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SANATOGA PA – The last in a series of meetings with Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township residents interested in helping to plan uses of Snell and Norton Park, on the township’s northeast end, is expected to yield a final result tomorrow (Tuesday, June 1, 2010) at 6:30 p.m. in the municipal building, 2199 Buchert Rd., Pottstown PA. The final plan for the park’s design is scheduled to be presented. The public may attend.

Related:

• Final Park Usage Plan Anticipated
• Stop, Thief! Stones, Trees Go Missing From Park Land
• Preliminary Plan Due Tuesday On Park Usage
• Meeting Scheduled On Snell And Norton Park
• Snell And Norton Park Meeting Tomorrow
• Keeping What’s Natural In Talks For Park
• Snell and Norton Park Meeting Tonight
• Want To Help Plan A Park? Here’s Your Chance
• Park Master Plan Discussion On Board Agenda
• Township Seeks Grant For Park Site Plan

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The Limerick (PA) Post | The Pottstown (PA) Post | The Main Street Post

Published during the week just ended in The Sanatoga Post:

Friday, May 28

• Gather Up The Posts’ Freshest Eggs … On Facebook
  Here’s the plan: on weekdays, we’re putting additional and sometimes exclusive content on The Post Publications’ new Facebook page to supplement and complement what you’ll find in our news stories. Hey, we want to keep you surprised!
• College Names Pottstown Area Who’s Who Nominees
  These 2010 MCCC grads, including 17 from greater Pottstown, were nominated for prestigious honors. In short, they’re a really smart bunch.
  • There were 15 additional nominees in the Limerick area.
• Hospital Presents Annual Awards To EMTs
  Representatives from Pottstown and Trappe were named this year’s local heroes, as nominated by their peers.

Thursday, May 27

• Kozloski Leaving Pottsgrove IT For North Penn
  The Pottsgrove School District’s director of technology has tendered her resignation, effective in July.
• Teens’ Author Visits Pottsgrove Middle School
  A multiple award-winner whose books are loved by students talked to them Tuesday as part of the middle school’s reading initiative.
• Stuff To Do This Weekend
  Ride at the carnival, and play a game or two. Dance with the adults. Or just chill out on what is expected to be a beautiful Memorial Day weekend.
• Blood Drives Set In Limerick, Gilbertsville, Pottstown, Oaks
  The Memorial Day holiday presents a heightened need for blood donations. Four opportunities to give blood are scheduled locally within the next two weeks.
• Strawberry Festival Returns To Sanatoga
  Get your fill of the great-tasting summer fruit in all its forms, during the annual fund-raiser conducted by the Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society.
• Sanatoga Legion Post Honors Police Officers
  Members of the Gen. Elmer Friedberg unit paid tribute recently during a ceremony at Coventry Mall.
• Also, In The Pottstown Post
  • Seeking The Famous, And The Not-So, For The 4th
    Pottstown’s Fourth Of July committee wants help to make a splash on Independence Day. Literally.
• Also, In The Main Street Post
  • GVFTMA Names Trimbell Projects, Development Manager
    An expert at GIS systems will oversee new projects created by the transportation coordinating agency.
  • Jackson Cross Wins GID Management Business
    The real estate firm will assume property management duties in an office complex where it already placed tenants for the owner.

Wednesday, May 26

• Board Cuts Budget More, But Keeps After-School Busing
  Pottsgrove school directors Tuesday acknowledged the district probably won’t get much, if any, of an additional $309,000 in operating funds it was earlier promised by the state. So they made cuts and found more revenue ahead of the anticipated bad news.
• Pottsgrove Authorizes Pius Lease For Ringing Relocation
  When a deal is done, and it’s not yet, Superintendent Dr. Bradley Landis can sign it, the Pottsgrove Board of School Directors agreed Tuesday. That means displaced Ringing Rocks students likely will be housed next year on North Keim Street, and not in modular classrooms at the middle school campus.
• Engineers Claim PA Roads Worse Now Than In 2006
  Despite pouring $600 million into road repairs from federal stimulus projects, like that of U.S. Route 422, an engineering group claims the state’s roads have deteriorated from four years ago.
• 422 Concrete Patching Continues Though Today
  In addition to the now-usual delays and lane changes on U.S. Route 422 that accompany its reconstruction, crews will be doing some additional patching around the Trooper interchange. Beware.

Tuesday, May 25

• Township Declares Fallen Light Pole A Hazard
  After 30 days, Lower Pottsgrove can act to remove a toppling pole on North Charlotte Street that commissioners fear could injure someone walking by. Getting reimbursed by the property’s owner, though, won’t be easy.
• Call Goes Out For Ringing Rocks Construction Bids
  The Pottsgrove School District asked contractors to bid on portions of the school rebuilding project only 12 hours after its preliminary plan was approved by Lower Pottsgrove Township. Pretty fast for government work; here’s why.
• Lower Pottsgrove’s Reviled System Generates Reverent Talk
  It’s the municipal service everyone needs and no one wants to pay for. It’s also a Holy Grail worth pursuing if the township is to grow as expected.

Monday, May 24

• Plans Ready For 422 Emergency When Bridge Closes
  (With Video) The East High Street bridge crossing Sanatoga Creek near Cutillo’s Restaurant will close in mid-June for repairs. All but local traffic will be detoured over U.S. Route 422. But what happens if it’s closed too? Lower Pottsgrove’s emergency management team has planned for the possibility.
• Community Band Strikes It Up In Season Opener
  (With Video) Music filled the air Sunday at Pottsgrove High School, as the Pottsgrove Community Band took to the auditorium stage for its first concert of this season. Watch and hear two different numbers.
• Sunnybrook Plans Summer Blues Fest July 10
  (With Video) The ballroom’s first of what is hoped to become an annual blues festival has been scheduled for mid-summer, with 10 different acts performing both inside and outside during the day.
• Talented Pottsgrove Musician Performing In Philadelphia
  Pottsgrove junior Linda Numagami’s decision, in third grade, to take up the viola and abandon the violin has shaped her musical destiny. She’ll be among orchestral performers at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center in two weeks.
• School Sports June Physicals Available in Pottsgrove
  Middle and high school athletes can’t compete during 2010-2011 without a physician’s examination.
• The Post Week In Review
  For May 16-22, 2010

Sunday, May 23

• The Post Week In Review
  For May 16-22, 2010

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Picture yourself on a hike for exercise. See the May 30 listings.

SANATOGA PA – Health care news for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), for May 30 (2010) and beyond.

These events have been added to The Post calendar.

Babysitting courses for teens between the ages of 11 and 14 is scheduled to be held by Penn State Cooperative Extension of Montgomery County at a variety of county locations during June (2010). The course covers babysitter responsibilities, child development, feeding, diapering, infant care, age-appropriate toys, and what to do during an emergency. It costs $20 per student; advance registration is required. For more information, call the 4-H Center in Collegeville PA at 610-489-4315.

Sunday, May 30

A nine-day “week” that continues through Sunday (June 6, 2010) has been designated as Hiking Week in Pennsylvania. The ninth annual observance is co-sponsored by the trail association and the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Their goal: to conduct at least 100 health-inducing hikes this year. Among the treks scheduled are:

• a 5-mile hike May 30 (tomorrow, Sunday) at 1:30 p.m. at Paradise Farm off Spackman Lane, Exton PA;
• a 5-mile hike June 2 (Wednesday) at 6 p.m. in Valley Forge National Historical Park, King of Prussia PA; and
• 1- and 6-mile hikes June 5 (Saturday) in French Creek State Park, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.

Monday, May 31

A blood drive is scheduled by the Miller-Keystone Blood Center for Monday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Bruster’s Ice Cream, 241 W. Ridge Pike, Limerick PA. Appointments are required to donate blood. For more information or to make an appointment call Miller-Keystone at 610-926-6060.

Wednesday, June 2

A discussion of how understanding your own personality can help you become healthier is on the agenda Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the conference rooms of the Chesmont Professional Building, 13 Armand Hammer Blvd., Pottstown PA, as Pottstown Memorial Medical Center sponsors its next Healthy Woman event. The seminar is free and open to the public. Guest speakers are Dr. Carol Henwood and Kathleen Schreiner, RN, MSHA. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call 610-327-PMMC.

Grief support group meetings conducted by the Pottstown YMCA will be held Wednesday and again June 16, both at 6:30 p.m., in the Freedom Valley YMCA branch at Adams and Jackson streets, Pottstown PA. Those in need of grief support and counseling are welcome to attend. Group meetings are scheduled on the first and third Wednesdays of every month.

Thursday, June 3

Two blood drives are scheduled by the Miller-Keystone Blood Center for Thursday:

• from 8-11 a.m. at National Penn Bank, 401 Creekside Drive, Pottstown PA; and
• from 1-4 p.m. at Sealstrip, 103 Industrial Drive, Gilbertsville PA.

Appointments are required to donate blood. For more information or to make an appointment call Miller-Keystone at 610-926-6060.

Wednesday, June 9

The Valley Forge Mothers of Twins and Triplets Club is scheduled to meet on the second Wednesday of every month between September and June from 7-9:30 p.m. in the King of Prussia Volunteer Fire Company hall, 170 Allendale Rd. King of Prussia PA. The club is a support organization for mothers of twins, triplets, and other multiple-birth children. For more information, call 2009-2010 club President Jessie Hartman at 610-792-1768.

Friday, June 11

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid training sponsored by the American Red Cross will be held June 11 (2010; Friday) at the Pottstown Memorial Medical Center CarePlex, Pottstown PA. For more information, or to schedule a similar class at another facility, call Kathleen O’Hara at 610.326.2300, Ext. 555.

Sunday, June 13

A blood drive is scheduled by the Miller-Keystone Blood Center for Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center Renal Care, Black Rock Park,1286 Black Rock Road, Oaks PA. Appointments are required to donate blood. For more information or to make an appointment call Miller-Keystone at 610-926-6060.

Wednesday, June 16

Grief support group meetings conducted by the Pottstown YMCA will be held Wednesday (June 16, 2010) at 6:30 p.m. in the Freedom Valley YMCA branch at Adams and Jackson streets, Pottstown PA. Those in need of grief support and counseling are welcome to attend. Group meetings are scheduled on the first and third Wednesdays of every month.

Monday, June 28

Play can shape the brain, open the imagination, and invigorate the soul. That’s the premise of a talk to be offered by Dr. Stuart Brown, founder of the National Institute for Play, as the keynote speech for a day-long Summer Health and Physical Education Conference scheduled for June 28 (2010; Monday) from 7:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at Boyertown Area Senior High School, 120 N. Monroe St., Boyertown PA. For more information, call Stephanie Petri at 610-473-3482.

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Unhappy with the 'rents? Time to swap 'em.

PHOENIXVILLE PA – Revive, the organization that began as a 21-and-younger night club two years ago in Sanatoga, has again been tapped by producers of a national television show titled “The World’s Strictest Parents” to help cast teen stars for its second season. Auditions will be held Sunday (May 30, 2010) from 7:30 p.m. to midnight at Club 212, 212 Bridge St., Phoenixville PA, where Revive now operates.

“The World’s Strictest Parents” airs on both MTV and CMT. The auditions coincide with Revive’s Summer Nights Beach Bash event.

Teens between ages 15 and 17 who “consider themselves rebellious, are tired of their parents’ rules and restrictions, and want to know what it would be like living with really strict parents” are being encouraged to audition, Revive owners Cary and Sandra McGuckin said Wednesday (May 26) in a press release. “This is an opportunity for teens to go live with another family and trade in their parents for a new set for almost an entire week,” the couple added.

Ironically, parental approval is needed for teenagers to participate.

The show’s executive producer, Nick Emmerson, said his casting team is “looking for teenagers from every type of background who are ready to participate in a social experiment, exploring the world of the 21st century teenager matched against contemporary parenting styles.”

Particularly wanted, Emmerson said, are teens with unique interests; technically savvy teens; hippies; urbanites; slobs; surfers; affluent teens; liberals; defiant teens; and teens who have ordinary or extraordinary circumstances.

In addition to the show’s auditions, the Revive event is being hosted by radio personality London from Wired 96.5, and DJ Smoke. It also features a guest appearance by Jackie, one of the stars from “World’s Strictest” Season One, and offers give-aways and free tastings from Vegas Fuel Energy Drink. The event is geared to high schoolers only, ages 14-19; none other will be admitted. Admission costs $15.

Related:

• Revive Finds Phoenixville Partner For Dances
• Summer’s Been Busy For Club Revive
• Teen Dancers Walk As Relay Team
• Fusion Is Sunnybrook’s New Revive
• Allentown Newspaper Features Club
• Club Revive Hitting The Road, Too
• Club Revive Dance Cancelled, Or Just Moved?

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It's taken two years, but The Post's Facebook page has launched.

SANATOGA PA – In the world of so-called news-making proclamations, the arrival of yet another business-related Facebook page is no earth-shaker. So there’s little expectation of public “hallelujah” as The Post announces that its long-overdue contribution to the hot social media platform officially opened Thursday afternoon (May 28, 2010).

• Visit “The Post Publications” Facebook page here.

Readers may be surprised, however, at how we plan to use Facebook. We’re going to deposit fresh Easter eggs there on weekdays.

Easter eggs are a computer programmer’s term for virtual surprises – we intend them to be only good ones – that reward or give something extra to users. In a video game, for example, an Easter egg might be a hint to help players jump to another level.

Our fresh eggs on Facebook often will be exclusive or additional content related to stories carried in The Post itself. Maybe it’s an extra video from a school concert, or a larger gallery of photos from an event, or just observations of life in Lower Pottsgrove, Limerick, Pottstown, and from along the U.S. Route 422 corridor that are fun and interesting but don’t rise to the level of “news items.”

• Today’s Fresh Eggs on Facebook include a discovery at Turkey Hill, and a legion’s tribute.

After all, we figure, why bother to make an effort to visit Facebook if you can’t get something new from the experience?

We’ll also link to local photos, stories, videos or features published elsewhere we think our readers will find enjoyable and informative.

As elsewhere, The Post’s Facebook page is open to visitor comments, discussion, “likes,” and everything else that makes Facebook an interesting place to be. We welcome you to join us there.

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POTTSTOWN PA – Eighty-four students from the Class of 2010 at Montgomery County Community College – including 17 from Pottstown, Stowe, Boyertown, Gilbertsville, Barto, Douglassville, Birdsboro, Green Lane and Pennsburg – were named to Who’s Who Among Students In American Junior Colleges for the 2009-2010 academic year, the college announced Monday (May 24, 2010).

Among the 2010 Who’s Who students, listed alphabetically by community, are:

• Barto: Krista Fitzgerald, Matthew Keene
• Birdsboro: Jared Clemons
• Boyertown: Breyanne Bobbin, Brittany Kepner, Patrick Robenolt
• Douglasville: Danielle Marquette
• Gilbertsville: Stephanie Metzger, Patricia Simmons
• Green Lane: Lauren Radcliff
• Pennsburg: Robin Aaron
• Pottstown: Jessica Kwarta, Erin Weber, Eric White
• Stowe: Sherry Christman

To qualify for Who’s Who, students must have graduated during the year with a grade point average of at least 2.75 and must be nominated by a member of MCCC’s faculty or staff.

• Find the college’s Who’s Who nominees in the Limerick PA area here.

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POTTSTOWN PA – Kevin Yerger of Goodwill Ambulance, Pottstown PA, and Bill Reice of Trappe Ambulance, Trappe PA, have been chosen by Pottstown Memorial Medical Center as its 2010 Local EMS Hero Award recipients, after being nominated by their peers, the hospital announced during National Emergency Medical Service Week.

Award presenters and recipients, from left: Richard McLaughlin, PMMC Emergency Department medical director; award winner Kevin Yerger, Goodwill Ambulance; and John J. Kirby, hospital CEO. Award winner Bill Reice, Trappe Ambulance, was unavailable for the photo.

Yerger was nominated for his commitment to Goodwill and the patients he attends. Those submitting his name described him as “a great person” with “top notch skills,” and someone who is “extremely compassionate and has a way of making the patient feel safe,” according to a PMMC spokesperson.

Reice’s nomination described him as a “team player: always pleasant, friendly and, most importantly, one who genuinely cares about his patients.”

The award is annually presented to emergency medical technicians (EMT) who go above and beyond their duties and who exemplify what it means to be an EMT.

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Jordan Sonnenblick.

POTTTOWN PA – Award-winning author Jordan Sonnenblick, whose novel “Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie” was chosen for the American Library Association’s Teens’ Top Ten list of 2005, was a featured speaker Tuesday (May 25, 2010) to students at Pottsgrove Middle School, North Hanover Street, Pottstown PA, principal Dr. William Ziegler reported.

Middle school librarian Shelby Kqira helped coordinate Sonnenblick’s visit, as part of the building’s “One School, One Book” literacy initiative. “Drums” was its focus. In the story, protagonist Steven has a totally normal life.  He plays the drums, has a crush on the hottest girl in school and is constantly annoyed by his brother. But when his brother gets sick, Steven’s world is turned upside down.

“Drums” also was chosen to be part of the “Go the Distance” literacy initiative, which is a collaboration between Muhammad Ali and Scholastic Publishing.

Since his debut, Sonnenblick has written six more books for teens.

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You might want to zoom around, and around, and around, in one of these. See Friday's listings.

SANATOGA PA – Activities for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!) enjoying the long Memorial Day Weekend, May 28-31, 2010, and beyond:

• This event has been added to The Post calendar.

Friday, May 28

Students of St. Mary’s School, 40 Spring Mount Rd., Schwenksville PA, will offer their now annual tradition of a Memorial Day remembrance for area veterans on Friday (May 28, 2010) beginning with a continental breakfast reception at 7:45 a.m. at the school. The event consists of a color guard, guest speakers and presentations, a family heritage tribute, flag-folding, and a closing luncheon for veterans and their families in attendance.

The spring carnival with rides, games, food and family fun, returns Friday through Sunday (May 28-30, 2010) daily and nightly in a portion of the parking area outside Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Pottstown PA. The carnival offers special prices on family ride packages; visitors are urged to visit Sunnybrook’s website for details.

Disc jockey Enchanted Midnight will play favorite music from the 1950s through the current hit list during an adult dance party scheduled for Friday from 8-11 p.m. in Reflections in the pavilion at Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Pottstown PA. Admission is $5 for persons age 21 and older.

Saturday, May 29

Group cooking classes on how to make your own mozzarella and ricotta cheese will be held Saturday (May 29) from noon to 2 p.m. at Mama Velia’s resturant, 1843 E. Ridge Pike, Limerick PA. The price per class is $50, and classes are limited to six people. A $20 deposit is required to secure a spot for each class. Contact mamavelias@yahoo.com for more information.

Friday, June 4

DJ Bruce Miller will play favorite music from the 1950s through the current hit list during an adult dance party scheduled for June 4 (2010; Friday) from 8-11 p.m. in Reflections at Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Pottstown PA. Admission is $5 for persons age 21 and older.

Saturday, June 5

The music of “Old Time Rock-’N-Roller” Bob Seger will be brought to life June 5 (2010; Saturday) beginning at 8 p.m. in a tribute concert featuring the band Hollywood Nights at Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Pottstown PA. Advance sale tickets are available online now from Sunnybrook at a cost of $22 per person, or at the door for $30. Although the concert starts at 8, the doors will open at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, June 7

Ladeeez and jent-lemen, your attenshun, puh-leeze! The big top tent re-opens June 7-8 (2010; Monday and Tuesday) as the Walker Brothers traveling circus visits Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Dr., Pottstown PA, for a two-day engagement. Discount prices are available on early-bird tickets, now being sold at the Sunnybrook box office.

Saturday, June 12

Bring an appetite for something sweet to the annual Strawberry Festival of the Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society on Saturday (June 12, 2010) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Sanatoga Chapel grounds, 2341 E. High St., Pottstown PA. Besides plenty of good things to eat, the day features entertainment by the O’Such Rhythm and Music Trio, and the Pottsgrove High School Show Choir. Several custom cars, provided by Blast From The Past of Sanatoga, also will be on display; and Sanatoga major league baseball legend Bobby Schantz will be in attendance to sign baseballs brought to the event by visitors.

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