I am writing to you today to officially notify you that I will not be seeking the next term as Wayne County Coroner. My 2nd term in office ends January 1, 2012. This has been a very difficult and personal decision.
I just wanted to send a quick note to everyone at the News Eagle/Wayne Independent to say thank you.
Each evening as the Sun goes down, I gaze across the hills
And wonder at the changing Hues, theValleys and the Rills
The Ski Slope stands in the distance
Covered in its mantle of white
Voices barely heard echoing in the night
And it is nice...
When George Fluhr was elected supervisor, he had the Walls removed from many positions in the town stating there was a large conflict of interest with so many positions being held by family members. It seems that he has now replaced the Wall family with the Myers Family.
To my utter dismay and disappointment, the proposal for a half mil tax increase for Shohola Township Volunteer Fire and Rescue was denied by the Shohola Supervisors at the last general meeting on the basis that we, as a fire department, spend too much money. On that note, let us look at how our money is going to be spent regardless of a tax increase.
CDD (Center for Developmental Disabilities), a Pike County based 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to provide, free of charge, quality, diversified support services to children (birth to age 5) with developmental disabilities and delays, has commenced its 2010 Annual Appeal Campaign.
A friend clipped, just part of the story, the report of the "Hawley Star."
I missed its creation by two years as with Jim Gelatt and several other Hawley High School graduates I had joined the Air Force in 1956. Following discharge from the USAF I never really moved back to Hawley or any part of Pike or Wayne Counties. My family, who first entered Pike and Wayne shortly after the danger of Indian attack had abated, have, with my generation, moved to softer ground, to places with fertile soil and without stone walls.
Last evening I read in your recent "net edition" of The News Eagle an article about the Senior Project undertaken by George Clause II of Wallenpaupack High School.
SEND YOUR SANTA LETTER TO THE NEWS EAGLE BY SATURDAY DEC. 18. We will publish letters to Santa, in the Midweek Edition just before Christmas. Send them to The News Eagle, 303 Main Ave. Suite C Hawley, PA 18428 or by e-mail, to news@neagle.com. Santa of course reads The News Eagle, so he’ll be sure to see you letter!
I have recently received a political advertisement in the mail from Congressman Camey stating that Tom Marino wants to end Social Security.
Tom Marino is and has been committed to Public Service and Country all of his adult life.
Attorney General Tom Corbett believes the “jobs are there”. Oh, really. Tell that to the unemployed of Pike County where according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment was 10.4% in May, 2010 for a 1.1% INCREASE in unemployment since May, 2009.
Last year the Pennsylvania State Police arrested 16,156 people for Driving under the Influence of Alcohol and or Drugs. Although alcohol is the intoxicant most often responsible for impaired driving, it's not the only one that renders individuals incapable of safely operating a vehicle.
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