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FEBRUARY 12, 2008
We regret to inform you that our previously scheduled speaker Luanne Eisler has had to cancel her presentation, "Insights Into An Historical Gazetteer of Butler County", while she recuperates from a broken bone. We look forward to rescheduling Luanne's presentation when she is ready and able.
Since the Council Chambers has already been reserved for us, we will instead have a PowerPoint slide presentation by Cranberry Historical Society President, Roy Wagner, entitled: “History of the US Flag”. Using computer graphics to follow the growth of the country and the evolving design of the flag as each State was admitted to the Union, Roy will highlight laws that affected the appearance of the flag, President’s serving at the time and other key moments as well as a bit of historic controversy as to who designed and made the first US Flag.
Please join us for this FREE presentation at 2:00 pm on Sunday February 17, 2008 in the Council Chambers of the Cranberry Township Municipal Center at 2525 Rochester Road.
Lights out at Sample
If you've driven by the schoolhouse lately, you may be wondering why the candles are out. Fombell native Ken Heusey, now from Los Angeles, is back in the area to work on his movie based upon the life of Edgar Allan Poe. Ken would like to film a scene or two using the schoolhouse, and as a result we have changed it around a bit to more closely resemble the year 1837. Thus the electric candles had to come down for a while. The school does not look the same without them and they will be the first items returned after filming is complete.
The movie is a low budget film and we suspect it may not be big enough to be shown at the local theatre, however we will figure out a way to get it shown here when the time comes even if we have to project it ourselves in the Council Chambers. In return for allowing him to film at our schoolhouse, Ken has offered to donate a reproduction 1874 era flag from
www.usflag.org
as well as a small cash donation to the Historical Society.
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