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North Fork Chapter Meeting -- Fri. Jan. 15, at 7:00 pm
Location: The Jefferson County History Center located at 172-176 Main Street in Brookville.  The Chapter meetings will be held on the 2nd floor education  room of the Jefferson County History Center. Parking is available at the rear of the building.  Please use the metal ramp at the rear entrance directly to the second floor.
Program:  Harold Starcher  will present  a program on Flintknapping at the Friday, January  15th  meeting of the North Fork Chapter 29 of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology at the Jefferson County History Center. The program begins at 7:00 PM  This event is free and open to the Public.   Harold  is a nationally known knapper and will discuss the many aspects of his love and skill of making chipped stone artifacts including projectile points and knives using the same techniques as the Native Americans did for thousands of year.   For further information contact Ken Burkett at (814) 849-0077 or email kburkett-jchc@windstream.net.  Bring a friend!  Everyone is also invited to go out after the meeting for wings or whatever?  

Allegheny Chapter Meeting  -- No Jan. meeting
Location: Kresge Theater, Grace Library Building, Carlow College, 3333 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (Oakland).
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Ohio Valley Chapter Meeting -- Wed. Jan. 13, at 7:00 pm
Location: The Butler Area Public Library, 218 N. McKean Street, Butler, PA.
Program: If you have an archaeologically or anthropologically oriented video please bring it with you and we will make a decision at the meeting which one to view.  If the weather is bad, the meeting will be canceled.  So, in the event of bad weather please check email before coming.  For more information contact Amanda Valko at  AVALKO@mbakercorp.com or phone durnig the day 412-269-7959.

Westmoreland Chapter Meeting -- Sat. Jan. 23, at 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Baltzer Meyer Historical Society, from Route 30. Make a right turn onto Route 136. Turn left at the traffic light (about two and one-half miles) onto Baltzer Meyer Pike. The center is located in the Old Zion Lutheran Church, first building on the left.
Program: Lab Session at the Baltzer Meyer Historical Society.  During the winter months the Lab will be open every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morning from 9:00 am until noon. Contact Mary Jane Shaw (724-836-5994) if you plan on going to the Lab on any of the above days, to make certain that someone will be present to work with you.
We will no longer have Lab hours in the evenings, during the winter months.  There will be no regular evening meetings of the WAS during January & February. However, on January 23, 2010 and February 20, 2010 we will meet at the Lab to conduct special workshops for cleaning, sorting, and labeling artifacts from the 2009 Consol site field season.

Somerset Chapter Meeting -- No meetings in Jan. and Feb.
Location:  Somerset Historical Center, 10649 Somerset Pike (Rt. 985), Somerset, PA 15501 (814) 445-6077
Program: