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Volume 153, No. 27

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

‘None of us are responsible for what happened’

Acts of triage: Supervisors attempt to calm rising storm in Kennett Township

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

While two investigations looking into possible fraud hang over Kennett Township, its Board of Supervisors have implemented an action plan that has kept the business of the township running.

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer

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On April 25, attorney Scudder Stevens, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Kennett Township, was returning to his office at the law firm of Lyons, Dougherty, LLC in Chadds Ford, when he received a cell phone call.

It was an officer from the township’s bank, notifying him that the bank’s fraud department had discovered a number of suspicious transactions on township accounts.

It has been 69 days since that first conversation, and in the seven weeks that have followed, township manag-

er Lisa Moore was placed on administrative leave and later dismissed from her job, a full investigation by the Chester County District Attorney’s Office – at the request of the township -- is underway, and the township has hired Marcum, LLP, a forensic auditor, to explore bank transactions dating back a decade or more.

While the findings of both reports are not due until the early fall, those who have attended the board’s public meetings since that first announcement – on May 15, June 5 and June 19 – have witnessed Stevens and fellow supervisors Dr. Richard Leff and Whitney Hoffman honor the integrity of the

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Write-in winners earn spots on ballot

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John Bell, Jr. died from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident that occurred at shortly after 10 a.m. on June 29.

According to police, Bell was traveling on GapNewport Pike in West Fallowfield Township when his motorcycle left the roadway to avoid hitting a vehicle that was stopped at a red light. The motorcycle jumped the curb, entered the parking lot of the Motorcycle Outpost, and struck the driver’s side of a parked van.

According to authorities, Bell was wearing a motorcycle helmet and eye protection at the time of the crash.

The Pennsylvania State Police Avondale responded to the accident. Bell, who was a 78-year-old resident of Pennsville, New Jersey, was pronounced dead on the scene.

investigations by confining most of their comments about the fraud case to carefully worded statements authored by newly hired media consultant Carl Continued on Page 2A

Now that all the write-in votes have been counted and the Primary Election results have been officially certified, the write-in winners from the various races in Chester County have been posted on the Chester County Department of Voter Services website.

Here’s a look at some of the southern Chester County races where writein candidates earned a spot on the November ballot: Democrats scored big in the Kennett Square Borough Council race where three seats are up for election. On the Republican side, no candidates filed in time to have their names on the ballot for the Primary Election. As a result, a large number of writein votes were cast in this race. Once the votes were

counted, council president Doug Doerfler, who had already secured a nomination on the Democratic side, received the highest number of write-in votes on the Republican side. Rosa Garza Moore and Lorenzo Merino also secured enough write-in votes to earn a spot on the November ballot.

In Kennett Consolidated School District’s Region B, where two seats are up for election, incumbent school board president Joseph Meola earned both the Democratic and Republican nominations so he should have a clear path to victory in November. David Kronenberg had previously earned the Democratic nomination, and he received enough write-in votes on the Republican side to lock up that nomination as well.

Like Meola, Kronenberg appears to have a clear path Continued on Page 5A

West Grove man finds success as football executive and sports agent Gregg Fornario, a Kennett High School graduate, is an owner of the West Virginia Roughriders, a team that just won the American Arena League’s championship game

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer The West Virginia Roughriders battled the Carolina Energy in the American Arena League championship game last weekend, and there was a strong local connection.

Gregg Fornario, a West Grove resident and a 1992 graduate of Kennett High School, is an owner and general partner of the West Virginia Roughriders.

The Roughriders defeated Carolina, 55-29, to win the 2019 championship, continuing the team’s remarkable run of success as an indoor football team.

The Roughriders have compiled a 32-2 record overall since Fornario put a team in the league in 2016.

“It was a magical night,” Fornario said of his team’s

title victory. “We were down early, 15-0, and came back to take the lead by halftime. And then we never looked back. There is no better feeling than winning a championship and completing an undefeated season, and I am so happy that I got to share this moment with my players and coaches.”

The team was undefeated during the 2017 regular season when the Roughriders played in Richmond. In 2018, the Roughriders were 7-1 and once again ranked among the best teams in the league. But when the City of Richmond decided to demolish the Richmond Coliseum where the Roughriders played their home games, the team moved to West Virginia— and didn’t miss a beat. The Roughriders compiled a

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Gregg Fornario is one of the owners of the West Virginia Roughriders, a team that just won the American Arena League title. Fornario is a resident of West Grove and a graduate of Kennett High School.

12-0 record on the way to reaching the league’s championship game. The victory in the June 29 title game was an exclamation point to a dominant season.

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State GOP chairman DiGiorgio resigns amid scandal Val DiGiorgio stepped down last week as Pennsylvania’s Republican Party chairman after a published report by the Philadelphia Inquirer alleged that he traded numerous sexually explicit text messages and sent a picture of his genitals to a woman who is running for a seat on Philadelphia City Council.

In his resignation letter,

DiGiorgio insisted that the communications were consensual. According to the published report, the woman felt as if the communications amounted to sexual harassment.

DiGiorgio, who is married with children, previously served as the chair of the Chester County Republican Committee.

DiGiorgio’s departure amid the scandal comes after

months of party infighting that resulted from a dismal statewide showing in the 2018 midterm elections when Republicans lost three congressional seats and suffered double-digit defeats in a gubernatorial and a U.S. Senate race that were supposed to be competitive.

Courtesy photo DiGiorgio stepped down Val DiGiorgio as the chairman of the the party suffered historic Chester County Republican defeats at the county level Committee late in 2018 after when Democrats won trea-

surer, controller, coroner, and the clerk of courts races for the first time.

Rick Loughery, the county’s recorder of deeds, was tapped to take over as the chairman of the Chester County Republican Committee.

Bernadette Comfort is taking over as the chair of the state Republican Committee on an interim basis.

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Kennett Township Board Chairman Scudder Stevens

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Francis, while fielding questions from the audience, all filtered through township solicitor David Sander.

How could something like this get past all three of you?

How much money?

How long has this been going on?

Your auditor didn’t detect anything on the audit reports?

How will you be able restore the township residents’ faith in you?

The answers to these questions, much like the fate of the accused, rest in the revelations that these investigations will uncover, and while the free wheel spin of speculation has turned this township into a gale storm of rumors, one truth is firmly in place: Stevens, Leff and Hoffman have kept the governance of Kennett Township running – all while acknowledging that the trust they placed in the key suspect in this investigation has vanished.

“I’ve spent 53 years maintaining a reputation for integrity and being straight with people, and to have somebody else do something that calls that into question is really personal to me,” Hoffman said. “That to me, is most personally the hardest.

“I tell my teenage children, ‘Truth is an important thing and trust is a really important thing, and when it’s broken, it takes a long time to rebuild that.’ There were things that had come up that we had questions about, but it just didn’t seem that it was mission critical at the time, and now, in hindsight, it looks like there was another agenda.”

“It’s been two months of those feelings, but the initial emotion I had was one of shock,” Leff said. “Later on,

it became an emotion that had to do with why and how this happened.”

Moore, who was in Europe during the time of the April 25 phone call, later returned to the U.S. and was placed on administrative leave on May 1, and dismissed from her job on May 17, “after new information was discovered and brought before the supervisors,” a township release stated.

During separate interviews with Stevens, Leff and Hoffman, all three used the word “Triage” to describe the events that quickly followed the April 25 phone call that led them to keep a township together in the throes of controversy.

In a way, it is the perfect word to describe the plans that followed the announcement. As defined by Webster’s, “Triage” is “the assigning of priority order to projects on the basis of where funds and resources can be best used or are most needed.” Stevens said that his first sense of the word in action came as early as that evening, when he met with Leff and Hoffman.

Over the next several days, he also met with representatives from the Chester County District Attorney’s Office, Kennett Township Police Chief Lydell Nolt, and employment and legal counsel for the township.

One meeting took place in the conference room at Lyons, Dougherty, LLC. “We talked through what was happening and what needed to happen,” Stevens said. “There was an investigation beginning, and there were lots of steps necessary that needed to happen, in order to tie down all of the township’s bank accounts – to lock them down and secure the township’s assets.

“There was also the necessity of securing the stability of the ongoing business of the township, financially and operationally. I start-

Kennett Township Supervisor Whitney Hoffman

ed thinking through all of the steps that I would be concerned about closing, to make sure that this was under control.”

‘All In’ Suddenly, the three elected officials were no longer merely operating as general overseers of a township, but were now volunteers in an “all in” mission to assist township staff. For the next several weeks, they racked up dozens of dawnto-dusk workdays. They conducted staff meetings and held executive sessions, wrote township checks, maintained employee payroll systems, and communicated with vendors and organizations.

For Hoffman, it meant dividing her time between the township and her job as an online media marketing professional. For Stevens, helping in the township’s transition involved a lot of late evenings, and for Leff, a medical doctor, it meant juggling time between his career and the needs of the township.

“We had to learn a lot about the nuts and bolts of the banking system and meet all of those requirements, in a very short period of time,” Leff said.

“We all kept each other informed because we all had to remain on the same page, from executive sessions to getting the business of the township done.”

“There are so many great people who work for the township, and they needed to know that we had their backs, and that we were going to do it personally,” Hoffman said. “It was getting their opinion on everything regarding current projects and what needed to be done on a day-to-day basis. A township manager is a conduit to everything happening in the township, and it helped

connect all of us to the people who help the township run.”

In May, the board hired Alison Rudolf as interim township manager [a search for a permanent township manager is underway and is expected to be finalized by August], and also hired Francis to tighten up the township’s communications.

“I was concerned about the quality and character of the communication with the public,” Stevens said.

“Because we were under constraints about what we could and couldn’t say, I wanted to make sure we had someone who is objective and professional who could guide us in what we in fact did say. It was our concern for having precision and having accuracy in our communication, shared in a very structured way.”

Based on Rudolf’s recommendation – and as a measure of caution -- the board approved a resolution at their June 19 meeting to change all township accounts at Fulton Bank in order to have new account numbers on every bank account, and to authorize that all township checks will require at least one supervisor’s signature on all township checks, exclusively.

“All of [these procedures] had been in place before, but what we have done is change the accounts so that there is a clear distinction between the pre-transition accounts and the auditor accounts,” Stevens said.

“We’ve always required two signatures for checks over $2,000. The only thing we’ve done is taken off Lisa as a signer and not included Alison in her place, so instead of the [township manager] and a few supervisors, it’s only the three supervisors now.”

‘It is about actions’ No matter the length of distance Stevens, Leff and Hoffman profess to being removed from the fingerprints of this investigation, they are the most visible faces of the township and therefore linked to this potential crime by virtue of association. It’s an accusation that Stevens does not enjoy hearing.

“If you want to speculate and look for numbers to help your conspiracy, there is none,” he said. “I under-

Kennett Township Supervisor Dr. Richard Leff

stand the suggestion that anybody who is remotely connected to the event gets splashed by whatever it is that is tossed in the pond.

I understand that, and at some point – not now – we will be able to review all of the details of what happened, and the significance of it.

“There’s no reason whether [anyone] should not continue to trust us to continue to do the things that we’ve been doing. The guilt is not going to splash back on us. None of us are responsible for what happened, and when the facts come out, you will be able to understand it better.

“When we are able to reveal that, we will be in a position to be able to respond to those [accusations] in a significant way.

I have every intention when that time comes to disclose [the facts of the investigations] – as candidly and as openly and as transparently as possible. The township residents can trust us to do what is necessary. There have been a few people with whom I have shared the depths of my emotions on this, but this is not about emotions. It is about actions.”

“Anytime something goes wrong, there is a natural inclination for any of us to ask, ‘Could I have done something in the past?’”

Leff said. “Coming into the supervisory roles, we had put more in place in terms of processes, but when you find out that those processes aren’t followed, the question is, ‘How do you find out how that happened?’

That’s what we’re doing now.”

In a May 22 Chester County Press Letter to the Editor, Hunter Tower, the Republican candidate for Kennett Township supervisor and Leff’s opponent in the upcoming election, wrote an opinion piece entitled, “Kennett Township Supervisors: A lack of leadership and transparency.”

In it, he railed against his opponent’s contribution to a false sense of openness and transparency that included Leff’s disregard for tax increases and outof-control spending. Tower also included criticism of how the supervisors were handling the fraud investigation.

He attended the May 15 supervisors meeting.

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As he heads into what will likely be a November election day guaranteed to have the fraud investigation hanging over him like an albatross, Leff, a Democrat who was elected to his first six-year term on Nov. 5, 2013, after defeating Republican candidate Jim Przywitowski, said he will place the focus of his campaign on the township’s accomplishments during his tenure.

“From a strategic point a view, it gives my opponent something to say, but when I think about what we’re doing now, it doesn’t affect me,” he said of Tower’s comments. “What we as supervisors can do is to be as clear and open every step of the way.

“One can create all sorts of stories, but I’m focused on keeping the township running and during my campaign, I’ll talk about the good things we’ve done for the township, and at the end of the day, let the voters decide.”

While the twin reports by the DA’s Office and the forensic auditor are still a few months from being completed, none of the supervisors deny that the residue of this investigation has already tossed a black cloud tarpaulin over the governance of Kennett Township, nor do they reject the belief that the findings of these reports will further yield even more hard questions that will draw local, regional and national media attention to the little hamlet of 8,000 residents.

“Because we’ve been doing the business of the township, I am not concerned about whether or not we have taken the appropriate action,” Hoffman said.

“I know we have taken the appropriate action.

Unfortunately, because of the investigation, it will be a long time before everybody else learns the details of it.

“It’s frustrating for [Scudder, Rich and I] that we can’t take everybody with us on this emotional journey, but I’m confident that once we get through this process, we will have cleared up everything that’s hiding under the rug. I am also confident that we as a township are going to be much better for having gone through this process.”

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

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Local News County announces opportunities for farm preservation The Chester County Department of Open Space Preservation and the Agricultural Land Preservation Board are accepting applications for two competitive farm preservation programs funded by the Chester County Commissioners, the Chester County Farmland Preservation Program and the Chester County Challenge Grant Program.

To date, more than 500 farms, totaling more than 40,000 acres, have been preserved in Chester County through these programs.

Both programs offer

funds to qualifying Chester County farm owners who are interested in preserving their agricultural lands. The county pays farm owners for their development rights in exchange for a permanent agricultural conservation easement on the property.

The owner still owns the land and can sell or pass it on to the next generation, as long as it remains in agriculture.

Farms with 10 acres or more are eligible for both programs if they are adjacent to other permanently preserved land. For farms not adjacent to permanently

preserved land, the acreage minimum is 50 acres for the Farmland Preservation Program and 25 acres for the Challenge Grant Program.

The application deadline for both programs is Thursday Aug. 1, 2019.

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back in 1995.

“There are all these great football players—former NFL players, guys who played at the Division I level, who are trying out for these teams,” he explained.

The tryout served as extra motivation for Fornario to build a career in sports. He started taking online courses and attending seminars so that he could be trained as a sports agent. He worked with numerous athletes and specialized in off-the-field marketing, arranging paid meet-and-greets, autograph sessions, fundraiser events, and endorsements deals for players.

Some of the athletes that he has worked with are very familiar to Philadelphia sports fans—most notably players like Brian Westbrook, David Akers, LeSean McCoy, and Duce Staley.

As a result of extensive mentoring by Dr. Lynn Lashbrook and Joel Corry, Fornario eventually became an agent advisor. In this

role, his duties include agent regulations and player association legalities, contract negotiation, endorsements, sponsorships, ethics, collective-bargaining agreements, draft preparation, marketing and recruiting.

He operates his own sports agency and is adept at preparing athletes for a career in sports. His agency emphasizes helping athletes achieve their goals on and off the field by serving as the primary contact for everything from financial advisory assistance to addressing lifestyle needs.

He has already represented athletes who have earned spots on a 90-man NFL roster.

His involvement with arena football as a top executive is another facet of his career.

Going back to the time when he tried out for the Connecticut Coyotes, Fornario became a big fan of arena football and its fast-paced style of play that incorporates the walls of the

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Fornario grew up in West Grove playing a number of different sports, including baseball, basketball, and football. He attended Kennett High School, which did not yet have a football team at the time.

Still, Fornario loved the sport, especially the New York Jets because of his family’s ties to the New York area. After graduating from high school, Fornario knew that he wanted to pursue his love of sports in some way.

“In 1995, because I loved football so much, I tried out for the Connecticut Coyotes, an arena football team,” Fornario explained.

At that time, players were asked to play on offense and defense for arena football teams. Fornario tried out as a linebacker and fullback. With his experience of running an arena football team, he now understands why he didn’t earn a spot on the Connecticut Coyotes

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“It is very exciting,” Fornario explained. “It’s fast-paced, eight-on-eight football. It’s more like an extreme sport.”

He hears all the time about how fans who give arena football a try and then quickly grow to like it.

“Once people go to a game, they are hooked,” Fornario explained. “It’s fun. It’s very kid-friendly.”

He compared attending an arena football game to going to a minor league baseball game because extensive efforts are made to ensure a great experience for fans.

People who attend arena football games also quickly become passionate about the sport and the home team, Fornario said.

The challenge for sports teams is so often about convincing folks to give the product a try. Fornario utilizes his skills as a promoter and marketer to boost the West Virginia Roughriders’ efforts in this area.

One of the reasons for

Lawrence bill to restore responsible debt repayment method awaits governor’s signature to become law After receiving unanimous approval in both the House and Senate, legislation sponsored by Rep. John Lawrence (R-West Grove), to enable the Commonwealth to pay off state debt more quickly and less expensively, is now headed to the governor’s desk.

House Bill 24 would change the way state bonds are issued to accelerate the retirement of Pennsylvania’s General Obligation debt, reduce the amount of interest paid over the life of state-issued bonds, and help the Commonwealth improve its bond rating.

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“My legislation would

require the principal for new issuances of state debt to be repaid in equal amounts over the term of the bond – usually 20 years,” said Lawrence. “This practice would pay down principal faster, reduce the amount of interest owed and improve the Commonwealth’s bond rating, which would reduce the cost of future borrowing.”

House Bill 24 would effectively restore the Commonwealth to the more responsible Equal Annual Maturities Plan method of debt issuance, which was common practice prior to 2001.

This simple change for

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“We have had a lot of notable players on the team,” Fornario said.

There are challenges to running an arena football league team, to be sure.

The move from Richmond to West Virginia, for example, could have been chaotic for a young team struggling to build a fan base. But Fornario and the Roughriders just kept riding.

In sports, as in life, sometimes you just have to play through the adversity. Now, the Roughriders are the champions of the American Arena League.

“We love West Virginia,” Fornario said.

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

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Independence Blue Cross Foundation takes opioid public health campaign to Capitol Hill

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer On June 27, 17 ambassadors from Chester County and four other regional counties in southeastern Pennsylvania traveled to Washington, D.C. to share their personal stories – and the stories of their loved ones – with members of Congress, as part of Independence Blue Cross Foundation’s “Someone You Know” campaign to fight opioid addiction.

The group also met with senators Pat Toomey and Robert Casey on the steps of the Capitol Building.

Speakers also included former Pa. Governor Thomas Ridge; State Reps. Madeleine Dean and Brian Fitzpatrick; Independence Blue Cross Senior Vice President of Public Affairs Steve Fera; and Independence Blue Cross Foundation President Lorina Marshall-Blake.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, the Independence Blue Cross Foundation is a charitable, private foundation, whose mission is leading solutions for healthier communities in southeaster n Pennsylvania, by improving access to quality, affordable health care in medically underserved areas; advancing the nursing workforce through education and

professional development; and finding local solutions to national health issues through research and cross-sector partnerships.

The stories of other residents of southeastern Pennsylvania, including Chester County – have been woven into a new multimedia awareness campaign called “Someone You Know,” developed by the Independence Blue Cross Foundation, that is designed to reduce the stigma of opioid misuse and inspire hope in people seeking help with addiction and recovery.

The campaign features a mix of print and outdoor advertising, personal videos, and print stories from people affected by opioid misuse, such as men and women in active recovery, a mother who lost her son to an opioid overdose, and a grandmother raising her granddaughter while her son gets treatment.

The Foundation is collaborating with the Justice Center for Research at Penn State University to enlist the individuals who have already shared their stories as part of the campaign.

The initial component of the “Someone You Know” campaign is to gain the attention of those who have chosen to keep their addiction – or their loved one’s illness – a secret. Then,

if they are so willing, the doors to recovery are open to them, chiefly through the foundation’s Supporting Treatment and Overdose Prevention (STOP) initiative, aimed at increasing awareness about the opioid epidemic and improving access to opioid abuse prevention and treatment in southeastern Pennsylvania, through a variety of strategies and regional partnerships. The “Someone You Know” campaign dovetails with the Foundation’s efforts to fight the opioid epidemic through its Supporting Treatment and Overdose Prevention (STOP) initiative.

As part of the Foundation’s efforts to address the opioid crisis, it collaborates with local government agencies, schools, communitybased organizations, and health care providers to humanize addiction and remove stigma as a barrier to treating Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). Through these collaborations, it shares impactful stories about those affected by OUD. To learn more about the Independence Blue Cross Foundation and its “Someone You Know” campaign, visit www. ibxfoundation.org.

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

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Local News County recognizes 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment in state Recognizing June 24 as the 100th anniversary of Pennsylvania’s decision to pass the 19th Amendment, County Commissioners Michelle Kichline and Terence Farrell celebrated with women who are 100plus and who were infants in the year the equal rights decision was made.

On June 24, 1919, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania voted in favor of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, providing that the right to vote “shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

Chester County has nearly 180,000 registered female voters, representing 51.5 percent of the county’s total voter registration number. Of the county’s current elected positions – Commissioners and Row Officers – women outnumber men two to one, and Chester County’s President Judge is a woman.

Chester County has strong historical connections to the lobbying campaign by suffragists. The county was the site of the first Pennsylvania women’s rights convention in 1852, and Chester County was the only county in Southeastern Pennsylvania to support the (unsuccessful) State Referendum in 1915 to give women the right to vote.

To promote that unsuccessful referendum, Katharine Wentworth Ruschenberger of Tredyffrin Township commissioned a near-replica of the Liberty Bell, which became known as the “Justice Bell.” A flatbed truck carried the Justice Bell, with its bronze clapper silenced by chains (to symbolize women’s lack of an electoral vote), to all 67 Pennsylvania counties before it returned to West Chester at the Courthouse.

The clapper of the Justice Bell was finally unchained and rang out in September Recognizing June 24 as the 100th anniversary of Pennsylvania’s decision to pass the 19th Amendment, County 1920, after the 19th Commissioners Michelle Kichline and Terence Farrell celebrate with women who are 100 and older, who were infants when the equal rights decision was made.

Amendment was ratified.

Write-in winners...

Dr. Eric Owens won the nomination for a two-year unexpired term on the Oxford School Board on both the Republican and Democratic side. Owens, an incumbent who was selected to fill a vacancy on the board last year, now has a clear path to win the seat for the remaining two years.

In the at-large race for a seat on the Oxford School Board, Robert Tenga earned more than 600 write-in

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to winning a seat on the Kennett School Board in November.

In Kennett Consolidated School District’s Region A, Ryan Bowers received enough write-in votes to win the Republican nomination.

He had previously earned the Democratic nomination to fill this unexpired twoyear term on the board.

votes on the Republican side to secure a spot on the ballot for the November election.

In local board of supervisor races, Milt Rudy in Elk Township, Noel Roy in Lower Oxford Township, and Scott Rugen in Upper Oxford Township each received enough write-in votes to earn the Democratic nominations. Rudy and Rugen had already secured the Republican nominations.

In Penn Township, Ronald Hill received enough write-in votes on the Democratic side to secure a spot on the November ballot. There will now be two Republicans and two Democrats on the ballot, and the four candidates are vying for two seats on the board.

In East Marlborough Township, Kathryn Monahan secured enough write-in votes to earn the Democratic nomination for

an unexpired two-year term on the township’s board of supervisors. She will face the Republican nominee in the November election.

Kristie Brodowski earned enough write-in votes on the Democratic side to earn a spot on the ballot as a supervisor candidate in New Garden Township.

There will now be two Democrats challenging the two Republican incumbents for the two seats that are up for election this year.

In Avondale Borough, Robert McCue earned enough write-in votes on the Republican side to earn a spot on the ballot for the two-year unexpired term on borough council.

The general election takes place on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

The last day to register to vote in the general election is Oct. 7.

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

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Stillwaters July Bible school taking children on ‘Incredible Race’

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer For one week this July, the children who will be attending the Vacation Bible School at Stillwaters Presbyterian Church in West Grove from July 8-12 – this year entitled “The Incredible Race” – will not be required to sprint, run or jog to any finish line.

Rather, over the course of five days, they will gain an appreciation and knowledge the most incredible race of all – the Human Race.

Under the direction of the church’s pastor Tony Stephens, children at the school will truly ‘Go Global,’ and be introduced to the cultures of five continents – South America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and North America – in an effort to understand that despite different ways of life, the roots of the descendants of each region are tethered to Adam and Eve, as told in the Bible.

“We’re dealing with a very interesting issue with these children, and the issue is race,” Stephens said. “It’s called ‘The Incredible Race,’ and while it’s a Biblical metaphor, it is simply to get them to understand that we are all one family, one people and from our perspective, one God for all.

“What we’re teaching is ‘Let’s celebrate who we all are, not only the differences of what we look like on the outside, but that inside, we’re all the same.’”

Each day will focus on a different theme surrounding The Tower of Babel, the scene of a post-flood rebellion against God by Noah’s descendants that led God to divide the single language used at the time into multiple languages. As these groups spread out and became isolated, certain features such as skin shade and eye shape became dominant in certain groups.

As children examine the events surrounding the Tower of Babel, they will learn that God is calling people from every tribe and nation through Christ. It’s a positive message that embraces diversity, Stephens said, one that counters the stereotypes and belief systems that young people are assaulted with.

“The principles of social behavior are not always being followed,” he said. “Our children are being inundated every day of their lives with false message. Look at what they’re watching and the video games they’re playing that tell them that ‘War is good.’ We have young girls watching all sorts of programs that tell them that if they’re

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Pastor Tony Stephens of Stillwaters Presbyterian Church in West Grove will be teaching “The Incredible Race” at this summer’s Vacation Bible School from July 8-12, that will give children a global look into the connectivity that all humans have.

going to be successful then your body has to be shaped a certain way, and that is so destructive. We’re teaching ‘Let’s celebrate who we all are.’”

Stillwaters holds a similar program targeted to children from 4 years through high school on Wednesday evenings, divided age appropriately. Both the evening program and the Bible school have their roots in providing perspective, decision-making

and mentorship – all of which are passed won to younger generations, Stephens said.

“In ministry, you can’t change anybody, but you can show what it looks like to live like a Christian,” he said. “ Our principle is ‘Watch me.

Join me. I’ll watch you. Now you do it.’”

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To learn more about The Incredible Race Vacation Bible School and to register your child, call 610-869-2009 or visit www.stillwatersfamily. com. Stillwaters Presbyterian Church is located at 643 Coatesville Road, West Grove, Pa, 19390.

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

Chester County controller files personal surcharge against sheriff A personal surcharge in the amount of $67,335.25 was filed, in accordance with PA County Code Section 1730, with the Chester County Court of Common Pleas, against Chester County Sheriff Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh for improper payments.

The filing comes after an investigation by County Controller Margaret Reif regarding exorbitant overtime payments made to Deputy Sheriff Harry McKinney, who lives with the sheriff in her home.

According to a press release issued by the office of the controller, “Welsh inappropriately created a scenario by which McKinney, her live-in partner and head of the Chester County Sheriff ’s K-9 unit, was able to collect tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars he was not entitled to receive.”

“My job is to assure Chester County residents that taxpayer funds are administered prudently and lawfully,” stated Reif. “What started as an anonymous letter to my office resulted, after months of investigation, as a clear abuse of inflated payroll records for Deputy Sheriff Harry McKinney, who shares a household with Ms. Welsh. I was elected by the citizens of Chester County as the watchdog over their tax dollars and I take that responsibility seriously. While the filing of a surcharge is an unusual step, we believed it is in the best interest of the taxpayers to ensure recovery of their money and to prevent future inflated pension payments.”

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Killion praises budget funding for schools, victims of domestic violence and rape

Mark Twain once wrote that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

We don’t want to disagree with one of America’s greatest writers. There are certainly times in this “information age” when statistics are used to distort the truth. But, sometimes, statistics do tell a story—and it’s a truthful story.

Consider this statistic: Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced on July 1 that the county has had exactly zero homicides during the first six months of 2019.

That is a meaningful statistic, even though law enforcement officials emphasized in the press release that there is no way that there will continue to be no homicides in this beautiful county.

Hogan attributed the six months without a homicide to “good policing, good medical care, and good luck.”

Indeed, a six-month span without a homicide wouldn’t be possible without good policing.

Communities are investing heavily in their police departments, and the results are showing. The police departments themselves are working collaboratively with each other, and this helps, too.

It takes a lot of hard work by hundreds of state and municipal police officers to keep communities safe.

In 2018, there were 13 homicides in Chester County. There was an 84 percent clearance rate for those homicides, meaning that the cases were either solved by arrests or the death of the defendant.

Hogan cited a number of anti-crime initiatives that help prevent drug-related violence as reasons why the county maintains a clearance rate that is nearly double the clearance rate for homicides in Philadelphia.

The county also utilizes a predictive tool known as Lethality Assessment Protocol that allows the authorities to anticipate extreme cases of domestic violence. By identifying these extreme cases, officials are able to protect the victim before a homicide occurs.

Another major factor in having zero homicides, Hogan said, is the fine medical care that is offered in Chester County. Superb medical care turns potential homicide cases into attempted homicide cases.

We’d like to extend our gratitude to all the law enforcement agencies for the hard work in keeping the community safe, as well as to all the medical personal who play a role in responding to life-and-death situations, whether it’s at the scene of an incident or in a hospital. Quite a few citizens play a critical role in keeping the community safe, too, by being vigilant and caring.

Having no homicides in the first half of 2019 doesn’t suggest that the next six months will offer the same, but it does illustrate that a lot of things are being done right in Chester County.

Spending plan includes record level of public education funding State Sen. Tom Killion (R-Chester and Delaware) praised the $33.9 billion Pennsylvania budget approved by lawmakers, citing the record level of state funding for public education as well as funding he requested to help victims of domestic violence and rape.

“This budget puts more state money than ever before in our classrooms without increasing taxes,” said Killion. “It is the right thing to do for our children, and it is a wise investment of our tax dollars.”

The new state budget calls for $12.8 billion in education funding, the largest-ever state investment in Pennsylvania’s schools.

Additionally, the General Assembly renewed $60 million in grant funding to protect students and teachers from violence in schools.

Other important education investments include: · Basic Education funding increased by $160 million.

• Pre-K spending increased by $25 million (13 percent), Special Education increased by $5 million (4.4 percent) and Early Intervention services increased by $15 million (5 percent).

• Higher education institutions will receive an across-the-board 2 percent increase in funding

for community colleges, state-related universities (Pitt, Penn State, Temple and Lincoln) and State System of Higher Education schools, such as Cheyney University and West Chester University.

• Increased funding for Career and Technical Education by $7 million (7.6 percent).

• Career and Technical Education Equipment Grants were more than doubled to $5.5 million.

The author of a 2016 amendment to the Public School Code providing for fairness in new school funding, Killion emphasized the investment in education reflected in the new spending plan.

“Pennsylvania’s kids will face increasing competition. They must have the tools necessary to answer those challenges and make sure we continue to be a leader in the global economy. This budget promotes that goal.”

Killion also led efforts providing for a 10 percent increase in funding for services benefitting domestic violence and rape victims. This boost far exceeds the 1.8 percent increase in total state spending.

“The traumatic stories victims have shared with me have been chilling and heartbreaking,”

said Killion, a former board member of the Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County.

“Convinced we must do more for the women and children in need of shelter and assistance, I was proud to advocate for the substantial increase in funding for these important programs.”

“Sen. Killion has been a leader in the fight for victims’ rights in the Senate,” Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman said.

“He was influential in advocating for additional money for programs dedicated to helping combat domestic violence. His budget work builds on his efforts to enact significant legislative changes to help victims of crime.”

Killion also received thanks from officials with organizations which support and advocate for victims.

“Our organization greatly appreciates Sen. Killion’s continued support and prioritization of issues impacting victims and survivors of domestic violence, including advocating for funding that directly supports victims and survivors on their path to safety and autonomy,” said Virginia Lucy, Senior Government Relations Specialist with the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

“We are grateful for Sen. Killion’s commitment and work on behalf of rape victims,” said Donna Greco, Policy Director for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape. “This will allow us to increase funds for the network of rape crisis centers that continue to see an increase in demand for victim services and prevention programs locally.”

A member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Killion and his colleagues began work on the budget in February.

He noted the new budget will set aside $300 million in the state’s Rainy Day Fund, which held only $23 million prior to this year’s investment – enough to fund state government for only six hours.

“Taxpayers and families set aside money for tough times, and it’s the responsible thing for the state to do as well,” said Killion.

“We were determined to deliver an on-time, balanced budget with no tax increases. There are some priorities we must continue to work on. Personally, I think it’s time to raise the minimum wage in our state.

However, this is a good budget for Pennsylvania’s taxpayers, kids and families.”

How to end healthcare’s unwelcome surprises

By Janet Trautwein Imagine waking to sharp pain in your abdomen.

You rush to the hospital.

The doctor diagnoses you with appendicitis, wheels you into surgery, and ultimately saves your life.

Days later, you get a bill -- for $5,000. Turns out the hospital, ER doctor, and surgeon were all in your health plan’s network -- but not the anesthesiologist. So he bills you directly.

Some 60 percent of Americans have been greeted with surprise medical bills like these.

Congress should prohibit doctors from sending surprise bills in cases of emergency or involuntary care -- and require hospitals and clinics to inform patients whether their doctors are in-network.

Surprise medical bills arrive for many reasons.

In straightforward cases, patients receive treatment from providers outside their insurance network, often when they need immediate care.

In other cases, patients may visit an in-network doctor at an in-network hospital only to find out the lab that analyzed their tests was out-of-network.

Sometimes, entire departments opt out of otherwise in-network hospitals.

Health plans typically cover a portion of these out-of-network charges.

But providers routinely bill patients for the balance—a practice called “balance billing.”

Seventy percent of people who have received unaffordable out-of-network bills thought they were using in-network providers, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

One study pegged the average out-of-network emergency bill at just over $7,000. Patients were stuck paying 54 percent of that tab, on average -- or nearly $3,800.

For specialty care, bills were even higher. That same study determined that out-of-network assistant surgeons, who were often called into surgery without the patient’s knowledge, charged an average of nearly $14,000.

Over $12,000 of that sum fell to the patient.

Last year, the Virginia Supreme Court sided with a hospital that sued a man over an unpaid $84,000 emergency-room bill. The court ruled the admission paperwork he’d signed in the ER was a valid contract consenting to outof-network charges.

Most proposed legislative remedies for surprise medical bills would have health plans pick up the balance for out-of-network charges. But to come up with the funds needed to pay out-of-network providers their full fee, health plans would have to raise

premiums. Consequently, patients won’t be relieved of surprise medical bills; they’d simply pay them in a more roundabout way.

Further, saddling health plans with responsibility for surprise medical bills could encourage providers to opt out of insurance networks and raise their prices.

Providers join networks -- and agree to accept discounted payments -- to gain access to a health plan’s pool of patients. If providers know plans are legally bound to pay them more than the in-network fee, they have little incentive to join -- or to lower their prices.

To protect patients, lawmakers must balance responsibility for surprise medical bills between health plans and providers.

For example, if there’s no opportunity for a patient to switch to an in-network provider, like in an emergency, plans should only

have to pay the in-network price.

Such a solution would also benefit the 60 percent of workers whose employers cover their health costs directly through self-funded plans. Organizations that self-insure typically contract with a conventional insurer or third-party administrator to process claims and assemble a provider network. So selffunded employers can similarly be victimized by balance bills.

A medical emergency is surprise enough.

A sizeable bill from an out-of-network provider shouldn’t accompany that surprise. Providers and health plans must share responsibility to ensure that doesn’t happen.

Janet Trautwein is CEO of the National Association of Health Underwriters (www.nahu.org).

This piece originally ran in the Everett Daily Herald.

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See a new collection of paintings by Dave Eldreth New studio holds open house July 6 and 7

By John Chambless Staff Writer The next step in Dave Eldreth’s career arrives this weekend with the opening of his new studio space at 4351 Forge Road in Oxford.

On July 6 and 7 from noon to 5 p.m., the studio – set in the middle of panoramic landscape views – will be showcasing new paintings and a new series of affordable prints.

Eldreth’s open-ended and dreamy abstract paintings are about as far as possible from the traditional pottery he produced over his long career with Eldreth Pottery.

These contemplations of sky, earth and horizon – or whatever else they suggest to you – work in all sizes, from the smaller format, about the size of an LP cover, to the sort of statement pieces that would be the focal point of even the biggest room.

They work so well because they allow each viewer to make a connection with a place or a memory.

Some people might see distant mountains under a brooding sky, while others could see a stormy ocean.

And Eldreth isn’t giving any clues. The works are merely numbered, not titled.

It’s a testament to the appeal of the dreamscapes that you see more in them the longer you look.

You’ll need to bring your imagination to them, but you’ll be rewarded with maybe a dozen little trips to your favorite places. Silent,

calm and introspective, these paintings are a soothing balm for hectic daily life.

In his artist’s statement, Eldreth writes, “My work has evolved from realism to impressionism, and now to a semi-abstract style, appealing to an emotional response rather than the subjective. I make simple expressions of more complex emotions, expressing the inexpressible – similar to haiku. The essence of the work is between the canvas and the viewer. Some work has a soothing mystical, or ethereal appeal, while others are more experimental color studies.

“My landscapes consist of two planes with minimal detail divided by a horizon suggestion. The spaces are filled with color and light, starting with the basic forms of black and white, or dark color. I then layer paint in multiple layers of acrylic color, working generally from dark to light. The layering creates a certain luminosity, and deeper richness to the final color. Some of the colors seem to have a light from within. I use soft transitional edges to add to the subtle mystery, drawing the viewer into the work.”

For more information, visit http://daveeldreth. com.

Also featured at the open house will be fine jewelry

by Eldreth’s daughter, Diana.

Visit http:// eldrethdesigns.com or call 1-484-702-9714.

The new studio space offers a place for visitors to see new paintings and prints by Dave Eldreth.

Eldreth’s paintings are open-ended, suggesting places based in memory and imagination.

Eldreth’s daughter, Diana, will sell her original jewelry at the open house event.

Family programs explore the art of storytelling The summer season kicks off at the Brandywine River Museum of Art with a full slate of programs and events for all ages centered around the art of storytelling.

In tandem with the Brandywine’s newest exhibition, “N. C. Wyeth: New Perspectives” -- the first exhibition in almost 50 years to examine in depth the entirety of Wyeth’s multifaceted oeuvre -- visitors are invited to participate in “The Art of Stories” presented

by PNC Arts Alive. This multidisciplinary series will celebrate the narrative arts and the ways in which stories are crafted, saved and shared. The series will include discussions, performances and opportunities for artistic self-expression.

For adults and teens, conversations among prominent illustrators, writers, storytellers and scholars of narrative arts representing ethnically diverse traditions will explore different approaches to these creative art forms. For children, the museum’s popular summer program, “Museum Explorers,” will be enhanced with illustratorled art-making activities, and the free “First Sundays for Families” event in August will be filled with multicultural storytelling performances, interactive gallery explorations and hands-on art activities led

Schachner is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of over 23 books for children, including the Skippyjon Jones series and Sarabella’s Thinking Cap.

The studio of artist N.C. Wyeth is open for tours as part of the ‘New Perspectives’ exhibit at the Brandywine.

by teaching artists.

Family Programs include: Museum Explorers Family Workshops Thursdays, July 11, 18, 25 and Aug. 1 10 and 11 a.m.

Free for members; nonmembers: $5 per child with one adult admitted free per child.

Discover The Art of Stories presented by PNC Arts Alive in four Thursday morning workshops designed for children ages 2 to 8 accompanied by their grownups. Inspired by the exhibition, “N.C. Wyeth: New Perspectives,” each week will feature appearances by awardwinning children’s book illustrators as well as interactive gallery and art activities.

Museum Explorers:

Nifty Nature with Jennifer Hansen Rolli (Thursday, July 11, 10 and 11 a.m): See nature through the eyes of an artist and use oil pastels to capture the beauty of Brandywine.

Jennifer Hansen Rolli is an author and illustrator whose book, Claudia and Moth, is the story of a young girl who learns about life through her love of butterflies.

Museum Explorers: Creative Characters with Gene Barretta (Thursday, July 18, 10 and 11 a.m.): From pirates to pigs, seek out traditional and unusual portrait subjects and assemble an original 3-D character worthy of a storybook. Gene Barretta is an author, illustrator and animator whose books for young readers include biographies of Muhammed Ali, Benjamin Franklin,

Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.

Museum Explorers: Fantastic Journeys with David Wiesner (Thursday, July 25, 10 and 11 a.m.): Embark on an adventurous trek through the museum seeking inspiration for a fantastical craft. David Wiesner is a three-time winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children. His popular titles include Tuesday, The Three Pigs, Flotsam and Mr. Wuffles!

Museum Explorers: Imagination with Judy Schachner (Thursday, Aug. 1, 10 and 11 a.m.): Build amazing stories around works of art and express your thoughts through a creative and collaged fashion statement. Judy

First Sunday for Families: The Art of Stories Sunday, Aug. 4, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Free all-day admission Celebrate the art of stories with award-winning artist and illustrator Raúl Colón and performances

by Jeannine Osayande & Dunya Performing Arts Company.

Additional programs include: Hidden Cargo: Overlooked Dimensions of N. C. Wyeth’s Treasure Island Illustrations Tuesday, July 9, 6 p.m. $15 members; $20 non-members Professor David Lubin will discuss N. C. Wyeth’s illustrations for Robert Louis Stevenson’s adventure classic Treasure Island.

Memoir and N. C. Wyeth’s Letters Tuesday, July 16, 6 p.m. $15 members, $20 non-members Award-winning writer Beth Kephart will explore the autobiographer in N. C. Wyeth through an investigation of his letters.

Memoir: A Workshop

for Writers with Beth Kephart Thursday, July 18, 6 to 8 p.m. $15 members, $20 non-members Learn about how memoir gets made with award-winning writer Beth Kephart, then spend time among N. C. Wyeth’s paintings, unlocking and sharing personal stories.

The Oral Tradition from Africa to Hometown USA Tuesday, July 23, 6 p.m. $15 members, $20 non-members Delve into the rich history of storytelling through a discussion of the oral tradition in both Africa and the United States with Jeannine Osayande, a teaching artist, choreographer and performer of West African dance (Mali Empire).

Nostalgia Illustrated: N. C. Wyeth, Advertising and American Cultural History Thursday, Sept. 12, 6 p.m. $15 members, $20 non-members Professor Douglas B. Dowd will discuss N. C. Wyeth’s commercial images and how the artist situated American consumers in a golden past to meet the needs of a nascent, modern advertising business.

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Bertha Clark Kirk, 98, of Oxford, died on June 23 at Ware Presbyterian Village.

Bertha was born in 1920 to Edgar Kurtz Clark and Ella Warner Clark in Philadelphia. She, her parents, older sister Gertrude Thelma Clark, and younger brother, Edgar Kurtz Clark, Jr., moved to Broomall by 1930 and later lived in Manoa, Pa. She attended Marple Newtown schools and graduated in 1939. There, Bertha met Thomas Garrett Kirk of Newtown Square and they married in 1941. Most of her married life, she and her husband farmed in the areas of Painters Crossing, Willowdale, East Fallowfield, and Gum Tree.

Bertha attended Bethesda Methodist Church in Manoa during her youth and then, after her marriage, joined London Grove Friends Meeting. She was an active member, teaching Sunday school, serving on Meeting committees, and volunteering for the annual Meeting plant sale. She was a member of the Avondale Women’s Council, Southern Chester County Farm Women, and Fernwood Grange. For several years, she taught during the week at the London Grove Meting preschool. In 1967, after nearly 25 years of farming, they retired and moved to Kennett Square. In 1987, they moved to Ware Presbyterian Village.

Bertha was preceded in death by her parents; husband (1996); and siblings. She is survived by her three sons, Thomas G. Kirk, Jr. (Elizabeth Walter Kirk) of Richmond, Ind., Robert H. Kirk of Staten Island, N.Y. and Gary S. Kirk (Teresa Willis Brown Kirk) of Newark, Del.; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She will be buried with her husband at London Grove Friends Meeting in a private ceremony. A memorial service will be held at London Grove Meeting on July 6 at 2 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the London Grove Friends Meeting, c/o Doug Myers, 500 West Street Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348.

Clarence “Dutch” R. Grumbine, of Landenberg, passed away at home on June 27. He was 87 years old.

Born in Hamlin, Lebanon County, he was the son of the late William Deck Grumbine and the late Alice Noll Grumbine. Clarence attended Fredericksburg Grade and High School in Lebanon County. He furthered his education at West Chester University and got his Master’s Degree at Temple University. While at West Chester, Dutch was a member of the 1950 National soccer championship team and inducted into the West Chester Athletics hall of fame in 2010. He continued his love of soccer, coaching the Lincoln University team from 1958 to 1968, and took them to two NAIA soccer championships with a first and second place finish. Clarence retired in 1993 after 37 years of devoted service as a teacher in the Avon Grove School District. He was inducted into the Avon Grove Hall of Fame in 1983.

Clarence was the beloved husband of Sue Ann Grumbine (nee Clark); father of Rodney L. Grumbine (Lisa) of Newark, Del., Randall C. Grumbine of Richmond, Va., and Jennifer Solley of Glen Mills, Pa.; grandfather “Pops” of six; and brother of Vesta Walborn of Daytona Beach, Fla. He was predeceased by his siblings, Norman, John, William, Kenneth, Verling, Helen, Grace, Lee, Clara and Arabelle.

A funeral was held July 1 at the Kemblesville United Methodist Church. Inurnment with United States Army military honors was in the service in the adjoining church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Kemblesville UM Church. Visit www. longwoodfuneralhome.com.

Oxford United Methodist Church Vacation Bible School begins July 28 A summer kids’ Vacation Bible School called The Incredible Race will be hosted at Oxford United Methodist Church, 18 Addison St. (corner of Addison and Market streets) in Oxford, from Sun., July 28 to Thurs., Aug. 1. The program, which will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. each day, is for kids from Kindergarten to 6th grade. Come race around the world and discover that no matter where we live, what language we speak, or what we look like, we are all part of the same family.

Kids will discover we are all part of the same race,

the human race, as they enjoy songs, crafts, games, goodies, and dramas. Plus, kids will learn to look for evidence of God all around them through something called God sightings. At the end of each day, kids will get a summary sheet to share what they have learned. Family members and friends are encouraged to attend a closing ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 1 at 8 p.m.

Pre-registration is encouraged. Parents may register their children at https://oumcvbs. myanswers.com or by calling 610-932-9698.

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July 8 to 12 ‘Roar’ VBS Beulah Baptist Church (3815 Newark Rd., Oxford) hosts a children’s vacation Bible school, “Roar,” from July 8 to 12. Children will participate in memorable Bible-learning activities, sing catchy songs, play games, enjoy treats, and experience Bible adventures. “Roar” is for ages 4 years to eighth grade, and will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Email beulahbaptist@gmail.com or call 610-932-9595.

July 13 Pancake and Omelet Breakfast Shiloh Presbyterian Church (42 S. Fifth St., Oxford) hosts a community pancake and omelet breakfast on July 13 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tickets at the door are $7 for adults, $5 for ages 4 to 11, free for ages 3 and younger. The

menu includes French toast, bacon and sausage, biscuits, potatoes, juice and coffee. Call 610932-8167 for more information.

July 15 to 19 VBS in West Grove West Grove United Methodist Church (300 N. Guernsey Road, West Grove) hosts a vacation Bible school, “To Mars and Beyond!” from July 15 to 19 from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Through activities such as science, art, music, missions and stories, children ages pre-K through sixth grade will learn about God’s mission for their lives. Registration is available online at www. westgroveumc.org.

For more information, call 610-869-9334.

July 30 to Aug. 1 ‘Yee Haw’ VBS Union United Methodist Church (321 Fremont Rd., Nottingham) will hold a vacation Bible school, “Yee Haw,” from July 30 to Aug. 1 from 5:45 to 8:30 p.m. There will be a celebration and cookout on Aug. 1. Call 610467-0080 or visit www. unionumcfremont.com.

Through Aug. 21 ‘Summer Fun’ series West Grove United Methodist Church continues its Wednesday night “Summer Fun for Everyone” series. The free weekly event is held through Aug. 21.

The whole community is invited on Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be hotdogs, games, fellowship and a brief word from pastor Monica each week. All beverages will be supplied. Side dishes are welcome, but not required. Games will be available, as well as a gated playground with new equipment. Weather permitting, there will be a slip-and-slide set up. For more information, visit www.westgroveumc.org or call 610-869-9334.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

July 10 Bluegrass Concert The Oxford Area Senior Center (12 E. Locust St., Oxford) hosts an outdoor concert by The Blades of Grass Bluegrass Band on July 10 at 7 p.m. Bring your own lawn chair, blanket and refreshments (no alcoholic beverages). All ages are welcome.

Admission is free, but donations will be appreciated. For reservations, call 610-9325244 or email oxsrctr@ zoominternet.net.

July 12 Outdoor Movie Penn Township Park (260 Lewis Rd., West Grove) hosts a free outdoor screening of “Jurassic Park” on July 12 at sunset.

There will be food from On The Roll food truck, and The Station Hand-Dipped Ice Cream Shoppe. There will be free face painting, yard games and other activities. Sponsored by the Avon Grove Library (www. avongrovelibrary.org).

July 14 Concert in Penn Township Park Penn Township Park (260 Lewis Rd., West Grove) hosts a concert by the Panama Rex Band on July 14 from 6 to 8 p.m.

There will be food for sale

by M&M Catering and the Ole Tapas food truck.

Bring your own seating.

Admission is free. Visit www.penntownship.us.

July 20

Christmas in July The 3rd Annual Christmas in July & Craft Fair will be held on July 20 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Pavilion at Vista Ridge at Ware Presbyterian Village (1162 Kensington Lane, Oxford). Artisans will be selling jewelry, quilted and embroidered items, handpainted cards, stained and fused glass, handbags, paintings, scarves, wreaths, painted porcelain, felted animals and bird houses, wood products, books, puzzles, flowers and more.

A food court will offer local cheeses, honey, jams, wines, truffles and more.

A handmade quilt will be sold by silent auction.

The Ware model railroad

will be on display at the Ware Mansion. Parking is free. Transportation is available on campus via a shuttle bus. Box lunches and beverages will be available for purchase. For more information, email cijatware@zoominternet. net.

Aug. 9 Outdoor Movie Penn Township Park (260 Lewis Rd., West Grove) hosts a free outdoor screening of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse” on Aug. 9 at sunset. There will be food from the 22BBQ food truck, and The Station Hand-Dipped Ice Cream Shoppe. There will be free face painting, yard games and other

Tickets for ‘Hamilton’ in Philadelphia on sale July 9 Producer Jeffrey Seller, the Kimmel Center, and The Shubert Organization have announced that tickets for “Hamilton” will be available online through Telecharge at 9 a.m. on July 9. Telecharge Verification allows pre-registered fans to unlock access to tickets without competing against scalpers and bots.

Jeffrey Seller said, “I am confident that Telecharge’s verification process will be a valuable service to our fans. We know how challenging it is to buy tickets, and this new program will make the ticket buying a whole lot easier.”

The registration process is designed to separate human fans from bots and scalpers. The system aims to remove those who are in the business of taking away tickets from fans in order to resell them. Once registration closes and registrants are reviewed, those qualifying registrants will be randomly selected to receive an access code inviting them to shop for tickets, without racing against bots.

Telecharge registration closed on June 27. Those who registered will be notified by Telecharge via email on July 3 if they have been selected for the opportunity to purchase tickets online on July 9.

Tickets will be available for performances from Aug. 27 through Nov. 17,

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Co-organized by the Brandywine River Museum of Art and the Portland Museum of Art (PMA), “N. C. Wyeth: New Perspectives” includes approximately 70 paintings and drawings selected from major museums and private collections. It will be on view at the Brandywine River Museum of Art through Sept. 15, 2019.

The Brandywine River Museum of Art is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and is located on Route 1 in Chadds Ford. Admission is $18 for adults, $15 for seniors ages 65 and over, $6 for students and children ages 6 and older; free for children 5 and younger and Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art members. Guided tours of the N. C. Wyeth House & Studio, Andrew Wyeth Studio, and Kuerner Farm are available daily (for an additional fee) from April 4 through November 18; advance reservations are recommended. For more information, visit brandywine.org/museum.

The touring production of ‘Hamilton’ will be in Philadelphia from Aug. 27 to Nov. 17.

2019 at the Forrest Theatre.

A limited number of tickets will be also be available at the Forrest Theatre Box Office (1114 Walnut St.) at 9 a.m. July 9. To purchase in person at the box office: No pre-registration is required.

On Tuesday, July 9, guests may begin lining up and retrieving wristbands for in-person purchases at 7 a.m. The Forrest Theatre Box Office will open at 9 a.m.

Wristbands will be color-coded and randomly assigned to 30-minute timeslots throughout the day. Guests do not need to stay onsite but can return to the Forrest Theatre Box Office for their assigned timeslot.

Registering does not guarantee you will be verified or purchase tickets.

There is a maximum

purchase limit of four tickets per household.

Tickets range from $127 to $197, with a number of $497 premium seats available. Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees. There will be a lottery for forty (40) $10 seats for all performances. Details will be announced closer to the engagement.

“Hamilton” is the story of America’s founding father, Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation’s first Treasury Secretary.

Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway, “Hamilton” is the story of America then, as told by America now.

For information, visit: www.HamiltonMusical. com; www.Facebook.com/

HamiltonMusical; w w w. I n s t a g r a m . com/HamiltonMusical; w w w. Tw i t t e r . c o m / HamiltonMusical.

activities. Sponsored by the Avon Grove Library (www. avongrovelibrary.org).

Aug. 11 Sunset Park Day Penn Township Park (260 Lewis Rd., West Grove) hosts Sunset Park Day on Aug. 11 from 3 to 8 p.m.

There will be music by Revolution Heroes and the Stone Mountain Road Blue Grass Band, food from 22 BBQ, Sweet Magnolias Bakery and Ole Tapas, carnival games, a Ferris wheel, a train ride and more. Admission is free.

Visit www.penntownship. us.

Through Aug. 28 Bike & Hike & Brews Visitors are invited to stroll or roll into Hagley Museum (200 Hagley Creek Rd., Wilmington, Del.) this summer for the 21st annual Bike & Hike & Brews series from 5 to 8 p.m. Every Wednesday evening from June through August, participants can bike, hike, jog, or walk a three-mile path and finish the evening with the purchase of one of Dogfish Head’s three craft beer offerings (two favorites and a new addition).

Woodside Farm Creamery sweet treats are also sold during every Bike & Hike & Brews. Participants are invited to explore parts of the 235-acre property not usually open to visitors on a path from Hagley’s Visitor Center to the first du Pont home and back.

Visitors can bring a picnic meal or purchase food from Hagley’s Belin House Café.

Admission is $3 (Hagley members and children under 5 free). Visit www. hagley.org/bike for more

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Through Sept. 29 Festival of Fountains The Longwood Gardens (Route 1, Kennett Square) Festival of Fountains runs through Sept. 29. The three fountain gardens perform daily. The Main Fountain Garden includes new five-minute shows at 6:15 and 8:15 p.m. from May through August. Evening illuminated fountain performances in the Main Fountain Garden feature new shows Thursday through Saturday evenings at 9:15 p.m. (May through August) and at 8:15 p.m. in September. The Italian Water Garden and Open Air Theatre fountains have shows daily as well. For families, Longwood has interactive indoor and outdoor gardens, three treehouses to explore, and ample opportunity to roam.

Families can also enjoy new Festive Friday evenings, designed with themed family-friendly activities.

Longwood is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday through Saturday from May through August; and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 5 to 29. Admission is by timed admission ticket only.

To purchase tickets, visit www.longwoodgardens. 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.

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Chester County Press

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Zoning Hearing Board of Elk Township will meet on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. at the Elk Township Building, 952 Chesterville Road, Lewisville, Pennsylvania, to conduct a hearing on the Amended Application of The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County for their property located at 553 Elk Mills Road, Elk Township, Pennsylvania. The applicant is seeking a variance of the following Section of the Elk Township Zoning Ordinance of 2002, as amended, or, in the alternative, Applicant is appealing the determination by the Elk Township Zoning Officer Decision that a variance is needed for the proposed gravel parking lot and natural trails: 1) Section 701.A.4 stating that woodland, wildlife preserve, or conservation use in accordance with the provisions of Section 1233.

Applicant as part of wildlife, woodland preserve and conservation use, which are allowed in AP, Applicant requests permission to construct the parking lot and trails as an extension of the preserve and conservation use. The public may attend and participate in the hearing. If you would like to review the application, or are a person with a disability and require accommodations to attend or participate in the hearing, please contact the Township secretary at 610-255-0634.

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ESTATE NOTICE

Estate of William A. Finnen, Deceased, of Penn Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Notice is hereby given that, in the estate of the decedent set forth below, the Register of Wills has granted letters, testamentary or of administration to the person named.

All persons having claims against said estate are requested to make known the same to them and all persons indebted to said decedent are requested to make payment without delay to Samuel McMichael, McMichael Heiney & Sebastian, 208 E Locust Street, Oxford Pa, 19363.

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ESTATE NOTICE

Estate of Kevin Wells-Knecht aka Kevin John Wells-Knecht, Wells-Knecht, Kevin aka Wells-Knecht, Kevin John, late of Wallace Twp., Pennsylvania, Notice is hereby given that, in the estate of the decedent set forth below, Letters testamentary or of administration have been granted to Michael Knecht.. All persons having claims against said estate are requested to make known the same to them and all persons indebted to said decedent are requested to make payment without delay to Michael Knecht, c/o John R. Lundy, Esq., Lundy Beldecos & Milby, PC, 450 N. Narberth Ave., Suite 200, Narberth, PA 19072, Executor. Lundy Beldecos & Milby, PC, 450 N. Narberth Ave., Suite 200, Narberth, PA 19072 7p-3-3t

INCORPORATION NOTICE

JJN & JAN, Inc. has been incorporated under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988.

Law Office of Douglas E. Gregor, LLC,

16 Campus Blvd., Ste. 200, Newtown Square, PA 19073 7p-3-1t

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Zoning Hearing Board of Elk Township will meet on Thursday, July 18, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at the Elk Township Building, 952 Chesterville Road, Lewisville, Pennsylvania, to conduct a hearing on the Application of David S. Fisher for their property located at 1800 & 1802 Lewisville Road, Oxford, Elk Township, Pennsylvania. The applicant is seeking a variance of the following Section of the Elk Township Zoning Ordinance of 2002, as amended: 1) Section 503(c) stating that agriculture, farmhouses and usual farm buildings shall be permitted without restriction, except as follows: 2) no barn lot, mushroom house, or manure storage or other operation involving an obnoxious odor or appearance or air pollution shall be established closer than two hundred (200) feet to any property line unless mutually agreed on by all landowners of land within two hundred (200) feet of the proposed site. In no instance shall be less than fifty (50) feet to any property line. The public may attend and participate in the hearing. If you would like to review the application, or are a person with a disability and require accommodations to attend or participate in the hearing, please contact the Township secretary at 610-255-0634 7p-3-2t

NOTICE FOR PETITION OF CUSTODY

This notice is to inform Ernesto Flores Tapia that in the Family Court of the State of Delaware, New Castle County.

June 21, 2019 , Maria De Lourdes Flores Hernandez,(Mother), has filed a petition for Custody of 2 minor children, Joselin Flores- Flores 10/12/2002 and Jennifer Flores-Flores 02/12/2004.

Petitioner prays that a summons issue to Ernesto Flores-Tapia, and that the Court grant Custody of the above named children to Petitioner and enter such Orders as may be in the best interest of the children.

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INVITATION TO BID

Sealed proposals will be received by Elk Township at the office of Elk Township, 952 Chesterville Road, P.O. Box 153, Lewisville, PA 19351. Bids will be accepted until 3:00 PM, Monday, August 5, 2019. Bids will be opened at 3:30 PM on that day.

Action will be taken by the municipality on the awarding of each bid item at the Board of Supervisors Meeting on Monday, August 5, 2019 at 7:00 PM. Bidders are asked to bid on the following: 1. Roadwork Equipment Rental w/ Operator per Specifications (Bidders Qualification Form is required) 2. Blacktop Mixes 770 Tons (more or less) per Specifications 3. Aggregate Material 560 Gallons (more or less) per Specifications 4. Snow Plowing/Ice Removal Services Equipment Rental w/Operator per Specifications (Bidders Qualification Form and Agreement for Snow Plowing/ Ice Removal are required).

All of the above equipment and material specified shall meet Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Specification standards and the terms/conditions of the Agreement for Snow Plowing/Ice Removal Services. Bidders are not required to bid on all of the above items.

The contract period for Roadwork Equipment Rental, Blacktop Mixes, and Aggregate Materials begins on August 6, 2019 and ends on June 30, 2020.

The contract period for Snow Plowing/Ice Removal Services Equipment Rental begins on October 15, 2019 and ends on April 30, 2020.

The successful bidder shall, within 14 days of the award of contract, submit the following: Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the Equipment Rental Contract; Performance Bond in the amount of 50% of the Materials Contract; Certificate of Insurance with minimum limits of $500,000/$1,000,000 aggregate and endorsing Elk Township as Additional Insured; Proof of Workers’ Compensation Insurance or Workers’ Compensation Insurance Coverage Information for Independent Contractors; Hold Harmless & Indemnification Agreement; and IRS Form W-9. All bidders are to follow the Bidder Information Guidelines. Bidding packets are available at the Elk Township Office and may be requested by phone 610-2550634 or e-mail elktwpchester@gmail. com. Terri Kukoda, Secretary/Treasurer 7p-3-2t

ESTATE NOTICE

Estate of Clive Armitage, Late of Kennett Square, Chester County, PA, LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to Cynthia R. Armitage, Executor, Or Attorney: Rebecca Sallen, Esq., Sallen Law, LLC 325 Merion Road, Merion Station, PA 19066.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Carolyn B. Welsh, the herein-described real estate will be sold at public sale in the Chester County Justice Center at 201 W Market Street, 3rd Floor, Room 3300, West Chester, Pennsylvania, as announced on Thursday, July 18th, 2019 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, August 19th, 2019. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 19-7-339 Writ of Execution No. 2017-11490 DEBT $321,096.79 PROPERTY situate in Pennsbury Township, Chester County, Penn-

sylvania UPI #64-3-327 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: Lisa Schwartz VS DEFENDANT: JENNIFER KLIMAS and JOEL DiPIETRO and UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SALE ADDRESS: 135 North Village Lane, Chadds Ford, PA 19317 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: DONALD J. WEISS, ESQ., 610-459-8074 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. Payment must be paid in cash, certified check, or money order made payable to the purchaser or “Sheriff of Chester County”. The balance must be made payable to “Sheriff of Chester County” within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 4PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 6p-26-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Carolyn B. Welsh, the herein-described real estate will be sold at public sale in the Chester County Justice Center at 201 W Market Street, 3rd Floor, Room 3300, West Chester, Pennsylvania, as announced on Thursday, July 18th, 2019 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, August 19th, 2019. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 19-7-348 Writ of Execution No. 2019-01591 DEBT $119,227.77 PROPERTY situate in the London Britain Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 73-5-32.1 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. VS DEFENDANT: DORIS P. HENDRICKSON and JAMES R. HENDRICKSON SALE ADDRESS: 1325 Flint Hill Road, Landenberg, PA 19350-1139 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215-563-7000 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and

place of sale. Payment must be paid in cash, certified check, or money order made payable to the purchaser or “Sheriff of Chester County”. The balance must be made payable to “Sheriff of Chester County” within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 4PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 6p-26-3t

Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, August 19th, 2019. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 19-7-365 Writ of Execution No. 2014-01633 DEBT $133,779.32

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Carolyn B. Welsh, the herein-described real estate will be sold at public sale in the Chester County Justice Center at 201 W Market Street, 3rd Floor, Room 3300, West Chester, Pennsylvania, as announced on Thursday, July 18th, 2019 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, August 19th, 2019. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 19-7-349 Writ of Execution No. 2018-08292 DEBT $212,650.46 PROPERTY situate in Township of New London, County of Chester, State of PA TAX Parcel #71-03-0119 IMPROVEMENTS: A residential dwelling.

PLAINTIFF: Quicken Loans, Inc. VS DEFENDANT: SHELLY WILSON

PROPERTY situate in the New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 60-4-73.26 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York as Trustee for The Benefit of The Certificateholders of The Cwabs Inc., AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2004-5 VS DEFENDANT: SCOTT R. BONNE and ALLISON A. BONNE a/k/a ALLISON BONNE SALE ADDRESS: 10 Edgewood Drive, Avondale, PA 19311-1410 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215-563-7000 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. Payment must be paid in cash, certified check, or money order made payable to the purchaser or “Sheriff of Chester County”. The balance must be made payable to “Sheriff of Chester County” within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 4PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 6p-26-3t

SALE ADDRESS: 131 Owenwood Drive, Lincoln University, PA 19352 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 sale. Payment must be paid in cash, certified check, or money order made payable to the purchaser or “Sheriff of Chester County”. The balance must be made payable to “Sheriff of Chester County” within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 4PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 6p-26-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Carolyn B. Welsh, the herein-described real estate will be sold at public sale in the Chester County Justice Center at 201 W Market Street, 3rd Floor, Room 3300, West Chester, Pennsylvania, as announced on Thursday, July 18th, 2019 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Carolyn B. Welsh, the herein-described real estate will be sold at public sale in the Chester County Justice Center at 201 W Market Street, 3rd Floor, Room 3300, West Chester, Pennsylvania, as announced on Thursday, July 18th, 2019 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, August 19th, 2019. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 19-7-373 Writ of Execution No. 2017-11735 DEBT $322,526.24 ALL THAT CERTAIN, message, lot or piece of land situate in the Township of Sadsbury, County of Chester, State of

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Local Interest Adult Summer Camp returns to Chaddsford Winery Chaddsford Winery’s popular Camp Chaddsford: Adult Summer Camp is back for 2019, featuring a lineup of adults-only camp experiences.

Camp Chaddsford will be offered for two days only on Saturday, July 20 and Saturday, July 27 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the winery, located at 632 Baltimore Pike. Tickets online are $65.

Campers can arrive anytime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to kick off the programming. Camp badges will be provided and can

be stamped at each station in order to earn extra drink tickets. Comfortable clothes and sneakers are encouraged.

Outdoor activities include: Friendly, team-based games like corn hole, Mad Libs, case box challenge, kickball, volleyball, and riddling rack toss; A Chaddsford tie-dye T-shirt station where you can create a one-of-a-kind shirt to take home; A Build-Your-OwnBurger Bar lunch from Albie’s Burger Truck, with

optional crab cake burger topper or black bean patty, French fries, a sangria popsicle, and one drink ticket for wine or beer; A wine tasting featuring exclusive wine cocktails from Chaddsford Winery; A progressive beer tasting by Locust Lane Craft Brewery of Malvern.

Chaddsford Winery will remain open to the general public for regular business during Adult Summer Camp. It is not required that you participate in Adult Summer Camp in

order to visit the Winery on sale, along with food truck July 20 and 27. Tastings, fare and live music. flights, and wines by the For more information, glass and bottle will be for visit www.chaddsford.com.

Legals Continued fromn Page 4B Pennsylvania, bounded and described, as follows, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground, situate in the Township of Sadsbury, County of Chester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described according to a Final Subdivision and Land Development Plan for Octorara Glen prepared by Chester Valley Engineers, Inc., dated 1/17/2003, last revised 2/27/2004 and recorded 5/6/2004 as Plan No. 17023, as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point on the northwesterly side of Smith Farm Drive (formerly Spring House Lane) (50 feet wide), a corner of Open Space on said Plan; thence extending from said beginning point and along Smith Farm Drive the two following courses and distances, viz: 1) on the arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 275.00 feet the arc distance of 103.76 feet to a point of reverse curve, then 2) on the arc of a circle curving to the right having a radius of 9.00 feet the arc distance of 12.06 feet to a point of reverse curve on the northerly side of Wick Drive (50 feet wide); thence extending along Wick Drive on the arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 275.00 feet the arc distance of 88.53 feet to a point, a corner of Lot No. 3 on said Plan; thence leaving Wick Drive and extending along Lots 3 and 2 north 39 degrees 15 minutes 50 seconds west 118.27 feet to a point a corner of said Open Space on said Plan; thence extending along same the two following courses and distances, viz: 1) north 50 degrees 44 minutes 10 seconds east 135.38 feet to a point,

thence 2) south 65 degrees 02 minutes 22 seconds east 94.84 feet to a point on the northwesterly side of Smith Farm Drive, the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

BEING Lot No. 4 on said Plan.

BEING UPI Number 37-04-0192 PARCEL No.: 37-04-0192 BEING known as:. 19 Smith Farm Road, Parkesburg, PA 19365 BEING the same property conveyed to Jane Bowman who acquired title by virtue of a deed from EMC Mortgage Corporation, by Integrated Asset Services Inc, its attorney in fact, dated August 27, 2007, recorded October 18, 2007, at Document ID 10796593, and recorded in Book 7288, Page 645, Office of the Recorded of Deeds, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

PLAINTIFF: U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for the RMAC Trust, Series 2016-CTT VS DEFENDANT: JANE BOWMAN, aka JANE M. BOWMAN, aka JANE MARIE BOWMAN SALE ADDRESS: 19 Smith Farm Road, Parkesburg, PA 19365 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI, LLC, 614-220-5611 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. Payment must be paid in cash, certified check, or money order made payable to the purchaser or

“Sheriff of Chester County”. The balance must be made payable to “Sheriff of Chester County” within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 4PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 6p-26-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Carolyn B. Welsh, the herein-described real estate will be sold at public sale in the Chester County Justice Center at 201 W Market Street, 3rd Floor, Room 3300, West Chester, Pennsylvania, as announced on Thursday, July 18th, 2019 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, August 19th, 2019. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days thereafter.

SALE NO. 19-7-381 Writ of Execution No. 2018-06951 DEBT $1,016,354.70 PROPERTY situate in the East Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 61-6-58.8 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: US Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee for Bluewater

Investment Trust 2018-1 VS DEFENDANT: MICHAEL DRAINE and MICHELLE DRAINE SALE ADDRESS: 106 Halle Drive, Kennett Square, PA 19348 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN DIAMOND & JONES, LLP, 215-563-7000 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. Payment must be paid in cash, certified check, or money order made payable to the purchaser or “Sheriff of Chester County”. The balance must be made payable to “Sheriff of Chester County” within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 4PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 6p-26-3t

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate

By virtue of the within mentioned writs directed to Sheriff Carolyn B. Welsh, the herein-described real estate will be sold at public sale in the Chester County Justice Center at 201 W Market Street, 3rd Floor, Room 3300, West Chester, Pennsylvania, as announced on Thursday, July 18th, 2019 at 11AM. Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file with the Prothonotary and in the Sheriff’s Office, both located in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 W Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schedules of Distribution on Monday, August 19th, 2019. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedules unless exceptions are filed in the Sheriff’s Office within ten (10) days

thereafter.

SALE NO. 19-7-379 Writ of Execution No. 2018-10478 DEBT $147,873.27

VS DEFENDANT: MARIE CALVERT McKEE and WALTER McKEE (DECEASED) SALE ADDRESS: 640 West State Road, West Grove, PA 19390

ALL THE RIGHT, title, interest and claim of Marie Calvert McKee of, in and to:

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: MICHELLE PIERRO, ESQ., 412-434-7955

ALL THE FOLLOWING described real estate situate in the Townships of Penn and London Grove, County of Chester Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Having erected thereon a dwelling known and numbered as 640 West State Road, West Grove, PA 19390 Deed Book 497 Page 586, Parcel Number 58-04-0107-07C.

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. Payment must be paid in cash, certified check, or money order made payable to the purchaser or “Sheriff of Chester County”. The balance must be made payable to “Sheriff of Chester County” within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 4PM. CAROLYN B. WELSH, SHERIFF 6p-26-3t

PLAINTIFF: Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union

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