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Senator Pileggi Hosting FREE Senior Expo on May 24
Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-9) will host a Senior Expo on Thursday, May 24, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Neumann University in Aston.
“This free Senior Expo is designed to help seniors get in touch directly with local organizations and government agencies providing useful information and services,” Senator Pileggi said. “And I always look forward to meeting many constituents at the Expo.”
Senator Pileggi’s Senior Expo will feature more than 50 exhibitors offering information on programs of interest to seniors. Scheduled exhibitors include the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office, the Delaware County Office of Services for the Aging, Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania, AARP, and the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.
The event will also feature free health screenings, nutrition tips, and information on resources available to seniors in Pennsylvania.
The Senior Expo is offered free of charge as a community service; parking is also free. Refreshments and door prizes will be available.
For additional information on the Senior Expo, contact Senator Pileggi’s district office at (610) 447-5845 or visit his web site, http://www.senatorpileggi.com/.
More information about state issues is available at Senator Pileggi's website, http://www.senatorpileggi.com/, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SenatorPileggi, and on Twitter at twitter.com/SenatorPileggi.
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Author Priscilla Clement At Swarthmore Library
Swarthmore Library will host “A Visit with Priscilla Clement,” author of
Blood on the Path: An Eagles Mere Mystery, 7p.m., Thursday (May 24).
A pretty teenaged girl is assaulted and disappears on a dark, wooded path in the Pennsylvania Victorian resort town of Eagles Mere in 1959. Her body is never found. Family and friends eventually learn to live with the lack of resolution until the victim's niece, born after her aunt's disappearance, determines to solve the mystery. As she pursues clues in and about Eagles Mere and neighboring communities, she and her children are threatened. Clearly, someone who is alive and well is willing to do anything to prevent further investigation of the crime.
This is the premise of Priscilla F. Clement’s novel, Blood on the Path, published by the Eagles Mere Museum. Clement and her family have been visiting Eagles Mere every summer since the 1970s. Clement is a trained historian, who has written several books on the history of children and of poverty. She taught for many years at the Penn State Brandywine Campus.
“Writing history involves solving mysteries,” she says, “and I always thought I would like to create one of my own. So when I retired from teaching, I started work on Blood on the Path.”
Programs are free and open to the public; register at the library, 121 Park Ave., call 610-543-0436 or email swarthmore@delcolibraries.org.
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FREE! Support For Those With Hearing Loss
Find the support you need if you have a hearing loss.
On Sunday, June 3, 2012, 2:30 PM, the Hearing Loss Association of Pennsylvania (DELHOH), sponsored by Senior Community Services’ (SCS) Hearing Discovery Center (HDC), will meet at Friendship Circle Senior Center, on Mercy Fitzgerald Campus, conveniently located opposite Holy Cross Cemetery on Wycombe Ave. in Darby. Since this is the last meeting for the year, we will meet for an Ice Cream Social to touch bases with each other. For more information about the meeting, call Donna Schumacher at (610) 237-6222, Ext. 156 or e-mail: dschumacher@scs-delco.org. For TDD or FAX: (610) 237-1504.
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FREE Poetry Reading Event
Tyme Gallery is having their last poetry reading for the season with published poet and artist Veronica Gledhill. The reading is Thursday May 31st form 7:00 to 9:00pm.
Veronica Gledhill was born in Philadelphia. From Chestnut Hill to Greysferry, the childhood city neighborhoods of her youth were rich in various cultures and economic diversity. She spent many weekends in “the country” on her architect-grandfather’s farm in Bucks County, PA. Gledhill’s art reflects that range of experience as her choice of painting subjects can be the still beauty of a person, place, object, abstract expression, or, a sometimes stark allegorical image. Veronica’s teachers have been the Philadelphia area museums, libraries and art galleries as well as private lessons, adult classes and the long closed Lewis Institute of Art in Lansdowne, PA.
Her work has been viewed in juried exhibits and other art exhibits:
“Women & Water” – March 2011 – WCA, International House Philadelphia
White Horse Village Gallery – Newtown Square - February 2011
2010 Women’s Day Celebration – International House, Philadelphia
“Stitch by Stitch” - WCA & Rubia Project: Collaboration with American and Afghan Women artists – see www.marycrowley.com/rubia
Penn State Library 40th Anniversary Exhibit – Brandywine Delaware County Campus
“The Dress Project” – Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA) Highwire Gallery - Philadelphia
“Making History - Here and Now” - WCA - Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia
WCA – “Women’s Artist Conference” – Washington, DC
“Well Fed Artists Gallery” Member – Third Street, Old Philadelphia
The Tim Mark Endowment at Penn State - Brandywine Delaware County
The Creese Gallery at Drexel University
Delaware County Community College - Media
Gledhill’s work is published in local poetry chap books and has been featured in the international publication, “The Global Village”.
Gledhill teaches “Painting with Pastel” - Adult Night Classes for the Rose Tree Media School District and produces a line of hand-painted note cards locally sold in the following fine art galleries:
Veronica is a registered artist with Media Arts Council and a member of the Women’s Caucus for Art in Philadelphia, http://www.mediaartscouncil.org/
Gledhill co-produced and directed two Philadelphia Fringe Festival events at
“The Ethical Society” in Philadelphia and was the Art Director, writer and performer in a collaborative creative project, the short film titled, “This Way Out”. www.artsyvideo.com/thiswayout
So when you come the reading is May 31st from 7:00 to 9:00pm. The featured reader reads first, with an open reading to follow. There will also be light refreshments served with a host of over 200 artists to see. Tyme Gallery is located at 17 W. Eagle Road, Havertown, PA 19083. For additional information you can call 610-853-1215 or check out their website at http://www.tymegallery.com/.
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FREE Henna Tattoos At Ridley Library!
Professional henna artist Jumana Bootwala will be at Ridley Township Public Library 5:45 to 7:45 pm Tues. (May 22). Come and see a henna artist at work and receive a free henna design to show off at the beach or pool on Memorial Day weekend. This is an event for adults.
Due to time constraints, registration is required. Designs will be given on a first come, first served basis among those registered.
Register by calling 610-583-0593, emailing reference@ridleylibrary.org, or stopping by the library, at 100 E. MacDade Blvd., Folsom.
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Holy Cross Offers FREE Casino Bus To AC
Holy Cross Seniors in Springfield is booking a FREE bus to Showboat Casino for Mon., Nov. 5. To reserve a seat is only $3 per person and you'll get $5 back in slot play. Everyone in the community over 21 is welcome for the trip.
For more information, call Maxine Beaver at 610-328-1068 or Anthony Ricci at 610-544-7130.
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Memorial Day Observance In Media
The Memorial Day event in Media will include a State Street parade and short ceremony at the Court House, Front Street and Veterans Square.
The parade begins 10a.m., Monday (May 28) and will take the traditional route on State Street from Edgmont Street to Orange Street, then right up to Front Street. The courthouse portion will include a few brief addresses to honor veterans as well as those currently serving in the Armed Forces.
The Penncrest High School Band will present a medley of patriotic numbers. The public is invited to experience the parade and encourage to come to the courthouse observance.
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VFW 598 Announces Five Locations For Memorial Day Services
VFW Post 598, 816 Main St., Darby, and the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club will join forces as a “Band of Brothers” to honor their fallen comrades on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, starting at 9 am. with a 21 gun salute and full taps at five locations.
The first salute will be 9 am at Colwyn War Memorial, 4th and Colwyn Ave. The second will be 0:30 am at Darby Memorial, 9th and Main Sts. The third will be 10 am at Collingdale War Memorial, MacDade Blvd. at Borough Hall. The fourth will be performed at 10:45 am at Aldan Veterans Park. The final salute will be at 11:15 at Mt. Zion Veterans Cemetery.
Everyone in the community is invited to join these Memorial Day services.
For more information, call Post 598 at 610-532-0537.
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Glenolden American Legion Post 566 Holds Memorial Day Services May 27-28
Glenolden’s American Legion Post 566 will hold Memorial Day services Sunday, May 27, beginning at 8:30 am with visits to veterans’ graves at Holy Cross, Ss. Peter and Paul, Arlington and Knowles Cemeteries.
Memorial Service will be held at Knowles Cemetery in Glenolden at 12:30 pm and Post Everlasting Services will be at the Post at 8 pm.
On Monday, May 28, Memorial Day Services will begin in front of the post at 11:45 am. The Parade will commence at the conclusion of the services. The following groups will participate in the ceremony: Veteran members of the post, Sons of the American Legion Squadron 566, Post 566 Auxiliary, Poppy Queen Allison Billie, members of the Glenolden Police and Glenolden Fire Departments, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Glenolden Mayor Jerry Quinn, Interboro High School Marching Band and Color Guard, and members of the community.
Guest speaker will be Vietnam Veteran and war hero James Kauffman.
The parade will conclude at Glenolden Park with a brief Memorial Day service. Everyone is invited back to the post for refreshments.
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Memorial Day Parade In Aston
Lenni VFW Post 6613 and American Legion Post 87 of Aston invite the community to their Annual Memorial Day Parade 11a.m., Monday (May 28).
The parade will form on Mount Road near the old Crozerville School and proceed to the Veterans Memorial at Mount and New Roads.
The Penncrest High School Band will lead the parade, along with Boy and Girl Scouts, local fire companies and neighborhood children.
After a brief ceremony at the memorial, veterans will march to Calvary Church Cemetery to salute the veterans buried there.
Afterwards, children will be treated to ice cream at Calvary Church, and the American Legion will serve food at the Post on Crozerville Road. All are welcome.
Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-9) will host a Senior Expo on Thursday, May 24, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Neumann University in Aston.
“This free Senior Expo is designed to help seniors get in touch directly with local organizations and government agencies providing useful information and services,” Senator Pileggi said. “And I always look forward to meeting many constituents at the Expo.”
Senator Pileggi’s Senior Expo will feature more than 50 exhibitors offering information on programs of interest to seniors. Scheduled exhibitors include the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office, the Delaware County Office of Services for the Aging, Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania, AARP, and the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.
The event will also feature free health screenings, nutrition tips, and information on resources available to seniors in Pennsylvania.
The Senior Expo is offered free of charge as a community service; parking is also free. Refreshments and door prizes will be available.
For additional information on the Senior Expo, contact Senator Pileggi’s district office at (610) 447-5845 or visit his web site, http://www.senatorpileggi.com/.
More information about state issues is available at Senator Pileggi's website, http://www.senatorpileggi.com/, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SenatorPileggi, and on Twitter at twitter.com/SenatorPileggi.
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Author Priscilla Clement At Swarthmore Library
Swarthmore Library will host “A Visit with Priscilla Clement,” author of
Blood on the Path: An Eagles Mere Mystery, 7p.m., Thursday (May 24).
A pretty teenaged girl is assaulted and disappears on a dark, wooded path in the Pennsylvania Victorian resort town of Eagles Mere in 1959. Her body is never found. Family and friends eventually learn to live with the lack of resolution until the victim's niece, born after her aunt's disappearance, determines to solve the mystery. As she pursues clues in and about Eagles Mere and neighboring communities, she and her children are threatened. Clearly, someone who is alive and well is willing to do anything to prevent further investigation of the crime.
This is the premise of Priscilla F. Clement’s novel, Blood on the Path, published by the Eagles Mere Museum. Clement and her family have been visiting Eagles Mere every summer since the 1970s. Clement is a trained historian, who has written several books on the history of children and of poverty. She taught for many years at the Penn State Brandywine Campus.
“Writing history involves solving mysteries,” she says, “and I always thought I would like to create one of my own. So when I retired from teaching, I started work on Blood on the Path.”
Programs are free and open to the public; register at the library, 121 Park Ave., call 610-543-0436 or email swarthmore@delcolibraries.org.
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FREE! Support For Those With Hearing Loss
Find the support you need if you have a hearing loss.
On Sunday, June 3, 2012, 2:30 PM, the Hearing Loss Association of Pennsylvania (DELHOH), sponsored by Senior Community Services’ (SCS) Hearing Discovery Center (HDC), will meet at Friendship Circle Senior Center, on Mercy Fitzgerald Campus, conveniently located opposite Holy Cross Cemetery on Wycombe Ave. in Darby. Since this is the last meeting for the year, we will meet for an Ice Cream Social to touch bases with each other. For more information about the meeting, call Donna Schumacher at (610) 237-6222, Ext. 156 or e-mail: dschumacher@scs-delco.org. For TDD or FAX: (610) 237-1504.
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FREE Poetry Reading Event
Tyme Gallery is having their last poetry reading for the season with published poet and artist Veronica Gledhill. The reading is Thursday May 31st form 7:00 to 9:00pm.
Veronica Gledhill was born in Philadelphia. From Chestnut Hill to Greysferry, the childhood city neighborhoods of her youth were rich in various cultures and economic diversity. She spent many weekends in “the country” on her architect-grandfather’s farm in Bucks County, PA. Gledhill’s art reflects that range of experience as her choice of painting subjects can be the still beauty of a person, place, object, abstract expression, or, a sometimes stark allegorical image. Veronica’s teachers have been the Philadelphia area museums, libraries and art galleries as well as private lessons, adult classes and the long closed Lewis Institute of Art in Lansdowne, PA.
Her work has been viewed in juried exhibits and other art exhibits:
“Women & Water” – March 2011 – WCA, International House Philadelphia
White Horse Village Gallery – Newtown Square - February 2011
2010 Women’s Day Celebration – International House, Philadelphia
“Stitch by Stitch” - WCA & Rubia Project: Collaboration with American and Afghan Women artists – see www.marycrowley.com/rubia
Penn State Library 40th Anniversary Exhibit – Brandywine Delaware County Campus
“The Dress Project” – Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA) Highwire Gallery - Philadelphia
“Making History - Here and Now” - WCA - Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia
WCA – “Women’s Artist Conference” – Washington, DC
“Well Fed Artists Gallery” Member – Third Street, Old Philadelphia
The Tim Mark Endowment at Penn State - Brandywine Delaware County
The Creese Gallery at Drexel University
Delaware County Community College - Media
Gledhill’s work is published in local poetry chap books and has been featured in the international publication, “The Global Village”.
Gledhill teaches “Painting with Pastel” - Adult Night Classes for the Rose Tree Media School District and produces a line of hand-painted note cards locally sold in the following fine art galleries:
Veronica is a registered artist with Media Arts Council and a member of the Women’s Caucus for Art in Philadelphia, http://www.mediaartscouncil.org/
Gledhill co-produced and directed two Philadelphia Fringe Festival events at
“The Ethical Society” in Philadelphia and was the Art Director, writer and performer in a collaborative creative project, the short film titled, “This Way Out”. www.artsyvideo.com/thiswayout
So when you come the reading is May 31st from 7:00 to 9:00pm. The featured reader reads first, with an open reading to follow. There will also be light refreshments served with a host of over 200 artists to see. Tyme Gallery is located at 17 W. Eagle Road, Havertown, PA 19083. For additional information you can call 610-853-1215 or check out their website at http://www.tymegallery.com/.
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FREE Henna Tattoos At Ridley Library!
Professional henna artist Jumana Bootwala will be at Ridley Township Public Library 5:45 to 7:45 pm Tues. (May 22). Come and see a henna artist at work and receive a free henna design to show off at the beach or pool on Memorial Day weekend. This is an event for adults.
Due to time constraints, registration is required. Designs will be given on a first come, first served basis among those registered.
Register by calling 610-583-0593, emailing reference@ridleylibrary.org, or stopping by the library, at 100 E. MacDade Blvd., Folsom.
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Holy Cross Offers FREE Casino Bus To AC
Holy Cross Seniors in Springfield is booking a FREE bus to Showboat Casino for Mon., Nov. 5. To reserve a seat is only $3 per person and you'll get $5 back in slot play. Everyone in the community over 21 is welcome for the trip.
For more information, call Maxine Beaver at 610-328-1068 or Anthony Ricci at 610-544-7130.
********************
Memorial Day Observance In Media
The Memorial Day event in Media will include a State Street parade and short ceremony at the Court House, Front Street and Veterans Square.
The parade begins 10a.m., Monday (May 28) and will take the traditional route on State Street from Edgmont Street to Orange Street, then right up to Front Street. The courthouse portion will include a few brief addresses to honor veterans as well as those currently serving in the Armed Forces.
The Penncrest High School Band will present a medley of patriotic numbers. The public is invited to experience the parade and encourage to come to the courthouse observance.
*********************
VFW 598 Announces Five Locations For Memorial Day Services
VFW Post 598, 816 Main St., Darby, and the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club will join forces as a “Band of Brothers” to honor their fallen comrades on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, starting at 9 am. with a 21 gun salute and full taps at five locations.
The first salute will be 9 am at Colwyn War Memorial, 4th and Colwyn Ave. The second will be 0:30 am at Darby Memorial, 9th and Main Sts. The third will be 10 am at Collingdale War Memorial, MacDade Blvd. at Borough Hall. The fourth will be performed at 10:45 am at Aldan Veterans Park. The final salute will be at 11:15 at Mt. Zion Veterans Cemetery.
Everyone in the community is invited to join these Memorial Day services.
For more information, call Post 598 at 610-532-0537.
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Glenolden American Legion Post 566 Holds Memorial Day Services May 27-28
Glenolden’s American Legion Post 566 will hold Memorial Day services Sunday, May 27, beginning at 8:30 am with visits to veterans’ graves at Holy Cross, Ss. Peter and Paul, Arlington and Knowles Cemeteries.
Memorial Service will be held at Knowles Cemetery in Glenolden at 12:30 pm and Post Everlasting Services will be at the Post at 8 pm.
On Monday, May 28, Memorial Day Services will begin in front of the post at 11:45 am. The Parade will commence at the conclusion of the services. The following groups will participate in the ceremony: Veteran members of the post, Sons of the American Legion Squadron 566, Post 566 Auxiliary, Poppy Queen Allison Billie, members of the Glenolden Police and Glenolden Fire Departments, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Glenolden Mayor Jerry Quinn, Interboro High School Marching Band and Color Guard, and members of the community.
Guest speaker will be Vietnam Veteran and war hero James Kauffman.
The parade will conclude at Glenolden Park with a brief Memorial Day service. Everyone is invited back to the post for refreshments.
*****************************
Memorial Day Parade In Aston
Lenni VFW Post 6613 and American Legion Post 87 of Aston invite the community to their Annual Memorial Day Parade 11a.m., Monday (May 28).
The parade will form on Mount Road near the old Crozerville School and proceed to the Veterans Memorial at Mount and New Roads.
The Penncrest High School Band will lead the parade, along with Boy and Girl Scouts, local fire companies and neighborhood children.
After a brief ceremony at the memorial, veterans will march to Calvary Church Cemetery to salute the veterans buried there.
Afterwards, children will be treated to ice cream at Calvary Church, and the American Legion will serve food at the Post on Crozerville Road. All are welcome.
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