January 8, 2015 - Senator Yaw participated in the dedication of the new Williamsport YMCA.
January 15, 2015 - Senator Yaw attended the 2015 Pennsylvania Farm Show. Pictured with Walter N. Peechatka & Linda Finley of the Pennsylvania Forestry Association (PFA).
January 15, 2015 - Senator Yaw attended the 2015 Pennsylvania Farm Show where he chatted with Milton "Skeet" Repsher of the LeRaysville Cheese Factory, Bradford County.
January 15, 2015 - Senator Yaw visited with J & D Kettle Corn located near Troy, Bradford County during the 2015 Pennsylvania Farm Show.
January 22, 2015 - Senator Yaw provided a legislative update at the Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village - a Diakon Senior Living Community - in Lewisburg, Union County.
January 22, 2015 - Senator Yaw provided a legislative update at the Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village - a Diakon Senior Living Community - in Lewisburg, Union County.
January 22, 2015 - Senator Yaw provided a legislative update at the Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village - a Diakon Senior Living Community - in Lewisburg, Union County.
January 22, 2015 - Senator Yaw provided a legislative update at the Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village - a Diakon Senior Living Community - in Lewisburg, Union County.
January 27, 2015 - Sen. Yaw joined Senators from across the Commonwealth for the reorganization meeting of the bipartisan Senate ‘Coal Caucus’, a legislative committee emphasizing the continued importance of coal and coal-driven technologies in the state.
January 27, 2015 - Sen. Yaw joined Senators from across the Commonwealth for the reorganization meeting of the bipartisan Senate ‘Coal Caucus’, a legislative committee emphasizing the continued importance of coal and coal-driven technologies in the state.
February 3, 2015 - Senator Yaw sits down with Francine Schertzer of the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) for a discussion “On The Issues”.
February 18, 2015 - Sen. Yaw addresses the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry DEP Quarterly meeting in Harrisburg.
February 19, 2015 - Sen. Yaw visits the Herr Memorial Library in Mifflinburg. (Pictured L to R: Joanne Troutman, Member, Herr Memorial Library Campaign Committee; Preston Boop, Union County Commissioner; Kelly Walter, Library Director; State Senator Gene Yaw; State Representative Fred Keller).
February 24, 2015 - Sen. Yaw participated in a briefing by Compass Natural Gas highlighting innovative technologies related to the delivery of CNG to homes and businesses.
February 24, 2015 - Senator Yaw facilitated discussion on SB 214, which would seek to expand gas service to un-served and under-served parts of Pennsylvania.
March 3, 2015 - The state Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, chaired by Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), and the Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by Sen. Scott Hutchinson (R-21) held a joint public hearing to discuss the positive benefits of Act 13 Impact Fee dollars on Pennsylvania communities.
March 3, 2015 - The state Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, chaired by Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), and the Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by Sen. Scott Hutchinson (R-21) held a joint public hearing to discuss the positive benefits of Act 13 Impact Fee dollars on Pennsylvania communities.
March 3, 2015 - Senator Yaw welcomed Susquehanna County Commissioner Alan Hall to the Senate Chamber.
March 3, 2015 - Sen. Yaw joined Acting PA Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and State Rep. Jeff Wheeland to support PA’s agriculture industry and PA Preferred products.
March 6, 2015 - Senator Yaw visits the 26th Annual Susquehanna County Ag Day at Elk Lake High School.
March 6, 2015 - Senator Yaw visits the 26th Annual Susquehanna County Ag Day at Elk Lake High School.
March 6, 2015 - Senator Yaw visits the 26th Annual Susquehanna County Ag Day at Elk Lake High School.
March 9, 2015 - Senator Yaw addressed the Williamsport Rotary in downtown Williamsport.
March 13, 2015 - Senator Yaw joins state and local officials to dedicate the Memorial Homes Development project in the City of Williamsport. The completed project includes 72 total properties, (apartments, townhouses, and single-family homes), with money collected from the natural gas impact fee in Lycoming County helping pay for the project.
March 13, 2015 - Senator Yaw visited the 56th Annual West Branch Susquehanna Builders Association (WBSBA) Home Builders Show at the Lycoming College Rec Center.
March 13, 2015 - Senator Yaw visited the 56th Annual West Branch Susquehanna Builders Association (WBSBA) Home Builders Show at the Lycoming College Rec Center.
March 21, 2015 - Senator Yaw took part in the 35th Annual Scholarship Challenge at the Guthrie Patterson Auditorium in Sayre. Four teams battled it out for the Kwasnoski Cup named in memory of the late Dan Kwasnoski, who served as captain of the 1984 Athens Scholarship Challenge team. The Sayre High School team tied for Third Place. Sayre was the only PA team in the final four that consisted of Notre Dame, Sayre, Tioga and Newark Valley.
March 25, 2015 - Sen. Yaw questions Acting DEP Secretary John Quigley during the 2015-16 Senate Appropriations Budget Hearing.
April 8, 2015 - Senator Yaw visited with students at Towanda High School in Bradford County to discuss the topic of leadership.
April 9, 2015 - Sen. Yaw speaks during the Lycoming County Conservation District Legislative Breakfast in Williamsport
April 9, 2015 - Senator Yaw joins state and local officials as Lewisburg Area School District breaks ground in Union County for a new high school.
April 10, 2015 - PA State Dairy Princess Ashley Mohn & Lyco County Dairy Princess Olivia Paulhamus set up a contest to see which elected official could stack the most cups without falling over, during the annual Lycoming County Pomona Grange Legislative Banquet. It was to highlight the importance of yogurt & other dairy products. Pictured from left to right: Lycoming County Commissioner Tony Mussare, Sen. Yaw, Congressman Tom Marino & Lycoming County Coroner Charles Kiessling.
April 13, 2015 - Senator Yaw and Rep. Garth Everett joined Pennsylvania Republican Women who gathered at the PA Capitol for their PFRW Red Jacket Day 2015.
April 13, 2015 - Senator Yaw and Rep. Garth Everett joined Pennsylvania Republican Women who gathered at the PA Capitol for their PFRW Red Jacket Day 2015.
April 13, 2015 - State Senator Gene Yaw was recognized by the Pennsylvania Association of County Drug and Alcohol Administrators, an affiliate of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP), for his strong support and leadership in combatting substance abuse and drug overdoses across the state.
April 13, 2015 - (George Vogel, Executive Director of the Council on Chemical Abuse; Sen. Yaw; Barry Denk, Executive Director of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania)
April 14, 2015 - 2015 Senator Yaw met with Craig Altemose of Centre County, Nancy Baker of Bradford County, and Taylor Doebler of Lycoming County during their ‘Capitol Day’ visit to discuss support for the Research and Extension line-items for the College of Ag Sciences. Capitol Day is hosted by the Penn State Extension Council (PSEC) and the Penn State Ag Council (PSAC).
April 15, 2015 - Senator Yaw greets a delegation from Mansfield University, while at the State Capitol.
April 21, 2015 - Students and Faculty from Lycoming College visit with Sen. Yaw in Harrisburg.
April 27, 2015 - Members of the state Senate Coal Caucus convened in Greene County this week to learn first-hand about the operation of an industry responsible for a $4.5 billion dollar economic impact to the Commonwealth. The visit included a tour of an active underground longwall mining section; a railroad coal loading center and a coal barge facility.
April 27, 2015 - Members of the state Senate Coal Caucus convened in Greene County this week to learn first-hand about the operation of an industry responsible for a $4.5 billion dollar economic impact to the Commonwealth. The visit included a tour of an active underground longwall mining section; a railroad coal loading center and a coal barge facility.
April 2, 2015 - Sen. Yaw and members of his staff participate in the "Help & Hope for World Hunger" Food Packing Project, in partnership with Global Aid Network (GAIN), in Montoursville. GAIN’s purpose is to give and provide sustainability to the world’s most poor so they have more. MORE water, MORE food, and MORE employment for every man, woman, and child.
April 2, 2015 - Sen. Yaw and members of his staff participate in the "Help & Hope for World Hunger" Food Packing Project, in partnership with Global Aid Network (GAIN), in Montoursville. GAIN’s purpose is to give and provide sustainability to the world’s most poor so they have more. MORE water, MORE food, and MORE employment for every man, woman, and child.
![05/04/15](https://www.senatorgeneyaw.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/165/2024/01/yawsuperintendents_001.jpg "Senator Yaw welcomed (L to R) Don Adams, Superintendent – Williamsport Area School District; Timothy Bowers, Superintendent – Montoursville Area School District; Daphne Bowers, Superintendent – Montgomery Area School District; Michael Pawlik, Superintendent – East Lycoming School District; Gerald McLaughlin, Superintendent – Loyalsock Township School District, to the State Capitol Building. Also joining the Superintendents was Jason Fink – Executive Vice President of the <a href=\""https://www.facebook.com/WilliamsportLycomingChamberofCommerce"\"> Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce</a>.")
Senator Yaw welcomed (L to R) Don Adams, Superintendent – Williamsport Area School District; Timothy Bowers, Superintendent – Montoursville Area School District; Daphne Bowers, Superintendent – Montgomery Area School District; Michael Pawlik, Superintendent – East Lycoming School District; Gerald McLaughlin, Superintendent – Loyalsock Township School District, to the State Capitol Building. Also joining the Superintendents was Jason Fink – Executive Vice President of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce.
May 4, 2015 - Senator Yaw joins Pennsylvania’s Coal Queen Alyssa Gallagher.
May 5, 2015 - Senator Yaw greets Penn State Head Football Coach James Franklin during his visit to the State Capitol Building.
May 11, 2015 - Senator Yaw joined Montgomery Elementary School students from Lycoming County as they presented their projects during the annual PAECT Technology Showcase at the State Capitol Building.
May 11, 2015 - Senator Yaw joined Montgomery Elementary School students from Lycoming County as they presented their projects during the annual PAECT Technology Showcase at the State Capitol Building.
May 11, 2015 - Senator Yaw joined Montgomery Elementary School students from Lycoming County as they presented their projects during the annual PAECT Technology Showcase at the State Capitol Building.
May 11, 2015 - Senator Yaw joined Montgomery Elementary School students from Lycoming County as they presented their projects during the annual PAECT Technology Showcase at the State Capitol Building.
May 11, 2015 - Senator Yaw joined Montgomery Elementary School students from Lycoming County as they presented their projects during the annual PAECT Technology Showcase at the State Capitol Building.
May 11, 2015 - Senator Yaw joined Montgomery Elementary School students from Lycoming County as they presented their projects during the annual PAECT Technology Showcase at the State Capitol Building.
5/12/2015 - 7th Grade Students and Advisors from Loyalsock Twp School District Visited the Senate Chamber on Tuesday
May 15, 2015 - Senator Yaw discussed Pennsylvania's economic and revenue outlook for the next fiscal year during the Pennsylvania Economy League Central's Forum in Williamsport titled: "Three Perspectives on State Finances and Governor Wolf's Proposed Budget". The governor's budget proposes major shifts in corporate, sales, property and Marcellus Shale taxes.
May 22, 2015 - Students and advisors from Wyalusing Valley Elementary School in Bradford County visit the State Capitol Building.
May 22, 2015 - Students and advisors from Wyalusing Valley Elementary School in Bradford County visit the State Capitol Building.
May 21, 2015 - Senator Yaw visits Sun Area Technical Institute in New Berlin, Union County.
May 21, 2015 - Senator Yaw visits Sun Area Technical Institute in New Berlin, Union County.
May 21, 2015 - Senator Yaw visits Sun Area Technical Institute in New Berlin, Union County.
May 21, 2015 - Senator Yaw hosts his annual Student Government Seminar at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport. More than 300 participants, including students and advisors representing 16 high schools throughout the 23rd Senate District took part in the full day event, the largest Senate organized Student Government Seminar in the state.
May 21, 2015 - Senator Yaw awards Sapphire Naugle, of Jersey Shore High School, with the 2015-16 Peggy Madigan Memorial Leadership Scholarship Award during his annual Student Government Seminar at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport.
May 21, 2015 - Senator Yaw hosts his annual Student Government Seminar at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport. More than 300 participants, including students and advisors representing 16 high schools throughout the 23rd Senate District took part in the full day event, the largest Senate organized Student Government Seminar in the state.
May 28, 2015 - Senator Yaw participates in the Williamsport Area High School’s Athletic Complex Groundbreaking Ceremony [From left is WAHS Head Principal Brandon Pardoe; WASD Education Foundation President Trey Phillips; State Rep. Jeff Wheeland; Matt Wright, general manager for Eastern PA for Student Transportation of America, Inc.; Senator Gene Yaw; School Board President Lori Baer; and Superintendent Dr. Don Adams.]
May 28, 2015 - Senator Yaw participates in the Williamsport Area High School’s Athletic Complex Groundbreaking Ceremony [From left is WAHS Head Principal Brandon Pardoe; WASD Education Foundation President Trey Phillips; State Rep. Jeff Wheeland; Matt Wright, general manager for Eastern PA for Student Transportation of America, Inc.; Senator Gene Yaw; School Board President Lori Baer; and Superintendent Dr. Don Adams.]
May 29, 2015 - Sen. Yaw participated in the Compass Natural Gas Quaker Truck Terminal Groundbreaking in Montoursville.
June 1, 2015 - Senator Yaw questions Acting Revenue Secretary Eileen McNulty during a joint hearing of the Environmental Resources & Energy Committee and Finance Committee to discuss implementation of a natural gas severance tax.
June 3, 2015 - Sen. Yaw questions Acting PA State Police Commissioner Marcus Brown during his confirmation hearing in Harrisburg.
June 9, 2015 - Senator Yaw discusses efforts to safely transport crude oil on Pennsylvania’s rail network during a joint hearing of the Senate Transportation Committee and the Environmental Resources & Energy Committee.
Sen. Yaw participates in a joint House, Senate Coal Caucus public hearing on the EPA’s proposed “Clean Power Plan.”
June 16, 2015 - 2015 Sen. Yaw met with constituents [left to right] Paul Nyman, Horizon Federal Credit Union; Katelyn Smith, Executive Assistant, Horizon Federal Credit Union; Barbara Vitolo, CEO, Wyrope Williamsport Federal Credit Union; Rick Wargo, PCUA; and Trish Shermot, Gov. Relations, Visions Federal Credit Union; during Credit Union Legislative Day in Harrisburg!
June 23, 2015 - Senator Yaw joined Pennsylvanians from manufacturing, small business, education, labor and supply chain companies in the Capitol Rotunda to highlight the economic and job creation benefits of responsible shale gas development.
June 24, 2015 - Sen. Yaw joins American Legion Auxiliary Keystone Girls State participants Marisa Wildonger, Wyalusing Valley High School, Bradford County (left) & Julie Kasunic, Knoch High School, Butler County (right)
June 24, 2015 - Senator Yaw meets with Sullivan County School District educators Christopher Koschak & Alice Carpenter.
June 25, 2015 - Sen. Yaw meets with SEDA-COG Executive Director Dennis Robinson, Chief Bill Seigel and Public Relations Manager Liz Regan to discuss flood-related issues.
June 26, 2015 - Sen. Yaw meets with Thomas Tillman, Vice President Sales of Jersey Shore Steel, Noelle Long, Director of Export Development at SEDA-COG and Peter O'Neill, Executive Director, Center for Trade Development, DCED's Office of International Business Development.
July 21, 2015 - The Center for Rural Pennsylvania (CRP) held a public hearing on July 21 at the Fred M. Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College to solicit testimony on heroin and opioid addiction treatment and recovery services. Among those participating in the program were, from left, Fr. Paul R. Taylor, O.S.B., executive vice president of Saint Vincent College; Barry Denk, director of CRP; Dr. Nancy Falvo of Clarion University, secretary of the CRP board; Senator Gene Yaw, chairman of the CRP board; Senator John Wozniak, vice chairman of the CRP board; Senator Kim Ward; Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., president of Saint Vincent College; and Representative Garth D. Everett, treasurer of the CRP board.
July 30, 2015 Senator Yaw visited the Commonwealth Medical College in Scranton. Pictured left to right: Dr. Steven Scheinman, president and dean, The Commonwealth Medical College; Sen. Gene Yaw; Ida Castro, JD, vice president, Government and Community Relations, The Commonwealth Medical College; and Barry Denk, Center for Rural PA director.
August 6, 2015 - Commissioner Preston Boop and Sen. Yaw meet the 2015 Fair Queen, Dawn Franck, while at the Union County West End Fair in Laurelton.
August 19, 2015 Sen. Yaw attends the 2015 Ag Progress Days in Rock Springs, PA.
August 18, 2015 Sen. Yaw chairs the Center for Rural Pennsylvania’s public hearing on heroin and opioid treatment and recovery services in York.
August 26, 2015 - On Wednesday, August 26, Lycoming College President Kent Trachte; Philip Sprunger, Provost and Dean of the College; Jonathan Williamson, Associate Professor and Political Science Department Chair; and Chip Edmonds, Vice President for College Advancement and I visited the Panda Patriot Power Project located in Montgomery, Clinton Township, Lycoming County.
August 27,2015 - Sen. Yaw and Troy Fair Queen Emily Elsbree enjoy some ice cream while at the Tioga and Bradford County Annual Equipment Show held at Alparon Park.
September 25, 2015 - Sen. Yaw congratulates Stephen Kline, Secretary of the Mifflinburg Young Farmers Association during the Senators September 25, 2015 - Annual Agriculture Breakfast in Lewisburg. Also pictured are PA Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and State Representative Fred Keller.
September 23, 2015 - Sen. Yaw welcomed FFA students, Faculty, Dairy and Fair Royalty to his Agriculture Breakfast in Bradford County.
September 23, 2015 - Sen. Yaw welcomed FFA students, Faculty, Dairy and Fair Royalty to his Agriculture Breakfast in Bradford County.
September 23, 2015 - Sen. Yaw welcomed FFA students, Faculty, Dairy and Fair Royalty to his Agriculture Breakfast in Bradford County.
September 23, 2015 - Sen. Yaw welcomed FFA students, Faculty, Dairy and Fair Royalty to his Agriculture Breakfast in Bradford County.
September 23, 2015 - Sen. Yaw and Sen. Elder Vogel tour the Pennsylvania College of Technology School of Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technology; Collision Repair & Restoration; Well-Site Trainer and Mechatronics.
September 23, 2015 - Sen. Yaw and Sen. Elder Vogel tour the Pennsylvania College of Technology School of Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technology; Collision Repair & Restoration; Well-Site Trainer and Mechatronics.
September 23, 2015 - Sen. Yaw and Sen. Elder Vogel tour the Pennsylvania College of Technology School of Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technology; Collision Repair & Restoration; Well-Site Trainer and Mechatronics.
September 23, 2015 - Sen. Yaw visits the dairy farm of Jim Van Blarcom in Bradford County.
September 25, 2015 - Sen. Yaw participates in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Rusty Rail Brewing Company in Mifflinburg.
October 18, 2015 - Senator Yaw participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Herr Memorial Library Expansion Project.
October 19, 2015 - Senator Yaw and Stephen Keener, President and CEO of Little League Baseball welcome the Red Land Little League team to the State Capitol.
October 20, 2015 - Senator Yaw welcomes students from Red Rock Job Corps Center, Sullivan County, to the State Capitol Building.
October 22, 2015 - Senator Yaw was named Legislator of the Year by the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health. Pictured with Sen. Yaw are Lisa Davis, PA Office of Rural Health (L) and Senator Yaw’s wife Ann Pepperman (R).
October 24, 2015 - Senator Yaw visits the 30th Annual Sullivan County Health Fair in Laporte, where he met up with Sandy Pardoe’s 4-H students.
October 22, 2015 - Senator Yaw and members of the state Senate Aviation Caucus toured the Pennsylvania College of Technology, Kathryn Wentzel Lumley Aviation Center, in Montoursville.
October 24, 2015 - Senator Yaw visits the 30th Annual Sullivan County Health Fair in Laporte, where Commissioner Darla Bortz administers his flu shot.
October 24, 2015 - Senator Yaw participates in a chili cook-off benefit in Shunk, Sullivan County.
October 22, 2015 = Senator Yaw and members of the state Senate Aviation Caucus toured the Pennsylvania College of Technology, Kathryn Wentzel Lumley Aviation Center, in Montoursville.
October 26, 2015 - Senator Yaw welcomed students and advisors from Clarion University to the State Capitol.
October 28, 2015 - Senator Yaw spoke with Dave Sanko of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors regarding the heroin epidemic in the state.
The Special Committee on Senate Address held a public hearing to hear testimony from a panel of county district attorneys on issues that have developed when referring cases to the Office of Attorney General and on other related matters.
November 12, 2015 - Sen. Yaw joined Milton Standard Journal Publisher Amy Moyer and Editor Chris Brady, and Sen. John Gordner (R-27) to recognize the newspaper on 125 years of service to the community.
November 13, 2015 - Project Bald Eagle – A product of the Heroin Task Force, an organization comprising diverse community groups collaborating to address rising opioid use in Lycoming County, was honored as a Rural Health Program of the Year at Penn College on Friday afternoon. The award, which recognizes “an exemplary health program that addresses an identified need in a rural community,” was presented by the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health.
November 13, 2015 - Project Bald Eagle – A product of the Heroin Task Force, an organization comprising diverse community groups collaborating to address rising opioid use in Lycoming County, was honored as a Rural Health Program of the Year at Penn College on Friday afternoon. The award, which recognizes “an exemplary health program that addresses an identified need in a rural community,” was presented by the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health.
November 17, 2015 - Senator Yaw listens to testimony presented during the joint public hearing of the Senate and House Coal Caucus, which discussed the impact of the EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan on Pennsylvania’s Coal & Associated Industries.
November 17, 2015 - Senator Yaw prepares to ask a question during the second public hearing of the Special Committee on Senate Address.
December 7, 2015 - Sen. Yaw joins the Board of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania to unveil the second report on the heroin epidemic.
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