Scotia - Lost in History
Thursday, September 2 at 7:00 pm
Foxdale Village Auditorium

Relive the history of Scotia on Thursday, September 2 at 7:00 pm in the Foxdale Village Auditorium (500 East Marylyn Avenue, State College) for a joint program with Bob Hazelton of the Centre County Historical Society and the Centre County Genealogical Society. The Scotia area was a significant part of the iron industry history of Centre County spanning from the early 1800s through to the 1940s. Scotia, itself, operated for 30 years beginning in 1880 with 250 workers removing countless tons of iron ore using the latest technology of that era. Scotia was a community as well - company housing, stores, post office, and railroad station. Today it's all but gone. Presenter Bob Hazelton is part of a group currently researching Scotia and trying to keep its history alive.
 

Centre County Historical Society
Centre Furnace Mansion
1001 East College Avenue
State College, PA 16801
814.234.4779

http://www.centrecountyhistory.org

www.clearwaterconservancy.org

I've been seeing the toomey attack ads all over youtube - annoying how they detect I'm in Pennsylvania and plaster tea party rhetoric on my videos. I guess thats what having the banks and the multinational corporations who started this economic collapse funding your campaign buys - youtube ad exposures from google corp.

Here's a letter talking about Republican Chuck Hagel's endorsement of Joe Sestak. Hagel is the old school financial conservative, not one of the new tea party attack ad radicals.

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All Pat Toomey is going to do is continue the Republican's failed policies of deregulation, supporting the banks and multinational incorporations in their stripping of jobs and real wealth from america, and increase the hate with tea party style policies of anti-religious freedom and anti-american prejudice and attacks on the constitution in place of real leadership out of these desperate times.

Just like all the republicans before him, he wants corporations to be able to feed at the public trough, but doesn't want to invest in infrastructure and education for the people.

So, here's the latest letter from the Sestak campaign, talking about how Sestak is the better choice for independent voters (like myself), and how Sestal got Bloomberg's endorsement.

This letter says Chuck Hagel now endorses Joe Sestak - and that Karl Rove, the turdblossom, is joining Toomey in creating more roveian attacks in an attempt to manipulate the media and, as before, to try to distort the electoral process and steal the election. So watch out for hanging chads.

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Dear Bill,

"Turns out - gay sex, not a problem, but messing up the biosphere...".

For those who don’t already know I have been busy this summer, doing something I hope will have positive impact on the health and wellbeing of the area.

If you have read any of my blogs you know that I already instruct  for Young’s Tae Kwon Do in Bellefonte. Our Tai Chi Program has been growing and we soft launched yoga this month with four new class times.

(go to www.taichiteacher.org or call me at 814-359-2380 for more details of these classes)

But the Majority of my time has been spent creating a new partnership and an extensive wellness location for Central Pa.

Over the summer I have been working with the owner, Davina Haponski, of Kneading Body Spa, which is centrally located on a main road only minutes from State College, Tyrone, and Clearfield to create a massage therapy and wellness education program that will meet or exceed anything also available in the area to the general public.

A military veteran and mother, Davina’s focus on helping her clients,and her skill set, impressed me .  As did her attitude to focusing on the Community, the Spa offers discounts to those who serve or have served others.  Police, fire, military, health care, and educators are all provided a reduction in the cost of service. Since I was granted practice privileges at Kneading Body Spa have been collecting for the food banks, supporting blood drive efforts and volunteering at health fairs, and it has been amazing.

Our core services are in place offering massage, a full range of Spa services for men and women, many crafted by hand, and adjunct therapies, including Shiatsu, Thai Yoga massage, Reiki, and Reflexology.

I'm sure we've all seen Toomey's attack ads.

The Toomey Watch people have made a youtube video responding to what they say are lies in the ads.

The New Yorker has an article about the oil billionaires who are the funders behind the tea party and the global warming denial movement.

In order to understand politics today, you have to understand the Koch brothers.

I've been concerned that the Sestak campaign has seemed so quiet while Toomey seems to be running attack commercials constantly on the local (and notoriously rightwing) tv channel.

I cant afford as much as in past years, the economic collapse has hurt me, but this is the one race this year that I have to support. I won;t give the democratic party money - they've been calling me - but I will give Sestak money because this is my state and he's the closest thing to a real progressive candidate we have ever had.

If you are interested in the Sestak campaign make sure you sign up for their emails here.

http://joesestak.com/Home/Home.html

Here's an example - today's email:

Dear Bill,

This weekend … affirming our status as the nation's No.1 Senate race … the NY Times Sunday Magazine is out with an in-depth, profile piece on Joe entitled : "Joe Sestak, the 60th Democrat."



It begins, in part: