While we are busier than ever in this economic downturn, our state funding would be cut under both Governor Rendell's proposed budget and Senate Bill (SB) 850 proposed by the Senate Republicans. SB 850 would result in a 50% cut in state aid to public libraries and would eliminate programs such as the POWER Library. Its adoption would mean a loss of almost $200,000 for CTLS and severe cuts in programs that are provided by our library partners at the county and state levels. Cuts in state funding would also result in the loss of millions of dollars in federal library grants. There is a domino effect when budgets get cut.
We are a safety net for people who have lost their jobs and for families who are struggling to make ends meet. The bad news for Cheltenham Township residents is that cuts in funding translate to cuts in services.
Some rollbacks in services that we pass on will not be of our own making but will be a result of cuts to District Center and State library budgets. For example, delivery services that provide easy access to over 2 million items in library collections to all Montgomery County residents, are funded through our District Center in Norristown. The Philadelphia Inquirer, Tumblebooks, Reference USA, Learning Express and downloadable audiobooks are online resources that are provided at the county level.
The public library is a truly democratic institution. There is no fee to walk through the door or visit us online. Information and entertainment are readily available regardless of one's economic status.
If you believe libraries are more important than ever, we need your help. Please contact elected officials and request level funding for public libraries.
More information is available from the Pennsylvania Library Association. A comparison of the budget proposals is also available on their website along with an explanation of the issues. It is so important that people who use and love libraries speak up!
There is going to be a Halloween Party on Saturday, October 31st (which just happens to be Halloween Day!) at the LaMott Community Center located on Willow and Sycamore Aves. The party will begin at 6pm and end at 8pm.
For more information about this event you can contact the community center by calling (215) 635-3255.
The LaMott Community Center is located at Willow and Sycamore Avenues in LaMott, PA 19027.
I didn't find out until just now but did you know that there is a Cheltenham Crafting Club? Here is more information about it:
Calling all crafty people. If you crochet, knit, or do other crafts, stop by the East Cheltenham Library on June 10th for the first meeting of the Cheltenham Crafting Club. Basic crochet lessons and some supplies will be provided. Meeting starts at 3:30. To register, stop by the library or call 215-379-2077
Since the date for the first meeting has already passed, I'm sure that they would welcome new members who can do crafts such as the ones mentioned above. So if you're interested, be sure to give them a call for more information.
I got this information from the website of Cheltenham Township Library system. They have a Facebook site that you can get to by clicking here.
If you decide to join then you will see the latest events and happenings that will be going on in our area.
It seems that there have been a number of burglaries here in our local area! You can read one person's personal account of an attempted burglary that took place in their own home by clicking here.
You can also read the latest news story about this by clicking here.
Important message from Montgomery County Public Safety
This is a test of Cheltenham Township's Montco Ready alerting system. Please encourage your friends and neighbors to sign up today. Happy Holiday
Sent to Cheltenham Township (e-mail accounts, pagers, Cell phones) through Montgomery County ReadyNotifyPA ... powered by RSAN dba Cooper Notification.
Tell a friend/co-worker about ReadyNotifyPA! Forward this message to them and have them register for this free service at https://montco.alertpa.org/register.php
Forwarded from another Cheltenham neighbor Jim Butt
The LaMott Library Will Be Closed This Labor Day Weekend
Thought that I would just give you a friendly reminder that our LaMott library will be closed this Labor Day weekend. It will be open tomorrow - Friday - but it won't be open on Saturday.
If you have one of the community calendars then you will see this noted for the Labor Day weekend. (And since I'm blogging about this I should also mention that since it will be a holiday weekend - including Monday - that the trash pickups will be a day later.)
If you don't have one of the community calendars for our area you should be able to pick one up at the community center. They are free and they list all the events and happenings in the LaMott / Cheltenham area.
If you think that everyone would already know that our library would be closed this holiday weekend then you would be wrong! I, myself remember going to the library on one beautiful Saturday afternoon to return some library books and found out that the library was closed for the weekend. And as I walked down the steps to start walking back home, up came a van with 2 women who were also returning some library books and they didn't know that the library was closed either.
I guess that's just a sign of how much we love our local library - we always think that it will be open - LOL!
But the staff that works there deserve to have some time off to enjoy the holiday weekend because they do work hard and I think they love the library about just as much as we the residents do!
Well I miss the mailbox that was at the corner of Willow Ave. and Cedar Lane. That was one of my "exercise" routes - to help me feel better by taking a walk and calling it one of my exercise routines.
However I found another mailbox that is relatively close and it is at the corner of 19th and Cheltenham Ave. right outside the Dollar Store that is on the corner.
While the mailbox that used to be at Cedar Lane was more closer to me, at least the one at 19th and Cheltenham is within walking distance for me (and it can still be considered a good exercise walk!)
I have also noticed that there are a couple of mailboxes in the Lynnewood Gardens complex for those that live in that area.
So at least not ALL of the mailboxes in our area are gone - thank goodness!
Event - Saying Goodbye To The Glenside Elementary School!
You are invited to say Goodbye to Glenside on Tuesday, June 23rd in Glenside Elementary's lobby.
6:00 pm to all staff - present and past 6:30 pm to all students, families and community - present and past.
Share memories, see old friends and walk through the school one last time. Refreshments will be served. Keepsakes will be available.
Glenside will be torn down and replaced by a new building. It’s our last chance to see the place where memories were made.
Mrs.Cindy Goldberg is pulling this event together to give the staff, community and all associated with Glenside a chance to remember our building and the good times we have all had there.
Please come if you can and spread the word to all in our community. Please try to get the word out to all alumni - young and old, former staff, neighbors, etc.
Imagine my surprise when I found out that the mailbox at Willow and Sycamore was gone! Not only that but it seems that the mailbox at the corner of 19th and Cheltenham is gone too as well as the one above the LaMott Firehouse #1 on Penrose Avanue! So what's up with that!
I have since come to find out that the post has gotten rid of these mailboxes because it seems that these mailboxes were not being used enough.
So now what are our options supposed to be? Well I was told that you could leave your mail at your home's mailbox so that the mailperson can pick it up when they deliver your mail, you can go online and request a pickup (I asked them if you could call the post office by phone and request a pickup but I was told that you would have to do it online so that it could be in the computer records) or you could mail your mail at the post office itself.
This whole thing seems quite ludicrous to me! Why would they get rid of the mailboxes?
And its not just happening here in our own little area! I have come to find out that the post office is getting rid of many, many mailboxes all over the United States! Now I can understand some of the reasons cited such as people putting other objects in the mailboxes and the "waste" of manpower going to mailboxes that only have a few (if any) pieces of mail. I can understand that kind of reasoning but I do not agree with it.
I am a big fan of computers myself but I don't think that the increased use of emailing and paying bills online is going to determine that there is no need for the actual mailboxes. I still mail things by hand and quite frankly I kind of enjoyed the walk to the mailbox!
Just in case you are curious there are some people who have fought for their mailboxes and managed to have them put back. You can read an article about it by clicking here.
Want to see what others' opinions are about this issue? Just click here.
Oh, and for the record I don't agree with this decision at all!
Hello All!
I live just outside of Philadelphia in Cheltenham Township's LaMott Village. LaMott is in the National Register of Historical Places.
About Me
Name: Rose
Location: LaMott, Pennsylvania, United States
I have lived in this area for over 20 years (although it doesn't seem that long). I like it here very much and even a lot of people from Philly don't even know about this area but once they visit they like it too.
