WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016
CHESTER COUNTY PRESS
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Kennett Township gets ‘green’ recognition By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer Continued from Page 6A
YVONNE JEANNE WINTERS Yvonne Jeanne “Jeannie” Winters, 70, passed away peacefully at Jennersville Regional Hospital on March 12. Jeannie was born in 1945 in Wilmington, Del. She was predeceased by her parents, Eleanor Davis and Richard Davis. Growing up, Jeannie had two sisters, Annette and Patty. Jeannie went to Mount Pleasant High School and then moved to Pennsylvania, where she was employed at KennetTex Yarn Factory. There she met Rainey F. Winters, her husband of 34 years, who passed on Jan. 30, 2016. After her employment with KennetTex, she moved on to work at Thatchers as a pharmacy technician. After many years, she found an emotionally rewarding job working at Duvall’s Bus Services as a van driver, and was adored by many children and their parents. She is survived by her daughter Natalie (with husband John Furia); son Rainey Jr. (with Winnie Feng); grandson John Furia Jr.; and sisters Annette (with Ron Perry), and Debbie Davis. Jeannie was predeceased by her sister, Patty Anderson. Upon entering the last stage in her life, Jeannie, along with Rainey, received much help and support from Brandywine Hospice staff Julia McLaughlin, BJ Boughter, Tracy Hide, Bob Damey, and Lauren Montemuro. Funeral services will be held at 7:15 p.m. March 18 at the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc. (86 Pine St., Oxford), where friends and family may visit from 6 to 7 p.m. A Celtic music session will be held from 7 to 7:15 p.m. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers donations in her memory may be made to The American Cancer Society, PO Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718. Online condolences may be made at www. elcollinsfuneralhome.com.
JUANITA M. KIRK
Juanita M. Kirk, 81, of Kennett Square, passed away on March 9 at the Christiana Hospital. Born in Lansing, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Ray A. and Ola Wilcox Miller. Juanita was a freezer technician at the MGA Mushroom Co-Op in Kennett Square for 30 years, retiring in 1997. She was an avid NASCAR fan, and enjoyed country music, fishing, going to the beach, and being with her family and friends. She is survived by one daughter, Sibil Kirk of Wilmington, Del.; two brothers, Elmer Lee Miller and Ray Miller, Jr., both of Kennett Square; one sister, Virginia Dare Kelly of Kennett Square; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. She was predeceased by one brother, Kermit Miller; and four sisters, Delaray Miller, Carleen Witt, Neida Roop and Rebecca Pauline Richardson. Her service and burial will be held privately. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com.
Kennett Township won the prestigious 2015 Natural Lands Trust Growing Greener Communities Award on March 10 in recognition of the township’s Kennett Greenway Initiative, a 12-mile pedestrian and bike trail system that is under development. The award, which honors a deserving Chester County township that has engaged “in a dynamic initiative designed to save land, steward natural resources, and/or connect people to nature,” was given at the Chester County Association
of Township Officials conference. The initiative leverages more than two decades of trail advocacy by local municipalities, homeowner associations, land conservancies, park authorities, user groups and private landowners. It addresses township and county comprehensive plan objectives for improving regional connectivity, public health and safety and economic justice, while reducing traffic congestion and pollution. In addition, the initiative is being developed from a set of township trail standards based on state-endorsed
best practices, and funding :Kennett Land and Trails,’’ a multimedia information program to publicize the Greenway. During the 2015 planning process, the Greenway concept was enhanced so it can serve as the backbone for an alternate transportation system that provides safe, convenient bicycle and pedestrian routes between residential areas, commercial centers, parks, preserves, historic sites, schools, public transport hubs and other facilities throughout the township and Kennett Square Borough. It also will have the capacity to expand
incrementally to additional locations and resources. In 2015, the project received a financial kickstart that led to contributions of funding, expertise, easements, materials and volunteers. The township also applied for more than $3 million in state grants that will help pay for the first phase of construction – estimated to cost more than $4 million – that will build approximately six miles of connected trails and sidewalks during the next three years.
RESISTING ARREST AFTER TRAFFIC STOP On Feb. 19 at 11:33 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police Avondale pulled over a car being driven by Jorge CerritosVillafuerte, 51, of Oxford, at routes 1 and 796 in Penn Township because the car’s taillight was dangling from the car. He became combative and was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and three summary traffic offenses. BURGLARY A shed behind AF Thomas Auto, at 110 Old Kennett Road in Kennett Square, was forced open by burglars sometime between Jan. 26 and 28, according to Pennsylvania State Police Avondale. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 610-268-2022. DUI On March 4, Pennsylvania State Police Avondale responded to a single-vehicle crash at 163 Rosehill Avenue
in West Grove. The driver, Jildasio Vasquez of West Grove, had hit two parked cars and the home. He showed signs of impairment and was arrested for DUI. Police later found that Vasquez had an arrest warrant from New Garden Police dating back to 2011. He had been arrested in 12011 under a fake name and had failed to appear for his preliminary hearing. He was arraigned on the warrant and DUI charges and taken to Chester County Prison on $10,000 bail. On Feb. 21 at 1:12 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police Avondale took Zeth Allen Houston, 26, of Oxford, into custody for DUI after a traffic stop on Route 1 at Route 796. He was processed and released. Pennsylvania State Police Avondale officers responded to a report of a vehicle fire on Feb. 14 at 2:45 p.m. at 416 Catamount Road in Upper Oxford Township, and found that the 61-year-old driver was intoxicated. The investigation is continuing. On March 5 at 1:29 a.m.,
New Garden Township Police saw a car weaving slowly in its lane in the 8800 block of Gap Newport Pike. After a traffic stop, the driver, Israel Salinas-Beltran, 37, of Oxford, failed field sobriety tests, was arrested for DUI and released pending a court appearance. On March 5 at 11:33 p.m., New Garden Township Police saw a car being driven erratically and crossing into the oncoming lane in the 8900 block of Gap Newport Pike. After a traffic stop, the driver, Michael Oleck, 34, of Wilmington, Del., failed field sobriety tests, was arrested for DUI and released pending a court appearance. On Feb. 28 at 2:25 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police Avondale pulled over a car driven by Juan Antonio Mendoza of Baltimore, Md., for a traffic violation on Route 1 in East Nottingham Township. He was later arrested for driving under the influence, and possession of drugs and paraphernalia. On Feb. 25 at 2:34 p.m., Gregory P. Swoyer, 63, of Downingtown, failed to yield
the right of way to another vehicle and his car was struck at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and Constitution Drive in Pennsbury Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police Avondale. He was subsequently arrested for DUI. On Feb. 24 at 6:32 p.m., David Santos-Sebastian, 25, of Quarryville, crashed his vehicle into the fence in the median of Route 1 in Penn Township, north of Route 796. He was subsequently arrested for DUI by Pennsylvania State Police Avondale. Pennsylvania State Police Avondale arrested Clemente Trigueros, 48, of Kennett Square, for DUI after a traffic stop on March 9 at 12:29 p.m. on Baltimore Pike in New Garden Township. On March 10 at midnight, Pennsylvania State Police Avondale pulled over a car driven by Shalil Mashay Reynolds of Wilmington, Del., for a traffic violation on Route 1 in East Marlborough Township. Reynolds was arrested for DUI and possession of drug paraphernalia.
To contact Staff Writer Richard L. Gaw, e-mail rgaw@chestercounty.com.
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