State Senator Lindsey M. Williams, Your District 38
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*Upcoming Events**

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*2022 Community Baby Shower!*

*Liberty Green Park, 100
Larimer Ave., Tuesday, October 11, 4-6 pm*

Senator Lindsey Williams
is hosting an outdoor Community Baby Shower on Tuesday, October 11,
2022 at Liberty Green Park, 100 Larimer Avenue (rain location Kingsley
Association [link 2]). This event is a resource fair for parents,
grandparents, foster/kinship families, guardians, or anyone looking to
start a family. We hope you will join us!

You can register for this
event at 2022 Community Baby Shower - Senator Lindsey Williams [link
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*Free
Hard-to-Read License Plate Replacement

Ross District Office, 5000
McKnight Rd., Thursday, October 13, 5-7pm*

Do you have a
registration plate that has one or more numbers or letters that can't
be easily read? Is your plate showing any blistering, peeling,
discoloration or loss of reflectivity? Come to our Hard-to-Read
License Plate Replacement event in the parking lot of our 5000
McKnight Road, Ross Township District Office. We will have local
police officers on site to help complete replacement forms to get you
a new free plate!

For this event you'll need to bring:

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The
car with hard-to-read license plate;

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The owner(s) of the
car;

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A current driver's license for the car owner(s);

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A
current car registration with the title number, VIN, and license plate
number; and

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If the co-owner of the car isn't able to be at the
event, you will have to take the form home for the other owner to sign
before submitting the paperwork.

If you have questions, please call
our office at 412-364-0469 (Ross), 724-224-2131 (Harrison) or email us
at [email protected] [link 4].

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*Veterans
Service Officer Appointments!*

Veterans, if you have a question or
just need a fresh review of the benefits you have earned, call our
office to schedule a one-on-one appointment with an accredited
Veteran's Service Officer (VSO). VSO appointments are one day a month
and rotate between our Ross Township office (5000 McKnight Road, Suite
405) and our Harrison Township office (1826 Union Avenue).

Call us
at 412-364-0469, 724-224-2131, or email us at
[email protected] [link 5] to schedule your
appointment today!

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*Legislative
Update**

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Retired Teachers Need a Cost-of-Living
Adjustment*

I've heard from many of my constituents in the past few
months about the need for a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for the
Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (PSERS)
retirees. Pennsylvania state law requires legislative action to grant
retired teachers a COLA increase- and between 1967 and 2001, the
General Assembly regularly passed legislation that did just that. But
for the last 21 years, there hasn't been any increase for retirees,
despite inflation continuing to rise.

That's why I've signed on as
a co-sponsor to Senator Katie Muth's (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks)
legislation [link 7] that would provide this long overdue COLA to our
retired PSERS members. Our educators, like all workers, deserve to
retire with dignity.

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*Good
News**

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*Pittsburgh
Chinese Cultural Festival*

It was such a pleasure to be at the 7th
annual Chinese Cultural Festival last weekend in Mellon Park! Thank
you to Dave, Vivian, and all the volunteers, performers, vendors, and
sponsors who made this Pittsburgh Chinese Cultural Center [link 8]
event such a success!

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*Shaler
Homecoming!*

I had a wonderful time celebrating Homecoming with the
Shaler Titans last Saturday! The parade and Homecoming picnic had a
wonderful turnout and, as always, showed the true spirit of this
tight-knit community. Congratulations to the Titans for pulling out a
double overtime win over Franklin Park!

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Senior Fair in Ross Township*

Thank you to everyone who
attended my Senior Fair with Rep. Emily Kinkead [link 10] last
Tuesday! We had more than 250 attendees!
We're so grateful for all of
the vendors who came to share information, to the Ross Township [link
11] Community Center for being a wonderful host, the Ross Township
Police Department [link 12] for helping direct traffic, Father & Son
Family Bakery [link 13] and JT's Bakery and Cafe [link 14] for
delicious refreshments, and Waltmire Pharmacy [link 15] for providing
flu shots and Covid boosters to attendees!

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*LIHEAP Scammer Alert!*

The Pennsylvania Department of
Human Services (DHS) [link 17] is warning people about a door-to-door
scam targeting Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
[link 18] recipients. DHS says scammers are knocking on doors and
asking to see recipient's bills to ensure they're receiving the
correct assistance.

DHS and utility companies will *NEVER *solicit
LIHEAP information from recipients door-to-door! LIHEAP is distributed
directly to a household's utility company or home heating fuel
provider.

If you think you've been a victim of this scam, you can
report it to the DHS fraud tip line at 1-844-347-8477.

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*Outdoor
Recreation Projects across District 38 Receive Grant
Funding*

Congratulations to all of the projects across Senate
District 38 that have recently received state grant funding for
outdoor recreation projects.

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$70,100 to Friends of the
Riverfront to improve the Three Rivers Water Trail access point in
Harrison Township along the Allegheny River.

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$114,000 to
Friends of the Riverfront to build Friends' Trail Development capacity
to increase development efforts along the Three Rivers Heritage Trail,
VOPP Trail, Pine Creek Connector Trail, & Turtle Creek Connector
Trail.

The following C2P2 grants were awarded:

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$300,000 to
Aspinwall Riverfront Park for further Development of the Allegheny
Rivertrail Park

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$70,100 Harrison Township for rehabilitation
and further development of the Three Rivers Water Trail access along
the Allegheny River;

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$62,500 to O'Hara Township for development
of the O'Hara Township Community Park Hiking Trail;

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$73,000 to
the City of Pittsburgh to prepare a trail maintenance and management
plan for the Three Rivers Heritage Trail; and

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$300,000 to the
Allegheny Land Trust for the acquisition of approximately 46.2 acres
on Geyer Road Extension in Shaler and Reserve Townships.

The
following Greenway, Trails and Recreation Program grants were
awarded:

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$45,290 to the Borough of Aspinwall for renovations to
Fireman's Park;

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$95,377 to Brackenridge Borough for safety
improvements to the Brackenridge Memorial Park playground; and

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$100,000 to LORE PPA for continued work on the Larimer-Homewood
multimodal project to reconnect the Larimer and Homewood neighborhoods
with the East Liberty business district.

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*PA MEDI for Your Medicare Questions!*

The 2022
Medicare open enrollment period (October 15 - December 7) is just
around the corner and we are reminding seniors to take advantage of
Pennsylvania's Medicare counseling program called PA
MEDI
(Pennsylvania Medicare Education and Decision Insight) [link
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PA MEDI helps seniors with their Medicare questions. Older
adults can receive unbiased, no-cost Medicare assistance from trained
PA MEDI counselors who can walk them through their options. These
counselors can assist in making informed health insurance decisions
that optimize your cost-savings and access to health care and
benefits.

PA MEDI counselors do not sell Medicare insurance
products, nor do they endorse any insurance company, product, or
agent. Counselors will not recommend policies, companies, or insurance
agents but will provide free, confidential, and unbiased personalized
assistance.

PA MEDI Counselors can help you understand:

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Medicare eligibility and enrollment

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Benefits & Services covered
under Parts A & B

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Financial Assistance Programs

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Benefits
under Long-Term Care policies

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Medicare Prescription Drug (Part
D) Benefit

Call today to connect with a PA MEDI Counselor
*800-783-7067*, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday or visit their website
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*Volunteers
Needed for Girty's Woods Trails!*

Join Allegheny Land Trust [link
22] and fellow volunteers from 5-7 p.m. this Thursday, October 6, to
maintain, improve, and build the trail system in Girty's Woods. If you
can't make it this Thursday, volunteers will be back to work on
October 13, 20, and 27. This is a great opportunity to enjoy the
outdoors this fall and to give back to your community.

For more
information and to sign up go to Volunteer Workday: Girty's Woods
Trail-Building - Allegheny Land Trust [link 23].

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As
always, please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have
by phone at 412-364-0469 [link 24] (Ross Office), 724-224-2131 [link
25] (Harrison Office) or by email at
[email protected] [link 26]. My staff will return
your call/email within 24 hours (Monday-Friday).

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Senator
Lindsey Williams

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Contact
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Office Location:
District
Office
5000 McKnight Road
Suite 405
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Phone:
412-364-0469
Fax: 412-364-0928

Harrison Office
1826 Union
Avenue
Natrona Heights, PA 15065
Phone: 724-224-2131
Fax:
724-224-2145

Harrisburg Office
366 Capitol Building
Senate Box
203038
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3038
Phone: 717-787-6538
Fax:
717-787-8625

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