In an other sign of our changing media world, the Los Angeles Times has announced that it is ending its Sunday magazine.
Rustin Swim Coach Charged With Sex Assault
Pattie Price contributed to this article
Bayard Rustin High School Swim Coach Kenneth William Fuller, 47, was arrested yesterday and charged with felony sex assault and corruption of a minor.
Rustin High School is in the West Chester Area School District.
Fuller allegedly took a teenage girl who was a member of the team to a Kennett Square hotel where he gave her beer and had sexual relations on April 27 and May 2. In the latter incident he allegedly claimed to be her father to get her out of school early.
They also allegedly had sexual relations at Thornbury Park on May 4,
West Chester Area School District Superintendent Jim Scanlon has released this statement:
This is a message from the West Chester Area School District.
I am very sorry to inform you that Rustin High School Boys and Girls Swimming Coach Ken Fuller was arrested this afternoon on allegations of committing Institutional Sexual Assault, Corruption of a Minor and related charges, according to the Chester County District Attorney’s Office.
Mr. Fuller had been employed in the West Chester Area School District since the 2009-10 season as the coach for the boys and girls swimming team. He was not employed as a classroom teacher. Like all employees, Mr. Fuller had state and federal criminal history clearances and child abuse clearances before he was hired. The district had no reports of any improper conduct by Mr. Fuller during his employment with the district.
We take student safety very seriously and are cooperating fully with the District Attorney and police. Mr. Fuller has been notified that he is not permitted on school property, nor permitted access to any of our students.
We are in no means trying to be inflammatory by releasing this information to parents. We are trying to be as sensitive as possible to the students involved and impacted by this, however we would rather you hear this news from the school district first, before reading about it in the newspaper or social media. We respectfully ask for your sensitivity to this school community and privacy to the students impacted
The school district is very concerned about these charges and very much regrets any concerns they have caused students, parents, staff and our school community.
Parents who want more information about the investigation should contact Ms. Elizabeth Pitts in the Chester County District Attorney’s office at 610-344-6801. Parents may also contact my office at 484- 266-1018. We will provide counseling for students and staff.
Thank you for your support during this troubling experience.
Dr. Jim Scanlon
Superintendent of School
Springfield School Board Budget Meeting
Regina Scheerer of the Delaware County Patriots reminds all that the Springfield (Pa.) School Board will hold a budget meeting at 5:30 tonight at the McLaughlin Center on Leamy Avenue.
The budget on the table would raise taxes $110 for the average homeowner.
More Pain Coming For Pennsylvania’s Children
Taxpayer Activist Bob Guzzardi spoke before the General Wayne Tea Party recently describing how Harrisburg is about to burden Pennsylvania’s taxpayers with $1.675 billion in debt after adding $1.6 billion in December with the passage of Act 130.
An analysis of2012 laws enacted so far this year General Acts 1 through 33
An analysis of 14 Appropriations Acts of 2011 and 1 Veto
An analysis of the134 General Acts of 2011
Tea Party groups or other organizations wishing to have Guzzardi as a speaker can email him at BobGuzzardi@BobGuzzardi.com
A Proposed 28th Amendment
Off The Internet: Ford vs MSFT
Courtesy of Judy McGrane
Philadelphia Music Of The Day
Sailing to Philadelphia is the title track of Mark Knopfler’s second solo album which was released in September 2000. It concerns Mason and Dixon of Mason-Dixon Line fame.
House Bill Calls For Fines For Motorists Who Ignore Temp Flood Barriers
Marking Time In The New Millennium
Walking down the street today I felt a
deep sense of sadness and loss. My mind drifted to the past, back
when things were more open, and when people were more able to speak
their minds; the times before 9/11, when the country was free and
everyone wasn’t polarized. Do any of you remember that time? It was
just after President Clinton left the White House and the country had
a surplus for the first time that would have expanded until we were
prosperous, had it not been spent on tax cuts for the top 1% and on
war and security. This time though, it was a war on terror meaning
that it would go on forever.
As long as someone disagreed with us,
the war would go on. If we feared someone was going to do something,
the war would go on. If someone sounded as though they were going to
do something, the war would go on. Soon people started to censor
themselves or be censored while the most conservative voices began to
spew out hatred and ways of thinking all the way back to the time of
the Civil War and before. The world really turned around 9/11.
Millions of people have suffered because some people saw this
incident as an opportunity to push through hidden agendas they had
been working on for decades in order to lessen the power of the
people in this nation, and to take the resources of the average
working families.
My sadness, I guess, was for myself,
but more for the nation. People get angry. They work hard to
justify their anger as they are laid off, or as the price of
everything is going up while the wages are going down. They point at
each other, or blame some ethnic group or the other, or even poor
people sometimes. This is sad and troubling and leads to nothing
except anger and squabbling. So here we are right now trapped in a
world of anger, finger pointing, and squabbling. As most people
would agree who never dreamed of being part of such a world, things
are just getting more ugly with no hope for any type of change or
improvement while a very small part of the population is taking
property, foreclosing on homes, just making all kinds of money by
keeping all of the anger alive.
John Gilmore
www.nextstepcoaching.4t.com .
Daylight Burglary In Newtown Sparks Advisory
Courtesy Pattie Price
On Friday May 11, the Newtown Township (Pa.) Police investigated the burglary of a residence on St. Davids Road. The victim reported that sometime between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30pm, someone entered their house through an unlocked rear door and removed a large amount of jewelry from the master bedroom. A white male, 5’8”, 18-22 years old with dark hair, carrying a back pack was seen walking on St. Davids Road around the time of the burglary. If anyone was in the area and saw this person, please contact the Newtown Police. No other burglaries were reported.
Reminder – Lock all doors and windows when leaving the house. If you house is equipped with an alarm system, use it. Don’t leave jewelry or other small valuables in the master bedroom, it’s the first place thieves look. If you see a suspicious person in your neighborhood call 911 right away, you know your neighborhoods and when something or some one is out of place.
Lt. Christopher Lunn
Newtown Township Police Department
209 Bishop Hollow Rd
Newtown Square, PA 19073
610-356-0602