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from which we were all motivated to present all of what you see here.
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Aston
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everything gets done.
I work with a very good and highly qualified staff.”
George Savastano is the senior most member
of that staff, and handles many of the day-to-day questions that
are presented by township residents.
George is the ‘point man’ with respect to the ‘Code
Enforcement hot line’ and processes most of the questions and
complaints that are
presented via that means.
Ralph, together with George, have the
benefit of two part-time employees, Sharon Certo and John
Holefelder. John is the ‘man on the street’ – responding to
such issues as ‘complaints,’ which often require a phyical
presence, and inspections. His varied experience in construction
and maintenance allows
him to promptly resolve issues. Sharon is the ‘glue’ which
holds all processes together. There is no question about it –
she keeps the guys on the ‘straight and narrow.’ Her
administrative talents, her
attention to detail, and
her ability to process the myriad of
documents efficiently allow Code Enforcement to operate
effectively. In the
background, Sharon handles all
of the details necessary to getting
the job done. We
would certainly be remiss if we didn’t mention Carol Thompson.
Carol, who officially isn’t part of the Department, lends
her considerable expertise and experience to solving problems on a
daily basis.
All in all, it’s a tough job! Code
Enforcement is constantly striving to improve the “health,
safety and welfare” of our community – helping
make Aston a wonderful place to call home.
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Floating
Message Creates Bond Between Day Camps
By
Mike Koehler - Long Islander News
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Alex Gardega was
walking back to his pickup truck with his mother
after building a playset for her Greenlawn day camp,
Lollipop Lane Daycare, one weekend in late July when
they noticed something unusual, “My pickup truck
was parked in her driveway, I went out to it and
found a piece of paper with a string on it”
Gardega said.
What had landed in the back of his
vehicle was a note from a day camp in Pennsylvania
written on a small piece of yellow paper toed to the
remains of a balloon.
“There
wasn’t much left of the balloon when we found
it” said Edwina Gardega, 59.
The note
revealed that a young girl, Cheyanna S. had signed
the note and that the balloon had been released from
Camp Rainbow in Aston, Pennsylvania around July 4.
Maureen
McKenzie, Director of Camp Rainbow said that the
balloon had been released on July 27 as part of the
camp’s Annual
release of 130 red, white and blue balloons. During
those few days it
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was afloat,
the balloon traveled approximately 80 miles as
crow’s fly route would be 158 miles via road
thereby crossing several state borders.“That’s
a good journey for a little balloon,” Alex
Gardega said. “Those things you usually send
them out and they never get to anyone.” He added
that he called the
camp, and was told that the children were excited
someone found their balloon messages.
Edwina Garedga
said she wrote a letter herself to the other camp,
but was considering getting the children at her
camp involved.
“I’ll try
and call one of the days these kids are here and
thank Cheyanne for sending the balloon. The kids
got a kick out of the balloon floating all the
way,” she said.
On
the other side, McKenzie said that they also
received replies from a town in Northern New
Jersey and Massachusetts this year, but previously
a balloon released never prompted such activity”
“It was the first time we had a response like
that.”
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Municipal News
Camp Rainbow begins in June…
Camp Rainbow
is located at the Aston Community Center (Rick Owsley Field House)
and is held every Monday through Friday, 9 am to 12 Noon,
beginning June 25 and ending August 4.
(The camp will be closed on Wednesday, July 4, for the
holiday.) Registration
deadline is June 20, 2007. For
more information on this yearly summer camp offering, please
contact Dottie Kornafel
at 610-494-1636.
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As
a sideline…………..
The
article above was published in a Long Island, NY publication know
as The Long Islander on August 10, 2006 and written by Mike
Koehler.
Trash pickup schedule for July 4th.
Wednesday’s regular trash will be picked up
along with Thursday’s regular pickup on Thursday July 5th.
There will be no second pickup on Thursday, July 5th or Friday July 6th.
Support the
Clock…………………
The
Aston Business Association announced today that a
fund-raising
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campaign designed to pay for the installation of a
full-sized Verdin street clock at the Veterans Memorial Garden at 5
points is performing above expectations.
“The residents and business owners of Aston have responded
enthusiastically to our desire to install a Verdin street clock in
the Veterans Memorial Garden. We are pleased with the response
we’ve received so far to our fund-raising efforts, but more
sales are needed. Money raised by the sale of miniature clocks
will not only pay for the clock but pay for the
upkeep and maintenance of
the clock in the future without using tax dollars.”
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