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From inside the former council chambers,

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which were probably right behind us,
Nick Hadley shaped the township through

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his public service. As a member and
chairman of the board, his thoughtful,

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steadfast leadership, was really the
catalyst for advancing major projects,

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enhancing infrastructure,
and ensuring the township was prepared

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for the future through careful planning.
So the common thread in these projects,

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plans and programs is that they began
with a vision. He had an idea which was

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shaped inside the council chambers.
And then we had the idea of let's give

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that vision to staff, get out of their
way. And he navigated decisions large

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and small through conversations and
collaboration.

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A wise man plants a tree knowing he will
never get to enjoy the shade. There's a

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lot of shade trees in Cranberry. that
are here because of Dick. So, with his

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name forever attached to our council
chambers, my fellow board members and I

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and those that come after us will be
reminded of Dick's steady leadership and

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motivated to continue making the
decisions

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and using the leadership for which Dick
is remembered. As I said, every day when

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I make a decision or I think through
something or when I engage a citizen, I

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think there's a whisper of Dick in what
I'm doing because I don't want to

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disappoint him. And I say that because
he is alive and well. He's just on the

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other side. This is a celebration. I
think if he were standing here today to

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see all the dreams and all the ideas and
all the fruits of his labor come to

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fruition would have really really had an
impact on him. But you know what he

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would be on dreaming about what's next
and that's the way he always did

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something. And um what was really neat
his accomp accomplishments were

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meteoric. The things he did were huge.
Even if they were small little items he

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was working on had big dividends.
But he was more about the character,

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moral character. When you talk about
Dick, you talk about doing the right

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thing for because it's right, not
comfortable, not easy, but it's right.

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» I got to work with Dick for 24 years and
u it was a privilege and an honor. I

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mean, he showed me a lot cuz I really
didn't know anything about politics

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either or about local government. So,
you know, I think we all came in kind of

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cold and Dick was the uh the teacher for
all of us. Dick was a leader. He he

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worked hard. I think it's his leadership
that really set us over the top to make

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us what we are today.
>> When I came into this role, one of the

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things that um was said to me that I
have big shoes to fill. Well, they were

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really big shoes and they still were big
shoes. I wish Dick was here today so I

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can talk to him and ask him so many
questions. I have so many things to ask

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him and I'm just glad that he built this
legacy and I am so humbled to be a part

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of that and I just want to thank Dick
and Dick's family for all the sacrifices

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and for everything that you've done for
this township.

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» We're practically a a choir here singing
the same song. I mean we we know Dick

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very well. Dick is within the hearts of
his family and friends. He created a

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legacy. And what I really love, what I
enjoy is going under the bridge by the

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golf course and now seeing his uh uh
plaque up here. It's a reminder. It's a

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reminder of everything he did uh for the
community and also a guidance for all of

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us uh to go in that same direction. A
focus to community uh and and making uh

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Cranberry a better place to live. Count
everybody. Everybody ready? Count of

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three. One, two, three.

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Go. One, two, three.

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We do more than just uh commemorate his
years of service. We recognized the

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values he stood for. Integrity,
humility, patience, and a steadfast

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commitment to the public good. There
were countless difficult decisions along

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the way. Uh, and Dick's voice was always
calm, thoughtful, uh, reminding me to

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focus on what truly matters, doing right
by the people we serve. He helped shape

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not only my approach to this role, but
also my understanding what genuine

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public service looks like.
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