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…Lend Me Your Ears
Aston resident Cindy Widmaier, of
Giles Lane, is one of the fortunate few to have received the gift of
hearing through the ears of a dog.
The stay-at-home mother of one has
not always been hearing-impaired, but developed severe hearing loss
during pregnancy five years ago.
She
was paired with her yellow Labrador retriever hearing assistance dog
Lynette 22 months ago, and life has not been the same since.
Widmaier suffers from a rare
auto-immune ear disorder, which triggered her own body’s attack on
her auditory nerves. The genetic condition is not contagious. The
progressive advance of AIED can only be stopped by chemotherapy, and
its victims are
left highly susceptible to other illnesses, including the common
cold and other auto-immune diseases.
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Cindy
Widmaier and her hearing assistance dog, Lynette, are an
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Aston
Seventh Ward Commissioner Michael Higgins cuts the ribbon
to officially open the new Super Wawa
store – a
media event covered by
local television
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Wawa Gets Down To Business
The grand opening of the Super
Wawa store at 5008 Pennell Rd. was held on Aug. 31. The event brought out a host
of Wawa Corporation, township and state officials to celebrate
the official ribbon-cutting, done by Seventh Ward Commissioner
Michael Higgins. Scores of ceremony attendees watched a Hoagies
For Heroes contest between a team of Aston police officers and a
team of Aston firefighters.
The police squad won the
three-minute build-off by creating 32 hoagies, while the
firefighters came in a close second with 30.
The winning police department
chose the Aston Lions Club as the recipient of a $1,000 Wawa
donation. Green Ridge Fire Company gave their $250 check to Crozer-Chester’s
burn center, and the Aston Beechwood Fire Company earmarked their
$250 donation to support autism programs.
Memorial
Planned
Playground equipment at Eagle
Park on Mount Rd. was recently replaced. The township will soon
announce a dedication ceremony to rename the park to honor the
public service of late-Aston Second Ward Commissioner Lewis H.
Fisher.
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At the
ribbon-cutting, Wawa President/CEO Howard Stoeckel called Wawa
markets the “Cheers of convenience stores – where everybody
knows your name.” He thanked store employees, public officials,
and customers for their unwavering support.
The Pennell Rd.
location is the corporation’s 260th store (out of a
total of 560 outlets) to dispense gasoline. The 5,600 square feet
of floor space at the new store is more than double the space at
the old Aston store, while the 50 available parking spaces better
than triple the previous count.
Led by store manager
Debbie June (to Higgins’
left), the Super Wawa staff is 50 employees strong, compared
to the half dozen workers that initially ran the old store. One
popular carryover is doorman and greeter “Wawa Ron” Bowyer (to
Higgins’ right), who will now have to choose between two
sets of entrance doors.
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Members
of the Aston-Beechwood Fire Company pose with the $250
Wawa donation they earned for charity by finishing second
in
hoagie-building
contest. |
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Curbside
leaf collections will begin on Monday,
Oct. 22 and continue (weather permitting) with revolving
pick-up zones through December.
Residents are asked to rake leaves to the curb, but not into the
street, to avoid clogging stormwater inlets.
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