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Making a splash for clean water

_1JF6155-They're-Off — Making a splash for clean water

More than 200 people — a record number — took part in the eighth annual Brandywine Creek Polar Plunge on Saturday, Feb. 20. They braved 39-degree water at the Brandywine Picnic Park to raise awareness and money for keeping the Brandywine clean, and had fun doing it.

Nick Puzzella, a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Widener University, was part of a team with his frat brothers.

“We’ve been doing this for a couple of years,” Puzzella said. “It’s for a great cause. It’s a great way to do some community service and have some fun at the same time. We don’t do it because we have to; we do it because we want to.”

Members of Kappa Sigma get into the swing of things before getting into the swim of things at the Polar Plunge.

When asked why he likes to jump into ice cold water, he simply said, “It’s fun to do. How many people can say ‘I did a polar plunge?’ It’s a great way to give back and have fun.”

Jim Jordan, the executive director of the newly formed Brandywine Red Clay Alliance — the entity that formed from a merger between the Brandywine Valley Association and the Red Clay Association last June — also thinks that telling people you’ve taken part in a plunge is a great conversation-starter, but the goal of the plunge is what’s important.

“It raises much-needed funds for our organization, but beyond that it really raises awareness for our natural resources, and that’s just as important because there’s a disconnect between today’s youth and the environment. What we’re trying to do is tell people the significance of the Brandywine and our watershed,” Jordan said.

The creek is part of the water supply system for Wilmington.

Sponge Bob Square Pants hangs out with a jelly fish.

Autumn Hart is a ninth-grader from Downingtown who was taking part in her third plunge. For her, it’s entertaining and represents a family tradition.

“It’s really fun to come out in the middle of winter and you get a rush when you’re all running in together. My brother started [the family tradition] with my grandfather and my uncle. They came out for a few years, and I decided I wanted to join in,” she said.

Her grandfather, 73-year old Jerry Kreider, said he keeps doing it because he’s a “traditionalist. We did the first one, so I’ve done them all.”

He said he doesn’t get any special thrill out of jumping into the frigid water, but likes the idea of helping.

“It supports the BVA [now the BRCA],” he said.

Green Lantern and Wonder Woman were there, too.

Cindy Jaros is the director of marketing and development for the Alliance. She, too, thinks the plunge is an enjoyable event, calling it “a great way to beat the February blues,” but the significance is raising awareness for watershed conservation for both the Brandywine and the Red Clay watersheds.

She said the money raised goes to offset the alliance’s education programs, which reach about 12,000 students in the region.

Individual plungers and teams raise money, and the plunge has corporate sponsors, as well. Among the businesses involved were the Manito Abstract Co. Inc. of West Chester, The North Face, Brandywine Valley Heating and Air Conditioning, Del Bittle Music, Brandywine Picnic Park, WSFS Bank and many others. Also sponsoring was the Longwood Rotary/Unionville High School Interact.

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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La Comunidad doctor welcomed at new site

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Dr. Elaine Kirchdoerfer – “Dr. K.” as her patients call her – is excited about being part of La Comunidad Hispana’s (LCH) medical team at the new Oxford satellite health center.

LCHDSC00021 — Angel Medina (left) an LCH registered nurse, and Liliana Hernandez (right), a member relations specialist, flank Dr. Elaine Kirchdoerfer.

Having practiced medicine since 1990, Kirchdoerfer has a wealth of community health experience to bring to LCH. She joined the National Health Service Corps, which helped fund her education but also supported her desire to practice in an underserved community, according to a LCH press release.

After attending the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, she was placed in Appalachia in a small community in West Virginia during her service years. After her three years of service, she stayed on for 17 more years because she felt that her mission was not yet finished, the release said.

Kirchdoerfer’s husband, Dr. Michael Kirk, was also called to the medical field and currently practices with Dr. Soraruf for Penn Medicine in Unionville. The couple moved back to Chester County to be closer to family roots. Kirk is from the Kennett Square area; his father was a rector at the Church of the Advent for many years.

Now back in Pennsylvania, Kirchdoerfer is about two hours away from family in her hometown of Jim Thorpe, and she also has relatives in West Chester.

Kirchdoerfer said she has a strong appreciation for the community that LCH is serving.

“In the short time that I have worked at the LCH Oxford Community Health Center, I have been impressed with the fortitude and spirit of the community. I believe that it takes courage to do your best in the face of the daily challenges that many people that we serve face,” she said in the release. “These are extraordinary people who quietly do their best for their community and families despite hardships and barriers.”

The LCH Oxford Community Health Center provides primary, acute, and chronic care to the underserved Oxford community. Medicaid, Medicare, and most private insurances are accepted. Those without insurance are charged on a sliding scale fee based on the federal poverty level, but no one is turned away due to inability to pay, the release said

The LCH Board of Directors is thrilled to have Kirchdoerfer on the LCH team.

“We share and are delighted in Dr. K.’s passion and commitment. She is bringing the energy of LCH to Oxford,” said Paul Huberty, chairman of the LCH board, said in the release Chair.

Kirchdoerfer said she is eager to contribute to Oxford. “I look forward to learning more about the community and doing whatever I can to keep those in my care healthy and to help them live well,” she said in the release.

The Oxford satellite health center is located at 303 N. Third St., Suite #2, Oxford, 19363, next to the Redner’s shopping center.

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Book time to expand reading material

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book-sale — The annual Unionville High Used Book Sale, which will be held on Feb. 26 and 27, supports the school's PTO, which uses the funds for student enrichment projects.

Books, books and more books will be available next weekend at two area venues. So readers who don’t find everything they want at one will have a second opportunity.

The popular Unionville High Used Book Sale offers a wide array of reading options.

Unionville High School’s gymnasium is hosting the 21^st Unionville High School PTO Used Book Sale, starting on Friday, Feb. 26. Donated by a diverse group of avid readers, the approximately 80,000 books cover a wide variety of genres, including children’s books, art books and classics.

Back by popular demand is a corner with books of local interest, books signed by the author, biographies and autobiographies. Audio books, CDs, DVDs and video games will also be available for purchase.

Every year, the sale is dependent on scores of volunteers who drive students to pick up donated books, sort, price, set up the gym, man the cash registers, and clean up after the sale is over. On hand to help customers locate and carry books to checkout is a cadre of spirited and energetic students.

The used book sale is the high school PTO’s primary fundraiser and allows the PTO to support enrichment projects to enhance the educational experience. Past projects include the purchase of a drum sander for the school’s Technology Department and display shelves for the library.

Sale hours are Friday, Feb. 26, from 4 to 9 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 27, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with a half-hour break to prepare for the $10 bag sale from 3 to 5 p.m.

The snow date for the Friday sale is March 4; the snow date for Saturday’s sale is March 5. For more information, visit the UHS Used Book Sale website. The high school is located at 750 Unionville Rd., Kennett Square.

A short drive away, the 47^th Annual AAUW Book Sale will take place at the Concord Mall from Thursday, Feb. 25, through Sunday, Feb. 28.

Long tables covered with brightly colored cloths and groaning with nearly 50,000 used books will dot the center and side aisles. The result of a yearlong effort of collecting, sorting and pricing by AAUW Wilmington Branch members and friends, the sale raises thousands of dollars to support college scholarships for Delaware women.

Sharon Hanrahan, mall chair, and Wendy Harris, book room chair, are both veterans of the UHS book sale. They receive assistance from a host of about 250 volunteers, ranging from the Boy Scouts, who help with set-up, to high school students and other volunteers, who unload books the night before the sale begins.

Sorted into categories, the books will be displayed on tables with color-coded cloths, and a map will help book-lovers find the sections they want to visit first. Nearly 50 nonfiction sections include cookbooks and books on gardening while the fiction section runs the gamut from science fiction to poetry. A children’s section will feature a range of options from toddler picture books to teen paperbacks.

The majority of books will be priced from 50 cents to $5, with some rare collectibles valued up to $100. Starting on Saturday at 3:30 p.m., most books will be reduced 50 percent. On Sunday, browsers may purchase a grocery bag for $10 and fill it with books from all categories (except collectibles).

Concord Mall is located on Route 202 in Wilmington.

About Lora B. Englehart

Lora has a passion for art, gardening, yoga, music and dancing. She continues to research the life of locally born abolitionist and 1998 National Women's Hall of Fame inductee Mary Ann Shadd Cary. She is a dedicated community volunteer, working with the American Association of University Women, Wilmington, DE branch (programs chair), Chadds Ford Historical Society (former board member) and Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art. Lora lives in Birmingham Township with her husband Bill and son Brad. Daughter Erika lives in Pittsburgh with husband Bob and baby Wilhelmina. She is a former French, Spanish and ESL teacher, bilingual life insurance underwriter and public relations coordinator for Delaware Art Museum and Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art.

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PennDOT puts focus on overlooked laws

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Did you make sure you were at least four feet from the bicyclist you passed on the road recently?

PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards and State Police Commissioner Tyree Blocker are urging drivers to review and obey some of the safety laws that can often be overlooked, a PennDOT press release said.

“We look to create awareness surrounding laws that drivers may not pay attention to, but also to provide reminders as to what each law entails,” Richards said in the release. “PennDOT and the Pennsylvania State Police feel it is important to raise awareness through education and outreach.”

In advance of the state’s Highway Safety Law Awareness week, which runs from Sunday, Feb. 21, to Sunday, Feb. 27, the agencies provide the following reminders:

The “4 Foot Bicycle Law” requires drivers to pass a bicycle at a distance of “not less than four feet” at a careful and prudent speed. The law also permits drivers to cross the center line during this process if safely able to do so. No turn by a driver should interfere with a bicycle that is proceeding straight.

“Obey Traffic Signals” focuses on driver safety due to hazardous conditions. Drivers who drive around or through traffic control devices closing a road or highway could receive a $250 fine and two points on their driving record.

“Teen Seat Belt Law” requires that the driver and all passengers under the age of 18 must wear a seat belt anywhere in the vehicle. Also, drivers under 18 may not operate a vehicle where the number of passengers exceeds the number of available seat belts.

“Increased Fines in Work Zones” urges motorists to be aware when passing through an active work zone. Anyone violating the posted speed limit by more than five miles per hour will face doubled fines. The fine is determined based on the amount the driver is traveling over the speed limit. A recent amendment of the law also states that any driver who causes serious bodily injury within a work zone could face up to $5,000 in fines and a six-month license suspension. A driver causing a death within a work zone would face up to a $10,000 fine and one-year license suspension.

“It is important that every driver on Pennsylvania’s roadways is familiar with the laws as they relate to operating a vehicle,” Blocker said in the release. “This familiarity can go a long way towards keeping yourself and others safe while behind the wheel.”

For more information on highway safety, visit www.JustDrivePA.com.

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Pizza on demand comes to Chadds Ford

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_1JF6053-Assembly-line — Pizza on demand comes to Chadds Ford

Cable TV has video on demand, and the Chadds Ford area now has pizza on demand, courtesy of MOD Pizza. The pizzeria is the newest shop to open on the Chadds Ford side of the Wegmans development along Route 202.

MOD stands for “made on demand,” said General Manager Richard Ciszak shortly before the first customers were ushered in for the Feb. 19 grand opening.

What sets MOD Pizza apart from other pizzerias, he said, is that MOD doesn’t charge for toppings; they’re included in the price of the pie.

MOD Pizza General Manager Richard Ciszak cuts the ribbon to officially open the pizza shop along Route 202.

“We want you to be full when you leave, but at a decent price,” he said. “Every ingredient in free. The only thing you pay for [in a pizza] is the size of your crust.”

MOD sells only thin crust pies and there are only two sizes, the mini and the mega. Minis are 6-inch pies selling for $4.87, and the megas, at $10.87, are 11 inches. They don’t sell by the slice.

Those prices hold whether it’s a simple cheese pie or one loaded with everything.

Ciszak also called the service “super fast.”

“From the time you start the line until you get your pizza should only take about seven minutes,” he said, adding the mini pies only take about three to four minutes to cook, about the same time as it would take for a slice of pizza to heat up.

While there are only two sizes of pizza, MOD also sells pizza salads, garlic strips, cinnamon strips, and drinks, including shakes, floats and fountain drinks.

MOD Pizza doesn’t deliver, but Ciszak said they do take telephone and Internet orders. The phone number is 484-785-8145; the web address is here.

It also has its own online music channel here.

The restaurant is open 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, but is open until 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. There is seating for 95 people.

MOD Pizza is a Seattle, Wash.-based company that began operations in 2008. Ciszak said the Chadds Ford store is the 102^nd or 103^rd store in the chain.

Other new shops in the same strip are a dentist’s office, a liquor store (opening Feb. 29), Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union, Sally Beauty and Zoe’s Kitchen.

(Top photo: The crew at MOD Pizza works assembly line style to prepare pies.)

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Rabbinic Reflections: Holding out to listen

Religion Today

Politics is one of the hardest topics for clergy to talk about. Legally, we cannot tell our communities how to vote. If it were legal, we would face the even tougher issue of backlash within our community from those who disagree. Beyond preaching the importance of participation, there is one thin line we can speak on — values.

Religion, faith, and spirituality determine our value systems, values that cross party lines and movements. During election seasons, I speak about the way Jewish tradition offers guidance through the wisdom of its values.

While it’s never easy to limit my public statements to the values approach, this year it is extraordinarily hard. This year, I am burning with desire to speak my mind about particular candidates and campaigns. This year, I find myself fuming over the way supporters of a candidate talk about their candidate’s rival(s). This year, I am incensed by the way supporters of candidates speak to supporters of rival candidates. With months to go in each primary, I agonize about my ability to persevere in sticking to values.

I recently found a remedy of sorts in an example of clergy perseverance I first encountered my senior year in high school. I owe much of my Jewish faith commitment to St. John’s School in Houston, Texas. There was something about being rooted in that Episcopal school environment that pushed me to appreciate my own tradition and its wisdom more. Looking back, then, it is little surprise that I was so taken my senior year with the chaplain in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, especially after writing six English papers about the book.

Amidst the absurdity of Yossarian’s experience of World War II, the clarity of the chaplain’s charge to run away while he, the chaplain, stays and perseveres has stayed with me. After all, early in the book, this same chaplain faced the inexplicability of what he saw and famously said:

It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue,
slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder
into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into
patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it requires no brains at
all. It merely required no character. (Joseph Heller, Catch 22)

The vitriol, calumny, slander; the bluster, tautology, obfuscation; and, perhaps most frustrating, the condescension, bigotry, and misogyny that we are seeing in this primary demonstrates not only lack of character, but also the loss of character. Is there a road to the chaplain’s perseverance for us?

Between now and November’s election, it is not faith alone that will get us through. Democracy is much messier than ideologies, platforms, and social media posts. Democracy is the place where competing ideas meet, and democracy depends on not only what is said but also what is heard. The ancient rabbis praise deed over word with Shimon ben Gamliel going so far as saying that he has “never found anything better for a person than silence.”

To compensate for the loss of character among candidates, campaigns, and supporters, we must learn to listen again. Rather than advancing positions as if the enunciation is enough to compel someone else to give up their own position or indecision, we need to listen more. There is real suffering in our society, real fear, and real investment in possible solutions. We are not going to make any progress by yelling at each other.

Instead, by listening, we might just hear something we are missing ourselves, we might just hear a part of ourselves we have drowned out, and we might just hear the courage of character it takes to participate actively in society. Let us persevere through this stage by trying to listen first.

About Rabbi Jeremy Winaker

Rabbi Jeremy Winaker is the executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Hillel Network, responsible for West Chester University, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and other area colleges. He is the former head of school at the Albert Einstein Academy in Wilmington and was the senior Jewish educator at the Kristol Hillel Center at the University of Delaware for four years. Rabbi Winaker lives in Delaware with his wife and three children.

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Veteran teacher accused of illicit relationship

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A longtime Ridley High School physics teacher and track coach was arrested on institutional sexual assault charges for his relationship with an 18-year-old female student at the school.

Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan said in a press release that Gregory A. Stanczuk, 52, of Birmingham Township, was taken into custody on Friday, Feb. 19, following a three-week investigation by Sgt. Robin F. Clark of the Delaware County District Attorney’s Criminal Investigation Division Child Abuse Unit.

On Jan. 29, Clark received information that Stanczuk, a physics teacher of more than 30 years and head girls’ track and field coach, had initiated an inappropriate relationship with a female student when she was a senior. The girl, a member of the track team for four years, had Stanczuk as a teacher her freshman year, the release said.

According to the victim, she and the coach began spending a lot of time together after she broke up with her boyfriend. During that time, she told detectives that she was in a vulnerable state because of the breakup, the release said.

She told detectives that she confided in Stanczuk and considered him a trusted friend. When Stanczuk drove students home after practice, he would drop off the victim last, and they would be alone in the car together. During those times they would talk about her breakup, and he would try and comfort her by giving her a hug, according to the release.

As time went on, they began texting each other, and Stanczuk would tell the victim how similar they were and that no one understood her like he did. In the spring of 2014, they were driving around talking and ended up in Ridley Creek State Park where Stanczuk pulled her in and kissed her. The girl reportedly became upset, prompting Stanczuk to say: “If you don’t want me to do that, we don’t have to,” the release said.

Following that day, they continued to drive around and he would often hold her hand. Stanzcuk told the victim that she made him feel young. On one occasion he drove through his own neighborhood in Birmingham Township with the victim in the car, driving past his house because “it gave him adrenaline to do so,” the release said.

One time, Stanczuk sent the victim a text around 2 a.m. asking if she wanted to meet at a hotel. She eventually agreed, and he picked her up in his car. The victim told detectives that in the hotel room, they started kissing and got undressed. After performing oral sex on her, he wanted to do more, but she became upset, stating: “You have a wife and kids.”

The next day at school, she and Stanczuk joked about the previous night at the hotel, she told detectives, adding that she would “feel sick” when she thought about what had happened.

She said another incident occurred in June 2014 when the track team went to nationals in Greensboro, N.C. One night after Stanczuk had given her three or four beers, he made a pass at her in his hotel room. When she responded that she had a boyfriend, he said: “So what, he doesn’t have to know,” the release said, adding that the victim started crying and left the room.

“As a teacher and coach, Gregory Stanczuk flagrantly used his position of trust and authority to exploit the victim, manipulating her emotionally for his own sexual gratification,” Whelan said in the release. “He crossed the line between teacher and student and committed a crime by engaging in sexual behavior with his student.”

Whelan commend Det. Sgt. Robin Clark along with Deputy District Attorney Michael Galantino, who will be prosecuting the case, for their work on the case, the release said.

Stanczuk was arraigned and failed to post 10 percent of his $100,000 bail. He will be processed and then transported to prison to await a preliminary hearing, according to court officials.

The release suggested that any parents who believe their child was victimized they should contact Clark at 610-891-4118.

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Roadwork for week of Feb. 20

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PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of Feb. 20 through Feb. 27. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones.

Route 322 in both directions will continue to be the site of patching crews between Route 1 and I-95 in Concord, Bethel and Upper Chichester townships. The work, which will require lane closures, is scheduled on Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Lane restrictions will continue on Route 202 in both directions in Birmingham, Thornbury, and Westtown townships between Routes 1 and 926. Crews are scheduled to work on patching from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Monday, Feb. 22, through Thursday, Feb. 25.

Drivers on Route 1 in Concord Township will continue to experience lane restrictions between Powell and Stoney Bank roads from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Crews will be working on turning-lane reconfigurations through Friday, Feb. 26.

Work is continuing on the project to widen Route 202, which is scheduled for completion in August 2016. Motorists should expect delays for traffic pattern shifts in Tredyffrin and East Whiteland townships.

Work will also continue on the Speakman Covered Bridge in East Fallowfield and West Marlborough townships. Frog Hollow Road between Concord Bridge and Strasburg roads will be closed and detoured until the estimated completion date of Sept. 20.

Burnt Mill Road in Kennett Township remains closed and detoured indefinitely between Norway and Spring Mill roads while advance work continues on repairs to the Burnt Mill Bridge, which was closed on April 24, 2014.

The Birmingham Road Bridge in Birmingham Township is also closed indefinitely to repair structural damage discovered in September. Posted detours will be in effect between Lambourne Road and Stoney Run Drive.

West Boot Road in West Whiteland Township will be the site of utility installation from Monday, Feb. 22, through, Monday, Feb. 29. Lane closures will be needed between Spackmans Lane and Julieanna Drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Bridge inspections on I-95 will require lane closures this week in Philadelphia. On Tuesday, Feb. 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the right lane will be closed on between I-676 and Washington Avenue; and on Thursday, Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the right lane will be closed between I-676 and Washington Avenue.

If you want to report potholes and other roadway maintenance concerns on state roads, call 610-566-0972 in Delaware County or 484-340-3200 in Chester County, or visit www.dot.state.pa.us and click on “submit feedback.”

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Whip raises glasses, funds for conservancy

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Mindful of their history, the owners of the Whip Tavern in West Marlborough are committed to raising funds for the Brandywine Conservancy. Photos courtesy of the Whip Tavern.

More than 7,500 glasses were raised at The Whip Tavern last year that celebrated the popular watering hole’s bucolic surroundings while also raising funds for the Brandywine Conservancy.

DSC_0079-edit-cropped (1) — A cider that pays homage to the Whip Tavern’s foxhunting heritage deserves a special tap handle, the owners decided, commissioning a design reminiscent of a split-rail fence.

The conservancy received a check for $3,772 from sales of “For Fox Sake,” a private-label house cider. Made from apples that are grown, pressed, and fermented at Big Hill Ciderworks in Adams County, the cider has no added sugars or flavors. Thus, it serves as a perfect complement to the tavern’s natural vistas, which owe their existence to the conservancy.

The Whip Tavern in West Marlborough Township sits on ground once dominated by the 5,400-acre King Ranch property, which also included land in East Marlborough, Newlin, and East Fallowfield Townships. The property had been occupied by 5,000 cherry-colored Texas steer before it was permanently protected by the Brandywine Conservancy, which engineered one of the largest private land conservation projects in Pennsylvania history.

“We raise a glass to toast the Whip Tavern for their support of our open space and clean water programs,” said Virginia A. Logan, the executive director of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art. “They have found a delicious way to advance our important work, and we are truly grateful.”

From March 15 through Dec. 31, fifty cents from each Imperial pint of For Fox Sake cider generated the funds for the conservancy. Owners K.C. Kulp and Luke A. Allen have partnered with the conservancy since the tavern opened in 2005. However, the advent of the cider – an unconventional response to a corporate takeover – provided an easy, trackable way to support the region’s equestrian heritage.

Kulp explained that after Heineken USA purchased Strongbow Cider, the Whip’s former house pour, the corporate giant decided to alter the recipe, sweetening the cider in 2013. The change prompted Kulp and Allen to begin a quest to develop a replacement that took them to Big Hill Ciderworks in Gardner, Pa. The result: a fruit-forward, off-dry English-style cider.

Screen Shot 2016-02-16 at 10.50.49 AM — Fifty cents from the sale of each Imperial pint of ‘For Fox Sake’ goes to the Brandywine Conservancy.

In keeping with a British sense of humor, the name playfully references the Whip’s continuing commitment to the Brandywine Conservancy, Kulp said. “It’s fun to say aloud at the bar and also gets people to blush in a fun way,” he said. Moreover, it pays homage to the pub’s location in the heart of Chester County horse country, he added.

“We’re so blessed to have an organization like the conservancy protecting open space,” Kulp said. “We’re happy to be a part of making that happen.”

The Whip Tavern is open Wednesday through Monday from 11 a.m. to midnight. Although the Whip sells malt and beer, it is BYOB for liquor or wine and charges a small corking fee. To keep the tavern casual, reservations are not accepted, but sitting by the fire with a pint of cider while waiting for a table is definitely encouraged.

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Dorothy “Dot” Rachel Russell of West Grove

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Dorothy “Dot” Rachel Russell, 82, of West Grove, died Tuesday, Feb. 16 at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford.

Born in Kelton, she was a daughter of the late Oliver H. and the late Mary Cecil (Pierce) Russell.

She graduated from Avon Grove High School in 1952 and remained in West Grove all her life. She loved collecting data and memorabilia about the history of the area.

Dot was a technician at the West Grove Pharmacy for more than 53 years and worked part time at Jennersville Regional Hospital for 13 years during her career.

She was a longtime member of the West Grove United Methodist Church. She enjoyed crocheting doilies, knitting for other people (especially babies), spending time with her extended family, her church family and participating in church events. She was known for her positive attitude, engaging smile and sense of humor.

Survivors include five nieces, Janet Foltz (Adam), Judy Daugherty (Gene) Virginia Ritchie, Ruth Blankenbeckler (Ron) and Andrea Morgan (Norman); two nephews, David Russell (Jeanne) and Barry Thomas (Terri) and many great and great-great nieces and nephews and dear friends.

You are invited to visit with Dot’s family and friends from 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at West Grove United Methodist Church 300 N. Guernsey RD West Grove, PA 19390. Her funeral service will follow at 11. Interment will be in New London Methodist Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to West Grove UMC church at the aforementioned address. Arrangements are being handled by the Foulk & Grieco Funeral Home Inc. (610-869-2685) of West Grove. To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, please visit www.griecocares.com

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