Chester County Press 6-17-2015 Edition

Chester CountyPRESS

Covering Avon Grove, Chadds Ford, Kennett Square, Oxford, & Unionville Areas Volume 149, No. 24

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Hats off to the Class of 2015 Oxford food cupboard looking for help after burglary

By John Chambless Staff Writer Burglars who stole airconditioning units and a refrigerator from the Divine Sent Food Cupboard in Oxford last week did more than $20,000 in damage. But they also kicked a hole in the spirits of volunteers who help feed 685 needy families throughout the year.

Sometime in the early morning hours of June 8, a few determined burglars cut wires and removed two air-conditioning units that sat outside the metal building housing the food bank behind the Oxford Church of God on Barnsley Road. Then they pried open the metal sid-

ing on the back of the building, kicked through the drywall and stole a large stainless steel refrigerator. Before they left, they dumped 61 pounds of meat from one freezer onto the floor, leaving it to spoil before the burglary was discovered at about 9:30 a.m. on June 8.

On the morning of June 15, Donna Moore, the interim pastor of the church and the director of the food cupboard, was able to get some perspective on the damage, but that doesn’t mean she’s not still angry. “I did pray for them,� she said of the burglars, who remain at large. “I was thankful there wasn’t any more damage. We Continued on Page 3A

Final budget approved in Unionville-Chadds Ford

By John Chambless Staff Writer

Longtime Oxford business gets a new location.................5B

Forty minutes of debate over a few decimal points drew a large crowd to the Unionville High School auditorium on Monday night. But after impassioned pleas from the public, several standing ovations and two rounds of tense voting by school board members, the final decision was made.

A weighted average mill-

age increase of 2.28 percent was approved for the 2015-16 school year in the UnionvilleChadds Ford School District.

That is divided into a 2.08 percent increase in Chester County and a 3.11 percent increase in Delaware County, averaging out to an additional $145 to be paid by Chester County residents this year. The district’s fund balance will be depleted by $354,249.

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Photo by Steven Hoffman

Kennett High School’s 124th commencement took place on Friday, June 12, with 319 students earning their diplomas. Please see pages 1B, 2B, and 3B for stories and photos of the graduation ceremonies in Kennett and Avon Grove.

Avon Grove School Board approves an $85.2 million budget

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer The Avon Grove School Board unanimously approved an $85.2 million budget for the 2015-2016 school year at the June 11 meeting.

Taxes are increasing by 2.4 percent, with the millage rate going up .66 mills to 28.157 mills. The impact of a 2.4 percent tax increase equates to about a $149 increase to the tax bill for the owner of a property that has an assessed value of $225,000.

The $85.2 million spending plan represents an increase of more than $3 million over

the current year. Nearly half of that increase—approximately $1,485,000—can be attributed to the statemandated increase in the district’s contribution to the Pennsylvania School Employees Retirement System (PSERS) fund.

Superintendent Dr. Christopher Marchese had previously stated that a goal of some of the initiatives in the spending plan is to boost the performance of students, and to increase their learning opportunities.

The 2015-2016 budget includes funding for the Summer Curriculum

Development Institute, as well as curriculum materials for the secondary mathematics program. There is funding for replacing everything from outdated computers to music instruments. The kindergarten staff is being restructured so that the kindergarten teachers will now be fulltime and will teach in the morning and afternoon. The district is also looking to restore some of the assistant athletic coaching positions that were eliminated several years ago because of budget restrictions.

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Oxford Public Library unveils beautiful new wing

Penn supervisors debate Red Rose Inn intersection.............5A

“Most people just walk in and say ‘wow’’’

INDEX Calendar of Events.......4B Opinion..........................7A Obituaries.......................8A Classified......................8B

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By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer Photo by Richard L. Gaw

Hockessin resident Phil Palmer and his son, Ben, admire a toy aircraft at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Chapter 240 50th anniversary celebration, held June 13 at the New Garden Flying Field.

New Garden flight group chapter celebrates 50 years

A birthday, and a call to action

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer

In the quiet moments before we was about to offer a welcome to the 100 aviators, their families and dignitaries who attended the 240 Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s [EAA] 50th-year

celebration at New Garden Flying Field on June 13, chapter president Mike Parry was asked what this day meant to the 187-member group he runs.

He began to answer, but soon became emotional and silent, as if a flood of memories and faces suddenly overcame his Continued on Page 4A

On Tuesday, June 9, patrons got their first look at the new wing of the Oxford Public Library as the first phase of an expansion project is now complete. “Most people just walk in and say, ‘wow,’� explained library director Carey Bresler of the new space. The expansion project is adding about 4,000 square feet of comfortable, welllit space to the 230-year-old library, increasing the total size to 11,000 square feet.

Everyone was impressed by the results of the expansion project, which has transformed the look and feel of the building.

Greg Cox, an author who lives within walking distance of the library, is a frequent visitor. “It’s very cozy and it’s nice to browse through the books,� he

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said. “I’m tempted to bring my laptop here and work.� “It’s amazing. It’s absolutely beautiful,� said Linda Teal, the library’s circulation supervisor. “It’s been a long time in coming.�

Library officials have seen the need to renovate and expand the building at 48 South Second Street for more than a decade. It wasn’t until the library’s board of trustees started developing a plan and launched a new capital campaign in 2014 that the project gained momentum. A groundbreaking ceremony took place last October, and the construction work went smoothly. “The trustees are ecstatic that, after ten years of planning and one day shy of eight months of construction, we can offer this to the community,� said Sue Cole, a member of the board of trustees. “We’re so excited.�

London Grove Township supervisors just don’t get it.

While the supervisors just voted to drop out of future discussions about a regional police force, allegedly because of pressure from taxpayers, the township is still wallowing in the $1.3 million mess called Inniscrone.

The supervisors have hocked up the township with a huge $1.3 million bank loan, with the amortization paid for with monthly rent from a private golf course management organization. The supervisors approved a contract with a private company that requires no financial investment on their part, meaning they can

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gather to pray every week before we open the food bank, and we did pray over them. But what’s so bad is that I probably fed them at some point.”

Police estimate the scrap value of the aluminum would fetch about $150 for the thieves. They have alerted area scrap yards about the nature of the materials, and fingerprints were found at the scene. But in a building where so many volunteers and clients come and go, it may be a long road to charging anyone for the thefts.

Moore pointed out the boardedup hole where the burglars kicked through the wall behind a bottom pantry shelf. Somehow, they found the one empty shelf on the back wall. If they had tried to break through anywhere else, they would have been faced with a heavy pile of canned goods.

“One of the two heat pumps outside was newer, so they must not have known how to get it out,” Moore said. “The police found the instruction book out in the yard.

They must have been reading about how to get the unit apart.”

In an adjoining room, the thieves wheeled out a large aluminum refrigerator and took the bottom grille off of a refrigerator next to it, trying to get at the condenser, but didn’t seriously damage the second unit. They did, however, pull out boxes of meat that were inside and left them to spoil. “Just to be malicious,” Moore said. “Just to let it go to waste. I guess they were mad because they couldn’t get to the condenser, so they left us a calling card.”

Also stolen was the monitor and printer for the office computer, as well as a microwave and an industrial-size fan. As a result, volunteers are going to be sweltering inside the metal building that now lacks any ventilation.

Without the missing refrigerator, deliveries of milk and eggs are being stored in the refrigerator in the basement of the nearby church, but it’s not convenient for the volunteers or the families who come to the food cupboard for help.

“We had just agreed to put in a security system that was coming in Thursday,” Moore said. “It

Getting to the final vote, however, came down to some intense maneuvering.

There were seven people in the audience who addressed the board to praise the school district and ask for the maximum tax increase to keep the district strong and keep good teachers here. Among them was Scott Litzenberg, band director at Unionville High School, who was speaking as a resident of the township. He questioned what he said was the “adversarial atmosphere on the board,” saying, “I feel we have to fight our own people to get anything done.”

Addressing both the budget negotiations and the current teacher contract talks, Litzenberg said, “I’m worth every penny I’m paid. We are not servants or hired help.

Why do some board members hold us in that regard? Are we that poor a district? At what point to we stop crying wolf and get back to being one of the top districts in the country? I live in East Marlborough and I give the board my permission to raise my taxes to the top level.”

There were four options on the table in front of the school board, ranging from a weighted average incrase of 2.01 percent to 2.85 percent. Board member Jeff Hellrung, who is recovering from surgery and coult not attend the meeting, sent a statement that he would approve of the majority vote of anything over 2.01 percent. Board member Kathleen Do reiterated her concern that voting for the 2.0 rate would

Photos (2) by John Chambless

The Divine Sent Food Cupboard is housed in a building behind the Oxford Church of God.

would have had cameras.” There are security cameras on the homes to the left and right of the church, and a neighbor reported that their dogs were barking at something on the night of the burglary. There was a van seen outside of the food pantry, and a description has been given to the police.

“They also tried to get into the church,” Moore said. “They tore up the church’s air conditioner, cut the wires. They couldn’t get around a security wire that was on the AC unit. If they’d cut another quarter-inch, they would have electrocuted themselves. But they did mess up the wiring in the church and blew out the church computer. It cost $1,500 just to fix the AC so they could have service on Wednesday. That’s not even counting the electrical work.”

Moore isn’t sure if insurance will cover any of the $20,000 loss to the pantry building since it is classified as an outbuilding.

She’ll find out this week. The building is only about a year old.

The food pantry began in the church building in 2000, but soon outgrew the basement. The outbuilding has since been doubled in size, and still there is more need in the community, Moore said. “We were getting ready for a grand opening and dedication on July 11, but now that’s on hold because we’ve got to do all the repairs.

“Our clients are very upset,” she said. “The ones who come in on Tuesday for service, when they realized what happened, it’s like somebody died. It’s distressing. And the congregation is not happy. There are a lot of elderly people, about 60 members, and they know how we’ve struggled.”

Last year, thieves stole a heat pump at the church building, costing $7,000 to replace. Now, this setback has Moore and the staff wondering where help will come from. She’s asking the community for anything they can

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Donna Moore points out where one of the air conditioning units used to sit outside the food bank.

do – monetary support, volunteer repair work, or maybe even a donated refrigerator to get the food pantry back in business at peak levels.

“We’re open two days a week for people to come through here, but we’re on call seven days a week,” she said. “The day after the break-in, we opened for our clients. We’ll keep going. But it’s just sad. The police have been great about it. They were sorry we had such a mess. They’re angry, too. They said whoever did this is going to need the air conditioning where they’re going.”

Checks made payable to the Divine Sent Food Cupboard can be mailed to the Oxford Church of God, 198 Barnsley Rd., Oxford, PA 19363. Moore’s phone number is 443-553-5587 and she welcomes any assistance.

To contact Staff Writer John Chambless, e-mail jchambless@ chestercounty.com.

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the rate higher got three yes votes (from Do, Rock and Lindner), and five no votes (from Carolyn Daniels, Keith Knauss, Robert Sage, Simonson and board president Victor Dupuis) as there was a murmur and gasp from the crowd.

“You need five votes to levy a tax, and the 2.28 is a number that has gotten five votes, and it’s fair,” Dupuis said.

The final vote for 2.28 percent was approved by Daniels, Knauss, Sage, Simonson and Dupuis, and opposed by Do, Lindner and Rock, whose vote was “a resounding no.” The motion passed, 5-3, as the auditorium emptied of all but a handful of spectators.

In closing comments, Rock tersely said, “God, I hope I’m wrong about incremental degradation” of the school district. Lindner sounded a note of reconciliation, saying, “That’s what we do as a board. We have votes, we determine a direction and then we move on.”

Daniels said, “Everyone on this board is focused on what’s best for our community. The time we put into this was significant. I hope we can now move forward together.”

To contact Staff Writer John Chambless, e-mail jchambless@chestercounty.com.

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deplete the district’s reserve fund balance too deeply, and said she would support a rate of 2.58 percent, getting a standing ovation from the audience, made up mostly of district teachers.

Board member Steve Simonson said he supported a rate of 2.28 percent. Board member Michael Rock, in his statement, pointed out that the administration had initially suggested an increase of 2.8 percent in their first budget presentation to the board.

“We, however, pushed for a 2.01 percent increase, the reasons for which are not entirely clear,” Rock said. “Some of the things that have been said at this table make me think that some of us do not have the best interests of the public school district at heart,” Rock said. “A rate of 2.01 percent is the first step in what could be the degradation of one of the finest school districts in this country. I can’t vote for anything less than 2.58 percent. To do otherwise violates my fiduciary duty. I urge my colleagues on this board to reconsider,” Rock concluded to another standing ovation.

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11 meeting, Marchese offered an update about the search for a new high school principal.

District officials had hoped to name a new high school principal at this meeting, but the initial round of interviews did not produce a candidate that could be recommended for the position. Therefore, the position has been re-advertised, and the search committee will begin another round of interviews with interested candidates.

The district honored some

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of the staff members who retired at the end of the school year. The employees combined for more than 200 years of service to the district.

The recent retirees include teachers Barbara Boyes, Lois DiVincenzo, Mary Drinker, and Suzanne Truitt; Title I aide Debra Edwards; cafeteria workers Betty Eller, Sharon Miller, and Mary Jane Steele; and special education administrative assistant Marie Mademann; and special education aide Dollie Matalon.

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

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ability to speak.

“It’s an accumulation of a lot of work, and a lot of people,” Parry said. “It’s a whole team’s efforts. We’ve been working for this since the chapter was born, with just under 40 people, fifty years ago. With every generation and every investment made, this chapter has grown, and we’ve gotten to the point now that we’re outgrowing this facility in New Garden.”

During a full day of handshakes, reacquaintances, demonstrations and aviation stories, chapter

members shared their kinship with the chapter, which traces its roots to 1965, when 34 original members held their first meeting in September of that year. From that humble beginning, Chapter 240 has grown to become one of the national EAA’s most successful chapters, with a constant roster of events throughout the year.

All glad tidings of the day aside, what has established Chapter 240 as one of the bright lights on the EAA national roster has been the work it continues to do to attract young people with an interest in aviation directly to the cockpit. They are up against the odds; Parry said that many factors threaten the future of aviation, namely, the fact that it can price many of those with an interest in aviation out of the market, and the reduction in the number of airports in the United States.

Parry’s concerns dovetailed with the address given

by Court Dunn, the head of the New Garden Flight Connection Flight School and a fixture at the Flying Field’s Young Aviators Camp. Dunn, who opened his address by sharing his frustration at having to often suspend his love of aviation for financial reasons, gave credit to Chapter 240 for its continuing efforts to provide aviation opportunities for young people. The chapter’s Young Eagles program, sponsored by the EAA Aviation Foundation, provides a motivational aviation experience for the younger generation, offering more than 100 local children a year with free flights and flight instruction, given by EAA members.

The first Young Eagles Day was held in May, which drew 33 young people for a full day of instruction and flight.

In addition, the chapter gives two flight training scholar-

Photo courtesy of EAA Chapter 240

The Experimental Aircraft Association’s Chapter 240 sponsored its first Young Eagles program earlier this year, which links young people with an interest in aviation with a licensed pilot for the day.

ships to young people at the New Garden Flying Field each year.

Dunn spoke about the offer given to him by New Garden Flying Field Director Jon Martin six years ago to operate the flight school, and why he decided to accept the offer.

“As a teacher, I simply wanted to provide opportunities, affordability and the infrastructure, so that no one would ever have to go through the long, arduous process that I did, simply to be able to do what they wanted to do,” said Dunn. “I wanted to provide opportunities for young people who wanted to fly, with, at the very least, the understanding that it can be done and that we, as the flying community, would do everything we could to support their dreams and passion. we would expose them with planes to fly and educate them about the possibilities that exist in the world, to help them pursue their dreams.”

Dunn said that while the average age of aviators continues to rise in the United States, the average age of pilots at the New Garden Flying Field is decreasing.

“In any organization, at any time, we are only one generation removed from extinction,” he said. “Unless we can attract those younger than ourselves,

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

EAA Chapter 240 President Mike Parry welcomed over 100 guests at the event.

our sport, our hobby, our pastime, and for some our profession, we will be in trouble,” he said.

“Without the young to sit at our feet, without the youth of today to listen to our stories...we will have no one to pass on our passion and knowledge,” Dunn said. “We all have a vested interest in pursuing the next generation. EAA 240 has seen the fight, implemented a plan of action, and pursued its vision with vigor.”

Additional speakers included Martin, EAA national representative Sean Elliott, FAA representative Joseph Lamonaca and scholarship recipient Jimmy Reagan.

To learn more about Chapter 240 and its Young Eagles program, visit www.eaa240.org.

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

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Local News Dangerous intersection still at top of Penn Township’s agenda

By Nancy Johnson Correspondent Well into a busy agenda at Penn Township’s June 3 Board of Supervisors meeting, the everpresent topic of the Baltimore Pike and Jennersville Road intersection came up.

“This is getting out of control,” said chairman Curtis Mason.

“We have a seriously dangerous intersection that has to be addressed. I’ve personally seen road rage issues.” Speaking to Kevin Matson, township engineer, Mason expressed his frustration with PennDOT and asked, “Is there anything your company can do to get them to come up with some money?”

Supervisor Bill Finnen said, “We’re no further than we were three or four years ago. They still want us to go to developers and ask them for money. This is a PennDOT intersection, not a township one.”

Matson responded that he will continue to work on the issue, and noted that at a recent meeting, PennDOT representatives did not seem to balk at the $1.6 million estimate for the intersection project.

Mason offered an update on the Red Rose Inn, which is very closely tied to the intersection project. Demolition on the interior is underway. Mason said some interesting discoveries have been made.

“We are almost certain that part of the building was a post office at one time,” he said, pointing to mission doors as evidence. The chairman also gave the bad news

that much of the original brick is crumbling as crews attempt to remove it, and that there is not a header in the original building.

“We found out that the one main beam is split, so we had to jack it up. We’ll have to be very careful going forward,” he said.

The discussion led vice chairman Victor Mantegna to ask if anyone was documenting the dismantling and reconstruction project. It was determined that no one was officially documenting the project, but the board agreed that it should be done.

Known for his passion regarding the Red Rose Inn, Finnen reminded the board and audience that recently deceased lifetime Penn Township resident John Ewing had left some money and artifacts to establish a John Ewing Room in the Red Rose Inn. “I hope to live to see that happen, and I don’t want us to lose sight of the importance of the historic preservation,” Finnen said.

Concerning donations to the township, Karen Versuk, the director of operations, announced that Friends of Penn Township had just received its 501(c))3 status. This will provide tax advantages for those who may want to donate to Penn’s parks and facilities. She noted that a number of Chester County townships have set up similar non-profit organizations.

“We probably should have done it a long time ago,” Mason said.

In other business, Matson told the board that the developer of

the Ovations community is eager to have everything completed soon.

Avon Grove Library has three events slated in Penn’s Park this summer. From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on June 16, July 9, and Aug. 11, families will meet at the park for nature-themed stories, songs, games and a craft. Each month will feature a different topic. For more information, contact the library at 610-869-2004 or visit www.avongrovelibrary.org.

The supervisors voted to cancel their July 1 meeting, since it was apparent that there would not be a quorum.

Kennett Symphony goes to the movies on June 20 The Kennett Symphony of Chester County, under the direction of Michael Hall, continues its season with their summer concert, “Classical Music Goes to the Movies,” in the Longwood Gardens Open Air Theatre on June 20 at 7 p.m. The rain date is June 21.

The symphony will perform classical music from films including “Black Swan,” “Apocalypse Now,” “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “The King’s Speech,” “Moulin Rouge,” and fan favorites “Star Wars” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.”

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Oxford School Board set to approve final budget A one-percent tax increase is anticipated

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer The Oxford School Board reviewed the proposed final budget one last time at the June 9 work session, setting the stage for the board to vote on a final budget at the June 16 meeting.

Business administrator Brian Cooney explained at the work session that the projections for the 2015-2016 spending plan remained the same since the board approved the proposed final budget over a month ago.

The proposed budget for 20152016 calls for $63.3 million in expenditures, which is about $600,000 less than when the preliminary budget was approved four months ago. Projected spending on several items—

technology, tuition costs for the Technical College High School, transportation costs for students who attend the Intermediate Unit classes—declined. Medical insurance costs and debt-service payments have also decreased.

Initially, district officials projected the tax increase to be around 2.6 percent, close to Oxford’s adjusted Act 1 Index limit for the next fiscal year, as they attempted to close a budget deficit of more than $3 million. But now, following the aforementioned decreases, the anticipated tax increase is down to one percent. Even with the tax increase, the district will still be dipping into its fund balance for approximately $4.3 million to balance the budget.

With the one-percent tax

increase, the millage rate would increase by .3023 mills, from 30.2324 mills to 30.5347 mills.

That equates to a $39 increase for the homeowner of a property with the average residential assessment of $130,318.

In the last four years the district has had two years—2011-2012 and 2013-2014—where there was no tax increase. In 20122013, the tax increase was 1.7 percent. There was a .61 percent increase for the 2014-2015 school year.

The board also reviewed the Capital Projects Fund Budget at the June 9 meeting. Cooney said that the district has budgeted approximately $867,800 for planned project improvements to facilities in the near future. The district plans to spend $140,000

to overhaul the lighting at Elk Ridge and another $125,000 for lighting at Jordan Bank. The district will see significant savings in the coming years because of the more energy-efficient lighting that is being installed.

Additionally, the district is planning to spend about $220,000 for safety and security measures, including $100,000 for the high school rotunda and $100,000 for the main entrance to Elk Ridge. A new fire alarm system for Jordan Bank School will cost $20,000.

The school board is combining its two meetings in July, so the only meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 21 at 7 p.m. in the administration building.

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

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Local News A quintessential Oxford business moves to a new, larger location

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer Howett’s Screen Printing & Embroidery has a new home at 113 South Third Street, but owners Scott Gold III and Dan Greer have the same old commitment to quality that has made this one of the town’s quintessential businesses for decades.

The celebration of the new, larger store took place on June 5, a few months after the store actually moved from its previous location on South Street.

Gold said that after more than a dozen years at the previous location, they wanted more space to process orders of t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hats. The building at 113 South Third Street offers about 4,000 square feet of space.

“It enables us to have a larger showroom,” Gold explained.

“The production area is larger for when we want to ramp up for a larger order.”

Howett’s got its start in 1978 when local teacher Ken Howett started a printing business in his home with his wife, Cookie. The shop quickly became the place to go for custom printing needs, especially for organizations in the Oxford community.

Gold started in the business in 1994, and Howett’s Printing had already built a stellar reputation.

“When I first started,” Gold said, “everyone knew that you go to Howett’s to get your shirts and uniforms.”

Gold became a part-owner of

the business in 1999. A few years later, Greer joined the Howett’s team. At first, it was just a summer job, but it quickly became a full-time position for him. He became a co-owner in 2004.

Gold and Greer are both involved in the Oxford community, and they take very seriously the obligation of living up to the reputation that the business has.

“We’ve really been able to grow with the local community,” Gold said, explaining that the average number of orders per week now exceeds 30, which keeps the staff very busy.

Many of the relationships that Howett’s Printing maintains stretch back years. Herr Foods is one long-time customer. The Lighthouse Youth Center in Oxford is another. So are the Oxford Golden Bears organization and the Oxford wrestling program. Howett’s Printing also does work year after year for many schools throughout the area.

Greer said that when he first started in the business, he was surprised at the reach of the business—one regular client is a camp from Lewes, Del. Howett’s Printing has built the business on the quality of the work and good customer service, relying on their clients to spread the word. That strong reputation helps them compete during a time when a lot of dif-

ferent companies are offering printing services online.

“The Internet is very competitive, but we offer better service at a good price,” Gold said, explaining that people often want to be able to come in and see or touch an actual shirt that they’ve produced. It’s also an advantage that customers can come in and talk to either Greer or Gold about their orders. Each order is customized, and the graphics work rises above the quality that is often found by companies on the Internet.

Gold and Greer also understand the needs of their longtime customers.

“There are some jobs that, based on the time of year, you know just about what day certain orders are going to come in,” explained Gold.

They take great pride in delivering orders to their customers on time.

“If we tell you it’s going to be done, it’s going to be done,” Greer said, explaining that he and Gold both feel a responsibility to exceed their customers’ expectations when it comes to the quality of the work and service.

The products going out the door may not have their names on them, but after more than a decade of running the business together, Greer and Gold are committed to ensuring that Howlett’s Printing maintains its good reputation after 37

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The employees of Howett’s Screen Printing and Embroidery were joined by Oxford officials at the June 5 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new home on South Third Street.

years in business. Even though they have run Howett’s Printing together for more than a decade, they feel no need to change the name of the business.

“We thought briefly about changing the name,” Greer admitted. “But then we thought, why?”

Why, indeed. The quality of the business is the same as it has always been.

Howett’s Printing is located, for the first time, in the business district, a fact that the owners are very pleased about. when we bought this building, To contact Staff Writer Steven “We’re Oxford guys,” said we became a part of the revital- Hoffman, email editor@chesterGreer. “We like the fact that ization of Oxford.” county.com.

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In our role as a newspaper in southern Chester County, we need to be in several places at once, and a peek at our weekly editorial calendar provides more than enough evidence that we are, indeed, everywhere. We cover the news of four school districts and 17 municipalities, numerous police and fire departments, events from Chadds Ford to West Nottingham, and profile hundreds of local residents every year. Because the Chester County Press has just as much of a stake in the future of our coverage area as the many towns, entities and people we report about, we feel entitled every so often to share our ideas on how our community can be improved.

We wish: ... for the Pennsylvania Real Estate Trust [PREIT], as it moves forward on its designs for the White Clay Point Town Center on Route 41, to elicit the ingenuity and creativity of the residents of New Garden Township and explore ways on how the town center can become a shining new star that serves both commerce and community, and not just another cookie-cutter concept that threatens to sap the lifeblood out of the area; ... for southern Chester County to establish a regional police department that combines the police units of West Grove Borough, Kennett Square Borough, and New Garden and Kennett townships, as a strength-in-numbers, unified force ... and that the regional department be housed at a state-of-the-art barracks, retrofitted into the New Garden Township Building; ...for Joe Scalise to have good luck and much success in his new position as the borough manager of Kennett Square borough; ... for the New Garden Growers Market to have a dedicated and permanent outdoor home with easy accessibility to routes 41 and 1, preferably on or near the grounds of the New Garden Township Building on Starr Road in Landenberg. Ideally, it would be under a protective pavilion that provides cover from inclement weather; … for Kennett Township to move from its current three supervisors to five, in the hopes that a larger board will allow for more inclusion of fresh ideas and put an end to the brazen, two-to-one vote monopoly that has for years bottlenecked the township; ...for Avon Grove School District administration to continue the push to make the schools academically elite; ...for more commercial growth in the Oxford area to expand the tax base and provide more financial support for the school district; ... for a reconceived and rebranded plan for the now-closed Landenberg Store, to make it more than merely a stop-off point for last-minute items and open it up to becoming known as the People’s Store, one that develops an effective partnership between owners and residents, in order to reflect and accommodate the changing tastes and needs of modern families ; and ... for downtown Oxford to get the kind of critical mass of attractions and restaurants that will put it in the spotlight that Kennett Square enjoys. Oxford has several bright spots, but it needs to be the kind of place that draws people to shop, enjoy an art gallery and then stick around for drinks or dinner. That’s what makes downtowns thrive, and Oxford seems to be unable to close the deal. Here’s hoping for better luck soon.

By Congressman Joe Pitts Horse racing has been said to be the sport of kings. Horses are strong, majestic creatures, whose natural beauty and power awed us from Ancient Greek hippodromes to Churchill Downs today. Man’s

kinship with the horse goes even further back into prehistoric times.

And yet, as with any sport, there are cheaters who spoil it for everyone.

Like the homerun hitters of the 1990s, many horse trainers use a variety of illicit substances to give

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Opinion Letters to the Editor Sen. Toomey has failed to support small businesses Letter to the Editor: I own a small business.

Although my business has grown over the past 17 years, being able to start with almost nothing and become successful is the American Dream. Unfortunately, not all of our elected representatives support this dream.

My senator, Sen. Pat Toomey,

R-Pa., has a history of failing to support small businesses. Toomey has voted three times to de-fund the Small Business Administration, which provides loans and capital to beginning small businesses, many of which couldn’t receive startup funding any other way.

Toomey also voted against a bill that would have given incentives to small businesses that increase

employee wages or hire new workers. With our economy still in a recovering state, it seems important to me to increase employee wages and create new wages, when we have plenty of people who need money and jobs.

Most frustrating of all, Toomey filibustered the Bring Jobs Home Act, which sought to give tax write-offs to companies that cre-

ate U.S. jobs, and would end tax breaks for companies outsourcing jobs from the U.S. Based on his votes, I can only conclude that Toomey doesn’t care about small business owners, employees, or creating a better, stronger economy for American citizens.

Russ Phifer London Grove Township

Criticism of Kennett Township went too far Letter to the Editor: This is in response to the column by Uncle Irvin in the June 10 issue of the Chester County Press. Seriously, Uncle Irvin, you don’t think that Scudder Stevens’ style of service is a reformation from the Elling regime?

And who was Alan Falcoff? Is that the guy who would sit quietly waiting for Michael Elling to finish speaking, and then vote yes to whatever Elling endorsed?

You’ve got a point that Chief

Albert McCarthy should have been relieved from driving duty after admitting he had some problems when driving, but your criticism went too far. Perhaps that’s why I read your column; you are entertaining.

The Kennett Township supervisors may have hired McCarthy not only because he knows the community intimately, but also because the community knows him, so much so that many people simply call him by his first name.

The next time you’re recounting

Albert’s notable events, please don’t forget to mention the time he apprehended one of the criminals featured on “America’s Most Wanted.” Local Mexican workers who knew Albert called and told him where he could come and collect the suspect. They didn’t call you, did they?

People who have lived here a long time and have been paying attention may offer more examples of how “the Chief” often knows who did it and where to find them.

Remember when somebody was stealing cast iron stormwater grates? Is that dangerous for motorists, pets and children? Did McCarthy catch them? As for the shooting ordinance, supervisor Stevens tried to appease the concerns of his constituents and dropped the issue upon a reasonable decision from the court. I don’t remember any “humiliation,” as you put it.

Dave Adamson Kennett Township

Opinion

We need change now!

By Lee H. Hamilton I’ve seen a lot over my decades in politics, and not much alarms me. But I have to be blunt: Money is poisoning our political system.

The people who matter most to a representative democracy — the ordinary voters in whose interests elected politicians are supposed to act — feel as though they’ve become an afterthought in the political process. The tidal wave of money washing over our elections, with no end in sight, is causing Americans to lose faith in the system. In that way, the course we’re on threatens the core values and principles that define us as a nation.

Oddly, many politicians see no problem — except perhaps the inconvenient need to spend a significant portion of every day dialing for dollars. They don’t, however, believe this is corrupting.

They don’t believe they’re selling their votes, or even that money influences their behavior.

Most Americans believe differently. Poll after poll finds that about half the voters think members of Congress are corrupt. A Democracy Corps poll last summer found clear majorities across the spectrum worried about the impact of Super PAC spending as “wrong”

and leading “to our elected officials representing the views of wealthy donors.”

In fact, while it is a rare member of Congress who would change his or her vote because of money, there is ample evidence that where the majority of Americans and a small but wealthy minority disagree, the influence of money on politics tends to outweigh the views of ordinary voters. When donors contribute heavily, they have a disproportionate influence over the legislator; that’s not “corruption,” but it means that opinions of average citizens are diminished and the views of the big donors are amplified when it comes to policy-making.

If it appears that this state of affairs has gotten worse in recent years, it has indeed. A series of Supreme Court decisions over the last half-decade has resulted in Super PACs’ unfettered ability to raise and spend money, and freed individuals from limits on their giving. The result has been not just the surge in campaign spending we’ve seen, but the fact that much of it is “dark” — or beyond the ability of journalists and regulators to discern its sources.

This money purchases attack ads that saturate the airwaves with scant clue as to who is fund-

Running on empty their horses an unfair competitive advantage, even if it hurts the horse.

It is not only cruel to the animal, but often to the jockey, many of whom are injured when sick or injured horses collapse. Some have even died, including the apprentice jockey Juan Saez, who had once been considered a future racing superstar. He was killed in a race at the Indiana Grand in Shelbyville, Indiana, at just 17 years of age.

If nothing else, horse doping besmirches the integrity of the sport, turning a horse race into just a race between two chemists. What happened with Major League Baseball in the 1990s has been happening in horse racing for over 30 years.

Every week, some two dozen horses die on racetracks across the country. Many of these are horses that were sick, but were doped up and forced to race anyway.

In fact, almost every horse is given race-day medication, which is banned in other countries. Other countries look at American horse

racing in disbelief: it should be obvious that no horse should be drugged on the day of a race.

Many people are making a fortune off of an industry that has been tainted by extensive corruption, and not just in Kentucky. It’s happening right here in Pennsylvania.

In February, several defendants in Cumberland County pled guilty to running an illegal gambling ring, money laundering, and criminal conspiracy, following an extensive FBI investigation. They will lose hundreds of thousands of illgotten dollars, and now face the possibility of federal prison time.

Thirty years ago, Congress allowed interstate wire gambling on horse races to take place, with the understanding that the horse racing industry would reform and police itself.

Over the course of decades, that understanding proved to be faulty.

Only some states adopted uniform standards, making little progress against widespread cheating.

It doesn’t make sense to keep doing the same thing but still expecting different results. How

ing them. It buys ads that drown out even the voices of the candidates and the parties themselves.

It pushes our politics toward the extremes, emphasizing ideological purity, unremitting partisanship, and a political culture that exalts confrontation over consensusbuilding. In other words, it cripples representative democracy.

So what can we do? In an ideal world, we’d see a constitutional amendment or a reversal of the Supreme Court’s recent decisions.

I’m not holding my breath. For the present, we’ll need to work within the bounds of the court decisions.

The first priority is to find ways of boosting prompt financial disclosure — ways to trace the source of campaign spending on behalf of candidates and incumbents before an election so that voters know who is supporting whom, and can match candidates’ positions on issues with the interests of their financial backers. Disclosure done after elections is meaningless.

Since it appears unlikely that Congress will soon step up to the plate, it may be that regulatory commissions — the FEC, IRS, FCC — will have to move on stricter disclosure definitions and rules. The White House could even consider an executive order

requiring full disclosure of political spending by all companies with federal contracts.

The second major reform is to make public funds available for financing campaigns, thus amplifying the contributions of ordinary Americans, freeing candidates to spend more time on substance rather than fundraising, and letting them engage more fully with voters rather than donors. In states that have used it, public money works.

The odds of action are not encouraging. Yet I’m heartened by something Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters in New Hampshire the other day.

“You’re going to have money dumped in this election cycle that’s going to turn off the American people,” he said. “There’s going to be a need and a movement to try to control the money in politics.”

Let’s hope he’s right.

many more decades would have to pass, how many thousands more horses would have to die? Time has come for innovative ideas to fix this problem.

That is why last year I held a hearing as House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chairman on Health about this very issue.

Using information from this hearing, I introduced legislation that would create an independent anti-doping enforcement agency.

Other Members of Congress from around the country introduced various other proposals, indicating a growing consensus that the status quo is unacceptable.

Two days before this year’s Kentucky Derby, I joined with Democrat Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico, to introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation shutting off the Congressionally sanctioned flow of money to this industry.

We named our legislation off of horses who were euthanized on race tracks after being drugged.

Senator Udall named his bill after Teller All Gone, a two-year old

quarter horse who fell after the wire at a race in his home state of New Mexico, and I named my bill after Coronado Heights, a fouryear-old thoroughbred who died racing with a degenerative joint disease.

Our bill would put a halt to about 90 percent of the $11 billion wagered on horseracing.

Predictably, those profiting off of the status quo attacked our bipartisan reforms. Our reforms will ultimately benefit the sport by restoring it to honor and integrity.

On Wednesday, I joined with Representatives Anna Eshoo and Jan Schawkowsky to re-introduce another bill, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act. If it becomes law, it will put an end to race-day doping by giving the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency enforcement authority. Further, this legislation would create a “three strikes and you’re out” to ban bad actors from the industry altogether.

After thirty years of waiting at the starting gate, we hope that this bill can be the shot to get horse racing started again.

Lee Hamilton is Director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University; Distinguished Scholar, IU School of Global and International Studies; and Professor of Practice, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

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Obituaries JEAN VANDENHENGEL Jean vandenHengel. (nee Bergh), 93, of West Grove, passed away on June 12, attended by her family at Jenner’s Pond Retirement Community.

She was the wife of George John vandenHengel, Sr., who passed away in 2005, and with whom she shared 58 years of marriage. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Jeannette Johnson and Dr. Charles J. Bergh.

She was a kindergarten teacher at Greentree and Sugartown Schools for 40 years, retiring in 1980. Jean grew up in Oakmont in Haverford Township. After graduating from Haverford High School, she went on to the University of Minnesota to study music. With her beautiful soprano voice, Jean sang with Demitri Metropolis and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. She was a 45-year member of the choir of Good Samaritan Church in Paoli.

She is survived by six children, Karen (Chip), Jack (Marilyn), Eric (Joanne), Peter (Debra), Bart (Kim) and Scott (Jodie). She was predeceased by a sister, Margaret; and a brother, Jack.

Her memorial service will be held on June 17 at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Good Samaritan (212 W. Lancaster Ave., Paoli). Interment will be in the church memorial garden. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the National Parkinson’s Foundation, Gift Processing Center, P.O. Box 5018, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5018. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com.

JOHNATHON EUGENE WOODS, SR. Johnathon Eugene Woods, Sr., 27, of North East, Md., passed away on June 6 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.

Born in West Chester, he was the son of Larry W. and Illiam Yvette Perez Woods of North East, Md. He was Baptist by faith. He enjoyed playing the guitar, singing and football. He was an avid Philadelphia Eagles fan. He loved his children.

He is survived by his parents; three children, Gabriel Ivan Woods, Johnathon Eugene Woods, Jr., and Jozlin Woods; two brothers, Larry W.

Woods, Jr. of Exmore, Va., and Kevin Wise II of North East, Md.; two best friends, Jacob Constien and Jeremia Constien, both of North East, Md.; companion, Ashyln Benn of Quarryville; and six sisters, Carolyn Woods, Christina Woods, Marlena Woods, all of North East, Md., Amanda Woods of Peach Bottom, Justine Woods and Lauren Woods, both of North East, Md. Funeral services were held June 12. Interment was in Bible Fellowship Cemetery. Visit www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

CLYDE K. WEITZEL Clyde K. “Tom” Weitzel. 88, of Oxford, passed away on June 12 at Maple Farm Nursing Home in Akron, Pa. He was the husband of the late Matoka Anne Caldwell Weitzel. Born in Rawlinsville, he was the son of the late Paul W. and Anna E. Eshelman Weitzel. Tom was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in World War II. He was employed with Chrysler Corporation in Newark, Del., retiring in 1994 after 23 years of service. He was a member of the Oxford United Methodist Church and Oxford Lodge No. 353 F&AM. He enjoyed working in the yard, refinishing furniture, and especially spending time with his grandchildren.

He is survived by his son, Rodney Weitzel and his wife Denise of Ephrata; eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; one brother, William Weitzel of New Freedom; and two sisters, Lois Aukamp of Quarryville and Martha Frey of Willow Street. He was preceded in death by two sons, Chris Chandler Weitzel and Jeffrey Kirk Weitzel; and a grandson, Ryan Weitzel.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. June 17 at the Oxford United Methodist Church (18 Addison St., Oxford), where friends and family may call from 10 to 10:50 a.m. A Masonic service will be held at 10:50 a.m. Interment with full military honors will be in Oxford Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Hospice and Community Care, P.O. Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17604-4125. Online condolences may be made at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com.

Opal C. Davis, 91, of Oxford, formerly of Kemblesville, went home to the Lord, peacefully surrounded by her family, on June 13 at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford.

She was the beloved wife of S. Bruce Davis, with whom she shared 67 years of marriage, often referring to him as “my boyfriend.” Opal and Bruce shared a very special love for one another. Theirs is truly a beautiful love story.

Born in Grayson, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Winton Cicero and Amanda Baugess Patrick, and was the youngest of 10 children. She retired from the West Grove Knitting Mill as a seamstress. Opal was a

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Mary “Betty” Burnett, 82, of West Grove, passed away on June 9 at the Chester County Hospital.

She was the wife of Robert B. Burnett, with whom she shared 65 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Edythe Fulton McDonaugh. She was a homemaker and enjoyed sewing, playing bingo and being with her family and friends.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by three sons, Robert B. Burnett, Jr. of Exton, James B. Burnett and his wife Susan of West Grove, and Dennis W. Burnett of Milton; three brothers, James R. McDonaugh of Avondale, William McDonaugh of Coatesville, and Robert McDonaugh of Landenberg; and five grandchildren, Dennis Jr., Jenny, Paige, Brooks and Chester. Betty was predeceased by two brothers, Jack McDonaugh and Richard “Freckle” McDonaugh; and one sister, Lucy Couden.

A funeral was held June 13. Burial was in Union Hill Cemetery in Kennett Square. Online condolences may be made by visiting www. griecocares.com.

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She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Almeda Massey (Robert) and Gail Dampman (Larry), all of New London; four grandchildren, Keith, Phillip, Scott and Kenneth Massey; four great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

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Local Interest Landenberg woman launches virtual boot camps to encourage health

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer When you think about your life, ask yourself the following questions: Am I truly challenged and engaged?

Am I making the most of my life?

Am I actively ringing up valuable life lessons, not only for myself but for my family?

If so, good for you. If not, the kickstart you may need is in the form of Madeleine MacRae, and the initiatives she is providing are just a Facebook visit or two away.

MacRae, who lives in Landenberg with her husband, Paul Hannon, and their nine-month old son, Noah, recently launched a series of online boot camps that are intended to invigorate – and in some cases, dramatically alter – daily routines for families and individuals, through an introduction to fitness, nutrition and activities.

These programs are an individuallyrun component of MacRae’s role as independent coach for BeachBody, a worldwide, online fitness company that provides exercise, activity and nutritional challenges for its clients.

“Each BeachBody coach can take the direction he or she wants, but these boot camps are serving not simply as just attraction marketing to my position as a coach,” MacRae said. “These programs are areas that I’m passionate about, and I’m creating programs around them.”

From June 8 to 21, MacRae is sponsoring a “Jump into Summer” fitness and nutrition boot camp targeted to parents and their children. It’s filled with tips on healthy eating for kids

with picky palates, how to organize dance parties, as well as educational tidbits on how families can embrace the great outdoors. For the duration of the program, MacRae will create what she calls “an action,” which in this camp will be daily ideas -- for instance, how parents can create a scavenger hunt to look for acorns and leaves at a local park.

MacRae is also about to kick off a ten-day online financial health boot camp, under the supervision and guidance of professional financial experts, to give daily tips. Over the course of the program, visitors are introduced to tracking their financial record; “getting real” about debt and monthly expenses and spending versus income; goal setting; the basics of budgeting; and other principles of maintaining financial health.

"I wanted something to drive me and challenge me,” MacRae said. “I like things that push me outside my comfort zone but are enough within my strengths that it remains interesting. I believe in strength-based leadership -- you should work from your places of strength, so that you’re energized and not depleted.

This allows me to be an entrepreneur and still be the best mother I can be.”

Although these programs are still in their infancy, they are drawing everyone from mothers in their early twenties to active parents in their fifties, from the East Coast to as far west as Colorado. MacRae said a good portion of the participants are much like herself: Women who have transitioned from being a single, ambitious successful career profes-

sional to stay-at-home mother. For several years, she was a marketing, sales and executive manager, most recently for Somfy Systems, a France-based company whose American headquarters is in New Jersey.

“Transitions like these make you question whether or not you’re good enough to successfully make the transition,” she said. “There’s no rulebook for parenthood, and you don’t have other adults telling you that you made the right call. It’s not the same gratification that you have in the workplace, and that affects your confidence. Through the challenge groups, you begin to say to yourself, ‘Yes, I am good enough.’

It enables you to take control over one part of your life, and having something in your life that is more engaging, and on an adult level, not just on a child level.”

Although she acknowledges that her virtual programs and are still in the incubation stage, MacRae said she’s open to expanding the number of topics in her boot camp arsenal in the future.

“I love the concept of social media,” she said. “Having a business where I can help people -- and help challenge them – enables me to touch other people’s lives.”

To learn more about MacRae’s online boot camps, visit h t t p s : / / w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / groups/371377349726950/, or e-mail her at maddiemacrae@yahoo. com.

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

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Landenberg resident Madeleine MacRae, an independent coach for BeachBody, has recently launched a series of free, online programs that offer boot camps on fitness, activity and nutrition.

MacRae, along with her husband, Paul Hannon, and their nine-month-old son, Noah.

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Departing principal encourages graduates to continue to “create your personal history”

Avon Grove graduates say ‘Goodbye’ to Alexander

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer It was a night of speeches, some humorous and some reflective.

It was a night of memories and expectations. For the more than 400 graduates of Avon Grove High School’s Class of 2015 however, it may well be remembered as the night they said ‘Goodbye’ to the only high school principal they will ever know.

Serving as master of ceremonies for his last commencement exercise at the high school, departing principal Thomas Alexander was warmly greeted by the entire student body with a belting, “Thanks, Mr. A,” as the festivities got underway on June 10 at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark.

In April, Alexander, who had served as Avon Grove’s principal for the past 11 years, was appointed to serve as the district’s director of educational support services, a position he will begin on July 1.

In his welcoming address, Alexander said that each student created their own “personal history” over the past 17 or 18 years, which was shaped not only by their family and their community, but by their experiences at Avon Grove High School.

“Remember the times of difficulty and remember the times of great success,” he said. “They will help guide you through your next challenges in life. As time passes, new experiences create new chapters in your personal history and they will start to play an increasing role in your future.”

Ushered into the arena by the opening strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” by the Avon Grove High School Graduation Band, under the direction of Rebecca Staznik, the graduates then settled in for 90-minute event that featured speeches by several of their classmates. In his speech, “There Are No Retakes,” salutatorian Conner McPartland strung together a rhymed verse that read in part, “I don’t know want to know what lies in your belly, but this place, this space, this base, has shown us grace.”

Class valedictorian Matthew

Photos by Steven Hoffman

More than 400 Avon Grove High School students marched into the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark on June 10, as members of the graduating class of 2015.

The students celebrate the announcement that they are now officially graduates of Kennett High School.

Kennett High School’s 124th commencement Diplomas are handed out to 319 students

By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer

Class salutatorian Connor McPartland, left, and class valedictorian, Matthew Lertola.

Lertola told his fellow graduates that they are free to remember their high school years however way they choose.

“You can remember it any way you want,” Lertola said, after recalling some humorous experiences he had. “If you loved your time at AGHS, be glad it happened rather than sad it’s over. If that confiscated phone sophomore year or the lack of senior privileges this year made your high school experience miserable, then I have excellent news for you: You can start fresh in about two hours.”

Prior to the distribution of diplomas, class president Damian Kuthoore’s address, “Glossophobia,” revealed his fear of public speaking, which began when he “bombed” his 8th-grade speech.

“Year after year, it never really got easier, yet I never shied away from public speaking,” he said.

“What I learned was that the only way to overcome my fears was to face them head on.”

More speeches were presented by Jimmy Francis, Matt Imming, Jacklyn Rind, Taylor

From the floor, students scanned the arena for a glimpse of their families.

Harper and Devin Rudisill.

Another highlight of the commencement was the school’s Senior Ensemble, who were led

by Sandra Ayon, Jessica Myers and Wendell Woods – and accompanied by Louise Crossan – during a performance of Green Day’s “Good Riddance.”

Many student speakers made reference in their speeches to Raziel Mireles and Ian Fischer, two Avon Grove students who died during the past school year.

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

From the opening notes of “Pomp and Circumstance” to the closing remarks by principal Dr. Michael Barber, Kennett High School’s 124th commencement on Friday, June 12 offered the 319 members of the Class of 2015 one final opportunity to collectively share memories of the past and hopes for the future.

“Rarely in life do we get a chance to fully appreciate just how much we have accomplished and how far we have traveled,” said Katherine R. Gallivan in her invocation. “For the past twelve years, we have all been striving toward one singular goal: graduating high school. Class of 2015, today, we have finally achieved that dream.”

Peter O’Sullivan, the President of the Class of 2015, said that

Peter O’Sullivan, the President of the Class of 2015, received the Advisor’s Cup and the school’s highest honor, the W. Earle Rupert Memorial Cup.

The students eagerly await the big moment.

Katherine Bolten, one of the graduation speakers.

the students owe who they are today to the Kennett community and specifically Kennett High School. O’Sullivan set the stage for the speakers who followed

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Monday-through-Friday dedication to education. In our journey to a better future, we now find ourselves at a crossroads. Four of your traveling companions stand behind me to reflect upon our time at Kennett, and speculate on times to come. Peter Lattanzio will look back on how we’ve mastered the knowledge received at Kennett. Hannah Shiflet will then discuss our preparation for the next step.

Katherine Bolten will speak on the experience and confidence gained, and, lastly, Zixuan Shen will send us on our way, ushering in the next leg of our odyssey.”

Lattanzio, in his speech titled “We Have Drawn Our Maps,” compared navigating high school to drawing a map.

“Many of us, when told to ‘draw a map’ wouldn’t know where to start,” he explained.

“This was the first day of high school. Maps seem extremely complicated to draw, much like high school seemed on that first day. We started small, sketching borders and rivers, making new

friends and learning our schedules. We wrote papers and took tests, always trying to draw the map the teacher knew we would need in the future. We drew towns, cities, roads. We joined clubs, found where we fit in, and settled into our place at Kennett High School, whether it was on the stage, on the field, or in the classroom. Gradually, we started to fill in the rest of the terrain: valleys for stressful nights of homework and mountains for sunny spring days spent with friends and family. Our maps were slowly coming together.

Today, I am pleased to say that we have all completed our first map. Yes, the first map. We still have a much larger task to undertake.”

In her speech titled, “We Have Packed Our Bags,” Hannah Shiflet talked about how she and her classmates are now better prepared for the future because of what they have learned at Kennett High School.

“The many lessons we have learned during our four years here have equipped us to be successful in life,” she said.

“We have packed our bags

with everything we will need.

Everything we learned in high school has helped us to mature and grow so that we can be successful in life, whether that is in college, trade school, or the job market. Nearly every battle you will win in life is because of the lessons and experiences you have gained here in Kennett High School.”

Katherine Bolten talked about bouncing back after failures and standing up to your fears in her speech, “We Have Abandoned Our Fears.”

“Picking ourselves back up after each time life brings us down makes us even stronger than we were before,” Bolten said. “Next time, we aren’t afraid to make mistakes. Our failures make us fearless.”

Bolten asked rhetorically, “Who would you be if you hadn’t experienced that pang in your stomach after you missed the goal by a whopping five feet while all of your friends watched from the sidelines? Who would you be if you didn’t epically fail that AP chemistry test on titrations? You wouldn’t know determination or resilience. And

The Kennett High School Band performed under the direction of Anton Romano.

The procession of graduates down the front steps of Kennett High School.

Nancy Lopez Luna, Guadalupe Martinez, Guadalupe Alvarez, and Teresa Vazquez Guerrero outside Kennett High School just before the graduation ceremony.

that’s what high school is all about, right? Adaptation. It’s about learning from all of our failures so that we aren’t afraid to take risks. High school has made each and every one of us fearless.”

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Zixuan Shen offered his classmates a challenge in his speech, “And Now We Choose Our Paths.”

“I challenge you all to look at your lives as one magnificent opportunity,” he said. “You may not be as rich, beautiful, smart, or strong as you’d hope, but you are all something. Somebody.

Regardless of what others might sometimes say, each and every one of you is important, meaningful, and worthwhile in your own right. In the coming years, you will be the people with the ability to make a difference in the world, to changes lives. So dream big. Live to the fullest and take nothing for granted. Your life is one grand adventure, so live it. And let others live their lives as well. You don’t have to be a pop star or a genius, a supermodel or a CEO. Just be you—a you that leaves the world just a little brighter.”

Shen concluded his remarks by quoting Mark Twain: “Always work like you don’t need the money. Always fall in love like you’ve never been hurt. Always dance like nobody is watching.

And always—always—live like it’s heaven on earth.”

Superintendent Dr. Barry Tomasetti, school board president

Heather Schaen, and Dr. Barber each talked about the impressive accomplishments of the Class of 2015, and urged them to work hard to achieve their goals.

Five seniors—Jonathan Baumel, Nichol Brown, Richard Doty, Gallivan, and O’Sullivan were finalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program.

High school assistant principal Jeff Thomas announced that as of May 20, the Class of 2015 collectively earned $11.25 million in scholarships, grants, and awards.

O’ Sullivan was awarded the high school’s highest honor, the W. Earle Rupert Memorial Cup, which is given to the senior member of the National Honor Society who, in the judgment of the faculty, is deserving of the special honor by virtue of scholarship, school spirit, and service to Kennett High School.

As the winner of the W. Earle Rupert Memorial Cup, O’ Sullivan’s name will be inscribed on the cup—just one illustration of how the members of the Class of 2015 left their mark on Kennett High School.

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

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The Art Spot Through June 19 Student Art Show The Oxford Arts Alliance (38 S. Third St., Oxford) presents the Student Art Show, featuring works in a wide variety of media by students from area schools, through June 19. For more information, visit www.oxfordart.org.

Through June 30 Jack Giangiulio solo show Longwood Art Gallery (200 E. State St., Kennett Square) is hosting “A Different View,” featuring original watercolors by local artist Jack Giangiulio during June. For more information, call 610-444-0146 or visit www. longwoodartgallery.com.

Through June 30 ‘Pedal’ Mala Galleria (206 E. State St., Kennett Square) presents paintings by David Dziemian through June 30. The solo show, “Pedal,” focuses on bicycles.

Part of the proceeds from the show will be benefit the Urban Bike Project, which supports Wilmington communities by

providing access to bicycling.

For more information, visit www.malagalleria.com.

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The Church Street Gallery (12 S. Church St., West Chester) presents “Magic Light,” a show of works by Serge Krupnov, through July 3. For more information, visit www.churchstreetgallerywc.com.

The Brandywine River Museum of Art (Route 1, Chadds Ford) hosts “Pointed Pens: Selected Cartoons from the Permanent Collection” through Aug. 23. The exhibit includes maze-like contraptions drawn

by Rube Goldberg, political sketches by Thomas Nast, and many others that summarized and satirized current events. For more information, visit www. brandywinemuseum.org.

Through July 31

Through July 19

Fantasy art in Kennett Square

Horace Pippin retrospective

Metamorphosis Wellness Center (331 E. State St., Kennett Square) is featuring watercolors

by Jessie Barber through July 31. Barber is a self-taught fantasy artist who creates paintings inspired by the natural world, animals and fairy tales. Also on view are acrylics by Dottie Randazzo. Call 610-444-8020 or visit www.metamorphosiswellnesscenter.net.

The Brandywine River Museum of Art (Route 1, Chadds Ford) hosts “Horace Pippin: The Way I See It,” a major retrospective for the West Chester folk artist, through July 19. The museum is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults; $10 for seniors; $6 for students and children ages 6 to 12; free for children age 5 and younger, and Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art members. Admission is free on Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Through July 3 ‘Magic Light’

Through Aug. 23 Cartoons at Brandywine

Church Calendar Through Aug. 26 ‘Summer Fun’ series West Grove United Methodist Church (300 N. Guernsey Rd., West Grove) is holding a new Wednesday night “Summer Fun for Everyone” series through Aug. 26. The community is invited to attend from 6 to 8 p.m. for hot dogs, games, fellowship and a brief word from the lead pastor, Rev. Monica B. Guepet,

each week. All beverages will be supplied. Participants are invited to bring snacks, desserts or a side dish. The series is free. A box of games will be available, the youth plan to have their new 9-In-The-Air game up, a gated playground is open forsmall children, and the parking lot and grounds will provide space for kids to play. For more information, call 610-869-9334, or visit www.westgroveumc.org.

June 22 to 26 Vacation Bible school Beulah Baptist Church (Route 896, just north of the intersection of routes 10 and 896), will presnt “SonSpark Labs Vacation Bible School” for ages 4 through eighth grade from June 22 to 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The camp offers games, skits, snacks, Bible stories, crafts and prizes. For more information, call 610-932-9595, or visit www.beulahbaptist.us.

Calendar of Events

‘E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial’ will be shown in Oxford Memorial park on the evening of June 19 (see listing).

June 19 to Aug. 21 ‘Movies in the Park’ “Movies in the Park” will return to the Oxford Memorial Park on June 19. This familyoriented event is hosted by the Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by businesses in the community.

The movie previews start at 8:30 p.m. Bring your own seating.

This year’s screenings will be: “ET: The Extra Terrestrial” (June 19); “Big Hero 6” (July 17); “Planes: Fire and Rescue” (Aug. 21). Concessions will be available at the pavilion throughout the evening. This event is free and open to the public. In the event of rain, the event will be cancelled. Visit www.oxfordpa. org for information.

June 20 Garden Party at Lincoln The Lincoln University Board of Trustees chairwoman

Kimberly Lloyd will host The Chairlady’s Garden Party to benefit the university’s student scholarship program from 2 to 5 p.m. on June 20, on the lawn of the historic Alumni House.

Ladies are asked to wear hats, gloves and pearls, and men are encouraged to wear seersucker and linen suits or cool breeze shirts and slacks. Guests can visit a curated art exhibit of Zimbabwe Shona stone sculptures by Colin Thompson at the Ware Center, and take a selfguided walking tour of historic and significant sites on campus.

Reservations are $25 per person.

E-mail alumnirelations@lincoln. edu or call 1–800-726-3014.

June 26 Cruise In The tenth annual Cruise In at Foster’s Auto Service (152 North East Road in North East, Md.) will take place on June 26 from 4 to 8 p.m. Call 410-287-5821 for more information. Attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable food item to benefit the Union Hospital Cancer Program. There will be food, door prizes and more.

June 26 Hoagie sale The Oxford Area Senior Center, 12 East Locust Street, is having a Hoagie Sale on Friday, June 26.

Turkey or Ham Hoagies, with or without hot peppers can be ordered by calling the Center at 610-932-5244, or emailing oxsrctr@zoominternet.net. Hoagies need to be ordered by Friday, June 19 and can be picked up at the Center on June 26 between 11a.m.

And 2 p.m.. Hoagies are $5 each.

July 4 Freedom Fest in Nottingham Park The Freedom Fest at Nottingham County Park will b held July 4 from 6 to 11 p.m.

Admission is free, but parking is $10 per car at the park and at Herr’s Corporate Center.

There will be two Orbotrons operating, there will be snacks from Herr Foods and festival foods served by vendors. At 7:15 p.m., Green Tea Revival will perform on stage. Fireworks start at 9:30 p.m. Bring your own seating. Canopies are not permitted. Smoking and alcohol are prohibited. For informaton, call 610-932-2589 or visit www. chesco.org/ccparks.

July 11 Friends of Goddard Park meeting

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The Friends of Goddard Park will be meeting the first Saturday of every month at 8:30 a.m. at the park kiosk from April through November. Everyone from the community is invited to attend.

July 11 Chester County ABATE food run The Chester County chapter of ABATE will hold a food run to

benefit the Oxford Neighborhood Services Center on July 11. Food will be collected during June at several grocery stores and through personal donations. On July 11, participants in the food run will meet in Jennersville and make the short commute to Oxford, where the food will be dropped off at the Neighborhood Services Center.

July 12 ‘Frozen’ Princess Party A “Frozen” Princes Party will be held at Union Fire Company No. 1 (315 Market St., Oxford) on July 12 from noon to 2 p.m.

There will be a meet and greet with Elsa, Anna and Olaf from the Disney film. Tickets are $15 for a child and one adult, including lunch. There will also be sing-alongs and raffles. For more information or tickets, call 610-932-2411 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) or 610-656-7294.

July 18 ‘Best of the ‘50s’ concert The New London Community Choir will present “The Best of the ‘50s,” a concert of 1950s top hits, on July 18 at 7 p.m. at the Avon Grove High School Auditorium. For more information, call 610-869-8129 or email nlcommunitychoirpa@gmail.com.

Garden beds open to community London Grove Township announced that garden beds at Goddard Park are ready and available for anyone interested this planting season. For details, call the township at 610-345-0100.

Through Sept. 13 Honey Brook concerts The Honey Brook Borough Park and Rec Committee is hosting a series of free outdoor concerts this summer at 71 Pequea Ave. (Route 10) in Honey Brook . The schedule is: The Duzzin Matta Band (July 12, 5:30 p.m.); Philadelphiabased Americana band Black Horse Motel (Aug. 9, 5:30 p.m.); Irish and Scottish influenced tunes by the trio Across the Pond (Sept.

13, 5 p.m.). The Honey Brook Lions Club will be selling food and beverages at each concert.

Bring your own seating. The Honey Brook Food Pantry will be collecting food donations at each concert. Donations of nonperishable food items, toiletries and paper products will be accepted.

Visit www.honeybrookborough. net for more information.

Kennett Flash schedule 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: John Grecia and John Conahan (June 20, 8 p.m., $16); John Eddie (June 26, 7 and 10 p.m., $23).

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Benchmark Federal Credit Union to expand in Chester County

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer Benchmark Federal Credit Union has expanded its Chester County footprint with the opening of a not-for-profit financial cooperative in West Chester, in conjunction with its seventy-fifth anniversary. The credit union’s main office, located on McDaniel Drive, joins current branches in Great Valley and Collegeville, as well as more than 5,000 shared branching locations nationwide.

Over the next two years, additional local branches will open throughout Chester County, including a branch in Kennett Square. Although a site for the Kennett Square Benchmark location has not yet been determined,

credit union officials are working with a realtor to locate a potential site. Benchmark Marketing Director Rebecca Worthington said that credit union branches in southern Chester County will be staffed with bilingual personnel.

“Being a locally-grown credit union, we are focused on the financial well-being of the residents of just Chester County,” Worthington said. “For those areas that are more under-served -- for instance, the Hispanic communities in southern Chester County -- we understand that many times when they walk into a bank, they don’t get one-on-one, peronalized service. When they are with Benchmark, they’ll be a part of our family.”

Worthington said that as part of

Benchmark’s expansion, the credit union will be conducting several free financial outreach programs throughout Chester County that will be targeted to underserved populations, including seminars on how to read a credit report; how to build lines of credit; college financial planning; and how to use the electronic services of the Benchmark Federal Credit Union.

Benchmark began serving employees of John Wyeth & Brothers, Inc. in Philadelphia in 1940, which later became Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, then Pfizer, in 2009. Benchmark’s Chester County membership is now in excess of 12,500.

“This is a milestone in our history,” said David LaSala, President

Teacher in Willistown arrested for sexually assaulting student Last week, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced the arrest of Matthew Scavitto for institutional sexual assault, corruption of minors, unlawful contact with a minor, and endangering the welfare of children.

The defendant was a teacher at the Phelps School at the time of the offenses. The victim attended the Phelps School as a full-time boarding student at the time of the assaults.

First Assistant District Attorney Michael Noone stated, “This is another example of a person in a position of trust grooming a victim and abusing that trust. This defendant manipulated a student who he was responsible for teaching and coaching.”

Willistown Police Chief John M. Narcise stated, “We have seen this type of sexual assault by someone in a position of trust far too often. Based upon this defendant’s behavior and law enforcement’s experience, we are concerned there may be other victims. We

encourage anyone with additional information to come forward.”

Scavitto, 31, lived in an apartment on the Phelps School campus in Malvern. He worked at the Phelps School as a teacher, coach, and dorm supervisor. The defendant was immediately fired by the Phelps School and the school is cooperating fully with law enforcement.

According to the criminal complaint, on June 8, 2015, the Willistown Police Department interviewed a victim who was sexually abused when he was a student at the Phelps School from 2011 until 2014. The victim became very good friends with the defendant who was a teacher, the victim’s coach, and a dorm supervisor. The victim reported that in the beginning of May 2013, the defendant began to sexually assault the victim.

The victim was 17 at the time.

The defendant sexually abused the victim at the defendant’s oncampus apartment. The abuse continued through the summer of

2013 while both were at a camp in New Hampshire and throughout the victim’s senior year at the Phelps School.

The victim reported that the defendant would communicate via cell phone and text messages and would use code words referencing sexual activity. The defendant also instructed the victim to erase all text messages immediately after the conversations.

Scavitto is incarcerated at Chester County Prison on $250,000 bail.

First Assistant District Attorney Noone added, “Anyone with information should come forward to the police so that the defendant can be held fully accountable. It is important for parents to have straightforward conversations with their children to determine if there are any other victims.”

This case was investigated by the Willistown Police Department.

Anyone with further information should contact Willistown Police Detective Sergeant Jeff Heim at 610-251-0222.

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The majority of our members live in Chester County, and we’ve

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David Harrod, chairman of the board of Benchmark Federal Credit Union, stands with President and Chief Executive Officer David LaSala and local dignitaries, at the opening of the credit union’s new branch in West Chester on June 16.

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Chester County Commissioner Michelle Kichline spoke at the credit union opening.

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Education Oxford Area High School junior recognized by county police chiefs Oxford Area High School junior Alison Wills was recently recognized by the Chester County Police Chiefs Association for her volunteer service during the organization’s 2014 Active Aggressor Safety Program, which trains law enforcement officers in responding to situations involving a shooter in a school building.

Alison received a certificate of appreciation for her contributions to the training program, which include volunteering as a make-up artist for the program’s handson drills and portraying students injured during a shooting incident. She participated in Active Aggressor training at Kennett Middle School last summer and at Hopewell Elementary School earlier this year.

Alison became involved with the Active Aggressor training at the suggestion of her father, Corporal Christopher Wills, a member of the Chester County SWAT Team who serves as an instructor with the Active Aggressor Safety Program. The training requires volunteers to portray victims of a school shooting, and make-up is necessary to depict wounds on the volunteers.

Corporal Wills felt Alison and her mom, Merry, could do a good job creating the artificial wounds for the volunteers.

“My mom and I are really into Halloween and like going above and beyond in doing make-up to go with our costumes,” said Alison, adding that her mother once worked at Dorney Park and did make-up for its Halloween haunted house. “He saw what we could do with Halloween makeup so he thought we would be really good at creating wounds to make the training simulations more realistic.”

The Active Aggressor Safety Program is a full-day event which includes a morning

classroom component and an afternoon hands-on drill where participants are trained in three different shooting scenarios.

At last summer’s training at Kennett Middle School, Alison brought along a few friends to assist her and her mother with the make-up and also portray injured or deceased persons or persons held as hostages.

“At the first training it was just me and my mom actually doing the make-up, but we eventually taught two of my friends how to

first and then we add our own wounds based on the amount of time we have left.”

After the make-up is applied, the volunteers go to their assigned positions throughout the school building. Some are lying in the hallways, while others may act as hostages in the library. Each of the three drills takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete.

Alison said that the first time she volunteered during a drill the experience was a little frightening. “The instructors use guns with blank rounds so it sounds the same as a real gunshot,” she said.

“The volunteers are instructed to scream during the drills, so it gets very loud.”

“It sounds weird but it’s kind of fun,” added Alison. “It’s different from what you would do on a normal Saturday.”

Alison was quick to add, however, that the volunteers take the training very seriously.

“This isn’t a joking matter, so you need a mature group of kids to portray the victims,” she said.

Alison is enrolled Courtesy Photo Alison Wills in the health occupado it,” said Alison. tions program at the Chester Alison asks each of the volun- County Technical College teers where they want the wound High School, Pennock’s Bridge to appear, and works in that area Campus. While she is undecided using latex and artificial blood, on a college or area of study, shading the wound according she is thinking about pursuing a to the volunteer’s skin tone. “I career as a music therapist. think the instructors were surAlison said that volunteerprised at first at how realistic ing with the Active Aggressor the wounds looked,” she said. Safety Program has given her “But they were really apprecia- a new appreciation of the work tive because it helps them to be that her father and his colleagues better prepared for what could do on a daily basis. “You know actually happen.” more than ever that they are Alison said that at first it took there to protect you,” she said. her about 10 minutes to create “Just witnessing the training that a single wound on a volunteer, they go through, I feel much “Now I can do a few people safer knowing that if it happened at once and it usually takes at my school they will get there about eight minutes,” she said. quickly to help and know exact“My friend and I can create ly what they have to do. I think wounds for all the volunteers in our school is very safe but I also about half an hour. We do them feel a lot safer because of that.”

Mebane named Competitor of the Year in academic competition Organizers for the Chester County Academic Competition named Avon Grove High School senior Tyler Mebane as Competitor of the Year for Chester County for 2015. Mebane participated on the team in grades nine through 12. Avon Grove’s Varsity team placed 6th out of 24 schools in the competition this season and moved on to the semifinals in February but did not advance.

The competitor of the year is selected from the All-Star team nominated by each school’s coach.

Suggestions and input from the judge and competition staff are considered when making the selection. Criteria include exemplary team leadership and outstanding performance throughout the year.

“There are many standout players each year. Tyler was among many very smart, academically talented people that we considered, but he stood out heads and tails above the rest with his teamwork,” said event coordinator Jennifer Shealy. “Not only was he incredibly smart, but he often consulted and included other members of the team. He never tried to make it the ‘Tyler show’ even though he is probably smart enough to be able to do so. In addition to being very academically talented, he was a real team leader and team player.”

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Lincoln University board names Dr. Richard Green as interim president The Lincoln University Board of Trustees named Dr. Richard Green to serve as interim president of the university at its annual meeting on April 18. He will assume the role effective July 1.

“The Board of Trustees is confident that the skill-sets Dr. Green brings with him, as a result of his experience in higher education, will ensure that The Lincoln University is able to move, both effectively and efficiently, through its third century providing educational excellence for this great institution,” said Kimberly A. Lloyd ’94, Chairman of the Board.

The university’s acting president, Dr. Valerie Harrison, will resume her duties as the university’s general counsel and assist Dr. Green with his transition. Dr. Harrison led the institution through the end of the 2014-15 fiscal year, following the resignation of former president Dr. Robert Jennings in late November 2014.

“I look forward to supporting Dr. Green as he leads the university through this important transition, as we position Lincoln to be a leader in higher education,” said Dr. Harrison.

Currently, Dr. Green serves

as interim provost of St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minn., where he has worked since June 2014 while that university conducted its search for a provost. Prior to that, he held other interim positions at Albany State University in Georgia, National Louis University in Illinois, Alcorn State University in Mississippi and Midland Lutheran College in Nebraska. He was also assistant to the president at the State University of New York College at Buffalo, N.Y. Over the years, Dr. Green also served in numerous other university leadership posts, including president of Jefferson Community College in Kentucky and interim president of Metropolitan State University in Minnesota, and acting president at Midland Lutheran College. In addition, he has held faculty and teaching positions at Metropolitan State University, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Concordia College at Moorhead, Minn., University of Louisville, Kentucky State University and North Dakota State University. In addition to his appointments in higher education, he also served as assistant to the president and

Dr. Richard Green

CEO at Honeywell Inc., and as director of executive education for the company.

Dr. Green earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Concordia College, a master’s degree in physical chemistry from North Dakota State University and his doctorate in inorganic chemistry from the University of Louisville.

He also is a graduate of the Harvard University Institute of Educational Management.

Dr. Green will be joined by his wife, Dr. Dorothy Green.

They are parents of two adult children, Kim and Richard, and three grandchildren.

Avon Grove’s Lopez wins culinary competition Victor Lopez, a Class of 2015 graduate from Avon Grove High School, competed in the Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College’s Culinary Competition on Saturday, May 2, and placed first out of 18 career and technical education students. He took home a $6,000 scholarship to the culinary school, located in Philadelphia, for the win. Over the course of two hours, Lopez had to demonstrate knife cuts, kitchen safety, sanitation, mise en place, and organization while completing a chicken entrée. He was provided a recipe for the sauce, and all other components were done from memory. Lopez attended the culinary arts program at the Technical College High School Pennock’s Bridge Campus. Daniel Dietrich was his culinary arts instructor.

Unionville Elementary students and families give to two charity events When Unionville Elementary School teacher Perk Musacchio was looking for service project for this spring, Soles4Souls seemed like a good match.

Soles4Souls is an organization that advances its anti-poverty mission by collecting new and used shoes. Then they distribute those shoes to people in need.

Since it began, Soles4Souls has distributed more than 22 million pairs of shoes in 127 countries.

Based in Nashville, Tenn., Soles4Souls is committed to the highest standards of operating and governance and holds a four-star rating with Charity Navigator.

Musacchio’s niece, Shannon Thompson, is director of corporate engagement, and helped the school community coordinate a successful shoe drive.

School principal Clif Beaver and the entire school community will be providing the organization with 700 pairs of shoes. Several students from Stars4Service, a school-based community service group, were committed to collecting and bagging the shoes every day.

The Soles4Souls drive culminated at the 4th Annual “Mini Relay for Life” at Unionville Elementary School on June 4.

The event was organized by

Families donated 700 pairs of shoes through a service project at Unionville Elementary School. Shown here is Logan Fioravanti, a member of Stars for Service.

Bonnie Nilon, and more than 125 adults and children attended and walked laps around the Star Walk to raise money for child-

hood cancer. Proceeds totaled more than $1,400. All proceeds raised will go to the American Cancer Society.

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Everyone has a favorite spot in the newly renovated library.

Allison Read, who serves on the library’s board of trustees, likes sitting next to the window that looks out on the library’s backyard. There’s a community garden out there. Read noted that this space is comfortable and full of light.

The new wing includes the Bradford Fraver Reading Lounge, a quiet space in the new part of the building that has magazines, newspapers, and a table.

An anonymous donor requested the name of the reading room.

Bresler said that the reading room is one of her favorite spots in the building.

“I really like this room—it is a cozy little nook for people to use,” she said, adding that she loves all the natural light that the

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walk out without notice, leaving the township to pay the monthly interest out of their general fund, made up of residents’ taxes. Moreover, the contact requires the township to reimburse the management organization’s annual operating losses, which they have done.

This no-win deal will hang over their heads for years, even if the organization does not pull out.

The sport of golf has taken a major hit nationally since the 2008 financial crisis, and the lack of participation by

new wing offers.

In the first few hours after the new wing officially opened, people browsed in the adult collection or utilized the new computer workstations. The expansion project, the first major renovation in over a decade, also includes a rear entrance to the building and a larger parking lot.

Bresler said that she is eager for more of the community to see the new wing. Plenty of activities are planned throughout the summer.

On June 12, the library was hosting a summer kickoff party where children could come dressed up as their favorite superheroes.

Then, on every subsequent Friday this summer, the library will be hosting a local hero who will talk to children about their roles in the community. The local heroes include Geoff Henry, the mayor of Oxford, a veterinarian, a nurse, a policeman, and a school principal. millennials, who cannot afford to play the sport anymore.

Furthermore, there are probably more public and private golf courses in a 15-mile radius of Inniscrone than anywhere in America. The course operating income is hamstrung by having a liquor license but no dining room or sit-down meals, so players play and leave to get food and refreshments somewhere else.

Now instead of selling the golf course, which will still remain a spring irrigation site in perpetuity, so they can look at police protection objectively, they shoot down participating in a regional force, which is the only practical way of providing police protection in central Chester County.

“We wanted to show the kids that there are many ways to be a hero,” Bresler explained.

The days leading up to the opening of the new wing were hectic as library officials and a team of volunteers moved the adult collection to its new location. Bresler said that various groups helped out with the move, including the Cub Scouts pack 213, the Lions Club, the Leo Club, and many faithful patrons.

“We were able to do so much in three days,” Bresler explained.

Now that the adult collection has been relocated to the new wing, the next step is to move the young adult and children’s section upstairs to the space that previously housed the adult collection.

That move is being delayed until after all the summer activities that are planned for children.

“We want the kids to have all their great programs throughout the summer,” Bresler explained,

The population is growing by leaps and bounds, and more people means more crime.

The London Grove supervisors have sown the seeds for a bad harvest, and they still don’t get it.

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

Photo by Steven Hoffman

The Oxford Public Library unveiled its new wing this week.

adding that they will be cleaning and painting the space that is currently empty until they move the children’s collection. Once the children’s collection is moved, the downstairs space will be used for community activities, local history materials, and perhaps a small store to sell used books.

For years, the library has received many requests from community groups to hold meetings. Now, there will be enough space to accommodate those requests. The library will also be able to host bigger programs and activities throughout the year.

Bresler said that Nowland Associates, which handled the design and construction work on the project, has been “very responsive and very generous” throughout the whole process.

The community has also been very supportive. The library is in the midst of a fundraising cam-

Photo by Steven Hoffman

Library director Carey Bresler and board of trustees members Allison Read and Sue Cole open the doors to the newly renovated library, which features a new wing.

paign to pay for the $1.3 million expansion. Bresler said that they need to raise about $500,000.

She said that, as a result of the expansion project, the thirdoldest library in Pennsylvania is better equipped to offer a welcoming space filled with modern information resources that meet

the needs of the community. She said that residents should come in and see the results of the expansion project.

“Come in and see your library,” Bresler said. “It’s amazing.”

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

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Notice is hereby given that the London Grove Township Board of Supervisors will hold a public meeting on Thursday June 25, 2015 at 6:00 pm. The meeting will be held in the London Grove Township Building, 372 Rose Hill Road, West Grove, PA for the following purpose: 505 Finn Way- Io hear the appeal of Kirk Spohn for a variance to construct a deck.

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Notice is hereby given that the London Grove Township Board of Supervisors will hold a public meeting on Thursday June 25, 2015 at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held in the London Grove Township Building, 372 Rose Hill Road, West Grove, PA for the following purpose: 916 Walter Road (tax Parcel No. 59-4-42)- To hear the appeal of Mu Hoon Chong for a variance to allow a shed in a front yard and from the front yard setback. The applicant proposes to place a 10'x 16' shed in the front yard of the property and locate it within 15' of the property line. Section 1804.B of the Zoning Ordinance prohibits the placement of sheds in the front yard and Section 403.1.F of the Zoning Ordinance requires a 50' front yard setback. The property is located in the Agricultural Residential (AR) District.

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Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Penn Township, 260 Lewis Road, West Grove, will hold a public hearing on Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 9:00 am to consider adoption and possibly adopt immediately thereafter during the meeting at 9:15am on Thursday, June 25, 2015, an amendment to Article II Definitions, Section 200 Definitions of the Penn Township Zoning Ordinance.

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All purposes of the Zoning Ordinance or parts of any other Township Ordinance inconsistent herewith are hereby supersede to the extent of any inconsistency therewith.

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