July 1, 2015 - ChaddsFordLive.com

Chadds Ford honors Delany

Chadds Ford Township honored the late Bill Delany during the July 1 Board of Supervisors’ meeting. Delany died April 1.

Friend, Civic Association and Planning Commission member Tom Kerwin read a proclamation on behalf of the supervisors praising Delany for his volunteer efforts as president of the Civic Association and as the head of the Citizens Emergency Response Committee.

Bill Delany’s son, Will Delany, holds a clock the township presented to the family. From left are Delany’s daughters Linda Tonn and Mary Bordic, Supervisor Frank Murphy, Civic Association member Vince DelRossi, Will Delany, Civic Association members Tom Kerwin and Dennis Henry. — Bill Delany’s son, Will Delany, third from the right, holds a clock the township presented to the family. From left are Delany’s daughters Linda Tonn and Mary Bordic, Supervisor Frank Murphy, Civic Association member Vince DelRossi, Will Delany, Civic Association members Tom Kerwin and Dennis Henry.

Supervisors’ Chairman Frank Murphy told members of Delany’s family that he still hasn’t gotten over the loss.

Kerwin said the township wanted Delany’s children to know how much their father was appreciated.

Prior to the meeting, supervisors opened a hearing for a proposed text amendment that, if approved, would allow for assisted living facilities in the B-business district with conditional-use approval.

The amendment is proposed by Ed Morris who wants to build an assisted living facility along Route 202 on the 2.3-acre site that was once the home of C Harry B 4 U Buy.

Morris said both the Delaware County and township Planning Commissions recommended approval.

Supervisors continued the hearing to 6:30 p.m. before the Aug. 5 supervisors’ meeting.

Other business

• Supervisors, in a 2-0 vote, formally appointed Tom Nelling as the township fire marshal. Nelling is the fire chief of the Concordville Fire Co. and the fire marshal and police chief in Birmingham Township. Nelling replaces Mike Daily.

• Murphy said the township is still planning a meeting with PECO to facilitate restoring power quickly in the event of future storms that bring down power lines.

Supervisor George Thorpe said some properties were still without power from the June 23 storm. He also said residents should call 9-1-1 when storms bring down trees and close roads. Emergency responders need the information so they avoid excessive delays if a tree should be in the way.

• Thorpe also announced that the Brandywine Battlefield Park earned a Reader’s Choice Award from the Philadelphia Inquirer and that there will be Wineberry Days at the park the weekend of July 17, 18 and 19. Wineberries, Thorpe said, are the name early colonists gave to a type of red raspberry. He said there are hundreds of wineberry bushes at the park and visitors will be able to pick their own berries during the event.

• The township will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. before the July 8 Planning Commission meeting. The special meeting will include supervisors, Planning Commission members and developers who will discuss sketch plans and other ideas regarding properties in the township. Murphy said the meeting is not official and that no official proposals will be discussed.

• Supervisors tabled a proposal to advertise a hearing for a proposed new noise ordinance. Murphy said the ordinance isn’t ready.

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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Academic Achievement July 2

School & Education

• Michael Leff, of Chadds Ford, graduated from Lafayette College on May 23. Leff earned a bachelor of science degree in neuroscience.

• Ryan Carter, of Chadds Ford, a graduate of Unionville High School, has been accepted at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pa.

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Photo of the Week: The Morning After

Photo of the Week

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The Brandywine Creek runs hard with muddy water under a sunny sky the morning after a big rain.

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Police Log July 2: DUIs, accidents, theft

Police

• A woman from Atlanta was charged with DUI on June 28. The incident happened at 12:29 a.m. Police said Christine D. Morrison, 38, was stopped for a vehicle violation on Route 202 at Stateline Road. Troopers determined her to be driving under the influence.

• State police said a 29-year-old woman from New Castle had her purse stolen while shopping at the Marshalls store in the Concordville Town Centre on June 22.

• An unidentified 18-year-old woman was charged with DUI following a one-vehicle accident on Heyburn Road on June 13. Police said the driver damaged the property of a 40-year-old Chadds Ford resident. The accident happened at 9:37 p.m.

• A slip of the foot led to a parking lot accident at the Concord Township CVS on Route 1. A police report said Theodora J. Strates, 85, of Glen Mills, was entering the handicapped-parking stall at 12:55 p.m. on June 25 when her foot slipped off the brake and onto the accelerator. The car accelerated forward, crashed through the handicapped sign, and struck a brick pillar. There were no injuries and the driver was not charged.

• A West Chester man was cited for driving at an unsafe speed following a single-car accident in Pocopson Township on June 21. State police said Lamar G. Foreman. 34, was driving a 2000 Jaguar north on Route 52 near Lenape Road when he crossed the double line, hit the left shoulder of the road, and then did a 180-degree spin before hitting a small tree. The car came to rest in a field. Police said Foreman left the scene and no injuries were reported. The car was towed.

• State police said Jane Gartland, 27, of Mickleton, N.J., was cited for her involvement in a two-vehicle accident on East Cypress Street in Kennett Township on June 20. The report said Mickleton was trying to turn left into the parking lot of Giordano’s from the right-hand lane and struck another vehicle. The other driver, a 42-year-old West Chester resident, was injured, but the severity was unknown; he was not transported to a medical facility. The accident happened at 11:29 p.m.

• No names were provided, and no one was injured in a rear-ender accident in Kennett Township on June 20. A police report said one vehicle was stopped for a crash that blocked southbound Kaolin Pike when it was struck from behind at 9:30 p.m.

• On Wednesday, June 17, at 10 p.m., New Garden Township Police said they observed a northbound driver in the 1000 block of Newark Road negotiate a curve in the southbound lane, forcing another vehicle off the road. A traffic stop was conducted, and Andrea Kochendorfer, 38, of Kennett Square, failed field sobriety tests and was taken into custody for DUI, police said.

• New Garden Township Police said they responded to the 200 block of Glenfield Lane on Saturday, June 20, at 7:28 p.m., for an alleged theft. Police said a cab driver reported that he dropped off a man identified as Sean Rafter, 22, of Kennett Square, who did not pay his fare. When confronted by officers, Rafter said he thought he had money to pay the fare but was mistaken. Police said that Rafter’s relatives paid the fare and Rafter will be mailed a summons on the theft charge.

• After observing a vehicle with heavy front-end damage that was traveling on the rim of its front passenger wheel, Kennett Square Police conducted a traffic stop on June 12 at 7:26 p.m. in the 100 block of North Union Street. Police said they arrested the driver, Daniel Diehl, 32, of Unionville, for DUI.

• According to a state police report, Stephanie Anne Matusky, 30, of Coatesville, scratched another person’s vehicle with her keys in the 500 block of South Wawaset Road in Pocopson Township. Police are calling the June 11 incident a case of criminal mischief.

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Around Town July 2

Along the Ford

• Nightscape opens to the public tonight at Longwood Gardens. The music and light creation was previewed by Garden members this week in two sold-out showings. Nightscape “transforms our Gardens into a living canvas where light dances with shadow, music fills the air, and your imagination soars.” The show is open Wednesday through Sunday evenings now through October 31.

• The Brandywine River Museum of Art is offering “Shape Escape” – PNC Arts Alive First Sundays for Families on Sunday, July 5, 10 a.m. to noon. Escape off the page with a morning of three-dimensional art making in response to sculpture from the Brandywine’s collection, both inside the museum and on its grounds.

• The museum is also offering Explorer Mornings on Thursdays, through July 30, at 10 and 11 a.m. The sessions are for kids aged 3-10 and accompanied by an adult. Each program will include a thematic, interactive guided tour followed by an art project. There is a different theme each week so you can participate in one workshop or all five. Workshops are free for members and included in museum admission. To save a space, call 610-388-8382 or email education@brandywine.org.

• The YMCA of Greater Brandywine’s West Chester Area branch on Airport Road is now offering a cutting-edge cycling class specifically geared to individuals with Parkinson’s: the Parkinson’s Cycling Program. This 12-week program is led by instructors specially trained to teach cycling to individuals with Parkinson’s disease. The class takes place every Wednesday and Friday at the Airport Road YMCA beginning at noon. Participants bike at specified RPMs, for certain set periods of time; working at their own individual paces and gradually increasing with time. To learn more about how this important program can help you or a loved one, contact Lisa Drake at 610-431-9622, ext. 2232 or ldrake@ymcagbw.org.

• Blood Bank of Delmarva is holding the 13th annual Summer Blood Challenge through Sept. 26. The Summer Blood Challenge is a fun and easy way for your organization to help the Delmarva community and save local lives. The summer can pose a challenge for the blood bank due to the lack of high school blood drives and summer vacations. The Summer Blood Challenge was developed as a unique way to involve employers to help spread the word about preventing summer blood shortages by encouraging their employees to give blood. For more information about the Blood Bank or to schedule an appointment, visit www.DelmarvaBlood.org or call 1-888-8-BLOOD-8.

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Applied Belief: Trans-cending freedom

Religion Today

The word transcend as a verb means to “go beyond the limits of.” This past week, we as a nation officially transcended our Judeo Christian principles which have been the bedrock of America for more than 239 years. I am one who believes that America has never been truly a “Christian” nation. What is true is that the vast majority of our laws had been based on biblical principles until now.

No nation in human history has maintained its leadership role in the world after publically embracing sin. From Sodom, to Greece, to Rome, all have fallen from their heights because God has either destroyed them (Sodom) or allowed for their destruction like Greece and Rome. America has embraced sin as normative for a very long time. In the words of Pastor John Piper, sin “is not new for America or history. That brokenness has been here since we were all broken in the fall of man. What’s new is not even the celebration and approval of… sin, he explained.”

Sinful behavior he added “has been exploited, and reveled in, and celebrated in art, for millennia. What’s new is normalization and institutionalization. This is the new calamity.”

As I wrote back in May in my article entitled “Gay Progress” the recent events in our nation should not discourage Christians but embolden and challenge us to fulfill the great commission of sharing Jesus with everyone. If there was ever a time to love others unconditionally and share the truth in love, this is it.

This Saturday we celebrate another Fourth of July. This time it will be a somber celebration. We are supposed to be celebrating and remembering the independence we gained hundreds of years ago. We should be celebrating that this nation was first settled by those seeking religious freedom and that this freedom was obtained at a high price; a price paid with the blood of those men and women in uniform. Yet it will be a somber celebration because many in this nation including five justices declared themselves, using the Declaration of Independence’s own words, the “Supreme Judge.” In an effort to extend freedom and equality for all as guaranteed by the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence these Judges transcended, again using the Declarations words, the “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.”

As a result, true Christians who believe in the Bible, the Word of God, will suffer in the short term. Christians will lose their freedoms; their first amendment rights. Churches will lose their tax exempt status. Churches will close their doors. Christians will begin to meet again in homes. Christians will be dragged from these homes, sued and taken to court. Many will be put to death because of their faith. Ultimately all religions will be outlawed. Humans will declare they have achieved peace on their own without God because there is no God they will say and then the end will come.

As dark as that sounds it is a reality. Yet we rejoice because our freedom transcends the human understanding of freedom. Dear readers I leave you with these departing words, “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

About Rev. Marcos O. Almonte

Rev. Marcos O. Almonte is senior pastor at Brandywine Baptist Church, the oldest Baptist Church west of Philadelphia. Pastor Marcos is a graduate of Palmer Theological Seminary with more than 10 years working with families with an expertise in theology, trauma and addictions. Pastor Marcos and his wife Mary have three children, Carmen, Joseph, and Lincoln.

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