With Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens and Clerk of Courts Judy Enslen both singing the praises of their credit card readers, the push is on to get them into the district court offices to make it easier for people to pay fines.

"We get a lot of partial payments, 25 bucks here and 25 bucks there," Deputy Court Administrator Aileen Bowers said. "Then we have to send constables out to collect, and pay the constables' costs."

That would be eliminated if people could put their full costs on credit cards. It would also make things easier for people from out of town to pay fines for traffic citations and other violations.

Bowers said the $500 initial cost would come out of the equipment budgets of the nine district offices.

In an effort to give its consumers more educational and vocational training opportunities, Passavant Memorial Homes recently developed a partnership with the Penn State Beaver campus' Horticulture Department for use of Passavant's greenhouse at its Rochester facility.

The partnership will give the university's Master Gardeners and students additional greenhouse space to develop and grow more plants and flowers while giving Passavant consumers the opportunity to participate in extended vocational and educational training.

The Beaver Area Historical Museum is featuring an exhibit until June 5 on the life and career of Robert P. Linn, the mayor of Beaver for 58 years.

He was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the nation's longest-serving mayor until he died in 2004.

The display features photographs, papers, campaign memorabilia and scrapbooks documenting Linn's life as a student at Beaver Area High School, as a young businessman with Duquesne Light Co. and his years as mayor.

Among the artifacts are his official certificate from Guinness and letters from President Bush and Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh.

Linn took office in 1946 and was re-elected 14 times.

In 1995, the Guinness Book of Records formally recognized him as the longest-serving mayor in the United States. Today his name adorns "Linn Square," the southwestern-most park in Beaver, along River Road between Navigation and Buffalo streets. His likeness also appears on the timeline mural at the Historical Museum.

He died Aug. 22, 2004, at the age of 95. His death was noted in Time Magazine and on National Public Radio.

Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays.