The following was taken from a column written and published in "The Times Leader" by By RICH GIBSON, Times Leader Area Editor on October 12, 2003: " IMPORTANT HISTORY is being preserved in Union Township thanks to township trustees and the Cumberland Trail Genealogical Society. Many school records, court journals and elections records will be available to future generations. Union Township clerk Suz Miller-Pubal, who helped organize the project, was assisted by Trustee John Spiga, Jr. along with Jean Craig and Sheila Perkins of the CT Genealogy Chapter. Miller-Pubal also praised the contribution of volunteers from a community service program founded by Judge Frank Fregiato. "Our purpose was to preserve some of the township's most important historical documents," noted Miller-Pubal, who first initiated the project four years ago. The township clerk discovered an array of documents, court journals, election records and cemetery data dating back to the 1800s. The group was able to computerize much of the valuable information. "Most of the material was unorganized and located in paper bags and boxes," Miller-Pubal pointed out. "We felt it important to try and reclassify and reorganize. The entire process was time consuming. But with a lot of diligence and hard work, our efforts paid off." Miller-Pubal was assisted by Perkins and Craig of the Cumberland Trail Genealogy Chapter. "They were instrumental in helping up decipher and sort out the important documents we needed to preserve," Miller-Pubal noted. "There was a sufficient amount of historical data and other important records we certainly did not want to see ruined. Not only was the project worthwhile, we feel it will be a definite asset for historians for generations to come." " Perhaps the same would be done with all the court records that are scattered about the county. If it could be done on a Township level, they should be able to do the same on a County Level. It is an election year and this could bring some of the Elected County Officials some great PR.