The forecast for Sunday is still looking great! We are expecting sunshine with temperatures in the upper 60’s.

CLICK HERE to purchase your tickets, print at home, and come out and see your favorite drivers battle for the checkered flag!

Official Qualifying Results:

1. Kyle Busch
2. Clint Bowyer
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr
4. Kurt Busch
5. Denny Hamlin
6. Tony Stewart
7. Juan Pablo Montoya
8. Kasey Kahne
9. Ryan Newman
10. Jeff Gordon
11. Brad Keselowski
12. Joey Logano

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Those students honored include:

BASKETBALL:

Eighth Grader Zachary Schellenger of Coatesville – MVP Award

Eighth Grader Matthew McSurdy of Collegeville – MVP Award

Eight Grader Timothy McClatchy of Wayne – Spirit Award

Seventh Grader James Cashel– Sportsmanship Award

Seventh Grader John Hegarty of West Chester – Sportsmanship Award

Sixth Grader Robert Boland of West Chester – Sportsmanship Award

BASEBALL

Eighth Grader Robert Watters of Downingtown – MVP Award

Eighth Grader William Dokas of Malvern – Spirit Award

Eighth Grader Joseph Bilotti of Philadelphia – Sportsmanship Award

SOCCER

Eighth Grader Matthew Sidor of Media – MVP Award

Seventh Grader Andrew Shannon of Royersford – Spirit Award

Eighth Grader John McCarthy of Berwyn – Sportsmanship Award

Sixth Grader Sean Fulmer of Broomall – Sportsmanship Award

Devon Prep is a private Catholic, college preparatory school for young men in grades six to 12 conducted by the Piarist Fathers. Devon Prep’s Middle School Athletic Program competes independently against local Catholic, public and independent schools in

soccer, basketball and baseball   For more information call 610-688-7337 or visit www.devonprep.com and www.facebook.com/devonprep.

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Attorney General Tom Corbett said that Damon Richard Feldman, 40, 2208 Dickins Lane, Broomall, Delaware County, is accused of offering a bribe to an inspector from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission who had raised concerns about unsafe and dangerous conditions at a September 2008 boxing event promoted by Feldman.

Additionally, Corbett said that Feldman is charged with multiple counts of theft related to bogus claims about charitable contributions that would supposedly benefit slain police officers and soldiers from the Philadelphia area.

“Mr. Feldman fraudulently used the names of dead police officers and soldiers to fill seats at his events and put money in his own pocket, dragging these names of these brave men into Feldman’s sleazy world of rigged fights,” Corbett said. “These despicable claims were made without the permission of the dead officer’s families, and in some cases against their strong objections, simply to attract more media attention to Feldman and the dubious ‘fights’ that he was promoting.”

Corbett said the new charges, filed today in Delaware County, include two counts of bribery and three counts of theft, all third-degree felonies which are each punishable by up to seven years in prison and $15,000 fines.

Feldman was previously charged with six counts of staging prohibited competitions and six counts of rigging publicly exhibited contests, all first-degree misdemeanors which are each punishable by up to five years in prison and $10,000 fines.

Corbett said those earlier charges relate to a series of six different events in Philadelphia and Delaware County between September 2008 and December 2009, all organized without a valid Pennsylvania promoter’s license and in violation of the state’s Boxing Act.

Feldman allegedly staged the fights without concern for the health and safety of the participants, a lack of proper medical care and with a disregard for the professional standards of boxing in Pennsylvania.

Corbett said that inspectors from the State Athletic Commission and agents from the Attorney General’s Office observed bouts where boxers were knocked out and did not receive prompt medical attention; situations where doctors were not present at ringside to examine and treat injured fighters; and potentially dangerous matches that included out-of-shape boxers fighting opponents with clearly superior skills.

Feldman is also accused of ‘fixing’ the outcome of many bouts, allegedly picking the winners and losers before the participants had even entered the ring.

Feldman will be prosecuted in Delaware County by Senior Deputy Attorney General John Flannery of the Attorney General’s Criminal Prosecutions Section.

Corbett thanked the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission for their cooperation and assistance with this investigation.

All criminal charges against Feldman were held over for trial in Delaware County following a preliminary hearing today before Folcroft Magisterial District Judge Edward W. Christie.

Feldman remains free on $50,000 unsecured bail, awaiting the scheduling of a trial date.  As a condition of his release, Feldman is prohibited from staging any fights in Pennsylvania.

(A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty.)

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The goal of the PA Walks and Bikes Summit is to promote state legislation  and policy that supports safe pedestrian and bicycle use in communities around Pennsylvania.  Participants will encourage PennDOT to ensure access to safe walking and bike routes through the Smart Transportation and Safe Routes to School programs.

Attendees also advocated for the enactment of the Safe Passing Law, HB 1110 and SB 776, which will require minimum passing distances around cyclists and protect them from dangerous turns.

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The resulting level of water will only be increased by a few inches, but will help enable the event to go on as planned. Authorized by the Delaware River Basin Commission, the pumping is dependent on the expected water level of the creek the day of the event. Exelon will not increase pumping if it is not needed.

Exelon Nuclear pumps water daily from various water sources in order to operate the power plant. Depending on Schuylkill River conditions, water is pumped from the Delaware River, discharged to the East Branch Perkiomen Creek and then withdrawn downstream for use at the Limerick Generating Station.

Limerick Generating Station is located approximately 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The plant produces approximately 2,400 net megawatts of carbon-free electricity per hour, enough to power approximately two million homes.

Exelon Corporation is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities. The company has one of the industry’s largest portfolios of electricity generation capacity, with a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic.

Exelon distributes electricity to approximately 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois and southeastern Pennsylvania and natural gas to approximately 486,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. Exelon is headquartered in Chicago and trades on the NYSE under the ticker EXC.

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This outing is for the Johnny Bellopede Scholarship Fund, Johnny was one of Tracy’s students. Johnny passed away in August 2006 at the age of 9.

Please pass along if you know of anyone who might be interested in Golfing or Sponsoring.

We appreciate it. They are also looking for more donations for silent auction.

If you would like to golf or donate, email us: editor@pottstownherald.com and we will forward your information to Marty & Tracy.

Or you can visit: http://johnnysrainbowfoundation.org/ (the website should be up soon!)

You can download the brochure here, it is a .pdf file.

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“More than 1,200 horses are being kept on a property where manure-laden stormwater and wastewater continually impact the Neshaminy Creek watershed,” said DEP Southeast Regional Director Joseph A. Feola. “This untenable situation must end.”

The department’s order requires the owners of both operations to complete many short- and long-term projects that will stabilize the site and eliminate environmental threats.

Within the next two weeks, the racetrack owners must stop washing manure into storm grates, implement a water conservation plan, improve their efforts to collect and manage wastewater, and inspect their stormwater and sanitary sewage systems weekly.

Other short-term requirements include stabilizing all bare earth throughout the site and submitting a report to DEP that identifies any wetlands that may have been filled.

Once DEP approves that report, Parx officials must submit within 30 days a wetlands replacement and restoration plan to the department and an erosion and sediment control plan to the Bucks County Conservation District. Once those plans have been approved, the work must be completed within 120 days.

By June 30, the owners must replace all existing manure storage systems with covered roll-off bins and apply for permits to build a covered manure storage facility and an enclosed horse washing facility. They also must submit a revised nutrient management plan to the Bucks County Conservation District.

Within 90 days, the race track owners are required to submit a plan and schedule for installing stormwater inlets to improve the quality of the water reaching their catch basins and must repair malfunctioning valves that have allowed stormwater mixed with sewage to enter a nearby stream.

DEP has been working with Parx officials for more than a decade to bring them into compliance with the Clean Streams Law, but the facility has failed to make sufficient improvements.

In addition to ignoring the law, DEP documented through its frequent inspections, instances in which Parx made unapproved changes that have further degraded the environment. In its most recent inspection on March 11, DEP uncovered numerous violations.

In particular, contaminated runoff has long been a problem associated with the race track given the high volume of animals it houses. Pennsylvania put in place aggressive new standards in 2005 to protect rivers and streams from contaminated water runoff associated with large-scale animal operations.

Any operation with more than 500 animals on site must hold a permit as a concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO. Despite meeting that threshold, the corporate owners of the racetrack failed to make a good faith effort to obtain a CAFO permit.

For more information on requirements for concentrated animal feeding operations, visit DEP’s website at www.dep.state.pa.us

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The one thing he misses the most is a local site that offers similar services for the Pottstown, Pa area.  So he created a site called ePottstown.com where local users can post local classified ads for free.

You can post an ad for free here.  Registration is required to help prevent misuse, but the registration is simple and quick. You can register for free here.

Looking for a dresser? Want to sell your car? Now you can do it for free at: www.ePottstown.com

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Philadelphia has been known to embrace a great sports story and “Toujours Amis” is that plus a saga of enduring friendship, love, and international suspense which touches your heart and uplifts your spirit.

A star Philadelphia Quaker athlete sees his pacifist, non-prejudicial upbringing come at odds with the world around him, from Philadelphia and South Jersey through an astounding journey that expands to encompass the entire globe.

“Toujours Amis” is an official sponsor of the 2010 Penn Relays at Franklin Field, April 22-25, 2010. Both the opening and closing chapters take place almost a half a century apart at the Penn Relays while taking the reader on a remarkable “run” through a most interesting and intriguing story.

Those interested in finding out more may do so by logging on to http://toujoursamis.net or by waiting for the May 1, 2010 release in local bookstores throughout the region.

With Pittsburgh Steelers’ James Farrior and Casey Hampton, Chris Roberson of the Cleveland Browns, and former Temple University football players Chonn Lacey, Donte Coles, Yazid Jackson, Rodney Wormley, and Anthony Degannes in attendance, this year’s football clinic will include health and education workshops, running drills, athletic development, and leadership development on and off the field.

From 10:00am to noon, Wallace and team will work primarily with elementary and middle school students on football fundamentals, as well as speed and agility training methods. From 1:00pm to 4:00pm, Wallace will shift gears and host the high school students, focusing on drill techniques and fundamentals for every position, upper body contact in drills, and hands-on direction from the professional athletes in attendance. For both groups, the focus is on teaching kids the ins-and-outs of football, while incorporating leadership skill training. Wallace will stress the importance of not just being great on the football field, but exerting that same energy in the classroom and in the community.

In 2005, Rian Wallace created Goals Over Obstacles (G.O.O.), a not-for-profit organization committed to promoting health and wellness via football, healthy eating, and community involvement. Focusing heavily on underserved communities, Wallace seeks to encourage healthy living, scholar athletes throughout the Philadelphia and surrounding areas; and primarily the youth in his native Pottstown, PA community.

Virtually every young athlete playing football has dreams of continuing to play at the collegiate level, or better yet, in the NFL. The reality is, however, thousands upon thousands of football players in the U.S. are competing for the same opportunity; and very few make it.  What Goals Over Obstacles seeks to do is equip young athletes with the tools necessary to make them a powerful force on the field, in their communities, their families, their schools, and in the lives of others.

What: Rian Wallace’s 4th Annual Goals Over Obstacles Football Clinic

When: Saturday, April 24, 2010; 10:00am – 4:00pm

Where: Pottstown Senior High School, Football Field, 750 N. Washington St. Pottstown, PA 19464

Cost: Free

Register: GoalsOverObstacles@gmail.com

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/GoalsOverObstacles or contact the Goals Over Obstacles Football Clinic directly at GoalsOverObstacles@gmail.com.

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