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LIMERICK PA – Firefighters support each other atop the roof of a garage during a house fire Thursday shortly before 5 p.m. at 372 N. Lewis Rd. Billowing smoke from the blaze attracted the attention of drivers on nearby U.S. Route 422. A portion of Lewis Road near the 422 interchange was closed for a time during the emergency. A woman who was the sole occupant of the home at the time escaped with the help of emergency crews, police said. More details and four additional photos are available at The Limerick Post.

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LIMERICK PA – A meeting of the Lehigh Valley Diamond Star Motors (LVDSM) Tuners, an automobile club that features Mitsubishi Eclipses, Eagle Talons, and Plymouth Lasers manufactured between 1990 and 1999, will be held April 5 (2009; Sunday) at 2 p.m. at the Sonic Drive-In Restaurant, 37 W. Ridge Pike, the club has announced.

DSM cars are relatively easy to modify for big performance with basic bolt-on parts, their owners say. The club’s goal is to promote  modifying of DSM cars for increased performance and (legal) racing. It caters to the performance enthusiast by sharing information and ideas regarding modifications, parts, and performance results.

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• Boys Varsity Tennis at home vs. Phoenixville, 3:30 p.m.
• Girls Varsity Lacrosse at home vs. Bishop Shanahan, Pottsgrove, 3:45 p.m.
• Boys Varsity Baseball at Perkiomen Valley, 4 p.m.
• Boys JV Baseball at Perkiomen Valley, 4 p.m.
• Girls Varsity Softball at home vs. Perkiomen Valley, 4 p.m.
• Girls JV Softball at home vs. Perkiomen Valley, 4 p.m.
• Girls JV Lacrosse at home vs. Bishop Shanahan, Pottsgrove, 5 p.m.

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Wachovia's branch office on East High Street, Pottstown.

POTTSTOWN PA – Even though Wachovia Bank has been owned by Wells Fargo since Jan. 1 (2009), don’t expect old signs to come down, or new ones to go up, anytime soon.

Wells Fargo corporate blogger Matt Wadley, in an article posted Monday (March 23, 2009), acknowledges “the Wachovia name will be gracefully retired in time.” Until financial centers are converted, however, “the Wachovia name and logo will continue to be used on their own in almost every case, including branch signs, account statements, Web site content and all the rest,” he wrote.

Wells Fargo agreed to buy Wachovia late last year after it suffered heavy financial losses as a result of the 2008 mortgage crisis. Wachovia  operates branch offices in Pottstown, Limerick, Boyertown, Phoenixville, and Collegeville.

The banks are conducting what Wells Fargo representative Kathryn Dinkin characterized as a gradual combination into “a seamless organization.” Re-branding could take as much as a year, she told the South Florida Business Journal earlier this month (March 16, 2009).

“It can be confusing to customers if you rebrand before you can deliver on that brand,” Dinkin told the business newspaper. “We will do it very slow and thoughtfully.”

Editor’s note: This article resulted from a reader inquiry received Wednesday (March 25, 2009). If there’s a story that affects Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township or Sanatoga village which you think needs to be explored, send an e-mail (sanatoga@yahoo.com) to The Sanatoga Post. Please include your name, address, and phone number for follow up and verification purposes.

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Academy Hall, 1700 Industial Hwy.

LOWER POTTSGROVE PA – The apparent success of Club Revive, an under-age-21-only dance party that last week abruptly changed locations within the township, is prompting its owner to export the concept to even longer distance venues in the future.

Dance club founder Sandra McGuckin is taking the Revive show on the road April 3 (2009; Friday) to Boothwyn PA, Delaware County; and April 11 (2009; Saturday) to Allentown PA, Lehigh County. These dates are in addition to those scheduled for the club in Montgomery County, the most recent of which will be Friday (March 27, 2009) beginning at 7 p.m. in Academy Hall, 1700 Industrial Hwy.

The dance club has been involved in controversy this month. Several area police units responded March 13 (2009) to Sanatoga’s Sunnybrook Ballroom, where Club Revive previously was located, to break up minor fights as the club was closing. Two teens were charged with disorderly conduct as a result.

That incident was followed last week by public disagreement between Sunnybrook management and McGuckin as to whether another scheduled dance had been canceled or simply moved a half-mile south to Academy Hall. The dispute seems to have devolved into “we said-they said” contractual differences that at least one party claimed may be legally challenged.

The April 3 Boothwyn event is slated to be held at The Phoenix, 1661 Mill Rd. – a location behind Chichester High School – from 7-11:30 p.m., according to the club website. A $10-per-person fee is being charged before 9 p.m., and $12 thereafter.

The April 11 Allentown event is set for the Holiday Inn Conference Center Lehigh Valley, 7736 Adrienne Dr., also from 7-11:30 p.m. for an at-the-door cost of $12, the website adds. However, the club in recent weeks has advertised to Pottstown area teens that it will transport them to the Allentown dance on a school bus, and include admission and a free glow bracelet, for $10.

At their peak, Revive dances have attracted up to 400 participants per night. Given that attendance, at its current ticket prices and scheduling two dances monthly, club events present a potential for about $96,000 in gross annual revenue.

As for Friday’s event at Academy Hall, the website shouts, “Revive is still alive, everything you have come to love about us remains the same except the building it’s in.”

Editor’s Addendum (March 27, 2009):

The Club Revive website’s home page today notes that anyone age 18 or younger who intends to ride club buses to either its Allentown or Boothwyn dances during April must submit a completed permission form.

The form, an Adobe Acrobat document, requires parents or guardians to agree they will “release and indemnify, defend and hold harmless, Club Revive from and against any and all claims, actions, suits, or proceedings of any kind or nature arising as a result of the actions” of their child. It also requires release of “the officers, staff, and chaperones of Club Revive without limitations, from damages, liabilities, penalties, costs, expenses, legal fees, and claims.”

Related:

• Club Revive Dance Canceled, Or Just Moved?

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SANATOGA PA – Weekend activities for Sanatogans (and anyone else!), March 27-29, 2009:

Friday, March 27

Club Revive, the popular under-age-21 dance that recently relocated to Academy Hall, 1700 Industrial Hwy. (at the corner of Armand Hammer Blvd.), Pottstown PA, will open at 7 p.m. Guest are encouraged to wear a white T-shirt to enhance the event’s “black light” experience. Tickets cost $10.

An opening reception for artist Mark May will be held from 7-9 p.m. in the Boyer Gallery of the Hill School Center for the Arts, Beech and Sheridan Streets, Pottstown PA. Admission is free. An exhibit of May’s works will continue during regular gallery hours through May 1. For more information, call 610-705-1039.

“Smile,” the spring musical production at Pottsgrove High School that pokes fun at teenage beauty contests, will be staged both tonight at Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the high school’s Radel Auditorium, 1345 Kauffman Rd., Lower Pottsgrove PA. Tickets cost $8 fo adults and $6 for students and senior citizens.

Although it officials started Thursday (March 26, 2009), the annual Berks Jazz Festival in Reading PA gets under way in earnest tonight with a wide scheduled of events and musical groups, and continues at various venues through April 5. There is a ticket cost associated with almost every event. For a complete schedule of who’s playing where, see the festival website.

Saturday, March 28

Flea market addicts, rejoice. Jake’s Flea Market, Route 100, Barto PA, 13 miles north of Sanatoga, will re-open for its 29th season at 7 a.m., and remain open every Saturday and Sunday thereafter until Christmas, according to its website.

Hungry for breakfast? Get your fill – it’s all you can eat – and support a good cause. The annual pancake and sausage feast sponsored by the Boyertown PA Lions Club will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Friendship Hook and Ladder Company, Third Street and South Reading Avenue, Boyertown. Tickets cost $7 for adults, $3.50 for children ages 7-11, and free for children age 6 and younger. Proceeds benefits several eye-related charities and research organizations supported by the club.

History Explorers, a seminar in which children ages 8-12 can learn more about a specific period or time in history, will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the children’s department of the Norristown Public Library, 1001 Powell St., Norristown PA. This month’s theme is Women’s History. For more information or to register, call 610-278-5100, Ext. 3.

Readin’, rappin’, rhymin’ and dancin’ with The Cat In The Hat, the popular Dr. Seuss book character, is a program scheduled to be held at 11 a.m. at the Royersford PA Free Public Library, 200 S. Fourth Ave. For more information, call 610-948-7277. (This event found at Parents’ Source).

Barbershop-style singers the Ches-Mont Jubilaires Chorus, featuring three different quartets, will present a concert titled “Moonlight Becomes You” at 2 p.m. in Pottstown Middle School, North Franklin St., Pottstown PA. Tickets will be available in the school auditorium lobby, and cost $8 for adults and $5 for students.

“Celebrating Life,” a fashion show that benefits the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life fund-raiser in Pottstown PA, will begin at 2 p.m. in the Hill School Center for the Arts, Beech and Sheridan Streets. The show features spring and summer fashions from Boscov’s department stores, modeled by local residents. Tickets cost $10. For more information or to buy tickets, call Lesley Duall at 610-326-8763 or e-mail her.

“An Afternoon Tea” featuring the canals and rails music of musical historian and performer Matthew Dodd, and an exhibit on Montgomery County (PA) roads and their history, is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. in the headquarters of the Historical Society of Montgomery County, 1654 Dekalb St., Norristown PA. Tickets cost $30 for non-members, and reservations are appreciated. The event is limited to 60 people. For more information or to reserve a seat, call the society at 610-278-0297.

Nature lovers can get an earful of spring from 5-6:30 p.m., as they tromp through wetlands at Warwick County Park, 191 County Park Rd., Knauertown PA, to hear frogs and toads produce distinctive sounds and a variety of calls. Visitors can learn to identify different frogs just by their calls, and discover how and why they call so much at this time of year. For more information or to sign up, call the park at 610-469-1916.

Sunday, March 29

Sanatoga Chapel, home of the Lower Pottsgrove historians.

The Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society has scheduled its free monthly open house from 1-4 p.m. at the society’s headquarters and museum in the former Sanatoga Chapel, 2341 E. High St., Sanatoga. Society members will be on hand to greet visitors, and light refreshments will be available.

A “Mad Hatter’s Tea Party,” sponsored by the Apple Basket Relay For Life Team, is scheduled to be held from 1-3 p.m. at Cutillo’s Restaurant, East High Street, Sanatoga PA. Tickets cost $30, and proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. Guests are invited to wear a decorated hat in keeping with the theme; prizes will be awarded to the best! Reservations are required; for more information or to reserve a seat, call 610-327-4829.

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POTTSTOWN PA – Women can learn how to properly care for their backs during the April edition of the Healthy Woman program, sponsored by Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.

A presentation on back care, including tips for stretching and strengthening core muscles, will be provided by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Linda Park D’Andrea. The program is scheduled for April 8 (2009; Wednesday) at 6:30 p.m. in Conference Rooms 1 and 2 of the Chesmont Building, 13 Armand Hammer Blvd.

Information about proper bra and shoe fitting also will be provided by Boscov’s of Coventry Mall, North Coventry PA. For more information or to register, call 610-327-7662.

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• Boys Varsity Tennis at home vs. Phoenixville, 3:30 p.m.
• Girls Varsity Lacrosse at home vs. Upper Perkiomen, Pottsgrove, 3:45 p.m.
• Boys Varsity Lacrosse at home vs. Owen J Roberts, Lower, 3:45 p.m.
• Boys JV Lacrosse at home vs. Owen J Roberts, Lower, 5 p.m.
• Girls JV Lacrosse at home vs. Upper Perkiomen, Pottsgrove, 5 p.m.

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