May 1, 2018 - ChaddsFordLive.com

SPCA aims to open rescue & rehab enter

The Brandywine Valley SPCA has announced its intention to secure a currently unused animal shelter in Georgetown, Del., to serve as a rescue and rehab center. The center will enable the BVSPCA, which has a 96 percent live release rate, to save even more lives by helping animals otherwise on the fringe of adoption reach.

“Saving as many lives as possible means giving hope to animals who need more help than typical adoption candidates – cruelty survivors, disaster victims, newborns and infants, animals at risk in other shelters, and those requiring time and training to increase their adoptability,” said Adam Lamb, BVSPCA Chief Executive Officer. “The rescue and rehab center will expand our lifesaving resources to those animals with greater needs while allowing our three regional campuses to focus on finding homes for less complex cases and the rehabilitated graduates from the Rescue & Rehab Center.”

Animals in the BVSPCA’s care average a 13-day stay. Those with greater needs to be ready for successful placement can require up to 10 months of rehabilitation. “On average, we find it requires six weeks to provide the nutritional, medical and socialization care for animals that we would consider rescue and rehab candidates,” said Lamb.

The new center would also enable the BVSPCA to increase its support to its national partners. This would be in response to increasing requests for the organization’s assistance with larger scale transports of at-risk animals, emergency response during natural disasters, and complex cruelty cases.

The proposed location for the center is an 11,500 square foot facility set on 13 acres off Shingle Point Road in Georgetown that will be sold at auction on June 9. Formerly known as Safe Haven, the building can house more than 2000 animals per year. The facility has been empty since 2013.

The BVSPCA seeks the public’s assistance by pledging funding for the auction and subsequent repairs at the abandoned facility. Donations and pledges can be made at www.bvspca.org/rescue-rehab or by mail to: Brandywine Valley SPCA, 1212 Phoenixville Pike, West Chester, PA 19380. Donors with questions may contact Adam Lamb, BVSPCA CEO, at 302-387-0099.

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Ennis M. Vattilano of West Grove

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Ennis M. Vattilano, 89, of West Grove, died Sunday, April 29, , at her residence. She was the wife of John J. Vattilano. Who died in 2012, and with whom she shared 60 years of marriage.

Born in Chilhowie, Va, she was the daughter of the late Walter Eller and the late Bertha Whisman Eller.

She was a homemaker.

Mrs. Vattilano was a member of the New London Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking, the beach, yard sales, taking care of her family and being with her family and friends.

She is survived by four sons, John J. Vattilano Jr. of Newark, Jerry Vattilano of West Grove, Raymond Vattilano (Denise Snyder) of Nottingham, and Richard A. Vattilano of West Grove; one daughter Linda S. Vattilano of West Grove; one sister, Renie Blevins of Ocala, Fla.; nine grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by one granddaughter, Crystal Vattilano, a daughter-in-law, Gladys Vattilano and several brothers and sisters.

Her Graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, May 3, at the Union Hill Cemetery, Route 82, Kennett Square.

To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, please visit www.griecocares.com

Arrangements by the Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home, Kennett Square.

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Stephen (Steve) Louis Krause of Landenberg

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Stephen (Steve) Louis Krause, 75, of Landenberg, died at home on Sunday, April 22, 2018, with his two beloved dogs nearby.

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, and raised in Landenberg, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Robert Louis Krause and Janet Summers Krause.

A 1961 graduate of Avon Grove High School, Steve Krause was an outstanding athlete. He played baseball for Avon Grove and for the University of Delaware. He also played for Landenberg, in the Delaware Semi-Pro League.

His professional career included many endeavors: raising Christmas trees on a family tree farm in Landenberg, working on a drilling rig, running a logging & skidding operation in Kane, Pa., and driving tour buses and long-haul tanker trucks. He was also proud to have been a school bus driver for Swisher’s. Steve had many hobbies; gardening, hunting, wood-working, but his true love was being outside on the farm and in the woods.

Steve Krause is survived by his son, Stephen R. Krause and his wife, Trish, and their son, Stephen, of Fort Myers, Fla.; his son, John (JC) A. Krause and his wife, Aimi, and their children Chase, Grady, and Alexia of Novato, California; and, daughter, Heidi E. Sasso and her son, Sereno, of Newark. He is also survived by a sister, Janet (Nan) Taylor and her husband, Tom, of Maryville, Tennessee, and a sister, Ellen Casson of Wilmington.

He is preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Philip Krause, his wife, Judith Riley Krause, and his daughter, Kimberly Celloto. Also mourning his loss are his grandchildren, Mark and Dalton Celloto, his wife’s daughter Catherine Williamson, her husband Brian and children Kyle and Patrick, his nephews, Robert and Ben Taylor, his niece, Wendy Krause, and extended family and many friends

Friends and family are invited to gather and celebrate Steve Krause’s life on June 2, beginning at 1 p.m., at the family farm, 239 Mercer Mill Road, in Landenberg.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Brandywine Conservancy or to the Avon Grove High School Scholarship Fund, designated for the Robert and Janet Krause Memorial Scholarship.

To view his online tribute and to leave a memory with his family, please visit www.griecocares.com

Arrangements by the Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home, Kennett Square.

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Park service gives $642K to protect battlefield

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The National Park Service today announced a $642,970 grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program to help protect 13.2 acres of a Revolutionary War battlefield in Pennsylvania threatened with damage or destruction by urban and suburban development. The grant will preserve a portion of the Brandywine Battlefield, site of a pivotal battle that resulted in a significant loss for the Continental Army led by General George Washington and the Continental Congress temporarily relocating from Philadelphia in 1777.

“Some of the most defining moments in our nation’s history were decided by conflicts that played out on these hallowed grounds,” National Park Service Deputy Director Dan Smith said. “In partnership with the local community and Chester County, this grant will help preserve this battlefield for future generations to reflect on the history it represents.”

The grant is administered by the ABPP, one of more than a dozen programs operated by the National Park Service that provide states and local communities technical assistance, recognition, and funding to help preserve their own history and create close-to-home recreation opportunities. Consideration for the battlefield land acquisition grants is given to battlefields listed in the National Park Service’s Civil War Sites Advisory Commission’s 1993 Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields and the ABPP’s 2007 Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States.

Grants are awarded to units of state and local governments for the fee simple acquisition of land, or for the non-federal acquisition of permanent, protective interests in land (easements). Private non-profit groups may apply in partnership with state or local government sponsors.

The grants are funded from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which uses revenue from federal oil and gas leases on the Outer Continental Shelf to purchase land, water and wetlands for the benefit of all Americans, instead of taxpayer dollars. Since its establishment in 1964, LWCF has conserved land in every state and supported tens of thousands of state and local projects, including protecting important water sources, expanding access for hunting and fishing, preserving historic battlefields, and creating ball fields and other places for kids to play and learn.

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Photo of the Week: Brandywine Baptist Church

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Bwine-Baptist — Brandywine Baptist Church

Brandywine Baptist Church began as a Quaker meeting in 1692. The meeting became a Baptist congregation in the 1800s after followers of George Keith had a falling out with the Friends. The current stone building was erected in 1808. During WWI, the church was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers.

(Cards of this and other images are available from Barbara Moore Fine Art. Click here to see the collection.)