February 17, 2010 - ChaddsFordLive.com

BVA holds third annual Polar Plunge

get ready — BVA holds third annual Polar Plunge

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For people who like cold weather, Saturday Feb. 13 was their
day. With several feet of snow still on the ground, air temperatures below
freezing and water temperature at 36 degrees, a hundred or so strong-hearted
people braved the elements to take part in the third annual Polar Plunge.

The plunge is a fund-raising event for the Brandywine Valley
Association. Participants jump into the Brandywine Creek at the Brandywine Picnic
Park, wade or swim across to the west bank, then return.

Jim Jordon, the executive director of the BVA was
anticipating close to 300 plungers, but to the casual observer no more than 100
took part.

“Our goal was 275 plungers,” Jordon said before the event.
“I’m hoping we make that. Last year we doubled what we got the first year so we
plan on at least a 50 percent increase…Each plunger has a pledge form and
they solicit their teachers, their co-workers. We have some plungers that raise
over $1,000.”

Jordon said the BVA received $10,000 from the first two
years. That money has gone toward the BVA’s environmental education and
watershed conservation projects

Liz Witcher, 17, and a senior at Kennett High School has
taken part in the event since its inception. She’s plunged the previous two
years, is a BVA summer camp counselor and an event volunteer.

“It’s fun because you don’t really realize you’re cold until
you get half way back and you almost feel the blood freezing in your legs. But
you can see the shore and say ‘I can see the shore. It’ll be OK.’”

Witcher said she does it for the bragging rights of saying
she ran into a freezing creek and because the BVA is a good cause.

“I’m definitely an earth junkie. I’m totally into let’s save
the land and stuff. I’m president of Earth Club.”

Rachel Donley, of West Chester University said after the
plunge that the experience was invigorating.

“I feel, really, really freezing cold but good. Definitely
good.”

Said she did it “for the heck of it. It sounded like fun.”

Her friend, Dan Henderleiter, also from WCU, likened the
plunge to a double shot of caffeine.

“I feel awesome. I feel so good. I feel awesome, but like I’m going to be awake forever,
though. It woke me up. I was a little tired earlier, but I got some coffee in
me. Now I feel great. It feels awesome to be here,” he said.

The Brandywine Valley Association is the oldest small
watershed in the country, founded in 1945 for the protection and conservation
of the natural resources of the Brandywine Watershed. Its mission is for the
“restoration, preservation, conservation and enjoyment of the resources of the
Brandywine Valley through education programs, environmental studies and
projects and technological advocacy,” according to a BVA fact sheet.

About Rich Schwartzman

Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.

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U-CF board approves preliminary budget

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The Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board started the process
of establishing the budget for school year 2010-2011 during its Feb 16 meeting.
Board members passed a preliminary budget of more than $70 million that could
bring about a tax increase more than the state allows without a referendum.

It is a preliminary budget, however, and is expected to
change before final budget approval in the spring.

“The major purpose of the preliminary budget is to determine
whether we need to initiate a referendum process to exceed the Act 1 Index,”
said board member Keith Knauss, chairman of the finance committee. “We have
decided that a referendum is not needed.”

Knauss added that the preliminary budget would undergo
modification before it becomes the proposed budget in May and the final budget
in June.

“The public will be able to comment at each step along the
way. As usual, there will be a formal public hearing or hearings in May to
gather input.”

Knauss also acknowledged that it would be difficult for
residents to accept any tax increase under current economic conditions, and
said the committee has asked the school administration to come up with a list
of expenditures to be cut so the tax increase is below the 2.9 percent Act 1
Index.

“We’re looking for shared sacrifice, sacrifice on the part
of the tax payers, sacrifice on the part of parents with children in school and
sacrifice on the part of employees,” Knauss said.

The district is already planning several public round table
discussions in addition to the standard public hearings on the budget,
according to Superintendant Sharon Parker. One or two, she hopes, will take
place before the end of March.

“Going under the 2.9 cap,” Parker said, “will mean an
adjustment of program, services, possibly quality performance and will have an
impact on pupils and on personnel.”

She said other districts in the state and in Chester County
are facing the same constraints.

As previously reported, the preliminary budget calls for a
possible tax hike from 23.58 mills to 24.97 mills in Chester County and an
increase from 20.68 mills to 21.44 mills in Chadds Ford Township, the only
district township in Delaware County.

A mill is a tax of $1 for every $1,000 of assessed property
value.

The preliminary budget passed 8-0.

Other business

Board member Curt Baker resigned his position on the board
and left the meeting before any votes were taken. Baker, who was on the board
for six years, said he could no longer be effective or enjoy being on the
board.

He cited the personnel make up of the board for his reasons
and specifically said he was bothered by the fact that Board President Timotha
Trigg had three times voted against extending Parker’s contract.

He said he almost resigned when the board re-seated and she
was selected as president because her selection showed the intention of the
board.

Baker also said he was bothered by a move to have him
removed from the board when he took a job in Virginia.

“No board has the authority to remove another board member
save for abandonment. I can give you 100 percent assurance I did not and would
not ever abandon this seat. It’s too important.”

Trigg took exception to the comment about her, saying her
votes against the contract extension had nothing to do with Parker. Rather, she
said, she was voting against the board who wanted to extend the contract too
early.

“When I voted no,” Trigg said, “I said I support the
superintendant. It was not about the superintendant, it was about what I
believed was a completely inappropriate action by the previous school board.
The vote to extend a contract one year into a four-year contract, I don’t
believe [is] a proper kind of vote for a school board to take. I was not voting
against the superintendant. I was voting against the decision of the School
Board.”

Trigg stressed again that she supports Parker.

The board has 30 days to appoint a replacement. That
replacement will face election in the November 2011.

Trigg said residents who are interested have until March 2
to apply. The will make a decision during its March 15 meeting.

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Residents getting scam phone calls

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Several Chadds Ford Township residents reported getting scam
phone calls early in the week. The calls were automated and identified
themselves as being from Sun East Federal Credit Union.

Some of the calls came as late as 11:15 p.m. Sunday. They
said the person’s credit or debit card had been revoked, according to one
recipient of the calls. People were then asked to enter their card number.

Some of the calls went to people who have no account with
Sun East.

Sharon Berry, from Sun East’s marketing department, said the
credit union does not solicit information over the phone or through e-mail or
text messaging.

“We have ways of preventing our members from getting any
losses, but the most important preventative measure is really for the community
to do nothing when they receive these,” Berry said.

The operations target many different financial institutions.
Most of the calls, Berry said, come from overseas and the information
gathered—real or bogus—is sold through online chat rooms. Even bogus data can
be sold on the black market, she said.

“One of the biggest things we try to do is educate our
members and the community at large to let them know not to think you’re
scamming them by putting bogus information. The best thing to do is just never
respond,” said Berry.

She added, “Sun East will never ask for personal information
and neither will any reputable financial institution.”

A message on the company Web site also says, “If a message seems
suspicious to you, please call 877-5-SUNEAST!
That is the only number you need to call to contact the Credit Union.”

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Dean’s list

School & Education

Jamie Ann Jackson of Chadds Ford Township was named to the dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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Mind Matters

Health

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Diary of snow

Feb. 10, 2010: Snow night—Blizzard zaps power. I sit in
candlelight in the youngest part of this circa 1830 stone house that remembers
days with dark nights, the wax of candles rationed, but not saved for romantic
dinners. I know many who despise these snow times, especially when the
electricity fails. Tomorrow, I may worry about things spoiling in the
refrigerator or about hot water for a shower. But tonight I so relish, savor
the silence. Without traffic, without light, without the computer hum or TV
glare, I hear and see differently. The cuckoo clock carries a subtle sound I
hadn’t noticed. The shadow of my pen on paper begins to be of interest. The
candle’s flickering against dark, seduces me to meditate: El Greco could have
painted its sinuous length.

We must be forced, it seems, into hibernation. Unbalanced,
we keep active through artificial light pushing away what we need most. In
solitude, we hush to hear, come into the dark to see.

Feb. 12, 2010: Let it snow. Let it snow. Let it snow. We
have, it would seem, a love-hate relationship with snow. We sing songs about
winter wonderlands and dreams of a white Christmas. We flock the Christmas tree
and dance with Frosty the Snowman. On the other hand, we don’t like the way it keeps
us from work—only children seeming to like snow days, while their parents feel
overwhelmed with their snow-bound presence.

Perhaps it has to do with being versus doing: shovel snow,
take care of kids, dig the car out, worry about gutters draining, roof leaking.
Yet there is being to be found when a big snow comes. So many lovely moments to
witness: such whiteness transforms even the trash can into Wyeth art. Silence
descends, birds arrive, never to have been seen before. Neighbors help each
other, eat together, talk together: can’t run away from home in a car to a
place that’s closed anyway. And without electricity, shelved books get read,
dusty games get played, and conversation is central rather than TV.

Snow has something to teach us who, in the Mid-Atlantic
states, have an anxious relationship with it. (Some New Englanders and
Canadians, prepared as they are, are feeling a bit deprived.) We could learn
that even sans snow, the TV could sit, silent witness to our conversation with
neighbors. We could take a “snowy Sabbath” day—resting with a book, taking a
quiet walk, pretending phones and computers are out of commission. Perhaps
there is power in letting ourselves “lose power.”

Of course, we rely on phones working, lights going on,
having heat, roads being cleared. When in an instant that is gone, that is a
lesson too: to empathize and know just a minute fraction of what it feels like
to be caught in the crossfire of war, or coping with the aftermath of
earthquake or flood where even the simplest of amenities are lost for a long
time.

Feb. 15, 2010: As I edit this writing, I already am in
status quo mode of schedules and doing and the silent night of snow is an
elusive memory.

Feb. 17, 2010:Ah,
there is, however the solitude of cross country skiing.

• Kayta Curzie Gajdos holds a doctorate in counseling
psychology and is in private practice in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. She
welcomes comments at MindMatters@DrGajdos.com
or (610)388-2888. Past columns are posted to www.drgajdos.com.

About Kayta Gajdos

Dr. Kathleen Curzie Gajdos ("Kayta") is a licensed psychologist (Pennsylvania and Delaware) who has worked with individuals, couples, and families with a spectrum of problems. She has experience and training in the fields of alcohol and drug addictions, hypnosis, family therapy, Jungian theory, Gestalt therapy, EMDR, and bereavement. Dr. Gajdos developed a private practice in the Pittsburgh area, and was affiliated with the Family Therapy Institute of Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, having written numerous articles for the Family Therapy Newsletter there. She has published in the American Psychological Association Bulletin, the Family Psychologist, and in the Swedenborgian publications, Chrysalis and The Messenger. Dr. Gajdos has taught at the college level, most recently for West Chester University and Wilmington College, and has served as field faculty for Vermont College of Norwich University the Union Institute's Center for Distance Learning, Cincinnati, Ohio. She has also served as consulting psychologist to the Irene Stacy Community MH/MR Center in Western Pennsylvania where she supervised psychologists in training. Currently active in disaster relief, Dr. Gajdos serves with the American Red Cross and participated in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts as a member of teams from the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.Now living in Chadds Ford, in the Brandywine Valley of eastern Pennsylvania, Dr. Gajdos combines her private practice working with individuals, couples and families, with leading workshops on such topics as grief and healing, the impact of multigenerational grief and trauma shame, the shadow and self, Women Who Run with the Wolves, motherless daughters, and mediation and relaxation. Each year at Temenos Retreat Center in West Chester, PA she leads a griefs of birthing ritual for those who have suffered losses of procreation (abortions, miscarriages, infertility, etc.); she also holds yearly A Day of Re-Collection at Temenos.Dr. Gajdos holds Master's degrees in both philosophy and clinical psychology and received her Ph.D. in counseling at the University of Pittsburgh. Among her professional affiliations, she includes having been a founding member and board member of the C.G. Jung Educational Center of Pittsburgh, as well as being listed in Who's Who of American Women. Currently, she is a member of the American Psychological Association, The Pennsylvania Psychological Association, the Delaware Psychological Association, the American Family Therapy Academy, The Association for Death Education and Counseling, and the Delaware County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board. Woven into her professional career are Dr. Gajdos' pursuits of dancing, singing, and writing poetry.

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ChesCo. is healthiest county in Pa.

Health

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Chester County has been ranked the healthiest
county in Pennsylvania, according to a study released Feb. 17 in Washington,
D.C., by the University of Wisconsin.

The study placed Chester County at the top of a
number of categories, including health outcomes and health factors. The study
looked at a number of factors, including the length and quality of life, health
behaviors, clinical care, social and economic factors and the physical
environment.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute compiled the 2010 County
Health Rankings, a collection of 50 reports that reflect the overall health
of counties in every state across the nation. For the first time, counties can
get a snapshot of how healthy their residents are by comparing their overall
health and the factors that influence their health, with other counties in
their state, according to the report.

The report is designed to allow counties to
determine where they are doing well and where they need to improve.

Commenting on the report, Chester County
Commissioner Chair Carol Aichele said in a prerss release: “This study
validates the efforts of the Chester County Health Department and the
tremendous network of healthcare providers to ensure the good health of all
county residents. If, as the report states, where we live matters to our
health, then I’m glad that I live in Chester County.”

In the
same release Commissioner Terence Farrell said “Chester County’s
success in this report can be attributed to a number of factors, including the
fact that our health department is so well established, so well managed and
staffed, and so far-reaching. Many of our citizens and organizations look
to the Chester County Health Department to provide a wide range of services –
from treatment, prevention and education on health issues, to a strong
environmental component that includes water and well testing, restaurant
inspections and food handler training.”

“One of the priorities of our Strategic
Planning Initiative is a healthy community,” adds Commissioner Kathi
Cozzone. “Our county-wide goals include promoting and protecting the
public health environment of Chester County citizens, and we have encouraged
our own County employees to lead by example, through the development of a very
successful wellness program.

Chester County Health Department Director
Margaret Rivello said: “While this is an excellent rating for the overall
county, there are still geographical areas where access to healthcare is a
challenge, and people still need help adopting healthy behaviors.

“We are very pleased with the results of this
report, but we cannot rest on our laurels while there is still work to be
done,” added Rivello.

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Blogging Along the Brandywine

Along the Ford

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I served on a jury once in the
late 1980’s involving a drug-related murder outside a corner bar in Chester.

Other than the fact that the
District Attorney was devastatingly handsome, the experience bore little
resemblance to what you see on television and was in fact quite sobering.

We, as a jury, were never aware
that some of the witnesses, although dressed in street clothes, had been
transported from prison to testify. And unlike many fictional trials, the
entire process from jury selection to sentencing lasted only 5 days.

So when I got an official looking
letter a few months ago…“You are summoned to serve as a juror in the
Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, located at the Court House, Media, PA,
for a term of service commencing on February 12, 2010”

My first thought—oh crap!

It’s like getting one of those happy tooth postcards, your
dentist sends out reminding you of your next appointment.

According to the Delaware County jury commission,
approximately 17,000 jurors are called to serve each year, randomly chosen from
a list of more than 380,000 registered voters in the county.

So I mailed back my questionnaire and reported for jury duty
last Friday.

The Media Courthouse is a large, elegant structure gracing
West Front Street in Media. Completed in 1851, additional wings were added in
1871 and 1882.

But like most courthouses today, getting in is just like
going through airport security— place your “carry-on” on the conveyor belt and
step through the scanner.

After watching an informational DVD, we were given a red
juror button as well as a number to wear for the jury selection process. As our
numbers were called we lined up in the hallway along the wall. A court officers
assigned to our panel of 60 made sure we stayed in line and quiet.

Instant flashback to Strafford Elementary School–Mrs. Walker
has us lined up ready to go to the cafeteria.

We were led upstairs to Courtroom #6 for the process of
“Voir Dire,” the actual selection of the jury.

The court clerk had a computer-generated list of every name
on our panel, our corresponding juror numbers and information based on our
questionnaires. And if you don’t think your political leaning and
socio-economic status doesn’t jump out at the attorneys, think again.

After our panel of 60, now seated in the body of the
courtroom, was sworn in, the judge summarized the nature of the case, giving
the names of the parties, the attorneys and list of witnesses making sure there
would be no conflict of interest. The trial was to last two days.

After a series of general questions, the long process called
“striking” began, as the attorneys crossed off names of jurors they believed
would not be in their client’s best interest.

By 12:45 p.m. the jury of 12 plus two alternates had been
seated.

And as I left
the courthouse that afternoon, I knew I had, in a very small way, participated
in our country’s legal system—real life, real people, real practice. Not Perry
Mason, Denny Crane or Alan Shore and definitely not Hollywood.

Because when you
look at the flesh and blood defendant, a defendant who is facing a jail
term behind bars, you realize this is not a script and the importance of your
presence becomes all too abundantly clear.

About Sally Denk Hoey

Sally Denk Hoey, is a Gemini - one part music and one part history. She holds a masters degree cum laude from the School of Music at West Chester University. She taught 14 years in both public and private school. Her CD "Bard of the Brandywine" was critically received during her almost 30 years as a folk singer. She currently cantors masses at St Agnes Church in West Chester where she also performs with the select Motet Choir. A recognized historian, Sally serves as a judge-captain for the south-east Pennsylvania regionals of the National History Day Competition. She has served as president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates as well as the Sanderson Museum in Chadds Ford where she now curates the violin collection. Sally re-enacted with the 43rd Regiment of Foot and the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment for 19 years where she interpreted the role of a campfollower at encampments in Valley Forge, Williamsburg, Va., Monmouth, N.J. and Lexington and Concord, Mass. Sally is married to her college classmate, Thomas Hoey, otherwise known as "Mr. Sousa.”

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Police log Feb. 18

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A 40-year-old-woman from Ronks told state police that at
least $4,000 worth of items were stolen from a vehicle parked near Friendly’s
Restaurant in Painter’s Crossing Shopping Center. The incident occurred Feb. 12
between 8 and 9:30 p.m. According to a police report, someone gained entry into
a 2005 Chevy Trailblazer and stole a suitcase containing three Nikon cameras, a
Dell laptop computer, a Sony Viao laptop computer two iPod nanos, $235 in cash
and numerous pieces of jewelry. The perpetrator gained access through an
unlocked door, the report said.

• A 19-year-old male from Glen Mills was charged with public
drunkenness and underage drinking after police were called to the Brinton Lake
Wawa at 3 a.m. on Feb 13. According to police, Stephan Bryon Keech was
screaming in the Wawa when the police were called to the scene.

• Jeffrey Scharr, 52, of Glen Mills was determined to be DUI
after he was stopped for multiple traffic violations just after midnight on
Feb. 13, according to a [police report. The report said he was stopped on Route
202 southbound near Ridge Road.

• Jason Holland, 43, of West Chester faces DUI charges
after a traffic stop at Dilworthtown Road and Route 202 in Chadds Ford Township
on Feb. 15. According to a police report, Holland was stopped at 1:17 a.m. for
multiple traffic violations. The report said he showed signs of alcohol
impairment. Field sobriety tests were conducted and Holland was then
transferred to the Pennsylvania State police Media Barracks for chemical
testing, the report said. DUI and other charges were to be filed in district
court.

• Mark Masseli, 30, from Plymouth Meeting, was charged with
Dui after he was stopped for multiple traffic violations on Route 202
northbound near Dilworthtown Road in Chadds Ford on Feb. 16, according to a
police report.

• Pennsylvania State Police from Troop J, Avondale,
responded to a three-vehicle accident on Route 926 near Brinton’s Bridge road
in Pennsbury Township on Feb. 7. Accord9ng to a report, one driver lost control
on the icy roadway, failed to negotiate a left turn, then struck two other
vehicles. No injuries were reported.

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Phillies baseball 2010

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The little boy who idolized Richie Ashburn, watching him
patrol centerfield and leg out scratch singles at Connie Mack Stadium, still
lives and he’s eager for the 2010 Major League Baseball season to start.

The teenager who watched the Philadelphia Phillies
horrendous fizzle in 1964 knows the team will disappoint somewhere along the
line.

The adult who watched the team blossom over the last several
years, making two World Series appearances and winning one of them, is as eager
as the little boy for the season to get underway.

So it’s no wonder that, after days of TV news showing
several feet of snow on the ground, it came as welcome relief to see a sports
report showing the Phillies’ equipment truck being loaded up, then heading
south for the beginning of spring training.

The Phils have been the beast of the National League East
for the last three years and we see no reason the team should not continue to
lead the division again in 2010.

Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Carlos Ruiz and
Shane Victorino, the nucleus of the team, are together, still young, healthy
and hungry for more success. With the addition of Placido Polanco, the team has
added more punch to an already potent lineup. He may not be as smooth a fielder
or as accurate a thrower as former third baseman Pedro Feliz, but he will hit
for a higher average with more RBIs and homeruns.

Questions arise where they always show up, with the pitching
staff, both the starting rotation and in the bullpen.

Getting Roy Halladay was a good move, one many fans—and
General Manager Rueben Amaro Jr.—wanted for a long time. He’s considered the
premier pitcher in the majors. But the yin to that yang was the loss of pitcher
Cliff Lee who accounted for the only Phillies wins in last year’s World Series
against the New York Yankees.

Having Halladay for a full season will likely prove to be
better than having Cliff Lee for only half a season, but it doesn’t improve the
team’s chances in the post season.

For post-season improvement they need Cole Hamels to return
to his 2008 form, but with a third pitch other than just his fastball and
changeup. The southpaw fell off his game in 2009 to a point where he was barely
mediocre, a far cry from his World Series MVP status of 2008.

The other question surrounding the rotation concerns the
fifth starter. Will it be Kyle Kendrick who had a shaky 2009 or will it be
Jamie Moyer who, coming off off-season surgery, will be 47 years old this season.
If Moyer is serious about pitching this year, he will likely be traded to a
team desperate for a fill-in starter with Moyer’s mental experience.

More questions loom for the bullpen. Will Brad Lidge and
J.C. Romero be healthy enough to approach their performances of 2008? We don’t
expect Lidge to be perfect in save appearances again, but if he’s healthy he
will do far better than his disappointing 2009. And all too often, relievers
alternate between good seasons and bad ones. let’s hope this year is a rebound
for both.

With those two healthy and Ryan Madson still pitching well
as a set up reliever, the Phils will have a better bullpen in 2010 than they
had in 2009. If not, there will be trouble. Acquisitions Danys Baez and José
Contreras are past their prime.

Barring injuries to key players, odds are the Phillies will
win the National League East again this year. Chances are good they’ll make it
back to the series. Will they win that? It depends on whom you ask. The little
boy says yes. We hope he’s right.

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