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Pottstown's Fourth Of July committee expects you'll see fireworks again this summer in Memorial Park on King Street.

POTTSTOWN PA – Despite a lack of funds, worries over a loss of public trust, and the need to fend off false rumors about its demise, a representative of Pottstown’s non-profit Fourth of July celebration committee says it fully expects to conduct a two-day observance of the holiday this year, including a High Street parade and fireworks.

Just in case it can’t, however, a member of the Sanatoga PA-based Sunnybrook Foundation claims his organization could step in to help.

Pottstown’s Independence Day bash, staged downtown and in Memorial Park on King Street, has been a signature local event for decades. Tens of thousands of people annually stream into the borough to enjoy the holiday’s carnival-like atmosphere, a huge classic car show, home-town inspired contests, and tributes to the nation and those who serve it.

If committee co-chair Karen Imes and her colleagues have anything to say about it, those Fourth fans will come again this year as well. “We’re working very hard to pull this thing together, and we feel like it’s going to happen,” Imes said Tuesday (March 30, 2010). She conceded, though, that it won’t be easy.

Fund-raising efforts have barely kept pace with rising celebration expenses over several years. It cost slightly more than $45,000 to stage the 2009 events, all of which were paid for with contributions from individuals and groups. Committee members worry that, as a result of the tightened local economy, soliciting donations may now become even more difficult.

Then there’s what some call “the Reber problem.” It refers to allegations that former Pottstown Parks and Recreation Department Director John Reber stole more than $15,000 in committee funds last summer; Reber has pleaded not guilty to the theft and related charges. Imes acknowledges that the circumstances have somewhat tarnished public opinion of the observance.

“I don’t know if we can overcome the trust problem,” she said, “but that’s the reason we have to work harder than ever to make this year’s events happen. We don’t want to let one bad incident ruin this for everybody.”

County and state investigations into the alleged theft have created other headaches for the committee, too. It has responded several times to requests by authorities for information – the most recent submission was made Monday (March 29), Imes confirmed – to ensure that Independence Day Ltd., the business name used by the committee, can continue normal operations.

Two different sources, both of whom requested anonymity, said the committee’s communications with investigators could have ended months earlier if one of its independent contractors had supplied requested information on a timely basis. Imes declined to comment on that speculation.

With so much work ahead, and with The Big Day(s) only 94 days away, there’s been an growing amount of small talk over whether the committee can succeed. Rumors fueled by social media conversations and e-mails earlier this month first claimed the parade would be canceled, then that the fireworks would be canceled, and then that the Fourth would pass in Pottstown without a peep.

Not true, not true, and definitely not true, Imes repeated.

Directors of the group operating Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., it seems, hadn’t heard that message.

Sunnybrook board member J. Wilmer “Wil” Hallman recently appeared at the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Board of Commissioners‘ meeting to thank the township for assistance it offered to the non-profit organization, and then mentioned the persistent rumors. If the Fourth celebration was threatened, he suggested, maybe “Sunnybrook and the township could collaborate” to save it.

Hallman wasn’t specific, and commissioners made no commitments, but should Pottstown’s committee determine it could not conduct Independence Day events “it might be a good time for us to do something together,” he told the board.

Imes insists, politely, that won’t be necessary.

Related (to the Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners’ March 18 meeting):

• Charlotte Street Lot Condition Frustrates Board
• What A Difference Five Decades Can Make
• Notebook Worthy
• Township Hires Consultant To Find Interchange Business
• Zoning, Subdivision Laws On Township’s Agenda

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SANATOGA PA – Further deterioration of a former gasoline station and convenience market at the northeast corner of Mervine and North Charlotte streets, which Lower Pottsgrove officials think of as the township’s western gateway, continues to frustrate the Board of Commissioners.

Vacant gas station property at 1258 N. Charlotte St.

It’s been 10 months since the board last decried the condition of the property at 1258 N. Charlotte St., Pottstown PA, where weed-studded piles of dirt and rocks sit in defiance of any attempt to get them removed. Most recently, board Vice President Bruce Foltz said earlier this month, a lighting pole had fallen there to create another “dangerous” hazard.

Foltz even turned a discussion about the corner into a show-and-tell, distributing photos among fellow board members to graphically make his point. “It’s ugly. It’s just ugly,” Commissioner James Phillips agreed.

The board has sent its codes enforcement officer, Keith Place, to inspect and warn about violations. It’s had Manager Rodney Hawthorne repeatedly call a real estate representative, whose broker has listed the property for sale, to request help and action. In fact, so far, the township seems to have done almost everything short of cleaning up the property itself or formally suing its owners for non-compliance.

Take a number on the latter, township Solicitor R. Kurtz Holloway advised commissioners during their March 18 meeting in the municipal building, 2199 Buchert Rd.

Principals of the company that Montgomery County records indicate owns the property, the Pottstown Land Corp. of 641 E. Barnard St., West Chester PA, have filed for bankruptcy, Holloway said. Tax liens have been placed against the parcel, the county reports, and according to the solicitor the land also is the subject of legal action involving the state Department of Environmental Protection.

The best the township can hope for in the immediate future, Holloway concluded, is to notify other agencies – whose claims or complaints are likely to be given legal priority – of the board’s concerns and seek their assistance in solving them. As the discussion ended, that’s exactly what commissioners asked the solicitor to pursue.

The former Citgo Food Mart sits on a lot of 17,600 square feet and was built in 1958, county records show.

Related:

• Charlotte Street Lot Condition Frustrates Board
• Corner Attracts Commissioners’ Attention

Related (to the Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners’ March 18 meeting):

• What A Difference Five Decades Can Make
• Notebook Worthy
• Township Hires Consultant To Find Interchange Business
• Zoning, Subdivision Laws On Township’s Agenda

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Rake 'em in and recycle.

SANATOGA PA – It’s spring, and with the arrival of warmer temperatures (and assuming the rain stops sometime soon), Lower Pottsgrove property owners can get out and do those chores they love so well: collecting unraked leaves, picking up fallen branches, and otherwise preparing yard debris for disposal on Monday (April 5, 2010).

That’s when the next leaf and landscape waste collection in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township will be held, as it is on the first Monday of each month. Leaves cannot be collected on any other day as a result of state requirements to recycle organic material.

The township asks property owners who expect to put out 10 or more bags for pick-up to call the municipal building at 610-323-0436 before 3 p.m. Thursday (April 1), so its staff can give advance notice to the collection company. Township offices will be closed Friday (April 2) for the Easter holiday.

Leaves must be placed in bags acceptable for recycling. They can be purchased at minimal cost from local supermarkets or the township municipal building, 2199 Buchert Rd. Branches and twigs must be bundled and tied.

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POTTSTOWN PA – While Pottsgrove School District students enjoy the second day of their spring vacation, district teachers and administrators today (Tuesday, March 30, 2010) will participate in training and discussion sessions over plans to improve teaching effectiveness and student scores that came under heavy fire last week from the district Board of School Directors.

Pottsgrove Assistant Superintendent Shellie Feola.

The scheduled staff development day is being used to “roll out” a program that places “a concerted effort and focus on high performance,” Assistant Superintendent Shellie Feola told directors during their meeting March 23 at the administration building, 1301 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA. She invited board members to join the talks, which began at 8 this morning; it is unknown how many, if any, will attend.

Feola, who under Superintendent Dr. Bradley Landis is charged with curriculum and professional development, is overseeing a “total instructional alignment” plan on which board members say the district has spent significant time and money. Its goal, simply put, is to change what and how Pottsgrove teachers do in their classrooms, encourage collaboration, and create performance standards.

“We’re trying to put in place an accountability system,” Landis acknowledged.

Directors contend it isn’t happening fast enough. Several complained last week about what they claimed were district students’ low scores or inadequate performance on Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) tests, one of the benchmarks by which the state measures how well districts teach their children.

Feola, who presented the board with a 2010-2011 department budget request of $319,959 – a portion of which would support the alignment plan in the coming year – took the brunt of its criticism.

Over a three-year period ending in June 2011, according to Feola, alignment-related costs and all other curriculum and professional development expenses would amount to more than $1.05 million. Directors openly questioned whether district taxpayers were getting value for the money.

“And what happens,” director Robert Lindgren asked, “to teachers who can’t function in this environment of accountability?”

“Then the administration would need to intervene with that,” Feola answered, without offering specifics. But she added that the Pottsgrove Federation of Teachers, the union representing many district employees, “wasn’t balking” at the plan. Instead, she said, it has “been supportive in setting expectations.”

The federation was scheduled Monday to hold a general membership meeting at 10:30 a.m. in the auditorium of Pottsgrove Middle School. Its agenda was unavailable, and it is unknown whether total instructional alignment would be part of the union’s discussions.

Pottsgrove has seen gradually increasing student success, the administration explained last September, thanks to several measures put in place earlier as a result of Feola’s research. Results have risen, it said, due to co-teaching efforts, after-school tutoring, new elementary school reading programs, remediation efforts, and staff development.

Moreover, Landis said, the district is assessing student progress more frequently, taking what he characterized as a “dipstick” measurement of students every three weeks to determine if they understood material being taught or needed more help.

“Part of the problem is that we’ve never had an articulated curriculum plan here,” Landis told board members last week. “We’ve had patchwork solutions and were just plugging holes. I think we’ve lacked a core and foundation we could build on,” which he said total instructional alignment now represents.

“It doesn’t go into place overnight,” Feola admitted. “But we’re expecting over time we’re going to see improvements.”

Related (to the Pottsgrove Board of School Directors’ March 23 meeting):

• School Board Criticizes Lack of Students’ Improvement
• Economic Tales, Exec Sessions, And Long Night At Pottsgrove
• Geothermal Now ‘Locked’ Into Ringing Re-Build
• How Estimated Costs For Ringing Shape Up
• School Board ‘Topic A’ Tonight? Bet On The Budget

Related (to Pottsgrove School District PSSA or AYP results):

• School Board Criticizes Lack of Students’ Improvement
• Pottsgrove Tops Many In Science, But …
• 3 Pottsgrove Schools Win Keystone Awards

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POTTSTOWN PA – A group calling itself the WPAZ Preservation Association, which claims to be interested in buying closed Pottstown PA radio station WPAZ-AM and operating it as a community venture, is actively seeking donations for its cause and has scheduled two different fund-raising events during April at Sunnybrook Ballroom in Sanatoga.

Its now unused satellite dish is the most prominent fixture outside WPAZ-AM's Broadcast Lodge on Maugers Mill Road in Pottstown.

The association, represented in part by local radio broadcast veteran Rick Rodgers, within the past two weeks has set up a Pottstown mailing address, a website and a Facebook fan page that has already attracted 60 members.

It’s been at work behind the scenes even longer. The group reports to have already contacted Mitchell Scott, president of WPAZ license holder Great Scott Broadcasting, about its hopes of purchasing the station. Scott, the group’s web pages say, is “very amenable and supportive,” but is nonetheless interested “in selling the station to the highest and quickest bidder.”

WPAZ-AM abruptly signed off the air Dec. 10 (2009), during mid-morning programming. Scott at the time said his company was shuttering the station, which it started in 1952 as the first in a chain of several radio properties, for financial reasons. It has been silent since, and its offices on Maugers Mill Road, Pottstown PA, are vacant.

Community-supported or -subsidized radio, such as the association proposes to create in WPAZ, is most common among stations affiliated with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, created by the federal government in 1967. Experts say their records of success vary with their financial models, a community’s need for media outlets, and their ability to offer news, information or entertainment not supplied by competitors.

In its current plans, the association says it wants to:

• Operate WPAZ around the clock, with reduced power and reach overnight, relying on “internships, volunteers and a small paid staff;”
• Broadcast about 20 hours of local programming each week, increasing over time up to 90 hours weekly;
• Work with local schools to train students interested in radio and communications; and
• Produce and host local shows, “as well as independent programs from talented people nationally and internationally who you won’t hear on mainstream radio.”

“The new format will be something that hasn’t been tried here yet, but is guaranteed to entertain and educate,” organizers say.

Sunnybrook Chairman Tom Sephakis last week announced the association will sponsor an April 17 (2010) concert by Separate Ways, a cover band of the rock group “Journey,” and an April 24 appearance of Still Surfin, a “Beach Boys” cover band, both to raise money for its effort. Both concerts are scheduled to be held at the ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Pottstown PA.

Those interested in participating can contact Rodgers and fellow organizer Ross Landy by e-mail or at Community Broadcast Group, P. O. Box 1370, Pottstown PA 19464.

Related:

• Group Envisions WPAZ As Community-Funded Venture
• Five Weeks Later, Thundering Silence at ‘PAZ
• Radio Station WPAZ-AM Goes Off Air

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HARRISBURG PA – Qualifying low-income families in the borough of Pottstown, Lower Pottsgrove and Limerick (PA) Townships, and elsewhere across the state, have been given an additional two weeks to apply for financial assistance to heat their homes under Pennsylvania’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

The application period was due to expire next Friday, April 2 (2010). That’s now been extended to April 16, Gov. Edward Rendell said Monday (March 29).

LIHEAP provides cash grants to help low-income households pay for home heating fuel, as well as grants to address heating emergencies such as a furnace failure or unexpected fuel shortages. A family of four must earn less than $33,075 to qualify for LIHEAP help.

Because the winter was particularly harsh, Rendell said, extending the deadline potentially allows more of those in need to apply. Applications may be submitted online. During the program’s current season, which began in November 2009, LIHEAP has helped 382,046 families with cash grants and 111,178 households with emergency money.

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Berkshire Baseball served up breakfast last week in a Pottstown restaurant for a global purpose. See "Pancakes, For Here And Abroad," below.

SANATOGA PA – Recent jottings from a reporter’s notebook:

A Principal Teaches Digital Salesmanship 101

Pottsgrove Middle School Principal Dr. William “Bill” Ziegler is what technogeeks would call a “sufficiently wired guy,” and mean it as a compliment. Using the camera on his iPhone, he takes photos of students and teachers at work and play, and posts them quickly on the school website. He keeps up with kids on their Facebook and MySpace pages, and he’s set up a school account on Twitter to alert parents and faculty members of recent developments.

He turned into a digital pitchman Friday (March 26, 2010), using that same Twitter account as his sales tool.

“Present this tweet 2nite and get half off price of your All Shook Up ticket Friday only,” he announced shortly after 1 in the afternoon. Friday was the second of three days in which a student musical, with songs made popular by Elvis Presley and lines penned by William Shakespeare, was being staged in the school auditorium.

There’s no report on how many ticket buyers showed up with cell phones in hand, ready to claim a discount on admission. But at 12:23 a.m. Saturday, probably as his long day ended, Ziegler sent a second tweet: “Another great nite of “All Shook Up” musical presented by our students – way to go!”

You’ll Like This, Even If You Weren’t Born Here

It should be said, right up front, that the managing editor of The Post is not “from Pottstown,” which simply means he is not a native Pottstonian. Although he and his family have lived at the same location in the 19464 zip code for more than 20 years, he long ago realized that – in the eyes of some – he can never be “from Pottstown.”

He does, however, easily relate to what that’s like. So he was steadily laughing when he read the Saturday (March 27, 2010) column on “Pottstown’s Blog,” posted by blog owner Maureen Gallant and titled “You Know You Are From Pottstown When …”

The story lists 63 markers that separate Pottstown natives from the wanna-bes. Many ring true, even for newcomers and out-of-towners, including a personal favorite: “You know you’re from Pottstown when … you know High Street can fulfill all your fast food needs.”

Maureen, or “Mo,” as she is better known, does not lay claim to originality. She readily admits she found the piece elsewhere, edited it slightly, and adapted it to her publishing needs. No matter. If you work in town, live in town, or just cruise through town on occasion, you’re likely to enjoy Mo’s recitation. Find it here.

Have A Cupcake, Kylie Says

As reported by The Post last week, Friday (March 26, 2010) was “Purple Day” at Pottsgrove Middle School. That’s when Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township resident Kylie Fulmer handed out purple cupcakes among fellow students to promote awareness of epilepsy and related nervous system disorders. Lavender, a shade of purple, is internationally associated with epilepsy.

Kylie’s cupcake distribution was preserved in 35 seconds of video footage posted Saturday by Sue Hohenadel of The Community Connection newspaper in Boyertown PA. Fulmer’s classmates certainly seemed eager for their share of sweets. See it here.

Pancakes, For Here And Abroad

The Berkshire Baseball and Softball Club – a Reading-area fall sports program that involves players from Pottstown and Pottsgrove schools, among others – served up a fund-raising pancake breakfast last weekend (March 20, 2010) at the Applebee’s restaurant on State Street, Pottstown PA. Its focus, though, was far more expansive than just local games.

Club President and General Manager Daniel Clouser says Berkshire has its eyes on a international playing field.

The club participates in what is called the “World Equipment Outreach Program,” in which it donates new and used baseball equipment (gloves, bats and the like) for use by financially struggling teams and players across Southeastern Pennsylvania and the globe. It is collecting equipment dropped off by contributors at specified locations and dates later this summer, and some of the money collected by selling pancakes in Pottstown was slated to offset shipping costs, Clouser said.

Some donations won’t go too far. One of the equipment beneficiaries is the Olivet Boys and Girls Club of Reading and Berks County, which operates the Richard J. Ricketts Community Center in Pottstown, as well as after-school programs in Pottstown’s Edgewood, Franklin, and Lincoln elementary schools.

If you’ve got serviceable equipment to donate, call the club at 610-9274306.

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They paid how much?

POTTSTOWN PA – The top price paid for real estate within Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township from Nov. 16-Dec. 25, 2009, was $210,000, the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper reports. The property is located at 63 Commons Dr.

A second property, at 1706 Walnut Ridge Estates, sold for $119,000.

This week’s top reported prices were listed Sunday (March 28, 2010) in “The Top 50,” the newspaper’s weekly review of highest prices paid for real estate sold within the city of Philadelphia and townships in its surrounding counties.

By contrast, during the same period, the top real estate sales price in Pottstown PA Borough, immediately to the west was $160,000; Limerick PA Township, east, $177,000; New Hanover PA Township, northeast, none listed; Upper Pottsgrove PA Township, west, $208,000; and in North Coventry PA Township, south, $212,000.

Related:

• What They Sold For, Nov. 9-Dec. 18, 2009
• What They Sold For, Nov. 5-Dec. 9, 2009
• What They Sold For, Oct. 26-Dec. 3, 2009
• What They Sold For, Oct. 20-Nov. 27, 2009
• What They Sold For, Oct. 15-Nov. 24, 2009
• What They Sold For, Oct. 8-Nov. 18, 2009
• What They Sold For, Oct. 7-Nov. 11, 2009
• What They Sold For, Oct. 1-Nov. 4, 2009
• What They Sold For, Oct. 26-28, 2009
• What They Sold For, Sept. 27-Oct. 23, 2009
• What They Sold For, Oct. 12-16, 2009
• What They Sold For, Oct. 5-9, 2009
• What They Sold For, Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2009
• What They Sold For, Sept. 14-18, 2009
• What They Sold For, Sept. 1-11, 2009
• What They Sold For, Aug. 26-31, 2009
• What They Sold For, Aug. 20-25, 2009
• What They Sold For, Aug. 13-19, 2009
• What They Sold For, Aug. 5-12, 2009
• What They Sold For, July 29-Aug. 4, 2009
• What They Sold For, July 24-28, 2009
• What They Sold For, July 20-23, 2009
• What They Sold For, July 13-17, 2009
• What They Sold For, July 6-10, 2009
• What They Sold For, June 29-July 3, 2009
• What They Sold For, June 22-26, 2009
• What They Sold For, June 15-19, 2009
• What They Sold For, June 8-12, 2009
• What They Sold For, June 1-5, 2009
• What They Sold For, May 25-29, 2009
• What They Sold For, May 18-22, 2009
• What They Sold For, May 11-15, 2009
• What They Sold For, May 4-8, 2009
• What They Sold For, April 27-May 1, 2009
• What They Sold For, April 20-24, 2009
• What They Sold For, April 13-17, 2009
• What They Sold For, April 2-12, 2009
• What They Sold For, March 30-April 1, 2009
• What They Sold For, March 19-27, 2009
• What They Sold For, March 18-20, 2009
• What They Sold For, March 5-11, 2009
• What They Sold For, Feb. 26-March 4, 2009
• What They Sold For, Feb. 18-25, 2009
• What They Sold For, Feb. 4-11, 2009
• What They Sold For, Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 2009
• What They Sold For, Jan. 19-27, 2009
• What They Sold For, Jan. 10-18, 2009
• What They Sold For, Jan. 1-9, 2009
• What They Sold For, Dec. 22-31, 2008
• What They Sold For, Dec. 15-19, 2008
• What They Sold For, Dec. 8-12, 2008
• What They Sold For, Nov. 26-Dec. 5, 2008
• What They Sold For, Nov. 18-24, 2008
• What They Sold For, Nov. 10-17, 2008
• What They Sold For, Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2008
• What They Sold For, Oct. 20-27, 2008
• What They Sold For, Oct. 13-17, 2008
• What They Sold For, Oct. 6-10, 2008
• What They Sold For, Sept. 29 -Oct. 3, 2008
• What They Sold For, Sept. 22-26, 2008
• What They Sold For, Sept. 15-19, 2008
• What They Sold For, Sept. 8-12, 2008
• What They Sold For, Sept. 1-5, 2008
• What They Sold For, Aug. 25-29, 2008
• What They Sold For, Aug. 18-22, 2008

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UP GO THE GOALS – Dan Mountz, left, and Mike Baetzel were among volunteers who gathered Saturday morning (March 27, 2010) at Richards Field, Buchert Road, Sanatoga PA, to help assemble new goals and other equipment, and tackle related chores, to prepare the Pottsgrove Soccer Club for its coming season. This year’s games at Richards and elsewhere are scheduled to begin in less than two weeks, on April 10 and 11. The club provides soccer opportunities for youths in Lower, Upper, and West Pottsgrove (PA) Townships.

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THE HUNT IS ON – A larger-than-life Easter bunny visited Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township on Saturday (March 27, 2010) to help oversee the township Parks and Recreation Department’s annual egg hunt. Hundreds of eggs were scattered across selected areas of Richards Park on Buchert Road, Pottstown PA, waiting for youngsters to find them when the event officially began at 9:30 a.m.

The daughter of new township resident Ryan Henning was among those who raced to-and-fro to pick up colorful plastic eggs and deposit them in a basket brought just for the task. “We needed something we thought might be big enough,” Henning said of the yellow fleece basket decorated to resemble a baby chick.

The sun was bright but temperatures early in the morning were chilly, as evidenced by the winter gear worn by township Assistant Manager Alyson Elliott, left, and receptionist and egg hunt organizer Jennifer Corley.

And because they were not allowed to snack on their furry white host, winners of the day’s sack races, jelly bean guessing contest, and most-eggs-gathered event took home chocolate bunnies instead.

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