May 10, 2017

William “Bill” C. Hutchins of Hockessin

William “Bill” C. Hutchins, 92, of Hockessin, died Monday, May 8, at Brackenville Center in Hockessin. He was the husband of Ruth Gabel Hutchins, with whom he shared 65 years of marriage.

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of the late Albert E. and the late Louise (Pinchoff) Hutchins. Mr. Hutchins served during WWII in the Signal Corp of the Army and was stationed in England and France.

He was a civil engineer working for several companies, retiring from PSE&G at the Hope Creek Nuclear Facility in Salem, N.J.

During retirement, Bill and Ruth enjoyed traveling and especially enjoyed cruising to Alaska. He enjoyed photography, cooking and gardening. Most importantly, Bill adored his family.

In addition to his wife Ruth, Bill will be missed by his three sons, William Jr. and his wife Mary of Hockessin, David and his wife Barbara of Middlesex, N.J. and Andrew of Toms River, N,J. He is also survived by five grandchildren, Sarah Meldrum (Samuel), Mary Keino (Andrew Kiptoo), Elizabeth Hutchins Dorsey (Timothy), Kimberly Hutchins and David Jr. and two great-grandchildren, Charles and Eloise Meldrum.

You are invited to visit with Bill’s family and friends from 1-2 p.m. Monday, May 15, at the Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home Inc. (610-444-4116) 250 W. State St. Kennett Square, PA 19348. A service celebrating Bill’s life will follow at 2 p.m. Interment will be held privately in Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in New Jersey. Contributions in his memory may be made to Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter, 399 Market St. Suite 102 Philadelphia, PA 19106. To view his online tribute and to share a memory with his family, please visit www.griecocares.com.

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Letter: No false promises from Donze

Opinion

Messages from candidates for magisterial district judge have highlighted serious community issues and how they each intend to address them if they are elected. Unfortunately, the problems of bullying, oxycontin and other drug addiction issues, weapons violations and violence in our schools occur at the juvenile and adult levels throughout our seven communities. But a district judge cannot change that.

Jane Donze is the only candidate not promising to correct these issues if she is elected. She has already been doing it for years. A judgeship is not the position that can make these changes. What it takes are more people like her who have been addressing these issues through community and professional involvement well before announcing a candidacy.

Donze, a lawyer, has spent her adult life as a leader, an involved school parent, an advocate in various non-profit organizations, a member or volunteer for dozens of juvenile and minority initiatives and events, and an appointed arbitrator and certified mediator in the court system. Pre-candidacy examples are on her website, Donze4DistrictJudge.

The success of her efforts and influence are best evidenced by having raised two sons of outstanding character who went through our school system, by having the highest ethics rating of her peers, and by having community-wide respect for what she has accomplished for our younger generation. Future promises for her means she will continue to do what she has always worked for, with her consistent vigor, commitment and integrity. Because there is always more work to be done. Donze is No. 4 on your ballot. Vote on May 16. It matters.

Paula Scott
East Marlborough Township

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Art Watch: Be inspired!

Arts & Entertainment

RadiantWoman — Radiant Woman 13 by Monique Sarkessian, Chester County Studio Tour with Laura Demme

With the flurry of First Friday art openings behind us and The Chester County Studio Tour just over a week away, many artists you know are in a creative panic as they get art ready for the studio tour and organize works for throughout the summer months. Some artists are using the Studio Tour as an opportunity to create works “outside the box” of their traditional milieu, which is one of the many reasons why the Chester County Studio Tour is such an exciting venue for both art lovers and the artists.

While the 179 Chester County Studio Tour artists are buried away creating art, now is a great chance to get out to the galleries and art associations and see what is showing now, before the eruption of the studio tour! Topping the list of art association events this weekend are The Wayne Art Center, The Chester County Art Association, The Oxford Arts Alliance, and The Community Arts Center in Wallingford.

Day Dream by Laura Demme, Community Art Center, Wallingford

In the Community Arts Center in Wallingford, located at 414 Plush Mill Road in Wallingford PA, clay artist Laura Demme has an interesting show that is open to the public until May 27. Laura Demme has been teaching at the Community Arts Center for almost 10 years, and she says that the center is a great place to create and to teach. “There is lots of sharing of ideas, techniques and lots of fun to be there…its where my heart lives.” The Art Center sounds like a great place to take classes this summer too! She is exhibiting new sculptural works as well as poetry boxes, and for this year’s studio tour, she will be exhibiting at the studio of acclaimed painter Monique Sarkessian. The combination of the two artists work will make for a great stop on the studio tour. Laura’s works are very personal and evocative; the sculptural pieces feel like they are part of a greater story, and make you want to see more. Monique’s paintings burst with color, brushwork and exude a feeling of joy. Both artists seem to work in their own artistic universes that contain recurring images and themes that are both delightful and a bit mysterious.

Laura Demme’s “Daydream” is a hand-built, wood-fired porcelain piece that has a combination of raku firing and gold luster. Laura says that “Daydream” makes her feel relaxed when she looks at it, and that “it is about being in the moment and enjoying being alive.” While an art piece is meant to speak for itself, I find that learning about the artist’s inspiration, technique and their story often helps to bring a piece even more alive. When you visit the Chester County Studio Tour May 20th and 21st, make sure to take advantage of talking with the artists about their work so that you can step into that creative process and enjoy it all the more.

Saturday May 13, The fabulous Wayne Art Center, located at 413 Maplewood Avenue in Wayne PA, will be exhibiting the results of their huge annual Plein Air Festival in their main gallery. From 6 to 10 p.m. there will be an exciting reception for the plein air show that includes 250 landscapes created outside “en plein air” in our area over the past week. The event will include delicious catered food, refreshments, music, and valet parking. Tickets start at $125 and you can purchase them online at www.waynepleinair.org/tickets or call up the Wayne Art Center.

Artist Don Demers is one of the most famous landscape and maritime painters in America, and he is the juror for this year’s Wayne Art Center’s Plein Air Festival. Don Demers will also be conducting a landscape workshop at The Wayne Art Center May 15 to 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a cost of $375/$400. If you are interested you should sign up now as it will fill up quickly. At the opening reception, Don Demers will award $15,000 in prizes to the winning paintings, and all of the works are for sale. This event is a fundraiser, and a portion of art sales goes to support the wonderful work that the Wayne Art Center does. While you are at the event, make sure to check out their calendar of summer art classes, lectures and workshops.

At the Oxford Arts Alliance, located at 38 South Third Street in Oxford PA, they are showing “Nature in Art” in their main gallery, and have just opened up an Art Annex across the street to offer more studio art classes all summer long. “Nature in Art” is a multi-artist show that includes stunning photographs by Kathleen Magner Rios, whimsical shoe sculptures by Lenny Wilson and a large free form sculptural piece by Vicki Vinton. Their next exciting show is called “Nature’s Many Offerings” showcasing two of my favorite sculptural artists, Helen Mason and Jill Beech, which opens May 19^th and continues to May 26th.

Be sure to get your tickets for their annual Garden Party, “Jazz in the Vineyard” at Galer Estate Winery in Kennett Square on June 16th. The Oxford Arts Alliance “Jazz in the Vineyard” will feature the incredibly talented Wendi Grantham who sings with her jazz ensemble, while the rest of the winery will be decked out with food, wine and dozens of works of art made especially for the occasion. Music and studio classes are offered all summer long at The Oxford Arts Alliance, so sign up to be a member and get the inside scoop on what is going on at OxAA!

Another terrific local art organization to enjoy wonderful gallery shows as well as take classes, workshops and hear lectures, is The Chester County Art Association in West Chester. Saturday May 13th at 5:30 p.m. there will be a lecture and reception for artist P. Buckley Moss, who is exhibiting her idyllic depictions of rural Virginia countryside and will discuss her lifetime of giving back to the community through her extraordinary charitable contributions, unstoppable energy and personal commitment.

Stop by the Chester County Art Association and check out P. Buckley Moss’s wonderful paintings and meet this inspiring, important galvanizing force for education and the arts in our time. Tickets are $35 for CCAA members, and you can get them online at www.delawarehokies.com. The event will also feature food prepared and served by The Crop Foundation, as well as wine and other refreshments, with a portion of the proceeds going to support scholarships for The Crop Foundation. While you are at the Art Association, make sure to check out their long list of art classes, visit their shop and adjoining gallery and consider becoming a CCAA member!

The area art associations invite you to join, take classes and enjoy their galleries.

About Lele Galer

Lele Galer is an artist who has chaired numerous art shows, taught art history and studio art, public art and has chaired, written and taught the Art in Action Art Appreciation series for the UCFD schools for the past 12 years. She worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and wrote for the Associated Press in Rome. She has been dedicated to Art History and art education for most of her adult life. Lele and her husband Brad own Galer Estate Winery in Kennett Square.

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Blanche Ostrom of West Chester

Obituaries

Blanche Ostrom (nee Brodeur), 92, of West Chester, and formerly of Naugatuck, Conn., died Tuesday, May 9.

She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Ostrom and her brother, Raymond Brodeur.

Blanche is survived by her daughter, Kathleen Brecker and son-in-law, Alec Brecker; grandchildren, Tommy and Sam; nieces and nephews, Raymond Brodeur (Angela), Jimmy Brodeur (the late Carolyn) and Mary Lou Sartori (Michael).

Relatives and friends are invited to her Visitation 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 13, at St. Maximilian Kolbe, 15 E. Pleasant Grove Rd, West Chester, followed by her funeral mass 10:30 a.m. Interment private.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are requested to https://www.gofundme.com/in-loving-memory-of-blanche.

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Police Log May 10: DUIs; accidents

Police

State Police

• A motorist getting out of the way of emergency vehicles wound up striking another vehicle on Route 1 in East Marlborough Township. Neither driver was identified and no injuries were reported. Police said an ambulance and a state police patrol car were driving north on Route 1 with sirens going in response to another accident and one motorist in the left lane moved right to get out of the way, but sideswiped another car near the Dunkin Donuts shop. The first driver was issued a warning for an improper lane change.

• State police said Gulfam Inderyas, 43, of Philadelphia, was cited after he pulled out in front of an oncoming vehicle in Pennsbury Township on May 5. A police report said Inderyas was stopped at the stop sign on Parkersville Road at Route 926, but pulled into the intersection to make a right turn into the path of a car heading east on 926. The accident happened at 8:31 a.m.

• Jena M. Polyak, 20, of Wyomissing, was cited after her car ran off Lenape Road on April 25. The report said Polyak was driving north on Route 52 at 6:27 p.m., but was traveling at too fast a speed for the wet road. Her car swerved into the oncoming lane, then she corrected right and left the roadway. The car flipped onto its roof, hit a culvert and flipped back right side up.

• No injuries were reported, but a motorist was cited following a one-car accident in Pocopson Township on April 5. State police said Nathaniel P. Markowski, 23, of Avondale, was driving a 2002 Volkswagen Beetle south on Lenape Road at Ballintree Lane when he lost control, crossed into the oncoming traffic lane, struck a curb before coming to rest on the shoulder of the road.

• A Pocopson Township resident had his debit card information stolen and the unknown suspect used the information to purchase $181 worth of rides from Lyft. The incidents happened between 2 a.m. on April 5 and 7 p.m. on April 7. Anyone having information is asked to call state police at 610-268-2022.

• State police from the Avondale barracks said they cited Jasmine A. Locke, 25, of Mays Landing, N.J. for her involvement in a traffic accident in Pennsbury Township on May 3. According to the policed report, Locke was driving north on Parkersville Road, but failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection with Route 926 and was struck by a second vehicle that was eastbound on 926. Locke’s vehicle was knocked into a traffic sign. A passenger in Locke’s car was taken to Chester County Hospital.

• Francis Tyler Fitzpatrick, 24, was driving under the influence, according to a state police report. Police from the Avondale barracks said Fitzpatrick drove a black Honda CRV while under the influence of a controlled substance and was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia and a controlled substance. The incident happened at 12:15 a.m. on April 15.

• State police stopped a car on Cossart Road in Pennsbury Township on April 12 and found marijuana and paraphernalia in the vehicle. Police identified the driver as 29-year-old Christopher Maurizio Dintino. According to the report, police had probable cause to search the car because the smell of marijuana was coming from the vehicle when they made the stop.

• Tracey Leigh Azzolini, 33, of West Chester, was charged with DUI following a traffic stop in Pocopson Township, police said. According to the report, Azzolini was pulled over on Parkersville Road at 12:18 a.m. on March 3 for erratic driving. Police said they determined Azzolini was driving under the influence of alcohol.

Southern Chester County Regional Police

• Wilber Guzman-Fernandez, 35, of Kinzers, was arrested and charged with DUI and two traffic offenses, after the 2005 Nissan he was driving was stopped for erratic driving, police said. On April 29, at 10:40 p.m., police observed a Nissan SUV swerving over the yellow centerline and white fog line several times, as it traveled southbound on Gap Newport Pike. A traffic stop was initiated in the 8800 block of Gap Newport Pike, in New Garden Township.

• Spencer P. Papi, 24, of Kennett Square, was arrested and charged with one count each of simple assault and harassment, following an April 23 altercation, according to a police report. Southern Chester County Regional Police said officers were sent to the 300 block of Newark Road, for the report of an assault that had occurred a short time prior, in the 300 block of Harvest Lane, in New Garden Township. The female victim reported that Papi had hit her with a closed fist during an argument. Injuries observed on her by police corroborated her allegation, the report said.

• Warren Christopher Thompson, 46, of Wilmington, was arrested and charged with DUI and a related traffic offense, following a traffic stop on April 24, police said. A police report said the Thompson was driving a 2011 Ford pickup truck in an erratic manner on West Cypress Street in New Garden Township.

• Police said Jose Rodriguez-Rivera, 24, of Kennett Square, was arrested and charged with a violation of the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Act, along with one traffic offense, after he was found to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana on April 21. Police said they stopped the 1999 Honda Civic Rodriguez-Rivera was driving because it was being operated without rear lights, on Baltimore Pike at Reese Street, in New Garden Township. Rodriguez-Rivera was driving with a suspended license.