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OxfordPA.org

Fall 2011/Issue 27

Opens In Downtown Oxford

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Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce Magazine Supporting the Oxford Area and Surrounding Community Businesses

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Oxford Feed & Lumber2011 Fall/ Winter Events SEPTEMBERUnionville Community FairSeptember 30 – October 2 SSee you there!

OCTOBERBark in ParkOctober 1stNottingham Park – visit our booth!

PPink 50 Trail Ride Beneets Breast Cancer ResearchSunday, October 9thFair Hill Grounds

Fair Hill International 3 Day October 13-16th WWe’ll be there – Look for the Purina trailer.

DECEMBER

Ladies Nite – A HUGE FavoriteThursday December 1st

Santa PortraitsOOxford Feed & Lumber Saturday, December 3rd

Santa PortraitsPets & Friends at Jenners VillageSaturday, December 10th

OXFORDFEED & LUMBER• Expanded Pet Feed & Supplies Department• Equine & Farm Feed & Supplies• Decks, Doors, Windows Building Materials• Hardware & Tools• Lawn & Garden, Seeds, Ponds• Wild Bird Center•• Country Gifts-Tees, Cards & Breyer• Fencing

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112 Railroad Avenue • Oxford, PA 19363 • 610-932-8521

ContentsFeature Articles

32 State Senator Dominic Pileggi Opens Office in Downtown Oxford

34 Tuesday is Bingo Night in Oxford50 Tastykake: Making the Cakes, Honeybuns,

Donuts and more54 Young Artists of Oxford Express Their

Talents62 Oxford has Much to offer its Older Citizens

Meet Our Members16 Benedetto Salon and Spa18 Muse Restaurant20 Petey Possum’s Hangout22 Stillwaters Presbyterian Church24 Synergy Virtual Offices, vLLC26 Wackadoodles Toy Store

In Every Issue6 Chamber News8 Oxford Mainstreet, Inc. OMI

10 Oxford Borough28 Oxford Area Historical Assoc: Advertising the Past30 Oxford Arts Alliance36 Business Directory66 Calendar of Events: Free, Fun & Affordable74 Chamber Challenge Question

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Oxfordian Committee: Douglas Fasick/Chiropractic Services & OACC President • Sue Cole/OMI Executive Direc-

tor Angie Thompson Lobb/Cameron’s Hardware & Supply • Helen Warren/Chester County Press • Amy Carr

Ware Presbyterian Village • Johanna Bertogli/Tasting Baking • Colleen Terranova/Oxfordian Sales Executive

Judy Abbruzzesi/OACC Executive Director • Robert Roper & Eleanor Roper/Design & Production

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Oxford Area Chamber of CommerceOACC Enhances Oxford’s Sense of Community Judy Abbruzzesi

The Living in Ox-ford section of

the Chamber’s website says:

Oxford is within 60 miles of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Harrisburg. Cities within 30 miles include Lan-caster and West Chester, PA, along with Wilmington and Newark, DE. In some ways, Oxford is a mix of these cities that many residents serve directly or in-directly, and from which many residents have come, bringing with them the arts and culture unique to each city, while trading the urban setting for the rural.

Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce’s mission is to en-rich Oxford and its surrounding community’s livability by advancing its economic vitality. A key word in that sentence is “community.” The traditional definition of community is a body of persons or nations having a common location, history or social, economic, and political interests. With the internet all of our commu-nities have gotten a little bigger. Applications such as Facebook and Twitter have virtually eliminated geo-graphic boundaries of our communities. Oxford is em-bracing the digital age while at the same time retaining the charm of the one (or a few in our case) stop light town of the famous Norman Rockwell paintings.

How does the Chamber enhance our sense of community?

Through sponsorship of community events:

Oxford Village Market, Country Christmas, Easter Egg Hunt.

By hosting community events:

Halloween Parade, Legislative Breakfast, Annual Din-ner Dance and Awards, Scholarship Benefit Golf Tour-nament, Movies in the Park.

Promotion of member events:

First Friday Art Strolls, Oxford Arts Alliance exhibits and performances, Lighthouse Golf Tournament, Sacred Heart Golf Tournament, Church craft shows and com-munity days, member fundraisers and benefits and more.

Our community is even more than a handful of commu-nity events. We all know that one person or organiza-tion that goes the distance, the extra mile, to make our community a better place to live, work and play. Take some time to appreciate these people and all the behind the scenes work that goes into preparing for and ex-ecuting these events. If any one person, organization or business stands out in your mind, consider nominating them for one of the Chamber’s annual awards. Nomi-nations are accepted year round.

Contact the off ice at: (610)932-0740 or oxfordchamber@zoominternet .net for a nomination form.

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Oxford Mainstreet, Inc. (OMI)A Vibrant Downtown! Sue Cole, Executive Director

What makes a vibrant downtown? It is the culmination of many people making strong

commitments to keep things evolving. The existence of a vibrant downtown lies in the hands of those who spend their time and energy there.

Our Borough, OACC, staff and volunteers, property owners and merchants are working very hard to fur-ther develop Downtown Oxford into a solid destination point in Southern Chester County. YOU, our customers are doing your part by shopping, dining and attending our events on a weekly and monthly basis. As our cus-tomers, YOU are the key to the success of Downtown Oxford!

The Borough has taken the lead by investing resources into the aesthetics and amenities of Downtown Oxford and our property owners have done a tremendous job with improving their properties. Our merchants open their doors during events and offer extended business hours providing opportunities for you to experience their services, stores and restaurants.

As an added amenity, OMI is proud to announce their newest contribution to Downtown Oxford. Very soon, you will see the addition of Security Ambassa-dors throughout our sidewalks. They will be there to greet you with a smile, make change for the meters and help you across the street. They will help to keep you safe and comfortable during your visits to Downtown Oxford.

So EMBRACE OUR CHARM and come on out to be introduced to all of our 90+ businesses in Down-town Oxford. Plan to spend some time exploring all that we have to offer. Start by viewing our website at www.downtownoxfordpa.org to get a glimpse of where to start and what to do. We continue to need YOU to support all of our efforts in Downtown Oxford to keep things evolving into the best it can be!

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Oxford BoroughWhat Does the Borough do for You? Betsy Brantner, Boro Manager

It is 5 a.m. in the morn-ing in the Borough of

Oxford. You get out of bed, stumble to the kitchen and fill the coffee pot with wa-ter. You look out the win-dow and notice that it has been snowing for three hours, but luckily the pub-lic works employees have been plowing the roads and

it looks like you will be able to get to work.

The neighbor next door looks outside to check out the weather and realizes that next door the rental property’s trash can is overflowing, and now has an old sofa sitting beside it. “Time to call the Codes Office,” she thinks. “The last time that happened, the Codes Office had that removed by the end of the day.”

At 7:30 a.m. the Borough Administrative Office is open-ing. Even with the snow, residents will be coming in to get a new license for their dog, set up a water service ac-count, and to ask if there is a list of people that remove snow from sidewalks for those residents that can’t.

The phone rings and the water clerk answers and tells

the caller when the payment for her water bill is due. “Yes, we send out a notice, a late notice, and then we post your property with a ten-day shut-off notice. You usually have over 60 days to pay your water bill. How-ever, if you don’t have the money you can come in and set up a payment plan. We know these are difficult times.”

Meanwhile the Borough Treasurer is explaining to a property owner how they can get their property reas-sessed. When she finishes that, she calls the phone com-pany to see if she can’t secure a cheaper phone rate for the Borough.”Every penny counts,” she tells herself. When she finishes that she starts on the paperwork for the safety committee. Starting the safety committee for the Borough has saved over $100,000 on workers com-pensation insurance costs. Every month a group of Bor-ough employees meet to review the facilities to check on safety violations, discuss employee accidents to see how they can be avoided, or how they can better edu-cate their employees on safe working practices. It has saved the taxpayers money on the Borough’s workers compensation insurance and kept the employees safer.

The Borough Manager is in her office compiling a mil-lion dollar grant application to improve the streetscape. Not only will the improved streetscape attract more

businesses it will make the streets much safer for all pedestrians when they shop. New streetlights will make the area brighter, new crosswalks will make crossing

the streets easier for the growing senior citizen popu-lation or others that are physically limited. The Bor-ough has already received over $3 million in grants to upgrade waterlines, fire hydrants, and stormwater im-provements. It is a competitive grant process but the Borough is fortunate this time to have a matching grant from Oxford Mainstreet, Inc. Hopefully, it will give them an edge.

Even on a snowy day it is no surprise that the Borough Hall door opens and a professional looking couple

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Left to right: Artemis Anderson - Treasurer, Ginny Holt & Susan Bowles - Borough Water Clerks.

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comes in inquiring about starting a business. The Bor-ough Manager talks to them about the zoning regula-tions, gives them a new brochure on how to open a business and tells them to visit the Oxford Chamber of Commerce and Oxford Mainstreet, Inc. Just then the Codes Enforcement Officer enters and gives them a short course on Building/Use and Occupancy permits.

A UPS driver comes in carrying packages and asks for directions. The manager’s assistant gives him directions and offers to call to see if the business is open today. She smiles and sends him on his way. She goes back to typing the minutes for the Borough Council meeting which will go on the website so everyone can see what new ordinances have been approved, what the depart-ments have accomplished, and what is new in the Bor-

ough. The Borough has kept up with changing times by setting up a website, and it continues to grow as resv-dents ask for more information.

It is noon, the snow has stopped. A visitor enters the hall and says, “I’m glad you opened today. My mother just passed away and we are selling her home. I had to take off work to get some things straightened out. We are going to settlement on her home in a couple of days and

I need to get a water and tax certification. Can you help me?” The clerk expresses her condolences and explains that she remembers his mother coming in to visit. She fills out his paperwork, and tells him to call if he needs any more help. She also gives him the name of local restaurant where he and his family can stop for lunch.

The payroll clerk is preparing the payroll when a call comes in reporting a truck that hit a fire hydrant and caused a water main break. The clerk calls the police department, then the water department employees who are plowing snow. Water department employees check it out, call her back and say, “Someone did hit a fire hydrant at Market and Sixth. If anyone calls we are turning the water off to the hydrant until it is fixed. We have the hydrant and the backhoe is on its way there. It should be fixed in about five hours. Remind them the water will be discolored when we turn it on and they should run it for a few minutes before using it. It is safe: the discoloration is just the sediment kicked loose by the hydrant break. Oh, and we were plowing snow but we had to call in two more guys to take over that.”

A local business owner calls to see when the munici-pal parking lot will be plowed. The manager explains the snow removal process to him and also tells him he can tell others it is available on the Borough website. The public works department employees will take turns plowing the snow until the roads are clear. The business owner asks, “who plows their driveways while they are working?” She answers, “they do, when they get home.”

Meanwhile the Codes Office Assistant gets a call from a resident who has chickens running onto her property. The Assistant explains the ordinance about livestock in the Borough and says the Codes Enforcement Officer will be over before the end of the day to check out the situation. She barely sets the phone down when she gets another call; a brick wall has peeled off the outside of an apartment building. She calls and redirects the Codes Enforcement Officer and puts in a call to the Borough Engineer.

Phone calls have been coming in all day to the Borough Manager about the streets and sidewalks. Some have come in from residents outside of the Borough so she directs them to the appropriate township. She directs Borough callers to the website so they can better under-stand the snow removal policy. She reassures them their

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By now residents are home for the day. Streets are cleared. The hydrant is repaired on Market Street. Resi-dents have eaten their dinner. Children are being bathed and put to bed.

The Public Works and Water Department employees are probably still clearing out their driveways at their homes. The Borough Manager calls at 10 p.m. and leaves a message for the engineer and the solicitor re-garding the demolition of a building for the next day. Administration employees have checked their cars and driveways to make sure they can get to the office the next day. Payroll has to be finished, permits have to be signed, supplies and equipment have to be ordered, le-gal agreements have to be notarized, plans reviewed,

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Meet Our MemberBenedetto Salon and Spa

When Rebekah Steffy goes to work in her Notting-ham salon, she is working in the same building

where her grandmother went to school. The historic brick schoolhouse on Christine Rd has been totally re-modeled and had been a previously been a beauty salon before it recently became the home of Benedetto Salon and Spa.

“Benedetto means blessed,” Steffy explains how she came up with the name. “I tried to think how I felt when I was opening up the salon, so that’s how I came up with that. It’s blessed in Italian.”

Steffy opened the salon on Jan. 31. She offers a full range of services including hair coloring and cuts for men, children and women. Benedetto Salon and Spa also offers massages, mani-cures, pedicures and wax-ing.

Already Benedetto Salon and Spa is growing, with word of mouth recommen-dations drawing new cli-ents. In addition to Steffy there are two other stylists, with a third soon to join,

and a massage therapist. The massage specialist, who came to this area from Russia four years ago, offers therapeutic, deep tissue and Swedish massage.

Steffy has eight years of experience as a stylist but this is the first salon of her own. “I like being closer to home and being able to set my own hours,” she explains her motivation for starting her own business.

“My grandfather is a barber so I’ve just been around hair all my life. I always saw him doing it and my aunt had a salon so I thought I’d try it,” Steffy said, explain-ing how she enjoys giving clients a new look. “I like seeing change and being around people.”

Benedetto Salon and Spa offers clients the latest styles in a comfortable atmosphere. “It’s definitely friendly and nice but not stuffy,” Steffy said. Her slogan for the salon is “May all who enter as guests, leave as friends”.

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Meet Our MemberMuse Restaurant

Mike Hall is transforming a vacant space on Market Street into Oxford’s newest restaurant.

Muse is the latest dining spot to come to town, an up-scale dining experience at a moderate price.

After graduating from culinary school in 1997, Hall worked in the food industry, but changed course when he and his wife moved to Lincoln University and started their family. Now that the children are ages 5 and 10, he is following his cre-ative nature and opening a restaurant of his own.

“I’ve got creativity in me I have to let it out,” Hall said.

The name Muse comes from one of the distinctive features Hall has planned for the restaurant. “Amuse Bouche” means fun for the mouth, it is also a spoon size serving offered to diners prior to their meal.

“It’s a small mouthful while your wait-ing for your meal,” Hall explains, “It’s let’s get your mouth going – let’s keep

it entertained. It gives you something to look forward to and makes the dining experience that much more pleas-ant.”

The menu at Muse will change with the seasons tak-ing advantage of seasonal local produce. Hall believes in using the best possible ingredients including locally raised chicken, grass fed beef and free-range eggs.

Specialties Hall has planned include pan seared sea scallops, filet, rib eye, and a trio of crab cakes over Por-tobello fries with lavender honey. The Muse salad, and Muse burger will be on the menu along with special items for Sunday brunch such as the Muse benedict, a hash brown cake with filet, poached egg and hollandaise.

Hall will be giving it all his personal touch. “I’ll be back there every night and every day probably,” he said. “It’s going to be a nice atmosphere – relaxed. When you come here expect a dining experience not a quick in and out. It’s BYOB. We want you to enjoy your time here, enjoy the whole experience, enjoy the food.”

Muse is located at 306 Market St. To find out more about Muse call 610-998 1308 or find the restaurant online at www.museoxford.com or on Facebook under Muse. B.Y.O.B, Grass-fed beef, free-range chicken, homemade pasta and local/seasonal vegetables

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Meet Our MemberPetey Possum’s Hangout

If the name hasn’t already in-trigued you to stop in, a peak

in the window of Petey Possum’s Hangout will surely do so. Locat-ed on the corner of Third and Mar-ket streets, Petey’s is an eclectic children’s bookstore – and more!

Newark residents Becky and Howard Smalley, along with their daughter Laura and daughter-in-law Donna, are all partners in the venture, which opened in June. Becky Smalley admits, “It was a childhood dream of mine to own a children’s bookstore. I feel very fortunate as now that we are retired we can hopefully make a contribu-tion to the community. We really stress that it is a place for kids to hang out.” [Hence the name.]

Credit for the clever name actually belongs to the Smal-leys’ good friend Roger Blansfield. “Roger helps us set up and haul everything,” Smalley says. “The name Petey Possum and the slogan come from a not yet writ-

ten children’s story in his head,” she adds with a grin.

Despite the fact that the store is beautifully organized and neat, Smalley emphasizes, “Kids can handle things in the store. Parents don’t have to be nervous bringing little ones in. Our rule is ‘if it’s in reach, it’s okay to touch.’ After all, children discover by touching and looking.”

Smalley explains that she and her partners have been gaining experi-ence in the field for sometime be-fore opening the store. For three years they have had a booth at many outdoor events in Delaware including Newark, Dover, and Middletown. In addition, they

have done numerous book fairs in both pre-schools and public schools. Last year they expanded their outdoor events to include Oxford and West Grove and Farmers Markets.

“We really liked the folksy, small town feel of Oxford. It’s kind of laid back and everyone was welcoming and friendly. We thought we would enjoy having a store in that kind of neighborhood,” she says with a smile.

“It was the encouragement of the Oxford Chamber of Commerce and OMI that helped us make the leap,” Smalley notes.

The store has books for kids of all ages through mid-dle school, including board books, picture books, level readers, earliest chapter books, more advanced chapter books, and even bi-lingual books. In addition, there are

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In just three short months, the store has already held a num-ber of special events that have been very popular with the kids. In conjunction with First Friday Art Strolls, there have been Meet the Author events featuring local authors.

For September’s “back to school” theme, Smalley hosted a word power game. Any child was welcome to draw a word from one of two buckets (Fancy Nancy or Pirates), and then find the best match for the word on the wall. The children’s names were then put in a bucket for a drawing. A boy and a girl, whose names were drawn, each won a $50 gift certificate to the store!

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Smalley says airplane kits are not only good for eye/hand coor-dination, but are a wonderful way for a child and adult to work together on a project.

Becky Smalley displays Meet the Nydees, which will be featured at Petey Possum’s October Meet the Author event.

The store includes a nice selection of books as well as educational toys.

There will also be a Halloween Party on Saturday, Oc-tober 29. “The kids can come in costume and we’ll have trick or treat, games, snacks, and of course, a story,” says Smalley.

Smalley says they are very happy with their Oxford location so far. She emphasizes that input from cus-tomers is very welcome. “Our objective is to listen to families and build our inventory on what they want; not dictate what we think children should read.”

Petey Possum’s Hangout is open Tuesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 302-528-0608 for more information.

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Meet Our MemberStillwaters Presbyterian Church

Stillwaters Presbyte-rian Church PCA has

found a permanent home in Chatham, located at 643 Coatesville Rd., West Grove, on a 12-acre prop-erty with a history that pre-dates the Civil War.

Stillwaters Presbyterian was started in 1992 with just 12 members meeting

in the home of Pastor Tony Stephens. While moving on to other locations, the church purchased this property five years ago. Construction began last October, with the first service on July 10, 2011 using the completed lower level of the building. Work continues on the upper level, which will eventually be the sanctuary. “We’re happy and blessed to be here,” Stephens said.

The diverse congregation of approximately 100 mem-bers crosses all economic and social categories, with about a third of that number coming from the Oxford area. Sunday worship runs from 10 to 11:10 a.m. with a children’s junior church beginning at 10:30 a.m. and fellowship with refreshments following the services.

The services feature blended music, primarily contem-porary Christian music plus a traditional hymn. “Every Sunday I preach from the Bible and I preach in an ex-pository manner. Every Sunday I take a passage and de-scribe what it means in our lives,” Stephens said. “Our

church is all about grace and a deep understanding of God’s grace. Our services are participatory. When you come to Stillwaters, leave your church face at the door and come as you are. We strive to keep God real and relevant to our lives.”

In addition to Sunday services the church holds small group meetings at members homes, Bible study for men and women, a kids ministry, and a mercy ministry. Community outreach activities include an ongoing food pantry that feeds 6 to 12 families per month, an annual chili-cooking contest, and concerts. For 2012 Stephens hopes to add a community fair.

Stephens also has plans to construct a prayer trail wind-ing through the wooded portion of the property with several spots where people can sit in contemplative prayer, or they may pray as they walk, enjoying the solitude.

For more information on Stillwaters Presbyterian Church, visit their Web site at www.stillwatersfamily.cov

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Meet Our Member Synergy Virtual Offices, LLC M. Kita Williams

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art office space, conference rooms and training facilities which are available to profes-sionals and businesses, large and small. We are located on the second and third lev-els of the Oxford Arts Alli-ance Art Gallery building, 38-A South Third Street, Oxford, PA 19363. The facility offers:

* Four conference rooms which can accommodate anywhere from 6 to 30 people* Two private offices and a loft level training facility * Laptop lounge *Services include Wi-Fi, fax, printing, and copying

Offices and conference rooms can be rented online for one hour (which allots a standard of 75- minutes for the first hour), half-days and full-days. Monthly Business Solution Packages begin at $99 per month, which include:

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To kick off Synergy’s Fall Promotion, during the months of September through November, 2011, five

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Enrollment to any of Synergy’s Monthly Packages can also be completed online or by appointment at the Downtown Oxford Synergy Office by calling 610 467 1300.

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Meet Our MemberWackadoodle’s Toy Shop

According to Betsy Hussey, owner of Wackadoodle’s Toy Shop in the Shoppes of Jennersville, “wacka-

doodles” are unique, exciting, eccentric, (maybe even a little fun-crazy) people who are full of life. They are her favorite kind of people. Wackadoodle’s Toy Shop is named in honor of all the people in the world with this zest for life.

Betsy’s expertise in toys has its roots in her family of seven children, now ages 11 to 24. She worked in a toy

shop for a while but her dream was to own her own shop. With the full support of her family the dream came true when in November 2010 the doors of Wacka-doodle’s opened.

In the almost year since opening, Wackadoodle’s has found a loyal client base of moms, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles and of course many, many children.

“I love doing this,” Betsy says. “My favorite part is watching as kids walk into the shop. Their eyes light up like it is Christmas morning.”

The motto at Whackadoodle’s is: “Where Playing is Learning!” The shop is filled with an outstanding va-riety of educational and specialty toys of high quality. Among the most popular lines are Melissa and Doug, Mighty World, Alex, and Bruder.

The store offers free gift wrapping, which is quite con-venient for families stopping in for a gift on the way to a birthday party.

Betsy contributes to various community projects and local schools. Recently Children Making Change, an organization that plans and executes community service projects, held a lemonade stand in front of her store with the proceeds benefiting a children’s non-profit organi-zation. In September, she donated raffle gifts to Kids Runway for Research, an organization raising funds for pediatric cancer patients. Many local schools and organizations are also beneficiaries of Wackadoodle’s donations.

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Wackadoodle’s Toy Shop is located at 61 Jenner’s Vil-lage Center (the west end of the Shoppes of Jenners-ville, four stores down from Giant). They can be found online at www.WackadoodlesToyShop.com, where you can register your email for newsletters, special coupons and offerings throughout the year. Call Wackadoodle’s at 610-869-2402.

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Oxford Area Historical AssociationAdvertising the Past Dr. Faye Doyle

History is memory put in words and vocalized or recorded. How easy to lose it, yet how difficult to

save it consistently in truthful, factual, and interesting form! Day to day activities of work, entertainment, or creativity around us attract our attention, are easy to think of, participate in, volunteer for, and follow. But history? That’s just over and done with, gone, and who cares?! Right??!

Well, as we grow older we find that we do care. How things began, how things became as they are now, how they looked, and what they meant to ourselves and other people of the past begins to interest us. It was our past. It was what we saw and did. It was ourselves who observed how that changed us for better or worse. In some localities, memories of the past are widely important-at the national, state or county levels, and these memories easily endure. In other locales, events are important only to the people who built them, observed them, and endured or enjoyed them. So, Hurrah! for the local Historical Association who struggles to maintain knowledge of interests, records, structures, businesses, artifacts and appearances of the local area’s past. If they can do this with interest, good humor, and factual completeness, it can indeed broaden our outlook and interest in where we live.

The network within which Oxford Area Historical Association operates includes Chester County, Cecil Co., and Lancaster Co. Historical Societies, the Historic Commissions of Oxford Borough, Upper and Lower Oxford Townships, East and West Nottingham Townships, Elk Township, New London and South East PA Historical Societies, and various specialty preservation associations of focused interest in the area. In Oxford, historical interests are aided by and work with Chamber of Commerce, OMI, Art Alliance, and the Oxford Library, who deal more with the present than the past. Having divested myself of this mind numbing and boring list, are we interested yet? Probably not, but please read on!

Oxford Area Historical Association was established in 2000 by members of Oxford Historic Commission,

to help Oxford Area’s citizens educate themselves in local history. The association helps gather, store and preserve information of past local personalities and their accomplishments in business, institutions, and organizations. It preserves old records and pictures, encourages preservation of historical properties and artifacts, and searches for more of this information contained or concealed in the community.

With a Board of 15, OAHA obtains speakers with interesting local knowledge for its 4 or 5 free general public meetings each year. It publishes books and pamphlets of local history. It stages local historical events, town walks, and cooperates with OMI and C of C in making self guided tour leaflets and other historical leaflets available to all. Feel free to call us for local historical information or references.

OAHA is incorporated in PA, and legally approved as a 501c3 non profit organization, so your dues and contributions are federally tax deductible to the extent of the law. We are financed solely by dues, contributions and sales of small history related articles and publications. We are not directed by or financed by any governmental agency, so we make your money go a long way. Our needs are simple:

 

1. An audience appreciative of the information we can impart.2. A loyal background of membership who will financially support our modest budget.3. A group of volunteers, interested in helping us, to be on our board.4. And we desperately need some talented and knowledgeable young person to re-establish our website.

Join our occasional historical walks around town, pay our modest dues, attend our meetings, read our publications and discover “how it was back then”, and what grandma did about it.

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Oxford Arts AllianceCultivating Community Through the Arts Tina Skinner

Those with talent, or students just germinating their seeds of musical and poetic genius, are encouraged

to come out and showcase what they can do at the new Open Mic Nights at the Oxford Arts Alliance.

The five-minute performance format has been designed to keep the show entertaining for audience members, and to nurture both experienced performers and stu-dents just beginning their studies of a musical instru-ment.

“Even if they’re just scratching out Twinkle Twinkle on their violins, the opportunity of a performance will mo-tivate children to practice their new skills,” says Tina Skinner, Managing Director of the Oxford Arts Alli-ance. “Tony Derrico, who launched our music program with his hugely popular guitar classes, will head the monthly events each Second Sunday. He is such an en-couraging person. He really encourages and motivates people.”

Open Mic Nights will be held at the Alliance on Second Sundays from 5 to 8 pm. Performers will register dur-ing the first half hour, with the bulk of the performances wrapping up by 7:30 p.m. so children can get home and get ready for school the next day. Derrico is donating a guitar set and bringing musician friends out to help provide a back-up house band for performers.

“Any kind of performer is welcome,” Derrico said. “People can read a poem or short story, sing, or play an

instrument. If time allows, anyone who likes is welcome to join the house band for an open jam ses-sion.”

A newly constructed stage in the Oxford Arts Alliance gallery at 38 South Third Street, Oxford, will provide the platform for the perfor-mances, with seating for up to 75 people in the audience. Performers will be admitted free, and audience members will be asked for a con-tribution of $2 to help cover the costs of operating the gallery.

Volunteers are needed to help sell baked goods and other refreshments.

“This is a wonderful addition to our line-up of cultural events, which includes musical and theatrical perfor-mances, film screenings, and monthly art shows, in ad-dition to art and musical instruction,” Skinner said. To find out more about what is happening at the Oxford Arts Alliance, visit www.oxfordart.org and become a member today!

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State Senator Dominic Pileggi New Office Opens in Downtown Oxford

State Senator Dominic Pileggi has estab-

lished a presence in Ox-ford, opening an office at 305 Market Street in the Oxford Hotel. “It’s a good location in my district given the trans-portation network and it covers the western part of my district well,” said senate majority leader Pi-leggi who also has offic-es in Chester, Glen Mills

and Harrisburg. “The Oxford area is one of the nicest areas in the state. We’ve seen tremendous change and growth in the area.”

Pileggi’s District 9 covers portions of Chester and Del-aware Counties, running to the Lancaster county and Maryland boarders. “Oxford is really the center of the western portion (of my district),” Pileggi said, explain-ing his choice of the Oxford Hotel for his latest office. “I’ve always liked the building. I like historic buildings and Oxford on the main street has a number of them.”

Pileggi has worked with the Oxford Borough govern-ment, OMI and the Chamber and has seen the progress that has been made in revitalizing the town over recent years. “I like Oxford. I like the spirit of the town. It has a lot of strengths to work from,” he said. “There’s good leadership. I am certain-ly encouraged by the progress they’ve made.”

The senator is also aware that there is still work to be done. “Oxford like most boroughs faces challenges. The tradi-tional patterns have changed,” he said. “Most of the issues in the Oxford area revolve around growth in one way or another. The growth comes up in high-way capacity; it comes up in wastewater treatment; it come up in water quality; it comes up in preserving our open space vs. encouraging development and how to manage that properly.”

Pileggi has represented the Ninth Senatorial District since winning a special election in October 2002 and was elected Majority Leader by his Republican col-leagues in 2006, 2008 and 2010. As Majority Leader, Senator Pileggi determines legislative priorities, man-ages the Senate calendar, builds consensus on legisla-tion to be voted, and serves as one of the chief negotia-tors of the annual state budget. He chairs the Rules and Executive Nominations Committee and is a member of the Appropriations Committee and the Legislative Re-apportionment Commission.

According to Pileggi’s Web site, on the issues he is a staunch advocate of improving government account-ability. He led the effort to rewrite the state’s 50-year-old Open Records Law, making most government records open to citizens and was instrumental in re-forming Senate Rules to make the process more trans-parent. He effectively led opposition to numerous tax increases advocated by the Rendell Administration and succeeded in securing badly needed control over state spending. He played a key role in shaping substantial environmental and public health legislation, including the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund, the Water and Sew-er Assistance Act, the Alternative Energy Investment Fund and the Clean Indoor Air Act.

The Glen Mills office is Pileggi’s main base when he is not in Harrisburg, but having a presence in Oxford is important for his constituents. Residents can make

appointments to see Pileggi in person, or they can stop in the office any time to get help from a staff member.

“A lot of people will receive something in the mail and not understand it. They want someone to explain it to them. The district office is the place for that,” Pileggi said.

While technology has made information readily avail-able to more people there is still much to be said for the connections that can be made when questions are asked face to face. Pileggi notes that the desire to talk in per-son in especially strong with seniors “A lot of them pre-fer face to face communication,” he said, adding that he tries to meet many of his older constituents and makes a point to visit Ware Presbyterian Village two or three times a year.

“Not only are people using the Internet more, every home has a cell phone - everyone is connected. There’s more teleconferencing but the idea of meeting face to face is still there,” Pileggi said.

Information and services available at the office in-clude status reports on legislation; help with problems encountered when dealing with state government and its agencies; copies of house and senate bills and state laws.

The office can also provide help with processing PennDOT motor vehicle titles, registrations, driver’s li-censes and learner’s permits renewals, disability plate/placards as well as supplying applications of PA birth and death certificates, PA child abuse history clearance applications, PA criminal history applications, and PA tax forms.

There are also informational brochures and forms avail-able such as a guide to benefits and rights for senior citizens; property tax and rent rebate forms; PACE/PACENET applications; Pennsylvania Driver’s Manu-als; Pennsylvania transportation maps; Absentee ballot applications and voter registration forms.

Other residents may be interested in PHEAA student aid for higher education; forms from the Bureau of Con-sumer Protection; forms from the Pennsylvania Corpo-ration Bureau; Notary applications; Senatorial Citations and Certificates of Recognition to commemorate 50th anniversaries, 100th birthdays, special achievements like Eagle Scout or Girl Scout Gold awards, or other important occasions and general assistance with prob-lems encountered when dealing with state government

and its agencies.

All of these services are free to constituents of the 9th Senatorial District. Residents may also contact Pileggi’s office to share opinions on issues that matter to them.

Pileggi’s office, located at 305 Market Street Oxford, can be reached by telephone at 610-932-2360 or by Fax at 610-932-2362. “I am available and interested in helping individuals and organizations whether it’s big or small,” Pileggi said. “We’re in full swing.”

Marcella Peyre-Ferry

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Community InterestTuesday is Bingo Night at the Oxford Fire Hall

There’s silence in the room as B-10, then I-20, fol-lowed by G-56, is called. You only need one more

number to scream BINGO to win the cash prize. O-74 pops up on the television monitor—that’s not what you needed, but you know if luck is on your side the next number might be it. Then there’s a murmur in the room and you hear it-- rrripppp! Someone rips off their Bingo card, holds it high in the air and calls BINGO! It’s their lucky round, not yours.

Oh well, with 25 more games that night – including the $1000 cover-all jackpot at the end of the night – there’s always the chance that luck will come your way next time. And if not, it was still a great way to spend a Tues-day night in Oxford. Plus in the end everyone wins as the proceeds benefit Oxford Fire Company No. 1.

Fast paced and action packed, Tuesday Night Bingo at the Oxford Fire Company attracts people from around the region every week. The Oxford Fire Company’s high-tech Bingo system includes television monitors to show the number to be called, and a computer sys-tem that instantly verifies each Bingo card (based on an identifying number on the cards). With lots of different ways to get a Bingo (4-corners, postage stamp, large diamond, small diamond, as well as vertical, horizontal, and diagonal) each regular game is won in as few as four balls and usually not more than 10.

Bingo cards for the 20 regular bingo games are sold in

packs with the option of purchasing 3, 6, 9, or 12 cards on each sheet. Most players use ink dab-bers to mark the called numbers. The prize for the regular Bingo games are determined by the number of people attending each week and rang-es between $60 and $80/game. Special games, with higher payouts are played each week and these cards are purchased individually. If more than one person “bingos,” at the same time, the prize is split between all winners.

To add to the excitement of regular Bingo is the Alert Ball. The first ball called, on the first game of the night is the Alert Ball. For the remainder of the night for regular Bingo games if some-one “bingos” on the number after the Alert Ball is called

they win the p r o g r e s s i v e jackpot. De-pending how many weeks be-tween wins, this jackpot goes over $2,000.

To add to the enjoyment of the evening,

Carla Lucas

Chamber Member Peppercorns Catering is on hand with a wide assortment of homemade foods. Weekly fa-vorites include chicken tenders, fries (both regular and sweet potato), hot dogs, hamburgers and desserts. Each week there are a few special dinners offered, too.

According to Brian Brown, the Oxford Fire Company’s vice-president and head of it’s fund raising committee, Bingo at the Fire Company goes back at least 35 years. The funds it raises through the weekly Bingo games are used for the general operating costs of the fire station. The Oxford Fire Company has a Bingo Committee to run the event each week and at least four members of the Fire Company are assigned to help.

Tuesday Night Bingo is played at Memorial Hall at the corner of Market and Lincoln Streets. Parking is avail-able on site. The doors open at 4 p.m. The first game, The Early-Bird “E” starts things off promptly at 6:45 p.m.

Bring your good luck charm and have a fun night, all while supporting your local fire department. The only thing better than this is when you get to call BINGO!

Oxford Fire Hall’s caller sits at the computerized bingo board and keeps the games rolling all night long.

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Business Directory Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce Members

Country Chrysler Dodge - Jeep 610-932-0500 www.countrydodge.com 40Jeff D’Ambrosio Chevrolet 610-932-0500 www.jeffschevy.com 41Oxford Auto & Tire 610-467-0076 www.oxfordautoandtire.com 35Oxford Goodyear 610-932-0988 29Oxford Sunoco 610-932-5686 www.oxfordsunoco.com 13Rental Car Momma 407-396-4152 www.rentalcarmomma.com/bud-

get.htmBankingCoatesville Savings Bank 610-932-7756 www.coatesvillesavings.comFirst National Bank of Chester County 484-881-4851 www.1nbank.comFirst Niagara Bank 610-998-1968 www.fnfg.comFulton Bank 610-932-2100 www.fultonbank.com 61National Penn Bank 610-998-1540 www.natpennbank.com

Sun East Federal Credit Union 610-485-2960 www.suneast.orgWSFS Bank 610-998-0414 www.wsfsbank.comChurchBethany Orthodox Presbyterian Church

610-932-3962 www.bethanyopcchurch.org

Oxford Church of the Nazarene 610-932-2584Oxford Presbyterian Church 610-932-9640 www.oxfordpresbyterian.org 59Oxford United Methodist Church 610-932-9698 www.oumc-online.orgStillwaters Presbyterian Church 610-804-7585 www.stillwatersfamily.com 71Computers/ConsultingPierangeli Consulting Services, P.C. 610-420-3563Website Design & Images 610-299-6726 www.websitedesignandimages.

comContractors/ConstructionATC Emergency Restoration 610-467-0256 www.atcfix3.comDiPilla Brothers, Inc. 610-932-2630 www.dipillabros.com 3Dolinger Electric Inc. 610-932-8200 www.dolingerelectric.comDr. Concrete Surgery & Design 610-345-0855 www.drconcreteusa.com 47E Squires Paving, Inc. 610-932-8810 www.squirespaving.com 23F. R. Snyder Construction 717-548-2940 11Hasting’s Glass, Inc. 610-932-2540James Palita Company, Inc. 610-932-9363JFR Contracting 610-255-1471 www.jfrcontracting.com 49On-Grade Excavation 610-998-0494The Roof Cleaners LLC 610-842-2104 www.cleanmyshingles.comDentalHendrix Orthodontics 610-869-5850 www.superiorsmiles.com 53

Accounting/Financial

ABCPA Accounting Services 610-322-2424 www.ABCPAservices.comEdward Jones Investments 610-998-9046 www.edwardjones.com 49Fenstermacher and Company, LLP 610-444-1215 www.fandco.com 17Fisher Wealth Management Group 717-786-6720 www.fisherwealthmanagement-

group.comLA Long & Associates, P.C.CPA’s 610-268-5501 www.longcpas.com 29Leo Somma 610-932-8541 6Michele Cyron, CPA 610-869-5900 25Rodney Lambert, CPA 610-998-1287 www.rl-cpa.comSpring Leaf Financial 610-932-8100 www.agfinance.comTBRE Consulting Company 484-365-5570 www.tbreconsulting.comTM Business Solutions 610-998-1404 www.tmbusiness.bizWoolard, Krajnik, Masciangelo, LLP 610-932-4225 www.wkco.comAdvertising/NewspaperAd Pro, Inc./Chester County Press 610-869-5553 www.chestercounty.comDaisy Mae Printing & Design 484-362-7116 www.daisymaeprinting.comPCG Creative LLC 610-932-9972 www.pcgcreativeprint.comThrough Your Doors Magazine 610-467-0706 www.throughyourdoors.comAgricultureAtlantic Tractor 610-932-8858 www.atlantictractor.netHostetter Grain, Inc. 610-932-4484 31Oxshire Farm 610-213-9001Sher Rockee Mushroom Farms 610-869-8048 www.sherrockmush.comAntique/Thrift/Flea MarketNeighborhood Thrift Shop 610-998-1868Oxford Odds & Ends 610-932-7878Architecture/EngineeringCM Group Inc. 610-932-2857 www.cm-group-inc.comJahan Sheikholeslami, AIA 610-932-2525Ragan Engineering Associates, Inc. 610-255-3400Art GalleryOxford Arts Alliance, Inc. 610-467-0301 www.oxfordart.orgAutomotiveAdams Tire & Alignment 610-932-3977Collision Zone, Inc. 610-932-8330 33

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Oxford Family Dentistry 610-932-9580 www.OxfordSmileMakers.com 75EducationBethany Christian School 610-998-0877 www.bethanychristian.org 59Cecil College 410-287-1025 www.cecil.edu 9Delaware County Community College 610-359-5131 www.dccc.edu 42Goldey Beacom College 302-225-6248 www.gbc.eduLincoln University 484-365-8131 www.lincoln.edu 74Oxford Area School District 610-932-6603 www.oxford.k12.pa.usSacred Heart School 610-932-3633 www.teacherweb.com/PA/Sacre-

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Funeral HomeEdward Collins Funeral Home, Inc. 610-932-9584 www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com 57Furniture/Home DécorHoneysuckle Trail Country Crafts 610-932-7734 www.honeysuckletrail.comRigby’s Home Décor 410 658-9800Robert Treate Hogg Cabinetmakers 717-529-2522 www.rthogg.comRobinson’s Furniture, Inc. 610-932-3600 www.robinsonsfurniture.comGovernmentBorough of Oxford 610-932-2500 www.oxfordboro.orgCommissioner Terence Farrell 610-344-6151 www.chesco.orgEast Nottingham Township 610-932-8494 www.eastnottingham.orgHair Salon / Day SpaAlluring Images Hair Studio 610-932-9308 14Avon Independent Representative 610-998-0174 www.rachelsark.comBenedetto Salon and Spa 610-932-2800 17Chic Salon by Chong 610-932-7721 www.chicsalonbychong.com 23Color, Cut & Curls, Inc. 610-932-7834Texture Salon & Spa 610-998-0013 www.texturesalon.com 19HealthChiropractic Services 610-932-9061 60Curves 610-932-4799 www.curvesoxford.comEmpowerment Resource Associates, Inc.

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Make Time For Massage 610-324-6375 www.maketimeformassage.com 27McCormick Karate Academy, Inc. 610-932-8870 www.mccormickkarate.comSnap Fitness 610-268-8100 www.snapfitness.com/avondalepaTake Shape for Life 610-608-1240 www.jodisensenig.TFSL.comInsuranceBenefit Strategies 610-469-9107 www.benefitstrategies.net 17Coe Insurance Services Agency, Inc. 610-932-9350 www.coeagency.com 72Healthcare 1st Insurance 610-467-0155 www.healthcare1stins.comInsphere Health Solutions 610-506-0067Masciantonio Insurance Agency 610-932-4935The Surance Group 610-932-3360 www.surancegroup.comWilliams Insurance 610-932-5545Yerkes Insurance, Inc. 610-869-4065 www.yerkesinsurance.com 42Landscape/TreesA-1 Mulch 610-932-7420 www.a1mulch.comCarter and Son Lawncare, Inc. 610-932-5703 59Howell’s Lawn and Landscape 610-998-0244 71Huf Landscaping 610-932-3426Land Art 610-998-9905 www.landart.bizMarvel Landscaping 484-576-6633The Scotts Company 610-932-4200 www.scotts.comValley View Perennial Growers, Inc. 610-593-5000 www.valleyviewpg.comLawyerIra D. Binder, Attorney-at-Law 484-643-3325 11Law Offices of John S. Carnes, Jr. 610-436-7500 www.jcatty.comMcMichael, Heiney & Sebastian, LLC 610-932-3550ManufacturerHerr Foods, Inc. 610-932-7199 www.herrs.com 2L.K. Bowman Company 610-932-2240 www.hanoverfoods.comScalewatcher North America 610-932-6888 www.scalewatcher.com 76Tasty Baking Company 610-998-9609 52Viking Power Products Co. 610-255-4030 www.vikingpowerproducts.comMedicalJennersville Regional Hospital 610-869-1000 www.jennersville.comNon-ProfitMake-A-Wish Foundation 215-654-9355 www.philadelphia.wish.orgMeals on Wheels Chester County 610-430-8500 www.mowcc.orgNorth Western Human Services 215-716-9008 www.nhsonline.orgOrder of the Eastern Star 610-620-5724

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Oxford Area Community Enhancements, Inc.

610-932-5933

Oxford Area Neighborhood Services Center

610-932-8557

Oxford Area Senior Center 610-932-5244 www.oxfordseniors.orgOxford Mainstreet Inc. 610-998-9494 www.downtownoxfordpa.orgOxford Public Library 610-932-9625 www.oxfordpubliclibrary.orgOxford Union Fire Company #1 610-932-2411 www.oxfordfire.comRotary Club of Oxford 610-998-9040 www.rotary7450.orgSouthern Chester County Chamber of Commerce

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United Way of Southern Chester County

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OptometristMiller Eye Care 610-869-4200 www.millereyecareonline.comOxford Family Eyecare PC - Dr. Malcolm Kelly

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OtherCountry Signs & Woodwork 610-932-2432Etruscan Press 610-932-1949 www.etruscanpress.comGovernment Specialists, Incorporated 610-932-5563Howett’s Screen Printing & Embroidery

610-932-3697 www.howetts.com

Oxford Center for Dance 610-932-3267 www.oc4dance.com 69Oxford Karate Institute 610-998-0044 www.oxfordkarateinstitute.com 17PaintingJames Moore Painting, Inc. 610-998-1867Plumbing/Heating/CoolingCameron’s Plumbing, Heating & Cooling

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Jack’s Plumbing and Heating 610-932-8185 www.jacksph.comOxford Plumbing and Heating 610-932-9503 www.ophinc.com 39Real EstateBeiler-Campbell Realtors 610-932-1000 www.beiler-campbell.comJ. Patrick Curran / Prudential Fox & Roach

484-748-6200 www.JPatrickCurran.com

Oxhaven, LTD 610-932-3700 6Prudential Fox & Roach Cathy DuBosque

484-748-6200 www.southernchestercounty-homes.net

Prudential Fox & Roach / Kim Tupper 484-343-5938 www.prufoxroach.comRe/Max Rosina Woolston 610-812-1379 www.RosinaWoolston.com 21

RecreationalJennersville YMCA 610-869-9622 www.ymcabwr.orgLighthouse Youth Center 610-932-4883 www.oxfordlighthouse.orgOxford Strike and Spare Lanes, LLC 610-932-8850Saginaw Day Camp 888-477-2267 www.saginawdaycamp.comWyncote Golf Club 610-932-8900 www.wyncote.com 7Restaurant/CateringBellybusters Sub Shoppe 610-932-5372Corner Café 610-869-5557Dunkin Donuts 610-932-1992 www.dunkindonuts.comKilby Cream 410-658-8874 www.kilbycream.com 21La Sicilia 610-998-9889Miss Oxford Diner 610-932-2653 www.oxforddiner.comMuse Restaurant 610-998-1308 www.museoxford.com 19Nottingham Inn 610-932-4050 www.nottinghaminn.comNumzees/Bread and Butter Catering, Inc.

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Pat’s Pizza 610-998-9191 www.patspizzeria.comPeppercorns Catering 610-998-0892 www.peppercornsoxford.comRita’s Water Ice 610-932-2523Saladworks 610-869-8500 www.saladworks.com 35The Old Ice Factory 610-998-1880RetailBlazin’ Inc. 484-888-6944 www.blazinswim.comBook Place 717-951-6418 www.bookplacepa.comCameron’s Hardware & Supply, Inc. 610-932-2416 www.cameronshardware.com 53Ediene’s 610-932-0366Eldreth Pottery 717-529-6241 www.eldrethpottery.com 25G & F Carpets, Inc. 610-932-8724 www.gandfcarpet.comKeen Compressed Gas Company 610-998-0200 www.keengas.comKreider’s Market, Inc. 717-529-6944 www.kreidersmarket.com 60Natural Dairy Products Corporation 610-268-6962 www.natural-by-nature.comNeuchatel Chocolates 610-932-2706 www.neuchatelchocolates.com 31Outback Company Store 610-932-5008 www.outbackoutlet.com 33Oxford Feed & Lumber 610-932-8521 www.oxfordfeedlumber.com 5Petey Possum’s Hangout 302-528-0608 www.peteypossumshangout.comR-N-J Plaques & Engraving, LLC 610-932-4763Stillwater Fibers 610-998-9808 www.stillwaterfibers.comThe Oxford Market Place, Inc. 610-998-9080 69

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Wackadoodle’s Toy Shop 610-869-2404 www.wackadoodlestoyshop.com 27Walgreens 484-365-1010 31Retirement CommunityWare Presbyterian Village 610-998-2669 www.warepresbyterian.org 65ServiceAbsolute Pest Services 610-869-3000 www.nobugz.com 14Alger Oil, Inc. 410-658-5502All American Overhead Doors, Inc. 610-932-4999Armstrong Cable 410-658-5511 www.armstrongmywire.com 7Brandywine Septic Services, Inc. 610-869-0443 www.brandywineseptic.com 73CCRN Educational and Behavioral Supports

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Cedarwood Farms 610-842-3619 www.cedarwoodfarms.netChester Co. Conf. & Visitors Bureau 610-719-1730 www.brandywinevalley.comFor All Seasons 610-932-9807 65Greater Philadelphia Tourism & Mar-keting Corp.

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Mom’s Cleaning Service 610-869-9888Morris Sacks & Son 610-932-5404Oxford Cleaners 610-932-9666Oxford Lions Club 610-932-5440 www.clubhouse.org/sites/oxford-

pa/Oxford Shipping, Post and Trade 610-932-7000Pack ‘n Ship 610-345-9070 www.packnshippa.comRacing Industry Research & Economic Analysis

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Rainbow International 610-910-4077 www.rainbowintl.comSynergy Virtual Offices LLC 610-467-1300 www.synergyoffices.comTitan Disposal 610-932-3411 www.titantrash.comUGI-Central Penn Gas, Inc. 717-749-3428 www.ugi.comTruckingC. W. Boyd Trucking 610-932-5015 www.cwboydtrucking.comJames H. Paxson and Sons 610-932-5288LT Trucking 610-932-2702Veterinary/Pet ServicesKeystone Animal Hospital 610-932-2093 www.keystoneanimalhospital.comOxford Veterinary Hospital, LLC 610-932-8757 www.oxfordveterinaryhospital.

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Tax CornerItemized Deductions

If you itemize your deductions as a part of your federal income tax return, there are several dif-

ferent categories for you to consider. Let’s take a look at some common deductions that people sometimes overlook.

Do you have a lot of medical and dental expenses this year? Medical expenses (not reimbursed) in excess of 7.5% of your adjusted gross income are deductible. This includes dental expenses too. And don’t forget about transportation costs. The use of your personal vehicle is deductible at 19.5 cents per mile from January 1 through June 30, 2011, and 23.5 cents per mile from July 1 through De-cember 31, 2011.

Do you own a second home? Real estate taxes are deductible on Schedule A for all property owned by a taxpayer.

Are You Leaving Anything on the Table?Did you refinance this year? Points paid on refi-nancing a mortgage are amortized over the life of the new loan unless loan proceeds are used to sub-stantially improve your main residence.

Do you use your own vehicle while helping a charitable organization? Car expenses can be de-ducted using a standard mileage rate of 14 cents per mile. If you make cash contribution, note that there are stringent requirements for cash donations. No deduction is allowed unless you have a can-celled check or written acknowledgement from the charity documenting the contribution’s amount and date. If you make a contribution of $250 or more in any one day to any one organization you must have written substantiation from the organization.

Have you lost your job or are you looking for a new job? Expenses for looking for a new job in the same line of work are tax deductible (subject to 2% of the adjusted gross income floor). These include fees paid to employment agencies, copies, transportation costs, etc.

Whether you prepare your own return or hire an ac-countant to assist you in the process, recordkeeping is very important. It’s best to start keeping records beginning on January 1. But it’s not too late to start now. Keep a folder that contains everything you need for your 2011 return. When it’s time to prepare your return, it will be as easy as pulling out that tax folder.

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was Vice-President of sales before coming to lead Tasty Baking Oxford.

Sam Mullin, Director, Production Operations at Tasty Baking Oxford, has been at the plant since Keebler was baking salty snacks. He was on the line 15 years ago when Tasty Baking Oxford’s first honey buns came out of the fryer. Of the transition

to a subsidiary of Flowers Foods, he says it’s been good. Flowers and Tastykake operate similarly “They treat their employees like family and try to generate a friendly atmosphere.”

Mullin reflected how the transitions at this loca-tion have been interesting for those who have been here since the beginning. Many were part of a key group of who helped to make the transition to a Flowers Foods subsidiary a smooth one. Among the group are Mullin, Patty Cisowski (Human Re-sources Manager), Monty Wood (Director, Produc-tion Maintenance), Patrick West (Director, Facility Maintenance), and Kim Capuito (Process Quality Manager).

“Tastykake is a premium cake brand with fantas-tic customer loyalty,” says Scott. “(Flowers) is not changing the recipes or ingredients. We plan to continue producing a high-quality product. It’s what made Tastykake successful.”

With annual sales of $2.6 billion, Flowers Foods

TastykakeMaking cakes, honey buns, donuts and more

After merge with Flowers Foods, Tastykake looking forward to even sweeter time in Oxford

The making of cakes, honey buns, and donuts at the Tastykake bakery in Oxford, Pennsylvania

is not that much different than making a sweet treat at home. It’s just on a larger scale. With a 172,000 sq. ft. bakery and five production lines, instead of making a batch of sweet treats with a few cups of flour and sugar, Tastykake employees mix the tried and true recipes by the thousands of pounds of flour, sugar, eggs, and flavorings. Instead of mak-ing a batch of 24 sweet buns at a time, about 246 buns a minute are produced 24 hours a day, five days a week -- and that’s just on one of the five production lines. The cake line produces 280 cakes a minute and the bakery is capable of producing 216,000 mini donuts an hour on the two donut lines.

Tastykake’s 147 employees at its Ox-ford bakery crank out 600,000 pounds of product each week including honey buns, mini donuts, jumbo donuts, do-nut holes, pound cake, angel food cake and corn bread. Products are packaged under the Tastykake brand as well as private label for companies such as Walmart and Weiss.

Oxford’s Tastykake site was originally built as an independent Pepsi bottling plant. In 1991 Keebler made its salty snacks at this facility, but within a few years it had discontinued its salty snacks line and shut the plant down. In 1997 Tastykake started making its honey buns here and has been produc-ing sweet treats ever since.

On May 25, 2011, Tasty Baking Com-pany became a wholly-owned subsid-

iary of Georgia-based Flowers Foods. The merger solved Tasty Baking’s financial difficulties. At the same time, it opened the opportunity for Tastyka-kes to be sold through Flowers Foods’ network of 4,000 independent distributors in the South and Southwest.

For Flowers Foods, the merger opened the distribu-tion of its breads through Tasty’s 500 routes in the Northeast Corridor. The addition of Tastykake’s distribution network increased Flowers Foods ac-cess to the U. S. population from 53 percent to 61 percent.

Dan Scott is the newly appointed President of Tasty Baking Oxford. “It was like walking into a Flowers bakery,” he says on his reception in Oxford. “There is a real family attitude here. The employees have been welcoming to me and Flowers Foods.” Scott, who comes from Flowers Food’s Lynchburg, Vir-ginia bakery, started with the company in 1999. He

operates 41 bakeries and sells its bakery foods in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southwest re-gions plus select markets in California and Ne-vada. It employs 8,800 people. Its product line includes breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and tor-tillas. Among Flowers Foods brands are Nature’s Own, Cobblestone Mill, Blue Bird, Sunbeam, and Holsum.

Much of Flowers Foods products are distributed through a network of independent distributors. The merger opened the doors for Tastykake to be sold through that network. Within two months of the merger Tastykakes were already on the shelves of stores in Florida, most of Georgia and Alabama, and parts of South Carolina and Tennes-see, much to the delight of the Philadelphia-area transplants living there. Plans are underway to further expand the Tasty brand in Flowers’ mar-ket. As the Tastykake brand increases in popular-ity around the country, it should lead to expanded production at the Oxford site.

Utilizing Tastykake’s network of 500 indepen-dent distributors, Flowers Foods’ product line is showing up on shelves in this region. Nature’s Own bread products are now available in close to 100 outlets within 30 miles of Oxford including

Carla Lucas

The dough for honey buns is shaped on the production line.Dan Scott (Tasty Baking Oxford President), Johanna Bertogli (Tastykake Baking Human Resources Coordinator and Oxford Chamber Board Member), and Sam Mullin (Director Production Operations), show a few of their products in the lobby of Tasty Baking Oxford.

Just out of the fryer, honey buns make their way along this spiral cool-ing rack before packaging.

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Giant, Super G, and Martin grocery stores.

Flowers Foods also sells frozen snack cakes and bakery foods nationally through customer ware-houses. Bakery products are frozen fresh from the production line then shipped in freezer contain-ers to the customer’s warehouse, where they are distributed throughout the country. The Oxford plant has an 18,000 sq. ft. freezer capable of hold-ing 2,000 pallets of product. For its Walmart pri-vate label, the product is shipped from Oxford to Walmart’s distribution center near Washington, D. C., and from there the product is shipped to all Walmart stores across the country.

“We intend to be very involved in our community,” says Scott. “Flowers is a good corporate citizen. We mean that; it’s not just talk.” As the corporation is new to the area Scott is not sure the direction of the bakery’s community involvement. Joining the Oxford Chamber of Commerce and encouraging staff to become involved on its board and commit-tees was the first step. The company has already

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supported the Lighthouse Youth Center in Oxford, and became a sponsor of the Mushroom Festival, in Kennett Square. Scott encourages the commu-nity to contact his staff with ideas and suggestions for further community involvement.

The future looks sweet for Tastykake, as all the in-gredients for continued success and growth are in place to continue making the cakes, honey buns, donuts, and hopefully more in Oxford.

Tasty Baking Oxford, Inc. is located at , 700 Lin-coln Street, Oxford, PA, 19363. Contact Tasty Bak-ing Oxford at 610-932-2300.

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Young Artists of Oxford Express Their Talents

Oxford Area School DistrictMural at Nottingham Elementary School Marcella Peyre-Ferry

Georgia O’Keffe once defined an artist as some-one who takes something plain and turns it into

something beautiful. The students at Nottingham Elementary School have done just that by turning a plain white hallway into a stunning work of art.

At Nottingham Elementary School, a beautiful courtyard garden space within the walls of the school building serves as an outdoor classroom with a surrounding garden focused on butterflies and other beneficial insects. Native plants, many of them host plants for insects, and several berry-laden trees and shrubs fill the space and offer food for a variety of songbirds. A waterfall and nesting boxes for birds, butterflies and ladybugs create an environment that has qualified the school garden as a National Wildlife certified habitat.

The courtyard Garden was first planted as an Eagle Scout project, but weeds and poor soil were always an issue. When Andress was hired in ’97 she put her efforts into improving the garden. In 2003 fun-draisers and the PTO helped engage a professional landscaper to improve the garden and maintain it over the years. Today it features native plants, and in 2004 a $2,500 grant helped turn the court-yard into an outdoor classroom with benches and a pondless waterfall. A new 2011 grant will introduce

composting to the garden and a vertical grow-ing system to d e m o n s t r a t e how plants can be grown in a small space.

“I bring the kids out from art classes. They come out two or three times a year and draw in the garden,” Andress said. “A lot of teachers work on science projects out here. They use it as a nice place for kids to gather

and read, and they come out when they are study-ing for Envirothon.”

In 2006 art teacher Karen Andress asked permis-sion to paint a mural surrounding the entrance to the garden. The resulting student work transformed a plain white 117-foot hallway into an entrance as beautiful as the garden itself, bringing the beauty Inspirational Art Teacher Karen Andress

Photos by Luis Morales

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of the outdoor garden inside. Now, a new mural fills the opposite wall making the entire hallway into a work of art.

The first mural was created through funding from a generous grant from the C. X. Carlson Cultural Trust. Forty-two enthusiastic third grade students joined one of three after school art clubs and set about painting the background mural on the wall.

The idea was to create a mural featuring the same native plants, trees and shrubs that can be found in the garden. After research on native plant life, the work began with sky blue background walls, and lush green grass at the base. The art club students added stems for plants and trees and some painted animals as well.

The next step was to create hundreds of clay tiles cut out in the shapes of leaves, flowers and insects to add three-dimensional touches to the mural. The children researched native plants and wildlife to find out what should go in the garden mural.

Once they selected a flower or a leaf they rolled a sheet of clay and cut the shape, in some cases adding textures that match the veins of leaves or the centers of blossoms. The shapes were fired in the school kiln, then the children painted them with glaze before they were fired again to give them a durable finish. The finished tiles were then added to the wall, with flowers and leaves growing from

the appropriate painted stems.

Art Club students who had participated in the wall painting were given the chance to make additional tiles. If they had added a painted animal, they could

make a painted bird or creature. That way birds, in-sects and even a friendly, coiled garter snake joined the wall.

Every student in the school made a tile during their art class that became a part of the mural. The re-sults were spectacular and the students were so proud of their accomplishments. But the other side of the wall was still white.

Fast forward to 2010 when art teachers Karen An-dress and Samantha McGinn made the decision to create another all school mural. Two generous gifts from the Hartman family and the C.X. Carlson Cultural Trust provided the funding for the project.

Two after-school art clubs, from third and fourth grades were formed and work on the mural began in February of 2011.

“Originally, I had gotten permission to do 10 feet on either side of the door,” Andress explains. “I got my art club students together painting with two inch sponges so I could keep control, then I got to talking to another teacher and they had gone way beyond ten feet, so we just said OK lets do the

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whole wall, We just kind of kept going.”

“We did the first side of the wall and parents and teachers kept asking me ‘when are you going to do the other half?’. I kind of waited until I thought we had a group that could handle it,” Andress said.

As with phase one, phase two began by researching the theme. The students used books, the Internet and personal experience to come up with a list of plants and trees that could be included in the mural. The challenge was to create another mural that had the same style and feeling of the original, while al-lowing these energetic artists freedom to add their own ideas and personal touches to the space.

The new work became even more involved than the original. As work progressed on the new 117-foot mural, talented young artists painted bird feeders, a birdbath, a garden bench with potted plants and a watering can. There is even a picture of a piece of familiar gray and blue pottery. “We put in a tribute

to Eldreth Pottery, we wanted to put a local spin to it,” Andress said.

Native rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, salaman-ders, snakes and turtles peek out from their hiding places among native wildflowers, rocks and trees. “We had recently redone the garden to feature na-tive Pennsylvania plants. We wanted to bring the garden inside,” Andress explains. “All of the plants that are found in the garden are represented on the walls and other native Pennsylvania plants.”

The original mural wall carries the garden images indoors, while the new wall facing it has more of the atmosphere of a park. “We started as a con-cept, but we had no drawing. I saw it in my head,”

Andress said

To top off the project, Andress’ garden club stu-dents have made ceramic butterflies that hang from the ceiling, poised to come down and enjoy the flowers. She also hopes to continue the mural’s trees upward by adding painted leaves to the ceil-ing as a canopy to complete the garden

Every child in grades three and four made a tile for the new mural. Each classroom was given a different theme. Some created insects while other classes made flowers or leaves. Art club members got to create animal tiles. As the work progressed, some students visited the mural every day to see what new things had been added or to search for the stinkbug that is hidden in the mural.

Now that the district’s second grade classes are

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split between two buildings, the teachers decided to wait until this school year when last year’s sec-ond grade students are now all in the Nottingham School. This fall the new third grade students will have their opportunity to create their own tiles for the all-school project, completing the mural.

The original mural has held up extremely well since its creation with the need for only a few minor re-pairs. “The kids are very respectful of the wall. It’s very gratifying that they care enough to take care of it,” Andress said.

While other school districts are trimming their bud-gets for the arts, Oxford is looking for ways to keep the arts alive with projects like this one. “We have a proud tradition of supporting art appreciation and education. That’s not just in the school dist - I real-ly feel that the community thinks that’s important,” Andress said. “I know from hearing from parents that they are interested in having their children have musical and artistic experiences. Were really lucky that Dr. Fischer is 100% totally focused on

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child-centered decisions and he has been a guiding force in keeping the art and music programs going in our district. We are very fortunate that the school was behind this and gave us permission to do this I think it’s been a tremendous asset to the school.”

Andress sees the importance of projects like this to the students’ overall education. “When you do a whole school project like this it makes each child feel they are a real vital important part of the proj-ect but then in a broader sense, the school. That’s always been the philosophy of Nottingham school. I’ve been teaching here 18 years now and I think our guiding principle is that each and every child is really important to the school. When you do a group project like this and they can stand back and look at the whole project when it’s finished or each individual part they may have had a hand in creating,it makes them feel like they are part of something bigger than themselves.”

The results of this five-year project are amazing. It has been a collaboration of the entire school com-munity. The sense of pride and ownership among the students can be felt as you listen to their com-ments. The project has become so much more than a giant painting or an effort to decorate a plain wall. The mural has taught students the value of teamwork and to respect and appreciate their own talent as well as the talents of others.

If you are ever in the neighborhood, stop in to Not-tingham and see the mural for yourself, and try your luck at finding that illusive stinkbug!

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Community InterestOxford Has Much to Offer It’s Older Citizens

It’s not a great surprise that the 2010 Census found the population in Oxford to be aging. What is surprising,

however, is how much a town of this size has to offer this growing sector of its population.

The very active Oxford Senior Center welcomes a di-verse group of seniors to their facility at 12 East Locust Street weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Last year nearly 1,500 seniors participated in some activity or program at the Senior Center.

Executive Director Jim McLeod emphasizes that when you add up the total participants in all activities “the number [11,923] is staggering.”

The offerings at the Senior Center are as varied as the participants. Among the offerings are lunch (every weekday), painting and craft classes, trips, a singing group, an assortment of exercise classes, computer les-sons, country line dancing, healthcare counseling, etc.

When asked if any day of the week is busier at the cen-ter, McLeod doesn’t hesitate in the slightest with his response. “Definitely Wednesday,” he insists adding, “It’s Bingo day!”

In addition, free blood pressure screenings are offered on Wednesdays and the popular painting class meets that day as well.

“We consistently have 40 to 65 people here for Bingo and another big attendance day is the monthly birthday party, which draws from 60 to 90 each month.”

McLeod believes that the Senior Center does a good job of offer-ing programs that their partici-pants want and assisting them with day-to-day issues. He ex-plains that Sally Arter, the Cen-ter’s Information and Assistance Specialist, helps seniors find and decipher information on a wide variety of programs and refer-

ral services – housing, transportation, food needs, legal aid, and healthcare. The biggest portion of her time is spent one-on-one counseling seniors on a very impor-tant and often very confusing issue – Medicare. She is an expert on all aspects from coverage to discrepancies to prescription plans. Like many of the services offered at the Oxford Senior Center, there is no charge to a se-nior for Arter’s services.

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While most of the programs take place right at the Se-nior Center, McLeod says in some ways they are be-coming “a senior center without walls.” He is referring to several popular programs that are being held in col-laboration with Ware Presbyterian Village. This began when Ware constructed a swimming pool and gener-ously offered to extent their aquatic fitness program, SeniorFit, to Oxford Senior Center participants. “It’s perfect because Ware is right there,” says McLeod ges-turing across the street. “Plus, they charge our seniors the same reasonable fee that their residents pay.”

Due to the success of the SeniorFit program, Ware and the Senior Center recently began another collaborative effort, Tai Chi classes. McLeod reports that the classes, which are held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in the Ware Aquatic Fitness Center, have been very well re-ceived. “Get ready,” he says with a smile, “Zumba is coming soon!”

While the current group of seniors is very happy with the offerings at the Senior Center, McLeod emphasizes, “There is a challenge ahead. With the Baby Boomer

generation coming up, they will want different things.” He and Program Director Peggy Holbrook are already attending seminars geared toward meeting the needs of the next generation of seniors.

When it comes senior living, Oxford boasts one of the pioneer senior continuing care communities, Ware Presbyterian Village. Founded in 1977, Ware has con-

Computer classes are very popular at the Senior Center.

Open weekdays, the Senior Center is a gathering place for many Oxford seniors.

tinued to expand not only its physical facilities, but also its services beyond the bricks and mortar.

Today, on its 77 acres, Ware currently serves 305 resi-dents with a full array of care levels – independent liv-ing, personal care, and skilled nursing and rehabilita-tion services.

As a Medicaid approved facility, approximately 50% of Ware’s residents receive medical assistance. In 2010, Ware provided residents over $2 million of uncompensated care.

Executive Director Jim Burnham explains that Ware has always been ahead of the curve in terms of “hon-oring residents’ daily preferences,” but adds that with the trend of seniors who want to “age in place” Ware is putting a great deal of effort into bringing services to seniors who “are not physically tied to our campus.”

As noted by McLeod, Ware graciously extended an invitation to area seniors to use Ware’s state-of-the-art Aquatics and Fitness Center. In addition to the lap pool where various classes are held, the center boasts all new exercise equipment and includes massage services. Burnham emphasizes that the director of the Aquatics and Fitness Center is very dynamic and has done an outstanding job of organizing classes and programs es-pecially for seniors.

Opening Ware’s Aquatics and Fitness Center to the broader senior community may have been the first step to expanding services outside the facility. Burn-ham proudly notes that of the 23 campuses comprising the not-for-profit Presbyterian Senior Living network, Ware was the first to provide services to those outside the facility.

With the addition of Home and Community Based Ser-vices (HACBS), Ware’s professionals can assist area seniors with all aspects of daily living from bathing and transportation to home maintenance services to activities and companionship. According to Burnham, HACBS “has grown significantly” since its start about a year ago. He explains that currently they offer home care as opposed to home health care; the difference being that the latter entails skilled nursing or therapy services. However, he expects that within a year they will be Medicare certified and can then offer full nurs-ing and therapy services to their clients in the greater community.

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An artist’s rendering of the apartments in the next Ware expansion, Vista Ridge, which anticipates its groundbreaking in the spring.

For many of its independent living residents, Ware’s villas are a perfect choice.

Burnham is especially enthused about the use of tech-nology in the HACBS program. “The remote moni-toring technology is just amazing! It will allow more seniors to stay in their environment.”

Some of the things that can be monitored from another location would include a person’s mobility, blood pres-sure, medications, and even if an appliance had been left on.

Burnham emphasizes that Ware often works in con-junction with the Oxford Senior Center, the Jenners-ville YMCA, and Jennersville Regional Hospital. To-gether they are able to fill just about any need a senior could possibly have.

He adds that “a wealth of activities have been devel-oped with Oxford’s revitalization project,” and says

that the streetscape project with its lighting and walker-friendly curbs has “promoted a more warm feeling for seniors along Third Street.”

While Ware has put an emphasis on expanding its HACBS program, they haven’t forgotten about the physical facilities either. Just recently the Till House was completely renovated as Ware’s Welcome Build-ing. It will also serve as a design center for the newest addition to the campus.

The expansion project, known as Vista Ridge, will add 23 additional carriage houses, plus 62 independent living apartments ranging in size from 1,000 to 1,800 square feet. The apartments will comprise two wings of the 3-story building, linked by a commons building which will include several dining options as well as a performing arts theatre and an arts studio. Burnham

anticipates they will be breaking ground in the spring.

There’s a reason seniors feel at home in downtown Oxford. Nearly everything they need is right there. There are over half a doz-en churches of various denominations, nu-merous banks, medical, dental, chiropractic and physical therapy services.

Many seniors take advantage of the programs offered by Oxford Public Library. Library di-rector Ken Pienkos notes that while seniors are welcome at any open program, there are several that are very specifically for the area seniors. He cites an outreach program open to all seniors, held at Ware. “We meet at Steward Place at 10:00 on the fourth Tuesday

of the month and enjoy a monthly book discussion,” he notes.

Pienkos is excited about a new program for seniors that will be coming to the library this fall. “We are going to introduce them to technology – beyond what they have learned at the Senior Center,” he explains. “We will teach them things like how to track their stock portfo-lios and about e-readers. Kind of move them into the digital age.”

Friends of the Library will host another program geared toward seniors, also anticipated to begin in the fall. In-teractive games, like Wii bowling, will put the focus on fun and exercise.

According to Pienkos, many seniors participate in the author events at the library, which are open to all. He expects that some seniors will also be interested in the new poetry and writers group that is about to kick off.No matter whether seniors want to remain in their home, with family, or in the town’s renowned senior living community, Oxford welcomes them warmly, caters to their needs, and does it all in a cozy, small town setting.

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Free English ClassMonday nights 6:30 - 8:30 pmSponsored by Oxford Church of the NazarenePenn & Locust Streets, OxfordFree!Classroom and computer classes, refreshments, games, prizes, fun. Free childcare/homework help. For more information call 610-306-4095

OctoberIllustration ExhibitOctober month-longSponsored by Oxford Arts AllianceOxford Arts Alliance Gallery, 38 South Third St., OxfordFree!Curated by Stevie French

First Fridays in OxfordOct-7, 5:00 - 8:00 pmSponsored by Oxford Mainstreet, Inc. (OMI)Throughout downtown OxfordFree!Fall Festival Theme. Special edition Oxford Village Market on the Fulton Bank lawn. Come enjoy various art and entertainment on display throughout downtown Oxford. Bring the whole family for an evening out together for strolling, shopping and dining.

Legislative BreakfastOct-7 8:00 AMSponsored by Oxford Area Chamber of CommerceWyncote Golf Club$20In cooperation with Southern Chester County Chamber of Commerce, state and local government officials will meet for a non-partisan

exchange of information. Sponsors wanted. Space limited, call 610.932.0740 for reservations.

Meet the Author Mary Lawrence of West GroveOct-7 5:00 - 8:00 pmSponsored by Petey Possum’s HangoutOne South Third Street, OxfordFree!Mary Lawrence showcases her beautifully illustrated book Meet the Nydees. The cutest story about er pond and little toads.

2nd Annual Oktoberfest and Home BrewfestOct-8 6:30 pm - 11:30pmSponsored by Sacred Heart SchoolSacred Heart School Grounds, 203 Church Rd, Oxford$30Ticket prices include traditional German food, beverage/ale and live entertainment. For more information: [email protected] 610-932-5936

Silhouette ArtistOct-9Wackadoodles Toy Shop61 Jenner’s Village Center, Shoppes of JennersvilleSilhouette artist and children’s book author, will be at Wackadoodle’s for the day to meet young readers, sign books. Silhouette cutting appointments are being scheduled throughout the day. Please call the shop for details. 610-869-2402

Open Mic NightOct-9 5:00 - 8:00 pmSponsored by Oxford Arts AllianceOxford Arts Alliance Gallery, 38 South Third St., OxfordFree for performers, $2 for audience membersBeginners and experienced musicians, poets, and

storytellers are encouraged to share their latest work in five-minute performances. Come be part of the fun. Refreshments available.

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Oxford Village MarketOct-11 closedSponsored by Oxford Mainstreet, Inc. (OMI)3rd and Locust Streets, OxfordOxford Village Market will be closed on this date in observance of the fall Amish holiday.

Reenacting the Civil WarRichard FarmerOct-11 7:00 PMSponsored by Oxford Area Historical AssociationOxford Presbyterian Church, Pine Street, OxfordFirst in OAHA’s series on the Sesquicentenial of the Civil War. For information call 610-932-2888

October Festival Oct-15 4:00pm - 5:00 pmSponsored by Oxford Arts Alliance and OPCOxford Memorial ParkFree Concert - Bring your beach blanket or lawn chairs. Rain location - Oxford Presbyterian Church. Presenting the 13-piece Newark Senior Center Oompah Band with the Oxford Center for Dance.

Apple FestivalOct-15 10:00am - 4:00pmRescheduled from 9/24Oxford Memorial ParkCrafters, food, music and art.

Owls of Wolf’s HollowOct-15 6:30 pm - 8:00 pmSponsored by Chester County Parks and RecreationWolf’s Hollow County Park, Parking Lot, AtglenLearn more about the owls of Wolf’s Hollow…which one loves to eat skunks, which one you commonly hear during the daytime, and more. Registration Required. Space limited. 610.932.2589

Oxford Village MarketOct-18 12:30 pm - 6:00 pmSponsored by Oxford Mainstreet, Inc. (OMI)3rd and Locust Streets, OxfordFarm fresh fall harvest fruits, vegetables, baked goods, cider, prepared entrees, jewelry, soaps and more! Note new start time for remainder of the 2011 season.

Fall Campfire and Night HikeOct-21 6:00 pm - 7:30 pmSponsored by Chester County Parks and RecreationNottingham County Park, Pavillion 4$5 per personSet out into the cool, fall night to hear the sounds of Nottingham County Park. Maybe we will hear the Great Horned Owl or the Whip-poor-will. Finish your hike with a traditional campfire and s’mores! Please dress appropriately for the weather. Registration Required. Space limited. 610.932.2589

Craft FairOct-22 9:00 am - 3:00 pmOct-23 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Sponsored by Ladies Auxilliary of the Knights of Columbus of Sacred Heart ParishSacred Heart School Gym, 203 Church Rd, OxfordFor information or crafter application:

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[email protected] or 610-932-7803Dinner & DocumentaryOct-23 6:30 - 9:30 pmSponsored by Oxford Public Library & Oxford Arts AllianceOxford Arts Alliance Gallerybring a covered dish, donations collectedTitle TBD.

Oxford Village MarketOct-25 12:30 pm - 6:00 pmSponsored by Oxford Mainstreet, Inc. (OMI)3rd and Locust Streets, OxfordFarm fresh fall harvest fruits, vegetables, baked goods, cider, prepared entrees, jewelry, soaps and more! Note new start time for remainder of the 2011 season.

Halloween ParadeOct-27 7:00 PMSponsored by Oxford Area Chamber of CommerceThird Street from South to Sacred HeartFree!Floats and marching groups can register by calling 610-932-0740 during the day or 610-932-4714 in the evening. Individual marchers will register parade night after 6pm at the registration table located on South Street adjacent to Oxford Sunoco. Prizes awarded in several categories. Vendors from local civic groups, organizations and clubs encouraged. Contact Police Department at 610-998-0032 for permit details. Permit fees waived for local groups.

Halloween PartyOct-29 Sponsored by Petey Possum’s HangoutOne South Third Street, OxfordFree!Trick or Treat, games, snacks and a story.

NovemberFirst Fridays in OxfordNov-4 5:00 - 8:00 pmSponsored by Oxford Mainstreet, Inc. (OMI)

Throughout downtown Oxford - Free!ChristineNovember month-longSponsored by Oxford Arts AllianceOxford Arts Alliance Gallery, 38 South Third St., OxfordFree!drawings and paintings of one model by the Newark Painting Circle, curated by Ernie Saniga

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Great GreensDec-4 1:00 pm - 3:00 pmSponsored by Chester County Parks and RecreationNottingham County Park, Park Office$10 per person includes materials and one ring.Learn to make a holiday wreath and swag, and how to tie a bow! We will provide a 12” wreath ring, greens, wire and red ribbon. Feel fre to bring your own decorations to use. Registration Required. Space limited. 610.932.2589

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