Special thanks to LA Lewis, Movers, for their support the Abington Heights School District maintenance men for their help getting the books to the church Thursday and ERA One Source Realty for the van use. Alice Kohn, treasurer, report- ed the sale did very well and expenses were kept to mini- mum. for the sale, and people re- marked how our sale is “fa- mous” and greatly anticipated. There was a huge turnout on Saturda y morning at 9 a.m. I don’t think we’ve ever been entirely cleaned up by 3 p.m. Thank you to all Friends, board members, staff and patrons who donated, sorted, moved, unpacked, set up, sold, bought and helped clean up. , The Friends of the Abington Community Library book sale was a huge success. “W e pro vide educa tion to stude nts, aunts, uncle s, frien ds, bec aus e aut ismis so mis und er- sto od. Mem ber shi p no w is at 300fam- ilies.” Par t of theParen ts Lo vin g Chi l- dren Throu gh Autis m Fou ndati on is bri ngi ng aw are nes s to thecom- muni ty. W e sta rte d in mylivi ng roo m wit h a han dfu l of par ent s. “I too k not icethat we nee deda sup portgroupfor par ent s. “Th erewas a lac k of sup por t, ” W als h sai d. He r so n wa s pu t inan autis tic -supp ort class. But, tha t wa s notal- wa ys thecase.When Mil lik en wa s fiv e, W als h fou nd the re we re no serv ice s in thearea forautis tic ch il dr en. Mill iken is a sen iorat Abi ngt on Hei ght s Hig h Sch oolwherehe, acc ord ingto hismothe r,does rea ll y we ll in sch ooland hasgreatfrien ds who sup por t him. Her story inclu des a 19- year -old son, John Mill iken,who is autis tic. Kathleen W alsh of Clark s Summ it founde d Pare nts Lov ing Child ren Throu gh Autis m Fou ndati on in 2002 where sheserve s as pre sid entin the ir Scran ton headqu arter s. The topic was added to the April 26 work session agenda to Council members voted five to zero to reject the ordinance. The mandatory part is the big hang-up,” said Council Vice President Roy Davis. “The Knox Box issue isn’t dead, it’s just this way it’s written. Borough Manager Virginia Kehoe sug- gested that instead of tabling the ordi- nance in its draft phase, that they reject it completely. Williams suggested at the meeting that they table the ordinance for further dis- cussion. “The ABPA and the Library and myself all came to the same conclusion that we can see the value of having a system in place for Emergency Management to have access to build ings, but are pretty strong ly oppos ed to it being a mandatory system…” Council person Patrick Williams, who said he is considering purchasing a Knox Box for his house, thanked the ABPA members who attended a meeting April 4 about the proposed Knox Box ordinance. He said that the committee of which he is a part had been granted authorization to speak on behalf of the association. Kaplan said he was there to represent the association and the members of the Abing- ton Community Library Board. The Knox Boxes, as stated in the draft of the ordinance, would be required at “all comme rcial, instit utiona l and industr ial build ings as well as newly constr ucted or converted residential buildings with four or more apartment or dwelling units.” Abington Business and Professional As- sociation (ABPA) members Barry Kaplan and Charles Sandercock were on hand to discuss their viewpoints on the Knox Box ordinance. Borough Manager Virginia Kehoe has described a Knox Box at previous meet- ings as a box located outside of business- es which, in case of an emergency, can be opened by a communications center. After months of con- sideration, Clarks Summit council mem- bers voted to reject a propos ed Knox Box ordinance at their April 6 meeting.
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