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Volume 150, No. 40 Wednesday, October 5, 2016 Battling Dinniman for 19th District in State Senate

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Avon Grove selects INSIDE Jack London: A nonWood to fill school politician makes his move board vacancy

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer

Outsider: A person who does not belong to or is not accepted as part of a particular group or organization; a person that is not expected to win a race or competition.

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Avondale resident Jack London, pictured here with his wife and daughter, is a candidate for the 19th District in the State Senate.

With his hands squeezing the edges of a podium, London then launched into a verbal take-down of the antagonist who fueled his motivation to get to that podium in the first place: current State Senator Andrew Dinniman.

“I understand the pain that small businesses go through every day – health care costs, red tape, taxes – these things are killing American small business every day,” he said.

“In stark contrast, Politician Andy Dinniman has no experience in the private sector.

Andy Dinniman has lived off the taxpayer his entire career.

Let me repeat that, his entire career. Andy Dinniman’s lack of understanding of private

business resonates in his lack of understanding in the economy, and how government affects private business.

“How can we expect someone who collects three taxpayer-funded pensions to work on reforming a woefully underfunded pension plan, to the tune of $50 million?” he added. “How can we expect someone who takes money from unions and special interests to privatize and modernize [the sale of liquor in the commonwealth], when the fact is that doing that would threaten the very unions who give him money?”

Whether or not London’s speech sounded in the

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Bill Wood was selected to fill the vacancy on the Avon Grove School Board.

would be a daunting task for the eight members of the school board to choose among the three highly Lung screenings offered at qualified candidates. Each Jennersville Hospital...8A Continued on Page 3A

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By John Chambless Staff Writer Learning and growing doesn’t happen just inside Patton Middle School. There are plenty of places on the school grounds where students are learning about growing food and taking care of the environment. On the morning of Sept. 28, the school got some state and national attention during a tour of the greenhouses and outdoor learning spaces.

As part of the U.S. Department of Education’s “Real World Learning” 2016 Green Strides Tour, the school hosted Andrea Suarez Falken, director of the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools; and David Bauman, the director of Pennsylvania Green Ribbon Schools for the state Department of Education.

Along with the special guests were school officials, teach-

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David Bauman and Andrea Suarez Falken were the special guests at a tour of Patton Middle School on Sept. 28.

ers, school board members, and some of the students who make the school’s innovative projects run.

Patton is a designated Green Ribbon School, and principal Tim Hoffman greeted the crowd at the beginning of an hour-long tour of the school grounds. It was the first of four regional schools on the

schedule that day for Falken and Bauman.

“As you’re going to see during the next hour, this really is a complete community project,” Hoffman said. “Our application for the Green Schools program and our Green Ribbon really started with partnerships Continued on Page 2A

Noah Markund of Coatesville hops aboard his father Erick’s shoulders at the 92nd annual Unionville Community Fair & Farm Show, held Sept. 30- Oct. 2. For more photos, see Page 5A.

Kennett Square Borough Council discusses revolving loan fund opportunities

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer

Former U-CF school director still snooping!

By Uncle Irvin Keith Knauss served on the U-CF school board for many years, beginning with the double referendum losses that stopped the U-CF board from raising taxes above the maximum permitted by

the state.

Knauss was a very, very conscientious school director, even though Uncle Irvin didn’t agree with some of his votes, particularly those that involved failure to save money through privatization and teacher’s compensation and non-accountability.

When Knauss left the school board, he apparently kept scrutinizing local school district budgeting practices. Knauss recently discovered that the Lower Merion School District was “cooking the books” by raising taxes Continued on Page 3A

Kennett Square Borough officials are in the process of making decisions about the administration of its revolving loan fund, a tool to help encourage economic development in town.

At the Oct. 3 borough council meeting, Kennett Square borough manager Joseph Scalise provided an update to council about the revolving loan fund, and there was a lengthy discussion about how the borough can maximize the impact of

the funding that’s available to attract new businesses or grow existing ones.

The borough initially worked with restaurateur Jack McFadden to secure a $500,000 economic development grant from the state about nine years ago.

Those funds were allocated to refurbish the former Kennett Cafe site at 120 East State Street, where McFadden planned to open an upscale restaurant. The state grant that was attained by the borough allowed Kennett Square to allocate Continued on Page 3A

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When Jack London, the president and chief executive officer of the London Financial Group in West Chester, first announced his candidacy for the 19th District in the State Senate on Nov. 12, 2015 at the Avondale Fire Company, his speech had all of the commonspeak of the non-politician who advertises himself as “the fresh change that’s needed in (fill in the city).”

“Are you tired of government looking to you every time there is a problem?”

London told the audience of 50 who came to hear him.

“Do you feel that government service should be a service and not a career? Would you like to see someone go to Harrisburg and work on reforming the systems that are broken?”

The Avon Grove School Board selected Bill Wood to fill the vacancy on the board during a special meeting on Sept. 29.

Wood will now serve as a Region III representative on the board for the duration of the unexpired term through Dec. 4, 2017. Region III includes London Grove Township, Avondale Borough, and Voting District 2 of West Grove Borough.

The school board interviewed three candidates—Wood, Lisa Lightner, and Edward Hatchigian, Jr.—who had expressed interest in filling the vacancy, and it quickly became apparent that it

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within our building, with our community partnerships, and our community in general.

You’ll see how we work with our community and how we integrate that into our curriculum.”

District superintendent John Sanville said, “The Patton Garden Project is an example of all that is right and good in education today.

It’s the partnership with the community, it’s the energy of the students here, and it’s what happens when you have people who have great ideas.”

Marie Wickersham, the director of food services in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, said that when family and consumer science teachers Betsy Ballard and Kimberly Hisler first proposed the Patton Garden Project in 2010, there was muted enthusiasm.

“But I agree with their idea,” Wickersham said. “Food doesn’t magically appear on the table every day. Part of the idea was to teach students that it actually grows in the ground, and it has to be prepared and harvested. We get lettuce that is produced in this garden and we use it in our lunch program. It’s a whole community and school effort to get the kids to understand that buying local, or producing things yourself, is a good thing for your health and for the community.”

Ballard welcomed former Patton principal Bruce Vosburgh to the tour, saying that, “without Bruce’s support from the very start, none of this would have been possible.”

During the walk to the

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Patton greenhouses, Falken explained, “This tour started yesterday in Philadelphia, and we’ll continue tomorrow.

This tour of Pennsylvania is the 18th state on the tour.

In 2013, we did 11 states.

In 2014, six states, and this year we’re just doing one.

We’re pleased to be here to celebrate the work of Patton, which is the aim of the award that I run – the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools. The idea of the award is to bring attention to schools that are doing great work in reducing environmental impact and costs, improving health and wellness, and teaching sustainability. The idea of the tour is to go out and visit our honorees and spotlight them.”

One of the the two greenhouses, located down a long pathway from the school building, is almost completely automated, powered by solar panels and monitored by sensors that relay information about moisture levels and temperature back to the school. Screens over the top of the greenhouses can be remotely raised or lowered, and dampers can be opened, to change the temperature as necessary. The growing beds can be watered automatically when sensors indicate that the beds are dry.

The project was funded and guided by local electrical solutions company Tri-M, but student labor makes it run, including the compost bins that were built as an Eagle Scout project by student C.J. McClure, who was on the tour and explained how students built the cypress wood bins.

Joel Smith of Tri-M explained that, “I was asked

Photos by John Chambless

From left: Kimberly Hiser and Betsy Ballard started the Patton Garden Project. At right is Phoebe Kitson of the Chester County Food Bank.

Ryan Ragland (right), a sixth-grade science teacher at Patton, explained the school’s upcoming work with the American Chestnut Project.

about six months ago to round up a team of young engineers within Tri-M to find a way to give back to the community. I had an idea that Patton’s right down the road from us, and the Chester County Food Bank was receiving food from the greenhouses, so I thought it would be a neat project to do something with that.

“One of the problems was all the labor that was required to run these greenhouses. So I came back to our young engineers and said, ‘I think we can do some automation here.’ Now we have a greenhouse that’s fully automated.”

After a walk across a meadow and into a wooded area, Hoffman stood in the Howard T. Smith Outdoor Learning Center, an outdoor classroom with bench seating and a desk that is used for classes studying nature and conservation.

“We have two partnerships here -- one that’s new, with the American Chestnut Project, and with Stroud Water Research,” Hoffman said, introducing Ryan

which began in 2010 and has turned a patch of grass near the parking lot into a vibrant growing area where the vegetables are grown in beds, harvested by students and donated to the Chester County Food Bank.

Phoebe Kitson of the Food Bank said the goal is that “at least a third of the food we’re distributing to over 150 agencies in Chester County is fresh food. And we want that food to be as locally grown as possible.

This garden helps provide that for some of our agencies that are within driving distance of the UnionvilleChadds Ford School District.

Kennett Area Community Services gets the bulk from this garden. In the Kennett School District, they have about 40 percent of students receiving free or reducedprice lunch. Their ability to access healthy food is a real challenge. This garden provides those low-income families with some tremendous food.”

Kitson said there are 600 raised growing beds at 150 sites in Chester County that provide food for needy families.

Ballard said that almost 20,000 pounds of food have been donated to the Kennett Area Food Cupboard and

Ragland, a sixth-grade science teacher at Patton. The wooded site will soon be part of a project to re-grow American Chestnut trees, he said.

“American Chestnuts were really the backbone of our country,” Ragland said. “They were used for everything from log cabins to furniture. But around 1904, we had some variants brought in from Asia that brought a blight. The American Chestnut from then until 1960 basically disappeared. … We’ll work with the American Chestnut Organization on a hybridization, combining an Asiatic and American Chestnut that have a resistance to the blight. In November, we’re going to get 100 seeds to send out to our elementary schools so they can get them started and growing.

We’ll plant all 100 here. At that point, it will become an exercise in actual scientific study to look at mortality rates and growth rates, and hopefully extend the project up to the high school. We’re really excited to have this program, and it’s really on the cutting edge of what science has to offer.”

Back at the school building, the group heard about the Patton Garden Project,

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“Two weeks ago was our banner day – 175 pounds of fresh produce went to the food cupboard,” she said.

“It was our biggest day ever.

We’ve had so much support from our students and the community, and we couldn’t do it without them.”

David Bauman, director of Green Ribbon Schools for the Pennsylvania Department of Education, said he was impressed by all the projects at Patton.

“This is absolutely phenomenal,” he said. “My role is the state science advisor, and I’m just amazed at the connections you’re making for the kids. So often, even adults don’t make the connection from food to table. It just appears in the grocery store.

So you’re teaching incredible lessons with real-world connections. The integration of technology, life sciences and engineering – we could go on and on. I am so amazed. I will be contacting you in the future so you can show the way for other school districts.

It doesn’t get any better than this.”

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

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the money for a specific anchor project in the downtown business district. As the money was paid back to the borough, Kennett Square would then have those funds to reinvest in the community with another economic development project. The renovation project at 120 East State Street did not go as planned—the restaurant never opened. But the funding did allow McFadden to undertake extensive renovation work on the building.

A new owner is currently working to bring new life to the building at 120 East State Street. The borough now has most of the initial grant money back to allocate for other projects.

The question for Kennett Square officials is how will they decide which projects to utilize the revolving loan fund for?

Mary Hutchins, the executive director of Historic Kennett Square, has been researching how other Pennsylvania municipalities have handled similar revolving loan funds. She said that it would be helpful to utilize Seedcopa, which works with economic development partners throughout Pennsylvania, as a third-party organization to evaluate whether a particular business has the necessary credit to qualify for funding. That would be a preliminary step.

There would also need to be a more thorough review of the business plans to evaluate the merits of each project. It would cost an applicant approximately $2,500 to have the application reviewed by Seedcopa.

Council members had a number of ideas and concerns about the administration of the revolving loan fund.

Several council members talked about the need to make sure that there is a fair process in place for businesses to apply for the funding.

Council member Ethan Cramer said that one imperative is to make sure that funding would be available to Latino business owners.

There was a discussion about whether borough officials should at least give a cursory review of an application before it is formally submitted as a way to ensure that a potential project is viable. For example, if a potential business owner is seeking to open a business that would not be a good fit for the borough, or if someone is looking to open a business that doesn’t conform to the borough’s current regulations, there would be little need to submit an application. A few council members liked the idea of some sort of “pre-approval,” while several others said that they favored a more open application process. If someone applied for the funding for a project that was destined to get rejected during the approval process, so be it.

Hutchins said that it would be very appropriate for the borough to require a business plan to be submitted to ensure the viability of a project.

“We want the money back,” Hutchins said. “We want to be able to have it so we can keep loaning it back out.”

Toward the end of the discussion, council president Dan Maffei said that there seemed to be a consensus that it is best to have a third party, such as Seedcopa, to oversee the vetting process for the applications. He also

said that it seemed as if a majority of council agreed that there should be a written process for applicants to follow. Additionally, the borough’s Finance Committee will be developing a list of some of things that the borough would want to see from a project receiving funding.

Job creation, for example, would be a major positive for a project, as would rehabilitating a building that needs it.

In other business at the Oct. 3 meeting, mayor Matthew Fetick administered the oath of office to two new parttime police officers, Kevin Thompson and Miguel Juarez.

“We’ve got two great candidates who we look forward to working with,” Fetick said.

Fetick also reminded everyone that a Public Safety Forum is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. in the lower atrium of the Genesis HealthCare Building at 101 East State Street in Kennett Square.

In her report about Historic Kennett Square, Hutchins said that, despite the rainy weather, there was a good turnout for the annual Kennett Brewfest on Oct. 1.

She also talked about the memorandum of understanding that borough council approved with Longwood Gardens. Each Saturday between Nov. 26 and Dec. 17, a shuttle will run between Kennett Square and Longwood Gardens to accommodate visitors to the area. The shuttle will run from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Kennett Square. The last shuttle back from Longwood Gardens will depart at 10 p.m.

Richard Lyon, the chairman of the Kennett Area Park Authority (KAPA) reported that CMC Engineering has completed the project design phase of the new entranceway to the Anson B. Nixon Park. Installation of the new entranceway is slated to begin later this year or early next year.

Lyon also said that KAPA is creating a new strategic plan with the help of a consultant. KAPA is also asking residents to complete a survey to help identify how the park meets community needs, and to help the organization develop a vision for

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while they were sitting on a huge cash surplus.

Knauss’s discovery came to the attention of a Lower Merion resident, Arthur Wolk, Esq., an eminent aviation litigator. Wolk filed a lawsuit against the Lower Merion School District based on Knauss’s findings, and Knauss was the only witness in a recent trial in Norristown.

After Knauss’s testimony, the judge halted the trial and ordered the Lower Merion School District to refund the excess tax money to

the next five to ten years.

This information will be utilized in the development of the strategic plan.

In the report regarding the Kennett Area Park and Recreation Board, Claire Finfrock, the recreation coordinator, said that the renovation project on Herb Pennock Park is continuing. Funding from Kennett Township, the Kennett Area Park and Recreation Board, the Borough of Kennett Square, Constellation, Suburban Realtors Alliance, Kennett Run Charities, the Mushroom Festival, and more than 60 local companies helped pay for the successful installation of a new playground. The playground features five sliding boards, play apparatus, and play stations.

An effort is underway to plant new trees at Pennock Park, with funding for this initiative coming from the E. Kneale Dockstader Foundation Grant and Genesis HealthCare.

Borough council signed off on a series of Historic Architecture Review Board applications. The approvals include a new sign and awnings at 112 South Broad, an exterior renovation of a garage at 218 Marshall Street, a new fence at 401 West Sickle, and renovation to the porch area at 129 West Linden.

Kennett Square Borough Council appointed Stephanie Everett, the first alternate member of the borough’s Civil Service Commission, to serve as a regular member of that three-person board. This appointment was made necessary when Anthony DeFazio, a regular member of the Civil Service Commission, tendered his resignation, effective Sept.

22. Everett’s current term expires on Jan. 1, 2020. The borough is seeking candidates to serve as alternate members on the Civil Service Commission.

Borough council also accepted the resignation of Tony Gomez, the Kennett High School student who had served as a junior council member for the last two years.

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person had experience in, and deep commitment to, public education.

The school board members took turns asking six questions of the candidates in an effort to learn about the qualifications of each person, what role they saw for the school board, and what challenges they thought the district would be facing in the next few years.

Wood, a teaching artist and storyteller who regularly works in schools, explained that he had an interest in serving on the school board, in part, because he comes from a family of educators. He recalled that his mother worked for a school district and served for more than two decades on a school board.

Wood said that he had been considering the possibility of running for a seat on the Avon Grove School Board in the next election, and expressed admiration for how Pattie Lyons served the district so well during her more than 18 years as a school director. Lyons passed away in September.

Hatchigian, Jr., who spent 37 years in education, talked about his diverse background and experiences. He started out teaching brick-laying. In 1979, he became an administrator with a school, and he spent the rest of his career in leadership positions.

He has been a resident of London Grove Township for the last 15 years.

“I feel like I’m a product of education. I’ve been involved with education all my life,” Hatchigian said. “My strength is dealing with people. I’m a people-person.”

Lightner, a resident of Avondale since 1999, said that after learning about the IEP process that families of special needs students go through about ten years ago, she started on a journey as a special education advocate and lobbyist.

“I wanted to help special education,” she said.

To contact Staff Writer “I soon realized that you Steven Hoffman, email edican’t be a lobbyist for tor@chestercounty.com. special education without being a lobbyist for public education, too.”

Lightner said that she

has established herself as a go-to person in the community for help with special education issues.

“I’ve been at compliance meetings all over the county,” she said. “I also have policy knowledge about special education.”

She said that the biggest challenge facing the school district is the fact that society is moving so fast.

“The kids at Penn London and Avon Grove Intermediate School... the jobs we’re preparing them for haven’t even been invented yet,” she said.

Once the board completed the interviews, the real work began.

“This is going to be a very difficult decision,” school board president Bonnie Wolff said.

“I think we have three excellent candidates,” added vice president Brian Gaerity.

In fact, during the ensuing discussion, each member of the board would talk about the difficult choice they were facing as each candidate had unique strengths and experiences to offer the school board.

Gaerity said that Lightner’s background in special education would be an asset to the school board, particularly because none of the current members had that particular area of expertise.

Board member Patrick Walker said that he favored Wood because of the thoroughness of some of his answers, particularly when he was talking about the role of the school board and some of the issues facing the school district.

Board member Charles Beatty pointed to Hatchigian’s diverse experiences in education, and said that he would be an asset to the board.

As the discussion continued, it was clear that a majority of the board did not favor one candidate over the other two.

“I could make an argument for all three of these candidates,” Gaerity admitted.

Board member Edward Farina did, in fact, make

an argument for all three— and admitted that he wasn’t certain yet how he was going to vote.

Board member Jeff Billig observed that, with three qualified candidates, “We’re not going to make a bad decision here tonight.”

On the first two rounds of voting, none of the candidates secured the necessary five votes. After some more discussion and another round of voting, the board narrowed the choice down to Wood and Lightner. On the next round, Wood received five votes. He was promptly sworn into office by District Judge Matthew Seavey, and welcomed to the school board by the other members.

Wolff encouraged all the candidates to stay involved with Avon Grove activities.

While Wood will serve out the remainder of the unexpired term, voters in Avon Grove’s Region III will have the duty of selecting who holds the seat for a full four-year term starting in December of 2017.

“I would encourage you all to run in the spring,” Billig said.

During the interview with the school board members, Wood talked about some of the biggest challenges facing the school district at this time.

“There are many financial challenges that face any school district,” Wood said. “Facilities are also going to present a huge challenge in the future.”

Another challenge, he said, will be teaching students how to use technology and make the most out of the technology that is available to them.

He expressed optimism about the quality of education that students receive in Avon Grove.

“I’m very excited about where the school district is moving going forward,” Wood said.

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

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According to Knauss, the Downingtown, Central Bucks, and Upper Perkiomen school districts may be doing the same thing, and local TV station NBC-10 is working on a story about this school board fraud.

Keith Knauss should be commended for his continuing scrutiny and interest in policing overzealous school board spending.

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

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audience as the warmed-over rhetoric of the underdog – or whether it effectively served to puncture the hot-air balloon of politics as usual – it became the foundation of what has been a year-long, uphill climb to defeat Dinniman in an election that will be decided on Nov. 8.

Moreover, the race for the Senate seat, once thought by many to be a foregone conclusion, is now a valid and at times contentious conversation -- a battle of words fought by a well-liked incumbent and the outsider who has put his professional life as a financial analyst on hold and plunged into this race with the enthusiasm of a marathoner who summons up a newfound well of energy at the 20th mile.

For a political outsider, overcoming barriers in order to get to the Senate floor in Harrisburg can be insurmountable. Since upsetting then-County Commissioner Carol Aichele in a special election in the summer of 2006 -- following the death of Republican State Sen. Robert Thompson -- Dinniman has held the lock and key to the office for the last decade. With a quick smile and a high likability, he is known by many as Chester County’s most ardent cheerleader, championing efforts to increase acess to education, economic security, job growth and conservation.

Recently, Dinniman was a driving force in passing Act 105 of 2014 (Senate Bill 75), which improves and better defines Pennsylvania’s human trafficking laws. In response to the growing epidemic of Lyme disease in the commonwealth, he spearheaded the passage of Act 83 in 2014, which established the Pennsylvania Health Department’s task force on

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Lyme and related tick-borne diseases.

During the past two years, Dinniman has served as the legislative lifeline to a citizen brigade in New Garden Township that opposes the desire of the Artesian Water Company to activate a well in the township, for the purpose of transporting hundreds of thousands of gallons of water a day to Delaware.

“When I first [announced my candidacy], a lot of people told me, ‘Jack, we think you’re a nice guy, but you’re not going to make this happen,’” London said from the Avondale home he shares with his wife and daughter, who is a student at Avon Grove High School. “They said, ‘Senator Dinniman has been a politician for 25 years.

He’s a juggernaut, and it’s impossible.’

“I do not kid myself into believing that this will not be a Herculean effort, but I have to try. I would like to believe that I am a person who has completed some Herculean tasks.”

If Central Casting were to look for the prototypical elected official, chances are that Jack London would not be called in for an audition. At 48, his presence still retains the strength and intimidation of his former life as a weightlifter. His head is shaved, and the answers to questions about his candidacy are linear, nearly clear of tangents. In short, it’s the Straight Talk Express, and it’s traveling from neighborhood to neighborhood.

In the last year, London said that he has knocked on 16,000 doors. He is a constant presence at public events throughout the district. His marketing outreach -- ads that appear on Facebook and television and direct mail -have served as both a gentle introduction and a fierce, bullet- point indictment of his opponent.

“I have never seen a candi-

date work harder,” said Val DiGorgio, chairman of the Republican Committee of Chester County. “In a year of great political change, he’s a non-politician working against a career politician, whom we have always said has support a mile wide and an inch deep.”

London’s role as the outsider has earned him the endorsement of several small business associations. PMA PAC, the affiliated political action committee of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association (PMA), recently endorsed London, calling him a “hard-charging candidate who is running to bring accountability and strong pro-growth leadership to Harrisburg.”

“As a successful business owner, Jack understands the importance of economic competitiveness and how decisions by state government can help or hurt Pennsylvania’s ability to win business investment, jobs, and economic growth,” said PMA president David N. Taylor. “As exemplified by his earlier careers as a professional athlete and police officer, Jack has an intense personal drive and commitment to getting things done that will serve him well in the Senate. The people of Chester County can be certain that Jack London will be their champion, rather than a timeserver or excuse-maker.”

Whether it is a by product of our current political climate or a bold strategic move, London has revealed the secret card that has become the key selling point in the campaigns of many outsiders who enter the political fray.

“It’s easy to have salient points when you’re telling the truth, when it’s coming from your heart,” he said. “I don’t have the political answers. I am going to tell you what I think, and if I don’t have the answers, I will tell you that, too. I think in this current

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Flanked by mushroom industry leaders, London announced his candidacy for the State Senate on Nov. 12, 2015.

climate, people want people to look them in the eye and tell them the truth. And that’s all they want.”

Even his campaign platform is streamlined. His top priorities will be to ensure that “ALL people in the 19th Senate District are represented,” and to “reform outdated and failing government programs and departments.”

He wants to eliminate the Keystone Exam as a requirement for graduation; and privatize liquor sales, and use the funding to help balance the state’s budget.

“I’m not talking about giving my constituency the opportunity to buy four bottles of wine at a supermarket,” he said. “That’s not liquor privatization. That’s an opportunity for the politicians to tell us that they did us a favor. The true problem with the state liquor system is the cost of the system. I want to push that money to the private sector, taking new, non-taxable revenue and putting it into the state’s pension programs.”

London also wants to reform the state’s public pension system by shifting teacher pensions into a 401K-like plan.

“It’s a spiral that has to be addressed, but when Senator Dinniman says that we have to address the problem, I see someone who caused the problem,” he said. “He is walking around saying that I want to blow everyone’s pension money, which is exactly what I am not wanting to do.

I am looking to save the pensions of people, because if we continue down this road, the people who have been promised pensions are not going to get them.”

While he’s channeling most of his campaign to plugging his agenda, London has also left plenty of room to paint Dinniman as a career politician who is collecting three taxpayer-paid salaries and government pensions, and as

an accomplice in what many see as a tax-and-spend debacle -- spearheaded by a legislature that has voted for $5 billion in new taxes, $6 billion in new spending and $17 billion in new debt.

“I want people to have a clear picture of the leadership they have, and a clear picture of the leadership they could have,” he said. “If you’re a voter who is happy with a billion-dollar structural deficit, a $60 billion pension deficit, with a leader who has several taxpayer-funded pensions, I’m probably not your guy.

But if you’re going to look to the very people who created this problem to fix it, the very people who keep promising that they’re going to fix it, that is like a form of insanity.”

On June 20, London challenged Dinniman to a public debate, giving the senator 25 potential dates that coincided with his opponent’s schedule. More than 100 days later, Dinniman has not accepted London’s offer. Although the two will square off in a League of Women Voters’-sponsored debate on Oct. 23 at Borough Hall in West Chester, London fears that the question-andanswer style that fashions these debates will not allow him to bring up what he most wants to call his opponent on.

“I told people that [Dinniman] has three pensions, and his staff people called me a liar,” London said.

“Let’s be clear about what he has: He’s eligible for a pension from West Chester.

He’s eligible for a pension for being a state Senator, and he’s eligible as a former County Commissioner. Technically, he has two pensions that he’s eligible for, that come from three sources.

“As a citizen, that doesn’t sound right to me, and I think people need to know that.

If people are OK with that, then great, vote for him. If you think he deserves three pensions, and you don’t care about a $60 billion pension

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deficit, and that they’re going to raise your property taxes to fill it, then vote for him.”

The role of the underdog is familiar to London; he has lived it for most of his life.

As a student at the prestigious William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, he was the fish out of water, the kid from a blue-collar family who competed with students from privileged backgrounds.

In order to pay his way through Temple University, he sold flowers from his father’s flower shop on the streets of Philadelphia. No one expected him to upseat the national champion powerlifter John Rienstra at Temple, but he did, becoming a two-time national powerlifting champion and later, an All-American.

The role of the underdog is apparently working for him, according to recent polls sent by the Republican Committee of Chester County. DiGiorgio said that those who participated in the poll sent out in August said that London’s name recognition has increased in the last year, and that they are in favor of making changes in Harrisburg.

“Not only has Jack risen in the polls, he’s energized the Republican party in Chester County, to the point where we all feel we’re courting a rock star,” DiGiorgio said. “All of that comes from him knocking on doors, including those of Democrats who say that they’re going to be voting for him.”

When asked if he is confident that London will defeat Dinniman in the election, DiGiorgio answered, “Yes. I wouldn’t be putting in $250,000 from the Republican Committee of Chester County to his campaign if I didn’t think Jack London was going to win.”

With a little more than one month to the November election, London said that if he wins, don’t expect him to become a career politician.

His goals are short-term, and will involve forming coalitions, developing bipartisan relationships and, in true outsider fashion, then leave politics aside.

“A year from now, I want to walk into [a local restaurant], and have some guy point me out to someone and say, ‘You see that guy? That’s Jack London. He’s our Senator, and he’s working hard for us.

He’s trying. He cares about us,’” London said. “I want to leave a legacy like that. I don’t want to be a punchline.

I don’t want to be called a politician. I don’t want to be another guy who is leaching off the system. I want to be called a leader, who is doing this for all of the right reasons.

“I want people to feel good that I’m in Harrisburg working for them, not for me.”

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

Note: The Chester County Press will publish a profile of Sen. Andy Dinniman, and his candidacy for the 19th District in the State Senate, in its Oct. 12 edition.

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Annual Unionville Fair shines through the raindrops

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer For the 92nd year, the Unionville Community Fair & Farm Show served as one of the highlights of Chester County’s fall season, and an annual tribute to its agricultural industry.

Advertising itself with the theme, “We Have Good Things Growing,” the fair was a three-day showcase of contests, displays and performers – an event that put kids on antique farm equipment, gave them a ride on a mechanical bull, and allowed them to appreciate and learn more about

farming and livestock.

The eighth annual Denim and Diamonds Dinner and Fundraiser on Sept. 29 again kicked off the weekend, and was sponsored by the

Kennett Area YMCA, Dana Bellafiore Landscaping and Anchor Fitness.

Since its beginning, the fair has provided financial support to a variety of organizations that serve the local community. This

year, the Po-Mar-Lin and Longwood fire companies – as well as Kennett Area Community Service – were named as beneficiaries.

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

Photo by John Chambless

Some of the award-winning entries in this year’s Unionville Fair.

Photo by Steven Hoffman

Magician Matt Cadabra entertains the audience.

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

Unionville Fair Queen Eva Sheppard, right, with fair princesses Olivia Mitchell and Madison Cialini.

Photo by John Chambless

Alpacas from the Stone Spring Suri Farm in Cochranville were on display.

Jennersville Hospital to close obstetrics Photo by Richard L. Gaw

Photo by John Chambless

Landen Overton and his sister Adelyn of Landenberg were the recipients of some wonderful face painting.

What would the Unionville Community Fair & Farm Show be without livestock?

Jennersville Regional Hospital will close obstetrical services, effective Nov. 19.

“We enjoy serving our patients at all stages of their

lives and take seriously our responsibility to provide them with high quality care,” said CEO Andy Guz. “This has been a difficult decision, but we must apply our resources to services that our community needs most in order to continue as a sustainable healthcare provider in Southern Chester County.”

For the last several years, there has been a steady decrease in the number of families who choose Jennersville Regional Hospital as their choice for childbirth. There was less than one birth per day at the Hospital over the past three years, with rates continuing to decline. In 2015, 321 babies were born at the hospital, averaging about six births per week.

Hospital officials were projecting fewer births for this year.

“Although there are a relatively small number of affected patients, we understand that these changes may create concern for those who had planned to deliver at Jennersville Regional Hospital,” Guz said. “We are making every effort to ensure this transition is as comfortable and convenient as possible.”

Jennersville Regional Hospital staff will work with patients who intended to deliver at our facility after November 19 to transition their care to another area hospital that offers obstetrical services.

Patients with questions should call 610-869-1223.

The nurses and other personnel who staff the OB unit will have the opportunity to move into other open positions at Jennersville Regional Hospital.

As we continually evaluate the needs of our community, the Maternity Care Unit can be transformed to accommodate the identified needs of our patients.

Gynecology services and surgery will continue at Jennersville Regional Hospital.

Patients who are experiencing a medical emergency – obstetricsrelated or otherwise – can be assured that the Jennersville Regional Hospital emergency room has an experienced team trained to provide emergency medical care.

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The 2016 Cute-As-A-Button (Mushroom) baby photo winners The Cute-As-AButton Booth was a busy place this year at the Mushroom Festival as guests “voted” with their pocket change for this year’s Cutest Button (6 to 15 months), Crimini (15 to 24 months) and Portabella (24 to 36 months). There were 32 photographs vying for the title.

The photo that collected the most

donations (votes) in each division was named this year’s cutest. The 2016 Cute-As-A-Button (Mushroom) Baby Photo contestants received more than 314,506 votes and raised $3,145.06 for the A.I. DuPont Children’s Hospital through the WSTWFM “Help Our Kids” radiothon.

Raising $800.28 was Valentina for the title of

Cutest Button. Carson placed second and Tony placed third.

Kenzie was crowned the Cutest Crimini, raising $129 in her division.

Brooklyn placed second and Kenley placed third.

In the Portabella Division, Jamie raised $101 to take 2016’s Cutest Portabella title.

Sophie placed second and Audrey placed third.

Valentina: 2016’s Cutest Button

Kenzie: 2016’s Cutest Crimini

Jamie: 2016’s Cutest Portabella

Enrollment in Early College Academy continues to rise in Oxford

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer More Oxford Area High School students than ever are taking courses and earning college credits through Cecil College’s Early College Academy as the program enters its third year.

The Early College Academy is a collaboration between the Oxford Area School District and Cecil College that provides students with the opportunity to earn college credits as they progress through high school.

Students can potentially earn an associate’s degree by the time they walk across the stage for their high school graduation.

Dr. Margaret BillingsJones, the district’s assistant superintendent, explained at the Sept. 20 school board meeting that the

program started with 16 students in September of 2014 and increased to 22 students last school year. In the 2016-2017 school year, there are 34 high school students who are utilizing this opportunity.

“We’re seeing it really expanding,” Billings-Jones explained.

The initial plan to have 25 Oxford students enrolled in the program for the upcoming year, but Cecil College was able to accommodate the increased number of students. Oxford has been looking to increase educational opportunities for students in recent years, and the Early College Academy has proven to be a popular option for students.

In other business at the Sept. 20 meeting, the Oxford Area School District is working to instill a sense of history in its students and staff members. One

new aspect of this effort involves the creation of an activity book for youngsters that highlights the history of the school district.

Billings-Jones explained that she has had conversations with the social studies teachers, for grades five through eight, and several art teachers in the district to develop an illustrated history of the district. The teachers will be relying on informed out-ofdistrict sources to compile information. Billings-Jones said that there are some good resources in the community, including the Oxford Area Historical Association. The goal is to have this project completed with the publication and distribution of the history in time for the 2017-2018 school year.

Billings-Jones also talked about how, for the first few years, new

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teachers take a guided bus trip through the district to learn something about the history of the area as they start their first year in the district. These bus trips have been so well-received that they now also want to offer the opportunity to more experienced teachers who joined the district before these bus trips were planned.

The Oxford School Board approved a Memorandum of Agreement with the Oxford Educational Foundation for the recruitment, training, placement, and supervision of volunteers in the schools for the 2016-2017 school year.

Steve Roberts, the president of the Oxford Educational Foundation, reported that there are currently 81 community people in the community who serve as school volunteers.

During the last school year, Oxford Educational Foundation volunteers spent a total of 2,050 hours volunteers working with students. If an estimated dollar value were placed on that number of volunteer hours, it would amount to about $44,000. The Oxford Educational Foundation has already recruited more volunteers than last year, so the impact should be even greater for the 2016-2017 school year.

The board also approved the affiliation agreement with Lincoln University for sponsoring nursing education whereby students may receive monitored clinical experience in their area of study.

The school district took the first step toward building the budget for the 2017-2018 school year by approving the perpupil allocation of $170.

This allocation establishes how much funding each individual school receives to pay for miscellaneous expenses.

Brian Cooney, the district’s business administrator, said that he reached out to officials from other school districts in the area to see how the $170 figure compares to those districts. Cooney said that the average per-pupil allocation for comparable schools is $165.30, so Oxford’s expenditure is right in line with that.

The Oxford School Board will hold its next work session on Tuesday, Oct. 11. The regular meeting is slated for Tuesday, Oct. 18. Both take place in the administration building and begin at 7 p.m.

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

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Lyons served the Avon Grove School District well

We learn more from the historical record when we resist the temptation to whitewash it

The Avon Grove school community lost a fine representative when Pattie Lyons passed away at the age of 64 on Sept. 2.

For more than 18 years, Lyons served as a school board member from Avon Grove’s Region III, which includes London Grove Township, Avondale Borough, and parts of West Grove Borough. During that time, Lyons served her constituents well—she was a forthright and wellintentioned school board member who always prioritized the needs of the students. She also understood that it is imperative to deliver a quality education to students while simultaneously limiting the costs to taxpayers in the district. Avon Grove has regularly been recognized as a district that provides a high-quality education with comparably low per-pupil expenditures, and a lot of decisions, both big and small, enabled Avon Grove to keep a handle on spending when tax rates were soaring in neighboring districts. Lyons participated in many of those decisions during her long tenure on the school board.

During Lyons’ first years on the school board, Avon Grove was grappling with some difficult decisions about how to handle surging enrollment, especially at the elementary school levels. At that time, the community was bitterly divided over the plans to replace two “neighborhood” elementary schools, Kemblesville Elementary and Avon Grove Elementary, with a new, larger elementary school—Avon Grove Intermediate School. The Avon Grove Elementary School, in particular, was in desperate need of repairs, and Kemblesville Elementary had its own issues, and the new school offered many advantages for students, so Lyons made up her mind to support the construction of Avon Grove Intermediate School. It was, she felt, the most cost-effective way of handling the increasing enrollment at the elementary school level. A fevered battle over the plans ensued.

Many people in the community took sides. Threehour public meetings became the norm. The discourse wasn’t always polite or propitious.

Eventually, the battles grew into a political war as opponents of the elementary school plan launched a campaign to unseat the school board members who voted to support it. Lyons initially ran for a seat on the school board to serve the Avon Grove community, not to become embroiled in a highly emotional political fight. Yet, she never wavered.

She explained the reasons for all her decisions to voters and won reelection to the board. She would be elected to the school board a total of five times.

We couldn’t even guess how many hundreds of hours Lyons dedicated to the school district or how many evenings she spent at school board meetings or committee meetings or at school events. As a graduate of Avon Grove High School herself, Lyons was very proud of the strong educational opportunities that the school district provides to its students. She was also always aware of the need to deliver these opportunities in the most economical way possible.

On Sept. 29, the Avon Grove School Board voted to fill the vacant seat that Lyons occupied for nearly two decades. We certainly wish new board member, Bill Wood, the best of luck on his new endeavor.

Wood doesn’t need to serve the Avon Grove community for the next 18 years—that’s a lot to ask. But we hope that Wood, like Lyons, will have the courage of his convictions, and will be a public servant who has the whole community’s best interests at heart.

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Letter to the Editor: This letter responds to the nostalgic column on Oxford’s Bicknell pool written by Phil Heron that was published in the Daily Local News on Sept. 15.

His article, which included more than 25 photographs, treated readers to all of the wonders kids like him enjoyed at this pleasant retreat.

According to Heron, this delightful swim club was the summer destination “for just about every kid in town.” As he put it, the pool

“with greenish water, a sliding board and a huge dive... was a magnet for every kid in the area.” In his conclusion, Heron expressed his hope that “every town had a place like Bicknell’s.”

The problem with that description is that while every kid might have dreamed about Bicknell’s, not every kid could go.

Since the place practiced its own version of apartheid, black and brown kids were not welcome, and only those who looked like Heron could gain entry.

I have some sense of the

disappointment created by this racism as my wife Connie and I explained to our white daughters why they could not go to Bicknell’s pool as long their black friends were denied admission. I can’t even imagine how African American parents talked to their own children of color about this policy of racial exclusion.

So here we are, 50 years later, and my sincere hope is that every town does not have a place like Bicknell’s.

Heron, of course, is entitled to his own memories of the

good old days, even if, as a journalist, he might consider the wisdom of being a bit less provincial.

My own opinion is that we can learn more from the historical record when we resist the temptation to whitewash it.

Richard Winchester Oxford (Editor’s note: This letter was submitted to the Daily Local News on September 15 and had not yet been published as of this writing).

Thanks for slowing Penn Green Road traffic To the London Britain Township Board of Supervisors: This is a note of thanks to the board and the roads department. About a year and-a-half ago, I went to a township meeting to ask if

something could be done about Penn Green Road.

At the time, I asked that grooves be cut in the middle to act as rumble strips to keep drivers from crossing the middle lines. Nothing happened last year, but I was very, very pleased

to see the grooves get cut this summer. We routinely drive the road, sometimes towing a horse trailer, and our sense of safety has been vastly increased since the grooves went in.

Motorists are driving much more slowly and tending to

stay on the correct side. I really appreciate the township for taking the matter seriously and acting on the behalf of the residents.

Thank you.

Laura K. McCann Landenberg

A sobering look beyond the election

By Lee H. Hamilton This campaign year has been full of twists and turns.

We don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, let alone on Nov. 8. So talking about what comes afterward seems premature.

But it’s been on my mind a lot, because I’m worried.

This is not about who wins the presidency. I’m concerned about the aftermath of this campaign season and how hard it’s going to be for our next set of elected officials, from the President on down, to govern.

Let’s start with the belief expressed by a lot of people — including some candidates — that the system is “rigged.” This is a perilous way to treat the country’s political system; it sows distrust in future election results, de-legitimizes winners, and undermines the government’s credibility. If the charge takes hold, it will put political stability at risk.

We all have criticisms to make of the system. We know it doesn’t work perfectly and that there’s no shortage of challenges the nation needs to address. But to convey the impression that the whole system is rigged is dangerous and risky.

Without a basic foundation of trust, representative government crumbles.

Instead of taking aim at “the system,” we could instead focus our criticism on a more substantive target: politicians, including the two presidential candidates, who have failed to serve us well in their debate on the economy.

Much of the debate has revolved around immigration, trade, and other issues of the moment. These are not unimportant, but they’re not the heart of the matter. The real issue — the one that politicians have proffered few solutions for — is that the economy is not working for most peo-

ple. True, there’s been some improvement in the lot of middle-income earners, but the fundamental issue that economists of all stripes have been warning us about remains. This is that we face significant structural problems, driven not so much by foreign competition and immigrant workers, but by advancing technology and globalization.

Our real economic challenge, in other words, is how to provide meaningful work and good wages to tens of millions of clerks, accountants, factory workers and service providers whose jobs are disappearing because of robots, machine learning, and other irreversible changes in how work is accomplished.

Politicians need to place much more emphasis on economic growth, which is the key that unlocks many doors and is the preferred course to ease the anxiety and cynicism abroad in the country. Growth should be the central aim of economic policy, and how to achieve it should be the focus of the policy debate.

The problem is, this election isn’t providing us with a substantial policy debate.

We’ve heard plenty about personality, vision, and the alleged dirty dealing of people on the other side.

Serious debate about policy approaches has been replaced by sound bites signifying... well, not very much.

Indeed, if anything characterizes this election, it’s the politics of personal destruction. Demonizing the opponent has become the central concern of many campaigns, up and down the political ladder.

This approach is toxic for democratic institutions and political culture. We have to be able to disagree in this country on matters of great import and controversy without tearing into

and trying to destroy the opposition.

We have always had — and should have — vigorous partisanship. But today, politicians prefer hunkering down with their fellow believers and party members and circling the wagons. This makes it very hard to get negotiations going, which is the only way to make the system work.

All of this — the attacks on the system, the lack of meaningful debate about improving Americans’ economic future, the generally substance-free nature of the campaign, the politics of demonization — will make it very hard for whoever wins office to govern well.

The anger, frustration, cynicism and outright pessimism that we’re seeing in this election cycle will not

miraculously dissipate on Election Day. It used to be that when a president came into office, a substantial majority of the American people gave him the benefit of the doubt, and with it an extended period in which to get things done.

I don’t believe that’s going to happen after this election. And all Americans will be worse off as a result.

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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Making strides against lung cancer Jennersville Hospital offers low-dose CT scans to catch the disease early

By John Chambless Staff Writer When it comes to lung cancer, by the time symptoms show up, it’s usually too late.

That’s why early detection is a key to survival, and Jennersville Regional Hospital is ready to help.

“Lung cancer is very prevalent. Almost 250,000 new cases will be diagnosed every year,” said radiologist Laurence Spitzer. “And there’s a very high mortality rate. The fiveyear mortality rate has stayed at about 15 percent since the 1970s. If we catch it at an early stage, it has a very favorable prognosis.”

As part of a recent national trial, 53,000 patients across the country were studied. Some got an annual chest X-ray, and others got an annual low-dose CT scan that uses one-third the radiation dose of a normal CT chest scan.

“The low-dose screen is just as thorough at picking up lung nodules,” Spitzer said. “The study found that, over two years, there was 20 percent reduction in mortality in those that were given the low-dose CT. That’s very significant.”

The old practice of getting an annual chest X-ray is no longer applicable, said John Mikalajczyk, the hospital’s director of imaging. “What most people don’t know is that more people die from lung cancer than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. It’s a huge risk to the population that’s really not discussed.”

Given the success of the lowdose CT scans, “the importance is stated by how quickly Medicare and Medicaid adopted payment for it,” Mikalajczyk said.

“Many insurance companies

follow along with what Medicare does,” Spitzer said.

“When the results of the study were published, many professional societies quickly jumped on the bandwagon and recommended this low-dose CT screening for lung cancer.”

The cost savings of early detection versus intensive treatment later makes financial sense for the insurance companies, and is a lifesaver for patients.

Since Jennersville began the low-dose scans in July, half a dozen tests have shown no nodules, Spitzer said. Patients who have gotten the initial scans commit to one more scan per year for three years, and all the data is sent to a national registry to help research into lung cancer.

“We are a member of the American College of Radiology,” Mikalajczyk said.

“We submit information from every patient we have to their data repository. They will continue to study those who were scanned, and use that data to try and capture more people.”

Those most at risk are smokers, Spitzer said. To qualify for the low-dose CT screenings, patients must be 55 to 77 years old, show no signs of lung cancer, have a smoking history of at least 30 “pack years” (meaning one pack a day for 30 years), and be either a current smoker or one who has stopped smoking within the last 15 years.

The scan takes only seconds, it’s painless and not invasive.

The results are available the same day.

“After the first scan, about 14 percent of people stop smoking,” Spitzer said, because once under a doctor’s

Staff photo by John Chambless

Radiologist Laurence Spitzer (left) and director of imaging John Mikalajczyk are promoting a new type of screening exam for lung cancer.

supervision, smokers usually commit to a healthier lifestyle.

The obstacle is getting wary smokers to come in for the quick and easy scans.

To accomplish that, Jennersville Hospital is reaching out to area physicians to let them know about the availability of the screenings.

They distributed information at last weekend’s Penn Township Picnic and Health and Wellness Fair as well, and have met with community groups.

Spitzer said 86 percent of the scans will typically be normal, and around 18 percent will require some degree of further follow-up. The hospital has a “Lung Navigator” staff member who guides patients through every step of the process.

Anyone interested in getting a low-dose CT scan must first get a prescription from a primary care physician. Screenings can then be scheduled by calling Jennersville Hospital at 610-869-1555.

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

Franklin supervisors discuss billboard and easement proposal

By John Chambless Staff Writer Considering how much as the public dislikes large, lighted billboards, Franklin Township is taking steps to block their construction, and the Board of Supervisors discussed the issue at their Sept. 21 meeting.

One of the LED-screen billboards is being built in the Oxford area, so the board asked township solicitor Mark Thompson to draft an ordinance regulating these types of signs in the township. Thompson presented two options – one fully restricting the use of such lighting, and one regulating its brightness and length of illumination. These provisions will be integrated into existing regulations governing the lighting of signs. The board asked the township Planning Commission to review the ordinance at their next meeting.

The board discussed a request from two property owners who want to place conservation easements on their properties.

Two parcels form a 55.3-acre property near Pennock Bridge and Guernsey Road, and the other parcel is 28.1 acres adjacent to the Peacedale Preserve. The parcels are flat and have no woods or steep slope restrictions, so they would be attractive to potential developers.

The approximate total acreage is 83.4 acres, being offered at about $5,000 per acre. The county is proposing to contribute 55 percent of the cost of the easement, and asked the township to contribute 45 percent. The cost to the township would be $187,650, payable in five installments of $37,530 over five years, or as a lump sum.

The board members discussed the price of the parcels, noting that the low cost per acre could be attractive to the township.

Supervisors Steffen Torres and Donna Dea said they will not raise taxes to purchase open space, but that perhaps at the proposed price, over five years, the township may be able to find the money in the budget. Auerbach said that there is no money in the budget for these kinds of purchases, but tabled the discussion until October, when all five board members could discuss the issue.

Planning Commission chairman Dave Hoffman said the commission focused on the Gourmet’s Delight preliminary plan that outlines the expansion of the mushroom facility that borders the township. The commission suggested that the board consider having a hydrology study performed for the property.

Hoffman said there are also public concerns about truck traffic on Auburn Road and gray water from the site.

Historical Commission chairman Paul Lagasse reported that the Historical Commission met on Sept. 7 to discuss the Eastern Shore Natural Gas Pipeline (ESNG) update. On Aug. 30, the commission submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concerning work proposed by ESNG for 2017.

The commission also had a chance to review the artifacts, now returned to the township, that were discovered on township property during the archaeological survey of the route along which ESNG is laying pipeline. Lagasse said the Historical Commission will create a Facebook page to share local history items, and plans to have it up by the end of October.

Ellen Kohler, from the White Clay Wild and Scenic Association, updated the board on the Christina Watersheds Partnership Collaboration Project.

The pilot program is attempting to have townships work together

to develop projects to meet the DEP’s requirements for sediment load reduction. Kohler assured the board that the DEP is promoting collaboration. She said that London Grove and New Garden townships have passed the resolution to participate in the collaboration, and that Avondale Borough will pass the resolution in October. Kohler said that townships that didn’t pass the resolution would still be invited to come to collaborative meetings.

Since two board members were not present at the Sept. 21 meeting, board chairman John Auerbach asked to table consideration of the resolution until next month’s meeting.

Franklin Sportsman’s Association member Jim German reported that membership is full for this season. Most members have taken their proficiency tests.

Archery season began on Sept.

17 and closes Nov 26, and opens again on Dec. 26 and closes on Jan. 28. Shotgun season opens on Nov. 28 and closes Dec.10, then opens again on Dec. 26 and closes Jan. 28.

The contract for the renovation of the township office has been awarded to low bidder Tim Siple, and work has begun. The rough-in electric is complete, so the contractor will continue with the insulation and drywall. The contractor anticipates the office will be finished by the end of September.

The Board also authorized Landscapes by Design to begin the municipal complex screening project, at a cost not to exceed $2,000. The first planting will take place near the driveway behind the Ford Farm parking lot.

For more information, visit www.franklintownship.us.

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

• PUBLIC NOTICE • PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF PENNSYLVANIA The following is a true and correct copy of a joint resolution of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Consistent with the procedures prescribed by Article XI, Section 1 of the Constitution, the General Assembly first proposed the amendment during the 2013 session and approved it for a second time during the 2015 session of the legislature. As required by Article XI, Section 1 of the Constitution and statutory law, the Secretary of the Commonwealth caused the proposed amendment to be advertised in 2014 and 2016.

Pursuant to the original joint resolutions, the proposed amendment was to be submitted to the electors of Pennsylvania at the General Primary to be held on April 26, 2016. However, on April 12, 2016, the General Assembly passed H.R. 783, a concurrent resolution that directed the Secretary of the Commonwealth to remove the proposed amendment from the General Primary ballot and to place the proposed amendment on the General Election ballot in November 2016.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth, therefore, has once again caused the proposed amendment to be published here, in anticipation of the General Election. In accordance with the mandate of H.R. 783, the Secretary of the Commonwealth will submit the proposed amendment to the electors of Pennsylvania in the form of a ballot question at the General Election to be held on November 8, 2016. If a ballot question is approved by a majority of electors voting on it, the corresponding amendment becomes part of the Constitution.

Those parts of the joint resolution that appear in BOLD PRINT are the words of the Constitution that are proposed by the General Assembly for addition or deletion. If an amendment were approved, the words UNDERLINED would be added to the Constitution and the words in BRACKETS (e.g., [Constitution]) would be deleted. The unbolded words would remain unchanged in the Constitution.

Following the proposed amendment is the text of the question that will be placed on the ballot. Below the question is a “Plain English Statement” prepared by the Office of Attorney General, and published as required by law, indicating the purpose, limitations and effects of the ballot question upon the people of this Commonwealth.

Anyone who needs help reading this advertisement or who needs the text of the proposed amendment in an alternative format may call or write the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation, Room 210 North Office Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 787-5280, ra-BCEL@pa.gov.

Pedro A. Cortés, Secretary of the Commonwealth —————— JOINT RESOLUTION 2015-1

is suspended, removed or barred from holding judicial office for conviction of a felony or misconduct in office or conduct which prejudices the proper administration of justice or brings the judicial office into disrepute. *** Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first primary, general or municipal election which meets the requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by the General Assembly.

—————— PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AMENDING THE MANDATORY JUDICIAL RETIREMENT AGE Ballot Question Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to require that justices of the Supreme Court, judges, and magisterial district judges be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years?

Plain English Statement of the Office of Attorney General The purpose of the ballot question is to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to require that justices, judges and justices of the peace (known as magisterial district judges) be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years.

Presently, the Pennsylvania Constitution provides that justices, judges and justices of the peace be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 70 years.

Justices of the peace are currently referred to as magisterial district judges.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for compensation and retirement of justices, judges and justices of the peace.

If the ballot question were to be approved, justices, judges and magisterial district judges would be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years rather than the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 70 years.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby resolves as follows:

This amendment to the mandatory retirement age would be applicable to all judges and justices in the Commonwealth, including the justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, judges of the Commonwealth Court, Superior Court, county courts of common pleas, community courts, municipal courts in the City of Philadelphia, and magisterial district judges.

Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: That section 16(b) of Article V be amended to read: § 16. Compensation and retirement of justices, judges and justices of the peace. *** (b) Justices, judges and justices of the peace shall be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of [70] 75 years. Former and retired justices, judges and justices of the peace shall receive such compensation as shall be provided by law. Except as provided by law, no salary, retirement benefit or other compensation, present or deferred, shall be paid to any justice, judge or justice of the peace who, under section 18 or under Article VI,

The ballot question is limited in that it would not amend any other provisions of the Pennsylvania Constitution related to the qualification, election, tenure, or compensation of the justices, judges or magisterial district judges.

The effect of the ballot question would be to allow all justices, judges, and magisterial district judges to remain in office until the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years. This would permit all justices, judges, and magisterial district judges to serve an additional five years beyond the current required retirement age.

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• PUBLIC NOTICE • PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF PENNSYLVANIA The following are true and correct copies of joint resolutions of the General Assembly regarding amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania that were proposed in the General Assembly during the 2015 session. The proposed amendments were agreed to by a majority of the members elected to the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Pursuant to Article XI, Section 1 of the Constitution, the Secretary of the Commonwealth has caused the proposed amendments to be published here. Were any of these proposed amendments to be agreed to by a majority of the Senators and Representatives elected to the General Assembly at the November 8, 2016 General Election, the proposed amendments so approved would be published again and then submitted to the qualified electors of Pennsylvania for approval. If approved by a majority of the electors voting on it, the corresponding amendment becomes part of the Constitution.

Those parts of the joint resolutions that appear in BOLD PRINT are the words of the Constitution that are proposed by the General Assembly for addition or deletion. If an amendment were approved, the words UNDERLINED would be added to the Constitution and the words in BRACKETS (e.g. [Constitution]) would be deleted. The unbolded words would remain unchanged in the Constitution.

Anyone who needs help reading this advertisement or needs the text of the proposed amendments in an alternative format may call or write the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation, Room 210 North Office Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, 1-877-868-3772, ra-BCEL@pa.gov.

Pedro A. Cortés, Secretary of the Commonwealth —————— Joint Resolution 2016-1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, reducing the size of the General Assembly.

(vi) Authorize local taxing authorities to exclude from taxation an amount based on the assessed value of homestead property. The exclusions authorized by this clause shall not exceed [one-half of the median assessed value of all] 100% of the assessed value of each homestead property within a local taxing jurisdiction. A local taxing authority may not increase the millage rate of its tax on real property to pay for these exclusions. *** Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first primary, general or municipal election which meets the requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by the General Assembly.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby resolves as follows: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: That section 16 of Article II be amended to read: § 16. Legislative districts.

Joint Resolution 2016-3 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in taxation and finance, further providing for exemptions and special provisions.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby resolves as follows:

The Commonwealth shall be divided into 50 senatorial and [203] 151 representative districts, which shall be composed of compact and contiguous territory as nearly equal in population as practicable.

Each senatorial district shall elect one Senator, and each representative district one Representative. Unless absolutely necessary no county, city, incorporated town, borough, township or ward shall be divided in forming either a senatorial or representative district.

Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:

Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.

(b) The General Assembly may, by law:

(b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first primary, general or municipal election which meets the requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by the General Assembly.

(A) So long as a rate variance is in effect, the combined rate of taxes on real estate used for business purposes imposed by the city of the first class or authorized by the city of the first class for its school district shall not vary by more than fifteen percent from the combined rate of taxes on other real estate imposed or authorized by the city of the first class.

Section 3. Upon ratification by the electors, the General Assembly shall enact legislation to implement this constitutional amendment so that it applies for the first time to the first session of the General Assembly which begins after the 2020 reapportionment.

—————— Joint Resolution 2016-2 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for exemptions and special provisions.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby resolves as follows: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with the provisions of Article XI: That section 2(b)(vi) of Article VIII be amended to read: § 2. Exemptions and special provisions. *** (b) The General Assembly may, by law: ***

That section 2(b) of Article VIII be amended by adding a paragraph to read: § 2. Exemptions and special provisions. *** *** (vii) Permit a city of the first class to impose taxes for the benefit of the city of the first class on real estate used for business purposes at a tax rate that exceeds the tax rate applicable to other real estate, in accordance with the following:

(B) The General Assembly shall require the city of the first class to reduce the aggregate revenue from other taxes imposed for the benefit of the city of the first class both on businesses and any wage and net profits tax by the amount of any real estate tax revenues attributable to the variance. *** Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first primary, general or municipal election which meets the requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by the General Assembly.

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Loss in rain puts damper on Homecoming

Sun Valley holds off Kennett, 21-13

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer Nothing -- not even the blue and white pageantry of a Homecoming, the enthusiasm of students and alumni, or the brassy bombast of a marching band -- could hold back the persistent, misty rain that fell last Friday evening at Kennett High School.

The only hope of redemption through the condensation would have been in the form of a strong Blue Demons performance on the slick turf, but that too washed out the Homecoming enthusiasm, as Kennett fell to visiting Sun Valley, 21-13, in Ches-Mont League football play.

With early-season victories over Chichester, Twin Valley and Octorara, head Coach Doug

Langley’s squad went into their Oct. 30 game with a respectable 3-2 record, which put them in the thicket of the ChesMont American Division.

Quarterback Jake Dilcher had two positives in the team’s offensive arsenal – the rushing of Myles Robinson and Connor Hyzny, and the receiving of Kerry Tomasetti and Dominic D’Angelo – but by the end of the first half against Sun Valley, little evidence of these weapons were seen.

On its second possession of the game, Sun Valley, led by quarterback Gabe Boccella, recovered a punt on its own 32-yard line and marched up the field for a 14-snap possession that finished with a 13-yard rollout pass by Boccella to Quentin West with 2:41 left in the first quarter.

Sun Valley’s drive ate up

much of the first quarter clock, giving Kennett just two tries at scoring.

Beginning the second quarter, Kennett had the ball on the Sun Valley 38-yard line when, on fourth-and-one, Robinson ran for a first down, but the drive was squashed when Dilcher was then sacked for a 17-yard loss.

Following a deflected punt, Sun Valley inherited the ball at midfield and, on his first snap, Boccella hit receiver Ishy Ahmad with a perfect strike over the middle for a 48-yard score with 10:22 left in the first half.

Down two scores, Kennett began its first touchdown drive on its own 35-yard line. A pass to Tomasetti moved the chains to the 44-yard line, and on the next play, Kilcher found receiver Drake McNamara over

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

Kennett’s Myles Robinson lines up as a receiver during the Blue Demons’ 21-13 loss to Sun Valley on Sept. 30.

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

Kennett quarterback Jake Dilcher attempts to find a receiver.

the middle for the catch.

McNamara then bobbled the ball, regained it and ran through several tackle attempts to the Sun Valley 30-yard line. After three incomplete passes, Dilcher found D’Angelo on fourth-and-ten for the Blue Demons first score with 9:10 remaining in the first half.

The dent Kennett made in Sun Valley’s lead was very short-lived, however, as Boccella engineered a 75-yard drive, which included a 34-yard pass to tight end James Gines that moved the ball to the eight yard line. A carry by West moved the ball to the oneyard line and, with four minutes remaining in the half, Boccella deflected tacklers on his way to Sun Valley’s third touchdown to send the Vanguards into halftime with a 21-7 lead.

Hyzny, who had not carried the ball at all

during the first half, gained 17 yards on the first snap of the second half, which moved Kennett to the Sun Valley 47-yard line. His next two carries gained five and seven yards, respectively, and suddenly, the Blue Demons found themselves in the thick of a potential comeback.

On first-and-ten with 10 minutes left in the third quarter and rolling out on Sun Valley’s 35-yard line, Dilcher found Robinson, who made a spectacular catch in the end zone over a defender for the touchdown. Although the extra-point attempt failed, Kennett found themselves a score and change away from the lead.

Although the defensive corps of Giovanni Cortes, Neil Erickson, Josh Ploener and Hyzny kept Sun Valley scoreless in the second half, the

Kennett offense could not capitalize on its opportunities. On fourthand-16 with 5:21 left in the game, Dilcher found D’Angelo in the end zone for what appeared to be a 25-yard score, but D’Angelo was ruled out of bounds. With the ball on its own 15-yard line with just over two minutes remaining, Dilcher found Tomasetti for an 11-yard gain, but on fourth-andten with 1:30 left, Dilcher was sacked, ending its final scoring threat.

With the loss, Kennett fell to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Ches-Mont American, and faces Bayard Rustin (2-4 overall) in West Chester on Oct. 8. Sun Valley (5-1 overall, 2-1 in the ChesMont American) will host Octorara on Oct. 7.

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

Beldyk, Beeson named KHS Homecoming king and queen

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer In ceremonies held held Sept. 30 during halftime of the Blue Demons’ football game against visiting Sun Valley, Julia Beldyk, the senior class secretary and captain of the Kennett High School tennis team, was named Homecoming queen, and Luke Beeson was named Homecoming king.

Beldyk and Breeson were among the ten Kennett students who were voted by their fellow senior classmates to make up this year’s Homecoming Court. Other members of

the court included Edwin Castaneda, Tori Hodges, Michael Bellino, Megan Marson, Ben Skross, Naomi Simonson, Matthew Yeldell and Maggie O’Sullivan.

The naming of the king and queen served as a highlight of this year’s Homecoming Week at Kennett, in part because the school’s traditional parade was canceled due to inclement weather. On Sept.

26, students showed their pride for their favorite team by wearing sports attire.

On Sept. 27, students wore decade-themed clothing, and on Sept. 28, they wore attire that celebrated

Tori Hodges was accompanied by Michael Bellino.

their heritage, culture and nationality.

To recognize those who are fighting cancer, students were asked to wear colors that represented four separate conditions.

Freshmen wore glitter in gold to fight pediatric cancer; sophomores wore purple in recognition of those battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma; juniors wore blue to acknowledge those fighting prostate cancer; and seniors wore black to acknowledge those with melanoma.

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

Photos by Richard L. Gaw.

Despite the rain, hundreds of Kennett students were caught up in Homecoming spirit.

Matthew Yeldell, a member of the school’s football team, escorted Naomi Simonson during Homecoming ceremonies.

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The Kennett High School Marching Band battled through the inclement weather to deliver a splendid halftime show.

Michael Breeson and Julia Beldyk were named this year’s Homecoming king and queen.

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Education Wilmington Friends School

Quaker matters.

Come see why.

Wilmington Friends School is a community. We offer an unsurpassed academic program, and just as important, Friends is a great place to grow up. What often brings families to Quaker education (95 percent of the families who choose Friends are not Quaker) is the appeal of an academic program with depth—one that asks students to question, to collaborate, to be creative, to take risks—within a caring community that balances focus on the individual with responsibility to the common good.

Highlights of our program include: • Preschool • Lower School STEM Lab, computer programming, Singapore Math and Spanish instruction • “1-to-1” student laptop program, recognized as an Apple Distinguished Program, beginning in 5th grade • IB Diploma Programme (first in Delaware) • School Year Abroad member (first in Delaware) • Malone Scholars School (first and only one in Delaware) • 860-panel solar PV system, with more panels planned • New Middle and Upper School Design Labs and Global Learning Center • New theater, gym, turf field and track • Spanish beginning in PK; Spanish, Chinese and French offered in 6th through 12th grade.

Visit www.wilmingtonfriends.org or call 302.576.2930 to customize your tour or to register for an Open House.

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also ride in the parade, with Queen announced at halftime the Homecoming King and of the football game.

Members of the Oxford Area High School 2016 Senior Homecoming Court are, front from left, Kelsey Winters, Maddie Rector, Kacie Steele, Skye Liljestrand and Natalie Giovan; rear from left are Brian Dorsey, Tyler Swick, Brendan Chew and Matt Krivansky. Ryan MacNeil is not pictured.

Melrath and Barlow among this year’s inductees into Sports Wall of Fame Six Oxford Area High School sports standouts— Jack Melrath (class of 1955), Susan Burke Mast (class of 1959), Dana Dreibelbis (class of 1974), Karen Doss Barlow (class of 1982), Erin Arrowood Fidler (class of 2002) and the Hess family—will be inducted into the school’s Sports Wall of Fame.

Melrath was very active in sports throughout his high school career. He earned varsity letters in soccer and basketball for three consecutive years and was the captain of both those teams during his senior year. He also earned varsity letters on the high school baseball team.

Melrath was a faithful follower of the high school athletic teams for the next 50 years. He was voted into the Mason Dixon Modified Softball League Hall of Fame in 1996, and was awarded Oxford’s Citizen of the Year Award in 2000.

Barlow earned ten varsity letters during her high school career at Oxford. She attained varsity status in field hockey and basketball for three years, and played softball for four years. It was during her senior year that she received Honorable Mention All-State accolades in softball.

Barlow continues to be active in athletics four decades after high school.

She played softball until very recently, and also competes in sprint triathlons, and plans to take part in the Happy Valley Sprint Triathlon next year.

The Hess family, which will be represented by Shirley Hess at the induction ceremony, is a family that has supported Oxford’s high school athletics for fifty years. The Hess family’s children and grandchildren have been involved in soccer, cross country, basketball, wrestling, tennis, and track. Even when members of

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Oxford Area High School Homecoming Parade set for Friday evening Oxford Area High School will hold its annual Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 7, beginning in Downtown Oxford at 5:30 p.m. and ending at the OAHS football stadium for the Homecoming Game vs.

Bishop Shanahan. The parade will feature the high school and Penn’s Grove School bands and cheerleaders, the Oxford Golden Bears players and cheerleaders, fire trucks, and performances and floats by each class as well as school clubs and organizations.

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the family weren’t on sports teams, the Hess family was still present—and supportive of—many of the school’s sports events. The family has also generously donated the award plates that are presented to inductees of the Oxford Area High School Sports Wall of Fame for the last several years.

The 16th annual induction banquet will take place at the high school on Monday, Oct. 17. The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with light refreshments in the cafeteria as attendees can meet with this year’s inductees and congratulate them. At 7:30 p.m., the awards presentation takes place in the auditorium.

The Chester County Press will be including stories about some of this year’s recipients in the weeks leading up to the banquet. The banquet is open to the public, and there is no cost to attend the event.

Calendar of Events Through Nov. 18

Fall Critters Bats, witches, ghosts, turkeys, pumpkins and other seasonal home decor and tabletop items are available through Nov. 18 at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. Critters are ornaments and tabletop decorations, each made by hand using natural materials. Museum volunteers use raw materials such as pine cones, acorns, egg shells, flowers, and seed pods to give each critter its own personality and expression.

They range from $10 to $50 and are available in the Museum Shop, which is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 610-388-2700 or visit www.brandywinemuseum.org.

Oct. 8 Oktoberfest in Parkesburg Victory Brewing Company will be hosting an Oktoberfest celebration on Oct. 8 from noon to 4 p.m. at its Parkesburg facility (3127 Lower Valley

Rd., Parkesburg). The family-friendly event features Oktoberfest-inspired craft beers including Festbier and Zeltbier, as well as other flagship brands like Prima Pils, Helles Lager and Headwaters Pale Ale. The Brewpub On Wheels will be serving traditional Oktoberfest foods like currywurst and döner kebabs, along with mac and cheese, street tacos and soft pretzels. There will be live music from local bands and outdoor lawn games. In the children’s area, there will be face painting, balloon animals, a moon bounce and games. The event is free. Beer and food will be sold.

Oct. 9 Record Collectors Music Expo The Keystone Record Collectors Music Expo will be held at the Continental Inn (2285 Lincoln Highway east, Route 30, next to Dutch Wonderland) on Oct. 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dealers will be selling records, CDs, videos

and music memorabilia of all eras. Free admission.

Call 610-932-7852 or visit www.recordcollectors.org.

Oct. 9 Pink Poker Prance Area riders are invited to join the Pink Poker Prance on Oct. 9 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be held at 2941 Appleton Rd., Elkton, Md. The leisurely ride in Fair Hill will benefit local breast cancer coalitions. Riders must register in advance of the event and select their ride time at Oxford Feed & Lumber (112 Railroad Ave., Oxford), or by phone at 610-932-8521. The $35 fee includes a commemorative T-shirt and halter, plus lunch. Prizes for “most pink” horses and riders, and best poker hands.

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.

Willowdale Pro Rodeo to be held Oct. 8 at new location The Sixth Willowdale Pro Rodeo benefitting the Unionville Community Fair will be held at a different location and on a different date this year. The rodeo will be held on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 2 p.m. Slack will start at 10 a.m.

The event has moved to the Brandywine Polo Field (232 Polo Road, Toughkenamon).

Tickets for the professional rodeo are $17 for ages 13 and older, $12 for ages 4 to 12, and free for ages 3 and younger.

Tickets are available through the UC Fair web site at www.ucfair.org via PayPal, up to 5 p.m. on Oct. 7. Tickets are also available at the gate day of the event. The rodeo will be held rain or shine. M & M BBQ and Foxy Loxy will be on hand to provide food and ice cream.

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Through Oct. 15 Timothy Barr solo show The SomervilleManning Galler y (101 Stone Block Row, Greenville, Del.) presents a solo show by contemporary realist painter Timothy Barr through Oct. 15. Barr paints scenes of the Pennsylvania countryside, the Brandywine region and southern Berks County. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 302-652-0271 or visit www.somervillemanning. com.

Through Oct. 16 Vicki Vinton solo show The Blue Streak Gallery (1721 Delaware Ave., Wilmington, Del.) presents “Marks and Movement Under Pressure,” a show of new paintings by Vicki Vinton, through Oct. 16.

Call 302-429-0506 for information.

Through Oct. 14 National Juried Show The Oxford Arts Alliance (38 S. Third St., Oxford) presents its National Juried Show through Oct. 14. The show features works in a variety of media by artists from across the country. Gallery hours are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 610-467-0301 or visit www.oxfordart.org.

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Oct. 6 to Nov. 5 Philip Jamison solo show The Church Street Gallery (12 S. Church St., West Chester) presents works from five decades by watercolorist Phil Jamison from Sept. 6 to Nov. 5. There will be an opening cocktail reception with the artist on Sept. 6 from 5 to 9 p.m. Gallery hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 1 to 5 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit www. churchstreetgallerywc. com.

Oct. 7 Art at Metamorphosis Metamorphosis Wellness Center (331 E. State St., Kennett Square) is participating in Kennett Square’s First Friday Art Stroll on Oct. 7 from 6 to 9 p.m., with artwork

by Susan Wrightson and Meg Steen. The show continues through Oct. 31. Call 610-4448020 or visit www. metamorphosiswellnesscenter. net .

Oct. 7 to 12 ‘Chester County Collects’ The Chester County Art Association (250 N. Bradford Ave., West Chester) will host “Chester County Collects” from Oct. 7 to 23. More than 50 works of art will be on display in the Allinson and Huston Galleries.

Sculpture, paintings, objects, and furniture spanning 400 years will

be featured, including pieces by Alexander Calder, Chuck Close, George Cope, Wharton Esherick, Frank Gehry, George Nakashima, Horace Pippin and George Whitney. Represented artists also include Thomas Hart Benton, Tom Bostelle, and Andrew Wyeth. The opening gala will be Oct. 7, and a closing reception will be held on Oct. 23. Several other ticketed events will be offered including lectures from regional art institution experts and panel discussions on the fundamentals of starting a legacy collection and artists collecting other artists’ work. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sunday. Visit www. chestercountyarts.org or call 610-696-5600.

Oct. 7 to 29 Plein air show at Longwood Gallery Longwood Art Gallery (200 E. State St., Kennett Square) is hosting an October group show featuring original oils by plein-air artists David Diaz, Nan Jackson and Dennis Young from Oct. 7 to 29. A reception with the artists will be held Oct. 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. during the First Friday Art Stroll, with wine and cheese, and live music by The Ladeens. For more information, call 610444-0146 or visit www. longwoodartgallery.com.

The Station Gallery in Greenville, Del., hosts a show by Tamara Krendel and Anne Oldach, ‘Nature: Folded & Enfolded,’ from Oct. 7 to 29 (see listing).

Oct. 7 to 29 ‘Nature: Folded & Enfolded’ The Station Gallery (3922 Kennett Pike, Greenville, Del.) hosts a show by Tamara Krendel and Anne Oldach, “Nature: Folded & Enfolded,” from Oct. 7 to 29. The two friends first exhibited together at The Station Gallery in 1980. A reception with the artistsd will be held Oct. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m.

Gallery hours are Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call

302-654-8638 or visit www.stationgallery.net.

Oct. 13 to 16 Arts Alliance benefit The D e l awa r e Designer Showhouse, a 1974 contemporary home in Centreville, is open through Oct. 16.

Area designers have spotlighted their products and services in each room of the home.

Parking is available from the former Centreville Swim Club (607 Swallow Hollow, Centreville, Del.), with a shuttle that will run to the home. In addition to spotlighting

top designers, the event benefits area non-profits each year. From Oct. 13 to 16, the money will go to the Oxford Arts Alliance, helping the art center host art classes, music lessons and art shows for the community throughout the year.

Tickets are $30 at the door ($25 in advance online), and $20 for groups of 10 or more. For ticket information, call 302691-9056, email info@ delawareshowhouse.com, or order online at www.

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A conversation with Alexander Hamilton slated Oct. 8

By Gene Pisasale Correspondent The most misunderstood and least appreciated of the Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton

was a patriot-soldier, aide-de-camp to General Washington, a tireless advocate for crafting the U.S. Constitution, the first Secretary of the Treasury and almost single-

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Alexander Hamilton

handedly responsible for rescuing the nation from its post-Revolutionary War financial disaster.

Hamilton’s numerous skills -- in finance, banking, investments, commerce, international trade, management, law and politics -- were essential in “righting the ship of state,” allowing America to not only rebound, but thrive and become the most successful nation on Earth in the last two centuries.

Long-standing disputes with both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison plagued Hamilton throughout the latter years of his life. Those two men subsequently headed administrations that

attempted to undo many of his achievements, causing Hamilton’s reputation to be muddied in the public’s view.

It wasn’t until the 20th century that most professional historians started to take a very close look at Hamilton’s accomplishments in f inance, banking, commerce, economics, government and related fields. His re-emergence into the spotlight in the last two decades -- and more recently since the play “Hamilton” emerged on Broadway -- has been nothing short of a rebirth.

Hamilton is now credited with bringing life to a nation which nearly died insolvent, and almost

succumbed to the hostile debates that could have prevented the Constitution from giving America a fresh start, on a new path to greatness.

Didn’t get a ticket to see “Hamilton” on Broadway?

Always wanted to have a cup of coffee with a Founding Father? Meet Alexander Hamilton at the Kennett Square Library (216 E. State St., Kennett Square) on Oct. 8 at 2 p.m. when local author/ historian Gene Pisasale portrays Hamilton, dressed in full Continental Army officer’s uniform, talking about his life and times.

This event is free. All ages welcome. Call the library at 610-444-2702 for more information.

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Gene Pisasale will portray Alexander Hamilton on Oct. 8 at the Kennett Square Library.

Upland welcomes exchange students from Finland

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer The rolling hills and fields that border the Upland Country Day School in Kennett Square are, to some observers, similar to the rural landscape of Finland.

For the 39th year, the school is connecting Chester County to that Scandanavian country in a unique way.

Upland recently welcomed two exchange students from Turku, Finland, who have joined Upland’s ninth grade for the current academic year.

Siiri Laine, who has a

background in dance, is on Upland’s varsity girls’ field hockey team. Severi Severi Laitinen is on the boys’ soccer teams. Both have roles in the school’s fall production of “Grease: The Musical.” They will live with host families in the Kennett SquareUnionville community.

This year marks the 39th anniversary of the Upland-Finnish Exchange Program at Upland, which has the oldest middle school level international exchange program in the country. The school’s Finnish exchange program was designed to provide students with a first-hand

international experience using student exchange with an athletic focus as a vehicle for sharing friendship between countries. Since the program began, Upland has hosted 88 Finnish students.

“We are excited to welcome Siiri and Severi to Upland Country Day School for the year,” said Thomas J. Reid, Head of School. “It represents an opportunity for students from entirely different cultures get to know one another, share their languages, customs and cultures. They establish lasting bonds that

stretch across the globe while receiving a great education together.”

In February, Upland will be hosting a group of 35 students from Turku, Finland, for a week.

Players from TPS Turku will be playing hockey with local teams at the Upland Rink, and girls from Lahjan Tytot, a competitive international dance/gymnastics team, will be performing at venues throughout Chester County and Delaware.

To contact Staff Writer Richard L. Gaw, e-mail rga w @ ch e s t e rc o u n t y. com.

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Siiri Laine, left, and Severi Laitinen, right, join Thomas J. Reid, Head of School, in front of Upland Country Day School’s new Kleberg IDEA Center.

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MARIE ELIZABETH FUNK COULTER Marie Elizabeth Funk Coulter, 92, of Oxford, passed away on Sept. 27.

Marie was born in Embreeville in 1923, the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Funk and Elsie Lydia Cox. In her early years, she lived in Goldens Bridge, N.Y., and lived her adult life in Forestville, Kelton, and Oxford, Pa. A graduate of Avon Grove High School and Goldey Beacom College, she was employed by the West Grove Bank, the Chrysler Parts Plant, Bainbridge Naval Training Center, and DuPont Engineering at Louviers. Following retirement in 1985, she was employed by the Oxford Borough office as Assistant to the Manager. She enjoyed many years of volunteering for various organizations, was a member of the former Oxford Research Club, the Green Thumb Garden Club, and the Oxford Presbyterian Church. Most of all, she enjoyed spending time with family and friends.

Marie was preceded in death by her beloved husband, William “Reds” Coulter; and sister, Margaret “Peg” Shortlidge. She is survived by son, Joseph Rutherford Baily III and his wife Linda of Pensacola, Fla.; grandchildren Kirk Lauren Baily and his wife Michelle of Kansas City, Kan., Lisa Marie Calligan and her husband Cameron of The Woodlands, Texas; nieces Hope Shortlidge of West Grove, Carol Shortlidge of West Grove, Joy Dolan and her husband Brian of Westport, Conn., Heather Shortlidge of Annapolis, Md.; and Margaret “Meg” Shortlidge and her husband Patrick of New Jersey.

Marie’s quick wit, sharp sense of humor, and extraordinary heart will be greatly missed. We will always love her more! A graveside service was held Oct. 3 in the Oxford Cemetery. Contributions in Marie’s memory may be made to the Oxford Presbyterian Church, 6 Pine Street, Oxford, PA 19363.

IRENE J. MEREDITH

Irene J. Meredith, 71, of West Grove, formerly of Kennett Square, passed away on Sept. 23 at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford.

Born in Kennett Square, she was the daughter of the late William and Jane Allaband Meredith. Irene was employed with Kennett High School as a French teacher and retired after a lifetime of service. She received her master’s degree in French from Millersville University. She was highly involved in high-school theatre productions and Barley Sheaf Players. She enjoyed taking her class on trips to France. Irene loved anything French, teaching, children, her cats and all animals.

She is survived by one nephew, William Skibinski; and one niece, Samantha Meredith Bhujel. She was predeceased by a brother, William Meredith; and sister, Elizabeth Meredith.

Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Brandywine Valley SPCA, 1212 Phoenixville Pike, West Chester, PA 19380. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome. com.

Oct. 7-8 Children’s equipment sale West Grove United Methodist Church (300 N. Guernsey Rd., West Grove) will be holding a children’s clothing, toy and equipment consignment sale on Oct. 7 and 8. There will be a large selection of fall and winter children’s clothes, shoes, coats, toys, books, baby items and equipment. Hours are Oct. 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Oct. 8 from 9 a.m. to noon. On Saturday, many items will be half price.

This sale benefits the early childhood and scholarship programs at the Children’s Morning Out and Preschool Program of the church. For information, e-mail tracy.mclaughlin@ westgroveumc.org or call 610-869-9334.

Oct. 8 Turkey dinner Shiloh Presbyterian Church (6 Pine St., Oxford) holds its annual turkey dinner on Oct. 8 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Adult tickets are $15 ($12 for seniors over 65), and $7 for ages 4 to 10. For ticket reservations, leave a message at the church office at 610-932-9256.

Oct. 15 Craft sale and BBQ Crafters are being sought for a chicken barbeque and craft sale to be held at the Landenberg United Methodist Church on Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tables are $15 each.

MARIE HANSON

ARMENTA R. CARTER

Marie Hanson, 89, of Huntington Valley, Pa., formerly of Bensalem, passed away on Sept. 27 at Luther Woods Rehab Center in Hatboro.

She was the wife of the late Robert E. Hanson.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Helen N. Kuser Haag. She was a member of St. Albert the Great Church, Huntington Valley.

Marie enjoyed tap dancing, collecting teddy bears and traveling.

She is survived by one son, Glen Hanson of Feasterville; two daughters, Jean Gottel of West Grove and Donna Houlne of Philadelphia; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Terry Hanson; two grandchildren; one brother, John Haag; and two sisters, Helen Voegele and Dorothy Hansen.

A mass of Christian burial was celebrated Oct. 3 at Sacred Heart Church in Oxford. Interment will be in Florida National Veterans Cemetery, Bushnell, Fla. Online condolences may be made at www. elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

Armenta R. Carter, 80, of West Grove, formerly of Darby, passed away on Sept. 22 at the Jennersville Regional Hospital.

Born in Darby, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Ruth Mayo Carter.

She was a tax preparer, and a former councilwoman for the Borough of Darby. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Darby, where he had served as a past secretary. She enjoyed reading, she was a lover of butterflies, and an avid Philadelphia Phillies and Eagles fan.

She is survived by one son, Duane A. Carter and his wife Cecelia of Virginia Beach, Va.; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

A funeral was held Sept. 30. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com.

KATHRYN MARY CARROLL HIPKINS Kathryn (Katiey) Mary Carroll Hipkins, 38, of West Grove, died on Oct. 1 after a brave battle with cancer.

She was the wife of Douglas A. Hipkins, Jr., with whom she shared 11 years of marriage. Born in Drexel Hill, she was the daughter of Raymond Carroll of Casselberry, Fla., and the late Mary (Hackett) Carroll. Katiey was a 1996 graduate of Penn Wood High School, and also attended Penn State.

She was a dedicated mother, friend to all, and a coupon queen. She enjoyed reading, scrapbooking and serving as a Girl Scout troop leader. Katiey was a member and Sunday School teacher at the Community of Love Church in Oxford.

In addition to her husband, and her father and his wife Lilian Casselberry Carroll of Casselberry Fla.,, she is survived by three daughters, Kiersten Hutchinson, Maryn Hipkins, and Rachel Hipkins; one brother, Ray Jr. and his wife Jennifer of Pleasant Gap, Pa.; two sisters, Lori Carroll of Woodlyn, Pa., and Jennifer Roth and her husband Steven of North Bellmore, N.Y.; and her maternal grandmother, Jean Hackett.

A visitation with family and friends will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home Inc. (250 W. State St., Kennett Square). A memorial service celebrating her life will be held at 11 a.m.

Oct. 6 at Community of Love Lutheran Church (117 N. 4th St., Oxford). Interment will be held privately.

Contributions in her memory may be made to The Kate Hipkins Memorial Fund, PO Box 2, Cassadaga, FL 32706. To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, visit www.griecocares.com.

MARGARET MARIE ORRIS TEEL Margaret Marie “Peg” Orris Teel, 87, of Oxford passed away on Sept. 29 at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford.

She was the wife of the late Harry N. Teel. Born in Skelp Level, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Lemon and Verna Bell Clevenger Orris. She was a member of Mt. Vernon Christian Church in Kirkwood.

She is survived by two sons, H. Nelson Teel, Jr. (Kelly) of Oxford, and David A. Teel (Sandy) of Dover, Del.; two daughters, Joanne Cheek (Skip) of Oxford, and Evelyn T. Alexander (Louis) of Oxford; ten grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and one sister, Thelma Pearl Teel of Oxford.

Funeral services were held Oct. 4 at the Mt. Vernon Christian Church (One Lighthouse Dr., Kirkwood, PA 17536). Interment was in Little Elk Creek Friends Cemetery in Oxford. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Mt. Vernon Christian Church. Online condolences may be made at www. elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

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EDITH W. MORAN PARSONS Edith W. Moran Parsons, 92, of Oxford, passed away on Sept. 27 at Oak Leaf Manor in Millersville.

She was preceded in death by her husband of more than 50 years, Albert O. Moran, Sr.; and by husband, Loy Parsons. Born in Sword Creek, Va., she was the daughter of the late Reese and Osa Reedy Webb.

She worked many years in her mushroom business, and in her later years became a hairdresser. She was a faithful member of the Oxford Church of the Nazarene for many years. She loved cooking, baking, reading, and entertaining friends and family.

She is survived by two sons, Albert O. Moran, Jr., and his wife Louise, and Richard Moran and his wife Shirley, all of Oxford; one daughter, Patricia Todd of Hockessin, Del.; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 17 great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Victor Webb of Elkton, Md.; and one sister, Thelma Howell of Oxford. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Hubert Webb, Clyde Webb, Homer Webb, Dennis Webb; and one sister, Zeola Shupe.

Services and interment were private. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Hospice for all Seasons, 2741 Paxton St., Suite 200, Harrisburg, PA 17111. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

KENNETH E. BARBER Kenneth E. Barber, 80, of New Holland, formerly of Kennett Square, passed away peacefully on Sept. 27 at his home, with his wife, Janice, by his side and surrounded by his loving family.

Born in West Chester, he was the son of the late Ruth and Roland Barber. He assumed ownership of Barber’s Florist of Kennett Square when his father retired. Ken continued to grow the business and create beautiful floral designs for more than 40 years until retiring in 2004. Ken and Roland’s legacy is carried on today by their family. He graduated from Kennett High School in 1954 and entered the United States Army. After serving three years, he was honorably discharged. He was a member of Hamorton Methodist Church, Kennett Fire Company, No. 1,

and the Masonic Lodge of Kennett Square.

Ken is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Janice; children, Michael Barber and wife Dawn of Mt. City, Tenn., Cindy and husband Tom of Wilmington, Del., and Brian Barber of Kennett Square; seven grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren. He was predeceased by two brothers, Wayne Barber and Ralph Barber; and two sisters, Grace Groves and Fern Mackey.

Ken enjoyed visiting the flower shop, gardening, morning coffee with his buddies, driving neighbors and friends to appointments and the airport, and simply spending time with his family and friends.

Ken was known for his outgoing personality, sense of humor and, most of all, his kindness and generosity. He touched so many and is loved by so many more.

A funeral was held Oct. 3. Burial was at Longwood Cemetery. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com.

JAY ROSS HENDRY Jay Ross Hendry, 34, of Oxford, passed away on Sept. 30 at his home.

He was the husband of Megan E. Curran Hendry, with whom he shared 12 years of marriage. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of Jay Edward Hendry and his wife Mary Lou Hendry of Philadelphia, and the late Kim M. Arnold Marsden.

He was known for his contagious belly laugh and as a true survivor, first overcoming stage 4 colon cancer at 24 years old. At 31 years old, he survived a severe traumatic brain injury. Being the superman that he was, at 34 years old, while recovering from his brain injury, he was diagnosed with a rare cancer again that he fought as hard as he could to overcome. He lived on borrowed time for a long time, beating the odds, and enjoyed every minute of it.

Jay enjoyed porch nights with his wife, singing to his wife and dancing in the kitchen while washing dishes, stereo audio equipment and loud music, bonf ires, children (especially infants), driving, video games with the kids, go-karts, mini bikes and anything else with wheels, cold weather, being ridiculously goofy and making people laugh, tickling people endlessly, listening to comedy shows, animals, but most importantly, spending time with family.

He is survived by his wife, Megan Hendry; father,

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Jay E. Hendry (Mary Lou); three children, Gabe Curran, Kim Hendry and Brandon Hendry; four brothers, Josh Taylor, Matthew Marsden (Christina), Ryan Hendry and Nicholas Hendry; sister, Brittany Marsden; maternal grandmother, Virginia Traverse; father and mother-in-law, Patrick and Susan Curran; two brothers-in-law, Nicholas Curran and Ryan Curran; two nephews; one niece; and many aunts and uncles. He was preceded in death by his mother, Kim M. Arnold Marsden; paternal grandparents, James and Dorothy Hendry; maternal grandfathers, Herbert Arnold and Robert Traverse; and a niece, Miranda Curran.

Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Oct. 6 at the Sacred Heart Church (203 Church Rd., Oxford), where friends and family may visit from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Interment will be private.

There is a reception at 1 p.m. on Oct. 6 at the Red Man’s Pavilion (114 Brick Rd., Oxford).

In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Jay R. Hendry Children Education Fund, in care of Megan Hendry, 1786 Twinhouse Rd., Oxford, PA 19363. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

CARSON L. TRIVETT Carson Lee Trivett, 81, of Oxford, passed away on Oct. 2 at his Oxford residence.

He was the husband of Ruby Jewel Frye Trivett, with whom he shared 60 years of marriage.

Born in Smyth County, Va., he was the son of the late Clarence and Katherine Hayes Trivett. Carson was employed with NVF for 20 years before retirement. He was a tree surgeon by trade. He was an avid hunting and fisherman, and loved to shoot in gun range tournaments and the outdoors.

He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Donna Kay Trivet of Oxford, Lola Jean Boyd of Little Britain, and Julia Lynn Trivett of Oxford; two sisters; two brothers; son-in-law, Donnie Ray Mitchem of Oxford; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one grandchild, two brothers and one sister.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Oct. 7 at the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc. (86 Pine St., Oxford), where friends and family may visit from 10 to 11 a.m. Interment will be in Oxford Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

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LEGALS NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The Kennett Consolidated School District is re-soliciting bids for the New Baseball Field Project at Kennett Middle School. This is a re-bid with a somewhat reduced scope of work. The field is located in the southern corner of the Kennett Middle School campus in Landenberg, Pennsylvania. The project consists of, but is not limited to, the construction of one (1) new baseball field, fencing, landscaping, erosion control, earthwork, rain garden, seeding, and other items as more completely described in the bid documents.

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By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff, will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time, the herein-described real estate.

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being located on the westerly right of way line of Honey Locust Drive and continuing from said beginning point the four following courses and distances: South 84 degrees 52 minutes 15 seconds west the distance of 150.00 feet to a point; thence North 5 degrees 7 minutes 45 seconds west the distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence North 84 degrees 52 minutes 15 seconds east the distance of 150 feet to a point on the westerly right or way line of Honey Locust Drive; thence In the line of Honey Locust Drive south 5 degrees 7 minutes 45 seconds east the distance of 100.00 feet to the first mentioned place of beginning.

BEING Lot 24, as shown on the said plan.

BEING commonly known as: 219 Honey Locust Drive.

PARCEL NO. 60-4-20.4 Fee Simple Title Vested in Michael S. Chandler and Lisa M. Dinorscia by deed from, Kenneth M. Goldman and Marne B. Goldman, Husband and Wife, dated 5/24/2007, recorded 6/194/2007, in the Chester County Recorder of Deeds in Deed Book 7189, Page 434, as Instrument No. 10763608, PL AINTIFF: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, doing business as Christiana Trust, not in its individual capacity, but solely as a trustee for BCAT 2015-14BIT VS DEFENDANT: MICHAEL CHANDLER a/k/a MICHAEL S. CHANDLER a/k/a MICHAEL SCOTT CHANDLER a/k/a MICHAEL S. CHANDLER, JR. a/k/a MICHAEL CHANDLER, JR. and LISA DINORSCIA a/k/a LISA M. DINORSCIA SALE ADDRESS: 219 Honey Locust Drive, New Garden Township PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: STERN & EISENBERG, 215-572-8111 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. The final payment must be made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. and is due twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 9p-28-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff, will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time, the herein-described real estate. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Office of the Sheriff, 201 W Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Schedule of Distribution on Monday, November 21, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 16-10-708 Writ of Execution No. 2016-00035 DEBT $124,882.90 PROPERTY situate in Highland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR #45-1-11.6 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: Residential Dwelling PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Bank, NA VS DEFENDANT: NICOLE L. FAGAN a/k/a NICOLE L. ROSS a/k/A NICOLE LYNN FAGAN a/k/a NICOLE LYNN ROSS and SEAN A. ROSS a/k/a SEAN ANTHONY ROSS SALE ADDRESS: 56 Boroline Road a/k/a 56 Boro Line Road, Parkesburg, PA 19365-9201 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215-563-7000 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. The final payment must be made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. and is due twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 9p-28-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff, will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time, the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Office of the Sheriff, 201 W Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Schedule of Distribution on Monday, November 21, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 16-10-709 Writ of Execution No. 2015-10037 DEBT $213,651.74 PROPERTY situate in New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Trust Company, as Trustee for Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC Trust 2007-BR5, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2007-BR5 VS DEFENDANT: JESSICA JENNINGS, KNOWN HEIR OF DOLORES J. JENNINGS AND JAMES JENNINGS; SHANON JENNINS, KNOWN HEIR OF DOLORES J. JENNINGS AND JAMES JENNINGS; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER DOLORES J. JENNINGS; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER JAMES R. JENNINGS SALE ADDRESS: 705 Thunderhill Road, New London, PA 19360 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: UDREN LAW OFFICES, P.C., 856-669-5400 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. The final payment must be made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. and is due twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 9p-28-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff, will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time, the herein-described real estate. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Office of the Sheriff, 201 W Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Schedule of Distribution on Monday, November 21, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 16-10-711 Writ of Execution No. 2010-10904 DEBT $350,518.66 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot, piece or parcel of land known as Lot No. 15, Holliday Farms Development, located on the southerly side of Sill’s Mill Road, Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, more particularly bounded and described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of Huntsman Path (40 feet wide) said point being located south 11 degrees 57 minutes 7-1/2 seconds west one hundred eighty-three and thirty-eight thousandths (183.038) feet from the southerly end of a junction curve having a radius of 20 feet formed by the southerly side of Patricia Lane (40 feet wide) with the westerly side of Huntsman Path, said point being a corner of Lot No. 10; thence from said beginning point along Lot No. 10 north 81 degrees 43 minutes 19 seconds west two hundred sixty-eight and one-tenths (268.1) feet to a corner of Lot No.11 and Lot No. 14; thence thereby along Lot No. 14 south 8 degrees 05 minutes west two hundred eighty-three and ninety-seven hundredth (283.97) feet to a point on the northerly side of Deerfield Road (40 feet wide); thence thereby along the northerly side of said road south 81 degrees 55 minutes east two hundred forty-two and one-tenth (242.1) feet to a point; thence by the arc of a circle deflecting to the right having a radius of 50 feet; length of arc 37.403 feet to a point on the westerly side of Huntsman Path, said point on Huntsman Path being north 53 degrees 05 minutes 30 seconds east thirty-six and five hundred thirty-seven thousandths (36.537) feet from the last mentioned point; thence along westerly side of Huntsman Path.

North 8 degrees 6 minutes east two hundred fifty-seven and twenty-four hundredths (257.24) feet to the place of beginning CONTAINING 1.7349 acres of land, more or less.

UNDER AND SUBJECT to certain covenants, conditions, agreements, restrictions, reservations and limitations as set forth in Deed Book Q-24, Vol. 588, at Page 537.

BEING THE SAME PREMISES which Melvin F. Wood and Dorothy L. Wood,

by Deed dated June 15, 1977 and recorded June 20, 1977 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Chester County in Deed Book D-51, Page 362, granted and conveyed unto Bob R. Surratt and Alma M. Surratt, husband and wife.

And the Said Bob R. Surratt departed this life on April 13, 1999. Title to the property passed to Alma M. Surratt by operation of law.

BEING KNOWN AS 569 Huntsman Path, Kennett Square, PA 19348-2513 PARCEL NO.: 62-4-175 IMPROVEMENTS: Residential property.

PLAINTIFF: Deusche Bank, National Trust Company, as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006FF9, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF9 VS DEFENDANT: ALMA M. SURRATT SALE ADDRESS: 569 Huntsman Path, Kennett Square, PA 19348-2513

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PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: POWERS, KIRN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 215942-2090

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N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase

money must be paid at the time and place of sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. The final payment must be made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. and is due twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 9p-28-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff, will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time, the herein-described real estate. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Office of the Sheriff, 201 W Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Schedule of Distribution on Monday, November 21, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 16-10-714 Writ of Execution No. 2015-03261 DEBT $263,465.17 ALL THE CERTAIN lot or parcel of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate in the Township of New London, County of Chester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania described according to a Plan of Property owned by Alfred Roy made

by George E. Register, Jr., & Sons. Inc., Registered Land Surveyors, Kennett Square, PA dated October 17, 1985 as follows, to wit: PLAINTIFF: U.S. National Association, as Successor Trustee to Bank of America, N.A. as Successor to Lasalle Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-BC8 VS DEFENDANT: JAN C. HACKETT and KAREN L. HACKETT

DEFENDANT: JOSE L. CRUZ and SONIA CRUZ SALE ADDRESS: 408 Main Street, Parkesburg, PA 19365 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: ROBERT W. WILLIAMS, ESQ., 856-482-1400 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. The final payment must be made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. and is due twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 9p-28-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff, will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time, the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Office of the Sheriff, 201 W Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Schedule of Distribution on Monday, November 21, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 16-10-727 Writ of Execution No. 2016-02534 DEBT $80,472.13 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of land situate in Township of West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania TAX PARCEL #68-06-0127.040 PLAINTIFF: LSF9 Master Participation Trust VS DEFENDANT: CLAUDIA L. DAVIS a/k/a CLAUDIA B. DAVIS and KENNETH J. DAVIS

SALE ADDRESS: 2169 Newark Road, Kelton, Pennsylvania 19390-9523

SALE ADDRESS: 175 W. Ridge Rd., Nottingham, PA 19362

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C., 215790-1010

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: UDREN LAW OFFICES, P.C., 856-669-5400

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. The final payment must be made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. and is due twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 9p-28-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff, will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time, the herein-described real estate. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Office of the Sheriff, 201 W Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Schedule of Distribution on Monday, November 21, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 16-10-718 Writ of Execution No. 2015-01012 DEBT $$228,469.73 ALL THE CERTAIN tract of land with the east half of a double frame dwelling house thereon erected known as No. 408 West Main Street, situate in the Borough of Parkesburg, County of Chester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described according to a new survey thereof, made by J.W. Harry, Civil Engineer, dated June 14, 1937, as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point in the center line of West Main Street, a corner of land of Clarence W. Powell and Edna V. Powell, his wife, distanct 420.99 feet eastwardly from the intersection of said center line with the center line of Culvert Street, measuring along the aforesaid center line of West main Street, thence along the center line of West Main Street, north 78 degrees 19 minutes east, 24.87 feet to point, a corner of land of Edward W. Myers; thence along the same, south 11 degrees 41 minutes east, 199.31 feet to a point in the north line of land of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, another corner of land of Edward W. Myers; thence along the land of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, south 79 degrees 15 minutes west, 24.87 feet to a point, another corner of land of Clarence W. Powell and Edna V. Powell, his wife; thence along the same and passing through the dividing wall of a double frame house, north 11 degrees 41 minutes west, 199.91 feet to the place of beginning.

Title to said Premises vested in Jose L. Cruz and Sonia Cruz, his wife by Deed from CitiMortgage, Inc., s/b/m to First Nationwide Mortgage Corporation, by Keystone Asset Management, Inc., its attorney in fact dated March 26, 2004 and recorded April 13, 2004 in the Chester County Recorder of Deeds in Book 6118, Page 1833.

PLAINTIFF: HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp., Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-NC2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates VS

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. The final payment must be made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. and is due twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 9p-28-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff, will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time, the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Office of the Sheriff, 201 W Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Schedule of Distribution on Monday, November 21, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 16-10-728 Writ of Execution No. 2016-01857 DEBT $326,833.42 Property situate in the East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR #69-06-0067.450 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 424 Buttonwood Lane, Oxford, PA 19363 IMPROVEMENTS: A residential dwelling.

SOLD AS THE PROPERTY OF: Joseh A. Jakubowski and Cheri Marie Mathioudakis PLAINTIFF: Pacific Union Financial LLC VS DEFENDANT: JOSEPH A. JAKUBOWSI and CHERIE MARIE MATHIOUDAKIS

Chester, Pennsylvania, a Schedule of Distribution on Monday, November 21, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 16-10-733 Writ of Execution No. 2016-04028 DEBT $140,969.19 Property situated in Oxford Borough, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 6-4-61 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: Residential Dwelling PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Bank, NA VS DEFENDANT: LOUIS THOMAS ALEXANDER, JR. and SARAH ALEXANDER SALE ADDRESS: 113 North 3rd Street, a/k/a Third Street, Oxford, PA 193631425 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215-563-7000 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. The final payment must be made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. and is due twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 9p-28-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff, will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time, the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Office of the Sheriff, 201 W Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Schedule of Distribution on Monday, November 21, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 16-10-738 Writ of Execution No. 2015-10729 DEBT $252,272,42 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the building and improvements thereon, erected, situate in the Township of East Nottingham, County of Chester, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania PLAINTIFF: Christiana Trust, a division of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Indenture Trustee, for the CSMC 2014-RPL3 Trust MortgageBacked Notes, Series 2014-RPL3, c/o Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. VS DEFENDANT: FRANKIE SANTIAGO and MARY D. SANTIAGO SALE ADDRESS: 128 Wilson Drive, Oxford, PA 19363

SALE NO. 16-10-734 Writ of Execution No. 2016-01003 DEBT $196,356.03

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff, will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time, the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Office of the Sheriff, 201 W Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Schedule of Distribution on Monday, November 21, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

Property situated in East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 69-5-8 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: Residential Dwelling PLAINTIFF: Ditech Fiinancial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC VS DEFENDANT: ROBERT H. PORTER SALE ADDRESS: 2029 Hopewell Road, Oxford, PA 19363-4005 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215-563-7000 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. The final payment must be made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. and is due twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 9p-28-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff, will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time, the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Office of the Sheriff, 201 W Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Schedule of Distribution on Monday, November 21, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: STEPHEN M. HLADIK, ESQ., 215-855-9521 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. The final payment must be made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. and is due twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 9p-28-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

SALE NO. 16-10-732 Writ of Execution No. 2015-07792 DEBT $429,290.13 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of parcel of land situate in the Township of London Grove, County of Chester, Commonwealth of PA, bounded and described according to a Final Subdivision Plan of Briarlea made of Crossan-Raimato, Inc. Professional Land Surveyors, dated 11/22/2004, last revised 2/16/2005 and recorded in Chester County Recorder of Deeds Office as Plan No. 17790 as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point of curve on the southerly side of Remington Way, a corner of Lot 36 on said Plan; thence extending from the beginning point along Remington Way on the arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 225.00 feet, the arc distance of 89.49 feet to a corner of Lot 34; thence extending along Lot 34 south 49 degrees 10 minutes 44 seconds east 139.45 feet to a corner of Open Space on said Plan; thence extending along Open Space south 50 degrees 14 minutes 58 seconds west, 145.09 feet to a corner of aforementioned lot 36; thence extending along lot 36, north 26 degrees 23 minutes 27 seconds west, 144.53 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

Being Lot 35 on said Plan.

BEING Parcel #59-8-144.37

SALE ADDRESS: 424 Buttonwood Lane, Oxford, PA 19363 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: KML LAW GROUP, P.C., 215-627-1322

Property situated in the Chester County, Pennsylvania

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. The final payment must be made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. and is due twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 9p-28-3t

BLR# 71-2-54

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff, will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time, the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Office of the Sheriff, 201 W Market Street, Suite 1201, West

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff, will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time, the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Office of the Sheriff, 201 W Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania, a Schedule of Distribution on Monday, November 21, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 16-10-735 Writ of Execution No. 2016-04363 DEBT $34,490.47

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 9p-28-3t

IMPROVEMENTS thereon: Residential Dwelling PLAINTIFF: Ally Bank VS DEFENDANT: DAWN MARIE CIARROCCHI and DANIEL EDWARD CIARROCHI SALE ADDRESS: 297 Church Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352-9364 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215-563-7000 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. The final payment must be made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. and is due twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2PM.

BEING THE SAME PREMISES and NVR, Inc., a Virginia Corporation, trading as Ryan Homes, by Deed dated 12/15/06 and recorded 1/9/07 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Chester, in Deed Book 7054, Page 53, and Instrument #10719209, granted and conveyed unto Victor F. Fabian and Dawn J. Fabian, husband and wife, in fee.

PLAINTIFF: JPMorgan Chase Bank, national Association VS DEFENDANT: VICTOR F. FABIAN and DAWN J. FABIAN SALE ADDRESS: 24 Remington Way, West Grove, PA 19390 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: SHAPIRO & DeNARDO LLC, 610-278-6800 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. The final payment must be made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. and is due twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 9p-28-3t

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