personal experiences

Faith Rises From the Ashes

November 30, 2007

TweetIn the past year, two churches in my district have suffered fire damage. In July, the Frankfort Presbyterian Church in Hanover Township, Beaver County caught fire and last week the Langeloth Community United Presbyterian Church in Smith Township suffered a similar fate. I am not a member of either church, but I can only imagine [...]

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Happy Hunting

November 26, 2007

Tweet Today is the first day of deer hunting season in Pennsylvania, which is a celebrated holiday in many parts of the state, including my district. This morning I started my day by stopping for a bite at a Hunter’s Breakfast sponsored by the Burgettstown Kid Center, although I was NOT there when the doors [...]

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A Well-Deserved Grand Opening in Canton Township

November 24, 2007

Tweet Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of joining the members of the Canton Township Volunteer Fire Department as they held the grand opening of their new fire station in Washington, PA. It has been an incredibly difficult year for the members of the fire department, who lost 27 year-old member Jeremy LaBella, who died in [...]

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Whoever said there is no such thing as a free lunch never met Dorothy from Muse

November 20, 2007

Tweet When I took office nearly one year ago, the first constituent to ever call my office was an 81-year old woman from Muse named Dorothy. We helped her out with some things, and she was incredibly thankful for our assistance. She has come back for some more help over the past year, and she [...]

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Shameless Self-Promotion of the Day

November 2, 2007

TweetThe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ran an article today about a certain State Legislator who is taking up the issue of reforming Pennsylvania’s Power of Attorney law. Sounds like a pretty good guy to me. In fact, I’m giving him the ultra-coveted “Double Thumbs Up from a Guy with a Security Detail Consisting Entirely of Storm Troopers”. [...]

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Not Everyone is a Telemarketer, You Know.

October 30, 2007

TweetOne of the things that escapes me in the age of cell phone etiquette are people who refuse to answer phone calls from numbers they don’t recognize. I mean really, how important are you again? If someone calls your phone, is it automatically a given that the person calling isn’t worth your time because you [...]

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A Shoutout to my Biggest Fan

October 22, 2007

TweetI have had this blog for about 18 months now, and I have been tracking the visitor statistics for quite some time. For some reason, I thought tonight would be the appropriate time to honor the most frequent visitor to the blog and by default my biggest fan. Through the magic of the internet, I [...]

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There's Nothing Quite Like a Good Old-Fashioned Covered Bride Festival

October 19, 2007

Tweet  A constituent recently gave me a brochure she received from visitpa.com with a rather humorous typo. At least I hope it was a typo; after all, if there is a Covered Bride Festival somewhere in Pennsylvania, I want to know about it. And should we really be restricting our enjoyment of covered brides to [...]

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The Great Pumpkin appeared and ran over my foot… Good Grief!

October 15, 2007

Tweet This past Saturday I particpated in the annual Houston Pumpkin Festival Parade, along with my colleague Tim Solobay. As you can see from the pictures, Tim and I walked behind a car driven by Pat, who works in Tim’s district office. Pat thought she could multi-task by driving the car and throwing candy at [...]

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A Soccer Legend AND a World-Known Philosopher? That's impressive.

October 3, 2007

TweetIf you go to my official website, you can fill out a form that will email me directly. I had always figured that because it was form-based, I was relatively immune to spam. Then I got this email: Dear Representative White, Hi, Sir,i have always had a dream of becoming a soccer legend and a [...]

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