Tuesday's Free Deals

Riddle Offers Free Maternity Tours
  Riddle Hospital offers a Free Maternity Tour on Thursday, July 12, 7:30 p.m. meeting in the Main Lobby which includes a tour of the labor and delivery area, postpartum units and newborn nursery.
Due to limitations, participation of children is not permitted.
For more information and to register, call 1-866-CALL-MLH or visit online at mainlinehealth.org/riddlecommunity.
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Local Historian To Discuss ‘Iwo Jima 1945’
  "Iwo Jima 1945" is the topic of a special presentation 6:30 p.m. Tuesday (July 17) in the Middletown Township Building, 27 North Pennell Road.
  Local historian Andrew Miller will introduce at least four World War II veterans who fought at Iwo Jima. They will discuss their experience during the major battle that led to the capture of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima by the United States. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions.
  The program is part of Middletown Free Library's WWII Historical Lecture Series.  Register  at mireference@delcolibraries.org or call (610) 566-7828.

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Concert At Aston Library
Allison DeSalvo’s World of Song will entertain the kids with a concert at the Aston Public Library 1 pm Wednesday, July 25. The concert is for all-ages. To sign a child up for the Aston Public Library Summer Reading Program, go to www.tinyurl.com/AstonSRP12  . For more information, go to http://www.astonlibrary.org/ .  The Library is  at 3270 Concord Road in Aston.

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Free Job Search Support At DCCC
   Are you unemployed, a single parent, separated, divorced, widowed, married, or a single person of modest income anxious to get back on track with your career, but don't know where to begin?  Need help with personal issues, such as, self-esteem, self-confidence, assertiveness, or time and money management? Delaware County Community College's New Choices program can help local residents gain the knowledge and skills you need to find a job and become self-supporting. 
  New Choices is a free program that helps individuals make career, educational and personal changes successfully. The program provides individual and group support, career planning workshops, employer contacts, networking opportunities, résumé writing, and interviewing techniques as well as basic computer skills. The goal is to assist participants in reaching economic independence by finding and retaining employment and/or training. Workshops are offered throughout the year.
   Applications are now being accepted for the session beginning in September.  For more information, interested individuals can call 610-359-5232 or visit www.dccc.edu/newchoices. Delaware County Community College is at 901 S. Media Line Road. 
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Star Wars Day at Ridley Township Public Library
  Star Wars fans are invited to "join the Dark Side" as  Ridley Township Public Library welcomes back members of Garrison Carida 501st Legion, 1-3 pm  Sat. (July 21) at Ridley Township Public Library, 100 E. MacDade Blvd., Folsom.
  The two-hour program will give children and adults the opportunity to experience real live Star Wars characters. Garrison Carida will promote literacy and reading in today's youth while keeping the attendees fascinated with their movie quality costumes from the greatest movie saga ever told. 
  The free Star Wars event is open to all ages.  During the program, fans will answer movie trivia, collect trading cards, enjoy Star Wars themed refreshments, and meet Darth Vader, Storm Troopers, and many more.  All are welcome to come in costume.
  Garrison Carida is a group of community-minded volunteers serving Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia who, through portraying the Dark Side characters of the Star Wars films and other media, participate in, and spearhead public service initiatives, charity events, promotional appearances, and public gatherings to benefit the community.
  To register for this event, call Ridley Township Public Library at 610-583-0593.

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Delaware County High School Athletes "A Culture of Excellence" exhibit
at the Mickey Vernon Museum 

It is a well-known fact that when it comes to athletics, Delaware County has a culture of excellence.  Indeed, few counties in the United States can match its heritage of nationally known sports stars.  Olympic Gold Medal winners, professional football, baseball and basketball players hall of famers, a Heisman Trophy winner, an Indianapolis 500 winner, a Triple Crown winner, soccer, lacrosse and softball standouts, and coaches in all professional and college sports make up the fabric of our star-studded cast. 

How long can Delaware County continue to produce national figures in the world of sports?  Judging by a new exhibit coming to the Mickey Vernon Sports History Museum, it doesn't look as if the county is in danger of relinquishing its hold on top-flight talent any time soon. 

Delaware County Daily Times staff photographers Eric Hartline, Robert Gurecki, Julia Wilkinson and Colin Kerrigan have provided the museum with 8 1/2 x 11-inch glossy photo prints of its 22 high school Players of the Year for the 2011-2012 school year.  The photos will be on display at the museum from July 21nd through all of 2012.

You are invited to view this new crop of outstanding high school athletes, then go on to follow their careers as they attempt to walk in the footsteps of their predecessors to become stars on a larger national stage.

The museum is located at the intersection of Routes 291 and 202 at

One Beaver Valley Road

in Chadds Ford PA.  For museum hours and more information, contact Jim Vankoski at 610-909-4919.

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