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Covering Avon Grove, Chadds Ford, Kennett Square, Oxford, & Unionville Areas

Volume 150, No. 24

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Protective fence causing a hotbed of controversy in Avondale

Couple embroiled in legal issue with neighbors

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer Bucktoe Manor in Avondale, built in 2001, is a residential subdivision of detached, single-family homes that upon first visit, conjures up the words “bucolic,” “peaceful” and “serene.” All along the winding roads of the community, each home seems to have created its own

individual identity, and each property offers a wellmanicured sprawl of green, dotted with just a gentle touch of tall trees and sloping terrain.

When Keith Davis and David Ruth first moved to Bucktoe Manor in Avondale in late October of 2014, they did so with the hope that all couples with children have – to be welcomed Continued on Page 4A

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Leading the march

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

Avon Grove High School senior Robert Evans leads the procession of the graduating class of 2016 at a ceremony held on June 13. For a complete story on the commencement exercises for both Avon Grove and Unionville High School, turn to Page 1B.

Avon Grove School Board votes to implement full-day kindergarten

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer After nearly a full year of discussion and debate, the Avon Grove School Board voted 7-1 to implement a fullPhoto by Richard L. Gaw day kindergarten program Keith Davis and David Ruth, residents of Bucktoe in time for the 2017-2018 Manor in Avondale. school year.

The district’s administrative team, led by superintendent Dr. Christopher Marchese, has long championed a transition to full-day kindergarten as a way to help prepare the district’s youngest students for their academic careers.

Full-day kindergarten was also a cornerstone of the dis-

New Garden forms team to explore potential sale of sewer system

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer As a measure of assurance that both New Garden Township and its residents will benefit from the proposed sale of the township’s

sewer system, a 13-member committee has been formed to dot the “I’s” and cross the “T's” on a proposal that, if approved by its supervisors, would transfer the rights of ownership of the system to Aqua Pennsylvania

Wastewater, Inc., by early 2017.

The Sewer Sale Evaluation Committee is made up of supervisors Richard Ayotte and Randy Geouque; Greg Hanson and Mike Wolf of the township’s Sewer

Authority; township solicitor Vince Pompo; township manager Tony Scheivert; Spence Andress, the township’s director of planning and projects; township engineer Matt Brown; Continued on Page 3A

Hopewell Elementary opens STEM classroom

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer Great opportunities await Hopewell Elementary School students as the Oxford Area School District officially opened a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) classroom for fifth- and sixth-graders on June 1.

The classroom is equipped with a 3-D printer, iPads, Apple TV, microscopes, and other state-of-the-art equipment.

“We’re very excited to have this technology in the hands of the students,”

explained Dr. Nicole Addis, the principal of the Hopewell Elementary School. The classroom is intended to introduce the elementary students to STEM concepts and hands-on experiments and research that will set them on a career path.

Oxford offers a Project Lead The Way program that focuses on STEM coursework at the high school, and there is a Gateway program at Penn’s Grove Middle School.

Administrators and teachers were very enthusiastic about now being able to introduce fifth- and sixth-graders to STEM concepts as a way to

trict’s strategic plan that was developed by a committee that included administrators, staff members, and the community.

“We know that a full-day program provides a strong foundation in academic, social and emotional skills,” Continued on Page 3A

Viable option for Kennett Square

By Uncle Irvin The idea of consolidating the Kennett Library in the same structure as the administration and police in the borough is a viable option worth pursuing.

Three obstacles come to mind: How would the quasipublic site by financed?

How much would be the sole responsibility of the borough, and how much would be the responsibility of the library board, and where would Continued on Page 3A

Photo by Steven Hoffman

Dr. Nicole Addis, the principal of the Hopewell Elementary School, with students in the STEM classroom.

prepare them for the future. elementary school level,” “You don’t see many Addis explained. “Fifth and Continued on Page 8A STEM programs at the

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016

Kennett students enjoy KCSD reaches agreement on five-year teachers’ pact a ‘senior stroll’

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer Kennett pride was on full display on June 7 as the members of Kennett High School’s Class of 2016 visited each school in the district for a “senior stroll” through the hallways. While the raucous ovations that they received in each building fell short of Beatlemania-style hysteria, the seniors were certainly made to feel like conquering heroes and rock stars as their graduation day quickly approaches.

The first stop for the seniors was the Kennett Middle School, where students lined up at the door and throughout the school’s hallways to boisterously cheer for this year’s graduating class. It was a good opportunity for the seniors to take a walk down memory lane, as most of them were visiting schools that they had previously

The district also adopts a final budget for the 2016-2017 school year

Photo by Steven Hoffman

The middle school students lined up to cheer the members of the Class of 2016 as they did the “senior stroll.”

attended. The teachers enjoyed seeing students whom they’d taught in class.

This is the first time that Kennett High School has organized an event like this, and the seniors really enjoyed it.

“It was a lot of fun,” said senior Ryan Hamilton just before he boarded the school bus to go to the next stop.

Nolan Joyce, also a senior,

said that it was a great experience. He said that it not only rewards the seniors who have worked hard to reach this point, but it also encourages the younger students to work hard so that they get to become seniors.

Joyce praised high school principal Dr. Jeremy Hritz for doing a good job to make the year a great one for seniors in the school.

Photo by Steven Hoffman

With “Pomp and Circumstance” playing, the high school seniors entered the Kennett Middle School to rousing cheers.

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer The Kennett Consolidated School District has reached an agreement with the Kennett Education Association on a new five-year teachers’ pact.

The Kennett School Board approved the deal on May 23, while members of the Kennett Education Association ratified the agreement with a “yes” vote on May 18. The contact was negotiated over a six-month period.

“We, the Kennett Consolidated School community, are ecstatic to have reached an amicable settlement with the Kennett Education Association for the next five years,” said superintendent Dr. Barry Tomasetti in a statement.

“It clearly demonstrates our common goal to put kids first.”

The new contract calls for salary increases of 4 percent during the 2016-2017 school year, 2.25 percent in 2017-2018, 2.5 percent in 2018-2019, 2.6 percent in 2019-2020, and 2.7 percent in 2020-2021. These increases are inclusive of step movement and off-schedule bonuses. Educational credit adjustments have been limited to two moves over the five years of the contract.

Officials involved with the negotiations on both sides talked about working cooperatively to reach a deal that is good for both the school district and for the taxpayers in the district.

“The Kennett Consolidated School Board is very pleased that we have approved a contract which is a win for all stakeholders—our taxpayers, our teachers and faculty, and, most importantly, our students,” said school board president Kendra LaCosta. “The efforts of the Kennett Education Association and the Kennett Consolidated School District administration to work respectfully toward such an agreement highlights the commitment of all involved.”

Tomasetti said, “Throughout the negotiations process it was important for us to balance the financial constraints of the taxpayers with the need to recruit, retain, and reward highly qualified and dedicated professionals. With the contract behind us, united, we are committed to serving our community’s educational needs.”

Michael Kelly, the president of the Kennett Education Association, said, “I am pleased that both parties were able to accomplish the goal of a more positive round of negotiations that culminated in a win-win contract for both parties. Both sides are to be commended for their hard work and commitment to this goal.”

In addition to the aforementioned agreement on salary increases, the new contract also includes changes in the benefits package that will result in savings to the district. In order to control costs, the prescription drug plan will change to a 5/30/45 premium plan with a 30-day maximum supply.

Also, the district has moved to a single, unified medical plan.

The medical benefit for fiscal years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 is the Independence Blue Cross Personal Choice 20/30/70 plan.

Effective on July 1, 2018, the medical plan will move to an Independence Blue Cross flex plan. Employees will contribute 12 percent toward the cost of the medical premiums.

The new contact will impact the budget moving forward, and the school board unanimously adopted a final budget of $81,793,364 for the 2016-2017 school year at its meeting on June 13. This is slightly less than the $82.2 million preliminary budget that was previously adopted.

School board member Michael Finnegan said that the Finance Committee recently reviewed the budget for the final time before making its recommendation on a final spending plan. He explained that the final budget being recommended by the committee was about $450,000 less than the preliminary budget that the board adopted five months ago. A significant portion of that expenditure reduction came from decreases in salaries and benefits due to retirements.

The district projects to save about $119,000 for the next school year as a result of these retirements.

Overall, the school taxes are going up 2.23 percent, Finnegan said, and the average homeowner in the district will see a hike of $116 in the tax bill.

The millage rate will increase from 28.6017 mills to 29.2408 mills to balance the budget.

Finnegan said that the budget meets the district’s academic needs.

“The district continues to implement programs to challenge and engage students in the learning process,” he said. “The STEM program continues to be a success, and additional program offerings are being scheduled for 2016-2017.

The budget includes two new certificated teaching positions, which will be utilized in the most effective manner possible to address academic concerns.”

Some of the items impacting the budget include salary increases and hikes in employee benefits that can be attributed largely to increases in the

state-mandated Public School Employee Retirement System (PSERS) costs. Finnegan said that employee benefits are increasing by slightly more than $2 million as the contribution rate now stands at more than 30 percent.

“Just eight years ago,” Finnegan explained, “the statedetermined contribution rate was under five percent. It has exponentially increased each year since then to reach the level it is set at for next year. These huge annual increases had to be absorbed into our budgets for each of these years.”

The good news, Finnegan said, is that the contribution rate is now at its peak level so there won’t be significant year-to-year increases in the next few years.

Charter school funding continues to increase for the Kennett Consolidated School District—by approximately $300,000 for the next school year—due to a higher than normal number of charter school students receiving special education, Finnegan said.

He also expressed his concerns that the state budget, which was delayed by more than nine months for the current fiscal year, will continue to be an issue as state lawmakers fail to meet the deadlines for approving a state budget. “There has been little movement from the State Legislature to approve a 2016-2017 state budget,” he explained. “The lack of immediacy on behalf of the state leadership to adopt timely budgets jeopardizes the district’s ability to make sound financial decisions.”

In other business at the June 13 meeting, the school board approved an agreement with the Krapf Bus Company to continue handling student transportation. The district originally outsourced its student transportation to Krapf Bus Company in 2006. The new agreement extends for five years, beginning on Aug. 1, 2016.

The school district is seeking a waiver from the landdevelopment plan requirement for the construction of a new baseball field at the middle school. In exchange for New Garden Township granting that waiver, the district is agreeing to maintain the trees being planted around the baseball field to serve as a screen. The school district is also agreeing to maintain the rain garden.

The school board will meet again at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 11 at the Mary D. Lang Kindergarten Center.

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

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said Marchese in a statement.

“The current two-and-a-half hour kindergarten day gives our teachers and students less time than many of them even had during a preschool day. A full-day program will allow for more dynamic, hands-on learning. It’s the right thing to do for the students of this community.”

After spending months discussing and debating the issue—including a vote in late January that saw the school board deadlocked at 4-4 on a vote to implement the program in time for the school year that begins in September—the vote at the June 9 school board meeting was surprisingly quick.

School board member Herman Engle made the motion to approve the fullday kindergarten program and school board vice president Brian Gaerity seconded the motion. Gaerity also read from a prepared statement explaining his ongoing support for full-day kindergarten because of the benefits it offers to students.

Board member Patrick Walker, who voted against

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township attorney Steve Goldfield; Russ McIntosh, a local expert in water and wastewater utility financing; Helen Mountain, an attorney with the law firm of Lamb McErlane; and a consultant with the firm of AUS Consultants, a utility consulting firm located in Mt. Laurel, N.J. Late last year, the township sent out request for proposals [RFP] in order to determine potential interest and qualifications from outside companies. Two of the three initial bidders – the Pennsylvania American Water Company, based in Vorhees, N.J.; and Chester-based Delcora – chose to withdraw from consideration.

That left Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater, Inc., and although the committee likes the general content of the company’s proposal, a lot of fine tuning still needs to be done. Over

implementing the program during the January vote, said that he would be supporting full-day kindergarten on this vote.

“I thought the vote (in January) was premature and I voted against it,” Walker explained. “I still had questions at that time.” Walker added that Marchese and the administrative team had answered all those questions.

School board member Charles Beatty, who has been the most outspoken critic of the full-day kindergarten proposal, said that his concerns about the financial impact of the program remain. “If we approve full-day kindergarten tonight, I foresee similar increases in future spending that will continue to out-pace our income,” he said. Beatty reiterated his opposition to moving forward with the kindergarten program without a five-year financial plan in place.

“Without a comprehensive financial forecast, I believe we are flying blind, and thus neglecting our fiduciary responsibility given to us by the Avon Grove community,” he said.

This time, however, the school board overwhelming-

ly voted in favor of full-day kindergarten, 7-1.

The implementation of this program is the latest illustration of the school district’s commitment to advance from having good schools to having great ones—a stated goal that aligns with what the district heard from parents and residents in the school district during surveys over the last few years.

The school district conducted a survey of parents and found that there was strong support for full-day kindergarten. The absence of a full-day option has been a reason for parents to choose to send their children to the Avon Grove Charter School or private schools in the area.

District officials have projected that the first-year kindergarten enrollment will be approximately 274 students. District officials believe that they can accommodate that number of students at Penn London Elementary without disrupting the existing academic program for first and second grades. Eventually, modular classrooms will be used for the additional kindergarten students.

While there have been

some concerns expressed by residents about the costs of implementing full-day kindergarten, district officials say that those costs will be largely offset as a result of the return of charter school students to the Avon Grove School District, which will reduce, on a per-pupil basis, the amount of money that Avon Grove sends to the charter school. Operating a full-day kindergarten program could be cost-neutral by the second year of implementation, according to district officials.

Proponents of full-day kindergarten have maintained that the benefits will be worth the costs.

A team of administrators and teachers has been analyzing the proposed change for months. They conducted site visits to other full-day kindergarten programs and worked on analyzing a fullday kindergarten curriculum.

“Some people believe full-day kindergarten is just babysitting, or on the other extreme that it is asking too much academically of our students too soon,” said Kalia Reynolds, the director of elementary education, who is leading the

the next several months, the committee will determine the “best path forward” by evaluating the proposal further, so that it may may be able to craft the content and structure of a sale.

Part of the negotiation will include considering methods of allocating and leveraging the purchase price in order to achieve the best return. One way to do that will be determining how to work cooperatively with Aqua Pennsylvania in a “public-private partnership” (also known as a “P3 arrangement”), a scenario where the buyer would complete certain agreedupon projects related to the purchase, the value of which would be used as credit toward the purchase price of the system.

The committee is also expected to deliberate what the township will do with the proceeds from the sale, which include the idea of using the proceeds to pay down the township’s debt;

creating programs to stimulate economic development and investment in the township; freezing sewer rates; dedicating funds toward open space preservation; and making immediate capital improvements, which would include addressing bridge, road, culvert and storm water infrastructure, park improvements and historical preservation opportunities.

A primary reason the township is exploring the concept of selling may have a lot to do with the fact that the current sewer system is considered to be too old, and too expensive to repair.

Andress said at a 2015 November presentation that over the next seven to nine years, the township will be expected to spend between $9 million to $12 million to upgrade or replace these systems – if it chooses to maintain ownership of its sewage system.

The Toughkenamon stretch of the system was

installed in 1969; another section was built in 1998; and the system in Somerset Lake was built in 2001 – all sure signs that there could be trouble in the future, given that the life expectancy of these systems range from 25 to 45 years.

Another pending talking point will be how the potential sale of the system will affect local sewer rates in the township. A vote on the sale will likely take place in July, and public meetings will be scheduled

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Parking. There must be ample free parking for at least 50 vehicles, which takes up a lot of real estate. Garage or high-rise parking is out of the question, at least for the library.

Location. The location of administrative offices and police in the borough is of less concern than the physical location of the library, which should remain as part of downtown Kennett Square.

Obviously, this new idea will take some time to sort out from a planning and logistical standpoint. It would be helpful if the community knew what was going on through frequent public updates.

(Uncle Irvin’s column is his opinion only, and is not a news story.) team. “In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Students will certainly have more time on task to truly learn concepts and standards, but they will also have more time to practice the essential self-regulation, social and emotional skills while they are learning. At the elementary level, those skills are critical to help them be successful in a classroom setting.”

Marchese said that he is looking forward to the start of the 2016-2017 school year

so that they can plan for the implementation of the kindergarten program.

The district has a section of its website dedicated to the full-day kindergarten program, and more information, including a list of frequently asked questions, will be added in the coming weeks.

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

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by neighbors, and be able to provide their two boys with the opportunity to make new friends, all within the confines of safety.

Davis owns a consulting firm that installs electronic records in hospitals; and Ruth, the former head designer for a photography company, left his job to become a full-time caretaker for his two nephews. Taking custody of the young boys was a loving gesture, but one complicated by a safety concern with the boys’ biological parents that required the construction of a protective fence around the majority of their property’s edge.

Within a month of moving in, Davis and Ruth began the steps needed to construct a six-foot antiscaling vinyl fence around the perimeter of their property. They spoke with Don Suckstorf, the zoning officer for New Garden Township.

They looked at their deed for proper fence guidelines.

They spoke with real estate agents. At every turn, they did not see anything that prevented construction. The fence was installed in the middle of December 2014, and together with the boys, Davis and Ruth moved into their new home in time for Christmas.

During the survey for the fence, they met a neighbor.

The meeting was cordial, although the neighbor had an issue with how near the property lines came to his house. The neighbor referred to the Declaration of Covenants, Restrictions and Easements for Bucktoe Manor, that were created when the development was being constructed, and enforced by an affiliation of neighbors called the Architectural Control

Committee.

The declaration stated that homeowners are only allowed to have a four-foothigh, post-and-rail fence, that can only encompass the rear part of a property.

“If the declaration had been found or known about by the realtor and by the homeowner, we would never have been in this situation to begin with,” Davis said. “We would not have even looked at this house, but the listing stated that there was no Home Owners Association (in Bucktoe Manor) and no restrictions.

If my neighbor had given me a copy of the declaration, we would not have even moved in. It would have been relevant enough to terminate our contract on this house, and not have spent significant money on this property.

“If the committee had been functioning as they should have been, we should have been aware of what was going on,” Davis added.

“Why didn’t someone from the committee knock on my front door the following day? It wasn’t until the last day of the fence installation that I received a copy of the covenant.”

On New Year’s Day, 2015, two neighbors came to the Ruth-Davis home and were “completely unreasonable and uncompromising,” Ruth said. “We offered to put in trees to block the view of the fence. We offered to paint the fence, but they just wanted the fence gone.

If we had to leave, then we had to leave.”

As a further measure to better assure that their boys would be safe, Davis and Ruth upgraded the security system on their home and placed ground sensors – valued at $500 apiece – at the end of the driveway.

Soon after, the system,

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Portions of a six-foot anti-scaling vinyl fence that Davis and Ruth had installed around the perimeter of their property was damaged.

they discovered, had been ripped from the ground.

They installed a new system and it, too, was soon damaged. Finally, after the fifth such incident, they gave up.

On March 9, 2015, two neighbors who live in homes that border the Davis-Ruth home filed a lawsuit against them, claiming that the fence violated the rules of the covenant.

Three other neighbors soon joined in the suit, which was not filed under the auspices of the Architectural Control Committee, but initiated by the couple’s neighbors.

Their problems were only beginning. Portions of the fence were cut down twice – in two different locations – by a hacksaw, as was confirmed by the fencing company which did the

repairs to the fence.

Every time they would let their four dogs out in their yard, neighbors would call the police.

On June 17, 2015, they received a letter from two of their neighbors named in the lawsuit “politely” asking them to turn their back lights off. On June 23, 2015 at 8:53 a.m., New Garden Police responded to a hate crime and criminal mischief complaint. The police observed damage to the two garage doors of the DavisRuth home. One door was painted with the words “get out” and the second door had been painted with a derogatory term used to describe homosexuals. The investigation is still active.

Davis and Ruth have tried to keep their children

unaware of the vandalism or the lawsuit, but the boys have told Davis and Ruth that they have started to endure broken friendships with a lot of the children in the neighborhood, that began soon after the lawsuit was filed.

“One of the neighborhood children told us that we were the talk of the school bus,” Davis said. “Our only assumptions were that this issue was being discussed so much in the homes in the development by the parents, that the kids were hearing what their parents were saying.”

Davis and Ruth put in a request to the committee to include a hot tub, a small pool, a swing set and a small pond to go near the pool. At first request, all were denied by the committee, but after multiple meetings with the lawyers of both sides and four additional written requests over a five-month period, the swing set, pond and hot tub were approved. The pool installation is still denied as of today.

Davis then went to every home in the development, and recorded that 11 homes out of the 26 homes have deviations from the covenant.

The lawsuit filed against Davis and Ruth is now in its 14th month, and legal fees have continued to mount against them. What was originally thought of as a quick case has been complicated by new issues being filed every month – thus prolonging the suit. Davis and Ruth are represented by the West Chester law firm of MacElree Harvey, Ltd. The stress of the legal action has placed a huge financial burden on the couple. Davis’ job requires him to be on site with his clients in New York City for days at a stretch, but because of the ongoing nature of the suit, he has had to curtail much of his business there. The toll is also a physical one; Davis suffers from a genetic bone disease called Avascular Necrosis (AVN), and has had his hips replaced and faces certain replacement of his shoulders and his knees.

“Doing that much travel is painful, and if I overdo it, I’m in pain to the point where I can’t walk for the next week,” he said. “It made it almost impossible for me to be at work, and that has caused us the business, and it is bankrupting

us. There is also the concern that if we have to take down the fence, where is that money going to come from?”

In an effort to enlist financial support, the couple recently kicked off a Go Fund Me campaign, that to date has raised nearly $5,000 in two weeks, through 116 private donations.

Finally, on June 7 in Chester County Court, both sides presented evidence to the Hon. Jeffrey Sommer.

A ruling is expected sometime this week. One of the issues that is expected to be considered will be whether the building code restrictions that govern a development like Bucktoe Manor supersede the ordinances of the municipality where the development is located; in this case, New Garden Township.

When Suckstorf performed a curbside inspection of the fence in 2014, he saw that it was not encroaching the wetlands that border the back of the home. Further, because the fence was not over six feet, it did not require a Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code permit to construct.

While both parties wait for Judge Sommer’s ruling, Davis and Ruth already know that they will likely be facing a very tenuous future at their current residence. If the decision rules in their favor, Davis and Ruth fear that some kind of retaliation may happen, whether it be continued vandalism or verbal harassment, or perhaps an appeal of the decision.

If the court rules in favor of their neighbors and the fence has to come down, they said that they would need to move as soon as possible.

“They (neighbors) have made our lives a living hell,” Davis said. “We have been broken down on every level -- the lawsuit, the harassment and the vandalism.”

“I feel a tenseness driving past these neighbors,” Ruth said. “When we first moved in, we had such big plans,” Ruth said. “The longer this has taken, the more depressing it has been to see our plans slowly go away.”

To learn more, visit w w w. g o f u n d m e . c o m / MoreThanAFence.

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

Global wellness

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Jourdan Cole and Stacey Pierson of the Garden Media Group were among the many participants who celebrated Global Wellness Day on June 11, at the Kennett Square Area YMCA. The event featured houseplant giveaways from Costa Farms, the leader in the houseplant and plant garden industry. Houseplants from Costa’s O2 for You collection were given out to gym goers and their families.

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Jennersville Regional Hospital Speeding in Unionville earns award for stroke care brought to supervisors again The hospital received the Gold Quality Achievement Award for demonstrating that it meets the guidelines for quality care for stroke patients

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer The Jennersville Regional Hospital was recently recognized for its success in providing quality care to stroke patients by meeting the guidelines necessary to qualify for the Gold Quality Achievement Award. These guidelines are established by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association based on the research and the latest scientific evidence on the treatment of strokes.

Hospital CEO Andy Guz said that this is the first time that Jennersville Regional earned the Gold Quality Achievement Award. The hospital had previously received a Silver Quality Achievement Award, but qualified for the higher honor after scoring 85 percent or higher on adherence to all the guidelines for two consecutive twelve-month periods.

“With a stroke, time lost is brain lost, and this award demonstrates our commitment to ensuring patients receive care based on nationally respected clinical guidelines,” Guz explained.

The guidelines are designed to help hospital teams provide care that allows for speedy recoveries and reduces death and disability for stroke patients. The recommended care includes everything from the aggressive use of medications, such as clotbusting and anti-clotting drugs, blood thinners, and cholesterol-

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Jennersville Regional Hospital officials recently learned that the hospital has earned the Gold Quality Achievement Award for meeting the guidelines for treating stroke victims. Pictured are (back row) Andy Guz (hospital CEO), Lisa Butler, RN (infection prevention nurse), Dawn TuersFeldman, RN (chief nursing officer); and (front row) Alex Fernandez (medical director, emergency services), Joseph Handler, M.D. (neurologist), Michelle Mattiace, RN (quality control officer), and Bob Hotchkiss (CEO Medic 94).

reducing drugs to smoking cessation counseling.

According to the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, strokes are the fifth-leading cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the U.S. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 40 seconds. Someone dies of stroke every four minutes. And approximately 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.

In a statement, Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D., the national chairman of the Get With The Guidelines steering committee and the executive director of interventional cardiovascular programs and a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, explained the importance of having a hospital that follows the

established guidelines. “Studies have shown that hospitals that consistently follow the Get With The Guidelines quality improvement measures can reduce the length of stay and the 30-day readmission rates and reduce disparities in care,” he said.

For health care providers like hospitals, the guidelines offer quality-improvement measures, discharge protocols, standing orders and other measurement tools. By providing hospitals with these resources and information, it makes it easier for them to provide better treatments that can save lives and ultimately reduce overall health care costs by lowering readmission rates for stroke patients. Patients also learn about how to manage their risk factors and how to recognize warning signs of a stroke.

By John Chambless Staff Writer There were a few new items on the agenda for the June 6 Board of Supervisors meeting in East Marlborough Township, but the old issue of traffic speeding through the village of Unionville dominated the debate.

During public comment at the beginning of the meeting, Tom Blomer, who lives at 1667 W. Doe Run Road in Unionville, submitted a petition to the supervisors that was signed by 38 residents, asking the board to take action on speeders and to restrict truck traffic.

“I live near Hood’s, and there is traffic going 50 to 70 miles per hour past my house,” Blomer told the board. “Nobody stops for pedestrians at the crosswalk

by Hood’s. Nobody,” he added.

Heavy truck traffic shakes the foundations of the village’s historic homes, Blomer said, causing fractures and settling. “I know there was a Safety Committee formed to look at the speeding and trucks, but nothing’s been done. We’re going on six years now,” he said.

Chief of Police Robert Clarke said that officers do watch for speeders in the village, “but we’re not just assigned to the village. We’ve got the whole township,” Clarke said. “There are only two part-timers and me.”

Board chairman Richard Hannum, Jr., said, “We’ve

had these discussions before.

We did a traffic study two years ago. We have plans and outlines, and we talked about installing raised crosswalks, but it’s a funding issue, and there were some issues around maintenance and plowing. We have not gone to the next steps.”

Township manager Jane Laslo added that there are crosswalks being installed at the east end of the village, near the new park. There are also issues with adding a more prominent crosswalk

by Hood’s because laws prohibit having traffic exiting so close to a crosswalk. The proposed site is where traffic for the ball fields enters Route 82.

Hannum took Blomer’s name and contact information, and said that he would welcome Blomer’s contribution to the Safety Committee.

Unionville resident Jack Greenwood angrily told the board, “I’ve been involved in this issue for years, and it’s time for this board to get serious. I’ve worked out solutions and presented them to the board, but there have been no Safety Committee meetings in over a year. I send emails and nobody responds.

I tell you about trucks that are tearing up our roads and our houses, and Jane Laslo laughs about it. She thinks it’s funny,” Greenwood said.

“That is absolutely untrue,” Laslo began, but Greenwood cut her off.

“If this township wants to get busy and do something,

you’ve got to take action now.

No more words,” he said.

Greenwood then walked out of the meeting.

Later in the evening, the board heard from Kim Holt about a ‘Run for Recovery’ to be held in November by Celebrate Recovery, a group that meets at Willowdale Chapel. The run will accompany a family festival to be held at Willowdale, and the goal is “to unify the community around the issue of recovery,” Holt said.

Supervisor Robert Weer tried to convince the Willowdale representatives to route the run away from heavily traveled Route 82, but was told that the brief stretch of the route that will close the roadway for about an hour was the best alternative.

“We sure do have a lot of runners,” Weer said. “But I give up.”

The supervisors voted to approve the plan for the run, with Weer abstaining.

The board also approved replacing a township pickup truck that has more than 110,000 miles with a 2017 GMC Sierra, at a cost of $46,291. The truck will be outfitted with a plow for winter use. Laslo said the township had allotted $60,000 in the budget for replacing the vehicle, “so we’re covered,” she said.

“This is a bit less.”

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

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Editorial

Banning the assault weaponry of homophobia If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Leviticus 20:13 In the early hours of June 12, 29-year-old Omar Mateen, armed with an AR-15 assault rifle, walked into Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., and opened fire, killing 49 people and wounding 53. It was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.

Almost immediately, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – commonly known as ISIS – claimed responsibility for the attack, called Mateen “one of the soldiers of the Caliphate in America,” and claimed that the shooter’s affiliation with the Islamic State “enabled him to inflict heavy casualties amongst the filthy Crusaders.”

Officials are still investigating the exact motives for the shooting, and both ties to radical Islam as well as a general hate crime motivation are being considered. In the past, ISIS claimed responsibility for attacks that did not originate within their command structure or territory, and analysts say this latest claim still does not prove ISIS was directly involved in the shooting. Mateen’s pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State 20 minutes into the slaughter brought to horrific public attention what had largely been absent from Islamist-inspired attacks in the West: Radical Islam’s visceral hatred for gays.

So we begin the spin cycle once again, just like we did in the aftermath of Oregon and Colorado and Blacksburg and Sandy Hook and San Bernardino. In the coming weeks, every news channel will open up roundtable discussions on whether now is the time to ban assault weapons in the United States. Social media will erupt with the voices of regular Americans calling for the death – or at least massive rewrite – of the Second Amendment. Politicians whose purse strings are directly connected to the NRA will offer the families of the victims their thoughts and prayers, while well-paid NRA lackeys will trot out their tired old workhorse and claim that “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.”

Three months will go by – six months, perhaps – and the discussion of what happened in Orlando will be resigned to the dustbin of the American Conversation, only to resurface when the next mass shooting occurs. But the truth is that our voices are about to begin the wrong conversation. The truth is that Mateen did not pull the trigger of his AR-15 assault rifle because of any overt subservience to Islamic fundamentalism.

He pulled that trigger for no other reason than his hatred of homosexuals. He saw two men kissing, and he did not like it, so he wiped out an entire nightclub. It was Pride Month, a time when cities across the country host celebrations and parades.

Hate violence toward the LGBT community has soared in recent years. From 2010 to 2011, hate crimes against gays increased 13 percent in New York City. In 2011, the National Coalition reported the highest number of LGBT bias-related homicides in its 15-year history. In 2014, a majority of Americans believed that gay sex is morally unacceptable.

The Southern Poverty Law Center found that LGBT people are more than twice as likely to be the target of a violent hate crime than Jews or black people, and are more than four times as likely as Muslims to be the victims of hate crimes.

Hate crimes against the LGBT community have no boundaries, and to believe that these same crimes have not been perpetrated upon residents of Chester County is glaringly ignorant. As documented in this issue of the Chester County Press, a same-sex couple in Avondale was the victim of a hate crime last year, when they came home to find that a homophobic slur had been painted on their garage doors.

As part of a “No Gay Thursday” weekly hazing ritual, three senior athletes at Conestoga High School were accused recently of assaulting a 14-year-old victim, who was held down by two athletes while another teammate positioned a broom handle in the boy’s rectum.

Perhaps the worst violation against the LGBT community in Chester County – and Pennsylvania – is not being done with spray paint and sexual crimes, but through the lack of legislation. Pennsylvania was the final Mid Atlantic state in the country to allow same-sex marriage, until it overturned its statutory ban on May 20, 2014.

Although it passed a hate crime law protecting the LGBT community in 2002, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck it down in 2008 on a technicality: Legislators inserted the language into an unrelated bill on agricultural terrorism, changing that bill’s purpose during the legislative process, which violates the Pennsylvania Constitution. It is now 2016, and the law still has not been passed.

The vast majority of those crimes are not being carried out by Muslim extremists or organized hate groups, but by those who are otherwise considered normal members of our society. Very often, it is these otherwise upstanding people whose anti-gay beliefs have been cultivated, manifested and heightened by their religious beliefs. Literal interpretations of such biblical passages as Leviticus 20:13, quoted above, have only supported their ideals.

A few years ago, the Public Religion Research Institute came up with a figure that said that 14 percent of Americans believed that AIDS was God’s punishment for immoral sexual behavior. In response to the Orlando shootings, Pastor Stephen L. Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Ariz., told his congregation that Mateen was simply following the Bible. “... They should have been killed through the proper channels … by a righteous government that would have tried them, convicted them, and saw them executed,” Anderson said.

We may never know for certain what led Mateen to commit the murders of 49 people last Sunday morning, but it is time for Americans who wish to put an end to the ridicule, dismissal and violence against the LGBT community to begin their own conversations -- and to begin them in the face of closed doors that lead to places of worship and schools and legislative halls and living rooms. Perhaps there is no way to force these doors wide open and keep them that way, but on the morning after the tragedy, more than 600 people lined up outside of Orlando hospitals.

They were there to give up some of their blood, in order for others to continue to live.

Opinion Chester County Commissioners present $25,000 check to Chester County Food Bank The Chester County Commissioners presented a check for $25,000 to representatives from the Chester County Food Bank this week, at the Food Bank’s headquarters in Exton. The funds are part of the County’s annual appropriations to organizations and nonprofits, and the check was presented in anticipation of the opening of the Food Bank’s Fresh2You Mobile Market later this month.

Chester County government actively supports the work of the Chester County Food Bank, and in particular the farm and garden programs, growing vegetables and fruit at the County’s Springton Manor Farm as well as at the Chester County Youth Center and Chester County Prison.

Close to $300,000 of state and federal funding channels through Chester

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The Chester County Commissioners recently presented a $25,000 check to the Chester County Food Bank. The food bank serves approximately 50,000 people each year. Pictured are Commissioner Michelle Kichline, Commissioner Terence Farrell, Norm Horn, Director of Advancement at the Chester County Food Bank, Larry Welsh, Executive Director of the Chester County Food Bank, and Commissioner Kathi Cozzone.

County government for the Chester County Food Bank annually, and in addition to the Commissioners’ annual appropriation, county employees donate food and toiletry items to the Food

Bank as part of the county’s monthly dress down day program.

The Chester County Food Bank serves approximately 50,000 people a year through 36 food

cupboards and 68 meal sites and social service agencies. Last year, 2.5 million pounds of food was distributed, including 850,000 pounds of fresh produce.

What it takes to be an effective citizen

By Lee H. Hamilton It’s so easy in a presidential election year to forget that our system is not about a single person. This year especially, when the dynamics of the presidential contest have dominated news coverage so thoroughly that even the Senate and House races have largely disappeared from view, the crucial role that citizens play — apart from serving as voters in the presidential drama — isn’t even an afterthought.

Yet effective citizenship is the base on which our representative democracy rests.

Our vitality as a country depends on the involvement of millions of people in their neighborhoods and communities, in interest groups and civic organizations, in groups agitating for change and groups defending the status quo.

So just what constitutes effective citizenship? I believe it’s made up of several elements.

First, a confident belief that change is possible — that the country can indeed make progress over time thanks to the efforts both of ordinary people and of political leaders. In his recent speech at Howard University, President Obama noted that by almost every measure, the country has moved forward over the last three decades. The poverty rate is down, as are the rates for crime and for teenage pregnancy. More Americans are getting college degrees, more women are working and earning more money, many cities are far healthier than they were in the 1980s.

Yes, we’ve got miles to go on many fronts, but on the whole, I’ll take where we stand today over where we stood in the 1980s. Our system is working better for more people than it did then.

The people who helped make this happen understood two things: that progress was possible, and

that it required their efforts.

This might seem too obvious even to say, but those who were most effective had an impact because they had the skills to make a difference.

I’m talking here about the fundamental ability we should all have as citizens to solve problems in a representative democracy that’s filled with people who have different beliefs, perspectives, and experiences.

This means knowing how to work together with all kinds of people, being able to find common ground, being forthright about aims and methods, forging connections to key officials and other players who can help advance a cause, building consensus, and communicating ideas effectively.

I use the word “skills,” but in the end, good citizenship is as much about temperament as it is about ability.

Mutual respect, tolerance, empathy, civility, humility, honesty, resolve — these are the simple virtues that our nation depends on in its citizens, not because they’re nice to see, but because in a vibrant and diverse democracy they’re crucial for making progress.

So is a willingness to step up to challenges. The people who make a difference in our system are the ones who not only identify a problem, but then plunge into fixing it.

I frequently hear from people who are exasperated by the obstacles they have to overcome in order to make a difference: fellow citizens who are ignorant of the system, politicians who are too obtuse or self-interested to see the light, incompetence in the bureaucracy, officials protecting turf.... But here’s the thing: those obstacles will always be there. You just have to keep plugging away at overcoming them, whether by casting an informed ballot, sitting down with — or protesting against — political leaders, or finding the myriad ways you can improve the quality

of life for your neighbors and fellow Americans.

You may already have picked up on the final quality that makes for effective citizenship, and it’s a tough one. For the most part, we’re not going to solve our challenges in a single generation. So we have to educate our children and those who come after us in the same skill sets I’ve been talking about.

That’s because, as I said at the start, our representative democracy is not all about the presidency. We —you, me, and our fellow citizens — are responsible for the future of our neighborhoods and our nation.

Unless we all shoulder the obligation to learn the skills we need to shepherd it into the future, and then teach those skills to others, our country and our system will struggle.

Lee Hamilton is a Senior Advisor for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government; a Distinguished Scholar, IU School of Global and International Studies; and a Professor of Practice, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

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sixth grade is a great time to introduce students to problem-solving concepts, and it gives us the foundation to spread this throughout the district.”

David Woods, the superintendent of schools, said that many of the careers that students will be seeking require a strong foundation in science, technology, engineering, and math. He compared the current push to improve STEM education in public schools to what occurred in the early 1960s when President John F. Kennedy challenged public schools to increase science education, and called on NASA to aim for the moon.

Woods and assistant superintendent Dr. Margaret Billings-Jones have been strong advocates of increasing educational opportunities for students.

At the opening, the Hopewell Elementary students were already demonstrating their abilities.

Garrett Brady and Emiliano Zetune were constructing a K’ Nex roller coaster, while Jac Conner, a sixth-grader, was working on building a robotics forklift.

The STEM classroom became a possibility, Addis said, because of a $5,000 John C. Pittenger Grant from the Oxford Educational Foundation. That started the process, and then BillingsJones secured a grant for STEM programming in the district. The Oxford Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) also provided additional funding to purchase equipment and materials.

Addis said that a teacher will be brought in to teach STEM programming to students. All the students in the building will see that teacher and utilize the classroom at least once in every six-day cycle, if not more often. The

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district is also always bringing in professionals from the community who work in science or engineering careers to talk to students.

“I think it would be so exciting to be the teacher of this classroom,” Addis said.

“This is about our students, seeing them in action, and giving them as many opportunities as possible.”

Steve Roberts, the President of the Oxford Educational Foundation, is a retired mechanical engineer. He said that the students will benefit greatly from practicing the scientific method in the classroom.

“With this classroom, we will get students excited about science, technology, engineering, and math,” he explained.

The John C. Pittenger Grant is a competitive one, and Hopewell Elementary was selected to receive the funding this year because of the merits of the STEM classroom for fifth- and sixth-graders.

Dr. Raymond Fischer, a former superintendent of schools for Oxford who is now the executive director of the Oxford Educational Foundation, said that Pittenger would love seeing the results of the grant program that is named after him.

“He would be very happy to see this,” Fischer said, explaining that Pittenger and Dick Winchester, among others, were responsible for founding the Oxford Educational Foundation more than 25 years ago. “We’ve got several organizations coming together to make a project a reality. The Oxford Educational Foundation board is pleased that we can provide funding for this initiative.”

Etha McDowell serves on the committee that evaluated the requests for funding through the John C. Pittenger

Grant. She said that there were many positives to bringing STEM programs to elementary school students.

“The proposal that we received from Dr. Addis was very good,” McDowell explained.

Addis thanked the Oxford Educational Foundation for making the funding available.

“The John Pittenger grant has given Oxford students opportunities,” she said, adding that it’s very important that the community is supportive of educational initiatives likes this. The principal also thanked the school district’s PTO organization, which helps Oxford students in many different ways.

Chrissy Peabody, the president of the Oxford PTO president, said that the organization was proud to be able to support Oxford students.

She also talked about having the whole community involved.

Even though the school year is quickly coming to a close, John Barcus, a math and science teacher at the school, was extremely excited about the possibility of incorporating STEM lessons into the curriculum for his students.

Addis said that Barcus, who has 24 years of experience as an educator, is always looking for new ideas that engage students. There will be plenty of opportunities to engage students in the STEM classroom.

Barcus said that while planning is still taking place to determine exactly how the STEM curriculum will be incorporated at the school, and how the classroom will be utilized by teachers and students, it will certainly be beneficial for students to go through engineering process.

He expects that students will be challenged to start with an idea and end up with a working product. It wasn’t that long ago that students

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Garrett Brady and Emiliano Zetune construct a K’ Nex roller coaster.

would mainly be relying on textbooks to learn the sciences, but there has been a major shift toward hands-on learning that incorporates real-world scientific and engineering practices.

“You really have to learn by doing,” Barcus said.

That’s great for students like Gabby Clark, a sixthgrader. Clark, who wants to be a surgeon one day, said that math and science classes are very important to her.

She’ll be moving on to the Penn’s Grove Middle School, where there is a Gateway Program to Project Lead The Way. While she won’t be able to use the STEM classroom at Hopewell Elementary herself, Clark said that fifth- and sixth-graders will really benefit from it.

“I think it’s a really good opportunity for students,” she said.

Barcus talked about how important it is to get students interested in math and science and technology, and to guide them toward the careers that will be available to them.

“We need all the promising talent to get in to those careers,” Barcus said. “We need to promote the science and technology as much as

Jac Conner, a sixth-grader, is working on a robotics forklift.

possible.”

Billings-Jones echoed Addis’ comments about the importance of community support to provide as many opportunities as possible for Oxford students. “If we have great teachers and admin-

istrators, and we have that community support, we can do wonderful things for our students,” she said.

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

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Assistant principal hired at Patton Middle School

By John Chambless Staff Writer Tim Hoffman, the principal at Patton Middle School, warmly welcomed his new assistant principal at the June 13 meeting of the UnionvilleChadds Ford School Board.

At the beginning of the meeting, Hoffman told the board, “I just could not be more excited to have Devin Layton on board.

From the start, she has just been impressive. From her background in education prior to becoming an administrator, to her answers, her honesty and her personality, she is going to be a great match for our kids. She’s going to do wonderful things for us.”

Layton, whose husband was in the audience, told the board, “I’m honored to join your team. As I informed Dr. Sanville, there’s transparency throughout this entire district, and I really appreciate that. I need you to know that I love students, and I want all kids to be successful. Thank you very much for the opportunity, and I look forward to working with

everyone.”

The board unanimously approved Layton’s hiring, at a salary of $117,000 per year.

She starts her duties on July 18.

At next month’s board meeting, the board will be voting to approve the final budget for the district. The much-discussed budget got one final twist on Monday evening, as Robert Cochran, the director of business and operations, offered another choice for the board to consider.

Cochran said that board president Victor Dupuis had asked, “what if we took a little bit out of the fund balance.

The proposed final budget is a 2.77 percent weighted average millage increase. What changed was some minor changes to insurance based on final numbers that were received on May 23.”

The last budget option for the board to consider is “an increase in the operating deficit to $72,642, that Mr. Dupuis had asked me to take a look at,” Cochran

said. “Which brings us to a weighted average 2.66 overall – in Chester County that’s a 2.59 increase, and a 2.93 increase in Delaware County.

“Next Monday, there will be a budget item for approval of the budget figures as they stood in the proposed final budget. That is the 2.77 percent increase. This new information has been provided to the board for your consideration between now and the final adoption next Monday.”

Dupuis explained that, “The only reason I asked for this was that I was troubled by a number over 3 percent for Delaware County. It didn’t sit well with me as I stewed on it afterwards. We’re not talking about a dramatic difference either way. It’s really more of a symbolic statement.”

Board member Michael Rock asked what the difference was between 2.77 percent and 2.66 percent, and Cochran said “It might be hundreds of pennies. It is inconsequential.” The district’s annual budget is $82,487,927.

Next week, the board will vote to approve contracts for paving around the district’s schools, at $43,080 for asphalt and $10,200 for seal coating and striping. The Patton Middle School parking lot will be getting new, energyefficient LED lights, at a cost of $13,348. The district will keep the poles now in place, and install just the new heads using district personnel, saving a large amount of money.

Rick Hostetler, the supervisor of building and grounds, informed the board about the state of the district’s on-site gas pumps, which are about 20 years old and approaching the end of their useful lifespan. The administration is suggesting getting a proposed design and bids for replacing the equipment in the near future.

Board member Jeff Hellrung said that an initiative to delay the school day start times for high-school students, and possibly middle school students, is gaining traction.

“A year ago, one of our AP

psychology classes studied the issue of sleep for high school students and concluded that our schools start too early,” Hellrung said. “Students are chronically sleep deprived.

The class came to the school board and asked why we don’t start our schools later. The project was handed off to a student forum representing most of the Chester County high schools. Those students made their report last month and it was excellent.”

Hellrung said administrators at the Coatesville, Owen J. Roberts, Phoenixville and Tredyffrin/Easttown school districts are also looking into the issue, which has gained national attention.

District superintendent John Sanville said, “The Wellness Committee has a number of recommendations that are going to come forward to the board. One of the topics to be addressed now is to invest in a delayed start time in earnest. We need to begin that process now – engaging the community, looking at objections and benefits in

a very real way. It doesn’t require a board vote, but maybe a head nod that we’re moving forward.”

The board members all signaled their approval of moving ahead with definite steps toward a delayed school start time.

Sanville also told the board that the results of a long-term survey of “school climate,” or perceptions of the schools in the district, “are just ridiculously good.

We got results from six schools – student perceptions, staff perceptions and parent perceptions of the climates in their buildings. There are no negative perceptions in any category in any of our schools.

That’s not to say that we couldn’t do some things better.

We’ll provide a detailed report in the August-September time frame.”

For current information about the school district, visit www.ucfsd.org.

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

Avon Grove advances to the state title game against 25-2 Hempfield Area High School (Greensburg, Pa.), who defeated Chambersburg 2-0 on June 13 in the other Class AAAA semifinal. The championship game will be held at Nittany Lion Softball Park, on the campus of Penn State University, on June 16, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

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

The Oxford Borough Police Department is holding its first Coffee with a Cop event at Wholly Grounds, 47 South Third Street, from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 25.

The mayor, the police chief, and members of the Oxford Borough Police Department are expected to participate.

Coffee with a Cop brings police officers and the community members they serve together–over coffee–to discuss issues and learn more about

each other. There are no agendas. The majority of contacts law enforcement has with the public happen during emergencies, emotional situations, traffic stops or arrests. These situations are not always the most effective times for relationship-building with the community, and some community members may feel that officers are unapproachable on the street. Coffee with a Cop breaks down barriers and allows for a relaxed, one-onone interaction.

Coffee with a Cop is a national initiative supported by the United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Similar events have been held across the country, as local police departments strive to make lasting connections with the communities they serve.

The program aims to advance the practice of community policing through improving relationships between police officers and community members one cup of coffee at a time.

Avon Grove beats Hazleton, Coffee with a Cop in Oxford on June 25 heads to state championship

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer Behind the pitching and hitting of Maggie Balint, the Avon Grove softball team (24-3) advanced to the PIAA Class AAAA championship by defeating 23-2 Hazleton by a score of 4-2, in a semifinal game held at Lyons Park in Fleetwood, Pa., on June 13. With the score tied 2-2 in the top of the seventh inning, Balint slugged a two-run, inside-

the-park home run, and then held the District 2 champion Hazleton scoreless in the last of the seventh. In addition to her clutch hit, Balint struck out 13 batters and surrendered five hits. Early solo home runs by Camryn Laterza and Rachel Butler put the Red Devils up 2-0, but in the bottom of the sixth, pinch-hitter Kasey Biever hit a two-run triple to knot the score, leading to Balint’s homer.

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Avon Grove’s 88th A day of graduations commencement and smiles for graduates 430 Unionville High School

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer “ Po m p and Circumstance” did not just usher in the graduates of Avon Grove High School on June 13 before a packed house at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark.

Elgar’s processional notwithstanding, the school’s 88th commencement was a colorful blend of song, celebration and caps and mortars.

Class president Christopher Arencebia delivered the news many of his fellow 429 graduates were not anxious to hear – that the world outside the 5,000-seat arena was waiting for them, beginning the very next day.

“Four thousand, six hundred and seventy six days ago, a couple of kindergartners walked into their first day of school, and 12 years, nine months and 19 days later, here we are,” Arencebia began his address, titled “Change the Pizza, Change the World.”

“Starting tomorrow, our new chapter begins. Come tomorrow, there will be no jocks, no music nerds,

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

Two of the 430 graduates celebrate just before receiving their diplomas.

no smart kids, no dumb kids. Tomorrow, we are all adults in the real world.

Tomorrow, we all start from the same spot again,” Arencebia said.

Referring to the many success stories he has seen among his classmates, Arencebia said that he was confident they could meet the challenges that await them, whether they are headed for college, work or the military.

“Every acceptance letter you’ve received, every job you’ve gotten, and every single worksheet you finished in AP classes – they were all victories for you, no matter how big or small,” he said. “You gave

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

Avon Grove High held its commencement exercises on June 13 before a capacity crowd at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark.

up so much for a goal, and you should be proud of that.

“Life is cyclical and it’s so easy to have motivation during the good times, but the real test is when you fall, and trust me, you’re going to fall,” he added.

“You will get knocked down so many times that the dirt will seem like a familiar place. But the great thing about falling is that the more you get knocked down, the faster your realize that the ground is there to push us back to our feet. You just have to be willing to stand back up.”

Arencebia asked his fellow graduates to “look inside yourself and realize that every single memory you have made in 12 years is a part of who you are.

Each and every one of us.

Today, our first chapters have finally been written.”

Arencebia’s speech highlighted nearly an hour of student addresses.

After opening remarks by principal Scott DeShong, senior speaker Gabrielle Cressman gave her speech, “The Body”; class salutatorian Kyle Denton delivered “Who We Were, Are, and Will Be”; which was followed by “You Are Important” by senior speaker Robert Evans; and “Whatever You Want,” by valedictorian Amanda Addiego.

Senior speakers Carlie Banter and Alexandra Fulmer’s “Here’s to Our Beginnings” took a funny poke at their high school years, which included surviving frequent mental breakdowns and passing Continued on Page 4B

93rd annual commencement held June 8

By John Chambless Staff Writer The 93rd annual commencement for Unionville High School went off perfectly on June 8, managing to completely dodge a thunderstorm that rolled over the Bob Carpenter Center at the University of Delaware while the graduates and their families were kept safe and dry.

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Unionville-Chadds Ford School District superintendent John Sanville.

After the graduating seniors filed in to “Pomp and Circumstance” played by the UHS Concert Band, and the UHS Chorale sang “The Star Spangled Banner,” the school’s alma mater, and “Benediction”

Photo by John Chambless

The Bob Carpenter Center was packed on June 8 for the 93rd annual commencement.

by John Conahan, Unionville principal Jim Conley opened the day’s remarks by talking about the importance of listening.

“My challenge to you is to listen,” Conley told the crowd. “Listen with an ear that seeks understanding and grasps all of the pearls of wisdom thrust upon you.

Listen with an ear that seeks truth and delves into the heart of the matter so that you can better understand.

“Our world celebrates how quickly someone’s tweets, posts or blogs can land in the cyberworld about an event or conversation, without taking the time to listen,” Conley said. “Over the next four years, listen to the mentors in your area of study so that, one day, you will be the best in the field of medicine, law, education, the military, the ministry or business.”

A brief loss of the sound system as the storm rolled through gave Conley and school district superintendent John Sanville a moment to snap a selfie from the stage, before Sanville addressed the crowd with some quotes from others. “‘I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that don’t work,’” Sanville said. “That was Thomas Edison. This captures both optimism and hard work – so remember both the words and the author.

‘Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.’

That was Mark Twain. It’s sound advice that works anywhere, anytime.

“I invite you to think not only about the advice you will follow, but what you can offer to others. I could tell you to work hard, to be honest, and to savor this moment, but instead I will leave you with this,” Sanville said. “‘Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.’

That was Dr. Seuss. It’s absolute, indisputable truth for the ages, and one to remember.”

The first student honor speaker, Elise Covert, Continued on Page 4B

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Local places rendered with startling clarity

Solo show by Heather Davis is at Longwood Gallery in Kennett Square through July 16

By John Chambless Staff Writer The title of the solo show by Heather Davis at the Longwood Gallery, “Bold Color, Vibrant Light,” is certainly appropriate.

The paintings do seem to glow, and Davis achieves startling clarity with her oils in this, her first show at the Kennett Square gallery.

You’ll recognize the places depicted in “Thunderhead at the Folly,” “Corbels,” “Folly 1” and “Folly 2,” which explore the Painters Folly mansion on Route 1 in Chadds Ford.

Davis also captures the sunlit warmth of the wall of the Kuerner farmhouse in “Warm, Fresh Air,” which places the farm made famous by Andrew Wyeth in a different perspective – from the hill to the south, so it also takes in the sweep of the renowned hill across the road.

In her depictions of water, Davis achieves an almost three-dimensional quality.

The reflected skies in “Old Bedford Village” and the smaller “Skunk Cabbages” have a luminous quality that you almost want to touch.

The brick sidewalk and historic architecture of “St. Pete’s Bakery” are dazzling, placing you right in the middle of the town. A smaller work, “The Architect,” is not as showy, but don’t overlook this closeup of a bird in a mud and

‘Stone Pier Out Corner’

‘Skunk Cabbages’

‘Warm, Fresh Air’

‘Old Bedford Village’

straw nest against an old barn beam. In its quiet way, it’s just as impressive as the exterior scenes.

Davis, who made a decision to become a full-time painter only three years ago, has picked up several prestigious awards since then, and has clearly found her niche in rendering plein-air scenes in Chester County and Bedford County. Stop by at the gallery and step into her world of color and light.

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There’s a covered dish every third Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. The following activities are open to the community: covered dish (June 15); visit WG Museum with Scott Steele (June 22); quarterly lunch at 11 a.m. (June 29); Frustration game (July 6); Tyler from Sen. Dinniman’s Office (July 13); covered dish (July 20, 11:30 a.m.); Crazy Bingo (July 27); bingo (Aug. 3).

June 18 Summer reading kick-off On June 18, children will be able to get their face painted, jump on a moon bounce, and handle exotic pets from the 4-H Club at the Kennett Library. There will also be several crafts as well as other events and games, which highlight the summer reading theme, “On your mark, Get set, Read!” Mom-Pops ice cream will be there as well.

Contact jhendrix@ccls.org or call 610-444-2702.

June 22 Bluegrass concert The Oxford Area Senior Center is hosting a free concert by the Original Lenape Bluegrass Band on June 22 at 7 p.m. The concert will be outdoors at the Oxford Area

Senior Center (12 E. Locust St.), but will move indoors in case of inclement weather.

Bring your own seating and refreshments (no alcoholic beverages). Call 610-9325244 or email oxsrctr@ zoominternet.net to make reservations.

June 22 to July 27 Concerts in the park Anson B. Nixon Park in Kennett Square will be the site of free concerts this summer on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. There will be food and drinks for sale. Visit www. ansonbnixonpark.org for more information. The schedule will include: Progressive Appalachian music (June 22); rockabilly with the Bullets (June 29); Crossroads (July 6); Jane Lee Hooker (July 13); Mercury Radio Theater (July 20); Angelee (July 27).

June 24 Oxford Arts Alliance Garden Party Galer Estate Vineyard and Winery will host the Oxford Arts Alliance Garden Party on June 24 from 5 to 8 p.m. The theme is “Steeling the Show,” and the event will feature forged fashion by artist Ellen Durkan, as well as sculptures by regional artists. There will be wines from Galer Estate, hors d’oeuvres by Brandywine Prime, music and dancing, and a silent auction to benefit the Arts Alliance.

Tickets are $50. Visit www.

oxfordart.org for information and reservations.

June 24 Hoagie sale The Oxford Area Senior Center (12 E. Locust St., Oxford) is having a hoagie sale on June 24. Turkey or ham hoagies, with or without hot peppers, can be ordered by calling 610-9325244, or emailing oxsrctr@ zoominternet.net. Hoagies need to be ordered by June 17 and can be picked up at the Senior Center on the June 24 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

They are $5 each.

June 25 Relay for Life of LanChester The Relay for life of LanChester will take place on Saturday, June 25 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the Octorara High School track in Atglen. The American Cancer Society Relay for Life events bring together more than four million people worldwide to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer, to remember loved ones lost, and to empower individuals and communities to fight back against the disease.

To submit items to the Calendar of Events, e-mail jchambless@chestercounty. com. There is no charge.

Not every submission can be included. Items should be submitted at least two weeks before the event.

Through Sept. 25 Summer music schedule Landenberg United Methodist Church (205 Penn Green Rd., Landenberg) present special summer music during services, which are from 9 to 10 on Sunday mornings. Refreshments will be served after the service.

Call 610-274- 8384 for more information. The schedule is: June 19 – LUMC Choir; June 26-- Tom Volk and Earline Perry; July 3 – Bob Hart, former trombonist with Artie Shaw Orchestra, singer/ songwriter; July 10 – Norm Holt and the Breakaways Praise Band; July 17 --

It’s Never Too Late Band; July 24 – Morgan Hollow Trio; July 31 – Rise Up Band from St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother Catholic Church; Aug. 7 – String Theory Band, from OLLI at University of Delaware; Aug. 14 – Norm Holt and the Breakaways Praise Band; Aug. 21 – Ken Tonge, guitar, saxophone and vocals; Aug. 28 – Martha Marsey and Ken Sharp, hammered dulcimers; Sept. 4 – Barbara and Keith Hoffman, vocals and guitar; Sept. 11 – Val and Connie Schan, vocals and 12-string guitar; Sept. 18 – Norm Holt and the Breakaways Praise Band; Sept. 25 – It’s Never Too Late Band.

Summer Fun series West Grove United Methodist Church celebrates summer with Wednesday night “Summer Fun for Everyone” programs. The weekly events will continue through the summer, culminating on Aug. 31. The community is invited to attend from 6 to 8 p.m. for hot dogs, games, fellowship and a brief word from the pastor, Rev. Monica B. Guepet, each week. All beverages will be supplied. The event is free. A box of games will be available, the youth plan to have their 9-In-The-Air game up and going, a gated playground is open for smaller children, and the parking lot and grounds will provide space for kids to ride bike, scooters, and play. The church is at 300 N. Guernsey Rd., West Grove.

For more information, call 610-869-9334, or visit www. westgroveumc.org.

June 18 Labyrinth walk A labyrinth walk will take place on June 18 at noon at Bournelyf (1066 S. New St., West Chester). The theme is “Standing Still: A Summer Solstice Walk.” All are invited to participate in this multifaith, multigenerational event. Call 610-692-8280 to confirm in case of inclement weather.

To submit items to the Church Calendar, e-mail jchambless@ chestercounty.com. There is no charge. Information should be received at least two weeks before the event. Not every submission can be included.

Please include the address and contact information for the church in your submission.

‘Corbels’

Longwood Art Gallery (200 E. State St., Kennett Square) hosting “Bold Color, Vibrant Light” through July 16. For more information, call 610-444-0146 or visit www. longwoodartgallery.com.

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

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HARL G. WILSON

DONNA L. BROWN

ISAAC J. WALTON, JR.

Harl Gene Wilson, 70, of Lancaster, passed away on June 8 at his home.

Born in Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Lester Berry and Zora Marrow Irving Wilson. Gene enjoyed playing the lottery and watching “NCIS” and the Jimmy Swaggart Television Ministry.

He is survived by five children, Gene Harl Wilson, Jr. (Joe Ellen Wysocki) of New Providence, Tammy Darlene Wilson of Lancaster, Stacy Morrow Lovill (Chris) of Pot Nets, Del., Stephanie Calzada of Lancaster, and Lester Barry Wilson (Betsy Crespo) of Willow Street; 17 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; sister, Louise Williams of Apex, N.C.; and former wife, Darlene Chapman Wilson of Lancaster. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Leo Wilson, Clyde Wilson and Clifford Wilson.

Funeral services were held June 11. In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to Nottingham Missionary Baptist Church, 303 W. Christine Rd., Nottingham, PA, 19362. Visit www.elcollinsfuneralhome. com.

Donna L. Brown, 74, of Landenberg, passed away on May 30 at the Christiana hospital.

She was the spouse of Virginia Noblit, with whom she shared two years of marriage, after 37 years together. Born in York, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Luther and Dorothy Smith Brown. Donna was an elementary music teacher for the Cecil County Board of Education, retiring in 2000 after 34 years of service. She was the secretary of the Board of Directors of Cecil County School Employees FCU for may years. She was a member of St. Michael Lutheran Church, Delaware Mineralogical Society, a life member of the West Grove Fire Company, a cat breeder and a member of several cat clubs. She also played in several local community bands, including the Newark Community Band.

In addition to her spouse, she is survived by three stepbrothers, Harry Conaway, Bill Conaway, and Bill Swartz, and their wives and children.

A visitation with family and friends will be held from 10 to 10:45 a.m. June 25 at St. Michael Lutheran Church (109 E. Doe Run Rd., Unionville). Her memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. Burial will be private. A donation in Donna’s memory may be made to the Winn Feline Foundation, 637 Wyckoff Avenue, Suite 336, Wyckoff, NJ 07481, or visit www. winnfelinefoundation.org. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com.

Isaac James Walton, Jr., 53, of Oxford, passed away on June 4 at Jennersville Regional Hospital in West Grove.

He was the husband of Beverly A. Kirkner Walton, with whom he shared 12 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, he was the son of Carol Astheimer Patterson of Oxford and the late Isaac James Walton, Sr. He was employed with Tipton Trucking Company in Oxford as a mechanic. Isaac enjoyed fishing.

He is survived by his wife; mother; two daughters, Jamie Lynn Coy of Honey Brook and Sarabeth Martin of Ephrata; three stepdaughters, Renee Kirkner and Jessica Kirkner, both of Nottingham, and Melissa Kirkner of Delaware; one stepson, Robert Kirkner of Honey Brook; four granddaughters; three grandsons; four sisters, Bobby Jo Walton of Quarryville, Lori Walton of Oxford, Paula Willoughby of Allentown and Wanda Patterson of Oxford; and two brothers, Carl Walton of Lincoln University and Jesse Walton of Nottingham. A memorial service was held on June 8. Online condolences may be made at www. elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

GARY L. GREEN Gary Lee Green, 77, of Landenberg, passed away peacefully on June 9 at his home, surrounded by his family.

Born in 1938 in Upland, Pa., he was the son of the late George E. and Mildred (Howells) Green. Gary was the proud owner of Green’s County Store in Mendenhall from 1977 to 2000. He also worked at the Delaware Museum of Natural History. He was an avid coin collector, and he was a lover of the outdoors. Gary cherished his property and was a truly happy man. Gary is survived by his loving wife of 38 years, Elizabeth “Betty” Green; five children, William Green, Paul Green and his wife Shaila, Cindy Green, Jennifer Green and her husband Fraser Gutteridge, and Gary W. Green; eight grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brother, George Green. A celebration of Gary’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 16, at R.T. Foard and Jones, Inc. (122 W. Main St., Newark, Del.), where family and friends may visit beginning at 10 a.m. To send condolences, visit www.rtfoard.com.

NANCY ANN MARTIN Nancy Ann Martin, a kind and beautiful soul, departed this life too soon at the age of 54.

Born in 1961 in Wilmington, Del., she was the daughter of Hazel C. Martin (deceased) and Donnan Martin of Kennett Square. She was a graduate of Tower Hill School, Tulane University in New Orleans, and Penn State University.

She is survived by her sisters, Marilyn M. McGee of Las Cruces, N.M., and Suzanna DeGood of Columbus, N.J.; niece Charlotte M. of Las Cruces, N.M.; nephews Scott and Eric of Columbus, N.J. She was preceded in death by one sister, Judith E. Martin.

Nancy loved animals, drawing, singing, and was gifted with a perfect pitch. She loved nature, the beach and birds singing. She was a talented musician, artist and singer. She was very passionate about horses, dogs, and loved all animals. She touched the lives of many many people and was always kind, friendly and welcoming to others. She will be greeted in Heaven by her beloved dog, Layla, and dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. Her service and burial will be private. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares. com.

JAMES H. JENNINGS, SR. James “Jim” H. Jennings, Sr., 95, of Sharon Hill, Pa., died on June 9 at Seasons Hospice at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del. He was the husband of Catherine T. Jennings (nee Glavin), with whom he shared 61 years of marriage.

Born in Philadelphia, he was s son of the late James J. and the late Sarah (McMonagle) Jennings. He proudly served our country in the Army during World War II. He was stationed in the European Theatre and the Pacific. He was a longtime member of Holy Spirit Parish in Sharon Hill, where he was an usher for many years. For most of his career, he was a foreman in the leather tanning industry in Philadelphia and Wilmington. He then retired from the retail industry at the age of 75. He loved maintaining his vegetable garden and fruit trees, and was a talented handyman. He was proud of his first computer at age 80, and then upgraded to a better one at age 90. He loved all animals, especially the family dog Duke, reading newspapers and books, and eating candy, but most of all he enjoyed family time with his sons, daughter, grandchildren and great-granddaughter. He attended all their events whenever possible. Jim was known for his beautiful blue eyes and smile, was a gentlemen at all times and will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him.

Survivors include, in addition to his wife, two sons, James Jennings, Jr. and his wife Marianne of Kennett Square, and Joseph Jennings and his wife Trish of Glen Mills; one daughter, Catherine McGarrigle and her husband Mike of Havertown; one brother, Joseph Jennings of Swarthmore; one sister, Peggy Boston of Drexel Hill; eight grandchildren, James III, Christopher, Patrick, Kerrin, Grace, Caitlin, Kelly and Ryan; and one great-granddaughter, Violet. He was predeceased by a granddaughter, Lauren; two sisters, Mary and Sally; and one brother, Harry.

A funeral was held June 14. Interment was in Ss. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675. To view his online tribute and to share a memory with his family, visit www.griecocares.com.

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Senior speaker Gabrielle Cressman delivers her speech, ‘The Body.’

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their math classes.

“If there’s one thing that you’ve always wanted to say to that one person in your class you had a crush on, and have had the pleasure to admire the back of their head for however long, say it,” they said. “Because once we walk out of these doors and into our cars … after moving these tassles which symbolize the 13 years of schooling we all have accomplished, that

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It’s celebration time.

kid in class won’t matter any more. Even though it may not seem like it now, our lives will go on without them.”

The Senior Ensemble, led

by Marissa Donlevie and accompanied by Mikala Moorech, performed the song, “Unwritten.”

Special recognition was given to 86 graduates who were responsible for earning close to $123,000 in scholarships and awards.

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

counted some of the numbers. “Four years -- 182 days each school year, times seven hours a day, totals just over 5,000 hours of our lives spent at the high school,” she said. “But this total could never accurately reflect our high school experience. … We’ve labored over hundreds of hours of homework, stressed about dozens of tests, and pressured ourselves for the past four years to acquire a set of numbers which, today, is erased and only sends us on to the next stage. But then again, our slates are not only covered in numbers, but also in words – friendships and memories, goals and hopes, values and lessons. You see, it’s not the numbers, but the words that we must carry with us into the future.”

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This graduate spotted his family in the crowd.

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Student honor speaker Clarisse Cofrancesco wrote, memorized and performed a poem, “Open the Door,” that ended with the lines: “Success is how many times You make eye contact with your fate Shake hands with your destiny And step into your reality Because you have a future to reach for, a mold to be broken, an opportunity to open And no matter how many times you lose sight of who you really are Your success is waiting just behind that door.”

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Jacqueline Bridges addressed her fellow graduates as one of the student honor speakers.

Jacqueline Bridges, the third student honor speaker, began with a memory -- “Our lunchboxtoting selves arrived in elementary school with big dreams and untied shoes as we greeted our cubby buddies with excitement.

“Each and every one of you has 13 years worth of moments that have gotten you right here, right now, and shaped you into the exceptional individual that you are. … Chase your dream, and if that dream doesn’t work out, chase a new one.”

English teacher Joe Ahart was this year’s winner of the student-voted UHS Educator of the Year award, and spoke about how his career path wasn’t certain from the beginning. After a “completely delusional” childhood dream of being a baseball player, Ahart said, he had teacher in high school who told him, “You’re a writer.”

That led to a college

newspaper position, and a career of writing about others. “My career was soaring, but I was bored,” Ahart said. Eventually, he took classes and became an English teacher, bringing out the author in each of his students. He has taught for 17 years at Unionville High School, “and I love it,” he said. “Almost by accident, I found my career.”

Ahart then thanked his students and said, “Class of 2016 – no matter how you get there, I hope you find work that feels like play. I know I have.”

After all the diplomas were presented and all the families and relatives stood and cheered for the new graduates, Conley closed the ceremony by saying, “Good luck with your journey in life, Class of 2016. We will miss you.”

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The UHS Chorale, led by Jason Throne, sings ‘The Star Spangled Banner.’

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Chester Water Authority (SRBC Pending No. 2016-055) and the Town of Rising Sun (SRBC Pending No. 2016056) - Notice of Applications – Interconnection, West Nottingham Township, Chester County, PA and Rising Sun District, Cecil County, MD. Notice is hereby given that on May 23, 2016, Chester Water Authority (CWA - P.O. Box 467, Chester, PA 19016-0467, email address: rjudge@chesterwater. com; telephone number: (610)-8768185) filed an application (SRBC Pending No. 2016-055) and the Town of Rising Sun (ToRS - P.O. Box 456, Rising Sun, MD 21911-0456, email address: tabonenberger@risingsunmd.org; telephone number: (410)-658-5353) filed an application (SRBC Pending No. 2016-056) with the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) for a withdrawal via an interconnection. CWA has proposed to supply bulk water up to 1.800 million gallons per day (mgd) to ToRS with the interconnection extending through East Nottingham Township and West Nottingham Township, Chester County, PA and Rising Sun District, Cecil County, MD. The water will be received by ToRS and used for public water supply. The proposed pipeline extends into and out of the basin; however, these applications do not include supply (diversion) outside the Susquehanna River Basin. Comments related to the application should be submitted to the attention of: Manager, Project Review; Susquehanna River Basin Commission; 4423 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110-1788; telephone: (717) 238-0423; fax: (717) 909-0468; e-mail: projectcomments@ srbc.net. Comments also may be submitted on SRBC’s website through the Water Resource Portal at http://www. srbc.net/wrp/. Please include the above SRBC pending application numbers on any correspondence.

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ESTATE OF Marion L. Butler, also known as Marion Luce Butler, late of Penn Township, Chester County, Deceased. Letters Testamentary on the estate of the above named Marion L. Butler having been granted to the undersigned, 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: Herbert F.Butler, III, Co-Executor, Virginia B. Reef, CoExecutor, c/o Attorney: Winifred Moran Sebastian, Esquire, 208 E. Locust Street, P.O. Box 381, Oxford, PA 19363 6p-1p-3t

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Penn Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania is accepting sealed bids for the Concrete Foundation and Slab Work for the proposed Township Salt Shed. Bid packages are available at the Township Building, 260 Lewis Road, West Grove, PA 19390.

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The court has fixed the day of June 20, 2016 at 9:30 am, in Courtroom No. 3, Chester County Justice Center, 201 W. Market Street , West Chester, Pennsylvania, as the time and place for the hearing of said Petition, when and where all persons interested may appear and show cause, if any, why the request of the said Petitioner should not be granted.

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Local News Hicks and Oechsle named Seniors of the Month Oxford Area High School students Amanda Hicks and Erin Oechsle were honored as Oxford Rotary Club Seniors of the Month.

Amanda, daughter of Linda and Sean Hicks, is a member of National Honor Society, serving as a scheduler for the organization’s fall and spring American Red Cross blood drives; and secretary of the French National Honor Society. She has been a member of the fall and winter cheerleading teams since her freshman year, and was captain of the winter team in her junior and senior years.

Amanda has enjoyed dancing since she was in

first grade, and performs and competes in styles including jazz, contemporary and hip-hop. At her studio, she teaches the mini-dance team comprised of third and fourth grade students, as well as preballet, jazz and tap dancing to other students.

As a member of Future Business Leaders of America, Amanda qualified to attend the 2016 Pennsylvania FBLA State Leadership Conference held from April 11 to 13 at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, competing in the Parliamentary Procedures category on a team with fellow seniors

Alex Chavez and Connor Hilaman, junior Natalie Giovan and sophomore Sarah Wilkinson. The team earned first place in the category at the FBLA Region 9 competition in December.

Amanda and Alex Chavez also competed in the Parliamentary Procedures category at the 2015 state conference after earning first place at the regional level.

This fall Amanda will attend Penn State University, Main Campus, to study statistics and hopes to pursue a career as an actuary.

Erin, daughter of Michelle and Paul Oechsle, is a member of National Honor Society and has also helped

organize the fall and spring blood drives.

Erin is a four-year member of the varsity soccer team, serving as co-captain in her junior and senior years, and was named Honorable Mention All Ches-Mont League as a freshman, second team All Ches-Mont as a sophomore, first team All Ches-Mont as a junior and second team All Ches-Mont in her senior year.

Erin coaches recreational soccer with the Southern Chester County Soccer Association and is a junior trainer at the organization’s summer camps. She is also a member of the U18/NPL travel team at Penn Fusion

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Oxford Area High School students Amanda Hicks and Erin Oechsle were honored as Oxford Rotary Club Seniors of the Month for March. Pictured from left are Oxford Rotary Club President Marilyn Knaub, M.D., Linda and Amanda Hicks, Erin and Michelle Oechsle and Erin’s sister Paige, and principal Christopher Dormer.

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