Martini – Braun wedding Louis C. and Joan M. Martini, of Chestnut Hill, announce the marriage of their son, Louis Paul, to Cynthia Margaret Braun, the daughter of William H. and Ellen S. Braun of Bay Village, Ohio. Cynthia is a graduate of Tufts University and Thunderbird-Gavin School of International Management in Glendale, Ariz. She is currently employed as a business advisor with Datatel, Inc. Paul attended J.S. Jenks, Central High School, Temple University and The Ohio State University. He completed postdoctoral research fellowships at the Carnegie Institute and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. In the fall, Paul will be an assistant professor of astronomy at Ohio State. After a honeymoon in the Greek Isles, the couple will reside in Upper Arlington, Ohio.	NORTHWEST VICTIM SERVICES (NVS) recognized 24 years of service to victims of crime at their “Red White and Blues” annual benefit on June 15 at the Morris Arboretum. Awards were given to Shirlyn Swann and Malik Aziz for community service; Ruth Taylor received the Rupert Stanley Volunteer Award. From left, State Rep. Kathy Manderino, NVS board member; NVS executive director Patricia Payne; Gail Mitchell, event chair; Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson; State Sen. LeAnna Washington; Kevin Raphael, of Chestnut Hill, NVS board president. Information about Northwest Victim Services can be obtained through their office at 6376 Germantown Ave., or by calling 215-438-4410.
FUN WITH GEOMETRY AT NFA. The famous and much enjoyed robots from Star Wars, C3PO and R2D2, could have found a home in the fourth grade math area at Norwood-Fontbonne Academy this spring. While learning about geometric and solid figures, the students were challenged to create an alien prototype using cylinders, rectangular prisms, pyramids, cones, cubes, spheres, squares, triangles, circles and rectangles. The results were imaginative and clever with names such as Trigon, Recycler, Georgey the Ice Cream Alien, or Puddles the Robot. (Front) Annie Rose Masciantonio; (back, l.-r.) Paul Curcillo, Rachel Heller, Claudia Heller, Steven Bushold, Matthew Strolle.	Farnum – Bayer engagement Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Farnum, of Chestnut Hill, announce the engagement of their son, Peter R. Farnum Jr., to Jennifer Linn Bayer, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eric Bayer of Westport, Conn. Jennifer, a graduate of Scarsdale High School, received a B.S. in sociology from St. Lawrence University. She is currently the buyer and retail-planning manager for Lacoste Boutique Stores. Peter is a graduate of the Chestnut Hill Academy and the A.H. Robbins School of Business of the University of Richmond. A vice president in the global capital markets division at Deutsche Bank in New York City, he was previously a vice president at Morgan Stanley & Co. in their institutional equities division. Peter is the grandson of Maree F. Rambo and the late Joseph S. Rambo of Chestnut Hill and also of the late Elizabeth S. Farnum and Ralph Farnum of Chestnut Hill and Washington D.C. A spring 2006 wedding is planned.
VISITORS OF ALL AGES learn about the challenges and triumphs of Americans with disabilities at the National Liberty Museum, which is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Tuesday, July 26. The museum's "Exceptional Americans" exhibit introduces 33 heroes who have achieved remarkable success while managing physical and mental disabilities. The fully wheelchair accessible National Liberty Museum, at 321 Chestnut St., is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. For more information, call 215-925-2800 or visit www.libertymuseum.org.	BETTY NELSON, PH.D., MSN, RN, of Wyndmoor, has been appointed to the position of director of patient services and chief nurse at Shriners Hospital for Children. In this role, she will be responsible for the clinical practice and day-to-day operation of inpatient and outpatient nursing, surgical and care coordination services.