Top photo: Merry Christmas from Leader’s Sunoco. Jim Leader, far left, hosts his 30th Christmas Eve open house at the gas station on Route 1 at Creek Road in Chadds Ford village.
• The Kennett Area Senior Center’s Walnut Street Café Community Breakfast will be offered on Monday, Jan. 4 from 7 to 9 a.m. Please join us for a fabulous meal including a variety of choices including: scrambled eggs, home fries, sausage, bacon, sausage gravy and biscuits, and omelets made to order. All breakfasts include juice, fruit, coffee, tea and milk. The price is $5.75 for members and $6.75 for non-members.
• The MLK CommUNITY of Greater Kennett will hold its 15th annual MLK Jr. CommUNITY Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 18. This year’s program includes inspirational readings, music led by Leon Spencer and the CommUNITY Choir, a display of relevant books, and keynote speaker, Elder Jerry F. Poe, on the theme “We Hold These Truths.” The breakfast will be held at the Red Clay Room in Kennett Square, beginning at 8 a.m. Tickets are $20 and must be purchased in advance, either online at www.mlkcommunity.org or by calling 610-444-4357. Proceeds from the Breakfast support initiatives of the MLK Advocates and MLK CommUNITY scholarships to Camp Cadet and local high school graduates.
• A swearing-in ceremony for elected officials in Chester County is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 3, at 2 p.m. at the Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall, Philips Memorial Building, West Chester University. Taking the oath of office will be Commissioners Terence Farrell, Michelle Kichline and Kathi Cozzone, District Attorney Thomas P. Hogan, Sheriff Carolyn Bunny Welsh, Prothonotary Matt Holliday, Register of Wills Terri Clark, Recorder of Deeds Rick Loughery and Magisterial District Judges Gregory Hines and Marian Thayer Vito.
• The Kennett Symphony of Chester County will sponsor its annual Instrumental Competition for Young Artists on Saturday, April 23 at 1 pm at the Kendal at Longwood Auditorium in Kennett Square. The competition is limited to 16 gifted young musicians in grades 9 to 12, each of whom will perform a classical composition or movement of a larger work for solo instrument and orchestra. The auditions are open to the public and are free of charge. A panel of professional musicians will judge the competition. Three prizes will be awarded. First prize provides a $500 cash award and the opportunity for a solo performance with the Kennett Symphony, second prize is $300, and third prize is $100. For further information, contact the Kennett Symphony office at 610-444-6363.
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