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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

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Oxford Area School Remember those District finalizes budget who served Taxes will increase by one percent for 2016-2017

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer The Oxford School Board unanimously approved a final budget of $65,663,336 for the 2016-2017 school year at its meeting on May 17, concluding months of work on the spending plan.

There will be a one-percent tax increase to balance the budget. The millage rate will increase from 30.5347 mills to 30.84 mills. For the average taxpayer, that amounts to a $40 increase in the tax bill.

Oxford Area School District business administrator Brian Cooney previously explained that the school district’s expenditures are increasing by about $2,269,456, or 3.58 percent, over the current school year. Most of that increase can be attributed to the state-mandated contribution to the Public School Employees Retirement System (PSERS), which is going up by about $1.3 million overall.

The school board also approved the resolution

establishing the 2016 tax levy as well as a resolution for the Homestead and Farmstead Exclusions.

In other business at the meeting, Dr. Margaret Billings-Jones informed the school board that the district has earned a $20,000 grant that will serve as seed money to initiate Project Lead The Way instruction at the Penn’s Grove Middle School. Project Lead The Way is a national program that focuses on STEM education. Oxford has been Continued on Page 3A

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Ray Natale, 92, of West Grove, was one of five brothers who served in World War II. Natale will be among the three World War II veterans in the Kennett Square Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 30, beginning at 10 a.m. The parade ends at the Union Hill Cemetery with a memorial gun salute.

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Harrogate meeting yields possible solutions to fly infestation

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer Photo by Richard L. Gaw

On May 19, a gathering of agricultural experts met with State Sen. Andy Dinniman and residents of the Harrogate North community in Landenberg, to discuss possible solutions to the increasing presence of the phorid fly in the development.

On Feb. 16, Les Clarke, the president of the Harrrogate North Condominium Association, stood before the New Garden Township

Board of Supervisors and asked them for assistance in helping to eradicate the infestation of the phorid fly in the retirement community in Landenberg. The first sign of the flies were detected six years ago, and

has now spread to about one-third of the community’s 124 homes.

New Garden Township Manager Tony Scheivert told the residents that evening that help would soon Continued on Page 3A

As needs increase, United Way of Southern Chester County strives for more donors

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Board president Dave Salomaki referenced the famous opening line of Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities” when talking about the status of the current campaign of the United Way of Southern Chester County (UWSCC) at the

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By Uncle Irvin No municipality in southern Chester County devotes a significant portion of a scheduled township meeting to report on how wealthy they are, in the way that Presidential candidate Donald Trump talks about how wealthy he Continued on Page 2A

annual meeting on May 18.

Indeed, while some in the community are enjoying the best of times, many other local families are experiencing the worst of times and struggle to meet their basic needs. It is these families that are served by the dozens of non-profit organizations who depend on United Way funding to do their work.

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Trustees approve new name for library

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer

will go into effect on June Taylor, the namesake for 7, as well as to name the 120 years. location of its planned new “The response to the If a fair definition of library in honor of Bayard naming presentations was ‘Compromise’ is “a little give, a little take,” then those who reached the decision last week to give the Bayard Taylor Memorial Library in Kennett Square a new name, are to be given credit for their effective use of give and take.

The library’s trustees voted unanimously on May Photo by Steve Hoffman 17 to rename the library The Bayard Taylor Memorial Library has been re“Kennett Library,” which named Kennett Library.

extremely positive,” said Library President Thomas Swett. “We were very pleased and very surprised.

Community leaders, library users and our municipal leaders all came forward to praise our efforts and encourage us onward.”

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“In the training we give to the allocations panelists, we illustrate the contrasts in our area,” Salomaki explained.

“Although Chester County’s per-capita income is the highest in Pennsylvania and is in the top one-percent in the nation, nearly 20 percent of Chester County households earned less than the selfsufficiency standard for Pennsylvania. That standard measures how much income a family of a certain composition in a given place must earn to meet their basic needs.”

When a family can’t meet its basic needs, that’s where the UWSCC comes in with

the annual funding that it provides to non-profit organizations. Salomaki delivered the best of news and the worst of news: Yes, the UWSCC will be distributing $780,000 to 27 different programs that are offered by nonprofits like the Kennett Area Community Service, the Domestic Violence Center of Chester County, the Oxford Neighborhood Services Center, Camp Dreamcatcher, and the Kennett After School Association. But the bad news is that the funding that has been raised, as important as it is to the recipients, is insufficient to meet the needs in the community.

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As Salomaki pointed out, “the needs in our area are growing, but our ability to grow our campaign is dwindling.”

According to several UWSCC officials, the campaign pledges peaked in the 2012-2013 campaign, and there has been a downward trend ever since.

“Projections for our current campaign suggest that we will raise about $100,000 less than that peak,” Salomaki explained.

Carrie Freeman, the CEO of the United Way of Southern Chester County, said that for several years in a row, the UWSCC dipped into its reserves to provide the maximum allocations to the organizations that are on the front lines of helping families in need.

“The agencies really needed that funding,” Freeman explained. But after dipping into its reserves for three years in a row, those reserves are now depleted.

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The board’s decision followed the completion of a 17-step branding process, one that incorporated community input and extensive research into library naming practices throughout Chester County and across the United States. The selection of the name was reflective of the May 3 presentation by branding consultant Carl Francis at the Kennett Township Building. He unveiled the name “Kennett Library at the Bayard Taylor Commons,” which he said connects the library to a community, but also incorporates, and honors, its history.

Attaching “Kennett” to the library’s name not only creates a sense of place, Francis said, it is in keeping with the names of the vast majority of the 500 libraries Francis researched around the country. For every library that is named for a historical figure or

a donor, ten libraries are named for the community, or communities, they serve.

In Chester County alone, 16 library names are locationbased, while only two—the Bayard Taylor Memorial Library and the Henrietta Hankin Library in Chester Springs – are named after local figures.

Throughout his presentation, Francis stressed the importance of incorporating the Taylor name as part of the library’s brand. Those who are in a rush to drop the library’s reference to Taylor in its name committed a big mistake, he said, because it wiped out a connection to an area that is steeped in history, one that connected Taylor’s name as a symbol of that history.

Incorporating the Taylor name in the official library name gives Bayard Taylor a job to do, Francis said.

He recommended that the library weave Taylor into all future marketing and promotion of the library, in much the way Pierre S. DuPont is integrated at Longwood Gardens.

“One of our key goals was to arrive at a name that is public-friendly,” Swett said. “‘Kennett Library’ is clear about where we are.

It’s easy to pronounce and it translates well for our Spanish-speaking neighbors. It will also make it easy to find us on the web and on social media like Facebook and Twitter.”

Swett said that the library plans to introduce its new branding within the next three months, which will include a professionallydesigned library logo and new historic displays.

To contact Staff Writer Richard L. Gaw, e-mail rgaw@chestercounty.com.

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is. The exception is Kennett Township, which annually brags about how much cash and assets they have.

While municipalities should have a healthy reserve for contingencies, there is no fiscal reason to accumulate cash in bank accounts yielding one-percent per year.

Kennett Township supervisors seem to love hoarding money like Saudi princes instead of cutting millage. Cutting the millage rate would give residents more money to pay their school taxes, which are rising every day.

Hoarding excess tax revenues is not good government.

By the way, there are municipalities in Chester County, East Nottingham and West Goshen for example, that levy no property taxes at all.

(Uncle Irvin’s column is his opinion only, and is not a news story.)

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offering the programming to high school students for two years, and will now be introducing that programming to students at Penn’s Grove. Additionally, the district received a $7,500 grant for the Hopewell School to bring those STEM concepts to that school.

Billings-Jones, who wrote the successful applications for both grants, explained that professional development is very important in STEM education, and teachers participate in special training over the summer to help them teach Project Lead The Way cur-

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be on the way. With the assistance of State Sen. Andy Dinniman, the cavalry bugle horn that was heard last Thurday afternoon at the Harrogate Clubhouse was in the form of experts, arriving to assess the damage and come up with potential long-term solutions.

Along with Dinniman, the nearly two-hour meeting was attended by a half dozen Harrogate residents; Dr. David Beyer of the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology at Penn State; Michael Zuk, an agricultural resource conservationist with the Chester County Conservation District; and Eric Toedter, an employee with Kaolin Mushroom Farms and a representative with the American Mushroom Institute.

At one-eighth of an inch long, the phorid fly breeds in, and feeds on, moist and decaying organic matter, as well as in unsanitary areas, and it is widely known throughout entomology as a carrier of disease-causing bacteria. The reproductive potential of the phorid fly female is tremendous, as evidenced by the fact that a female can deposit 40 eggs in a 12-hour period, and more than 500 eggs during her lifetime. They can be found in roadside drains, near rotting vegetables and fruit, in damp compost piles, sewage-contaminated soil, and in landscape material such as mulch.

They have become the main nuisance in an otherwise peaceful neighborhood. A survey circulated throughout the community earlier in the year discovered that 107 homes in Harrogate are experiencing infestation to varying degrees – low, moderate and high – and that 41 of those homes are experiencing a “high” rate of infestation. Residents have reported that flies have been found in toilet tanks, in refrigerators, beds and closets, and several have to vaccum dead flies throughout their home on a daily or near-daily basis.

Very little has improved, said the residents who attended the meeting.

“I don’t know how they’re getting there, and I don’t know what to do, except that I feel like I want to move,” said Barbara Runkle. “I just can’t deal with it anymore.”

“By October, when the sun starts hitting the house, the roof is swarming with them,” said resdient Lou Taylor, who first reported the problem back in 2010.

“I had a pest control guy come out, who sprayed our

riculum to students.

The school board approved dozens of renewal contracts for a variety of services, but tabled a vote on the approval of a contract with ServiceMaster Services for custodial services at the administration building, Jordan Bank School, Hopewell Elementary School, Penn’s Grove School, and the Oxford Area High School.

Board member Lorraine D. Bell said that there have been recurring complaints about the quality of the work that is being done by ServiceMaster Services, and in some instances the same issues crop up time

after time.

“Cleaning their rooms has been added to our teachers’ workload,” Bell said. She explained that she could not vote in favor of the contract with ServiceMaster Services, when there are ongoing concerns about the quality of the work.

Cooney said that the complaints had reached the administration, and district officials had discussed the issues with the company.

Cooney said that they had put together a strong plan to address the concerns going forward.

High school principal Christopher Dormer recognized the eight students

who comprised this year’s Oxford Area High School Envirothon team. This team took first place in the recent Environthon competition at the county level. This year, ten teams were entered into the contest, Dormer said.

The students who represented Oxford are juniors Brandon Tomasulo, Sarah Buckley, Joshua Graff and Andrew Stefanosky, sophomore Samira Barimani, and freshmen Laura Smith, Luke Winand and Ashley Dively. Craig Carlough was the coach of the team.

Dormer also announced that Olivia Cannon is the Valedictorian for the Class of 2016 and Michael

Williams is the class Salutatorian. They will be speaking at the graduation ceremony, which takes place at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 3.

The school board said farewell to Alexandria Tzanakis, the student representative on the board, because it was her last board meeting in that role before she graduates. As the student representative on the school board, Tzanakis would keep the school board and the community informed about the activities and accomplishments of the students in all the district’s schools. The school board presented Tzanakis

with a plaque for her service. She also received a standing ovation from everyone in attendance.

The school board approved keeping the student-participation fees at the same levels: $50 to play a sport at Penn’s Grove, $75 to play a sport at the high school, and $50 for parking at the high school.

The school board will meet again on Tuesday, June 14 and Tuesday, June 21. Both meetings will take place at 7 p.m. at the administration building.

roof. It gave us relief for about 24 hours.

“The front door is worse than the upstairs bathroom,” he added. “If I spray insect spray on the door both inside and outside, they leave me alone for the day. If I don’t do that, they’re there, in large numbers.”

Clarke said that the homeowners association has met with township officials, as well as with pest control professionals, who conducted a tour of the development, and suspected that the fly is breeding in or near stormwater basin facilities, which remain, for the most part, very moist.

The plan of the association is to explore methods of reducing levels of water in these basins.

Clarke said that there has been two pesticide treatments in those areas.

“We’ve got four or five homes that have seen evidence of these things at this time of the year, but our expectattions are that they’ll ramp up as the weather warms up, and then

by August and September, we’ll see a bunch,” Clarke said.

While the phorid fly infestation in Harrogate North is upsetting a few dozen residents in the development, the meeting raised the issue that there may be bigger stakes at play in the eradication of the insect; namely, the need to provide assistance to the mushroom industry, an institution that contributes millions of dollars to the local economy.

Toedter said that the insect has been a nagging presence at Kaolin Mushrooms, and is attracted to moss,

naturally-made still water pools, and composting facilities — a problem, he said, that is not just confined to Pennsylvania.

“The phorid flies have a presence at mushroom facilities in California, Mexico, Texas and Delaware,” he said. “If you’re going to grow mushrooms, you’re going to have mushroom pests, just like when you grow grow corn, you’re going to have corn pests.

As soon as you have mushroom substrate, you’re going to have them.”

He said that while the pesticide Kaolin is using in its compost that has shown degree of effectiveness -- as has the use of black floursecent bulbs and sticky paper -- the steps being taken are a small victory at best.

“We don’t have the capacity to develop formulations to adhere chemicals to,” he said. “We’ve been reaching out to pest control industries, but as big as the mushroom business is in the county, we measure our crop in square feet, and not in acres, so these pesticide companies look at this and say that it’s not a lot of profit to be made by giving (the msuhroom industry) a product. There could be one claim against them, and they could lose everything.

It’s been really challenging to approach them and say that we have a problem here.”

Right now, possible longterm solutions are being studied at Penn State, but in the short-term, Beyer said the study needs more

money in order to find more answers.

Beyer said that Penn State has a five-year, $1.4 million grant from the USDA to study mushroom flies and diseases. As a means to try to control their population, Beyer and his colleagues have succeeded in breeding phorid flies in labs for testing, but the project’s funding ends next year.

“We’re hoping to find money to keep the study going, because we’re going to need additional funding to continue to screen products,” he said. “It’s really a matter of finding the right product at the right time, because these flies are small and sneaky, and they build up resistance very quickly.

We have to find products in order to give the flies less of a chance to be resistant to what we’re using.”

Beyer told Dinniman that Penn State is the only entity currently doing extensive research on the phorid fly, but with no assurance of another grant, the study is appealing to the Mushroom Institute to fund a technician, in order to continue maintaining and studying the insect in the lab.

“My task is to ask the legislative delegation to work to make sure that some funding is provided, because we’re not going to solve this unless we can maintain a colony, in order to find this out,” Dinniman said. “I want to try to help by trying to figure out if we can get some research dollars for this. What is it that you need? Does ‘X’ amount

of funds exponentially improve your ability to come up with a solution?”

“The answer to your question is that the more hands you can put on a project, the faster you’re going to get results,” Beyer told Dinniman. “If you can fund a graduate student, a post-doc and a technician in these labs, they’re going to work on projects that will get some answers.

When that dries up next year, we hope to have enough money to keep a colony going and hire a technician, but if we have (more assistance), they’ll get things done faster.

“I would say that the mushroom industry feels that this phorid fly problem is the number one priority, in their minds,” Beyer said.

“Now I have the argument,” said Dinniman, who offered to put together a research package

through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and the American Mushroom Institute, in order to obtain funding. “We’re going to try to insist that research be done.”

Dinniman said that the endgame of solving the phorid fly problem in the mushroom industry is directly connected to fixing it in neighborhoods like Harrogate North.

“As agriculture meets the increasing suburban population, often it becomes a name game,” he said. “In this case, both the residents and the mushroom industry are working together. The answer is until the research is done, we’re not going to be able to solve the problem.”

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

To contact Staff Writer Richard L. Gaw, e-mail rgaw@chestercounty.com.

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Township discussing future use of historic home

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer On Jan. 20 of this year, the Kennett Township Board of Supervisors officially agreed to the township’s purchase of the 190-year-old Fussell House, located on 723 E. Baltimore Pike in Kennett Square, for the purpose of restoring it and, hopefully, using it as a satellite location for township functions and departments.

At the board’s May 18 meeting, the township introduced some potential ideas for the historic home, and possible tenants. Township Police Chief Lydell Nolt and Township manager Lisa Moore have been consulting with architect Todd Breck of Wilmington-based Breckstone Architecture, and several historic commissions, to explore various possibilities.

One of those ideas is to convert a portion of the home as the site

of a heritage room, which would contain artifacts and historical evidence that connect the house to its role in the Underground Railroad movement in southern Chester County – as well as connections to other local historical references.

The house had been appraised for $615,000, and the township purchased it for $200,000. The purchase of the house was paid for through the township’s Capital Fund.

Also known as “The Pines,” the house once served as a refuge for runaway slaves to find safety, shelter, food and clothing along their journey north to freedom.

More than 2,000 runaway slaves were helped to freedom there by Quaker physician and anti-slavery activist, Dr. Bartholomew Fussell and his wife, Lydia.

Moore said that there is a possibility that the house could someday become the

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The historic Fussell House in Kennett Township

new home of the Kennett Township Police Department, but before any of these ideas are to take root, however, a lot of essential replacements need to be made. Moore said that the slate material from the original roof needs to be taken down, followed by the installation of a new roof and then the reapplication of the slate back onto the renovated

roof. In addition, the home, which has not been occupied since 2006, needs new doors, new windows, and new heating and air conditioning units.

“Right now, the most important step is to stabilize the house,” Moore said. “After the house is stabilized, then we will see about moving forward about rehabbing the house and determining its funding.”

In other township business, long-time volunteer Bob Perrone was recognized for his 30 years of dedication to the township, particularly to the Zoning Hearing Board.

“This township has a strong and effective team of professionals that makes it work,” supervisor Scudder Stevens said, before making the award to Perrone. “The other part of it that is very special that even for all of the good work that they do, they can’t do it by themselves. It requires a lot of volunteers putting a lot of hours in to make things happen.”

Police Chief Nolt recognized township police officer Jeffrey Call for exhibiting the core values of the department. On April 23, Call was assigned to a sobriety check point in the township along Route 1. An 82-year-old man drove through the checkpoint. He appeared disoriented, but showed

no signs of inebriation. Call investigated the needs of the individual, where he he came from and how the police could help him. The man had gotten disconnected from his family while on a business trip earlier that afternoon, and spent the next eight hours traveling unknown roads from Bethlehem to Kennett Township.

Call was able to make contact with the man’s family, make arrangements for him to be reunited with his family, and to ensure that he would receive any medical attention he required.

“Without a doubt, Officer Call prevented a serious safety risk for this individual, because southbound on Route 1 in eight hours could have landed that man as far away as North Carolina,” Nolt said.

To contact Staff Writer Richard L. Gaw, e-mail rgaw@ chestercounty.com.

Franklin supervisors discuss amending vaguely worded ordinance

By John Chambless Staff Writer At the May 18 meeting of the Franklin Township Board of Supervisors, board chairman John Auerbach said that a pending property sale has revealed a need to amend a township ordinance that is vaguely worded.

The 19.3-acre Daybreak Farm on Chesterville Road is for sale, and the prospective buyer wants to add a second home to the property, which already has a farmhouse, pool and barn. The home would be for family members, and not rented out.

“This is a policy discussion to find out what the board wants to do,” Auerbach said.

“Since our zoning officer

has determined that [adding a second home] is within the ordinance, I believe that’s going to be approved. But it brings up some issues we’ve had in the past – some inconsistencies throughout the ordinance.

For the current property, I don’t think we’re going to do anything other than allow it.

The proposal looks entirely suitable.

“My concern is how far can it go,” Auerbach continued. “We have a lot of ordinances that are written in a vague manner, and they’ve created nothing but trouble in the township.

My position is that you state a particular position, but if you want to get some leeway, you can put a conditional use provision in there so the board

can look at a specific situation and approve or disapprove, based on conditional use, rather than make the wording vague.

The concern I have is the way the ordinance is written. How many properties could you allow? Could this ordinance, as written, facilitate a minidevelopment? The wording right now isn’t particularly clear. We have some work to do.”

Auerbach said he would not hold up the Daybreak Farm property sale, since the ordinance revision may take months to accomplish.

“If you were going to put three houses on there, I’d have an issue with that and probably make you wait,” Auerbach told the property owners, who were

in the audience. “We need to work on the ordinance, but you don’t want to wait for this.”

The board also discussed the needed renovations for the township office.

“We want to do these things incrementally,” Auerbach said. “For one thing, we can’t afford to do them all at once.

The general idea is to make this room more friendly for meetings with the public.”

Auerbach said that the most pressing issue is that the small bathroom in the public meeting area is not ADA compliant.

There is an ADA compliant bathroom, but it is located past some offices and is not easy to get to.

“The next value-adding step, besides the bathroom,

would be to rehab the offices,” Auerbach said. “And the next one would be the wall. We’ve got a wall that separates a salt storage bin from the office, and it doesn’t really separate it well.

Salt comes through the wall in condensation, bacteria gets in there, and it’s not real nice. We need to rebuild that wall with a robust structure and sealant.”

The wall is not load-bearing, so will not affect the integrity of the building when it is removed and replaced, Auerbach said.

“We’re going to try to keep these projects small, so we don’t get involved with a lot of fancy bid packages,” he said. “We can’t do this all at once. When this building was originally built, it was a tractor shed. That’s where it evolved

from.”

Paul Lagasse asked the board to keep in mind that the grounds of the municipal building are also in need of cleaning. “I think all the building changes are very good for the staff, but as a resident of the neighborhood, we’ve been waiting for almost two years for something to take place outside,” Lagasse told the board.

Auerbach said that one of the large dirt piles would be removed within the week, and that the supervisors will revisit a site plan that was prepared by LTL consultants to improve the appearance of the area around the building.

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less funding available to the United Way’s agency partners.

This year, the $780,000 in funding that will be allocated to local non-profits includes $372,994 for crisis intervention programs, $206,476 for programs that promote stability and sustainability, and $200,530 for initiatives that enable people to transition to independence through education.

Each year, the UWSCC allocations panel meets to decide how much funding can be provided to agency partners. The decisions are difficult, especially now, when the needs for funding are rising, but the available funding is decreasing.

“When people are hungry,” explained Carol Haaf, the vice president of allocations for this year’s campaign, “it’s hard for the panelists to make cuts to those programs.”

Salomaki talked about how the work of the UWSCC is being affected by the economic climate in the region.

“As a United Way, we are proud to support the good work done by our partner agencies in meeting the various needs in the community,” Salomaki said. “But we do so with the awareness that the economic climate in our area has been changing, and in doing so has an impact on our fundraising activities.”

UWSCC officials have analyzed some of the changing campaign trends and are working on new strategies for the organi-

zation moving forward.

One of the most obvious trends is the fact that the donations from employee campaigns at large, outof-area employers have declined.

“This includes donors who work for companies in Delaware and Maryland,” Salomaki explained.

John Moriarty, the campaign vice president this year, said, “We realize what’s going on in the corporate world. There are definitely challenges on the corporate side.”

Freeman pointed out that younger workers, particularly millennials, tend to stay at jobs for shorter periods of time. The United Way has relied heavily on people who work at large companies and contribute to the campaign year after year in part because the companies promoted it. It’s harder to reach those workers who move around more frequently.

UWSCC officials understand that out-of-the-area contributions will likely continue to drop so they will have to find other ways to boost donations.

Increasing the appeals to employees at businesses in southern Chester County is one goal. UWSCC has had success with the “Live here, give here” campaigns in the past, and Moriarty said that it’s important to get the word out about the level of need that exists in the southern Chester County communities so that more people understand that their United Way contributions are helping their neighbors.

The comparative wealth of this area can be deceptive.

The directors starting new terms on the board of the United Way of Chester County include (pictured) Kim Wallenhorst, Alexa Dembek, Joyce DeVoe, Amy Trojanowski, Brian Keefer, and Abhijit Singh; and (not pictured) Randy Stone, Alison Clements, Yvonne Erickson, Jay Bass, and Elizabeth Curtis Swain.

As Salomaki explained, a significant percentage of families in the area struggle to meet their basic needs.

As Moriarty explained, “We have to be clear about the needs that exist in southern Chester County.”

Another way to boost donors is to make people more aware of the good work that is being done by non-profit organizations that are supported by the UWSCC funding.

Haaf credited these nonprofit organizations with making the most of the funding that the UWSCC donors provides to them.

“I think donor dollars are really maximized,” she said.

Freeman added that these organizations also work well together to make sure that certain services aren’t

Photos (2) by Steven Hoffman

The United Way of Southern Chester County held its annual meeting at Genesis HealthCare in Kennett Square. The board of directors of the organization is pictured.

COMMUNITY INVESTMENT 2016-2017 27 Non-Profit Agencies’ Programs being funded 9 programs dealing with Crisis Intervention 9 programs dealing with Promoting Stability/Sustainability 9 programs dealing with Transitioning to Independence through Education Total Allocations for 2016-2017 Designations from UWSCC Donors to Specific Agencies

$17,830

UWSCC In-House Programs (I&R, Mentoring Agencies, Volunteerism, Public Seminars)

$94,520 $892,350

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duplicated unnecessarily, and the leaders of the nonprofit organizations also collaborate very well to help those need.

“We have many non-profits that are skilled in letting people know that help is available to those people who need it,” Freeman explained. “So every single gift will impact so many different agencies. These

agencies really depend on us. They count on United Way funding year after year.”

One example is the Kennett Library, which operates an adult literacy program that is important to the Kennett Square community.

“The United Way funding is absolutely essential for our adult literacy program,”

said library director Donna Murray. The adult literacy program helps about 200 individuals, mainly English as a Second Language learners, each year, according to Murray.

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House Bill 805 would have A day to give helped students and taxpayers thanks

This Monday, May 30, is Memorial Day. What does that mean to you?

It means a day off of work and school. It means the unofficial start of the summer beach season. It means sales at the mall. And, for a rapidly shrinking number of Americans, it means a day to remember the men and women who have served our country.

Once, the nation gathered solemnly in towns large and small on Memorial Day to salute graying veterans of conflicts past, to place hands on hearts before the flag, and to lay a wreath at the local veterans memorial.

But too many towns are sweeping the pageantry aside, canceling parades and memorials due to lack of participants, or just lack of interest. Locally, the Kennett Square parade is an exception, drawing a long roster of marchers and thousands of spectators each year.

On Monday, there will be World War II veterans honored in Kennett Square as Grand Marshals. With thousands of veterans of this war passing away every year, the global cataclysm of the 1940s is fading from first-hand experience. It’s becoming something seen only in documentaries and history books.

That’s the way it has always been. Ray Natale of West Grove, who is profiled in this issue of the Chester County Press, remembers watching Memorial Day parades as a boy, and seeing veterans of World War I riding past. But Natale’s wartime experiences – and those of his four brothers, all of whom served in World War II – are becoming only distant memories.

There have always been wars, and there will always be veterans. And while the world is now at our fingertips every minute of the day, war still seems like something that happens somewhere else. It’s a 10-second video of a bomb’s aftermath, or of Humvees racing across the desert. For most Americans, it’s not somebody they know who’s face-down in the dirt, gripping a gun and scared to death.

So take an hour or so on Monday to stand and wave as the marching bands and cars and flags and veterans go past you in Kennett Square. Take a moment to say a prayer for all the soldiers who have steeled themselves and done what had to be done, despite the odds. And remember those who have come home and are struggling with the aftermath of war.

All veterans made sacrifices. Some did their duty and got out. And some never came home. They are all deserving of our deepest thanks.

Letter to the Editor:

Gov. Tom Wolf and State Sen. Andrew Dinniman failed students, teachers and taxpayers this past week. House Bill 805 would ensure that the best teachers are protected from layoffs and not simply the ones who are there the longest. Rather than working to improve our education system and provide real accountability, Wolf and Dinniman opposed this

legislation to protect the interests of a few and support their political and union friends.

It’s important to note that Senator Dinniman was quoted in the news today saying that he wins elections because he is above partisanship. Well, this year will be the first time in Dinniman’s political career where an opposing candidate will actually expose the truth about him.

Senator Dinniman is a

single-minded seeker of re-election.

Senator Dinniman has made a career out of voting on both sides of every issue so he can pander to all groups. Just recently, he voted for a state budget and lauded the end of an eightmonth budget stalemate.

What Dinniman doesn’t want voters to know is that he helped cause the impasse by opposing multiple budgets on party lines over the eight months prior

and supported Gov. Wolf’s massive tax increase proposal.

With Senate leaders planning to make House Bill 805 a condition of passing a new budget, we can only hope that Dinniman stays true to form and flips his vote yet again.

Jack London Small business owner and candidate for the 19th State Senate District

Mayor Geoffrey L. Henry joins the ‘Wear Orange’ campaign He declares June 2 as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in the Borough of Oxford Mayor Geoffrey L. Henry joined the Wear Orange campaign (www.

WearOrange.org) by declaring June 2 to be National Gun Violence Awareness Day in the Borough of Oxford to honor and remember all victims and survivors of gun violence and to declare that we as a country must do more to reduce gun violence. The proclamation encourages all citizens to support their local communities’ efforts to prevent the tragic effects

of gun violence and to honor and value human lives.

Oxford street lights will be adored with Orange Ribbons to promote awareness.

“Orange is not about politics, the 2nd amendment, and the gun debate or choosing a side, it’s about ending and gun violence and saving lives,” said Henry. “The color Orange was selected because it is the color hunters wear for safety.”

“Mayors across the U.S. fight to keep their communities safe

every day – so it’s no surprise they’re stepping up once again for National Gun Violence Awareness Day,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety and board member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

“We’re grateful to all the mayors who’ve declared they’ll #WearOrange on June 2, and we look forward to even more Americans sharing the message of gun safety and responsibility along with us.”

More than 100 mayors in 31 states will join the more than 300 influencers, corporations, partner organizations across the country that will be participating in the second annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 2.

For more information about National Gun Violence Awareness Day in Oxford, email Mayor Geoffrey L. Henry at oxfordmayor@zoominternet.net.

Pennsylvania passes Ignition Interlock Law for first offenders The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed SB 290, to require convicted drunk drivers with an illegal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .10 or greater to use ignition interlocks for one year.

After the House voted 193-2 yesterday, the Senate today voted 50-0 in favor of SB 290 by Senator John C. Rafferty Jr. The bill will be sent to Governor Tom Wolf for his signature. Representative Keith Greiner had authored similar legislation and, along with Senator Rafferty, has been a strong advocate for extending Pennsylvania’s ignition interlock law to first offenders.

“This is a tremendous step toward eliminating the dangerous, revolving door of repeat drunk driving,” said MADD National President

Colleen Sheehey-Church.

“Ignition interlocks save lives by keeping convicted drunk drivers from repeating their decision to drive impaired. This legislation reflects the commitment of Senator Rafferty and Representative Greiner and the dozens of dedicated family members who worked tirelessly in honor of their loved ones lost to this completely preventable crime.”

In 2014, 345 people were killed in crashes caused by a drunk driver in Pennsylvania.

“This legislation will surely save lives and prevent other families from experiencing the heartache that we face every day due to the loss of our daughter Meredith as well as thousands of other families like ours who have lost a loved one to DUI,” said Chris and Susan

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Demko. “We appreciate everything that MADD has done to keep this legislation on the radar for several years and wish to thank Senator Rafferty, Representative Greiner and Senator Smucker for their efforts to make Pennsylvanians safer, as well as the other legislators that took an active role to help move this bill forward. We personally and as members of PA Parents Against Impaired Driving (papaid.org) ask that PA legislators move forward with additional legislation that addresses repeat offenders as well as increasing penalties for the worst offenders.”

In February, MADD released a report showing how many times ignition interlocks have stopped someone from driving drunk. The numbers are startling: Across the nation,

ignition interlocks have stopped 1.77 million drunk driving attempts.

In Pennsylvania, where ignition interlocks have been required only for repeat offenders, ignition interlocks have stopped 78,210 attempts to drive drunk.

“Senate Bill 290 received overwhelming support from my colleagues in the Senate and the House, which demonstrates the significance of ignition interlocks for most first-time DUI offenders”, said Senator Rafferty, who is chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and primary bill sponsor.

“The enactment of Senate Bill 290 is smart on crime and will strengthen our DUI laws, save lives and place offenders in a controlled driving environment.”

Representative Greiner said he was glad to have

the opportunity to work with MADD, Senator Rafferty and other community leaders on this legislation.

“Ignition interlocks are going to save lives across the Commonwealth and make our roadways safer,” said Representative Greiner. “It was truly a team effort. The overwhelming support for this legislation in the General Assembly demonstrates how successful advocacy efforts can be. I remain committed to fighting for additional legislative efforts to curb drunk driving.”

If the Governor signs SB 290, Idaho and Massachusetts will be the only two states left that do not have some form of ignition interlock law for first offenders. Last month, Georgia expanded its ignition interlock law as an option for first offenders.

Twenty-five states have laws considered “alloffender” by MADD — they require an ignition interlock for any offender with a .08 BAC or above to receive driving privileges during their license suspension period. On Thursday, Maryland will become the 26th state with this law. Vermont’s General Assembly passed an alloffender law on May 6 that awaits Governor Peter Shumlin’s signature, bringing the total to 27.

Across the nation, several other states have similar legislation pending, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan and California.

For more information on ignition interlocks, please visit www.madd.org/ interlock.

More than $1.2 million allotted for traffic signal and safety upgrades State Sen. Andy Dinniman recently announced that nine municipalities in Chester County will receive more than $1.2 million in total funding for traffic control system safety upgrades.

The grants come through two PennDOT programs, the Green Light-Go Program and the Automated Red Light Enforcement (ARLE) funding program, which together provided nearly $17.5 million for traffic signal upgrades in 127 municipalities across

the state.

“These funds will go a long way in helping local municipalities upgrade traffic lights and other traffic control systems,” Dinniman said.

“The improvements mean a safer and smoother commute for motorists throughout our region.”

The Green Light-Go Program projects include $65,050 for Kennett Township to improve the traffic signals at the intersections of Route 82 and Hillendale Road, Route 1 and Exelon Way, Route 1 and

McFarlan Road, and Route 1 and Kendal Drive.

Made possible by Act 89, the state’s comprehensive transportation funding plan, the Green Light-Go Program establishes partnership agreements between municipalities and PennDOT through which municipalities can request up to 50-percent funding for traffic-signal projects.

During this fiscal year, grants can be used for installing light-emitting diode (LED) technology, performing regional operations such as retiming, develop-

ing special event plans and monitoring traffic signals, as well as upgrading traffic signals to the latest technologies.

Under the Green LightGo program, projects on corridors with fewer than 10,000 vehicles per day will be managed by the municipality, and PennDOT will manage any project with signals on corridors that have greater than 10,000 vehicles per day. Both types of projects require a 50 percent match from the municipality.

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in many ways, including, in many cases, the chance to get a better job. “It’s such a valuable program,� Murray said, explaining that there are daytime and evening classes to accommodate different schedules.

Without the funding from the UWSCC, the program would not benefit as many people as it currently does. “The United Way is funding a much higher percentage of the program than what anyone is comfortable with,� Murray said, explaining that there are limited opportunities to secure grants to support the adult literacy program because it is no longer eligible for some state and federal funding.

The knowledge that the campaign by UWSCC supports the adult literacy program and two dozen other worthy programs motivates the organization’s staff and volunteers to find as many creative ways as possible to maximize the impact.

Freeman noted that the organization relies heavily on about 200 volunteers for a variety of activities, and they are always looking for new way to increase the number of volunteers who are involved with the efforts.

Salomaki said, “Your United Way is committed to helping local non-profit organizations provide essential services to residents in our area, and the demand continues. We successfully leverage our

HOW TO HELP The United Way of Southern Chester County needs donations to reach its current campaign goal.

Donations to the United Way of Southern Chester County are used to support programs that benefit local residents. Agencies receiving financial support are examined each year and held accountable for the funds awarded to them. UWSCC evaluates all agency programs to maximize the impact of your donation on the community. For more information about how you can help, visit www.unitedwayscc.org, email info@unitedwayscc.org, or call 610-444-4357. volunteers’ time and talent, our donors’ support, and our understanding and partnership with our agencies and the community to help meet this demand.�

Most importantly, the UWSCC is looking for ways to boost the number of donors to the campaign, and there has already

been some success. In last year’s campaign, there were 1,749 donors. This year to date, there have been 1,518 donors, and 308 of them are new donors.

Broadening the donor base is very important moving forward. “Look at what we can do with 1,600 people par-

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Freeman said. “Imagine what we could do with To contact Staff Writer more people participating. Steven Hoffman, email ediEverybody should be con- tor@chestercounty.com.

Senate Democrats outline legislation to combat opioid and heroin crisis With drug overdose deaths reaching epidemic levels, Senate Democrats unveiled legislation today to address the opioid addiction crisis from prevention through recovery. “Addiction is a disease that does not discriminate and there is no easy solution to fix the problem,�

Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) said. “When addiction finds its way into a family, it can nearly paralyze them for fear of what the future may hold.�

Recognizing the need to provide support at all levels, the Senate Democrats’ legis-

lation focuses on providing new opportunities for education and treatment as well as expanded support options in the community for addicts, professionals and families. “We cannot address this problem in a vacuum and must work to provide the necessary services and support to everyone involved,�

Costa said. “Families are being affected and communities torn apart as a result of opioid abuses and heroin addiction.�

Opioids are a class of drug that include heroin as well as the prescription pain relievers oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, mor-

phine, fentanyl and others.

According to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health study, fatal drug overdoses in Pennsylvania increased 14 fold between 1979 and 2014. “We are in the midst of the worst ever overdose death epidemic and the worst public health crisis of the last 100 years, Secretary of Drug and Alcohol Programs Gary Tennis said. “It will continue to take a collaborative effort among many partners to effectively address this crisis.�

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Emergency Addiction Treatment Program – Charging the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs with establishing a comprehensive program that includes new addiction treatment facilities for those drug users that are currently going without care; new intake methods to provide information to those with addiction problems or their family and friends; advice and assistance in accessing treatment; and data collection to help identify patterns of addiction.

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Responding to the Senate Democratic proposals to the drug and alcohol problem, Deb Beck from the Drug and Alcohol Service Providers Organization of Pennsylvania said that the drug and alcohol problem “has reached epidemic levels in the state and these proposals will be life saving in impact.�

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Full-day kindergarten discussion tops the agenda again in Avon Grove

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer Four items topped the agenda for Avon Grove’s committee-of-the-whole meeting on May 12: an update on the high school bell schedule; a report about district communications and community engagement; information about the newly formed Facilities Input Group; and a lengthy discussion about the proposed full-day kindergarten program.

Nearly four months after the Avon Grove School Board was deadlocked on whether to move forward with the transition from a half-day to a full-day kindergarten program for the 2016-2017 school year, the district’s administrative team is still seeking direction from the school board. The plan now is to implement full-day kindergarten in time for the 2017-2018 school year.

District officials began working on developing a plan for full-day kindergarten last fall, with the initial goal being to offer the full-day kindergarten for students at the start of the 2016-2017 school year. The district conducted a survey and the results suggested that the community favored a fullday kindergarten program.

District officials spent months working out the details of the program. But

when the school board was deadlocked, 4-4, on the vote to move forward with the plan, it became necessary to delay the implementation of the program.

The administrative team has advocated moving to a full-day kindergarten program to boost academic achievement and increase the educational opportunities for students. Full-day kindergarten was identified as a priority for the district in a 2014 strategic plan. Some teachers and residents have spoken in favor of full-day kindergarten because of the academic, social, and emotional benefits that it could provide to students.

However, others have said that the costs of implementing full-day kindergarten are prohibitive, especially on top of other academic initiatives that the district is undertaking. The move to full-day kindergarten will require additional staffing, and modular classrooms would likely be needed.

Superintendent Dr. Christopher Marchese recently provided updated information about financial projections for the costs of operating a full-day kindergarten program, as well as an analysis of class sizes at Penn London Elementary School, and how those class sizes might be impacted by

the transition to full-day kindergarten.

One ongoing issue has been trying to project approximately how many kindergarten students will come back to the district as a result of the switch from a half-day to a fullday program. Some parents pursue other options—the Avon Grove Charter School, the Assumption BVM, the Church of the Nazarene, and other schools—specifically because they want a fullday kindergarten program for their children. District officials are expecting that some of those children will return to the district. Each student who returns to the district from the Avon Grove Charter School will reduce the amount on money that the district sends to the charter school. This will help offset some of the costs of providing full-day kindergarten.

School board member Charles Beatty III said that he’s concerned that the costs of the full-day kindergarten program are too great. He explained that the district is planning on a certain number of students coming back from the charter school, and if that number falls short, the district will have made expenditures that are not offset by the money that is returning to the district with those students. Additionally,

he said, the district doesn’t know how many students will be returning from private schools. It will cost the district additional money to educate these students.

Beatty provided his colleagues with some data about the potential costs to the district for these returning students.

“One of the things that I see, as the board considers full-day kindergarten, is that we’re kind of rolling the dice here,” Beatty said of the enrollment projections.

School board president Bonnie Wolff disagreed with some of the figures that Beatty was using for projecting how many students would be returning to the district. She also noted that the district would see benefits from making sure that kindergarten students don’t fall behind. She explained that right now, if a student falls behind his or her grade level, the district must pay for the resources and support necessary to get the student back on grade level. If the student never falls behind, then that reduces the special education or remediation costs to the school district.

“Special education costs are three times what we would normally pay,” Wolff said.

Board member Jeffrey Billig said that the board

should focus its conversation moving forward on whether the district can afford the implementation of a full-day kindergarten program.

Even though the start of the 2017-2018 school year seems far away now, Marchese said that the administration needs a firm direction from the school board one way or another on the issue.

“We do need to make a decision and move forward,” Marchese said. “If the board is going to vote, let’s vote way before next January.”

In other business at the May 12 meeting: Dr. Mike Snopkowski, the director of secondary teaching and learning, updated the committee about the progress on the plan to change the high school bell schedule for the 2016-2017 school year. The schedule is being changed to maximize the instructional time and learning opportunities for students.

Snopkowki explained that district officials visited Wissahickon High School to learn about how that school’s scheduling has worked to the advantage of students and teachers.

“A significant amount of planning has taken place in just the last two weeks,” Snopkowski said, explaining that the new bell schedule will be ready for the start of

the next school year.

The district is continuing its efforts to develop a cohesive and comprehensive plan for communications and community engagement. Tom Alexander, the director of educational support services, said that the committee has been working on the top four recommendations that that were identified as priorities in the communications survey that the district conducted.

District officials are working on strategies to implement the recommendations.

There was also a discussion about the district’s Facilities Input Group, which has held its first meeting since being formed last month.

The Facilities Input Group, which includes a broad cross section of the Avon Grove community, will develop a non-binding recommendation of a plan for the district’s facilities.

“We have a solid group of people who came forward to serve on this group,” Marchese said.

The school board will hold its next regular meeting on Thursday, May 26 in the audion at Avon Grove Intermediate School. The next committee-of-thewhole meeting is slated for Thursday, June 9.

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

Four named as Oxford Area High School Distinguished Alumni Four distinguished Oxford Area High School Samuel alumni—R. McMichael, Greg H. Deaver, James W. Fite, Jr. and Valerie Gray Francois—will be honored as Distinguished Alumni when the school holds its tenth annual induction ceremony on Friday, May. 27.

Valerie Gray Francois graduated from Oxford Area High School in 1989. She served as class president from middle school through graduation from Oxford Area High School. She earned a B.A. in journalism with a minor in history from Penn State University in 1993, and in 2004 completed her Master of Business Administration at the University of Phoenix.

Helping organizations to realize their vision for strategic communications success is what Ms. Francois has been doing for most of her professional career.

As Director of Strategic Partnerships and Consultant Communications for the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE), appointed by the state’s Education Commissioner, she currently works to build positive relationships and understanding of the NJDOE’s message with key stakeholders and influencers to drive awareness and communication of the Department’s goals and reforms.

Francois directs the state’s

communications around major educational initiatives to reach external stakeholders, including legislators, chief school administrators, charter school leaders, school board members, advocacy organizations, educators, parents, and others who want to assist NJDOE’s efforts to raise academic achievement for all New Jersey students.

She has led many nonprofit organizations, including schools, to succeed and thrive.

During her career, she has provided strategic solutions and led communications and corporate citizenship programs for a number of educational organizations, including the Siemens Foundation, the nonprofit

arm of the global engineering firm Siemens Corp., where she managed educational outreach programs including the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology and directed regional and national competitions for high school students. Earlier in her career, she implemented communications strategies at Educational Testing Service and Girl Scouts of the USA. Francois has served on the Penn State College of Communications Alumni Board and received the Penn State Young Alumnus Award in 1996. She remains active in the Alumni Association and contributes as a professional mentor for undergraduate

students.

She has been selected to speak about strategic communications at national conferences, including the National Association of Independent Schools and the National School Public Relations Association. In her personal life, she enjoys sharing her passion for education and community wellness.

Francois and her family live in Plainsboro, N.J., where she volunteers with her daughter at a number of organizations that work to fight hunger and homelessness. Among these are the Crisis Ministry food pantry and community garden in Trenton and Princeton; Homefront and

the food pantry at Princeton Alliance Church, where she and Ronald, her husband of 16 years, their daughter Victoria, 15, and their son Nicholas, 11, are members.

The Distinguished Alumni Program was established in 2006 to ensure that the lives and achievements of Oxford’s most accomplished graduates will be forever known among fellow graduates, current and future high school students, and the Oxford community.

A luncheon in honor of each year’s inductees is held each spring and is followed by a ceremony attended by the high school student body.

Portraits of all the honorees are displayed in the high school’s rotunda.

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Freese shines for Monmouth University

The power-hitting catcher from Oxford belted 14 home runs during her senior season.

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer Jill Freese, a former Oxford Area High School softball star, shined during her senior season playing at the Division 1 level for Monmouth University, belting 14 home runs and consistently delivering big hits as her team made a deep playoff run for the second year in a row.

On the day that she would have been walking in her college graduation ceremony, Freese was instead three hours away, playing alongside her Monmouth teammates in the Metro Atlantic Athletic

Conference championship round against Marist College.

She was fine with missing her graduation ceremony to play in the playoffs. It was an excellent way to cap a very good season.

Freese’s batting average was .315 during her senior season. In addition to the 14 home runs, she hit eight doubles and drove in 47 runs.

She also had an impressive on-base percentage of .411 and was a solid defender behind the plate.

Freese said that it would be hard to identify individual moments as highlights— rather, the entire senior

Photo courtesy Monmouth University

Freese’s batting average was .315 during her senior season. In addition to the 14 home runs, she hit eight doubles and drove in 47 runs, and had an impressive on-base percentage of .411.

season was a memorable one.

“It was a really good season for the team,” Freese said. “That’s what stands out.”

Monmouth University made it all the way to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title game against Marist College. Trailing 2-0 in the sixth inning, Freese hammered a two-run homer to tie the game. Marist College scored the gamewinning run in the next inning, but that did nothing to diminish the season that Monmouth University had under first-year head coach Shannon Salsburg.

“We had a new coaching staff that refreshed everything,” Freese said.

Before the season started, Salsburg told Freese to relax and have fun for her senior year, and that advice paid dividends as she turned in her best season.

In fact, the excellent senior season was reminiscent of her standout career at Oxford, when Freese was a middle-of-the-order force for the Hornets. She was the captain of the varsity team at Oxford, earning All-League First Team honors and was a team MVP for all four seasons on the squad. During a tremendous junior season, she hit .611 with seven home runs, five triples, five doubles and 25 RBIs. She also played travel softball, which helped prepare her for the higher level of competition in college.

“It was definitely hard to adjust,” Freese explained,

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In addition to being a talented run-producing hitter, Freese is an excellent catcher defensively.

“because of the level of competition. As a freshman, it’s really a challenge because you’re usually playing against juniors and seniors—-people with more experience.”

Freese also had to overcome injuries on the long road to the excellent senior season. During her last season at Oxford, she was a designated hitter and did not catch because she underwent surgery on her shoulder for an overuse injury. Then, in October of her freshman year in college, she tore her meniscus and had to undergo surgery again. She worked hard to make it back in time for her freshman season, picking up five hits and five RBIs for the team in limited duty.

By the time her sophomore season rolled around, she was able to catch again. She improved offensively and hit four home runs and also saw a lot of action behind the plate.

In her junior year, Freese belted three home runs and hit over .300 for the first time in her college career.

“I think every year I got a little better,” she explained.

As she became one of the veteran players on the team, Freese also developed into one of the team’s leaders, just as she had at Oxford.

Freese said that some of her college teammates took to calling her “mom” because she was the one that they went to when they needed something. She was very

comfortable in the role, and could see herself coaching softball to others.

She already works as an instructor for the Delaware County Chaos travel team.

She graduated with a degree in health studies and physical education, and now plans to earn a master’s degree in sports management at Wilmington University.

She’ll be starting there in the fall. She also applied for a coaching position with the Millersville University softball program.

“Eventually, I would like to be an athletic director in high school or college,” Freese said.

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

Photo courtesy Monmouth University

Jill Freese, the daughter of Randy and Kim Freese, was a standout player with Oxford before moving on to Monmouth University. She hit 14 home runs in her senior season in college, and helped the team reach the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship round.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016

Cochranville brothers arrested for making, setting off bombs Caleb and Daniel Tate, 22-year-old twin brothers who live in Cochranville, are facing charges that they exploded improvised explosive devices that they made themselves at five separate locations in Chester and Lancaster counties.

Daniel Tate attends Pepperdine University, while Caleb Tate attends Belmont University in Tennessee.

According to the Chester County District Attorney’s office, the brothers returned to their Cochranville home in December of 2015 and constructed bombs out of various materials, including metal pipes, fuel containers, propane canisters, propane torch tips, and other items.

On Dec. 20, they blew up a mailbox on Friends Meetinghouse Road in

Highland township. Two days later, they detonated one of the explosive devices in a wooded area on Faggs Manor Road.

Next, they started detonating the bombs in buildings. On Dec. 30, they exploded a pipe bomb in an Amish phone shed on Bartville Road in Colerain Township. The phone shed was badly damaged,

according to authorities.

On Dec. 31, they detonated a devise at an Amish produce shed on May Post Office Road in Strasburg Township and then, later in the day, blew up a well pump on Ross Fording Road in West Fallowfield Township. The building was destroyed.

No people were injured in any of the explosions,

which usually were set off in the early-morning hours.

The Pennsylvania State Police, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigated the incidents, and they were able to identify the defendants shoplifting some of the materials for the explosives at local stores.

A fingerprint of one of the suspects was discovered at one of the places where bombs were detonated.

The brothers are charged with arson by explosion, arson by possession of explosive devices, conspiracy, theft, and related charges.

Anybody with information about the case should contact Trooper Jerry Harper of the Troop J Fire Marshal Unit at 717-299-7650.

WIRELESS STORE ROBBED AT GUNPOINT On May 17 at 5:58 p.m., an armed man entered the Reliable Communications wireless store at 739 W. Cypress Street in Kennett Square, brandished a black, semi-automatic handgun and dug through several drawers behind the counter. When confronted by the store owner, the armed man fled on foot towards Kennett Square Borough. New Garden Township Police said he was a white man in his early 20s, wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt with a design on the back, dark blue jeans, black Vann-style sneakers with white soles and a black T-shirt wrapped around his face. He also wore aviatorstyle sunglasses with black frames. The police posted a video clip showing the robbery and are seeking the public’s help. Call 610268-2907, ext. 102, or email kcowdright@ngpd.org.

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY A home at 650 Center Hill Road in Cochranville was the target of a burglary overnight on May 9.

Pennsylvania State Police Avondale reported that a window was damaged and the residence was entered through an open door before someone unplugged several pieces of electronics and fled without taking anything.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 610-268-2022.

CHARGES IN FIGHT On May 15, New Garden Township Police responded to the 100 block of Starr Road for an argument between two men. One man was bleeding from his left arm. He told police that he was arguing with his daughter’s boyfriend, Zoilo Padua, 29, of Philadelphia, when Padua hit the victim with a rock. Padua was taken into custody after a brief confrontation. He was remanded to Chester County Prison after failing to post $10,000 cash bail.

HARASSMENT Pennsylvania State Police Avondale responded to a 911 call hang-up on May 10. While speaking with a resident there, they found that Timothy Wayne Hunnell, Jr., 30, of Nottingham, had grabbed the victim by the neck and pushed her around the home. He was cited for harassment through District Court.

On May 10, New Garden Township Police responded to a report of terroristic threats at a home in the 1300 block of Newark Road.

The victim told police she had become friends with Eric Rivera, 24, of Kennett Square, but that when Rivera wanted to take their relationship further, she broke up with him. Rivera then gave a letter to the victim saying he would kill her if she did not renew their relationship. Rivera

was taken into custody and charged with terroristic threats and harassment. He was remanded to Chester County Prison after failing to post $25,000 bail.

DUI Jose De Jesus HernandezGarduno, 32, of Avondale, was arrested for DUI in his commercial vehicle after a traffic stop on March 29 at Route 41 and Glen Willow Road.

Kennett Square Police arrested Caleb Rodriguez, 25, of Ephrata, for DUI after a traffic stop on West Cypress Street on March 5 at 2:05 a.m. He was released to a friend pending a summons from District Court.

Kennett Square Police arrested John Iliff, 23, of Unionville, for DUI after a traffic stop on Cypress Street on March 18 at 3:57 a.m. He was released at his residence pending a summons from District Court.

Kennett Square Police arrested Jesus MoralesVillicana, 25, of Wilmington, Del., for DUI after a traffic stop on South Mill Road on March 13 at 10:32 p.m. He was released at a friend’s house pending a summons from District Court.

Kennett Square Police arrested Gustavo Castaneda-Mendoza, 23, of Toughkenamon, for DUI after a traffic stop on Ways Lane on March 10. He was found to have an active bench warrant and was taken to Chester County Prison.

On April 15 at 11:43 a.m., New Garden Township

Police saw a car cross the double yellow line in the 8900 block of Gap Newport Pike and nearly hit a patrol vehicle. After a traffic stop, the driver, Samuel EspinosaDelgado, 36, of Avondale, got out of the car and left the door open. Officers saw a large knife inside the car.

He resisted arrest and tried to flee before being taken into custody for DUI and resisting arrest. He was later released to his wife pending a court appearance.

On March 26 at 2:28 a.m., New Garden Township Police stopped a car being driven erratically in the 800 block of Newark Road. The driver, Filadelfia Arreola-Aguilar, 30, of New Castle, Del., showed signs of impairment and was unable to perform field sobriety tests. She was arrested for DUI and later released to a friend pending a court appearance.

On March 27 at 11:30 p.m., New Garden Township Police saw a car being driven erratically in the 1500 block of Baltimore Pike. After a traffic stop, the driver, Alberto Castaneda-Velazco, 24, of West Grove, failed field sobriety tests and charged with DUI. His passenger, Ismael BernalTapia, 24, of Toughkenamon, was seen trying to conceal something on the floor of the car. The item was later tested and found to be cocaine. He was taken into custody for drug possession and other related charges. Both men were later released pending a court appearance.

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Southern Chester County EMS-Medic 94 gets American Heart Association award

Southern Chester County EMS-Medic 94 has received the American Heart Association’s “Mission: Lifeline” EMS silver award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks.

Every year, more than 250,000 people experience an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the most deadly type of heart attack, caused by a blockage of blood flow to the heart that requires timely treatment. To prevent death, it’s critical to restore blood flow as quickly as possible, either by mechanically opening the blocked vessel or by providing clot-busting medication.

“Mission: Lifeline’s” EMS program recognizes emergency medical services for their efforts in improving systems of care and improving the quality of life for these patients.

Agencies that receive the “Mission: Lifeline” silver award have demonstrated at least 75 percent compliance for each required achievement measure for one year.

“EMTs and paramedics

play a vital part in the system of care for those who have heart attacks,” said James Jollis, M.D., chair of the “Mission: Lifeline” advisory working group. “Since they often are the first medical point of contact, they can shave precious minutes of life-saving treatment time by activating the emergency response system that alerts hospitals. We applaud Southern Chester County EMS-Medic 94 for achieving this award that shows it meets evidencebased guidelines in the treatment of people who have severe heart attacks.”

“Southern Chester County EMS-Medic 94 is dedicated to making our service among the best in the country, and the American Heart Association’s ‘Mission: Lifeline’ program is helping us accomplish that by implementing processes for improving systems of care with the goal of improving the quality of care for all acute coronary syndrome patients,” said Bob Hotchkiss, SCCEMS CEO. “We are pleased to be recognized for our dedication and achievements in emergency medical care for all cardiac patients.”

Local fire and ambulance companies get state grants Fire and ambulance companies in the 160th Legislative District have been awarded more than $110,000 in state grants through the 2015-16 Pennsylvania Fire Company and Ambulance Service Grant Program, announced Rep. Steve Barrar (R-Chester/Delaware).

“Because our emergency responders work so hard to make sure that everything is in place to serve the many communities in Pennsylvania whenever there is need, it is far too easy to take them for granted,” Barrar said. “However, we must always remember not only the bravery and dedication it takes to keep us safe, but the cost as well.

These grants help to fund training and pay for muchneeded equipment.”

Projects eligible for funding include construction or renovation of a fire or

ambulance company facility, purchase or repair of equipment, training or reduction of existing debt.

In Chester County, the following grants were awarded: Kennett Fire Company No. 1: $13,789.79.

Kennett Fire Company No. 1 – EMS: $7,201.70.

Longwood Fire Company No. 1: $13,789.79.

Longwood Fire Company No. 1 – EMS: $7,201.70.

More than 2,500 fire and ambulance companies across the Commonwealth received a total of $30 million in funding.

The funding comes from an ongoing grant program created by the Legislature and administered by the Office of the State Fire Commissioner. All grants are generated from slot machine gaming proceeds, and not general fund tax revenue.

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Kennett High School students awarded for broadcast news and television production On May 4, the MidAtlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) presented awards to seven Kennett High School students.

Since 2002, the NATAS awards have recognized outstanding cultural, educational, t e c h n o l og i c a l , entertainment, news, and infor mational achievements by high school students who are pursuing careers in media and journalism.

More than 150 students from more than a dozen high schools throughout the Greater Philadelphia region attended the event held at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Kennett students were accompanied by Frank Vanderslice, video production teacher.

KHS senior Giovanna Ruggio garnered her category’s top prize, an Arts and Entertainment Emmy, for her production of “Practice Makes Perfect.”

The f ilm documents the life of a tap dancer as she choreographs, practices, and performs.

The featured tap dancer is Giovanna’s best friend, so it was important to Giovanna that she portray the story well.

“I really wanted to give her a ‘pedestal’ moment,” she said. “Going to the

Kennett High School students at the NATAS awards ceremony at Drexel University.

Emmys, I was nervous.

I’d never gone to a competition like this before.

I was afraid that, if I didn’t do well, I should reconsider my major. But I won, so it made me even more excited for next year and the future.”

Giovanna’s award represents the third Emmy won by a KHS student in recent years.

Vanderslice commented that Giovanna “just has

an eye for editing. She’s so precise. People don’t realize the skill that it takes, timing each cut.”

She will attend Temple University in the fall, majoring in film and media studies.

Other Kennett students receiving Awards of Excellence include Madison Brown and Nijia Walls, who were honored in the Outstanding Music Video category for their film, “Kennett Pride”;

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Sean Rodgers, Luciano Spera, Michael Bellino, and Giovanna Ruggio who were honored in the Long Form – Fiction category for their work, “The Inevitable”; and Jack Ryder, who was honored in the Writing category for his film “Project Vigilante.” Additionally, Giovanna Ruggio was recognized in the Long Form – Fiction category for “Try.” Maggie O’Sullivan and Kyle

Sheridan also entered their production work into the competition.

Junior Jack Ryder’s entry, “Project Vigilante,” took him three months to complete.

With a plot Jack describes as being similar to “Rolling Thunder,” the f ilm chronicles the adventures of a hit man targeting Russians as he avenges the death of his friend.

He filmed the project in locations all over Kennett

Square.

“The project taught me a lot more about the process of film making, directing, scheduling, and troubleshooting editing software,” Jack said.

“I think this was our most successful year in terms of the number of entries we had and the number of awards received. I could see how dedicated the students were to putting in the time and effort to produce quality work. Each year the competition grows more intense as more schools participate.

I think the number of schools competing has doubled in recent years,” said Vanderslice. “This year, students got a chance to meet professionals in the field and talk to college students about their experiences and how much time they put in.”

Tara Faccenda, executive director of NATAS, said, “We are delighted to recognize the work of these individuals who represent the future of broadcast journalism ... It’s amazing to see the growth of the student awards program in our region as well. This year we received the highest number of entries from 25 different high schools.

The level of competition is a true testament to the tremendous talent that these students display.”

Kennett Library announces Hotspot program The Kennett Public Library will now be offering wireless hot spot services full time, after a successful eight-week trial program indicated a need and an interest in the community for the devices.

The hotspot devices, which became available May 2, allow library customers to borrow a device for three or seven days for $1 per day.

“What has amazed us was that the feedback shows that the devices were being used for all different purposes,” said library staff member Dan Pennacchia, who helped design the hot spot program.

The library partnered with T-Mobile in early February to develop a one-month pilot program, which offered ten WiFi devices that could be checked out to members free of charge. Members were asked to complete a feedback survey so that the library could see just how useful the devices would be. In less than three weeks, the feedback and interest sent a very clear and positive message to enlist the service on a fulltime scale. T-Mobile and the Kennett Public Library increased the number of devices, and extended the pilot by two weeks.

Moving forward, the library will maintain 10

full-time devices. The $1 per day charge will allow the library to maintain the new program at the lowest cost to the community. By offering wireless hotspots, libraries are better able to serve the informational needs of modern users. For some, these hotspots function as the primary source of Internet. Individuals can research job listings, access email or complete necessary schoolwork.

“Modern libraries need to fill many roles for many people,” said Ivy Weir, library program coordinator. “Being able to offer home Internet as another borrowable service is really thrilling.”

Dinniman announces funding for rail improvements in county

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State Sen. Andy Dinniman recently announced that $665,000 in state funding has been awarded for a major rail improvement project in Chester County that will create new jobs and retain existing ones.

The funds will go to the East Penn Railroad, LLC of Kennett Square for new turnouts, rail, ties, resurfacing and rebuilding a 2,000-foot siding, as well as replacing 3,800 mainline ties, 110 mainline switch timbers, surfacing five mainline turnouts, and 18,750 feet of mainline track.

“The project is a great example of how investments in our rail freight network can help

stimulate economic development and job growth,” Dinniman said.

“In addition, improving and updating our rail infrastructure increases safety by easing traffic on our local roads and highways.”

The East Penn project is funded through PennDOT’s Rail Transportation Assistance Program (RTAP), a capital budget program. It was approved by the State Transportation Commission (STC) as part of $36 million in total funding for 31 rail improvement projects statewide. In total, those funds will create an estimated 9,200 jobs and retain 39,000 more over the next five years.

The East Penn Railroad operates 109 miles of miles of track in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware with a roster of 14 locomotives.

Established in 2007, it operates a number of short lines that provide freight and transloading services for cold storage, produce, grain, trucking, and agricultural businesses in the region.

“Pennsylvania has the most railroads in the nation, and they remain a vital part of our transportation infrastructure while continuing to play a leading role in supporting economic development and job growth across the Commonwealth,” Dinniman said.

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A lifetime love for his country Ray Natale is the last of five brothers who all served in World War II

By John Chambless Staff Writer There’s ordinary patriotism, and then there’s the iron core of pride that Ray Natale feels for his country, and the contributions that his brothers made during World War II. Sitting at the kitchen table in his West Grove home, Natale, 92, closes his eyes and recalls every detail of his own wartime service -- down to which day of the week he left a particular camp in Germany, and the day he saw warplanes circling overhead and found out it was V-E Day. And while he can discuss his own past at length, Natale mainly wants to let the world know about his brothers -- Henry, Louis, Anthony and Fred. There were five Natale brothers in World War II, giving a combined 146 months of service for the country they all loved so much.

Now, only Ray is left to hear the cheers when he rides in the Kennett Square Memorial Day Parade on May 30.

Natale’s parents came to America from Italy when they were teenagers.

They raised 11 children while his father worked in quarries, for the railroad, as a boilermaker and as the proprietor of his own fruit and produce business near their homes, first in Darby, and then in Collingdale.

After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Lou Natale was the first to enlist in the Navy, in April 1943.

Tony joined the Navy and Henry joined the Army in June 1943, and Fred joined the Naval Seabees in August. “My parents never said a word” about losing their sons to the military, Natale said.

Ray dropped out of school in 1942 and wanted to join the Marines, but ended up working at a Gulf service station in Collingdale for 18 months and then got a better job at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Chester, Pa., helping turn out battleships for the war effort. His brothers had also worked at Sun Ship. “They were building 28 ships, 24/7,” Natale said of the frantic production pace.

Ray was drafted on June 22, 1944 and was inducted into the Army at New Cumberland, Pa. From there, he went by train to North Camp Hood in Texas, where he had basic training on a tank destroyer for 17 weeks, learning to both drive the vehicle and fire the huge cannon. After Camp Hood, he was taken to Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., where he was part of the 659th Field Artillery Battalion as a truck driver.

In January 1945, “We were getting ready to go somewhere,” Natale recalled. “We didn’t know whether we were going to the Pacific or not.” He was 18 years old. “We got on a ship, the Henry Gibbons, which was a Navy ship converted for passengers.

We were on the water for 10 days in a convoy. We knew we were headed for Europe.”

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Ray Natale of West Grove, with his truck that proudly notes the service of his brothers in World War II.

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Natale during his military service.

It was Natale’s first trip on a ship, “and I was seasick for a couple of days,” he said. “We ran into a storm, and if you got up on deck, you could prop your back against the bulkhead, and if you looked back, the ship in back of us was breaking the water like a submarine.

That’s how big those waves were.”

When the convoy arrived in Weymouth Bay in England, Navy escort ships were dropping depth charges, Natale said. The next day, the convoy crossed the English Channel and Natale landed in Le Havre, France. He was trucked to what soldiers called Camp Lucky Strike, and then on to Dieppie, France. Natale was assigned to drive a Dodge weapons carrier truck, transporting men and material. “I could see the bombers flying over us to

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Natale with the Pennsylvania State Police in 1950.

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Natale points out the details on the cap he wears.

Germany,” he said.

His truck convoy wound through France to Belgium and then to the border of Germany. “We got to Aaachen on Sunday evening, and there was a big billboard that said, ‘You are now entering Germany.

Fraternization is forbidden.’

I think the fine was $65.

You weren’t allowed to talk to any Germans,” Natale

said. “I thought, ‘Well, I’m really in the war now.’”

Driving through towns that had been destroyed by shelling, Natale recalled seeing white sheets hung from apartment windows in Dusseldorf, signifying that the remaining inhabitants had surrendered. “The burgermeister, the Mayor of the town, would surrender the town,” Natale said.

At a base established on the western side of the Rhine River, U.S. troops were set up to fire cannons across the river into what became known as the Ruhr Pocket.

“I drove across the river at Cologne, and crossed it many times,” Natale said, “for about 40 days, back and forth.”

He would later get a battle star for his service there, “but I was scared to death, and I was by myself at times,” Natale said, realizing that his truck – loaded with soldiers – was an ideal target for snipers.

“I saw them hauling German prisoners out on tractor trailers, going back toward to Belgium or Holland, where they had prisoner of war camps,” he said. There were a reported 200,000 prisoners taken in the Ruhr Pocket area.

One morning, he saw U.S.

planes circling in the sky and asked another soldier what it meant. It was May 8, 1945 – V.E. Day. The war in Europe was over, and he was just 19. Still, German soldiers continued to fight, he said. “The Germans were still killing Americans, and they’d go into a town and kill the burgermeister because he’d surrendered the town.”

At a German prisonerof-war camp, Natale said, regular soldiers were being processed and allowed to go home. “They were old men and boys,” he said of the troops who had been forced to fight. “I would tell them in what little German I knew that ‘Maybe tomorrow you’ll go home to your house.’ And they would say they didn’t want to go. Their homes were in the Russian zone. They’d be right back being prisoners again.”

There were four cages in the camp, Natale said – one for regular German soldiers, one for Hungarians who had been forced to fight, one for mixed-nation troops and one special area for SS officers. Assigned the job of emptying latrines, Natale could drive a wooden tank into the areas, except the SS zone. Security was tighter there, and the latrines were passed through a gate to him. “We had anti-aircraft guns all around the camp, but they never gave us any trouble,” Natale said of the prisoners.

Even so, “there was a shed there with wire across it, and there was this SS man on the other side of it.

He spoke perfect English.

He told me about the Russians, and I never knew anything about it. I had just turned 19 and I thought he was trying to agitate me, but everything he told me came true,” Natale said.

Despite the deep scars of war, in some of the towns he passed through, Natale said, he and other servicemen would share the Life Savers candies they got in their rations with hungry German children. “When we left, those families were sad to see us leave,” he said.

Natale was moved several times in Germany and finally went to Bamberg, to the Constabulary Headquarters.

There, he was assigned as a reserve driver under Gen. Harmond, the commanding general of the American Zone. Among the vehicles he got to drive, “I got to drive a Mercedes-Benz that may have belonged to Hermann Goring of the SS,” Natale said. “It had bulletproof windows and a supercharged engine.”

Natale said the rumor was spreading that troops would be going home by June 30. On May 12, troops were shipped by boxcar to an old cruise ship. “We weren’t sure if we were going home, because they were still shipping boys to the Pacific,” Natale said, but the trip ended up bringing him home. “I thought I’d lay out and get a sun tan, but I got dysentary,” he said, leaving much of the trip as a blur of sickness below decks.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016

GARY V. TAYLOR

ANNA M. CONTE DIANGELIS

Gary V. Taylor, 61, of West Grove, passed away on May 19 at the Jennersville Regional Hospital.

He was the husband of Pamela McWilliams Taylor, with whom he shared 30 year of marriage. Born in Wilmington, Del., he was the son of William Frank and Adele Willey Taylor of Claymont, Del. Gary was employed by Genesis Health Care in Kennett Square for the past 14 years. He was the supervisor of the data center. He was a former Eagle Scout of Troop 62, a former volunteer firefighter at the Claymont Fire Company, and a former member of the National Wild Turkey Federation. He enjoyed fishing, turkey hunting, gardening, cooking, eating crabs, and being with his family, dogs and friends.

In addition to his wife and parents, Gary is survived by two sons, Chad Taylor of Kennett Square, and Scott Taylor of West Grove; one brother, Jeffrey Taylor (Lorraine) of White Haven, Pa.; one sister, Diane Poplos of Newark, Del.; and three pups, Shawn, Cooper and Stella. A visitation with family and friends will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on May 25 at the Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home (250 W. State St., Kennett Square). His service and burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be made to the Chester County SPCA, 1212 Phoenixville Pike, West Chester, PA 19380; or to the American Diabetes Association, 150 Monument Road, Suite 100, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004.

Online condolences maybe made by visiting www. griecocares.com.

Anna M. Conte DiAngelis, 91, of Avondale, died on May 16 at her home.

She was the wife of the late Thomas J. DiAngelis, who died in 1980, and with whom she shared 29 years of marriage. Anna was born in Boothwyn. She was a daughter of the late Emilio Conte and the late Libera DiCrosta Conte. In her early years, Anna owned and operated her own beauty salon in Boothwyn, where she lived for many years before marriage. For many years, she worked in the cafeteria at Kennett High School. She enjoyed sewing and knitting, and was an outstanding Italian cook.

Survivors include one daughter and two sons, Maria DiAngelis of Manhattan, N.Y., Thomas J. DiAngelis Jr., of Avondale, and Paul M. DiAngelis and his wife Diana of Seaville, N.J.; and two grandchildren, Paul David and Allison. She was predeceased by nine brothers and two sisters.

A funeral was held May 23. Interment was in St. Patrick Cemetery in Kennett Square. Contributions in her memory may be made to Disabled American Veterans (DAV), PO Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301; or Willow Tree Hospice, 616 East Cypress Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348. To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, visit www.griecocares.com.

EMILY S. STAUFFER SCHNEIDER Emily S. Stauffer Schneider, 98, of Kennett Square, died on May 14 at Kendal At Longwood retirement community.

She was the wife of the late Walther F. Schneider, who died in 1999, and with whom she shared 58 years of marriage. Born in Lansdale, she was the daughter of the late Oliver S. and the late Lillian (Cressman) Stauffer.

Before moving to Kendal in 1985, she and her husband lived in Wawa, Pa., where she was a longtime member of the Media Presbyterian Church. Before marriage, she was an executive secretary, working for Sunoco and retiring in 1940. She enjoyed traveling, gardening, sewing and camping.

Survivors include two sons, W. Bartz Schneider and his wife Bernadette of San Francisco, Calif., and Glenn D. Schneider and his wife Andrea of Diablo, Calif.; and one daughter, Carol Schneider Schifferling of Kennett Square. She has five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service and interment will be held privately at Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill. To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, visit www.griecocares.com.

JAMES W. HAMPTON James W. Hampton, 75, of Oxford, passed away on May 16 at Seasons Hospice in Christiana Hospital.

He was the husband of Linda Roberts Hampton, with whom he shared 14 years of marriage. Born in Shouns, Tenn., he was the son of the late James W. Hampton and Ada Plummer Hampton. James worked in the maintenance department at General Motors in Wilmington, Del., for over 30 years, retiring in 1997. He was a member of the UAW Local No. 435. He was a nature lover, and enjoyed fishing, playing horseshoes, and being with his family and friends.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Donna Hampton of Windsor, Pa., Lenna M. Pierson and her husband Mark of Landenberg, and Crystal Alexander and her husband Tim of West Grove; two brothers, W. James Hampton of Mountain City, Tenn., and Diesel Hampton of West Jefferson, N.C.; 12 grandchildren, Jeremy, Josh, Andrea, Amanda, Samantha, Michael, David, Heather, Daniel, Alexis, Brayden and Kaylee; two great-grandchildren, Jaxson and Addie; and his faithful companion, Cuddles, Jr. James was predeceased by one son, James R. Hampton; seven brothers; and one granddaughter, Rachel Hampton.

A funeral was held May 20. Burial was in Union Hill Cemetery in Kennett Square. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com.

ROBERT M. STEWART, SR.

Robert McIntire Stewart, Sr., 83, of Oxford, passed away on May 15 at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

Born in Oxford, he was the son of the late Norman and Elizabeth Jamison Stewart.

Robert was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served during the Korean War. He was employed with the U.S. Postal Service in Oxford as a mail carrier, and retired in 1991 after 32 years of service. He was a member of Nottingham Presbyterian Church. He was also a member of the American Legion No. 535 in Oxford, Union Fire Co. No. 1 in Oxford, Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 2666 in Oxford, and past Sachem of the Ocklokonee Tribe No. 212 I.O.R.M. in Oxford.

Robert enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.

He is survived by his son, Robert M. Stewart, Jr. (Regina) of Oxford; daughter, Sandra Poole of Oxford; three grandchildren, Megan Elizabeth Stewart, and Amanda Lee Poole and Jessica Lynn Stewart; sister, Barbara Benson of Oxford; and his former wife, Helen Donache Stewart.

Funeral services were held May 19. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to American Legion Roy W. Gibson Post 535, PO Box 569, Nottingham, PA 19362. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

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fishing, traveling, teaching games to his grandchildren, and being with his family and friends. He was a people person.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Rudisill Alston, Jr., and Sultan McGibboney, both of Coatesville; four daughters, Ellylanna Tippins of Phoenixville, Charmain Thompson, Darlene Alston and Pamela Alston, all of Coatesville; six stepchildren, Timothy Brown of Coatesville, Sergio Perez (Joy) of Coatesville, Andrea Perez (Stevie) of Coatesville, Noelia Perez of Coatesville, Mona Perez of Modena, and Carmen Perez of Coatesville; three brothers, Willie Alston of Coatesville, Amos Alston of Delaware, and James Alston of Harrisburg; four sisters, Helen Cody of Coatesville, Ida Mae Calloway of Plymouth Meeting, Irene Robinson of Coatesville, and Phyllis D. Alston of Coatesville; his mother-inlaw, Viola Brown of Coatesville; his aunt, Annabelle Eggleston of Coatesville; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

A funeral was held May 21. Burial was in the Church of Christ Cemetery in Coatesville. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com.

JAMES W. GRAYBEAL

James W. Graybeal, 74, of Coatesville, passed away on May 19 at Tel Hai Retirement Community in Honey Brook.

Born in Lincoln University, he was the son of the late H. Wayne and Catherine Ashton Graybeal. He is survived by three children, Michael Graybeal (Darin), Michelle Graybeal and Christine O’Malley (Joseph); three grandchildren, Sean Graybeal, Dylan Graybeal and Madison O’Malley; one sister, Janet Kirkley; two brothers, Albert Graybeal and Philip Graybeal; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

James served honorably in the U.S. Army and had multiple tours to Greenland and Alaska as a heavy equipment operator.

He was a member of Beulah Baptist Church. He was also a member of the Masonic Skerrett Lodge No. 343 F&AM, Cochranville, and was employed by PECO for more than 35 years. James enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25, at Beulah Baptist Church (3815 Newark Rd., Oxford), where friends and family may visit from 10 to 11 a.m.

Interment with full military honors will be in the adjoining cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to The Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675. Online condolences may be made at www. elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

RUDISILL ALSTON, SR.

Rudisill “Rudy”Alston, Sr., 80, of Coatesville, passed away on May 14 at the Brandywine Hospital.

He was the husband of Dorlene Brown Alston, with whom he shared 10 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, he was the son of the late David K. Alston, Sr., and Ida Belle Eggleston Alston.

Rudy was a maintenance engineer at the Coatesville VA Hospital for over 35 years, retiring in 1992. He was a member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Coatesville. He enjoyed dancing,

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016

Legals NOTICE

The London Grove Zoning Hearing Board will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., in the London Grove Township Building, 371 Rose Hill Road, West Grove, PA for the following purpose: 335 Baker Station Road- To hear the appeal of Brian Bankoski for a special exception and varience to construct a detached garage on an exisiting single family lot.

The appliacant purposes to construct a 12' x 24' garage with a 15' side yard setback on a rear yard setback less than 100'. Section 27-1303.2.A. of the Township Zoning Ordinance requires a 100' side yard . Section 27-1303.2B. allows the side and rear lot line to be reduced to 25% of the requirement via special exception. The property is located in the industrial(1 ) District.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR GRANT OF LETTERS ESTATE OF : Peter John Adamovich , late of Lincoln University, Chester County, PA, Deceased. Letters of Administration on the above Estate having been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the said decedent are requested to make known the same and all persons indebted to the said decedent to make payment without delay to: John Adamovich,, Executor: c/o Ira D. Binder, Esq., 227 Cullen Rd, Oxford, PA 19363 Attorney: Ira D. Binder, 227 Cullen Rd, Oxford, PA 19363 5p-11-3t

NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for Chester County, Pennsylvania (All Jurisdictions) The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report, reflecting proposed flood hazard determinations for various communities within Chester County.

These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. Technical information or comments are solicited on the proposed flood hazard determinations shown on the preliminary FIRM and/ or FIS report for various communities within Chester County. These flood hazard determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to either adopt or show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.

However, before these determinations are effective for floodplain management purposes, you will be provided an opportunity to appeal the proposed

information. For information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, as well as a complete listing of the communities affected and the locations where copies of the FIRM are available for review, please visit FEMA’s website at www.fema.gov/plan/ prevent/fhm/bfe, or call the FEMA Map Information eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).

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FORECLOSURE NOTICE

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR CHESTER COUNTY Civil Action Number: 2015-04666 Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its Individual Capacity but Solely as Trustee for the Primestar-H Fund I Trust, Plaintiff vs. Sydney L. Jordan a/k/a Sydney Lickle Jordan and F. Peter Jordan, Jr. a/k/a Frederick Peter Jordan, Defendants TO: Sydney L. Jordan a/k/a Sydney Lickle Jordan and F. Peter Jordan, Jr., a/k/a Frederick Peter Jordan, Defendants, whose last known address is 114 Lavender Hill Lane, Landenberg, PA 19350.

You have been sued in mortgage foreclosure on premises: 114 Lavender Hill Lane, Landenberg, PA 19350, based on defaults since November 1, 2012. You owe $442,924.15, plus interest.

NOTICE YOU HAVE BEEN SUED IN COURT. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the notice above, you must take action within twenty (20) days after this Complaint and Notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the Court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint or for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE. Chester County Bar Assn./Lawyer Referral Service, 15 W. Gay St., 2nd Fl., West Chester, PA 19380, (610) 429-1500,Stern & Eisenberg, P.C., Attys. for Plaintiff 1581 Main Street, Ste. 200, Warrington, PA 18976, 215-572-8111 5p-25-1t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester,

Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday,July 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-6-429 Writ of Execution No. 2015-00546 DEBT $529,060.68 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate in East Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, described in accordance with a Record Plan of Lareserve made for Robert Bruce Balbirnie by Momenee-King Associates of Ardmore, PA dated 3/27/1984 last revised 11/20/1984 and recorded in Plan #7590 and described as follows, to wit: TAX I.D. #: 61-05B-0060 PLAINTIFF: New York Community Bank VS DEFENDANT: STEPHEN N. KARAS AND DONNA K. KARAS SALE ADDRESS: 100 Mougins Circle, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C., 215790-1010 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday,July 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-6-438 Writ of Execution

No. 2015-07933 DEBT $211,006.57 PROPERTY situate in the Oxford Borough, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Road, West Grove, PA 19390-8953 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215-563-7000

PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Bank, NA VS DEFENDANT: FABIOLA BEDOLLA, CESAREO BEDOLLA, ADOLFO BEDOLLA, and ROBERTO BEDOLLA

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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SALE ADDRESS: 540 New Street, Oxford, PA 19363-1532

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BLR# 6-5-122 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215-563-7000 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday,July 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday,July 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-6-449 Writ of Execution No. 2015-07711 DEBT $372,676.84 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground, situate in the Township of Franklin, County of Chester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and descried according to a Record Plan, Lexington Point Subdivision, prepared for Keystone Custom Homes, by Fioravanti, Inc., Consulting Engineers & Contractors, dated 5/16/2000 last revised 8/23/2007 and recorded in Plan Book 18276 Page 1, as follows, to wit:TAX I.D. #: 72-02-0151

SALE NO. 16-6-443 Writ of Execution No. 2015-00075 DEBT $218,710.92 PROPERTY situate in the London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

PLAINTIFF: Navy Federal Credit Union VS DEFENDANT: TODD M. RAYMOND and JULIE A. RAYMOND SALE ADDRESS: 155 Janine Way, West Grove, Pennsylvania 19390

BLR# 59-8-116 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Financial Pennsylvania, Inc. VS DEFENDANT: ROBERT J. CHIPMAN a/k/a ROBERT CHIPMAN and MICHELLE M. CHIPMAN SALE ADDRESS: 474 State Road a/k/a, 474 East State Road, a/k/a 474 State Road a/k/a, 474 East State

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C., 215790-1010 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday,July 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-6-462 Writ of Execution No. 2015-00750 DEBT $452,998.06 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situate in the Township of Londonderry, County of Chester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, described, according to a plan for “Mindy Acres” made by Spotts, Stevens and McCoy, Inc. Wyomissing, PA, dated 11-15-1995 last revised 8-7-1996 and recorded as Plan File #13633, bounded and described as follows lo wit: BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Daleville Road T-366, a corner of Lot 4 on said Plan, thence extending along said side of Lot 4 south 10 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds west 250.00 feet to a point and corner of Lot 6 on said Plan, thence extending along said side of Lot 6, south 78 degrees 12 minutes 11 seconds west 188.48 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of Derry Manor Drive, thence extending along said side of Derry Manor the following (2) courses and distances {1} north 1 1 degrees 47 minutes 49 seconds east 225.71 feet to a point of curve (2) along the arc distance of circle to the right having a radius of 20.00 feet the arc distance of 30.90 feet to a point on the southerly side of Daleville Road T-366 thence extending along said side of Daleville Road T-366 south 79 degrees 41 minutes 10 seconds east 162.58 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

BEING Lot 5 on said Plan.

PREMSES being: 101 Daleville Road, Cochranville, PA 19330 PARCEL No. 46-2-146 BEING the same premises which Mindy Acres, Inc. by Deed dated October 30, 1998 and recorded January 6, 1999 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Chester County in Deed Book 4485 Page 2171, granted and conveyed unto Bernardo Delellis, Jr. and Andrea M. Delellis.

PLAINTIFF: Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC

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Classifieds VS DEFENDANT: BERNARDO DELELLIS, JR. and ANDREA M. DELELLIS SALE ADDRESS: 101 Daleville Road, Cochranville, PA 19330 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: STERN & EISENBERG, P.C., 215-572-8111 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday,July 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-6-470 Writ of Execution No. 2014-07901 DEBT $385,495.99 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania bounded and described according to a Final Plan of Elk Creek Farms, prepared by Kelly and Associates, Inc., Consulting Engineers and Surveyors, dated 10/9/1998, last revised 11/3/1999 and recorded in Chester County as Plan #15972 as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point on the southeasterly side of Road “A-2”, a corner of Lot #54 as shown on said Plan; thence from said point of

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beginning, along the said side of Road “A-2” on the arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 425.00 feet the arc distance of 90.00 feet to a corner of Lot #52; thence along Lot #52 south 57 degrees 26 minutes 52 seconds east 125.00 feet to a point; thence south 38 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds west 116.25 feet to a corner of Lot #54; thence along Lot #54 north 45 degrees 18 minutes 52 seconds west 125.00 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

BEING Lot #53 as shown on said Plan.

PREMISES being: 47 Mystery Rose Lane, West Grove, PA 19390 PARCEL No. 58-3-27.79 BEING the same premises which Elk Creek Farms, LLC by Deed dated July 31, 2003 and recorded December 31, 2003 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Chester County in Deed Book 6025 Page 2097, granted and conveyed unto Paul Rafferty III and Kara P. Rafferty.

PLAINTIFF: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series ARSI 2006-M3, by its servicer Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC VS DEFENDANT: PAUL RAFFERTY III and KARA P. RAFFERTY SALE ADDRESS: 47 Mystery Rose Lane, West Grove, PA 19390 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: STERN & EISENBERG, P.C., 215-572-8111 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the withinmentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the

Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday,July 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-6-488 Writ of Execution No. 2015-07631 DEBT $146,999.48 ALL THAT CERTAIN messuage or tenement and two tracts of land, now described as one tract by S.J. Janney, Surveyor, situated in the Borough of Oxford, County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, viz; TAX I.D. #: 06-09-0153 PLAINTIFF: Bank of America, N.A. VS DEFENDANT: CHRISTOPHER BURNS and ELIZABETH BURNS SALE ADDRESS: 123 8th Street, Oxford, Pennsylvania 19363 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C., 215790-1010 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday,

June 16, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday,July 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-6-468 Writ of Execution No. 2015-11377 DEBT $205,663.82 ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate in Lower Oxford Township, County of Chester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described in accordance with a Two-Lot Subdivision Plan prepared for Robert Wagoner

by Concord Land Planners and Surveyors, Oxford, PA, dated October 12, 2000 as last revised March 7, 2002 and which Plan is recorded as Plan No. 16183, to wit: BEGINNING at a point of curve on the title line in the bed of Conner Road (T-329) which point makes a common corner of this premises and land now or late of United Mobile Homes of PA., Inc.; thence extending from said beginning point along the said title line in the bed of Conner Road the two next following courses and distances, viz: (1) along the arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 1117.61 feet the arc distance of 145.50 feet to a point of tangent and (2) north 63 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds east 44.33 feet to a point, a corner of this premises and Lot No. 3A; thence extending along the same south 22 degrees 11 minutes 04 seconds east 280.73 to a point, a corner of this premises on line of land now or late of United Mobile Homes of PA, Inc., aforesaid; thence extending along the same the two next following courses and distances, viz: (1) south 74 degrees 25 minutes 29 seconds west 206.60 feet to a point, a corner of this premises and (2) north 18 degrees 52 minutes 25 seconds west 253.21 feet to the

first mentioned point and place of beginning.

BEING Lot No. 3B on the above mentioned Plan. Also known as Parcel Number 56-4-51-5A BEING the same premises which William Donald Robinson and Jeanette R. Robinson, husband and wife, Wagoner Custom Contracting Inc. (Equitable Owner), by Deed dated 9/22/03 and recorded 10/2/03 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Chester, in Deed Book 5919, Page 350, granted and conveyed unto Richard A. Maitre, a single man, in fee.

PLAINTIFF: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association VS DEFENDANT: RICHARD A. MAITRE SALE ADDRESS: 370 Conner Road, Oxford, PA 19363 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: SHAPIRO & DaNARDO, 610-278-6800 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff

will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday,July 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-6-485 Writ of Execution No. 2015-06417 DEBT $202,975.63 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of land situate at the northeast intersection of Pa. Route #10 and Township Road T-355, in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, designated as Parcel “C” on survey made by John W. Chambers, Registered Engineer, dated 7/28/65 drawing number 222, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a nail in the center line of Pa. Route #10, said point of beginning being north 16 degrees 25 minutes east, 162.30 feet to the point of intersection of center lines of Pa. Route #10 and Township Road T-355, also, being the northeasterly corner of Parcel No. “D”, and the southwesterly corner of Parcel “C”; thence continuing along the center line of Pa. Route #10, north 16 degrees 25 minutes east 150 feet to a nail, the southwest corner of Continued on Page 6B

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Classifieds Continued from Page 5B land now or late of John E. Repsher, et ux; thence leaving said road and passing over an iron pin set in the easterly side thereof, and by land now or late of said John E. Repsher, et ux, south 67 degrees 49 minutes east 291.90 feet to an iron pin set in line of land now or of H.B. Jr., and E. F. Bramble; thence by land now or late of H.B. Jr., and E.F. Bramble, south 22 degrees 23 minutes west 180 feet to an iron pin, the northeast corner of Parcel “D”, about to be conveyed to Harold T. Mendenhall, Jr., and Juanita Mendenhall, his wife; thence by Parcel “D” and passing over an iron pin set in the easterly side of Pa. Route #10, north 61 degrees 11 minutes west 274.55 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

CONTAINING 1.062 acres of land, more or less.

PARCEL # 44-07-0109.01B PREMISES being: 2021 Limestone Road, Cochranville, PA 19330-9795 BEING the same premises which Mona Coldiron and Larry A. Coldiron, wife and husband, and Jared Albert

by Deed dated October 28, 2004 and recorded December 6, 2004 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Chester County in Deed Book 6351 Page 1247, granted and conveyed unto Jared Albert, as sole owner.

payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday,July 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-6-432 Writ of Execution No. 2015-11935 DEBT $141,771.88 PROPERTY situate in Township of East Nottingham

Road aka 85 Lees Bridge Road, East Nottingham Township, PA 19362 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: KML LAW GROUP, P.C., 215-627-1322 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday,July 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter

TAX Parcel #69-05-0021.090 PLAINTIFF: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2004W11, c/o Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC VS DEFENDANT: JARED ALBERT N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10%

IMPROVEMENTS: dwelling.

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PLAINTIFF: Nationstar Mortgage LLC VS DEFENDANT: KIMBERLY L. KACHEL and WILLIAM KACHEL aka WILLIAM P. KACHEL, III SALE ADDRESS: 1067 Lees Bridge

SALE NO. 16-6-487 Writ of Execution No. 2015-08729 DEBT $289,919.76 LAND referred to in this commitment is described as all that certain property situated in City of Lincoln University in the County of Chester, and State of PA and being described in a deed dated 08/10/2004 and recorded 08/25/2004

in Book 6261 Page 2234 among the land records of the County and State set forth above, and referenced as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situate in East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described according to a Plan of Darlington Hunt Phase III, drawn by Lake Roader Hillard & Bears, dated 04/16/99 said Plan recorded in Chester County as Plan No. 14999, as follows, to wit:BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Darlington Circle (50 feet wide), said point being a corner of Lot No. 70, on said Plan; thence extending from said point of beginning along the southerly side of Darlington Circle the two following courses and distances, (1) north 82 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds east 112.35 feet to a point of curve, and (2) eastwardly along the arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 225.00 feet the arc distance of 53.95 feet to a point, a corner of Lot No. 72 on said Plan; thence extending along same, south 07 degrees 50 minutes 30 seconds east 281.44 feet to a point in line of lands now or late; of John K. and Lydia S. Stoltzfus; thence extending along said lands, south 82 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds west 165.79 feet to a point, a corner of Lot No. 70 on said Plan; thence extending along same, north 07 degrees 50 minutes 30 seconds west 275.00 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning. Containing 1.05 acres of land.

BEING Lot No. 71 as shown on the abovementioned Plan.

BEING UPI #69-003-0193.0000 PREMISES being: 164 Darlington Circle, Lincoln University, PA 193521736

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Barn and Gazebo Open May 27, 28 and 30th, 9 am to 5 pm, tools , nice bed linens, antique dishes and patio tables and umbrellas and much, much more! and LORI E. SESSA SALE ADDRESS: 164 Darlington Circle, Lincoln University, PA 193521736 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: STERN & EISENBERG, P.C., 215-572-8111 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday,July 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-6-466 Writ of Execution No. 2015-09971 DEBT $130,258.91 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or tract of ground, situate in Upper Oxford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, according to a survey made by George E. Regester, Jr. and Sons, Inc., dated September 23, 1970 as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at an old spike set in the title line of Public Road Leg. Rt. 15027 leading in the northwesterly direction to Hayesville and the southeasterly direction to U.S. Rt. 1, said old spike marking the northwesterly corner of this about to be described tract and a corner of land now or formerly of Lester Lewis; thence leaving said old spike of beginning, leaving said title line and by said land now or formerly Lester Lewis, south 88 degrees 37 minutes 50 seconds east 418.07 feet to an iron pin marking the northeasterly corner of this and a corner of Parcel “B” on said Plan, formerly owned by Walter McClain; thence by said land of Parcel “B”, south 55 degrees 15 minutes 39 seconds west, 360.79 feet to a spike marking a corner of this and set in the title line of the aforementioned Leg. Rt. 15027; thence by said title line, north 29 degrees 24 minutes 00 seconds west, 77.45 feet to a spike marking a corner of this and a corner of land now or formerly of Ernest Lee; thence leaving said title line and by said land of Ernest Lee the following three courses and distances, to wit: 1 – NORTH 50 degrees 36 minutes 00 seconds east, 140.00’ to an iron pin.

2 – NORTH 29 degrees 24 minutes 00 seconds west, 50.00’ to an iron pin.

3 – SOUTH 50 degrees 36 minutes 00 seconds west 150.00’ to a spike set for a corner of this and set in the title line of the aforementioned Leg. Rt. 15027; THENCE by said title line, north 29 degrees 24 minutes 00 seconds west, 120.00’ to an old spike being the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

CONTAINING 37,550.12 square feet of land be the same more or less.

TITLE to said Premises vested in Morris G. Lee and Helen J. Lee, his wife by Deed from Mary E. McClain, executrix u/w of Walter L. McClain, deceased, and Mary E. McClain, s/w dated April, 26 1978 and recorded May 1, 1978 in the Chester County Recorder of Deeds in Book U52, Page 169.

HELEN J. LEE departed this life on 04/01/1996.

PLAINTIFF: U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee for Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust 20131, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2013-1 VS DEFENDANT: MORRIS G. LEE SALE ADDRESS: 459 University Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: ROBERT W. WILLIAMS, ESQ., 856-482-1400 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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He was eventually discharged on June 8, 1946 at Fort Dix, N.J., after 23 1/2 months of service. All of his brothers had made it home without physical injury, but at least one of them did not discuss their wartime experiences, Natale said. “It taught me discipline,” he said of the war. “And of course, you age overnight.

You become a man.”

His brother Lou had earned three battle stars as a landing craft driver who dropped troops during the invasions of Saipan, Tinian and the Palua Islands. Tony earned four battle stars by participating in the invasion of southern France, as well as Okinawa, where his ship, the Macomb, was struck by a kamikaze Japanese pilot.

Henry served in the Pacific in a top-secret position and got seven battle stars. Fred helped build air bases and landing strips in the Pacific.

Back at home, Ray finished high school on the G.I. Bill, and applied to join the Pennsylvania State Police in 1948.

In 1950, he started his training in Hershey, Pa. He was assigned to barracks in Wyoming, Pa., then Reading, Indiantown Gap and Lancaster before being sent to the Avondale Station in 1956. “You had to be single to join the police force then,” Natale said, “because you didn’t make enough money to support a family.”

After arriving at the Avonale Barracks, Natale was at the scenes of five deaths from auto accidents in the first four months. It was a rough introduction to

a job he grew to love. He served as an officer until a whiplash injury led to his decision to retire in 1979.

Ray married and had a son and a daughter. His wife passed away in 2014. He still lives in the home they had built in 1968.

His patriotism runs deep, displayed on his truck’s license plate – 5-INWWII – and the signs on the vehicle proudly noting the service of the five Natale brothers.

Natale is also proud to take part in the Kennett Square Veterans Day Parade each year, driving his decorated truck along the route. This year, as one of the Grand Marshals, he’s going to let someone else do the driving.

He’s been part of the event for about 15 years, he said, and he appreciates the large crowd that turns out to watch. As part of a dwindling number of World War II veterans, he knows how important it is to tell his story, so he has visited Unionville Elementary School every year for more than a decade to talk to the young students about the war. “A lot of them don’t know what a veteran is,” he said with a smile, so he talks about what being drafted means, and a bit about what he did in the war.

Natale has one living brother and a sister, but as the last of the five brothers who gave so much, he knows it’s up to him to keep their story of service alive.

And Veterans Day will always be a special day to look back, and salute.

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

May 30 Kennett Memorial Day parade Downtown Kennett Square will be the site of the annual Memorial Day parade beginning at 10 a.m. on May 30. Visit www. historickennettsquare.com for details.

June 4 Home & Garden Tour The Kennett Library

presents the Home and Garden Day Tour of historic buildings and gardens in the Kennett area on June 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit www. historickennettsquare.com for details.

June 4 Community Breakfast The community is invited to share free breakfast on June 4 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Unionville High

School cafeteria. This event coincides with the running of the annual Relay for Life Event, hosted at Unionville High School starting June 3 at 6 p.m. Unionville-Chadds Ford administrators will be helping at the breakfast.

June 11 Kennett Symphony Gala The Kennett Symphony of Chester County’s 75th Anniversary Gala will be

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held on June 11 at 6:30 p.m. at The Stone Barn (550 Upland Rd., Kennett Square). The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. There will be a toast to the Kennett Symphony and the festivities will conclude by dancing with music from The Gin Canaries.

Antiques in spotlight at Brandywine Visitors will discover a treasure trove of decorative and visual art along with fine 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century antiques at the Brandywine River Museum of Art Antiques Show on Memorial Day weekend, May 28 to 30.

Twenty-six dealers will offer American country and formal furniture, jewelry, folk art, glass, quilts, clock cases, accessories and more. In the museum’s galleries.

During the antiques show, visitors will be able to see the special exhibition “The Poetry of Nature: A Golden Age of American Landscape Painting,” as well as the museum’s collection of the Wyeth family of artists.

The special exhibition “Flowery Thoughts: Ceramic Vases & Floral Ornament at Winterthur” will be on view, featuring a selection from the vast collection of ceramic vases and floral-decorated wares in the Winterthur Museum collection. These objects primarily date from the 1700s and 1800s and were produced in America, Europe and Asia. The high-fashion wares among

these ceramics originally found homes in elegant settings, while other objects reflect what was enjoyed by those of lesser means. The exhibition will be on view through September 5.

There are several events tied into the antiques show (purchase tickets in advance at www. brandywine.org, or by calling 610-388-8318.

They are: Preview Party Friday, May 27, 6 to 9 p.m., $125 per person Enjoy passed hors d’oeuvres along with many other culinary creations prepared and presented

by Chef MacGregor Mann of Blanch & Shock, Brandywine’s new on-site caterers. Blanch & Shock serve locally sourced, farm-to-table cuisine.

Tickets include valet parking and abundant hors d’oeuvres.

Breakfast and Lecture Saturday, May 28, 9 to 10:30 a.m., $30 per person (includes show admission) Join Leslie B. Grigsby, Winterthur’s senior curator of ceramics and glass

Top dealers from across the region bring their best antiques to the Brandywine River Museum of Art this weekend.

and curator of “Flowery Thoughts: Ceramic Vases & Floral Ornament at Winterthur” for a tour of the exhibition. Her presentation will begin at 9:30 a.m. following a continental breakfast in the museum café at 9 a.m.

A Passion for Collecting: Dealer Talks Sunday, May 29 and Monday, May 30 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 1:30 p.m., free with show admission Learn from the experts in these talks, which take place on the show floor.

Topics are: “The Complete Garden” by Aileen Minor,

“American Furniture with Influences from Great Britain” by Jerry Brill; “The Pottery called Delftware” by Mark Allen; “Decorated Furniture: Making Bland Beautiful”

by Joseph Lodge; “Canary, not a bird!” by Lisa McAllister; “American Furniture”

by Bob Haneberg; “Chinese Export Porcelain in the Home” by Phil Dubey; and “English Pottery: Creamware, Pearlware & Staffordshire” by Peg Sutor.

Show admission is $18 per day. The show is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Your Dinner Belles: Taste and convenience, to go

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer There are no degrees from prestigious culinary schools hanging in the homes and kitchens where Sandi Norris and Olivia Boggs both live and work.

There are no photographs of them anywhere with great chefs of the world. In fact, Your Dinner Belles – the company they began in May 2015 that offers pre-made, healthy food for easy pickup – occupies just a portion of their busy schedules.

For now, that is.

A few years ago, Norris, a coach and manager at the Crossfit Wheelhouse in Avondale, had been doing some personal cooking for a client of hers, who eventually connected Norris with Boggs, also a member of the Crossfit Wheelhouse. Slowly, the

idea to collaborate on a business began to evolve, but the conversation kept coming back to a shared life change.

“My husband Michael and I wanted to change our lives and see how our bodies changed and responded to how we were fueling them,” said Norris, a former college athlete. “That was inspiring to me. I didn’t realize that what I was eating was not conducive to good health.

I can eat a pound of pasta every single day and not look five pounds heavier, but the way I felt and the way my body performed after I changed my diet was so much better.”

“For me, it was about being able to eat better in order to perform better at the gym,” said Boggs, who is a member at Crossfit Wheelhouse. “In learning

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Olivia Boggs (left) and Sandi Norris of Your Dinner Belles.

more about the different allergens and what they do to you, they can cause issues down the road, which is why I cut out peanuts, soy and gluten. I grew up with intestinal issues, and I never knew why, so by cutting out the allergens, I began to see a great improvement.”

The idea to begin a company was soon born.

Your Dinner Belles offers pre-packaged, homemade, gluten-free, soy-free meals, with a constantly changing menu that includes options such as a Spanish omelet, cranberry orange muffins, and sweet potato biscuits for breakfast; and lemon ginger meatballs, thai basil beef with rice, and apple arugula burgers for lunch and dinner.

Each package comes with nutrition information, and all meals are prepared

by Norris and Boggs in a certified commercial kitchen – and heat-and-serve ready.

Selections are reasonably priced in the $9 to 13 range.

The route from pick-up to table is simple. Customers call in their orders before midnight every Tuesday and the food is cooked and ready for pickup at the Crossfit Wheelhouse by the following Monday at 5 a.m.

With one year in business, Your Dinner Belles has expanded to 25 regular and semi-regular customers,

with nearly all of them being Crossfit Wheelhouse clients. By next year, Norris and Boggs see Your Dinner Belles expanding to additional fitness centers and health clubs – as well as business offices – throughout Chester County.

In five years, however, Boggs envisions that the Your Dinner Belles brand could be franchised to other areas.

“When I think of Dinner Belles, I eventually see us expanding to satellite branches that can provide our service, as far away as Lancaster and Harrisburg,” she said. “What Sandi and I are selling isn’t just healthy food options, it’s also time put back in a person’s day. Anybody who finds themselves with a lack of time will benefit from adding us into their daily routine.”

The connection of Your Dinner Belles to her work at the Crossfit Wheelhouse is a natural one for Norris.

“I like to help people

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Your Dinner Belles currently serves two dozen clients, and its long-range business plan is to expand the service to other parts of Pennsylvania.

realize their potential,” she said. “Once a client realizes that they have the ability to jump up on a box, it opens up another door to talking about their diet, which opens up a whole new avenue to feeling better about themselves.

“Everyone can stand to choose healthier food

options in their life.”

Your Dinner Bells is at 9035 Gap-Newport Pike in Avondale. To learn more, call 814-880-3465, e-mail yourdinnerbelles@ gmail.com, or visit www. yourdinnerbelles.com.

To contact Staff Writer Richard L. Gaw, e-mail rgaw@chestercounty.com.

Animals in the spotlight at Bookplace

By John Chambless Staff Writer The gallery at Bookplace in Oxford pops with color this month for “Fur, Feathers and Furlongs,” a solo exhibit of animal-themed paintings

by Reenie Chase.

Her subjects – animals, birds and equestrian action – share a lively spirit and a sense of humor, particularly in the titles of the works.

Several horse racing oils have an immediacy and drama, especially the mounted polo players

in “Blue Team,” and the headlong rush to the finish in “Winner By A Nose!”

Among Chase’s views of barnyard animals, “Traffic Jam” (a fun closeup of wooly sheep packed together) and “Cow Gossip” (two cows with inquisitive expressions) get the most character out of their subjects. “Night Watchman,” a nighttime view of an owl on a shadowy branch, has a nice touch of mystery. Chase’s view of two crows, titled “Are You Thinking What

I’m Thinking?”, gets to the essence of scraggly feathers and piercing gazes.

“Meerkat Love” is a cute addition, and Chase’s views of people with their horses have a special sensitivity to the subject matter.

Taken as a whole, the show offers nicely rendered portraits of animals both domestic and wild, with some deft brushwork that keeps the mood consistently light and inviting.

“Fur, Feather and

Furlongs,” by Reenie Chase, continues at Bookplace (2373 Baltimore Pike, Oxford) through June 18. The gallery and book shop is open Friday through Sunday. Visit www. bookplaceoxford.com for more information.

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

‘Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking?’’

‘Blue Team’

‘Traffic Jam’

‘Winner By A Nose!’

‘Cow Gossip’

‘Night Watchman’

Through June 12 American Landscapes The Brandywine River Museum of Art (Route 1, Chadds Ford) will exhibit “The Poetry of Nature: A Golden Age of American Landscape Painting” through June 12. The exhibition, drawn from the New-York Historical Society, features works by artists of the Hudson River School from the 1800s.

The museum is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 610-388-2700 or visit www. brandywinemuseum.org.

Through May 28 Jack Giangiulio Longwood Art Gallery (200 E. State St., Kennett Square) is hosting “A Bit of Urban, Country and Sea,” featuring original art by local artist Jack Giangiulio, during May. For more information, call 610-444-0146 or visit www.longwoodartgallery. com.

Through May 31 Art at Metamorphosis Metamorphosis Wellness Center (331 E. State St., Kennett Square) is presenting photography by Steffi Chupein and artwork by Mindy Kempista. Chupein creates bright, colorful images of flowers and bold abstracts, many photographed from her own garden. Kempista has been an active participant in the Painted Mushroom contest during the Mushroom Festival and has placed first two years running. Call 610-444-8020 or visit www. metamorphosiswellnesscenter. net.

Through May 27 Ed Bronstein solo show The Station Gallery (3922 Kennett Pike, Greenville, Del.) will present works by Ed Bronstein, “City Scenes and Still Lifes,” through May 27. Call 302-654-8638 or visit www.stationgallery.net.

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