• Members of the Chadds Ford Business Association got a lesson in potato chip history during the group’s May lunch meeting. Local author Bruce Mowday (see photo) talked about working on his new book, “Life with Flavor,” about Jim Herr, the founder of Pennsylvania-based Herr’s Foods. The business started in 1947 when Herr bought an old potato chip factory for $1,750. Mowday said Herr knew nothing about the business, but turned it into a true Horatio Alger story. “It’s an American success story,” Mowday said, “about a man who started with nothing except a good work ethic.”
• Chadds Ford Township Supervisors’ Chairman Deborah Love is sending out kudos to the Primo Hoagie shop in Keystone Plaza. Love, who works for Crozer-Chester Medical Center, was getting hoagies for Fire Co. 82 of Chester as part of Crozer’s recognition of International Firefighters Day on May 4. Love said that when the folks at the shop learned what the hoagies were for, they gave a 20 percent discount.
• Susan Shelley, a teacher at Unionville High School, has won the Citadel Heart of Learning Award in the high school category.
• Matt Flegal of Kennett Square installs new steps at the steps at the Barns-Brinton House on Route 1 in Pennsbury. The building is one of the several historic properties owned by the Chadds Ford Historical Society.
• There has been a change of location for the next Woodlawn Trustees hearing in Concord Township. The May 14 hearing was moved to Garnet Valley Middle School at 7 p.m.
• To help spread awareness about green living and educate families, children, and the community about sustaining the environment, the Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Foundation presents the first annual Eco Fair, scheduled for Saturday, May 18, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Unionville Elementary School. The event is free and will be held rain or shine. It includes local eco-friendly vendors on-site, educational information from the Chester County Solid Waste Authority, Waste Oil Recyclers, Organic Mechanics, and the Brandywine Valley Association, as well as family fun events and a silent auction. Attendees are encouraged to bring recyclable materials like used paint cans (cans must be at least ¾ full), small pieces of furniture and cabinetry for Habitat for Humanity, cans and plastic water bottles for Trash Talkin' Ladies, and used cells phones (functional or non-functional) for Cell Phones for Soldiers.
• The Brandywine River Museum will offer free admission on May 18 as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors' Art Museum Day. Last year, the Brandywine River Museum-along with more than 120 other AAMD member museums across North America, participated in Art Museum Day. The Brandywine River Museum is open daily (except Christmas Day) from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Crozer-Keystone Health System will partner with The Power of Pink, Inc., a local non-profit organization, to offer free mammography screenings in May for uninsured and underinsured women. Screening appointments are available May 28, 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Crozer Medical Plaza at Brinton Lake, 300 Evergreen Drive in Glen Mills. To register, call 1-866-5-CK-XRAY (1-866-525-9729). Appointments are limited, so potential patients are advised to sign up as soon as possible.
• The Chadds Ford Business Association is once again is hosting an evening of baseball and fireworks. The July 12 event — a ballgame between the Wilmington Blue Rocks and the Lynchburg Hillcats — benefits the Friends of the Brandywine Battlefield. Game time is 7:05 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person and must be purchased by June 15. This year the impact of your support is doubled. Your contribution will be matched by the Phyllis Recca Foundation.Tickets and tax deduction letter will be mailed by July 1. To buy tickets, go to chaddsfordlive.com/shop
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