Monday's Posts: FREE Workshop, FREE ST. Patrick's Day Events, And More!

 Delco Heritage Commission To Hold Seminar On Creating Exhibits

     The Delaware County Heritage Commission will sponsor a free workshop for owners of historic houses, historic sites and groups and anyone interested so they can learn how to create meaningful displays and exhibits.
  The forum, “Showing and Knowing: How to Create Meaningful Displays and Exhibits,” will include information on the content of exhibits as well as how to physically create exhibits and displays. Topics include why one should go to an exhibit, how to engage children and how to deal with uncomfortable topics.
  The workshop will be held from 8:30a.m. to noon Saturday (March 24) in the Delaware County Council Public Meeting Room on the first floor of the Government Center, adjacent to the Courthouse, Media.
  For information on registration, visit www.co.delaware.pa.us/planning/index.html or call the Delaware County Planning Department at 610-891-4910.

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Free St. Patty’s Social At Redwood Playhouse

  The Delaware County Parks and Recreation Department will host a free St. Patty’s Social 7 to 9:30p.m., Thursday (March 15) at the Redwood Community Playhouse in Upland for all county seniors.
  Sal April will playing Irish music and older for dancing, the “wearing of the green” is encouraged.
  The Redwood Playhouse is in Upland Park on Sixth St. in Upland.
  For more information call 610-891-6061.
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FREE St. Patty's Day Karaoke Party

 American Legion Post 777 in Crum Lynne will celebrate St. Patty’s Day with ham, cabbage and potatoes all day and night March 17 for only fifty cents.
   After 7:30 pm, the Legion will host a free karaoke party with more ham, cabbage and corned beef.Everyone is welcome; those who come are asked to bring some sort of food or snack to be shared amongst all. For more information, e-mail  George Casey at sicchicken1@yahoo.com.
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Springfield Hosts Annual St. Patty’s Parade
  Springfield Township will host its annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17. The parade will kick off on Springfield Road and end at Saxer Avenue and Powell Road, where the reviewing stand will be located.
  Lifelong Springfield resident John Gallagher has been selected as Grand Marshal..
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Nominations Being Accepted For ‘American Pickers’ Show 
   The American Pickers are coming to Pennsylvania, and they are looking for rusty gold. Maybe even your rusty gold.
   Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, who travel around the country picking through people’s junk on the popular History Channel show “American Pickers,” will be in Pennsylvania sometime within the next three months, said Jodi Friedman, a producer for the show. The exact dates have not yet been finalized.
   Friedman said the show has not decided on a specific region of the state.
   “All we know now is the state of Pennsylvania,” she said. “They will go where the collections are.”
  For now, the show’s producers are looking for leads. That will determine where in Pennsylvania Wolfe and Fritz go.
   “We’re looking for great characters with great, big collections,” Friedman said. “The messier the better. Nothing that’s too pristine. Our guys like to go digging. They like to find the rusty gold, they say.”
   Now in its fourth season, “American Pickers” follows Wolfe and Fritz as they travel the back roads of America looking for hidden treasures in the most unusual places. They climb through people’s homes, barns, sheds, garages and warehouses looking for items they can buy on the cheap, then turn around and sell at a profit to collectors.
   “Any place they go, they like to find memorabilia that’s special to that area,” Friedman said. “Anything that has local history is great.”
   Among the items Wolfe and Fritz are on the lookout for are motor scooters, Harry Houdini items, old advertising signage, old rodeo items, motorcycles, bicycles, military items from the late 1970s or earlier, Civil War antiques and old toys.
   Friedman pointed out that Wolfe and Fritz only pick private collections, so they’re not interested in stores, malls, flea markets, museums, auctions, businesses or anything open to the public.
  They currently are not looking for farming/agriculture items, tools, glassware, appliances, tractors, crocks, stoves or country primitives.
   Anyone interested in nominating either themselves or another person should contact Friedman via email at jfriedman@cineflix.com or by calling 646-493-2184.
   “The best way is to email me,” she said. “That will go directly to me. Describe the collection, send photos if possible. People are more than welcome to refer people that they think may be great or write in for their own collection as well.”

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Free Screenings And Activities At Taylor’s Annual ‘Cardiovascular Day’

  Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park, a member of the Crozer-Keystone Health System, will  offer a comprehensive "Cardiovascular Day" 8:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 27 in Classrooms A, B & C of the hospital.
   The event will offer free glucose/cholesterol screenings from 8:30-10:30 a.m. (fasting is required; nothing to eat or drink after midnight).
   From 9-11:30 a.m. the hospital will offer a comprehensive health fair that includes the following screenings and activities: blood pressure screenings, a healthy cooking demonstration (from 9-11 a.m.), stroke risk assessments, a fitness activity, and informational tables from Senior Health Services, Community Health Education, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Nutrition Services, Tobacco Cessation, the Crozer-Keystone Sleep Centers, the Center for Diabetes, Cancer Services and Healthline Services.
  Call 1-800-CK-HEALTH (1-800-254-3258) for more information or to register.
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  Youth Leadership Academy

     The Delaware County Workforce Investment Board and its Youth Council, along with the Foundation of the Delaware County Chamber are proud to sponsor the 4th Annual Leadership Academy for Delaware County high school sophomores on May 7, 8 and 9 at Penn State Brandywine.  The program will provide an outstanding opportunity for area 10th-graders to meet and work with local business, government, community and media leaders.

     For information about the Leadership Academy or other Youth Council programs please call Suzanne Hoffman at 610-447-1433 or e-mail studentspotlight@delcoyouthcouncil.org.

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