Seven Fields' commitment to its residents regarding emergency notifications should not go unnoticed.

The borough is continuing to push forward with the goal of having all residences — except those that decline — be a part of the reverse 911 system that officials decided to purchase in April.

The system allows the borough to notify all households about a criminal incident, severe weather conditions that are on the way, a fire or any other situation that officials deem important.

"It's to be used when they (borough officials) want to get any information out quickly,"said Jim Lefcakis, borough emergency management coordinator.

All of the borough's emergency services are provided through contracts with neighboring municipalities, including Cranberry Township and the Adams Area Fire District.

Seven Fields isn't a large municipality in terms of size. However, the safety of its residents in that small area is nonetheless of paramount importance.

The reverse 911 system is consistent with that goal.

Residents are being reminded that they can sign up or update phone numbers on the borough's Web site, www.sevenfields.org.

Perhaps the city's decision to install cyclone fencing at the site of a swinging bridge in the West End will keep people from entering the Pullman Park reconstruction area. That remains to be seen.However, the bridge in question has revealed another example of city leaders having made a decision and then not following through with it.Just as the city council voted to install parking meters along Main Street but never installed them, council members voted last year to install gates at the swinging bridge that would be locked at night and unlocked in the morning.The aim of the gate was to reduce or eliminate vandalism at BOC Gases, which had complained to the city about damage that was being inflicted to its property.However, those gates never were installed.Now the city has opted for the cyclone fencing that may or may not achieve the intended purpose of protecting the ballpark reconstruction site.The bridge is where West Diamond Street meets Sullivan Run.City residents expect their leaders to follow through on decisions that have been made, not make promises that they don't intend to keep.Obviously, that's not consistently a major priority of this city's government.

Pennsylvania's state lawmakers, who sometimes are guilty of voting on legislation before fully reading it and understanding the ramifications of it, can sympathize with Arkansas lawmakers.Arkansas legislators earlier this year passed a bill that allows residents of that state of any age to marry, even infants.Lawmakers failed to notice an extraneous "not" in the bill that allows anyone who is not pregnant to marry at any age if the parents allow it.The message to Pennsylvania lawmakers, as well as those in Arkansas, is to pay attention to detail.In this instance, it's Arkansas lawmakers that merit the jeer. But this situation should be a new reminder to Pennsylvania lawmakers of the possible ramifications of inattention to detail."It's clearly not the intent to allow 10-year-olds or 11-year-olds to get married," said the Arkansas bill's sponsor, Rep. Will Bond. "The legislation was screwed up."Actually, the legislation was intended to establish 18 as the minimum age to marry but also allow pregnant teenagers to marry with parental consent. That one "not" that is at issue propped open a window that the legislature did not intend to open.Pennsylvania legislators, as well as those in Arkansas, should say "I do" — but add, "promise to read all future legislation carefully before voting on it."