Summer Stage kicks off season with Disney show
Delco holds job fair Wednesday; Neumann student gets COVID research published
UPPER DARBY » Upper Darby Summer Stage will kick off its 48th season with the dynamic “Disney’s High School Musical 2, Jr.” With performances, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 5, and Thursday, July 6, the show follows the whole Wildcat gang as they manage to create music and a summer they’ll never forget despite facing the realities of growing up that threaten to pull them apart.
“High School Musical 2, Jr.” is part of this year’s series of family-friendly, hour-long shows presented by Upper Darby Summer Stage’s Children’s Theatre program. Tickets range from $11 to $15 and may be purchased online any time at http://www.udsummerstage.org or by calling the box office at 610-814-7270 during office hours Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
There will be a unique pre-show craft just before each Children’s Theatre show, as well as a postshow meet-and-greet with cast members. The Upper Darby Performing Arts Center is located at 601 N. Lansdowne Ave. and parking is free.
The show stars cast members Sean Morett of Upper Darby as Troy Bolton, Chloe Shuster of Media as Gabriella Montez, as well as Amirah Pooree of Upper Darby as Sharpay Evans and Kareem Wright of Upper Darby as Ryan Evans. The show features iconic hits including “Fabulous,” “Work This Out,” and “You Are The Music In Me.” ““Disney’s High School Musical 2, Jr.,” directed by Amanda Pasquini, reminds the audience of the power of friendship, loyalty, and those unforgettable high school summers.
H&B Driveway Resealing is the show sponsor. Summer Stage’s education sponsors are the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, and Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast High School. Summer Stage 2023 is also supported through sponsor and host, Upper Darby School District, as well as founding sponsor Upper Darby Township. It is a program of the not-for-profit Upper Darby Arts & Education Foundation. For more information, visit http:// www.udsummerstage.org/.
Delaware County holds career fair Wednesday in Morton
Delaware County will host the second of three planned Career Fairs on Wednesday, July 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Delaware County Intermediate Unit, located at 200 Yale Ave., Morton. The Career Fair comes less than two weeks after the county’s first Career Fair of the summer, held on June 26, saw a strong turnout of job seekers and several on-the-spot interviews and job offers.
Multiple Delaware County departments continue to look for candidates, including the Health Department, the Department of Human Services, the George W. Hill Correctional Facility, Fair Acres, Park Police, information technology and personnel.
Positions offer competitive employee benefits as well as opportunities for advancement. Interested applicants are advised to bring copies of their resume and will have the opportunity to apply in person during the career fair. On-site interviews may be held for qualified attendees.
Attendees will have an opportunity to meet the Recruitment Team to discuss open positions to gain a better understanding of the job duties and the benefits offered, and have the team review their resume and skill set to determine if they are a candidate for that position, or a different position that might be a better match.
Full-time positions include administrative assistants, case managers, caseworkers, certified nursing assistant, classification coordinator, compensation analyst, correctional officer, correctional sergeant, deputy sheriff, environmental health supervisor, full and part-time registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, NP/PAs and MHPs, internal auditor, laundry coordinator, lieutenant, logistics/warehouse coordinator, paralegals, patrol officer, sanitation crewman, SAP basis administrator, a recruiter, and many more.
Job seekers interested in open positions can also apply online. Applications and resumes can be submitted online immediately. For a complete list of open positions or an application, visit http://delcopa.gov/jobs/.
Vendors invited to register for RTM Optimist Club’s flea market
The Rose Tree- Media Optimist Club will hold its next flea Market, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20 at Delaware County Community College. The rain date is scheduled for Aug. 27.
Vendors can register now to be a part of one of the largest flea markets in Delaware County that draws shoppers from across the region. Cost is $50 per space or $90 for a double space. To reserve a space, register and pay through Paypal @ RTMOptimistClub or mail check or money order, made out to RTM Optimist Club, to Rose Tree Media Optimists, POB 1892, Media, PA 19063.
Amvets seek community’s help to send care packages to troops
The Harold Paul Sacks Amvet Post #118, 211 N. Morton Ave., Morton, collects items to send in care packages to troops overseas. The veterans who send the packages are always seeking donations of toiletries, cookies, candy and snacks, journals, pens and writing materials, gum, handheld games and cards, phone cards and other items to bolster the spirits of our service men and women. The post will also accept monetary donations for the postage. To help out the cause, call Harry at 610-543-2082.
Neumann student’s COVID research to be published in medical journal
An article written by a Neumann University student, who conducted months-long research about the effectiveness of vaccination against COVID-19 in Pennsylvania, has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Medical Virology.
Maria Ramunno, a mathematics major who graduated in May, found that “COVID vaccination is highly efficacious in pre
venting death from the disease. Even during a time when vaccine design was not optimally matched with the prevailing strains, vaccination was found to reduce death rate.”
She conducted her analysis at the county level, across the state of Pennsylvania, with data that were collected during the first half of 2022 from the state’s Covid Dashboard. Her work was funded by a Clare Boothe Luce research grant that she received last year.
While vaccination was very effective in preventing death from COVID, her data analysis found that it did not affect the degree of community spread of the disease.
According to Ryan Savitz, a professor of mathematics at Neumann and Ramunno’s faculty mentor: “This journal is very highly regarded. Most of the people publishing in a journal of this caliber are either professors or doctoral students working under them.”
Savitz believes the results of the research have implications for public policy and that elected officials “should continue to encourage people to be vaccinated even as new variants emerge.”
With a $5,000 Luce undergraduate research scholar award, Ramunno set out last year to collect as much data as she could to determine the epidemiological and societal factors most closely related to the spread of COVID-19, identify any trends and let the public know what was found.
“I was always the weird kid who liked math,” admits Ramunno, who is considering a career in biostatistics or computer programming. “I’ve been interested in being a biostatistician since my sophomore year in high school.”
The Journal of Medical Virology, established in 1977, is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal that covers fundamental and applied research concerning viruses that affect humans. The journal encourages submissions from the research community and, in selecting those for publication, places emphasis on the originality and the practical impact of the research.
To learn more about Neumann University’s undergraduate majors, including mathematics, computer programming, and biology, visit http://www.neumann.edu/.
27th annual Swarthmore art show runs through July
July’s Art Exhibit is the extended 27th Annual Celebrate Swarthmore Artists and Photographers group art show hanging in Borough Hall. The show features more than 20 local artists with various artwork styles and mediums. The exhibit will be on display through July and includes artwork from artists Richard Robinson, Adrianna Borgia, Darleen Walling, Charley Parker, Afif Hanna, Pete Prown, Paul Woolf, Sydney M. Evans, Danielle Callahan, Megan Lee Wenger, Kathy A Andersen, Jessica
Graae, Betty Wallace, Jessica Donohue, Andrea Bruno, Colleen McCarthy, Jeanne Lovern, Kim Scott, Adie Woolf, Skip Gosnell, Martha Perkins and Michele Southworth.
Swarthmore Friends of the Arts sponsors the exhibit. For information about Swarthmore Friends of the Arts or for artists to submit a request for their own show, visit http://www. swarthmorearts.org or contact Martha Perkins, martha.perkins@gmail.com/.