Chester County Press 05-25-2022 Edition

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Oxford mayor plans remembrance walk for Memorial Day

By Betsy Brewer Brantner Contributing Writer Oxford Mayor Phil Harris informed Borough Council that the Oxford Memorial Day Committee recently met to plan the 2022 event. The committee is made up of members of the American Legion, Oxford civic leaders, members of the Oxford Police Department, the Mayor of Oxford and a local veteran and Purple Heart Award recipient.

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Harris said, “After two years of virtual events, we are happy to have an inperson event this year on Monday, May 30.”

Harris explained that the event will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Oxford Memorial Park. Groups can meet at the Oxford Memorial before walking silently up Pine Street and entering the Oxford Cemetery from the back entrance off of Pine Street.

“The walk is interactive and bystanders along the way are encouraged

Primary Election yields lots of intrigue, few surprises in Pa.

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Election as he secured the Democratic nomination in a bid to become the next governor of Pennsylvania. The Primary Election also saw a number of local incumbents, including Republican State Rep. John Lawrence, Democratic State Rep. Christina Sappey, and U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan clear a hurdle on the path to re-election. Meanwhile, the race between Republican candidates vying for the Sunday’s Best wins party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate remains deadPlatinum Medal...1B locked and too close to call more than a week after a Primary Election that yielded lots of intrigue, but few actual surprises in a key battleground state for both parties.

Sen. Pat Toomey is retiring at the end of the term,

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to join us as we continue to the Oxford Cemetery,” Harris explained.

As in the past, the American Legion will conduct the ceremony which will include speakers, veterans, and local high school students.

Harris told council, “We are also focused this year on educating the community about the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day. Memorial Day, as the name suggests, is a day to honor the men and women

and the race to replace the Republican will be one of the most closely watched contests in the entire country this November. Leading up to the Primary Election, a crowded field of eight Republican candidates created a lot of drama in the race for the party’s nomination in the U.S. Senate race, with polls showing Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick locked in a hotly contested race, while Kathy Barnette was surging in the polls.

The polls were right.

Oz and McCormick are deadlocked in a race with a razor-thin margin where the two candidates are separated by just under 1,000 votes as a recount looms.

Pennsylvania has an automatic recount for state-wide results decided by 0.5 points or less. One week after the election, Oz was ahead by about 0.1 points. The winner of the GOP race, whenever a winner is determined, will face off against

who died while serving in the U.S. military.”

Harris also emphasized that there will be drivers available to assist those who want to participate but have difficulty walking.

Oxford Borough Council President Kathryn Cloyd, who is also a veteran, said Memorial Day means so much to her. Cloyd was a Specialist 4 in the Army stationed in Pirmasems, Germany.

“I was in the signal company in radio commu-

The Kennett Township Board of Supervisors passed Ordinance No. 296 at their May 18 meeting that adopted an official township coat of arms, crest, seal and flag.

The image – developed by supervisor Geoffrey Gamble with design assistance from township residents – will gradually be seen on all correspondence, the township’s website, on an official flag, on the township’s police and public works vehicles and on the township building.

The completed coat of arms, which was unveiled at the meeting and is now mounted on the back wall of the township’s meeting room, contains various elements of the township’s history, heritage and culture.

Hand-carved by Gamble, it features two curling red rib-

bons linked at the bottom by a red oval containing a mushroom, all surrounded by a green circle edged on each side in gold containing the words “Kennett Township” at the top and the Arabic numerals “1704” at the bottom, signifying the year the township was incorporated. The coat of arms also features a gold keystone and American Sycamore leaves, a tree seen prominently throughout the township.

“My intention here tonight is not to present this for any kind of a vote, but to seek input -- be it favorable or unfavorable -- and to solicit other suggestions and ideas,” Gamble said when introducing the concept for a coat of arms at the board’s Jan. 19 meeting. “Although there is certainly no urgency with respect to this matter, a real township symbol would mark a new beginning for

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Oxford Borough Council president Kathryn Cloyd’s grandfather, Edward Beddow, an airman with the Royal Air Force, served as a gunner during World War II. He is shown here with his sailing cap on. Sailing was one of his Continued on page 4A pastimes after the war.

In This Issue

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who coasted to the nomination. Fetterman easily out-polled Conor Lamb in the Democratic Primary, just as polls had suggested he would.

In the 6th Congressional District, Rep. Houlahan is seeking a third term in Congress. She was unopposed in the Primary Election and will face off

Kennett Township adopts new coat of arms

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer

nications,” she explained.

“I enlisted in 1978 when I was 19. I was in until 1982.

My father was in the military, too. I served in peace time and I am very grateful for those who served during a war. I joined the American Legion (Roy W. Gibson Post #535) to do something to help honor those who served in time of war. It’s very emotional for me at this time in my life. My father-in-law was a soldier during World War II. My father was in the Air

against Guy Ciarrocchi, the winner of the GOP Primary contest. Ciarrocchi, served as president and CEO of the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry.

In the 13th Legislative District, State Rep. Lawrence, who is seeking his seventh term in the State House, fended off a primary challenge by Carmela Ciliberti. Lawrence will

now face Chamir James, the Democratic nominee who was unopposed in the Primary.

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us all, both from the theft [of $3.2 million of township funds by former manager Lisa Moore] and from the catastrophic pandemic we have just endured.”

In subsequent discussions that detailed the progress being made on its development, Gamble said that creating a coat of arms would help the township establish its own identity, given that its residents’ addresses fall under Chadds Ford, Kennett Square and Avondale.

“We started out with 40 design options and had help from the Royal College of Arms in London and the President of the American Heraldry Society and others,” Gamble said. The township’s Historical Commission suggested we needed something representing the Underground Railroad, which is the rising

The Kennett Area Park Authority (KAPA) announced on Monday that it will be preserving approximately 15 old-growth ash trees and replanting 125 native species in the current ash grove adjacent to the disc golf course and the main entrance to Anson B. Nixon Park. The ash grove is also next to an area where stream restoration was recently completed, by a tributary of the Red Clay Creek and a portion of the popular 2.5-mile running/walking trail and volleyball courts. As part of this project that will improve approximately two acres in the park invasive species will be removed, and brush control will be implemented.

KAPA said that these efforts will support the county’s goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect open space through naturally occurring environmental processes like carbon recapture, flood control and reduction of water run-off. This forestry management is part of KAPA’s mission for preservation of an open, natural, and largely passive environment that lends itself to both tranquil and rigorous pursuits.

This project is necessary now because approximately 200 ash trees in this area of the park have fallen victim

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Important update from the Kennett Area Park Authority

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November. Spencer was also unopposed in the Primary Election.

In the gubernatorial race, Shapiro, a former State Representative and chairman of the Montgomery County Commissioners, appears to be in a strong position heading in to the General Election. He was unopposed in the Democratic Primary and was able to campaign State Rep. John Lawrence, extensively and build up a campaign war chest for the General Election. Shapiro will face Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee.

Carrie Lewis Del Rosso emerged from a field of nine candidates to win the Republican nomination in the race to become the next lieutenant governor.

Austin Davis, who was endorsed by Shapiro for the position of lieutenant governor, easily won the Democratic Primary.

The general election will Gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro, the current take place on Tuesday, Nov. state attorney general, is pictured during a visit to 8.

Kennett Square in 2019.

U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan

Leon Spencer

State Rep. Christina Sappey

Election process runs smoothly in Chester County Chester County’s Department of Voter Services reported that the vote computation process from last Tuesday’s Primary Election continues to run smoothly with all precincts accounted for and only provisional and military or overseas civilians’ ballots still to be counted.

“We prepared for this election for many months to ensure every citizen in our county not only knew their vote would be properly

counted but that the election was secure,” said Chester County Director of Voter Services Karen Barsoum.

“Every aspect we designed and every improvement we made came to fruition.

“The larger envelopes for mail-in and absentee ballots worked. No envelopes were cut by the OPEX machines.

We had more than enough county employees helping us on every shift. I could not be prouder of our staff as well as all the poll work-

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ers and judges of elections.”

Any mail-in ballots that were deemed questionable, meaning voter services staff were unsure if they should be counted, were placed on legal hold and reviewed at specific times—9 a.m., 1 p.m., 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. on election day, and 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18.

These times were set so that interested parties could be on hand to review ballots and determine whether they would appeal decisions made by Voter Services regarding ballot count.

The return board, also called the computation board, met on Friday morning to begin the computation stage and begin determinations on provisional ballots.

Tuesday (May 24) was the last day for the county to receive military and overseas ballots. They will be counted if they were postmarked by May 16.

“The feedback on the process from every witness on

site was positive. People were able to see, review, and hear us explain every step of the way. The new

expanded space worked very well to do everything in a more efficient manner. We will continue to use

these same updated procedures in November because they worked so well,” added Barsoum.

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Students at the Elk Ridge School in Oxford designed a display with the theme of “Have a marvelous summer.” Students used puzzles and decorations to wish teachers and the other students a great summer.

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“We also wanted something indicating the two branches of the Red Clay Creek, which are represented by the two red ribbons. [Board Chairman] Dr. Richard Leff also had wanted something that indicates our signature industry – mushrooms.”

Ratliff receives honor In other township news, township Manager Eden Ratliff was named to the VISTA Today 2022 Class of VISTA Millennial Superstars – one of 40 millennials to be chosen for the honor out of 160 nominations. The recognition, received on May 10 at Penn

State Great Valley, is given to those Chester County stakeholders under the age of 40 who typify “The Best of Chester County, Present and Future” and are recognized for breaking down walls, shattering expectations and doing remarkable work in their field or in their community.

Ratliff was nominated by Kennett Borough Council member Bob Norris.

“The men and women we are honoring this evening symbolize the best of Chester County, present and future,” said Ken Knickerbocker, Publisher of VISTA Today. “Beyond furthering their own careers, the common theme was the honorees are involved and engaged in their community…We see you as bold, courageous, purposeful, passionate, focused

on building and nurturing relationships, inclusive, independent, hard workers, engaged, and information age thinkers.”

Ratliff said he thanked the Board of Supervisors, his township staff and gave credit to his stepmother Robin Ratliff, “who inherited a really stubborn and determined 13-year-old who wanted to change the world overnight and decided to make him shine,” he said.

In another township business, PJ Groff was formally introduced as the township’s interim Director of Public Works. He replaces Roger Lysle, who retired earlier this year.

“We have been impressed by how well [PJ] has stepped up to the challenge,” Ratliff said. “He goes beyond the call of duty of the day-

By Richard L. Gaw

Kennett Township Supervisors Geoffrey Gamble, Scudder Stevens and township Manager Eden Ratliff stand by the new official seal that was adopted at the board’s May 18 meeting.

to-day activities and also change.” has a forward-looking perThe search for a permaTo contact Staff Writer spective as he leads the nent Director of Public Richard L. Gaw, email department through this Works is underway. rgaw@chestercounty.com.

Penn Township officials discuss an MS4 project and a possible new home base for Medic 94

By Marcella Peyre-Ferry Staff Writer The Penn Township Board of Supervisors gave their engineer the go-ahead to work toward satisfying their Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) requirements during the May 4 meeting.

Federal MS4 requirements aim at reducing the amount of sediment going into the watersheds through erosion and other methods. Penn township is being required to com-

plete a project to remove 223,200 pounds of sediment from the portion of the township that drains annually into the Elk Creek Watershed and eventually the Chesapeake Bay. Township Engineer Denis O’Neill suggested joining with an upcoming PennDOT stream bank restoration project as a way of meeting that MS4 project requirement at a lower cost than the township would face doing a project on its own.

The PennDOT stream

restoration project is located in East Nottingham Township.

PennDOT is willing to allow other neighboring municipalities to piggyback on their project. They would pay for additional work to be done and receive credit for the sediment removal even though the work is all in East Nottingham.

Up to nine surrounding municipalities can form a consortium to take advantage of the scale of the project and receive credits for up to 1.5 million pounds

of sediment removal. The cost would be $1.95 per pound, totaling $450,000 to $460,000. This will be much lower than the $15 to $20 per pound that it would cost Penn Township working on a project alone.

“It’s a huge savings for us to join with PennDOT,” O’Neill said. “I’d hate to see the opportunity go away. They (PennDOT) are only going to build what they need and everybody else buys.”

In other business, the board unanimously passed

a resolution in support of Medic 94’s application to the Chester County Commissioners for a grant to establish a Southern Chester County Emergency Operations Center to permanently house Medic 94.

The closing of Jennersville Hospital has left Medic 94 without a home base. Plans call for the repurposing of a building at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and Jenners Pond Road as its new location.

During the public comment portion of the

meeting, several residents from the Rose View subdivision came to the board with fears that important infrastructure features will not be completed by the developer. Storm water issues are a primary concern along with lighting, paving, planting, and signage.

O’Neill and the township director of operations have been in communication with both the frustrated residents and the developer and are working to get the improvements completed.

The Kennett Square MEMORIAL DAY BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY

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Learn More at: KennettMemorialDayParade.com Please support, sponsor and attend our patriotic hometown parade to honor our U.S. military personnel who died while serving with devotion, loyalty and commitment in the United States Armed Forces to keep the freedom we all enjoy together!

MONDAY, MAY 30 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Parade Activities Schedule Sunday, May 29

Public Rehearsal: 10:00 am – dusk (lunch/break 12:00 pm-2:00 pm) Bushwackers Drum and Bugle Corp Kennett High School Football Stadium (upper field) See https://bushwackersdc.org/

Monday, May 30

8:30 am - Parade Participants Lineup Begins 8:30 am - Tribute Ceremony: VFW Post 5467 (704 W Baltimore Pike) 9:15 am - Tribute Ceremony: Mary D. Lang Kindergarten Center WWI monument (130 W Mulberry St.) 10:00 am - Parade Starts (see parade route map) 10:30 am - Veterans Lunch - American Legion (208 East State St.) 11:30 pm - Parade Concludes at Union Hill Cemetery (424 N Union St ) 12:00 pm - Memorial Ceremony - Union Hill Cemetery 1:00 pm - Veterans Lunch - VFW Post 5467 (704 W Baltimore Pike)

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Force and spent his first four years in France.

Memorial Day is a day to honor all those who have fallen.”

Mayor Harris and all of

Borough Council are happy to have the Memorial Day event take place in person this year after the last two events were virtual.

“We were happy to do the virtual Memorial Day due to COVID-19, but we think this year will have much more meaning for those

who honor our veterans,” Harris said.

If you or your group is interested in joining the Memorial Day commemoration and meeting at the Oxford Memorial in the park, please line up at 9:30 a.m. or feel free to join in along the way.

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Avon Grove School District administrators gather for a photo in front of the new Avon Grove High School.

The Avon Grove School District (AGSD) announced that the district’s debt service for its Comprehensive Facilities Plan is $19 million below original estimates.

The Facilities Plan includes the construction of a new Avon Grove High School (AGHS), slated to open for students this fall, as well as renovation of the current high school to become the middle school building for students in grades 6 to 8.

When the district approved its borrowing resolutions in November of 2018, the projected total gross debt service was $230,827,190 over the life

of the bonds. After the district’s final bond issuance on March 10, 2022, the actual total gross debt service was $211,849,264, a difference of $18,977,926.

The nearly $19 million in savings was due to favorable market conditions and an exceptional financing strategy. Additional savings will be realized once the final PlanCon reimbursement rates are received from the state.

Initially, the district assumed that funding for the project would be a local effort. Due to PlanCon reimbursements, the district will recognize over $500,000 per year in revenues from the state.

John Frey of PFM Financial Advisors and Ken Phillips of Raymond James presented an overview of the district’s financing for the projects.

Daniel Carsley, Avon Grove School District’s Chief Financial Officer, reviewed the project costs summary. As of March 31, the district has spent $76,306,703 on the new Avon Grove High School construction project and $3,387,823 on the high school renovation project, totaling $79,694,527.

The new Avon Grove High School construction project remains under budget and on schedule for opening in the fall.

to the emerald ash boring beetle. These trees are dead, diseased, or declining. KAPA has plans to remove the trees in the next few weeks, perhaps as early as the Tuesday after Memorial Day. Because of their proximity to the entrance, trail, disc golf course, and volleyball courts, access to portions of the park may temporarily be blocked.

Park visitors are asked to look for and heed cautionary signs and barricades while the tree work is being complet-

EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK ed. More specific details, including dates and times of the work, will be shared on the KAPA website and social media as they are available.

Tree removal is being completed by Chadds Ford Tree Service. The Borough of Kennett Square and Kennett Township are both lending support

to this important project. KAPA has also applied to several grant programs to help fund this forestry management project and other environmental stewardship efforts in Anson B. Nixon Park.

Anson B. Nixon Park is open daily from sunrise to sunset.

Photo by Chris Barber

The ash grove at Anson B. Nixon Park has been attacked by beetles, and some of the trees will be removed soon.

Chester County 50plus Expo returns June 8

The 18th annual Chester County 50plus Expo will return Wednesday, June 8, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Church Farm School at 1001 E. Lincoln Highway in Exton.

Hosted by OLP Events, the EXPO’s exhibitors will provide up-to-date information for the lifestyle and needs of the local 50-plus community — including travel, housing, medical services, nutrition, home improve-

ments, finances, healthcare and more.

The 50plus EXPO will also feature door prizes, seminars and health screenings.

Onstage entertainment will include a discussion of senior-scam prevention with Danielle Moore from the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, a virtual store tour and tips for creating simple meals with minimal prep from Wegmans nutritionist Marda Heuman, and a

musical performance by nationally recognized Elvis Presley tribute artist Jeff Krick, Jr. Admission and parking are free. Rover Transportation will provide free shuttle service from the parking area to the EXPO entrance.

Sponsors include 50plus Life, BusinessWoman and Wegmans.

For more information, call 717-285-1350 or visit 50plusExpoPA.com.

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Opinion Editorial

As this editorial is being written, celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick remain locked in a virtual tie as vote counting entered its fourth day in the race to determine which Republican will campaign to become Pennsylvania’s next representative in the U.S. Senate.

With thousands of ballots left to tally, Oz led McCormick by 1,092 votes, or 0.08 percentage points out of 1,338,399 ballots counted as of this past Friday. The race has remained close enough to trigger Pennsylvania’s automatic recount law, with the separation between the candidates inside the law’s 0.5 percent margin, and has triggered the need for both campaigns to call for a cavalry of volunteers and lawyers to swarm the commonwealth in an effort to win a run-off election that may

The hoodie candidate

not be known until June 8.

This editorial, however, is not about Dr. Mehmet Oz or David McCormick, just as it is not about hedge fund facilitators or celebrities or those who live in the rarified air of the one percent. Rather, this editorial is about a candidate who in some respects falls under the categorization of Democrat in Name Only on the premise that he defies categorization of any kind.

This is an editorial about a candidate on a statewide search to knock on the doors of those who live on the periphery and in the small homes and under the crevices and cracks of those for whom the American Dream has become a worthless reach for the invisible.

This is an editorial about the most unlikely of candidates, one who would never be considered by Central Casting to assume such a lofty aspiration as

state senator, but who has defied the mountainous odds to become the mayor of a Pennsylvania town, and then lieutenant governor and perhaps the next senator from the State of Pennsylvania.

When a Chester County Press reporter first met John Fetterman at the Kennett Brewing Company several years ago, the then-mayor of Braddock seemed ill at ease that a journalist was even there. He wasn’t there to speak to the press, but to hear from some Kennett Square stakeholders about how the town revitalized and redefined itself. He wore a black t-shirt, black pants, black shoes and his six-foot-eight frame swallowed up the tavern chair he sat in.

Fetterman spoke very little.

He did not enjoy one of the brewery’s signature beers.

A glass of water in front of him was left completely

filled and never touched. He sat silent and listened, and in his eyes, there was a clear and focused attention given to those he had come across the state to listen to.

He was a Harvard graduate who looked like a memberin-good standing of a weekend chopper coalition but owned the quiet intensity of a shaman.

Last Tuesday, the voters of Pennsylvania gave clear evidence that John Fetterman may be the candidate who will most listen to them, from Erie to Lancaster, from Scranton to Mechanicsville and from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to West Grove, Oxford and Kennett Square.

His unconventional path to Washington, D.C. has included a populist message that has taken him to blue counties and red counties around the commonwealth, where he has spoken to everyone from progressives to the most ardent Trump

supporters.

He has been idiosyncratic, simple and indefatigable; on Election Night, he was in a Lancaster hospital being fitted for a pacemaker after a mild stroke.

After his sound defeat of challenger Conor Lamb in the May 17 Democratic Primary (a whopping 58.8 percent of the vote to Lamb’s 26.3 percent), Fetterman’s campaign war chest surged, even though he continues to oppose COVID-19 mask mandates, and recently broke with the Biden administration’s stance on immigration, publicly stating that he favors Trump-era policies to remain in place.

Who Fetterman faces in the November election remains in stalemate for now, but in an election year that heavily favors a Republican landslide in the House and Senate, his opponents are not turning away.

“John Fetterman is far more formidable than people give him credit for,” said Sean Parnell, the formerly Trump-backed GOP candidate for the Pennsylvania Senate seat who abandoned his campaign in November and endorsed McCormick.

“He says exactly what he believes all the time and it doesn’t matter if it pisses his base off at all. But I think his base respects him for saying it.”

John Fetterman has spent the past several months traveling from rally to rally with his face partially obscured behind the cloth wrap of hoodies. It has been his personal aesthetic for some time, but of late, it has also become a part of his message, perhaps because he knows that the future of the people of Pennsylvania is not about him, but about those he may be elected to serve.

Pa. nursing homes still fighting pandemic

They need fair state funding to address increased costs and years of underfunding

By Garry Pezzano president and CEO of LeadingAge PA It’s been just over two years since the COVID19 pandemic changed our world forever. Thankfully, life is beginning to resemble a return to normal for many, and it’s wonderful to see. Families are gathering. Businesses are building back. Mask mandates are ending. Our hospitals are operational again.

This isn’t the case, however, for Pennsylvania’s nursing homes.

Providing quality care for those who are most vulnerable to COVID-19 continues to be an everyday struggle. The chronic underfunding of our nursing homes, coupled with the continued escalating costs of PPE, testing, wages and operational needs, has left many nursing homes and senior living communities with limited options – close, sell or limit capacity. That is why a meaningful investment in Medicaid is needed if our senior care communities are to not only survive but thrive.

Gov. Tom Wolf has historically ignored rising costs to provide nursing home care. While he has proposed a $91-million increase in

funding in the 2022-23 state budget, it is tied to his administration’s misguided regulatory proposal to increase minimum staffing thresholds by 50 percent.

Unfortunately, the staffing requirements are unrealistic because nursing homes simply don’t have the funding to either attract potential workers or hire more employees. Even if they did, the workforce crisis, which is impacting many industries, severely limits their ability to fill positions.

One-size-fits-all staffing requirements also fail to recognize that each nursing home is unique in terms of resident care needs and characteristics of the building, among other things.

Even if the governor’s funding proposal came without unrealistic ties, gross inequities in Medicaid funding for Pennsylvania nursing homes began long before the pandemic and have continued to escalate.

The Medicaid reimbursement rate has remained nearly stagnant, rising only one percent for half of the commonwealth’s nursing homes in the 2018-2019 fiscal budget thanks to efforts by the Pennsylvania House and Senate to provide some relief.

A recent study commis-

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sioned by LeadingAge PA found that the Medicaid funding gap for Pennsylvania’s nursing homes nearly doubled from $631 million in 2017-18 to almost $1.2 billion in 2018-19. How would your family’s budget look if your household expenses doubled but not your salary? While this shortfall illustrates a point-in-time snapshot, this has been a devastating trend. Medicaid funding is intended to cover long-term care costs for those who can no lon-

ger afford to pay for it. As one of the oldest states in the nation, Pennsylvania’s nursing homes care for one of the largest Medicaid populations in America.

To begin addressing this inequity, LeadingAge PA is calling for state lawmakers to approve a $294-million increase in nursing home Medicaid rates in the 202223 state budget. Given the significant shortfalls in funding, it can only be considered a deposit in helping Pennsylvania’s nursing homes provide quality care

and invest in their workforce. Without this, nursing homes will continue to reduce the number of beds they dedicate to Medicaid patients, and our commonwealth’s aging population will have limited access to quality care.

It’s time to finally address these issues in meaningful and lasting ways because our seniors deserve better.

Many Pennsylvanians have moved on from those dark days of the pandemic.

For nursing homes, a great deal of work to overcome

COVID-19 remains. It’s time to provide them with the support they so desperately need.

Garry Pezzano, EMBA, MS/CCC-SLP, FNAP, is the president and CEO of LeadingAge PA, a trade association representing more than 370 quality senior housing, health care, and community services across the commonwealth. These providers serve more than 75,000 older Pennsylvanians and employ over 50,000 dedicated caregivers.

We Support Our Troops We Must Support Our Police, Too

By Rep. Chrissy Houlahan Recently, I was walking in West Chester when I saw a group of people with signs that read, “Honk if you support our troops.” There were consistent beeps as I stood at the corner waiting for the crosswalk, and in that moment I was proud to see our community come together, as we always have, to honor our service members and veterans.

I would later learn that at roughly the same moment that drizzly Saturday morning, a gunman entered a grocery store in Buffalo, New York and killed 10 people.

One of those Americans who was slain by the hate-fueled rampage was a former police officer who returned fire at the shooter, alerting others there was a threat and giving them time to run for safety. His bravery saved lives - as does the bravery of police officers in our community every day whether we hear about it or not.

In response to the shooting in Buffalo, New York’s governor ordered flags at half-staff.

This time-honored practice of showing respect through our American flag is done in recognition of sacrifice and service. It reminds me of the flags that I see each time I enter the homes of both my mother and my motherin-law.

When I visit my mom’s house, my gaze is drawn to the triangle-shaped shadow box which houses a tightly folded American flag. It is a flag that once was draped over the casket of my grandfather, a Naval aviator who served more than 30 years. When he was buried, that flag was reverently handed to my mother and her brothers and sisters.

When I visit the home of my motherin-law, I similarly see a glass box containing another carefully ensconced American flag. This one once festooned the casket of my husband’s

grandfather as the sound of bagpipes filled the air. He served his community as a police officer for more than 40 years, and was the Chief of Police of Arlington Heights, Illinois. When he was buried, that flag was tenderly relinquished to my mother-in-law and her family.

These flags are treasured representations of the service to one's community and country.

So as I stood on that sidewalk in West Chester and in the coming hours after learning about the police officer who sacrificed his life so others may live, I thought about how our veterans and police officers both act in service to our community, but aren’t always viewed in the same light or given the same resources. It’s time that changes.

That is why I am proud to be a strong advocate for the Invest to Protect Act that I helped introduce in this Congress. The legislation would create a much-needed grant program for police departments with fewer than 200 officers – the vast majority of police departments in this country and particularly here in Chester and Berks Counties. It would provide investment in de-escalation training and domestic violence support training. It would provide resources for body-cameras and mental health support for our officers. It would provide support for recruitment and retention for these smaller departments that frequently compete with much larger and better resourced departments.

Importantly, the Invest to Protect Act is bipartisan at a time when too many in Washington want to divide us.

As a member of Congress, I have been engaged in a mission to deliver an American flag flown over the Capitol Dome to each of the more than 60 individual police stations in our Congressional District. This small gesture is an effort to similarly thank our police and their families for the extraordinary service they provide

our communities – particularly over these last unusually difficult years.

But I would like to do more than just honor these brave men and women with our flag. We must honor them with the support that they deserve and with the resources that they need to be able to safely continue to protect and serve our communities–and that’s exactly what I’m fighting to do.

The Invest to Protect Act must be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote, and it must be quickly signed into law. I urge you all to contact our Senators and ask them to support this critical piece of legislation too. This legislative initiative is indeed just what our police and communities nationwide need. Let us do more than simply thank the brave men and women who serve and protect us. Let us rather equip them with the tools to succeed. It is only then that they are truly seen.

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan is an Air Force veteran, an engineer, a serial entrepreneur, an educator and a nonprofit leader. She represents Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District, which encompasses Chester County and southern Berks County.

She serves on the House Armed Services Committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Small Business Committee. She is the recipient of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Abraham Lincoln Leadership for America Award which “recognizes members who demonstrate the bipartisan leadership and constructive governing necessary to move our country forward.”

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Local News Kennett Memorial Day Parade— a tribute to fallen soldiers The Kennett Memorial Day parade is finally here again. Started in 1948, this annual event has a long and proud history for the Kennett Square community.

This year’s Kennett Square Memorial Day parade will begin at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 30. The parade route will begin near the Kennett High School and move north to South Union Street and then right onto East Cypress Street. The parade will then turn left up the 100 block of Broad Street, then turn west on State Street before turning right onto North Union Street and proceeding to its conclusion at Union Hill Cemetery.

The primary downtown parking location is at Kennett’s East Linden Street parking garage. The streets along the parade route will be barricaded starting at 9 a.m. A parade route map, parade participant’s access points and other information can be found online at https:// bit.ly/KennettParadeMap. Additional Kennett Square events related to the Memorial Day tribute will be conducted both before and after the parade. Starting at 8:30 a.m., the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5467 members will conduct a tribute ceremony at their facility at 704 West Baltimore Pike. This will be followed by a similar tribute ceremony at 9:15 a.m. at the World War I Monument located at the Mary D. Lang

Kindergarten Center’s front entrance at 130 W Mulberry St. The public is invited to both pre-parade ceremonies.

After the parade concludes at the Union Hill Cemetery, located at 424 North Union Street, an extended Memorial Day service will occur at the same location. The service will be led by Joe Zenisek, Commander VFW Post 5467, with a national anthem musical performance by the Kennett and Unionville High School Bands followed

by Leon Spencer singing “God Bless America.”

The service will continue with a reading of names of recently deceased veterans, prayers by Rev. Jim Mundel of the West Grove United Methodist Church, the laying of memorial wreaths by parade grand marshals Ed Fourney and Marshall Ray Coe, Jr., a 21 Gun Salute by the American Legion Honor Guard and Civil War re-enactors, followed by the commemorative song of remembrance, “Taps.”

This year’s Kennett Memorial Day parade will include approximately 110 participants, of which about 25 percent are new to the parade this year.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Troop VFW Post 5467 has donated 4,000 U.S. flags for Boy Scouts to hand out before the parade so that attendees can wave them during this year’s parade.

As is the custom, the parade will begin with the

Armed Forces Color Guard followed by the parade’s Grand Marshals, Alfred “Ray” Coe Jr. and Edward B. Fourney. Coe was a Sheridan Tank commander during the Vietnam war and earned a Bronze Star for meritorious service and valor while serving in combat operations and a Purple Heart for wounds incurred while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Foruney served in Korea as a Master Mechanic and received the National Defense Service Medal for serving during a time of war and conflict.

The parade’s musical lineup includes three bag pipe groups, three Fife and Drum units and nine bands.

The three bagpipers walking along the parade route will include Ed Kitlowski, Andy McIntyre and Kennett’s own Bob Walters. Fife and Drum units include the 1st Delaware Regiment that performs all around the midAtlantic area almost every weekend and the Emerald City Society Pipe Band, which has been performing for over 10 years in Chester County.

In addition, the Bushwhackers Drum and Bugle Corps will be arriving in Kennett the day before the Memorial Day parade for an extended practice rehearsal performance on Sunday, May 29 at the Kennett High School football field from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 p.m. until dusk. The Bushwhackers are

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The Grand Marshals of the Kennett Square Memorial Day Parade are Edward Fourney (left) who served in Korea and Alfred “Ray” Coe (right) who served in Vietnam.

a six-time world champion drum and bugle corps based in Princeton, N.J. The public is invited to attend these rehearsals for free. Band members are staying overnight to participate in the parade the following morning, courtesy of the Kennett Area YMCA facilities.

The nine bands include the Billables Band, the Dixie Demons, the Philadelphia Eagles Pep Band, the Ferko String Band, the Lukens Band, the Northbrook String Band, the Sin City Band, the Unionville High School Band and the Kennett High School Band.

This year’s parade will see an increased diversity of participants representing the Kennett area Latino community, including Casa Guanajuato, Charros on

Horseback, Hermanitas, Los Mini‐Chinelos, Maternal Child Health Care, Mexico Lindo, Mighty Writers, San Roque, Tonantzin Yaotecas, Unidad, and the Youth Soccer League.

Community sponsor organizations that have financially committed to helping pay tribute to the military heroes include the following: Platinum Sponsor: Longwood Gardens; Gold Sponsors: American Mushroom Institute, Taylor Oil & Propane, and Waters Retail Group; Silver sponsors: American Legion Post 491, Kennett Square VFW Post #5467, The Mushroom Festival, Fenstermacher & Company, Century 21 Pierce & Bair and Perna & Abrecht; Bronze Sponsors: AIS

Insurance Group, DiMatteo Financial Group, G. Guizzetti and Sons, Grieco Funerals, Kathy Barry Agency, LLC, Kennett Square KAU Little League, Kuzo Funeral Home, Letty’s Tavern, Mighty Writers, Phillips Mushroom Farms LP, The Market at Liberty Place, Tri-M Corp and WSFS. Other Sponsors: the Law Office of David B. Myers and Madison Settlement Services.

For more information, including a detailed parade lineup list and any possible parade cancellation due to weather, go to the Kennett Memorial Day Parade website at https:// bit.ly/KennettParade or send an email to KennettMemorialDayParade@gmail.com.

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First Annual Kennett Summerfest Wine and Spirits Festival planned for June 12 The inaugural Kennett Summerfest on Sunday, June 12 will celebrate exceptional local wineries and distilleries, bringing together wine, spirits, cheese, art, and live music in a sophisticated festival atmosphere.

Limited tickets are now available, including a few tickets to an exclusive food and wine connoisseur event that includes early admission to the festival.

The event will give ticket holders the unique opportunity to taste wines from some of the best local and regional wineries, paired with cheeses from Talula’s Table as well as mixed drinks featuring spirits from local distilleries and Barefoot Botanicals mocktails for designated drivers. Live music by Bryan Tuk + The Big Brass Ones, wine-centric shopping, food trucks, and a curated pop-up al fresco gallery of local artists will all combine to create a Sunday afternoon to savor.

For those who are interested in an exceptional Summerfest experience, very limited tickets are also still available for an exclusive pre-Summerfest “Farm & Vine” three-course meal by award-winning Verbena BYOB chef Scott Morozin with wine pairings from Casa Carmen. Poetphilosophers and masters of their crafts, Chef Scott and Enrique Pallares (co-owner of Casa Carmen) will share behind-the-scenes stories around the food and wine pairings they’ve brought together. This intimate “Farm & Vine” event will be held in the beautiful setting of Work2gether, beginning at 12:30 p.m. and followed by early admission to Kennett Summerfest.

The regular Summerfest event will take place on the 100 block of South Broad Street from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Summerfest ticket price includes an inaugural Summerfest tasting glass and unlimited tastings of wines and cocktails and a cheese plate curated by Talula’s Table. A jazz trio will play until 5 p.m., and Tuk + The Big Brass Ones, with their fresh, fun sound and contemporary take on New Orleans-style jazz, will play from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Led by Kennett Square’s own Bryan Tuk, this group features

some of the region’s best young jazz musicians from all across Pennsylvania.

Summerfest, which is a fundraising event for Kennett Collaborative, also coincides with the final day to enjoy the Kennett Blooms: Floral Flash installations throughout town.

A timely event for the region “People love our Kennett Brewfest and Winterfest events, and wine enthusiasts have been asking us for years to create a wine-centered event,” says Kennett Collaborative Executive Director Bo Wright. “With the local wine scene really coming into its own as long-tended vines come of age and local vitners producing some great wines that are winning awards and being widely recognized, we decided this was the right time to create this event. We’re also happy to be supporting and showcasing local artists, partnering with local businesses, and bringing hundreds of people here to see all that Kennett Square has to offer.”

Some may be surprised to learn that Pennsylvania ranks fourth nationally in grape cultivation. With its moderate climate and hilly topography, in addition to microclimates with good elevation, soil composition, and drainage, Pennsylvania is growing into a serious place for refined and elegant wines. Local Chester County wines have been receiving national accolades for years, and as the vines that local vintners have been patiently tending for decades

mature, wine enthusiasts both here and further afield are enjoying the (fermented) fruits of their hard work and perseverance.

One local winery’s story Grace Winery brand manager Cory Ruggiero agreed that the time is ripe for an event like Summerfest.

“The Brandywine Valley is taking off as a wine-growing region and producing some very good vintages,” he said. Every wine tells a story, and ticket holders will taste a unique combination of history and terroir in the French-inspired wines that Grace Winery will be bringing to Summerfest.

“The style of our wines is dry to semi-dry, which you don’t really find a lot in Pennsylvania,” said Ruggiero. “This style also complements the farm-totable cuisine we serve at the Inn.” The farmhouse, which is now the Inn at Grace Winery, dates back to 1734 and was commandeered by British troops during the Revolutionary War. The officers slept in the house while the soldiers stayed in the barn which is now the tasting room. Today, a variety of grapes flourish in the limestone-rich soil which continues to yield up the occasional button or coin from this era. In the early 1990s, when owner Chris Le Vine inherited the property from his sister Gracie, he named the inn, and the winery he started with the first vines planted in 2008, in her honor. The distinction is important, said Ruggiero, because there’s another

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Casa Carmen will be providing wine pairings for the Summerfest “Farm & Vine” connoisseur meal by Verbene BYOB and will also be pouring their wines and vermouth at the regular Summerfest event.

extraordinary Grace in the family tree as well—Le Vine’s aunt, Grace Kelly.

Grace Winery is an elegant venue for weddings and other events, and the Inn offers beautiful accommodation as well as three-course seasonally inspired farm-to-table dinners on the weekends.

Ruggiero describes executive chef Dan Wood’s approach to cooking with the best local ingredients as classic, with a flair that celebrates his Southern roots.

With the recent purchase of an adjoining property and a newly planted field of sauvignon blanc, Grace Winery continues to grow.

Grace Winery’s head winemaker Andrew Yingst calls their wines “a labor of love” and invites Kennett Summerfest-goers to taste the unique terroir of this storied earth in the heart of the Brandywine Valley. Grace Winery will be pouring a pinot gris and a chardonnay and rosé, as well as two reds—1734 and Dragonfly.

“Dragonfly is a nice blend of syrah, which we import from an organic vineyard in California, and our own cabernet sauvignon. It’s our version of a pinot noir— sweet on the front with tannin and oak on the back,” said Ruggiero.

A Who's Who list of local wineries Grace Winery is the northernmost winery in a Brandywine Valley wine trail that includes Summerfest participants

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Grace Winery in Glen Mills will be pouring their French-inspired wines at Summerfest.

Stargazers Vineyard and Honey Lane Winery to the west and then south to Harvest Ridge Winery in Toughkenamon, Paradocx Vineyard in Landenberg, and Wayvine in Nottingham.

Other confirmed wineries include Casa Carmen Wines, which got its start on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and will open its doors in West Grove later this year.

Lancaster County’s Vox Vineti will also be bringing their beautiful, single vineyard Bordeaux blends to Summerfest and Dressler Estate will be bringing their dry, wine-like ciders for participants to sample. More wineries are being added all the time, so check the Summerfest website for a regularly updated list of confirmed participants. In addition, Kennett Square’s very own award-winning West Branch Distilling and Coatesville’s Spring House Spirits will be sampling a variety of mixed drinks created with their locally crafted spirits.

Ticket holders will have the opportunity to purchase bottles of wines and spirits they enjoy, with Kennett Collaborative providing a wine check and Summerfest wine totes. Organizers urge Summerfest participants to make their reservations now at their favorite Kennett Square restaurant for lunch before, or dinner after, the event. Floral Flash will feature three different installations on State Street, one on South Broad Street, and another two on Birch Street, creating a great walkable “trail” for people to follow to take them all in.

Summerfest, a sister event to Kennett Brewfest and Winterfest, is a fundraiser for Kennett Collaborative, the nonprofit that helps make Kennett thrive through programs and events including Light Up the Square, Kennett Blooms, the KSQ Farmers Market, the How We Build Matters Speaker Series, the Holiday Village Market, and Third Thursdays on State Street.

Sunday’s Best wins Platinum Medal at International Bloody Mary Competition Lancaster County-based Sunday's Best was recently honored with a Platinum Medal at the fifth annual Drunken Tomato Awards.

Their award-winning product was applauded by an expert panel of professional Bloody Mary judges. One judge described the mix as “one of my favorites so far.

It is so unique but perfectly balanced with fresh tomatoes and spice.”

“We are so excited to bring home another Platinum Medal,” said Collin Dawkins, the owner of Sunday’s Best.

“We started this company two years ago because we thought we made the best

Bloody Mary in the world.

It’s awesome to get this kind of validation.”

The Drunken Tomato Awards is an international Bloody Mary competition that rewards the hard work and passion of industry manufacturers who produce superior products. By utilizing a blind taste testing environment, industry influencers from across the nation are able to provide unbiased feedback that assists consumers in discovering reliable, quality mixes.

“The Drunken Tomato Awards represent a standard of achievement within the Bloody Mary community,”

said company founder, Shelley Buchanan. “As indicators of exceptional quality, our medals quite simply let you know who makes the best Bloody Mary mixes in the world.”

Sunday’s Best launched in May of 2020. They have won multiple Platinum Medals at the Drunken Tomato Awards.

They have shipped products to customers in every state.

And they have grown locally in Lancaster County, working with restaurants, bars, breweries, and shops in the area.

The husband and wife team left their full time jobs to give their full focus to growing Sunday’s locally as well as nationally.

Sunday’s Best was recently honored with a Platinum Medal at the fifth annual Drunken Tomato Awards.

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Obituaries DOROTHY ANN ELY Dorothy Ann Ely, 84, of Oxford, passed away on May 15, 2022 at Calvert Manor Healthcare Center in Rising Sun, Md. Born in Oxford, she was the daughter of the late Melvin M. and Iva M. Springer Ely. She enjoyed taking care of her family and grandchildren.

She is survived by one son, Steven Ely (Jill) of Huntington Beach, Calif.; four daughters, Kathy Ely of Media, Carmen Harris (Robert G., Jr.) of Oxford, Lelonda Smith of North East, Md. and Lisa Ely of Del.; 17 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Chrissy Taylor, one grandchild, Melissa Ely, and one sister, Helen Oyola.

A graveside service was held on May 23, 2022 at Oxford Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 399 Market St., Suite 102, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2117.

Arrangements are being handled by the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc. in Oxford. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

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LORRAINE MEDON Lorraine “Boojie” Medon, age 82 of Landenberg, died unexpectedly on May 14, 2022 in Chester County Hospital, while surrounded by her immediate family. She was the wife of Donald G. Medon, with whom she shared nearly 37 years of marriage.

Born in 1939 in West Grove, she was the daughter of the late Carl J. Pannell, Jr. and the late Marie E. Pannell.

She was a parishioner of St. Gabriel Church in Avondale. Boojie loved her cats, Beans, Ra-Ra and Fluff.

She was an active member at the Hockessin Athletic Club in water aerobics classes.

Boojie is survived by her husband Don, her daughter, Jacqueline C. Dougherty of West Grove, and her son, Donald W. Dougherty of Lake Worth Beach, Fla. and brother Robert T. Pannell of Kennett Square.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her sister, Carol “Jeeps” Schwartz.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be mailed in Lorraine’s memory to the Brandywine Valley SPCA, 9 Coffman Ave., Malvern, Pa. 19355.

Arrangements are being handled by the Kuzo Funeral Home in Kennett Square.

Please visit Boojie’s online memorial by going to www.kuzoandfoulkfh.com.

Helen E. Maley, 90, of Oxford, passed away at home on May 12, 2022.

Born in Colora, Md., she was the daughter of the late Granville I. and Mildred K. Harris. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Granville K. Harris, his wife Naomi Harris, and her sister-in-law M. Jane Maley.

Helen retired from Tax Claim as a bookkeeper with the County of Chester. She attended Sacred Heart Church in Oxford and was a member of the Oxford Senior Center.

Helen enjoyed attending activities at the Senior Center, especially bingo. She also enjoyed taking care of her flower beds and shopping with her daughter Debbie. She loved her many cats, Teddy, Timmy, Herbie, Fluff, Bella, TJ and Punkin. She always had one of her furry friends in her lap while relaxing in the recliner or snuggled up against her while in bed.

She is survived by two daughters, Deborah L. Maley and Sandy M. Sweed, one grandson, James S. Sweed, all of Oxford. She is also survived by her nephews Keith Harris (Mary), Ronald Harris (Maxine), Kevin Harris (Roxsanne) and her niece Beth Dorsey (Robert), and Jane’s companion Wayne McCorkle.

Services are private.

Arrangements are by the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc. in Oxford.

Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

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Obituaries CATHERINE CLAIRE MONTGOMERY Catherine “Kitty” Claire Montgomery went peacefully to eternal joy and rest during her sleep at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 5, 2022, at Ware Presbyterian Village Senior Living, where she resided for the past year. Her family misses her very much.

On Nov. 29, 1940, Catherine was born to Reverend James Gaither Harris and Mary Council Harris in Ashe County, N.C., and welcomed into a family of seven sisters and seven brothers. After residing in Ashe County for a short time, the family moved to Nottingham.

Kitty graduated from Oxford Area High School in Oxford. She was blessed with an excellent mind and excelled in high school, where her favorite subjects were English and mathematics. Her lifelong favorite activities were reading and crossword puzzles.

Kitty completed nursing school in West Chester and was certified as a licensed practical nurse. She began working as a nurse at Jennersville Hospital while caring for her first son, John Allen Thomas.

Catherine received Jesus Christ as her savior, being baptized at an early age. She attended Allen A.M.E. Church in Oxford. Later, she joined the Lincoln University A.M.E. Zion Church and continued her worship, service, and support there during her life.

In 1964, Kitty met her husband James Henry “Monty” Montgomery, Jr. They moved to Baltimore while completing his Juris Doctor degree at the University of Maryland School of Law. Their son, James Henry Montgomery III, “Jamie,” was born in Baltimore.

While Kitty worked in Maryland, the prestigious Johns Hopkins University Hospital and the Maryland General Hospital recognized and awarded her service

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as an outstanding nurse. She returned to Pennsylvania and worked as a nurse at Jennersville Hospital until she retired. She also worked as a nurse at the Ware Presbyterian Senior Living Village until she left to spend time caring for her mother with other family members.

Kitty was lively and pleasant to be around. Her mental alertness, laughter, happiness, energy, and love of fun were exciting throughout her life. She was very active in her family reunion organization, the Roots of Love.

She attended, supported, and actively recruited family members to participate in every reunion. Kitty never complained about her life. Kitty was loving, thankful, kind, caring, and mentally cogent to the end of her earthly sojourn.

She leaves her son, James Henry Montgomery III (Natosha), and husband, James Henry Montgomery, Jr.; sisters, Mary Faye Harris of Nottingham, Sandy Harris of North Carolina, Linda Wallace of Port Deposit, Md.; brothers, George Harris (Barbara) of Nottingham, William Harris of Nottingham, John Harris (Audrey) of Nottingham; a host of nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and friends.

Catherine was preceded in death by her parents, James Gaither Harris and Mary Council Harris; son, John Allen “J.T.” Thomas; four sisters, Sara Lomax, Colleen Harris, Chloe Miles, and Lillian Williams; four brothers, Major Price Harris (US Army Retired), Raymond Harris, Reed Harris, and James Gaither Harris Jr. A Homegoing Service was held on May 20 at Oxford Presbyterian Church in Oxford.

Interment will be in Oxford Cemetery.

Arrangements are being handled by the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc. in Oxford. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome. com.

ANTOINETTE PESCE Antoinette “Toni” Pesce, age 82, of Kennett Square, passed away on May 16, 2022 at the Christiana Hospital.

She was the wife of E. Victor Pesce, who passed away in 2014, and with whom she shared 54 years of marriage.

Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late Louis Marson, Sr. and the late Mildred Giroso Marson.

Toni was part-owner of AT-MAR Glass in Kennett Square, retiring in 2006.

She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Kennett Square.

Toni enjoyed cooking, making wine, reading, the beach and being with her family and friends.

She is survived by two sons, Victor J. Pesce and his wife Karen of Lincoln University, Pa. and Steven L. Pesce and his wife Kathleen of Kennett Square; one brother, Louis Marson, Jr. of Kennett Square; two sisters, Mary Lou Madron of Kennett Square and Joanne Marson of Newark, Del.; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Services were held on May 24 at the Kuzo Funeral Home in Kennett Square. Her Funeral Mass followed at the St. Patrick Church in Kennett Square.

Burial will be in St. Patrick’s Cemetery.

In memory of Toni, a contribution may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 399 Market Street, Suite 102, Philadelphia, Pa. 19106.

To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, please visit www.kuzoandfoulkfh.com.

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CHESTER COUNTY PRESS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2022

Chester County Press

Legals

ESTATE NOTICE

ESTATE OF Russell G. Doyle, also known as Dr. Russell Gordon Doyle, MD, late of Oxford Borough, Chester County, Deceased. Letters Testamentary on the estate of the above-named Russell G. Doyle 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: Faye R. Doyle, Executrix, c/o Attorney: Winifred Moran Sebastian, Esquire, Lamb McErlane, PC, 208 E. Locust Street, P.O. Box 381, Oxford, PA 19363 5p-11-3t

ESTATE NOTICE

ESTATE OF Nancy J. Lynch , DECEASED. Late of, Newlin Township, Chester County, PA. LETTERS Testamentary on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request 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: Frank T. Lynch C/O Attorney, Denise D. Nordheimer, Esq., 2001 Baynard Blvd, Wilmington, DE 19802.

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ESTATE NOTICE

ESTATE OF Joan A. Doyle, aka, Joan Ann Doyle, DECEASED. Late of, Newlin Township, Chester County, PA. LETTERS Testamentary on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request 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: William J. Doyle, II, C/O Attorney: Legacy Law, 147 W. Airport Road, Suite 300, Lititz, PA 17543 5p-11-3t

ESTATE NOTICE

berly Boddy, Administrator PO Box 332 Nottingham Pa 19362. PLAINTIFF: U.S. BANK NA5p-18-3t TIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCIN INTEREST TO ESTATE NOTICE CESSOR BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONESTATE OF FRANCIS ROB- AL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESERT GREEN, Deceased. Late SOR BY MERGER TO LASALof: Uwchlan Township, Chester LE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION County. Pennsylvania. LET- AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAMP TERS of ADMINISTRATION TRUST 2007-NC1 MORTGAGE on the above Estate have been PASS-THROUGH CERTIFIgranted to the undersigned, CATES, SERIES 2007-NC1 who request all persons having VS claims or demands against the DEFENDANT: Lawrence Hand estate of the decedent to make & Dawn Hand known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to SALE ADDRESS: 230 Washmake payment without delay to ington Avenue, Parkesburg, Jean Passo, ADMINISTRATRIX PA 19365 C/O Donald J. Weiss, Esquire, 6 Dickinson Drive, Suite 110, PL A I N T I FF AT TO R N E Y: Chadds Ford, Pa 19317 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, 5p-18-3t

PUBLIC Notice

Limited Liability Company Notice of certification of organization. Notice is hereby given that on April 15, 2022 a certificate of organization was filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Cebula Human Resource Consulting LLC, pursuant to the provisions of the Pennsylvania Limited Liability Act of 1994. John S. Benson, Solicitor, Penglase & Benson, Inc 18 North Main Street, Doylestown, PA 18901.

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale.

Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF 5p-25-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

FICTITIOUS NAME REGISTRATION

An application for registration of the fictitious name Paula Tropiano Counseling & Coaching, 64 E UWCHLAN AVENUE, #232 EXTON PA 19341 has been filed in the Department of State at Harrisburg, PA, File Date 01/24/2022 pursuant to the Fictitious Names Act, Act 1982295. The name and address of the person who is a party to the registration is Paula Tropiano, 154 Neyland Ct Exton PA 19341.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, June 16 th , 2022 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, July 18th , 2022. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions 5p-18-3t are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

ESTATE NOTICE

SALE NO. 22-6-195 Writ of Execution No. 2019-03939 DEBT $365,955.12 ALL THOSE CERTAIN LOTS OR PIECES OF GROUND SITUATE IN THE BOROUGH OF PARKESBURG, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Tax Parcel # 8-3-34.2

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, June 16 th , 2022 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, July 18th , 2022. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 22-6-206 Writ of Execution No. 2021-02028 DEBT $297,473.18

By virtue of the within men-

5p-25-1t tioned writs directed to Sheriff

Notice is Hereby Given that, in the estate of the decedent set forth below, the register of Wills has granted letters, testamentary or administration, to the persons named. All persons having claims against said estate are requested to make know the same to them or their attorneys and all persons indebted to said decedent are requested to make payment without delay, to the executors or administrators named below.

Sarnak, Thomas, Deceased, Late of East Vincent Township, PA. Executor: Joan Malin, C/O Attorney: Andrew P. Graul, Esquire, 911 Easton Rd., P.O. Box 209, Willow Grove, PA 19090

Estate of Linda C. Boddy of West Grove Borough, Chester County. Deceased. Letters of Administration on the Estate of the above-named Linda C. Boddy, 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 Kim-

SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 855-225-6906

Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale via Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADDOX, SHERIFF

Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be sold at public on-line auction via Bid4Assets, by accessing URL www.bid4assets.com/ chestercopasheriffsales, on Thursday, June 16 th , 2022 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, July 18th , 2022. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 22-6-202 Writ of Execution No. 2020-07387 DEBT $164,386.83 ALL THOSE CERTAIN LOTS OR PIECES OF GROUND SITUATE IN EAST NOTTINGHAM TOWNSHIP, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Tax Parcel # 690601700400 PLAINTIFF: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee , for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., AssetBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R11 VS DEFENDANT: James Lafferty, Jr. SALE ADDRESS: 114 Graves Road, Oxford, PA 19363

ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land, with a single family dwelling and swimming pool thereon, situated on the southerly side of Leike Road (T-391) in West Sadsbury Township, County of Chester, and Commonwealth of PA, as the same appears as Lot No. 2 on a final Plan numbered 9033 prepared by N.M. Lake & Associated, Inc., Civil Engineers & Land Surveyors, Oxford, PA, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of deeds in and for Chester County, PA, as Plan No. 11250, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a railroad spike found 1.58 feet South of the centerline of Leike Road (T-391), at the Northwest corner of lands of Harriss A., III, & Barbara Butler; thence (1) along lands of Butler, South 03 degrees 07 minutes 25 seconds West, 300.00 feet to a ¾” iron pipe set, having passed over a ¾” iron pipe set 23.42 feet South of the railroad spike; thence (2) along the line of land of Edward A. & Edna S. Stolzfus, North 86 degrees 52 minutes 35 seconds West, 150.00 feet to a ¾” iron pipe set marking the Southeast corner of Lot No. 1; thence (3) along Lot 1, North 03 degrees 07 minutes 25 seconds East, 300.00 feet to a P.K. nail set in Leike Road at the Northeast corner of Lot 2, having passed over a ¾” iron pipe set 23.06 feet South of the P.K. nail in Leike Road; thence (4) along and South of the centerline of Leike Road, South 86 degrees 52 minutes 35 seconds East, the point of Beginning.

PL A I N T I FF AT TO R N E Y: ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 855-225-6906

ACCESS to Lot No. 2 is provided by an access easement across Lot No. 1 for Lot No. 3 to continue to use the existing driveway. Maintenance and N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the repair of the existing driveway purchase money must be paid will be shared equally by the at the time of the on-line sale. owners of Lots 1 and 2. The

driveway easement is shown on the above mentioned plan and described by the following courses and distances: Beginning at a ¾” iron pipe set on the Southerly ultimate right-ofway line of Leike Road (T-391), 23.06 feet South of the P.K. nail set at a corner of Lots 1 and 2 in Leike Road (T-391); thence (1) South 03 degrees 07 minutes 25 seconds West, 145.00 feet to a point; thence (2) North 10 degrees 26 minutes 46 seconds West, 149.17 feet to a point; thence (3) South 87 degrees 18 minutes 05 seconds East, 7.85 feet to a point; thence (4) South 86 degrees 44 minutes 12 seconds East, 27.15 feet to a ¾” iron pipe set, the point of Beginning.

Oxford, County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit:

TRACT #1: BEGINNING at a point in the middle of the public road leading from Lincoln University to Elkview, Chester County, Pennsylvania; thence along the middle of said Road, North 60 degrees East 82 feet and 6 inches to a point in said road; thence by lands now or late of D.R. Johnson, North 28 degrees West, 200 feet to a point by lands now or late of C.W. Shortlidge & Company, South 60 degrees West 87 feet and 6 inches to a point; thence by lands of the Lower Oxford Public School Board, South 30 degrees East 201.79 feet to the place of Beginning. Containing CONTAINING 1.033 Acres 17,478 square feet of land, be the same more or less.

Gros, 0.9533 Acres Net TRACT #2: BEGINNING near the Southeast corner of land now or late of O.W. Shortlidge & Co. Cornerib, South 59 degrees West along land now or late of O.W. Shortlidge & Co., 100 feet; thence by land now or late of Henry Cope, South 31 degrees East 51 feet; thence by land now or late of D.R. Johnson, North 59 degrees East 100 feet, thence by land now or late UPI NO. 36-5-17.4 of O.W. Shortlidge & Co. land, PLAINTIFF: Legacy Mortgage north 31 degrees West, 51 feet to the place of Beginning.

Asset Trust 2019-GS3 Containing 5,100 square feet of VS DEFENDANT: Charles F. Smith land more or less. & Jennifer L. Smith TRACT #3: BEGINNING at a SALE ADDRESS: 4730 Leike point in the middle of the public road leading from Harmony Road, Parkesburg, PA 19365 Grove School House toward PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: HILL Elkview Station, a corner of WALLACK LLP, 215-579-7700 other lands now or late of Henry Cope, and running thence by N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the other lands of the same which purchase money must be paid this was formerly a part, north at the time of the on-line sale. 32 degrees West, 150 feet to a Payment must be made via corner, thence by same South Bid4Assets. The balance must 57 degrees West 50 feet (erbe paid within twenty-one (21) roneously omitted from previous days from the date of sale via deeds) to a corner; thence by Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MAD- the same South 32 degrees East, 150 feet to the middle DOX, SHERIFF 5p-25-3t of the public road aforesaid; thence along the middle of the Sheriff Sale said road, north 57 degrees 50 of Real Estate feet to the place of Beginning.

By virtue of the within men- Containing 7,500 square feet of tioned writs directed to Sheriff land be the same more or less.

Fredda L. Maddox, the hereindescribed real estate will be TRACT #4: BEGINNING at sold at public on-line auction a post or stone, a corner of via Bid4Assets, by accessing land now or late of John Otley, URL www.bid4assets.com/ and running thence South 33 chestercopasheriffsales, on degrees East 150 feet to the Thursday, June 16 th , 2022 middle of a public road; thence at 11AM. Notice is given to all along said road, North 56.75 parties in interest and claimants degrees East, 50 feet to a stone; that the Sheriff will file with the Thence by land late of Josiah Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Cope & Co., Now of the Lincoln Office, both located in the Ches- Chapel and along an alley North ter County Justice Center, 201 33 degrees West 150 feet to a W Market Street, West Chester, stone; thence by lands now or Pennsylvania, Schedules of late of Josiah Lukens, South Distribution on Monday, July 56.75 degrees West, 50 feet to 18th , 2022. Distribution will be the place of Beginning. Containmade in accordance with the ing 7,500 square feet of land, be Schedules unless exceptions the same more or less. are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter Excepting and reserving thereout and therefrom all that certain SALE NO. 22-6-211 messuage and lot of land which Writ of Execution Louis W. Millis and Clara R. No. 2020-02535 Millis, his wife, granted and conDEBT $239,033.94 veyed unto Francis O’Connor and Mary O’Connor, his wife, ALL THAT CERTAIN mes- by Deed dated September suage and four tracts of land 15, 1946 and recorded in the situate in the Township of Lower Recorder of Deeds Office in BEING the same premises which Judith L. Fisher, by Deed dated 05/18/05 and recorded 06/07/05 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Chester in Record Book 6511 Page 2235, granted and conveyed unto Charles F. Smith and Jennifer L. Smith, in fee.

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Chester County Press

Local News New Garden Township funding purchase of a new van

Mighty Writers to open newest location in Toughkenamon

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer On Jan. 25, 2019, Mighty Writers Executive Director Tim Whitaker, Education Director Rachel Loeper and Development Director Naomi Levecchia met with a half dozen representatives from Kennett-area organizations to discuss the logistics involved with how the organization could establish a strong presence in southern Chester County.

Whitaker said during the meeting that what attracted Mighty Writers to southern Chester County was inspired, in part, by the success of its existing locations in reaching young people of Latino heritage in the Philadelphia area.

“It’s thriving, and we have more kids than we can possibly teach, and over time, people told us, ‘You need to go to Kennett Square. There is a Latino community there who could really use your help,’” he said. “It became a drumbeat that we heard over and over again.”

The idea to expand the Mighty Writers brand to the Kennett area community made practical and educational sense. Begun in 2009

by Whitaker with a flagship office in Philadelphia, Mighty Writers connects teams of authors, teachers and journalists with young and underserved students to provide them with opportunities to improve their writing and communication skills. Each academy provides writing workshops, Mighty Toddler classes, mentorships, teen scholar programs and college essay writing nights to more than 3,500 students from ages seven to 17.

One dozen years later, Mighty Writers has expanded to several locations in Philadelphia, New Jersey and established Mighty

Writers El Futuro in Kennett Square. In addition, the organization’s breadth of services has also grown to include providing meals for young people who visit the center, as well as the distribution of food and vital supplies across ten locations that includes the West Grove United Methodist Church, which opened its doors to Mighty Writers in October 2020. Since then, the organization regularly serves more than 300 local families, providing them with fresh fruit and vegetables, kids’ lunches, books and diapers.

New location in Toughkenamon Very soon, Mighty Writers will expand its services to the Village of Toughkenamon. Through a five-year lease with the village’s Servpro franchise and financial support from New Garden Township, the organization will soon be opening its doors to its new 4,000-square-foot facility at 121 Willow Street. Previously, Mighty Writers shared space with The Garage Community & Youth Center on Rosehill Road in West Grove, who recently moved to their new location at the former Avondale Fire House.

“Once The Garage was preparing to move to their new home in Avondale, we began to look for a new home in West Grove, and it just so happened that our associate Molly Hopson found this space here,” said Sara Dickens-Trillo, the bilingual program director for El Futuro Kennett, who will be heading the

Toughkenamon location. “There is a reason for everything, and I think the reason we didn’t find anything in West Grove is because we needed to be in Toughkenamon.”

Dickens-Trillo said that once students arrive at the Mighty Writers location, they will be fed and then be assisted by volunteers, who will help guide them through their schoolwork.

The location will be open three hours from Monday through Friday.

Settling soon in Toughkenamon, Mighty Writers will look to expand on the work they have already done at their other locations – that not only offers 450 volunteers who provide on-site mentoring, tutoring and workshops, but the distribution of food and supplies. In 2021, Mighty Writers distributed more than 200,000 meals and 80,000 boxes of groceries that included vital household supplies, and in 2022, it expects to distribute 250,000 meals, 20,000 books and 1.5 million diapers to 75,000 families.

New Garden Township Board of Supervisors Chairperson Steve Allaband said that the new space will assist a mostly-underserved Latino population that is wedged between West Grove and Kennett Square, who do not have easy access to transportation to the organization’s other space in Kennett Square and West Grove.

“This is an ideal location for Mighty Writers,” Allaband said. “It’s a walkable community and a lot of young people who live in Toughkenamon will have

Photos by Richard L. Gaw

Sara Dickens-Trillo of Mighty Writers, with, from left, New Garden Township Manager Ramsey Reiner, and supervisors Kristie Brodowski and Steve Allaband.

approved a contribution in the amount of $47,000 to Mighty Writers that will be used to fund the purchase of a van that will provide students with access to transportation – to the Mighty Writers’ summer camps, field trips and special appointments.

Allaband said that the funding comes from the $1.2 million the township received from COVID-19 relief that has also been directed to other nonprofit organizations and volunteer firefighters in the township.

“This van will be a ticket for so many families, and A mighty gift for will allow young people Mighty Writers to have a positive life,” Recently, the township’s Dickens-Trillo said. “This Board of Supervisors location in Toughkenamon

the opportunity to access it very quickly. Mighty Writers will definitely make a positive impact on so many students and their families.”

“To me, it’s about equity for an underserved component of our community,” said township Supervisor Kristie Brodowski. “New Garden does things for people who live in the Somerset Lake community and a lot of different niches in our township, but for the 40 percent of the township’s population who are Latino, they have not been as well served.”

will give kids a place to go where they are supported and where they know that they matter. If we really want to impact future generations, we have to impact the lives of our children.

“Our purpose here will not only help them through their own journey of learning through after-school programs, but to embrace their heritage, their identity and be proud of it. For us, that will be the light at the end of the tunnel.”

To learn more about Mighty Writers, visit www. mightywriters.org.

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

Legals and for the County and State aforesaid in Deed Book S-22, Volume 540, page 272, and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a post or stone, a corner of lands now or late of John Otley and running thence south 33 degrees East 150 feet to the middle of a public road; thence along said road, North 56.75 degrees East 45 feet to a stone, thence by land now or late of Josiah Cope & Co., now or late of Lincoln Chapel and along an alley North 33 degrees West 150 feet to a stone; thence by land now or late of Josiah Lukens, South 56.75 West 45 feet to the place of Beginning. Containing 6,750 square feet of land. Also Beginning at a post or stone near the Southeast corner of land now or late of O.W. Shortlidge & Co. Cornerib, South 59 degrees West along land now or late of O.W. Shortlidge & Co., 45 feet; thence by land now or late of Louis W. Millis, South 31 degrees East 51 feet; thence by land now or late of Louis W. Millis, North 59 degrees East 45 feet; thence by land now or late of O.W. Shortlidge & Co., North 31 degrees West, 51 feet to the place of Beginning. Containing 2,295 square feet of land (surveyed 7/29/1911 magnetic bearing).

And Also, excepting and reserving the following described tract of land: Beginning at the northwest corner of land of Francis O’Connor, and wife; thence by land now or late of

O.W. Shortlidge & Co., South 57 degrees West 5 feet to a corner of land above conveyed; thence by the same South 32 degrees East 201 feet to a point in the middle of the public road; thence by the middle of said road, North 57 degrees East 5 feet to a corner of land of O’Connor aforesaid; thence by said land, North 32 degrees West 201 feet to the point of beginning. Containing 1,005 square feet of land.

BEING THE SAME PREMISES which Charles M. Shoop and H. Jean Shoop by Deed dated March 7, 1978 and recorded March 8, 1978 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Chester, in Deed Book N 52, Page 441, granted and conveyed unto Aaron M. Shoop and Clarabelle J. Shoop, husband and wife, as tenants by the entireties, in fee.

Tax ID # 56-10A-29 PLAINTIFF: Reverse Mortgage Funding, LLC VS DEFENDANT: J udy Shoop, Known Heir of Aaron M. Shoop, Volunteers Estella Nunez and Ariel Whaley provide a paint touch up to the Mighty deceased and Unknown Heirs, Writers’ new location in Toughkenamon, which is set to open soon.

Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest Classifieds from or under Aaron M. Shoop, deceased SALE ADDRESS: 103 Elkview Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP 610-2786800

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time of the on-line sale.

Payment must be made via Bid4Assets. The balance must be paid within twenty-one (21) AND THE SAID Clarabelle J. days from the date of sale via Shoop departed this life on or Bid4Assets. FREDDA L. MADabout 06-22-2016 thereby vest- DOX, SHERIFF 5p-25-3t ing title unto Aaron M. Shoop by operation of law.

Classifieds

AND THE SAID Aaron M. Shoop departed this life on or about 09-10-2019 thereby vesting title unto Judy Shoop, Known Heir of Aaron M. Shoop, deceased and any Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under Aaron M. Shoop, deceased.

YARD SALE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND LINCOLN UNIVERSITY From May 25th to May 28th and May 30th and 31st.

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CHESTER COUNTY PRESS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2022

Chester County Press

Local News Hundreds of girls from across the region connect, get inspired, and explore STEM careers More than 500 girls, parents and educators from more than 160 schools and six counties participated in STEM-based immersive hands-on learning experiences and explored exciting career opportunities in STEM fields during the 21st annual Girls Exploring Tomorrow’s Technology (GETT) held April 30 at the Technical College High School Brandywine Campus in Downingtown.

Girls Exploring Tomorrow’s Technology is an opportunity for 5th to 10th grade girls to explore hands-on interactive activities to encourage them to discover new ways to connect their passions for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math and learn about STEM career opportunities. The annual event is presented by the Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC) via its Innovative Technology Action Group (ITAG) initiative.

Experiential activities were led by successful women in STEM—from more than 50 of the region’s top STEM-based companies and organizations—who interacted with the girls as they explored dynamic expo-style experience stations.

Girls participated in more than 80 hands-on activities including video production, architectural design, robot-

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Girls Exploring Tomorrow’s Technology is an opportunity for 5th to 10th grade girls to learn about STEM programs.

ics, coding, healthcare, engineering, video gaming, environmental science, virtual reality, aerospace, information technology, veterinary sciences, forensic sciences, automotive engineering and much more.

Keynote speakers shared their personal and professional pathways and insights to successful careers in STEM. The speakers included Gillian Keating, I WISH co-founder; Brittany Ward, weekend evening forecaster at WDVM 25 in Hagerstown, Md.; Hattie B. McCarter, motivational speaker and owner of Tea with Hattie B Podcast; and Dr. Yasmine Daniels, “The Classy Chemist.”

Over the past 20 years, the event has touched the

Experiential activities were led by successful women in STEM— from more than 50 of the region’s top STEM-based companies and organizations—who interacted with the girls as they explored dynamic expo-style experience stations.

More than 500 girls participated in the 21st annual Girls Exploring Tomorrow’s Technology on April 30.

lives of thousands of girls by nurturing their interest in STEM fields, providing a venue through which they could meet friends who share these interests, and introducing them to exceptional female professionals from some of the Philadelphia region’s top tech companies.

Marianne Stack, ITAG’s project director, said, “One of the challenges ITAG has encountered is that the tech industry falls short with regard to diverse demographic inclusion within its workforce. GETT helps us address this challenge by inspiring girls to love STEM and empowering

future tech leaders.”

Patti VanCleave, a vice president of workforce development at the CCEDC, said, “Our STEM Innovation Youth programs are designed to offer students the chance to explore career opportunities across all of our key industry sectors, helping to build and

strengthen the pipeline of an informed, skilled workforce in our communities.

“The Girls Exploring Tomorrow’s Technology (GETT) event is a perfect example of this as it showcases the wide variety of STEM-based careers available today—showing girls that they can be anything.”

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Kohler Crushed Stone Showers By Home Smart

Project time:

2 weeks

2 DAYS.

Why settle for shower walls that look like plastic?

Home Smart Industries is the areas only Authorized Dealer of Kohler’s LuxStone shower wall system made of 70% real crushed marble and professionally installed at prices comparable to acrylic showers. When you have our Kohler LuxStone Design Consultants to your home for a Design Consultation, you will be given an exact, to the penny price including all labor, materials, removal, haul away, installation and permits. No surprise costs AND we honor that price for 1 year GUARANTEED. All of the design and product selection is done in your home, saving you time and ensuring the choices work perfectly with your space. We offer senior & military discounts as well as other discounts plus financing so a shower remodel is affordable on any budget. Don’t cover your problem up with a tub or shower liner. Design your bathtub or shower replacement with our trained and certified Specialists at a price you can afford.

“Great experience with Home Smart. I collected a couple quotes for a bathtub/surround replacement. Home Smart offered the most aesthetically pleasing option at a competitive price. They also beat the installation lead time estimate by ~4 weeks. Ken and Tony came and efficiently completed the install. My house is old and there were challenges to work with, but they worked through them and in the end, product looks really great. Thanks!”

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*Cannot be combined with any other offer. Previous sales excluded. Good at initial presentation only. $1,000 discount is only available to be used towards purchasing Luxstone walls. Additional work is extra and optional. Financing available for qualified buyers. Exp. 09/01/2021 PA:PA013302 * NJ: 13VH 04301900 MD: MD129485 * DE: 2008206060 NO PRICE QUOTES GIVEN VIA PHONE.