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Moving back to Fayette County
Have been gone for years and now must move back to be with sick family member. Looking to rent a house for at least a yr then buy. Just my wife and I and no pets. Would like to live in Uniontown area / North Union or even the mtns near Nemacolin. Any help would be appreciated. I have called and looked everywhere on line but no luck.

MIKE YOU DON'T WANT TO MOVE BACK HERE TO FAYETTE COUNTY PA AND IF YOUR FAMILY IS SICK ITS PROBLEY OVER WHATS GOING ON HERE . IF ANY THING YOU NEED TO GO FAR AWAY ME AND MY FAMILY IS SICK FROM THE THINGS GOING ON HERE.IF YOUR NOT SICK YOU WILL BE SOON PEOPLE IN FAYETTE COUNTY IS ONE SIDED AND ITS NOT FOR THE PEOPLE. ITS FOR THE MARCELLUS WELLS THE WELLS I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH BUT PUT THEM IN THE SAFE WAY AND THEY HAVEN'T PELOOPLE'S LIVES YOU DO NOT MESS WITH . YOUR GARDED ANGEL

Article below from Herald Standard from Task Force Meeting. I attended and was glad to hear the remarks from DEP. My question is where are the state reps. Regulations are state and cant find them anywhere. They had a couple of public meetings but thats it. Dont agree in most cases with the Vinces but they are right the state makes laws and Zimmerlink had DEP in to explain. Seems odd that county doing state work. I can only guess state reps must not make enough. Although the natural gas industry needs to be closely monitored, it hasn't wreaked havoc on the environment. Alan Eichler, an environmental program manager with the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), said the industry often takes a beating it doesn't deserve. Eichler said rumors of creeks going dry from water being pumped from them to extract natural gas from the Marcellus shale and stories that no one, not even the DEP, knows what chemicals are used to "frac" wells are simply not true. "We have not one documented case of a stream going dry because of operators pumping water out of it," he said, noting that the DEP also keeps a list of all chemicals used to frac a well. Eichler said the DEP closely monitors the industry's activity and that the most common citation issued is for erosion and sedimentation at well sites that were not properly reclaimed. Eichler was one of three presenters who spoke Wednesday during a public meeting to discuss various aspects of Marcellus shale natural gas drilling at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. The meeting was sponsored by the Fayette County Marcellus Shale Task Force in conjunction with Penn State Cooperative Extension. The natural gas industry, according to Eichler, has grown quickly in southwestern Pennsylvania over the last several years. Eichler said the DEP issued 1,600 permits from Marcellus shale drilling in 2009. This year, the DEP has already issued 2,000 permits and expects to issue a total of about 3,000. "Southwestern Pennsylvania is a very unusual area in that it has significant gas reserves and significant coal reserves," he said. The Marcellus shale, a deep layer of rock that lies 5,000 to 9,000 feet underground, runs from the southern New York through western Pennsylvania and into eastern Ohio and West Virginia. Eichler said people who are approached by gas companies wanting to drill on, or near, their properties need to exercise caution. Marcellus shale drilling requires acres of land, he said, can affect water supplies and can be bothersome. Eichler said a gas company that contaminates or disrupts a water supply is responsible for correcting the problem. Companies will often want to take water samples before drilling begins to compare with samples following drilling, and Eichler urged residents to allow the sampling. Advertisement Eichler said residents can also ask the gas company to conduct a pre-drill flow test on their water supply; however, most companies won't agree to it. A pre-drill flow test costs a few hundred dollars, but is the only way to prove drilling has disrupted water flow, he said. In addition, Eichler said the DEP has strict standards when it comes to the water used in the hydraulic fracturing of gas wells. The DEP has a water management plan and all gas companies must abide by regulations set forth in it. Companies are required to notify the DEP how much water they are taking from rivers and the rate at which they are taking it. Companies are also not allowed to dump untreated frac water into rivers. Frac water is a water and sand mixture used in the process of freeing natural gas from the Marcellus shale. The water is recycled following the process. Eichler urged people who see gas companies committing harmful or suspicious behavior to call the DEP at 412-442-4000. "The fact of the matter is that the public is the eyes and ears of the department. We can't be everyplace all the time," he said, noting, however, that the DEP recently began having inspectors work evenings and weekends to check on drilling sites in off hours. The DEP, according to Eichler, is given a list of all the chemicals used to frac individual gas wells. A list of the most common chemicals can be found on the DEP's website, as can other reports and studies, by going to www.depweb.state.pa.us and clicking on the "Oil & Gas" tab on the left of the page. Other presenters at Wednesday's public meeting included John B. Laughner, director of Penn State Cooperative Extension in Beaver County, and attorney Kris Vanderman. Laughner outlined specific findings and conclusions on research on the environment and community impacts as a result of Marcellus shale gas drilling, while Vanderman discussed leasing considerations for landowners and legal issues concerning Marcellus shale exploration. Fayette County Commissioner Angela M. Zimmerlink, who also serves as chairwoman of the task force, said Wednesday's meeting was the first of future public meetings that will discuss issues surrounding natural gas drilling. Anyone wanting more information can visit that task force's website at www.mshaletaskforce.org.

There are three pictures of the old house on Wikipedia. It appears that it is being reconstructed but the location isn't identified. Also, the is no date given for the pictures. I hope we will get more information from Uniontown residents as to whether the reconstruction has gone forward or if the pictures were taken before the house came down. Jim, I also watched Jeremy's video on YouTube tonight. That was neat. nancy_gaddis@yahoo.com

Have been gone for years and now must move back to be with sick family member. Looking to rent a house for at least a yr then buy. Just my wife and I and no pets. Would like to live in Uniontown area / North Union or even the mtns near Nemacolin. Any help would be appreciated. I have called and looked everywhere on line but no luck.

In response to Kimberly Aulby Cox 's message:

Colonel Wm. Crawford marriages
Have you found any source of Colonel Crawford's first marriage to Ann Stewart? I have heard other rumors concerning Ann Connell. I too, am a descendant of Colonel Wm. Crawford through his brother, Valentine Crawford. Thanks!

One source for the William Crawford marriage to his first wife is in a family Bible, 'The Bradford Bible' and it's information can be found at the DAR. I have been researching the Crawford-Stephenson families for years for historical purposes. I would love to hear from any descendants from these families. (H)onora Crawford, mother of Wm and Valentine married first a Crawford, then Richard Stephenson. My email is snshine8@cvzoom.net

By Jennifer Harr Herald-Standard State Rep. Bill DeWeese (D-Waynesburg) will have a preliminary hearing Monday in Dauphin County to determine if he will stand trial on charges theft and conflict of interest filed against him late last year by state Attorney General Tom Corbett. Magisterial District Judge William C. Wenner will conduct the hearing and determine if prosecutors have a case against DeWeese and his legislative aide, Sharon Rodavich. Wenner will either order DeWeese and Rodavich to stand trial on the charges or dismiss them. Generally, the prosecution calls witnesses to support their case and defense attorneys cross-examine those witnesses. DeWeese isn't expected to testify as is the case with the overwhelming majority of defendants in preliminary hearings. Nils Hagen-Frederiksen, a spokesman for Corbett, said that the facts in the case will speak for themselves. "But it is important to remember that this is a preliminary hearing, just one step in a lengthy process," Hagen-Frederiksen said. "The purpose of the hearing is not to try the entire case, but to determine whether the commonwealth has presented enough evidence to hold the charges for trial." DeWeese, Rodavich and former York County Rep. Steve Stetler were all charged in December 2009 with theft and conflict of interest. Stetler already had a preliminary hearing, and all of the charges filed against him were held for court. DeWeese, 60, and Stetler, 61, are charged with using government employees and resources to run campaigns on work time at taxpayers' expense. Rodavich allegedly ran DeWeese's campaign out of his Waynesburg office and performed solely campaign-related work. The charges were filed following a grand jury investigation into the corruption of public officials. The grand jury's findings alleged that DeWeese conducted fundraising from 2001-2007 "primarily at the expense of Pennsylvania's taxpayers." To do so, he employed Kevin Sidella on his legislative staff. DeWeese's former chief aide, Michael Manzo, testified that it was clear from the get-go that Sidella's real job was to work on campaign fundraising and other election-related issues - and DeWeese knew that. Manzo, indicted in 2007, initially faced 47 charges, but entered guilty pleas to six counts of conflict of interest, three counts of theft by deception and one count of criminal conspiracy to commit conflict of interest in January. He was scheduled for sentencing in June, but it was continued for six months at prosecutors' request. Among other things, Manzo was accused of hiring his girlfriend to do very little work. The charges he faced stemmed from "Bonusgate," where a dozen people were charged with handing out bonuses for campaign work done on legislative time. Testifying under a grant of immunity, Sidella told the grand jury he raised millions of dollars between 2001 and 2006. During those five years, Sidella was paid over $275,000, according to prosecutors. Several staffers in DeWeese's offices testified that they knew the difference between legitimate legislative work and campaign work. They told the grand jury that their work was never limited to the appropriate legislative work. "Representative DeWeese's legislative staff and campaign staff were virtually one in the same," the presentment read. "Practically every aspect of his campaign, whether fundraising, mailers, advertisements, signs or door-to-door canvassing, was performed by legislative employees"

Marcellus shale could generate $1B in taxes, 100,000 jobs, study finds Find us on Facebook TribLIVE.com on Facebook Become a fan of TribLIVE to get news updates to your wall. About the writer Andrew Conte is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-320-7835 or via e-mail. Ways to get us Be a Facebook fan Follow us on Twitter E-mail Newsletters On your mobile By Andrew Conte PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, July 22, 2010 An industry-backed study shows that drilling for Marcellus shale natural gas in Pennsylvania and West Virginia could generate $1 billion a year in taxes and indirectly support 100,000 jobs during the next decade as investments filter through the local economy. The American Petroleum Institute, which paid for the study, said Wednesday that the findings underscore the industry's enthusiasm for the gas pocket that runs a mile beneath Appalachia. State lawmakers, they said, could slow that potential growth by imposing a severance tax on the gas, as proposed for Oct. 1. The study by Timothy Considine of Wyoming's Natural Resource Economics Inc. says the industry next year could support 72,160 jobs and generate state and local taxes worth $652 million. With modest growth during the decade, it could employ 101,975 people and produce $945 million in tax collections. "The Marcellus is a very exciting development," Considine said. "I view it as a generational resource that will last well into this century." With robust growth and additional drilling in New York by 2020, the industry could employ 282,716 people and generate nearly $3 billion in state and local taxes, the study found. Release of the study took place as the Environmental Protection Agency prepares for hearings today in Canonsburg and later in Binghamton, N.Y., on issues related to hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," a drilling process now exempt from agency scrutiny. The industry opposes having the process regulated by the agency. Those numbers include direct jobs, indirect jobs in related industries and induced jobs supported by people working in the industry who spend money locally, Considine said. Drilling a gas well sets off a chain of spending, he said, that includes trucking firms hiring drivers and the drivers then spending their wages. The industry estimates Pennsylvanians filled only 30 percent of Marcellus-related jobs created in the state so far, and even that might be overestimating, said Jim Hayes, director of work force and economic development at Westmoreland County Community College in Youngwood. The school said yesterday it will lead a consortium of community colleges that received a $4.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to train workers for the industry. Each gas well requires about 400 workers in 150 occupations, but the jobs are physically demanding and require people to work long hours, Hayes said. Some say, however, the industry is inflating its impact. Considine wrote a previous analysis at Penn State University that raised questions. It did not have significant errors, but William E. Easterling, dean of Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, wrote in a June 9 letter that he "found flaws in the way that the report was written and presented to the public." Considine's Penn State study did not identify the Marcellus Shale Coalition industry group as sponsor of the research, a "clear error," Easterling told the Responsible Drilling Alliance, a Williamsport volunteer organization that raised questions about the study. Considine and his co-author "could and probably should have been more circumspect in connecting their findings to policy implications" for the state, and they "may well have crossed the line between policy analysis and policy advocacy," Easterling said. The university retracted the initial version of the report and reissued a version that identified the funding source. An updated study released in May followed Penn State's publication guidelines. Easterling could not be reached for comment. Geoff Rushton, a university spokesman, said the school stands by the new version of the report. "We don't take any position on what that research yields," Rushton said. Considine said nothing was wrong with the tone of the initial study. Now employed by the University of Wyoming, he consults for the Marcellus Shale Coalition and American Petroleum Institute. "We didn't make any policy recommendations. ... I just shoot straight on this and give it my best estimate," he said.

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In response to Janet L. Mancini.'s message:

The Children's Home
List, I along with my twin brother John, was placed in The Children's Home that was located on 141 Oakland Ave. Uniontown in 1957. My birthmother died a few days later. We lived there 11 months. Then in 1958 went to live with foster parents who became our adopted parents on Christmas Eve, 1958. This is when we were 5 years of age. 47 years later I felt the desire to go back to the home. I have discovered much and have been able to contact others through my research that were in the home. I am writing a book on this history. If anyone would remember this home I would like to be contacted. I now know there was a Children's Home on Highland Ave. in 1915 - 1917, 1917 - 1919 on 80 McClelandtown Rd. then in 1919 it moved to 141 Oakland Ave. Uniontown, PA. The building stills stands today. It was run by The Children's Aid Society. This home was a place where children could be placed for short periods of time, depending on the family situation. In my case my birth mother had it in the records that we be placed there to have a good life with a good family. And both of my mother's prayers were answered. This home closed in 1958, dissolved in 1990.

Janet, I found your story. Thanks, Nancy Stewart

The sole purpose of the Shallenbergerplant (located in Masontown, PA in the southwestern corner of the state) is to treat polluted water from industrial gas development in the Marcellus shale, including the process known as hydraulic fracturing – in which drillers blast millions of gallons of chemically-treated water into the earth to extract the gas. The agreement was issued quietly – without any formal notice in the official Pennsylvania Bulletin – and comes as the state is undergoing a gas drilling boom. “We know that Pennsylvania is facing enormous pressure from gas drillers who are generating contaminated water faster than the state’s treatment plants can handle it,” said Earthjustice attorney Deborah Goldberg. “Still, the health of the 350,000 people who depend on the Monongahela River for their drinking water should come first. We’re asking the State not to skimp on its due diligence.” DEP is requiring other proposed treatment plants that expect to handle gas well waste-water to limit or monitor the amounts of toxic chemicals they discharge into drinking water sources. Not so with the Shallenberger plant. The agreement allows dumping of untreated fluids into the Monongahela River without any testing for most of the dangerous chemicals common in gas wastes, including known carcinogens such as benzene. http://www.cleanwateraction.org/press/ backroom-marcellus-dri

hey parents, so sad to hear you lost your pto secretary and treasurer at the end of the school year. does anyone know when the election for the new officers will be held? its DEFINITELY time for a change!

In response to mary byron 's message:

History of Connellsville
Hi Fay-West, I have been reading the History of Connellsville, as I am a descendant of Colonel William Crawford, and his daughter, Effie Crawford, who married Lt. William McCormick, one of the first settlers of Connellsville. Fayette Co. PA. Colonel William Crawford, had three daughters, his first was Anne Crawford by his first wife, Ann Stewart, who died shortly after Anne's birth. Colonel William Crawford, married #2 to Hannah Vance, and had three more children, Effie, Sarah and John. The dates of their births are not positive. John married several times. Effie Crawford was married at a young age to William McCormick, and they had eleven children. Sarah Crawford married William Harrison, who went on the ill-fated "Sandusky Expedition" with Col. Crawford, and was killed by the Indians, after his capture. Sarah married again to Uriah Springer, another soldier of the Sandusky Expedition, who survived. Effie Crawford and William McCormick's second child was Sarah McCormick, who married her first cousin, John McCormick. John was the son, of Captain George McCormick, who was William McCormick's brother, and partner in Fayette County' as Wagon-masters and Indian traders. They supplied good to Fort Pitt. I am a member of the National Society Daughter of the American Revolution as a descendant of Colonel William Crawford and Lt. William McCormick, and Captain George McCormick all of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Mary Byron - Member of the National Society-Daughter of the American Revolution.

Have you found any source of Colonel Crawford's first marriage to Ann Stewart? I have heard other rumors concerning Ann Connell. I too, am a descendant of Colonel Wm. Crawford through his brother, Valentine Crawford. Thanks!

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Vince Vicites and Joe Petrucci won. Joe did not send a mailer do any radio or have signs and won. Roberts sent a letter bought time on talk show and Palumbo did newspaper,radio and had Mahoney behind him.

PLESE VOTE ..ROBERTS FOR STATE COMMITTEE

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lost dogs
Please help if you can my friend lost his coonhounds thursday the 27TH around 8:30 pm they are two adult males black and tan they were wearing collars please call james at 724 626 8758 or 724 953 3614 call collect thank you

This add seems pretty old but I had to try, a hunting dog came to our house last Friday May 8 2010. Our Phone # is 304-632-2658. call and decribe your missing dog... GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS

. Feb 13. 2010 Cash Bash at Connellsville Sons Of Italy. Doors open at 5:30. winners drawn every 15 min from 7:00 pm-10:00 pm of $300-$500. $2000.00 drawing at 10:00pm. $10.00 ticket includes food and refreshments. More opportunities to win while there also.

In response to mary byron 's message:

History of Connellsville
Hi Fay-West, I have been reading the History of Connellsville, as I am a descendant of Colonel William Crawford, and his daughter, Effie Crawford, who married Lt. William McCormick, one of the first settlers of Connellsville. Fayette Co. PA. Colonel William Crawford, had three daughters, his first was Anne Crawford by his first wife, Ann Stewart, who died shortly after Anne's birth. Colonel William Crawford, married #2 to Hannah Vance, and had three more children, Effie, Sarah and John. The dates of their births are not positive. John married several times. Effie Crawford was married at a young age to William McCormick, and they had eleven children. Sarah Crawford married William Harrison, who went on the ill-fated "Sandusky Expedition" with Col. Crawford, and was killed by the Indians, after his capture. Sarah married again to Uriah Springer, another soldier of the Sandusky Expedition, who survived. Effie Crawford and William McCormick's second child was Sarah McCormick, who married her first cousin, John McCormick. John was the son, of Captain George McCormick, who was William McCormick's brother, and partner in Fayette County' as Wagon-masters and Indian traders. They supplied good to Fort Pitt. I am a member of the National Society Daughter of the American Revolution as a descendant of Colonel William Crawford and Lt. William McCormick, and Captain George McCormick all of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Mary Byron - Member of the National Society-Daughter of the American Revolution.

Thank you so much for clearing that up!! Do you know if Ann Crawford married a James Connell (as indicated in an Int'l Marriage Record on ancestry.com) or a Zachariah Connell, who settled the town of Connellsville? My husband is a descendent of Ann Crawford. Thanks again for any help you can give me. Ruth Black