| Images of the EARN Frontier |
The EARN zone of Interaction is advanced through its players and activities
| Dennis L. Pearson EARN President 1976-1981; 1981-2004 ... He has served the neighborhood well on the issues and concerns that confronted the neighborhood over the years |
| Photo of Robert L. Jacoby --- Jacoby has volunteered his services to the EARN Holiday ( Project Haas )Display since 1994 ... The following other people volunteered their during all or part of this period ... Frank Harder, Tony Fantasia, Ernest Kopenhavir, Bob Litts, and of course, EARN President Dennis L. Pearson. |
| St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church has been our main meeting place since the organization of EARN ... It is located at 1933 Hanover Avenue , Allentown, |
| Photo of Betty Haas --- Betty is the widow of former EARN Secretary-Treasurer Kenneth W. Haas who suggested the idea of an annual Holiday display at Irving Park to EARN President Dennis L. Pearson .... The annual holiday display was approved by the neighborhood board in 1993 and has had an annual run since 1994 ... Betty Haas during that period has made a valuable contribution to a project we call Project Haas |
| The Center-piece of EARN's Holiday Display program .... |
| Photo of Jim Bartley --- Jim a PPL employee has volunteered his services to do our aerial work .... Like a NASA astronaut he uses the PPL High Lift Truck aerial arm to make electrical wire attachments to the 75 foot flag pole at Irving Park ... We apppreciate Jim's service and we appreciate PPL for allowing the use of its High Lift truck for this project |
| As it stands now it takes about 4 hours to attach the ornaments on our sparkle tree and 2 hours to take it down on average ... It wasn't done this year but in other years since 1994 the services of the Allentown Fire Department was used to raise the Star on the 75 foot flag pole using their High lift aerial ladder truck |
| The Operating area for EARN is the 14th and 15th wards of Allentown ... Or all the territory of Allentown East of the Lehigh ... This color coded map shows how the PA State legislature divided up East Allentown in the 2002 state legislative district redistricting ... The 135th district is reprepresented by the red color-code ... The 133rd legislative is represented by the yellowish - green color code and on the map extends across the Lehigh River to the Sixth Ward .... The 131st legislative district, the original district for East Allentown, is color-coded orange ... Not part of EARN is the 132nd district which is color-coded blue |