Spring colors are adorning the
walls at the Chadds Ford Gallery through May 6 with the exhibit Spring Quartet.
The show features new works from
Richard Bollinger, Paul Scarborough, Nancy Cunningham and J.M. Standish.
“This exhibit is very colorful,
very springy and very happy,” said Barbara Moore, the gallery director.
She added that the four artists
chosen to take part in the exhibit are known for their spring colors. “They
just fit the bill.”
For Bollinger, his interest in
doing the show was in what he termed his long time connection with Chadds Ford.
His first show at the gallery was in 1976.
“It’s been a long relationship,
so when they asked me to do it, I know the other artists and thought it would
be a good time to get together and do the show,” he said.
Colors pop in a number of his
pieces and he said that was deliberate.
“I stretched my palette and some
people think I’ve lost my grip with some of the things I’ve been doing. The
palette’s been stretched and also the technique and medium I’m working with is
a little bit different,” said Bollinger.
He‘s now using a mixed medium,
watercolor combined with tempera and acrylic. Tempera is an emulsion of
pigments with water and egg yolk.
He said using the various
water-based media on a board, not paper, has made a big difference. The board
is hard so the pigment sets on top making the colors more intense and richer
because they’re not absorbed.
Gallery owner Jackie Winthur
called the exhibit diverse, fresh and clean while it uses the works of
long-time gallery favorite artists.
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.
Voter traffic was light. Most
times there were more campaign signs than voters at the various polling places,
but the party faithful had their say in the April 24 primary.
While turnout was low, party
activists think that will change come the general election for president on
Nov. 6.
Chadds Ford Democratic Party
Secretary Jesse Sheppard said the primary was just practice for November and
that there’s a lot of work to do before then. With the focus so far being on
the Republican presidential nomination process, Sheppard said he’s excited
about getting Democrats back into the political conversation.
“The page will turn and people
will be interested in hearing Obama,” he said.
Republican Hugh Donaghue simply
said he thinks voter turnout in November will exceed what there was in 2004.
Turnout was so heavy for the
Bush/Kerry race in ’04 that the old polling place, the former township building
on Station Way Road, was deemed inadequate as a future voting location.
Township residents later voted at St. Cornelius Church and now use Calvary
Chapel as the polling site.
Chadds Ford Township Republican
leader Mary Kot agrees that the November election will have a large turnout and
that the local GOP needs to be ready.
“We will be trying to register
new Republicans as often as possible,” Kot said, “and we’re planning to recruit
new volunteers since we will need a lot of volunteers because it will be so
busy…Republicans are in a good position to win in November and I hope we can
take advantage of that, but we have a lot of work to do.”
She added that the party wants
to facilitate the voting process by getting some scooters or wheelchairs for
older voters because of the long walk from the parking lot at Calvary Chapel.
Primary results
One contested race of local
interest, the one for the Republican nomination for the 9th Senatorial District
in Pennsylvania saw incumbent and Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi defeat
challenger Roger Howard.
Pileggi said he was pleased
with the lopsidedness of his win.
“I was very pleased with the
result of the primary election. Seventy percent of the people who came out to
vote supported me for re-election even though there was a very long and
concerted effort by an opponent to convince people that my tenure was not a
positive one,” Pileggi said in a telephone interview a day after the primary.
He said it was personally
gratifying that the voters rejected his opponent’s negative campaign.
His next goals include working
for legislation that work out a $4 billion imbalance in the unemployment compensation
trust fund. He said that’s very important to job creators. He also wants to
reform the charter school legislation to eliminate what some people see as a
negative impact on public school districts.
“Most importantly and centrally,
we will be working very hard to have a budget done on time with no new taxes,”
he said.
Democrat Patricia L. Worrell
will challenge Pileggi in the fall.
In the 158th state Legislative
District, Republican state Rep. Chris Ross ran unopposed, as did Democrat Susan
Rzucidlo. The two will face off against each other in November.
In the 160th District, Republican
Steve Barrar ran unopposed. The Democrats have not put up a challenger to him
in the general election.
For the U.S. representative
race in the 7th District, incumbent Republican Pat Meehan ran unopposed, as did
George Badey for the Democratic Party nomination.
U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts, the
Republican incumbent in the 16th Legislative District ran unopposed. He’ll face
Democrat Aryanna Strader in November.
Five Republicans sought their
party’s nomination for U.S. Senate with the win going to Tom Smith. He’ll be
challenging incumbent Bob Casey who easily defeated a primary challenge from
Joseph Vodvarka.
In the Republican presidential
primary, presumptive nominee Mitt Romney easily won with 58 percent of the
vote. Coming in number two was Rick Santorum who was still on the ballot
despite having pulled out of the race earlier in the month.
On the Democratic Party side, the
most contested race was for attorney general with Kathleen Kane defeating party
endorsed candidate former U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy. Kane is the first woman to
be nominated for state attorney general in Pennsylvania.
Voters also elected delegates
for this summer’s national conventions and for local Republican committee
people.
Committee people elected in
Chadds Ford were Paul Koch, Mary Kot, Rick Eckman and Valerie Hoxter. In
Birmingham, Mary Evans, John Newsom and Deborah Hineman were elected and in
Pennsbury the committee people are Sara Camerlango, Perry Camerlango, Carolyn
Bunny Welsh, Harry McKinney, Sharon Jones and Eileen Mallouk.
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.
• Four people from Virginia had
money and belongings stolen when someone broke into their car that was parked
at the Brandywine River Museum on April 19. The police report said someone
broke into the car by forcing a front door lock, then unlocking the rest of the
doors. The incident occurred between 2 and 3:30 p.m. Anyone with information is
asked to call the state police media barracks at 484-840-1000.
• Steven Dunlap, reportedly
from Chadds Ford, was arrested for DUI on April 21, according to police. A
report said a gray Jeep Cherokee was found against a tree on Ring Road. A
passenger in the vehicle suffered minor injuries and was transported to Crozer
Medical Center.
• Someone damaged two hinges
that were padlocked on a barn on Concord Road in Concord Township. The incident
happened between 6 and 8 p.m. on April 19, a police report said. Anyone with
information is asked to call Tpr. Brian L. Richardson at 484-840-1000.
• Police reported that an
iPhone, a bank debit card and a green book bag with an iPod, wallet and clothes
were stolen from a car parked at the Brandywine River Museum between 11 a.m.
and 12:30 p.m. on April 22. Anyone with information is asked to call police at
484-840-1000.
• According to a police report,
someone tried to break into a vehicle parked at the Chadds Ford Tavern on April
16, sometime between12:25 and 1:35 p.m. No other information was available.
• Police said there were minor
injuries from a two-car accident on Route 1 at Ring Road in Chadds Ford
Township shortly after 2 p.m. on April 17. The report said blue Subaru Outback
driven by Janice Keane of Newark, Del., was unable to stop in time before
striking a red VW Beetle that was stopped at the traffic light.
• State police from Troop J,
Avondale barracks, reported four injuries from a one-car accident on South Creek
Road in Pennsbury Township. The police report said a car traveling north on
Creek Road was going too fast when it rounded a bend in the road south of
Cossart Road. The car was going too fast, police said, crossed the southbound
lane and struck a fence on the southbound shoulder. The driver and three
passengers all reported neck and back pain and were transported to Christiana
Hospital, the report said.
• Minor injuries, but no
transport to a hospital, were reported following a motorcycle accident on Parkersville
Road in Pennsbury Township on April 17. A police report said the biker was
traveling north on Parkersville Road when he lost control on loose gravel while
negotiating a right hand curve.
The United Way of Southern
Chester County definitely appreciates the efforts of the Unionville-Chadds Ford
School District. For the third consecutive year, the district held a
fund-raising pasta dinner at the high school cafeteria to benefit the United
Way.
“For the United Way of Southern
Chester County, it means the community coming together,” said Mike Horak,
president of the organization’s board of directors. “I think it means raising
awareness. There are many people in the community who need our help and it
gives people a really good way to contribute.”
Last year’s event raised
$11,000, which Horak said was pretty good. All money raised from the district’s
event goes into a community fund.
“We fund about three dozen
programs through two dozen agencies. So we have a whole volunteer network
deciding where the money goes,” Horak said. “One hundred percent stays in
Southern Chester County.”
He said he’d like to see more
events such as what the school district holds.
As for the district, School
Superintendant John Sanville said the pasta dinner is more about community than
the amount of money raised.
“From a district perspective,
it’s not so much about money for the United Way, but the building of community.
We get folks from all seven of our townships with their children, retirees…It’s
really a great event to build community,” the superintendent said.
Building community is a theme
within the district, Sanville said. The United Way event goes along with the
Martin Luther King Day of Service, various road clean-ups and student
involvement with the Kennett and Longwood rotaries, Sanville said.
“Our students are involved and
really our entire staff is involved in different events.” Sanville called it a
“service above self” attitude.
He added that he and 20
fifth-graders from Unionville Elementary School made 2,480 meatballs for the
dinner.
Former Superintendent Sharon
Parker was on hand for the event that started during her tenure. She echoed
Sanville saying it’s all about community.
“I’ve seen it flourish in other communities and I thought
this is a wonderful way to bring families together, but also to generate funds
for community outreach,” said Parker.
In addition to the past dinner,
there was a silent auction, games and entertainment for the kids. During dinner
a roving group of violinists — the Caroling Strings — performed.
One other event the United Way
holds is a road rally from Kennett Square into Delaware and back in October.
The UWSCC gives out roughly
$900,000 each year that fund three basic programs, Horak said. There’s the
emergency/crisis program, such as helping battered women, stability programs
such as soup kitchens and programs that help people achieve a sustainable
lifestyle.
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.
For the past two years I have
wanted to lose ten pounds. I have
tried making various changes to my eating habits and adding a couple of extra
dog walks into the week — my very small attempt at the “E” word (Exercise). I have also tried using a smart phone
app that tracks my calories and writing down my weight in my planner. All this to no avail since, as time
moves on, I allow my latest reminder system to lapse and the same 10 pounds
continues to glare up at me from the bathroom scale.
There are some goals, chores, or
responsibilities that are easy to manage with regularity and others that, for
some reason or another, just don’t seem to stay on the radar. I remember to have the oil in my car
changed regularly, however I forget to change the smoke alarm batteries in the
house. Neither of these
responsibilities occurs frequently.
Yet, the one I remember to address is the one that would seem to take
the greater effort. I don’t know
about you but I find this interesting.
Setting up habits that actually
work, ones that will stick, is a common theme throughout the quest for
organization and at the root of its success. We try ideas and tricks that appear sound and reasonable yet
they don’t always operate in each particular situation. It seems that there are many reminders
that work just fine when written into a planner, yet there are still some that
do not. And a sticky note next to
the phone will prompt a call to Aunt Mary for her birthday while a sticky note
on the desk with the phone number of a possible business affiliate can sit for
weeks before noticing it and then wondering who and what it was about.
If the planner or sticky note
solutions are not at fault (they clearly work in some cases) then where is the
breakdown? How can we know what
reminder to use for which purpose?
Many have approached me letting me know that they just “don’t have the
organizing gene.” Well, I don’t
know whether or not an organizing geneexists
but I assure you that, if it does, I don’t have it. Organization is something I have learned, practiced and come
to value as an avenue for myself to achieve peace, order, joy and success in my
life. Pinpointing the right
solution is key to turning a goal into a success. So in facing my 10-pound problem, I choose to view it as
just another organizing puzzle to figure out. And, with a trip to Florida planned for late May, I am
determined!
I consider some of my failed
maintenance attempts and how I have turned them into successful habits. For instance, email reminders
never worked for bringing my car for its oil change. However, once the service station started posting the next
date right on the windshield the oil got changed every 3000 miles. My dogs used to get their heartworm
pills irregularly when I kept the reminder on my kitchen calendar. Since taping a list inside the cabinet
where I keep dog treats and other pet supplies, I can record heartworm and flea
medication due dates and the dogs no longer miss a dose. Finally, I used to hide my black thumbs
whenever presented with a lovely new plant by an unsuspecting friend. After administering Last Rites, I would
add it to my small collection of hopefuls — always either drowning or parched
for water. Since my planner stays
in the kitchen, as do my watering pots, a reminder in it to “water the plants”
works. I’m happy to report (still
in a quiet whisper) that, since adding the watering schedule to my planner, I
have more than 10 thriving specimens, one of which is an orchid that has actually
flowered!
Aha! A pattern. The reminders that have proven to work
best over time are the ones that are set up in the places in which the activity
will occur. This realization
sparks a couple of new ideas: Tape
a list in the closet near the scale to jot down weekly records of my weight –
six weeks so far and four pounds to go!
Add a sticky note to the back of the kitchen clock reminding the time
changer to replace the smoke detector batteries when springing forward.
How about you? Is there a goal you have that you can’t
seem to reach? Something on your
to-do list that keeps falling through the cracks? Think about where
a reminder will serve you best, put it in place and begin anew. It’s as easy as one, two…..10 pounds!
* To contact Annette Reyman for
organizing work, productivity support, gift certificates or speaking
engagements in the Greater Philadelphia area call (610) 213-9559 or email her
at annette@allrightorganizing.com.
Reyman is a member of the National
Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO®) and Board Member of its Greater Philadelphia Chapter.
It’s time for a change in the
drug war and there’s a bill pending in the U.S. House of Representatives that
opens things up for medical marijuana.
The bill, HR 1983, sponsored by
Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank and co-sponsored by 21 other
representatives, would pull the plug on the federal government’s interference
on the medical marijuana issue in state’s that allow that use. It came in response
to President Obama’s turnabout on the matter.
Candidate Obama said the
federal government should not interfere with those states, but he changed his
mind once in office. Last year, federal raids and other actions on legal
marijuana ratcheted up on dispensaries in California.
HR 1983 is the States’ Medical
Marijuana Patient Protection Act. It calls for the rescheduling of marijuana
from Schedule I — which means no medical value — to a Schedule III or better:
“Not later than 6 months after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
in cooperation with the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine,
shall submit to the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration a
recommendation on the listing of marijuana within the Controlled Substances Act
(CSA), and shall recommend a listing other than `Schedule I’ or `Schedule II,’”
the bill reads.
It goes further to say that the
Drug Enforcement Administration shall act on the recommendation within 12
months of passage. The bill also puts limits on the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act:
“No provision of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict in a State in
which the medical use of marijuana is legal under State law.”
In short, if the bill should
become law — it’s currently in committee — prescription use of marijuana, along
with obtaining, manufacturing, possession or transportation would be off limits
to the feds in states that have passed laws allowing for medical marijuana.
HR 1983 is not the end all, be
all legislation that would put an end to an unconstitutional and failed drug
war that has militarized police and eroded civil liberties, but it is a step in
the right direction for health reasons. And for that reason alone, it should
pass.
The measure only applies to
states where medical marijuana is legal. It does not force the issue on other
states.
This is not a libertarian or
liberal issue. Truly compassionate conservatives can get behind this bill, at
least they should. They might even pick up some votes. Recent polls indicate
that 80 percent of the American population favors legalizing medical marijuana.
The least the federal government can do is get out of the way in states where
it’s already legal.
• Unionville High School
presents the play M*A*S*H, April 26, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets available
at the door.
• Chadds Ford Township and the
Civic Association of Chadds Ford want you to save the date, Saturday, April 28,
to participate in “Recycling & Community Day” and “Roadside
Clean Up Day.” The event will be held at the municipal building, 10 Ring
Road, and will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• The annual Pennsbury Township
Yard Sale is scheduled for April 28 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will also be a
shredding event in the township parking lot from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Author Bruce Mowday will be
talking about former Phillies’ great Richie Ashburn during a book signing of
“Rich Ashburn: Why the Hall Not?” at the Sanderson Museum on Sunday, April 29
from 1-3 p.m. Bruce Mowday tells the story of Ashburn signing an autograph for
a young fan and years later how that fan helps Ashburn enter baseball’s Hall of
Fame.
• The May lunch meeting of the
Chadds Ford Business Association is scheduled for noon, Thursday, May 3 at the
Radley Run Country Club. Guest speaker for the event is Birmingham Township
Supervisors’ Chairman John Conklin. Cost of the luncheon is $20. To RSVP go to rsvp@chaddsford.org
• Springlawn Road in Concord Township will be reconstructed
between Cheyney Road and Glen Mills Road beginning May 3. Springlawn Road will be closed weekdays
from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. through early July. During construction, Springlawn Road
through traffic will be detoured over Cheyney Road and Glen Mills Road.
• The 31st annual Native Plant
Sale at the Brandywine Conservancy is May 12 and 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Gardeners can choose from a selection of beautiful
low-maintenance, native plants. Novice gardeners and “green
thumbs” will enjoy a wide variety of regional plants and seeds that are
suitable for sun or shade and all types of landscapes. “Landscaping with Native
Plants” by Elizabeth N. du Pont, an book for gardeners, with information on
implementing and maintaining natural landscape designs as well as plant
propagation, invasive species management and more, will be available for
$19.95.
• National speaker and wellness
consultant, Chiropractor Thomas Bianco will be hosting Dinner on the Doc at
Pescatore’s restaurant on Tuesday, May 1, at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is free,
according to a press release, and features a health forum hosted by
Bianco. Dinner is open to all. The lecture includes healthy lifestyle
tips and door prizes to include a $50 Visa Gift Card. Please call the office at
484-840-9100 for more information and to reserve your spot.
• The Delaware Museum of
Natural History will celebrate its 40th Anniversary on Sunday, May 13. As part
of the celebration, the Museum will roll back admission prices to rates that
harken back to 1972: $1 for adults, seniors, and children. A retrospective
exhibition chronicling the Museum’s history will also be on display.
“We’re thrilled to invite the public to help us celebrate our 40th
Anniversary,” said Executive Director Halsey Spruance. “Seeing the
expression on a young visitor’s face as they gaze at a life-sized dinosaur
skeleton or walk over our coral reef, you can’t help but be amazed at how
special this place really is.”
Looking for a family dog? Howie is an adult hound mix that has been waiting for his
new people at CCSPCA since February.
Although we suspect Howie to be more than 7 years of age, he still has
lots of spunk and enjoys spending time romping outdoors. Howie seems to have his basic training
and is housebroken, making him a low-maintenance boy and an easy fit into a new
home. Howie has done very well in
meets with children and other dogs, and has not shown much interest in cats
while at the shelter – all in all, nothing seems to bother this happy
hound! If you are able to provide
Howie or any of our other animals here at the shelter a home, visit the Chester
County SPCA at 1212 Phoenixville Pike in West Goshen or call 610-692-6113. Howie’s registration number is
96807430. To meet some of our
other adoptable animals, visit the shelter or log onto www.ccspca.org. Not quite ready to adopt? Consider becoming a CCSPCA foster
parent! Additional information and
applications are available online or at the shelter.
A part of Andrew Wyeth’s
private life will become public this summer when the Brandywine River Museum
opens his former home and studio to public tours.
“Andrew Wyeth is one of the
most beloved artists in American History and he was actually a very private
person. It’s really wonderful to see the private studio where he painted some
of his most famous works and enter his private world. It’s a really unique
opportunity,” said Hillary Holland, director of public relations for the
Brandywine Conservancy.
There are photos, sketches and
reproduced paintings throughout the old house and studio that Andrew and Betsy
Wyeth called home from 1940 to 1961. The artist continued to use the studio
there until 2008.
In the entranceway is a poster
of the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy done by Jamie Wyeth and signed by Kennedy.
Jamie then gave it to his father. There are numerous other photos of family,
friends, actors and models in the front room.
The entranceway, kitchen,
library, living room and studio itself will be part of the tour. All have been
restored to how they were when the artist was living and working there. Some of
the restorations were recreated from the memories of sons Jamie and Nicholas
Wyeth, as well as friend George A. “Frolic” Weymouth.
“The studio became Andy’s
world,” said guide and interpreter Mary Nell Ferry.
Yet, she added that the library
“shows Andrew the man,” and his wide range of interests. There are hundreds of
books on everything from art to history and a skeleton in the corner that he
gave to Jamie for Halloween.
However, the man is revealed in
other rooms as well. In the old living room, there are Wyeth’s 1,250 toy
soldiers that he collected all his life and a window sill with fencing swords
and a mask. The artist was sickly as a child and fencing helped him restore his
strength.
The living room has a copy of
N.C. Wyeth’s “Old Pew.” Ferry said N.C.’s imagination helped fuel Andrew’s.
Jamie Wyeth also used the
living room as a studio for a few years — from 1961-1968. Included on display
are copies of his John F. Kennedy portrait and other sketches. It was in that
space where he painted “Draft Age.”
Part of the tour includes a
four-minute video of Jamie talking about the importance of showing his
father’s studio.
“To see the space where Andy
worked opens a new world to the audience,” he says in the video. “It gives a
new dimension to his work.”
The kitchen area, added in the
1950s, will show different paintings over the fireplace because Andy always
changed what was hanging there, Ferry said. He would hang a recently finished
painting there, then get reaction from family and friends.
“It was a changing showplace,”
she said.
Other objects in the kitchen,
including a day bed, long table and refrigerator, are part of the re-creation.
The studio is the heart of the
tour. It was there where he created thousands of paintings — including
“Pennsylvania Landscape” — that helped make him famous.
There, too, are studies and
photographs along with the reproduction of “Racoon,” showing chained dogs by a
table. Visitors to the studio view the image through the reflection of a
mirror.
Ferry said Wyeth would check
his paintings in the mirror and upside down for composition.
“He considered himself an
abstract painter,” Ferry said. “You check your work and it should be just as
pleasing in that position as it was in the upright position.”
Sketches, studies and quick
watercolors are all around the studio, on the walls and on the floor. Ferry
said the watercolors allowed Wyeth to catch his moments, his quick thoughts.
Public tours are scheduled to
start July 3, but members of the Brandywine Conservancy may begin touring the
house in June. Tours will be limited to 14 people. The cost will be $8 plus the
price of admission to the museum.
Curator Christine Podmaninczky
said it took the museum more than a year to get the studio ready. All the original
items — including the library books and 1,250 toy soldiers — had to be
catalogued, removed and then returned to their original positions.
The building had to be
improved. A new roof was put on and the ceiling was reinforced.
The Wyeths moved into the house
after Peter Hurd and his wife Henriette moved out of the small structure that
was once a schoolhouse. Hurd was Andrew Wyeth’s brother-in-law and Henriette
his sister.
It was originally built as a
schoolhouse in 1875. N.C. Wyeth bought the property in 1925. It’s within
walking distance of the N.C. Wyeth house and studio.
The museum also runs tours of
the N.C. Wyeth Studio and the Kuerner Farm.
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.
Debby (Sticinski) Guglielmetti,
55, of Kennett Square, beloved wife and mother, died peacefully at home on
April 23, surrounded by her loving family.
Debby was born July 8, 1956, in
Jersey Shore, Pa., and graduated from Newark High School in 1975. She attended
Goldey Beacom College, and began her career at DuPont, where she worked for 14
years and where she met her husband, John Guglielmetti. She later started and
ran a successful business, Typing Express, which allowed her to work from home
and dedicate her time to her children. More recently, in addition to her home
business, she worked as an administrative assistant at Melton Architects and
Sanco Construction.
Debby expressed her devotion to
her family and community as an enthusiastic volunteer, first as a committed troop
leader for Brownies and Girl Scouts, and later as chair of the Prom Committee
at Unionville High School. In addition, she was an active board member of the
Willowdale Crossing Civic Association, and most recently served as a volunteer
at the Kennett Area Senior Center.
Debby’s enthusiasm and tireless
energy led her to participate in many hobbies. She loved sports, and in her
early days excelled in softball, racquetball and volleyball. She was an
avid Bingo fan, playing every Friday at the Senior Center, enjoyed ballroom
dancing, and game nights with friends.
Many will remember Debby’s
strength and indomitable spirit, which were evident even as she battled the
late stages of lung cancer. She is an inspiration to her friends and family,
and will always be remembered for her courage and commitment.
Debby is survived by her husband
of 29 years, John Guglielmetti; daughter, Mandy Lazisky and husband Ryan
Lazisky; son Michael Guglielmetti; mother, Irene Sticinski; brothers, Don
Sticinski and wife Debbie; Ron Sticinski and wife Cookie; Leo Sticinski and
wife Bippy; Kris Sticinski and wife Denise, as well as many loving nieces and
nephews. She will also be greatly missed by the family dogs. Debby was predeceased
by her father, Leo Sticinski.
In lieu of flowers, the family
suggests donations be made to the Kennett Area Senior Center, 427 South Walnut
Street, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 19348.
Services and burial will be
private.
Arrangements by the Kuzo &
Grieco Funeral Home, Kennett Square, PA. (Phone: 610-444-4116)
