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RON WHO? Uniontown Mayor James Sileo proclaimed at a recent city council meeting that March 13 would be L. Ron Hubbard day in Uniontown.

Sileo called Hubbard a science-fiction writer and humanitarian, although Hubbard is perhaps best known for founding the Church of Scientology in 1954 and Dianetics.

Scientology is considered a religion that includes such members as actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Critics charge that it is little more than a cult.

Sileo said he received a letter from Hubbard asking him to issue the proclamation for "an acclaimed American writer and humanitarian."

"I don't even know the man," Sileo said. "It's not really my idea. He sent us a resume and letter for a resolution. He had asked us to do it. I don't know who the person is."

Sileo can be excused if he doesn't know who Hubbard is. He's been dead since 1986, but his books still appear in bookstores under his name.

[I guess he knows now.]

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