Landenberg Life Fall/Winter 2017

Fall/Winter 2017

Landenberg Life

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Inside • Capturing all the drama of the American Revolution • Landenberg boy earns award for hemophilia advocacy

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Fall/Winter 2017

Landenberg Life Table of Contents 10 28

Historian’s love of history finds a spot in Philadelphia

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New pastor leads Kemblesville United Methodist Church

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A kind heart for animals

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Borderland Vineyard continues what family founders started

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Q & A: Heather Sachs of the New Garden Growers Market

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Photo Essay: The reachable vista of Borderland Vineyard

Landenberg boy earns national award for hemophilia advocacy 52

Filmmaker Gordon DelGiorno: Listener with a lens 28

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Cover design by Tricia Hoadley Cover photograph by Jie Deng 8

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Shining a spotlight on a few of Landenberg’s amazing residents Letter from the Editor: In each issue of Landenberg Life, our writers and photographers like to shine a spotlight on the accomplishments of a few of the amazing people who call Landenberg home.

In our cover story -- and photo essay by photographer Jie Deng -- we visit Borderland Vineyard, where a dedicated new management team is carrying on the vision of the winery’s founders.

We introduce readers to Cole Hamstead, a sixth-grader who has hemophilia. Cole and his mother, Kim, have done extensive advocacy work, informing lawmakers in both Pennsylvania and Delaware about what daily life is like for people with hemophilia.

While good treatments are now available that can make life seem almost normal, those treatments are very costly and insurance issues arise often. As a result of all this advocacy work, in late August, Cole traveled to Chicago to receive this year’s Ryan White Youth Award of Excellence. I have also included an image of Ryan White below.. This award is presented to a young person under the age of 25 who has helped educate others and raise awareness and understanding about bleeding disorders. The award honors the memory of Ryan White, the Indiana boy who suffered from severe hemophilia and contracted AIDS through the infusion of contaminated clotting factor in 1984. As a recipient of a national award, Cole illustrates how Landenberg residents are having an impact on the world around them.

In this issue, we also talk to historian R. Scott Stephenson about his work at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

Writer Richard Gaw profiles filmmaker Gordon DelGiorno, who began Film Brothers with his brother in 1999. Gaw talks to DelGiorno about his current projects and how he has traveled all over the country since becoming a filmmaker nearly two decades ago.

Writer John Chambless explores how Landenberg-based CompAnimals gives pets another chance at love. Since 1999, there have been 2,193 animals who have been saved as a result of the work at CompAnimals.

38 We talk to Tim Beardsley, who became the new pastor of the Kemblesville United Methodist Church in July after serving in a similar capacity for the Wesley United Methodist Church in Elkton for more than three years.

The subject of the Q & A this time is Heather Sachs, who took over as a coordinator of the New Garden Growers Market earlier this year. We talk to Heather about the market, what led her to an appreciation and knowledge of natural living, and why more people are taking the time to better understand what they’re putting into their bodies.

As always, we hope you enjoy the stories in Landenberg Life, and we look forward to 10 receiving your comments and suggestions for future stories. We will bring you the next issue of Landenberg Life in the spring of 2018.

Sincerely, Randy Lieberman, Publisher On the cover: randyl@chestercounty.com, 610-869-5553 Alison Bucher Rubilar, Winery Operations Steve Hoffman, Editor Manager at Borderland Vineyard editor@chestercounty.com, 610-869-5553, ext. 13 Cover photo: Jie Deng Cover design: Tricia Hoadley

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R. Scott Stephenson’s love of history finds a showplace in Philadelphia

By John Chambless Staff Writer R. Scott Stephenson fell in love with history as a child, and the past has never left him.

“I grew up in Pittsburgh, and some of my earliest memories are of my grandfather never wanting to take the highway anywhere,” Stephenson said during an interview at his Landenberg home. “He always wanted to take a back road and he always had a story about what happened in history at this or that spot. I always wanted to hear about the ancestors.”

He attended Juniata College as a history and international studies major, with a goal of becoming a lawyer, but his passion for the past steered him to the University of Virginia, where he got his Ph.D. in American history.

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George Washington’s tent is revealed as part of a dramatic, multi-media show at the museum.

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Capturing all the drama of the American Revolution

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“I did a lot of work in archaeology in high school in western Pennsylvania. I always loved museums and what we now call public history,” he said. “Back in the early ‘90s, there was a proposal by Disney to build ‘Disney’s America,’ a theme park on the Manassas Battlefield. All that controversy was raging at the time. There was an article in an academic journal that was a clarion call for academically trained historians to learn the interpretive techniques of filmmakers and designers. I thought that was an interesting idea.”

The idea that history is best observed behind glass in a museum was being altered by a public that needed to be engaged by experiences, and Stephenson wanted to make others share his passion for bringing the past to vivid life.

“I had friends at Colonial Williamsburg, and I started getting involved with programs down there,” he said. “I worked on ‘The Last of the Mohicans,’ with Daniel Day-Lewis. I did Continued on page 14 Photo by John Chambless

R. Scott Stephenson at his home in Landenberg.

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everything from being the historian who tells you what you ought to do on set, to writing scripts and working in production.�

He helped put together a traveling exhibit called “Clash of Empires� to mark the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War, and also consulted on a fourhour PBS series called “The War that Made America,� which dealt with the American Revolution. “My wife is a child neurologist and is now at CHOP Brandywine, so we were living in Landenberg in 2006,� Stephenson said. “The ‘Clash of Empires’ exhibit had just opened at the Smithsonian, and I Continued on page 16

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was driving back from Washington thinking, ‘Wonder what I’m going to do next?’

“As soon as I got home, I got a phone call from a little two-person organization in Valley Forge called the National Center for the American Revolution, which was trying to build a museum, initially up in Valley Forge. I stumbled into it. I was the third employee of what is now over 100 employees at the museum that’s in Philadelphia.

It turned into a bigger thing than I ever imagined.”

The route to building a museum for the Revolution was a twisting one. “We often call ourselves a 100-year-old startup,” Stephenson said, laughing.

The founder of the historical society was the Rev. Herbert Burk, a collector who had assembled a treasure trove of items associated with the Revolutionary War. But there

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Visitors can climb aboard a ship and study reproduction documents.

was no proper place to display the items in Valley Forge Park. Burk died in 1933 and much of his collection remained in storage, occasionally seeing the light of day in the Valley Forge Chapel, but lacking a permanent home.

In the 1990s, the chapel gave land in the park to the historical society for a future museum, “but that never worked out,” Stephenson said. Eventually, in 2009, the Department of the Interior and the Park Service worked out a land exchange. We had acquired land that was adjacent to Valley Forge Park, and we swapped that 78 acres with the old visitors center that had been built for the Bicentennial but then replaced by the visitor center that’s by the Liberty Bell.”

The site, at Third and Chestnut streets in Philadelphia, was at the east end of the park holding Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and the National Constitution Center. “We actually own the site, which is fabulous,” Stephenson said. “It’s two blocks from Independence Continued on page 20

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The practice offers pediatric, family, and cosmetic dentistry, and has specialists in orthodontics and implant dentistry.

“From the moment our patients Àrst arrive here, our goal is to provide them with a comfortable, relaxing experience,” said Dr. Jenny Chen, who provides top-quality care along with her husband, Dr. Michael Lemper, and their team at the West Grove ofÀce and their ofÀce in Willow Street. For a decade, they have built a thriving practice that has seen long-term loyalty from parents, children and grandchildren.

Dr. Jenny, as she prefers to be called, was a dentist in Beijing, China, before coming to America 20 years ago to pursue a Ph.D. in experimental pathology at the University of Texas.

After earning her degree and preparing to be a scientist, she decided that she wanted to pursue her Àrst love, dentistry. She then obtained her DMD from the University of Pennsylvania school of Dental Medicine, where she met her husband, Dr. Mike.

After several years of honing her skills as an associate in busy Philadelphia practices, Dr. Jenny came to Chester County to open her own practice. Dr. Jenny is skilled at all aspects of general dentistry, including cosmetic dentistry, root canals, crowns, bridges, and restoring implants. The aspect of Dr. Jenny most loved by her patients, however, is her friendly, humorous, easygoing manner, which often calms the fears of the most severe dental-phobic patient.

Many patients who have avoided seeing the dentist for years out of fear have come to Dr. Jenny and now will receive dental care from no one else. She trulyy treats her p patients as part of the family.

A unique feature of Dr. Jenny’s practice is that it provides comprehensive dentistry for

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Almost the entire staff speaks Spanish, Dr. Jenny said.

“People appreciate that you try to communicate in their language,” she said. “We have brochures and information in Spanish to explain everything about a procedure.” About half S of the service’s clients are Spanish-speaking, she said. A very o warm and welcoming environment exists among staff and w patients. “The staff treats each other as family, and we treat p our patients as family,” says Dr. Jenny. o Many people avoid the dentist due to barriers involving insurance and economics. At Jenny Chen Pediatric and Family in Dentistry, they try to make dental care available to as many D people as possible. “We take a wide range of insurance p and coverage through almost every network.” Among the a many insurances accepted are the full range of PA Medical m Assistance and CHIP programs for children. “We want to help A the children who need us most”, Dr. Mike says, “and we want th

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In addition to accepting a wide range of insurances Dr. Jenny is willing to work with you to implement the best treatment plan for your budget. “Some dentists examine a patient and give them a very expensive treatment plan, which is either all or nothing, and no other options. This naturally scares the patient and prevents them from undergoing much-needed dental care. We work with a patient within their budget or insurance limitations and prioritize. You can get a few teeth Àxed this year, and a few next year” Dr. Jenny says.

Another aspect of the practice that Dr. Jenny is proud of is her willingness to squeeze in emergencies. A wide range of emergency dental services are offered, and often people can be seen on the same day as they call. Tooth pain can be very serious, and we want to help as much as we can. To this end, the practice offers convenient hours including evenings and Saturdays.

The practice stays up-to-the-minute with technology as well, Dr. Jenny said, including the i-CAT, a three-dimensional dental imaging tool that allows the doctors to examine teeth and surrounding structures with amazing accuracy. Because the i-CAT allows the staff to view a patient’s oral structures from different angles on a monitor, the doctors can create more comprehensive treatment plans. This is extremely useful for implant placement, and the practice has an implant specialist

for complex cases, including multiple implants for denture stabilization. “This advanced x-ray system allows us to take 3-D photos, whereas previously we were only able to diagnose from 2-D images,” Dr. Jenny said. “With this technology, we have a better understanding of the patient’s anatomy and dental problems, and can more accurately recommend procedures. Very few general dentists have this technology.

Everything’s very advanced in our ofÀce. We’re constantly looking for new technologies.”

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Hall. But it was a little tired down there when we started. Much of the recent redevelopment in the park had been done between Independence Hall and the National Constitution Center. Building the museum at Third and Chestnut streets creates an anchor on the east end of the park, helping to draw visitors down to Independence Seaport Museum and Penn’s Landing. It’s already revitalized that area.”

While the old visitors center was worn out, its location was a remarkable stroke of luck for the founding of the Museum of the American Revolution. Stephenson saw the Continued on page 23

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The Liberty Tree at the museum is surrounded by printed broadsides about the impending revolution.

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potential for linking the places good thing is that there is still an where America was born with a American cultural imperative. museum documenting the strugPeople know they should visit gle that formed the new nation.

Philadelphia and see the bell “There were a lot of little jewels and the hall at the least. People down there in the neighborhood, feel it’s important to connect to but there wasn’t a place that crewhat it means to be American. ated a narrative to link them all There’s still 2 to 3 million visitogether,” he said. “One way to tors to that neighborhood every think of us is as a visitors cenyear.” ter for the American Revolution.

Stephenson was directly These cups were used by George Washington in camp. involved in the layout of the Now, people can see how all new museum, and worked these sites relate to one another.”

Public knowledge of the American Revolution is not as closely with exhibit design firms – the third firm was a detailed as it should be, Stephenson said. “It’s taught a lit- keeper, he said – on making the museum wrap around tle bit in fourth or fifth grade, and maybe middle school, a visitor, with twists and turns that echo the uncertainty but you can get through high school and college and not of the Revolution itself. There is a surround-sound thetake another American history course, certainly not about ater experience that shows visitors the roar and chaos of the Revolutionary era, so we can’t assume that people battle. Visitors can handle pieces of a soldier’s uniform, Continued on page 24 arrive at the museum with the facts, or a narrative. The

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sit in a copy of George Washington’s “Rising Sun” chair, and use digital technology to explore key moments in history.

At the end of the visitor’s experiences, there is a multi-media show that culminates with the revealing of George Washington’s war tent – the linen tent which served as his office and sleeping quarters during most of the war.

The tent was passed down through the centuries with all the twists and turns of a mystery novel – from Martha Washington’s grandson to the family of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, a period of storage beginning in the Civil War, and the sale of the tent

by Mary Custis Lee to Rev. Burk, who purchased it in 1909 with $5,000 raised from donations sent in by ordinary Americans.

Stephenson marvels at the chain of events that led to the tent being painstakingly preserved and put on display at the Museum of the American Revolution.

“It was in a box, in storage,” he said. “For 10 years, it was rolled up in acid-free containers. We had to do a lot of conservation on it to prepare it for display. It’s a miracle it’s survived.

“There’s a letter from 1831 from Robert E. Lee to his father-in-law, saying, ‘I’ve seen the tent on display and it looks great, and I told them not to put the lanterns too close to it,’” he said, mentioning only one of the ways the tent could have been destroyed or lost.

After restoration and mounting on a framework that doesn’t stress the material, the tent, Stephenson said, has become “a metaphor for the memory of the American Revolution and George Washington.

It’s those ideas that bubble up from the American Revolution that we go back to. When you see the tent, we tell the story of the Revolutionary War, but we also trace its history up to the early 20th century.”

Since the opening of the museum in April, the audience reaction to the whole experience has been gratifying, Stephenson said.

“After every single show, there are people walking out with tears running down their faces,” he said. “Vice President Biden sat next to me on the day that the museum opened and we watched the

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Posters put up in the museum give visitors a sense of the fervor of the era.

show together. He came out and spent five minutes telling the press it was the most amazing thing he’d ever seen. I’ve had museum directors come out and say they cried.”

The whole museum experience “is like a movie you can walk through,” Stephenson said. “There are dramatic arcs, there are noisy places, small places, there are surprises as you turn a corner.”

The museum’s location in Philadelphia is a natural tie-in with the Battle of Brandywine. “For our visitors in Philadelphia, we picked a site that’s within driving distance,” Stephenson said. “We tell them they can drive an hour and stand in a place where this really happened.”

An original film shot last summer at the Cheslen Preserve dramatizes what the battle was like, with reenactors playing the opposing troops. “We dramatize the fighting around the Birmingham Meetinghouse. I’ve always been intrigued by the Battle of Brandywine. We worked really hard to recreate the exact topography, the time of day, the details of the clothing – everything you would have seen if you were standing there on Birmingham Hill in the late afternoon of Sept. 11, 1777.”

If Stephenson was able to time-travel, he said, “I’d want to parachute in there – and stay out of harm’s way, of course – to check if we got all the details right.”

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Stephenson has uncovered an ancestor who was on the British side at the Battle of Brandywine, and one on the American side, so his connection to the Revolution is that much stronger.

The outcome of the Revolution, he said, was never a sure thing. In 1778, a commission from Britain “basically offered the fledgling United States that if they would just acknowledge the sovereignty of King George III, we would essentially have Commonwealth status. We could have been independent in everything except name. We would just have to keep the royal crest on the currency. It wasn’t even seriously considered.

“In the 1780s, we were at the end of our tether,” Stephenson continued. “There were people who thought that perhaps the South would be split off. Early in the war, the revolutionaries designed currency that had an image of a crane, which symbolized America, being attacked by an eagle, symbolizing Britain. The crane’s on its back,

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piercing the breast of the eagle with its beak, and in Latin it says, ‘The Outcome is Uncertain.’ In our collection, we have a soldier’s musket that has that design engraved on it. There’s an officer’s sword belt with that on it as well. They themselves felt that nothing was certain about the way this would turn out. That’s why, as you go through the exhibits in the museum, we emphasize those turning points. We break through the simple narrative that we learn in school.”

As someone who has immersed himself in the colonial and Revolutionary War era, Stephenson said that his long days at the Museum of the American Revolution could not be a better fit.

“I literally have the perfect job,” he said with a laugh. “I really do.”

For more information, visit www.AmRevMuseum. org.

To contact Staff Writer John Chambless, email jchambless@chestercounty.com.

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Landenberg 11-year-old earns national award for hemophilia advocacy

All photos courtesy

Cole Hamstead and his mother, Kim, have been advocates for people with hemophilia. In August, Cole was awarded the Ryan White Youth Award of Excellence for his advocacy work. Kim has advocated on behalf of families dealing with hemophilia for more than a decade.

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In August, Cole Hamstead earned the Ryan White Youth Award of Excellence for his work helping to educate others and raise awareness and understanding about bleeding disorders

Cole Hamstead, 11, has been an advocate for people with hemophilia. He has met lawmakers and testified about pending legislation in both Pennsylvania and Delaware.

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer

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rom a very early age, clotting factors and infusions have been a part of Cole Hamstead’s life.

Cole was born with hemophilia, a rare genetic bleeding disorder that prevents the blood from clotting normally.

But, as his mother, Kim, explained, Cole has never allowed the genetic disorder to hold him back. Instead, he has been motivated to learn from his experiences and advocate for others with hemophilia and other blood disorders.

Cole has been very active helping to educate others about hemophilia, including his classmates at the Independence School in Newark, Del., where he is a sixth-grader.

For three years, Cole and his mother have participated in a genetics presentation for the entire seventh grade class in his school as part of the science curriculum. The presentation provides a detailed explanation of what hemophilia is, how it is treated, and how it is genetically passed in families as an X-linked chromosome.

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Cole has met numerous legislators in Pennsylvania and Delaware to discuss what the life of a child with hemophilia is like. Cole is pictured with Delaware Sen. Tom Carper.

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Kim and her son have made these advocacy efforts a priority so that people have a better understanding about hemophilia, and people with hemophilia have improved access to treatments that they need.

“The advocacy that we’ve been doing has become a big part of our lives,” Kim explained.

Cole has attended the National Hemophilia Foundation’s Washington Days as a representative from Delaware for the last seven years. He has communicated the needs of young people with bleeding disorders to lawmakers like Sen. Tom Carper, Sen. Chris Coons, U.S. Rep. John Carney (who is now the governor of Delaware), and U.S. Rep. Lisa Rochester. When Cole met with Carper in 2013, it was featured in the Capitol Hill publication “Roll Call.”

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Cole has also advocated at the state level in both Delaware and Pennsylvania.

In 2013, Delaware lawmakers approved SB 35, which capped the monthly costs of specialty tier prescriptions, helping not just sufferers of bleeding disorders, but people with many other illnesses as well.

Cole attended Harrisburg Days in May of 2016 and April of 2017 in an effort to retain funding for the Hemophilia Treatment Centers in Pennsylvania, and to support SB 841. He met with Continued on page 32 Cole has made numerous presentations about hemophilia, including presentations to his fellow classmates at The Independence School.

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numerous Pennsylvania lawmakers, including State Sen. Andrew Dinniman, State Sen. Thomas Killion, State Rep. Chris Ross, State Rep. Eric Roe, State Rep. Scott Petri, and State Rep. Duane Milne. In October of 2016, he testified in a hearing on SB 841, The Cost and Affordability of Prescription Drugs legislation.

In 2016, Cole met Vice President Joe Biden, a Delaware native, at a golf clinic for children with hemophilia, and was able to share with him details about what it’s like to grow up while managing hemophilia. Biden invited the kids he met that day for a tour of Air Force Two. Cole and his cousin, Devin, also created a walk team named Cousins for a Cure to raise funding for hemophilia research and programs. They have raised more than $125,000 for the bleeding disorders community through garage sales, lemonade stands, bake sales, a school dance, and collecting donations from family and friends.

As a result of all this advocacy work, in late August, Cole traveled to Chicago with his mother, his grandpar-

ents, and his aunt’s family to receive this year’s Ryan White Youth Award of Excellence. This award is presented to a young person under the age of 25 who has helped educate others and raise awareness and understanding about bleeding disorders. The award honors the memory of Ryan White, the Indiana boy who suffered from severe hemophilia and contracted AIDS through the infusion of contaminated clotting factor in 1984. White brought national attention to hemophilia and its complications, and helped change people’s attitudes about men and women with the disease.

U.S. Sen. Thomas Carper wrote a letter of recommendation for Cole, which included the following: “I have known Cole for the past seven years and during that time he has proven to be influential in bringing awareness to bleeding disorders. I believe Cole’s dedication to bettering the lives of those with bleeding disorders, as well as educating the public on these disorders, represents everything for which the award stands.”

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Before Cole was born, the Hamstead family had no idea that hemophilia ran in the family. Kim and her sister, Jennifer, were both carriers and did not know it because there had been no history of hemophilia in the family. While hemophilia can be the result of a genetic mutation, it is usually the result of family genetics.

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was a carrier. Kim’s sister, Jennifer, was pregnant at the time Cole was born. Jennifer was also having a baby boy—Devin was, like Cole, diagnosed with Hemophilia A very early on.

“You can be a carrier and have no idea,” Kim explained.

“We had this deficient X-chromosome.”

There are three kinds of hemophilia: Hemophilia A, also called classic hemophilia, which involves a clotting factor VIII deficiency; Hemophilia B, also called Christmas disease, which involves a clotting factor IX deficiency; and Hemophilia C, which is extremely rare, and involves a clotting factor XI deficiency. Cases of each type can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the protein deficiency. Kim explained that when a clotting factor is missing, the entire clotting process stops at that point, which leads to the problems that the hemophilia sufferer will encounter.

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body. A bleed can be external, but more concerning are bleeds that are internal. The amount of bleeding depends on the severity of hemophilia. Internal bleeding, which commonly occurs in the spaces around joints, frequently results in pain and swelling and, if left untreated, can cause permanent damage.

As recently as the 1950s, people with hemophilia lacked adequate treatments to live normal lives. Back then, they received whole blood or fresh plasma, a component of blood, that was used to stop serious internal bleeding. During this time, most people with severe hemophilia and even some people with mild or moderate forms died in childhood or early adulthood because the whole blood or fresh plasma did not have sufficient amounts of Factor VIII or Factor IX proteins to stop serious internal bleeding.

By the 1960s, it was discovered that the sludge that sunk to the bottom of thawing plasma was rich in Factor VIII—producing enough Factor VIII, in fact, so that it

The treatments for hemophilia have vastly improved in the last few decades, but people must still take infusion shots at regular intervals.

In the future, there may be even better treatments available that would all but “cure” the blood disorder.

could be infused to control serious bleeding.

Factor Concentrates were introduced in the 1970s as blood donations of hundreds of people were pooled together. The freeze-dried powdered concentrates could be kept at home, a revolutionary development in hemophilia care. Unfortunately, these same blood products

carried blood-borne viruses that could be dangerous and even deadly for hemophilia patients.

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treatments are infused into a vein, and are effective for between 24 and 48 hours.

“We have wonderful, safe treatments that can make life feel very normal,” Kim said. “The Factor treatments were life-changing for a lot of people.”

In Cole’s case, these treatments allow him to lead a normal life—he can play at recess, take part in gym class, and even play sports.

“We pick sports that are good for him like baseball, tennis, or golf,” Kim explained.

According to Kim, the medication and treatments that are now available to people with hemophilia are wonderful—but also extremely costly.

That’s why the advocacy work is so important. Cole and Kim play a part. The National Hemophilia Foundation has been advocating for people with bleeding disorders since 1948, and a major initiative has been trying to make sure that people have access to comprehensive care and safe treatment therapies.

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“There are always insurance challenges,” Kim explained.

The Affordable Care Act marked an important step toward removing some of the obstacles that people with hemophilia face by eliminating both the lifetime and annual limits on essential health benefits. The Affordable Care Act also eliminated for all patients the possibility that pre-existing conditions could be used as a reason for insurance to be denied. The Affordable Care Act also extended the coverage for adult children up to the age of 26 under their parents’ health insurance plans.

While these are positive developments, Kim is concerned about Cole’s access to the treatments that he needs throughout his life, and she is also concerned about the thousands of other people who have hemophilia.

In a letter that she wrote advocating for hemophilia patients, Kim explained: “Since his diagnosis, we’ve tried every medication and treatment available to help give Cole as normal a life as possible. Today, Cole is prescribed

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a specific “specialty” biologic to keep his condition under control. This is a drug for which there are no generic alternatives. As a result, our medical bills are extremely expensive.”

She continued: “I’ve spent the better part of the last 11 years advocating for people like my son who need better access to prescription medications through affordable insurance plans. Even with health insurance safeguards enacted through the Affordable Care Act, the cost of prescriptions is skyrocketing.”

In the same letter, Kim encouraged Pennsylvania lawmakers to do what Delaware lawmakers did and approve legislation that would limit out-of-pocket costs on specialty medications.

“No one should have to choose between paying for life’s necessities and paying for their prescriptions,” she wrote.

“Cole, now an active 11-year-old, is thriving on his medication, and I fear for what his life would be like without it.”

New treatment breakthroughs could be on the horizon that will improve the lives for hemophilia patients. Some

Factor treatments have a longer half life that would increase the time in between treatments for people—perhaps to once a week or once a month.

Great progress is also being made with gene therapy research as firms like Philadelphia-based Spark Therapeutics work toward a permanent one-time reprogramming of a patient’s genetic code that will allow the person’s body to produce the necessary clotting factors on its own.

Kim explained that Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is very involved with some of the therapeutic initiatives that could one day significantly change the lives of hemophilia patients.

Cole will turn 12 in October. Kim is very hopeful that, at some point in his lifetime, a cure for hemophilia will be available.

“It’s an exciting time in the world of hemophilia,” she said.

To contact Staff Writer Steven Hoffman, email editor@ chestercounty.com.

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im Beardsley became the new pastor of the Kemblesville United Methodist Church in July after serving in a similar capacity for the Wesley United Methodist Church in Elkton for more than three years.

“I believe that this is where God needs me right now,” Beardsley said of his appointment in Kemblesville.

He explained that when he came on board, it had been quite some time since Kemblesville United Methodist Church had gone through the process of getting a new pastor. The church’s former pastor, Dave Bergstrom, served the church for more than 17 years.

Beardsley, who turned 40 in August, said that he embarked on his path to ministry when he went to church one day and a pastor asked him if he had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. That question had not been posed to Beardsley in precisely that way before.

When he responded that he did have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, he felt that his faith was renewed and strengthened.

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Tim Beardsley is the new pastor of the Kemblesville United Methodist Church after serving the Wesley United Methodist Church in Elkton for more than three years.

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Up to that point in his adult life, Beardsley had focused his energies on running a landscaping business, but he felt a calling to serve the Lord.

“God was calling me out of the field and into the ministry,” he explained.

Before long, he started doing a ministry to help the homeless. Later, he helped organize an effort to clean up Port Deposit’s downtown after a flood. By the time he became the pastor of the Wesley United Methodist Church, he had numerous real-world experiences that helped him prepare for the duties that come with leading a church.

“I came with these practical experiences,” he said.

At Wesley United Methodist Church, there was about a 24 percent increase in the number of attendees at church services during the course of the last few years.

At Kemblesville, Beardsley said that he would like to build up the Sunday School program for children of all ages and perhaps develop a Vacation Bible School, too.

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“Prayer will be the foundation for all our ministries,” Beardsley said. “We need to fulfill our mission to serve our community around us. I’m very excited to see what God is going to do in the next few years at Kemblesville United Methodist Church.”

Moving from the Wesley United Methodist Church to the Kemblesville United Methodist Church meant that Beardsley would also be switching from the Peninsula Delaware Conference to the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.

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Beardsley is also currently working on completing the online pre-master’s degree program in Ministry and Leadership at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky.

He wants to see what missions and ministries will be fruitful to the Kemblesville community.

“I enjoy being a part of the community and offering to the community,” he said. “My favorite part is observing God work in the community and seeing people receive Jesus. That’s what it is all about.”

Beardsley said that he is available for appointments by contacting the church office or sending him an email at timbeardsley@ymail.com. The Kemblesville United Methodist Church is located at 1772 New London Road in Kemblesville. The telephone number is 610-255-5280.

To contact Staff Writer Steven Hoffman, email editor@chestercounty.com.

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All are invited to Art in the Preserve to interact with the artists as they work in the Preserve. The day is about local artists being inspired by the beauty of White Clay Creek Preserve and sharing their art with the public.

Art in the Preserve is Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Start your visit at the London Tract Meeting House where a map will show where the artists are working.

There will be an art show and sale of the participating

artists’ work inside the London Tract Meeting House.

After meeting the artists as they work, you will have the opportunity to purchase a piece of their art. The art of the late Keith Hoffman will also be at the show and sale.

Artists planning on attending include Kathy Ruck, G. Mayura Simha, Karen Kuhrt, Joan Suplee and Diane Cannon.

Other events include a photography hike, leaving the London Tract Meeting House at 1 p.m. Children’s activities are planned, too. There will be music on the Sexton’s House porch.

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A kind heart for animals At CompAnimals, pets get another chance at love

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Balto, a puppy, goes to his new home as Leslie Hunt gets a farewell photo.

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ugging at his leash with boundless enthusiasm, Balto found a new home on Sept. 9. Leslie Hunt took one last photo of the squirming puppy with his new owners and said goodbye, noting on the adoption paperwork the number 2,193.

That’s 2,193 little lives that have been saved through CompAnimals since 1999.

For Hunt, who lives in Elkton and works full-time at nearby Crestview Animal Clinic, running Companimals is a big commitment that grew out of her soft spot for animals – particularly the ones who were down on their luck.

With a chorus of barking in the background, Hunt recalled how she got started. “I had a home daycare in Elkton and one of the kids had a stray dog show up at their house. I love dogs, so I volunteered to take it until I could find it a home,” she said. “I put signs up, and instead of people calling to adopt her, they called to dump their animals with me. Finally, in 1999, there was someone who had died and had two senior cats. The next-of-kin was going to euthanize them, and the next-door neighbor gave me $50 to take care of the cats. We took the cats in and found them a home relatively quickly, and I thought, ‘This is easy.’

But it hasn’t always been easy.”

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The rented kennel space that’s next door to the landmark Hill’s Auction House is nothing fancy. But Hunt does a lot with her meager resources. “We get puppies because they get adopted quickly and pay the rent, but our hearts are with the senior pets and the pets that are not going to get adopted because of physical problems or behavior problems,” she said. “But they usually do get adopted. It’s very rare for one of them to pass away from old age here. We can only have 25 dogs per year come through here because of licensing.

The rest go through foster homes. We average a couple of adoptions a week, of both dogs and cats.”

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Gracie is a 5- to 6-year-old beagle who was given up due to a change in her family’s living situation. Gracie is this sweet girl who loves to sniff and explore on her walks. Don’t let the gray muzzle fool you – she completed a 5K run recently.

Gracie is good with other dogs but will bark at cats. Gracie would do best with older kids. She does have allergies and takes Apoquel daily to keep her skin allergy from flaring up.

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turned away. “Our mascot, Rusty, has been here for six years,” Hunt said. “He’s about 11 or 12. When his license is up at the end of this year, I’ll take him home on Jan. 1. He gets along well with people that he knows.”

Hunt has four older dogs of her own, plus a couple of foster dogs.

She runs CompAnimals with a core group of five volunteers, aided by 15 to 20 people who come by to help out now and then. Nobody gets paid. Many of the animals come from a busy Baltimore shelter that handles some 11,000 animals each year. “We get the ones no one wants from Baltimore,” she said. “We work a lot with Delaware because we’re so close to the state line. Delaware Humane Society will offer senior animals to us. Faithful Friends, too.”

In addition to fostering opportunities, CompAnimals has a “Pen Pal” program in which people can be paired with an animal at the shelter, providing day trips occasionally and shelter visits each week, without having the animal at home with them.

There are three rabbits and about 25 cats up for adoption as well, Hunt said. She credited Concord Pet for their unwavering support.

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Cali Cali is about 15. She was never spayed and has multiple mammary tumors which have been removed. If anyone is interested in fostering this lovely little old lady, fill out a foster care application at www.companimals.org.

their labels, or maybe coming up on their expiration dates,” she said.

CompAnimals also gratefully accepts donations from the public, such as dry food, canned food, and blankets or towels. “I’ll come here sometimes in the morning and find that people have dropped off food or supplies by the door for us, which is great,” Hunt said.

There’s a careful adoption process at CompAnimals, and the fees range from $100 for a senior dog to $350 for a purebred puppy (including spay/neuter, vaccines, heartworm test and microchip). Adult cats and other animals are $25. Those prices don’t come close to paying for the food and care for an animal that has lived at the shelter, sometimes for years.

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Roscoe Roscoe is a 6- to 7-year-old Redtick Coonhound. He is a handsome gentleman who is looking for a new home due to some changes in his family makeup that were hard for him to cope with (mainly a move and a new baby). Roscoe was brought up in the mountains of Virginia and enjoyed hiking in the foothills. He is looking for a dog oriented family who will include him in activities. Roscoe easily converts to couch potato mode indoors. He would do best in a home with older kids. He was very well cared for in his former home and will be a wonderful addition to a hound-loving family.

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Hunt’s rapport with animals is clear as she patted Dixie, a sweet-faced bulldog that would like nothing better than to take short walks and cuddle with a new owner, she said.

As she was talking, Darlene, a volunteer, walked up with Leroy, a slow-walking brown dog who has recovered from a skin condition that had caused hair loss. He still requires treatment for the skin condition, but his gentle, easygoing manner was immediately disarming.

“He’s so friendly and he loves everybody,” Hunt said, patting Leroy’s sturdy flank. “Darlene picks him up once a week and gives him a bath, and establishes a nice bond.

He’s the kind of dog I’m drawn to – special-needs animals that nobody else will take on. We’ve had him for several years. But he’s doing great now.”

For more information, visit www.companimals.org. Open visiting hours are Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m., at 1497 Flint Hill Rd. Adoptions are by appointment.

To contact Staff Writer John Chambless, email jchambless@chestercounty.com.

Dixie Dixie is a 5-year-old bulldog who was given up when her family couldn’t keep up with her medical expenses (she had a skin condition which had gotten out of control). Dixie would do best in an adult-only home. She is vaccinated and micro-chipped. She is a sweet, sweet girl and gets along with other dogs.

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—————|Landenberg People|————— When Gordon DelGiorno began Film Brothers with his brother in 1999, he didn’t expect that 18 years later, his work would take him all over the country.

It has, and in many ways, the camera of this storyteller has just begun to roll

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DelGiorno directs a scene in Wilmington’s Brandywine Park.

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Avondale resident Gordon DelGiorno of Film Brothers.

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer

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ometimes in filmmaking, judging the availability of light is not the only timing issue that can screw everything up.

Earlier this year, in a response to an idea that had been rummaging around in his head for several years, filmmaker Gordon DelGiorno called his assistant and told her to see if baseball legend Pete Rose lived in Las Vegas.

DelGiorno, who began Film Brothers in 1999 with his brother Greg, was anxious to kick in on a new project, and although the Pete Rose Story -- or saga, or tragedy or whatever word one feels is most appropriate -- has been well-told, DelGiorno felt that every documentary and film project related to Rose was a shoddy repeat of its predecessor.

Rose was banned from Major League Baseball in 1989 after an avalanche of evidence proved that he had bet on the game, and since then, he has been the fodder of media speculation and discussion, particularly over whether his exploits on the field supercede his behavior off of it. While some contend that his more than 4,000 career hits deserves a plaque in Cooperstown, others say that he should carry his crime to his grave.

DelGiorno wanted a chance to tell the real story.

“I thought, ‘Nobody has ever done a great interview with Pete Rose,’” DelGiorno said from the kitchen of the Avondale home he shares with this wife Cindy and their two small children. “The questions in all of the documentaries sounded all the same. My feeling was, ‘Why isn’t he in the Baseball Hall of Fame?

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suddenly, this guy is the poster child of bad behavior? It was like a crucifixion.”

DelGiorno received a phone call from Rose’s business manager. Yes, Rose was living in Las Vegas. Yes, he would be open to an interview. Accompanied by a cameraman, DelGiorno flew to Las Vegas, and visited Rose.

“The first question I asked Rose was, ‘Do you think you’re being used by Major League Baseball, Pete?’”

DelGiorno said.

Absolutely, Rose answered. The interview was on.

“Then he said that when the Reds (Rose’s long-time team, for which he played and managed) want 45,000 in attendance for Bobblehead Day, they call him, but he’s not allowed near the batting cages or in the clubhouse.

He told me, ‘All I would do if I were allowed in would be to teach the young kids how to be better ballplayers.’”

In the video, you can hear Rose’s voice crack.

The conversation continued. Rose was candid.

DelGiorno had the old ballplayer’s trust. He listened mostly, the way good interviewers do, and when he got back to Avondale, he put together a two-minute synopsis of the interview and pitched it to the filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who owns the rights to the Rose story. The Spurlock people were interested.

And then it happened.

Just weeks after the interview, a statement was filed in federal court in Philadelphia this summer that claimed Rose initiated and maintained a sexual relationship in the 1970s with a girl who was not yet 16 years old.

The film project remains on hold. * * * * The world that filmmaker Gordon DelGiorno lives in now bears little resemblance to that which surrounded him when he first began his film company 18 years ago.

From nearly every angle of the DelGiorno home are the reminders that the kids are in charge here: Framed collages are filled with the magic marker meanderings from a young son and daughter. Pens and crayons and writing instruments protrude from a half dozen containers. More drawings and photos of birthday parties drip down the refrigerator.

In between the toys and the obligations of parenthood, DelGiorno, 50, has moved his company to the forefront of the local video production spectrum, with nearly 500 projects to its name that include commercials, short films, documentaries and a few feature-length films. In

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the last few years, despite Greg now in New York as a set builder for television shows and Gordon doing the bulk of the business, Film Brothers has gone from being a very reliable local presence to a road warrior. In addition to doing video work in Las Vegas (the Rose interview is only a part of his work there), DelGiorno has gone to Nashville to create a documentary about the singersongwriter phenomenon in that city. He traveled earlier this year to Cinch Buckle Ranch in Broadus, Montana to interview a woman about her family and its history. He returned to Las Vegas for another project in September.

“From the beginning, we have been, first and foremost, storytellers, and I think we brought that to our business model,” DelGiorno said. “It can be a television commercial for a pizza joint or a car dealer, or a documentary about an artist, everyone has stories, and it’s our job to tell them. The trick is to tell the story, and get to it quickly.”

DelGiorno stopped to take a phone call from a client about a video he’s creating for a non-profit organization.

To watch him negotiate his way through the caller’s requests with ease is to reflect on his humble start, 18 years ago, when he spent $5,000 on his first camera in order to make his first film. There are no film schools listed on his resume, no summers spent fetching sandwiches for Bogdonavich or Spielberg or Soderbergh. To acknowledge the career that DelGiorno has made is to have seen the cultivation of soft skills, melded with a desire to create work that tells good stories.

DelGiorno connects people to opportunities. His Rolodex of actors, producers, writers, technical engineers and major players is likely thicker than any of his peers and, at a time when the Delaware-based film and video production business can be compared to a school of sharks clamoring for a single fish, it is normal to see DelGiorno’s competitors working alongside him on projects -- camera operators and sound and light people.

“Everybody who knows me in this business, knows that I am a collaborator,” DelGiorno said. “I work with my competitors, the right ones who can say, ‘Let’s work together,’ instead of those who choose to horde things for themselves. It’s a collaborative energy that’s helped me get to where I am now. Somehow, probably through having developed a thick skin over the years, I’ve been able to handle a lot of egos and gotten them to all work together.

“Unlike a lot of people who look at competition as a threat, I welcome it.”

He has also learned how to listen. Those who listen, he said, tend to be the best storytellers, and he uses the skill when he’s behind the camera, guiding the many interviews he does through the process of LAMA: Listen, acknowledge, make a statement and ask questions.

“In high school, I was very shy around girls and I didn’t know how to talk to anybody, but through time and teaching, I learned how to be a better communicator,” DelGiorno said. “You just have to be able to ask people questions and do it in a non-intrusive way. It’s a way to get the nuances and move the conversation forward, and open doors. It’s creating the ebb and flow.”

When DelGiorno lived in Wilmington, very often when he would leave a job it would linger, given his proximity to the work. Now, the half-hour ride he makes from Avondale to his workspace at The Mill in Wilmington clears his headspace.

“The distance I drive from Wilmington to Avondale has made me a more patient person, and a better filmmaker, because it’s slowed me down,” he said. “When I was living in Wilmington, I would pop open a laptop at a coffee shop and there was always someone coming up and striking up a conversation. The noise never seemed to go away. Living in Chester County definitely comes with a lot less distractions. Being a father and a filmmaker can only make your stories more rich. With that, I think my work has become more mindful.”

Ten years ago, Gordon and Greg DelGiorno got the crazy idea to begin their own film festival. “Named “Festival of Shorts,” it was originally screened at Theatre N in Wilmington and has for the past several years been held at the Delaware Art Museum, and features an eclectic group of short films by filmmakers around the world -- including “God of Love” by Wilmington filmmaker Luke Matheny, which went on to win the Academy Continued on page 64

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Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2011. Now in its tenth year, the annual festival will take place at the museum on Oct. 6 and 7.

His projects are now either in production or on the table. One of them, six completed 22-minute episodes of “Getting Even,” was originally produced in 2003 as a film about senior citizens getting revenge. DelGiorno calls the story “’The Golden Girls’ meets ‘The Sopranos’” -- and he’s currently trying to get it into the hands of investors.

In 2015, he created the 30-minute documentary “Slavery’s Children,” produced by Michaelangelo Rodriguez, that told the intimate story of four Delawareans who lived through -- and triumphed from -- varying types of slavery: A gay man abused by his boss; a transgender; a young girl told white fairy tales by her slave owner family; and a woman who told the story of how she was sold into prostitution by her mother as a child.

“When the woman was nine years old, her mother pimped her out as a prostitute, and when I first heard of story, I thought about my kids,” DelGiorno said. “I

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thought about the brutality of it. I thought about a little baby living out of phone booths and laundromats with her drug addict mother.”

He listened as the woman told her story, and he kept the camera running, as she took him to the beach where as a child she was sexually assaulted 30 years ago. The camera captured the woman reaching down to the beach and pulling up sand. The camera caught the woman raising her arms toward the tumbling waves of the sea.

“In the end, my job is to get to the emotional need when I interview someone, even if it’s a client who is selling bricks. ‘Tell me your story,’ I ask them,” DelGiorno said. “It’s been a weird, weird ride -- a long and strange trip and in a lot of ways, it’s scary.

“But mostly, it’s been beautiful.”

To learn more about Film Brothers and the Festival of Shorts on Oct. 6 and 7, visit www.filmbrothers.com.

To contact Staff Writer Richard L. Gaw, email rgaw@ chestercounty.com.

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Borderland Vineyard continues what family founders started

By Natalie Smith Staff Writer

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all Line Farm “has always felt like home to me,” Jay Penrose said.

The 66-acre Landenberg property, fronted by Indiantown Road and near the White Clay Creek Preserve, is a lush mix of fields, trees, soft hills and, most notably, grapevines. Penrose is president of Borderland Vineyards, which sits on the farm owned by his aunt, Janet Kalb. The business venture was started and maintained by his cousins, siblings Kurt Kalb and Karen Kalb Anderson.

Establishing a vineyard was Kurt’s idea.

“Kurt had a very strong interest in wines,” Penrose recalled. “He and his wife, Debbie, were really good at taking an unknown bottle of wine and analyzing it. We had a competition between them as to who could write down all the traits of that wine, and then look it up in [Wine Advocate magazine] and see who could come closest to all the published traits of that particular wine. And they were very good at it.”

Borderland is one of several local vineyards and wineries in the area, among them Paradocx, 1723 Vineyards, Va La and Kreutz Creek. But it wasn’t always that way. The land that George and Janet Kalb saw in 1946 was on a dirt road, “with a four-foot marsh down the middle.”

Penrose, who’s a nephew of the Kalbs, said he heard it like this: “When they came into the road, they proceeded to sink up to their hubcaps in mud. And my aunt took a look at the view, and from inside the car, said to my uncle, ‘I want to live here the rest of my life.’

“And the way my aunt tells the story, ‘Your uncle looked at me and said, ‘Are you kidding? Look at this place!’” Of course, they bought it. For $8,500.

The farmhouse on the property was old, with no electricity or running water.

Built in the 1700s, it shows evidence of its previous life as a log cabin in one of the walls of the master bathroom. The original section had been covered with stucco.

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The Kalbs had three children: Kurt, Karen and Rob. George Kalb was a research chemist for DuPont. Also living with the Kalbs were George’s parents, Marie and John.

Janet Kalb found her own interests on the farm. “My aunt originally started raising Dorset sheep, at one point managing a flock of 88 head of Dorsets,” Penrose said. They also grew alfalfa to feed the sheep in the wintertime.

“All three of my cousins grew up on the farm,” said Penrose, whose late mother was Janet Kalb’s sister. “We lived in Wilmington, so I grew up here in the evenings, weekends and holidays. The farm has been a part of my life, all of my life.”

After George Kalb died in 1974, the responsibility for the farm fell on Janet Kalb’s shoulders. The children had moved away, although Kurt Kalb was living in New Jersey, working as an archaeologist for the state government. Penrose stepped in and aided his aunt. “So I’d come out in the summers, or mom and dad would bring me out in the evenings to help.”

Over the years, as the cost of living kept increasing and the taxes became more onerous, Janet Kalb’s biggest fear was that she’d be forced to sell her beloved farm. “She was bound and determined that no one would get the land,” Penrose said. She started cutting back on the number of sheep to save on feed and vet bills; she started doing less mowing to save on gasoline. Parts of the property

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became a tangle of unwanted growth.

But respite came in the form of an easement. Natural Lands Trust and the Farmland Preservation program of the Chester County Agricultural Land Preservation Board hold the easement that assures the land will remain agrarian and not subject to development.

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However, the family wanted to farm something different on the land.

“Kurt said there was a market for bulk grapes [used in wine making] in the area. He suggested if we turned the alfalfa fields into a vineyard, we could grow enough to turn a profit,” Penrose said.

Penrose said that getting more than five acres vine-ready wasn’t an easy task, but his cousin was determined. “It took quite a long time to cut back the field. Kurt spent innumerable hours, vacations, trying to get it reclaimed,” he said.

But in 2008, “We planted our first planting of grape vines – 1,200 vines.

We were using a post-hole digger to dig each hole. I drilled quite a few of the 1,200 holes,” Penrose said. The grapes chosen were Cabernet Franc and Syrah, later Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Sauvignon Blanc.

Penrose noted that they wouldn’t have been able to get the work done if not for the generosity of others. “We had the help of community. We had neighbors coming to help us plant, we had friends coming to help us plant.

Kurt had friends coming down from New Jersey. Karen had friends coming down from [her home in] Rochester, N.Y.” He recalled with amusement how Karen’s son Eben, who was living in New York City at the time, would bring friends to help out. Some were native New Yorkers for whom a farm was a decidedly foreign

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Jay Penrose, president of Borderland Vineyards.

environment. “We called them the Fresh Air kids,” Penrose said, riffing on the program that gives city children exposure to a country environment.

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Normally, Penrose said, it takes about seven years for the vines to start offering a production crop, but 2011 produced a bumper crop of grapes. Some of the vineyard owners in the area suggested they start making wines.

So they did. Borderland’s first vintage was Merlot, Riesling and Chardonnay. “We produced an unoaked Chardonnay,” he said. “It got a really good reception when it was released.” The enthusiasm for their wines encouraged them to continue and bring customers to the farm.

“It was in marketing our wines, it became the next logical step. We were doing the farmers markets; we had good response from Headhouse Farmers Markets in Philadelphia.

People would say, ‘Where are you? Can we come and see you?’ The tasting room on the farm was just logical. We can do it rustically from our barn. It got a very big reception.”

There was another change added to Borderland that further established its brand. The Dorset sheep that had played such a prominent role in the life of the farm had not been replenished. It was Karen’s idea to bring them back.

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to doing events at the farm, Karen thought it was a shame we didn’t have sheep here, since they were such a part of the winery itself – that’s how our Leaping Sheep Riesling was named. Karen came across some Babydoll sheep near where she lived in Rochester.”

The farm currently has 16 head of Babydolls, with various rams making occasional visits.

Penrose gives high marks to Borderland’s winemaker, Gabriel Rubilar, and his wife Alison Bucher-Rubilar, who is the winery tasting room manager. Borderland shares the winemaker’s services with nearby Paradocx Vineyards.

“Our tasting room is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and we invite people who stop there to unwind. A lot of times, if someone comes in the middle of the week, we’re more than happy to accommodate them. It’s always kind of nice to see,” he said of customers, new and returning, who feel comfortable to come and enjoy the wines.

Within the past two years, the family whose vineyard was started and carried on with such love and zeal was dealt two devastating blows. Karen Kalb Anderson, the business

director who handled much of the paperwork and marketing of Borderland, passed away in December 2015 after a fight with a rapidly progressing cancer. Brother Kurt, “the farmer,” whose love of wine was the brainchild behind Borderland, died 15 months later after a heart attack and resulting fall.

The family was reeling. But again, the kindness of friends and neighbors helped Borderland Vineyards carry on, said Penrose, who is also primary caretaker for his 95-year-old aunt, Janet Kalb.

“I cannot say enough about the outpouring of help from [area] vineyards,” Penrose said. “If I had any questions, people could answer them.” And although he was involved in certain aspects of Borderland from the beginning, as president he’s been learning other points of the business.

“As wines are fermenting and going through the process, as Gabriel points this out and points that out, I am under his guidance. I do not have the palate that my cousin Kurt had,” Penrose admitted. “I enjoy all of our wine. I enjoy things both cold and warm. Both the whites and the reds.

The Borderland tasting room is open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Our winemaker is Gabriel – I can’t take the credit for any of our end results. That is a complex and scientific process.

“If I am a vintner, time will tell. I can’t imagine ever saying that I am a winemaker. But I can say that Kurt was.”

Borderland Vineyard is located on 332 Indiantown Road in Landenberg. To learn more about Borderland Vineyard, visit www.borderlandvineyard.com.

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Heather Sachs

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hen Landenberg resident Heather Sachs took over as a coordinator of the New Garden Growers Market earlier this year, she inherited what has become a Saturday destination spot for hundreds of local residents from spring to late fall. Along with her two co-partners Sarah Carmody and Becca Logan, Heather is transforming a Landenberg landmark, vendor by vendor, concept by concept. Recently, Landenberg Life met with Heather to discuss the market, what led her to an appreciation and knowledge of natural living, and why more people are taking the time to better understand what they’re putting into their bodies.

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The New Garden Growers market has become a weekly destination for locals looking for handmade floral arrangements, artisan crafts, fresh fruits and much more.

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Landenberg Life: When you, Sarah and Becca took over for Carin Bonafacino as the market’s management team earlier this year, what were your goals for this season, and in what ways have those goals been achieved?

We had no idea what we were heading into. I had never run a market before. Becca had dabbled at markets but had never run one before, and Sarah was new to it as well. I am the marketing manager at Harvest Market in Hockessin, so my personal goal was to modernize the market’s signage and other components as well, in the attempt to bring new life to the market. I had gone to the market years before, and seen Carin’s son, David, juggling. At the time, he was about 10 years old, which is my son’s age now, and I remember feeling, ‘I would love to have my son at this market with me, helping people set up and learning about community.’ When I received word that Carin was about to move on, I met her at Harvest Market and told her, ‘I’m in.’

For the first year, we wanted to maintain what Carin had achieved, and not set too many goals. We have a lot of room to grow, from the standpoint of finding new

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Locally made wines and craft beers.

customers, developing our marketing strategy and bringing more people into this lifestyle.

What advice did Carin give the three of you?

She told us to always include the vendors in on conversations when it’s necessary, and to listen to the customers.

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Take me back to the early morning of May 6 -opening day of this year’s New Garden Growers Market. What kinds of emotions were you all feeling?

Exhilaration and excitement. None of us knew what to expect, but we went into it completely open, with ideas and plans, and it was an amazing first market.

The vendors were equally as excited to turn a new page in the market.

There is power in numbers, especially when the numbers are creative and have ideas. Talk about the partnership that you, Sarah and Becca have.

We had a few training sessions with Carin, but then when we first sat down alone with each other, I felt that it was amazing that three people who had never worked closely together could bounce from idea to idea, and keep the ideas fresh and the conversation flowing. We probably discussed 500 things that night together, and it began to create this great symbiosis.

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How did you arrive at learning and becoming immersed in the world of natural living, and the distribution and appreciation of organic food and products?

I have a Master’s degree in counseling, so I have always liked helping people, but when it came to food, I knew nothing until my son was diagnosed with food allergies when he was a year-and-a-half old. He had his first and second exposure to peanuts when he was in preschool. At the time, I was working in Wilmington and I didn’t know anything about allergies, and I actually sent my friend to the daycare with Benadryl while I was at work. I didn’t know how life threatening it was for him at the moment. Once I got on that path, I began to learn about what the causes were for children with allergies, and it always came back to food and chemical exposure. I thought they must go hand in hand. I knew what the word ‘Organic’ meant, but I didn’t understand it. I felt like I was looking into the window, but I needed someone to pull me into that lifestyle.

The first time I shopped at Harvest Market, I purchased every wonderful piece of food that I could find, and my bill was astronomical. Four years ago, I filled out an application there, and since then, it’s been an enlightening journey of learning and discovery.

Farmers markets have grown from 1,700 in the United States in 1994 to more than 8,000 today. What’s been the driving force behind this incredible rise?

In my opinion, it’s a combination of health and the need for transparency.

When I was younger, we didn’t discuss how food is fuel. Food was what you did when you were hungry. A lot of our parents’ generation are sick and so many of our children are living with allergies, so I think we’ve been forced into a situation where we need to know more about what we’re putting into our bodies. People are beginning to fully engage in the knowledge that they can turn to food to restore health, which is such a beautiful return to tradition, as well as a method of better understanding our bodies.

Also, people appreciate that food companies are being more transparent about the products they are providing.

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The New Garden Growers Market has become known as much more than a place that sells fresh fruits and vegetables. There’s a bigger mission there. Define that mission.

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excited, because he’s like a celebrity. To meet him, for me, was the realization that I was helping his family. That’s why famers’ markets have grown, because people want to make those connections. When we choose to, we want to engage in that personal touch. The customers have a relationship with these growers. There’s a trust there, and that becomes a community.

What have been your favorite moments at the New Garden Growers Market this year? Does anything stand out to you?

The Tomato Festival and the Zucchini Races. It allowed us to connect the food to the person or people who are growing that food.

What is your favorite spot in Landenberg?

I am so lucky to live at the start of the Edward Leeds Trail in the White Clay Creek Preserve. There’s a little area off of the trail and it takes you to a rocky beach with big boulders and a spot of water that’s about six feet deep. It’s a little gem. Going to the creek makes me feel incredibly lucky to live so close to that very special place.

What guests would you invite to your dinner party?

I want this party to be an eclectic group of women who represent everything that I do. The person who immediately comes to mind is Robyn O’Brien, an allergy advocate who’s child has food allergies. I watched her TED Talk about four years ago, and it changed my life. She has led me down this path that I am still on. The next person will be Shiva Rea, a world traveler and yoga teacher. The next will be Dr. Vandana Shiva, an advocate for nutritional food, would be wonderful to have at that dinner. The last woman will be Rosemary Gladstar, an herbalist. These women are a part of every path that I’m on right now.

What food can always be found in your refrigerator?

Fruits and veggies. I sneak them into my children’s school lunches, which are filled with a small amount of protein and a lot of fruits and vegetables, and they love it.

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The Pilot School 208 Woodlawn Rd., Wilmington, 478-1740 www.pilotschool.org The Tatnall School 1501 Barley Mill Road, Wilmington, 998-2292, tatnall.org Tower Hill School 2813 W. 17th St., Wilmington, 575-0550, towerhill.org Ursuline Academy 1106 Pennsylvania Ave., Wilmington, 658-7158, ursuline.org Wilmington Christian School 825 Loveville Road, Hockessin, 239-2121, wilmingtonchristian.org Wilmington Friends School 101 School Road, Wilmington, 576-2900, wilmingtonfriends.org

DIOCESE OF WILMINGTON Padua Academy 905 N. Broom St., Wilmington, 421-3739, paduaacademy.org St. Elizabeth High School 1500 Cedar St., Wilmington, 656-3369, sehs.org St. Mark’s High School 2501 Pike Creek Road, Wilmington, 738-3300, stmarkshs.net

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Delaware College of Art and Design 600 N. Market St., Wilmington, 622-8000, dcad.edu Delaware State University 3931 Kirkwood Hwy., Wilmington, 254-5340, desu.edu Delaware Technical Community College 400 Stanton-Christiana Road, Newark, 454-3900; 333 Shipley St., Wilmington, 571-5300, dtcc.edu Goldey-Beacom College 4701 Limestone Road, Wilmington, 998-8814, gbc.edu Springfield College 1007 Orange St., Wilmington, 658-5720, springfieldcollege.edu University of Delaware Main Campus in Newark; Wilmington Campus, 831-2792, udel.edu Widener University School of Law 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, 477-2100, law.widener.edu Wilmington University 320 Dupont Hwy., New Castle, 356-4636; 31 Reads Way, New Castle, 655-5400; 651 N. Broad St., Middletown, 877-967-5464;

PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOLS Avon Grove School District 375 South Jennersville Road West Grove, PA 19390 610-869-2441 Avon Grove High Schoo (610-869-2446) 257 East State Road, West Grove, PA 19390 Fred S. Engle Middle School (610-869-3022) 107 Schoolhouse Road, West Grove, PA 19390 Avon Grove Intermediate School (610-869-2010) 395 South Jennersville Road, West Grove, PA 19390 Penn London Elementary School (610-869-9803) 383 South Jennersville Road, West Grove, PA 19390 Kennett Consolidated School District 300 East South Street Kennett Square, PA 19348 610-444-6600 Kennett High School (610-444-6620) 100 East South Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Kennett Middle School (610-268-5800) 195 Sunny Dell Road, Landenberg, PA 19350

Bancroft Elementary School (610-925-5711) 181 Bancroft Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Greenwood Elementary School (610-388-5990) 420 Greenwood Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Mary D. Lang Kindergarten Center (610-444-6260) 409 Center Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348 New Garden Elementary School (610-268-6900) 265 New Garden Road, Toughkenamon, PA 19374 Oxford Area School District 125 Bell Tower Lane Oxford, PA 19363 610-932-6600 Oxford Area High School (610-932-6640) 705 Waterway Road, Oxford, PA 19363 Penn’s Grove Middle School (610-932-6615) 301 South Fifth Street, Oxford, PA 19363 Hopewell Elementary School (484-365-6151) 602 Garfield Street, Oxford, PA 19363 Elk Ridge School (610-932-6670) 200 Wickersham Road, Oxford, PA 19363 Jordan Bank School (610-932-6625) 536 Hodgson Street, Oxford, PA 19363 Nottingham School (610-932-6632) 736 Garfield Street, Oxford, PA 19363 Unionville-Chadds Ford School District 740 Unionville Road Kennett Square, PA 19348 610-347-0970 Unionville High School (610-347-1600) 750 Unionville Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Charles F. Patton Middle School (610-347-2000) 760 Unionville Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Chadds Ford Elementary School (610-388-1112) 3 Baltimore Pike, Chadds Ford, PA 19317 Hillendale Elementary School (610-388-1439) 1850 Hillendale Road, Chadds Ford, PA 19317 Continued on page 84

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Pocopson Elementary School (610-793-9241) 1105 Pocopson Road, West Chester, PA 19382 Unionville Elementary School (610-347-1700) 1775 West Doe Run Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Chester County Intermediate Unit Educational Service Center 455 Boot Road, Downingtown, PA 19335 Telephone: (484) 237-5000 Chester County Technical College High School Brandywine Campus 484-593-5100 443 Boot Road, Downingtown, PA 19335 www.tchsbrandywine.org Chester County Technical College High School Pennock’s Bridge Campus 610-345-1800 280 Pennock’s Bridge Road, West Grove, PA 19390 www.tchspennocks.org Chester County Technical College High School Pickering Campus 610-933-8877 1580 Charlestown Road, Phoenixville, PA 19460-2371 www.tchspickering.org

NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS Assumption B.V.M. School (610-869-9576) 290 State Road, West Grove, PA 19390 Bethany Christian School (610-998-0877) 1137 Shadyside Road, Oxford, PA 19363 CFS, The School at Church Farm (610-363-7500) 1001 East Lincoln Highway, Exton, PA 19341-2818 Episcopal Day School (610-644-6181) Church of the Good Samaritan 212 West Lancaster Avenue, Paoli, PA 19301 www.goodsamdayschool.org Kimberton Waldorf School (610-933-3635) 410 W. Seven Stars Rd., P. O. Box 350, Kimberton, PA 19442

Landenberg Christian Academy (610-255-5512) P.O. Box 397, Kemblesville, PA 19347 www.lca-pa.com London Grove Friends Kindergarten (610-268-8466) 500 West Street Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Malvern Preparatory School (484-595-1131) 418 South Warren Avenue, Malvern, PA 19355 Sacred Heart School (610-932-3633) 205 Church Road, Oxford, PA 19363 Upland Country Day School (610-444-3035) 420 West Street Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Villa Maria Academy Lower School (610-644-4864) 1140 King Road, Immaculata, PA 19345-0600 West Chester Christian School (610-692-3700) 1237 Paoli Pike, West Chester, PA 19380 West Chester Friends School (610-696-2962) 415 North High Street, West Chester, PA 19380 Westtown School (610-399-0123) 975 Westtown Road, West Chester, PA 19382 White Clay Learning Center (610-880-0114) 250 New Garden Road, Toughkenamon, PA 19374 whiteclaylearning.org

CHESTER COUNTY CHARTER SCHOOLS Avon Grove Charter School (Early Learning Center) (610-255-5325) 1769 New London Road, Landenberg, PA 19350 www.agcharter.org Avon Grove Charter School (West Grove Campus) (484-667-5000) 110 East State Road, West Grove, PA 19390 www.agcharter.org

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AREA COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES Cheyney University of PA (610-399-2220) 1837 University Circle, P. O. Box 200, Cheyney, PA 19319-0200 Delaware County Community College (Marple Campus) (610-359-5000) 901 South Media Line Road, Media, PA 19063-1094 Delaware County Community College (Brandywine Campus) (610-723-1100) 455 Boot Road, Downingtown, PA 19335 Delaware County Community College (Brandywine Campus) (610-723-1100) 455 Boot Road, Downingtown, PA 19335 Delaware County Community College (Exton Campus) (610-450-6500) 912 Springdale Drive, Exton, PA 19341 Delaware County Community College (Pennock’s Bridge Campus) (610-869-5100) 280 Pennock’s Bridge Road, West Grove, PA 19390 Immaculata University (610-647-4400) 1145 King Road, Immaculata, PA 19345 The Lincoln University (484-365-8000) 1570 Baltimore Pike, Lincoln University, PA 19352 Neumann University (610-459-0905) 1 Neumann Dr., Aston, Pa., www.neumann.edu Penn State Great Valley (610-648-3200) (School of Graduate Professional Studies) 30 East Swedesford Road, Malvern, PA 19355 Valley Forge Christian College (610-935-0450) 1401 Charlestown Road, Phoenixville, PA 19460 West Chester University of Pennsylvania (610-436-1000) University and High Streets, West Chester, PA 19383

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by Jie Deng Driving down the narrowness of Indiantown Road in Landenberg, visitors can see the gentle slopes of a vineyard rise in the distance and, in a playful Continued on page 90

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dream, imagine they are driving through the Sonoma and Napa regions of northern California, or even the wine-rich valleys of France and Italy.

This is no dream. It is real, and it belongs to all of us.

Borderland Vineyard makes its home on the 66-acre Fall Line Farm, and since it opened in 2008, this small vineyard has been producing some of the best varietals in Chester County. Row by row, vine by vine, the work of founder Kurt Kalb and his sister, Karen Kalb Anderson -- with the help of a small army of neighbors and volunteers -- has grown Borderland Vineyard from once inoperable farmland into a burst of color, variety and flavor. The vineyard currently includes Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon,

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Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon Blanc, and some additional rows of Malbec and Syrah.

Borderland Vineyard is also the home to wine tasting events throughout the year, the annual Landenberg Day, ladies nights, yoga, corporate events and live music.

Since the passing of Kurt and Karen, the torch has been passed to new Borderland Vineyards President Jay Penrose, its winemaker Gabriel Rubilar, his wife, Alison Bucher-Rubilar, who is the wine tasting room manager, and several other contributors.

With Borderland Vineyard -- along with Paradocx Vineyard in Landenberg, Va La Vineyards in Avondale and a few private wine makers in between -- the time for pretending is over.

We have our own Chateau Valley, and it is right here in Landenberg.

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