[22774] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Section borders questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Finder)
Fri Jul 12 09:01:59 2002
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:00:36 -0400
Reply-To: Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
From: Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <1026422237.3d2df5dd75a53@mgtmail.com>
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Mariza Shavelle wrote:
> Quoting Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>:
>
> > On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Packy Anderson wrote:
> >
> > > According to what I've been told by Craig Muckle (R2 director), the
> > > National office likes section boundries to be defined by county lines,
> > > which is why there are chapters on the "wrong side" of I-81. The
> > > rationale I heard was that county lines would move less easily than
> > > interstates. The line dividing 91 and 92 was drawn arbitrarily between
> > two
> > > chapters to even out the number of chapters between them at the time.
> > Then they must love the section 82 split. :) Though meridians are even
> > less likely to move than county boundaries. As for 91/92 any idea what the
> > county in question is?
>
> I would have to assume that the boundary in question with 91/92 would be
> somewhere between Reading and Allentown. I don't have any knowledge more
> specific than that however....
I *think* I found the one that was being refered to. From what I can tell,
both Reading and Kutztown are in Berks County,PA but Kutztown U is in
section 91 and Albright in Reading is in Section 92. Does my info sound
right to a Philly local?
Randy
> Mariza
> shavelle@misty.com
>
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