Chester County Press 9-09-2015 Edition

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Three arrested for home burglaries

By John Chambless Staff Writer

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Two men from Landenberg and a woman from Avondale have been charged in burglaries that netted them jewelry, electronics and guns that they then sold or traded for drugs in Wilmington, Del.

Hunter Zunino

New Garden Township Police said they responded to a burglary on Aug. 15 at a home in the 300 block of Bucktoe Road in Avondale. The homeowners said they returned from vacation to find the front door unlocked and an upstairs bedroom door forced open. Stolen items included jewelry and five handguns.

Benjamin DeRitter

Tyler Snyder

‘We’re down to a pretty short list’

Lamborn Hunt projects finally nearing completion

Investigators were told by the homeowners that their daughter’s boyfriend, Tyler Snyder, 24, of Landenberg, had stolen items from the home in the past. During an interview, the daughter, Hunter Zunino, 18, of Avondale, said she had dated Snyder for about a year, and that while her parents were away, Snyder had spent the night at the home. Police learned that Snyder and his friend, Benjamin DeRitter, 19, of Landenberg, had traveled to Wilmington, Del., to buy drugs with the proceeds from the stolen property.

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The 30th annual Kennett Square Mushroom Festival will be held from Sept. 11 to 13, filling the downtown with thousands of visitors, a parade, a car show, mushrooms of every variety, a children’s entertainment stage, live music, celebrity chef appearances, the National Fried Mushroom Eating Contest, a Kennett Symphony concert, the Mushroom Run and Fun Walk, and lots more. Visit www.mushroomfestival. org for all the details.

Pothole problems may have local solution

East Marlborough studies PennDOT proposal to allow township crews to patch state roads

By John Chambless Staff Writer

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Long-delayed cosmetic projects in the Lamborn Hunt development in London Grove Township are being completed.

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer

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INDEX Calendar of Events............2B Opinion.............................7A Obituaries.........................8A Classified..........................8B Police Blotter.....................7B

London Grove Township engineer Ron Ragan told the township’s board of supervisors at the Sept. 2 meeting that nearly all of the remaining -- and long-delayed -- punch-list projects in the Lamborn Hunt development have been completed, or are about to be.

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Penn board seeks public forum regarding pipeline

By Nancy Johnson Correspondent At the Sept. 2 meeting, the Penn Township Board of Supervisors discussed the upgrades to the Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company’s pipelines that run through Penn Township and said township residents will have an opportunity to learn more about how the upgrades might affect them.

The board is determining a date and location for a public forum. Karen Versuk, the township’s operations officer, said, “We need to inform our public so if they are approached for an

easement, they know what the value is. They ought to pay for what they are taking from you.

This [pipeline] does not benefit this community one iota. It only provides cheaper energy for some people a couple hundred miles from here.”

Now that the demolition work on the Red Rose Inn is complete, one of the next steps will be re-roofing the building. The supervisors have been considering either a metal roof or cedar shake shingles. “The building is unique, and I personally feel it should have cedar shake roof, and the dormers in front should Continued on Page 5A

The age-old problem of potholes on state-owned roads may finally be addressed if East Marlborough Township adopts a new proposal from PennDOT. The Board of Supervisors examined the proposal, which would allow individual townships to address road maintenance issues that the state-run department has not had time or manpower to address. Up to this point, local crews were not allowed to fix problems on roads that are under PennDOT jurisdiction.

Township manager Jane Laslo led the discussion at the board’s Sept. 1 meeting.

“Those of you who pay close

attention to which are township roads and which are state-maintained roads know that there are no potholes in townshipmaintained roads, but there are significant potholes in many of the state roads,” she said. “The most difficult one in this area is Route 926, where the potholes are really quite bad. PennDOT has come up with this new plan to encourage local municipalities to be paid for temporary repairs on state roads.

“The primary reason I would recommend doing it, even though it’s a lot of work for our crew, is that we get a lot of complaints. Many people have had to replace a tire this year because of potholes on PennDOT roads,” Laslo said.

Under the plan, PennDOT

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The Avon Grove School Board recently authorized district officials to move forward with negotiations to sell the districtowned wastewater treatment plant to Aqua Wastewater, Inc. The district sought requests for proposals from companies interested in purchasing the wastewater treatment plant

early in 2015. The only company to submit a proposal was Aqua Wastewater, Inc. The company provides water and wastewater services to approximately 3 million people in eight states.

District superintendent Dr. Christopher Marchese emphasized that the board is only approving the proposal to allow the district to engage in negotiations, not the final contract

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Penn promises park Supervisors reach deal to purchase land for active park

By Nancy Johnson Correspondent “It’s a done deal!” said Curtis Mason by phone on Sept. 4.

“Penn is going to have its own field of dreams.”

For months, Penn Township’s Board of Supervisors and township solicitor Sam McMichael have been negotiating with Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) to purchase a 43-acre tract which sits along Jennersville Road near the Route 1 Bypass. Settlement is tentatively scheduled by the end of the month.

“It’s an incredible location,” Mason said. “Easy access, with the bypass right there, and it abuts agricultural land, not residential.”

He explained that in seeking a location for an active park, it was very important that the site be appropriate for lighted fields. “You can’t have baseball fields without lights,” he said. “You won’t be able to get enough use out of them just in the daylight hours.”

While six to eight playing fields will be an important part of the park, there will be plenty of room for other activities, including walking and biking.

“I’ve been trying for 15 years to buy that piece of property,” Mason said. “Now we can fulfill a promise we made to the kids of this township.”

Avon Grove School District moves closer to selling wastewater treatment plant

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer

would reimburse $342 per ton of blacktop when township crews perform the patching work. The payment is intended to cover the costs of materials and labor, but more details are needed, Laslo said.

“We would do temporary patching of the potholes for the winter season,” Laslo said. “We don’t take over all the maintenance on state roads, we don’t take on the storm water, we won’t be plowing Route 1.

We do already have an agreement with PennDOT to plow Route 842 and 926 and 162. We already maintain them in respect to plowing and de-icing, so this would be an extra service. It may turn out to be too much work for us, but it seems to me

itself. The board voted 7-0 in favor of the motion so negotiations will continue.

Business manager Daniel Carsley said that Aqua Wastewater, Inc. has offered to pay $100,000 for the sewage treatment plant, with plans to put an additional $150,000 of work into it to comply with Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection regulations. Once the wastewater

system is sold, the district will likely pay about $75,000 annually for connecting to the system. However, the district would no longer have the financial obligations to operate and maintain the plant.

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Kennett Township trumps Trump

By Uncle Irvin Being rich -- filthy rich -- is a daily topic in the American media.

Donald Trump is bragging about being the richest on the planet. No one is arguing with him.

Last week, the richest municipality under 10,000 population unveiled its balance sheet. Even with higher-than-expected spending on the police problem, Kennett Township continues to accumulate more money than they would need to run the township forever just on its half-percent share of the earned income tax.

They easily and responsibly could cut the property tax to zero. They could even give taxpayers back some of their past taxes. Kennett Township collects $2 for every $1 it spends.

As of June 30, Kennett Township had $7.75 million in its general fund, with $800,000 needed to fund the rest of 2015. As of June 30, Kennett Township had Continued on Page 4A

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Newark Shopping Center grand re-opening to be held Sept. 12

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer When the Newark Shopping Center opened in 1955, the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn, “I Love Lucy” was the highestrated television program, and J.J. Minster and Son was among the new shopping center’s original tenants.

It’s 60 years later, and the Dodgers are in Los Angeles, “I Love Lucy” is forever enshrined in reruns, and the Minster name is still a mainstay at the Newark Shopping Center, which has been the recipient of a $10 million reconstruction that will guarantee a new beginning for business in Newark.

Atlantic Realty Companies partnered with Angelo, Gordon & Company to acquire and carry out a full-scale redevelopment

of the center. The renovation includes new building facades, roofs, updated signage, landscaping, pedestrian connections within the center, and improvements to the parking lots. A path now allows pedestrian access through the center of the shopping complex to a new apartment building that is scheduled to open next summer. This pathway also connects with the recently completed Pomeroy Trail. gThis is a dream come true!” said Marilyn Minster, owner of Minster’s. “We have been here since the center’s heyday and watched it decline after the original owners passed away. When I first met David Ross and learned of Atlantic Realty’s plans to modernize this center, I was thrilled, and I did whatever I could to get us to where we are today.”

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Newark Mayor Polly Sierer will join business and community leaders in an official ribbon-cutting ceremony, to be followed by an afternoon of entertainment, refreshments, giveaways, a raffle, and children’s activities. The event will be free.

Currently 75 percent leased, the center is home to Minster’s, Newark Natural Foods, Goodwill, Dollar Tree, PNC Bank, Enterprise, Newark Discount Liquor, Empowered Yoga, Rita’s Italian Ice, Armed Forces, No. 1 Chinese, The Mediterranean Grill, Zahra International Market, and Mayflower Japanese Restaurant.

As the center continues to grow, Atlantic has recently leased space to Churrascaria Saudades Brazilian Steakhouse, Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop, Sports Clips,

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DeRitter and found an image on his cellphone of a Glock model 36 semi-automatic .45 caliber handgun. The image was dated Aug. 9, which was when Snyder was in the burglarized home. DeRitter confessed to conspiring with Snyder to sell two handguns in Wilmington, and said he knew the guns were stolen and loaded as they drove to the city. DeRitter said they sold the guns to a drug dealer in exchange for several bundles of heroin, crack cocaine and money.

Snyder also confessed to selling the guns during the week of Aug. 10, and getting heroin and money in exchange.

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The renovated Newark Shopping Center will have its grand re-opening on Sept. 12.

Big Z Pizza, Hair By Anthony, and other tenants. gThis renovation of the Newark Shopping Center is a welcome addition to our Great American Main Street Award-winning downtown, just as it was in 1955 when it first opened its doors,” said Mayor Sierer. “Now more pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly

than ever and featuring a strong connection to the Pomeroy Trail, the Newark Shopping Center is sure to have many more decades of leadership of our downtown retail marketplace.”

Both men are facing charges including theft of firearms, conspiracy and burglary.

Investigators from New Garden Township Police are working with officials in Delaware and Wilmington to recover the stolen guns. One handgun was recovered during a traffic stop, during which police found the gun on a suspect wanted for attempted homicide.

The stolen handguns are: A Glock Model 36, .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun; A Springfield Model 1911, .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun; A Stirling .22 caliber semi-automatic handgun; A Stirling .25 caliber semi-automatic handgun.

A news release issued by New Garden Police on Sept. 4 reported that the same three people were charged in connection with an Aug.

11 burglary at a home in the 800 block of Chandler Drive. Jewelry and electronics were taken from the home while the homeowner was away from July 31 to Aug. 2. The victim’s son is Benjamin DeRitter. Investigators discovered that Snyder and Zunino had sold items matching the description provided by the victim to stores in Wilmington. Snyder confessed to conspiring with DeRitter to sell the stolen property. All three defendants were charged with theft, receiving stolen property and related offenses.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Sgt. Keith Cowdright at 610-268-2907, ext. 102, or email kcowdright@ ngpd.org.

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In his Facilities Committee report, school board member Edward Farina updated the board about some of the projects that had been undertaken over the summer to upgrade the facilities.

Farina explained that new LED lighting has been added to Penn London Elementary School. Some painting has also taken place, and partitions were added in the bathroom.

At the Fred S. Engle Middle School, ramps and handrails have been installed for portables, insulation has been added for pipes, and the exterior windows have been washed.

The lobby and walls were painted at Avon Grove High School. The gym has also been painted, and the exterior windows were washed.

A major upgrade that impacts all the district’s schools is the installation of a new digital telephone system. This new system will not only allow for direct calls from one building to another, it will also allow calls to the 9-1-1 system to be identified by the building that the call was placed.

With the previous phone system, calls to 9-1-1 only showed that the call was originating with the Avon Grove School District, and did not allow for the immediate identification of where the call was coming from.

Farina concluded his report by saying, “I am extremely impressed with the conditions of the schools—the way that they look.”

The school board approved a proposal for Signal 88 Security to provide one security officer to monitor and patrol the high school and middle school at a weekly rate of $835.20 for 182 days.

The district is making a change to its monthly meeting schedule. The board had been holding regular business meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. The format for the meeting that takes place on the second Thursday is changing to a work session. This will allow the board to have more informal discussions about matters that pertain to the district’s strategic plan. The school board will then conduct all its business during the meeting on the fourth Thursday of the month.

District officials are thinking about starting the work sessions at 6:30 p.m. District officials are hopeful that the change will be finalized in time to have the Sept. 10 meeting be the first meeting with the new format.

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By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer Veterans from all branches of the United States military will be enjoying a day of free fishing and other activities on the water at the Octoraro Lake Reservoir this Saturday, Sept.

12 as part of the Heroes on the Water program.

The event is being coordinated by the Central Pennsylvania chapter of Heroes on the Water.

The national organization was founded in 2007 as a way to help the nation’s veterans unwind by using the therapeutic qualities of fishing from kayaks.

Participants are able to relieve the stress associated with combat and the physical rigors of rehabilitation by what they learn during the day on the water.

According to the Heroes on the Water website, there have been 12,824 days of on-thewater activities in communities

throughout the U.S. These days have resulted in a 78 percent reduction in stress for participants, a 77 percent reduction in hyper vigilance, and a 63 percent reduction in avoidance behavior.

Jim Neary, the owner of Jim Neary’s Bait & Tackle in Kirkwood, is one of the local people involved with organizing the Sept. 12 event at the Octoraro Lake Reservoir. His shop is donating various supplies for the afternoon.

Neary, a military veteran himself, said that this is an opportunity to thank the veterans for their service to their country. He was pleased to help out in any way that he could, and he pledged to help out with future Heroes on the Water events.

On Saturday, the veterans will start to arrive at around 8 a.m.

In addition to fishing and kayaking, there will other games like

horseshoes and volleyball, as well as food and entertainment.

The event is expected to last until at least 2 p.m.

Neary said that all the activities throughout the day are free for the veterans to enjoy, and a number of different organizations are helping out in a variety of ways, including the American Legion in Oxford.

Many veterans in the area will also be volunteering to help participants.

“It’s a good volunteer event,” explained Neary. “A lot of people will be involved. We’d like to see all the veterans come out and enjoy the day.”

Jim Neary’s Bait & Tackle will serve as the starting venue for the event and is located at 212 Spruce Grove Road in Kirkwood. Any veteran interested in participating or any person interested in volunteering can call 717-529-2488 for more information.

Victory Brewing river cleanup cancelled Victory Brewing Company’s celebration and fundraiser, “Victory for the Headwaters,” scheduled for Sept. 12, has been cancelled due to low water levels in the Brandywine River.

The lack of rain, combined with soaring temperatures, has made portions of the river impassable by canoe, impeding the cleanup efforts.

The Brandywine River cleanup will take place in the spring as part of a local celebration.

Victory’s 5K, “Run for the Headwaters” on Sept. 20 at the Downingtown Brewpub (420 Acorn Lane, Downingtown) is proceeding as scheduled.

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In a 25-minute report, Ragan said that the infiltration berms in the development are now working after perforated pipes, a stone trench and proper valves were installed; that all water basins have been mowed; that grading issues at trouble spots have been addressed; that sidewalks previously identified as incomplete have been improved; and that open drainage grates on streets will be covered this week.

In addition, the slope and elevation improvements to sidewalks have been completed, and several driveway berms will be either repaired or replaced to better control water flow.

Ragan said that landscaping in the meadow areas have been re-seeded; that additional mulching and the spreading of topsoil has been completed; that various trees and briar areas have been removed; and that new plantings and removal of trees and excess vegetation will be done after Sept. 15.

“We’re not done, but we’ve made some progress, and we should know more about what the Conservation District thinks about how well [Keystone] performed on the corrective action plan [next week],” Ragan said.

Board chairman Richard Scott-Harper asked Ragan to have Keystone provide a progress report to the township that lists which additional projects are expected to be completed by the board’s next meeting in October.

“I’m pleased that there’s been some progress, but I don’t want them [Keystone] to believe that the pressure’s off,” Scott-Harper said. “We want them to know that we’re still watching.”

“We’re down to a pretty short list,” Ragan said, and assured Scott-Harper that once it rains again, inspectors will have a better idea of how effective the berms, swails and drainage in development ponds are responding.

Ragan told the supervisors that the trail that is downstream of where the water

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At the Aug. 5 meeting, Ragan told the supervisors that he has visited Lamborn Hunt several times, and said that the projects are “in the neighborhood of being 95 percent complete,” although he said improvements to five infiltration berms still had not been completed.

After continued deliberation, largely about the complexities of pulling the bond on the project and completing the work themselves, the board voted to hold off on taking action against Keystone, and gave the builder 30 more days to complete the work.

Ragan said that a possible cause of these delays could be traced through Keystone to the unreliability of the subcontractors the company hires to complete the projects normally associated with the construction of a development.

“Unfortunately, we’re in a situation where Keystone, as with many developers, perform very well with site work when they have their main contractor onsite to do the work,” Ragan aid. “Now they’re trying to find subcontractors here and there to come in and do these little projects for them, and they keep running into guys who have scheduling conflicts, or have a machine break down. They have a lot of excuses about getting subcontractors, and we’ve been hearing that for the last two years. We can beat them over the head with it, but if they don’t have anyone out there to do the work, it doesn’t get done.”

Although Keystone has stepped up its efforts to complete these projects, the shelf life of the residents’ frustration – as expressed to township officials – is now well into its second year. Several residents continued to impress upon the board at the Sept. 2 meeting to hold Keystone to their commitment to complete all remaining projects.

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leaves Lamborn and flows onto the Stonecroft development next door on Guernsey Road continues to be a problem. He said that Keystone has volunteered to insert additional piping and ramps along the trail to lessen potential water overflow to the neighboring development.

Ragan said he got a commitment from Keystone on Sept.

4 to have a two-year escrow period, as well as a commitment from the builder that it would come to Lamborn this October and till the bottom of basins that do not have vegetation, and re-seed them with meadow grass mix.

An inspection of these items with the Chester County Conservation District is scheduled Sept. 15.

Ragan’s report served as the follow-up to the board’s Aug. 5 meeting, when both supervisors and Lamborn Hunt residents excoriated Keystone Builders for not completing what remained on a long list of projects in the development.

On April 22, the township issued notice to Keystone, claiming that the builder had defaulted on their promise to finish the work, consistent with the Lamborn Hunt-Plan B Subdivision and Land Development Improvement Agreement.

Speaking on behalf of Keystone Builders at the Aug. 5 meeting, Keystone’s attorney Gregg Adelman encouraged the supervisors to have patience with Keystone to get the work done, and not -- as some supervisors threatened -- pull the security bond it established with Keystone and hire contractors on its own in order to complete the projects.

In a letter to the township, Adelman wrote that 39 items on the to-do punch list at Lamborn Hunt had either been completed or were underway.

“Keystone has been on site and they have been doing on a majority of these items, many of which have been resolved,” he said. “Work is being completed as diligently as possible, and we’re here to continue to finish off these

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it would be something that would be good to try, just in the interests of our residents.”

Board president Cuyler Walker said he favored the proposal, “but let’s get our solicitor to review the agreement, and also get our roadmaster Dennis Mellinger’s input.”

There did not appear to be a deadline for signing up for the proposal, and the board will return to the issue in October, Walker said.

The board also voted to approve a list of 20 conditions for the Walnut Walk townhouse community on Walnut Road. The conditional use order specifies that there will be no more than 73 units in the development, with 30 percent of the area reserved as open space. There will be a turn lane added to Walnut Road to allow northbound traffic to turn into Walnut Walk.

Board member Bob Weer raised a question about the length of the driveways for some of the units, asking if the specified 20 feet was long enough to allow larger cars to park without blocking the sidewalk. “You’d have the car up against the garage door, wouldn’t you?” Weer asked. The sidewalks and setback specifications haven’t changed since the development was first proposed by a different company in 2007, according to township solicitor Frone Crawford.

“I just raise the issue,” Weer said.

Ultimately, the board did approve the conditional use order. The long-delayed construction of Walnut Walk has not yet begun.

The board unanimously

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$12,650,000 in current assets, with a $5,676,000 investment portfolio with interest rates less than .5 percent.

The question residents should ask is: Is this overaccumulation good for them?

Most taxpayers want their money in their bank account, not the government’s. If the approved the appointment of Stanley Allen to serve as the township’s representative on the Kennett Library Board. He will serve the remainder of the current term, until the end of the year. Walker noted, “I believe the Allen family is one of the most significant contributors to the adult literacy program at the library. The Allens have been active in support of the library, and we appreciate that we have someone with this background to represent the township.”

The issue of damage to local roads – particularly along East Doe Run Road – by large trucks hauling scrap metal from Delaware was also addressed by the board and Police Chief Robert Clarke. Clarke told the board he has spoken to one of the drivers for Diamond State Recycling, one of the companies whose trucks are frequently seen driving through the area. “They run three trucks carrying two loads a day out of Wilmington.”

Clarke said. “One of the drivers said that when they come up 926, they can’t make the turn at Landhope if there’s two sets of cars there. It’s too tight to turn a tractor trailer. So they go down East Doe Run Road.”

state of Pennsylvania, or the USA, was sitting on this nest egg, it wouldn’t be there very long.

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

Suggestions from the board included imposing a weight limit on East Doe Run Road, keeping the trucks to routes 1 and 82, which Walker said “are built to a higher standard and able to handle those kinds of loads.”

Crawford said that the township could likely impose some sort of redirection or weight limit on truck traffic, but said he wasn’t sure of the steps involved in doing so. In the meantime, Clarke said he would meet with the trucking company and ask them to avoid Doe Run Road, and see what happens.

At the beginning of the meeting, Walker took a moment to acknowledge Weer’s Sept. 3 birthday, when he turned 80. Weer has been on the township’s Board of Supervisors for 28 years, and before that, he served 20 years on the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board. “By my estimates, Bob has spent over half of his life as a public elected official in this community,” Walker told Weer.

“I wanted to say what a tremendous example you are as a public servant. Happy birthday.”

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

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Local News Landenberg author to lecture at presidential library

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer On Dec. 24, 1944, a 501-footlong Belgian troopship named the Leopoldville left a pier in Southampton, England at the height of the Second World War. It contained more than 2,000 American soldiers who belonged to the 66th Infantry Division, who were about to be transported across the English Channel to their next destination in Cherbourg, France.

Just five-and-a-half miles from landing, the troopship was torpedoed by the German submarine, U-486.

In the course of that bitter cold night, the Leopoldville

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stay,” Mason said.

Historical Commission member Kathy Wandersee quoted an 1853 newspaper article that referred to the dormers on the front of the Red Rose Inn, proving that they were part of the original building. “It will be much more historically accurate,” she said, agreeing with Mason. The rest of the board agreed to use cedar shake shingles and restore the dormer windows.

As usual, discussion of the Red Rose led to a conversation about the status of the Jennersville Road and Baltimore Pike intersection. Township engineer Kevin Matson said that while the township has a verbal

slowly disappeared into the 48-degree Channel waters.

In all, 763 American soldiers died, and the bodies of 493 American soldiers were never recovered. All told, every state in the nation lost at least one soldier, except Delaware and Wyoming. In total, 74 soldiers from Pennsylvania perished in the disaster, including ten from Philadelphia.

This story, which as considered “classified” until 1959, would probably have never fully been told in full detail, were it not for Landenberg resident Allan Andrade.

After years of exhaustive research and writing, Andrade published “Leopoldville: A Tragedy Too Long Secret,” published in 1997, that fea-

tured illustrations by Richard Rockwell, the nephew of artist Norman Rockwell. The book was revised in 2001, updated to include two new chapters and was republished in 2008.

It is generally considered the definitive document of the disaster, written through the hundreds of personal stories the survivors and families of the deceased told Andrade.

Later this month, Andrade will be able to tell that story again.

In association with Leopoldville.org – a website devoted to the history of the troopship disaster – Andrade will be making a four-stop lecture tour of Texas, which will include a presentation at the George H.W.

Bush Presidential Library & Museum in College Station, Texas on Sept. 22.

Andrade will extend his tour on Sept. 23, with an appearance at the HEARTS Veterans Museum in Huntsville, and complete his tour on Sept.

24, with presentations at the Houston Maritime Museum in Houston, and the Brazoria County Historical Museum in Angleton.

For more information about the Leopoldville disaster, visit www.leopoldville.org. Andrade’s book “Leopoldville: A Tragedy Too Long Secret” is available on Amazon.com.

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

agreement from PennDOT for an $800,000 grant through the public/private pilot program, “we still don’t have anything in writing.”

Matson and the supervisors discussed applying for an additional grant through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Multimodal Transportation Fund. He noted that the multimodal grant would be awarded in November. “It leaves you an option,” he said.

Township solicitor Sam McMichael reported to the board on the status of Ovations’ application for dedication. “We had a deadline of Sept. 1 and it was not satisfied on time,” he said, explaining that one crucial piece missing from the Home

Owners Association (HOA) was an amendment stating that the township would not be held responsible for any damage to the Belgian block curbs in the community. “We were willing to accept it this year, but now it is past the window, so the township would not get reimbursed from the state [for snow plowing],” McMichael said.

Mason then proposed an idea HOA president Carol Beehler, “What if the HOA paid us what PennDOT liquid fuels would be paying us for snow plowing [in Ovations]? Would that work?”

“That sounds very reasonable,” Beehler responded. She promised to get the amendment over to McMichael immediately.

The board rejected all three bids that had been received to

buy out the leases on two cell towers at their Sept. 2 meeting.

“The bids that came in aren’t what we think they are worth,” Mason said. “So we are not accepting any of them. If we do put it out to bid again, we will put a minimum bid on it.”

The two bids, that included both towers, came in at $565,000 and $554,000, while the third bid for just one tower was $380,000. When asked by an audience member what he thought they were worth, Mason said about $500,000 each.

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

Landenberg author and historian Allan Andrade will be giving four presentations in Texas later this month, as part of his research on the sinking of the Leopoldville troopship during World War II.

During the public comment period, Mary Lou Fieni, a resident of the Village of Rose View, aired her grievances about her home in the community. She said her basement is constantly wet, and part of her grass is wet 365 days a year. She questioned how this was missed by a township inspection.

McMichael, who has spoken to her several times about the issues, replied, “You have a lawyer trying to find a remedy for you. We’ve instructed our zoning officer to do his job. Look at

the approved plan; if it doesn’t match what’s there, then someone has some answering to do.”

“I just want other people to see what I am going through,” Fieni said. “They are building two houses right now on underground springs.”

Final plans for the 11th annual Health & Wellness Community Picnic, slated Sept.

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Avon Grove School District Tax credit helps Stroud Center makes two new appointments teach freshwater stewardship Pennsylvania public schools can receive free stream ecology programs

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer The Avon Grove School Board of Directors has appointed Jeremy Curtis and Katie Bish to posts within the school district administration, it was announced last week.

Curtis becomes the district’s new director of pupil services, replacing Dr. Louis Chance, who resigned to take a position in another school district.

The board also appointed Katie Bish as supervisor of special education, replacing Holly Pettine, who resigned to take a position in another school district.

Curtis was director of special education for the last two years in the Oxford Area School District. Prior to coming to Oxford, he was a supervisor of special education in the Downingtown Area School District for two and a half years. He also worked as a principal and supervisor of special education for the Delaware County Intermediate Unit for three years, and has experience in several other regional school districts. He received his master’s degree in educational leadership from Saint Joseph’s University,

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and has pursued doctoratelevel coursework at Immaculata University.

Curtis will be responsible for oversight of special education and related services; gifted/ academically talented educational services; the guidance department; school nursing and psychologists; therapy services including physical, occupational, speech and language therapy; attendance and truancy issues and other associated matters.

Bish was a special education coordinator in the Oxford Area School District last year, where she was responsible for overseeing and managing communication with families and agencies, coordinating the delivery of special education services, and working with teachers to help them support

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special education students and programs. She worked in Oxford for the last six years in a variety of roles, including as a special education teacher. She’s also worked in special education in schools in Johnstown and Altoona.

Bish holds a masters’s of education from Gannon University.

“Both of these candidates have an excellent record of helping their school districts provide the best possible educational services to their students,” said Dr. M. Christopher Marchese, school district superintendent. “We are very pleased to welcome them to our team and look forward to the work they will do with our staff and families in Avon Grove.”

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

Stroud Water Research Center taught more than 900 students to be freshwater stewards last year through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program.

The nonprofit’s eligibility has been renewed for 2015.

“The EITC program helped us to share our bootsin-the-water environmental education program with students from 12 public school districts across four counties in 2014, and we hope to exceed those numbers in 2015,” said Tara Muenz, education program manager

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The artistry of persistence

Coalition tells lawmakers: Stop the games and start seriously negotiating a sustainable budget

On the evening of Aug. 29, 2014, moments after the Avon Grove football team lost its opening game against rival Kennett by a score of 28-13, a Red Devil player was overheard speaking to a teammate on their way back to the locker room. “You know, Coach O’Neill is right,” the player said. “All we need to do is buy into the program, and we’re gonna turn this around. Well, I’m in. I’m in totally. You?” The other player nodded. The team then proceeded to lose every game of the season, just like they had done the year prior to that, but there is logical evidence that points to what that player said as the moment the Avon Grove football program was reborn.

When Harry O’Neill took over the moribund Red Devil football program last year, several questioned his reasons for leaving his long-time post as the defensive coordinator for a successful Unionville team in order to take over a program in complete disarray. In fact, when a Chester County Press reporter spoke with O’Neill soon after he was named as the new head coach in April 2014, he asked what convinced O’Neill that this was the right move.

“When you’re 2-19 over two seasons, the game becomes an afterthought, and the football program becomes irrelevant,” O’Neill told the reporter. “Every time we would look at Avon Grove game film, we’d wonder, ‘There is talent there. How do these guys not win many games?’ In the time I’ve been at Avon Grove, I’ve already seen that the guys here are much better than what I’ve seen on the field. The talent level is there to be successful.”

O’Neill said that he came to Avon Grove not just to improve its won-loss record, but to, in his words, “heal the culture.” Over the course of the winless 2014 season, during moments when his players and their parents and everyone associated with the Avon Grove football program began to doubt that they would ever see the payoff in O’Neill’s great ambition, he continued to press the fundamentals.

He continued to maximize his players’ potential. Loss after loss, he pressed the entire program to continue to compete whistle to whistle.

Last Friday evening in Kennett Square, the scenario that O’Neill first envisioned when he took over the program more than a year ago played out before him in the immediate aftermath of his team’s 42-7 victory over Kennett. As the final seconds ticked off, his players could barely contain their joy on the sidelines. The student sections – one on either side of the field – stepped up the chants they had yelled all game long. Fittingly, the first player who embraced O’Neill after the game was quarterback Shane McLaughlin, who helped engineer his team to their first victory in over two seasons.

The giant albatross was finally lifted over the Avon Grove football program, and it flew out of sight.

Given a blank piece of paper, a writer fills it word by word, in an effort to create stories from mere sentences. Faced with a white canvas, a painter dips a brush into color and applies it, one stroke at a time, so that these brushstrokes can nearly bring a painting to life. Armed only with an idea, an architect arrives at an empty space and is asked to apply his or her ingenuity, so that the empty space is replaced with functionality and beauty. Every year, a high school coach is given a rambling, disconnected bunch of teenagers and charged with the responsibility of getting them to believe in the power of commitment. Although it may be too far reaching a thought to connect a coach to the likes of a writer or a painter or an architect, we will suspend it for a moment in order to give O’Neill credit for his artistry of persistence.

Last Friday’s convincing win may be just one victory – and there are nine more games to be played this season – but O’Neill is getting an entire culture to believe in itself again.

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The Pennsylvania legislature needs to buckle down and finally start working on a sustainable state budget, a coalition of human services and budget groups said in a press conference in the Capitol Rotunda the morning after the House took a series of unsuccessful and likely unconstitutional line-item veto override votes on the budget passed at the end of June. Gov. Wolf vetoed that budget in its entirety on June 30, after introducing in March his own budget proposal, which the General Assembly’s leadership failed to seriously consider.

After seven weeks of gameplaying culminating in last night’s show that flopped, speakers at the press conference told lawmakers that it’s long past time to negotiate a budget that increases education funding, protects Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable citizens and makes gas drillers pay their fair share in a severance tax.

“As the budget impasse drags on, it seems like the very real needs of Pennsylvanians who are hurting are being cynically disregarded in favor of political games that will do little good for anyone,” said Alan Jennings,

executive director of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley. “Too many people in the legislature are doing everything they can to demonstrate their own view that government doesn’t work by making sure it can’t work.”

Kathy Fisher, policy manager for the Coalition Against Hunger in Philadelphia noted that “after years of chronic underfunding, agencies on the front lines of fighting hunger and poverty have already been stretched thin and are struggling to do more with less. The legislature should focus on raising the revenue

needed to put Pennsylvania on a sound fiscal path.”

The Rev. Sandra L. Strauss, director of advocacy and ecumenical outreach for the Pennsylvania Council of Churches, reminded legislators that “our General Assembly has a responsibility to support and sustain the common good.

Justice is not served when our elected officials fail to do one of the basic tasks they were elected to do — that is, to pass a budget that protects all Pennsylvanians, including our most vulnerable citizens, and to do it in a timely fashion.”

This time was supposed to be different

By Lee H. Hamilton The most important function Congress serves is to debate and pass the federal budget.

I know— it also levies taxes, imposes or relaxes regulations, and once in a while nudges our social, economic or political order in a meaningful way. But the budget tells the government what to do and makes it possible to do it. Everything else follows from that.

Even at the best of times, passing a budget is a test of Congress’s abilities. And these aren’t the best of times. Its two houses are controlled by Republicans who don’t see eye to eye. The White House is in the hands of a Democratic president who really doesn’t agree with them.

So to get a budget enacted into law, everyone involved has to negotiate seriously. They have to make realistic political judgments about what’s possible. They have to compromise.

Given our divided government, you’d think that everyone would step up to these challenges.

Early in the year, following the GOP’s takeover of the Senate, it seemed as though they might.

Gone, at least in rhetoric, were the days of shutdowns, sequestration, and the fiscal cliff. The

“regular order” of committee hearings and duly marked-up appropriations bills would be restored.

In the House, Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers accomplished something that hasn’t been managed for years: all 12 appropriations bills made it out of his committee. But that’s where the good news ended. For the bills themselves were largely political statements that had no chance of being enacted, as they contained provisions that were anathema to Democrats — including President Obama, who made it clear he had no intention of signing them.

What provisions? The appropriators voted to reverse the Affordable Care Act. They zeroed out family planning. They imposed strict rules on for-profit universities. They pulled back regulations on the environment.

They resorted to long-practiced budget gimmicks: planning for faster economic growth than is defensible so they could increase projected revenues; boosting military spending then moving it off-budget, which allowed them to claim to support defense spending without actually counting it as spending.

So now Congress is headed for partisan gridlock, and the result is predictable, because

we’ve seen all this play out before. Instead of the regular order, we’re once again pointed toward fiscal showdowns.

Last week, Congress gave up on securing a new round of transportation funding for the states — at the height of the summer construction season — instead announcing a threemonth extension that saves the hard negotiating for the fall. A vote to raise the debt ceiling also looms in the fall. And, given the state of play, it seems inevitable that once again Congress will resort to the travesty known as a continuing resolution, which relinquishes Congress’s power of the purse by basically extending fiscal policy as it was the year before.

No member defends this way of budgeting, but they end up doing it year after year anyway, as if held hostage by their own worst inclinations. There are no serious negotiations at this point.

Which is a problem. Because to prepare a budget thoughtfully — especially when it requires negotiation with the other party — demands working through literally thousands of details.

Yet we’re approaching adjournment with no serious talks to make mutually acceptable headway on the budget — though somehow Congress has found

the time to take a recess, shutting down for the remainder of the summer.

So with Congress having left Washington and roughly a dozen working days once it returns to put a budget together, the delay we’re seeing means that Congress won’t actually be able to resolve the issues it faces.

Congressional leaders seem fine with this. They rejected early negotiations, preferring a lastminute confrontation, which will lead to another fiscal impasse.

In other words, they’re punting. I can’t predict how long they’ll make their continuing resolution last, but with presidential elections looming, it may be longer rather than shorter.

Instead of turning over a new leaf, as Congress promised it would do just seven months ago, it’s once again consigning us to fiscal chaos.

You should be angry. It’s a lousy way to do business.

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

Hubris

By Congressman Joe Pitts In Greek tragedies, the hero was typically a man of great worldly success, but also of hubris—irrational pride. This hubris usually causes a tragic downfall.

For decades, the Greek economy has been supported largely by irresponsible government spending. About 700,000 Greek workers (out of a total population of 11 million— smaller than Pennsylvania’s 12.79 million) are government employees, paid with tax dollars from private sector workers. Tax evasion is joked about as “the national pastime.” The Greek national debt is expected to double the size of its entire economy in just two years.

Sooner or later, the check comes due. Individuals and countries alike can live irresponsibly—but only for a time.

Greece has been in a debt crisis for over 6 years now, and there is thus far no relief in sight.

When a country has that much debt, investors know that taxes are going up, so they’ll simply go elsewhere. High debt means low investment; low invest-

ment means low tax revenue; low tax revenue means that the debt does not get paid off. And so the cycle continues. When debt gets high enough, creditors lose confidence that they’ll ever be repaid, and stop lending, which means businesses don’t get started, workers don’t get paid on time, and the economy slows to a halt.

Economic trouble usually means political trouble following right behind. Greece has already had five governments in the past six years, and their Prime Minister, who was elected in January to resist the demands of Greece’s creditors, has just resigned. More elections will take place in September.

In one way, Greece’s example demonstrates the problems of the European Union, in which countries are united by monetary policy, but independently set their own spending policies. In such a system, it is easy for one country to be irresponsible, and for one country to extort wealth from the rest of the monetary union.

But it is also a parable applicable to any country: borrowing money to spend now means not having it later.

Greece has amassed $271 billion in national debt. Bailout after bailout—including a new one agreed to just weeks ago worth about $95 billion— has proven to be just another band-aid.

The real cure is responsible government. If they had taken small measures years ago, they might have avoided the drastic measures which are required now, such as closing down banks and restricting ATM transactions as they did earlier this summer.

We need to learn the lessons of this Greek crisis so that we don’t endure one of our own.

It is simply a fact that future generations will pay the cost of our borrowing today. Right now, our national debt is over $18.4 trillion, which is 66 times the size of the Greek debt, and about the size of our economy. There is no country on planet Earth that could bail us out. This does not even include the promises that politicians have made to spend in the future. Unless we change federal law, the federal government will, over the years to come, automatically spend another $127 trillion which we do not have.

We are currently at our debt ceiling—the legal maximum we can borrow. We would be even further in debt without this limit. This fall, Congress must decide whether to raise the debt ceiling, and, if so, whether to take action to fix the underlying reasons for our unprecedented borrowing.

Anyone who annually borrowed as much as they earned would either have to change their lifestyle or would find that they no longer had creditors.

They would either change voluntarily or involuntarily.

I am proud to say that earlier this year, Congress took action to save the American people $3 trillion dollars, by reforming the way Medicare pays doctors.

That $3 trillion means $3 trillion more in the pockets of the American people—money they can invest, money they can spend, or money they can save.

This is an important step, and we need to keep going. As President Obama’s Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, put it, “We must make manageable changes now, so we do not have to make drastic changes later.” To do otherwise would be hubris.

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KIMBERLY SUE TROSINO

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Kimberly Sue Trosino, 39, of Avondale, died on Aug. 31 at her home, surrounded by her family, after a lifelong struggle with heart disease.

Born in Chester, she was a daughter of Ronald Albert and Sandra Ann (Price) Trosino of Vance, S.C. She was a graduate of Oxford High School. Most important in her life was her family and friends. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Survivors include, in addition to her parents, her partner Jeff Holmes of Avondale; two sons, Ryan and Jacob, both of Toughkenamon; one brother, Robert (Christine) of Barnegat, N.J.; one sister, Debbie Clark (Carl) of Summerville, S.C.; and many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, especially aunt Shirley Price, who was constantly by her side for many years.

A funeral was held Sept. 6. Contributions in her memory may be made to her gofundme account. To view her online tribute or share a memory with her family, visit www.griecocares.com.

Carl D. Parrett, 74, of Chadds Ford, passed away on Aug. 30 at Neighborhood Hospice in West Chester.

He was the husband of Judy Gill Parrett, with whom he shared 53 years of marriage. Born in Wilmington, Del., he was the son of Margaret Bell Parrett of Chadds Ford, and the late Carl A. Parrett.

Carl was a street light technician for Delmarva Power & Light in Newark, Del., retiring in 1998 after 28 years of service. He was an avid animal watcher, loved the great outdoors, enjoyed going to the beach, life in general, and being with his family and friends, especially his two granddaughters, Brooklyn and Hallie.

In addition to his wife and mother, he is survived by two daughters, Darlene Parrett-Harris and her husband Jonathan of Kennett Square, and Denise Parrett of Kennett Square; two brothers, Joe Parrett of Chadds Ford, and Donnie Parrett and his wife Andrea of West Grove; one sister, Susan Plumley and her husband George of Kennett Square, and two granddaughters. He was predeceased by one son, C.J. Parrett.

A funeral was held Sept. 8. In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be made to The Chester County SPCA, 1212 Phoenixville Pike, West Chester, PA 19380. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com.

Susan F. Asnis, 85, of Nottingham, passed away on Sept. 5 at her home.

She was the wife of the late Robert E. Asnis. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Carmen and Antoinette Melargni Fionda. Susan was retired from the County of Chester Health Department and Emergency Services. She was a member and former choir member of the Nottingham Presbyterian Church and the Oxford Women’s Club. She enjoyed cooking, knitting, crocheting and wall art.

She is survived by one son, Robert M. Asnis of Lancaster; and one brother, Domenick Fionda of Littleton, Colo.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Sept. 10 at Nottingham Presbyterian Church (497 W. Christine Rd., Nottingham). Friends may visit at the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc. (86 Pine St., Oxford), from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Interment will be in Oxford Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the SPCA, 1212 Phoenixville Pike, West Chester, PA 19380. Visit www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

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Alice C. Fox, 59, of West Grove, passed away on Aug. 31 at the Jennersville Regional Hospital.

She was the loving wife of Joseph P. Fox, with whom she shared 39 years of marriage. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Ronald H. and Marie Hope Fountain Haas. Alice was an office manager for many years at Safeguard Business Systems in Chadds Ford. She was a very active member of the Chatham United Methodist Church, and loved singing with the choir. She enjoyed summers at the shore and being with family and friends, all of whom were touched by her kindness.

She was always there to help without being asked, and never expected anything in return.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Kelle Fox of Schnecksville, Pa., and Laura Fox of Minneapolis, Minn.; one sister, Louise Sperirs of Wyncote, Pa.; and two grandsons, Austin and Gavin.

A memorial service was held Sept. 5. In memory of Alice, a contribution may be made to the Chatham United Methodist Church, 3215 Gap Newport Pike, West Grove, PA 19390; or to the American Cancer Society, 1626 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Online condolences may be made by visiting www. griecocares.com.

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Norma T. Stidoms, 90, of Elkton, Md., formerly of Oxford, passed away on Sept. 5 at her home.

She was the wife of the late Wells A. Stidoms, Sr. Born in Hillsville, Va., she was the daughter of the late Elijah and Lula Rebecca Pugh Harden. Norma was employed with Walmart as a greeter, and as a cashier for Rite Aid and Dollar Tree. She was a member of New Life Fellowship in Elkton, Md., and formerly attended Apostolic Gospel Church in Kennett Square. Norma enjoyed volunteering at Union Hospital, crocheting, singing and playing guitar.

She is survived by two sons, Wells A. “Buddy” Stidoms, Jr., of Oxford, and Roy Stidoms of Elkton, Md.; 14 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Jane Snyder of Kennett Square. She was preceded in death by one son, Jesse Stidoms; two daughters, Wanda Hile and Rose Hennessy; one brother, Roy Harden; and two sisters, Merlene Couden and Wanda Harden.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Sept. 12 at the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc. (86 Pine St., Oxford), where friends and family may visit from 10 to 11 a.m. Interment will be in Oxford Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www. elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

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Sept. 12 Food tasting Shiloh Presbyterian Church hosts its fourth annual food tasting event on Sept. 12 from 2:30 to 5 p.m. at the Oxford Area High School cafeteria (705 Waterway Rd., Oxford). Doors open at 1:30 p.m. There will be food, crafters, vendors and live music.

Call 610-932-9256 for information.

Barbecue and yard sale St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church (just south of Route 1 on Route 472, Oxford) is holding a chicken barbecue and yard sale on Sept. 12. The yard sale is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The chicken barbecue will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Yard sale spots are available for $10. Call 610-932-9559 to reserve a spot.

Sept. 13 ‘Living Generously’ The Oxford United Methodist Church (18 Addison St., Oxford) begins a five-week discussion of “Living Generously: Experiencing the Life That is Truly Life” on Sept. 13. The discussion will be featured in the 8:30 (casual) and 10:55 (traditional) services, as well as in small groups that will be meeting on Mondays starting Sept. 14 at 1:30 and 7 p.m., and Sundays starting on Sept. 20 at 9:45 a.m. To reserve materials for the small group sessions, call the church office at 610-932-9698 or email oumcsecretary@gmail.com.

Sept. 19 Chicken barbeque The West Grove United Methodist Church (300 N. Guernsey Rd., West Grove) holds its annual chicken barbeque dinner on Sept. 19. Dine-in hours are 5 to 7 p.m., and drivethrough pickups are from 3 to 6 p.m.

The meals include half a chicken (1/4 chicken for children), baked potatoes, coleslaw, applesauce, rolls and desserts. Tickets are available in advance at the church from any church member, or buy tickets using PayPal at www.westgroveumc.org.

Walk-ins are welcome the day of the event, if tickets are still available.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for ages 6 to 10. Children 5 and younger dining inside the church with an adult are free.

Sept. 26 Buffet breakfast The Oxford United Methodist Church (18 Addison St., Oxford) holds a buffet breakfast for the community on Sept. 26 from 7 to 10 a.m. The menu includes buttermilk pancakes, French toast, roasted potatoes, sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for ages 3 to 10. Proceeds benefit the church’s general fund. Call 610-932-9698 for more information.

Sept. 27 Jazz and worship The Episcopal Church of the Advent (401 N. Union St., Kennett Square) hosts jazz and worship on Sept. 27 at 4 p.m as part of its Community Concerts series. The “Evening Jazz Vespers” free concert features Emmy Award-winning pianist and composer Wilson Somers, with special guest bassist Steve Breskone from Philadelphia’s University of the Arts, drummer and sound engineer Glenn Ferricone, and soprano soloist Alexis Droke. The combined choir performance also features the Advent Choir Camp, Advent Chancel Choir and the Tatnall Singers. The event will benefit the Kennett Food Cupboard. Admission is free, but donations are accepted.

Refreshments will be served after the concert. For more information, visit www.adventks.org.

To submit items to the Church Calendar, e-mail jchambless@ chestercounty.com. There is no charge. Information should be received at least two weeks before the event. Not every submission can be included. Please include the address and contact information for the church in your submission.

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Baseball great to share his story of downfall and rebirth

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer If everyone’s life were divided according to chapters, Darryl Strawberry’s would stretch far enough to fill several chapters of the thickest book imaginable, and what a read it would be.

The book would begin with his ascension as a young baseball player from the inner city of Los Angeles in the late 1970s to becoming the first-round draft choice of the New York Mets in 1980.

The next chapter would tell of his rise to the top of his profession – a pencil-thin prototype slugger with a whip-quick bat who had his photograph regularly on the back pages of the New York tabloids, and helped lead

the Mets to the 1986 World Series championship.

He was the Straw Man, and he was on top of the world.

Over the course of the next ten years, despite a brief resurrection as a member of the World Champion New York Yankees in the late 1990s, Strawberry’s career went slowly to pieces, and his life collapsed in drug addiction, alcoholism, a messy divorce that went public, convictions, jail time and, the most jarring strike of all, his fight with cancer.

By 2003, just four years after he retired from baseball with 335 lifetime home runs, Strawberry had spiraled so out of control that many of his closest friends believed he would not survive to see the other side of 50.

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During his career, Strawberry played for four teams, including the New York Mets, whom he helped win a World Series title in 1986.

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Former baseball slugger and current pastor Darryl Strawberry, pictured with his wife Tracy, will deliver five sermons at The Freedom Life Church this fall, beginning on Sept. 13.

While attending a rehabilitation center, Strawberry met a young woman named Tracy who was also struggling with her own demons of addiction.

She was a twice-divorced single mother of three boys, and by the time she entered treatment, she saw her downward spiral as similar in severity to Strawberry’s.

Together, step by step, they eventually re-emerged, wholly committed not only to living dedicated lives, but to each other.

Strawberry, 53, and his wife Tracy operate Strawberry Ministries to deliver a message of hope,

strength and practical ways to change your life through the power of God and the process of change. Today, their mission takes them to medical centers, correctional facilities, community centers, places of faith and schools all around the country.

On Sept. 13, in cooperation with the Freedom Life Church, the public will be invited to hear Strawberry speak at the Freedom Life Christiana Campus meeting at Octorara High School, at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

In between, Strawberry will also speak at the Rainbow Elementary School, 1113 West Lincoln Highway in Coatesville, begining at 10 a.m.

Pastor Strawberry will return to Freedom Life on Oct. 4, when he will speak at the Freedom Life Centre County location, at 113 Sunset Acres in Milesburg, at 9 and 11 a.m.

The couple’s mission to help heal lives doesn’t end with speaking engagements.

They also co-founded The Darryl Strawberry Treatment Program in Orlando, Fla., a 28-day residential Christian counseling program designed to treat substance abuse. The program provides medical detoxification followed by primary treatment, including a one-year care plan, based on the needs of each client.

They have also co-authored the book, “The Imperfect Marriage: For Those Who Think It’s Over,” a no-holdsbarred account of their journey from drug addiction to sobriety to selfless dedication.

There is no cost for any of these events. For more

information, visit www. freedomlife.tv or call 610-593-5959. For more information about Strawberry Ministries, vist www. strawberryministries.org.

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

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The Strawberrys co-founded Strawberry Ministries and co-wrote “The Imperfect Marriage: For Those Who Think It’s Over,” an account of their journey from addiction to sobriety to selfless dedication.

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Kendal residents pen book about life at continuing care retirement community

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer One evening last year, Peggy and Allan Brick were enjoying a pleasant conversation over dinner with Bob and Betty Warner.

The conversation turned to how moving into Kendal at Longwood, a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) near Longwood Gardens, had been a wise choice for both couples.

“We were sharing stories of aging friends who, in spite of their unpredictable futures, seemed not to understand the independence and security they could have living in a Continuing Care Retirement Community,” Peggy Brick wrote in the introduction to “Experiences: Life in a Continuing Care Retirement Community.”

The idea for the book grew out of that conversation between the Bricks and the Warners. They realized that there wasn’t a book that would tell senior citizens about the benefits of a continuing care retirement community like Kendal. Forty years ago, a group of Quakers recognized

best people to tell the story were the Kendal residents themselves, so they sent out a request for stories.

Those stories, which offer personal glimpses into daily life at Kendal, were collected in a 168-page book of 54 different stories penned by 45 residents of Kendal at Longwood.

“They describe the safety, predictability and joy of living with others in a community that guarantees care throughout life,” explained Peggy, a 12-year resident of the community, who co-edited the book with her husband, Allan.

The book is comprised of stories, essays, and poetry that, when taken together, reveal how life at Kendal allows the residents’ golden years to be truly golden.

Bill Van Wie and his wife, Gail, who moved from upstate New York into Kendal five years ago, wrote about hosting their grandchildren at Kendal, and seeing the kids meet their friends, enjoy the library, the indoor pool, indoor games, and the campus of Kendal.

The children had so much fun

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Many residents enjoy hiking opportunities on the large campus with miles of trails.

the need for a new way of living as people age. They envisioned a community where people could first live independently in cottages, but then transition into an assisted-living facility where they could receive the care that they needed on the same campus. Kendal at Longwood is the result of that vision.

The Bricks knew that the

that they never even made it to local attractions, as they had planned. Their fourteenyear-old grandson concluded his visit by saying, “Grandpa, I won’t mind getting old.”

At Kendal, it’s common for residents to say that they don’t mind getting old because they enjoy the camaraderie and activities at Kendal so much.

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“We moved here and our social interaction went through the roof. It was like a freshman year in college,” explained Van Wie. The book is divided into six sections: “Why Kendal?”; “From Past to Present”; “Our Outdoors”; “Favorite Places”; Creative Lives”; “It Happened Right Here!”; and “Our Caring Community.”

Each section illustrates a different facet of daily life at Kendal.

The book has many highlights, like Marilyn Van Savage’s thought-provoking essay on growing old titled “It Takes a Lot of Courage.”

She wrote about how living at Kendal affects her attitude in a positive way: “The beauty of this place takes my breath away and makes me realize something: This is one of the happiest times of my life.”

Lark Worth, who helped form ACT in Faith of Greater West Chester to help residents who were struggling after the recession, wrote about how she and her husband, Fernando, reached the decision to move to Kendal.

Worth was very pleased

that she was able to have raised beds in the community garden at Kendal, and many of the gardeners donate food to ACT in Faith.

Bob and Betty Warner wrote about how delighted they were that Kendal had a chorus, just one of the many ways that people feel a sense of belonging.

In the essay, “Kendal’s Animal Kingdom,” Gabrielle Griswold wrote about the animals that abound at Kendal. There are many dogs and cats, of course, but residents can also see deer, foxes, and rabbits on the grounds. In Kendal’s accredited arboretum, Griswold wrote, “Our gorgeous trees are home to numerous wild birds: colorful cardinals, bluebirds, goldfinches, hummingbirds, and so many others…”

Annie Hazard wrote about The Gateway Shop, one of her favorite spots at Kendal, and the work that she does there.

In an essay titled “The Weaving Room,” Gabrielle Kimmel wrote about learning how to weave at Kendal, and

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There are dozens of different activities that the residents organize themselves. Here, Kendal singers are preparing for a performance.

the important role that the other residents played in the experience. She concluded her essay by writing: “So here is the question: Will I ever turn out a unique and beautiful tapestry? I hope so.

I hope to be weaving for many years. But, pondering the word ‘tapestry,’ I am struck by the comparison with the people at Kendal.

What a beautiful, diverse, funny, hope-filled, generousminded and interesting group of people are surrounding me in this adventure of living at Kendal. Even if I never produce that piece of fabric, the tapestry is here all around me.”

Peggy said that she sees the book as a thoughtful response to the national trend of having geriatric professionals advocate that seniors should age in place – to remain in their homes and in their own community for as long as they can. Peggy said that it’s important that people be armed with all the facts about continuing care retirement communities, and the benefits that they can offer instead of working under the assumption that it’s always better to age in place.

“There is so much that I want to share and so much that people need to know,” Peggy explained. “Fundamental to the decision to age in a

The Van Wies made numerous visits to Kendal before they made the decision that this was where they wanted to live.

“Kendal was held up to us as the one with no boundaries between independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing,” Van Wie said.

That is an important consideration for many couples who will have different health care needs as they age.

“Here,” said Van Wie, “if one of us needs more care, we can get it right here.”

Residents say that the Kendal community is one large family, and the people who are independent work frequently to help those residents who need some assistance.

“The people in all three areas share facilities, and many residents in independent living assist with programs in the assisted living and skilled nursing areas,” Van Wie said.

The staff plays an important part in the residents’ overall satisfaction. Kendal residents said that the people who work there are like extended members of the family. The residents believe that the care that they receive not only makes for a happier life, it also makes for a longer life.

The opportunities to remain

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A large book-signing event was held in August for the 45 residents who wrote stories that were included in the book.

new place by moving to a continuing care community is the acknowledgment that as one grows older we are likely to experience declining capabilities. Both staff and fellow residents honor the worth of each individual here throughout that journey. This means that residents living in the Health Center are not segregated but, in so far as possible, are integrated into the community for meals, events and creative activities with those living independently.”

Kendal is populated by a diverse group of people, including many retired teachers, doctors, lawyers, professors, or other professionals. There are a total of about 400 residents at Kendal: 300 in the independent living cottages, 50 in personal care, and 50 more in skilled nursing.

active are very important to the residents. Kendal residents can enjoy pottery, woodworking, writing classes, and activities in the fitness and aquatic centers.

There are more than 100 different committees that residents can join to organize their activities.

“We do not depend on staff for our activities,” Peggy explained. “We do it all ourselves. We decide. The key is that there is a role for everybody. Everybody contributes in some way.”

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Sept. 11 to 13 Carriage driving event The Glen Willow Combined Driving Event will be held Sept.

11 to 13 in Avondale. Admission is free. The event features three days of driving, including dressage (Friday), cross country marathon (Saturday), and cones obstacles (Sunday).

Equestrian and food vendors will also be on site. Bring a chair. The event will be at 685 Woodview Rd., Avondale. For more information, visit www. glenwillowcde.com.

Sept. 11 Gift Card Bingo The Fred S. Engle Middle School PTO is hosting Gift Card Bingo on Sept. 11 at the school. Doors open at 6 p.m., and games begin at 7 p.m. Bingo games feature gift cards as prizes and have a minimum $50 prize value. There will also be a 50-50 game, raffle baskets and door prizes. Refreshments will include pizza and soft pretzels.

Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. The school is at 107 School House Rd., West Grove.

Sept. 12 Oktoberfest orchestra celebration The Chester County Pops Orchestra will hold an Oktoberfest-themed celebration of the orchestra’s 10th anniversary on Sept. 12 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the High Point at St. Peter’s (2475 St. Peters Rd., Malvern). There will be an Oktoberfest buffet, wine tastings hosted by Moore Brothers, an open bar of craft beers hosted

by Victory Brewing Company and Sly Fox Brewing Company, music by Chesco Pops players, a “Wine Pull,” and a silent auction. Proceeds will enable

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the Chesco Pops to expand its music outreach. Registration is $75. Visit www.chescopops. org/gala to register, or contact Al Doering for more information (chescopops@gmail.com or 484-301-2276).

Sept. 12 Mattress sale fundraiser A mattress sale fundraiser benefiting the Avon Grove High School football program will take place on Sept. 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Avon Grove High School Cafeteria.

Mattresses are guaranteed, and will be delivered to your home by the mattress company.

Sept. 13 Record Collectors Expo The Keystone Record Collectors Music Expo will be held Sept. 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Continental Inn (2285 Lincoln Highway, Route 30, Lancaster). Dealers and collectors will be selling and buying records, CDs, DVDs and music memorabilia of all eras. Admission is free.

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

Sept. 16 Genealogy class The Oxford Area Senior Center is offering a free genealogical workshop on Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. Participants will learn how to get started with genealogical research and how to organize findings.

The workshop will cover the basics of genealogy, research tips and tricks, and strategies to help satisfy your curiosity about where you come from.

The Oxford Area Senior Center is at 12 E. Locust St., Oxford. Make reservations

by Sept. 11 by calling 610932-5244 or emailing oxsrctr@zoominternet.net.

Sept. 19 Oxford School reunion The Manor Presbyterian Church on Route 926 will host a reunion of people who attended the Upper Oxford One-Room School on Sept. 19 at noon.

Bring a covered dish to share, and any memorabilia of the schoolhouse. Call 610-869-9718 for reservations.

Sept. 20 Edible plants program On Sept. 20 from 3 to 6 p.m., the Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County will host Lee Peterson, author of “Peterson’s Field Guide to Wild Edible Plants of Eastern/ Central America,” leading a hike in search of wild edible plants at the Bucktoe Creek Preserve (432 Sharp Rd., Avondale).

Participants will learn how to gather and prepare the plants, as well as identify them. Visit www.tlcforscc.org or call 610347-0347 for more information.

Sept. 22 Legislative breakfast A legislative breakfast hosted by the Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce will be held Sept. 22 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Wyncote Golf Club in Oxford. Guest speakers include Congressman Joe Pitts, State Sen. Andy Dinniman, State Rep. John Lawrence, and Chester County Commissioners Terence Farrell, Kathi Cozzone, and Michelle Kichline. Tickets are $25 for Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce members and $30 for guests.

Sept. 25 and 26 Murder mystery at Hibernia The Friends of Hibernia County Park will be holding an evening of “Peace, Love & Homicide” on Sept. 25 and 26 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Hibernia

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Mansion. Those who solve the 1960s-themed, audienceparticipation mystery can win tickets to the 2015 Candlelight Tours in December. This event is not recommended for children.

All participants can enjoy free refreshments in the ballroom after the tour. Tickets are $5 per person and benefit the Friends of Hibernia. Call 610-383-3812.

Hibernia Mansion is in Hibernia County Park in Wagontown, off the Route 82 exit of the Route 30 Bypass. For more information, visit www.chesco.org.ccparks.

Sept. 26 Children’s birding program On Sept. 26 from 9 to 10:30 a.m., local birding expert and environmental educator Kelley Nunn leads a walk to identify the birds of Bucktoe Creek Preserve (432 Sharp Rd., Avondale).

Children under 10 must be accompanied by a parent. Free for Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County members, $15 for non-members. Visit www. tlcforscc.org or call 610-3470347 for more information.

Oct. 11 Pink Poker Prance The sixth annual Pink Poker Prance Trail Ride will be held Oct. 11 in Fair Hill, Md. The event raises funds for breast cancer awareness and research.

It is sponsored by Oxford Feed and Lumber. Pre-registration (before Oct. 1) is $35, incluing lunch, a T-shirt and other merchandise. Non-riders can enjoy lunch and activities. Gift cards are awarded to winners.

There will be gift basket raffles as well. Riders may start from the trailer parking lot on Route 273 in Fair Hill anytime between 8 a.m. and noon. Visit www. oxfordfeedandlumber.com for updates.

Oct. 17 Jenner’s Pond Crafts Festival The Jenner’s Pond Fall Arts and Crafts Festival will be held on Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Alison Building,where 40 craftsmen will be selling their creations. There will be handcrafted jewelry, paintings, wood crafts, needlework, Christmas décor and more as well as a giant used book sale, and a prize drawing featuring local restaurants, baskets and more. Jenner’s Pond Retirement

Community is off Old Baltimore Pike in Jennersville. All proceeds go to the Jenner’s Pond Benevolent Care Fund. Call 610 345-1380 or 610 345-0377 for information.

Through Sept. 11 Members Show The Oxford Arts Alliance (38 S. Third St., Oxford) presents its Members Show, with original paintings and jewelry by regional artists, through Sept.

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

Through Sept. 30 Wildlife art Hardcastle Gallery (5714 Kennett Pike, Centreville, Del.) presents wildlife art in several media by Michael Brock, Jonathan Shaw, Steve Oliver, Shawn Faust, Charles Allmond, Lorre Evans, Barbara Neville, Carrie Quade and David Nibouar through Sept. 30. Call 302-655-5230 or visit www. hardcastlegallery.com.

Through Sept. 26 Terry Anderson and George Martz The Station Gallery (3922 Kennett Pike, Greenville, Del.) presents new paintings by Terry Anderson and George Martz through Sept. 26. Anderson focuses on close-up views of

trees, often looking up; while Martz offers serene landscapes with massive skies. Call 302-654-8638 or visit www. stationgallery.net.

Through Nov. 15 ‘Things Beyond Resemblance’ The Brandywine River Museum of Art (Route 1, Chadds Ford) hosts “Things Beyond Resemblance: James Welling Photographs” through Nov. 15.

The selection of 47 photos by the Los Angeles photographer is inspired by the life and work of Andrew Wyeth. There will also be photo-based sculptures placed around the museum’s grounds, including Wyeth’s studio. For more information, visit www.brandywinemuseum. org.

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.

To submit items to the Art Spot, email jchambless@ chestercounty.com. There is no charge. Not every submission can be included. Items should be submitted at least two weeks before the event.

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Blue Devils end 20-game winless streak Jones scores 5 TDs in Avon Grove’s 42-7 win over Kennett

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer In the opening days and weeks of Harry O’Neill’s tenure as head football coach at Avon Grove in the summer of 2014, he was unapologetic in saying that the school’s football program was in shambles, and painfully honest in his use of the phrase “changing the culture” when applied to the most integral component of the team he wished to transform. He had inherited a team that had gone 0-10 in 2013, so a change of direction was not only obvious, it was crucial.

Any change in the culture of the program during the 2014 season – any goals that O’Neill had set out to achieve – had to have been tucked

down somewhere in the quiet space where intangibles like patience and fortitide reside in the back pages of his team’s playbook, because the Red Devils proceeded to embark on their second straight winless season. And yet, when in the slow course of what takes a team from bad to good, patience and fortitude never appear in the box scores or score touchdowns or sack the opposing quarterback for a ten-yard loss. They arrive slowly, like strangers who are misunderstood then accepted and then implemented.

Last Friday night, the patience and fortitude that O’Neill came to the Avon Grove program preaching at long last paid great dividends.

Behind a five-touchdown, 322-yard rushing assault by

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Avon Grove running back Nate Jones, about to score his third of five touchdowns in a 42-7 victory over Kennett on Sept. 4.

junior running back Nate Jones, the Red Devils ended their two-season, 20-game consecutive winless streak with a 42-7 thumping of Kennett, a convincing victory that ruined the debut of new Blue Demon Coach Doug Langley.

“The maturity level on this team has changed, and the culture has changed,” O’Neill said moments after the victory. We’ve got a great group of dedicated kids. I told my guys, ‘We don’t deserve to win. We’re not entitled to win, but we’ve worked hard enough to win.’ The things that I told them more than a year ago, began tonight.

“I have 80 guys this year,” O’Neill added. “Last year, I had 56. Last year, I had six seniors, and this year, I have 16. You win in this league with seniors, and every one of them has bought into the program.”

Jones ran roughshod over the over-matched Blue Demon defense all night, beginning on the Red Devils’ third play from scrimmage.

Taking a hand-off from Avon Grove quarterback Shane McLaughlin at midfield,

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Avon Grove back-up quarterback Jonah Eastmann prepares to take a snap in the fourth quarter.

Jones ran to his right, then shifted gears and charged directly up midfield on his way to a 49-yard touchdown with 10:50 remaining in the first quarter.

On Avon Grove’s next possession, Jones scored again on a 36-yard run with 6:51 left in the first to give him just a shade less than 100 yards in rushing and the Red Devils a quick 14-0 lead. On Kennett’s next possession,

sophomore quarterback Jake Dilcher scored his team’s only touchdown of the night on a short-yardage keeper with 3:38 left in the opening quarter.

While Jones seemed to score at will, the Avon Grove defense held Dilcher’s primary offensive weapon – pitches and sweeps to Nick Dunlevy in the backfield – to very little gain. With a little more than 11 minutes

remaining in the first half, Jones scored his third touchdown on a one-yard run, leaving new coach Langley and his staff wondering how they could possibly contain Jones.

They never did.

With exactly four minutes remaining in the first half, Jones ran for his fourth touchdown of the game, this time on a 56-yard scamper up the far sideline, evading tacklers to give Avon Grove a commanding 28-7 lead at halftime, which was extended to 34-7 when, with 7 minutes left in the third quarter, Jones capped his five-TD night with a 25-yard touchdown run.

“He’s a beast, a special talent,” O’Neill said of Jones.

“Shane [McLaughlin] can throw the ball and run the ball just enough, so that we’re balanced. We were really good on offense but this year, but we’re so much more improved on defense as well.

We have a different attitude, and we feel like a different team. We understand that it’s one play at a time, and they went at this game one play at a time.”

With 1:53 left in the third quarter, McLaughlin – who tossed for 96 yards on fivefor-eight passing – found a cutting Brett Yurkovich across the middle for a 55-yard touchdown strike to complete a resounding imprint Avon Grove made not only on Kennett, but to the entire Ches-Mont League.

With the opening loss, Kennett will look to get in the win column when they travel to West Chester East on Sept. 11.

For all of its importance in the immediate future of the Avon Grove football program, O’Neill still saw the win as a “baby step,” one whose merits and accolades will be put to the test during every game of the season, beginning with thier game when the Red Devils travel to Oxford on Sept. 11.

“We’re still a long way from where we need to be, but we’re starting to figure out how to win,” he said.

“Everything we have been doing has been different than the first year I got here. It is a week-to-week, game-bygame, play-by-play process.”

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

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Kennett Square sculptor featured at Delaware Art Museum

By John Chambless Staff Writer The welded steel boxes surrounding Stan Smokler’s new sculptures at the Delaware Art Museum may frame the works, but there’s no taming the dynamic energy that’s going on inside them.

Smokler, whose studio is just south of Kennett

Square, is one of three artists in “Reconstructed Elements,” which opened on Sept. 5 on the second floor of the museum. Smokler reassembles found objects and steel to create metal sculptures that are unlike anything you’ve ever seen.

His pieces reflect a sly wit, a subtle use of materials and a spirit of adventure. Who else but Smokler would set

out to interpret a triptych

by Hieronymus Bosch in metal? But here it is: “The Garden of Earthly Delights” has floral and plant forms, the suggested fianceegures of a man and woman, and a bird subtly tucked into the base. “Adam and Eve” has a bristling menace suggesting Adam’s fall, and “Hell/Damnation” has all the terrifying weirdness of Bosch’s visions – a spiked ring, a ball with a dagger jutting out of it, and a lethallooking hook capturing the gestures and menace without being overly literal.

As in all of Smokler’s work, there’s room for interpretation here, and visitors can circle around the works, which sit on pedestals, to see them from different angles. The shadows cast by the museum lighting are also interesting counterpoints to the sculptures themselves.

“Which Way Did They Go?” is a tangled tower of zig-zag bent metal harrows, one of which peeks over the top of the box enclosure.

“Caged Botany” expresses the swirling shapes and tendrils of a plant refusing to be confined in a box.

‘Flying Wallendas’ (2015).

Photo by John Chambless

Kennett Square sculptor Stan Smokler at the opening reception for ‘Reconstructed Elements.’

Photo by John Chambless

The upstairs gallery was packed with visitors on Sept. 6.

“Beacon,” with its suggestion of a light atop a tower, is studded with drips of molten steel that give it an organic appearance. “Sentinel” has the right suggestion of armed menace, with an armored breastplate and spears.

“Flying Wallendas” has the arcing, swooping lines of acrobats above, and a large

Photo by John Chambless

net underpinning the action.

At the opening reception on Sunday afternoon, Smokler said the show, which he shares with Delaware sculptors Richard H. Bailey and Helen Mason, is the result of a year and half of work. “I was invited by Helen Mason,” he said. “Richard Bailey started the entire process. We knew each other’s names, but we didn’t know each other. I did work for this show once I found out I was in the group.

“I began with the idea of a still life,” Smokler said.

“I would do the work first, then create the frame on the outside to really hold the piece. The ideas of proportion and scale are really important to me. I kind of worked that as a motif.”

Photo by John Chambless

‘Beacon.’

All of Smokler’s work uses altered and found objects, so he fit right in with the theme.

“That’s what I do,” he said.

“I find material, I rework it, and each piece echoes to me, sort of talks to me as I work.”

-“Reconstructed Elements” continues at the Delaware Art Museum (2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Del.) through Jan. 3. Visit www.delart.org for more information.

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

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Timeless ‘Carmina Burana’ to be staged in West Chester

Brandywine Ballet will perform “Carmina Burana” from Oct. 23 to 25, and will hold a Meet and Greet on Oct. 25.

Resident choreographer

Nancy Page has set her ballet to the inspirational music of Carl Orff, portraying the medieval collection of poems and texts about life, fortune and fate. The Brandywine

Photo by Alexander Iziliaev

The Brandywine Ballet presents ‘Carmina Burana’ in October in West Chester.

Singers and their percussion orchestra, under the direction of Jonathan Kreamer, will bring “Carmina Burana’s” score to life.

Also premiering alongside “Carmina Burana” is “Swan Lake” Act II, a distinguished act from a timeless ballet,

by Philadelphia based choreographer Meredith Rainey.

Performances will be at Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall (700 S. High St., West Chester). Tickets are $25 to $40. Tickets are $18 for adults, and $10 for students and seniors at the Oct. 23 10 a.m. performance only.

Tickets and a complete schedule are available by calling 696-2711 or visiting www.brandywineballet.org.

The public can also meet the Brandywine Ballet’s artistic staff and professional dancers for an exclusive Meet & Greet following the final show of “Carmina Burana” on Oct. 25 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Spence 312 (312 S. High St., West Chester). There will be seasonal hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer. Tickets are $30. Bonbids will add fun to the evening with a “penny auction.”

Performances are scheduled Oct. 23 at 10 a.m.; Oct. 24 at 2 and 7 p.m.; and Oct. 25 at 2 p.m.

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them when they wanted to move into a continuing care retirement community. The Stemmlers moved to Kendal in 2013.

Joan Stemmler said that when she moved in, she knew that she wanted to join a trail group that helps the staff maintain the seven miles of wood trails, clearing downed trees and keeping the trails free of encroaching vegetation. A trail team member also leads weekly walks through the woods or on the campus, rain or shine.

“In time,” Stemmler wrote in her “The Thrill of the Trail Team,” essay, “I began to meet the folks who turned out to be my naturalist teachers about these Pennsylvania woods … The pleasures of this extensive trail system, unique in a Continuing Care Retirement Community, are many. For the trail team, getting out in the woods with like-minded people and working in the open air is a joy and a rewarding way to contribute to our community.”

Stemmler said that she was helped in writing her piece by a memoir writing class taught by Allan Brick.

Brick’s classes are very popular among residents.

Van Wie said that he majored in English and, after taking two of Allan Brick’s classes, he never had a professor who

presented the material in as exciting a way.

Kendal residents not only want others to know about the quality of life that can be enjoyed at a continuing care retirement community,

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limitations, particularly the inability to drive, leave the older person increasingly isolated and dependent on others for the basics of life.”

Peggy is glad that “Experiences: Life at a

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Pottery is just one of the activities that can be enjoyed at Kendal.

they want other retirement communities to learn from the methods that are used by Kendal.

“One of the things that we can do is model what is really important in caring for people,” Peggy said.

While acknowledging that remaining in one’s home may be the only option open to many as they age, Peggy said, “The idea that independence is best preserved by ‘aging in place’ is a myth. The idealized old place will not remain the same: Neighbors move away, friends die, grass grows and roofs leak. Inevitably, personal

Continuing Care Retirement Community” shares the story about Kendal residents, and the experiences that they are having. There have already been conversations about compiling a second book.

As Stemmler explained, “There’s so much more that needs to be told.”

Proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to the Kendal at Longwood Reserve Fund. The book can be purchased for $12 on the Kendal Outreach website at: http://tinyurl.com/plaxpd3.

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

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Proceeds from Unionville Community Fair help the community This year, the Po-Mar-Lin and Longwood fire companies have been named as two beneficiaries

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer Each year, the Unionville Community Fair is able to take some of the proceeds from the event and provide some funding to local organizations that serve the community, such as the Chester County Food Bank or The Barn at Spring Brook Farm.

Bonnie Musser, a member of the fair’s board of directors, said that in the past a small contribution has also been made to the Po-Mar-Lin and Longwood fire companies as a way to thank them for the service that they provide to the event. This year, the fair organizers have decided to name the two fire companies as beneficiaries. The Kennett Area Community Service, which operates the local food cupboard in Kennett Square, is also a beneficiary for 2015.

“Longwood Fire Company

The Longwood Fire Company.

appreciates being named a beneficiary of the Unionville Fair,” said Fire Chief A.J. McCarthy of the Longwood Fire Company. “The fair is a wonderful community event and Longwood is always happy to assist with providing EMS coverage. Longwood is an important component of the community and everyone at the station is honored to be recognized for our community contributions.”

The Longwood Fire Company provides fire and ambulance service to portions of East Marlborough Township, Kennett Township, Pocopson Township, and Pennsbury Township.

The Po-Mar-Lin Fire Company serves large portions of East Marlborough, West Marlborough, Pocopson, and Newlin townships.

Both fire companies will make good use of the funding it receives from the Unionville

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Community Fair.

“The funds donated to us will be well-spent as we plan to use the money to expand our operational capabilities to help safeguard the public,” said McCarthy. “Each year, Longwood is called upon to perform a number of water rescues. We are experiencing an increase in violent storms.

Longwood is expanding our swift water team, and we need to purchase additional equipment for our personnel.

We need items such as dry suits, helmets, gloves, and boots. We are also expanding our services to include ice rescues.”

Musser said that the fair and fire companies have had a longstanding working relationship through the years, and fair organizers are pleased to be able to make them beneficiaries this year.

McCarthy expressed his gratitude to the fair.

“Longwood offers a sincere thank you to everyone at the Unionville Fair for naming us as a beneficiary this year,” McCarthy said.

The Unionville Fair will be held Oct. 2 to 4. Visit www.ucfairinc.org for more information.

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

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Lori Kaluzny, the office manager of Longwood Fire Company, receives a donation from the Unionville Community Fair in 2014. Danielle Chamberlain, the president of the fair’s board of directors, made the presentation.

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Steve Nuse, the Chief at Po-Mar-Lin Fire Company, accepts the donation from the Unionville Community Fair.

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Local News History of local pottery is focus of Sept. 10 talk Local history will be in the spotlight on Sept. 10 as the New London Area Historical Society and the Franklin Township Historical Commission welcome author James Koterski speaking on “Potters and Potts: The Copes and Others” on Sept. 10.

The talk, being held at the Grange at the New London United Methodist Church (1010 State Rd., New London), will focus on the types of ceramics produced by local potters, specifically the Copes, the Griers, the Schofields and the Hutchisons.

Koterski, a retired Dupont executive, has written on the pottery of Delaware and Cecil County and has lectured and led workshops at Winterthur, the Brandywine River Museum of Art, and area historical societies.

Admission is free, and all are welcome. If using a GPS, use the address of 1010 State Rd., Lincoln University, PA 19352.

Rarely seen N.C. Wyeth works will be part of anniversary show at Chester County Art Association

By John Chambless Staff Writer The Chester County Art Association in West Chester has a long history with artist N.C. Wyeth, who helped start the art organization in 1931. But it’s been many years since the gallery was able to showcase original works by Wyeth.

Next month, though, visitors will be treated to 17 rarely seen Wyeth works in the Art Association’s Allinson Gallery. The Founders Exhibition will be open from Oct. 10 to 18.

Sixteen of the works are on loan from The Hill School in Pottstown, and and one much-loved N.C. Wyeth painting, “The Giant,” is on loan from the Westtown School.

Each of The Hill School’s 16 paintings illustrates a literary work by an American poet, such as Walt Whitman and Henry Longfellow, and depicts an event in our history. Wyeth’s “The Giant” can usually be found in the cafeteria of the Westtown School. As the largest painting in the Founders Exhibition, the exhibit will also place the work in a central location.

Also included in the exhibition will be publications by art critic and Chester County Art Association founder Christian Brinton, early letters from original Art Association art director William Palmer Lear, and paintings by Art Association charter member George Gillett Whitney. Four paintings by George Whitney

will travel from Westtown School along with “The Giant.”

The Founders Exhibition will mark the 84th anniversary of the founding of the Art Association

by N.C. Wyeth and his colleagues Dr. Christian Brinton and William Palmer Lear.

In the charter to the Art Association, Brinton wrote, “The Association merely wishes to acknowledge a sense of sincere obligation upon assuming the task of making Chester County more actively, and courageously, art conscious.” The first major exhibit by the Art Association drew more than 4,000 visitors. Horace Pippin, the West Chester painter recently celebrated in “The Way I see It” at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, first exhibited at the Chester County Art Association, where he was given his first one-man show.

In conjunction with the anniversary, there will be several ticketed events and lectures from art experts including Westtown archivist Mary Uhl Brooks; great-granddaughter of N.C. Wyeth, Victoria Wyeth; and Christine Podmaniczky, curator of N.C. Wyeth collections at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. For tickets and more information, visit www.chestercountyarts.org or call 610-696-5600.

The Founders Exhibition will be open from Oct. 10 to 18 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

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

Police Blotter ARREST IN BUS VANDALISM Beginning on Aug. 3, police responded to four incidents of theft and vandalism at the Kennett Middle School, at 195 Sunnydell Rd., Landenberg.

Several school buses had been entered after hours and had their seat covers damaged or stolen.

On Aug. 20 at 3:33 a.m., an officer on routine patrol noticed a car parked next to the buses and saw Matthew Schnelle, 22, of West Grove, walking between the buses. The officer saw several bus seat covers inside Schnelle’s vehicle. Tools used to enter the buses were also found. Schnelle was arrested and confessed to some of the incidents. He was turned over to Pennsylvania State Police to be interviewed about similar crimes.

Schnelle was charged with 13 counts of theft, 14 counts of receiving stolen property, four counts of institutional vandalism, four counts of criminal trespass, and one count of possessing an instrument of crime.

BURGLARY A home at Glen Oak Drive in Landenberg was burglarized sometime between Aug. 28 and Sept. 2, according to Pennsylvania State Police

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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, September 17, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the hereindescribed 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 October 19, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-9-679 Writ of Execution No. 2014-10536 DEBT $103,630.86 PROPERTY situate in the East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania UPI# 69-6-80.1 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., s/b/m to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., f/k/a Norwest Mortgage, Inc. VS DEFENDANT: TRACY ADAMS KIRK a/k/a TRACY ADAMS-KIRK a/k/a TRACY

KIRK a/k/A TRACY L. KIRK and DANIEL F. KIRK SALE ADDRESS: 339 Mount Pleasant Road, a/k/a 2440 Mount Pleasant Road, Oxford, PA 19363 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215563-7000 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, September 17, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the hereindescribed 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 October 19, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter

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, September 17, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the hereindescribed 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 October 19, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-9-724 Writ of Execution No. 2014-10551 DEBT $151,288.93 PROPERTY situate in the Oxford Borough, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 6-9-10 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling

SALE NO. 15-9-727 Writ of Execution No. 2009-15026 DEBT $105,349.55

PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. VS D E F E N D A N T: LINDA I. BODDY

PROPERTY situate in the Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

S A L E A DD R E S S: 447 Hodgson Street, Oxford, PA 19363-1719

BLR# 62-4-124

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215563-7000

IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: Chase Home Finance LLC VS D E F E N D A N T: S U S A N TWADDELL SALE ADDRESS: 625 Rosedale Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348-2519 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215563-7000 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be

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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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, September 17, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the hereindescribed 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 October 19, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-9-715 Writ of Execution No. 2014-12489 DEBT $226,265.72 PROPERTY situate in the West Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 36-4-31.24 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Bank, NA VS D E F E N D A N T: NEI L D. MACKENZIE and SARAH MACKENZIE S A L E A DD R E S S: 494 Cygnet Drive, Atglen, PA 19310-1741 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP 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, September 17, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the hereindescribed 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 October 19, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-9-704 Writ of Execution No. 2012-09196 DEBT $422,409.53 PROPERTY situate in East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 69-3-161 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling P L A IN T IFF: Bank of America, N.A. Successor

by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P. VS DEFENDANT: MATTHEW J. GIBSON SALE ADDRESS: 329 Heron Drive, Lincoln University, PA 19352-1729 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215563-7000 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, September 17, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the hereindescribed 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 October 19, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Sched-

ule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-9-687 Writ of Execution No. 2010-02298 DEBT $324,227.55 PROPERTY situate in East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 69-6-466.14 I IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling

New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association fka The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as Successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006Rs3 VS DEFENDANT: MAUREEN A. GUSS and MICHAEL G. GUSS S A L E A DD R E S S:

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Avondale. Jewelry, watches and cash were stolen.

THEFTS FROM CARS Unlocked cars parked in driveways on Bethel Road in Lower Oxford Township were entered overnight on Aug. 31, according to Pennsylvania State Police Avondale. Some loose change, a wallet and a handbag were taken from one car. The wallet and bag were later found discarded along Bethel Road.

The second victim said papers had been scattered on the floor of her vehicle, but nothing was taken. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 610268-2022.

DUI On Sept. 1 at 2:30 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police Avondale stopped a car for speeding on Route 1 and found that the driver, Ryan Raul Thompson Mahala of Oxford, was DUI. He was arrested for DUI and possession of drug paraphernalia.

On Sept. 2 at 9:16 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police Avondale stopped a car for an equipment violation on Route 1 and arrested the driver, Kelly Gramm Marsh of Smithfield, N.C., for suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana. Lab results are pending.

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Continued from Page 7B Sheffield Lane, Oxford, PA 19363-2413 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215563-7000 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, September 17, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the hereindescribed 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 October 19, 2015. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-9-728 Writ of Execution No. 2012-04711 DEBT $340,255.59 PROPERTY situate in the Township of East Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 69-06-0472.030 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York, as Trust-

ee (Cwbs 2005-Bc4) VS DEFENDANT: JAMES M. SALVE and SUSANNE R. SALVE SALE ADDRESS: 349 Yorklyn Road, Oxford, PA 19363-2426 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215563-7000 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, September 17, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the hereindescribed 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 October 19, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-9-725 Writ of Execution No. 2015-02784 DEBT $165,185.77 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of land situate in Borough of Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania TAX Parcel No.: UPI 3-3-247

PLAINTIFF: Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC VS D E F E N D A N T: J OY A .

BATES also known as JOY A. GREENLEAF and NICHOLAS RYAN SALE ADDRESS: 303 Race Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: UDREN LAW OFFICES, P.C., 856-669-5400 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of 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, September 17, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the hereindescribed 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 October 19, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-9-713 Writ of Execution No. 2015-01618 DEBT $151,021.86 ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of ground being Lot #4 on plan of property owned by John Warrell, hereditaments and

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appurtenances, situate in the Township of Lower Oxford, County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania according to a survey made by George E. Regester, Jr. and Sons, Inc., Registered Land Surveyors dated August 3, 1971 last revised April 26, 1973, bounded and described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point in the title line of Forge Road measured on a course of north 17 degrees 42 minutes 10 seconds west, 225.00 feet from a corner of land of Leroy N. Dunlap; thence along the title line of Forge Road north 17 degrees 42 minutes 10 seconds west, 75.00 feet to a corner of Lot 5; thence along the same and leaving the road north 72 degrees 17 minutes 50 seconds east, 225.00 feet crossing a 20 feet wide private right of way or roadway to a corner of land of Theodore D. Paxson; thence along the same south 17 degrees 42 minutes 10 seconds east, 75.00 feet to a corner of Lot 3; thence along the same south 72 degrees 17 minutes 50 seconds west, re-crossing said 20 feet wide private right of way or road 225.00 feet to the point and place of beginning.

BEING Lot #4 on said survey.

BEING the same premises which Marilyn D. Vega by Deed dated 7/11/2013 and recorded 7/15/2013 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Chester, in Deed Book 8766 and Page 1113, granted and conveyed unto Matthew T. Downward.

PLAINTIFF: Financial Bank, NA VS DEFENDANT: MATTHEW T. DOWNWARD

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, September 17, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the hereindescribed 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 October 19, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-9-709 Writ of Execution No. 2014-09944 DEBT $617,045.22 PROPERTY situate in West Nottingham Township TA X Parcel #68-060145.010 IMPROVEMENTS: a residential dwelling.

S A L E A DD R E S S: 4675 Forge Road, Nottingham, PA 19362

P L A IN T IFF: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association VS D E F E N D A N T: J O H N MITCHELL and MARILYN MITCHELL

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: SHAPIRO & DeNARDO, LLC, 610-278-6800

SALE ADDRESS: 50 Aarons Lane a/k/a 50 Aarons Way, Nottingham, PA 19365

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

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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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, September 17, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the hereindescribed 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 October 19, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-9-736 Writ of Execution No. 2013-02652 DEBT $174,164.63 ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land, situate in West Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described in accordance with survey made by Edgar Laub, Registered Surveyor on May 4, 1971, as follows: BEGINNING at a nail set in Township Road #366, a public road leading from Glen Roy to Nottingham, said point of beginning being a corner of lands of Frank Mills and Harvey B. Ewing; thence leaving said point of

beginning, and in and along said road, the following 3 courses and distances to wit: (1) north 10 degrees 27 minutes 20 seconds west, 422.96 feet to a spike; (2) north 05 degrees 02 minutes east 75.00 feet to a spike; and (3) north 19 degrees 35 minutes east, 66.29 feet to a spike; thence leaving said road, and by other land of Vance Mitchell, of which this was a small part, south 87 degrees 47 minutes east, 339.63 feet to an iron peg in the white oak stump; thence by land of Harvey B. Ewing and passing over an iron pipe on the northeast side of said first mentioned road, south 28 degrees 20 minutes 50 seconds west, 613.63 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

CONTAINING 2.42 acres of land, be the same more or less.

EXCEPTING and reserving therefrom and thereout so much of the above described premises as has been conveyed by Elwood C. Barker and Amanda B. Barker, his wife, to William J. Street and Constance Mat Street, his wife, by Deed dated June 20, 1978, and recorded in Deed Book B-53, Page 444, as follows, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground, situate in the Township of West Nottingham, County of Chester, State of Pennsylvania, described by a plan made for Elwood Barker by Edgar Laub, Surveyor, dated September 16, 1977, as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point (a spike) on the title line in the bed of Public Road T-366, said point being at a corner of lands of Vance Mitchell, Jr; thence extending along aforesaid lands, crossing the easterly side of saidT-366, south 87 degrees, 47 minutes east, 339.63 feet to an iron peg in a white oak stump, a corner of lands of Frank R. Campbell, Jr., thence extending along aforesaid lands, south 28

degrees 20 minutes 50 seconds west, 213.63 feet to a point, a corner of Parcel “A” on said plan; thence along said Parcel “A” the 2 following courses and distances: (1) north 61 degrees 39 minutes 10 seconds west 90.00 feet to a point; (2) south 63 degrees 09 minutes west, 188.17 feet (having recrossed the easterly side of said T-366) to a spike on the title line in the bed of said Public Road T-366; thence extending along said T-366, the 3 following courses and distances: (1) north 10 degrees 27 minutes 20 seconds west, 107.96 feet to a spike; (2) north 05 degrees 02 minutes east, 75.00 feet to a spike; (3) north 19 degrees, 35 minutes east, 66.29 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

CONTAINING 1.36 acres.

BEING known as Parcel “B” on said Plan.

BEING tax parcel No. 68-020014.020 (UPI# 68-2-14.2) BEING the same premises which Patricia C. Phillips (now known as Patricia C. Patterson) by her Deed dated July 18, 2005, and recorded August 10, 2005, in the Recorder of Deeds Office of Chester County, Pennsylvania, in Book 6580, Page 1138, granted and conveyed unto Patricia C. Patterson.

PLAINTIFF: National Penn Bank VS DEFENDANT: PATRICIA C. PATTERSON SALE ADDRESS: 224 Glen Roy Rod, West Nottingham Township, Nottingham, Chester County, PA 19362 (Parcel No. 68-020014.0200) PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: RICHARD BRENT SOMACH, ESQ., 610-391-1800 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 vir tue 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,September 17, 2015 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 October 19, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-9-732 Writ of Execution No. 2013-10206 DEBT $897,103.77 PROPERTY situate in the Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 62-7-50.3 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: Bank of America, National Association VS DEFENDANT: BENJAMIN J. LEDYARD a/k/a BENJAMIN JOHN LEDYARD and CAROLYN LEDYARD SALE ADDRESS: 296 Old Kennet t Road, Kennet t Square, PA 19348-2725 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIA-

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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, September 17, 2015 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 Ches-

ter County Justice Center, Sheriff's Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday October 19, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-9-706 Writ of Execution No. 2014-0762 DEBT $123,513.11 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot, piece or parcel of land situated in the Borough of Oxford, County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a stake in the middle of Park Street, the line of the curb of the east side of Third Street (formerly known as the Limestone Road) and running thence along the middle of said Park Street, south 80 degrees east, 150 feet to a stake; thence leaving said street and running along the middle of a 10 feet

wide alley, south 10 degrees west, 72 feet and 6 inches to a stake; thence by land now or formerly of Robert Bruce, north 80 degrees west, 150 feet to a stake in the curb line on the east side of Third Street, aforesaid; and thence along said curb line, north 10 degrees east, 72 feet and 6 inches to the place of beginning.

EXCEPTING thereout and therefrom, premises conveyed by T. Eugene Conner and Malinda W. Conner, his wife, to Leora C. Purcell, by Deed dated April 5, 1924, and recorded at West Chester, Pennsylvania in Deed Book M-16, Page 450, as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN messuage or tenement and tract of land situated on North Third Street, in the Borough of Oxford, County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point in the middle of Park Street, and in line of the curb on

the east side of Third Street (formerly known as the Limestone Road) and running thence along the middle of the said Park Street, south 80 degrees east, 150 feet to a stake; thence leaving said street and along the middle of an alley 10 feet wide, south 10 degrees west, 47 1/2 feet to a point; thence by other land now or formerly of T. Eugene Conner and passing over an iron pin set in the west side of said alley and through the partition in the center of the double frame housing erected on the premises, north 80 degrees west, 150 feet to a point in the east curb line of North Third Street; thence along same, north 10 degrees east, 47 1/2 feet to the place of beginning.

TITLE to said premises vested in Adam Caligiuri and Kristina Caligiuri by Deed from Harold W. Shepherd and Janet Wheatley dated 03/02/2007 and recorded 03/07/2007 in the Chester County Recorder of Deeds in Book 7099, Page 1931.

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