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Here are the stories for this week’s Pennsylvania Member Exchange package. If you have any questions, contact the Philadelphia bureau at 215-561-1133.

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EXCHANGE-EDITORIAL RDP

Editorials from around Pennsylvania.

For Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016:

EXCHANGE-PUNDIT CAREGIVER

CAMP HILL — She’s looking for a little boy. Her son sits next to her and softly says, “Mom, it’s me, Jeffrey. I’m that little boy.” Kathleen “Kit” Lord’s failing eyesight makes it hard to see him, even when her 65-year-old son’s face fills up a TV screen. But she always recognizes the voice. “He talks all the time,” Kit says, sharing her irritation with the constantly ringing phone and his numerous commutes to be on air in New York. Jeffrey Lord is scheduled to be on CNN every weeknight now through Election Day, trying to find balance between political analysis and caring for his elderly mother. He’s attracting attention and scrutiny as one of the first people who said Donald Trump should run for president. In public, local supporters cheer when his name is mentioned during Trump rallies and ask for selfies when they see him in the supermarket. At home, he’s caring for a mother who often doesn’t know who he is. Candy Woodall, PennLive.com

EXCHANGE-DRAG RACERS REMINISCE

TIPTON — To many, a quarter mile of asphalt does little to inspire passion, but 50 years ago this month in Tipton, a similar stretch drew hundreds of motorists week after week. On the edges of that 1,320-foot stretch, drivers would line up before pushing gas pedals to the floor to send their hot rods roaring down the strip in seconds. That was the scene Sundays at Peterson Memorial Dragway, a Tipton drag strip along Route 220 that was opened in 1966 but continues to captivate those who sped across its lanes. “Drag racing in the ’60s, you know, it was hot,” said Tony Branda, namesake owner of Tony D. Branda Shelby & Mustang Parts. “It was really something.” Sean Sauro, The (Altoona) Mirror.

EXCHANGE- AUTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHER

PITTSBURGH — Joe Smith is walking Downtown. Suddenly, he stops. He points his camera at a crack in the sidewalk. He shoots, then moves on. Until he notices a traffic cone. He stops and shoots again. Now there is something in the distance. Joe starts running. He finds it, shoots, then says: “Let’s keep moving forward.” The first time Joe picked up a camera was in 1996. His second-grade class took a field trip to the zoo. Joe’s parents gave him a disposable camera. Joe did not know then that he had autism. He was diagnosed at 3. But his parents did not tell him. “We weren’t going to use that as an excuse for him not to succeed.” said Joe’s mom, Debra Smith. Instead, they gave him a camera. Chris Togneri, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

EXCHANGE-TEACHING MATERIALS

FALSINGTON — Pennsbury parent Cheryl Brito believes there are a lot of advantages to district elementary school parents now being able to access their kids’ “Everyday Math 4” textbooks online. They can help their child review the lesson from earlier in the day before they do their homework, said Brito, whose daughter Phoenixx is a Walt Disney Elementary School fourth-grader. They also can access the online edition if their child forgot their textbook at school and use it to help their kids stay up with their lessons if they are home sick, she said. Bensalem, Bristol Township, Centennial, Morrisville and Pennsbury are among the area districts that have shelled out sometimes thousands — and often hundreds of thousands — of dollars in the last few years to buy new materials aligned with state standards. Joan Hellyer, Bucks County Courier Times.

EXCHANGE-HOMECOMING KING

BETHLEHEM — Freedom High School senior Adam Recke tolerates a lumbar puncture every other week, but his parents have only seen him cry twice in his life. Recke, of Bethlehem Township, has a terminal neurodegenerative disease known as childhood Alhzheimer’s and is participating in a clinical trial of a medicine aimed at slowing its progression. But he also tries to live the life of a normal teenager. Case in point: his dad Sean Recke says he already has senioritis. On Friday night, Recke stepped onto the football field as part of Freedom’s homecoming court while his classmates chanted his name. Sara K. Satullo, The (Easton) Express-Times.