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Covering Avon Grove, Chadds Ford, Kennett Square, Oxford, & Unionville Areas Volume 149, No. 13

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U-CF administration and teachers continue war of words over contracts

By John Chambless Staff Writer

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The testy battle of words that’s being waged over teacher contract negotiations in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District heated up on March 23 as the district issued its “reasons for going public” on its website.

The issue began on March 13, when members of the district’s negotiating team invited local press to a conference, at which they revealed the state of negotiations between the administration and teachers over a three-year contract.

Gregg Lindner, a member of the negotiating team, announced that the teachers union is currently proposing a 5.01 percent increase in total compensation (salary plus benefits) each year over their next three-year contract, while the district is putting forward a

2.08 percent proposal each year over three years.

The district’s guidelines, Lindner said, are arriving at a fair compensation and benefits package to keep recruiting top teachers, and making sure that the agreement doesn’t force consideration of program cuts or raising class sizes.

“With an Act 1 limit on tax increases of 1.9 percent this year, we either need to limit these benefit expense increases, or limit wage increases,” he said. “We cannot afford both a wage increase and maintaining current benefits.”

At a March 16 meeting of the school board, Scott Broomall, the president of the Unionville Chadds Ford Education Association, heatedly told the board and administration, “I was surprised when the district went public with three and a half months before our contract

expires, and more importantly, decided to do it at 10:30 a.m. on a school day. After the press conference concluded, there were messages on my cell phone, there was a call from the office, interrupting my class, asking if I could take a phone call. I appreciate that reporters reached out to get our side of the story, but I am teaching during the day. I fault the board, because if they had given more thought to when they were doing the press conference, and truly cared about instruction in the classroom, maybe they would have held it at a different time.

“I’ve been through three [contract] negotiations,” Broomall continued. “Being three percent apart with threeplus months to go is normal for negotiations. This maneuver by the district has done nothing more than make the process Continued on Page 3A

Artesian receives setbacks in pursuit of Broad Run well activation

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer

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In its on-going application to activate the Broad Run Well in Landenberg, Artesian Water Pennsylvania, Inc. had a challenging month of March.

On March 13, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) Administrative Law Judges Cynthia Williams Fordham and Darlene Heep approved Sen. Andy Dinniman’s standing as a part of official record in the application of Artesian Water Pennsylvania, Inc., as well as the standings of several other individuals and groups.

This ruling was in response to Artesian’s filing of a protest with the PUC that objected to the standing of not only Dinniman, but to more than

100 other individuals and groups who had filed for “official party of record” or “intervener” status in Artesian’s application. Most prominent in this group is the Save Our Water Committee, a citizens action group of more than 2,000 residents of New Garden Township who have opposed the presence of Artesian in the township.

“It was satisfying that the judges recognized my right to do the job I was elected to do,” Dinniman said.

“In my nine years as state Senator and 14 years as County Commissioner, this is the first time that my right to represent my constituents has been challenged.”

Judges Fordham and Heep denied Artesian’s objections to Dinniman’s standing,

ruling that Dinniman’s “participation in this matter relates to his official duties as a Senator for the affected district.” In their ruling, Fordham and Heep cited Dinniman’s “involvement with several committees that address water issues,” his “personal knowledge of the subject matter and his responsibility of commenting on or approving expenditures related to water resources in Chester County.”

“We feel that this is the kind of response we had hoped for, because it points out that the PUC recognizes the importance of a nonprofit advocacy group [in issues like this],” said Marion Waggoner, the founder of the Save Our Water Committee.

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Avon Grove’s Maggie Balint led the Red Devils softball team to a 10-0 win over Coatesville on March 30, allowing only two hits, while striking out eight and hitting a three-run home run. For the complete story, turn to Page 5B.

Avon Grove continues to work on proposed budget

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer The Avon Grove School District is continuing to work on the proposed budget for 2015-2016.

According to district business manager Daniel Carsley, as of right now there would be a 2.4 percent increase in the millage rate to balance the budget. The statewide Act 1 index limit for tax increases without seeking voter approval is 1.9 percent, but Avon Grove qualifies for exceptions that would push that limit to 2.4 percent.

Total expenditures for 2015-2016 are projected to be $85,637,852, an increase of about $3,999,161, or 4.9 percent. Approximately $1.5 million of that increase is a result of the state-mandated contributions to the retirement system. The retirement rate is increasing from 21.4 percent to 25.84 percent for 2015-2016.

Avon Grove is projecting a year-to-year increase in revenues, but would still need to dip into the fund balance for $4,307,015 to balance the budget.

A 2.4 percent increase in the

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Melanie Sisemore and Erich Estes of Oxford are reaching out to get critical help for their son, 7-year-old Milledge Estes, who needs a bone marrow transplant.

They are working through the Children’s Organ Transplant Association to seek donations to help pay for the estimated $35,000 cost of the transplant, which is scheduled in April at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Milledge was born with Diamond Blackfan Anemia, and was diagnosed at six weeks old. It is a rare, life-threatening condition in which a child’s bone marrow does not produce red blood cells. Milledge has received more than 100 blood transfusions and nightly infusions of a medication that prevents him from going into

organ failure. Currently, the only cure is a bone marrow transplant.

There is a Facebook page about Milledge, and in a March 21 blog post, Melanie Sisemore gave an update on her son’s story.

“Milledge was born on September 13, 2007, and before his birth, I’d never heard of Diamond Blackfan Anemia,” Sisemore wrote. “A doctor noticed that he was pale at birth, and though he was full-term and my pregnancy uneventful, he was immediately transferred to the NICU, where he received his first blood transfusion as I lay in recovery. Five days later, his father and I found ourselves meeting with a hematologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and at six weeks old, after many more blood transfusions, Milledge was diagnosed, making us part of a tiny but close knit community of

families affected by DBA. “Since then, Milledge has continued to receive blood transfusions, and we’ve trialed other treatments for DBA. None have worked ... This winter, we met with Milledge’s doctors, gathered second opinions, and made the difficult decision to pursue a bone marrow transplant.

“On March 9, I received the call that a date had been set for transplant in mid-April, and we met with Milledge’s doctor to sign the consents shortly thereafter. On Wednesday, April 1, Milledge will receive his last pre-transplant blood transfusion (but it won’t be his last transfusion ever -- expect frequent transfusions while we wait for him to engraft). ...

The anticipated date that he’ll receive his new stem cells is April 24th!

“So you may be wondering

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how Milledge has taken the news,” Sisemore continued.

“Overall, he’s doing really well. His doctor started the

Recently, a meeting was held in Kennett Square by police and community leaders on the subject of “Building Bridges in the Community.”

The meeting quickly turned to the problem of communicating with the region’s large Spanish-speaking population.

The discussion dealt with the problem that very few police can speak Spanish.

According to Police Chief Gerald Simpson of New Garden Township and Captain William White, commanding officer of the State Police Avondale Barracks, police and state troopers are having a difficult time recruiting troopers, let alone finding recruits who speak Spanish.

Many English-speaking Americans find residences in foreign countries, as well as travel overseas for their jobs.

These Americans soon learn that it is a necessity to learn to speak the native tongue. Many take lessons and they work hard to pick up the nuances of the language.

These countries -- many which are Spanish speaking -force foreigners to learn their language or drown, and every

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Oxford family reaches out for help with their ill son

By John Chambless Staff Writer

millage rate would result in a tax increase of .659 mills, from the current millage rate of 27.499 mills to 28.159 mills.

A piece of the budgetary puzzle that remains unclear for Pennsylvania schools is the funding from the state for the 2015-2016 school year.

New governor Tom Wolf has proposed significant funding increases for public schools in the preliminary state budget, but Republican lawmakers have notified superintendents that they shouldn’t count on

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Seven-year-old Milledge Estes needs a life-saving bone marrow transplant.

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those increases until a final budget is approved.

Avon Grove’s proposed budget keeps state funding at the same levels as the current year except for those items that are tied to variables, such as retirement, where the district can expect some additional funding.

At its March 26 meeting, the

school board discussed several issues that could impact the district’s budget in the future.

School board member Ed Farina, who serves on the district’s Facilities Committee, said that the committee recently discussed the idea of having Avon Grove submit the necessary application to the state to get on the waiting list for reimbursements of a capital project.

Because of budget constraints, the state stopped offering funding to school districts through the PlanCON process for the building renovations and new construction that they undertook. But now that PlanCON applications for reimbursement are being accepted again, Farina said that the Facilities Committee believes it would be appropriate to get on the waiting list in case the district opts for a

construction project.

The district recently received a facilities study that outlined some of the options that Avon Grove could pursue to meet the future needs of the district.

“This by no means commits us to doing anything,” Farina said of the decision to get on the waiting list for reimbursement.

Farina said that the Facilities Committee also talked about the conditions of the bath-

rooms at the high school, an ongoing issue in Avon Grove.

The administration has recently implemented some changes that will improve the conditions of the bathrooms in the short-term. The Chester County Intermediate Unit will be doing an assessment of the bathroom conditions and then making a presentation about long-term solutions at the May meeting of the Facilities Committee.

Avon Grove superintendent Dr. Christopher Marchese talked about Avon Grove hosting the Safe Schools Summit last week, saying that “it was a nice opportunity to showcase our school district.”

The school board will meet again on Thursday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m.

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

Avon Grove music groups win at NYC Festival

Avon Grove High School’s Music Department ensembles won numerous first- and second-place finishes at The Big Apple Classic Music Festival held in New York City March 21 and 22, and the Avon Grove Chorale was named Grand Champion in the Choir Category for performing the

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In addition, Avon Grove senior Marlene Miller, who plays the oboe, received the Outstanding Soloist Award.

First-place honors and Gold Medal Awards went to Avon Grove’s Wind Ensemble, the Full Orchestra, and the Chorale. A Gold Award means a group scored in the 90-100 point range.

Avon Grove’s Concert Band also earned a Gold Medal Award, and placed second in their category.

The Concert Choir won first place, and earned a Silver Medal Award scoring in the 80-89.9 range.

Both the Bel Canto group and String Orchestra placed second in their respective categories and each earned a Silver Medal Award.

The Avon Grove music students who participated prepared for the competition for several months, and their hard work and talents were recognized by music educators and music professionals from around the country in the adjudicated festival.

The Avon Grove students were led by Orchestra Director Krista Umile, Director of Bands Rebecca Staznik, and Choral Director Kristen Von Bargen.

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“They recognize that there are people who are a part of the committee who live in an area where they would not have access to any other water except Artesian’s, and that they’d be held captive to Artesian, who would be allowed to call the shots.”

In April 2014, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] granted Artesian the temporary right to drill at the site of its well located at Broad Run and Newark roads in Landenberg – property it purchased from the Wilkinson family several years ago.

In the spring, Artesian conducted a 72-hour aquifer test at the well site, extracting more than 600,000 gallons of water from the well at a rate of 200 gallons per minute, to determine its capacity.

At the time they filed their protest with the PUC, Artesian told the Chester County Press although the company respects the rights of Sen. Dinniman and concerned residents to “speak in the press and in the public square” about Artesian’s application, “the laws of the Commonwealth regarding ‘standing’ in an administrative proceeding limit participation in such legal proceedings to those with a direct stake in the outcome.”

“Artesian’s position is that Sen. Dinniman and most of the protestors do not have standing under the law to be litigants in the PUC proceeding, because they do not reside in the proposed service territory [of the Broad Run well],” the statement read. “So even if Sen. Dinniman and the other citizens who do not reside in the proposed service territory are dismissed from participating in the proceeding by the Administrative Law Judges, the case will proceed and be open to the public.”

Earlier in March, the Delaware River Basin Commission [DRBC] ruled that a groundwater/surface water monitoring program will be required in the vicinity of the Broad Run well, in order to obtain data on long-term groundwater and surface water conditions.

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The DRBC report also stated that “no new water connections shall be made to premises connected to sewage systems which are not in compliance with all applicable effluent limits contained in State permits,” as well as with DRBC water quality regulations.

“Commission staff have determined that while the Broad Run PA well pumping test did not indicate that adverse impacts to the local hydrologic system would occur as a result of pumping, and that the aquifer test satisfied all DRBC requirements, a groundwater/ surface water monitoring program will be implemented to confirm there will not be any adverse impacts to the Broad Run hydrologic system,” the DRBC report stated.

During its assessment, DRBC staff reviewed comments sent to them by several organizations, including the Chester County Water Resources Authority, the National Park Service, the White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Program, and the Save Our Water Committee, who submitted a report written by its consultant, Brickhouse Environmental.

“These comments were very parallel to our comments, that pointed to the results of the Brickhouse Report, on what may happen to the stream and the groundwater,” Waggoner said. “This shows that the DRBC has recognized the local environment. We feel that were vindicated on our point.

If [Artesian’s application to activate the Broad Run Well] is not approved, that would be wonderful, but if it is approved, we will know that we will see some controls, thus giving us a lot of protection.”

When asked to comment on these two rulings, an Artesian official said that the company has no comments at this time.

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

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more contentious. I’m not sure what the ultimate goal of the board was in going public, but it certainly was not to work with us to reach a settlement.

You have demonized us.

You have been selective in the information you present, and you attack the very professionalism that makes this a premier school district.”

On March 23, the board posted on its website a comment regarding their recent actions.

“There are two reasons why the board chose to go public,” the posting read. “One, the practice of this board has always been to conduct business in an open, honest and transparent manner. The board wants all of the teachers and members of the community to understand the issues surrounding the contract.

“Two, the teacher contract drives about half, and influences another 20 percent, of the district’s expenses. The current negotiations will have a

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strong influence on the budget for the next three years. It is important to give the public information and a voice in a process that will affect their tax bills over the next three years and beyond. ... Going public is commonplace and has happened in other negotiations in Chester County. The union leadership requested a delay in public notification and the board honored that request.”

The March 23 posting continued, “In the spirit of cooperation, not only did the

board honor the request for delaying several times, it also provided the union leadership with a copy of the document being considered for release to the public. Changes were made to the document based on the union leadership’s input. The board views this as an open and respectful way to approach the process. The board appreciates the teachers

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in the district and agrees with the union leadership that we are fortunate to be part of a premier school district and that teachers are at the heart of our success.

“It was also asserted that the board is being selective with information disclosed,” the posting stated. “The board approaches this conversation with a willingness to engage all stakeholders and answer all questions. The initial public presentation and union leadership’s response provide a platform for further dialogue and information sharing.”

The district’s web page for updated contact negotiations is www.ucfsd.org. The Unionville Chadds Ford Education Association has a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ UCFEA. To contact Staff Writer John Chambless, e-mail jchambless@chestercounty. com.

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Local News Kennett High School students shooting for YouTube fame The students, faculty, administration, and staff lined the halls and filled the gymnasium of Kennett High School on March 27. Their goal was to create a spirit-filled video to be posted on YouTube.

Organized by senior videographers Kiersten Anderson, Lucas Ransick, Heather McDonald and Tyler Mousley, under the guidance of award-winning video production teacher Frank Vanderslice, the students lipsynched to Smash Mouth’s hit “All Star.”

Clubs, sports teams, band members, cheerleaders, and costumed characters danced and made noise as the cameras toured through hallways lined with students, and decorated with signs and streamers. The seniors ended the video with the chant “We are Kennett!”

This is the second time that Kennett High School has produced a video. The last, in 2010, got a modest number of views and can still be seen on YouTube. The goal this time is to get at least 50,000 views.

The true purpose of the event was to encourage students to display their spirit and school pride as they close out the third marking period and head into spring break.

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conversation in mid-March, and most of the concerns and questions he had were expected.

He worried that he would be in pain, and Dr. Olson discussed how Milledge would be in control of his pain management.

He was frightened of losing his hair, and we explained it would grow back, with Grammy offering to knit him an awesome hat. Otherwise, he seems excited and anxious for transplant day to arrive. I think what we have working for us right now is the fact that Milledge is not afraid of hospitals, which is often not the case with other children.

Milledge has spent his entire life at CHOP, and the fabulous nurses, doctors, social workers, and Child Life specialists there have done an outstanding job.

“When his hematology nurse asked him what he thought of the transplant, his response was, ‘I think it will be good.

It’s going to turn DBA into a good thing!’ I like that, and I’m going to try to carry that attitude with me through the next few months.”

Deborah Maroko of the Children’s Organ Transplant Association said, “The family and friends of Milledge want to encourage everyone to check out his website, follow his journey, and hopefully join us as we hold events over the next

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Robotics club members show club pride by displaying their competition number. From left: Sean Huezo, Jake Nardozzi, Katelin Judge, Luke Baker, and Katie Schuetz.

American knows this, so they force themselves to learn the language of the country.

While it is preferable for more police to speak Spanish, it would

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several months. One hundred percent of the money raised will assist with transplantrelated expenses.”

For more information about future events, or fundraising and volunteer opportunities, e-mail milledgefundraiser@gmail. com. Updated information is posted at www.facebook. com/mightymilledge.

The be even more preferable for Spanish-speaking immigrants to learn English. Speaking English would open up completely new horizons and job opportunities for single-language-only Latinos, and open the doors wide for eventual citizenship. There

Children’s Organ Transplant Association is a national charity based in Bloomington, Ind., that is dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplantrelated expenses.

To contact Staff Writer John Chambless, e-mail jchambless@chestercounty. com. are Englishspeaking classes available here for immigrants, but too few Latinos take learning English seriously.

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Local News Chadds Ford resident and CEO supports children and adults with special needs

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer Over the past several years, Shawn O’Brien, a Chadds Ford resident and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cipher Pharmaceuticals, has seen many stage performances by the Melmark Players in nearby Berwyn.

The theater group is made up of residents of Melmark, a facility that provides residential, educational, vocational and therapeutic services for children and adults with autism, intellectual disabilities and other neurological disorders.

To O’Brien, these performances are as good as Broadway, and in a way, they’re better. Over the years, he has come to know many of the actors by name.

He meets them before and after shows. He sees the gleam in their eyes when they come out at the end of the plays and musicals and see that the audiences are standing and applauding for them. In many ways, O’Brien is a silent partner in these theatrical performances because for the past eight years, Shawn O’Brien has been one of the

quiet leaders who have helped these actors - and hundreds of other people just like them at Melmark -- experience rays of hope and happiness.

“To see them blossom when they perform, and then come out and talk to everyone after the show, is one of the best moments I could have,” O’Brien said. “To see the joy in the group is just fantastic. At each performance, there’s always a new person.

I am amazed at what they can do. It’s a real pleasure to experience.”

For O’Brien, the appreciation is met with the roll-up-the-sleeves work of helping Melmark achieve its mission. This year marks the seventh year he will serve as co-chair of the Hubert J.P. Schoemaker Classic Advisory Board, who organizes an annual golf tournament that has to date raised more than $3 million for Melmark.

These funds have supported a wide range of projects and services, including new classrooms that provide technology and innovative opportunities; a multi-purpose center with a fulltime gymnasium; and program support for education, vocational

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Chadds Ford resident Shawn O’Brien greets members of the Melmark Players soon after one of their productions.

training and adult services.

O’Brien co-chairs the advisory board with Denny Wilson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hsiri; and Jim Eaton, Senior Vice President of NAI Geis Realty. O’Brien, Wilson and Eaton lead a group made up of executives from some of the leading biotech and life sciences companies in the area.

On Oct. 5, the 10th Annual Hubert J.P. Schoemaker Classic will attract nearly 300 golfers to three premiere golf courses in the Berwyn area. The Classic was founded by Lee Ahrensdorf and Associates, in memory of the late Hubert J.P. Schoemaker, a pioneer in the life sciences industry, whose eldest daughter lived at Melmark for 28 years.

“We are honored to lead the charge in coordinating the Classic in memory of Hubert,” said O’Brien. “When Hubert passed away 11 years ago, we wanted to put something special in place, as a way of bringing the biotech community together to raise money for Melmark. The success and longevity of this event has a direct, positive impact on the families served by Melmark.”

Soon after moving with his family to Chadds Ford from Canada in 1999 as an executive with Astra Zeneca, O’Brien began dedicating his time at Melmark through a volunteering effort made by his former employer. After leaving Astra Zeneca in 2004, O’Brien has made sure that whatever company he has been with has provided volunteer leadership to local organizations just like Melmark.

In both his business and his work with Melmark, O’Brien believes in what he calls the three pillars of success -- to improve, to innovate and to transform.

When he first began volunteering at Melmark in 2008, it was

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O’Brien leads a live auction at last year’s Annual Hubert J.P. Schoemaker Classic

the height of the economic downturn, and O’Brien saw that the facility was not receiving the resources it needed in order to succeed.

Together with the members of the advisory board, O’Brien began to restore the economic health of the facility, which he said “allows Melmark to continue to improve, innovate and transform.”

Volunteerism has become a family trait in the O’Brien household. Daughter Shannon Elizabeth, a 2010 graduate of Unionville High School, worked at Melmark during her college summers, on her way to her degree in speech therapy and dance at George Washington University last year. During her years at Unionville High School, she coordinated the Best Buddies Program, which helps link disabled persons together with able-bodied persons.

“Now, Shannon helps the

learning disabled communicate through dance,” O’Brien said.

“Volunteering has become a family thing, not just something I do myself.”

There is another performance group that O’Brien enjoys seeing at Melmark. It’s a music group called the Joy Bells, and to O’Brien, the sound the group makes is symbiotic with the people he has come to know.

“They just want to smile,” he said. “They just want to have an ordinary day. At Melmark, it’s the nurturing along with the technology that accelerates what the idea of ‘Normal’ has become for these individuals. Melmark is transforming them from having

nothing in their life to being able to enjoy things.”

The Schoemaker Classic will be played at the Waynesborough Country Club, the St. Davids Golf Club and the Gulph Mills Golf Club, and will also include a cocktail reception, silent auction, live auction and dinner, at the Waynesborough Country Club. For more information about the event, including sponsorship opportunities, visit www. schoemakerclassic.com, or call Ellen Donohue, Melmark’s Vice President for Advancement, at 610-325-4996.

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

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Local News Kelli Kahn named Citadel Heart of Learning finalist Kelli Kahn, a first-grade teacher at Pocopson Elementary School, has been named as one of five finalists for the 2015 Citadel Heart of Learning Award for Elementary School Teacher Excellence.

Kahn was one of 15 finalists, and was selected from the almost 2,700 nominations received for the award this year.

Her award was announced by the school district on March 26.

The Citadel Heart of Learning Award program was created by Citadel and the Chester County Intermediate Unit to recognize excellent teachers throughout the county.

Kahn teaches first grade at Pocopson Elementary. Principal Andrew McLaughlin said, “Kelli is a

dedicated teacher that makes learning fun for her students. She has built a learning environment that is full of energy, accepting of all personalities yet rich academically. She makes every one of her students feel special and provides them with a learning experience that they never forget.�

At an awards ceremony held for Kahn last week at Pocopson Elementary, one of her coworkers, Dave Lichter, said, “Kelli is a true gift to our district and the teaching profession, with all of her enthusiasm, energy, and empathy towards the students who are so lucky to have her for a teacher.�

On May 5, Kahn will join finalists from all school districts

in Chester County at the award banquet for the final awards, where she will receive a $500 award that can be used in her classroom.

Sixty-five Unionville-Chadds Ford School District teachers were nominated for the Citadel honor this year: Joseph Ahart, Scott Anderson, Michael Audevard, Christine Bailey, Betsy Ballard, Katherine Bodenstab, Robyn Brazill, Kevin Brode, Stephanie Brown, Clee Brun, Christine Bunting, Buddy Burgess, Kelly Cicchino, Cathy Cipollini, Jennifer Clark, George Claypoole, Debbie Collins, Lori Collins, Emilie Conover, Jay Cranston, Kevin Crossman, George Crowley, Charlotte DeNenno, Faith Dilworth, Lisa

Dougherty, Susan Feinstein, Jessica Gallagher, Marisa Gheris, Catherine Gillespie, Sally Greenwood, Erin Grubb, Ellie Hayes, Christine Ilgenfritz, Kelli Kahn, Michelle Lafferty, Farah Lawrence, Veronique Liska, Jerry Little, Karin Little, Sandi Litvin, Charles Manning, Vanessa Marchetto, Kathryn Markloff, Rachel Marquette, Fran Mulhern, Perk Musacchio, Cheryl Nelson, Kathy Newell, Dawn Oldenski, James O’Rourke, Todd Picard, Labrae Rafferty, Patrick Ricci, Chrissie Rissmiller, Amanda Ruch, Judy Small, Kristie Spina, Jenny Steinen, Ryan Stephens, Joseph Sudimak, John Walsh, Heather Wanner, Kathy Whitman, Angela Wilbanks and Barbara Williamson.

Franklin residents invited to help clean up township As part of the Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania, residents of Franklin Township are being asked to help make their community a better place on April 25.

Participants will meet at the Franklin Township Office

Building (20 Municipal Lane, Kemblesville) at 8 a.m. and pick up free gloves, safety vests, trash bags, maps and safety instructions. From 8 a.m. until noon, teams can collect trash and debris along township roads, bag it and leave the bags on the

roadside, which will be collected and delivered back to the township building for disposal.

The statewide cleanup effort is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Residents can preregister by calling 610-255-5212,

or by e-mailing volunteer@ franklintownship.us. Drop-ins on the day of the event will find plenty to do, and registration is not required. The rain date will be April 26. For more information, visit the township website at www.franklintownship.us.

The HOOD: A Partnership for Youth Employment holds open house The public is welcome to find out more about educational enrichment, career exploration and development opportunities for Chester County’s youth.

Chester County’s “one-stop shop� for youth employment and training opportunities, The HOOD: A Partnership for Youth Employment, will host an open house on Thursday, April 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Located at Suite 350, 479 Thomas Jones Way in Exton, The HOOD provides young people with access to opportunities for further education and training, career development and job opportunities.

A brief program, with comments from the Chester County Commissioners, will take place at noon.

The HOOD, facilitated by the Chester County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and the Council for the Workforce of Tomorrow (CWT), places

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an emphasis on educational enrichment, career exploration and career development. It offers in-school youth programs and primarily focuses on outof-school services for youth to attend an alternative schooling to obtain a GED as well as other post-educational opportunities. “Our organization is forever growing and expanding, and we are focused on improving our services to make them more effective for young people,� said Lila Singleton, Workforce Development Manager for The HOOD. “All of our partners, representatives from school districts and youth services, and the general public are welcome to attend, giving us an opportunity to showcase our new premises and our services.�

With the new Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) regulations being implemented on July 1, 2015, The HOOD will serve out-ofschool youth ages 16 to 24, and in-school youth from ages 12 to 18.

Anyone attending the open house is asked to RSVP to Roslyn Roberts at rroberts@ chesco.org or call 610-3446929. For more information, contact Roslyn Roberts or go to the website at www. thehoodonline.org.

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Meat, egg, and dairy industries have been playing us for fools

Canine Partners for Life is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The Cochranville-based organization has trained and placed more than 600 dogs in homes all across the country, allowing people with a wide variety of disabilities to lead fuller, more active lives.

The Chester County Press will soon be publishing a story about the 25th anniversary of Canine Partners for Life, and while preparing that story we met people like Sarah and Mike.

Sarah, a sophomore at the University of Delaware, welcomed Rosebud into her family after she was diagnosed with epilepsy. The small dog is more than just a friendly companion; she alerts Sarah when she is about to suffer an epileptic seizure, crawling onto her lap and refusing to leave until the danger has passed. This helps keep Sarah safe and active.

Mike has been wheelchair-bound since 1988, after he was injured in a fall. He has received two dogs from Canine Partners for Life over the years. Annabelle is his constant companion, and helps him in numerous ways.

She can help him pick up items that he can’t reach. She can notify other family members when he needs help.

The dogs that are trained at Canine Partners for Life can help people with a wide range of physical, neurological, and cognitive disabilities, including muscular dystrophy, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, cerebral palsy, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, spinal cord injuries, strokes, seizure disorders, arthritis, spina bifida, Parkinson’s Disease and more.

Over the course of 25 years, the Canine Partners for Life staff has developed an extensive training program for the dogs, and all you have to do is talk to a recipient to understand how important a role the dogs can play in a person’s life. The dogs are taught how to handle a variety of chores, from simple things like picking up dropped objects to more advanced tasks like opening doors, operating lights and elevator buttons. They can take purchases and wallets to a cashier in a store. The dogs can learn how to assist a person with dressing and undressing. They can retrieve a wheelchair or provide balance or momentum to their person. They can provide stability on stairs or rough terrain. They can even assist bed-dependent individuals to move in the bed, preventing bedsores.

The dogs are constant companions and they are caregivers.

The stories of Mike and Sarah should provide the rest of us with inspiration. They meet their challenges with courage.

There is certainly inspiration to be found from the compassionate people who raise and train the service and alert dogs, too.

But let’s not forget the dogs themselves. Annabelle and Rosebud and the 600 or so other Canine Partners for Life dogs are providing an invaluable service.

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With April Fools’ Day just around the corner, it appears that the meat, egg, and dairy industries have been playing us for fools all year-round.

Their more remarkable hoaxes include California’s happy cows, free-range chickens, and humane slaughter. These are all lies.

Less fun is the stuff they never talk about. Like the hundreds of

millions of chickens crammed seven into a cage designed for one, unable to move or spread their wings. Or their hundreds of millions of male counterparts ground up live at birth and fed to other chickens, or just dumped into plastic garbage bags to suffocate slowly. Or the miserable breeding sows producing millions of piglets

per year while trapped in tiny steel cages.

All in the spirit of year-round April Fools’ Day, the meat industry has even developed a whole dictionary of fun terms to fool unwary consumers.

Those filthy cesspools of animal waste that poison downwind neighbors with putrid odors? They

call them “lagoons.” And to make sure that kids don’t confuse the pig flesh on their plate with “Babe” or “Wilbur,” they call it “pork.”

Ah, those meat industry folks are such kidders. But they won’t be fooling American consumers much longer.

Callahan Clapman West Grove

State Franklin & Marshall College Poll charts views of Pennsylvania voters The results of the Franklin & Marshall College Poll of Pennsylvania were revealed last week, and there appears to be more optimism that the state is headed in the right direction. This is the 24th year of consecutive polling in Pennsylvania. Here are some of the highlights: • More voters, 39 percent, believe the state is headed in the right direction than at any time since January 2010, while 47 percent feel it is off on the wrong track.

• Nearly two in five (38 percent) registered Pennsylvania voters believes Gov. Tom Wolf is doing an “excellent” or “good” job as governor -- more than three in five (58 percent) of Democrats rate his performance as “excellent” or “good.”

• Sen. Pat Toomey currently leads Democrat Joe Sestak by a five-point margin, 34 percent to 29 percent, although most voters (37 percent) are still undecided about this race.

• Voters indicate their top priority for state government is an increase in funding for public education (27 percent) or local property tax reform (25 percent).

• A majority of state voters support the Governor’s budget plan (59 percent) which increases the sales and personal income taxes and creates a Marcellus Shale extraction tax to reduce local property taxes and increase funding to public schools.

• State store privatization is supported by 49 percent of the state’s

voters, while 37 percent oppose, which is consistent with past surveys.

• Two in three (66 percent) of voters support increasing the state’s minimum wage to $10.10 per hour.

This survey reflects interviews with 597 Pennsylvania registered voters conducted by the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College from March 17-23. The sample error of the survey is plus or minus 4.2 percentage points).

Guest Column Goodbye to the SGR

By Congressman Joe Pitts Congress is infamous for putting things off. It always seem easier to do something tomorrow.

Maybe the next year there will be a different President, or a different Senate, or a different House. Or maybe, one day there will be enough money to pay for everything that everybody wants.

The reality is that you can always come up with a reason not to do something.

Back in 1997, Congress was on the cusp of balancing the federal budget for the first time in decades. For four years, the federal government would actually have a surplus. However, budget experts predicted that the growth in Medicare would soon put the government back in the red.

President Clinton and Newt Gingrich reached an agreement to control the growth in Medicare spending through a new mechanism called the Sustainable Growth Rate. It was basically a blunt instrument that would hold doctors’ reimbursement rates down regardless of the actual cost of providing care.

The cuts called for by SGR were simply too deep and could

have led doctors to simply stop treating Medicare patients.

Projected SGR reductions of near 5 percent soon grew to more than 10 percent and then more than 20 percent. From 2003 on, Congress has delayed the cuts and in some cases increased reimbursements instead. There were 17 of these delays in the last dozen years.

The “Doc Fix” bills became an annual ritual in Congress.

Physicians and lobbyists would come to the Hill begging not to be cut and Congress would oblige. For years, there was no serious effort to fix the problem.

Democrats promised doctors and medical societies that their massive health reform bill would fix the problem. Instead, it was dropped from Obamacare as too costly and another patch was passed.

When Republicans took back the House and I took over leadership of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, I made it one of my priorities to finally end the uncertainty of patchwork bills and get a permanent fix.

Full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Speaker Boehner shared this vision.

In May 2011, I chaired the first hearing of the Health Subcommittee to look at the Medicare payment system. It took years of work involving outreach to stakeholders, careful construction of a new policy, and negotiation with Democrats but in 2013 we finally reached an agreement on the Energy and Commerce Committee.

Last year, we passed this bill in the House with a package that paid for the costs of reform by reductions in Obamacare spending. Unfortunately, this package went nowhere in the Senate and was threatened with a Presidential veto.

Another temporary patch was passed in the spring, one that is set to run out March 31. With that deadline approaching, something had to be done. House Democrat and Republican leaders negotiated a new package of ways to pay for the new Medicare reimbursement system.

These methods of paying for permanent SGR repeal represent the first real entitlement reform considered in the Obama administration. Over the course of the coming decades, they will save $295 billion. The negotiated

bill also contains an extension of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and funds for Community Health Centers.

It’s not a perfect bill, but I believe it represents an honest and fair compromise. I’m not the only one who feels this way. The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, by a vote of 392-37.

This has been years in the making, but we can finally stop passing the buck and permanently repeal the SGR. Now that the House has acted, the Senate needs to pass the bill and send it to the President, who has indicated that he will sign it.

It is satisfying to see a longterm goal finally accomplished.

It took dedication and persistence. It took negotiation and compromise. Now there is much more work to be done.

Fixing the SGR is not saving Medicare. It places the program on a better footing, but it does not prevent the Medicare trust fund from running dry in just over a decade. I hope that this achievement can build trust and allow us to go further, preserving Medicare for future generations.

Charter school bill could raise property taxes

By State Rep. James Roebuck Students and taxpayers have much at stake as charter school reform is debated in Harrisburg.

Unfortunately, a bill House Republicans passed recently (H.B. 530) would not deliver for our kids or taxpayers. That’s why it passed on party lines, without enough votes to survive a potential veto from new Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf.

I have worked with Republicans on numerous education issues over the years. We can achieve good things when both parties the voters sent to Harrisburg work together and have input.

I and other Democratic representatives tried to improve H.B. 530, but our amendments were rejected on party lines. We tried to include stronger protections for taxpayers against charter schools leasing their buildings from entities owned by a board member

or administrator, or their families.

We also tried to undo the bill’s weakening of local control – it would stack the state charter school appeals board, which has generally been even-handed and approved about 50 percent of the charter school applications that reach it. An unelected, stacked board in Harrisburg could essentially drive up your school property taxes. As a colleague has said, that would be taxation without representation.

This bill could also cost local property taxpayers money and jobs by giving charter schools right of first refusal on unused school properties the community might want for another use, such as locating a new business.

Another improvement we wanted involves the hard-to-miss ads and billboards for charter and cyber charter schools that often claim they’re “free.” That’s misleading -- your income, sales

and property taxes fund them.

Republicans voted down an amendment to bar the ads from claiming tuition or transportation are “free” and instead require the ads to mention the cost is borne by taxpayer dollars.

Gov. Wolf’s budget would provide much more reform. He proposes reasonable limits on cyber charter school payments that would return $160 million in savings per year to school districts -- permanently. The House Republican bill would only save about $24 million – and $7 million of that would expire after just two years, even though the savings involve services that cyber schools will never provide, such as food services.

That’s a bad deal for local property taxpayers. In addition, the state provides a share of school funding, so turning down $136 million is surprising when the state has a $2 billion deficit.

Some high-quality charter schools have fulfilled the law’s mission to provide innovation, but we still shouldn’t overpay.

The bill also tries to cut Gov. Wolf out of the process. Instead of having the governor appoint several members of a charter school funding commission, the bill would give those appointments to a Corbett administration holdover.

This is a strange way to come up with a funding report that Gov. Wolf would sign into law.

The governor’s support will be needed for charter school changes to become law, and those changes should deliver the reform and savings that students and taxpayers deserve. Unfortunately, H.B. 530 falls well short. I plan to introduce stronger legislation this year.

State Rep. James Roebuck, D-Phila. (www.pahouse.com/ Roebuck), is Democratic chairman of the House Education Committee.

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Obituaries JAYNE MATTIONI Jayne (Miller) Mattioni, 79, of Dover, N.H., passed away on March 20 in Dover, N.H..

Born in Oxford in 1935, to Sarah (Cazier) and Leslie Miller, she was a lifelong resident of Chester County, living in Oxford, West Grove and Avondale. Most recently, she resided in Bellamy Fields, Dover, N.H. Jayne was the beloved wife of Dominic “Gee” Mattioni, who predeceased her in 1998; dearest mother to sons Dominic Mattioni and his wife Susan of Lee, N.H., and Gabriel Mattioni and his wife Iris of Palmetto Bay, Fla. She had three grandsons she adored, and who served as her helpers through illnesses, surgeries and rehabilitation during the last years of her life: Gabriel John Mattioni of Palmetto Bay, Fla., and Dominic and Ben Mattioni, of Lee, N.H. Jayne also leaves behind three dear sisters, Ann Kilby and her husband John, Carole McCombs, and Sue Stanley, all of Oxford; along with several nieces and nephews. She was also predeceased by beloved brother, Ray Miller and his wife Shirley.

Along with family, Jayne had a network of friends that shared a lifetime of memories with her, and her children are truly grateful they were in her life.

A funeral was held March 27. Burial was in Oxford Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations are being accepted in her name to The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, PO Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5014. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com.

JANET R. SHARPLESS Janet R. Sharpless, 63, of West Grove, passed away on March 21 at her residence.

She was the wife of William B. Sharpless, Sr., with whom she shared 41 years of marriage. She was a homemaker. Janet enjoyed going to comedy shows, going to see live music, was known to enjoy a good laugh, and in earlier years, she sang with a few local bands. She especially enjoyed being with her family and friends.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her mother, Janet Eastburn Quinn of West Grove; one son, William B. Sharpless II and his wife Carey of Newark, Del.; one brother, Jeffrey Quinn and his girlfriend Judy Rapp of Shamong, N.J.; one sister, Ann Marie Montel and her husband Jay of Bellmawr, N.J.; two grandchildren, Brayden Sharpless and Kaleigh Sharpless; and four nieces, Miranda Quinn, Mykaela Quinn, Meladi Quinn and Mya Montel.

A visitation with family and friends will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on April 11 at the Foulk & Grieco Funeral Home (200 Rose Hill Rd., West Grove). Her memorial service will follow at 1 p.m.

Burial will be private. You may leave a condolence for the family by visiting www.griecocares.com.

MARGARET R. JENNINGS Margaret Rose Jennings, 81, of Avondale, passed away on March 22 at the Twin Pines Health Care Center.

She was the wife of Lewis B. Jennings, who passed away in 2005, and with whom she shared 30 years of marriage. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, she was the daughter of the late William and Rosa Barr McDonald. She came to the United States when she was 21 and lived in Wilmington, Del., until 1971, and moved to Chester County in 1975.

She was an accounting clerk at he DuPont Company in Wilmington for many years. She was an avid reader, loved animals, and enjoyed traveling, the outdoors, and spending time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by three daughters, Denise May of Avondale, Lorraine Thornton and her husband Ed of Upper Chichester, Pa., and Maria Daddezio and her husband Robert of West Grove; three sons, Jeffrey McGovern and his wife Carol of New York, N.Y., Lewis B. Jennings III of Maryland, and David Jennings of Chichester, Pa.; one sister, Alison Olds of Maine; and many grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She was predeceased by one son, Brian McGovern.

A funeral was held March 30. Burial was in Union Hill Cemetery in Kennett Square. Online condolences may be made by visiting www. griecocares.com.

VIRGINIA L. SEEGER Virginia Lee Seeger (nee Ball), 93, of Oxford, passed away peacefully on March 24.

Born in 1921 and raised in Concord, N.C., Virginia was the eldest daughter of the late Hattie and Bertie Ball. She was preceded in death by sisters Hattie and Ann, and is survived by sister Dora.

Prior to marriage Virginia graduated from Pfeiffer College and was employed by Canon Mills in Kannapolis, N.C. Upon her marriage in 1951 to William Seeger, Jr. (Capt. U.S. Army) of Philadelphia, Ginny and Bill made their home in Malvern, where they raised two surviving children, William Seeger III of Cape May, N.J., and Virginia Maria

Cheek of East Fallowfield. Additionally she is survived by seven loving grandchildren, William IV, Kristen, Robert, Scott, Molly, Hattie and Jess; and five great-grandchildren. It was her greatest joy when they visited while she was a resident of Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford. She was a member of the Paoli Presbyterian Church, and throughout her life, Virginia celebrated her beloved southern heritage and North Carolina roots.

Funeral services were held March 28. Internship will be private, when she joins her husband, Bill, in Arlington National Cemetery.

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

KINIE IRENE DAVIS TERRY Kinie Irene Davis Terry, 89, of Oxford, went to be with the Lord on March 27 at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del. She was the wife of the late Louis W. Terry, Sr. Born in Eckman, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late James Lester and Mirtie Ellen Miller Davis. Irene retired as a receptionist at Jennersville Regional Hospital in West Grove. She was a member of Nottingham Missionary Baptist Church, Oxford Senior Center and West Grove Senior Center. She enjoyed working puzzles, reading her Bible and visiting people who were sick.

She is survived by her son, Louis W. Terry, Jr., and his wife Debbie of Landenberg; daughter, Lanita E. Price and her husband Jerry of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held March 31. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

JANE O. WEDGE Jane O. Wedge (Williams), formerly of Newark, Del., and Wind Gap, Pa, passed away peacefully at age 87 at Ware Presbyterian Village on March 26.

Jane had been a resident of Ware Village for the past year and a half, and prior to that, lived with her daughter Dawn and son-in-law Lawrence and their two daughters, Lindsey and Jen, in Newark, Del. Jane, affectionately known as “Nana,” was born in Pen Argyl, Pa., in 1928, the daughter of William F. and Olive E. Williams. Her parents, her sisters Norma, Frances (“Sis”) and Verona (“Boots”), and her brothers Morris, William and Robert, preceded her in death. Jane also lost her son Scott; her ex-husband, William R. Wedge; and her dear friend, Bill Sebok.

Jane lived a long and active life. She grew up during the Great Depression, and as a young woman watched her two older brothers and many young men in her community enter World War II. She graduated from Pen Argyl High School in 1946, married Bill and traveled to several military bases, where she started her family. She raised three children and managed a blouse mill in Wind Gap, Pa., until her retirement in 1990. Jane, moving to Newark shortly after her retirement, joined the Mid-County Senior Center and became a member of the volleyball and bowling teams while working part-time at Strawbridge and Clothier. She enjoyed traveling with friends, especially on cruise ships, the beach and Disney World. A loving mother and wonderful grandmother, she was a friend to every person she met.

Surviving are Dawn and Larry Olmstead; her son, Michael Wedge, and his companion Diane Pacovich from Bethlehem, Pa., and her nine grandchildren, Lindsey, Jen, Shane, Corey, Ahren, Chantel, Ryan, Joel and Justin. She also has four great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be at Ware Presbyterian Village Chapel in Oxford on April 28 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made to Ware Presbyterian Village, 7 East Locust Street, Oxford, PA 19363 in Jane’s honor. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

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Local News TRAILER STOLEN New Garden Township Police are investigating the theft of a 2014 camping trailer from the 1100 block of Newark Road. The trailer, which has a kitchen, bathroom and sleeping quarters, along with an area for transporting off-road vehicles, was stolen from a gravel parking lot between March 20 at 5:30 p.m. and March 22 at 3 p.m., when it was discovered missing. The trailer is gray, with darker gray graphics

A trailer like this one was stolen in New Garden Township between March 20 and 22.

on the sides. It had Pennsylvania registration XHT6246. It is valued at about $35,000. Anyone with information should contact police at 610-268-2907, ext. 100, or call the anonymous tip line at extension 222.

For more information, visit www. ngpd.org.

MARIJUANA AT SCHOOL Two girls, ages 16 and 15, were charged by Pennsylvania State Police Avondale on March 13 at 9 a.m. after one of the girls was seen providing a small amount of marijuana to the other girl at the Avon Grove Charter School in London Grove Township.

CAR STOLEN On March 21, Kennett Square Police received a report of a stolen car that had been parked in the 100 block of South Willow Street.

The car had been stolen sometime

between 6 p.m. on March 20 and 6 a.m. on March 21. The car, a 1997 Honda Civic, was later found in Delaware in the area of Barley Mill and Mount Cuba roads, missing the tires and radio.

WALMART THEFTS On March 10, Pennsylvania State Police Avondale arrested Karen Deann Slaymaker-Bingham, 47, of West Grove, after she tried to take more than $100 worth of merchandise from the Walmart in East Marlborough Township.

On March 13, Pennsylvania State Police Avondale arrested John Henry Daniels, 46, of Coatesville, after store employees saw him take items from the Walmart store in East Marlborough Township without paying for them.

On March 9, two men and a woman took $925.60 worth of baby monitors and facial hair clippers from the Walmart store in Oxford, according to Pennsylvania State Police Avondale. Police are investigating.

On March 15, Pennsylvania State Police Avondale arrested Philice Jena Ray, 34, of New Garden Township, after she stole $99.81 worth of merchandise from the Oxford Walmart store. She also had a small amount of marijuana when she was arrested. Charges will be filed in Oxford District Court.

BB GUN VANDALISM A homeowner at 430 Minor Street in Avondale reported that a window of the home was hit by a BB or pellet gun on March 18 at 11 a.m., according to Pennsylvania State Police Avondale. Also, overnight on March 23, a car parked in front of the home was hit by a BB or pellet gun. Anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Ryan Smith at 610-268-2022.

Kennett Public Library to close for additional renovation work The Kennett Public Library will be closed from April 6 to 19. Contractors found asbestos during the recent renovation work, and professional remediation is now necessary.

Kennett Library director Donna Murray expressed her regret that the library will now be closed for 14 days, but said that the health and safety of the library’s customers and staff is the top priority.

“For the health and safety of our community and our

staff, and to minimize how much more time the library needs to be closed, we will handle this properly and efficiently,” Murray said. “We were originally scheduled to close the library March 23 to 27 for the second phase of renovations. Instead, the affected areas were secured and we remained open. Now we need to close for two weeks in April to complete the remediation and the second phase of renovations.”

Once the renovation and

redecoration is finished, customers will see a new face for the library. The priority in the makeover is better areas for reading and programming.

Library officials are working on a plan to build a new home.

“We have been trying to move to a new location for more than a decade now,” said library board president Susan Mackey-Kallis. “This latest issue makes us more determined than ever to build the new facility.”

With the library closing between April 6 and 19, library customers are encouraged to ask the staff about the eBook collection that can be accessed from home.

The library will be holding an information session at 7 p.m. on April 13. The meeting room downstairs will be accessible that night despite the closure. The community is invited to attend the session to hear about the current renovations, and to offer input on the library’s future plans.

New board members added at Stroud Center C. Bland Dickey and Porter Schutt were recently elected to fill vacancies on the Stroud Water Research Center board.

The vacancies were created by the retirement of Aldo Morell and Paul Sniegowski.

Dickey began his three-year term of service at Stroud Center’s December board meeting. Schutt’s service began at the March board meeting.

“Bland and Porter are both strong supporters of environmental causes and are well-informed about crucial issues for freshwater resources,” said Bernard Sweeney, Ph.D., director of Stroud Water Research Center. “I’m thrilled that they accepted positions on our board of directors.”

C. Bland Dickey has been global director for DuPont Safety, Health & Environment since 2012. He began his

career at DuPont in 1980 as a design engineer at its Camden, South Carolina plant. A majority of Dickey’s career has focused on leading manufacturing operations, including four plant manager assignments in Athens, S.C., Seaford, Del., Edge Moor, Del., and Chambers Works, N.J. In addition to serving on Stroud Center’s board of directors, Dickey is an executive member of the Campbell Institute and Global Issues Forum.

“I am honored to join Stroud Center’s board of directors,” said Dickey. “Stroud Center is focused on protecting our freshwater ecosystems, through research and applied science. I look forward to working with my fellow board members to help advance this important mission.”

Porter Schutt is a portfolio manager and head of the Wilmington, Delaware office of Brown Advisory, an independent investment firm. He joined Brown Advisory after 13 years at Marvin & Palmer Associates, Inc., a global equity management firm, where he was a partner and portfolio manager for emerging markets and domestic large-cap growth equity portfolios.

In addition to serving on Stroud Center’s board of directors, Schutt serves as treasurer for Longwood Gardens and Delaware Wild Lands, and on The Conservation Fund board’s finance committee.

He is also a board member of the Brandywine Chapter of Ducks Unlimited and the Open Space Council for the State of Delaware and an advisor to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation board of directors.

“Water is our most precious natural resource,” said Schutt.

“I look forward to ensuring that Stroud Center has the resources it needs to continue its mission far into the future.”

Paul Sniegowski, Ph.D., a biologist at the University of Pennsylvania headed the science committee during his five years of service on Stroud Center’s board. He stepped down to focus on securing grant funding for his research.

Aldo Morell, Ph.D., stepped down from Stroud Center’s board, after 10 years of service, when he retired from his position as director of North American Operations at DuPont and moved to Florida.

“We are incredibly grateful to both Aldo and Paul for their many years of service leadership,” said Sweeney. “Their vision will inspire us well into the future.”

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Longwood Art Gallery celebrates ten-year anniversary in Kennett Square

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer It was ten years ago this week that the Longwood Art Gallery opened in downtown Kennett Square. Owners Marjorie Kuhn and Sheila Washington have specials planned throughout April to celebrate the milestone with their customers.

During an interview last week, Washington and Kuhn -- friends since long before they became business partners—took a stroll through ten years of memories as they reflected on their first decade as business owners.

“We’re fortunate to be here in Kennett Square,” explained Kuhn. “The local art scene is very strong here.”

In May of 2004, Kuhn and Washington were thinking -- just thinking -- about opening their own business. They could both frame artwork, and they both loved art. They found out that Mary Davies, the longtime owner of the Longwood Art Gallery on Route 1 just outside of Kennett Square, was retiring. Washington and Kuhn wanted to inquire about buying some of the artwork.

Instead, they ended up buying the business.

They worked for months making the gallery theirs, meeting new customers, organizing events, and making connections with local artists. They quickly came to the realization that the gallery space wasn’t right for them. They started to look around the area for other potential homes, and liked Kennett Square, with its mix of shops and restaurants.

“We talked to some of the merchants around town,” Kuhn explained, “and we really liked Kennett Square.”

A space at 200 East State Street became available at just the right time and the Longwood Art Gallery had a new home.

As Kuhn and Washington prepared to open in Kennett Square, there was immediate interest in the new gallery. In fact, the owners remember a visitor to town stopping by to ask about framing work. It was the first of many times that someone was attracted by the large window displays. At that point, the gallery was still

Works by MaryAnn Weselyk are gallery favorites.

two days away from its opening.

“That was encouraging -- that we had our first customer before we were ever even opened,” Kuhn said.

As Kuhn and Washington started to get a feel for the kind of artwork that would be popular locally, they filled their gallery with bold, exciting, and original artwork that ranges from representational to expressionistic to abstract. The work includes all mediums -- everything from brilliant acrylics to oils saturated with color, to fluid watercolors.

The gallery also offers photography, fine-art reproductions, art restoration and consultation services and an eclectic mix of handcrafted glass art, jewelry and pottery.

“I think we have things for people with all different tastes,” Kuhn said.

Washington and Kuhn agree that one of the best aspects of the work at the gallery is making connections with local artists and meeting customers.

“We’ve made a lot of close friendships,” Kuhn said. “They start out as customers, but they become friends.”

A guest book on the counter includes the names of many residents from the local area --Kennett Square, Newark, Hockessin, West Chester -- as expected, but also art enthusiasts from New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C., and other cities from as far away as Maine and Florida. Longwood Gardens and the popular annual Mushroom Festival bring a lot of visitors to Kennett Square, and the Longwood Art Gallery has become one of the popular stops.

The Longwood Art Gallery has

The Longwood Art Gallery has become a Kennett Square fixture in the past decade.

Photos by Steven Hoffman

Marjorie Kuhn and Sheila Washington opened the Longwood Art Gallery ten years ago this week.

The shop offers handmade pottery, jewelry and other crafts as well as fine art.

had enduring relationships with artists, too. Most of the art in the gallery is the work of talented local artists like Unionville artist MaryAnn Weselyk. Washington and Kuhn first started working with Weselyk in 2005.

“MaryAnn has quite a following,” Kuhn explained. “Her work has very vivid colors. She does oils and acrylics.”

Another longtime collaborator is local artist Jack Giangiulio, whose watercolors are tremendously popular. Washington and Kuhn saw his work in a gallery nearly a decade ago and loved it. They talked to him about bringing some of his work to the Longwood Art Gallery, and the relationship has continued ever since. The gallery will once again be featuring Giangiulio’s work during an exhibit in June.

“He’s been one of our bestselling artists,” Kuhn explained.

“He’s a real success story.”

Kuhn and Washington agree that local art enthusiasts seek out an eclectic mix of art, and the art scene is becoming more diversified with each passing year. Original artwork is the most in demand locally. The Longwood Art Galley offers art at affordable prices, and even has a layaway plan for the convenience of customers.

Custom framing remains an important part of the business.

The Longwood Art Gallery has a design room and Kuhn and Washington spend a lot of time working with customers on the specific designs of the framing.

The Longwood Art Gallery actively participates in Kennett Square’s First Friday Art Strolls and other events, offering wine, cheese, and live music.

“The art strolls were another benefit of coming here to Kennett Square,” Washington explained.

“It’s always been a big attraction to come in,” Kuhn added.

“Supporting community events and non-profits is important.

We’re fortunate to be in the borough, to be in this community.

Kennett is such a fantastic town.

It’s great to have a business here.

The local community really supports the businesses in town.”

To celebrate the first decade in downtown Kennett Square, the Longwood Art Gallery will be featuring 15 percent off all galleryowned framed artwork and 10 percent off one piece of framing, with 15 percent off two or more pieces from April 1 to April 30.

On April 3, the gallery will be hosting The Ladeens, a local band that plays Irish music, for the First Friday Art Stroll. On April 3 and 4, all gallery-owned items in the store will be 15 percent off. From April 7 to April

11, the gallery will offer a 15 percent discount on all galleryowned pottery, from April 14 to April 18, there will be 15 percent off all gallery-owned glass art, and from April 21 to April 25 there will be 15 percent off all gallery-owned jewelry.

For more information about the Longwood Art Gallery’s special offerings to celebrate its ten-year anniversary and other activities, visit www.longwoodartgallery. com.

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

In addition to custom framing, the Longwood Art Gallery offers original artwork, fine art reproductions, art restoration and consultation services.

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Sports ‘You become part of the Team Defiant family’

Amateur fighters Shannon Schade, Damien Melendez, and Shawn Jones, Jr. train at Team Defiant.

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer

Photos by Steven Hoffman

The Patti family all takes classes at Team Defiant.

The Team Defiant MMA gym in Oxford is buzzing with activity on a Thursday evening in mid-March. Dozens of people are simultaneously working out, some punching mitts, some working on proper kicking techniques, others warming up for an MMA class that will soon start.

Brandon Sheffield, a retired professional boxer who holds a black belt in kickboxing and Tang Soo Do, oversees all this activity, keeping a careful eye on the athletes who are training.

“It’s an all-around gym now,” explained Sheffield, who started Team Defiant with business partner Mike Fitchett in 2009. The

facility is full most evenings. A women’s kickboxing class that had a handful of participants last year now has more than two dozen members. MMA classes and martial arts classes are growing, too. Fitchett is the lead instructor for the youth and adult Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes that take place throughout the week.

Several amateur fighters and a professional boxer also train under the tutelage of Sheffield.

Everyone at Team Defiant is either improving their fitness for an upcoming fight or fighting to improve their fitness.

Oxford resident Bethany Atkinson started coming here three months ago for the women’s kickboxing and MMA conditioning class.

Atkinson has an athletic background, having played soccer and lacrosse, but she would seem to be an unlikely person to join a gym that focuses on MMA, boxing, and kickboxing.

“I’m a nurse. I’m not an aggressive person,” she explained.

“One would think that this gym would be an intimidating place to work out, but that is not the case. All the instructors are personable and you become part of the Team Defiant family.”

“Family” is not an exaggeration.

On this evening, Margie Gaspar is practicing punches and kicks with her daughter, Carly.

Carly, who has 15 years of training as a dancer, sought out the kickboxing class at Team

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“It’s a lot more fun than Zumba,” Margie said. “I feel like I have a lot more energy.”

When Margie found out how productive the workouts were, she convinced her best friend, Kris Keeler to try the class.

“This is definitely the best workout I’ve ever had,” Keeler said.

Rich Norman helps his daughter, Emily, with her MMA training at Team Defiant.

“When we can train together, it’s always fun,” Rich said.

“It’s important for a kid her age to learn self-defense. Combat sports, in general, can teach you the confidence that a lot of people need. You can develop a mental toughness that you can’t get from other sports.”

The entire Patti family—Tom and Kara, and their daughters

Josi and Julianna—are now training at the facility. Tom was the first one to sign up, and then they enrolled Josi and Julianna to study jiu jitsu.

Kara said that her daughters immediately took to the sport.

“They love it,” she said. “It teaches them respect, manners, and how to act.”

Kara said that her youngest daughter has also gained confidence as a result of the training.

“It gave her a lot of confidence,” Kara explained. “It brings her out of her shell.”

Kara, who previously did yoga for 17 years, then joined up because she saw how much the rest of the family was enjoying themselves.

“I didn’t think kickboxing would be my thing,” she explained. “We’re out here and we’re having fun. But you also burn serious calories.”

Jessica Hankins talked about how nice everyone is at Team Defiant.

“It’s a lot of fun,” she explained, “and it is affordable.”

“It’s something different every week,” said Abby Wharton. “It’s a total body workout, and you leave wanting more.”

Peyton Lloyd, a student at Oxford Area High School, would like to take part in an amateur MMA fight at some point. She joined Team Defiant because she wanted to give MMA a try. She has really taken to the sport.

“I’m a little better at kickboxing and boxing than the grappling,” Lloyd said. “I’ve grown as a fighter a lot. I know how to defend myself wisely. I am more confident.”

For men and women who want to pursue local or regional kickboxing or MMA fights, Sheffield can provide the necessary training and guidance.

Sheffield started out studying karate, focusing on Tang Soo Do, then moved on to boxing. His career included three fights at the famed Spectrum in Peyton Lloyd (front row), Kris Keeler, Mary Giberson, Jessica Hankins (middle row), and Jennifer Sebastian, Bethany Atkinson, Abby Wharton, Callie Sebastain (back row).

Carly Gaspar convinced her mother, Margie, to try kickboxing, and now they are both regularly working out at Team Defiant.

Philadelphia, including a fourround bout against middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins, one of the all-time greats in boxing.

“I got to do some great things during my boxing career,” Sheffield explained. He retired from boxing in 2003 and started focusing on MMA. He enjoys serving as an instructor for the fitness classes, but also likes working with the students who are training for fights. Right now, there is one professional boxer and three amateur fighters training at Team Defiant. The professional fighter is Nick Willey, a resident of Elkton, Md, who has been working out at Team Defiant for the last two and a half years.

“He’s a great kid, he helps coach some of the other fighters,” Sheffield said. “He trains

harder than anybody I’ve seen.

He’s a very good boxer.”

The amateur fighters are Shannon Schade, Shawn Jones, Jr. and Damien Melendez.

Jones said that he took up MMA training two and a half years ago, and now trains 30 or more hours a week.

“I like the whole martial arts aspect,” he said. Schade said that Jones is an explosive fighter who has speed.

Schade started training in the martial arts about 15 years ago, when there were fewer women involved in boxing, kickboxing, and MMA. “When I first started, I couldn’t find a fight, but now I am getting match offers all the time,” Schade explained. “I’d love to keep competing until I can’t do

it anymore.”

Schade said that she still gets nervous before a bout, but quickly settles down once the match starts.

“The fighting aspect helps because you get in a zone and that helps block everything else out,” she explained.

Melendez has been training for three years, typically working out six days a week. His strengths are wrestling and jiu jitsu, and Sheffield also noted that the young fighter is “willing to take any fight at any time.”

Melendez said that he is receiving good training from Sheffield.

“He really takes care of us here,” Melendez said.

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

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Calendar of Events

The Art Spot

Ongoing

April 12 to May 3

Kennett Flash schedule

Vicki Vinton at Bookplace

The Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square) hosts regional and national artists. Tickets are available in advance at www.kennettflash. org, or at the door. Snacks and beverages are sold, or guests can BYOB. The schedule includes: Bruce Springsteen tribute band The B-Street Band (April 3, 7 and 9:30 p.m., $30); No Good Sister with Slo-Mo (April 4, 8 p.m., $16); the Melton Brothers Band (April 11, 8 p.m., $18); Mojo Stu (April 17, 8 p.m., $18); comedy with Big Daddy Graham and Matt McCusker (April 18, 8 p.m., $25); blues with Gretchen Emery and Dirty Boots and Johnny Never (April 25, 8 p.m., $16).

Bookplace (2373 Baltimore Pike, Oxford) hosts “Fifty Shades of Grey ... And Red and Green,” a solo show by painter Vicki Vinton, from April 12 to May 3. A reception with the artist will be held April 12 from 5 to 8 p.m. The bookstore and gallery is open Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. Visit www. bookplaceoxford.com.

April 5 Brandywine Hills Point-to-Point The Myrick Conservation Center (Route 842, between Unionville and West Chester) will be the site of the 73rd running of the Brandywine Hills Point-to-Point on April 5. Gates open at 10 a.m. and the first race is at 11:30 a.m.

Riders from young children to top-ranked jockeys will race the course of steeplechase fences.

There will be children’s activities, an appearance by the Easter Bunny, and raffle prizes. General admission is $20 per car. Visit www.brandywinewatershed.org/ pointopoint.

April 11 NanoDay The Delaware Museum of Natural History (4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, Del.) presents NanoDay, a special event explor-

April 3 to 25 Steeplechase racing will draw a crowd to the Myrick Conservation Center on April 5 for the running of the Brandywine Hills Point-to-Point (see listing).

ing the science of small with hands-on activities for families, on April 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $9 for adults, $7 for children (3 to 17), $8 for seniors, free for children 2 and younger. Visit www.delmnh. org or call 302-658-9111.

April 14 Tea party for seniors The Kennett Area Senior Center (427 S. Walnut St., Kennett Square) presents a tea party on April 14 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. The theme is “Easter bonnets on parade.” Fine teas and treats are served. The cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers. Call 610-444-4819 for reservations.

costumer, staging by Kirovtrained artistic director Pasha Kambalov, and high production values. The plot features a zany dollmaker, Dr. Coppélius, whose latest life-sized doll attracts the attention of Franz, the village Romeo, who thinks the doll is a real girl. His girlfriend finds him flirting with the doll and spurns him. Later, Dr. Coppélius and Swanilda, disguised as the doll, play an elaborate practical joke on Franz. Tickets are $28 to $48 for adults, with reduced prices for students, seniors, groups and military. Call 1-800-37-GRAND or visit www.ticketsatthegrand. org.

April 28 ‘Art on Canvas’ at senior center

April 18-19 ‘Coppelia’ ballet First State Ballet Theatre will present “Coppelia” at the Grand Opera House (818 Market St., Wilmington, Del.) on April 18 and 19. The comic production has costumes from a top Russian

The Kennett Area Senior Center (427 S. Walnut St., Kennett Square) will host “Art on Canvas” with Amy Hathaway on April 28 at 7 p.m. Hathaway will guide participants through creating their own paintings. Cheese

and crackers will be served, and participants can bring their own wine. The cost is $25 for supplies. For reservations, call Colleen at 610-383-6900.

May 3 Tri-State Bird Rescue open house The Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research, Inc., is holding an open house that will feature a guest appearance by local sports anchor Beasley Reece on May 3 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be children’s activities, concessions, self-guided tours, exhibits and vendor tables. Tri-State Bird Rescue is at 170 Possum Hollow Rd., in Newark, Del. The event is free, and will be held rain or shine.

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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Please join us for this special series of Doctor Lectures in the Community: FAMILY EATING AND EXERCISE 101

Stefanie Steiner, D.O., family doctor and certified fitness instructor When: Thursday, April 9, 6:30 p.m.

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THE INS AND OUTS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND CHOLESTEROL

Daniel Duran, M.D., family doctor When: Wednesday, April 15, 6:30 p.m.

Come early to have your blood pressure tested (starting at 5:45 p.m.)

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Michael Barkasy, Jr., M.D., family doctor When: Thursday, April 23, 6:30 p.m.

All lectures take place at: Hilton Garden Inn • 815 E. Baltimore Pike • Kennett Square, PA 19348 Register online at Jennersville.com/events or call 610-869-1223.

Drs. Barkasy, Duran and Steiner are members of the medical staff at Jennersville Regional Hospital and providers at Family Practice Associates. Learn about the speakers at FPAscc.com

‘Architecture’ at Arts Alliance The Oxford Arts Alliance (38 S. Third St., Oxford) hosts “Architecture” from April 3 to 25. There will be a reception on April 3 from 5 to 8 p.m.

Exhibitors are Scott Edmonston of SEA Studio Architects, Dennis Melton of Melton Architects, Hilary Mockewich of Studio Hilary, Townsend Moore of Tick Hill Studio, Mark Myers, Ed Rahme of THINK Architecture, Renee Richardson, and Wayne Simpson. Nowland Construction Services will also present a display about the Oxford Library renovation and addition. The gallery is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

April 3 to 25 ‘Art of Glass’ at Longwood Gallery Longwood Art Gallery (200 E. State St., Kennett Square) hosts “The Art of Glass” from April 3 to 25, with works by local artists Lore Evans, Lisa Sabol and Don

Jost. There will be a reception with the artists on April 3 from 6 to 9 p.m., with wine and cheese, and live music by The Ladeens.

Call 610-444-0146 or visit www. longwoodartgallery.com.

Through April 5 Jamie Wyeth retrospective The Brandywine River Museum of Art in Chadds Ford brings together more than 100 works by Jamie Wyeth for a retrospective through April 5.

There are early works, portraits, views of Maine and the Brandywine River areas, and his vivid portraits of animals. The Brandywine River Museum of Art (Route 1, Chadds Ford) is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, $6 for students, free for children under six and Brandywine members.

Visit www.brandywinemuseum. org, or call 610-388-8326.

May 1 to 28 Artist Connection Show The Oxford Arts Alliance (38 S. Third St., Oxford) hosts the Artist Connection Show and Sale from May 1 to 28. The group includes artists from the tri-state area who meet regularly at the Arts Alliance. A reception will be held May 1 from 5 to 8 p.m.

The gallery is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 610-4670301 or visit www.oxfordart.org.

To submit items to the Art Spot, 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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Sports Red Devils undefeated in early season

Balint’s three-run homer and two-hit pitching leads Avon Grove to 10-0 win

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer The harsh wind that whipped around Avon Grove High School late Monday afternoon was not reflective of the 57-degree temperature, and the thatchy brown grass of the girls’ softball field was more indicative of late winter than early spring.

However, Avon Grove’s Maggie Balint’s performance against Coatesville proved that she was already in mid-season form.

In a game that was halted after five innings because of a ten-run “mercy rule,” Balint tossed a two-hit gem while knocking a three-run home run, in leading the Red Devils to a 10-0 victory.

The win gave Avon Grove its third win in three attempts on the early season, joining Sun Valley and East as the only undefeated teams in the Ches-Mont.

For all of Balint’s attentiongrabbing headlines, however, the real-break-out star for Avon Grove was in the play – and pos-

sibly emergence – of shortstop Logan Needham.

After Balint struck out the side in the top of the first – three of the eight strikeouts she recorded on the day – Needham led off in the bottom half of the first by drawing a walk. She promptly stole second base, then third, and was driven in for the game’s first run on an opposite field single down the left field line by Courtney Coppock, who later scored on a wild pitch by Coatesville starter Alexis Lichtner.

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

Avon Grove catacher Alyssa Herion doubled and tripled in a 10-0 defeat of Coatsville on March 30.

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

Avon Grove’s Courtney Gall leads off of first in the bottom of the fifth inning.

In the second, Needham reached base on a bunt single, advanced to second on an infield single by Courtney Gall, and both came around on Balint’s home run over the left center field wall, which spotted Avon Grove to an early 5-0 lead.

Needham continued her pesky on-base performance when in the bottom of the third, she reached first on an error by Coatesville

third baseman Jackie Walsh. She then stole second, and scored on Gall’s single to center. In the fourth, Avon Grove catcher Alyssa Herion doubled off of the center field fence, and came in to score the Red Devils’ seventh run on a single by first baseman Rachel Butler.

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player she knows she is,” said Avon Grove Head Coach Julie Hatfield. “We have a handful of silent leaders – like Logan – who come through in the clutch in those big moments with timely hits.”

In the bottom of the fifth against new Coatesville pitcher Laura Henry, Avon Grove finished its scoring – and the Continued on Page 6B

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game – beginning with a leadoff single by left fielder Ally Volko, who moved to second on a ground out by Needham. Gall then drew a walk, and Coppock grounded out, moving Volko and Call to scoring position.

The bases became loaded when Balint drew a walk, which set up another walk to Herion, which brought Volko in for the eighth run. Gall and Balint then tallied the Red Devils’ last two runs on Butler’s single to right.

Although they are only a quick

3-0 start into the 2015 season, it is not too early to begin to make comparisons to the team that came before it, one that easily won the Ches-Mont handily and became the first Avon Grove team to reach the State finals. Although Balint, a junior, attracts the most attention for her pitching prowess, Hatfield said that the 2015 club is one defined – and led -- by its senior corps of Herion, Gall, Coppock and Needham.

“I think hands down, our senior group has what it takes to take this team where we want to go,” Hatfield said.

“We preach that if everyone’s a leader, we can all be leaders, and it would make our team that much stronger. It’s really starting to show. They’re really starting to jell.

“This is our third game, so we’re starting to see them come together, and they know each other well, which is an advantage on any team.”

The Red Devils play at Kennett on April 1, while Coatesville, now 1-1, hosts Bayrad Rustin on April 1.

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

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Goalie Morgan Cullen, Ada Plumb, and Kaelen Speck were award winners at the recent Upland girls’ ice hockey awards banquet. The team finished 14-1 during the season.

Trio of hockey standouts recognized at Upland’s awards banquet

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

Shortstop Logan Needham stole three bases in the game and scored three times.

The Upland Country Day School girls’ varsity hockey team finished a strong season with a 14-1 record and two tournament wins—the 16th Upland Invitational Girls Hockey Tournament and the Rumsey Hall Girls’ Tournament in Connecticut.

The players were recognized for their growth and efforts on the ice at the awards banquet.

Team captain Ada Plumb received the annual Hockey Award for her leadership along with seven goals and 14 assists.

Goalie Morgan Cullen was the team MVP for the year after allowing only 18 goals in 14 games. Cullen and teammate Annie McDonough won the semifinal round of the Philadelphia Flyers Youth Shootout, and now compete in

the finals at the Wells Fargo Center on April 11. Kaelen Speck won the playmakers award with 10 goals and 19 assists during the season. Also recognized with top awards were Rosy Sieglaff, who was the top scorer with 21 goals and six assists, and Jane McCarter, a seventh-grader who won Rookie of the Year after contributing four goals and three assists.

Church Calendar April 18

On April 18, the Chatham United Methodist Church (3215 Gap Newport Pike, in the Village of Chatham) is hosting a chicken barbeque from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets are $6 for half a chicken. There will also be a yard sale beginning at 8 a.m.

Call 610-812-5428 for tickets in advance.

the unemployed/underemployed will be April 22 at 6:45 p.m. in the Parish Life Center (lower level) of ABVM's Church (300 State Rd., West Grove). The guest speaker is Andrea Abernethy, speaking on "Resume Writing & Tips." She is a career consultant for Careerminds. There will be prayerful support, community resources, and member interaction. Visit www.josephspeople. org.

April 18

April 25

Chicken barbeque and yard sale

Ham and oyster supper

Mini-golf fundraiser

Salem United Methodist Church (469 Salem Rd., Newark, Del.) will hold a ham and oyster supper with Chesapeake Bay oysters on April 18, with seatings at 3, 4, 5 and 6 p.m.

The meal also includes ham, coleslaw, potato salad, hot vegetables, rolls and dessert.

Tickets are $20, and proceeds benefit community outreach.

Takeout orders will be available (reservations required -- call Mary Baer at 302-738-6099).

Grove Church, 490 W. Boot Rd., north of West Chester, invites the community to come and play nine holes of minigolf on a course constructed throughout the church on April 25 from 4 to 8 p.m. The cost of $8 per person (or $25 per family) benefits youth service projects locally and in Appalachia. Refreshments and a light meal will be available for additional cost. For more information, email kerrimcmullin@gmail.com or call 610-246-7562. For directions, visit www.grovechurch.org.

April 19 Adoption group meeting Matters of the Heart, a discussion group for people whose lives have been touched by adoption, will hold its quarterly meeting on April 19 at 2 p.m. in the church office of the Community of Love Lutheran Church (115-117 N. Fourth St., Oxford). The topic will be "Mothers and Fathers." The meeting is free for all adult adoptees, adoptive parents and birth parents. For more information, e-mail Linda Hettinger at homeyg.65@gmail.com.

April 22 Joseph's People The monthly meeting of Joseph's People West Grove for

May 2 Super Saturday in Oxford Oxford United Methodist Church (18 Addison St., Oxford) hosts its annual Super Saturday on May 2. There will be a plant sale and chicken barbecue, and the parking lot will be full of yard sale vendors. For local residents, space in the parking lot is free for the yard sale, or $10 to rent a table. The plant sale and yard sale will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets for the barbecue can be purchased in advance by calling the church office (610-932-9698), for $10.

To reserve space for the yard sale, call the church office.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015

CHESTER COUNTY PRESS

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Chester County Press

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-244 Writ of Execution No. 2012-06320 DEBT $350,075.42 PROPERTY situate in the Borough of Atglen, Chester County, Pennsylvania UPI# 7-4-49 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: US Bank National Association as Trustee for Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-Emx9 VS DEFENDANT: SEAN MERRITT and KRISTIN MERRITT a/k/a KRISTIN S. MERRITT SALE ADDRESS: 207 Green Street, Atglen, PA 19310971 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN, 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 Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-249 Writ of Execution No. 2012-129281 DEBT $319,680.25 PROPERTY situate in the London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 59-8-674 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. VS DEFENDANT: MICHELLE BOYD SALE ADDRESS: 853 Easkey Lane, Avondale, PA 19311-9331 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN, 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 Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-251 Writ of Execution No. 2014-06896 DEBT $311,012.16 ALL THAT CERTAIN piece or parcel of land situate in Franklin Township, Chester County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being Lot No. 13 Carriage Run, bounded and described as follows, to wit: TAX I.D.#: 2-04L-17 PLAINTIFF: LSF8 Master Participation Trust, by Caliber Home Loans, Inc. VS DEFENDANT: JOSEPH L. BEITLER, JR., and KRISTI D. MIZENKO SALE ADDRESS: 126 Carriage Run Drive, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania 19352 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C., 215-7901010 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 Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-252 Writ of Execution No. 2014-00955 DEBT $92,423.01 PROPERTY situate in the Coatesville City, Chester County, Pennsylvania BLR# 16-2-98.2 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: CitiMortgage,Inc. VS DEFENDANT: NATASHIA C. MILLER a/k/a NATASHIA MILLER f/k/a NATASHIA BOOKMAN and JOHN R. MILLER a/k/a JOHN MILLER SALE ADDRESS: 749 Coates Street, Coatesville, PA PLANTIFFS ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN, 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 Co. and the balance made payable

to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-254 Writ of Execution No. 2013-06326 DEBT $147,766.21 ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of ground known as Parcel “A” on a plan of property now or late of Frederick C. Breitenbach et ux situated in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described according to a survey made by George E. Regester, Jr. & Sons, Inc. dated November 29, 1973.

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

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

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

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

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-262 Writ of Execution No. 2013-02141 DEBT $783,354.45

SALE NO. 15-4-258 Writ of Execution No. 2014-08617 DEBT $437,643.57 PROPERTY situate in London Grove Township

PROPERTY situate in the East Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

TAX Parcel #59-9-1.1 UPI# 61-5-195.20

BEGINNING at a spike set in the title line of Public Road T-372 leading in the northeasterly division to T-332 and southwesterly direction to Lancaster County, said spike marking the southeasterly corner of this about to be described tract and southwesterly corner of land now or late of L. H. Schoff; thence leaving said spike of beginning and by said title line T-372, south seventy-one degrees thirty-two minutes twenty one seconds west (S. 71º 32’ 21” W.) two hundred eighty-five (285) feet to a spike marking the southwesterly corner of this and southeasterly corner of land of Parcel “B” on said Plan under option to M.A. Reinhart, Jr. et ux., grantee herein; thence by said land of Parcel “B” north ten degrees fifty-six minutes two seconds west (N. 10º 56’ 2” W.), three hundred fifteen and eighty one-hundredths (315.80) feet to an iron pin marking the northwesterly corner of this and set in line of land now or late of S. Q. Pepple; thence by said land now or late of Pepple north sixtyone degrees nine minutes fourteen seconds east (N. 61º 9’ 14” E.) two hundred eighty-five (285) feet to an old iron pin marking the northeasterly corner of this and northwesterly corner of said land now or late of L. H. Schoff; thence by said land south twelve degrees forty-two minutes thirtynine seconds east (S. 12º 42’ 39” E.) three hundred sixty-six and thirty onehundredths (366.30) feet to a spike, being the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

UPI # 44-03-0002.02A BEING known as Road #1 Box 181 a/k/a 2067 Schoff Road, Atglen, PA 19310 BEING the same premises which Helen M. Breitenbach,

by Deed dated January 11, 1974 and recorded June 18, 1974 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Chester County in Book R42 Page 328, granted and conveyed unto Maris A. Reinhart Jr. and Rebecca P. Reinhart, his wife, as tenants by the entireties.

Maris A. Reinhart Jr. has since departed this life on 12/01/2011 and Rebecca P. Reinhart departed this life on 12/18/2010.

IMPROVEMENTS: residential dwelling.

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

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-274 Writ of Execution No. 2014-10172 DEBT $281,787.10 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of land situate in Township of Franklin, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-295 Writ of Execution No. 2011-10013 DEBT $220,711.25 PROPERTY situate in the Borough of Atglen, Chester County, Pennsylvania

PLAINTIFF: Green Tree Servicing LLC VS DEFENDANT: CLINTON G. HEFFNER and SHERRI A. SPINA SALE ADDRESS: 100 South Williamson Road, Avondale, PA 19311 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: KML LAW GROUP, P.C., 215-627-1322 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. Payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

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

PLAINTIFF: U.S. Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the Holders of The GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-4F VS DEFENDANT: PATRICK A. GLEAN SALE ADDRESS: 110 Hadleys Mill Road, a/k/a 110 Hadleys Mill Run, Kennett Square, PA 193481780 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN, 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 Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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SALE NO. 15-4-259 Writ of Execution No. 2010-08542 DEBT $323,457.43

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

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

PROPERTY situate in the New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

SALE NO. 15-4-264 Writ of Execution No. 2014-09877 DEBT $177,773.12

BLR# 60-4-378 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling

PLAINTIFF: Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC VS DEFENDANT: UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES AND EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF MARIS A. REINHART

PLAINTIFF: Christiana Trust, a Division of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but as Trustee of Arlp Trust 3 VS DEFENDANT: AJAY K. BHAN and CINDY BHAN a/k/a CINDY D. BHAN

SALE ADDRESS: Road #1 Box 181 a/k/a 2067 Schoff Road, Atglen, PA 19310

SALE ADDRESS: 344 Carlisle Drive, Avondale, PA 19311-1439

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: STERN & EISENBERG, PC, 215-572-8111

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN, LLP, 215-563-7000

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of

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

PLAINTIFF: HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for Fremont Home Loan Trust 2006D, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-D VS DEFENDANT: PAULA FERRANTO a/k/a PAULA J. FERRANTO and JOHN SMITH A/K/A JOHN D. SMITH SALE ADDRESS: 308 Heather Hills Drive, Landenberg, PA 19350 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: UDREN LAW OFFICES, P.C., 856-669-5400 N.B. Ten percent (10%) of the purchase money must be paid at the time and place of sale. Payment must be paid in cash, certified check or money order made payable to the purchaser or Sheriff of Chester Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-285 Writ of Execution No. 2013-10513 DEBT $133,856.49

PROPERTY situate in Borough of West Grove TAX Parcel #05-06-0039 IMPROVEMENTS: residential dwelling.

TAX Parcel No.: 72-2-71.7

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PLAINTIFF: PNC Bank, National Association, Successor by Merger to National City Mortgage, a Division of National City Bank VS DEFENDANT: LAWRENCE J. COOKE SALE ADDRESS: 11 Goldenrod Lane, West Grove, PA 19390 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: KML LAW GROUP, P.C., 215-627-1322

PROPERTY situate in the Oxford Borough, Chester County, Pennsylvania

IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling PLAINTIFF: GMAC Mortgage, LLC VS DEFENDANT: JAMES J. GRAMLICH SALE ADDRESS: 602 Cattail Road, Atglen, PA 19310-9739 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN, 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 Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-303 Writ of Execution No. 2014-05057 DEBT $167,486.46 ALL THAT CERTAIN messuage, known as 417 Broad Street, and lots and tracts of land with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate in the Borough of Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:

BLR# 6-5-40.2 TAX I.D. #: 06-05-0210 IMPROVEMENTS thereon: residential dwelling

SALE ADDRESS: 440 Park Street, Oxford, PA 193631536

PLAINTIFF: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2006-A3CB Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-C c/o Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC VS DEFENDANT: RUSSELL V. McKINNON

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PHELAN HALLINAN, LLP, 215-563-7000

SALE ADDRESS: 417 Broad Street, Oxford, Pennsylvania 19363

N.B. Ten percent (10%) of

PLAINTIFF

PLAINTIFF Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. VS DEFENDANT: LINDA SNYDER

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

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-304 Writ of Execution No. 2014-08806 DEBT $226,292.61

BLR# 7-6-1.21

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McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C., 215-7901010

ATTORNEY:

ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land with the buildings thereon erected, known as Lot No. 9 on a Plan of Lots of Abbie Gouge, situate in the Borough of West Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania, which Plan is recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Chester County, Pennsylvania, in Plan Book 8, Page 13, bounded and described as follows:

PA 19475 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 Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-308 Writ of Execution No. 2012-09658 DEBT $283,930.48 PI #60-3-1313 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot, piece or parcel of land known as Lot No. 1 situated in New Garden Township, Chester County, State of Pennsylvania, more particularly bounded and described as follows according to a survey made

by Manley N. White, dated July 24, 1970, bounded and described as follows, to wit:

TAX I.D. #: 5-7-1.7 PLAINTIFF: LSF8 Master Participation Trust c/o Caliber Home Loans, Inc. VS DEFENDANT: ALICE CARRIGAN SALE ADDRESS: 109 West Hillcrest Avenue, West Grove, Pennsylvania 19390 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C., 215-7901010 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 Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-306 Writ of Execution No. 2014-04430 DEBT $283,271.03 PROPERTY situate in Township of East Vincent TAX Parcel #21-5-5.5 IMPROVEMENTS: residential dwelling.

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PLAINTIFF: Green Tree Servicing LLC VS DEFENDANT: DEBRA A. JEFFRIES SALE ADDRESS: 416 Reitnour Road, Spring City,

BEGINNING at a point in the center of Vine Street in Toughkenamon, said point being a corner of land of Mario Rao, thence along the center of Vine Street south 75 degrees 47 minutes west 154.55 feet to a point; thence the following (2) courses and distances separating land of Thomas J. Mattoscio, Jr. from land about to be conveyed; (1) north 0 degrees sixteen minutes 40 seconds west 290.40 feet to a pipe; (2) thence north 75 degrees 47 minutes east 154.55 feet to a pipe in line of land of Mario Pao, thence thereby along same south 0 degrees 15 minutes 40 seconds east 290.40 feet to the place of beginning.

CONTAINING 1.0 acre of land, more or less.

UPI # 60-3-131.5 ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of ground situate in New Garden Township, Chester County, State of Pennsylvania, based on a prior survey made

by Manley N. White, Registered Surveyor, as taken from Plan of George E. Regester, Jr. and Sons, Inc., Registered Land Surveyors, Number M-383, dated August 8, 1979, being fully bounded and described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point marking the northeasterly corner of this about to be described tract, a corner of lands of Joel F. Schlichter and set in line of lands of Frank A. Ferranto; thence leaving said point of beginning and along said lands of Frank A. Ferranto south 00 degrees 16 minutes 40 seconds east 229.10’ to a point marking the southeasterly corner of this and the northeasterly corner of other lands of Thomas J. Mattoscio, Jr., et ux; thence along said other lands of Thomas J. Mattoscio, Jr., et ux, and partly by lands of Albert J. Ragozzo, et ux, south 75 degrees 47 minutes 00 seconds west 194.15’ to a point marking the southeasterly corner of this and a corner of other lands of Thomas J. Mattoscio, Jr., to be conveyed unto Ruth M. Mattoscio, being Tract A on said Plan; thence along said Tract A north 00 degrees 16 minutes 40 seconds west, 234.25’ to a point mentioned Joel F. Schlichter; thence along said lands of Joel F. Schlichter north 77 degrees Continued on Page 8B

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16 minutes 07 seconds east 192.97’ to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: POWERS, KIRN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 215942-2090

CONTAINING 1.002 acres of land be the same more or less.

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

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BEING Parcel B on said Plan.

BEING the same premises which Thomas Mattoscio, JR. and Angela M. Mattoscio

by Deed dated May 3, 2006 and recorded August 15, 2006 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Chester County in Deed Book 6926, Page 2201, granted and conveyed unto Brian T. Mattoscio and Eymorfia K. Mattoscio BEING known as: 209 Maple Lane, Toughkenamon, PA 19374 PARCEL No.: 60-3-131.3 and 60-3-131.5 IMPROVEMENTS: residential property.

PLAINTIFF: Federal National Mortgage Association VS DEFENDANT: BRIAN T. MATTOSCIO and EYMORFIA K. MATTOSCIO SALE ADDRESS: 209 Maple Lane, Toughkenamon, PA

Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made

in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-314 Writ of Execution No. 2014-09717 DEBT $307,117.31

west, 30.59 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

SALE ADDRESS: 231 Township Road, Oxford, PA 19363

BEING Lot #1 on said Plan.

PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: PARKER McCAY, PA, 856596-8900

CONTAINING 1.096 acres, more or less.

TAX ID: 56-4-13.1

ALL THAT CERTAIN tract or parcel of land located in the Township of Lower Oxford, County of Chester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the bed of Rayesville-Lincoln Road, a corner of lands now or late of Hooper Vines; thence from the beginning point, through the bed of said road, north 46 degrees 47 minutes 53 west, 127.07 feet to a corner of Lot #2 on said Plan; thence leaving the bed of said road, along said lands, north 28 degrees 52 minutes 26 seconds east, 320.17 feet; thence extending along same, south 46 degrees 47 minutes 53 seconds east, 154.82 feet to a point in line of lands now or late of Ethel Cullen; thence along said lands, south 28 degrees 52 minutes 26 seconds west, 289.71 feet to a corner of lands of Hooper Vines, aforesaid, said point also being in the bed of aforementioned road; thence along said lands, north 89 degrees 36 minutes 50 seconds

TITLE is vested in Kathy N. Stringer a/k/a Kathy N. Boddy as personal representative for the Estate of Lawrence W. Boddy, Jr. by virtue of letters testamentary and the Estate opened in Register of Wills of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Case No. 1512-0362,the for the late Lawrence W. Boddy, Jr., the original Grantee by Deed dated 06/15/2005 from Lawrence W. Boddy, Jr. and Brenda A. Boddy, his wife, and recorded 07/11/2005 in Deed Book 6545, Page 628 in the Chestser County Recorder’s Office.

PLAINTIFF: The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-22 VS DEFENDANT: KATHY N. STRINGER a/k/a KATHY N. BODDY as PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF LAWRENCE W. BODDY, JR.

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

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May

8, 2015. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-319 Writ of Execution No. 2014-10503 DEBT $280,113.43 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or tract of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, hereditaments and appurtenances, situate in the Township of Upper Oxford, County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, described in accordance with a Plan of Lots of Dora M. Brown and Elnora A. Ward, made by Arthur Crowell dated October 31, 1942, as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point on the southwesterly side of U.S. Route #1, a corner of land of Josiah Jay; thence from the beginning point and extending along U.S. Route #1 north 70 degrees 45 minutes east, 95.7 feet to a spike, a corner of land of Elnora A. Ward; thence extending along same south 07 degrees 17 minutes west, crossing a well, 695.20 feet to an iron pin, a corner of Lincoln University; thence extending along same north 84 degrees 34 minutes west, 121.50 feet to an iron pipe on the north side of Cherry Tree; thence extending along same and

land of Josiah Jay north 10 degrees 28 minutes east, 657.4 feet to the point and place of beginning.

CONTAINING in area 1.6 acres of land, be the same more or less.

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

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BEING Parcel #57-7-54.

BEING the same premises which Carmen Ramos a/k/a Carmen Martinez, by Deed dated August 4, 2006 and recorded in the Chester County Recorder of Deeds Office on August 23, 2006 in Deed Book 6933, Page 2331, granted and conveyed unto Robert Comroe.

PLAINTIFF: The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-18 VS DEFENDANT: ROBERT COMROE SALE ADDRESS: 1491 Baltimore Pike, Lincoln University, PA 19352 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: SHAPIRO & DeNARDO, LLC, 610-278-6800 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

By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-339 Writ of Execution No. 2014-03530 DEBT $185,908.47 ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land, situated on the northwesterly side of Slate

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Classifieds LEGALS Drive; thence (4) along the northwesterly right of way line of Slate Hill Drive, along the arc of a 175.00 feet radius curve to the left 73.26 feet to a 3/4” rebar, the point of beginning, said curve having a chord distance of 72.72 feet and bearing north 80 degrees 09 minutes 33 seconds west.

BEING the same premises which Oxford Land L.P., a Pennsylvania Limited Partnership, by Indenture dated 11/30/01 and recorded 12/14/01 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Chester in Record Book 5142 Page 275, granted and conveyed unto Leland Thomas and Sharon Thomas, in fee.

BEING UPI No. 69-3-64.29 ASSESSMENT: $202,740.00 PLAINTIFF: Citadel Federal Credit Union VS DEFENDANT: LELAND S. THOMAS and SHARON D. THOMAS SALE ADDRESS: 724 Slate Hill Drive, Oxford, PA 19363 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: CHRISTOPHER J. PIPPETT, ESQ., 610-4587500 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 Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-341 Writ of Execution No. 2014-01625 DEBT $46,269.91

ALL THAT messuage and lot of land, situate in the Borough of West Grove, County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, viz: TAX I.D. #: 5-4-26 PLAINTIFF: First Horizon Home Loans a Division of First Tennessee Bank National Association c/o Nationstar Mortgage LLC VS DEFENDANT: EDUARDO DOMINGUEZ, a/k/a EDWARD DOMINQUEZ and MARY L. ALMONY SALE ADDRESS: 125 West Evergreen Street, West Grove, Pennsylvania 19390 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C., 215-7901010 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 Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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Sheriff Sale of Real Estate By virtue of the within mentioned writ directed to Carolyn B. Welsh, Sheriff will be sold at public sale, in the Chester County Justice Center, 201 West Market Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, announced Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11AM prevailing time the herein-described real estate.

Notice is given to all parties in interest and claimants that the Sheriff will file in her office located in the Chester County Justice Center, Sheriff’s Office, 201 West Market Street, Suite 1201, West Chester, Pennsylvania a schedule of distribution on Monday May 8, 2015.

Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed hereto within ten (10) days thereafter SALE NO. 15-4-350 Writ of Execution No. 2014-10954 DEBT $214,166.39 ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of land situate in the Borough of Kennett Square shown as Lots No. ___ and No. ___ on Plan of Building Lots of “Kennett Heights” as recorded in the Recorder’s Office of Chester County and being bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Richard Road as originally laid out, said point of beginning being a corner of

Parcel B and being marked by the following 2 courses and distances, from an iron marking the intersection of the northerly side of Richards Road (45 feet wide) with the westerly side of Bloomfields Avenue (50 feet wide) to wit: (1) south 18 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds east 43.10 feet (2) north 71 degrees 18 minutes 00 seconds east 50 feet to said point of beginning and along the southerly side of Richards Road as originally laid out north 71 degrees 18 minutes 00 seconds east 50 feet to a point in a common driveway marking a corner of the lands of Donald R. and Patricia A. Farmer, thence along the same south 18 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds east 1.90 feet to a point on the southerly side of Richards Road as presently laid out; thence continuing along the lands of Donald R. and Patricia A. Farmer leaving Richards Road passing through the aforementioned common drive and passing through a garage 148.10 feet to a point in line with the lands of Marvin B. and Willa Mae Claycomb; thence along same north 18 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds west 148.10 feet to an iron pin on the southerly side of Richards Road as presently laid out thence continuing along Parcel B north 18 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds west 1.90 feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

BEING UPI #3-3-111 BLR# 3-3-111 BEING the same premises which Gary R. Clark and Suzanne J. Clark, husband and wife, granted and conveyed unto Teresa Mitchell by Deed dated August 30, 2004 and recorded September 3, 2004 in Chester County Record Book 6272, Page 416 for the consideration of $197,200.00 PLAINTIFF: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. VS DEFENDANT: TERESA MITCHELL SALE ADDRESS: 530 Richards Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: MARTHA E. VON ROSENSTIEL, ESQ., 610328-2887 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 Co. and the balance made payable to Sheriff of Chester Co. thereof, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of sale by 2pm.

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LONDON GROVE TOWNSHIP ADVERTISEMENT FOR GRANT OF LETTERS ESTATE OF ROBERT S. WEDEEN LATE OF HIGHLAN TOWNSHIP Executor: KATHLEEN M. WEDEEN c/o Harry W. Farmer, Jr., P.O. Box 118, Oxford PA 19363 Attorney: Harry W. Farmer, Jr., P.O. Box 118, Oxford PA 19363 3p-18-3t

ADVERTISEMENT FOR GRANT OF LETTERS

ESTATE OF BEATRICE WYLIE late of Kennett Square Township, Chester County, deceased, Letters Testamentary on the above estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons having claims against the said estate are requested to present them, and all persons indebted to said decedent to make payment without delay to: Irene W. Rogers, Executrix, 32 Turner Court , Princton, NJ 08540 4p-1-3t

ESTATE NOTICE

ESTATE OF JAMES C. MAHAN a/k/a/ JAMES C . MAHAN, JR. LATE OF WEST GOSHEN TOWNSHIP Letters of 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 payments, without delay to: Brenda A. Mahan, Executrix 1225 E. Strasburg Road west Chester, PA 19380 Or to her attorney: Robert J. Breslin, Jr., Esquire Pappano and Breslin 3305 Edgmont Avenue Brookhaven, PA 19015 4p-1-3t

Chester County, Pennsylvania Summary Financial Statement for the year ended December 31, 2014

This presentation is published in accordance with Section 904 of the Township Code. A complete copy of the audit report for the year ended December 31, 2014 is on file and available for inspection at the Township office.

FUND BALANCE, All Funds, January 1, 2014

$

3,517,495

REVENUES AND OTHER FINANCING SOURCES Taxes Licenses & Permits Fines & Forfeits Interest, Rents & Royalties Intergovernmental Revenues Charges for Services Unclassified Operating Revenues Other Financing Sources Total Revenues and Other Financing Sources

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

3,485,347 152,512 5,468 83,614 388,550 912,471 5,071 2,196,171 7,229,204

$ $

754,776 586,218

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

3,438 1,682,468 613,286 144,699 430,479 43,588 1,869 2,151,408

$

6,770,047

EXCESS OF REVENUES AND OTHER FINANCING SOURCES OVER EXPENDITURES AND OTHER FINANCING USES

$

459,157

FUND BALANCE, All Funds, December 31, 2014

$

3,976,652

The Gross Debt of the Township at December 31, 2014 The Assessed Valuation of the Township at Dec 31, 2014

$ 2,144,560 $ 478,832,439

EXPENDITURES AND OTHER FINANCING USES General Government Public Safety Public Works -Sanitation -Highways, Roads and Streets Culture & Recreation Debt Service Employer Paid Benefits and Withholding Items Insurance Unclassified Operating Expenditures Other Financing Uses Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

ESTATE NOTICE

ESTATE OF JESSE DeFREES a/k/a JESSE JOHN DeFREES, DECEASED. Late of the Township of New London, 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 know the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to CHARLENE M. DeFREES, EXECUTRIX, care of Joseph P. Connor, III, Esq., 171 W. Lancaster Ave., Ste, 100, Paoli, Pa 19301-1775 Or to her Attorney: JOSEPH P. CONNOR, III CONNER, WEBER & OBERLIES, P.C. 171 W. Lancaster Ave., Ste. 100 Paoli, PA 19302-1775 4p-1-3t

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