Welcome everyone to the summer 2016 issue of the Declaration of In\u00addependence Township! We hope that you, as do we, have a sense of ex\u00adcitement in the celebra\u00adtion of the summer sea\u00adson, as well as feelings of gratitude for the gifts of long summer days of sunshine and warmth, beautiful blue skies, lush green foliage, and the bounty of the summer growing season. As we all “busy” ourselves this summer with projects, vacations, and various activities we also hope that everyone enjoys the summer by finding time for those special quiet moments for rest and relaxation, as well as time for shared fun and laughter with family and friends.<\/p>\n
The summer will be a\u00a0busy time in Independ\u00adence Township as we address various pro\u00adjects. Sealing and line painting of the blacktop parking lots at the\u00a0Township Municipal Building and at the Independence Township Community Center (the\u00a0Community Center) have been completed. The street curb replace\u00adment project in down\u00adtown Avella is nearly completed. We are very pleased with the excellent work performed by each contractor. These projects not only ad\u00addressed needed mainte\u00adnance issues, but have also added aesthetic value to our community. Later this summer will mark the beginning of excavation of the Independence Township Community Park. \u00a0The\u00a0summer season also marks the busiest time for the Public Works De\u00adpartment. They will be addressing road repair projects throughout the summer that were iden\u00adtified during our April 2016 Annual Road Tour.<\/p>\n
PennDOT has in\u00adformed the Township that they are committed to completing one of the two bridge projects in our area in 2016. Due to unforeseen de\u00adlays, only one bridge project will be complet\u00aded in 2016-either the bridge located near Avella Motor and Body Company or the bridge near the Polar Star. According to PennDot, they will notify the Township as soon as possible as to which bridge is chosen for 2016 construction and\u00a0they will have road signs in place well in advance of the construction start date to noti\u00adfy residents of the detour. Another PennDOT project al\u00adready in progress is the mill\u00ading and asphalt paving of a section of Route 50 (from just west of the Route 231 inter\u00adsection to the railroad bridge) and the replacement of the concrete road surface on Cross Creek Road across from the Unimart .<\/p>\n
We are currently in the process of acquiring cost esti\u00admates for necessary repairs at the Community Center for the following projects: gutter re\u00adpairs, roof repairs, electrical update, termite treatment, and structural improvements. We hope to develop a plan for a phased approach to address each of these repairs and up\u00addates. Already completed in May of 2016 was the installa\u00adtion of new drop-ceiling tiles\u00a0in the main hallway and kitchen areas of the Community Center to replace damaged ceiling tiles.<\/p>\n
We are pleased to announce that the Township has expand\u00aded the hours and use of the Community Center to accom\u00admodate the summer practices of the Avella High School varsi\u00adty girls’ volleyball team and the Avella Jr. High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams. It is our pleasure to work with the Avella Area School District to provide this service and use of the Community Center so to benefit our youth and our com\u00admunity.<\/p>\n
As each of you take your life’s journey this summer sea\u00adson it is our wish that each of you are able to “live your life fully” and enjoy all that the season has to offer. We leave you with the words of the American essayist, lecturer, and poet, Ralph Waldo Emer\u00adson:<\/p>\n
Success<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n To laugh often and much; To earn the appreciation of honest To appreciate beauty, to find To leave the world a bit better, To know even one life has lived.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This is to have succeeded.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n May each of you find Success <\/em><\/strong>in your life this summer season!<\/p>\n Cordially yours,<\/p>\n Thomas Jennings, Chairman<\/p>\n Louis Brandenburg, Jr., Vice-Chairman<\/p>\n Joyce McKenzie<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome everyone to the summer 2016 issue of the Declaration of In\u00addependence Township! We hope that you, as do we, have a sense of ex\u00adcitement in the celebra\u00adtion of the summer sea\u00adson, as well as feelings of gratitude for the gifts of long summer days of sunshine and warmth, beautiful blue skies, lush green foliage, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-message-from-the-supervisors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Banner-LessonsFromBeach.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8LDPu-e3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":873,"href":"http:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions\/873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/independence.patownship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
To win the respect of intelligent
people and the affection of
children;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
critics and endure the
betrayal of false friends;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
the best in others;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch or a redeemed
social condition;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
breathed easier because you have<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n