• Harvest time in the Ford. Webb Road residents Dennis Decola and Chadds Ford Township Supervisor Samantha Reiner enjoy the bounty of Decola’s farm in Nottingham. Reiner called her neighbor “an incredible farmer. His stuff was SO much bigger than what I’m growing. I was jealous.” (See courtesy photo above.)
• Registration for Fall 2015 Youth Sports leagues and clinics at the YMCA of Greater Brandywine begins on Aug. 3 and runs until Aug. 23 with late registrations being accepted after that based on availability. Sports offerings include soccer, cheerleading, floor hockey, DEK hockey, tennis, volleyball, basketball, T-ball, coach pitch baseball and flag football for kids ages 3 to 18 years. Membership is not required to join these leagues and clinics. For more information visit your local YMCA of Greater Brandywine branch or www. ymcagbw.org. Financial assistance is available.
• The Brandywine River Museum of Art will celebrate the summer richness of the native plant gardens and the insects that live in them through creative activities, on Sunday, Aug. 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Families may create butterflies and their host plants, using natural materials to invent their own insect, and add to a large-scale butterfly installation. In addition, local author Lisa Moulder McNamara will read her children’s book, The Untold Story of the Eensy Weensy Spider.
• Stacey Sweeney, a registered nurse at Crozer-Keystone Surgery Center at Brinton Lake is a recipient of the Employee of the Quarter award. A press release said, “Stacey serves as an excellent role model and mentor for new employees. She always delivers outstanding performance in her role as an operating room nurse. She has in depth knowledge in all specialty areas and is respected by both her peers and physicians.”
• Christiana Care Health System has earned re-designation as a magnet organization for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the pre-eminent recognition for hospital systems in the U.S. Only 7 percent of the nation’s hospitals hold the prestigious Magnet designation, said a Christiana Care press release. Christiana Care was first in Delaware to achieve Magnet status in 2010, and is now first in the state to attain re-designation, according to a press release.
