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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The first question posed to State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski Friday at the Charles T. Adams Active Adult Center was about REAL ID.</p><p>Several seniors asked Pashinski about the cards, most concerned about the cost since many of them are on fixed incomes.</p><p>Pashinski&#8217;s answer was a little surprising.</p><p>&#8220;What&#8217;s my name?&#8221; Pashinski asked the 35 seniors in attendance.</p><p>&#8220;Eddie Day Pashinski,&#8221; they shouted back in unison.</p><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s how you all know me, but do you know my real name?&#8221; he retorted.</p><p>Pashinski, D-Wilkes-Barre, went on to explain that he might have some difficulty in getting his REAL ID card. He said his first name is not Eddie, not Edward and not Edmund.</p><p>&#8220;The name on my birth certificate is Edwin,&#8221; Pashinski said. &#8220;And my middle name I received at Confirmation is Andrew. And somewhere along the line another name was added in honor of one of my grandfathers &#8212; Hubert. So my real name is Edwin Andrew Hubert Pashinski.&#8221;</p><p>Pashinski said he will have to bring his birth certificate when he applies for the REAL ID.</p><p>Monique Parham, 24, volunteers at the Adams Center. She said she has a driver&#8217;s license, but she won&#8217;t apply for the REAL ID because it costs too much. Parham said the drivers&#8217;s license cost is $32 and the REAL ID fee is another $28 &#8212; for a total of $60. Both cards must be renewed every four years, Pashinski said.</p><p>Most of the seniors said that cost is way too high.</p><p>Pashinski and his staff distributed booklets on property tax and rent rebates, along with PACE prescription-drug program applications.</p><p>And it wouldn&#8217;t be an Eddie Day visit without music &#8212; Pashinski is a former music teacher at Greater Nanticoke Area High School and he has been the front man for several local bands bearing his name.</p><p>Pashinski led the seniors in singing songs representing the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard.</p><p>Friday&#8217;s visit was the first of three senior center visits Pashinski has scheduled throughout April &#8212; he will be at the Lee Park Senior Center on April 12, and the Mountain Top Senior Center on April 26.</p><p><strong>About REAL ID</strong></p><p>&#8226; PennDOT recently announced that optional REAL ID-compliant driver&#8217;s licenses and photo ID cards are now available for Pennsylvania residents who want one.</p><p>&#8226; A federally-accepted form of identification &#8212; whether it&#8217;s a REAL ID driver&#8217;s license or ID card, a U.S. Passport/Passport Card, a military ID, etc. &#8212; must be used as identification to board a commercial flight or visit a secure federal building that requires ID at the door on and after Oct. 1, 2020.There is no requirement that any resident obtain a REAL ID and PennDOT will continue to offer standard-issue driver&#8217;s licenses and photo IDs.</p><p>&#8226; Federal REAL ID regulations require that PennDOT verify a customer&#8217;s identity, social security number, Pennsylvania residency, and name changes (if applicable), even if a customer already has a PA driver&#8217;s license or ID card.</p><p>&#8226; Customers have three options for obtaining a REAL ID product &#8212; customers may order their REAL ID online if they have been pre-verified; they can visit any PennDOT Driver&#8217;s License Center, have their documents verified and imaged, and their REAL ID product will be mailed to them within 15 business days; or they can visit one of twelve REAL ID Centers and receive their REAL ID product over-the-counter at the time of service.</p><p>&#8226; PennDOT has upgraded seven of its existing driver&#8217;s license centers, including Wilkes-Barre, to allow for over-the-counter issuance of REAL ID.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski speaks to senior citizens at the Charles T. Adams Active Adult Center in Wilkes-Barre on Friday afternoon. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/web1_TTL040519Seniors1.jpg</photo0><caption0>State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski speaks to senior citizens at the Charles T. Adams Active Adult Center in Wilkes-Barre on Friday afternoon. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Bill O&#8217;Boyle</p><p>boboyle@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Bill O&#8217;Boyle at 570-991-6118 or on Twitter @TLBillOBoyle.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Seniors probe Pashinski about REAL ID