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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Township supervisor arrested for gun theft

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer

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Oxford Area High School junior Natalie Giovan will be playing the title role in the school’s upcoming performances of the musical “Annie.” Giovan is pictured with Carrie, who is playing her loyal pal Sandy. Please see Page 1B for a story about the upcoming production.

London Grove Township resident Raymond W. Schoen, the newest member of the township’s Board of Supervisors, was formally taken under arrest on Feb. 10 by the Birmingham Township Police on a triple count of criminal tresspassing, theft and receiving stolen property, for his involvement in the alleged stealing of firearms from a Birmingham Township home in December.

The charges filed against Schoen, 42, stem from an incident that was reported to Birmingham Township police on Dec. 16, 2015

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Raymond W. Schoen

by township resident John Fraser of Queens Ranger Lane. As detailed in the official police description, Fraser said that he was getting ready for bed on Dec. 15, when he noticed that a gun case beneath his bed -- one that held a Beretta

Weatherby Mark V Deluxe SC682 and a shotgun -- was missing. Following a search of the house, Fraser opened his gun safe -- located in the closet of the master bedroom -- and found that a single bolt action from the rifle was also missing.

Fraser told police that prior to departing for vacation with his wife Mae that he had hired Schoen -- who identifies himelf as a tax accountant and a pet sitter through his website www. thepackleader.net -- to watch the family cat while the Frasers were away. Fraser told police that Schoen was given a key to the residence and its alarm code.

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Harrogate North residents share stories of fly infestation

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer At one-eighth of an inch long, the phorid fly breeds in, and feeds on, moist and decaying organic matter, as well as in unsanitary areas, and it is widely known

throughout entomology as a carrier of disease-causing bacteria. The reproductive potential of the phorid fly female is tremendous, as evidenced by the fact that a female can deposit 40 eggs in a 12-hour period, and more than 500 eggs during

her lifetime. They can be found in roadside drains, near rotting vegetables and fruit, in damp compost piles, sewage-contaminated soil, and in landscape material such as mulch.

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Les Clark, the president of the Harrrogate North Condominium Association, informed the New Garden Board of Supervisors on Feb. 16 about the problem the Landenberg community has been having with an infestation of phorid flies.

Parents, students and board debate dropping decile ranking at Unionville High School

By John Chambless Staff Writer The meeting began as a showcase for the brand-new renovations at the Patton Middle School on Feb. 22, with the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board taking its place in the school

auditorium.

Patton principal Tim Hoffman thanked the board for their support during the renovations, which included a new, secure entryway, new hallway and offices. “This may be the last board meeting in this space,” Hoffman said of the auditorium,

which is next on the list for an extensive renovation.

“We’re looking forward to that process and getting a much-improved space for our kids and our community.

The new hallway is being called the Happy Hallway by our kids. Our kids just feel happy when they’re in

it.”

Hoffman also acknowledged assistant principal James Fulginiti, who will be retiring, effective July 31.

“He’s been my right hand during my four years here at Patton,” he said. “He always talks to the kids about Continued on Page 3A

New board officers to lead Kennett Public Library

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer Thomas C. Swett has been elected as the president of the Kennett Public Library Board. He will be joined by vice president Jeff Yetter and secretary-treasurer Bill McLachlan on a new team of executive officers

that will work to restore the library board’s standing in the community after a tumultuous few years.

“Our immediate goal is credibility,” Swett explained during a brief interview on Feb. 11. “We want to give the community confidence in the library board again.”

In the summer of 2015,

elected officials in the Kennett Square area called for the formation of a task force to help the library board after concerns were raised by residents in the community about how the library board was functioning after a spate of resignations.

Enlisting Swett to lead the

library board is one way to gain instant credibility. He has served on the boards of numerous non-profit organizations, including Historic Kennett Square, the Po-Mar-Lin Fire Company, and the Chester County Hospital System, and has considerable experience

Not just Philadelphia and Wilmington

By Uncle Irvin Violent, heinous, barbaric criminal acts are not just a big-city problem, as southern Chester County found out when a Lower Oxford man attacked his mother and stabbed his grandmother to death.

State Police will be investigating the cause of this familicide (murdering your grandmother) for a long while.

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Local News More delays expected in township’s conservation deal

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer The year-long negotiations that will eventually settle the conservation easement on a 178-acre property in New Garden Township will have to wait yet at least another month.

At the township’s Board of Supervisors meeting on Feb. 16, township Solicitor Vince Pompo said that Tom Johnson and George Elser, attorneys for the Reynolds family -- the owners of the property -- said that the negotiations between family members is expected to be finalized by early April.

This projected finish date to the agreement contradicts what Johnson told the supervisors on Jan. 19, when he said that a final agreement between family members would be completed by the end of February, and that anticipated final negotia-

tions would begin in March.

On Feb. 23, 2015, the board voted 3-2 to enter into negotiations to purchase the 178-acre Green Valley Farm for $2.3 million, for the purpose of placing a conservation easement on it. Supervisor Steve Allaband, former supervisor Betty Gordon and now board chairman Richard Ayotte voted in favor of the purchase. Little and supervisor Randy Geouque voted against it.

The acreage is currently owned in part by former supervisor Warren Reynolds, who began discussions with the township’s Open Space Review Board two years ago, for the purpose of preserving the land in perpetuity. The property, eight contiguous parcels, is located north of Route 41 and is bordered by Penn Green Road on its western edge, Old Baltimore

Pike on its northern border, and the area behind the commercial and residential development along Newark Road, on its eastern edge. It offers more than 30 acres of mature woodland, large ponds, streams, existing paths and scenic vistas which can be seen from Penn Green Road. It contains the former site of a dairy farm, and an historic home built in 1740, which has been in the Reynolds family since 1904.

Under the details of the conservation easement, it will allow for the existing residence, and up to three additional parcels that could have a residence located on them. The remainder of the property will remain available for agricultural use, and the woodland areas will remain as is. The agreement further stipulates that there will be no public access to the property.

When negotiations are eventually complete, the acquisition of the property will be paid for out of the township’s Open Space Fund, the account balance of which stands at $2.27 million, and annually generates about $400,000 in revenue. The initial payment will comprise 37 percent of the total cost for the easement, which will be followed by the remaining 63 percent of the total cost, which will be paid in equal installments over the next three years.

Some board members have publicly questioned the validity of a negotiation that has taken a year to settle, believing, in effect, that the Reynolds family is holding the equivalent of a two- million-dollar barrel over the township -- a large outlay of money that awaits action, happening at a time when the township could

be funneling these funds to other areas of need. During the general discussion period at the board meeting on Dec. 21, 2015, supervisor Pat Little entered a motion for the board’s Jan. 19, 2016 meeting to discuss the possibility that the township withdraw its offer for the purchase of the property. After hearing from Johnson and Elser at the Jan. 19 meeting, Little then withdrew the motion, under the proviso that the attorneys provide Pompo with monthly status reports on the negotiation.

While the township waits for the Is to be dotted Ts to be crossed on the Green Valley Farm easement, some supervisors said that these delays should set a tone for how the township enters into similar negotiations in the future.

“We’d like to be reasonable, but if the parties can’t

come to an agreement within a year, what makes us believe it’s going to get any better?” Little said. “That’s why we brought it up, to see that it keeps moving.”

“One of the questions that has been brought up is, ‘Should the township be attaching a time frame to these types of deals?’” said supervisor Randy Geouque. “There’s nothing written in the contract language that says it has to be concluded by a particular date, or within 12 months of closing. That’s one of the lessons [for the township] moving forward, and the other challenge [for the township] is determining the point when it’s not reasonable any more, and [determining] our legal stance on that.”

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

Medic 94 paramedics recognized as experts in pediatric care

Southern Chester County EMS-Medic 94 was recently recognized for its expertise in caring for pediatric patients through a program

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leading fundraising campaigns. One of the major issues facing the Kennett Public Library is how to address its long-term facilities needs—will a new library be constructed on the Ways Lane site, as the library board previously favored, or will a viable site in Kennett Square be

that recognizes EMS agencies in Pennsylvania.

“We are proud of our expert level achievement in this program,” said Bob identified?

Swett, a resident of East Marlborough Township, previously served as a member of the library board from 1982 to 1994, and was president for three of those years.

The other executive officers bring considerable experience as well.

Yetter, a resident of Kennett Township, has

to providing the highest quality care and safe transport for our pediatric patients ” Every year, more than 70,000 children are transported by ambulances in Pennsylvania. This means that almost every seven minutes, a child is being taken to the hospital with a potentially life-threatening medical condition.

In order to ensure that EMS agencies in Pennsylvania are prepared for the youngest and most vulnerable Hotchkiss, EMS Chief at patients, the Pennsylvania Southern Chester County Emergency Medical EMS. “The standards Services for Children prorequired of this recognition gram, in partnership with illustrate our commitment the Department of Health, extensive business and marketing skills. He retired as the president of the Walter E. Yetter Company, a manufacturers’ representative specializing in the home center industry. He is well known for his work in Kennett Township and many local area nonprofit organizations.

McLachlan, also a resident of Kennett Township, is a retired executive from Hercules Inc. and has served on many nonprofit boards following his retirement as well as also helping Kennett Township.

Swett said that he is very impressed by the group of people who are now serving on the library board.

Because of internal strife over the last few years, virtually all the members are new. Recent appointees to the board include Dr. Loren Pearson, a Newlin Township appointee; Dr. Brenda Williams-Mercomas, a Kennett Square Borough appointee; and Betsy Del Vecchio, a Pennsbury Township appointee.

Continuing to serve on the library board are Stan Allen, Karen Ammon, Chris Britt,

Bureau of EMS and the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council, has created the Pediatric Voluntary Recognition Program to recognize EMS agencies that consistently deliver excellence in emergency medical care.

The program has recognized Southern Chester County EMS- Medic 94 in the “Expert” category.

“By participating in this program, Southern Chester County EMS is demonstrating that they are truly prepared for pediatric patients and are ready to respond to any and all emergency situations involving Pennsylvania’s young-

est citizens,” said Thomas Winkler, EMS for Children project manager of the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council.

Medic 94 is now one of three EMS services in the Chester County to be recognized under this program, and the only EMS service in the county to be recognized at the expert level.

Southern Chester County Emergency Medical Services, Inc., is the provider of Medic 94 advanced life support/paramedic services to 18 municipalities in southwest Chester County, serving a population of more than 70,000 residents.

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Tom Swett, the new president of the Kennett Public Library board.

Henry (Jerry) Brown and “I am so impressed by Carolyn Nicander Mohr. the board members,” Swett said.

The new board president added that the library itself continues to function at a very high level, with more than 116,000 people visiting for programs and services each year.

“The programs are dynamic,” Swett said.

He wants the new library board members to develop cohesiveness as they work to decide how the library can best meet the needs of the community in the future.

In a statement announcing the new executive officers, the Kennett Public Library expressed its appreciation for the service of former board members Susan Mackey-Kallis, Joan Weber, Rosa Quintana, Doug Thompson, and Margarita Garay-Zarco.

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

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integrity. Jim is the most consistent person I know, and integrity is his whole being. He also tells the kids about service above self. Jim has been a mentor to me, and a friend.”

Fulginiti said, “I’ve been able to share in the stewardship of the children in our community. I’ve been a part, among many others, in our most valuable and important resource, our young people.

It has been a true privilege to serve.”

The auditorium was packed with students and parents who came to address the board about a proposed change to a district policy regarding decile ranking of students at Unionville High School. The policy change, which was scheduled for a vote at the meeting, would remove the decile ranking of seniors at the high school when grades are sent to prospective colleges. For the next hour and 45 minutes, the board heard from parents who want to keep the rankings in order to give their children whatever slight edge they can get when applying to top colleges, as well as from students and parents who feel that rankings will negatively affect the 90 percent of students who have good grades, but are not within the critical top percentage points.

Beverly Brookes, from Penn Township, told the board, “One of the most common complaints I’ve heard in the past year is that the school district tends to ignore the average to aboveaverage students. A great deal of the accolades go to the top 10 percent, and a lot of attention is paid to the special-needs students.

The remaining 80 percent seem to be left in limbo.”

Eliminating the decile ranking, she said, “will help the entire school population, not just the top 10 percent.”

Caroline Fisher, a junior at the high school, said, “I will not be in the top 10 percent of my class, but I have worked extremely hard for my GPA, and I’m very proud of my academic accomplishments. I believe we should do away with decile ranking because it hurts my chances of attending a highly selective college. I am competing against students from other schools that do not submit rankings, and therefore, those students have a competitive advantage over me. ... I do not understand why our school hinders students by continuing to use outdated decile rankings. This needs to be abolished.”

Another Unionville High School student, David DiMarco, said, “As a student who may rank in the upper decile, I find it illogical and unethical to extend this system into Unionville’s future.

Like others in the potential top 10 percent, I’m glad to say that Unionville has already helped me stand out to some of the top schools in the country. That’s why it’s surprising that we are vying to add an extra statistic to the clouded minds of admission officers. The hard truth about the decile system is that, like most things in our competitive country, it is structured to support the few at the expense of others. The decile system renders 90 percent of the student body disposable.

“We are blessed to have an abundance of students above the top 1 percent of students in most other districts,” DiMarco continued. “Why is it that we risk limiting the

academic potential of students who work just as hard, or even harder, than their peers with a .1 grade point average above them?”

Amy Ray, a parent from Pennsbury Township, said, “By now it is clear that the current rank reporting policy hurts the majority of Unionville students. The proposed policy change would remove that harm.

By adopting this policy, Unionville will be joining its peer high schools, which have done away with reporting rank, because according to the National Association for College Admissions Counseling, it penalizes many excellent students who are squeezed out of the top 10 percent of the class and then overlooked by elite colleges. Having no decile rank information will be a neutral factor in these students’ applications. Dropping the reporting will not hurt these students.

“But that isn’t persuasive to some parents, who remain convinced that this piece of data might be the make-orbreak to get their kid into Princeton, Harvard or MIT,” Ray continued. “You can choose a policy that stops the harm for the majority of Unionville High School students, does not harm the top decile, increases the chances for more excellent students to gain acceptance to top schools, and enhances the standing of the school while doing so. I think your choice is clear.”

Brad Saunders, a junior at Unionville, favored keeping the decile rankings.

“Rankings provide colleges with a valid data point that demonstrates the work ethic and ability of a student.

To me, removing academic rankings is as unjust as removing athletic rankings,” he said. “Removing rankings is essentially giving everyone a participation medal. Unionville is not that kind of school. Why would you slight your top students and weaken their applications? Top students should be rewarded for the hard work they put in. When it comes to college applications, every bit can help.”

Former school board member Kathleen Do addressed the board from the audience and commented that, “As board members, it is your responsibility to do what is in the best interest of the school community, and to

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do no harm. Eliminating decile ranking is a textbook example of an opportunity for you to serve the best interest of the great majority of the students while doing no harm to the remaining students. My son, who is a junior, is having a wonderful experience at Unionville High School. My son loves music. He loves sports. He’s a good student. His GPA is very good. By national standards, it’s excellent. But at slightly below 4.0 percent,

by Unionville standards, he is just above average.

“Many people on this board have talked about the importance of a holistic educational experience,” Do continued. “No student should ever be penalized for making this choice. But because we are such a highperforming school, that is exactly what we are doing to these students when we report their decile rank.

Some people are saying that we have reported decile rank for 25 years and if ain’t broke, why should we fix it?

I maintain that if a significant number of our students are seeing doors to the colleges they wish to attend close on them because of their decile rank, then our system is broken. It is up to you to fix it.”

Al Iacocca, a parent from East Marlborough Township, said, “In general, I am getting a sense in the past couple of years of an antipathy to academic success, and it is starting to bother me. OK, so there are 300 kids in a class and 200 kids are getting recognized for academic achievement.

Where’s the achievement?

We’re recognizing mediocrity. We have lots of great people and lots of success, but these are participation medals at this point, and it has cheapened what we’re doing for that top 10 percent.

Universities will figure out who they want and those children will shine, based on their merit. The decile ranking is really irrelevant, to be honest.”

When it came time to vote on the policy change, board member John Murphy said, “This is a very emotional issue. We are all parents and we feel strongly about it.

There’s data that shows that having the decile rankings may hinder a lot of our students. The more we hear from people with a direct connection to the admissions process, the more we can learn. We are not quite ready to move on this.”

Board member Elise Anderson added, “There does seem to be evidence pointing toward removal of the decile ranking. The college application process seems extremely subjective.

I agree with Mr. Murphy. I’d feel more comfortable coming to a vote with a little bit more data.”

Board member Michael Rock said, “The high school has a good national ranking.

That’s what gets our kids into top schools. They have good SAT scores, they have a good GPA, they take a lot of AP classes, they have letters of recommendation, they do a lot of extracurricular activities. Those are the things that make a difference. I don’t think decile

ranking adds up to a hill of beans. Our top kids will get into the top schools, irrespective of whether they’re in the top 1 percent or the top 10 percent.”

Board member Robert Sage said, “I believe our current policy is harmful to certain segments of students. Many other top-shelf private high schools and public school districts in Pennsylvania have already made this change. Admissions officers seem to be suggesting that we do the same thing. If we can help a large segment of our students by making this change, then I think we ought to do it.”

District superintendent John Sanville concluded, “One of the great things about Unionville-Chadds Ford is we have involved community. This school board is willing to listen. I have 12 pages of notes here from things that the public has said and board members

have said tonight. There are some questions that need to be answered. How do we recognize our top graduates if we don’t have a decile ranking? What do we do with that top 10 percent or top 5 percent? Is there a phase-in to this process? Do we want to consider doing this for the class of 2017, or wait for class of 2020 or something in between?

There are some things dangling out there that guide us to having the administration go back to do some more work. Then we can come back in March. There has to be a decision made next month.”

The board voted to study the issue for another month and will vote on the proposed policy change at next month’s board meeting.

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late December, carrying a Beretta Weatherby Mark V Deluxe SC682 and a shotgun, in a beretta gun case.

Hudson later identified Schoen from a lineup of eight photographs, circling and identifying Schoen as the man who possessed the firearms. Hudson told the police that Schoen had entered the store with the intent to sell the guns to the store, at a value more than what they are valued at.

Schoen then left the store carrying the guns.

On Feb. 10, accompanied

by a search warrant, members of the township police entered Schoen’s home in London Grove Township and, after a thorough search of the home, found both the Mark V Deluxe and the shotgun, and later identified both guns as stolen.

Schoen was then placed into custody and transported to State Police Avondale. He was later released on his own recognizance, and will receive a preliminary hearing on March 1, beginning at 8:30 a.m., in the Kennett

Square District Court.

Schoen ran unopposed in the November 2015 election, and began his tenure on the London Grove board on Jan. 1, 2016, for a six-year tenure that will end on Dec. 31, 2021.

A representative from London Grove Township said that the township’s board have not met to discuss Schoen’s recent arrest.

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On Feb. 3, Fraser contacted the township police to inform them that he had spoken with a representative from Miller’s Gun Shop, located at 97 West Jackson Avenue in New Castle, where he had orginally purchased the now missing guns in 1998.

The police report stated that Lawrence Hudson, the general manager of the shop, informed police that a white, middle-aged male had visited the store in

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murderer admitted himself to Brandywine Hospital recently and was discharged.

Uncle Irvin has written frequently about the increase in crime that can be expected when population grows and too many mills are spent on public schools, rather than on public safety. The community can reach out to the family and remember what happened in a rural township with no municipal police force -- not even a regional one!

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

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

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Brandywine Battlefield Kennett Square Borough hires Task Force seeks representatives two new full-time officers from Kennett Square Borough

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer Kennett Square Borough welcomed two new fulltime police officers, Mark Todd and George Carlson, to fill two of the three vacancies that have existed in the police department.

Mayor Matthew Fetick explained at the Feb. 16 council meeting that Todd and Carlson submitted their letters of application in October and November of 2013, an indication of just how thorough the process is to hire new police officers.

Fetick explained that the Civil Service Commission oversees the screening process to make sure that new officers meet all the requirements to be hired.

The screening process includes a physical exam, a written test, a polygraph test, background checks, and a drug test.

Todd and Carlson both come to Kennett Square with a strong background in local law enforcement.

Police Chief Edward Zunino talked about the new officers’ experiences in law enforcement.

Todd is a 2005 graduate of Oxford Area High School.

He went on to graduate from the State Police Academy in 2009. He worked part-time for the police departments in West Nottingham, West Fallowfield, and then Oxford.

Carlson is a 2002 graduate of Octorara High School.

He studied criminal justice

at West Chester University and Penn State University.

He has worked for the police departments in West Grove and Coatesville on a part-time basis.

Fetick administered the oath of office to the two new police officers.

He also talked about how the Kennett Square Police Department is pleased to hire them.

“They were our first choices, and we’re glad that they can serve,” Fetick said.

“We are excited to have them. We think they will be a great addition to the police department.”

Fetick noted that two of the vacancies in the police department exist because two former police officers in the department earned positions with the Chester County District Attorney’s office.

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

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Mark Todd is sworn in as a new full-time police officer with the Kennett Square Police Department.

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Mayor Matt Fetick and Police Chief Edward Zunino administer the oath of office to new full-time police officer George Carlson.

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer The Brandywine Battlefield Task Force has been working to promote the preservation of the Brandywine Battlefield since 1993. The task force is a volunteer group comprised of local, state, and federal representatives, as well as nonprofit organizations. Jeannine Speirs, a senior community planner for Chester County and the chairperson of the Brandywine Battlefield Task Force, made a presentation at the Kennett Square Borough Council meeting on Feb. 16, and asked that two representatives from the borough be assigned to serve on the task force.

The Battle of the Brandywine took place on September 11, 1777, when George Washington, then the general of the Continental troops, decided to form a line of defense along the eastern bank of the Brandywine in an effort to stop the British advance toward Philadelphia.

Gen. William Howe divided the British forces in an effort to outflank the Continental troops. After a day of fierce fighting, the Continental troops were forced to retreat to Chester, and the British troops camped on the battlefield for five more days, ransacking nearby homes.

The Brandywine Battlefield National Historic Landmark was dedicated in 1961, and the historic site of 46 acres near Chadds Ford stands as an enduring reminder of

one of the largest and most important land battles ever fought on American soil.

Speirs explained to Kennett Square Borough Council that the actual battle area stretches out over 35,000 acres. This area includes the Borough of Kennett Square.

Speirs explained that Kennett Square previously had two members of the borough’s historical commission serve on the Brandywine Battlefield Task Force, but that committee has since disbanded. Kennett Square does not currently have representation on the task force.

According to Speirs, the Brandywine Battlefield Task Force is seeking a grant through the National Park Service to continue its efforts to study the battlefield. A study of the northern part of the battlefield has already been completed and new information about the battle has been uncovered.

One example, Speirs explained, is that they were able to pinpoint the location of Trimbles Ford. The site of Trimbles Ford is currently open land, and could be a potential site for preservation.

“We would love to have the support of the borough for the pursuit of these studies,” Speirs said.

Kennett Square Borough Council president Dan Maffei said that they would be looking for two volunteers to serve on the Brandywine Battlefield Task Force In other business, borough council appointed Carlos

Navarro to serve as a regular member of the Civil Service Commission. He previously served as an alternate member to the commission.

Council also authorized borough officials to move forward with plans to establish a “Twinning Agreement” with Moroleon, Guanajuato, Mexico. Officials from that city are planning a visit here to learn more about Kennett Square in the spring, most likely toward the end of April.

Mayor Matthew Fetick said that borough officials will consider formalizing the relationship with Moroleon, Guanajuato, Mexico in the future. Many residents of Kennett Square, Fetick noted, have connections with Moroleon, Guanajuato, Mexico.

During public comment, several residents expressed concerns about issues that arise during large winter storms. Two people commented that it’s difficult for senior citizens or people with medical conditions to keep their driveways and sidewalks clear for emergency vehicles. Another resident said that he knows of an elderly woman who received a fine for not having her sidewalk cleaned, but it was an impossibility for her to clean the sidewalks herself.

He suggested a boroughwide effort to make sure that anyone who needs help with snow shoveling gets that help.

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

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MARY LEO HOPKINS

RAMON MIRANDA

Mary Leo Hopkins, 87, of Avondale, died peacefully on Feb. 13 at Ware Presbyterian Home in Oxford, surrounded by her loving family.

She was the wife of Robert J. Hopkins, Sr., with whom she shared 66 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, she was a daughter of the late Angeline (Ingelido) and Peter V. Leo. She was predeceased by her son, Robert J. Hopkins, Jr.; her sister, Rosemarie Leo; and her brother, Peter V. Leo, Jr. Along with her husband, she leaves behind three children, Christine Hopkins Rizzotte, Michael Hopkins and his wife Donna, and Gary Hopkins and his wife Elizabeth.

She was a member of St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother Church in Avondale, and also received blessings while attending Mass and Rosary service while she lived at Ware. A graduate of Kennett High School and Goldey-Beacom, she first worked as a secretary at DuPont Chemical Company. She then followed in her parents’ footsteps by entering the mushroom industry, working for many years as bookkeeper for Frezzo Brothers and later at Greenhill Farms. In her younger years, she enjoyed roller skating, tennis and growing up with her many cousins in Toughkenamon, where she met her husband. She was a dedicated wife and mother who enjoyed playing cards, crossword puzzles, casino trips to Atlantic City, Saturday shopping with friends, and always loved having a house full of company. She was a wonderful cook and enjoyed decorating the house and celebrating the holidays with family and friends.

She loved and was loved by her eight grandchildren, Diane Rizzotte Bucklaw, Nicholas Rizzotte, Kyle Hopkins, Kellianne Eckman and her husband Phil, Michael Hopkins, Jr., and his wife Kari, Jackie Hopkins, Gary Hopkins, Jr., Bryan Hopkins; and four greatgrandchildren, Jeffrey Bird, Jr., Angela Bird, Jason Bucklaw and Zachary Eckman.

A memorial service was held Feb. 19. Burial was in St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Kennett Square. Contributions in her memory may be made to Willow Tree Hospice, 616 East Cypress Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348. To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, visit www.griecocares.com.

Ramon R. Miranda, 76, of West Grove, formerly of Airmont, N.Y., passed away on Feb. 10.

He was the husband of Eileen Robbins Miranda, with whom he shared 44 years of marriage.

Born in Sonora, Mexico, he was the son of the late Ramon Garcia and Carmen Rivera Miranda. Ramon was employed with UBS/Paine Webber in Weehawken, N.J., and retired in 2005. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard. Ramon enjoyed playing chess and reading science fiction.

He is survived by his wife; two sons, Andrew Miranda of West Grove, and Gavin Miranda of Quantico,Va.; two sisters, Delia Martinez of Tucson, Ariz., and Maria Elena Herron of Gaithersburg, Md.; and many loving nieces and nephews.

A memorial service was held Feb. 20. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

B. WYN HILES B. Wyn Hiles passed away on Feb. 14, surrounded by his family,after a brief, sudden illness.

Born in Harrisburg in 1949 to the late Bernard M. Hiles and Eva Runk Hiles, he grew up in Newark, Del., and was a longtime resident of Landenberg.

A 1967 graduate of Christiana High School, he went on to earn his BS in economics from the University of Delaware.

In addition to his parents, Wyn was preceded in death by his first wife of eight years, Connie Young Hiles. He is survived by his current wife, Cindy, with whom he shared 25 years of marriage; his sons, Lee, son of Connie, and Andrew; his brother Dr. Samuel Allison; sister-in-law Marilyn; nephew Jim Allison; niece Susan Monticello, all of Sacramento, Calif. He is also survived by cousins Debbie Snow, and Mary K McCullough; an aunt, Carolyn Baker; and his in-laws, nieces, and nephew, all of whom will greatly miss him.

He was an employee of the DuPont Company at the Stine-Haskell Lab in Newark, Del., from 1980 until his retirement in January 2012. Wyn held many positions

during his career, beginning as a lab technician in Crop Protection and at retirement as a Project Manager. Wyn enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his sons. He was happiest sketching, designing and building projects of every shape, form, and size. He was constantly redesigning and renovating, from the home in Landenberg he built in its entirety for Connie and Lee, to a cottage on the Bohemia River he renovated with Cindy and Lee. Wyn will be remembered by friends and family as a caring, loving husband, proud father, devoted son and brother, and loyal friend.

A visitation with family and friends will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. On March 13 at Hartefeld National, One Hartefeld Drive, Avondale. A ceremony celebrating his life will be at 3 p.m., with a reception to follow. The family requests in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 399 Market St., Suite 102, Philadelphia, PA 19106 or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Eastern PA Chapter, 555 North Lane, Suite 5010, Conshohocken, PA 19428 or to a charity of your choosing.

To honor Wyn and to thank the dozens of Blood Bank of Delmarva members who donated platelets in his final days, the family would like to encourage those who can donate platelets to do so. Contact BBD at 1-888-8 BLOOD 8 to schedule an appointment, or go to DelmarvaBlood.org.

To view his online tribute and to share a memory with his family, visit www.griecocares.com.

HELEN PAGE BRINN Helen Page Brinn, 83, of Kennett Square, passed away on Feb. 11 at Kendal at Longwood.

She was the wife of Marvin S. Brinn, who passed away in 2010, and with whom she shared 52 years of marriage.

Born in Glasgow, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Charles M. And Helen Mae Ellis Moore. She was employed as a physical therapist in hospitals before she had children, and also for a time was employed as a visiting physical therapist in the Wilmington, Del., area. Page studied music and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina, and then received a master’s degree in physical therapy from Duke University. She enjoyed painting and drawing.

She studied art during her later years at the University of Delaware and at Delaware Center for Creative Arts. Her beautiful paintings and drawings are proudly displayed in the homes of her children and elsewhere. Page also loved music and enjoyed playing the piano with her children and at parties. She also enjoyed playing bridge and spending time with family, including her five granddaughters. She died peacefully with all of her children caring for her during her final days. Her family is deeply appreciative of the staff at Kendal at Longwood and of the caring aides who were such a helpful blessing to Page and her family during the most recent year. Memorial services were held Feb. 16.

She is survived by two sons, Nathaniel Brinn and his wife Kimberly of Avon, Conn., and Cyrus Brinn and his wife Karen of Newark, Del.; one daughter, Winona Schwartz and her husband Fred of Grand Junction, Colo.; and five grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother, Matthew S. Moore.

In lieu of flowers, a donation in Page’s memory may be made to Neighborhood Hospice, 400 East Marshall Street, West Chester, PA 19380. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com.

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Susie DaBundo, 91, of Toughkenamon, passed away on Feb. 15 at the Jennersville Regional Hospital.

She was the wife of Vincent A. DaBundo, who passed away in 1978, and with whom she shared 30 years of marriage. Born in Toughkenamon, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Rosa DeFalcio Mattoscio. Susie was an assembler at Hewlett-Packard in Avondale, retiring in 1985 after 25 years of service. She was a member of St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother Church in Avondale. She enjoyed knitting, cooking, word find, going to the casino, making Christmas eve dinner, and especially enjoyed being with her family and friends.

Susie is survived by one son, Dominic V. DaBundo and his wife Linda of Landenberg; two daughters, Maria D. Caputo and her husband Dibby of Kennett Square, and Kathleen S. Basciani and her husband Monnie of Toughkenamon; eight grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

A funeral was held Feb. 20. Burial was in St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Kennett Square. In memory of Susie, a contribution may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105; or to St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother Church, Building Fund, P.O. Box 709, Avondale, PA 19311. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com.

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DOROTHY RACHEL RUSSELL Dorothy “Dot” Rachel Russell, 82, of West Grove, died on Feb. 16 at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford.

Born in Kelton, she was a daughter of the late Oliver H. and the late Mary Cecil (Pierce) Russell. She graduated from Avon Grove High School in 1952 and remained in West Grove all her life. She loved collecting data and memorabilia about the history of the area. Dot was a technician at the West Grove Pharmacy for over 53 years and worked part-time at Jennersville Regional Hospital for 13 years during her career. She was a longtime member of the West Grove United Methodist Church. She enjoyed crocheting doilies, knitting for other people (especially babies), spending time with her extended family, her church family and participating in church events. She was known for her positive attitude, engaging smile and sense of humor.

Survivors include five nieces, Janet Foltz (Adam), Judy Daugherty (Gene), Virginia Ritchie, Ruth Blankenbeckler (Ron) and Andrea Morgan (Norman); two nephews, David Russell (Jeanne) and Barry Thomas (Terri); and many great and great-great nieces and nephews and dear friends.

A funeral was held Feb. 20. Interment was in New London Methodist Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to West Grove UMC (300 N. Guernsey Rd., West Grove, PA 19390). To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, visit www.griecocares.com.

JAMES A. DAVIES James Arthur Davies, 85, of West Grove, passed away on Feb. 13, surrounded by his family, at Neighborhood Hospice.

He was the husband of Carol Fry Davies, with whom he shared 61 years of marriage. Born in 1930 in Honesdale, Pa., he was the son of the late William J. and Mary Elizabeth Edwards Davies. Jim was raised in Williamsport, Pa., where he learned his love for the outdoors and the simple beauty of nature.

Hiking, fishing, and playing sports with his friends filled his youth. He graduated from South Williamsport High, where he played basketball. He served his country in the U.S. Navy Air Group, and was a proud

veteran of the Korean War. Later in life he enjoyed his squadron reunions with this group. After the Korean War, Jim married his high-school sweetheart, Carol Fry Davies, and went on to graduate from his beloved Penn State University with a business degree, and was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. He went to work with RCA shortly after graduating. Jim retired as the vice president of GE RCA Patent Licensing after a long and impressive career that took him all over the world.

Jim believed in serving his community and contributed in many ways. He was elected Fire Commissioner for Pocantico Hills Fire District in New York in the 1970s and later appointed to the Board of Directors of the Midway Fire and Rescue of Pawley’s Island, S.C. He also served as president of the Litchfield Plantation Home Owners Association in Pawley’s Island, S.C., as well as the Waccamaw Council of Property Owners Associations in South Carolina.

He was a member of the Litchfield Country Club and was an avid golfer and tennis player for many years. He also was an amateur radio operator, making wireless contacts with over 150 different countries.

He received the honor of election to the DX Century Club from the American Radio Relay League, Inc. As a lifetime member of the Lutheran Church, Jim served on numerous church councils over the years.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son, Stephen Davies and his wife Elizabeth of Sandy Hook, Conn.; one daughter, Christina D. Sappey and her husband Jonathan of West Chester; and five grandchildren, Julia, Truman and Henry Sappey and Jennifer and James Davies. He was predeceased by one brother, William Ronald Davies.

A funeral was held Feb. 20 at St. Michael Lutheran Church (109 E. Doe Run Road, Unionville). In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be made to St. Michael Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 178, Unionville, PA 19375; or to Penn State University, 27 Old Main, University Park, PA 16802-1500 (giveto.psu.edu).

Online condolences may be made by visiting www. griecocares.com.

JOAN LAFFERTY PENNINGTON Joan Lafferty Pennington, 79, of Avondale, died on Feb. 12 at the Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del. She was the wife of the late Robert P. Pennington, who died in 2010, and with whom she shared 57 years of marriage. Born in West Grove, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Kathleen Groves Lafferty. Joan was a lab technician in the mushroom industry, working for several companies, including

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Oakshire Company in Kirkwood; and MGA Spawning Company, and Phillips Mushrooms, both in Kennett Square. She loved to crochet, do puzzles and read books.

Survivors include two daughters, Patricia K. Kennedy and husband Jeffery of Landenberg, and Karen L. Mellot and her husband Mike of Kirkwood; two sons, Robert F. Pennington and his wife Eileen of Landenberg, and Charles W. Pennington of Avondale; one sister, Kay C. Peirson of Peach Bottom, Pa.; five grandsons, Stephen, Thomas, David, Michael and Charles; and six great-grandchildren, Stevie, Kayla, Shyla, Caden, Burgan and Benjamin. She was predeceased by two sisters, Lenora Zimkowski and Arlene Schafferman.

A funeral was held Feb. 18. Interment was in Union Hill Cemetery in Kennett Square. Contributions in her memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, visit www.griecocares.com.

ELLEN LAURA JONES Ellen Laura Jones, 87, of Oxford, passed away on Feb. 16 6 at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford.

She was the wife of the late Norman “Jack” Jones, Sr., with whom she shared 63 years of marriage. Born in Quarryville, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Laura Anna Dissinger Foultz. Ellen was a member of Mt. Vernon Christian Church in Kirkwood, and former member of Blessed Hope Tabernacle in Oxford. She was employed with Nottingham Mushroom Canning Company for seven years, and Ware Presbyterian Village for 10 years. Ellen enjoyed canning, embroidery, gardening and quilting.

She is survived by three sons, Richard Jones of Darlington, Md., Dean Jones of Marietta, Ga., and Rodney Jones (Virginia) of Parkesburg; two daughters, Jean Edwards (Richard) of Oxford, and Mary Ann Jones Mellett (Michael) of Pond Eddy, N.Y.; 15 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and seven greatgreat-grandchildren; two sisters, Carolyn Newbert of Rockland, Maine, and Bonnie Hutchinson of Willow Street; and a brother, Kenneth “Bud” Foultz of Malvern.

She was preceded in death by a son, Norman Jones, Jr. Funeral services were held Feb. 19. Interment was in Oxford Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Ware Presbyterian Village, 7 E. Locust St., Oxford, PA 19363. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

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A new chapter for the Kennett Public Library

Oxford doesn’t need a parking garage

The Kennett Public Library’s board of directors has a new leadership team of president Thomas C. Swett, vice president Jeff Yetter, and secretary-treasurer Bill McLachlan. There are challenges aplenty in the weeks and months ahead for the new library board, starting with reestablishing the community’s trust after a turbulent few years that included infighting among former board members and a spate of resignations.

In addition to reestablishing that level of trust, there are some weighty matters to consider. The name change from Bayard Taylor Memorial Library to Kennett Public Library remains a concern to some.

Then there’s the more significant question of how the library will meet its facilities needs. It’s been 18 years since the library officials decided that the current building, which dates back to 1962, was no longer sufficient to adequately meet the needs of the community. On two separate occasions, more than a decade apart, a library board has voted to construct a new building on the library-owned Ways Lane property in Kennett Township. Library officials have also explored a variety of alternatives to locate a new library in the borough, including the borough-owned Weinstein lot. Library officials have been wrestling with the question of where to locate a new building for a long time, but that doesn’t mean that the current board needs to make a decision in haste. Hopefully, the current board members will take the time to gather the information that they need to make the best decision for the community.

Once the decision is made on where to locate the new library, an even more daunting challenge awaits the library board: A capital campaign to fund the construction of the library will be needed. The capital campaign that was started shortly after the library originally purchased the Ways Lane site faltered when an economic recession took hold.

Bringing in a person with Swett’s experience to serve as the president of the library board helps in a number of different ways. He brings instant credibility to the new board. He also has a long history of serving on the boards of non-profits in the area, including Historic Kennett Square, the Chester County Hospital System, and the Po-Mar-Lin Fire Company. He was also a member of the library board for more than a decade in the 1980s and early 1990s.

The challenges facing the new board are great, but so are the opportunities. The new board has a chance to work with local leaders to begin a new chapter for the Kennett Public Library.

We wish them luck throughout the whole process.

Letter to the Editor: Having recently relocated to the Oxford area after retiring from a career in commercial real estate management, I was perplexed by the pursuit of an elevated parking garage

in an area that lacks the necessary commercial development to support such a need.

Is there an Amtrak Station in town—no. How about a major financial institution with hundreds of employees working around the

clock who need a place to park—no. Municipal workers at a federal courthouse—no. Whether it’s state grants, federal grants or local municipal bonds, they are all paid for with our tax dollars. If this garage is mistakenly built,

for no reason other than the pipe dream of a few politicians, in 100 years it will be declared an historical site and will still not be paid for.

John J. Cioban Oxford

A conversation on gun control Letter to the Editor: Recently, I witnessed an exchange between two colleagues on the topic of gun control. It started with one guy, “Pro,” (who is in favor of gun control) asking the other whether America needs better ways to keep guns out of the wrong hands, to which the other guy, “Con,” (who is against gun control) cautiously replied yes. So far so good.

But then Con, apparently feeling trapped, started trying to explain his reservations about gun safety legislation.

The conversation got testy, especially when Pro discussed how improperly acquired firearms frequently fall through the cracks of existing laws and often go on to prove deadly.

Soon, Con grew quieter and then played what he apparently viewed as his trump card, claiming, “Obama wants to take away all our guns.” Then he exited abruptly.

Let me be clear: Con is intelligent, educated, and a good guy. But distortions about gun control measures are repeated ad nauseam by politicians and pass into

the public consciousness, despite headline after headline about tragic shootings and senseless gun violence.

Take Sen. Pat Toomey for example. His opposition to common sense gun laws is craftier than most because he claims to favor sensible laws, but has voted in favor of allowing suspected terrorists to purchase assault weapons on the same day he voted for increased background checks.

Multiple times he has said his “idea of gun control is a steady aim.”

In contrast, the challenger

for Toomey’s Senate seat, former Admiral Joe Sestak, the first director of the Navy’s anti-terrorism unit, has consistently demonstrated true grit leadership on gun safety. When he served as a U.S. Congressman, Sestak consistently sponsored and/or supported sensible gun violence prevention measures.

Adm. Sestak is the real deal, the type of genuine “steady aim” leader Pennsylvania and Washington desperately needs.

Clint Brown Berwyn

People are fed up with both political parties Letter to the Editor: Last week, I sent in a Letter to the Editor about the Democrats and their superdelegates. It clearly showed my point of view that the Democratic voters have very little say in who wins in the primary, and who goes on to the general election.

This week, it is the Republican Party who I am exposing. In the Republican Party, a very small, yet powerful few control everything.

These people have taken over the party leadership here in Chester County. They are the ones who make the decisions of who you will get to vote for. They even go as far as putting out sample ballots to the voters in primary elections with only the names of candidates who they like, and not listing all of the names of people who are actually running in the primary. This is downright outrageous and undemocratic. This nasty tactic has

gone on for years now. There have been a few Republican Committee members, elected

by Republicans in their small districts, who have been trying to change things in order to level the playing field for everyone. And now, the Chester County Republican Party bosses are going after them. They are talking about setting up an inter-party kangaroo court for the purpose of removing these committeepeople. In a real democracy, only the voters should have

the power to remove anyone, by way of the ballot box, and not by backroom deals. Mr. Trump is the result of just how fed up the American People are with politics, and the two main parties. I am asking everyone to stop giving money to both corrupt party systems. Only give money directly to candidates that you like and bypass the parties alogether.

Patrick F. Harrison.

Oxford

The missing half of Congress’s job

By Lee H. Hamilton Every now and then, I’m asked if I miss serving in Congress. My stock answer is that no, I don’t really miss it, but there are definitely times when I’d like to jump right into a policy debate or be in a position to call congressional hearings.

This is one of those times.

Over the last few weeks, several media outlets have reported that U.S. military commanders are suggesting that they need more American troops on the ground in places like Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and, most recently, Libya. And last month, talking about our efforts to defeat ISIS, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told CNBC, “We’re looking for opportunities to do more and there will be boots on the ground and I want to be clear about that.”

This ought to have Congress working overtime to prepare for these requests. It’s rare to find a military commander who doesn’t want more troops: they face serious security challenges, especially in the Middle East. But one can be sympathetic and at the same time skeptical, or at least probing.

So Congress should be pushing very hard to get answers to some very tough questions. Where are we headed with these proposed troop increases? If they don’t work, what’s next?

What’s our exit strategy?

What are the prospects for negotiations? We keep saying we’re going to support the moderate opposition in Syria: who are they, what do they bring to the table, and how are we recalibrating our approach in the face of Russian airstrikes on behalf

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of the current regime?

We insist that we’re going to destroy ISIS, but no other country in the international coalition fighting the Islamic State seems willing to put forces on the ground. Are we going to be the only one? And just how does the administration propose to destroy ISIS? Congress has two key functions in our system of government: legislation and oversight. Most public attention — and certainly most media attention — focuses on policy-making and legislative maneuvering. But Capitol Hill’s role in overseeing the executive branch is just as important.

That’s because in seeking answers, Congress can force the President and his top advisors to articulate and defend their policies, their objectives, the steps they’re taking (or proposing) to implement those objectives,

and the impact they expect from their policies. In other words, Congress needs to act on behalf of the American people to ensure that major policy requests are looked at from every angle and fleshed out as thoroughly as possible so that we go into new situations — like putting young American men and women on the ground against a dangerous enemy — with a clear-headed understanding of why we’re taking these steps.

This means that our representatives on Capitol Hill should ask tough questions, demand responsive answers, and insist on a crystal-clear explanation of what the policy is and what alternatives are available. They need to bring in experts from outside the administration to critique the administration’s proposals and outline alternatives of their own. They need to press the administration on

what resources are needed to obtain its objectives: in this case, how many troops, how much money, what are the risks to American lives and interests?

This demands walking a careful line that Congress hasn’t been especially good at negotiating of late. It has to be both a partner and a critic, supporting the President when it thinks he’s doing something right, criticizing him when it thinks he’s wrong, helping the administration craft policy that is in tune with the nation’s needs, and putting alternatives forward when it sees a better way.

Simply put, government functions better when Congress pursues robust oversight. It sharpens objectives, improves government performance, makes the bureaucracy more responsive, and curtails wasteful spending.

Sadly, this key responsibility has fallen into disrepair.

Really tough overseers of the administration’s policies — lawmakers who are interested in government performance, not political one-upmanship — have grown scarce on Capitol Hill. But if we want to restore the vigor of the Congress, getting it to look into every nook and cranny of government is vital. The military’s pursuit of growing troop strength and new strategies in the Middle East would be a good place to start.

Lee Hamilton is a Distinguished Scholar, Indiana University 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.

Enjoy a spaghetti dinner before “Annie” The Oxford Area High School wrestling team is organizing a spaghetti dinner in the school cafeteria on Thursday, March 3 as a benefit for both the wrestling team and the school’s performing arts programs.

The dinner includes spaghetti and meatballs, salad, drinks, and dessert. There will be seatings at 4:45 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Attendees of the dinner will receive a $2 discount

when purchasing tickets to “Annie.” Tickets to the dinner are $8 per person, in advance, or $10 at the door.

A table of eight tickets can be purchased for $50. There is also a family special on tickets, with four tickets available for $20 by calling Danielle at 610-952-0831 or by emailing danielles@ cciu.org. Take-outs are also Courtesy photo available.

A bake-off is being hosted your best dessert for $5 and $40 gift card to Bed, Bath, by wrestling parents. Enter enter for a chance to win a and Beyond.

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Harrogate North resident Margo Ewing Woodacre addressed the board.

or perhaps the chemcials are not effective. If I were a mushroom grower, I would not let these flies in my mushroom houses, because they’re destroying the mushrooms.”

Margo Ewing Woodacre, a former Delaware Senator and a resident of Harrogate North for the past six years, told the supervisors that while she was in office, she took her consituents’ concerns to the “people who did have control.”

“As a constituent, I am saying, ‘Help us,’” Woodacre said. “I don’t expect you to pull the answers out of your back pocket...but you have the power to get who we need to come in, because we’re looking at our clocks.

We’re not going away, just like those little bugs. We know that you’re not the experts, but you’ve got the power to get us touch with whomever we need.”

Assistance to the problem seems to be well underway.

Clark told the supervisors that the game plan at Harrogate to help eradicate the insect’s poulation will be to remove the top layer of highly-organic soils in mulch beds planted in the community, spray the areas with insecticide, and replace the beds with an inorganic or cedar mulch, which is not suspected to attract the insect.

New Garden Township Manager Tony Scheivert told the residents that he has already reached out to several agencies and elected officials. He said that he is corresponding with a representative from the Pa. Department of Agriculture,

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The phorid fly is known to propopagate in landscape material, such as mulch.

who told Scheivert that he plans to schedule a time to visit the Harrogate community. Scheivert said that he also is being connected to a conservation district reprepresentative in Lancaster County.

In other township business, the board approved the request of Anholt Technologies to install sewer lines and create temporary office space on Church Road.

The board agreed to waive Chapter 49 of the Township Ordinance, in order to permit alcohol on the grounds of the New Garden Flying Field during the 216 Chester County Balloon Festival, scheduled for June 24-26. Similar to last year’s festival, the sale and consumption of beer and wine will continue to be held in a wine and beer garden, but to better accommodate the large audiences that are expected to attend this year’s event, Flying Field general manager Jon Martin said that the area will be slightly larger in size.

The board also approved the appointment of Karen Antell and Joseph Miscione to the township’s Open Space Review Board.

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

Lou Taylor and his wife Laurene moved into Harrogate North - 55-andover community on the outskirts of Landenberg -in 2007, and for the first three years on Hyde Park Road, life couldn’t have been more perfect.

For the Taylors, moving to Harrogate North was the right move -- a comfortable and close-knit neighborhood of active seniors, complete with a resplendidly-appointed “clubhouse,” and close to their son and daughter in Delaware, as well as a quick drive from Laurene’s family near Honey Brook.

In 2010, the Taylors began to detect the appearance of a particular kind of insect throughout their home. Curious to find out what was happening, Taylor sent samples of the insect to a Chester County environmental agency, who identified the insect as a fungus gnat. The insects wouldn’t go away, however, and from the months of September to the time the first frost would arrive in December, the Taylors avoided their home whenever they could. The flies had invaded their home, and they still had no answers.

In 2013, Taylor sent more samples to an environmental engineer at Penn State, who identified them as phorid flies.

“He asked me, ‘You’re close to mushroom houses?’” Taylor said. “I told him that I was. And he told me, ‘That’s probably where they’re coming from.’”

Within weeks of his conversation with the engineer, Taylor had another exterminator double verify what he and Laurene already knew: that the insects were phlorid flies. They put bleach and boiling, hot water down in all of their home’s drainage areas, in an effort to hold the insects back, but no matter what stop-gap solutions the Taylor’s did, the insects kept coming, every year, in swarms so thick that they were clearly visible from the home.

In 2014, a plumber resealed what he could throughout the Taylor home.

“Then he went into the attic, and when he came

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

Lou Taylor has lived with his wife Laurene in the Harrogate North community since 2007.

back down, he had this look of horror on his face,” Taylor said. “He looked at me, and said, ‘There are millions of them in your attic.’ I went up to the attic to see it all for myself. He was right.”

In 2010, the Taylors were the first residents to report an infestation of the phorid fly. In a recent survey taken of Harrogate North residents, nearly all homeowners have reported a problem.

If there is an elected offical or environmental group whose responsibility it is to oversee the health and welfare of the citizens of southern Chester County, chances are that they have received a letter or a phone call from Taylor: State Senators Andy Dinniman and Chris Ross, the Department of Environmental Protection in Philadelphia, New Garden Township -- the list is long and the letters and phone calls have not ended.

Sometimes, Taylor feels as if he has been the lone voice of a community that has been terribly reticent to speak up about what many feel is a problem not of health and safety, but one of embarassment. On many mornings, he visits the nearby Hockessin Starbucks, largely because it’s a place to go to that allows him to leave the infestation behind for an hour or so. Recently, Taylor saw that one of his Harrogate North neighbors had been frequenting the same coffee shop.

“So I asked him, ‘Why are you here every morning? It’s the bugs, isn’t it?’”

Taylor said. “He answered me, ‘Yes. My wife is home,

crying.’ I then asked him, ‘Then why haven’t you said anything about it?’ I have a problem with that.

“The problem is that you need to organize the people to be able to do anything, and our problem has been there’s only voice hollering - me -- and that’s not going to work,” he said. “I was a production manager for 36 years, so you could say that I’ve had a target on my back all of my life, but you’re not going to rattle me, and if something’s wrong, I am going to mouth off.”

While Taylor and Laurene wait in hope for a solution to the infestation that has enveloped their home and their community, they live a life largely in the dark from September through December. They keep the lights off and the shades pulled down. Every morning, they eat a quick breakfast and stay out all day, either at the Newark Senior Center, or with their son or daughter.

“Then at the end of the day, we come back, and we vaccum up the flies that have accumulated,” Taylor said. “Then we go to sleep and wake up, and vaccum up the flies the next morning that have accumulated the night before, all over again. We do that nearly every day.

“I am 75 years old, and my family has a life span of about 80 years,” Taylor added. “If I have to spend the next five years of my life killing flies, there’s something wrong with that.”

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

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since 2010, to be exact, the phorid fly has been infesting home after home in the Harrogate North community on the outskirts of Landenberg, and at the Feb. 16 New Garden Board of Supervisors meeting, more than 50 residents of the development said they are fed up with living in a nightmare.

Calling the infestation “a serious issue in our community,” Les Clark, the president of the Harrrogate North Condominium Association, asked the board for help in helping to eradicate the fly from Harrogate, a problem that began five years ago in one home and has now spread to a majority of the community’s 120 homes.

The problem is widespread. Clark said that a survey was recently circulated throughout the community that revealed a whopping 107 homes in Harrogate are experiencing infestation to varying degrees – low, moderate and high – and that 41 of those homes are experiencing a “high” rate of infestation.

Clark’s comments served as the introductory tip of a proverbial iceberg, a 30-minute-long revelation

by Harrogate North residents, who illustrated to the supervisors just how devastating the deluge of flies has been. Harrogate resident Barbara Runkle, who has lived in the development since 2006, told supervisors that keeping the flies at bay requires her to vaccum her home four times a day. She has found the flies in her toilet tank, her bed, in closets, in her refrigerator and had to replace $2,000 worth of window shades, because the flies had become stuck to the fabric.

“This is like living in a horror movie,” Harrogate North resident Helene Intraub said.

Although no one knows for certain where the flies came from, several Harrogate residents are suspecting that because phorid flies are said to breed in moist areas where fungal mold and growth exists, that surrounding mushroom compost farms whose businesses surround Harrogate may be to blame. Clark said that the flies have encroached areas outside of Harrogate, including the nearby Somerset Lake community, in the Brittany Hills development on GapNewport Pike, as well as over the Delaware state line, in residential communities in Hockessin.

Clark suspected that the flies began propogating at nearby mushroom composting facilities and migrated their way to Harrogate, and burrowed into the community’s organic mulch beds.

He questioned whether -or not -- these businesses are in compliance with health and safety regulations in the township, county and Commonwealth.

“The question really is, ‘How serious is the potential health risk as these flies infest homes, congregate in living areas and in kitchens, and on food?’” Clark said. “The most important question is: Where did these flies originate, and what are we going to do about it?”

“We need to engage the owners of the mushroom homes, themselves, because I do not really believe that they know what’s going on, or whether they’re going with the best practices of what’s being recommended,” Runkle told the supervisors. “Something has changed, whether it’s the chemicals they’re using,

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016

DA’s Office issues details of Nottingham attacks The Chester County District Attorney’s Office formally filed charges against a West Nottingham man in the alleged stabbing of one woman and the sexual assault of another, in what authorities termed a domestic abuse incident.

In a press release issued on Feb. 17, the District Attorney’s Office wrote that William Brown, 45, is facing charges of attempted murder and rape and related charges following a Valentine’s Day incident at the Nottingham home of his estranged wife — who had a temporary protection from abuse order against Brown.

State Police burst in on the home, mid-attack, authorities said, because

the stabbing victim, the wife’s cousin, dialed 911 on her cell phone and left the phone call open, as the attack continued, prompting immediate police dispatch to the scene — which may have saved everyone’s life.

“This is a classic and terrifying case of domestic abuse, with violence masquerading as love,” Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said.

“The victim here is to be commended for having the courage and composure to call 911. She stopped what otherwise would have been a double murder.”

According to authorities, Brown kicked down the front door of his wife’s home on Sunday morning,

and began a rampage of violence, torture and rape against the two women, police said.

Brown allegedly terrorized the wife’s cousin, slashing her face with a box cutter, hitting her in the head with a wooden statue, choked the woman, and stabbed her in the chest — saying he would stab the cousin every time his wife spoke.

Authorities said Brown raped his wife and then threatened to kill both of them as well as himself.

But before that could happen, thanks to the 911 call, State Police were at the door. Hearing someone at the door, the wife suggested it was their daughter — and Brown sat down and told his wife to open the door

and let her in. Instead of the daughter, it was State Police Troopers from the Avondale Barracks, who quickly moved to subdue Brown and offer emergency medical care to the victims, both of whom were transported to an area hospital.

The wife’s cousin required surgery for her wounds and was listed Wednesday as being in Serious but Stable condition.

Brown was remanded to Chester County Prison in Pocopson in lieu of $500,000 bail.

The attack highlights the danger for women in abusive relationships — especially at turning points.

“Unfortunately, we have

DRUG ARRESTS On Feb. 3 at 11:30 p.m., New Garden Township Police pulled over a car on Baltimore Pike for an equipment violation.

Linda Teti, 36, of Lincoln University, and Kelly Hurley, 26, of Oxford were the occupants. Hurley confessed to hiding drug paraphernalia in her clothes and in the rear seat of the car. Police found empty heroin bags, used syringes and a glass pipe used for smoking illegal drugs.

Officers later learned Hurley gave a false name to avoid identification for several outstanding warrants.

Hurley

was arrested for drug paraphernalia, tampering with evidence and giving false identification to police. She was remanded to Chester County Prison for the warrants. Teti confessed to hiding illegal drugs and paraphernalia when officers stopped the car. She was arrested and taken to the police station, where she was found to be hiding more drug paraphernalia. She was arraigned and taken to Chester County Prison after failing to post $5,000 cash bail.

THEFT FROM GARAGE A resident of the 400 block of South Broad Street told Kennett Square Police that on Dec. 29 at 12:45 p.m., they walked into their home for about

five minutes, leaving their garage door open, and when they returned, a Dewalt drill, battery and charger valued at $200 were stolen from the garage.

ASSAULT Pennsylvania State Police Avondale arrested Brad Elliot Culberson, 34, of Oxford, on Feb. 9 for striking a 31-year-old Oxford woman with a blunt object, causing her to fall.

Culberson was taken to Chester County Prison on a charge of simple assault.

THEFT FROM CAR An unlocked car parked at 851 Gap Newport Pike in London Grove Township was the target of thieves on Feb. 3 between 4 and 5 p.m.

According to Pennsylvania State Police Avondale, several items were taken from the vehicle.

FIRE SET ON PECO POLE Pennsylvania State Police Avondale reported that someone placed a mattress against the base of an overhead power line owned by PECO on Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. and set it on fire. A nearby resident put out the fire. No structural damage was done to the power line structure, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Jason Sperazza at 610-268-2022.

DUI On Feb. 3 at 7:20 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police Avondale responded to the scene of a one-car crash at Altemus Drive and Watson Mill Road in New Garden Township. The car had failed to make a right turn and had struck a utility pole. The driver

seen over and over again that the time of greatest danger for a woman is the exact moment when she is separating herself from her partner,” said Deputy District Attorney Michelle Frei, the lead domestic violence prosecutor in

Chester County. “This may include filing a PFA, filing for divorce, or just throwing him out of the house. We always tell women to be extremely careful during these high stress points.”

Hogan made it clear that there is nothing manly about spousal abuse.

“This defendant inflicted a savage attack on his wife and her cousin,” he said.

“But he was as meek as a lamb when armed Troopers showed up. He is a classic bully and coward. Now he will have to face up to the Chester County justice system.”

Hogan said that Assistant District Attorney Ryan Borchik has been assigned to prosecute the case.

had fled. Police later found Zachary Sweeney, 21, of Landenberg, a short distance away with a minor injury. He was discovered to be under the influence of alcohol and drugs. He was taken to Christiana Hospital for medical evaluation and will be charged with DUI and related traffic offenses.

On Feb. 2 at 9:35 p.m., New Garden Township Police saw a vehicle swerving in the 300 block of Line Road, traveling west in the eastbound lane.

After a traffic stop, the driver, Joseph Gomez, 59, of Kennett Square, admitted to drinking alcohol, showed signs of impairment, and failed field sobriety tests.

He was charged with DUI and released pending a court appearance.

On Dec. 18 at 6:50 p.m.,

Kennett Square Police arrested Armando VegaParral, 35, of Cochranville, for DUI after a traffic accident in the 100 block of East South Street. He was released at his home pending a summons from District Court.

On Dec. 18 at 11:03 p.m., Kennett Square Police arrested Michelle Reyes, 42, of Kennett Square, for DUI after a traffic stop in the 100 block of South Walnut Street. She was released to a relative pending a summons from District Court.

On Dec. 21 at 3:34 p.m., Kennett Square Police arrested Jason Hatfield, 35, of Elkton, Md., for DUI after a traffic stop in the 600 block of West State Street. He was released to a relative pending a summons from District Court.

William Anthony Brown is charged in a stabbing and sexual assault that occurred on Valentine’s Day.

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A night of comedy at Flickerwood Wine Cellars in Oxford

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer Chris Coccia and Glen Jensen, two comedians who have appeared on Comedy Central and tour across the country performing at comedy clubs, will headline the next comedy night at Flickerwood Wine Cellars in Oxford on Friday, March 11.

Tammy Liberato, whose family owns and operates a winery in Kane, Pa. and two Flickerwood Wine Cellars in Oxford and Kennett, said that the comedy nights are growing in popularity.

“This will be our fourth comedy show in Oxford,” Liberato explained. “We have always wanted to do comedy nights, but our Kennett location was always too small. Our winery located in Kane, Pa. has had many comedy nights over the past 15 years.”

Liberato said that she arranged the appearances of the comedians through JCP Entertainment, which has 30 years of experience booking entertainers for special events. The company is run

by Jimmy and Chris Carroll, and they offer a full range of services including comedians, magicians, murder mysteries, casino nights, theme parties, bands, and entertainment for children.

“We got connected with JCP Entertainment through our involvement with the Oxford Hornets Football Boosters,” Liberato explained. “We had a comedy night with them as a fundraiser for the Oxford Hornets football team, and that is when the partnership began.

Chris [Carroll], the owner, is very easy to work with and has great connections in the entertainment arena.”

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Chris Coccia

Glen Jensen

Liberato said that all the comedians who have performed at Flickerwood have pleased the audiences. She is looking forward to bringing Coccia and Jensen to Oxford.

“I have not seen these comedians in a live performance yet, but I watched their clips online and find that they are super-funny,” Liberato said.

“No one has been disappointed with any of our shows thus

far, and I am sure it will be the same this time. We have may repeat attendees for these comedy nights.”

Coccia maintains a full schedule performing at the country’s top comedy clubs, colleges, and corporate events.

He has appeared on Comedy Central, The Game Show Network, and XM Radio. He is also a frequent guest on several radio shows based in

Philadelphia. He was invited to be a participant in the Great American Comedy Festival in Johnny Carson’s hometown of Norfolk, Nebraska. He also won the 2008 Purina Pet Comedy Challenge, a national event with a $10,000 prize.

Jensen started out performing at various comedy clubs in Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York. He was a finalist in the Boston Comedy and Film Festival in 2001, and two years later he won the Philly’s Funniest Comedy Competition.

That led to an appearance on the “Comedy Show N Tell” show in Las Vegas. He was a finalist in The Comedy Zone’s Captains of Comedy. He is a regular performer in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. He also does stand-up at The Improv, The Funny Bone, Helium, and Catch a Rising Star.

The comedy nights at

Flickerwood are earning fans in Oxford.

John McGlothlin, the owner of the Sawmill Grill, has attended each of the comedy events with his wife, Nicole, and he loves them.

“I am pleasantly surprised at the great talent and enjoy the intimate setting,” McGlothlin said. “The comedy nights at Flickerwood create good traffic and a positive atmosphere for downtown Oxford. Folks spend time eating and shopping before and after the shows.”

Coccia and Jensen will perform two shows on March 11, at 7:30 p.m. and at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 610-932-9498, or by stopping in at Flickerwood’s Oxford location at 33 South 3rd Street.

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

Kennett Township to create new, 45-acre park

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer Finding the pulsating definition of any bucolic town or municipality in the United States is very likely to direct you to a centrally-located village green, populated by locals, dotted with activity and beautified by nature.

After more than a year of negotiation, Kennett Township is about to get its own pulsating

definition.

In a collaboration with Michael Pia, Jr. and Stephanie Pia, the Deleeuw Family, the Township Land Conservation Advisory Committee (LCAC) and The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County (TLC), Kennett Township has purchased a 45-acre property on Bayard Road, adjacent to the township’s maintenance garage, which will

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Kennett Township has purchased a 45-acre property on Bayarad Road, which will be converted to a township park.

be converted to a township park for the entire community to enjoy. Open Space Funds were used to pay for the $782,000 purchase of the site, 80 percent of which is likely to be recouped through grant funds in the future.

The property, which features rolling hills, trees and a row of Osage orange trees, makes up a large part of what is a 56-acre property, 11 acres of which has been purchased by the Pia family.

Not only will the location serve as the first Kennett Township park, it is the first property in the Township to utilize transfer development rights to enable high density development in a more suitable area of the Township, and restrict the development on this property, which is located in a high priority open space area. Michael Pia, Jr. purchased the development rights from the 56 acres, which he will transfer to a property on North Walnut Road to create a multi-use development. The Township and the Pia’s worked with TLC, who

will hold a conservation easement over the 56 acres.

The passive recreation park will include trails, sunflower and wildflower meadows, a community garden, two separate dog parks and a mowed grass area, suitable for sports. Access to the park will be through the maintenance garage entrance, and will be open from dawn to dusk.

“We are delighted that the Deleeuw and Pia families agreed to work with the Township and the LCAC and TLC to facilitate this amazing open space acquisition,” said Township manager Lisa Moore. “We look forward to continued collaborations with the families and the community at large to ensure the preservation of this beautiful property and the creation of the first Kennett Township park for all residents to enjoy.”

“Through this public-private partnership, it is evident that Kennett Township is committed to its citizens, not just those who live here today, but every

generation that will will follow,” said Mike Pia, Jr. “In a single transaction, the township has set a new standard for balancing growth and development, preserved a beautiful piece of open space -- the most precious resource our township has -- and created a public space for all

residents’ enjoyment.

“Let this be an example to other municipalities of how good government, dedicated toward smart-strategic-growth, can make their own futures.”

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

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The pasive recreation park will include trails, sunflower and wildflower meadows, a community garden, two separate dog parks and a mowed grass area, suitable for sports.

Franklin Board of Supervisors due to post audit results

By John Chambless Staff Writer At the Feb. 17 meeting of the Franklin Township Board of Supervisors, Pam Baker, a partner at Barbacane Thornton, the township’s auditing firm, presented the 2015 audit findings.

She complimented the township on its management and processing of the financials. The audit will be posted on the township website soon.

Jim German of the Franklin Sportsman’s Association (FSA)

reported that the season ended on Jan.21, with a total of 12 deer harvested. The FSA’s community service projects last year included cleaning up the Goodwin Preserve, a roadside cleanup of Parsons, Chesterville and Creek roads, cutting the Form Farm Trail, and installing a flagpole at the municipal office.

Planning Commission chairman Dave Hoffman reported that, on Feb. 4, the commission welcomed new member Brent VanLith, and alternates Penny

Schenk and Zach Elwyn. The commission discussed the Keen three-lot land development plan and recommended that the Board of Supervisors should waive the requirement for a preliminary/ final plan due to the rural character of the area, and that the board also not require sidewalks or street lighting. They did recommend grading the property so sidewalks could be installed at a later time.

Hoffman said the recommendation was intended to give pedestrians and runners a place to get off the

road when a car is coming. On a motion by board chairman John Auerbach, the board granted the waiver to the Subdivision & Land Development Ordinance, which was carried unanimously.

Auerbach explained that the original Keen plan, which included the conservation of most of the original property and the creation of the three lots, was approved in late 2012 and the plan was recorded in 2013.

Chuck Phillips was unanimously appointed to fill the

architect vacancy on the Historic Architectural Review Board, to a term that expires at the end of 2017.

In a discussion of communications in the township, Auerbach said the work of producing the township newsletter, and the cost of publishing it, was not justified. He has learned that most residents don’t read the newsletter. He suggested that the township should develop a Facebook page as a way of

getting information out. The township’s webmaster will work on upgrading the website to allow the township to post information on Facebook to link back to the website, and to allow people to view the website easily on their smartphones. There will be a more detailed discussion at next month’s supervisors meeting.

For more information, visit www.franklintownship.us.

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

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Local Company Explains Steps to Water Quality Assurance

By Lance Witmer & Kelly Woy Master Certified Water Specialist Water. It is one of the most familiar types of matter known to mankind. On any given day it is likely that you will encounter it in two if not all three of its primary states.

It is the universal solvent, it’s refreshment on a sunny day and it’s critically important to sustaining life on earth. With the average U.S. citizen using 75 to 100 gallons of water a day, the quality and safety of your water plays a greater role in your quality of life than you may realize.

While many people are aware of the damaging effects impurities such as hardness and iron have on homes, current news such as the Flint Michigan Water Crisis may present new questions and concerns about the safety of municipal water. For the sake of addressing these concerns and offering guidance through a complex field of study, the following are three basic steps to empower you to take charge of your water, and in doing so,

find peace of mind for one of life’s most basic necessities.

Identify Your Concerns Understanding that water is the universal solvent reveals that at any given moment, there may be virtually anything dissolved in your water. While initially this may sound overwhelming, it is useful to know what pre-dispositions already exist for water in your local area. The simplest way of knowing this is to talk to those who have dedicated their professions to studying it. Ask the experts. For any given location in the United States there are certified water specialists and even state certified laboratories that have invaluable information specific to your local region. One trusted resource to use to find them is the Water Quality Association (WQA).

They are an independent, not-for-profit organization that serves as an educator of water treatment professionals, certifier of water treatment products, public information resource and voice of the water quality improvement industry.

Their website (www.

WQA.org) will help you identify certified water specialists in your area.

It is important to use

trustworthy resources to determine the difference between tested and proven treatment methods versus all-in-one water treatment systems. Avoid the late night hype.

Identify Treatment Goals When discussing water treatment, it is important to note two primary treatment strategies—Whole House (Point of Entry) and Drinking Water Only (Point of Use). In order to determine which strategy you want to pursue, purchase a water test for the specific contaminants you are concerned or curious about. The two greatest factors in determining your treatment style will be the nature and the level of the suspected contaminants in your water. *Note: To avoid the risk of inaccurate testing procedures or company bias, use a state certified lab and or certified water specialist for all your water testing.

Some contaminants can pose a threat outside of consumption and can have adverse effects in activities such as bathing. For contaminants of that nature, a point of entry treatment approach is strongly recommended.

The primary benefit of this whole-house style treatment is that you do not have to visit a specific faucet or walk to a differ-

ent room to get safe water for your desired task. It’s at any sink or shower at any time.

As is the nature of water, solutions for specific water concerns may be fluid. Details such as cost, space restrictions and overall water quality may cause Point of Use (P.O.U.) treatments to be more practical than point of entry systems.

One of the most common and effective options is a Reverse Osmosis, but how do they compare to other P.O.U. systems?

The Most Versatile Drinking Water System Far as it is from a “one size fits all” system, reverse osmosis (R.O.) technology has been improving for decades. It is one of the most commonly known and trusted P.O.U. systems around.

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Trickling to a Close The human body is comprised of more than 60% water. It’s part of our daily routine, a component of every drink, and used in countless tasks throughout the course of both our professional and personal lives.

Situations such as the EPA gold spill and the Flint Michigan Water Crisis force us to acknowledge the limitations of systems that have presumably provided our communities with some of the safest water in the world.

But as awareness of new contaminants and the demand for even higher-quality water grow ever increasingly, we find ourselves at a crossroads.

For some it will be enough to trust that the systems that have brought us this far will continue to provide for our water needs. For others who have found their peace of mind shaken, or simply want to take to their water to the next level of purification, you have options. Find your local certified water specialist on WQA.org and learn more about your specific water conditioning concerns.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Oxford Area High School stages ‘Annie’ Performances are March 3, 4, and 5

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer Julie Wydrzynski, the director of choral music at Oxford Area High School, is eager for the community to see this year’s musical production of the Broadway hit, “Annie.”

Part of that excitement can be attributed to Natalie Giovan’s pitch-perfect portrayal of the title character.

“Natalie should just start going by the name, ‘Annie,’” Wydrzynski explained. “She does such a wonderful job of portraying this character.

She is so lovable in the role, not to mention that she has the perfect voice for the character.”

Indeed, Giovan exudes the innocent optimism that is at the heart of “Annie,” as she talks about how this is a dream role for her. Giovan previously played “Annie” at Carousel Performing Arts in Kennett Square, and she is looking forward to the performances at Oxford

Area High School where she will once again sing classics like “It’s the Hard Knock Life” and “Tomorrow” for audiences.

“I grew up watching the movie,” Giovan explained.

“I love the songs. I’m excited to sing those uplifting songs and connect with the audience.”

Staging “Annie” requires good work from dozens of people who are needed to fill out the large cast and crew.

In mid-February, with nearly two and a half weeks left for rehearsals, Wydrzynski was confident with how things are progressing.

“I am pleased to say that we are ahead of schedule with rehearsals,” she explained. “We haven’t been hit too hard with snow this year so rehearsals haven’t been as rushed as they can be. Each year, I tell my students, ‘Scripts memorized by February!’

It is rare that this actually happens, but I was shocked when they came in Feb. 1 with no books in hand.”

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Miss Hannigan (sophomore Meghan Pitney), her deadbeat brother Rooster (senior Robert Miller) and his moll, Lily (junior Gabby Zabosky) plot the scheme that will land them on “Easy Street.”

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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Principal Christopher Dormer) and his cabinet, played by members of the high school faculty (from left, Chris Turpen, Kevin Lentz, Chris Pierdomenico and Eddie Heckmann).

One of the reasons that “Annie” was selected as the musical this year was because there is a talented group of students who could round out the rather large and diverse cast.

Meghan Pitney is playing Miss Hannigan, while Kaylee Madden is portraying Molly. Shane Wilson, a high school senior, is taking on the demanding role of Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks.

Explaining that Warbucks was himself an orphan, Wilson said that he likes the challenge of playing a character who reveals his softer side as the musical goes on.

Robbie Miller is portraying Rooster, who is Miss Hannigan’s brother.

This is the third production that Miller has been involved with at the high school, and the role of Rooster offered him a different challenge— specifically the large amount of dancing that the role requires.

“I get to step out of my comfort zone,” Miller said.

“I like to try something new.

And there’s more singing involved, which I always love.”

Miller, a high school senior, said that “Annie” ranks as one of his favorite musicals. “I really like the overall story,” he explained.

Principal Christopher Dormer, a big supporter of the school’s drama department, was enlisted to play the pivotal role of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the wheelchair-bound U.S. president who guided the country through the Great Depression. Wydrzynski praised Dormer for his work ethic, which sets an example for the students involved with the musical.

“Mr. Dormer has been so wonderful to work with,” Wydrzynski said. “He has been dedicated to the part. In fact, he asked for his script in September, months before they even came in the mail.

As soon as he got the script, he highlighted his part, practiced singing, and even embraced the wheelchair.

He is setting an excellent example for our student actors, and it is generous of him to take all of this time after school to join us for rehearsals.”

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Natalie Giovan (center) is playing the title role in “Annie” for the second time.

first time on the stage in front of a large audience.

He said that he once played Merlin in “Camelot” when he was in high school. It was the largest role in the show that didn’t have a singing part, he noted.

Dormer is taking a Roosevelt-esque “Theonly-thing-we-have-to-fearis-fear-itself” approach to singing on stage.

Wydrzynski explained, “He has a pretty large role and is required to sing a few different songs. When we approached him at first, we mentioned there was a small speaking role that we wanted him to fill.

Once he committed, we snuck in the fact that there would be a song or two.

Rather than going back on his word, like many would when they found out they could be singing a solo for 3,000 people, he said, ‘Not a problem. I’m already committed. I’m in.’”

Dormer will be joined on the stage by a number of other high school staff members who are playing members of Roosevelt’s Cabinet. Assistant principal Michael Garrison is portraying Frances Perkins.

English teacher Kevin Lentz is taking on the role of Harold Ickes. Spanish teacher Edward Heckmann is playing Louis Howe.

Technical Education teacher Christopher Pierdomenico plays Cordell Hull, and Chris Turpen is portraying Henry Morgenthau. Athletic director Michael Price is also

portraying a cabinet member.

Oxford Area School District Superintendent David Woods will be playing the part of the radio announcer during the performances.

“Having our school principal and staff involved in this production is so exciting,” Wydrzynski explained. “The students in the show think it is just hilarious to see their own teachers out of their element as they sing and act on stage.

The faculty really has done a wonderful job of putting this together. We are so lucky to have teachers willing to ‘embarrass’ themselves on stage for the sake of entertaining our students and community.”

The staff members are looking forward to the challenge.

“It’s been challenging, fun, and I’m very excited,” Heckmann said.

Turpen’s son, Tyler, is a senior at Solanco High School, and he has had the lead in several different shows. Turpen said that one reason that he signed up for “Annie” was because he wanted to surprise his son.

“The look on his face when I told him that I was going to be in a musical was priceless,” Turpen explained.

Dormer joked that, “Seeing if we hit the notes will be worth the price of admission.”

He added that the directors of the musical have been helping him and the other staff members with their

preparations.

“Julie and [music director] Erin Kauppila are doing a wonderful job of coaching us through this,” Dormer explained.

Wydrzynski said that the two student directors, Larissa Smith and Medina Keita, have been a tremendous help as everyone gets ready for the upcoming performances.

“They are both seniors this year, which is a shame because I would like to have them student-direct every year,” Wydrzynski said.

“They are incredibly helpful and have worked on the choreography, blocking, and rehearsing the students. We also have an excellent stage crew which is artistic and talented with building sets, as well as very efficient with moving sets. The stage crew advisor is Maria Sovine, and the student leaders of the stage crew are Callie Jaycox and Jason Miles.”

Performances will take place Thursday, March 3, Friday, March 4, and Saturday, March 5. Each performance begins at 7 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased online or at the door and are $12 for adults and $8 for students. A link to purchase tickets for the shows is available on the high school website at www.oxford.k12. pa.us/oahs, as well as at OxfordTheater.wikispaces. com.

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

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Keeping the orphanage as clean as the spire of the Chrysler Building are, from left, juniors Sarah Buckley, Allison Malone, Carrie McMahon, Haley Allport and Natalie Giovan, sophomore Anna Malone and juniors Caitlyn Swiston and Maddie Hamilton.

On the air are, from left, radio ventriloquist Jimmy Johnson (junior Matthew Terry), host Bert Healy (sophomore Nelson Rodriguez) and the Boylan Sisters (junior Hayley Allport, senior Medina Keita and junior Carrie McMahon).

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Feb. 24 Memory program The Oxford Area Senior Center (12 E. Locust St., Oxford) holds a presentation on memory loss by neurologist Dr. Joseph S. Handler on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. The free program will explain the signs, symptoms and causes of memory loss and techniques to sharpen the memory. For reservations, call 610-932-5244 or email oxsrctr@zoominternet.net before Feb. 19.

Feb. 27 Kennett Winterfest The Fourth Annual Kennett Winterfest will be held Feb. 27 from 12:30 to 4 p.m. in Kennett Square. There will be heated tents on South Broad Street between State and Cypress streets serving local beers, and foods from the Country Butcher, with live music by the Shady Groove Trio. Tickets are limited. They are $65 (designated driver tickets $20). No one under 21 admitted. The event will be held rain, show or shine.

Visit www.kennettwinterfest. com for tickets or more information.

March 3 to 5 ‘Shrek: The Musical’ Unionville High School presents “Shrek: The Musical” from March 3 to 5 in the school auditorium.

Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets go on sale Feb. 15 through www. showtix4u.com. Based on the animated film series, “Shrek: the Musical” is a hilarious fairy tale in which curses are reversed, monsters get the girls, donkeys and dragons find love, and princesses are beautiful in all shapes and sizes. The show is suitable

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for all ages. Tickets are $14 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. There will be a special meet-and-greet lunch with Shrek on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Patton Middle School.

For more information and reservations, visit www.ucfsd. org/music and click on the gold ticket.

March 11 and 12 Chadds Ford Art Sale & Show The annual Chadds Ford Art Sale & Show opens on March 11 at Chadds Ford Elementary School with a free reception, and continues on Saturday with special events including an art salon, artisan showcase, and art tours.

The show’s featured artist is Helena van Emmerik-Finn.

During the Artisan Showcase on March 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., artisan guests will sell handmade jewelry, wooden items and more. During tours on March 11 at noon and 2 p.m., visitors can join guides for free tours of the art collection at Chadds Ford Elementary School. The collection includes pieces from artists prominent in the inception and foundation of the Brandywine tradition.

The exhibition and sale features works by more than 70 professional artists from the Brandywine Valley and beyond. Thirty percent of all purchases are tax deductible.

All proceeds support educational enrichment programs at Chadds Ford Elementary School. Call 610-388-1112 for more information.

March 13 Record Collectors show The Keystone Record Collectors Music Expo will be held March 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Continental Inn (2285 Lincoln Highway

east, Route 30, Next to Dutch Wonderland, Lancaster).

Dealers will buy, sell and trade records and music memorabilia. Admission is free. Call 610-932-7852 or visit www.recordcollectors. org.

March 23 Wreath workshop The Oxford Area Senior Center (12 E. Locust St., Oxford) is hosting a wreathmaking class on March 23 at 7 p.m. This “make-it and take-it” class is open to the public and costs $18 per person, cash only. Brad Buchanan, floral designer and owner of Buchanan’s Buds and Blossoms, will teach participants how to create a wreath. RSVP by March 16 by calling 610-9325244 or emailing oxsrctr@ zoominternet.net.

April 3 Brandywine Hills Point-to-Point On April 3, the Brandywine Hills Point-to-Point begins at 12:30 p.m. at the Brandywine Red Clay Alliance’s Myrick Conservation Center (Route 842 between Unionville and West Chester). Gates open at 11 a.m. There will be a variety of cross-country horse races from young children astride ponies to top-ranked jockeys riding powerful horses around a course of steeplechase fences. There will be organized children’s activities, a Lenape lore tent, face painting and more. Dogs, on leashes, are welcome.

General admission is $20 per carload. Visit www. brandywineredclay.org for more information.

Kennett Flash schedule The Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square) hosts regional and national artists. Tickets are

available in advance at www. kennettflash.org, or at the door. Snacks and beverages are sold, or guests can BYOB. The schedule includes: Open Jam with Davey Dickens and the Troubadours (Feb. 25, 8 p.m., $5); TVC15 David Bowie tribute (Feb. 26, 8 p.m., $15 and $18); Kategory 5: Rewind to Vinyl ‘70s Tribute Show (Feb. 27, 8 p.m., $18 and $22); New music showcase with Kelsie Baxter, Old Ezra, Nate Talley and Caitlin Marsilli (Feb. 28, 6 p.m., $10 and $14); the Black Lillies (March 2, 8 p.m., $20); Jane Lee Hooker with Vinyl Artifacts (March 3, 8 p.m., $15 and $18); Soften the Glare – Downingtown School of Rock House Band (March 4, 8 p.m., $18); Beatlemania Again (March 5, 8 p.m., $30 and $35); Open Mic with host Butch Zito (March 6, 7 p.m., $4); Corey Glover of Living Colour (March 8, 8 p.m., $40 and $45); Better Than Bacon improv comedy troupe (March 10, 8 p.m., $12 and $14); Raymond the Amish Comic (March 11, 7:30 p.m., $16 and $20); Lucy Kaplansky with Geri Smith (March 12, 8 p.m., $20 and $23); Stand-Up Comedy with The Legendary Wid, John Kensil, Sarah Bell, Tim Raymus and Noah Houlihan (March 17, 8 p.m., $12 and $14); The Vernal Equinox Ritual with the E.B. Hawkins Large Band and the Billy Penn Burger Band (March 18, 8 p.m., $20); Dukes of Destiny (March 19, 8 p.m., $18 and $22).

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.

‘U-Needa-Rest,’ a pastel by Laura Hickman, is part of a group show at the Station Gallery opening on March 4 (see listing).

Through Feb. 29 Art at Metamorphosis Metamorphosis Wellness Center (331 E. State St., Kennett Square) is featuring artwork by Chester County artist Rachel Altschuler.

The show also features art by Carina Zavala, who uses abstract art to recreate moments of her past life and present emotions. Lastago Shoppe will have artisancrafted sterling silver jewelry for sale. Call 610444-8020 or visit www. metamorphosiswellnesscenter. net.

Through March 11 ‘Greek Tales Retold’ “Carole Huber: Greek Tales Retold” continues at Bookplace (2373 Baltimore Pike, Oxford) through March 11. The bookstore and gallery is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Call 717-529-6618 or visit www.bookplaceoxford. com.

March 4 to 24 Three artists at Station Gallery The Station Gallery (3922 Kennett Pike, Greenville, Del.) presents

a group show featuring loosely constructed landscapes in oil by Louise Clearfield, gestural plein air figure paintings

by Sherrill Cooper, and pastel drawings by Laura Hickman depicting the environment of her hometown of Bethany Beach from March 4 to 24.

There will be an opening reception on March 4 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.

March 11 to April 9 Christine Lafuente solo show Somerville Manning Gallery (101 Stone Block Row, Greenville, Del.) presents a solo exhibition of recent landscape and still life paintings by Christine Lafuente from March 11 to April 9. A reception with the artist will be held March 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Visit www. somervillemanning.com.

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BID NOTICE

ROOF REPLACEMENT KENNETT HIGH SCHOOL The Kennett Consolidated School District is soliciting bids for replacements of certain sections of the roof at Kennett High School to be done this summer. Bid documents may be obtained by contacting the office of Wiss Janney Elstner Associates, Inc. (roofing consultant) at 609-799-7799 or may be obtained at the mandatory pre-bid meeting. The charge for a set of bid documents is $30.00 and is non-refundable. All work and materials must be in conformance to the bid documents. Checks for the bid documents are to be made payable to Kennett Consolidated School District but should be mailed to Wiss Janney Elstner Associates, Inc. The mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 3:30 PM on March 22, 2016 in the Auditorium of Kennett High School located at 100 E. South St., Kennett Square, Pa, 19348.

An employee or owner of the bidding entity must attend the mandatory prebid meeting as one of the criteria for the bidder to be deemed responsive.

Another criteria for a bidder to be deemed responsive is that they must self-perform the roofing work. It cannot be sub-contracted out. Sealed bids are to be sent to Kennett Consolidated School District, 300 E. South Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348. Sealed bids are to be plainly identified on the outside with the words “Sealed Bid – Roof Replacement – Kennett High School”, and also identified with the name of the bidder. Sealed bids must be received no later than 3:30PM on April 5, 2016 at the District Office of the Kennett Consolidated School District located at 300 E. South St., Kennett Square, Pa 19348 at which time they will be opened and the name of each bidder and bid amount will be read aloud.

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NOTICE

EAST NOTTINGHAM TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR VACANCY APPOINTMENT Any person who is an elector of the Township and has resided in East Nottingham Township continuously for at least one year prior to their appointment who is interested in serving as Township Supervisor should mail a one page letter and a resume on or before Friday, March 18, 2016 to: The Honorable William P. Mahon 201 W. Market Street PO Box 2746, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380 Those who submit the letter and resume are to appear before the Court to be interviewed on: Friday, March 25, 2016, 1:00 p.m.

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ESTATE NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration on the Estate of Phyllis A Pastorius, Deceased, late of Chester County, PA have been granted to the undersigned. All persons having claims or demands against the said Estate to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment immediately, without delay to Robert Pastorius, Executor, 404 W. Baltimore Pike, West Grove, PA 19390 2p-24-3t

ESTATE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Letters of Administration in the ESTATE OF JAMES L. PORTLOCK, late of the Borough of West Chester, (died January 2, 2016) have been granted to the undersigned. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands to present same for settlement without delay to ADMINISTRATRIX: Linda M. Portlock, Representative’s Address: 813 Falcon Lane, West Chester, PA 19380 OR ATTORNEY: Charles E. Petrie 3528 Brisban Street Harrisburg, PA 17111 2p-17-3t

ESTATE NOTICE ESTATE of Helen Campbell Celsi late of Chester County PA, Deceased.

Letters of Testamentary on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who requests all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to: Personal Representative of the Helen Celsi Estate, Executor 251 Forest Manor Road Cochranville PA 19330 1- 770-671-8427 2p-17-3t

ESTATE NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration on the Estate of Dolores Jean Deeney Blevins, late of Penn Township, Chester County, PA Deceased, have been granted to the undersigned, All persons having claims or demands against the estate of the said decedent are requested to make known the same and all persons indebted to the said decedent to make payment without delay to: David B. Deeney, Executor, 119 GlennAnn Drive, Landenberg, PA 19350 2p-10-3t

ESTATE NOTICE ESTATE OF Nancy Edwards Johnson, late of New London Township, Chester County, Deceased. Letters Testamentary on the estate of the above named Nancy Edwards Johnson having been granted to the undersigned, all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the said decedent are requested to make known the same and all persons indebted to the said decedent to make payment without delay to: Richard Jeffrey Johnson, Executor, c/o Attorney: Winifred Moran Sebastian, Esquire,

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday, April 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-3-192 Writ of Execution No. 2012-00477 DEBT $98,390.81 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground, situate in London Grove Township, Chester County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described according to a Final Subdivision Plot Plan of Brantham, made by George E. Regester, Jr., & Sons, Inc., Registered Land Surveyors, dated 6/4/1973 and recorded in Plan Book 56 Page 43 as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of Bentley Road (50 feet wide) on said Plan, a corner of Lot N. 23 on said Plan; thence extending along the said northerly side of Bentley Road the following 2 courses and distances, to wit: (1) north 86º 1’ 9” west, 55.29 feet to a point of curve in same; thence (2) on the arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 435.00 feet to the arc distance of 75.33 feet to a point; thence leaving the said Bentley Road and extending north 5º 56’ 22” west along line of Lot No. 25 on said Plan, 347.56 feet to a point; thence extending south 86º 31’ 58” east along line of Lot No. 20 on said Plan, 190.00 feet to a point; thence extending south 3º 57’ 29” west along line of Lots Nos. 22 and 23, 337.56 feet to a point on the northerly side of Bentley Road, the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

BEING Lot No. 24 on said Plan.

BEING known as 16 Bentley Road, West Grove, PA 19390 BEING the same premises which Judith C. Venuto, Robert A. Venuto and Jessica Lyn Venuto, by Deed dated 4/18/2011, recorded 4/29/2011, in the Office for the Recorder of Deeds in and for Chester County, in Deed Book Volume 8169, Page 556, conveyed unto Judith C. Venuto, as sole owner.

PARCEL No.: 59-8-141.28 IMPROVEMENTS: property.

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PLAINTIFF: Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania VS DEFENDANT: JUDITH C. VENUTO and JESSICA LYN VENUTO

a corner of this premises and Lot no. 10; thence extending along the same north 82 degrees, 47 minutes 36 seconds east 150.00 feet to a point a corner of this premises on line of land now or late of Lawrence E. Chambers; thence extending partly along the same and partly along land nor or late of Joseph V. Hood, Jr., south 07 degrees, 12 minutes, 24 seconds east 107.00 feet to a point a corner of this premises and Lot No. 8 aforesaid; thence extending along the same south 82 degrees, 47 minutes, 36 seconds west 150.00 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

BEING Lot No. 9 on the above mentioned Plan BEING known as Parcel #05-07-0044 BEING more commonly known as 1 W. Meadow Court BEING the same premises which Charles L. Raday and Margaret Raday, and Carol A. Haaf, by Deed dated 8/23/07 and recorded 9/28/07 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Chester, in Deed Book 7275, Page 592, granted and conveyed unto William T. Eichelberger, in fee.

PLAINTIFF: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC VS DEFENDANT: WILLIAM T. EICHELBERGER SALE ADDRESS: 1 West Meadow Court, West Grove, PA 19390 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: CHRISTOPHER DeNARDO, 610-2786800 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday, April 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-3-140 Writ of Execution No. 2015-07625 DEBT $42,350.08 PROPERTY situate in the Atglen Borough, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 7-4-58

SALE ADDRESS: 16 Bentley Road, West Grove, PA 19390

IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: GREGORY JAVARDIAN, LLC, 215-942-9690

PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. s/b/m to Wachovia Bank, National Association VS DEFENDANT: GLADYS G. GIBSON

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

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday, April 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-3-127 Writ of Execution No. 2015-03491 DEBT $378,643.16 ALL THAT CERTAIN tract, lot or piece of land with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, in the Borough of West Grove, County of Chester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described in accordance with a Final Record Subdivision Plan of West Meadows made by Kidde Consultants, Inc., E.P.S., dated 2/24/1987 as last revised 4/1/1987 which Plan is of record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds as Plan No. 7312, as follows, to wit:

SALE ADDRESS: 105 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310-9724 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215-563-7000 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday, April 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-3-143 Writ of Execution No. 2009-01947 DEBT $215,633.53 PROPERTY situate in the Lower Oxford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 56-4-56

BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of West Meadow Court, which point marks a common corner of this premises and Lot No. 8; thence extending from said point along the said easterly side of West Meadow Court, north 07 degrees, 12 minutes, 24 seconds west 107.00 feet to a point

IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: Nationstar Mortgage LLC VS DEFENDANT: JESSICA L. PERYEA

SALE ADDRESS: 1783 Baltimore Pike, Oxford, PA 19363-2500 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215-563-7000 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday, April 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-3-135 Writ of Execution NO. 2014-03403 DEBT $218,010.59 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or tracts of land situate in West Nottingham Township, Chester County, PA. PLAINTIFF: National Loan Investors, LP VS DEFENDANT: JUDSON HAWTHORNE and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SALE ADDRESS: PREMISES “A”: NS RT 1 – S of W Ridge Road (UPI No. 68-6-128.1) PREMISES “B”: SE corner of W Ridge and S. Quarry Road (UPI Nol 68-6130) ATTORNEY: WILLIAM J. LEVANT, ESQ., 610-941-2474 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday, April 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-3-154 Writ of Execution No. 2013-10343 DEBT $203,901.64 PROPERTY situate in the Parkesburg Borough, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 8-5-154 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association VS DEFENDANT: JOHN ALEXANDER, JR. SALE ADDRESS: 501 West 2nd Avenue, Parkesburg, PA 19365-1403 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215-563-7000 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

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

SALE NO. 16-3-157 Writ of Execution No. 2014-06454 DEBT $331,631.78 PROPERTY situate in East Nottingham Township TAX Parcel #69-006-0217.0100 IMPROVEMENTS: dwelling.

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PLAINTIFF: U.S. Bank National Association, as Successor Trustee to Bank of America, N.A., as Successor to LaSalle Bank, N.A. as Trustee for the holders of the Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-FF2 VS DEFENDANT: AMY L. SHELTON and MATTHEW W. SHELTON SALE ADDRESS: 1408 Little Elk Creek Road, Oxford, PA 19363 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: KML LAW GROUP, P.C., 215-627-1322 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday, April 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-3-169 Writ of Execution No. 2015-05449 DEBT $224,674.21 PROPERTY situate in Borough of London Grove Township TAX Parcel #59-04-0039 IMPROVEMENTS: dwelling.

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PLAINTIFF: M&T Bank VS DEFENDANT: ELEUTERIO BERNAL FLORES

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

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

SALE ADDRESS: 13 Nova Lane, West Grove, PA 19390

SALE NO. 16-3-162 Writ of Execution No. 2014-10812 DEBT $387,368.35

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

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

PROPERTY situate in Borough of London Grove Township TAX Parcel #59-008-0551.0000 IMPROVEMENTS: dwelling.

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PLAINTIFF: U.S. Bank, National Association, as Trustee, Successor in Interest to Bank of America, National Association as Successor by Merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Certificateholders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-HE1, VS DEFENDANT: GREGORY P. RUSSELL SALE ADDRESS: 51 Abby Road, Avondale, PA 19311 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: KML LAW GROUP, P.C., 215-627-1322 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday, April 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-3-168 Writ of Execution No. 2014-01877 DEBT $136,199.23 PROPERTY situate in Borough of Borough of Oxford and partly in the Township of East Nottingham

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: KML LAW GROUP, P.C., 215-627-132 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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SALE NO. 16-3-170 Writ of Execution No. 2015-05935 DEBT $286,702.94 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situate in Sadsbury Township, County of Chester, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania bounded and described according to a Final Subdivision and Land Development Plan for Octorara Glen prepared by Chester Valley Engineers, Inc. dated 01/17/2003 lat revised 02/27/2004 recorded 05/06/2004 as Plan No. 17023, as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the southeasterly side of Wick Drive (50 feet wide) a corner of Lot 12 on said Plan; thence extending from said beginning point along Wick Drive, north 50 degrees 44 minutes 10 seconds east 95.00 feet to a point, a corner of open space on said Plan, thence leaving said Wick Drive and extending along said open space the 2 following courses and distances: (1) south 39 degrees 15 minutes 50 seconds east 221.47 feet to a point; (2) south 63 degrees 36 minutes 24 seconds west 98.45 feet to a point a corner of Lot 12, aforesaid; thence extending along the same north 39 degrees 15 minutes 50 seconds west 199.76 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of Wick Drive, the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

BEING Lot 11 on said Plan.

TOGETHER with all and singular the buildings and improvements, ways, streets, alleys, driveways, passages, waters, water-courses, rights, liberties, privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances, whatsoever unto the hereby granted premises belonging, or in anywise appertaining and the reversions and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof; and all the estate, right, title, interest, property, claim and demand whatsoever of her, the said grantor, as well at law as in equity, of, in and to the same.

TAX Parcel #69-2R-4 IMPROVEMENTS: dwelling.

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PLAINTIFF: M&T Bank VS DEFENDANT: JEFFREY W. BODDY SALE ADDRESS: 149 Grant Street, Oxford, PA 19363 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: KML LAW GROUP, P.C., 215-627-1322 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable

TITLE to said Premises vested in Jay Krywucki and Yan Yan by Deed from Melanie W. Stauffer dated 03/12/2010 and recorded 03/26/2010 in the Chester County Recorder of Deeds in Book 7887, Page 2290.

PLAINTIFF: CitiMortgage, Inc. VS DEFENDANT: JAY KRYWUCKI and YAN YAN SALE ADDRESS: 29 Wick Drive, Parkesburg, PA 19365 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: ROBERT W. WILLIAMS, ESQ., 856-482-1400 Continued on Page 4B

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Legals Continued from Page 3B N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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east 21.72 feet to a point of curve, thence extending along the line of same, along the arc of a circle curving to the left with a radius of 175.00 feet, the arc distance of 27.39 feet to the point of beginning.

CONTAINING 5,882 square feet of land, more or less.

BEING Lot No. 41 on said Plan.

BEING UPI# 60-4-337

No. 2015-01795 DEBT $318,882.84 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot, or parcel of land with buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate in the Township of East Nottingham, County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described according to a Plan of “Wiltshire at Oxford” made by Lake, Roeder, Hillard & Beers, Oxford, PA, dated 11/6/1996, last revised 6/26/1998 and recorded 8/26/1998 as Plan #14559 as follows, to wit:

BLR# 60-4-337

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday, April 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-3-175 Writ of Execution No. 2014-05475 DEBT $289,982.41

TAX I.D. #: 69-03-0063.34 BEING the same premises which Wilkinson Heritage, L.L.C., a Pennsylvania Limited Liability Company, granted and conveyed unto Steven J. Evans and Loretta H. Evans, husband and wife, by Deed dated December 13, 2004 and recorded December 23, 2004 in Chester County Record Book 6370, Page 1256, for the consideration of $347,214.00.

PLAINTIFF: Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) VS DEFENDANT: LORETTA H. EVANS and STEVEN EVANS a/k/a STEVEN J. EVANS SALE ADDRESS: 218 Brittany Drive, Avondale, PA 19311 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: MARTHA E. VON ROSENSTIEL, P.C., 610-3282887

ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situate in New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described according to a Final Subdivision Plan of Brittany Hills, made by Hillcrest Associates, Inc., dated 9/27/2000, last revised 3/4/2001 and recorded in Chester County as Plan File #9015749 as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point on the southeasterly side of Brittany Drive, a corner of Lot 42, thence extending along the line of same, south 37 degrees 39 minutes 37 seconds east, crossing the bed of a 20 feet wide access easement, 121.38 feet to a point in the line of Lot 17, thence extending along the line of same, and in the bed of a 20 feet wide access easement south 46 degrees 26 minutes 14 seconds west 3.77 feet to a point in the line of Lot 18, thence extending along the line of same, south 52 degrees 18 minutes 28 seconds west 45.25 feet to a point in the line of Lot 40, thence extending along the line of same, north 37 degrees 39 minutes 37 seconds west, leaving the bed of aforementioned 20 feet wide access easement, 119.88 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of Brittany Drive, aforementioned, thence extending along the line of same, north 52 degrees 20 minutes 23 seconds

• Heated/Air Conditioned Units • Individual/Business Units

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

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By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday, April 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-3-195 Writ of Execution

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PLAINTIFF: Navy Federal Credit Union VS DEFENDANT: SCOTT PALETAR a/k/a SCOTT E. PALETAR and ASA PALETAR SALE ADDRESS: 139 Schoolview Lane, Oxford, Pennsylvania 19363 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C., 215790-1010 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday, April 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-3-184 Writ of Execution No. 2015-00417 DEBT $202,133.33 ALL THAT CERTAIN messuage and lot of land known and designated as No. 414 Meredith Street, situate in the Borough of Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows to wit:

BEGINNING at a point in the middle of Meredith Street, a corner of land late of James C. Cassell, deceased; thence by the same south 86º west, 177 feet to the east side of Chestnut Alley, not opened, and in a line of land late of Charles G. Gawthrop, deceased; thence by the same north 4º west, 25 feet to a stake, a corner of land now or late of John L. Gabel and wife; thence by the same passing through the center of the division wall dividing the premises herein conveyed from the premises on the north, known as No. 412 Meredith Street, north 86º east, 177 feet to a point in the middle of Meredith Street; thence by the same south 4º east, 25 feet to the place of beginning.

CONTAINING 4,425 square feet of land, be the same more or less.

BEING known as 414 Meredith Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348 BEING the same premises which Helen L. Perigo, by Deed dated 9/15/2005 and recorded 9/21/2005 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Chester County in Deed Book 6626, Page 924, granted and conveyed unto Jesus M. Baeza and Beatriz Inez Alvarez.

PARCEL No.: 03-04-133 IMPROVEMENTS: property.

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PLAINTIFF: Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania VS DEFENDANT: JESUS BAEZA ZAVALA a/k/a JESUS M. BAEZA and BEATRIZ L, ALVAREZ CANTORAN a/k/a BEATRIX L. ALVAREZ a/k/a BEATRIZ INEZ ALVAREZ SALE ADDRESS: 414 Meredith Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: GREGORY JAVARDIAN, LLC, 215-942-9690 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday, April 18, 2016. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 16-3-190 Writ of Execution No. 2013-02759 DEBT $256,516.08 ALL THAT CERTAIN, message, lot or piece of land situate on, in the Borough of Wedt Grove, County of Chester, State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described, as follows, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of land situate in the Borough of West Grove, County of Chester, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described according to a Final Record Major Subdivision Plan of “West Meadows” made by Kiddie Consultants, Inc., dated February 24, 1987, last revised April 21, 1987 and recorded in Chester County Recorder of Deeds Office as Plan #7312 as follows, to wit: BEGINNING for the same at a point in the center of Poppy Lane said point being a corner for this Lot and Lot 67 and being located the following 2 courses and distances from a point formed by the intersection of the center line of Columbia Drive (50 feet wide) which the center line of Poppy Lane (50 feet wide); (1) by a curve to the left, having a radius of 350.00 feet, an arc distances of 7.00 feet to a point; and (2) south 45 degrees 17 minutes 36 seconds west, 176.11 feet to the point of beginning; thence from said point of beginning and with Lot 67, south 42 degrees 44 minutes 01 second east, 199.65 feet to a point in line of Lot 73; thence with Lot 73, south 48 degrees 13 minutes 38 seconds west, 74.51 feet to a corner for Lot 65; thence, with Lot 65, north 58 degrees 33 minutes 27 seconds west, 179.22 feet to a point in the center of Poppy Lane; thence, with the center of Poppy Lane

the following 2 courses and distances: (1) by a curve to the right having a radius of 350.00 feet, an arc length of 123.94 feet to a point; and (2) north 45 degrees 17 minutes 38 seconds east, 2.82 feet to the point and place of beginning.

BEING Lot 66 on said Plan.

BEING UPI Number 05-007-0074.0000 PARCEL No.: 05-007-0074.0000 BEING known as: 11 Poppy Lane, West Grove, PA 19390 BEING the same premises which Eileen D. Tscheme, by Deed dated July 8, 2009 and recorded August 19, 2009 in and for Chester County, Pennsylvania in Deed Book 7753, Page 958, granted and conveyed unto Anthony D. Corsaro and Lisa Ellen Corsaro.

PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. VS DEFENDANT: ANTHONY D. CORSARO SALE ADDRESS: 11 Poppy Lane, West Grove, PA 19390 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI, LLC, 614-2205611 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Chocolate Lovers Festival draws a hungry crowd The Kennett Chocolate Lovers Festival, held on Feb. 21, raised $16,500 for the Community Impact Fund of United Way of Southern Chester County.

The proceeds will help fund programs at over 28 local non-profits helping our neighbors in need.

More than 1,000 attendees enjoyed 150 kinds of chocolate treats. “We can’t thank enough the adults, professionals, and students who baked for us,” said Carrie Freeman, United Way CEO. “Without their entries, this festival couldn’t happen. We also appreciate our sponsors – Bank of America, W.L. Gore, and Union Street Financial and TD Bank.”

The first-place winners in the five amateur divisions won Corian cutting boards and $100 gift certificates to area restaurants -- Twelves, Buckley Tavern, Two Stones, and Platinum Dining restaurants in Delaware. Ribbons were awarded for first, second and third place to Professional, Amateur, and Student divisions for cakes, cupcakes, brownies, cookies, and candies.

Top Professional winners in each category were: The Country Butcher for their Double Diablo Brownies; The Gables at Chadds Ford for their Lucy B’s Chocolate Hazelnut Cake; Heavenly Sweet Chocolates for their

Nancy’s Heavenly Caramel Pretzel Bites; Heavenly Sweet Chocolates for their Nancy’s Heavenly Milk & Dark Chocolate Sandwich Cookies with Sea Salt; and The Gables at Chadds Ford for their Charlie’s Chocolate Cupcakes.

Two professionals scored big with three ribbon each -- Nancy Orlando from West Chester’s Heavenly Sweet Chocolates, and Pam Matthews from Kennett’s Country Butcher.

Top Amateur winners in each category were: Patti Beauchesne for her Chocolate Peanut-ButterGanache Brownies; Michelle Cope for her Michelle’s Sinfully Delicious Dark Chocolate

Cake with Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse; Alison Snyder for her Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles; Lisa Gross for her Lisa’s Dark Chocolate Raspberry Bar; and Roberta Carlson for her I’ll Stop the World and Malt with You cupcakes. The top baker from the amateur division was Lisa Gross from Lincoln University, who won a first and second for her cookies, and a second for her cake.

Kennett High School’s Family Consumer Science and the Pastry Arts students garnered seven of the 15 top spots for student entries. Individual first-place student winners were: Madison Bowe for

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Young visitors sample some of the goodies at the Kennett Chocolate Lovers Festival on Feb. 21.

her Chocolate-Mint Bars; and Emily Schmidt for her Chocolate-Orange Cake.

“We netted $1,000 more

than last year, so it is great to see the proceeds growing year after year,” Freeman said.

Victory Brewing Company merges with Southern Tier Brewing Company Victory Brewing Company, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, announced a merger with Southern Tier Brewing Company last week. They will operate under parent company, Artisanal Brewing Ventures.

The transaction is expected to close within the next 60 days.

Under the umbrella of

ABV, Victory and Southern Tier will independently operate their breweries, commanding a joint capacity of more than 800,000 barrels of potential annual production. This alliance creates one of the largest brewers in the Northeast and ranks within the top 15 craft brewing companies in the United States, according to Brewers Association

criteria, with combined 2015 shipments of more than 250,000 barrels.

“The craft beer community is at its most critical moment since its inception, as larger brewing corporations have bought into our grassroots movement, irrevocably changing the marketplace,” said Bill Covaleski, founder and brewmaster of Victory

Brewing Company. “Likeminded brewers such as Victory and Southern Tier can preserve our character, culture and products by banding together. Allied, we can continue to innovate and best serve the audience who fueled our growth through their loyal thirst.”

Victory Brewing Company is a craft brewery headquartered in

Downingtown. Founded by childhood friends, Bill Covaleski and Ron Barchet, Victory officially opened its doors in February of 1996.

Victory’s second brewery opened in February of 2014 in Parkesburg. In addition to the original Downingtown brewpub, Victory’s second brewpub is in Kennett Square, while Parkesburg recently

launched self-guided tours and the third brewpub. To learn more about Victory Brewing Company visit www.victorybeer.com.

Southern Tier Brewing Company was founded in 2002 in Lakewood, N.Y.,

by Phin and Sara DeMink.

To learn more about Southern Tier Brewing Company visit www.stbcbeer.com.

time the herein-described real estate.

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

Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

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

no seconds east, 160.00 feet to a point set for the southeasterly corner of this and the northeasterly corner of Lot #49; thence by said land south 87 degrees 13 minutes no seconds west 277.11 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

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

Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

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

Bank Minnesota, N.A., f/k/a Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., solely as Trustee for Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II, Inc., Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust 2007-AR5, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-AR5 VS DEFENDANT: LINCOLN MOSER and SHAWN SHERROD

SALE NO. 16-3-194 Writ of Execution No. 2013-06188 DEBT $387,148.48 PROPERTY situate in Township of London Britain

SALE NO. 16-3-197 Writ of Execution No. 2015-00749 DEBT $244,783.37

TAX Parcel #73-06-0021.400 IMPROVEMENTS: dwelling.

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PLAINTIFF: U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, Successor in Interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, Successor by Merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee for AFC Trust Series 1998-1 VS DEFENDANT: CHARLOTTE A. COSSABOON and ROBERT N. COSSABOON SALE ADDRESS: 40 Morgan Hollow Way, Landenberg, PA 19350 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: KML LAW GROUP, P.C., 215-627-1322 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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

ALL THAT CERTAIN, message, lot or piece of land situate on, in the Township of London Britain, County of Chester, State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described, as follows, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land known as Lot #50, Plan of Fox Brook, Section 111, situate in London Britain Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and bounded and described according to a survey made

by George E. Regester, Jr. & Sons, Inc., Registered Land Surveyors, dated January 29, 1971 and revised April 20, 1972 said Plan being recorded in the Office for the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Chester, at West Chester, Pennsylvania, in Plan Book 42 Page 34 as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point set for the southwesterly corner of this about to be described tract and the northwesterly corner of Lot #49 on said Plan, said point being set on the easterly side of Fox Drive, 50 feet wide; thence leaving said point of beginning and by the easterly side of Fox Drive, north 02 degrees 47 minutes no seconds west, 160.00 feet to a point set for the northwesterly corner of this and the southwesterly corner of Lot #51; thence leaving said easterly side and by said land, north 87 degrees 13 minutes no seconds east, 277.11 feet to a point set for the northeasterly corner of this and set in line of Lot #14; thence by said land and of Lot #4 and partly by Lot #13, south 02 degrees 47 minutes

CONTAINING 1.018 acres of land, be the same more or less.

BEING UPI Number 73-005-00354200 PARCEL No.: 73-005-0035-4200 BEING known as:. 103 Fox Drive, Landenberg, PA 19350 BEING the same premises which Arthur Whittaker, Jr. and Betty Lou Whittaker, husband and wife, by Deed dated August 29, 2008 and recorded September 8, 2008 in and for Chester County, Pennsylvania in Deed Book 7512, Page 280, granted and conveyed unto Gregory W. Miller and Christina J. Miller, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety.

PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. VS DEFENDANT: GREGORY W. MILLER SALE ADDRESS: 103 Fox Drive, Landenberg, PA 19350 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI, 614-220-5611 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest

SALE NO. 16-3-133 Writ of Execution No. 2015-07493 DEBT $462,093.03 PROPERTY situate in the New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

SALE NO. 16-3-147 Writ of Execution No. 2015-03697 DEBT $607,706.82

BLR# 60-4-446

PROPERTY situate in Elk Township

IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling

TAX Parcel #70-003-0029.030

PLAINTIFF: HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Wells Fargo Home Equity AssetBacked Securities 2005-2 Trust, Home Equity Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-2 VS DEFENDANT: RONALD C. HUX and REBECCA N. HUX SALE ADDRESS: 104 Hoylake Court Unit 923, a/k/a 106 Hoylake Court, Avondale, PA 19311-9638 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215-563-7000 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

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

IMPROVEMENTS: dwelling.

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PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. successor by merger to Wells Fargo

SALE ADDRESS: 4203 Reisler Road, Elk Township, PA 19363 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: KML LAW GROUP, P.C., 215-627-1322 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of the sale. 10% payment must be paid in cash,certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Artists use the humble crayon in new exhibit at Oxford Arts Alliance

By John Chambless Staff Writer Crayon is probably everyone’s first artistic medium, and most of us don’t ever progress much further than that.

But no one is immune to the scent of possibility that a freshly opened box of 64 Crayolas can evoke.

For “The Crayon Show” at the Oxford Arts Alliance, a nationwide selection of artists has responded to a challenge to work with this most elementary medium.

Much of the depth of the exhibition is gleaned from the artist statements under the works, as they describe both the limitations and the discoveries they encountered. The resulting artworks are wonderfully broad and rich, with some

dazzlingly good pieces that transcend what you’d think people could create with a crayon.

There’s a subtle, quiet loveliness in the three “Sea Poems” by Charles Philip Brooks, which resemble Japanese woodblock prints, with undulating waves and skies that are just right.

Scott Eagle, on the other hand, goes big and bold with “Forbidden Love,” which illustrates his story about the love between a bird and a fish. The subtle gradations of color – and the tiny etched details – are best appreciated with close inspection.

Lele Galer’s “Crayon Forest” is a fun, fanciful work that uses melted crayons to create the vivid orange tree trunks, and Laurie Lamont Murray

‘Portrait of the Smoker as a Young Artist’ by Wayne Simpson.

‘Sea Poem’ by Charles Philip Brooks.

gets even looser with “First Graders Melting Crayons on the Radiator.”

The accompanying artist’s statement explains how this came to be.

Philadelphia artist Ryan Busch has a dizzying doodle gone large (“Rainbow Roads”) and an intriguing abstract (“Yellow Submarine”) that push the boundaries of the medium.

‘Torso’ by Karen Kaapcke.

There are works that depict crayons, by Holly Matthews of San Francisco and Anelicia Hannah Brooks of Seattle. Taking the challenge of getting a vibrant color out of crayons, Tennessee artist Cindy Procious has come up with “Lobster Red,” a crustacean portrait that glows with layers of meticulously applied red crayon.

‘Crayon Forest’ by Lele Galer.

Don’t overlook the small still life of pears by Daniel Chow. It has a nearly imperceptible message for you when you get very close.

Among the most striking pieces in the show are the dramatic and perfectly drawn portraits “Aiya 1” and “Aiya 2” by Brian Busch. And there’s a semiabstract nude, “Torso,”

by Karen Kaapcke, that has a wonderful sense of movement. In the same vein, “Turn,” by Diane Feissel, captures a figure in blurry mid-motion.

Downingtown artist Sara Detweiler mixes mediums in her dual “Portrait in Crayon” pieces, and Kennett Square artist Wayne Simpson uses

crayons in a whimsically evocative way in his sculpture on a stool, “Portrait of the Smoker as a Young Artist.”

If you’re inspired by all the works in the show – and you will be – you are invited to draw your own crayon masterpiece on a long paper that’s rolled out on a table in the center of the gallery. Take a chance and join the fun.

“The Crayon Show” continues through March 11 at the Oxford Arts Alliance (38 S. Third St., Oxford).

Call 610-467-0301 or visit www.oxfordart.org.

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

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2016 SILVERADO 1500 DOUBLE CAB 2WD W/T

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DOUBLE CAB 2WD W/T

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Stock #60279

4.3L V6 ENGINE, 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC, TINTED GLASS, KEYLESS ENTRY, REAR VISION CAMERA, ONSTAR WITH 4GLTE WIFI Current GM Lessees

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199/MO

$

MSRP: $33,155 SALE PRICE: $31,494 CONSUMER CASH: $1000(1) DOUBLE CAB: $1000(7) AUTO SHOW: $1500(6) SUPER TAG: $1000(3) BUY FOR

26,994

$

FOR 36 MONTHS $0 DOWN PAYMENT

ALL NEW

2016 SILVERADO 1500

2015 SILVERADO 1500

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Stock #51076

4.3L V6 ENGINE, 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC, TRAILERING EQUIPMENT, POWER WINDOWS/DOOR LOCKS, ONSTAR WITH 4GLTE WIFI

THIS WEEK’S RED HOT SPECIAL MSRP: $32,860 SALE PRICE: $30,995 CONSUMER CASH: $3500(1) DOUBLE CAB: $1000(7) AUTO SHOW: $1500(6) SUPER TAG: $1000(3)

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4.3L V6 ENGINE, 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC, TUBULAR ASSIST STEPS, 20” WHEELS, TRAILERING EQUIPMENT, ONSTAR WITH 4GLTE WIFI Current GM Lessees

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24,995 249/MO

$

Stock #60640

$

FOR 36 MONTHS

MSRP: $39,520 SALE PRICE: $37,613 CONSUMER CASH: $1000(1) DOUBLE CAB: $1000(7) AUTO SHOW: $1500(6) SUPER TAG: $1000(3) BUY FOR

33,113

$

$0 DOWN PAYMENT

NEW 2016 CRUZE LIMITED LT 20 in stock with similar savings | Stock S ck #60147 Sto

NEW 2016 MALIBU 1LT 9 in stock with similar savings g | Stock #218108

NEW 2016 IMPALA LS 10 in stock with similar savings | Stock #60404

4.3L V6 ENGINE, 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC, TINTED GLASS, KEYLESS ENTRY, REAR VISION CAMERA, ONSTAR WITH 4GLTE WIFI

1.5L TURBO DOHC 4-CYL, 6-SPEED AUTO, ONSTAR WITH 4G LTE AND BUILT-IN WI-FI, 37 HWY MPG

2.5L 4CYL, 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC, POWER WINDOWS AND DOORLOCKS, ONSTAR WITH 4GLTE WIFI

Current Non-GM Lessees

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129

$

PER MO FOR 24 MO

MSRP: $23,245 SALE PRICE: $22,075 CONSUMER CASH: $1000(1) SELECT MKT: $500(2) SUPER TAG: $1000(3)

19,515

$

$0 DOWN PAYMENT! $0 FIRST PAYMENT

SIGN & DRIVE LEASE FOR ONLY

159

$

PER MO FOR 24 MO

$0 DOWN PAYMENT!

MSRP: $25,395 SALE PRICE: $24,994 SELECT MKT: $1000(2) SUPER TAG: $1000(3) DEALER BONUS: $500(4) BUY FOR

21,494

$

$0 FIRST PAYMENT

SIGN & DRIVE LEASE FOR ONLY

259

$

PER MO FOR 24 MO

$0 DOWN PAYMENT!

MSRP: $27,970 SALE PRICE: $26,901 CONSUMER CASH: $1000(1) SELECT MKT: $1000(2) BUY FOR

24,901

$

NEW 2016 TRAVERSE LS AWD 17 in stock with similar savings | Stock #60463

NEW 2016TAHOE LS 2WD 13 in stock with similar savings | Stock #60210

2.4L 4CYL, 6- SPEED AUTOMATIC, POWER WINDOWS AND DOORS, ONSTAR WITH 4G LTE WIFI, 32 HWY MPG

3.6L V6 ENG, 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC, 8 PASSENGER SEATING ONSTAR W/ TURN BY TURN NAV. 24HWY MPG

55.3L 3L V8, V8 6 SPD AUTOMATIC, AUTOMATIC 8 PASS SEATING P/WINDOWS & LOCKS, 4G-LTE WI-FI

SIGN & DRIVE LEASE FOR ONLY

179

PER MO FOR 24 MO

MSRP: $27,680 SALE PRICE: $26,659 CONSUMER CASH: $750(1) SELECT MKT: $750(2) SUPER TAG: $1000(3)

$0 DOWN PAYMENT!

BUY FOR

24,159

$

$0 FIRST PAYMENT

Current Non-GM Lessees

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229

$

PER MO FOR 36 MO

$0 DOWN PAYMENT!

MSRP: $34,455 SALE PRICE: $32,883 CONSUMER CASH: $1250(1) SELECT MKT: $750(2) SUPER TAG: $1000(3) BUY FOR

29,883

$

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PRICED TO GO! 2014 CHEVY CRUZE LT

2012 CHEVY TAHOE LTZ 4X4

2015 DODGE DART SXT

Was $15,000 now $12,995 2012 CHEVY CRUZE LT

Was $43,000 now $40,995 2013 CHEVY MALIBU LS

Was $15,000 now $13,995

Auto, All power equipment, 24K miles, #5625

All power equipment, Clean!, 34K miles, #5653

Black, Nav, Roof, DVD, 34K miles, #5641A

Auto, All power equipment, 67K miles, #60529A

Was $12,000 now $10,700

2014 DODGE CHARGER SXT

Loaded, 8 passenger, 14K miles #5608

Was $15,000 now $11,750

499

$

PER MO FOR 36 MO

$0 DOWN PAYMENT! $0 FIRST PAYMENT

BUY FOR

43,283

$

2014 CHEVY CAPTIVA SPORT

2014 TOYOTA COROLLA LE

Was $18,000 now $15,995 2015 CHEVY IMPALA 2LT

Was $17,500 now $14,995 2015 CHEVY EQUINOX AWD LT

Was $14,995 now $13,995

All power equip, Black, 27K miles, #5610

All power, 20,000 miles , # 5620

Loaded! All power, White, 23K miles, #5616

Loaded! All power, Only 29K miles, #5636

Was $23,000 now $21,600 2015 CHEVY IMPALA LIMITED

Was 22,500 now $20,995 2015 CHEVY SONIC LTZ

Silver, Auto, All power equip, 34K miles, #5618

2015 CHEVY EXPRESS 2500 CARGO VAN 17,000 miles, #5657

Was $25,000 now $23,900

2000 *

was $13,995 now $12,995 Auto, All power equip, 41K miles, #5656

2008 CHEVY EQUINOX SPORT ONLY 54K miles, #60564TA

2014 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY Rear Camera, 42K miles, #5649

Was $15,000 now $13,995 2014 BUICK VERANO

Was $20,000 now $18,200

Was 18,900 now $17,600

Was $24,000 now $22,900

Loaded with options, 20K miles, #5659

SALES CONNECTION

Was $15,200 now $13,600

Hatchback, Leather & loaded, Only 13K mi, #5647

Was $19,000 now $15,50

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Auto, all power equip, 57K miles, #5663

Was 45,500 now $39,900

2013 HONDA PILOT EXL

Leather & Loaded, 60663TA, 79K miles, #60663TA

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Current Non-GM Lessees

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Current Non-GM Lessees

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Current Non-GM Lessees

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