Archive for September 21st, 2011

Scenes from Aroound the Town Sept. 21

 
 

U-CF baseball boosters cry ‘foul ball’ to rookie superintendent

John Sanville saw some hard pitches during his first official at bat in a school board meeting as superintendent. The issue was the interview process for hiring a new baseball coach for Unionville High School. Unionville Recreation Association President Jeff Friess, of Pocopson Township, said there was a lack of communication. “The selection process made no serious ...

 

Adopt-a-Pet Sept. 22

Jessie is a spayed female Rottweiler that is currently available for adoption at the Chester County SPCA. She was brought to the shelter because her owner left the country and left her behind. She is looking for a home where they will not forget about her. We are estimating Jessie’s age to be between 3 and 5 years old. She is a sweet girl with lots of energy. All she ...

 

History Made Personal: ‘Troops by the Hundred Were Passing’

N.C. Wyeth and Chris Sanderson were both born in the year 1882. Chester A. Arthur was President of the United States, having been sworn in after President Garfield succumbed to injuries related to his assassination. The South was undergoing Reconstruction, yet many people in the South still resented what they considered the “Battle of Northern Aggression” and the ...

 

In My Experience: First love

Dear Jeanne-Marie, I am a teenage girl who is in love with my first boyfriend. He is funny and cute and I really like him. There is just one thing that bothers me about him. He acts like a whole different person when he doesn't get his way. His usual nice self becomes mean until he gets his way. I don't want to break up over this one little thing. Signed,Confused ...

 

Free Your Space:What’s in a Name?

Shakespeare’s Juliet might disagree, but when it comes to mastering the stages upon which we play out our lives, assigning names plays an important supporting role. The tangibles or props of our lives can actually be lost or rendered unusable because they remain hidden in ambiguous Important piles. The electric bill that is due in October and a passport used for a ...

 

The Doctor is In: Keep your cardiovascular system in top shape

Every 39 seconds, cardiovascular disease takes someone’s life — or the lives of more than 2,200 people each day — according to current data from the American Heart Association. Due to lifestyle factors, hereditary heart disease, the aging process, congenital heart defects and other causes, many of us will develop some form of cardiovascular disease in our lifetime. ...