Honor society inductees
On Monday, Oct. 15, the Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society inducted 12 Chestnut Hill College students at a ceremony on campus.
The 2007 inductees included from left to right: Allison Borden, Jenna Beck, Lauren Jackson, Senior Advisor, Alex Kowalski, Webmaster, Abdulrahman Alanazi, Katie Williams, Junior Advisor, Nicole Bayer, President, Lauren Weiss, Chapter Advisor, Jacqueline C. Reich, Ph.D., Kayte Roberts, and Sarah Raimondo.

Countryman addresses Friends
Former Germantown Friends School administrator and the current Founding Head of School at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, Joan Countryman, will be the featured speaker at the American Friends Service Committee Annual Public Gathering 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
This year, the gathering marks 90 years of social justice work. Each year, the gathering features a leading authority on issues as varied as racial segregation, immigration and the global war on terror. Countryman has been invited to share her passion for inpiring students with a spirit that goes beyond academics to include personal, emotional and spiritual growth. For more information about the Annual Public Gathering and 90 years of Quaker service visit www.afsc.org.

Second grade Springside School students use tools in the woodshop while focused on their mission — to build a boat that will sail in the pond in the neighboring woods.  Pictured hard at work in the art studio and then later enjoying the fruits of her labors in the pond is Chestnut Hill resident Mattie Peck.

Enjoying the fruits of her labors in the pond is Chestnut Hill resident Mattie Peck.

RIPOFF PREVENTION: Mike Mulhern, for 20 years the owner of Apple Roofing in Mt. Airy, had some advice in last week’s Local for consumers on how to keep from being ripped off by a roofing nightmare, but we did not have room for his photo. Mulhern’s partner, Richard Riling, also in his 30s and the father of three sons, fell off a roof several years ago and died. Mulhern resolved then to keep safety and respect for workers paramount in guiding the future of the company. (Photo by Sally Cohen)