Noon on April 28

Mercer County Central Labor Council A.F.L C.I.O.

Workers Memorial Day

In  the Rotunda

Of the Mercer County Court House,

Mercer Pa,

Monday April 28, 2014

At Noon

As We Honor Workers

Who Have Lost Their Lives

On the Job This Past Year

Villa Maria, April 24

Town Hall Meeting about the Fracking

Here we all are at Villa Maria, we have 17 people from our DWMC attending.  There are several Amish  gentlemen that have just arrived and are speaking with Carrie Hahn.  The dinning room is filling up the program will begin soon. 

Sister Mary Cunningham is speaking and giving us a little background and History.  And photo meditatation on the gift of creation.  The Sisters of Humility of Mary have lived on this land since 1864 for over 150 years our land has sustained our well being, drilling for gas/oil violates the pastoral nature of our home and property. 

Carrie Hahn was the speaker at our April DWMC meeting, she is speaking now about the various stages of Fracking.  We are in stage 2 and we have to address the problems facing us.  There will be 40 well pads in Lawerence County. She is showing maps of the wells and pipelines and ports that are approved for exporting this gas.  This is not gas for energy independence.  Old wells must be capped before Fracking.  These old wells can become dangerous and will vent toxic chemicals one house actually blew up near McKean. Land owners need to notify the DEP if they have an abandon well on their property.  Act 13  Courts threw out part of this act. 

Townships can be sued by individuals. 

Watch. The Sky is Pink the new Gassland 2 documentary. 

Suann Davison a 

nurse from S. W. PA is speaking to us about how Gas Drilling can impact your health and how to protect yourself from the hazards of the gas drilling. Chemicals have health effects. There are 71 different chemicals,  skin irratition, persistent caught, liver damage, neurological damage and many other harmful effects from the processing plants and flaring from the well pad have occurred. 

Increase of Cancer is proven to occur with in 10 miles of a well. Children are effected first.

Noise, pollution effects are damaging. Sleep issues, stress and other effects. 

More info on this website: www.environmentalhealthproject.org

Check the Air pollution effects of living near a well pad or down wind from a processing plant.

Shale Drilling Town Hall Meeting In Western PA

PG“Phase II of the Fracking Boom: It’s Here,What Do We Do Now?” 

Town Hall Meeting April 24,2014

Sister of the Humility of Mary-Villa Maria Community Center (Villa Maria Magnificent Dining Room, Thursday April 24, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Please forward to all who hold an interest in attending this event.    

Go early and walk thru Villa Maria Gardens

Mercer:  We will have a car pool leaving from the Immaculate Heart Of Mary Church in Mercer @ 6:00 pm.

 The response from our Saturday meeting where experts Carrie Hahn and Bonnie McManus spoke to the issues of forced pooling, fracking, air quality, property value, water   Petitions, and more was overwhelming positive.  In fact, I have received many emails to have more meeting on this issue to assist people in gaining knowledge and what they can do to become active in this issue.

ALARM:  meeting at Westminster:  In lieu of our regular monthly meeting, scheduled for Apr. 24, please attend the This is a town hall meeting on shale gas development hosted by the Sister of the Humility of Mary-Villa Maria Community Center (Villa Maria Magnificent Dining Room, Thursday April 24, 2014, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.) 

DWMC April 8

The DWMC met at the New Democratic Headquarters in down town Sharon, Saturday morning, April 8, 2014

Our speaker was  Carrie Hahn from The Fracking Truth Alliance in Lawerence County. Power point presentation Four Phases of Fracking :

1. Enthusiasm:  prospects of selling your drilling rights and the $$$, it will bring personally and to the local economy. At first all you hear is the positive information from the Gas Drilling Companies. The positive benefits of Natural Gas are emphasized. The truth about Fracking wells and the pipelines are ignored or down played. 

2. Uncertainty: The questions and doubts start to take over as the drillers arrive and well pads start to go in.  Damage to roads is noticeable.  Water contamination reports, air pollution and if you are close enough the noise and lights invading the beautiful peaceful landscape. You begin to question the need for regulations as problems become apparent. 

3. Near Panic;  problems and water contamination stories are shared. A drop in property values. No one will buy a house  near a well pad.  You cannot sell and move away. You may discover you cannot get a bank loan or home equity loan. Your property is no longer worth the mortgage you owe and  have to pay. Homeowners discover their home owners insurance has increased or been canceled.  What next! 

4. Adaption:  Learning  to live with the effects of Fracking;  Paying for costly well water tests twice a year for 20 years. The clean up; dealing  with  accountability. Who is monitoring the disposal of the waste water? How will we pay for the damage to our reads?  When will the road get repaired? Will the state get an extraction tax passed? PA is the only state that does not have this tax.  Questions and new concerns that disrupt our otherwise quiet country lives.   Pipelines crossing close to your home? What about safety?  Gas pipelines and waste water pipelines, injection wells of radioactive waste, all now part of your life.  Join the Fracking Truth Alliance to share information and become informed. 

Here is a link to an informative article about Lawerence County Fracking, Carrie Hahn and an Amish Family near New Wilmington, PA: 

http://www.onearth.org/articles/2013/01/when-fracking-hits-amish-country#A

Action planned for April 24: at Villa Maria, join us. I will post details.

Democrat Women of Mercer County

Judy, Diane and Nancy had this picture taken March 8 with Katie McGinty in Butler PA. Katie is running for Governor and would make a wonderful Governor.

The next meeting of the DWMC will be at the new Democrat Committee headquarters in down town Sharon. 16 Vine Street
  April 12, Program:
A. see the new headquarters of the Democrat Party
B. Gain knowledge on Fracking petitions, pipe line, and forced pooling.
C. Hear updates on StateHouse issues from Mark Longietti, and meet and hear from candidates running for election in the May Primary
guest Speakers Carrie Hahan from the Fracking Truth Alliance and Bonnie McMannus from The League of Women Voters report on Fracking.