In recognition of his many years of service to the Borough of Souderton, Congressman Charles Dent will salute retiring Mayor Charles Allebach on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 sometime between 10 am and 11:30 am on CSPAN.

By recognizing the Mayor on the House floor, Congressman Dent’s speech will become part of the official Congressional record. Future generations will be able read about Mayor Allebach’s remarkable service record by searching key words in the Congressional Record.

Locally, the Mayor and his friends will watch the live broadcast on CSPAN on the large screen television at the Indian Valley Senior Adult Activity Center (SAAC.) Everyone is invited to join Mayor Allebach to watch this historic 55-second event. The staff at SAAC will provide light refreshments.

Charlie Allebach knows what is happening and he is very excited. Come over and join in this historic event. Tell your friends, family and colleagues to stop by SAAC or tune in on www.cspan.org.

Congressman Dent’s staff has estimated the time for the speech but the exact time will be determined by the many other activities the House will be handling that morning. Consequently, they can only predict that the speech will happen sometime between 10 am and 11:30 am.

We are going to try to capture the speech on Youtube and link it to www.stmainst.org. Anyone with experience on capturing video is encouraged to back up our efforts by doing the same thing. This is the first time we have tried this process and it would be nice to have support.

Charlie Allebach has been such an influential force in our community. It is great to know that his service will be immortalized in the Congressional Record. How can we not make a fun event out of this?