ACCIDENT Voters choose Wallace~ Cor crashes into building Chapman By KARlE SIMMONS Doctor's office [email protected] condemned by city Community activist Jen Wallace and Pg. 4 incumbent Luke Chapman both earned decisive victories in TOP: Carla Grygiel, Margaret Catts Tuesday's city council and Jean Williams toast the senior election. center on Saturday. BOTTOM: Old SPORTS Roughly 8 percent of photos depict seniors enjoying the the 4,060 people regis­ center's first building on Main Street. tered to vote in District 3 turned out, while 23 percent of the 2,135 people registered in ..___~.... District 5 cast votes. Wallace captured 285 votes, approximately 84 percent of the 341 votes cast in the District 3 race, beating her oppo­ Newark Senior Center celebrates golden anniversary Hockey teom nent Arlynn Hall, who took home 56 votes. By JOSH SHANNON 4,000 members. credited the center's success to the Wallace, a 44-year-old [email protected] Fifty years after the Newark Se­ countless volunteers who have do­ wins notionols resident of Barksdale CHAPMAN nior Center first opened its doors, nated their time over the last five Estates, works as a free- What started as a group of 44 the center celebrated its golden decades. Delaware Ducks lance writer and communications con­ senior citizens meeting in the base­ anniversary in grand style on Sat­ "It really is the people involved sultant and first gained prominence as ment of Newark Department Store urday night with a sold-out gala fea­ who have built the center over the U18AA earns title has evolved into a state-of-the-art turing food donated by local restau­ Pg. 10 See ELECTION senior center - the only one like rants, dancing and a silent auction. 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(Excluding diagnostic fees & tuna-ups) Pg.7 011 Tune-Up $169 Enhance our comfort this season NEWARK POST 4.15.2016 Christina board OKs $49K study of discipline issues No-bid contract by gathering input from signed a one-time contract stakeholders, and its con­ with Hegedus to facilitate awarded to tract with CSD has three the meeting and provide former district phases, with a deliverable the transcript. at the end of each phase, Board president Harrie administrator said Bob Silber, the school Ellen Minnehan, board district's CFO who present­ vice president Fred Polaski By JESSICA !ANNETTA ed the contract recommen­ and board members David [email protected] dation. Resler and George Evans The first phase will con­ all voted to approve the As part of its effort to sist of public forums, stake­ contract, noting the district gather information on ways holder interviews and data has historically had a hard to improve school climate analysis and will result in time gathering stakeholder and discipline, the creating a white pa- input and needs a new ap­ Christina School per detailing what proach. District Board Demosophia has As part of the district ref­ NEWARK POST FILE PHOTO of Education has discovered about erendum that passed last Police said the WSFS Bank at Suburban Plaza was robbed on Monday afternoon. awarded a $49,250 school climate and month, the board pledged no-bid contract to a discipline in the to put $1 million toward consulting firm run district. The second addressing school climate by a former district phase will include and discipline issues. Min­ Man robs WSFS Bank employee. L..... ll!!!l!i~ "focuse.d dialogues" nehan said the lack of In a 4-2 vote on HEGEDUS and result in the school discipline is one of Tuesday night, the creation of influ- the main things driving board agreed to hire Dem- ence maps to help identify people out of the district at Suburban Plaza osophia LLC, a consulting strategic priorities. In the and has gone unaddressed firm run by former CSD ad- final phase, Demosophia too long. By JOSH SHANNON ey, and the robber ran away pants. No surveillance foot­ ministrator Andy Hegedus, will help identify what the "What Mr. Hegedus pre­ [email protected] north through The. Retreat age was available. to support the district as it district should do with all sented takes a look at it in a at Newark aparbnent com­ Anyone with additional looks for ways to improve the information and how different way than this dis­ Police are searching for a plex. A K-9 search·of the area information on this incident school climate and disci- any solutions might be im­ trict has ever done before, man who robbed a bank in turned up empty. should contact Detective pline. Board policy doesn't plemented, Silber said. looking at the root causes Suburban Plaza on Monday The robber was described Daniel Bystricky at 302-366- require bids on contracts Additionally, Demoso­ of what the climate issues afternoon. as a black man, 25 to 35 7100 ext. 3136 or Daniel. of less than $50,000, but phia will help form and are and not sugarcoating The robber walked into years old, between 5 feet 11 Bystricky@cj. state. de. us. board members Elizabeth support a District School it," she said. "I think it's the WSFS Bank at approxi­ inches and 6 feet 1 inches You can send an anonymous Paige and John Young ex- Climate Committee that worth trying." mately 3:30 p.m. and handed tall and 170 to 190 pounds text message tip by texting pressed concern about the will oversee the entire pro­ Demosophia has worked the teller a note demanding with a muscular build. He 302NPD and your message process of awarding the cess, he said. with many other schools money and implying he was was wearing black-framed to TIP411. Information can contract and whether the Hegedus moderated a on strategic planning pro­ armed, said Cpl. James Spa­ glasses, a black baseball hat, also be provided anonymous­ district has explored all well-attended board work­ cesses, including Capital dola, a spokesman for the a black Nike sweatshirt with ly to Crime Stoppers at 1-800- available options. shop on school climate and School District in Dover Newark Police Deparbnent neon yellow or green trim, TIP-3333 or via the internet "I think this is exactly discipline last month and and Unionville-Chadds The teller handed over an white-and-black running at www.tipsubmit.com where the stewardship that we provided the board with a Ford School District in undisclosed amount of mon- shoes and light-gray sweat- a reward may be available. are asked for as a board in detailed transcript of all the Pennsylvania, Hegedus looking after these referen- thoughts that were shared said. He worked for CSD in dum monies to make sure during the workshop. How­ a number of administrative that there's transparency ever, Young and Paige said role's for about six years around vendor selection they weren't aware that but left the district about and bid processes," Young Hegedus would be mod­ six years ago, he added. said. "And then this is go- erating that workshop un­ Hegedus noted that part ing to a former CSD em- til they arrived and didn't of the process of gathering ployee? I just think there's know who had hired him. information about school too much that doesn't look Christina School Dis­ climate and discipline in­ right, doesn't feel right to trict spokeswoman Wendy cludes a strategic com­ me." Lapham said the adminis- munications plan and that Demosophia specializes tration wanted a high de­ the CSD community can in helping organizations gree of community engage­ expect a lot of information solve complex problems ment at that workshop and about the process to come out of the district office in the next few weeks. But, he noted, what makes Demosophia differ­ Feel the Breeze As You Run, ent from other companies is that it's not just an infor- Play In The Water And The mation gathering firm. "" "It's not so much about 1008 Capitol Trail (Rt.2), Fresh Spring Air getting information," he Newark, DE 19711 said. "It's a method that (Between Polly Drummond & allows people to work to­ Possum Park Roads) gether to solve complex www.BiueHenCarWash.com problems." Visit us on the Web: · www.newark postonline.com LOCAL NEWS " : 3 Cyclists honoring Sandy Hook victim.s stop in Newark Markell, Sierer join riders to advocate for gun control By JOSH SHANNON [email protected] Twenty-six cyclists on a rough­ ly 400-mile ride from Newtown, Conn., to Washington, D.C., stopped in Newark on Monday to hold a rally in support of gun con­ trol initiatives. Riding in memory of the stu­ dents and teachers killed in the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook El­ NEWARK POST PHOTO BY JOSH SHANNON ementary School in Newtown, the Eliza Eggleston, a University of Delaware student from Newtown, Conn., riders were joined for part of their speaks in favor of gun control during a rally at the Perkins Student Center ride through Delaware by Gov. on Monday. Jack Markell, Mayor Polly Sierer and several state legislators. and it's time we make our voices to ban openly-carried guns from ' This is the fourth year the group, NEWARK POST PHOTO BY JOSH SHANNON heard. Change will come when we city hall helped inspire her to be­ called Team 26 in honor of the 26 Team 26 cyclists, joined briefly by Mayor Polly Sierer, ride down Academy demand it and when we vote for come more active in advocating victims, has made the four-day Street on Monday, part of their four-day, 400-mile trek from Newtown, Conn., it, and I hope you all do, so you're for gun control measures.