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X-WR-CALDESC:Join us at the Indiana Free Library for a special 'Meet the Au
 thor' Event\nSara L. Bloom will be on the second floor to discuss her book
 : \nISELIN: The Rich History of a Western Pennsylvania Coal Town in Appala
 chia\nThe Inspiring Story of Unrelenting Citizen Advocates for Social Just
 ice\n\nMs. Bloom will be signing copies of her book which will be availabl
 e for purchase in the Library. Light refreshments will be provided. Follow
 ing the signing event. We ask guests to make their way to the 3rd floor of
  the Library building where the Jimmy Stewart Museum is located for a rece
 ption and the opportunity to experience the exhibit provided by Mary Stewa
 rt (sister to Jimmy Stewart) on various coal mining families from Indiana 
 County. \n\nFrom the author: Origins of and inspiration for this work\nI w
 as raised in a coal town of 500 people\, one of five children of James P. 
 Lambert\, Iselin's paid town manager and elected Justice of the Peace\, se
 lf-taught in law\, beloved by all.  I watched as he worked unrelentingly a
 s an unpaid citizen advocate to rid the town of toxic air quality from the
  ever-burning 'boney dump' in 1974\, to bring a reliable source of potable
  water to residents in 1981\, and finally to rid us of deadly health hazar
 ds by bringing us an innovative Wastewater Treatment Plant to allow reside
 nts to install indoor toilets to replace outhouses that were built at the 
 founding of the town in 1903 and were now crumbling and leaking deadly sew
 age into our\nyards and gardens. He died of black lung disease before comp
 leting the Artificial Wetland Treatment Scheme in 1982\, which was picked 
 up by the Tennessee Valley Authority as a model of the use of a marsh/pond
 /municipal wastewater as a low-cost system for meeting stringent\nNational
  Pollutant Discharge Elimination System discharge limitations. It was life
 changing\, correcting unacceptable living conditions for Iselin's coal min
 ers and their families.  His advocacy for social justice\, the right to li
 ve in a safe environment\, was accomplished through his\ncollaboration wit
 h colleagues who learned how to access county\, state\, and federal grants
 . In this book I reference the successful use of the court system in the 1
 940s by my mother's first cousin\, Dr Betty Hayes\, to correct the same is
 sues a generation earlier in the coal town of Force\, PA . A central piece
  of the history of Iselin is that we were owned\, existing as a variation 
 of a Southern plantation with an economy described as feudal.  Our jobs\, 
 our houses\, our water\, our heat source\, our sanitation\, our air qualit
 y\, our medical services\, our churches\, our cemetery\, our schools\, our
  company store\, our post office\, our polling station\, our hotel\, our t
 heater\, our sports teams\, all owned.  Competitive retail stores were kep
 t out of town.  We were first owned by the coal company that founded the t
 own in 1903.  The town and our water was purchased by the owner of a salva
 ge company in 1947.  Neither did\, nor were they required to do anything t
 o\nrelieve our suffering. Giving inspiration to future social justice advo
 cates to work unrelentingly is a prime motivation for writing this book\, 
 as well as the joy of narrating the rich cultural and spiritual lives we c
 arved out for ourselves.
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DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Indiana Free Library for a special 'Meet the Aut
 hor' Event\nSara L. Bloom will be on the second floor to discuss her book:
  \nISELIN: The Rich History of a Western Pennsylvania Coal Town in Appalac
 hia\nThe Inspiring Story of Unrelenting Citizen Advocates for Social Justi
 ce\n\nMs. Bloom will be signing copies of her book which will be available
  for purchase in the Library. Light refreshments will be provided. Followi
 ng the signing event. We ask guests to make their way to the 3rd floor of 
 the Library building where the Jimmy Stewart Museum is located for a recep
 tion and the opportunity to experience the exhibit provided by Mary Stewar
 t (sister to Jimmy Stewart) on various coal mining families from Indiana C
 ounty. \n\nFrom the author: Origins of and inspiration for this work\nI wa
 s raised in a coal town of 500 people\, one of five children of James P. L
 ambert\, Iselin's paid town manager and elected Justice of the Peace\, sel
 f-taught in law\, beloved by all.  I watched as he worked unrelentingly as
  an unpaid citizen advocate to rid the town of toxic air quality from the 
 ever-burning 'boney dump' in 1974\, to bring a reliable source of potable 
 water to residents in 1981\, and finally to rid us of deadly health hazard
 s by bringing us an innovative Wastewater Treatment Plant to allow residen
 ts to install indoor toilets to replace outhouses that were built at the f
 ounding of the town in 1903 and were now crumbling and leaking deadly sewa
 ge into our\nyards and gardens. He died of black lung disease before compl
 eting the Artificial Wetland Treatment Scheme in 1982\, which was picked u
 p by the Tennessee Valley Authority as a model of the use of a marsh/pond/
 municipal wastewater as a low-cost system for meeting stringent\nNational 
 Pollutant Discharge Elimination System discharge limitations. It was lifec
 hanging\, correcting unacceptable living conditions for Iselin's coal mine
 rs and their families.  His advocacy for social justice\, the right to liv
 e in a safe environment\, was accomplished through his\ncollaboration with
  colleagues who learned how to access county\, state\, and federal grants.
  In this book I reference the successful use of the court system in the 19
 40s by my mother's first cousin\, Dr Betty Hayes\, to correct the same iss
 ues a generation earlier in the coal town of Force\, PA . A central piece 
 of the history of Iselin is that we were owned\, existing as a variation o
 f a Southern plantation with an economy described as feudal.  Our jobs\, o
 ur houses\, our water\, our heat source\, our sanitation\, our air quality
 \, our medical services\, our churches\, our cemetery\, our schools\, our 
 company store\, our post office\, our polling station\, our hotel\, our th
 eater\, our sports teams\, all owned.  Competitive retail stores were kept
  out of town.  We were first owned by the coal company that founded the to
 wn in 1903.  The town and our water was purchased by the owner of a salvag
 e company in 1947.  Neither did\, nor were they required to do anything to
 \nrelieve our suffering. Giving inspiration to future social justice advoc
 ates to work unrelentingly is a prime motivation for writing this book\, a
 s well as the joy of narrating the rich cultural and spiritual lives we ca
 rved out for ourselves.
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LOCATION:Indiana Free Library
SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Sara Bloom
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