There will be a bench at Traub’s Doggies in memory of Officer Ray, thanks to the generosity of the Emmaus community who collectively donated more than $1500 to the Ray Seiling Memorial Fund. Ray Seiling, the Emmaus auxiliary police officer and Hanover Township code enforcement officer who passed away unexpectedly in May was a fixture on the Triangle during his years of service in the borough and Traub’s was the officer’s favorite lunch spot.
Emmaus Borough Manager Craig Neely is pleased with the planned location. “Though we can say that Ray ‘lunched’ at Traub’s, I always felt that he was still performing his duties while relaxing there,” he said in a recent e-mail about the planned tribute. “From the public’s perspective, being able to rely on a public servant is very important, and Ray’s habitual patronizing of Traub’s was, in my opinion, an important part of his beat.”Following his death, the Ray Seiling Memorial Fund was established to raise money for the $1,475 bench. With the fund’s balance at only $1,250, five Emmaus businesses came forward to donate the additional $225 needed to purchase the bench, according to Kathleen Haney of Haney Associates, Inc., in Emmaus, who has been one of the local business owners shepherding this project.The donors are Joseph and Linda Abraham of The Impact Project, Inc.; John and Pam Pavlacka of J&K Pressure Cleaning, Inc. and Pam's Golden Scissors; Bill Rohrer of NewsWorking; and one anonymous business owner. Haney said Crown Trophy will donate a plaque for the bench.Since raising money for the bench, Haney says additional donations have come in. Now there is enough money to purchase a brick in the Remembrance Garden at the Knauss Homestead in Seiling’s memory. Any future money raised will be donated to the Han-Le-Co Volunteer Fire Company, where Officer Seiling volunteered for 25 years, Haney says. Donations can be dropped off at any local KNBT branch until August 6.
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