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For Immediate Release A Conversation with Senator Brubaker Great PA Cleanup to be held April 19 Pennsylvania volunteers are needed to help with a statewide cleanup campaign slated for Saturday, April 19. Known as the Great PA Cleanup, the campaign involves governments, businesses, waste haulers and environmental and civic groups. It is sponsored by the state Departments of Transportation and Environmental Protection in cooperation with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, Inc. Together with Earth Day (April 22), the Great PA Cleanup project helps to remove litter and trash from the state's roadways, parks, riverbanks and open spaces. This is the fifth year for the program, under the theme, "Let's pick it up, Pennsylvania." PennDOT will provide all registered volunteers with safety vests, gloves and trash bags. Anyone interested in volunteering can visit www.greatpacleanup.org for registration and promotion information. More information is also available by calling Lancaster County PennDOT coordinator Rickey Barnett at 299-7621, ext. 314. The Great PA Cleanup and Earth Day are two great opportunities for everyone to join in the effort to clean up their communities. I myself will be working with Representative Boyd on a Conestoga River cleanup in West Earl Park on April 18, and will also have a booth again this year at the Great Green America Fest, held the first weekend in May at the Renaissance Fairgrounds – I look forward to seeing you there! State organizations to hold information session on Act 3 Several statewide groups will be holding informational briefings on the new Open Records Law across Pennsylvania in April. The PA Association of Township Supervisors, County Commissioners of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association and the Governor's Center for Local Government Services will be presenting "The Open Records Act: What is New, and What has Stayed the Same," a workshop to help municipal and county officials understand the recent changes to the law. While the new state Open Records Office has not yet been established, these briefings will provide a basis for officials to understand their new responsibilities and tips for handling Open Records requests. I will be cosponsoring a session
with these organizations at Park Plaza, 500 Centerville Road, Lancaster, on
Tuesday, April 29, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Individuals can access more information
about registration and fees, or register online, by going to
www.palocalgovtraining.org and clicking the Open Records Act link under
"Conferences and Other Training." Each year, the state Treasury Department receives millions of dollars in unclaimed property, and is working to return it to its rightful owners. In 2007, the Department returned nearly $88.8 million to more than 63,000 owners, and is currently seeking the owners of more than $1 billion in unclaimed property. Such property is any financial asset that has been left with a holder such as a bank or other business, without activity or contact for about five years; examples include abandoned bank accounts, forgotten stocks, life insurance policies, and safe deposit boxes. To see if you have any unclaimed property to claim from the state, you can go to www.patreasury.org and search the database maintained on the web site, or call the toll-free number at 1-800-222-2046. There is no time limit to claim your property, and after proving ownership, the Department will return the property free of charge; if someone is charging you a fee to assist you in recovering property, you should also call the toll-free number to speak with a Department representative before signing any agreement.
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