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The other day I overheard a discussion of several older people who were saying with their limited income they were hard pressed to come up with contributions for any cause of a charitable nature as they could barely pay their expenses such as food, perscriptions, etc. May I say, each of us can help in some way.
There is an organization called "friends of the Aston Library" They meet regularily to find ways to raise much needed funds for the library. What better way for folks with limited income than to become a volunteer and help in what ever way you can to contribute at least your time and energy to this group? Even younger folks could give of their time and energy to worthwhile causes such as the library.
PS: "START AN IDEA AND WATCH IT GROW!''
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House backer withdraws Web anti-piracy bill
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(Reuters) - The Texas Congressman whose proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) prompted dozens of websites to go dark or run protest messages this week said Friday he is pulling the measure from consideration "until there is wider agreement on a solution.""I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy," U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, a Republican from Texas and the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, told Reuters in a telephone interview.
"It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products," Smith said.
(Reporting by Jim Forsyth; Editing by Daniel Trotta)
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In the Aston area the community channel for Comcast cable is Channel 10. If you tune to this
channel you can view information about current events concerning what is happening in our
community. In addition, if you go on the internet to www.astontownship.net, the new Aston town-
ship website, you can view the Aston monthly newsletters.
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People for Better Pennsylvania Historical Records Access (PaHR-Access)
Genealogists Researchers Family Historians
We are asking for your help in a grassroots effort to make sure older Pennsylvania state birth and death certificates are made available online
We were quite successful in changing Pennsylvania law to allow state death certificates more than 50 years old and birth certificates more than 105 years old to become open records (currently that means from 1906-1962 and 1906-1907 respectively). They will also be transferred to the State Archives. Now that they can legally be put online we want to make sure the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania does all it can to put them online as has been done in 17 states so far. In other words we do not want foot dragging or empty promises.
While it is great that the records will be transferred to the Pennsylvania State Achieves, putting the records in an online database and using a search engine would make it possible to search through these records in a way that is light years away from manually searching the numerous by year by county indexes and manually retrieving each record at the State Archives.
We need everyone (including out-of-state residents) to write, email, call or visit Governor Tom Corbett's office to keep up the pressure. While there should be no reason to contact any of the state legislators letting the state legislators and the Governor know that the State Archives should be appropriately funded in general rather than underfunded as it is now could help the situation. Naturally the more letters and other forms of contact that are made and the more people involved the better.
Contact information, FAQ, sample letters, forms, links and considerably more information can be found at: users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access (or Google “PaHR-Access”)
If you have any questions please contact the spokesperson for PaHR-Access:
Tim Gruber 610-791-9294ortimarg@rcn.com
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State birth and death certificates
Good news in reference to getting better access to older Pennsylvania state birth and death certificates. On November 15th, 2011 Vital Records Bill SB-361 was unanimously passed by the House Health Committee. It is now in the House Appropriations Committee. We don't know if and when it will come up for a vote that is decided by Majority Chairman William Adolph. We would like the bill to be voted on this year before they are tied up with next year's budget fight in January. Everyone should encourage the chairman and the other members of the committee to pass SB-361 as quickly as possible. In addition to any of the committee members you are willing to contact please contact your own state representative about supporting SB-361 if even if they are not on this committee. The whole situation is discussed in detail in the December 5th, 2011 article under The Latest Newssection of our website: http://users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access.htm (includes a sample letter for this bill to this committee).
As a reminder Vital Records Bill SB-361 is simple in that it just makes death certificates over 50 years old and birth certificates over 105 years old in Pennsylvania open records. It also requires the records be handed over to the Pennsylvania State Archives. This will cost the Commonwealth nothing to implement. Once the bill becomes law it would be then possible to have the records online. Without this change in the law the records will remain very restricted forever.
We need everyone to encourage SB-361 be passed by the committee as soon as possible. Visits, phone calls, letters are the most effective, but even a one paragraph email sent to at least one state representative is better than nothing. Hearing from organizations especially within their districts, constituents and others (including out of state residents) could prove decisive in getting SB-361 passed by the Appropriations Committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives hopefully this month yet.
Thank you for your help.
Tim Gruber
The Keystone Marker Trust
26 JUNE 2011
The purpose of this email is to introduce, or rather reintroduce, the members of the DCHPN to a once ubiquitous piece of PA road-side history and to ask for the your assistance.
Beginning in the early 1920’s PennDOT’s predecessor, the PA Department of Highways, began to install distinctive blue and gold painted cast iron markers across the Commonwealth, as part of a program that celebrated State history and served to mark the gateways to countless towns and villages, creeks and river crossings, parks and trail heads.
The Keystone Marker Trust (www.keystonemarkertrust.org) is a non-profit advocacy organization that was formed to promote the preservation, repair and maintenance of these vanishing pieces of PA history. The Keystone Markers have largely fallen into disrepair over the course of the last fifty years and are largely ignored by PennDOT. Many have been lost to motor vehicle accidents and vandals, stolen by “scrap metal thieves” or simply been taken down and stored in attics, town hall basements and maintenance sheds by individuals and municipalities, forgotten by time. The Trust is seeking to step in, fill the void of stewardship left by PennDOT, and initiate a number of programs from simple maintenance and repair, to the creation of replacement markers and the launch of a “Marker Adoption Program”. If you have any interest in assisting us with our mission, or simply would like to help us update our inventory by letting us know about Markers hiding “undiscovered” in your community, please get in touch with me via email or the number listed below. Feel free to visit the KMT website for a full listing of existing Keystone Markers throughout the Commonwealth, as well as a great deal of information about the history and typology of these unique pieces of PA road-side history!
Sincerely,
Christian A. Busch, Principal
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