Aldan Legion post holds breakfast, bazaar, Army-Navy viewing party Saturday
ALDAN » American Legion Post 1000, 106 Bonsall Ave., holds its Sarge’s Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 9, with a pancake breakfast, Christmas bazaar and an Army Navy game party.
The all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast runs 8-11 a.m. Cost is $5. New for this year are eggs to order. The bazaar features unique, military and patriotic themed gifts. The post is ordering food at 2 p.m. before the game; arrive then to place an order and see the service academies march on before the 3 p.m. kickoff.
For information, call 610-623-9566.
Eat with Santa, support Radnor students
RADNOR » Radnor High School Scholarship Fund’s annual Breakfast with Santa is set for Saturday, Dec. 9, from 8:30-11 a.m. in the Radnor Middle School cafeteria. Admission donation is $5 for children and $7 for adults. Breakfast including eggs, bacon, sausage, French toast, pancakes and beverages.
The event features cookie decorating, face painting, balloon artist creations, games and a visit with Santa.
Local children from preschool to 8th-grade are invited to create gingerbread and candy houses at home and bring them to the RMS cafeteria no later than 9 a.m. on the day of the event. Representatives from Spring Mill Bread Co. are on hand at 10 a.m. to judge entries in the Gingerbread and Candy House Contest. The Radnor High School Scholarship Fund was founded in 1966 to provide financial aid to deserving graduates of Radnor High School for posthigh school education. Since its inception, the RHSSF has awarded close to 1,000 scholarships totaling $2.7 million. Breakfast with Santa is one of several fundraisers sponsored by the fund’s all-volunteer board of governors. For information, visit www.radnorscholarshipfund.com
Get diabetes help in Chester
CHESTER » Joseph Dreams, Inc., announces a series of free Diabetes Self Management Program workshops. DSMP is a workshop for people with or at risk for diabetes. It teaches the skills needed in the day-today management of Diabetes and to maintain and/or increase life’s activities.
The program is designed to help people gain selfconfidence with their ability to control their symptoms and learn how their health problems affect their lives.
The Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP) is an evidence-based selfmanagement workshop originally developed at Stanford University. The small group workshops are six weeks long, meeting once a week for two-and-ahalf hours and are led by a pair of Trained Lay Leaders with Diabetes and/or diabetes knowledge. The meetings are highly interactive, focusing on building skills, sharing experiences and support. Participants learn how to make weekly action plans and help each other solve problems they encounter in creating and carrying out the self-management program.
For information and registration, call J. Coston at 484-478-1989. Space is limited. For general information on Joseph Dreams, Inc., visit www.josephdreams.org
Neumann welcomes duo Dec. 7
ASTON » The Cultural Arts Forum at Neumann University rings in the holiday season with “Kate & Randy Do the Holidays” on Thursday, Dec. 7, at 1:30 p.m.
Gaslight Productions brings the talents of Randy Shupp and Kate Casano as they sing their Christmas favorites. Casano is a piano and accordion player who got her start in New Orleans as a steamboat calliope player and barroom ragtime pianist. Now based in Philadelphia, Casano is active as a contra dance musician and a participant in rock, blues and old-time bands. Shupp is a bassbaritone and co-founder of Gaslight Productions who has performed in the local area for over 30 years.
This event is presented by the Cultural Arts Forum, which sponsors events to support adult women students at Neumann University through the endowed scholarship named in honor of the founder of the Forum, Margaret Mary Kearney. Since its founding in 1970, the Forum has presented more than 250 events and seminars.
The event is held in the Fred P. Meagher Theatre in the Thomas A. Bruder, Jr. Life Center on campus. Admission is $10 for general admission, and free for Cultural Arts Forum members. For information, contact Nicholas Di Marino at 610-558- 5626 or dimarinn@neumann.edu
See Bobby Shantz at sports museum
RADNOR » Sports Legends of Delaware County museum, 301 Iven Ave., Wayne, is excited to have as its very special guest the iconic Bobby Shantz, former pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Yankees. His appearance is in conjunction with that of three Delaware County baseball writers and a sale of baseball memorabilia at the museum from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 9.
Shantz was the winner of the American League’s Most Valuable Player award in 1952 when he played for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1958, he was a member of the World Champion Yankees.
Writer Rich Westcott appears with Bobby, together with fellow authors Rich Pagano and Bob Mclaughlin. Their appearance is in celebration of the 25 books that Westcott has authored.
No ball park in Philadelphia is more revered than Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium, located at Twenty-First Street and Lehigh Avenue, and few players who played on that field were as outstanding or memorable as Bobby Shantz. He made his major league debut there in 1949 with the Philadelphia A’s and his last major league appearance with the 1964 Phillies.
Besides winning the 1952 MVP award, Bobby was also an eight-time Golden Glove award winner and three-time All Star. In the 1952 all-star game, he struck out three fearsome hitters of the era — Whitey Lockman, Jackie Robinson and Stan Musial — in a row.
Mr. Shantz, a World War II veteran, is, at 92, the oldest living major league player to have won baseball’s Most Valuable Player award. Don’t miss this chance to see, upfront and personal, a true living legend of Major League baseball.
Also on display that day will be two of the most intriguing pieces of baseball memorabilia in the entire country. One is the National League Championship Silver Bat award that was presented to Roberto Clemente in 1967 by NL president Warren Giles. The other is a 25 inches by 42 inches horsehide having over 200 American League Baseball signatures of team players, coaches and managers collected by Mickey Vernon during the 1957 season at Fenway Park.
The museum is open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday. For information, call Jim Vankoski at 610-909-4919.