B1 LIVING Monday, July 30, 2018 >> MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/TIMESHERALDPA AND TWITTER.COM/TIMESHERALDPA timesherald.com » WORCESTER KEEPING SCORE Phillies great Chase Utley one of the good guys Investing in fun aseball fans of the area did everything short of laying Brose petals in his path and carrying him around the sta- Univest Bank dium on a covered golden litter. Chase Utley is idolized in the employees Philadelphia area because of the way he played on the spend a day field – hard, smart, team-oriented. with Variety And the way he comported himself Tony off the field. Club campers Leodora Aside from his Columnist one major misstep For Digital First Media – dropping an f- bomb during his speech, in front of thousands of ecently volunteers from kids during the Phillies World Univest Bank came to Va- Series celebration parade – his Rriety Club Camp and De- record is pretty clean. velopmental Center for a Friday He was usually classy and barbecue. They helped us paint Fielders get ready for the next kicker to step up to the plate. genuinely down-to-earth. He benches and set up water games was extremely appreciative of for campers in the afternoon. One the way he was treated by the of the day’s highlights was a Team fans – especially in the latter Univest vs. Team Variety kickball years of his career. The devotion game. Our campers and our vol- he and his wife displayed for an- unteers both played really well, so imal and pet adoption causes the kickball game ended in a tie! won the hearts of millions. Since 1935, Variety – The Chil- Bottom line: he was one of the dren’s Charity of the Delaware all-time good guys in Philadel- Valley has continued its mission phia sports history. to enrich the lives of children and There have been others young adults with disabilities through the years – the ones through social, educational, and who avoided scandal, conducted vocational programs that nur- themselves in a civil manner, ture independence and self-con- did not have any run-ins with fidence, and prepare them for life. the law. Univest’s Connecting with Some who come to mind Community is an employee volun- immediately include Brian teer program, and it’s “our time to Dawkins, Brian Westbrook and unite, roll up our sleeves and put Ron Jaworski of the Eagles; in the sweat equity needed to help Bobby Jones, Billy Cunningham our local nonprofits advance their and Julius Erving of the 76ers, programs and mission,” accord- Strategy comes into play even Brian Propp and Paul Holmgren ing to the Univest website. Part of the day’s events included sprucing up the benches. during a friendly game of kickball. of the Flyers and from the Phil- lies, Mike Schmidt and Utley’s keystone combination mate Jimmy Rollins. They were all great players in uniform … but even classier once they made the transition into public life. That cannot always be said about the sports stars in Phila- delphia. Certainly, every city has had its share of nefarious charac- ters. They make a constant pro- cession across the police blotters of America. Currently, football is the leader in producing bad guys. Conversely, hockey has al- ways been the team sport with the fewest black eyes. Of course, golf is the sport with the ultimate squeaky clean image but – for now, let’s put that in a separate category. Philadelphia teams have had their share of athletes who have generated unwanted headlines. One of the earliest was Ed Bouchee, a first baseman who finished second in the Rookie of the Year balloting in 1957. It looked as if he had a promis- ing career until later that year when he was arrested for expos- ing himself to young girls. He pleaded guilty to a number of charges and sentenced to three SUBMITTED PHOTOS years of probation. A game of kickball was a terrific way for the campers to show the volunteers the athletic skills they practice at camp. LEODORA >> PAGE 4

PIECE OF HISTORY Auctioneer: Rosa Parks house has buyers

raphy of Malcolm X,” including Parks. By MICHELLE R. SMITH The Associated Press handwritten notes by Malcolm Mendoza brought the house X and Haley, which sold to New back to the U.S. earlier this year PROVIDENCE, R.I. >> The auction- York’s Schomburg Center for Re- and displayed it in Rhode Island eer selling the house where Rosa search in Black Culture, Ettinger as he searched for a permanent Parks sought refuge after flee- said. It was sold after the auc- place to reassemble the fragile ing the South amid death threats tion, and he did not immediately structure for the final time. It is said after the auction on Thurs- release the price. now packed in shipping contain- day there are buyers interested, Parks moved to Detroit in 1957, ers awaiting its new home. but it will take a few days to work two years after refusing to give up He has said he hopes it will be out the details. her seat on a bus to a white pas- displayed so the public can see The house was included in an senger in Montgomery, Alabama. it. The auction house has said auction by Guernsey’s in New She stayed for a time in her broth- the proceeds of the sale will be York as part of a larger sale of Af- er’s tiny, wood-framed home with split between Mendoza and Parks’ rican-American cultural and his- 17 other relatives, according to family. toric items. It was listed with a family members. Mendoza, who was in Berlin for minimum bid of $1 million, with The house eventually was aban- the auction, followed the sale on- a presale estimate of $1 million doned and ended up on a demoli- line and initially thought it had to $3 million. tion list before Parks’ niece, Rhea failed to sell after bidding did not It didn’t sell during the auction, McCauley, bought it for $500 and reach the minimum of $1 million. but Arlan Ettinger, of Guernsey’s, donated it to American artist “It’s really exciting,” Mendoza said he was approached after the Ryan Mendoza in an attempt to said. “My god. I thought it was a auction by a buyer who had trou- preserve her aunt’s legacy. Men- total failure for a minute there. ble entering a bid online. He did doza took it apart and shipped it I had shriveled up into a little STEVEN SENNE — ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO not release the buyer’s identity. to Germany and reassembled it in ball. I thought I had failed Amer- In this April 1, 2018 file photo, visitors view the rebuilt house of Rosa Among the other items of in- his yard in Berlin, turning it into ica and American history, and in- Parks at the WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, R.I. The house where terest that sold was Alex Haley’s a work of art that became a des- stead it looks like we’re going to Parks sought refuge in Detroit after fleeing the South will be auctioned manuscript of “The Autobiog- tination for people curious about have a happy ending.” on Thursday, July 26 in New York, with a minimum bid of $1 million.