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Great Valley girls lacrosse vows to get past semifinals this year

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Jazz concert at Coatesville High to benefit school’s music club

Jazz fans looking for a swinging way to spend an evening next week can see the Lars Halle Jazz Orchestra play at Coatesville Area Senior High School's auditorium on Thursday night, May 22, in a show to benefit the Coatesville Parents Music Club.

Sale of art from Montgomery School will benefit Family Academy in West Chester

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Phone scams ring up big bills

Pa. urges: Be wary of dialing certain area codes. They could be overseas toll calls.

A Philadelphia woman who wanted to prevent her elderly parents from being scammed ended up being victimized herself - one of many recent cases that prompted a warning yesterday from the state attorney general.

Group fighting Barnes move looks west for help
Chris Satullo: Look clearly at charter schools

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The end-of-game handshake doesn't have to mean the end of the day for the Brandywine Valley Senior Softball League. There's also a night league.

Nothing soft about this softball

Even at age 60 or older, these guys still thrive on competition.

Sometime early in the 20-8 shellacking that his team was enduring, Tony Emmi yelled to the other team: "Next game, you guys bring your birth certificates."

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Family ties abound for McCarron in Radnor Hunt: Horse racing is a family affair for two-time champion jockey Matt McCarron of Kennett Square. His uncle Chris McCarron was inducted in 1989 into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame, having won six Triple Crown races - the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont, each twice. Matt's father, Gregg McCarron, also was a flat jockey.
Exhibit honors Chadds Ford Historical Society: "Historic Houses Through Artists' Eyes" focuses on renderings of two venerable buildings.

"The Historic Houses Through Artists' Eyes" exhibit, opening Saturday at the Chadds Ford Historical Society, has a history of its own.
Senior Centers and Groups: Senior Centers & Groups AARP Chapter 2353 Meeting 3rd. Tue. St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 203 N. Valley Forge Rd., Devon.
Garden tour will benefit Downingtown Library: Highlight of the fund-raiser will be a visit to Brandywine Cottage, an 18th-century home and garden.

Eight of the best gardens in Downingtown will be on display Sunday as part of the Images of Spring Garden Tour.
Calendar: 'The Lady's Not for Burning' A comedy ambiguously set somewhere around the time of witch hunts and burnings at the stake, The Lady's Not for Burning is an odd love story of Jennet, a woman accused of being a witch, and Thomas, a man trying desperately to convince the mayor that he should be hanged for crimes he claims to have committed. Call 610-935-1920 or visit www.forgetheatre.org.
For the Family: 'Fiddler on the Roof' The all-youth cast of Schmata Productions will present the musical "Broadway Jr." theater production of Fiddler on the Roof this weekend. Schmata Productions was formed by volunteers at Beth Chaim Synagogue in Malvern. The proceeds from the show will support the Lewis H. Kagel Memorial Scholarship Fund, which provides the means for Jewish education for families in financial need. Call 610-363-2714.
Chester County: This section of The Inquirer provides news about people and events in Chester County. It is published Thursdays and Sundays.
School Notes: The Arts Scene in West Chester will host a student art show this week, as current and former Montgomery School students showcase their stuff to benefit Chester County Family Academy, which will also have student art on display.
A Downingtown family is changing lives in Africa $10 at a time. Trying to make a net impact for kids: It all started with a PBS special. Malaria: Fever Wars aired in April 2006 and Lynda Commale, a Downingtown mother of two, was really affected by the program, which told how in Africa a child dies every 30 seconds from malaria, according to UNICEF.
Regional tournament a homecoming for pair: For West Chester University baseball coach Greg Mamula and assistant John Bellavar, two Western Pennsylvania natives, the NCAA Division II North Atlantic Regional Tournament in Johnstown is a chance to go home.
Chester County real estate transactions: All sales were recorded in January. Downingtown 232 Roosevelt Ave Kedar Gokhale and Neelambari Gadgil to Everett J and Erica J Oliphant, $240,000.
Road report: To read the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's weekly traffic bulletin for road construction in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties and Philadelphia, visit http://go.philly.com/roadreports
Honors for an exemplary man: The late Nick Berg had long impressed his friends as a man of honor. Saturday will be his due.

He traveled to Uganda, where he built a press to make bricks out of mud and straw. He showed the locals how to use it, and then left it for them.
PennDot names county manager: Bob Laird, a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation veteran of nearly 21 years, has been appointed PennDot's Chester County maintenance manager.
Unionville High plans reviewed: School board members and administrators in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District held another facilities committee meeting of the whole Tuesday night, the second straight week they called the unusual session to figure out what's next for Unionville High School.
Showdown over liquor license: A hearing is set Friday on an application for a West Chester bar. Objections have been raised.

Debate over a liquor license for the new Bar Blue II, Don Moore and Bam Margera's theater/bar complex planned for East Market Street in West Chester, will continue this week in a new arena.
It's the 'Thrilla in Lambertvilla': It's "Thrilla in Lambertvilla" time again at Jim's, number 19 in the decade-long series of spring and autumn group shows there.
Letters: Primary, languages, Lyme: This week's letters deal with lessons learned from the Pennsylvania primary, the question of how much foreign-language instruction should be required in public schools, and how Lyme disease is diagnosed and treated.
"Can I See Some Voter ID, Please?": The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Indiana law last month that requires voters to show specific government-issued identification such as driver's licenses or passports to cast ballots.
County is on the lookout for sites for a stadium: The hope is that a ballpark could be built that would be used for a minor league baseball team - and more.

The Chester County Stadium Project Task Force, formed to explore the feasibility of building a stadium that could be used by a minor-league baseball team, has had several inquiries since it began advertising for potential sites a week ago.
Great Valley girls lacrosse vows to get past semifinals this year: In 2005, the Great Valley girls' lacrosse team won the District 1 Class AA championship. Since then, the Patriots have been eliminated twice in the semifinals, both times by Strath Haven.
Chester County: This section of The Inquirer provides news about people and events in Chester County. It is published Thursdays and Sundays.
Your Poem: Silence I close my eyes. A heavenly break from a noisy classroom, this quiet spot is perfect. It's not really silent, but compared to a busy, stressful life, the fresh outdoors seems to heal all things hurting inside of me. I take a deep, reviving breath.
Chester County real estate transactions: All sales were recorded in January. Chester Caln 532 Dogwood Ln Jessica Morrison and Michael Keough to Patrick M and Jaime Melcher, $229,900.