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Notary Seminars Scheduled for Chambersburg

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(PAN) Pennsylvania Association of Notaries (www.notary.org) will hold several educational seminars in April for Chambersburg area notaries.

PAN’s First Time Notary Seminar (9 a.m. to noon) is state-approved and fulfills the three-hour mandatory education provision for new notaries. The Everyday Notary Challenges Seminar (1 p.m. to 4 p.m.) is offered in conjunction with the First Time Notary Seminar. The cost is $69 per seminar.

Notary Reappointment Seminar (9 a.m. to noon) fulfills the state’s educational requirement for reappointed notaries. It covers all the new aspects of the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA), which became effective on October 26, 2017, including the notary appointment process, identifying your customers, changes in notary equipment, and the new notary act – witnessing or attesting a signature.

The cost for the seminar is $69.

The seminars will be held at the Hampton Inn, 955 Lesher Road, Chambersburg, on the following dates:

First Time Notary Seminar and Everyday Notary Challenges Seminar – April 9.

Notary Reappointment Seminar – April 10.

Pre-registration is recommended.

About the Pennsylvania Association of Notaries (PAN) – We are a membership-based organization specializing in state-approved notary and motor vehicle education and offering step-by-step guidance on how to become a notary and renewing your notary commission in Pennsylvania. The Association’s customer service representatives answer over 200 questions a day from Pennsylvania notaries.

For more information call PAN at 800-944-8790 or visit the Web site at: www.notary.org/Education. You can access PAN’s Facebook and Twitter pages via our blog at http://blog.notary.org.

February Seminars in Reading Rescheduled

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PAN’s First Time Notary, Everyday Notary Challenges, and Notary Reappointment Seminars scheduled for Feb. 26 and 27 in Reading have been rescheduled to March 19 and 20.

The seminars will take place at the Hampton Inn, 1800 Peppermill Road. PAN’s First Time Notary Seminar will be held March 19 from 9 a.m. to noon; Everyday Notary Challenges will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on March 19.

The Notary Reappointment Seminar will be held March 20 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

If you have any questions, please call PAN at 1-800-944-8790 and speak with Ruth at extension 114.

Afternoon Notary Reappointment Seminar Scheduled for Indiana

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PAN has added an afternoon notary reappointment seminar to the Indiana County February 20th schedule.

The seminar, which will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 714 Pratt Drive, Indiana, will run from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. with registration starting at 1:30 p.m. The cost of the seminar is $69. To pre-register for this seminar, please call PAN at 1-800-944-8790 or visit our Web site at www.notary.org/Education.

Afternoon Notary Reappointment Seminars Scheduled in February

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If you need to obtain notary education to renew your commission, PAN has some afternoon notary reappointment seminars (2 p.m. to 5 p.m.) available in February.

Butler – Holiday Inn – Feb. 6

Youngwood – Westmoreland County Community College – Feb. 13

Erie – Courtyard by Marriott – Feb. 27

Reading – Hampton Inn – Feb. 27

The cost for a seminar is $69. To pre-register, visit our Web site at www.notary.org/Education or call our Customer Service Department at 1-800-944-8790.

Pittsburgh’s Motor Vehicle Basic Seminar Cancelled in December

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PAN’s Motor Vehicle Basic Seminar scheduled for December 11 in Pittsburgh has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The next Pittsburgh Motor Vehicle Basic Seminar will be held on February 12, 2019 at Two Gateway Center, Pittsburgh. To register for the February 12 seminar, please visit PAN’s Web site at www.notary.org/Education or call 1-800-944-8790 Monday-Friday,  9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The cost of the seminar is $145.

Serving Here and Abroad

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When the Keystone 28th Infantry Division is mobilized, the men and women of the 28th leave their loved ones and go wherever their services are required.

Before deploying overseas or on to other military posts for training, members of the 28th must take care of matters on the home front, such as getting powers of attorney notarized so their spouses or parents can handle their personal business.

What better way to efficiently have powers of attorney and other documents, such as wills notarized than to have a division filled with notaries? That’s when the 28th decided to contact PAN. They wanted at least two notaries at every level of the division, i.e., company, battalion and brigade.

PAN’s customer service representatives assist the soldiers with the application process and answer any questions they have. The 28th Division’s contact person is kept in the loop with up-to-date information on the commissioning process for each soldier. Currently, there are 18 service men and women who have applied to become notaries. That number will increase as soldiers come and go from the Division.

The 28th and the PA National Guard trace their lineage back to the militia organized by Benjamin Franklin in 1747. It is the oldest continuously serving division in the United States Army.

The 28th was mustered into service for the Spanish-American War in 1898 and was drafted into federal service in response to World War I, having seen action along the Marne River east of Chateau-Thierry. After the battle, Gen. John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force, declared that the 28th soldiers are “Men of Iron” and named the 28th his “Iron Division.”

During World War II, the 28th was once again mobilized and stepped onto Omaha Beach on July 22, 1944. They fought in the Hǜrtgen Forest and moved on to disrupt the German counter-offensive during the Battle of the Bulge, eventually liberating Colmar, France from the German military.  The 28th was deployed to Europe as part of the NATO command defending western Europe from the threat of Soviet attack during the Korean Conflict.

Since September 11, 2001, the soldiers of the 28th have conducted operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, the Sinai, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan.

To the men and women of the Keystone 28th Infantry Division, thank you for your service. We are proud you chose PAN to help you become notaries.