Schillig

Paul Schillig

Sarah M.

Sarah M.

Brett Sinning

Brett Sinning

Job description
Master mixologist
Favorite/least favorite juke box song
Crazy game of poker - supersonic/OAR
Claim to fame
Coming in dead last in people magazines most eligible bachelors 3 years in a row

Mike "hot pants" Fuller

Skills
Making out, massages, and candlelight dinners
Why do you like working at WST
Everyone always tells me how nice I look
Claim to fame
"Yes, I was that kid on Fear Factor"
Mike Beder

Mike Beder

Ryan

Skills
Voice impersonator, removing sugar slugs from the drain, toilet humor
Why do you like working at WST
Seriously there is free popcorn
Claim to fame
Singing the name game using only the names chuck and Bart

Robert W Finch

Skills
Making people laugh and smile
Most memorable WST memory
When Ryan and I had to dive out of the way of projectile vomit
Claim to fame
Oldest employee at WST

Jim

Position
Door guy/bartender-don't puke or ill toss your ass to the curb
Most memorable WST memory
When we turned the gangsta rap music up really loud so the super drunk, old, annoying townies would leave on ladies night
Claim to fame
I get it, I look like the foch!!!

Alumni Hall of Fame

Amanda Rassi

Amanda Rassi

Dana Rader

Dana Rader

Skills
I can make a pretty mean martini, extra dirty
Favorite drink
Margarita with a rim job
Most memorable WST memory
The day that I smacked PFAHL's ass (it was an accident I swear)
Chris Harris (DJ Scrilla)

Chris Harris (DJ Scrilla)

Position
DJ-play tracks, dance a bit, keep drunk people off the stage.
Skills
Seeing everything that goes on in the bar. If you are doing it, guess what? I can see it
What is your most memorable WST memory?
The Black Diamond experience...(sigh)

P.D.

Skills
Chronic masturbator and I'm good with a bow staff
Fav/least fav juke box song
Red hot chili peppers/ any song that the drunks can sing along with really loud and off key to
Claim to fame
I love to eat "pie"
Marcella Gattuso

Marcella Gattuso

Jake

Favorite drink
Anything with alcohol
Why do you like working at WST
Cause I get to take the trash out and I plan on being a garbage man
Claim to fame
1989 Mantua Potato Festival Prince
Mike Schwab

Mike Schwab

Why do you like working at WST
I the big $ I make
Turn on/turn off
Skanky girls/ really skanky girls
Claim to fame
7 years as an undergrad
Shannon Nahra

Shannon Nahra

Why do like working at WST
People I work with
Turn on/turn off
Friendly customers/no tipper asking to be hooked up
Claim to fame
Sat next to Ben Stein when I was 10
Ross Ferrise

Ross Ferrise

Skills
can bench press over 400 LBS
Favorite night to go out
bike night
What is your most memorable WST memory
making out by the pizza machine

Jarett Dimarzio

Favorite night to go out
Whenever George is here
Why do you like working at WST
The fame
What is your most memorable WST moment
Bills story about zone 3
Jon Edwards

John Edwards

Mike Pfahl

Mike Pfahl (Hammer)

Becky Greene

Becky Greene

Julie Pearson

Julie Pearson

Why do you like working at WST
The townies of course
Turn on/turn offs
Guys that get in fights and are banned from WST/guys that drink from the pitcher
What is your most memorable WST memory
When I poured a glass of puke into the sink and clogged the drain

Nicole

Skills
Making men's jaws drop
Claim to fame
Coyote Ugly night or one of the many drunken Nicole and angry Jaime nights
Most memorable WST memory
Winner of the Westmoreland watermelon seed spitting contest

Heather

Skills
Twirling flaming batons and making friendship bracelets
Fav WST memory
Fisting Ryan behind the bar
Turn on/turn off
Popped collars/popped collars

Bill Diesch

Skills
Very handy
Most memorable WST moment
Some kid telling pfahl and I he was going to shoot us
Claim to fame
I know D.J. Russel Muntz

Eric

Skills
Computer hacking skills, sweet with a bow staff
Most memorable WST's moment
Watching a girl on her 21st puke on her boyfriends back while riding piggyback
Claim to fam
I know Matt Beder
Spring Break Dennis

"Spring Break" Dennis Bindel

Did you know:
Although never a full-fledged employee, Dennis did work on a casual labor basis, this picture documenting one of those nights.
Jeana Weltlich

Jeana Weltlich and Jerry Springer

Note:
Jerry Springer was not actually an employee.
Erin Carlton

Erin C

Mike Polk

Mike Polk

Dee

Dee

Levi Welling

Levi Welling

Scotty

Scotty

PJ Moore

PJ Moore

Seth Kujat

Seth Kujat

Vince Defebo

Vince Defebo

Natalie Monessi

Natalie Monessi

Dave Posta and Jenny Lane

Dave Posta and Jenny Lane

Mike Ard

Mike Ard

Holly Harris

Holly Harris

Leslie and Lindsay Srodek

Leslie (left) and Lindsay (right) Srodek

Susan Iceman

Susan Iceman

Jamie Martin

Jamie Martin

Phil Melillo

Phil Melillo

James Mack

James Mack

Dominique Fulton

Dominique Fulton

Courtney Russell

Courtney Russell

Brian Tontasetic

Brian Tontasetic